At daybreak, Du, accompanied by Tian Caihe and her sister, Yunxu and a group of apprentices, came to see Tian An, and was then called over by Madam An to help receive the guests.
Especially Yunxu. There was no hostess in the general's mansion. Tian An was about to get married. She would be the housekeeper in the future, so the first thing she had to learn was how to treat people. Madam An took her by her side and taught her by example.
Yaoyao stayed and put on some simple makeup using Tian An's dressing table, then prepared to go to the Duke's Mansion with Xiao Chen to continue the fun.
Soon, Zhiluo, who had been standing guard at the door early, came back excitedly, "Miss, Miss, the son-in-law has arrived with the wedding procession, but they are being blocked at the door by Mr. An and several other young masters! There are so many people at the door right now! It's so lively."
As soon as she heard that the wedding procession was coming, Xiyou hurriedly picked up the lip balm to apply on Tian An. She had not applied the lip balm just now because she was waiting for her to eat. Now the wedding procession was at the door, and it would be too late if she didn't get ready.
After applying lip balm, Qing Ning immediately brought out her wedding shoes for her to change into.
After she put on her wedding shoes and stood up, Lixiang and Xiangtao began to help her put on the two outermost pieces of her wedding dress, and then put on the belt and accessories from the wedding dress.
Qiancheng waited by the side holding the jewelry box. After Tian An was dressed, she carefully took out the necklace and two bracelets from it and put them on him.
In the end, only the phoenix crown was left. Tian Anfei said there was no rush and it would not be too late to put it on after Zhao Yiming arrived outside the door. After all, they had not even entered the door yet!
It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry to make the eunuchs die. Xiangtao can only ask Zhiluo to watch at the door again, and report as soon as the son-in-law and others enter the gate.
Looking at the anxious and nervous looks of the maids, Tian An felt a rare sense of nervousness in his heart.
Outside the gate, Xiaokang, his younger brother, took the lead and said, "Brother-in-law, if you want to marry my sister today, why don't you kill two birds with one stone and let everyone open their eyes!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and the servants immediately put out the props.
There was a target ten feet away, and then two servants put a string on two bamboo poles, and tied a rose to the end of the string.
Xiaokang pointed at the two roses dangling in the air and looked at Zhao Yiming critically, saying, "Brother-in-law, if you can shoot both roses with one arrow and hit the bull's eye, you'll pass."
"Are you sure? You're making such a big move right when you get here. Your flower is still shaking. Who can hit it?" Before Zhao Yiming could say anything, Xiao Chen, who followed him to pick up the bride, couldn't help but speak.
"That's right, this is too embarrassing." The guests who came out to watch the show also spoke up for Zhao Yiming.
At this time, An Yichen, who represented his mother's family, spoke with a gloating look on his face.
"We're not trying to make things difficult on purpose. We brothers were originally planning to just let it go, but unfortunately my sister is quite confident about her future husband!
She claimed that the Duke of Zhao was a man of both literary and martial arts, and that we, who were only good at petty tricks, were no match for him.
"Brothers, we are truly curious about the true meaning of these words, and we have taken this opportunity to come and learn from them today. If we were to give him any slack today, it would be disrespectful to our future brother-in-law."
After saying that, Xiaokang and the others straightened their chests and said in unison, "That's right, brother-in-law, don't let my sister down!"
Xiao Chen was dumbfounded and turned to look at Zhao Yiming blankly, "What should I do now? Can you do it?" Anyway, he didn't have the ability to do it.
"You can't." Zhao Yiming retorted casually and turned around to let Jingyu get the bow.
When everyone saw him holding the arrow, they subconsciously held their breath, afraid of disturbing him, and each of them looked more nervous than he was.
Zhao Yiming, dressed in red and handsome, was not affected by the environment at all. He drew the bow and arrow smoothly, narrowed his eyes, aimed for a moment, and when he saw the right moment, he quickly released the arrow.
With a "whoosh" sound, the long arrow had pierced through the two roses and firmly fixed them on the target, right in the heart of the target.
"good……"
"Well done..." The cheers at the scene were deafening.
Even the three brothers of the Wu family were full of admiration. In that scene just now, none of them were sure, but they didn't expect that Zhao Yiming would hit the target with one arrow.
An Yichen bowed to him and said, "My eldest sister's trust is well deserved. My brother-in-law is indeed worthy of his reputation!
Since martial arts is no longer a problem, let's just briefly demonstrate some music theory! How about playing the song "Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" for my elder sister? "As soon as he finished speaking, a servant brought the guqin.
Without saying a word, Zhao Yiming simply tested the sound, then his bony fingers slid across the strings. Beautiful music came out, passing through layers of walls, and even Tian An in the room could clearly hear the sound of the piano.
Zuo Yunshu couldn't help but tease Tian An, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhao, who is usually very serious, could be so warm and affectionate."
She was not talking nonsense. One could tell the emotional fluctuations of the player just by listening to the sound of the piano. The sound was full of tenderness. Those who could play the piano would understand it. They would feel sick of it intuitively when they listened to it.
Tian An curved his eyebrows, curled the corners of his lips, and said nothing, carefully feeling the sound of the piano.
After the song ended, there was warm applause from the audience.
Seeing him pass two levels in a row, the people at the scene were even more excited than him. They directly shouted at An Yichen and others to come over, as if they were the ones who passed the level.
Seeing this, An Yichen and the others naturally did not hesitate. Their competitive spirit was completely aroused, and the questions they asked were more tricky than the last.
Xiao Chen and the three brothers of the Wu family who came to help pick up the bride were sweating profusely and were of no use at all.
Zhao Yiming was the only one answering the questions throughout the whole process.
After hearing what happened at the door, Old Lady An didn't care. She asked the maids to watch the time and remind them not to miss the auspicious time, and then continued chatting with a group of old sisters.
Two gangs, oh no, it was Zhao Yiming taking on six alone, fighting with An Yichen and the others, it was like a three hundred round battle, and the people present were also very excited.
It's really eye-opening. Looking around the whole capital, there is no other family in the city that would set such a difficult question when getting married.
Finally, it was a maid who called An Yichen aside and reminded him that the auspicious time was approaching, and then ended with a poem about Cui Zhuang.
After Zhao Yiming finished writing the poem, he winked at Jingyu. He immediately grabbed two handfuls of red envelopes from the cloth bag and threw them out. While everyone was scrambling for the red envelopes, he hurriedly led the marriage team into the gate.
It was so lively here that no one noticed that a pair of eyes in the alley across the street were watching everything with resentment.
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