Seeing Zhang Guifen's hesitation, Qiu Yun said anxiously: "But what? My dear girl, what are your concerns?"
But at this time, Zhang Guifen felt a little blocked in her heart. After all, admiring Shao Ai when she was young was a joy in life.
Just when Zhang Guifen was enjoying her future husband, a decree from the official family completely shattered all her imagination.
But seeing Zhang Guifen's attitude, Qiu Yun was really worried and said, "Girl, you will be my uncle's bride soon. When my uncle comes over later, you can't be like this."
Zhang Guifen replied: "I'm not stupid, this marriage was decided by the official himself, and nothing can go wrong under any circumstances.
Don't worry, I will get married well and do what a woman should do. "
After saying that, he started to laugh. Even Qiu Yun, who was closest to him, didn't see anything wrong with this smile, and presumably others couldn't see it either.
At the same time, Li Hao and Gu Tingye were stopped outside the house, asking questions for everyone to answer.
Of course, Li Hao is a crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and he is naturally familiar with the military strategy issues raised by these people.
After some testing, this question did not embarrass Li Hao and the others, but actually made them get around it.
Seeing that he really couldn't get any advantage, he said to Li Hao: "You always let others answer the questions, but this undermines your reputation of being both civil and military, and makes people think that you are just wasting your reputation.
For the next questions, you can either answer them yourself based on your ability. As long as you can answer them well, we will let you in. "
Upon hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said, "Okay, let's make it a deal. Please come up with the question."
With Li Hao's agreement, people from the British government began to discuss together to see what problems would be needed to make it difficult for Li Hao to stay.
However, no matter how much they spent on discussing, they still did not stop Li Hao from answering the question, and he was still able to solve it very quickly.
At this time, the people outside the mansion also moved out of the way as instructed, and then Fu Deng led his servants and began to scatter the wedding money.
Li Hao, under the guidance of the maid, went directly to Zhang Guifen's boudoir and met the bride.
Not to mention, although Li Hao had met Zhang Guifen before, when he saw him wearing this phoenix crown and harem today, Li Hao's eyes still lit up.
No wonder it is said that a woman is the most beautiful when she wears a wedding dress, but in Li Hao's opinion, wearing a wedding dress is probably not as beautiful as this phoenix crown and harem.
It was because of this that Li Hao was so intoxicated that he couldn't help but be stunned.
That is because Li Hao kept looking at her, which made Zhang Guifen feel a little embarrassed.
Just when the two people's eyes met, Qiu Yun said: "The master and the old lady are waiting in the main hall to serve tea. We can't keep them waiting any longer."
Hearing this, Li Hao came to his senses immediately, and Zhang Guifen also took the fan that had been prepared, covered her cheeks, stood up, and followed Li Hao to the main hall.
At this time, the British father-in-law and his wife were already sitting at the table, waiting for Li Hao and Zhang Guifen to come and serve tea.
According to the procedure, Li Hao first took the tea cup from the side and presented it to the British Duke and then to the British Duke and his wife.
After drinking these two cups of tea, Li Hao could officially change his name to father-in-law and mother-in-law, even though Li Hao had been calling them shamelessly for a long time.
At the same time, the two gave some advice to Li Hao and Zhang Guifen, asking them to respect and love each other and grow old hand in hand.
After completing this step, the two of them will leave the British Duke's Mansion and return to Li Hao's Mansion to complete the rest of the ceremony.
So after leaving the mansion, Li Hao put Zhang Guifen into the sedan chair, then mounted the tall horse again and embarked on the return journey.
But on the way back, Li Hao glanced at the huge wedding procession behind him from time to time.
I can't help but sigh at the generosity of the British prince. How much dowry he paid to marry his daughter. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "Ten Miles of Red Dress".
However, according to the customs of the Northern Song Dynasty, these dowries were Zhang Guifen's private property, and Li Hao had no right to use them, so
After taking a few glances, Li Hao stopped paying attention.
Soon the group returned to the Li family. Li Hao came to the sedan chair and led Zhang Guifen out of the sedan chair.
After the two of them entered the mansion, Fu Deng and the others scattered a wave of wedding money here to pray for good luck.
At this time, the main hall of the Li Mansion was much more lively than the British Duke's Mansion. Naturally, Mr. Wei and Li Jian were sitting in the main seats.
Then Ouyang Xiu, Master Qin, Chen Shengzhi, and Sheng Hong were also sitting on the chairs on both sides.
Of course, everyone else is highly respected, but Sheng Hong just wants to give Sheng Hong some face for Minglan's sake.
