Chapter 305： marriage certificate

Waiting for Lu seems to have bought cinnabar and talisman paper, and the three of them came out of the restaurant after a stick of incense.

Lu didn't seem to be at ease, so he personally escorted Wei Jiaoniang and Gu Yanfei back to their respective mansions.

"Girl, you are back!"

Juan Bi, who was sent back by Gu Yanfei to report a letter, stood outside the corner gate and looked around for a while. Seeing Gu Yanfei's return, she guessed that she and Wei Jiaoniang had not been able to leave the city before the gate was closed.

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"People are still in the hall of the outer courtyard. The eldest girl is greeting you. Does the girl want to come and see you?"

"Okay, let's take a look." Gu Yanfei handed over the reins of the horse to a concierge woman, and went to the hall of the outer courtyard with Juan Bi.

Chuanbi walked with the lantern and said, "The maid listens to the words of the accompanying palace maid, Eunuch He seems to be here for the Hundred Flowers Banquet in Tianhe Garden."

Juanbi was right. When Eunuch He saw Gu Yanfei's face, he graciously handed over two big red and gold posts in person and cupped his hands:

"Second girl Gu, our family was ordered by the emperor to invite the girl to go to Tianhe Garden for a banquet on the National Day."

Father He spoke politely.

As early as when Gu Yanfei entered the palace for the first time, the emperor specially ordered him to entertain him. Eunuch He knew that this second girl Gu was afraid that she would be the future eldest prince concubine.

Something that happened later also verified his guess.

Therefore, even if Gu Yun really said that Gu Yanfei would be back tonight, he patiently waited for two cups of tea.

No, hard work pays off, he didn't wait in vain.

The smile on Eunuch He's face was even stronger, and he said: "The emperor heard that there is a big girl in the girl's house, and he also invited the big girl to go with him."

He looked at Gu Yunzhen with a smile on his face, and he had a good impression of this girl Gu. He secretly said: This girl is very appropriate to people and things. With the fame, the future will not be too bad.

Gu Yun was really surprised, he quickly got up from the chair of the master, and gave a bow: "Thank you, the servant girl."

"Father Lao thanked the emperor for our sister."

While speaking, Gu Yunzhen motioned to the steward to put a red seal on Eunuch He quietly.

After the errand was over, Eunuch He simply left, and Gu Yunzhen instructed the steward to send the person out.

Looking at Eunuch He and his group who were caged in the lights in front, Gu Yunzhen let out a long sigh and sighed in relief: "Second sister, you are back!"

Just now, she seemed calm, but she was so panicked that she couldn't find Bei, and she never thought that people would suddenly rise up in the palace, but she felt that she couldn't embarrass her second sister, so she held on.

Gu Yunzhen took Gu Yanfei's arm and walked towards the inner courtyard, holding back something to say, "Fortunately, I had someone make new clothes ahead of time, otherwise, it would be too late."

Second sister has been back for several months, and this is the first time to go to such a grand occasion.

In contrast, the last time the flounder banquet in the palace was just a small banquet attended by thirty or forty people. On the National Day, there will be at least hundreds of people attending the Hundred Flowers Banquet in Tianhe Garden, including those honored courtiers and royal family members. Past.

She has to think carefully about how to help her second sister dress up, she must not lose her momentum in front of the noble ladies in the capital!

Gu Yunzhen made up his mind secretly, and asked about Lu Qin again: "Second sister, Ah Qin..." How is she?

Gu Yanfei explained the matter in general, including the incident when they encountered a road near the West City Gate.

"..." Gu Yunzhen's expression was a bit complicated, and he sighed slightly, "Why doesn't Mrs. Lu just not believe it? Even if she would rather believe it, go check it out."

As long as the man is sincere about the marriage, even if the engagement is a few days in the evening, he can wait.

"..." Gu Yanfei pursed his lips and said nothing.

Everyone has selfishness, and Mrs. Lu Er certainly has it too.

