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0363 The Day of the Gift

The Li Zhen’s mansion in Fushanfang was also very lively. The relatives and friends who came to congratulate him were crowded with the gate. Most of the officers were officers of various guards, while the female was officials of the court. Di Renjie had a deep connection with him and many disciples. Even local officials came to attend the wedding.

Di Renjie's eldest son Di Guangsi was responsible for the reception. He was very capable and treated people just right. He arranged the guests who came to the gifts one by one. A huge green hut was built in the yard, with red candles swaying inside and out of the Li Mansion, and the words "四" were posted. The banquet had already begun. More than fifty tables of banquets were placed inside and outside the Li Mansion, and the guests drank and chatted, which was extremely lively.

Seeing that it was noon, the woman's family took a shortcut and took their seats first. Di Guangsi took a look at the gate from afar. The wedding team needed to travel around the city and finally came to the man's house. However, it was time for them to arrive.

Just then, the sound of drums and music came faintly from afar, and Di Guangsi quickly shouted: "Here is here! Here!"

The followers had long lit firecrackers, and the bamboo burst into flames, making a 'crackling' sound. The guests who were drinking in the mansion were excited and rushed towards the door.

Soon, the wedding party entered Fushanfang with the shocking drums and firecrackers. In the carriage, Di Yan became even more nervous, with sweat stains on her forehead. The dowry maid A Tao, who was beside her, held her hand tightly and comforted her in a low voice, "The ceremony will not last too long, there will be guidance from the wedding girl, so don't worry girls!"

Di Yan bit her lips gently and slowly lifted the gauze curtain on the carriage. She knew that the lover was following the carriage. It was a coincidence that she had just lifted the gauze curtain. Li Zhen just looked back at her. The two of them looked at each other. Li Zhen made a bitter face to her, indicating that she was helpless. Seeing that he was funny, Di Yan hurriedly covered her mouth and almost laughed out loud. She also let go of her heart.

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate. Two ladies quickly came up. The car door opened. They helped the bride slowly and walked down. They first stepped over a small brazier. Several maids fanned the bride and covered the bride forward, back and left and right, so that they could not see the bride's face.

There was a red felt carpet from the door to the inner hall, and a passage was divided by red ropes on both sides. When the bride appeared at the door, the excited guest even squeezed the wooden stakes that fixed the rope. Li Quan was so anxious that he stamped his feet and shouted: "Get out of the way! Don't be rude!"

At this time, dozens of inner guard soldiers rushed forward, holding hands, separating the guests from the passage, and then stopped the chaos in front of the gate. The master shouted loudly, "The bride came in!"

The two wedding ladies guided in front of them, and the dowry maid held Di Yan slowly moved forward. Four maids holding round fans stood on each side, blocking the guests' sight. Cheers burst out from both sides, and applause sounded. When the bride entered her husband's house, it meant that the bride had officially become the daughter-in-law of the Li family. Even Li Quan couldn't help but burst into tears and kept wiping the corners of his eyes.

After the bride entered the house, she needed a while to rest, and everyone also entered the table and started drinking and chatting again. Wu Sansi sat in the main hall and was chatting in a low voice with Prime Minister Chuke. Wu Sansi also gave gifts and attended in person. Although he was not interested in Li Zhen's marriage, when his reputation was damaged, he would use all social occasions to make up for his reputation.

"Zong Prime Minister, I heard a news that Prime Minister Di recommended Li Zhen as the governor of Pingzhou. Is there any incident?"

Zong Chuke nodded, "This is true, but Li Zhen served as the governor of Pingzhou during the Liaodong Battle and has not yet resigned. To be precise, Prime Minister Di suggested that the emperor remove Li Zhen from his position as the General of the Inner Guard. If Li Zhen does not serve as the General of the Inner Guard, then he will naturally become the governor of Pingzhou."

"What is the attitude of the Lord?" Wu Sansi asked anxiously again.

