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Chapter 17

Dong's Mansion became noisy again for a while, and people passing by the street could hear people's voices and laughter in the mansion.Those who don't know the inside story only know that the daughter of the monarch is going to marry the grandson of the general, while those who know the inside story half-smile and half-sarcastically say that the princess actually married the son of a captive.

Shu Hui ordered people to renovate several main courtyards, taking advantage of the excitement, invited Dong Qu Ling out of the main courtyard, and moved in with Dong Shi himself, giving up the courtyard where he used to live.After Shu Yin learned about it, she didn't want to, so she asked Shu Hui to talk about moving to the side courtyard.Since the marriage between Shu Yin and the princess had already been decided, Shu Hui didn't bother with such small matters, so he followed his wishes and said, "I'm afraid the side courtyard will be quieter for you to live in. I will call Luo later." Ann is planning to plant some wintersweet and begonias, as well as the large lake, I also need to buy some lotus flowers to cover it."

Because there is only a half-moon door leading to the side courtyard, it seems that the side courtyard is independent from Dong's mansion, so Luo An asked someone to knock down the door and open it into a straight road.Shu introduced that the side courtyard and the main courtyard were connected as one, but he felt that they did not understand elegance and swept away their own tranquility, but they had no right to make decisions, so they could only mutter a few words in their hearts.

When Mrs. Dong heard about her son's happy event, the depression in her heart seemed to be relieved a little. Recently, her body has also improved, and she can often go out of the room and drink some delicious thin porridge.

All the people in the mansion were happy, and when they saw Shu Yin, they couldn't help praising and complimenting him, saying that he was overjoyed.Shu Yin was annoyed by listening, and saw that Wen Ran didn't say anything about it. If he wanted to see him, he would still see him, and if he wanted to talk to him, he would still say it.So I couldn't help asking, "I'm going to marry the princess next month, aren't you annoyed?"

Wen Ran glanced at him casually, "What the hell am I doing, it's not that I'm going to marry the princess."

Shu Yin was unhappy when he heard this, and said sullenly, "This way I know that you don't treat me sincerely."

Without raising her eyes, Wen Ran said, "At this time, you have the face to ask me, if you really like me, can you marry someone else?"

Shu Yin jumped up anxiously and said, "Can I decide to marry the princess? Besides, I come to your place every day to see you and hug you. Isn't it because of my sincerity and because of you?"

Wen Ran sat on the bed and sneered, "I only think you are for yourself."

Shu Yin was silenced by these words, and when he saw that he had tied up the clothes he had just untied, he salivated and smiled again, stretched out his hand and pulled his button and said, "I'm just kidding, you really mean it." .”

Wen Ran pushed him away, then buckled the button again, looked up at Shu Yin and said, "I take every word seriously, and every word I say is the truth. You like to tell jokes , don’t come to me to talk about it in the future, women will love to listen to it.” After speaking, he ignored him.

Shu Yin immediately apologized, and when he got to Wen Ran's left, Wen Ran turned around and sat on the right; when he went to the right, he turned to the left again.Shu Yinben didn't realize that he said something wrong, and his heart was upset after this disturbance, and he said to Wen Ran behind his back, "I don't want to make fun of myself anymore, just come to me when you are better." Also went.Seeing that he really left, Wen Ran felt more hatred in her heart.

All the courtyards of the Dong Mansion were newly renovated before the Double Ninth Festival. Shu Hui inspected the side courtyard and saw that the short willows by the river were yellow in color, and the osmanthus and begonias in the courtyard were all thin and weak, but a ginkgo dug from other places was still strong. However, the strong and the strong have already lost a lot of leaves. Seeing the depression in the eyes, Shu Hui asked Luo An to come and ask, "It will be a happy event in a few days, you should arrange the rituals of the funeral." Yes, this is a joke for the guests to see."

Luo An hurriedly argued, "Chongyang is already late autumn, so the trees are all withered, and the foundation of this newly planted tree is not stable, after all, it looks thinner and smaller than the native ones. If it wants to be strong, I'm afraid you have to raise two Three years."

Shu Hui said, "That's the case, why don't you take the strong ones from other places and plant them?"

Luo An said, "This osmanthus begonia is no better than ginkgo, not to mention it's this season, if you dig a ripe one, you may not be able to support it."

Shu Hui sneered, and said, "Why are you so ignorant? Co-director Luo wants to wait two or three years before calling guests to reward gifts and wine? Hurry up and pull out these embarrassing things. Change some strong ones to plant, I don’t ask them to feed, just keep them to flourish on the day of the Double Ninth Festival.” He said, “Remember to go to the market to pick some good-quality colorful silks and satins, tear them up Tie it to the trunk and branches of the tree, so that it is worthy of a great gift from the mansion."