The wind in the night brought a hint of coolness, blowing the hair of the two of them, their dresses flying, and the surroundings were unusually quiet.

Facing the night wind and walking forward for a while, Gu Yunzhen asked again, "Then are you going to Chang'anbo Mansion tomorrow?"

"No." Gu Yanfei shook his head.

If the road seems to have done things well, it doesn't matter if you go or not.

If the road doesn’t seem right, let’s talk about it.

Lu doesn't seem to be able to handle even this trivial matter, right? Then don't be a brother!

The mansion looks a little deserted at night, there are fewer people, and there are fewer lanterns hanging everywhere, and the mansion is especially dark.

In the night wind, those trees swayed in the shadows with the wind, making people feel that there was something hidden in the darkness.

Gu Yunzhen held Gu Yanfei's arm subconsciously. Ever since she heard the cry of the baby in the small garden that night, she felt agitated and didn't dare to walk around casually at night.

"Wow...wow..."

A shrill cry of a baby came faintly with the night wind, caught in the sound of the rustling wind blowing the leaves.

Gu Yunzhen's body seemed to be frozen, he froze all of a sudden, and stopped abruptly.

The wind ruffled her bangs and sideburns, and scratched her cheek mischievously.

"Second sister, you...you..." Gu Yunzhen swallowed and asked Gu Yanfei fearfully, "Did you hear..."

She listened again, there was silence in the darkness, and she heard nothing. It seemed that it was just her illusion.

Gu Yunzhen couldn't help swallowing, it was especially clear on this silent night.

"I'll go take a look." Gu Yanfei pointed in the direction of the small garden and smiled lightly.

"Wait!" Gu Yunzhen grabbed Gu Yanfei's hand and said eagerly, "I'll go with you."

She was afraid that Gu Yanfei would leave her behind.

The lantern in the maid's hand was swaying back and forth by the gusts of night wind, and the candle in the lantern also swayed with the wind.

Gu Yanfei returned to hold Gu Yunzhen's cold little hand, met her frightened eyes, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go together!"

The two girls walked along a bluestone path towards the small garden. Gu Yunzhen was a step behind. As he walked, he looked around nervously, his gentle little face pale.

"Meow!" A black cat suddenly jumped out of the bamboo forest, looked back at them fiercely, gasped in a threatening manner, and froze its hair from its back to its tail.

A pair of amber-like yellow cat eyes shone in the night.

"It's a wild cat!" The little girl holding the lantern breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.

After the black cat breathed out, he jumped lightly on the garden wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yunzhen stared blankly at the direction the cat was leaving, and then slowly blinked for a long time.

"It's a cat." She turned her head to Gu Yanfei and said with a smile, "It was also a cat's meow just now, right?"

The mother was right, it was indeed a cat, but she thought too much and mistook the cat's meow for a baby's cry.

"..." Gu Yanfei moved his hands hidden in his sleeves, but did not speak.

She took Gu Yunzhen's arm and continued to walk forward.

The bamboo forest behind    danced in the night wind, rustling sound one after another, as if someone was whispering, the night gradually deepened.

The sound of a clapper came from afar, which was very penetrating in this silent night.

This night, for many people, is very long, very long.

The Lu family is, and so is the Hua family.

"Old doctor Wang, how is the dog?" Madam Hua asked an old doctor with gray hair with a sullen face.

Old Doctor Wang stroked his beard, shook his head, and sighed deeply.

This low sigh resounded like thunder in Madam Hua's ears.

Mrs. Hua's eyes became wet all of a sudden, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief tremblingly, and her voice was a little hoarse, "Don't you think it can last for more than a month? How could it be so fast..."

Her eyes were red and she choked up.

"I don't know either." Doctor Wang said with a frown, "The eldest son has been getting worse over the past few years, and his condition has been fairly stable recently..."

"Hey, I can only say that the eldest son has been ill for many years, and his body has long been riddled with holes, like a tree trunk that has been devoured by termites... I'm afraid it's too late to recover."

