After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Mrs. Du saw that I was upset, so she couldn't blame me. She smiled and said to the two maids, "You two maids have worked hard. Please follow me to the front hall to have a cup of hot tea. I will wait for Ah Man to take a bath first and then change her clothes. What do you think?"

The two maids knew the situation was urgent, so before leaving the palace, His Majesty instructed them to bring the person in as soon as possible and not to delay. They were afraid that the retired emperor would suddenly pass away and the wedding would not be able to go on.

So Nanny Gui smiled and said, "You don't need to drink tea. I can go with the Second Miss to bathe and change clothes. His Majesty has ordered us to come to the palace as soon as possible. There is no time to waste."

When Mrs. Du heard Nanny Gui say this, she didn't know how to stop her and gave Yi Ping a look. Yi Ping quickly took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and stuffed them all into Nanny Gui without even looking at them.

Mrs. Du smiled and said, "It's just a small gift. The two maids can share it with their tea."

Nanny Gui looked at the stack of banknotes and estimated that there were several thousand taels of silver. This was not a small amount but a big one.

Nanny Gui was so happy that her face was like a big chrysanthemum. She stuffed the banknotes into her arms and said, "Mrs. Du, you are too polite. These are what I should do."

Madam Du gave Yang a look and said, "Take the second young lady downstairs to bathe and change clothes. Ping'er and Yingchun, come with me to pack Ah Man's wedding belongings."

Everyone responded quickly.

Yang, along with Nanny Gui and Nanny Li, followed me back to my courtyard.

Yang ordered the servants to serve tea and snacks to the two maids, and then helped me bathe, change clothes, and wring dry my hair.

Yang is indeed efficient, careful and considerate in his work, and he is indeed very capable.

After I was dressed properly, two maids came to comb my hair, put on makeup, and put on a phoenix crown for me.

This phoenix crown was really heavy, and her hair was so long and thick, and when it was all tied on her head, it almost broke her neck.

When she was dressed properly, the imperial edict and the wedding procession also arrived at the mansion.

After receiving the imperial edict, I got on the bridal sedan with it. Because Yingchun was still young, Madam Du was worried, so she asked Yang to accompany me to the palace. Although there were palace maids serving me in the palace, it would be more reassuring to have two personal servants serving me.

Due to time constraints, many things did not have time to prepare, but in a hurry, Mrs. Du still ordered people to prepare some of the items for the wedding, such as the money box, ruler, comb, etc. among the eight major items, as well as red bedding, copper basins, copper mirrors, and various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver treasures, and house deeds. Yi Ping put them all into the box as if they were free.

When I got married, although it wasn't a grand wedding, the ceremony still looked very grand. I knew that Yiping and Madam Du were doing their best to let me have a grand wedding.

Jinping also hurried over when the wedding procession was about to reach the palace gate. He stuffed a small cloth bag containing a pair of gold bracelets into my hand and said that time was too short, so he bought them to add to my makeup on his way here and hoped that I would not dislike it.

Jinping is tall, strong and handsome. He has passed the provincial examination and will be able to take part in the metropolitan examination next spring. His results are very good and the teacher said that he is among the top three talents.

Jinping looked at me with tears in his eyes. He knew that after this separation, it would be difficult for us to meet again. He never imagined that this would be the end of me.

I put a thick layer of powder on my face. Jinping couldn't see the changes in my expression. My sadness was all suppressed by this thick layer of powder.

I took out the gold bracelet and put it on my hand. My hand was too thin, so the bracelet was a little too big, but I still pretended to be happy and said, "Thank you, I like this bracelet very much."

Jinping couldn't hold back his tears. He wiped his eyes and said, "It's good that you like it. I will buy you jade bracelets and gold hairpins in the future. I will buy you anything you like."

I nodded, and the phoenix crown on my head made a ding-dong-dong sound, which hurt my eyes.

I said, "When you pass the imperial examination next year, you must come to tell me the good news as soon as possible. I will be waiting for your good news in the palace."

Jinping nodded desperately, tears streaming down his face.

I said, "You should take a break from school and come back home to accompany your third sister. It's not easy for her to run the Marshal's Mansion alone. You are nineteen this year, and it's time for you to get married. If you like a girl, you must send someone to the palace to tell me. I will check for you."

Jinping couldn't help laughing after hearing this. He sniffed hard and said, "Don't worry about us. There are many rules in the palace. You are so simple-minded that you are easily bullied. You have to protect yourself and take care of yourself. Don't let others bully you."

I reached out and wiped Jinping's tears with my sleeve, saying, "Don't worry about me. I'm very capable and no one dares to bully me. But you will take the exam in a few months, so you must prepare seriously and don't be lazy. If you pass the exam and become the top scholar, the Zhao family, who have been farming for generations, will be very proud of it."

At this time, Nanny Gui came over and urged them, saying that it was getting late and they had to go to the palace quickly because there would be a consecration ceremony after entering the palace, and the etiquette was very complicated.

Jinping had no choice but to loosen his hands that were clinging to the wedding sedan and slowly took a few steps back.

The sedan chair was lifted up, and with music and drums playing, it moved step by step towards the palace gate.

After entering the palace, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were already waiting outside the palace gate to greet her. She was led step by step through the following procedures.

When all the ceremonies were over, it was already midnight when I returned to the Shengping Palace that the Queen had arranged for me.

I was so tired that I felt like my whole body didn't belong to me. My neck, legs and waist felt like they were about to break and the pain was excruciating.

Zheng Xian was so ill that he couldn't even get out of bed, so there was no way he could come to Shengping Palace tonight. So as soon as I returned to the palace, Yang and Yingchun helped me wash and dress, and then I changed into comfortable underwear and lay on the bed.

Yang and Yingchun accompanied me through all the ceremonies. They were both very tired, but they still massaged my shoulders and back. Yang also heated up a bowl of chicken noodle soup for me and waited until I finished eating before helping me go to bed.

No wonder Mrs. Du wanted to put Yang next to me. Yang is older and thinks more thoroughly and thoughtfully. She can do many things well without being told.

At dawn the next day, Yang woke me up and said that Nanny Gui and Nanny Li were waiting outside the door and were coming to take me to Fengyi Palace to pay my respects to the Queen.

I had slept for less than four hours when I was woken up. I was completely dazed.

In a daze, Yingchun and Yang helped him to dress, eat breakfast, and then put him in a sedan chair and go to Fengyi Palace.

When I arrived at Fengyi Palace, Empress He Wan'er and the Ninth Prince were having breakfast. When they saw me coming, they didn't even let me greet them and quickly asked someone to bring me another set of bowls and chopsticks.

The Ninth Prince, who was almost three years old, was as delicate as a piece of jade. He had two little pigtails tied on his head and was wearing a brocade robe. He looked very cute.

He Wan'er was a casual person, but Nanny Gui and Nanny Li were very particular about rules. Although He Wan'er didn't let me perform the formalities, they still had someone serve tea and asked me to kneel on the ground and serve tea to He Wan'er, and then I knelt three times and kowtowed nine times. They only let me go after the whole ceremony was completed.