Li Hao and Zhang Guifen walked in. Amid the singing of the etiquette officers, they first paid homage to their parents, and then served tea to Mr. Wei and Li Jian.
After this step was completed, Zhu Neiguan calculated the time and walked in with the imperial edict.
When Zhu Neiguan held high the imperial edict, everyone present knelt down to listen to the edict.
Zhu Neiguan said loudly: "The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven, and the edict says: Zhang Guifen, wife of the Li family, is of a prudent nature, diligent and submissive, yonghe and pure, with a gentle nature, a submissive inner discipline, and a virtuous character."
Immediately upon signing, he was conferred the title of Fourth-Class Scholar. I admire this! "
After hearing this decree, Zhang Guifen really looked at her husband with admiration, so Zhu Neiguan took this opportunity to announce the decree.
It is nothing more than saying that she was able to get this imperial edict based on her status as Li Hao's wife, and this added to the Li family's face.
Of course, apart from that, Zhang Guifen couldn't help but be a little excited, even though the British princess was a first-grade imperial concubine.
And Zhang Guifen had always seen many wives, but when it was her turn, the feeling was completely different.
As for the way other people looked at Li Hao, they began to change a lot. After all, this was Jane in the Emperor's Heart.
Especially Sheng Hong, thinking that Li Hao had earned a royal life for his mother and wife at such a young age, then he really had accomplished nothing.
Of course, Li Hao had no control over what other people thought. After Li Hao got up, he invited Zhu Neiguan to have a wedding banquet at the mansion before leaving, and Zhu Neiguan happily agreed.
Afterwards, the wedding process returned to normal, with Li Hao and Zhang Guifen holding hands and walking into the new house, where they bowed to each other.
After paying homage, the two sat on the bed and performed the rituals of "laying the tent" and "closing the bun".
First, a group of women scatter the prepared red dates, peanuts, longans, and lotus seeds on the bed, speaking auspicious words while scattering them, and these scattered things also mean that a child will be born early.
Then a lock of hair is cut on each of the two people's heads and formed into a heart-shaped knot as a token of marriage.
Then put the concentric knot into the box and press it under the quilt, which means growing old together.
After that, the wedding ceremony is completed. After the two drink the cup of wine, it means that the wedding ceremony is completed.
When Li Hao put down his wine glass, Gu Tingye walked out directly and said, "Okay, you're done here, now it's time for us to drink. I have to get you drunk today."
After saying that, he and Yang Wenyuan pulled Li Hao from left to right and walked towards the banquet.
You must know that in order for today's wedding banquet to be held decently and thoughtfully, today's Fourth Division and Sixth Bureau were all borrowed from the Huininghou Mansion and the Lingguogong Mansion to manage it together with their respective talented people.
So this scene is still very good, especially with the appearance of Li Hao, the front becomes more lively.
However, Li Hao picked up the wine glass and went to the main table to toast first, which was the table where Li Jian, Qin Fuzi, Ouyang Xiu and Chen Sheng were sitting.
After toasting the main table, he then went around to each table and toasted to thank them for taking the time to attend his wedding banquet.
However, with this tribute, he couldn't stop drinking. Although Gu Tingye and others spontaneously came to help, rushing to drink with these people, so that Li Haoneng could drink less.
But in the end, Li Hao still couldn't bear it anymore. He had no choice but to drink. The civil servants' fighting power was really overwhelming, and they crushed Gu Tingye and the others.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Hao quickly pretended to be drunk in advance and walked away.
Staggering around, the person holding his hand began to call him by the wrong name and talk nonsense.
Seeing Li Hao's appearance, everyone had no doubts, so they let Li Hao go and allowed Li Hao to return to his new house.
On the way, Li Hao still didn't forget to act like he was drunk, and he stopped pretending until he entered the backyard.
But when Li Hao entered the room and saw Zhang Guifen sitting upright on the bed, Li Hao was really at a loss.
After all, I have been married for two generations, and this is my first time marrying a wife, so I really have no experience.
And Zhang Guifen was not much better. Although her British father-in-law had given her guidance when she got married, the day had come.
Under this tension, those original teachings were forgotten long ago.
So when Li Hao sat next to Zhang Guifen, it was obvious to the naked eye that both of them were a little nervous, especially Zhang Guifen, whose ears turned red.
Seeing this situation, Li Hao decided to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. Since words can't be said, he might as well express his feelings with actions.
So he said directly: "Madam, let's take a rest now."
After hearing this, Zhang Guifen whispered: "Okay."
The small voice was really as loud as a mosquito. If it weren't for the movement of the mouth, it really wouldn't feel like a person was talking.
