Chapter 457 Engagement First
No one present dared to compete with Lord Gu Xiang and Marquis Pingxi for the wife, but everyone was more excited than the other to watch the fun.
Some people even spread the word in the court that this was not only a dispute between Prime Minister Gu and Marquis Pingxi, but also a dispute between civil officials and military generals. It might directly determine whether the court would prioritize civil officials over military generals or military officials over civil officials in the future.
In the bright lights, Jiang Hao and Gu Yuanjia looked at each other, and their gazes turned into sharp blades that cut each other into pieces.
When Chunzhi first arrived in the capital, she married the Prince of Chang'an as a girl from the Song family, so when most people heard about the Queen's sister, they only thought of Song Wan'er, a girl from the Song family.
Jiang Hao also thinks so.
After Song Anlan brought Song Wan'er back to the Song family, he announced that he would find a better husband for his sister and no one was allowed to mention the previous marriage again.
In addition, the Princess of Xiling publicly proposed to return to Xiling today, and Shao Feiyang will be a free person from now on. Song Anlan and the Queen wanted to match Shao Feiyang and Song Wan'er before, and maybe they thought it would be better to do it today than to wait for a day, so they directly decided on the marriage of Shao Feiyang and Song Wan'er.
Although he didn't know why Shao Feiyang didn't stand up, but Gu Yuanjia stood up instead.
Anyway, Jiang Hao is now worried that his wife is going to be snatched away by someone, and he is full of hostility towards Lord Gu.
Gu Yuanjia felt that Jiang Hao was extremely troublesome.
Although the queen has two sisters-in-law, his intuition tells him that the one who will be looking for a husband with the ball today must be Yuzhu.
Because when he asked Yuzhu for his status tonight, Yuzhu neither agreed nor refused.
He knew Yuzhu was about to give in.
But he didn't expect that the title he wanted would come so soon, and it was the emperor who asked for it.
Jiang Hao usually looks smart, but today he didn't know what stupid thing he did and had to stand up at this moment.
Gu Yuanjia looked at Jiang Hao with a look full of mockery.
Jiang Hao grew increasingly angry as he watched, thinking, "So what if he's Prime Minister Gu? He hadn't shown any special affection for Song Wan'er before, but now, in order to get close to the Queen, he's actually vying to marry the Queen's adopted sister."
Seeing the two of them staring at each other silently, Huo Zheng said with a smile, "Since Prime Minister Gu and Marquis Pingxi have both stood up, please step forward."
Gu Yuanjia and Jiang Hao left their seats at the same time and walked forward.
Chunzhi couldn't help laughing when she saw Jiang Hao looking at Gu Yuanjia with eyes full of "the hatred of stealing his wife is irreconcilable". This guy was probably wrong.
Jiang Hao and Gu Yuanjia walked forward at the same time, and at this time Huo Yanran and Song Wan'er also came over.
Song Wan'er originally thought that it would be a very lively occasion for Yuzhu to throw the ball to find a husband. She came over happily to watch the fun, but ended up seeing only Gu Yuanjia and Jiang Hao.
What about others?
Don’t you like catching hydrangeas so much?
It was said that most of the young talents in the court are still unmarried?
Song Wan'er asked several questions in her mind, and soon found that the problem was with Jiang Hao.
If only Gu Yuanjia was involved, other officials would certainly not avoid it so much, but with the addition of Pingxi Hou, who would dare to compete for this bouquet?
When Song Wan'er thought of this, she couldn't help but scold Jiang Hao, "What's your business? Go back and sit down!"
“It’s not you…”
After being scolded by Song Wan'er, Jiang Hao quickly realized that he was wrong.
The queen's sister-in-law who wanted to use the ball to find a husband was not Song Wan'er.
No wonder Shao Feiyang didn’t stand up!
"Of course it's not me!" Song Wan'er said, "And even if it was me, it has nothing to do with you. Go back and sit down!"
"knew."
Jiang Hao was not angry when Song Wan'er scolded him in public, but responded obediently.
He said that Song Wan'er would not be so heartless as to marry someone else right after divorcing him.
It was because he was too concerned that this misunderstanding occurred.
Moreover, the way Song Wan'er scolded him just now was exactly the same as when they were at the general's mansion.
This shows that in Song Wan'er's heart, she still regards him as one of her own.
Jiang Hao quickly calmed himself down, "Then next time you want to find a wife, can you let me know in advance?"
"What are you thinking? Why would I want to marry someone?"
Song Wan'er felt that Jiang Hao was becoming more and more weird. He used to get angry when he was scolded, but now, not only is he not angry, he's even laughing.
When Jiang Hao looked at Gu Yuanjia again, his eyes were much kinder. He clasped his fists and bowed to him, "I wish that Lord Gu will get what he wants."
Gu Yuanjia returned the greeting, "Thank you, Marquis Pingxi."
After Jiang Hao finished speaking, he went up to toast the Emperor and Empress, as if he stood up and stepped forward not to participate in the marriage proposal ceremony, but just to toast the Emperor and Empress.
"This toast from the Marquis of Pingxi is really timely."
Huo Zheng teased Jiang Hao with a smile.
Jiang Hao smiled back, drank the wine and left. When he passed by Song Wan'er, he secretly pulled her shawl.
Song Wan'er glared at him and whispered, “Hurry up and leave, don’t get in the way here!”
Jiang Hao slowly left and returned to the table.
Now the only person participating in the matchmaking for the Queen's sister's embroidered ball is Lord Gu Xiang, but the procedure still has to be followed. The eunuchs loudly invited the Jade Lady Official to come out.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
The palace servants held lanterns and lamps, scattered flowers, and played music. Yuzhu, dressed in a red palace dress and holding a red hydrangea in her hand, walked slowly to the sound of music.
Gu Yuanjia raised his eyes and looked at her, and after just one glance, he couldn't look away.
The magnificent palace, the coming and going palace maids and eunuchs, the flying flowers and lanterns... everything seemed to have turned into nothingness in this instant.
All Gu Yuanjia could see was a jade bead.
He always knew that Yuzhu was a rare beauty.
But Yuzhu usually dressed very plainly. When she was young, it was because of her status as a maid. Later, it was because she had Nian'er and as a mother, she didn't have the time to dress up elaborately. But tonight, Song Wan'er and Huo Yanran surrounded her and performed a lot of tricks, and the palace servants drew eyebrows and painted eyes for her and put on new makeup.
She wore a priceless red hairpin and jade ring in her hair, and her eyebrows, eyes and red lips were all exquisite. The red dress made her even more bright and charming. She walked slowly, her steps were like flowers and her steps were like lotus.
Yuzhu met Gu Yuanjia's gaze and smiled at him.
Chunzhi looked at the two of them and thought they were a perfect match.
Wan'er's idea was very good. Although the number of people participating in the marriage proposal with a ball of embroidery was not as many as expected, it was indeed much more interesting than directly issuing an imperial decree to grant a marriage.
Looking at Gu Yuanjia's eyes, I'm afraid he will never forget Yuzhu's appearance today in his life.
Huo Zheng smiled and said that Yuzhu was the queen's sister, and whoever she liked could just throw the bouquet to her.
Even if those people didn't stand up and come forward, she could still choose them.
The new emperor's words were obviously meant for Prime Minister Gu to hear.
All the discussions at the table disappeared and everything became quiet.
Gu Yuanjia's heart was torn and torn, all tied to Yuzhu.
Yuzhu walked up to Gu Yuanjia and handed him the red hydrangea. "We can't make it to the wedding night today. How about getting engaged first?"
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