"The old man has done his best, he probably won't be able to survive tonight..."

Madam Hua was shocked, took two steps back, and staggered into a chair behind her, her face pale and pale.

Next to   , the grandmother looked at Madam Hua worriedly and caressed her back comfortably.

It took a while for Doctor Hua to stabilize her mind, and her voice became more hoarse: "Doctor Wang, can you delay one more day... just one day?"

In just a few words, she looked several years older.

Mr. Wang actually didn't quite understand why he had to let Young Master Hua drag on for another day, but he thought that Mrs. Hua had a kind mother's heart, and that this child of the Hua family had grown up by herself, and she was reluctant to give up.

He stroked the goatee again, and said solemnly: "Prepare a ginseng that is more than two hundred years old, boil it thickly, and pour it into him, it should be able to last another day."

During the conversation, a middle-aged man wearing a Taishi Qing Zhijiao and another seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man wearing a royal blue Zhijiao came in one after another.

Mr. Wang bowed his hands and salutes. Just as he was about to leave, Mrs. Hua hurriedly interrupted him: "Doctor Wang, please stay in the mansion for one more day... I really can't worry about the dog."

Old Doctor Wang thought that he would stay for one more day, so he agreed.

"Mother Cai, you take the old doctor Wang down to rest." Madam Hua ordered, and ordered a maid to rush to get ginseng to make soup.

After the old doctor Wang left, there were only three Hua family members left in the house.

The surroundings were quiet for a moment, and after confirming that the footsteps outside were far away, Dr. Hua said to the father and son: "If you have time, I will go to Lu's house tomorrow to hire."

"Okay." Master Hua breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again, "That's great."

Mrs. Hua's eyes filled with tears, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "When we become a relative, Brother Xi will not be alone under Jiuquan."

"Don't worry, the third girl of the Lu family and Brother Xi have the same characters, and they should be his daughter-in-law. Brother Xi borrowed her blessing, and she will be healthy and smooth in her next life, and her life will be safe." Master Hua comforted softly. wife.

"Yeah, mother." Hua Zhao, the second son of Hua, gently stroked his mother's back, a look of sternness appeared on his handsome face, "Tomorrow we will go to Lu's house together for employment, don't cry. "

Hua Zhao silently exchanged glances with Mr. Hua, and the father and son's eyes shone with an unusually bright light.

Once this yin relative is established, it will not only prosper Huaxi, but also prosper for three generations of his family.

This marriage must not go wrong!

Madam Hua forced a smile and reminded tiredly, "Brother Zhao, when you go to recruit tomorrow, be careful... You must not make a mistake."

"Yesterday, the Lu family was already a little unhappy at the small timing. Fortunately, my aunt helped me to make peace and deal with it, and the marriage was finally settled."

"When the appointment is made tomorrow, everything will be fine." Master Hua stroked his beard and said, "Our family did not treat the Lu family badly."

"Yeah." Mrs. Hua nodded, her eyes turned even redder.

Their family is also kind, even if Lu Qin died, they would marry someone into the house, let her be the first wife, and enter the ancestral tomb and ancestral hall of their Lu family to enjoy the incense of their descendants, and they did not treat Lu Qin badly.

Moreover, the Lu family also got a good deal. The vacancies of the 100 households in Shenji Ying cost their family a lot of effort.

"Not good! Not good!"

An anxious female voice suddenly came from outside the door curtain, and immediately after the door curtain was kicked up, the maid hurried in, Hua Rong said with a pale face, "Master, Madam, Young Master... he burns even worse. Now, not only are the limbs twitching, but the eyes are... still bleeding!"

Hearing this, Mr. Hua and his wife could no longer sit down. Huo Di got up, hurried through the door curtain, and entered the inner room.

This night, the lights of Huajia’s house were bright all night, until the sound of roosters crowing at dawn, the lights still did not go out.

