There were a series of shocking news in the capital. The Second Prince's shipwreck, there were rebellions in the capital, and then the First Prince committed suicide after causing a farce that the rioters supported him at the Huairou Imperial Farm. It was suspected that both of them died, and the deposed Queen also passed away. At this time when people from top to bottom were in turmoil, the marriage of Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhao's mansion, was undoubtedly one of the rare happy events in the capital in recent times.
As for those who had spread the word that the Zhu family might postpone the wedding date to avoid suspicion because of the death of the two princes because Zhu Tingfang spent all day at the Wucheng Bingmasi, after seeing the Weinan Earl's Mansion sending a large group of people to deliver the dowry the day before, and then seeing the huge wedding procession of the Zhaoguogong Mansion that afternoon, they shut up and instead accused the Zhu family of being extravagant.
But this mentality of saying that the grapes are sour because they can't eat them was naturally ignored by most people. At this moment, countless onlookers were looking forward to the groom who was leading the wedding procession of the Duke of Zhao's mansion.
Some people felt sorry that Zhu Tingfang, who had originally been handsome, had a scar on his face, which disfigured him; some people envied the eldest son of the Duke of Zhao for his wealthy family and successful career, and now he was going to marry the daughter of a famous family. However, some people retorted that the Earl of Weinan was a surrendered minister, and his married daughter was a concubine's daughter, who was not worthy of the honor and wealth of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, nor was she worthy of Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son.
Of course, more people were attracted by the gorgeous clothes and tall horses of the wedding procession, discussing the cost of this grand wedding, the dowry of the daughter of the Weinan Earl the day before, and talking about which family made money and which family lost money. However, the focus of the young girls and wives was why Zhang Shou didn't accompany Zhu Tingfang to the wedding, so that they could have a glimpse.
The future son-in-law Zhang Shou, who they were talking about, was helping to welcome guests at the Duke of Zhao's mansion, smiling so hard that his cheeks were almost sore. Even though the wedding hadn't started yet, his smile had already turned into a standard fake smile, because he really couldn't smile anymore. Especially when he usually came here, he never saw any relatives of the Zhu family visiting, but today it seemed like a bunch of them appeared out of nowhere.
This one claimed to be Zhu Tingfang's uncle, that one claimed to be Zhu Tingfang's uncle, and a bunch of cousins of his future father-in-law Zhu Jing also came, which made him dizzy... Even though he could still recognize faces and remember names, he was a little overwhelmed by so many people passing by him one after another.
The only thing to be thankful for is that although these relatives of the Zhu family will stay until Zhu Ying gets married, they will only attend the banquets held by the Zhu family and will not go to Zhang Garden. He will not have to go through the embarrassment of remembering their names again on his wedding day.
At this moment, he couldn't help but miss the fourth prince who was known for his photographic memory - if he had a naughty kid around to help him, maybe he could save some effort. At this moment, he heard a dry laugh, and then Zhang Chen appeared in front of him in a swagger.
Seeing that the steward following Zhang Chen tactfully avoided them and took a few servants to the steward of the Zhu family to deliver the gift list, Zhang Shou took a look at Zhang Chen's clothes and couldn't help but teasing him.
"Usually you wear either royal blue, scarlet, or emerald green. I thought you would wear bright red today to compete with the groom, Mr. Zhu. I didn't expect you to be so low-key and wear a stone blue suit!"