OBS Chapter 674: Big Chapter. Wen Guang and Qian Qian hold a wedding banquet and hold a wedding ceremony
Chapter 674: Big Chapter. Wen Guang and Qian Qian hold a wedding banquet and hold a wedding ceremony
If the girl doesn't want to, won't they just become a pair of resentful lovers?
Chen Zhining didn't want to force Qianqian in front of so many people.
After all, it was the emperor who granted the marriage. If he wanted to give Qianqian a husband, how could she, the daughter of an imperial censor, refuse?
Looking at Chen Zhining's gentle eyes, Qianqian gradually began to cry.
Wen Guang looked at Qianqian nervously. He really liked Qianqian. He was too embarrassed to admit it before. But at this moment, the emperor and the empress were looking at him and wanted to grant him a marriage, so he had to admit it.
He quickly said to Qianqian: "Qianqian, I like you very much."
"The reason why I avoided you and treated you badly before was because I didn't want to look you in the face, but I actually like you very much. Can you promise me that?"
Listening to what Wen Guang said, she smiled faintly.
As she laughed, she immediately lost her reserve and hugged Wen Guang tightly.
In the midst of Wen Guang's awkward and nervous mood, Qian Qian suddenly stepped forward and kissed Wen Guang, and said to him crisply and sweetly: "Young Master Wen Guang, I like you too."
"I know you've always liked me."
There was nervousness and shyness in her eyes.
The look he gave her was different from the one of disgust.
Every time Wen Guang looked at her, although he said something fierce, he actually always cared about her. How could Qian Qian not know that?
Qianqian took Wen Guang's hand and immediately said to the emperor, the queen, Jiang Zhao, Chen Zhining and others: "Your Majesty, Queen, Ninth Prince, Ninth Prince's Consort, I am willing to marry Young Master Wen Guang."
"...I am willing. Please grant me marriage immediately."
When Wen Guang heard this, he was stunned.
After being stunned for a while, he quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, uncle and aunt, we are willing, we are willing."
"Hurry up and grant the marriage."
Hearing this, the emperor and the queen laughed loudly, and then said happily: "In that case, we will grant the marriage!"
"Come here, pass on my decree to grant marriage to Young Master Wenguang and the daughter of the Imperial Censor to be held in September this year."
"In addition, I will give you two pairs of gold and jade ruyi, 1200 taels of gold, the word 'marriage', the prince's dragon robe and clothing system, and hold the wedding ceremony in Vietnamese style!"
"Let's hold the wedding in the palace."
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
The Empress Dowager burst into laughter at this time.
She was already gray-haired and looked much older than when Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining first met the Empress Dowager.
Originally, the Empress Dowager's health was not strong enough to support her until now, but she felt that her health was getting better and better, and it seemed that she was better than 20 years ago, and it seemed that she could live another 20 years.
If I could live another 20 years, I would probably be able to see my great-grandson give birth to a grandson for me.
By then, I will really be the ancestor. The Empress Dowager smiled and said kindly to Wen Guang and Qian Qian: "I have watched these two children grow up. How about this, let me reward them with something."
As she spoke, she clapped her hands, and Li Niang next to her immediately gave two rings to the two of them.
"This ring...was given to me by the late emperor when I got married. It symbolizes the deep love between husband and wife. You two should keep it."
Hearing this, Wen Guang and Qian Qian were very happy and bowed quickly: "Thank you, Empress Dowager."
"You're welcome, you're welcome."
"Now, you can call me ancestor."
"Thank you, ancestor."
The two of them immediately called the Empress Dowager "Ancestor" and were very happy.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining were the happiest ones. Now their son finally had a place to stay. They looked at each other with smiles of relief in their eyes.
Next, they felt that they had to worry too.
After all, his eldest son, the young master of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, was about to get married.
Then everyone in the Ninth Prince’s Mansion will have to start getting ready.
However, the people in the Ninth Prince's Mansion do not need to be so busy, because the marriage must start in the palace, and that's when the Queen starts to get busy.
However, the Ninth Prince's Mansion is where they will live temporarily after their marriage. It is estimated that the Emperor will not grant them a mansion for the time being, so they have to prepare a super luxurious courtyard for their son and daughter-in-law to live in.
After preparing the wedding ceremony, we also have to prepare for the weddings of several other boys and two little princesses.
Next, these guys will probably get married slowly.
Nowadays, they can ask around to see which boy or girl is a good match for their own boy or girl.
At this time, Chen Bo and Song Yunyun looked at each other meaningfully. They turned their heads to look at Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining at the same time and winked at them.
"!!!"
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining were stunned, looked at each other, and then they both laughed.
They are all smart people, how could they not understand what Chen Bo and Song Yunyun meant?
It is estimated that their son and daughter may move directly into the Ninth Prince’s Palace in the future.
It seems that everyone is familiar with each other, so these sisters-in-law should get along well with each other.
Jiang Zhao and Chen Zhining nodded very happily, they knew what was going on.
But now, I haven't paid too much attention to the marriages of my other sons. It will be better to focus on the marriage of my eldest son. As for the marriages of my other sons and daughter, I'll wait and see.
It's still a long time before they get married, probably another two years.
During the following period of time, everyone in the Ninth Prince's Mansion was extremely busy and bought a lot of things.
If Chen Zhining hadn't made a lot of money from business over the years, this money...would not be enough.
After all, there are so many sons, each of them has to marry a wife, and each of them has to buy something for himself.
Although the Emperor, Empress, and Empress Dowager also provided a lot of help, and the Retired Emperor and Empress Dowager would come back to help from time to time, it was probably not enough.
With so many sons and so many daughters, each of them needs some money.
What's more, when the first daughter, Princess Chang'an, got married, there was a ten-mile long red wedding and the whole city was filled with joy, and her name was recorded in history.
