one step closer to the end

Zhao Guanren shook his head contemptuously, and the old father-in-law said as expected: "He has not reached the championship yet, and he will inevitably be arrogant because he is so arrogant. He specially set up the post of 'Gongwei Division' right supervisor to strengthen his experience, and he was promoted to the chief epidemic prevention of the Imperial Hospital. The rank is not high. Change, receive double salary, this!"

"???"

All the officials in the yard were confused, and even Prince Duan was scratching his head in wonder. Zhao Guanren turned around and asked, "Ge Lao! What does the guard do, and where is the guard?"

"Ad hoc is a newly established yamen, I don't know..."

Xia Shoufu waved his hands lightly, but actually hid in a corner a long time ago, wearing a thick anti-epidemic mask.

"grown ups!"

The old man took out another booklet, handed it to the patrolling officer and said: "The guard department has two left and right supervisors, and the right supervisory department arrests the spies of the enemy country. You can read the details for yourself. Our family really can't read it anymore. You Hurry up and prescribe the side medicine!"

"Dong Cheng! Take the adults to the intensive care unit, it's a good treat..."

Zhao Guanren put on his gloves and took the imperial decree and booklet, opened it and frowned and said, "It seems that the flu in Beijing is already very serious, and even the palace has been infected, so you will let me go to Beijing next month, huh? Why is the Chief Inspector the prince?"

"What? How could it be the prince..."

Prince Duan immediately rushed over, snatched the booklet and frowned to check it, Tan Qingning also ran over quickly, and said in surprise: "It is my responsibility to arrest the spies. Doesn't the arch guard overlap with my guard?"

"No overlap! Your Jingdu Weichang has been kicked out of Kyoto..."

Prince Duan shook his head and said: "You no longer have the right to investigate and prosecute in the capital, including the three coastal state capitals. From now on, you can only go around inland, and the final review power is in the hands of the Gongwei Division. You are no longer the emperor. Guards!"

"..."

Tan Qingning's complexion changed suddenly, the situation of Jingdu's Guards was even worse than she expected, it went directly from Emperor's Guards to a second-rate team.

"Isn't it? Zuo Jian, who is at the same level as me, is actually a third-rank official, and specializes in investigating and prosecuting treasonous officials..."

Zhao Guanren stared at the document and said dejectedly: "This guy is a fat vacancy among the fat vacancies. I'm the right supervisor, so I'm the fifth grade. I risk my life to investigate spies, and I have to work part-time in epidemic prevention. Is it such a bully?"

"Chief Zhao! You are only nineteen this year, and you are already at the fifth rank..."

Xia Shoufu smiled bitterly and said: "If you are promoted twice in a month, you will have no chance to be promoted before the age of [-]. How will the emperor promote you in the future? Besides, you have to let the emperor understand your ability. As long as you It's worthy of the name, are you still worried that you won't be able to make it to the top?"

"Come on! Let's take a step to talk..."

Prince Duan pulled Zhao Guanren into the room, and said, "Yunxuan! What do you think of the guard guard? The emperor transferred you to my elder brother's side and ordered me to return to Beijing immediately. This is clearly demolishing me!"

"If you don't dismantle your platform, you will dismantle someone else. If you continue to handle the errand, you will be the master..."

Zhao Guanren spread his hands and said: "Your Highness, you can go back with peace of mind. I am your man. I will be your eyeliner when I enter the Arch Guard Division. Before I leave, I will give you another big gift. I let them reduce the cost of making ordnance by [-]%, and the quality is not good. Change!"

"Thirty, thirty percent? They can't lose money..."

Prince Duan looked at him in surprise, but Zhao Guanren smiled and said: "National defense is the top priority. As long as the emperor is happy with you, posting some money is nothing. What the hell, you throw this out and hit him in the face!"

"Yunxuan! You have to hurry up and go to Beijing, this king will take care of you personally..."

