After the Lunar New Year's Eve, the Lantern Festival will soon arrive. Yesterday, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau selected the date for the princess's wedding, which will be the 28th day of the third month at the end of spring.
Xingxing calculated that her parents and brothers should have arrived by then. It usually doesn't snow in the coastal cities, and if it does, it stops very quickly.
In his letter, the eldest brother said that their parents planned to set off in early February. The waterways were safe now, and the journey would take about twenty days by water, followed by half a month by land. If nothing unexpected happened, they would arrive in early March, just in time for her wedding. So she didn't raise any objections.
Once the wedding date was set, Zhu Lin also wrote letters to his fellow students, urging them to come to the capital immediately so as not to miss his wedding day.
"Congratulations, Princess! Congratulations, Prince Consort! May you have a long and happy marriage." Chen Siqing sincerely wished the two of them well.
Zhu Lin, however, didn't like her very much. This little girl had been asked for by Madam Chen by Xingxing at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and was brought into the palace on the sixth day of the new year. She then followed Xingxing around every step of the way.
With such a large "light bulb" stuck between him and Xingxing, Xingxing has been sleeping with him every night for a while now. Zhu Lin is very sad because he can no longer sneak over to meet Xingxing at night.
Xingxing is his fiancée, and they grew up together. He feels no pressure entering her room, but he dares not enter without Chen Siqing's presence.
There's a strict separation between men and women, and he certainly didn't want to do anything to ruin a young woman's reputation.
Zhu Lin had mentioned to Xingxing several times that she should send Chen Siqing back to the Chen residence, but Xingxing refused. She said seriously, "Cousin Qing is so sweet and soft, I love her. I want to hold her and sleep with her every day, and play with her."
"Brother Phosphorus, don't be jealous of her. We're getting married at the end of March, and then I won't be able to sleep with her in my arms anymore. Just let me enjoy myself for another two months."
What could Zhu Lin do? Of course, she had to go along with her.
February arrived in the blink of an eye, and Zhou Laoda's family in Yegou Village were very happy. Tomorrow they would be going to the capital, and they would be able to take a boat from the county town by water, saving about half the time.
After Sifu and Wufu returned from the potato shop, people started coming to propose marriage on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Perhaps it was because Sifu and Wufu saw that after Dafu and Sanfu got married, the two couples were so sweet and affectionate, exchanging glances and serving each other food, being inseparable and incredibly lovey-dovey.
Sifu and Wufu both thought that getting a wife seemed like a great idea. Not only could they whisper sweet nothings together, but someone would take care of everything for them, and it would be warm for the two of them to sleep together at night.
So Sifu and Wufu also had the idea of getting married. When the matchmaker came to propose, they both agreed and spent their days looking for wives.
After a month of busy work, Sifu finally found someone he liked. He fell for the daughter of a cloth shop owner in town. All three cloth shops in town belonged to that owner, as did one in the county town. He was a merchant with a wealthy family background.
Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua didn't mind. That girl was the legitimate daughter of the emperor, beautiful, and very straightforward. They heard she was good at business. The girl and Sifu had taken a liking to each other, so how could they, as elders, disagree?
Master Xie is an honest man, known to everyone in town, and has a good reputation. Although the other party may have agreed to the marriage because of Xingxing's identity, it's not a big problem, and both Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua can accept it.
After all, if it weren't for Xingxing's status, how could a family like Master Xie possibly look up to a peasant like them? Besides, outsiders don't know that Xingxing is a princess; they only think that her father is a high-ranking official in the capital.
The girl Wu Fu chose was the granddaughter of a doctor in town. That doctor was the same one who had collected their herbs and honeysuckle. It was fate that a matchmaker came to bring the two together.
Wu Fu met the doctor's granddaughter and they got along well. They chatted for a while and found that they had a lot in common. The girl was also very interested in medicine and would occasionally go to her father's clinic to take pulses and diagnose women.
It just so happens that Wufu is also obsessed with medicine, and the two hit it off immediately, so the marriage was arranged.
The Zhou couple were very satisfied with the girl chosen by Sifu and Wufu. Sifu was strong but didn't like studying, while the girl he chose was good at business. After they got married, the two of them opened a shop together to make money.
As for Wufu, he is determined to open a clinic in the future. The young couple both have medical skills, what a perfect match they are.
Before the marriage was arranged, Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua told both families, "Our daughter lives in the capital. She won't be able to come back when her two older brothers get married, so the wedding banquets for her three remaining brothers will have to be held in the capital."
"Our daughter's family has high-ranking officials. The bride will be brought directly to the capital. What do you think? If you agree, we'll proceed with the engagement. If you don't, we can't force you."
"From what you're saying, you might not be coming back and have settled down in the capital?" Master Xie and the doctor both understood the subtext.
“It’s very likely that we can’t bear to be too far away from our daughter, and her five older brothers can’t bear to leave her either. My eldest and third sons are quite talented in their studies, and they’re very likely to become officials. We also have shops in the capital, so I guess they’ll stay there this time and we don’t know when they’ll come back.” The eldest son of the Zhou family didn’t like to boast, although what he just said sounded like he was showing off.
But in fact, he was not exaggerating at all. Xingxing's status was extremely noble. She was a princess of the Great Jin Dynasty and the emperor's most beloved daughter. Her father was not just a high-ranking official; he was the emperor himself, and the whole world belonged to him.
Sanfu will be taking the provincial examination next year, and there is a 90% chance that he will pass. Passing the imperial examination should not be difficult for him either. Although Dafu is a bit less capable, Zhou Laoda believes that Dafu can also do it and will pass the imperial examination sooner or later.
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