The weak light shone lightly on the young man on the couch. The young man's face was sallow, and he was skinny and skinny. His eyes were tightly closed, and he was already venting a lot and taking in less.

The maid with difficulty poured a bowl of ginseng soup for Huaxi who was unconscious.

Anyone could see that he only had his last breath left.

Mrs. Hua held her eldest son's skinny hand and said softly, "Brother Xi, you'll be on your way a little longer. Mother won't let you be alone..."

"Everything is ready, your aunt is here too. Today, your brother and I will hire you on your behalf."

Her voice was hoarse and weak, tears welled up in the already red and swollen eyes, and her eyes were unusually bright.

Mrs. Hua tucked the eldest son with a quilt, and went to freshen up again. When it was auspicious time, she set off from Washington, blowing and beating.

A full sixty-four carrying the heavy dowry attracted a lot of curious eyes along the way, and it was lively and lively.

It was not yet noon when the convoy of betrothal gifts from the Hua family arrived at Chang'anbo House in the capital.

This is a big happy event for the House of Lords, so it opened the front door to welcome it.

Big red lanterns were hung all over the house, beaming with joy.

Mr. Lu Er, Mrs. Lu Er and Lu Si were entertaining the Hua family in the main hall of the outer courtyard.

Mrs. Lu Er's face was not very good-looking, and the shadows on the eye sockets were deeper, and she said apologetically to the Chinese family: "I'm sorry, Sister Qin is still ill and can't come out to entertain guests."

During the night, her daughter's condition suddenly deteriorated, and the burning became worse, her limbs twitched, and her eyes even bleed, which frightened Mrs. Lu Er.

In the middle of the night, she specially invited the doctor from Huichuntang to come to the door, but the doctor said that Lu Qin was only suffering from a cold, and the other symptoms should be caused by high fever, so they used strong alcohol to wipe her body to cool down.

However, after a whole night of tossing, her daughter's fever did not subside at all. Mrs. Lu Er stayed up all night and stayed by her daughter's couch.

"It's okay." Madam Hua showed a considerate smile and said gently, "I heard that Sister Qin is ill, I specially brought a three-hundred-year-old ginseng this time."

She raised her hand and made a gesture, and the accompanying steward brought a red lacquered wooden box and presented it to Mrs. Lu Er.

Mrs. Hua comforted: "Don't worry about my family, it's easy to catch cold in this weather, making my grandmother young and having a good foundation, she will be fine after three or five days of raising her."

The other party's words made Mrs. Lu Er feel extremely relieved.

Especially these three hundred years old ginseng can be met without asking, and the Hua family is willing to give it away, which is really intentional.

Originally, because of what Gu Yanfei had said before, Mrs. Lu was also uneasy. She felt that the timing of her daughter's illness was too coincidental. Seeing Mrs. Hua like this at this moment, the suspicion and anxiety naturally faded away. went.

Hua Zhao, the second son of Hua, said thoughtfully: "If Mrs. Lu needs any medicinal materials, even if she asks, neither of the two families are outsiders."

Mrs. Lu Er couldn't help looking at the young man in red sitting next to Mrs. Hua.

The young man wore a festive red straight robe today, with a handsome and gentle appearance, with a slight smile on the corner of his lips, and there was no trace of dissatisfaction or unhappiness between them.

Mrs. Lu is the mother-in-law who looks after her son-in-law. The more she looks, the more satisfied she feels. She thinks that her son-in-law is really good in everything, and her smile deepens.

After the two sides exchanged a few more words, Mrs. Hua ordered the steward to present the marriage certificate and the gift certificate.

The gift book that I started with is a thick stack, Er Madam Lu took a rough look in her hand, and was even more satisfied with the Hua family.

The richness of the betrothal gifts represents the importance the man places on the woman, and their Lu family is not a family that covets the man's betrothal gifts.

Mrs. Lu received the gift book and was about to open the marriage book when she heard Lu, who had been sitting beside her for a long time, suddenly stood up, which startled everyone in the room.

