Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

I sat on the phoenix bed, closed my eyes in the sound of urging, and said as if I were dead: "Do it."

The expected sharp pain did not come as expected.

"What's the matter?" Opening his eyes, he saw the old woman with the red double thread wrapped around her hands showing distress, and said cautiously: "Princess, it will hurt a little, please hold on..."

"Ouch, madam, you are quicker!" Zhaocai stomped his feet anxiously, and yelled in a thin voice, "The driver is already waiting outside the house, hurry up, don't worry if you miss the auspicious time." rise!"

As if to verify his words, before he finished speaking, the sound of gongs and drums outside the window rang loudly, shaking the lip paper on the dressing table to the ground.

"Princess, I've offended you." The old woman gritted her teeth, and I closed my eyes tightly again.

It hurts!Tears almost slipped from the corners of my eyes, and the pain on my cheeks was indescribable. Even if I couldn't see it, I could still clearly feel the silk threads pulling hard on my hairs, vowing to tear them one by one. Roots uprooted.

Opening the face is a popular cosmetic method nowadays. Unlike later dynasties that used it as a symbol of women's marriage, women in the Three Kingdoms also plucked facial hair and trimmed temples and forehead hair from time to time after they married.Although I was mentally prepared to bear the pain before, I really didn't expect it to be so painful. When I couldn't help but burst into tears, the ritual officer didn't even move his eyelids, and the voice of the congratulatory speech was still calm and peaceful. Obviously, it has long been commonplace.

"Princess comes out of the pavilion, Hehe Meimei, all wishes come true!"

"Get out of the palace!"

Although the preparations were hasty, Liu Xi was very considerate and invited all my old friends in Nanyang, including the shopkeeper and his wife, to watch the ceremony.It's a pity that they are lowly and humble, and they don't even have the chance to come to the front hall to kowtow to me, let alone be allowed to enter the wedding room.While no one was paying attention, I quietly raised the red cap on my head and looked behind me, only to realize that the grand scene was beyond imagination. The road leading to the princess mansion was crowded with bustling crowds. Gao's shopkeeper and his wife and the petite Axiang didn't know where they were rushed by the crowd.

I heard that Ah Xiang’s mother-in-law loves to brag about her son’s past with Princess Shengyang in the countryside. According to her, Princess Shengyang appreciates Niu Dalang’s talent very much. Niu Xiaoniang is married. "If it weren't for the sake of the princess, how could I let go of Axiang. Her family gave birth to three girls in a row, and she didn't get a boy with a handle until the fourth child. It doesn't look good for childbirth. You Look, didn't Ah Xiang give birth to a loser for Da Lang?" Although they had never seen it in person, the talented Xi Wen and others described Aunt Niu's demeanor and movements vividly, "My Da Lang is also a scholar. Li! The princess is busy with her wedding now, so she has no time to spare. When she is free to do it in the future, she must ask our Dalang to be an official."

In the Three Kingdoms, especially in the families of low-level farmers, only women who gave birth to sons could straighten their backs, and young wives who had daughters could only swallow their anger.Ah Xiang met a strong mother-in-law, who came to visit the princess mansion just after confinement, and wanted to ask for a decent job for Niu Dalang: "Da Lang can write and write, he is filial to his parents, he teaches his younger brothers and sisters, and the women are selfish. Guessing, it seems that Xiaolian can be promoted?"

According to Aunt Niu's intention, since her son is married to a close friend of the princess, the magistrate and the county magistrate are like picking things out of their pockets, and it is not impossible to rank among the nine ministers in time.Ah Xiangyin let go of her mother-in-law's wild ambitions, and only wanted to be filial and honest, which was considered a concession.But I still can't agree to her: "Since the beginning of Emperor He, only one person can be nominated for every 20 people in a county, except for remote Youzhou and Liangzhou. Although Dalang is proficient in writing and ink, I am afraid Not enough to stand out from 20 people."

"Women also know that it is not easy to be promoted, but the uncles and uncles in the family are all looking forward to it." Ah Xiang sighed, "I just ask the princess to give me a chance, otherwise I am afraid that my aunt will show me face again. After the promotion of Xiaolian, I still need to pass You can only become an official after a re-examination, and if Da Lang doesn’t do well, you can’t blame others if you lose your name to Sun Shan.”

The number of places to be inspected is in the hands of local officials. If I don't follow crooked ways, I don't have the authority to recommend talents: "The way of selecting officials is the foundation of the country. Although I am a princess, I can't make an exception. If Niu Dalang really has the will to be an official Xin, maybe you can come to the princess mansion to take the post of scribe, and do some writing and sorting errands."

Ah Xiang looked disappointed, but in the end she still thanked me for my support and said that she would go back to discuss with her family.

I let out a breath, feeling even more regretful than Ah Xiang.As the saying goes, it is expensive to change wives, and rich to change friends. Even if Ah Xiang tried to chat with me about family affairs, it could not conceal the cautiousness revealed in her speech.

After I became a princess, everything around me changed. Ah Xiang became more and more respectful, and the shopkeeper became cautious. He Dacheng made up his mind to rely on his military exploits to start his career. .

"One bow to heaven and earth, two bows to the high hall..."

A long chorus sounded, and Mr. Shui Jing wore a dark red gown, stroked his beard, and sat in the main seat with a smile, accepting the high court ceremony from Kong Ming and me.

It was rare for Liu Xi to lose his composure. He hugged my neck and howled fiercely, but he tried his best not to shed a single tear.

