After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

When Xiao Yansui and Li Tan finished talking and walked back, the two newcomers Xiao Nianru and Du Wulang were already standing in front of the "green cottage" built with green cloth curtains in the courtyard.

According to the ancient ritual at this time, on the day of their marriage, the two newlyweds cannot live in the house, but must spend the night in the "green cottage" outside the house.

Xiao Yansui didn't pay too much attention to the specific customs here, or the source of the customs, but just secretly slandered in his heart, no wonder newcomers in the Tang Dynasty now mostly choose to get married at the turn of spring and summer.

If there are no other warming facilities, living in a tent outside in winter is probably not going to freeze to death. If there is snow, the scene will be even more sour.As for summer, it is necessary to consider the issue of thunder, lightning and heavy rain. If it is a rare good weather, think about the mosquitoes flying in the yard at night, and you can still be bitten when you walk by. ...

As for why she didn't choose to get married in autumn according to the custom, this Xiao Yansui didn't understand. Anyway, she was not very curious about customs and folk customs, so naturally she didn't bother to trace the source to find the answer.

Seeing Xiao Yansui, Xiao Heng only glanced at Li Tan who was beside her, and then took it back calmly, just smiled and beckoned to his sister, "Come here."

"Well," Xiao Yansui nodded to her elder brother, turned her head and signaled to Li Tan, and then walked over.

At this time, the door curtain of the "Green Hut" has been lifted by the maid, and the two couples have already walked inside. After the husband and wife are married, they each cut off a strand of hair and put it in the bag that had been prepared earlier. In, it means married couple.

After the husband and wife worshiped each other, Xiao Nianru still had a round fan in his hand to cover his face. The procedure here was similar to that of making up, and the bride would put down the round fan to reveal her true face after Du Wulang recited the "Poetry on the Fan".

Xiao Yansui was a little distracted when Xiao Heng suddenly patted her on the shoulder lightly and said with a low laugh, "Liu Niang, what are you thinking about?"

Xiao Yansui didn't even move her eyes, but casually replied: "When will you get married?"

Xiao Heng, who was rarely choked up: "..."

There is simply no way to talk about this.

After the wedding, there is a wedding banquet for all the guests.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, the evening wind blew by, the young leaves rustled lightly, the red lanterns hanging in the courtyard revealed a warm light, reflecting a pair of happy faces of the newlyweds, the ground On the road, there are crowds of people and shadows of trees whirling.

Li Tan had already walked over just now, and sat with Li Chu.As for Zhao Junzhuo, as the man's guest, the seats at the banquet are naturally not next to those of the woman's natal family like Xiao Heng and Xiao Yansui...

After the banquet for entertaining guests started at night, Xiao Yansui looked around. Xiao Heng didn't sit beside her, and went to socialize with others elsewhere. Xiao Wu stayed with Xiao Yansui steadily, and occasionally Lower your voice and quietly introduce the names of other people present to your younger sister who doesn't like to go out very much.

Following Xiao Wu's introduction, Xiao Yansui's eyes quickly looked over one by one, and nodded from time to time.

Xiao Wu took a sip of tea, and then glanced at his sister who was calm, with a hesitant expression on his face. He struggled for a while, and wanted to ask her what she had just said to Li Tan, but he thought about it. After all, this is still at the wedding banquet, so it's not appropriate to say these things, so I thought, let's talk about it when I get home!

After the third round of drinking, Xiao Yansui had almost finished eating, and was holding the chopsticks and lowering her head to casually fiddle with the patterns on the handles of the chopsticks, when she heard that at a table not far away, several other people The little ladies from another family who are not very familiar are sitting together, just like Xiao Wu just now, gossiping one by one about today's groom's best man, Du Erlang, Zhao Junzhuo and other young gentlemen.

"That was Du Erlang just now, he is the direct branch of the Jingzhao Du family." A little lady in an apricot yellow skirt said with a low voice.

Among the young ladies at that table, although Xiao Yansui was not familiar with them, she had met them before. They should all have grown up in Chang'an City, and they had attended the same banquet together. The other two, But it was completely unimpressed.

"Who's the one sitting on the left with the crown?" A little lady Xiao Yansui didn't know at all asked curiously.