Lu seemed to walk straight to Hua Zhao and said, "Is this the future brother-in-law?"

He was standing, Hua Zhao was sitting.

Lu seemed to be condescendingly looking down at Hua Zhao, who was sitting on an armchair.

Mrs. Lu Er couldn't help clenching the big red wedding book in her hand, her son's words obviously had the smell of looking for trouble. This is not his sister-in-law, who else could it be? !

Thinking that her son came to question her because of Gu Yanfei's provocation yesterday, Mrs. Lu Er's eyes sank a little.

"Exactly." Hua Zhao smiled at Lu Xiluo and nodded generously, and then bowed his hands to greet him, "Uncle,"

"Really?" Lu Shi raised his eyebrows, his playful tone with a hint of sarcasm, his sharp eyes aimed directly at Hua Zhao, as if to penetrate his hypocritical appearance.

"That's still fake?!" Hua Zhao frowned slightly, raised the volume slightly unpleasantly, and panicked for a while, but he remained calm on the outside, and told himself: He looks exactly the same as his eldest brother, no one else can tell. .

Hua Zhao's eyes hide a dark look: this family is really hateful. Obviously they promised the marriage themselves, but now they are done, but now they want to go back on it, do they still want to ask for more benefits? !

Mrs. Lu Er's eyebrows jumped, for fear that her son should say something that shouldn't be said, she smiled to ease the atmosphere: "Like brother, have you forgotten? Last time you met Huaxi in Baiyun Temple."

As she said, she winked at her son and told him to stop fooling around.

Later, he has to rely on the Hua family to find him the job of the magic family. Moreover, the Hua family is the future in-law family, and his sister will soon marry into the Hua family. He offended the Hua family, not to make his sister difficult in the future. Do it? !

Lu seemed to curl his lips, but he didn't chase after Hua Zhao anymore. He took out a purse from his sleeve and handed it to Hua Zhao: "Sister-in-law, this is for you, this is what my sister made by herself."

This is a gourd-shaped purple purse with mandarin ducks embroidered on the purse.

Everyone present was stunned, especially Mrs. Lu Er, who was secretly glad that her son finally understood, and did not follow Gu Yanfei, Wei Jiaoniang and the others.

Lu smiled and handed the purse a little further in the direction of Huazhao.

Hua Zhao stared at Lu Si for a moment, raised his hand to take the purse, and said with a smile, "Uncle Lao thanked Ah Qin for me."

He was a little suspicious and a little uneasy in his heart, but when he saw the road with a kind smile, he temporarily suppressed all the thoughts in his heart.

He played with his purse and gave a compliment: "Aqin's embroidery is really exquisite."

"Where is it." Seeing Hua Zhao accepting the purse, Mrs. Lu Er was relieved and said modestly, "Her female red is just doing her job. If she can learn five points from her aunt, I will be thankful."

Uncle Fahrenheit was amused, smiled and said some happy words.

Mrs. Hua exchanged glances with Mrs. Fahrenheit, and Mrs. Fahrenheit said to Mrs. Lu Er with a smile on her face: "Great aunt, the auspicious time has come, hurry up and sign the marriage certificate first. I am still waiting for the great aunt's matchmaking gift."

Fahrenheit's few words heated up the atmosphere.

Soon a mother-in-law brought a big case, and the two copies of the big red marriage certificate were evenly spread on the case. Now, the marriage certificate only needs to be signed by the elders of the woman, and the marriage certificate will officially take effect.

Mr. Lu Er went to the front of the case, and after reading the marriage certificate carefully, he picked up the wolf's pen and dipped it in ink.

Suddenly, there was a human head above the marriage certificate.

Lu seemed to lean over and stared at the marriage certificate, and asked, "Brother-in-law, is your name Huaxi?"

At the same time as the last word    fell, Lu looked at Hua with a half-smile but not a smile.