Wearing a veil signifies "virtues" such as chastity, modesty, and obedience.

However, since Daliang allowed women to enter school and government, there have emerged not only court leaders such as Zhu Lan and Xiao Wan who are praised by the world.

There are also countless female officials like Zhao Fangfei.

Originally, their only options in life were to get married and have children, but now they have created another world and started a new life with their own talents.

Daliang's literary style is open, and it never restricts folk scholars from criticizing current social ills and holding discussions.

In the past few years, many new thoughts have emerged among the people, including a re-examination of certain traditional disciplines.

There are even many women who ask their husbands to swear in the marriage certificate that they will never take a concubine in their lifetime.

If there is any violation, the woman can take this marriage certificate to the government to file a complaint and request a divorce.

If the party who breaks the oath is serious, he or she may even be kicked out of the house.

Under the influence of this trend of thought, the "red veil" worn at weddings gradually lost its original disciplinary significance and became just a formality.

Often after the couple bows to each other, the bride can take off her red veil and entertain the guests together with the groom.

At this time, the couple had not yet finished bowing to each other, and Zhao Sicheng suddenly asked Xiao Wan to take off her veil.

Although Ouyang Ye was a little confused, he felt that it was not a big problem, so he nodded.

Zhao Sicheng helped Xiao Wan lift her veil, being careful not to knock off the pearls on her head. After lifting it, he said:

"Wife, look!"

The moment the veil was lifted, Xiao Wan was stunned.

The entire wedding hall was covered with red silk and satin. On the walls were hung large gold-rimmed Chinese characters for happiness and colorful paintings of auspicious dragons and phoenixes. At the door hung a wide red silk curtain embroidered with patterns of phoenixes and plum blossoms.

Every corner of the wedding hall is dotted with peonies, orchids and other flowers, the fragrance of flowers is everywhere, just like a fairyland.

However, what surprised Xiao Wan was not such a gorgeous design, but——

This on-site arrangement was exactly the same as the Chinese-style wedding she and Zhao Sicheng were preparing before they traveled through time!

She personally finalized the planning and on-site design at the time, and chose their favorite Chinese-style wedding.

She would dream about that scene many nights later.

I didn't expect it to appear before my eyes today!

"Wan Wan, do you think this is God's will?"

Zhao Sicheng couldn't help being moved when he saw Xiao Wan's face, which was as beautiful as a peach blossom with her makeup on.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then bowed to each other solemnly.

Live together till old age, till death do us part.

Ouyang Ye cleared his throat in a high-pitched voice.

"The ceremony is complete!"

…

The wedding hall was filled with joy and excitement, with laughter and blessings coming one after another.

An old eunuch with a long face silently moved a bench and sat at the door of the wedding house.

In his hand he held a thick register containing the name of every official who would attend the banquet.

The old eunuch's face was full of wrinkles and his eyes were cold and sharp, as if he was in another world. Few people dared to look him in the eye.

This man was an old eunuch who was in charge of "sitting in court" during the reign of Emperor Gaozu. He came from the Ministry of Sentencing and had a lonely and cold personality. No one in the palace dared to associate with him.

He appeared like a puppet, silently in the corners of many officials' banquets.

Over the past decades, he has become accustomed to false flattery and flattery, and empty prosperity, but today's atmosphere brings a sense of strangeness.

The old eunuch glanced inside the door, confusion flashing in his cloudy eyes.

It had been a long time since he had heard such heartfelt laughter.

His solemn face calmed down for a moment, but he still performed his duties conscientiously and wrote down the names of all the officials attending the banquet.

He looked over the list and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

This was the first time he had seen a banquet with such a big "face".

Not only did Her Majesty the Empress personally bestow the residence, but the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Lord Zhu Lan, was also present.

There are even many young officials.

For example, the newly appointed imperial teacher and director of the Imperial Observatory, Xu Shiming.

After the Minister of War Zhou Da-Tao retired, he was promoted from the commander-in-chief of the Armament Department.

The Grand Marshal of the Army of the Nation, Marshal Gu Chaoyang, who commanded 100,000 troops of the Breaking Heaven Army in the Northwest.

Oh, and Chang Yunxiao, the Dali Temple Minister, was also here. I had heard that this guy was a weirdo who never attended banquets hosted by officials, but it was strange that he showed up this time.

In addition to the officials present, he also needs to record some other important guests attending the banquet.

For example, Qiao Youyou, the leader of Jinxiao Pavilion who controls the economic lifeline and is famous in Daliang.

It is said that her wealth alone is enough to buy the entire neighboring country of Uzbekistan.

There are many other officials...

The old eunuch's eyes swept downwards, passing over each name without stopping.

Liang Zhou.

His official position was County Magistrate of Yingcang County, Yunzhou.

The old eunuch just made a note of this minor official in a remote place and didn't take it seriously at all.

At the wedding banquet, Zhu Lan, Xu Shiming and others sat at the banquet tables, while Xiao Wan and Zhao Sicheng were toasting at the round table and accepting the guests' blessings.

Liang Zhou was leaning on a chair in the corner, still looking lazy as usual.

Most of the officials from the capital who were present looked down on him as a minor official in a remote area. No one wanted to talk to him, so he was happy to be alone.

Feeling the gazes of Zhao Sicheng and Xiao Wan directed at him, Liang Zhou raised his glass in greeting with a faint smile on his lips.

Suddenly, a white figure blocked the view.

Someone unexpectedly sat next to Liang Zhou.

"Is this the Liang County Magistrate? Nice to meet you, I am Shen Qingzhou from the Hanlin Academy!"

Liang Zhou looked at Shen Qingzhou's bright smiling face in some surprise.

"Have we... met before?" Liang Zhou wondered.

Shen Qingzhou showed his white teeth, "I haven't seen it before, I'm very familiar with people!"

Shen Qingzhou leaned forward, looking gossipy:

"The last time your Yunzhou prefect Ding came to Beijing, I drank with him. He got drunk and talked about you.

I've seen your performance in Yingcang County. Tsk, you should have been promoted long ago.

Lord Ding said that you cried and begged him not to report it, is that true or false? "

Seeing Liang Zhou's strange expression, Shen Qingzhou quickly explained:

"Don't get me wrong, I'm currently writing a storybook that requires me to explore the inner world of all living things.

Brother Liang, Brother Liang, please, can you provide me with some materials?"

Liang Zhou looked at him for a while, and vaguely felt a familiar aura from Shen Qingzhou.

"Can you play cards?"

Shen Qingzhou was stunned and nodded, "Pai Gow, Mahjong, Landlord..."

Liang Zhou slammed the table and said, "You are a person of the same sect!"

Liang Zhou came closer and said:

"Brother Shen, what do we want in life? Isn't it just to live a carefree and happy life?"

"Extremely, extremely!"

"Let me tell you, small places have their own problems. They don't have as many messy troubles as you have in the capital..."

"Brother Liang, do you want to stay in Yingcang County forever?"

"That's not a bad idea! The people there are simple and honest, and I watched every blade of grass and every tree grow there with my own eyes. I have some feelings for it, and most importantly, it's a quiet place..."

Liang Zhou and Shen Qingzhou were talking so hard that they didn't notice a handsome young eunuch walking into the hall.

The young eunuch held an imperial edict in his hand and cleared his throat.

"Is Liang Zhou, the county magistrate of Yingcang County, available?"