I originally thought of finding a courtyard in the mansion, and then marrying directly from this courtyard to the medicine garden.
But Lan Yu said, "Since I have decided to go through your Great Yin wedding customs with him, I will follow them completely. It's okay if I don't invite guests, but I don't want to skimp on the rules."
Chen Qiu agreed, and Lan Yu also bought a two-story courtyard in Kyoto with her own money. "I can bring it to the Duke's Mansion as a dowry when the time comes."
Chen Qiu assigned some people to clean up Lan Yu's house, from cleaning to wedding arrangements, everything was done during the three days of the Spring Examination.
When Ye Chen came back, Lan Yu had already moved to her own small courtyard. Chen Qiu asked Xing'er to accompany her. According to the wedding customs of the Great Yin Kingdom, men and women cannot meet each other for three days before the wedding.
The medicine garden is next to the Duke's Mansion. Someone opened a gate with the words "Xiao Mansion" hung on it.
Lan Yu was alone in the Great Yin Kingdom and had no other friends except the Ye family.
Chen Qiu gave each person in the mansion one or two taels of silver and asked them to buy things for Lan Yu and add to her dowry. According to the wedding customs of the Great Yin Kingdom, the bride's family must add to the dowry when the daughter gets married.
In the end, Chen Qiu managed to put together ten loads of dowry for Lan Yu, two loads of furnishings for the house, three loads of clothes, bedding and jewelry, one load of spices and herbs, three loads of dowry from her parents' home, and one load was put together by Xiao Hang himself for Lan Yu.
She is clearly a princess of a country, but now she is like a homeless person, and she has to scrape together her dowry from here and there.
On February 25th, Ye Chen accompanied Chen Qiu to the house bought by Lan Yu early in the morning to send Lan Yu off for marriage.
The wedding custom of the Great Yin Kingdom was to pick up the bride at 3:00 p.m. and hold the wedding ceremony at 10:00 p.m.
Lan Yu was picked up by Xiao Hang at 3:15 pm on time, and Chen Yue accompanied him to pick up the bride.
After cleaning up Lan Yu's place and leaving someone to guard the door, it was already the end of the You hour when Chen Qiu and Ye Chen set out to return to Ye Mansion.
Chen Qiu's belly is very big now. Her belly has always been big. Although she can still walk fast without help, it is different now. Her feet are very swollen and her right leg sometimes feels numb. Lan Yu said that this is because the baby is pressing on her and it will be fine after the baby comes out.
No matter how distressed Ye Chen felt, all he could do was to walk with her, soak her feet and massage her legs in the evening.
The East Block was where the residences of various court officials were located, and the houses here were too expensive to buy even with money, so Lan Yu chose a courtyard adjacent to the South Block and the East Block.
Before their carriage reached the downtown area, it suddenly stopped with a bang.
"Master, someone is coming." The one driving outside was Uncle Gen, followed by four secret guards, who all showed up now.
Fu Xia was really lucky. Mingyue's pregnancy was not stable yet, so Chen Qiu didn't let her come. Mu Qing naturally stayed with Mingyue, Xing'er served as Lan Yu's maid, and Xiao Fu loved to watch the fun, so he and Liuyun followed the wedding procession back together.
Chen Qiu closed his eyes and listened for a while, "We are surrounded, and there are quite a few of them."
Ye Chen shouted to the people outside, "Send the signal, and just protect the lady for a while, nothing can happen to her, understand?"
With a "whoosh" sound, a signal was sent out. Although this place was some distance away from Ye Mansion, the signal fireworks were high enough for Ye Mansion to see, as well as the patrol battalion.
"Ye Chen, you destroyed my branch. Today I will kill you to avenge my brothers. Kill you, at any cost." It was Fu Xia's voice.
A few days ago during the Spring Examination, Fu Xia took advantage of the increasing number of outsiders coming to Kyoto and actually came back. This woman is really a lunatic. She knew exactly what would happen if she was caught, but she still came back.
As Fu Xia finished speaking, the sound of arrows piercing the carriage was heard. Chen Qiu pushed Ye Chen down, and the sound of metal clashing could be heard outside.
They can't go out now and can only wait for reinforcements. I hope the secret guards outside can hold on a little longer.
The noise outside was getting quieter and quieter. Chen Qiu took out the dagger that Ye Chen had given him from his sleeve. If there was really no other way, he would have to fight on his own. He couldn't just sit there and wait to die.
There was finally no movement outside. Those secret guards were new recruits and had no practical experience. In addition, Fu Xia didn't mind using numbers to bully the weak. With both men and arrows, they really tried their best.
Ye Chen saw Shen Qiu took out the dagger and knew what she was going to do. He immediately held Shen Qiu's hand and shook his head, "Qiu'er, you can't go out. They want to kill me. I'm going out, you stay here and don't move, okay?"
"No, they'll kill you if you go out!"
"You don't need to discuss who will come out first. I will not let either of you go. Overturn this carriage! I will make sure they die without a burial place."
Chen Qiu reached out and pressed Ye Chen's acupoints, "Husband, don't worry, I won't die. I will protect you and our child."
Ye Chen looked at Chen Qiu, and begged Chen Qiu with red eyes not to go out. He tried hard to break through the acupoint pointed by Chen Qiu, but he couldn't get out. Is he really going to lose Qiu'er again?
What should I do? Qiu'er can't go, she can't go out!
But Chen Qiu had already gone out. He pushed the scabbard of the dagger hard and broke out of the door. Then he used his air to close the carriage door, protecting Ye Chen in the carriage.
Chen Qiu came out without any time to breathe. She protected the shaft of the carriage and prevented anyone from approaching it.
"Chen Qiu, you are pregnant, do you think you can stop so many of us?" Chen Qiu didn't have time to deal with Fu Xia. She had to block wave after wave of swords that were coming at her.
Although Chen Qiu was pregnant, her moves were still fierce. In a short while, many people were lying around the carriage.
Fuxia snorted coldly and raised her hand. The archers behind her all drew their bows, waiting for her order.
Chen Qiu naturally noticed it and did not dare to delay. He jumped onto the roof of the carriage, took a deep breath and swung his bow hard at the people who were gathering around to get on the carriage. Those people were bounced out and injured, and then looked at the archers coldly.
"Chen Qiu, the Duke's wife? Do you want to compete to see which is faster, your sword or my arrow?" Fu Xia said and pressed his hand hard.
As Fuxia pressed down, the arrow immediately shot towards Chenqiu.
Chen Qiu jumped up, made a sword flower with his hand, and then a ball of green air appeared around him. Then the arrows seemed to encounter resistance, and there seemed to be a layer of protective shield around Chen Qiu.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Qiu swung his sword hard, and the arrows shot towards Fu Xia's men.
Fu Xia gritted her teeth, "Are you going to die? You won't last more than a quarter of an hour if I mobilize the energy around you like this."
Fuxia was right. After Chen Qiu had used up her energy this time, she fell onto the roof of the carriage. Cold sweat broke out on her head and her hair was a little wet. The important thing was that liquid began to flow from her lower body, and she couldn't tell whether it was blood or water. She only knew that the flow was getting heavier and heavier.
Chen Qiu saw someone flying towards them from a distant house and smiled slightly, "If I don't fight hard, it seems like you will let me live. A quarter of an hour... is enough!"
Seeing those figures getting closer and closer, Chen Qiu seemed to lose his strength all of a sudden and fell headfirst from the top of the carriage.
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