"The emperor has not made any statement on this matter yet, but I heard that Princess Taiping also recommended Li Zhen a position. I don't know exactly what position it is."

Wu Sansi pretended to be surprised and said, "It's really strange. Why do everyone want Li Zhen to leave the capital? Didn't he do a good job in the inner guard?"

Zong Chuke lowered his voice and said, "It's because Li Zhen and Zhang Changzong have an old gap. Zhang Changzong wants to hold a polo competition just to find the venue. However, it was cancelled because of the Liaodong war. However, Zhang Changzong's hatred towards Li Zhen has not been eliminated. He is now in power. With his vengeful personality, how can he let Li Zhen go? This is why Di Xiang wants to release his son-in-law."

Wu Sansi was secretly proud in his heart. He had actually seen that Zhang Changzong was hostile to Li Zhen, not only because of his hostility, but also that Li Zhen's glory was far superior to him. Wu Sansi certainly hoped that Zhang Changzong could kill Li Zhen.

He thought for a while and asked, "Can Li Zhen escape from Zhang Changzong's palm by being an official?"

"He has no ability, isn't he just relying on the priest to show his power? The key is that the priest doesn't want to deal with Li Zhen. After all, he wants to give Di Xiang face, so letting Li Zhen go out can be considered an explanation to Zhang Changzong. Even if Zhang Changzong is dissatisfied with this matter, he has to listen to the priest."

In fact, Wu Sansi was also very dissatisfied. He wished that Li Zhen would be arrested and imprisoned tonight, but he had to face the reality. Li Zhen became Di Renjie's son-in-law, so it would be difficult for him to touch him, but it would be better for him to let him stare at him all day long.

At this time, Wu Sansi remembered another important thing and asked anxiously: "If Li Zhen is transferred to the place, who will take over the position of General of the Inner Guard?"

Zong Chuke smiled bitterly, "The inner guard is not something I can ask about, the emperor should have other ideas!"

Wu Sansi thought secretly that eight out of ten generals of the Inner Guard were taken over by the Wu family. If his son Wu Chonglie took over, wouldn't that be the best?

At this moment, the host shouted loudly, "Princess Taiping is here!"

Everyone stood up one after another, with surprise in their eyes. Before that, Li Chengqi and Li Chongjun came to congratulate the wedding on behalf of the Prime Minister and Luling King respectively. Even Shangguan Wan'er sent someone to send gifts, but they did not come, but no one expected that Princess Taiping would come in person.

Even Di Renjie was moved. He wanted to go to greet him in person, but after another thought, Li Zhen was marrying a wife, and he could not be too overshadowed by the host, so he restrained himself and gave his wife a wink. Mrs. Di understood and quickly got up to greet her.

At this time, Li Quan also came to the door to greet him. Princess Taiping had given birth to a daughter, her body had recovered, and she was dressed in an extremely elegant and luxurious manner. Li Quan stepped forward to salute: "Minister Li Quan, please see Your Highness, Princess!"

How smart Princess Taiping is. Although Li Quan has no identity and is just a businessman, Princess Taiping will not look down on her at all. Besides, she also knows Li Zhen’s true identity, so Li Quan should be a descendant of Prince Yin. She quickly smiled and held Li Quan’s hand and smiled: “Sister Quan doesn’t have to be too polite. Today I will ask my brother to marry his wife. I will come here to congratulate me, don’t blame me for coming uninvited.”

When was Li Quan shook his hand by the princess? She couldn't help but feel a little flattered and quickly smiled and said, "Where! Where! I dare not send invitations to the princess. How could I not welcome Your Highness, please invite me!"

At this time, Mrs. Di also came out to see Princess Taiping. Princess Taiping took out a brocade box and handed it to Li Quan with a smile, "This is a little bit of my gift, and it is not worthy of respect."