However, when she spoke, Xiao Yansui could tell that it didn't seem to be the accent of Chang'an City.

"The accent sounds like Luoyang?" Seeing Xiao Yansui's curiosity, Xiao Wu muttered and guessed beside him.

Xiao Yansui pursed her lips lightly, and whispered to Xiao Wu, "I can't tell the difference, and I know it must not be a local accent."

Xiao Wu smiled unconsciously, and whispered to his sister, "Me too."

The two brothers and sisters were whispering on the table here, and the little ladies over there wanted to talk to each other, so their voices were naturally a little higher than here, and while they were talking, one of them answered: " That's Wei Silang, I think he's been distracted all the time!"

"Have you all heard about the Wei family?" When someone covered their lips with their hands and held their breath, the voice still sounded clear.

Immediately, some people on the table shook their heads in confusion, but some people nodded in a serious manner, imitating the tone of deliberately suppressing their voices, and whispered: "I've heard that too..."

Xiao Yansui instinctively felt that they were talking about Wei Jian's relegation...

On the other hand, Xiao Wu, although he never talked about this matter with his grandfather or father when he was at home, but he also has classmates and friends who are well-informed in the academy, and he has already heard about it.

Seeing Xiao Yansui's expression seemed to move slightly, and remembering that his sister also knew Li Tan who was born in the Eastern Palace, he rushed to explain in a soft voice before those little ladies wentssip: "It's Wei Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, who was relegated to the imperial court. It's Beijing..."

"..." Xiao Yansui blinked, looked at her brother, and gave a cute "hmm".

——She not only knew that Wei Jian had been demoted, but also knew where he had been demoted, and even the concubine from the Wei family was probably going to be suspended...

Neither Xiao Wu nor the ladies at the table next to them had ever been officials, and the information they got about the court was only because of their convenient status. However, the undercurrent behind these results was not real. Not so clear.

"Wedu in the south of the city, go to Tianchiwu..." A little lady bit these words, and there seemed to be a bit of a teenager's ignorant sigh in her words.

"Although this Du Wulang is not a direct descendant of the Du family, it seems that the relationship between the direct descendants of the Du family and the offshoots is pretty good. I think that Du Erlang has been with the bridesmaid and the others all along, and they all go to Du Wulang. Duke Xu's mansion is welcoming you." Someone laughed.

Just now the little lady with a Luoyang accent said: "I heard that the bride is from the eldest house of the Xiao family in Lanling."

The other person immediately laughed and said: "The eldest house is true, but the Xiao family in Lanling is a bit special. The first line of their family is not judged by the first line. If you look through the family tree, you will find that the Xiao family in Lanling is the heir. Among the people, he is often the second son."

"..." Sitting next to him, Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu, who heard all this very clearly, couldn't help but look at each other, Xiao Wu smirked slightly, but Xiao Yansui raised his eyebrows.

Lanling Xiao's ancestral home is naturally in Lanling's hometown.Speaking of which, she knew about the so-called family tree, but she didn't study it carefully.In fact, even Xiao Yansui has never read the genealogy of the Xiao family. After all, the original is also enshrined in the ancestral hall of his hometown in Lanling...

While talking, the young ladies on the table next to him changed the topic again, "Who is that person next to Du Erlang? I seem to have seen him at the Flower Exploration Banquet a few days ago?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it in Chang'an City..."

The little lady with a Luoyang accent finally became interested, and said, "You're talking about Zhao Junzhuo? I've seen it before!"

Hearing the sound, Xiao Yansui subconsciously turned his head to take a look, and saw that someone continued to ask curiously: "Huh? If you've seen him before, is he also from Luoyang City?"

The little lady nodded, "He is from the Zhao family in Luoyang, and he will be the head of the Zhao family in the future."

"Aren't there any other brothers in the family? That's not bad..." A little lady waved a round fan in her hand and covered her lips softly.

Xiao Yansui: "..."

This is her credit.

Sitting next to him, Xiao Wu saw a strange look on Xiao Yansui's face. He thought she was curious, so he wentssiped in a low voice, "Speaking of which, I've also heard people talk about the Zhao family. Pass."

