As soon as the three-year mourning period ended, Cui Yi began to help organize his sister's wedding. Although it was a make-up ceremony, he took it very seriously. Not only did he have to hold a banquet for three days and three nights in Ye Mansion, Expensive theatrical troupes, grand percussion performances, delicacies from the mountains and seas, pearls, lanterns and colorful candles are indispensable to achieve the ultimate luxury.
Ye Yongjia was well aware of his intention and could not refuse, but the two of them could not raise so much money together, so they had to borrow some money from Cai Xianqing to get the matter started.
The weather was bright that day, and a huge procession spread straight from Ye Mansion to Cui Mansion. They lined up for more than ten miles before inviting Ms. Cui, who was wearing a phoenix crown and a beautiful plumage, to get on the sedan chair. Along the way, they walked through the streets and alleys, and drums and music continued, and the people saw it. With such a posture, everyone gathered to watch and talked about it. Cui Yi also mingled with his friends and said to him proudly: "Have you seen this scene? These were all arranged by Cui."
His friend was dumbfounded and hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Cui, I didn't expect you to be able to win such a brother-in-law. You are so majestic, so majestic..."
Cui Yi looked very happy, but he just shook his head and laughed: "What's so big about this? These things are just to scare outsiders. Let's go and have a drink while my sister hasn't arrived yet. , otherwise if you wait a little longer, Mr. Ye really won’t have time to entertain us."
The friend hurriedly said yes, then got on the horse with him again and headed towards Ye Mansion.
"Congratulations, Mr. Ye, congratulations!"
As soon as Cui Yi stepped into the main hall, he saw several officials holding invitations and congratulating each other in front of Ye Yongjia. The latter, wearing a wedding dress, stood up to express his gratitude and invited people into the banquet one by one. It was very busy.
"Alas! He Xun!" Ye Yongjia saw Cui Yi standing far away and immediately greeted loudly, "You are finally here!"
"I pay my respects to Mr. Ye." Cui Yi stepped forward, and his friend followed him hesitantly.
"You brought a friend here?" Ye Yongjia asked with a smile and called the servant: "Hurry up and show the guests their seats!"
The three of them took their seats respectively. Ye Yongjia gave them tea and then asked: "Did you see your sister when you came?"
Cui Yi reported: "My sister is still on the way. Although the streets are congested, I think it won't take half an hour to get here."
Ye Yongjia was about to nod when he suddenly saw a young boy rushing into the hall in a hurry. He bowed deeply and said, "Master, a person outside the door who claims to be my wife's family wants to see you. His tone is extremely rude and he is scolding me. I don't know. Master... how can I show you."
Cui Yi immediately looked at Ye Yongjia and stood up: "I am a member of the Cui family. I will talk to him."
"Oh, no need," Ye Yongjia pressed his hand, his expression revealing disdain, "Ask him to come in, I'd rather hear what your family has to say."
Cui Yi looked troubled, coughed a few times, and reluctantly responded: "Okay."
"Are you...that Master Ye?"
The old man who was invited to the hall held his head high, his eyelids slightly raised, and his hands behind his back, showing no sign of respect.
"That's right." Seeing his appearance, Ye Yongjia didn't bother to care about etiquette. He lay down on the back of the chair and looked at the tea bowl in his hand, "I am the only one in the whole family, Lord Ye. I don't need to trouble you to look for him anymore."
The old man sneered: "Is this the honest and capable minister that outsiders call Ye Bingbu? It turns out he is such a vulgar and disrespectful person! No wonder he doesn't practice virtue..."
"Uncle..."
"Don't stop him," Ye Yongjia interrupted Cui Yi, then turned to the old man, "Just tell me, why don't I practice virtue?"
Cui Yi looked at the guests coming and going around him and couldn't help but sweat secretly.
The old man said: "Your Majesty, it is a breach of integrity to marry an unfaithful girl this time; and it is a breach of virtue to make a secret engagement at the time of the Cui family's great mourning. As a son of a high-ranking family, your Majesty should be practicing Confucianism. To abide by the Dao but do sloppy things will really make all the scholars in the world ashamed."
"presumptuous!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, which shocked the old man. Veins popped up on Ye Yongjia's face, and he smashed the tea bowl on the table.
"Let me tell you, his Cui Longhuai's daughter is now my wife, Ye Yongjia, and has nothing to do with your Cui family. If you dare to make irresponsible remarks and throw dirty water on her, I will not care about your family's feelings. !”
The old man looked horrified and a little timid, but he still argued angrily: "Don't you allow people from your mother's family to interfere in the marriage of your Ye family? There is no such reason in the world!"
"That's the truth here in Ye!" Ye Yongjia frowned tightly, his eyes bright.
"Okay, okay..." The old man was so angry that his lips trembled, and he pointed a finger at him and said, "When I go back, I will discuss it with the clan so that the woman will never be able to return to her hometown, and we will sever the ties of kinship from now on!"
"Please do it! Anyway, you are all villains with human faces and animal hearts, and you are not worthy of talking about the word 'family' with me!" After saying that, Ye Yongjia stood up, waved his sleeves, and shouted: "Someone, beat this old guy with a stick!"
Unable to help others, several servants picked up sticks and beat the old man until he dodged and ran out of the house.
Cui Yi took a breath of fear and came closer to persuade: "Brother-in-law...it seems that he shouldn't act like this. It has made both parties unhappy."
Ye Yongjia was still angry, so he only replied coldly: "You don't have to look at how shameless the people in your clan are! They usually do evil and never talk about the teachings of saints, but they just killed a woman in every possible way and spoke openly about the truth. Here we come. Could it be that the saint taught them the ability to bully the weak and fear the strong?... Your sister has suffered so much in recent years. It's okay if outsiders don't understand, but they still want her wounds to be torn wider... It's good. , the further away from them the better.”
Seeing that his brother-in-law was depressed, Cui Yi kept silent; on the other hand, his friend sat stiffly aside, feeling really embarrassed and not knowing what to do.
"If there's nothing else, let's say goodbye." The man had no intention of staying any longer, put down his tea bowl, stood up and bowed.
"Sit a little longer with my brother-in-law?" Ye Yongjia just asked absentmindedly.
"No, no..." As he said that, the man smiled reluctantly, pulled Cui Yi and was about to leave.
But when Cui Yi saw her brother-in-law sitting there alone, she felt really uneasy, so she stopped and gently advised him: "Brother-in-law, the weather is fine on this special day, so don't let an insignificant outsider interfere with it. My sister is a Sentimental people will be very sad if they see you like this. I advise you not to think about unpleasant things for her sake, and get married in a glorious way, so as not to leave any regrets."
Ye Yongjia then smiled lightly: "You are quite good at persuading people. I'm fine, just go ahead."
