CHAPTER 28

Song Yuanzhi, who in her two lives combined was married for the first time, was as nervous as possible. Earlier,  with all the people chattering, her nervousness faded a little, but at this moment, when she heard that Lu Shaoyou had arrived, her heart suddenly jumped fast, as if it were going to jump out of her body.

However, Princess Shuhui and the others burst into laughter and joked to Song Yuanzhi, “Looks like the groom can’t wait to get his bride to his house!”

“That’s right! The capital has organized so many marriage ceremonies over the years, but not a single one of them has seen the groom as anxious as Marquis Zhenbei, who rushed over here before noon to let the bride return to the Marquis’ Mansion before lunch.”

“That’s right, we’ve been in the capital for so many years; we’ve never seen the groom so anxious as Marquis Zhenbei!”

Song Yuanzhi, who was the subject of their jokes, was embarrassed on the face but felt sweet in her heart: Lu Shaoyou, who was really a low-profile person, can do this for her, then she really got a gem of a person.

Even though the people were laughing and joking around, they were feeling lots of things in their hearts: They all knew Zhenbei Marquis had a good temperament and was the most sought-after bachelor; they tried many ways to marry into his family, but due to the news of his death, everyone backed out. The Marquis of Zhenbei and Song Yuanzhi were meant by fate; otherwise, if not for the Marquis of Zhenbei’s sudden news of his death in battle, how could Song Yuanzhi get such a good marriage? As according to Song Yuanzhi’s status, she would at most be a concubine to Marquis Zhenbei, not the main wife.

Who would have thought that His Majesty would also grant them marriage? If it wasn’t for His Majesty’s decree, they would have tried many ways to spoil this marriage.

All these coincidences can only make them sigh with emotion: this Song Yuanzhi had really good fortune.

Everyone in the outer courtyard was laughing, as the people of the capital have never seen a groom come this early to receive the bride. His wife to be was really loved by the young war hero Zhenbei Marquis, and one after another everyone came to see the fun. The war hero Zhenbei Marquis’s wedding money was sprinkled all the way all around, and many people followed along with the procession.

Not all people cared about the coins on the ground; some just wanted to look at the wedding party closely and see how the Song family would give the war god of the Rong Dynasty a difficult problem.

They looked at the handsome groom on the back of the horse smiling, then felt that even if you are a Marquis or God of War or even if you have a hundred skills, when it comes to marriage you also have to be the same as our common people, by crossing difficulties created by in-laws families to reach your bride.

So all of them followed the wedding group after the people who came with the groom, coupled with Lu Shaoyou long years of leading soldiers in the war; from a distance, it looked like he brought a wave of people over to take the bride.

This scene made Song Yuan and others who were guarding the doorway jump in fright. But they calmed down soon, as the first thing in such situations that you should do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.

The rest of the crowd roared their approval, all clamoring for more. “Are ten poems enough? Why don’t we start with twenty? Seeing how anxious the Marquis is, how can we let him take the bride away in advance?”

The crowd burst into laughter again, and they all started to give Song Yuan a boost and even gave him an idea: “Let Zhenbei Marquis do all ten poems by himself; no one else can help!”

You Xin, who was originally standing behind Lu Shaoyou and was ready to share some of Lu Shaoyou’s burden, blinked and silently took a few steps back, with a look of a good move, waiting for Lu Shaoyou to pass the level by himself.

Lu Shaoyou is not just a fake vase; Lu’s family was originally considered a family of scholars, and his father also held the position of the grand tutor. Although he was born with a general talent, that does not mean that he will only be dancing with swords and guns  while overlooking studies. When he was a child, his father would personally hold him to study and teach him all the subjects in accordance with the set of the examination of the imperial examinations to cultivate him from then onwards only. Now not only is his swordsmanship at the highest level, even his knowledge is equal to that of civil officials or maybe more.

Although Lu Shaoyou did not take the road of civil officials, in these years of war, he read more than military books. Hence, if Lu Shaoyou didn’t even know a few poems, then he is afraid his father would crawl out of the ground to beat him.

As soon as Song Yuan spoke, Lu Shaoyou opened his mouth and spit out several poems about welcoming the bride. The group of people could not tell if it was good or bad, but they all applauded it for the sake of a good time. While You Xin raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Shaoyou, who was improvising a poem, with a smile on his face. “It’s true that he is in the spirit of joy, and it’s amazing that he is even overperforming. These few poems can catch up with the standard of poets and writers.”

The students behind Song Yuan even cheered and looked at Lu Shaoyou with a worshipping gaze.

The people around them saw that all the scholars clapped and applauded, then thought that it must be really good! So they cheered even more vigorously.

Song Yuanzhi, in the inneryard, only heard the cheer of a higher than a gong and the sound of clapping and applauding for Lu Shaoyou and smiled to herself.

Princess Shuhui and other people looked at Song Yuanzhi’s more ambiguously and slurped sighs of approval. “Such a good personality man who has so many talents. How can little girls not like him? But his heart is set only on one girl… I am afraid he can’t wait any longer to take his wife home.”

Song Yuanzhi listened to the public’s praise of Lu Shaoyou; her eyes were full of pride, and her voice was loud and clear. “He is amazing!”

Lu Shaoyou is a good scholar and a good fighter; he got the praise for his ability. What’s wrong for her to be proud of her husband ?

