The first time in history

When Qian Mingduo and Lu Shishi walked out of the west room together, Ling'er was standing next to Li Shishi. Xiaojuan and Xiaoxiu stood at the door with their hands hanging down, while Xiaocui sat on the chair for guests.

Seeing Lu Shishi coming out, Xiaojuan and Xiaoxiu hurried forward to support her.

"Shishi blesses her sister." Lu Shishi walked slowly to Li Shishi and bowed to her.

"Sister, you don't have to be so polite." Li Shishi smiled, "We are already a family. Today is the first day you arrive at this house, so we should get to know each other according to the rules. The master is a man who doesn't follow the rules. We already met last night. Today is just a wedding."

"Yes!" Lu Shishi saluted again.

Li Shishi pointed to the guest seat and said, "Please sit down. Ask them to greet you."

After Xiaocui and the three maids had paid their respects to Lu Shishi, Li Shishi ordered Ling'er to notify Zhang Ma and Chen Ma to bring breakfast to the courtyard.

Qian Mingduo asked Zhao Yong for a month's leave. He was really imitating the honeymoon in modern society. He also had to take a month off after getting married, otherwise he would feel sorry for himself.

But a few days later, Zhao Yong suddenly sent someone to inform him that the emperor would arrive at the canal dock tomorrow afternoon and asked him to go to meet him no matter what.

This had already been discussed, and Qian Mingduo had no choice but to rush to the prefectural government office early in the morning and go to the canal wharf with a group of officials from Lin'an Prefecture.

The rank of the prefect of Lin'an at that time was the fourth rank, and only the prefect of the capital city and the prefect of Lin'an were of the same rank. The other prefects were basically the fifth rank, and some were the fifth rank.

Therefore, Qian Mingduo's rank was still very high, because the Tongpans of other prefectures were all of the sixth rank or the sixth rank. This had a lot to do with his success in winning the top three prizes, so Emperor Gaozong specifically ordered Zhao Yong to make sure Qian Mingduo came to meet him.

Zhao Yong led a group of officials to stand on the dock, and laid a red carpet from the stone steps extending from the dock to the roadside of the embankment.

The midday sun made the people who came to welcome the emperor sweat profusely. Unlike now, people could hold umbrellas whether it rained or not. People could only wipe their sweat and hope that the emperor would leave as soon as possible.

It may also be that the old master felt sorry for these officials who were arrogant and pampered. Just after the hour of Wei, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and soon thunder was accompanied by raindrops as big as copper coins falling rapidly.

The officials' attendants quickly fetched umbrellas to shade them. Qian Mingduo had no attendants. He had not yet hired a sedan bearer, and even had not equipped a sedan.

The heavy rain quickly drove away the sultry heat. Zhao Yong had already asked his servants to give Qian Mingduo an umbrella. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the people under the umbrellas could no longer see the situation on the canal.

Zhao Yong immediately ordered several soldiers to go in the direction the emperor came from to investigate. At this time, a government ship suddenly appeared in people's sight.

On the boat stood the royal guards, soaked like drowned rats. A eunuch stood at the bow, with someone holding an umbrella for him.

"Is Lin'an prefect Zhao Yong here?" the eunuch asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, your servant Zhao Yong, is here waiting for you." Zhao Yong walked down the embankment and saluted towards the official boat.

"The Holy Chariot is fifteen miles away and will arrive soon." The eunuch jumped onto the stone steps, and the man holding the umbrella followed him. "All of you retreat to both sides of the pier and clear the middle road."

Zhao Yong bowed, turned around and walked up the embankment, commanding all officials under the jurisdiction of Lin'an Prefecture to stand on both sides of the road.

The heavy rain was still falling endlessly, and Qian Mingduo was already feeling very cold.