84_84041 On the day Feng Jinyuan married Kang Yi, the weather was unusually cold. It was the end of the first month of the lunar year, but it still snowed heavily.
People said that this was God's way of congratulating Princess Qianzhou, because Qianzhou was a land covered in ice and snow for a thousand years, and such heavy snow was a happy event for Kang Yi.
The old lady was chanting in the temple early in the morning and burning incense. Her right eyelid had been twitching since she opened her eyes, and she was also feeling uneasy. She just hoped that today's wedding would go smoothly and nothing would go wrong.
Feng Jinyuan had slept in the bedroom over at Song Garden last night. He got up early today and, with the help of his servants, he began to wash and change his clothes. He put on his wedding gown and hat, and prepared to go to the palace to pick someone up.
Because Kang Yi's family was far away in Qianzhou, Emperor Tianwu allowed her to marry out of the imperial palace. When the princess of Fan Kingdom arrived in Dashun, she could only perform ceremonies according to the system of princesses, but even so, it was already the highest honor for Fan Kingdom.
Feng Jinyuan was refreshed, and felt even more energetic than when he married Yao. The servant was very good at talking: "Master, after your great wedding, there will be an even greater wedding. I believe that after the eldest princess gets married, she will soon give you a big fat boy. By then, our mansion will be even more lively."
Feng Jinyuan smiled and knocked on his head, "You are so smart."
"Oh, sir." The servant told Feng Jinyuan, "The eldest lady came early this morning. At that time, the master was not awake yet, and the eldest lady was waiting in the hall. Do you think you should go to the front to meet her or ask the eldest lady to come over?"
Feng Jinyuan thought for a moment and said, "Let her in."
The servant went out, and Feng Chenyu came in soon. Feng Jinyuan was wearing a bright red wedding gown and sitting on a chair outside the bedroom, looking at Chenyu with a smile, which made Chenyu see some kind feelings.
Feng Jinyuan hadn't smiled at her like this for a long time, so much so that she was distracted for a moment, thinking that this father was still the father who had focused all his energy on her a few years ago. But when she turned her eyes, the bright red wedding gown reminded her that things were different now. Today, her father was going to marry a princess from a foreign country, and she... "Father." Chenyu called out and stepped forward to salute, "My daughter congratulates you on your wedding."
Feng Jinyuan laughed, "Father heard that you came here early in the morning, is there something wrong?"
Chenyu nodded, and walked a few steps forward to Feng Jinyuan, and then handed the thing in her hand to him: "My daughter knows that my father took a lot of money from the account to buy household items for the eldest princess a few days ago. It will be a big expense to arrange the wedding today. This is my daughter's filial piety to my father."
Feng Jinyuan took the thing from her hand and took a look. It turned out to be four silver notes. Each note was worth five thousand taels, a total of twenty thousand taels.
He was very surprised: "Do you really have some silver?"
Chen Yu said, "That's all I have left, but I still have a few hundred taels of miscellaneous money. I gave 10,000 taels to my grandmother a few days ago, and I gave the 20,000 to my father. I really have nothing left now."
"Really?" Feng Jinyuan seemed a little unconvinced.
Chen Yu told him: "The Shen family was in trouble very quickly, and my daughter had no defense at all. This is already the limit."
"Yes." Feng Jinyuan nodded. The Shen family's affairs were indeed urgent, and it was normal for Chenyu to not be able to prepare in advance. "The expenses have indeed been a bit high recently. Your father has kept your thoughts in mind. Don't worry, the eldest princess has already said that she will not bury your future in the future."
Chen Yu was waiting for this sentence and immediately knelt on the ground: "My daughter is innocent, I hope my father and future mother can sympathize with her."
She mentioned her innocent body again, and Xiang Zhongyu told Feng Jinyuan that she had been cured by Feng Yuheng. Feng Jinyuan was also a little excited at the moment, and put his hand on her shoulder, saying: "It's hard for you, your father knows it. Chenyu, you are a sensible child, and when your mother comes home, this family will need you to deal with it more."
"This is what Chen Yu should do."
After this exchange between the father and the daughter, the father got the silver and the daughter got the promise, and they walked towards the front yard together with a smile. At this time, the old lady had already brought everyone from the Feng family to sit in the hall of the Peony Courtyard, waiting for Feng Jinyuan to come.
After Feng Jinyuan entered the house, he first bowed to the old lady, then gave some instructions to his concubines and daughters, and then he went out happily, riding on a tall horse, taking the wedding sedan, and went to the palace to pick up the bride.
After he left, everyone in Feng Mansion immediately got busy. Some were setting up banquets, some were hanging wedding flowers. The housekeeper He Zhong, along with a group of eloquent servants and pretty maids, stood in front of the mansion gate to welcome the guests.
The old lady led everyone to sit in the Peony Courtyard, and kept instructing them: "When the mistress comes in, the concubines are not allowed to go to the front yard to greet her. You should all go to the Tianxiang Courtyard and wait. After the greetings are made in the hall and she is sent to the bridal chamber, you can go in and pay your respects to the mistress."
Han looked unhappy, Jin Zhen also felt wronged, the old lady rolled her eyes at them and said: "You should know your own status, do you still want to be the mistress in vain? Anyway, no one is allowed to go on a business trip today, even if you have to pretend, you have to pretend to be in this situation. Do you hear me?"