"How do you all know?" Xiao Yansui definitely asked this question with sincerity.

Xiao Wu replied quite naturally, "He is on the same list as Saburo, I know for sure!"

Slightly lowering his voice, almost whispering, Xiao Wu and Xiao Yansui said: "Especially after he came to Chang'an City, not to mention his title on the gold list, but he has been inseparable with Du Erlang all the time. With various banquets and activities, the more people you know, the more people will naturally find out about him!"

Xiao Yansui nodded, "That's true."

The result is good, Xiao Wu has not come out with one, two, three, four gossip here, and the little lady next to him who is also from Luoyang City has already told the little ladies in Chang'an City vividly about a story that was almost well-known in Luoyang back then. The tragedy of the Zhao family.

The culprit, Xiao Yansui, who was sitting next to him and heard clearly: "..." She suddenly felt a little delicate.

How many years have passed since this happened, and it turns out that someone has been bringing it up as a topic that can be misleading...

Xiao Yansui even thought that if Zhao Junzhuo became an official in the future, every time the Ministry of Officials evaluates him, there will be someone who will talk about Zhao Junzhuo's evaluation about old things about the Zhao family.

When the month passed and the willow shoots passed, the dinner for many guests finally came to an end.

Before getting up to leave, Xiao Yansui glanced at the groom. Du Wulang seemed to have been drunk a lot, and his face was flushed. Because he was drunk, he couldn't hide the smile on his face. It seems that there is a naive attitude.

Xiao Yansui looked at Du Wulang, and suddenly felt that the day the groom got married, life seemed to be difficult, and it was fine to be drunk, but he had to abide by the custom, stay awake on a good bed in the bedroom, and had to be with the bride I live in the "green cottage" in the courtyard and play the floor. I guess I won't have the energy to bridal chamber tonight...

The Xiao family is all the bride's natal family. Naturally, after seeing off the other guests who came to attend the wedding today, the Du family arranged for someone to personally send the Xiao family back to Xu Guogong's mansion.

Coming out of the flower hall, it was the turn of spring and summer, and the evening wind was still somewhat cool. Xiao Yansui was instantly refreshed by the blowing, and her eyes shone like stars.

Xiao Heng was immediately amused by his sister's face-changing reaction, and asked Xiao Yansui with a smile, "Didn't you just say that you were a little sleepy? Are you going to ride a carriage or ride a horse?"

"There is a lot of voices and the smell of wine. I am really sleepy." Xiao Yansui stretched his arms and said clearly: "But I will be sober when I come out. I will ride a horse too. I want to go home early."

Xiao Heng nodded: "Alright."

Seeing their brothers and sisters chatting and laughing together, Mrs. Pei didn't feel a smile, but softly ordered the guards and servants to protect the little lady and Mr. Xiaolang.

However, when the Xiao family finally returned home, they wanted to go to the main hall together, and Xiao Song, who had never been to the Du family because of their seniority, and Xu Guogong's wife, Mrs. He, reported back, and then went back to their rooms to rest. , As a result, as soon as he entered the gate of Xu Guogong's mansion, a steward of the mansion stood in front of the door and greeted him, explaining in a low voice: "Just now Lu's mansion sent a letter, the old lady of the Lu family, Mrs. He, was seriously ill, and the husband and wife just passed away. Just passed by."

Xiao Hua and Mrs. Pei glanced at each other, and immediately, Mrs. Pei took the initiative to ask, and said in a soft voice with concern and worry: "It's so... Are Mr. and I going over now-- "

The person in charge quickly explained: "My husband just left a message, just say be safe and don't be impatient, today is the wedding banquet again, so there is no need to bother..."

Xiao Hua answered in a timely manner: "Forget it, let's follow what Aye wants! Sanlang, Wulang, and Liu Niang, it's too late today, you all go back to your room to rest first."

"Yes," Xiao Yansui was the first to nod in response.

She couldn't get along with Mrs. Xu Guogong's Mrs. He Shi, and naturally she didn't feel much about He Shi's sister, Lu Manor He Shi. Since Xiao Song left a message, there was no need to make trouble at home, so she naturally acted according to her words. After saying hello , directly went back to his yard.