amaotonovel Chapter 149 Half-month Holiday
Chapter 149 Half-month Holiday
Qin Chaoyan's wedding dress had been prepared long ago by Princess Rong, who had ordered someone to bring it to her for her to try on. She only needed to change the size before she could wear it.
This wedding dress was made by the most famous embroiderer in Kyoto at the order of Princess Rong after Wei Chu turned 18. It took a full three years to complete.
Qin Chaoyan was amazed at the first sight of it and decided to buy it on the spot.
As for Wei Chu, he was currently in his courtyard, being watched by Princess Rong and Wei Mingjiao as he changed into his wedding clothes.
Wei Chu had changed into more than a dozen sets of clothes. He said helplessly, "Mother, Sister, isn't Chao Chao's wedding dress a set for men and women? I'll just wear that one."
"You only have this one chance in your life, so of course you have to dress nicely and look energetic." Princess Rong said, "The goddess is such a person, she looks good in anything she wears. That outfit was made with more thought in mind, so it looks better than the men's."
"You should change your clothes carefully. These are the best-selling items of each family. Your eldest sister and I will help you to choose which one looks best on you."
Wei Mingjiao said, "Brother, please change quickly. After deciding on your wedding dress, my mother and I still have a lot of things to do."
At this time, Lixia walked in from outside, followed by a long line of maids holding cakes.
"Princess, Madam, these are the pastries made by the chef in the kitchen. Please taste them, Princess and Madam."
Wei Mingjiao nodded, ordered them to come forward, and called Wei Chu to change into another set.
"Lixia, this one won't do, it's too greasy, this one won't do either, it doesn't look good, and this one, this one, all of them are gone, they won't do."
"Yes, ma'am."
"I will talk to the chef in the kitchen right away."
"Okay, Ah Chu, why are you still standing there? Go change your clothes! Lixia, take this list down and ask the chef to cook the dishes on the list. Mother and I will try them and see which ones we should choose."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sister." Wei Chu said helplessly.
He took his clothes and went into the inner room to change. He heard his mother and elder sister say behind him, "Jiaojiao, luckily you are here, otherwise I would be too busy to handle both ends."
"Mother, my daughter is here, don't worry, nothing will go wrong."
Prince Rong's mansion was bustling with activity. In addition to the masters of the mansion, there were also a few close friends. The people below only knew that there was a big event or a happy event in the mansion in the past two days, but they didn't know what the happy event was.
This was the unanimous decision made by Prince Rong and Princess Rong.
When they mentioned it to Qin Chaoyan, they really felt that they were a bit ungrateful and were treating the goddess very unfairly.
But Qin Chaoyan was not angry, and smiled and said: "Achu and I also think so. There is no need to mobilize a large number of people. It is enough for close relatives and friends to know."
The more Prince Rong and Princess Rong felt they were indebted, the more they attached importance to tomorrow's banquet and wanted it to be a success and exquisite.
While Prince Rong's mansion was bustling with activity, Prince Rong's farewell letter was brought into the palace again.
Emperor Qi looked at Eunuch Hong jogging along. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Hong Zhao, is this a memorial from Prince Rong?"
Eunuch Hong bent over, handed over the memorial with both hands, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really amazing. He knew it was from Prince Rong before he even read it."
Emperor Qi snorted, "At this time, only he and Prime Minister Pei would submit memorials to the palace." He said, "Prince Pei has been busy discussing with the Minister of Rites and his group on how to negotiate with Beisha these days and has no time to submit memorials to me. Only Prince Rong, who is on vacation at home, would submit a memorial to me at this time."
Eunuch Hong didn't dare to respond to him and criticize Prime Minister Pei and Prince Rong. He just smiled and said a few words, "Your Majesty is wise," and retreated to the right rear side of Emperor Qi.
Emperor Qi scolded with a smile, "Hong Zhao, Hong Zhao, you, we have both become old men in the palace, but you are getting more and more cunning as you age."
While laughing and cursing, he reached out to open Prince Rong's memorial. He saw that the content was exactly the same as yesterday's, without even a single word changed.
However, there was an extra small red note.
Emperor Qi frowned, opened it, read the book quickly, and remained silent for a long time.
Eunuch Hong was waiting in the back, and before Emperor Qi could move, he was about to step forward and ask if he needed any grinding or tea poured or something.
Emperor Qi suddenly stood up, holding the red letter in his hand, and walked back and forth in front of the table several times.
"Good, good, good Wei Chu!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
Emperor Qi laughed a few times, flicked his sleeves, and said, "Hong Zhao, grind it for me! I want to reply!" Emperor Qi wrote a few big characters in a flamboyant manner and shouted, "An Qi!"
After coming back, An Qi, who had been slacking off at work in the palace, suddenly became alert and appeared silently in front of Emperor Qi.
"Your Majesty."
Emperor Qi strode up to him and said, "Send this letter to Prince Rong. By the way, you are the ones who follow the goddess as a guard. From now on, you will follow the goddess and the young man from the Wei family."
"Dark seven, dark eight, dark nine, dark ten, dark eleven."
"My subordinate is here."
As soon as Emperor Qi finished speaking, An Eight, An Nine, An Ten, and An Eleven all appeared and knelt before Emperor Qi.
"From now on, you will have only one master, Wei Chu, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple. You will do whatever he tells you to do. Do you hear me?"
The hearts of An Qi and his companions were agitated, but they followed the secret guards' code of conduct and responded, "Yes! I will obey your orders!"
"Okay, this post is the last mission I give you guys. Go ahead."
An Qi took the note, and several people kowtowed to Emperor Qi, then disappeared quietly like they had come.
Eunuch Hong pursed his lips, but in the end he said nothing. In this palace, being a mute is better than being a talkative person.
At this time, Emperor Qi said again: "Hong Zhao, I will not attend the morning court tomorrow. You go and tell them that I am not feeling well and will not hold court tomorrow. Don't hand in any memorials, I don't have time to read them."
As he spoke, Emperor Qi had already entered the inner hall. He turned around inside and said to Eunuch Hong who followed him in, "Hong Zhao, quickly find me some nice clothes."
Eunuch Hong was completely confused, but he still followed Emperor Qi's instructions.
On the other side, An Qi and his men had already delivered the post to Prince Rong's study and sneaked into Wei Chu's yard.
Seeing this, the brothers began to whisper on the roof.
"Seventh brother, is there something going on in Prince Rong's mansion? It's strange. Just now in the study, Prince Rong was alone in the mirror looking at his beard for a long time."
"Also, why does this Shaoqing-sama keep changing his clothes? And they're all red?"
An Qi reached out and knocked An Shiyi on the head, "Stupid, you can't even see that."