Although Li Quan is a businessman, she also has outstanding features. She knows that as a princess, she only gave a small brocade box, so the brocade box must be not a common thing. Of course, she would not open it immediately. She quickly took the brocade box with both hands, "Thank you for the gift of the princess, please come in!"

Princess Taiping narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Don't you see what it is?"

"This...is probably rude to His Highness the Princess."

At this time, several ministers came to see him, and Princess Taiping stopped mentioning the gifts. She smiled and took Li Quan's arm, walked into the mansion, and Li Quan arranged her to sit in the guest seat.

Princess Taiping asked Di Renjie, who was sitting opposite him with a smile, "Di Xiangguo, have the emperor sent the etiquette?"

Di Renjie was stunned, "The emperor will have a congratulations?"

"Of course, I came from the palace. My mother originally planned to attend the wedding in person, but she was a little uncomfortable, so she asked me to convey my apology to Di Xiangguo."

Di Renjie was moved and hurriedly said, "I am so grateful!"

"You don't have to be polite to the Prime Minister. I also have another news to tell Di Prime Minister that the Supreme Lord has agreed to General Li's release in principle, but it is not Di Prime Minister's plan, but my plan."

"The princess's plan is-"

Princess Taiping smiled slightly, "Forgive me to keep it a secret first, the Prime Minister should know tomorrow."

At this time, the emcee's loud shout came from the gate: "The emperor has given him a gift!"

The guests were even more moved. When Li Zhen got married, even the emperor wanted to send gifts. How shameful was this? However, many guests realized that it should be because Di Renjie married his daughter. But no matter what, no one could sit calmly when the emperor gave the gifts. They all stood up one after another, and even Di Renjie could no longer sit down, so they hurriedly came up.

Gao Yanfu walked in with a smile. More than a dozen guards behind him were carrying seven or eight heavy boxes with imperial seals on them. Gao Yanfu bowed to Di Renjie and said, "Congratulations to the Prime Minister for marrying his daughter!"

"Thank you, Mr. Fu, for coming here in person."

In fact, Gao Yanfu also gave generous gifts before. Li Quan had originally considered letting Gao Yanfu attend as the man's family. After all, they had almost no relatives, but Gao Yanfu knew that he was a eunuch, how could he act as the man's family? So he politely rejected Li Quan's invitation on the pretext of being on duty in the palace.

Now, as the special envoy sent by the Lord, he naturally made a statement to him. Gao Yanfu waved his hand and the guards carried the box up. Gao Yanfu smiled at Li Quan and Di Renjie and said, "This is some congratulations that the Lord gave to General Li and Ling Ai. Please accept them!"

The emperor gave the gift, but who dared not accept it? Li Quan hurriedly stepped forward and guided the guards to carry the gift into the inner hall. Di Renjie asked Gao Yanfu to sit beside him. Gao Yanfu nodded to Princess Taiping and asked with a smile: "I don't know when is the auspicious time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the host shouted loudly: "The auspicious day has come. Please ask the newcomer to come to Qinglu to pay a salute!"

Everyone stood up and walked out of the seat and gathered outside Qinglu. The newlyweds salute and the guests were objectively celebrating. This is a custom since ancient times and means witnessing the wedding. There are not many people in Qinglu. As the elder, Old Lady Di sat in the main seat in the middle, with Di Renjie and Li Quan on both sides.

In addition, Li Quan invited Princess Taiping, Gao Yanfu, Lou Shide, Li Chengqi and Li Chongjun as witnesses and sat on the other side of Qinglu. As for King Wu Sansi of Liang, although his status was noble, his new son-in-law was the person Li Quan hated the most. Li Quan ignored him from beginning to end.

At this time, with a sound of drums and music, a couple of newcomers each held the colorful satin and slowly walked into Qinglu from the left and right sides under the guidance of their mother. Li Zhen was happy, while Di Yan was so shy that she couldn't raise her head.

The two stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the big red rumor, and the host shouted, "The auspicious day has come, the newcomer bows three times and the heaven and earth!"












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