At the urging of Emperor Jianyuan and Gongsun Li, Li Chang'an had no choice but to lead Lin Youchu's family to the front.
At this moment, Xia Yan also woke up from his coma.
He sat in the chair, looking somewhat dazed.
He didn't wake up until Li Chang'an walked right up to him.
"The Magistrate of Changle pays his respects to the Prince and His Highness the Princess."
He was about to kneel down when Li Chang'an stopped him with a gesture: "Your Excellency, there's no need to be so polite. I saw you faint earlier. Are you feeling better now?"
"Okay, okay, it's completely healed."
"Upon seeing the prince, all her illnesses were cured."
Xia Yan was so excited that he was shaking all over and his words were somewhat incoherent.
"This is Xu Kun's father-in-law, the bride's father."
Yang Wenguang stood to the side and began to introduce the situation.
Li Chang'an glanced at them, then turned and asked, "Where are Xiong Er and the others?"
"They followed Xu Kun and took the bride around the streets."
"The custom here is that after picking up the bride, they have to drive around the county town for a long time so that others know that the two of them are married."
"General Xiong Er led a group of brothers to join in the fun. Lord Xia is too old to bother with the work, so he came over to help with the bookkeeping."
Yang Wenguang cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and began to explain.
Li Chang'an looked at the gift account on the table and the pile of silver on the small table, and suddenly slapped his forehead: "I forgot, people are supposed to give gifts when they get married."
After saying that, he started rummaging through his clothes.
"No need, no need, Your Highness's presence is the greatest gift for my daughter and Kun'er."
Xu's parents stood aside, looking at Li Chang'an who seemed like a banished immortal, not daring to step forward and speak. Only Xia Yan was able to remain calm and exchange a few polite words.
"I've got it."
Li Chang'an searched his pockets but couldn't find a suitable gift, so he had to rummage through the system's inventory.
After looking at it for a while, he finally took out two pills, one black and one white, from his backpack.
"A small gift, nothing more."
As he spoke, he placed the pair of pills on the table.
When Zhou Chao saw the pair of pills, his eyes immediately lit up with golden light.
"This is a fertility pill made by the Goddess of Mercy. On their wedding night, Xu Kun should eat the black one and his wife should eat the white one. After eating it, she will definitely get pregnant, and after ten months of pregnancy, she will definitely give birth to a big, healthy boy."
Li Chang'an placed the pills on the table and explained them to these people, worried that they might not know what they were for and take them haphazardly.
If Xu Kun eats the white stuff, who knows what kind of reaction he'll have?
When Li Chang'an was giving gifts, Zhou Chao and Gongsun Li were also searching their bodies to see what they could give as gifts to congratulate the newlyweds on their marriage.
They came unprepared, so they just gave whatever they had on them.
"I didn't come prepared, so please accept these two jade pendants as a gift from me."
When Xia Yan saw Zhou Chao arrive, he immediately knelt down, so excited that he almost fainted again.
"On behalf of my son-in-law, I thank Your Majesty for your generous gift. Long live Your Majesty!"
In the hearts of the people of the capital and Tai'an, Li Chang'an held a higher position than Emperor Jianyuan.
But people in other places still felt that the emperor was the most powerful.
Scholars like Xia Yan, influenced by Confucianism, were particularly drawn to the emperor's identity.
Receiving a reward from Emperor Jianyuan was something he never dared to dream of in his entire life.
"Hey, hey, whose carriage is this? Why are you blocking my door? Don't you know it's my brother's wedding today?"
Just as Xia Yan was getting excited, Bai Luoti's loud voice rang out. He looked at the convoy blocking the Xu family's door and felt somewhat displeased.
He had barely finished reprimanding them when he noticed everyone staring at him.
Yang Wenguang gave him a thumbs up, saying that he truly deserved to be called the bravest soldier in the Ming Dynasty.
At first, Bai Luoti was a little confused as to why so many people were looking at him, but when he saw Li Chang'an, he fell silent.
"Old Bai, didn't I tell you to tell the convoy to move? Why are you standing there like a block of wood?"
Xiong Er and Xu Kun's group rode over on horseback.
When they saw Li Chang'an and Emperor Jianyuan, they were stunned for a moment, then dismounted and trotted over, kneeling on the ground to pay their respects: "This humble general greets Your Highness and Your Majesty."
"Get up, get up. Today you are the groom, the most important person. There is no need to kneel."
Zhou Chao helped Xu Kun up and patted him on the shoulder: "My dear minister, you've had a hard time conquering the island nation."
Xu Kun looked at the emperor before him, somewhat at a loss, unsure of how to begin.
Seeing his appearance, Li Chang'an joked, "Promotion, wealth, and marriage—the three great joys of life—you've encountered them all."
Lin Youchu saw Xiong Er and greeted him, "Brother Xiong Er."
Lin Dongdong and the other children also addressed Xiong Er as "Uncle Xiong Er".
Although Xiong Er referred to himself as a servant, Li Chang'an's family still addressed him as before.
Hearing Dongdong and the others call him, Xiong Er scratched his head: "Your Highness, why did you bring the Princess along?"
Li Chang'an looked at him and said, "I heard that this kid is getting married, so I brought my wife over to drink a cup of his wedding wine."
Upon hearing his words, Xu Kun scratched the back of his head and grinned foolishly.
"Alright, I'll have the convoy move aside. You should hurry up and bring the bride home."
Li Chang'an ordered the convoy to leave so that the bride's eight-bearer sedan chair could make way.
Standing in the crowd, Liu Yue, seeing Xu Kun dressed as the groom, went completely mad.
She had a premonition as soon as she recognized Mr. and Mrs. Xu.
She clung to the hope that perhaps other villagers from Caijiazhuang had become Xia Yan's son-in-law, and that Xu's parents had only come to help.
It wasn't until Xu Kun appeared that she could no longer deceive herself.
She never imagined that the person she once looked down upon would become someone she could never reach.
Looking at the people chatting with Xu Kun, Liu Yue felt it was all a fantasy.
Emperor, Empress, Prince, Princess.
Among these people, the one with the lowest status was the prefect of Huzhou. He could only stand on the far side, bowing and smiling obsequiously.
You should know that the fat man's biggest backer used to be Wang Jingwei, who was also the prefect of Huzhou.
The fat man's family wasn't qualified to directly curry favor with Wang Jingwei; they could only get their gifts to him through others.
Thinking about how she was treated at Fatty's house and how good Xu Kun had been to her before, Liu Yue felt a little dazed.
Upon seeing the sedan chair, Liu Yue rushed forward and blocked Xu Kun's path.
"Xiao Kun, do you still love me?"
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