Song Yuanzhi’s attitude was so natural that the others froze for a moment, then laughed. “Aigoo, I think we should not be the villains to stop the groom now! Look at them, the groom and the bride are so in love; if we separated them any longer, we would be a pain in the arse!”

Song Yuanzhi was used to being teased by them, so she calmed down and let them joke around, but she also had the heart to remind them, “There aren’t many chances to make things difficult for Marquis Zhenbei in a fair and square manner; do you really want to give it up?”

The people said that today is also a kind of eye-opening; under the sky there is such a bold bride, urging others to make things difficult for the groom, but also personally giving them ideas; they do not know how the groom will react when he hears this matter.

Song Yuanzhi’s ideas can be more tricky than Song Yuan’s. In modern society, bridesmaids give many different tasks to the groom and his best men. In her previous life, she also participated in a few wedding banquets, where she saw this, so she just gave this idea to the people here.

Even if Lu Shaoyou’s way till the inner courtyard was as smooth as a breakthrough into the gate, just as they walked a few steps, there were bunch of girls standing there to ask him to answer their question; those questions were more than a tricky, such as;

“Who will coax first in the future if you get upset with each other?”

“Who will say sorry first ?”

The questions were more difficult than one another, such as “Who will manage your yard?”

“Who will you listen to at home?”

Not only do they want Lu Shaoyou to answer, but they also asked him to sign on a piece of paper. This was not enough; the next was push-ups, then blindfolded feeding cakes, and many other programs. This created waves of laughter; that is, Princess Shuhui, who is so dignified, also could not help but laugh a number of times; her heart was extremely happy.

It was extremely difficult to complete the requirements of the little ladies at the door; in addition to Lu Shaoyou, the rest of the groomsmen were already gasping for breath with hair slightly messy and their faces having a little bit of cake. Their usual square and self-possessed or cold hard and resolute image was all lost, which made all the people have a good burst of laughter again.

After such a long battle, the young ladies were finally satisfied and let them go. At the same time, Song Yuanzhi also put on the cover and was helped by the bridesmaids to go to the front hall.

The fiery red cover blocked Song Yuanzhi’s sight. She only felt her heartbeat getting clearer and faster, lowering her eyes. Only through the gap of the cover she saw a pair of different-sized boots; she didn’t know how long it took, maybe an instant or maybe a lifetime. Then the bridesmaid finally stopped, leading Song Yuanzhi to say goodbye to her parents. Song Yuanzhi’s eyes were sharp; she saw the glimpse of the wedding gown from far away, and her heart was instantly stabilized.

According to the rules, Song Yuan should have carried Song Yuanzhi out of the door. However, Lu Shaoyou knew that Song Yuanzhi had no love for this family, so he took a big step forward and picked up Song Yuanzhi horizontally and walked out.

The crowd was in an uproar; they had never seen such a thing! The bridesmaids were also a bit dumbfounded and muttered, “This… is out of order, ah…”

But for Lu Shaoyou, rules are not rules. He carried his bride and walked out.

The bridesmaid reacted quickly, immediately put on a smiling face, and said, “Yo, the bride is the apple of the groom’s eye; he also did the work of the family, which indicates prosperity of the husband and wife as a family in the future, and a family full of beautiful children and grandchildren!”

The others were not slow to respond, and all of them immediately followed suit, wisely rounding off the scene.

Seeing this, the people outside became even more excited, all joking that “Marquis Master really loves his wife!”

Song Yuanzhi wrapped her hands around Lu Shaoyou’s neck; her ears were filled with the lively sounds of blessings, accompanied by Lu Shaoyou’s strong and powerful heartbeat; her heart had already softened into a piece. When it comes to such a strong and gentle person who loves you, who can have infinite expectations for the future?

At one time, Song Yuanzhi only regarded the Marquis of Zhenbei as a tool to stay away from the troubles of the Song Family, but because of Lu Shaoyou’s appearance, in Song Yuanzhi’s heart, the Marquis of Zhenbei is more like her home than the Song Family.

Now, in retrospect, Song Yuanzhi can no longer remember the appearance of the Song Family, but rather the Zhenbei Marquis! Song Yuanzhi has been impressed by several visits, especially the courtyard of Lu Shaoyou, and Madam Qin told her privately that she had changed most of it according to Song Yuanzhi’s own preferences and added a lot of fine things required for females, all of which Lu Shaoyou had selected.

This kind of heart is already better than 99% of the men in the world.

In the laughter and blessings all the way, the sedan chair finally landed steadily at the entrance of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Song Yuanzhi got off the sedan chair, Lu Shaoyou steadily helped her, and then Song Yuanzhi’s hand was stuffed by the bridesmaid with a red silk, and the other end of the red silk was held in Lu Shaoyou’s hand, which seemed to be a red thread of the fate, binding the two of them together tightly.

The two followed the instructions of the master of ceremonies, respectfully worshiped the heavens and earth, parents, and each other; from now on, they are rightful husband and wife.  Even the pronounced word husband and wife made them feel inexplicably happy and full of love.

While Lu Shaoyou was still drinking with his guests, Song Yuanzhi was being steadily supported towards the main courtyard, and in her ear was the calm voice of Momo Liu, “Madam, watch your step.”

Song Yuanzhi’s heart was warmed again; she thought it was because Lu Shaoyou was afraid that she would be apprehensive, so he specially asked Momo Liu to accompany her so that when she meets the ladies in the new house later, Momo Liu can also advise her regarding the matters.

This arrangement was really thoughtful.