"Treat my sister well from now on. She is stupid and naive, don't dislike her." He drank too much wine, and held the hand of the newly promoted son-in-law reluctantly. , gritted his teeth and threatened forcefully, "Don't think that after paying homage to the hall, the rice will be uncooked and cooked. Let me tell you, we modern people are very open. Divorce is commonplace. Brothers and sisters also give you a scumbag man with panda eyes. Leg set meal, I promise you won’t be able to eat it and walk around, commemorating your life..." She even tied her tongue, but her status is too high, and the few advisers who can stop her from going crazy are all sitting in the auditorium fighting for wine, watching the ceremony in the room None of her relatives and friends dared to pull her, and they could only watch stupidly as their wise and powerful lord educated his hapless sister-in-law.

Under the red hi cover, the corners of my eyes are slightly wet.

The clever servant woman went to the front hall to find Zhuge Jun and others to save the scene, but unfortunately Liu Xi has just been taught by Zhao Yun some very useful grasping skills, I have not even heard the sound, and a maid told me that he has He broke free from the joint attack of Shi Guangyuan and Zhuge Jun.

"If a man marries too easily, he won't know how to cherish it, so we can't let you marry too easily..." Liu Xi was so drunk that he couldn't even walk, but he was circling in his mind to use his IQ to crush his sister-in-law, which awed him. Obsession: "I'm going to ask three questions to make it difficult for you. If you can't answer them, you are not allowed to enter the bridal chamber!"

Everyone present was stunned, Kong Ming paused for a moment, and his voice was helpless: "Your Highness, isn't the morning already sad?"

"That doesn't count!" With a big wave of Liu Xi's hand, he canceled the three mentally handicapped problems that were just a formality in the morning.Zhuge Jun tried again to remove this troublemaker, but unfortunately he was much smaller than Liu Xi, so he still failed to do so.

Liu Xi asked the question recklessly, "Listen carefully, I have a hundred mares and a hundred foals, they are mixed together, how can you tell which foal was born by which mare? ?”

This is the question that Tang Taizong asked the Tubo envoy Lu Dongzan. Kong Ming couldn't resist the unreasonable drunk in front of him, so he could only accept his fate and answer the question: "Let these horses starve for two days, and the foal will run to find the mare to drink milk by itself." gone."

Cui Zhouping and others applauded. Shi Guangyuan was not afraid of the height of the stage when watching the excitement, and turned to Liu Xi and said: "Kong Ming is always unpredictable on weekdays. I wanted to tear off his face to see how embarrassing he is. My lord, I can't help it." Just pointing at you to make my long-cherished wish come true!"

When he shouted, Liu Xi got even more excited: "A butcher took a young man to report to the officials, saying that the money he got from selling meat today was stolen by the young man. But the young man refused to admit it, saying that the money He earned it by cutting firewood. How should the magistrate judge?" This is Di Renjie's story again.

Kongming said: "Take a basin of clear water and put the silver into the water. If oily flowers float up, the silver belongs to the butcher."

Liu Xi was bitter, and threw out his trump card: "Xiao Ming's mother has three sons, the eldest son is named Da Mao, the second son is named Er Mao, what is the name of the third son?"

The corner of Kong Ming's mouth curled up: "Xiao Ming."

The crowd laughed and booed, I felt that Kong Ming was coming like me, lifted his hijab away, and looked at my clear eyes filled with gentle light, which made people blush and heartbeat.

"No, no, no, this doesn't count, so I have to do something else!" Liu Xi insisted, "I still have a few questions, they are brain teasers, and an antique like you will definitely not be able to answer them..." After hearing the news, Zhao Yun finally asked the question. Apprentice Xiong took away, all the guests disappeared, and I was dizzy. My last realization was that the wedding candles in the room were too bright. It would be great if I could blow them out...

The next day I was dragged out of bed very early by Kong Ming.Zhuge Jun looked at his brother who was refreshed, and then at me who was sluggish, with a smirk on his face: "Is sister-in-law tired yesterday? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

I glared at him: "Your brother said, teach me to recite the house rules. I'm stupid, so I have to get up early to learn, so as not to delay the evening meal!"

Zhuge Jun laughed loudly: "Brother really said that?"

certainly!Last night, I tried to divert Kong Ming's attention in embarrassment, and I raised my concerns about the upcoming war, but he taught me a lot, so that my back is sore now.

I stabbed Kongming with the eye knife, he smiled harmlessly, I was so angry: "Zhuge Kongming, don't be complacent, if I hadn't told you the questions last night before, no matter how smart you are, you wouldn't be able to answer questions in such a short time." Get all the answers right within the time." Liu Xi, who was determined to make things difficult for her brother-in-law, never imagined that she used to be idle in the thatched cottage, and I like to compare Kong Ming's IQ with ancient intelligence tests and modern cold jokes. Forget it, let alone Kong Ming, he can even serve tea without any pressure.

"Sister-in-law, don't be angry." Zhuge Jun looked at his brother and then at me, and finally decided to flatter me, "Last night, the story of elder brother's wisdom overcoming tribulations has been spread all over the world, and the elder brother's fame spread far and wide, all thanks to sister-in-law's teachings in the past. "

I raised my eyebrows and looked at Kong Ming provocatively. He bent down in a timely manner and said with a long bow: "Kong Ming is lucky to have the princess as his wife."

... Well, since I still want to see my relatives today, I won't bother with him.According to the customs of the Three Kingdoms, brides enter the door and kneel to their fathers and mothers-in-law to kneel to their ancestors. Kong Ming’s parents died early, but it is not easy to kneel and rank, and because the current concept generally believes that the dead cannot understand the affairs of the world in time, the newlyweds need to introduce and explain when kneeling. To help parents get acquainted with their future daughter-in-law or son-in-law.

It's a rhythm of kneeling all morning.I ordered Qiu Shuang to arrange the futons on the ground, and knelt down in front of the tablet with the names of Kong Ming's father and grandfather written on it.

Today will be a long day.