Roan said yes.Shu Hui asked again, "How is the layout of the room?"

Luo An said, "I have set up the tables and chairs for the banquet according to my aunt's instructions: two tables for the upper table, one table for six people; four tables for the middle table, one table for eight people; ten tables for the lower table, one table for ten people. The rest of the people are arranged to sit. In the courtyard outside the main house. Apart from the main house, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting decorations have been purchased in other houses, porcelain and other antiques are also placed on the table, and the young master’s wedding room is also being decorated by the maids, and the work will be completed tonight."

Shu Hui nodded, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, "Although the chrysanthemums were not appreciated until the Mid-Autumn Festival, you also placed them in various courtyards in the mansion."

Luo An bowed and went.

Three days before the Double Ninth Festival, the central government ordered the closure of shops along the street from the palace to Dong's Mansion; two days before, a team of guards was dispatched to clear away the common people; the day before, three teams of eunuchs erected yellow curtains to block off an empty passage Come.In this way, on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, according to the etiquette of the dynasty, Shu Hui and Dong wore court clothes and brought Shu into the palace to marry the princess.

There were a group of people from Dong's residence, Shu led them in wedding clothes and rode a strong horse first, followed by two groups of people and horses, followed by two big sedan chairs, on which were Shu Hui and Dong's, and finally followed by two groups of people and horses.This group of people marched through Dong's mansion to the front of the palace gate.When the time came to Chen, I saw that the east was turning white, and the sun was shining on the palace gate, but I heard a bell and drum in the palace, followed by a noisy gong and drum. Someone inside the gate shouted, "The princess is leaving the palace, the palace gate is open!" Then the two red lacquered bronze gates were slowly opened, and two teams of men and horses came out holding banners, standing in a row on both sides of the palace gate, and then came out in an endless stream. Ten couples of palace maids threw flower petals as they walked, and finally saw a large sedan chair for eight people, and eight guards stood around the sedan chair.Immediately, everyone in Dong's mansion opened up to both sides to make way, Shu led the sedan chair back, and the maids and guards escorted her for ten miles before stopping to pay respects in the direction the princess was going.

As soon as the bridal sedan entered the mansion, eight guards helped to carry it to the ground. Immediately, Xi Po stepped forward to lift the curtain and helped the others out.Shu Yin waited at the side, and saw Wushuang wearing red makeup, a picture of auspicious clouds and colorful phoenixes embroidered with gold silk on the satin and brocade clothes, her black hair in a bun, covered with gold hairpins wrapped in silk, she bowed her head and made a soft sound.Wu Shuang put her hands on her chest, and Xi Po led her to Shu Yin.Shu Yin held his hands lightly, and led them to the main courtyard of Shu Hui. After kowtowing, the two held tea and handed them to Shu Hui and Dong Shi in turn.Dong's face was full of joy, she got up to support her, took Wushuang's hand, and said, "Well, now I can't be your master anymore." Wushuang lowered her head and called softly, "I hope mother can teach Wushuang carefully in the future. "Ms. Dong was even more delighted when she heard this, patted the back of Wushuang's hand, and said repeatedly, "Okay, okay!" Then she was led by the close maid, Yan Lan, to the wedding room in the side courtyard.

After learning the ceremony like this, first a group of young servants removed the curtains along the street, and Shu Yin followed his father to wait at the main entrance. The mansion played music, and the guests came one after another with their big gifts. Overwhelmed for a while.Luo An greeted the guests to sit down, and the servants and maids in the mansion were busy setting up banquets and delivering wine.The gifts received couldn't be piled up, so they were lined up in the main courtyard. When I entered the door, I saw red lacquer treasure chests and makeup boxes full of gifts. When they saw it, everyone said, "Only the king marries his daughter to have such a pomp."

At the wedding banquet, the guests competed to toast and congratulate each other. Thanks to Shu Yin's capacity for drinking, after a few rounds, he felt tired but not drunk.Zhu Dian sat down at the table with his father Zhu Shendao, and because he was usually on good terms with Shu Yin, seeing this festive moment, he couldn't help trying to make trouble with him.

Shu leads the wine to Zhu Dian's table, respects each other in turns, and everyone stands up and clinks glasses to drink.When he arrived at Zhu Dian, Shu Yin said with a smile, "Could it be that elder brother came here alone, and didn't back up a big gift for younger brother?"

Having said that, everyone laughed.

Zhu Dian hurriedly said, "Why don't you think the gift from Zhu's house is not rich enough?"

Shu Yin said again, "Brother, don't confuse others here. No one knows that the gift piled up in the yard was prepared by your father." Just as he was talking, the accompanying boy came forward to fill Zhu Dian's glass of wine, Zhu Dian wanted to pick it up, but Shu Yin hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Eh? Big brother, why did you drink it before you said it clearly? I can't give you this wedding wine for nothing. How friendly you and I are, now I just ask Your gift?"