Prince Duan excitedly gave him a hug, and suddenly said in embarrassment: "The little princess loves you very much. Although you have never overstepped, it will not sound good if it gets out, so I hope you two... Keep your distance!"

"Don't worry! We won't see her when she returns to the palace..."

Zhao Guanren patted his belly indifferently, but Prince Duan waved his hand and said, "If you are my son-in-law, I will be too happy, but you should also know that once you become a county horse, your official career will stop from now on, my lord." I hope you can do more for me!"

"Understood! Yunxuan will know how to measure..."

Zhao Guanren smiled and cupped his hands, and Prince Duan smiled with satisfaction and said, "Go! Say goodbye to my little Princess, but don't hug me. You were seen last time. You are really brave. of!"

Chapter 0468 The Big Wedding Night

The imperial envoy is gone!

The little princess is gone too!

Tan Qingning has returned to Beijing to report on her duties, and all the adults and generals have left completely. Lantai County has been cleaned up a lot in one fell swoop. Nostrils upturned.

afternoon!

The alley of "Hundred Poisons Don't Invade" is full of gongs, drums and firecrackers. There is an endless stream of guests who come to the Zhao Mansion to express their congratulations. Everyone in the county knows that Zhao Guanren is going to be an official in the capital. It's the prince, and any fool understands what it means.

"Sit down, sit down! Everyone, sit inside..."

Zhao Guanren stood at the door to welcome the guests in person. At first, he thought that the courtyard of Bajin was really huge, but today it was extremely crowded. There were [-] tables inside and outside, but there was no room for them to sit. Invite your guests.

"Send all the congratulatory gifts to me, I am the housekeeper today..."

Song Chizhu set up an official platform at the door, and led the master and the master to receive the gifts in person. Before the arrival of the new magistrate, he had to continue to do the work of the magistrate, and now he has become the biggest in Lantai County. He looked even more shy than Zhao Guanren.

"Oh! The little lady is here..."

The crowd suddenly rushed out and cheered in unison, only to see two big red sedan chairs coming from the entrance of the alley. , followed by a lion dance team beating gongs and drums.

"Hmm~"

Zhao Guanren stood upright on the steps. He was also dressed in a bright red wedding dress today. He looked at the signboards in front of the sedan chair with satisfaction. They were all in gold letters on a red background. The words on the front of the first sedan chair were - Bian, the second In front of the sedan chair is a - thank you!

The little lady is also called Mrs. Ru. To put it bluntly, she is a side room one level above the concubine. Although the official does not recognize this status and only recognizes the only wife in the family, it is a common convention among the people, and the neighbors will say that it is a husband and wife relationship.

"My lord! You have given their family great face..."

Song Chizhu stood up and sighed repeatedly. The two families originally planned to enter the mansion as concubines, but Zhao Guanren gave them the status of partial concubines, and even used half of the betrothal gift and matchmaker to hire them. It has become dignified.

"Little lady gets off the sedan chair, and the groom is led in..."

The two bridesmaids yelled at the same time, the red carpet had already been laid in front of the gate, and after the sedan chairs landed in unison, the two dowry maids lifted the curtain of the sedan chair at the same time, and pulled out big red silk flowers from the hands of the two brides. He looked at Zhao Guanren.

"The evil old society, it's so fucking exciting..."

Zhao Guanren ran down the steps quite excitedly, but he could only lead one at a time. The Sixth Miss of the Bian family was naturally the first one, and she was gently led in by him with a red hijab on her head. A brazier had already been placed at the gate. , Yu Niang viciously poured a glass of alcohol.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Guanren was taken aback by the sudden flames. Who knew that Yuniang pinched her waist and said loudly, "Let her know how powerful she is. When you enter Zhao's house, you have to take good care of the master. If you dare to make trouble, someone will take care of her!"

"The slave family knows! The slave family will serve the master well and have children for the Zhao family..."

Bian Yulei bent her knees very gently. It turned out to be a bad feudal custom. The two vermilion mansion doors were only half opened, because Zhao Guanren's house did not have a small door.

"Master! Go in..."

