Bai Dalang was the first to come back to his senses, he quickly supported his father, and then asked his servants to prepare the things to receive the order.
Mrs. Liu couldn't help but shook her head when she saw that they were in a mess, and took over to make arrangements, "It's not the first time the family has received an order, what's the hurry?"
They also asked Bai Shan and Man Bao to pull Bai Erlang down to change clothes.
Bai Erlang had recovered from the shock, and was still a little disbelieving when he was pushed back to his room, "Is that the deal?"
Bai Shan said: "It's been a month, it's still short, hurry up and change your clothes."
Bai Erlang came out after changing clothes, and Mrs. Bai finally came back to her senses. She didn't care to look at Mr. Bai who was still dizzy, and hurried to find Bai Erlang, and put all the beautiful accessories she could find on him, "But Can't lose face."
Bai Erlang felt that it would be more embarrassing to hang so many things on his body, and Bai Shan and Man Bao felt the same way, so Mrs. Bai hung one on him, and they took it apart. Finally, Bai Shan chose a piece of jade for Bai Erlang to tie. On the other hand, Man Bao chose a net for him, and then comforted Mrs. Bai, "This is enough, no matter how much, people in the palace will think our family is a nouveau riche when they see it."
Mrs. Bai thought about it, but she still regretted looking at the things on the table, "It's a pity that you are the only one, or you can bring them all, so that the emperor can know that our family is not poor, and the princess is not very wronged when she marries into our family." of."
While talking, Liu Gui hurried in from outside and said, "Mrs. Tang, Young Master, Miss Man, Young Master Tang, people from the palace have entered the street, and they will be at the door in a while."
Mrs. Bai immediately stopped dawdling and asked her son to go out to greet him.
When Gu Zhong and the others stopped in front of Zhou's house, the middle door of Zhou's house was already wide open. Master Bai led his two sons and Bai Shan Zhouman stood at the front, and behind them were old Zhou Tou and others who came to join in the fun.
There is no way, the old Zhou Tou who received such a big battle has never seen it before, so he is very curious.
He thought that receiving the imperial decree to appease Zhou Yin's grievances in the past two years was enough excitement, but he didn't expect that the excitement of giving the princess a marriage was even greater.
The angel actually came to report in advance, beating gongs and drums all the way. Before the imperial decree arrived, all the neighbors nearby knew about it.
Gu Zhong dismounted with the imperial decree, and after entering the gate, waited for them to kneel down according to the rules before announcing the decree loudly. There were servants from other families who came to join in the fun outside. After listening to the imperial decree, they went back to learn from the master's family, and they could get some rewards.
This edict of bestowing marriage is not much different from other edicts. As usual, it lists the family background of the Bai family, then praises the ancestors of the Bai family, and then points to Bai Erlang. The emperor recruited him as Princess Mingda's consort.
Bai Erlang listened with great interest, and when Gu Zhong finished reading the imperial decree, he thanked his father first, and stretched out his hand to receive the decree.
Gu Zhong only gave him a condescending look, and then looked at Master Bai with a smile.
Master Bai still understood the rules, he stretched out his hand to knock down his son's hand, while expressing his apology, Xie En reached out to accept the imperial edict.
Gu Zhong laughed and said: "This is a happy event, and it is understandable for the second young master to be happy."
Master Bai said yes again and again, looking at his eldest son, Bai Dalang immediately brought up a money bag, Master Bai took it and handed it to Gu Zhong, counting it as his wine money.
Gu Zhong didn't refuse, and said with a smile: "Our family entrusted the eldest to take the second young master's wedding money first, and we will ask for a glass of wedding wine later."
Master Bai smiled and said, "It should, it should."
Turn around and ask Gu Zhong and others to enter the house to eat something before leaving.
If it was any other imperial decree, they would naturally leave after the announcement, but this was an imperial decree for granting marriage. In addition to him, people from the Ministry of Rites also came, and they were here to kiss.
Therefore, Gu Zhong and officials from the Ministry of Rites were invited to the main hall together.
So everyone began to discuss the engagement between Bai Erlang and Princess Mingda.
That's right, although the emperor bestowed the marriage, the process of engagement must also be followed.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites and Gu Zhong had a lunch in Zhou's house, and then took Bai Erlang's birthday horoscope from the Bai family, and communicated with Master Bai about the future construction address of the Princess Mansion, and their requirements for some marriages, etc. .
Of course, Bai Erlang and the three younger ones couldn't get in the way of these things, and they retreated after a while.
When Yin or came with Changshou, the three of them were squatting on the edge of the flower bed and paying close attention to the movements in the main hall. Because their backs were facing the gate, they did not see Yin or the master and servant.
Yin Ju glanced into the main hall, and asked, "Is he from the palace?"
The three of them were startled by the sudden voice, and they looked up one after another. Seeing that his face was against the light, and his face looked a bit wrong, the three of them stood up from the ground and asked, "Why are you here?"
Yin You pointed at the beef in Changshou's hand and said, "Didn't it be agreed to deliver the beef to you? My car just entered this street and I heard that the emperor gave me a marriage, and the people in the palace came to you." home?"
Only then did Bai Shan and the three of them remember this, and they responded and led him to the back, explaining their behavior of squatting there just now, "Tang uncle is a little agitated today, so we are worried, so we will stay there for a while." took a look."
Man Bao continued: "I'm a doctor. If I get too excited, I can get an injection."
Bai Erlang: "My dad might be happy to see me, so we waited outside."
Yin Or couldn't help laughing out loud, nodded and said, "I know, you didn't squat there on purpose to eavesdrop and peek."
The three of them were a little embarrassed, and wanted to change the topic, so they looked at the beef that Changshou was holding in his hand, and Bai Shan boasted: "This beef looks good, so you killed it?"
Man Bao and Bai Erlang also looked over, their eyes lit up, "The stewed beef bone soup is also quite delicious."
Changshou said proudly: "This is a cow that died accidentally in the farm of Su Guogong's family. My young master came back and said he wanted to eat beef, so Su Guogong's family specially set aside the best piece."
Yin Ru said: "It's not the best piece, the best one has already been taken by Su Guogong's mansion."
But Man Bao said: "It's enough to be so good, let's go, I will take you to find my sister-in-law."
Old Zhoutou was also in the hall, but Qian and the others didn't join in the fun, seeing Man Bao and the others coming with such a large piece of beef, Qian couldn't help but said: "Greedy ones, cattle are not easy to kill. "
Yin replied with a smile, explaining that he would not kill another cow next time.
Bai Shan and the others were very skeptical, "You can still manage the Duke Su's mansion?"
"No," Yin said, "but it's always right to answer."
This is the trick he used to deal with his grandmother and sisters in the family, and it was tried and tested.
Bai Shandao: "I heard people say that Su Guogong's mansion slaughters a cow every month, where do they get so many cows?"
"It's not bred in the Guan," Yin said, "it was brought from the grasslands. It was given to them by merchants outside the Guan. It is well known that Su Guogong loves beef. Even His Majesty is greedy for beef, so he couldn't find it for a while." , I also want some from Su Guogong’s government.”