All the guests present put down their chopsticks, and started coaxing, listening and playing.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with a smile, Zhu Dian became anxious and said, good boy, I didn't make trouble with you, but you made trouble with me.So he tore off the white jade that was falling from his body, and handed it to Shu Yin, "It is thanks to this jade that I met and became acquainted with my brother, so why don't I give you this precious jade on this happy occasion."

Shu Yin took it with a nod and a smile, hid it in his bosom, and said, "Since elder brother is willing to give this jade to me, it can be seen that he sincerely came to congratulate me." He ignored it when he saw it, and just held the cup in his hand, saying, "Brother invites me to have such a small cup of wedding wine, it's too petty." He took two empty bowls from the banquet, and handed one to Shu Yin said, "Brother, although you and I have known each other for a long time, we have never had the opportunity to drink wine to our heart's content. Why don't we take this opportunity and let's drink a few bowls." The boss is up, and if he drinks a few bowls like this, he is afraid of teaching him not to drink and get down on the ground.Thinking of this, he smiled and asked the boy to come forward to add more wine.

Shu Yin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute." Zhu Dian glanced at the guests, then turned his head to look at Shu Yin, and asked, "How is it? My brother took my precious jade, and now I don't want to invite my brother to drink. How about a few bowls of wedding wine?" After saying that, he laughed out loud, and the guests present also laughed in harmony.

Shu led the way, "My brother just wants to drink, how can this small bowl be loaded to drink?" So he asked the boy to bring two big jugs of wine, Shu pulled the cork, and said, "My brother will do it first. For respect." After saying that, he raised his head and drank a few times.

When Zhu Dian saw the jug, it weighed at least ten catties, and smelled the wine, he knew it was strong wine.After drinking, he wiped his mouth and said, "My brother, why haven't you drank yet? Could it be that he thinks it's too little?" Then he asked the servant to serve another drink, and Zhu Dian hurriedly begged, "Brother, just let the elder brother go for a while. "

Shu drank ten catties of white wine, no matter how much he drank, his head became heavy and his eyes became dizzy, and he felt that his stomach was unbearably distended, as if it was about to burst. If you don't drink this wine, you don't see me as a brother, if so, we don't need to be called brothers in the future." As he spoke, he took the jug and was about to pour Zhu Dian, and the guests hurriedly saw it. Get up and persuade.Zhu Dian had no choice but to take it and pour it down his throat. After a few dozen mouthfuls, he became nauseated.Shu Yin refused, and still said, "It's not over yet, how can I stop?" Then he forced the jug into his hand, so Zhu Dian took a few more sips, pushing and pushing so hard that he also filled half the jug, Zhu Dian couldn't bear it , begged repeatedly, "Don't make things difficult for my brother, brother."

Shu Yin drank ten catties of white wine. At this time, the strength of the wine had already risen, and she was so drunk that she heard Zhu Dian's voice, but she didn't understand him. When she had to think about it carefully, she felt a sudden pain in her chest. Just now he vomited out everything he ate and drank, and the guests all backed away in fright.With such a commotion, the guests at the upper table and the lower table only thought that something important had happened, and all of them gathered around for a while.Shu Hui didn't know what was going on, so he passed by, and when he entered the crowd, he smelled a stench of alcohol, and couldn't help frowning, thinking that some bastard got drunk and made trouble.Pushing the crowd in and taking a look, the person who was supported by two young servants like mud was actually his son--today's groom officer.Seeing that Shu Yin was filthy from vomiting, and the silk red wedding dress on his chest was soaked in deep purple, and seeing that the dishes on the table were messy, and there were two large wine pots rolling around, he suddenly felt angry and turned to the servant After drinking, "What are you doing with the pestle, why don't you move him out!" The guests also laughed a lot.

Xie Lan, Yun Su and a few maids were all serving Wushuang in the room, and they were startled when they saw the young servant bringing in a drunk Shu.Xie Lan glanced at Wushuang, and then asked the young servant, "Why is the young master so embarrassed?" "Understood, you go first." After speaking, he asked a few maids to help Shu Yin to put him on the bed, and the new quilt was immediately soiled by the filth all over his body.Wu Shuang had never seen this kind of formation before, seeing Shu Yin's painful face, she just sat on the side of the bed in a panic and called him.How can Shu Yin still agree, the drunk will only hum.Xie Lan brought clean clothes and smiled at Wushuang, "Princess, don't bother with him, just let him sleep for a while." Yun Su also stepped forward and said, "Princess, follow me outside the room, and pay the price here." You can do it.”

So the princess went, and Xie Lan asked the girl to fetch water, took off the dirty clothes for Shu Yin, wiped her body and face, washed them, and then put on new clothes.