Spring Drunk Chang'an

According to the rules of Daxia, unmarried men and women cannot meet privately before marriage. Of course, Xiao Chuo and Liu Changan did not abide by it so strictly.

They had met secretly several times, but Liu Chengjin's wedding...

It was a large public place with many guests.

It would be inconvenient to meet, so as to avoid the censors causing trouble.

Xiao Chuo only sent a valuable gift, but no one came.

Naturally, the Liu family had no complaints. They were once a family of slaves, but now they were a family of minor officials. Liu Chengjin was only a sixth-rank official until now.

The guests who came to congratulate today, apart from Liu Chengjin's colleagues, were all friends from their former slave days, as well as relatives of the bride...

They are basically businessmen.

When these people saw the young master of Cheng'en Mansion and Song Zhinian, they wanted to kneel down.

After all, 99% of the Liu family's servants and friends came from Duke Cheng'en's Mansion, and they would definitely want to kneel down when they saw their master.

When the prince came to give gifts again, he was completely stunned.

When the relatives and friends of the bride saw Liu Chengjin again, it was as if they were looking at a mountain of gold.

Both eyes lit up.

"Oh my goodness, what is the identity of the new son-in-law? Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send a gift?"

"So polite?"

The bride's relatives hurried to inquire.

The new son-in-law was born in the Cheng'en Mansion and was once a servant. They knew this and did not mind it. They were even secretly grateful in their hearts. After all, their Li family was just a businessman.

Since ancient times, the class system has been divided into "scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans". Although the Li family is rich, their social status is very low. Although the daughter of the Zhao family is virtuous, beautiful and dignified, she wants to marry an official and end up being a concubine.

That’s great. Being a step-wife is such a blessing.

Officials like Liu Chengjin, who are young, talented, handsome, and have no flaws, generally try to climb up the social ladder.

It is easy to marry a minister or a concubine's daughter from the family of your immediate superior.

He is young and of the sixth rank, how rare.

Why choose their family? Is there something wrong? The Li family was overwhelmed by this "pie in the sky" and made great efforts to investigate, only to find out that their future son-in-law was once a slave.

They didn't care about agreeing to the marriage quickly, as they were afraid that this gold nugget would be snatched away by someone else who knew its value.

But now, at the wedding banquet, the gold nuggets suddenly turned into gold mountains.

"How did you get to be the prince?"

I've never heard that my son-in-law was a servant in the Eastern Palace!

The Li family was confused.

Liu Chang'an and Liu Qingru were once swapped, and the news that the eldest daughter of the Cheng'en Mansion was once a slave and was raised by a family of servants was basically known to everyone in the capital.

But in which household did she work as a servant? Which servant raised her? Yet, no one knew about it.

The Liu family is low-key and not the kind of people who like to show off, so they never mentioned it to others.

The Li family was not well-educated enough, so naturally they didn't know that the future Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace was actually the sister of his brother-in-law.

When my brother-in-law gets married, my brother-in-law must give him a gift.

The Li family was at a loss. In the bridal chamber, the bride was also very nervous. Her body, covered with the veil, was trembling secretly.

Because she already knew everything.

Including the relationship between the prince and the Liu family.

Liu Changan was sitting next to her, looking at her, and comforted her in a gentle voice: "Don't be afraid, Shuang'er, it's okay. The prince is a very gentle person. I will take you to meet him in the future, and you will know."

"That's right, in the future, after you take Sister Chang'an to marry the prince, he will also be your brother-in-law. You will have to meet him eventually, so you have to get used to it." Song Zhinian tilted his head and said with a smile.

Shi Xiaoyue also nodded heavily, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good person and is very polite to us."

Bride: ...

Shaking even more.

Although she was a very capable girl at home, not only managing the household and accounting, but she had also done business with her father before, so she was not without experience, but, but...

Since she was born, the highest-ranking official she had ever seen was her husband Liu Chengjin.

In the past, when he was doing business, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate could make his father smile, rack his brains, offer his wealth, and ask for a trade order.

After the engagement with the Liu family, her father and mother cried with joy, crying to her: "My daughter, you are lucky. In the future, you will not have to go out in the wind and rain. You can only wear cloth when you go out. You can't wear gold or pearls..."

“You can also become an official’s wife, have a chance to live and be worshipped and admired by others in the future.”

Merchants in this dynasty had a low status. They could use silk and satin at home, but they could only wear cloth outside and were not allowed to wear any jewelry except silver.

The bride was already used to it.

Today was her first wedding day in her life, in broad daylight, with her hair full of pearls and jade, and her clothes covered in silk and satin.

She has changed her destiny.

Her children will also be completely different. Even if her husband is willing to help, her family can produce a few scholars who can pass the imperial examinations and become officials without having to be second-place Jinshi. Even if they are only Juren, they can change their family status.

The Li family may become a family of farming and reading.

Long before she got married, the bride had already made up her mind to win over her husband, be filial to her parents-in-law, be friendly to her sisters, and strive to quickly establish roots under the new tree of her husband's family so that her husband could sincerely help the family...

But why is the tree in her husband's house bigger than she imagined?

My husband’s non-blood-related sister is the daughter of the Duke’s Mansion?

She, she, she also wants to marry the prince?

Oh my God, is this big tree in my husband’s family growing in heaven?

Moreover, the Queen Mother of Heaven, the future noblewoman who would become the Crown Princess and her husband's sister, was sitting next to her, speaking to her in a gentle and amiable manner...

The two girls who teased her were both daughters of the Duke's family.

The bride felt her chest tighten, her face burn, and stars appeared in front of her eyes...

She was so nervous that she almost fainted.

Gasp, I can’t breathe!

The bride trembled even more violently.

"Alright, alright, stop scaring her here. Go out, go out and have a feast."

Seeing that his sister-in-law's wrist was almost shaking, Liu Sanxi was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He quickly pushed his sister and said, "You two should go and accompany mother."

"I'll just stay here and take care of my sister-in-law."

"Can you do it?" Liu Changan looked at his sister worriedly.

Liu Sanxi controlled herself and didn't roll her eyes. "I can do it, big sister. I promise you, I can do it."

"I'm better than you."

At least I didn't scare my sister-in-law into fainting.

"Alright then, I'll leave my sister-in-law to you. Xiaoyue, Chinian, let's go out."

Liu Changan glanced at the bride, sighed slightly, and called his friends to leave the bridal chamber.

The bride took a long breath under her veil.

"Sister-in-law, my eldest sister is very gentle and easy to get along with. You will know it in the future."

Liu Sanxi said in a low voice.