Although Xiao Yanjun didn't know the deep meaning of Du Hanfei's words, he smiled when he saw that he looked like an old god and said: "Since Prime Minister Du is so sure, I will wait for good news."
Du Hanfei looked at him and smiled, and they walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony together in a happy mood.
"I heard that the mother-in-law mentioned that sister Jiaying was promised to Prime Minister Du's eldest son?" Xiao Yanjun asked with a smile.
"Yes, I am favored by Concubine Li, and after leaving the court, I am preparing to take Kun'er to the Shi Mansion for employment." Du Hanfei smiled back, stroking his beard.
"Then I'll go ahead and congratulate Prime Minister Du. I wonder if the wedding date can be discussed?" Xiao Yanjun bowed his hands.
Du Hanfei nodded: "We just made a date for July 6th with Mrs. Shi yesterday, so we can wait for General Shi to escort the Mongolian princess back to Beijing."
"Prime Minister Du has considered it carefully, so I won't stop Prime Minister Du. Don't miss the right time to make the appointment." Xiao Yanjun first praised and then joked.
Hearing this, Du Hanfei laughed heartily and bowed, and the two of them parted ways in front of His Highness Taihe.
After he returned home, he called the housekeeper Tu Shaozhi to ask if all the items were ready. Tu Shaozhi nodded and ordered the boy to carry everything up and presented the gift list to him to read.
Betrothal cakes, gold incense cannons, gold bracelets, gold and silver jewelry, and gold silk and satin are indispensable.
The remaining ones are nothing more than raw melons and fruits that imply good harmony.
When Du Kun heard that Du Hanfei had returned to the mansion, he also came to the hall. When Du Hanfei saw him coming, he didn't hesitate to ask someone to call him. He led him and a group of attendants, carrying the betrothal gift and beating gongs and drums, to Shi's mansion.
When Mrs. Shi got the news, she naturally welcomed her outside the house. The two parties exchanged greetings and invitations from Du Kun and Shi Jiaying, and the engagement was concluded.
Mrs. Shi enthusiastically invited Du Hanfei to stay for dinner. Now they were considered in-laws, and Du Hanfei did not refuse.
Good things had happened one after another in recent days, and he was so happy that he inevitably drank two more drinks. By the time Du Kun helped him back to Du Mansion, the sky was already dark.
After the morning routine of the next day was over, all the ministers surrounded Du Hanfei in the center to congratulate him.
They teased him that such a big happy event was still hidden. It was not until yesterday that the Du family went to the Shi family to propose marriage with great fanfare. People all over the city talked about it, and they only realized it later.
Du Hanfei said, "Where is that?" while smiling from the corners of his mouth to his ears.
The ministers were not willing to let him go and insisted on making trouble for him to have a wedding banquet first. Du Hanfei was happy but did not refuse, so he accepted and led the ministers straight to the Drinking Room.
Naturally, Xiao Yanjun gave Du Hanfei's face and went with him. The Drinking Room was very lively today.
The common people had not seen such a large group of important officials gathered together for a long time, and finally they saw the prince's sedan chair.
The people stopped and talked about it, and the entrance of the drinking room was packed with water.
In addition to the very lively Drinking Room, the Mingxiang Garden was also full of joy today. Most of the disciples from the aristocratic families in Beijing were present and gathered around Du Kun to salute him.
And the only one who did not follow the crowd was probably Xu Wenlan, the son of the Minister of Household Affairs.
When they arrived, they just stayed in the Zen room in Mingxiang Garden and learned to meditate from Bingwen. However, Bingwen meditated because Du Hanfei's whole family was happy, so he was unhappy, so he meditated and meditated.
Xu Wenlan, on the other hand, simply followed the example of the gourd, and occasionally said "Smash it" twice with emotion about the young lady of the Shi family, a flower stuck in the cow dung.
Bingwen was annoyed by his nagging, so he stood up and wanted to kick him out. Xu Wenlan nimbly dodged away, with his left hand behind his back and a folding fan in his right hand pointing at him: "You have already gotten up now, and your heart is no longer calm. , why don’t you go out and have fun with me.”
"Stay somewhere where you can cool off. I'm so busy today that I don't want to play with you, one of the four most important young men in the capital." Bingwen waved to him impatiently, and then went back to the mat to meditate.
However, Xu Wenlan held out his folding fan and said elegantly: "Since you are so worried, how about we go and add some trouble to Du Kun?"
After hearing this, Bingwen immediately became interested, and raised his butt that had just touched the mat again: "How to create trouble for him?"
Xu Wenlan saw him looking very interested, laughed loudly, and then waved to him mysteriously.
Bingwen immediately walked over, and Xu Wenlan muttered to him. Bingwen's face gradually changed, and finally he burst out laughing and pointed at him: "You are really a loser."
Xu Wenlan accepted the compliment and bowed his head with joy: "Where is it?"
"But I like it." Bingwen laughed, pressed his bowing hand and took him out, eager to go and cause trouble for Du Kun.
Du Kun in the vestibule still didn't know anything about it, and he drank happily with the spring breeze on his face.
It wasn't until the night was getting darker and the hour was getting late that Mingyi sent someone outside to announce that it was already Haishi. He still had a trace of clear sense left, so he reminded himself that it was time to return home.
Since Du Kun got engaged yesterday, Prime Minister Du ordered Mingyi to follow him until the wedding to prevent him from getting into trouble these days.
Du Kun stood up and bowed to everyone before leaving, and walked out of Mingxiang Garden. Mingyi, who was waiting aside, quickly stepped forward to help him. Du Kun gave him a try and walked towards the sedan.
After opening the sedan curtain, the two of them smelled a strange smell at the same time, but they were too embarrassed to accuse each other.
Du Kun endured his nausea and entered the sedan. After he sat down, he only heard a "plop" sound, and then a golden yellow sticky object overflowed from under the cushion, splashing all over him, and a stench followed. .
Du Kun was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that a thunderous roar came from the sedan: "Who did it? Mingyi, what do you do for food? Someone entered the sedan, don't you know? "
Mingyi, who had just ordered the sedan to get up, was suddenly scolded loudly by him. He was also confused and quickly opened the sedan curtain to ask what happened.
But as soon as the sedan curtain was opened, even the four people carrying the sedan couldn't help but feel sick.
Mingyi covered his gagging mouth while looking at Du Kun, whose lower body was covered with cake. Only then did he realize that this was what he smelled when he opened the sedan curtain just now.
At first, Mingyi and Du Kun thought the other party had farted, and they were too embarrassed to say anything.
"Master, how about you come out first?" Mingyi suggested while holding back her nausea.
"I wonder, how can I go on like this and let the people in the capital come to see my joke?" Du Kun became angry and cursed.
"Yes, yes, please bear with it for a while. We will go back to the house right away. Once I catch the culprit, I will leave it to you to deal with personally." Mingyi quickly lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and signaled the boy carrying the sedan chair to leave quickly.
Du Kun's hysterical roar came from the sedan.
"I'm going to peel off this man's skin and cut him into pieces."
(End of chapter)