They didn't have that much money, so they left it for their children to get married.
This time, when the young Master Wenguang got married, they took out 2 taels of silver, plus the help from the Emperor and the Empress, the help from the Grand Empress Dowager, and the silver sent back by the Retired Emperor and the Empress Dowager... all together, it was a total of 5 taels.
This money is barely enough for their marriage.
Time flew by, and soon it was September when they got married.
And in September, when the two got married, the emperor and the empress dowager also rushed back after hearing the news.
At this time, Princess Chang'an and Jiang Ping'an also rushed back after hearing the news, which surprised Chen Zhining and Jiang Zhao.
At that time, in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, the Empress Dowager Retired, the Grand Empress Dowager and others were sitting together inside. Looking at the slightly bulging belly of the Grand Princess Chang'an, they felt very comfortable.
At this time, the Empress Dowager kept asking Princess Chang'an with concern: "Zhao Jia, if you come back at this time, won't the people of Loulan say anything?"
"Won't they be quite critical?"
"Also, Ping An and the others won't say anything either?"
Hearing this, Princess Chang'an immediately smiled and shook her head, saying to everyone: "Of course I won't say anything, because I am pregnant with the only child of the King of Loulan."
"The King of Loulan has never had any children before, so they will naturally take better care of me."
"They might have been strict with me before, but now that I'm pregnant, my status is higher than that of the King of Loulan."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized, "No wonder, no wonder."
Before, Zhao Jia was married to Loulan as Princess Zhou Song. Although she was respected in Loulan, she could not do whatever she wanted.
Things like the Grand Princess Chang'an secretly returning to Zhou and Song cannot be done casually.
But now, she can leave if she wants to.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help laughing and said to the princess, "Actually, Loulan treats you very well."
"Loulan has always been very nice to me."
Princess Chang'an smiled and said to Chen Zhining, Jiang Zhao and the others, "Father and mother, you don't have to worry about me. Everything is fine in Loulan."
"Many ministers in Loulan are very kind to me,"
"They say that Zhou Song is now very powerful. If they treat me badly, I'm afraid that Zhou Song will be able to destroy half of Loulan with just one slap."
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Then I heard the Grand Princess of Chang'an continue to say: "In the beginning, the people of Loulan didn't really accept me. Later, I set up many schools for them, and also set up orphanages and places for the elderly to live. I raised many homeless children and elderly people. They are very grateful to me. Now I am very popular among the people."
After hearing this, everyone nodded and said with great satisfaction: "Yes, Zhao Jia is right to do this."
"Not only for your voice among the people."
Chen Zhining added at this time, "The voice of the people... The most important thing is that you have to be good to the people."
"They are your people. You are the queen of the King of Loulan. You are supported by the whole world and have a fiefdom in all directions. So you must do things that no one else in the world can do. Don't let the people down."
"You see, you are very popular now. Why is that? It's because you are good to the people."
"If you don't really treat the people well, they will naturally be able to sense it."
Chen Zhining warned the Grand Princess of Chang'an, "It is right to do these practical things in Loulan, but don't do them perfunctorily."
Zhao Jia nodded and said with a smile, "I understand, mother. I will definitely do my best."
"Loulan, on the surface, rose very fast, and Ping An quickly recovered the entire Western Region, but in fact, the people there were very tired from working every day and night because Loulan developed too fast."
"They are mobilizing the whole country to work hard in one direction."
"Zhou Song is their role model and their hope."
Chen Zhining nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and then said to Zhao Jia: "After that, mother will talk to your uncle and aunt and let them see if there is anything they can do to help."
"If there are people who can help, we will naturally send some capable people to Loulan to teach them some techniques, such as farming techniques, so that they can have an easier time."
"Thank you, mother, thank you, father, thank you, uncle and aunt."
Hearing this, Princess Chang'an's eyes lit up and she nodded, very happy.
Now that I am the queen of Loulan, I must make plans for the people of Loulan.
In this way, if she could bring some capable people from Zhou and Song back to Loulan, her husband would surely be more relaxed, and the people of Loulan would also be more relaxed.
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager looked at each other, and said to Princess Chang'an with a smile: "Don't worry, our dear granddaughter. We will naturally help Loulan more in the future."
"If our beloved granddaughter, who is pregnant now, has to worry about these things in Loulan, we really think it is a bit inappropriate."
Afterwards, the Emperor and the Queen Mother looked at each other again and said to the Grand Princess Chang'an: "Anyway, we don't have much to do now, why don't we take a group of Zhou and Song people to the Western Regions and give them some pointers to see if there is anything that can be improved in the Western Regions, such as farming technology, or commercial trade technology, and then assist your husband."
"The King of Loulan is also a smart child. I believe he will understand our painstaking efforts."
Hearing this, Princess Chang'an widened her eyes in surprise. She had not expected that the retired emperor and the empress dowager would be so supportive of her that they would actually go to the Western Regions in person to provide guidance on matters there.
She quickly said to the Emperor and Empress Dowager, "But Grandfather and Grandmother, is this okay? Is this in accordance with the rules?"
"How is it against the rules? Anyway, we are not the emperor and empress now."
"As for Loulan, Ping An is in charge. We watched him grow up."
"According to the rules, according to the rules."
The retired emperor and the empress dowager nodded. They were not afraid of any assassination at all. After all, they were no longer the emperor and empress. What was the point of assassinating them?
Besides, Loulan is also very safe. They have watched Jiang Ping'an grow up, and Jiang Ping'an will not do anything to them.
Hearing this, Zhao Jia nodded, thoughtfully.
With the help of Zhou and Song, Loulan would surely rise soon and develop very rapidly.
I guess in a few years, maybe it can really be as famous as Zhou and Song dynasties, but these thoughts are too early now.