Xi Po followed up and shouted loudly: "The smoke of the fire will be moved after every step, and the lotus will step into the hall, and the house will be full of gold and jade, and you will be the champion in the coming year!"

"Be careful! Don't burn the skirt..."

Zhao Guanren led Bian Yulei across the brazier, and led her into the gate of his mansion. The guests were clapping and cheering enthusiastically, but Zhao Guanren ran out again, and there was the second Miss Xie Jia who was waiting patiently in the sedan chair. wait.

"Yingying! Come in..."

Zhao Guanren looked into the sedan chair curiously. In fact, he didn't know Second Miss Xie at all, but Second Miss Xie went crazy and forced her father to recommend herself. Xie's family could only bite the bullet and asked him if he wanted to marry A three-year-old girl.

"Young master! The ten miles of Pinghu is covered with frost, and every inch of the blue hair is worrying about the new year. Why the next sentence..."

The second lady sat in the sedan chair and couldn't get up. She was different from the bad third lady of the Xie family. She was a big girl with no love experience.

"Look at the moon and protect each other, only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals..."

Zhao Guanren smiled slightly, and the matchmaker took him to take a sneak peek. The second young lady is a literary house girl, obsessed with poetry all day long and never married, but she is 1.6 meters petite and exquisite, with a dignified and beautiful face. In modern times, she is a little beauty with poor breasts.

"It's so good, I knew that the second half of the sentence is the essence..."

The second young lady got out of the sedan chair suddenly, grabbed his hand and said excitedly: "It's such a sentence that you only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals. How could you compose such a wonderful poem? Your literary talent really makes the little girl admire you. Life with you is precious..."

"Second Miss! You are getting married, come in quickly..."

The dowry girl pushed her shyly, Zhao Guanren pulled her and smiled and said, "What's the hurry, we have a long life, but I'm not marrying a poet friend, so you have to wait on me in the bridal chamber at night, and solve the problem of the lower body. Have motivation!"

"The concubine is so abrupt, I am so excited to see the young master..."

Second Miss Xie lowered her head and followed him forward, and said shyly: "The bridal chamber... I don't understand, I can do whatever my husband asks me to do, but my literary talent is really mediocre, I will give birth to you in the future, you Write me a poem, okay?"

"Haha~ If you give me two more babies, my husband will definitely be a poet..."

Zhao Guanren led her across the brazier, and led the two brides into the main room together. The etiquette of marrying a wife is much less. Gaotang at home can't come either.

"Eat and drink well, everyone, don't be polite to me..."

Zhao Guanren walked out of the main room to greet the guests. During the Dashun Dynasty, they married wives early and took concubines late. The sky was already getting dark, so everyone was naturally eating and drinking happily.

"You two ladies, you are entering the bridal chamber..."

The two brides led the brides into the inner house, and the two dowry maids also followed Yuniang, looking around with their belongings.

"Yu Niang!"

Bian Yulei's maid asked, "This house is so small, why didn't the master buy a bigger one?"

"You are stupid!"

Yuniang was originally from Bian's family, and said with a smile: "Master will go to Beijing to be a high-ranking official next month, and we all have to go with him, but I didn't expect that you would be the dowry, Miss Six's personal girl ?”

"The matchmaker said that the master doesn't like fat girls, so I came instead..."

The little girl held him familiarly, and begged: "Yu Niang! We entered the house together. You have to take care of me at night. I didn't expect to marry as a dowry. I didn't learn from my aunt. If the master calls me Serving together, I don't even understand!"

"Does the Xie family understand? Are you innocent..."

Yu Niang looked at the other servant girl, who nodded quickly and said: "Innocence! You know how to beat a young dowry girl, I just want to ask my sister, what taboos and preferences does the master have, my lady doesn't understand anything, today I have to wait for you tonight!"

"Go into the room and tell you..."

Yu Niang led the two of them into the bedroom, the two brides had already retreated, and the two brides sat side by side on the big bed, covered with red hijabs and could only see the ground.

