According to the most traditional and formal six etiquettes, they are to receive gifts, to ask for names, to receive gifts, to receive invitations, to ask for dates, and to welcome guests in person. The first five procedures have been completed, and the last step is left to welcome the bride into the house.
According to traditional etiquette, during this period, the bride and groom cannot see each other again before going to the church to get married.
Tantai Heqing also arranged to live outside the mansion. This mansion was bought by Tantai Heqing in Yangzhou a year ago. This shows that she was planning this marriage a year ago and prepared all the matters. appropriate.
At the mansion in Yangzhou, Tantai Heqing was accompanied by Gu Xianting, Cui Yourong, Ye Yueyi, and Su Qianqian.
At the same time, housekeeper Kong, Xiaoqiu, Xia'er and other personal maids also came to Yangzhou. Tantai Heqing's only blood-related brother, Tantai Wenwang, also put his studies on hold to attend the most important moment in his sister's life.
As the day of the wedding approaches, guests from all over the country arrive in Yangzhou one after another.
Gu Xuan, Zhang Zhenghe, Zhang Lingxiao, Zhang Yizhen and their daughters Cui Baozhu and Lu Wenlin brought Feng Shoudao together, and they agreed to come together.
The status of Gu Xuan, Zhang Zhenghe and Lu Wenlin is enough to represent the three famous families of Gu, Lu and Zhang in Wuzhong.
As for Lu Tao not returning from Chang'an, Lu Wenlin expressed his apology to Xie Fu on behalf of his father.
This shocked Xie Guangde. He never thought that his grandson could invite such a distinguished guest.
The thank you gift was also very shocking. I didn't expect that my cousin had such a wide network of contacts. He was called brother and sister to the Lu clan, the eldest son of Lu, and had a father-son relationship with the legendary Suzhou figure Gu Xuan. He also had a very close relationship with Zhang clan.
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Xie Fu personally arranged for the three families to live in the mansion, and talked with Gu Xuan about using the Rudong school field to rectify the Suzhou Zhechong government army.
Immediately afterwards, he transferred to the hospital to greet the Zhang family. Zhang Zhenghe knew that Xie Fu and his sister had a lot to talk about in private, so he made an excuse to go back to his room to rest after being tired from the journey.
As soon as Zhang Zhenghe left, Zhang Yizhen took Xie Fu's hand enthusiastically: "Brother Fu, I heard that you have married Xianting?"
Xie Fu nodded: "I have lived up to Sister Zhen's expectations."
"You can say it's my hope. Don't you want such a good woman?"
Xie Fu smiled: "Of course, that's..."
Zhang Yizhen knew what Xie Fu wanted to say, and said calmly: "It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. It's your ability to have such a good fortune. One is too few to cure you."
Xie Fu could only nod and apologize.
Zhang Yizhen asked: "Where is Xianting? I haven't seen her in Wuxi for many years, and I want to catch up with her."
Xie Fuying said: "Xian Ting is accompanying He Qing."
Zhang Yizhen had a strange expression and made secret gestures with two fingers, meaning to ask, they should be mortal enemies.
Xie Fu smiled and said: "Xian Ting and He Qing have known each other for a long time. They are close friends, so..."
Zhang Yizhen smiled: "You kill two birds with one stone and save yourself a lot of worries."
Xie Fu smiled and said: "The two of them have a deep relationship and can get along well with each other. I am also very happy. Sister Zhen. In fact, I have never thought about these issues before, not even whether I can get a wife."
Zhang Yizhen smiled softly: "What are you talking about? You are so handsome. I'm afraid no woman will marry you."
Cui Baozhu, who was on the side, looked anxious and couldn't find a space to interrupt. He took the opportunity to answer: "Uncle Fu is a man of unrivaled elegance, talent and beauty. He is the ideal husband for women in the world. If I want to marry in the future, I will also marry a man like Uncle Fu. "
Zhang Yi said truthfully: "If you want to marry someone like this, it will be difficult to find one."