So what followed was a warm spring night in the hibiscus tent. Li Hao used his actions to show his attitude towards this marriage.
Early the next morning, Li Hao and Zhang Guifen got up and went to greet Mr. Wei and Li Jian.
It was at this time that Mrs. Wei said: "You are from a prince's family, so you are naturally more familiar with the matter of welcoming and sending off than I am.
From now on, I will hand over the power of running the family to you and let you take care of the affairs of the whole family. "
Hearing this, Zhang Guifen's first reaction was that the Wei family was lying, and he actually took the initiative to give up the power of the family.
But on the other hand, Zhang Guifen didn't want to miss this opportunity, so she had no choice but to look at Li Hao for help.
At this time Li Hao said: "Don't think too much about it, my mother really doesn't like this social interaction.
If you are willing, you might as well try it next. "
Hearing what Li Hao said, Zhang Guifen said: "Okay, then I will take care of the house for my mother-in-law. If there is anything I can't do well, please tell me."
After talking about this matter, Mrs. Wei asked the two of them to go down to rest, and asked someone to bring them a tonic stew so that they could replenish their bodies.
Next, on the third day after the wedding, Li Hao accompanied Zhang Guifen back to Guining.
The two stayed in the British Duke's mansion for a day, during which the British Duke's wife took Zhang Guifen away and talked about herself.
Li Hao also accompanied the British Duke to talk. During the conversation, the British Duke also talked about the recent major events in the DPRK, that is, whether to appoint Zhao Zongquan as Kaifeng Yin.
But Li Hao really had no idea about this. Although Li Hao had not been to the Yamen during this period, Li Hao still knew some situations.
Seeing that this matter has become completely different from what I planned in advance.
There was no other way, so Li Hao could only adhere to the golden mean and talk about it in a vague way.
After hearing these words, the British Duke didn't say anything bad. After all, when working in the court, it is not wrong to speak and do things in a fog.
After chatting, we had lunch at the British Government House and then returned home.
In the days that followed, Li Hao fully demonstrated his ability to eat the marrow and know the taste, and kept doing what he loved.
And while Li Hao was resting at home, the development of things in the DPRK continued.
There are still people in the court asking the officials to appoint Zhao Zongquan as Kaifeng Yin.
Because he was busy with this matter, Zhao Ceying did not come to attend Li Hao's wedding. Of course, his family still sent gifts.
And as this situation developed, Han Qi finally found Ouyang Xiu and said, "There is a lot of commotion in the court now about whether to appoint Zhao Zongquan as Kaifeng Yin. What do you think about this?"
Upon hearing this,
Ouyang Xiu then understood that Han Qi wanted to deceive him into directly helping Zhao Zongquan make the deal.
Of course, no matter what you think in your heart, you cannot say this with your mouth: "Now that the official family has appointed Zhao Zongquan as the prince, the succession to the throne is guaranteed.
Let the rest follow the official's wishes, and we won't join in the fun. "
Seeing Ouyang Xiu's intention not to come forward, Han Qi said: "The Zhengshitang once selected the chief official for Kaifeng Mansion, but after the application was submitted, the officials always disagreed. It was obvious that the officials intended to leave the position of Kaifeng Yin to .”
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu said directly: "Since the official family has this intention, there is no need for us to get involved.
At the beginning, forcing the officials to establish a heir was a last resort for the stability of the government. How could they be forced to make decisions now? "
Seeing Ouyang Xiu's helpless look, Han Qi couldn't say anything more, lest Ouyang Xiu see out his plans.
So after chatting for a few more words, Han Qi said goodbye and left, going to Chen Shengzhi's house.
Chen Shengzhi was also on good terms with Han Qi, so after Han Qi explained the reason, Chen Shengzhi agreed.
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Guarantee will be written to the officials, asking them to appoint Zhao Zongquan as Kaifeng Yin.
In fact, Chen Shengzhi's actions made him lose his original favor in Zhao Zhen's eyes.
Especially after knowing that Han Qi had been to Chen's house,
Then Chen Shengzhi wrote this memorial, and Zhao Zhen naturally understood the meaning.
However, Zhao Zhen did not have an attack, but continued to wait and see if Han Qi would join.
On the other side, Zhao Zongquan and his son found Han Qi and wanted him to come forward in person.
After all, the appointment of Kaifeng Yin has been delayed for a long time, and Zhao Zongquan now urgently hopes that this matter can be finalized as soon as possible.
At this time, Han Qi seemed not to know what to say.
It was originally in order to close the relationship with Zhao Zongquan that he came up with the idea to appoint Kaifeng Yin.
In this situation, Han Qi had no choice but to promise to be separated as soon as possible.