Bian Yulei said shyly: "Yu Niang! Do I want to have a bridal chamber with sister Xie?"

"It doesn't matter what I say, I have to listen to our master..."

Yuniang closed the door and said with a smile: "The third lady's room is the first one in the west wing, the fourth lady's room is the second one, and the east wing room is Aunt Luo's. The small couches are all from big families, so I don’t need to say more, right?”

"Who is the second lady? Why haven't I heard of it..."

Xie Yingying asked in surprise, and Yuniang said again: "The second lady hasn't passed the door yet. She is a fourth-rank official in the court, and the position must be reserved for her. Let our family members whisper something, and don't let it go outside. The room is likely to belong to the palace!"

"It's been spread a long time ago, little princess..."

The servant girl of the Bian family covered her mouth and smiled: "The master hugged the little princess and kissed on the boat, and people saw him, and he called him the master of the county in private, so no one dared to snatch the main house, but our own family Don't talk nonsense, we all know the rules!"

"Just know it, keep your mouth tight..."

Yu Niang smiled arrogantly: "You two ladies don't need to be nervous. The family rules of our Zhao family are to set rules outside the house, and there are no rules in the house. You can do whatever you want in the bridal chamber. You two girls hurry up and wash your asses. Our master is not an ordinary person!"

"Hee hee~ I'll be a concubine when I'm pregnant, not a maid..."

The two dowry girls covered their mouths and sniggered, but just as Yuniang was about to speak, she suddenly heard the guests clapping and shouting: "Oh! The concubine is getting started, Mr. Zhao will be in a couple tonight, and four joys are coming! Haha Ha ha……"

"Four joys come to the door? Why is there one more..."

The two girls all looked at Yu Niang, and Yu Niang was also surprised: "I don't know, Han Ji sent a niece to be a concubine, and the master also specifically explained that he will not be with the two wives tonight. Remember why you gave me one more?"

"click~"

Yu Niang suddenly opened the window, and the two brides-to-be brought in two women from the back door. One of them was dressed similarly to the bride, also covered with a bright red silk hijab, and wore a dozen or so scarfs on her wrists. There are so many gold bracelets, it looks like Boss Han's dowry.

"Huh? I bought the latter one..."

The maids were all curious. The second concubine was dressed in a simple red cloth, with a red cloth covering her head and a bundle on her back, indicating that she came here on her own, and the cloth she wore indicated that she was a slave. .

"This is someone who does good deeds without leaving a name. You don't tell me when you send a concubine. Hurry up and let me see it. If it doesn't look good, I have to return it..."

Zhao Guanren yelled loudly in the courtyard, already drunk a little bit, and Xi Po, like a display of goods, showed off the concubines in front of the guests, and then carried them to the door of the bridal chamber and put them down.

"Who is Shopkeeper Han's niece? Why did you give me an extra one..."

Yuniang opened the door and led the two concubines in. The jeweled concubine bowed her knees and said, "Sister! My sister is Han Baozhu from the Han family. I don't know the other sister, it was not a gift from our family!"

"Then who sent you, you didn't even plan to say hello..."

Yu Niang grabbed another concubine and pulled off her red hijab suddenly, but Yu Niang's face changed in shock, and the two dowry girls also covered their mouths and exclaimed at the same time.

Chapter 0469

"Miss, miss?"

Yu Niang stared straight at her eyes, but hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm sorry! Miss, I didn't know it was you who came, so I'll put the hijab on for you. Don't be offended. I really deserve to die. You actually lifted your hijab!"

"Sister? Why are you here..."

Bian Yulei lifted her hijab suddenly, her small mouth was so surprised that she could swallow her fist, and the extra concubine was her own sister, Bian Xianglan.

"Why can't I come..."

Bian Xianglan took two steps forward and said with a soft smile: "Put the hijab on quickly, it's unlucky to lift the hijab yourself, it doesn't matter if my sister is a concubine, but tonight is your big day, so don't be careless!"