The Crown Prince of Yanping sent a wedding invitation. After he left, the eldest son of the Right Prime Minister's residence sent an invitation to the wedding banquet.
Wedding banquets are held for brides, and wedding banquets are held for daughters who are married off.
The wedding banquet was usually held in the evening. On the day the Right Prime Minister's residence held the wedding banquet, Shen Wan woke up from her afternoon nap before Xie Jingyan left the residence.
When the Right Chancellor married off his daughter, the wedding banquet was a grand affair, attended by civil and military officials. Those who couldn't attend sent their congratulatory gifts.
There were so many guests who came to offer their congratulations that the Right Prime Minister's residence couldn't keep up with them all, so they hired a few helpers. Young Master Cheng asked Tang Ze and Lu Cheng to help greet the guests.
The day of the wedding banquet happened to be a day off, and Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an arrived early in the morning, but Tang Ze was nowhere to be seen.
Although Lu Cheng and Du Cheng'an's help was enough, Tang Ze had promised to help, and the guests were almost all there, but he still hadn't shown up, which inevitably made people worry.
Cheng Yi ushered the guests into the mansion and asked Lu Cheng, "Has Tang Ze not arrived yet?"
Lu Cheng shook his head. "Not yet."
Du Cheng'an was a little worried, "Tang Ze is always punctual and not the kind of person to break his word. Will something happen to him?"
Du Cheng'an had only known them for a short time, but he already knew that Tang Ze was punctual, let alone Lu Cheng, so he was very worried.
However, he felt that Tang Ze should be fine. Tang Ze was the eldest son of the Duke of Tan's mansion, and with his brothers around, there were few in the capital who would dare to target him, and besides—
"Tang Ze has been in a great mood these past two days and was looking forward to today's day off. Something must have been holding him up."
But it shouldn't be this late for the Right Prime Minister's residence. If he doesn't come, he won't be able to help entertain the guests, and he won't even be able to enjoy a hot meal.
Guests kept arriving, but as the crowd thinned out, Lu Cheng and his companions grew increasingly worried about Tang Ze.
Just as they were about to send someone to the Duke of Tan's mansion to inquire, the sound of horses' hooves approached.
Lu Cheng turned around and looked, then something flashed into his eyes.
He raised his hand to block it, only then realizing that Tang Ze was wearing a mask.
Not only Tang Ze, but there was another man with him, who was also wearing a mask.
Tang Ze was wearing a mask, which Lu Cheng recognized at a glance, but the other masked person had a very familiar figure and was definitely someone he knew, but he couldn't tell who it was for a moment.
The two stopped their horses in front of the Right Prime Minister's residence. Tang Ze's movements as he dismounted were clumsy, and even though the residence was noisy, Lu Cheng could still hear Tang Ze's muffled groans.
Lu Cheng's lips twitched. When it came to wearing masks, no one was more experienced than him. He looked at Tang Ze and said, "Why are you wearing a mask too? Did your father beat you up too?"
"Go away, I wasn't beaten by my dad," Tang Ze cried out in pain.
Lu Cheng asked, "Then who hit you?"
Tang Ze, "..."
I don't want to talk.
Cheng Yi came out to greet them. He recognized Tang Ze, but as for the other person, he asked, "And who is this?"
“It’s me,” the man said.
The figure was familiar, and the voice was familiar too.
Lu Chengdao, "Xu Ji?"
The man nodded.
The man was none other than Xu Ji, the eldest son of the Minister of Justice.
They had interacted a few times, but weren't that familiar with each other.
Xu Ji was different from the Crown Prince of Yanping and his group. Before joining the city patrol, the Crown Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze, as Xie Jingyan said, spent their days wandering the streets and practically lived on them. Xu Ji, on the other hand, spent most of his time investigating cases with his father, the Minister of Justice. Some cases that were not difficult but time-consuming were assigned to Xu Ji to train him.
Cheng Yi looked at Xu Ji, then at Tang Ze, and asked curiously, "Why are you both wearing masks when you came together?"
Xu Ji didn't speak, but Tang Ze said, "We ran into each other and couldn't resist having a little sparring."
Cheng Yi, “…???”
Lu Cheng, “…???”
Du Cheng'an, "...???"
Who cut someone's face during a sparring match?
Moreover, both of them knew that today was the Right Prime Minister's wedding banquet and tomorrow was the Yanping Prince's wedding banquet. Not to mention Xu Ji, Tang Ze was definitely going to be there.
If you want to have a friendly competition, you should at least wait until after the wedding banquet, right?
Lu Cheng practically had the words "Look how easily we're fooled" etched on his face.
These two definitely did more than just have a friendly spar.
But if it wasn't just a friendly sparring match, it was a fight, and since they came together again, it doesn't seem like there was any grudge between them.
Last time Tang Ze removed the mask from his face, this time Lu Cheng returned it, taking advantage of Tang Ze's inattention to rip the mask off his face.
Before Lu Cheng could see clearly, Cheng Yi and Du Cheng'an gasped.
Lu Cheng was already miserable enough when he was double-teamed by his parents last time, but Tang Ze was even worse off than Lu Cheng.
After removing the mask from Tang Ze's face, Lu Cheng then removed the mask from Xu Ji's face.
The two were equally injured.
Tang Ze tried to snatch the mask back, but Lu Cheng said, "Don't bother covering it up. How will you drink later if you wear a mask?"
Tang Ze had nothing to say.
He considered not coming, but he knew Lu Cheng; if he didn't go, he would definitely send someone to find him.
I hesitated for a moment, but I still came. Anyway, they'll find out eventually; I can't hide it from them.
As expected, Lu Cheng asked, "You two, tell me honestly, why were you 'sparring' so fiercely?"
Tang Ze, "..."
Xu Ji, “…”
I really don't want to talk about something so embarrassing.
But the less he said, the more curious Lu Cheng and the others became. He didn't want to be forced to drink and be interrogated later.
Tang Ze said dejectedly, "It's embarrassing to even talk about it..."
Xu Ji looked embarrassed.
It's really shameful.
The story begins on the day when Prince Yanping and Lu Cheng stood him up. He was drinking alone and found it boring, so he returned home early. His mother wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but he refused. His mother gave him a month to choose a girl he liked. When he returned to his courtyard, a carrier pigeon landed on the window frame of his study.
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