An said, "I will keep this in mind."
Han and Jin Zhen also said, "I will keep this in mind."
The old lady nodded with satisfaction, then looked at her granddaughters, "You will follow me to the front yard in a while." She glanced at Chenyu and said, "Well, your makeup today is good, simple and elegant, which is both beautiful and will not steal the limelight from the mistress. The scar on your forehead is also covered well... Why hasn't Ah Heng come yet?" After going around in circles, they finally got to the point. Everyone came to the Peony Garden this morning, but Feng Yuheng was the only one who didn't come.
An said, "Tongshengxuan is far away, and it snowed heavily today. The second young lady may still be on the way."
The old lady was dissatisfied, but she didn't know what to say. She just groaned and said nothing more.
Soon, the guests arrived at the mansion one after another. The accountant had already moved the tables and chairs to the door of the mansion, registering the wedding gifts and wedding money one by one. No matter what the guests thought in their hearts, they all looked flattering, and the wedding money was bigger than the other. After all, Feng Jinyuan was the left prime minister of the dynasty, and he married Princess Qianzhou. What's more, he also had a woman who was the Princess of Ji'an County. No matter what the reason was, the wedding money and wedding gifts could not be too shabby.
Feng Jinyuan's wedding was presided over by the eldest prince Xuan Tianqi himself. Xuan Tianqi was naturally the first to arrive, followed by several other princes, including the second prince Xuan Tianling, the third prince Xuan Tianye, the fourth prince Xuan Tianyi, and the fifth prince Xuan Tianyan. As for the others, they had not yet shown up.
As the princes arrived, King Wenxuan with Xuan Tiange, General Pingnan with Ren Xifeng, Lord Right Prime Minister with Feng Tianyu, and Bai Qiaojiang with Bai Furong also came to visit.
The princes, dukes, and princesses were all here, so the old lady naturally came out to greet them personally, and brought all the young ladies along with her. For a moment, the Feng Mansion reached its peak of excitement.
But Feng Yuheng still didn't come, and the old lady's right eyelid began to twitch again. She always felt that something bad was going to happen, and her heart was very panicked. She looked around and found that Princess Wenxuan had not come, so she couldn't help but ask Aunt Zhao: "Have you heard why Princess Wenxuan didn't come?"
Zhao Ma said, "I have already asked, and she said that Princess Wenxuan did come here with the prince, but after getting off the carriage she went to the county lord's residence. I thought that the princess had a closer relationship with Yao, and maybe she was afraid that Yao would be unhappy, so she went to talk to her."
The old lady groaned, "If she hadn't insisted on divorcing Jin Yuan, she wouldn't be unhappy today."
As he was speaking, He Zhong came running over and said cheerfully, "Madam, the master and the wedding sedan have arrived at the gate of the mansion. Please go to the front hall and wait for the new wife to kowtow to you!"
When the old lady heard that he had returned so soon, she hurriedly urged Zhao Mama: "Hurry, help me to the front hall."
The old lady had just entered the front hall and sat down when Feng Jinyuan, leading the bride, walked into the mansion.
Kang Yi was also wearing a bright red wedding gown with phoenixes embroidered with gold thread, which was grand and luxurious, and well-befitting of her status as the eldest princess of a country. The wedding scarf on her head was made of Guanghan silk, which was lighter in color than the wedding gown, but had a different style.
Not everyone who came to attend the ceremony had been to the imperial palace. For most of them, this Guanghan silk was the first time they had seen it, and they couldn't help but marvel at it.
The old lady was a little excited when she saw the two of them walking around the front yard and towards the hall. When Feng Jinyuan got married for the first time, he had just won the first place in the imperial examination, and she had just come from her hometown not long ago. The Feng family was absolutely new to the capital, with no roots or power, and they didn't even have time to properly repair the mansion given by the emperor. The Yao family was a prosperous family in the capital. To be honest, the daughter of an imperial physician was not worthy of the status of a first place scholar, but the Feng family knew that only by marrying Yao Qianrou could the Feng family truly have the capital to gain a foothold in the capital.
So, at the first wedding, the Feng family was completely overshadowed by the Yao family. Almost all the guests came for the Yao family, and the officials present ignored her mother, the number one scholar.
But today is different. Although the roots of the Feng family are still not deep, they are incomparable with those of nearly 20 years ago. Moreover, Feng Jinyuan has been in the position of prime minister for too many years and is no longer the stupid boy he was before. Even though Kang Yi is the eldest princess of Qianzhou and has Guanghan silk on her head, she is just icing on the cake for the Feng family and cannot play a decisive role.
Listening to the exclamations of the people around her, the old lady was in a good mood. Her right eyelid stopped smiling and her face could smile. Especially when she saw her son's smile from the bottom of his heart, she seemed to see the future of Feng Mansion. Only when Feng Jinyuan and the mistress have a good relationship, the family can be peaceful!
She counted the steps of the two people with a smile, and estimated that they were only five steps away from entering the front hall. The old lady asked Zhao Ma to help her sit up straighter, waiting for the two people to come in and pay their respects to heaven and earth and their parents.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the exclamations from the crowd watching the ceremony outside suddenly became louder, as if the originally thin sea surface suddenly began to surge violently. Everyone exclaimed "Ah" in unison, and then stopped talking at the same time. They all looked in one direction in surprise.
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