Xie Fu said modestly: "Baozhu, please don't marry someone like me, Uncle Fu, who is too romantic. If you want to marry, marry a dedicated man."
Cui Baozhu said with a smile: "What man is not romantic and single-minded? That's because he has no ability. Those who are capable don't have three wives and four concubines like Uncle Fu."
Xie Fu couldn't help but smile: "You girl."
Zhang Yizhen said displeasedly: "Baozhu, where did you learn these words?"
Cui Baozhu responded weakly: "I understood it myself by reading the book. Those emperors and princes all fell in love with each other."
Although it was true, Xie Fu was a little embarrassed. He was not yet an emperor or prince, so he learned to love others when he saw them.
Seeing that his mother's expression was a bit ugly, Cui Baozhu quickly changed the subject: "Uncle Fu, Baozhu is too poor to give you expensive gifts, so I drew a picture for you as a congratulatory gift."
Xie Fu said happily: "Okay, okay, I definitely like it."
"Uncle Fu, if you say you like it before you even look at it, maybe my painting will be ugly."
"As long as it's painted by Baozhu and it's ugly, I like it too."
Cui Baozhu opened the scroll, but it was a very happy picture of "Exploring the Pearl".
Xie Fu looked at it carefully and found that his painting skills were obviously very awkward, but the meaning was very good.
Exploring Li to Get the Pearl comes from a story in "Zhuangzi: Li Yukou".
It is said that a man touched a thousand-gold pearl from the abyss. His father lamented that the thousand-gold pearl must be hidden under the chin of the ferocious Lilong in the abyss. If you can get the Lilong, you must catch it when Lilong is sleeping. I'm so lucky.
Cui Baozhu gave this painting to Xie Fu as a congratulatory gift, which also means that Xie Fu was lucky enough to obtain an extremely precious treasure.
Cui Baozhu said, "Uncle Fu, my paintings are completely different from yours. It's my fault that my paintings are so bad. It's because you didn't fulfill your promise to teach me how to paint well."
Xie Fu apologized: "I'm really too busy, but I haven't been separated from you for long. If you can teach yourself this, you are also very talented in painting. As time goes by, you will definitely be above me."
Cui Baozhu smiled and said, "It was my mother who taught me. My mother said it was better for you to teach me, so it's better for her to teach me. My mother didn't like me learning these arts in the past, and it was thanks to Uncle Fu."
Zhang Yizhen was a little embarrassed and only heard Xie Fu's voice: "Sister Zhen, can you draw?"
Zhang Yizhen said proudly: "You think you are the only one who can draw." She is the granddaughter of the loyal and famous Zhang Zhi. She has been influenced by her since childhood and has been known as a talented woman since she was a girl.
Cui Baozhu smiled and said: "Mom is serious, so you will become young and lively only when you meet Uncle Fu."
He said that the unintentional listener was interested, but Xie Fu was startled and glanced at Zhang Yizhen lightly.
Zhang Yizhen glared and said, "I'm not angry if you don't mention it. You made me miserable in Wuxi."
Zhang Yizhen said it bluntly, but Xie Fu was relieved and said with a smile: "I won't dare in the future, I won't dare in the future."
Xie Fu turned to ask, "Isn't Ling Luo here?"
"I don't know. I haven't met this girl a few times in the house. You can ask Ling Xiao. Maybe he knows."
Xie Fu found Zhang Lingxiao: "Brother Zhang."
Zhang Lingxiao was admiring every scene in the mansion. He turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Xie, this Xie Mansion is a thousand-year-old mansion, full of talented people everywhere."
Xie Fu approached and asked, "Isn't Ling Luo here?"
Zhang Lingxiao smiled with a strange expression: "She said she won't come. If you want her to come, you have to invite her in person. If you invite her to come, she will also make a big fuss about the wedding and prevent you from getting married."
Xie Fu didn't dare to provoke Zhang Lingluo again, and said with a smile: "Then I won't invite him at all."
