Huan Xi and Xie Daoyun's wedding has been set on August 12th.
It is an auspicious day. After the wedding, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is suitable for relatives and friends from far away to spend the festival together.
It's still early now, and there is still more than a month to prepare for the wedding and notify relatives and friends.
The ancients actually said that they should not meet each other before marriage. This is not because of any other taboos. Specifically, they were just worried that the newlyweds would meet in private. If one party is dissatisfied and proposes to terminate the engagement, it will definitely damage the harmony between the two families.
Therefore, the fanning ceremony in the wedding ceremony is also deliberately placed after the couple has completed the ceremony. After the tuanfan ceremony and seeing the true face of the other party, even if they are dissatisfied, the fate has been determined and it is not suitable to make a fuss in public, so they have to accept their fate.
Naturally, there was no such concern between Huan Xi and Xie Daoyun. During the days when he was waiting for the wedding in Jiangling, in addition to interacting with Huan Wen's generals, he was running to Xie's mansion, accompanying Xie Daoyun to talk about poetry, and chatting with the Xie brothers. Improve relationship.
And Huan Ji has always been courteous in front of Sima Daofu.
Seeing his two sons like this, Sima Xingnan really didn't know what the problem was. It wasn't like everyone said that a man would never have a wife, so why were the two brothers so clinging to each other before they got married?
She carried the food box to the general's mansion and complained to Huan Wen:
"Old slave, why do you think I gave birth to two worthless guys? One of them has almost taken over the Xie Mansion, and the other has been around Daofu all day long."
Huan Wen felt guilty and did not dare to take on this problem. Naturally, the problem was that the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked.
He has been very haggard recently, but Sima Xingnan's complexion is getting better and better.
Seeing Sima Xingnan open the food box and bring out the bowl of big tonic soup, Huan Wen's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly said:
"Princess, there is military news coming from the north. Old slave, I have sent someone to summon the generals and will discuss countermeasures with them. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back tonight."
Sima Xingnan was not a careless person. Although he felt a little regretful, he knew that the matter was important and did not mess around.
After she left, Huan Wen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Now that he was nearly forty years old, he couldn't bear the sudden second spring between this middle-aged couple.
Huan Wen looked at his haggard appearance in the bronze mirror and said sadly:
"I was hurt by female sex and turned out to be so haggard. From today on, I will quit sex!"
As he said this, Huan Wen suddenly thought of the happiness that the outer room had brought him, and he changed his words helplessly:
"Better quit drinking."
Sighing, Huan Wen finally drank the tonic soup left by Sima Xingnan.
Under the moonlight above the willow trees, Huan Xi had dinner at Xie Mansion and went home humming a tune. As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Sima Xingnan in the front hall.
"Xier, today's military meeting ended so early?"
Sima Xingnan said in surprise.
Huan Xi couldn’t figure out the situation:
"What military discussion is mother talking about?"
At this time, Sima Xingnan immediately realized that Huan Wen was tricking him. After all, there was no reason for the Northern Army to report urgent information without consulting Huan Xi.
She angrily went to General Zhengxi's Mansion and took Huan Wen, who was sleeping soundly in the study, back to Linhe Mansion.
Huan Wen begged, hoping that he could be allowed to rest for three days before he could help the princess again.
Sima Xingnan understood the difference between a full meal and a full meal, and he did not force others to do anything, and agreed to let Huan Wen have a good rest for three days.
The days passed and the wedding day was approaching. During this period, many things happened in the north.
Duan Xianbei, who was defeated by Qian Yan, took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains. The tribal leader Duan Gong led his troops southward and occupied Qingzhou. Duan Gong claimed to be the king of Qi.
Shi Zhi appointed Yao Yizhong as the right prime minister, and Yao Xiang as the general of hussars, governor of Yuzhou, and Duke of Xinchang.
Ran Min had constant small battles with the Hu people, but Huan Xi never waited for the legendary battle of Lingshui.
Huan Xi certainly hopes that the Battle of Lingshui will happen for real.
After all, if Ran Min could really defeat the 200,000 former Yan army in Lingshui, capture and kill 70,000, kill more than 30 former Yan generals, seize 28 cities, and burn more than 200,000 shi of grain, he would definitely severely damage the national power of the former Yan.
But throughout the first half of the year, Qian Yan was fighting against Later Zhao generals such as Deng Heng and Wang Wu, while Ran Min was fighting against Shi Zhi and the local warlords of Later Zhao.
Ran Min and Qian Yan have not yet broken out in conflict. Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for a conflict to break out in the second half of the year.
Come to think of it, maybe it was really made up by later generations. After all, neither Fang Xuanling's "Book of Jin" nor Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian" recorded the so-called Battle of Lingshui. After all, the other six battles were included. There is no reason to exclude this battle, even the general of the Yan army does not deserve to have a name.
He was disappointed, but Huan Xi had no time to pay attention to the chaos in the north at this time. As the wedding day approached, he also fell into busyness.
Huan Shiqian and his brothers followed his father Huan Huo to Jiangling.
Of course, he is not called by this name now, but is called Huan Qian.
The reason why the name was later changed is that before the Feishui War, there was a folk song sung in the north:
'Who is Er Jian? Stone broken! '
Jian naturally refers to Fu Jian, so Huan Huo added the word "石" to the names of all his twenty sons, hoping to echo this nursery rhyme.
It’s just that the nursery rhyme should end up with Xie Shi.
Before the wedding, Huan Xi paid homage to many clan elders. With his ability to deal with people, he also got along well with his cousins.
For now, there is no conflict of interest between them, and no one wants to get close to the future leader of the Huan family.
Since Huan Shiqian came to Jiangling, Huan Xi has been taking him with him, which was also tacitly approved by Huan Wen.
It's just that Huan Shiqian was too young. Even if Huan Xi wanted to take him away, Huan Wen and Huan Huo would not allow it.
Huan Huo is now unemployed and has plenty of time to discipline his son, so there is no need for Huan Xi to worry about it.
But this does not delay the relationship between Huan Xi and Huan Shiqian from becoming closer. The two are cousins, and Huan Shiqian is good at bow and horse, so he naturally has the ambition to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. It is not a big deal for him to be together with Huan Xi. strange things.
On August 11, the sixth year of Yonghe (AD 350), the night before the wedding, Xie Mansion.
Xie Daoyun blushed with embarrassment, listening to her mother talk about sexual intercourse between men and women.
Xie Mu said a lot and finally said:
"When you are in the wedding room, if you are really at a loss, just listen to Xi'er."
After all, Huan Xi had a concubine in his house, so how could he not know the etiquette of human relations between husband and wife?
Xie Daoyun nodded. She remembered everything her mother just said, but she was really embarrassed.
"Mom, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."
Xie Daoyun said softly.
Xie’s mother said:
"What's going on here? As a mother, I have to pass on to you my experience of caring for my husband, raising my children, and serving my parents-in-law for many years."
Xie Daoyun cheered up after hearing this. He must remember this by heart.
Xie's mother stopped talking when her mouth went dry, and Xie Daoyun felt that she had gained a lot after listening to her mother's experience.
After her mother left, she looked at the bright moon outside the window and thought about her married life with Huan Xi.
