Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 316: The Marquis’s Wedding

On the day of the Marquis' wedding, the Song family members as in-laws also went to join in the fun. Most of the important officials in the court came to the wedding. Each of them was a well-known figure in the outside world. Song Chunlin did not have an official position but had a title. Song Dazhuang and Song Dahao were people with nobility, so they also went out to pay their respects. When they came back, the three of them had frozen faces from smiling.

Song Dazhuang rubbed his cheeks hard, thinking that this was more tiring than teaching students for a whole day. He thought teaching was the most brain-demanding job, but he didn't expect that greeting people would be so tiring. Don't those high-ranking officials feel it's hard to live like this every day?

Song Chunlin looked at his father with amusement: "Dad, you have to get used to it in the future. I, your son, will definitely not just come here. Our family is also considered to be related to the Marquis' Mansion. Who knows who will come to curry favor with us in the future."

Song Dahe declined the offer: "No, please don't flatter me. I said marriage still depends on family background. Look, there are so many rules in rich families. A person can have eight hundred thoughts and every word he says seems to be a trap for you. I can't stand it. Your father, I really can't stand it."

Song Chunlin thought, that’s not up to you, Dad.

The children of the Song family were all restless. As soon as Gu Fengyun set out to pick up the bride, these little guys ran to the door cheering, ready to be the first to see the bride.

At the Su family's side, Su Fuqing was sitting in a red bedroom. At this moment, he finally felt a little nervous about getting married. He twisted the handkerchief in his hand again and again, and the good handkerchief was wrinkled by him. Then he heard people outside shouting that the groom had arrived.

"Has the groom arrived? The Marquis and the others have arrived?" Su Fuqing couldn't help but stand up and look out of the window, but was pushed back by Xi Shumo.

"My dear bride, be more reserved. You can look at me however you want in the future, but not today. Sit back. The groom will not come in for a while. Just wait patiently. He can't run away."

After hearing what Xishumo said, Su Fuqing's face turned even redder. He seemed to feel that he was being a little unreserved, so he patiently waited for his groom to come and pick him up.

The Su family's relatives were not in the capital, so Su's mother invited several young men from the surrounding neighborhood to block the door. These young men were still a little afraid of the Marquis, but when they saw his smiling face, the only bit of fear they had immediately flew away, and they even dared to embarrass Marquis Gu.

Fortunately, their tricks were nothing but playing house to Gu Fengyun. They just made him compose poems and couplets. When they had no other tricks, they just forced him to drink. Gu Fengyue was worried that his brother would be drunk before entering the bridal chamber, so he directly blocked the wine for Gu Fengyun. The wine was homemade rice wine with a very low alcohol content. Gu Fengyue could barely cope with it. After drinking all the wine, he felt a little dizzy. He felt better only after secretly drinking a sip of the spiritual spring water that Song Chunlin had given him.

After drinking all the wine, Gu Fengyun finally saw his bride. Su Fuqing sat quietly on the bed. When she heard someone coming in, she hurriedly raised the fan to cover her face.

Gu Fengyun looked at the other person, who was dressed in red and wearing a golden crown, and his eyes narrowed with a smile.

"Madam, your husband is here to pick you up."

Hearing his words, there was a commotion outside the door, and some even shouted for the groom to kiss the bride. Of course, Gu Fengyun would not kiss her, so he just took the red silk handed over by Xi Shumo, took his bride out, and went to bid farewell to Su's mother together.

Seeing her son dressed in finery, Su's mother couldn't help but shed tears. She took the teacup handed to her by the two men and kept shouting, "Good boy, good boy, I wish you a long and happy life together. My Lord, I leave my only son to you. In the eyes of outsiders, he has many shortcomings, but in my heart, he is a supreme treasure. I don't ask you to treat him like a pearl or a treasure, but I also ask you not to let him get hurt again."

Gu Fengyun promised Su's mother with a serious expression: "Please rest assured, mother. I will be loyal to Fu Qing until the end. I will never let him down in this life."

When Su Fu heard his words, his heart twitched violently. He even doubted whether Gu Fengyun meant by being faithful to one woman forever. You know, he was the powerful Marquis Yongyi. A man as powerful as him would have many wives and concubines and piles of children in his house. He had never heard of anyone who would truly be faithful to his first wife forever.

Su's mother was also somewhat moved. She also felt that being faithful to one person forever was impossible. However, she did not refute them in person. Instead, she wiped away her tears and handed a big red envelope to the two of them.

As the sound of suona rang out, Gu Fengyun finally returned to the Marquis' Mansion with his bride.

The people who had been waiting at the door were all startled when they heard the noise coming from afar, and they looked at the intersection expectantly, until the wedding procession came around the corner. The housekeeper excitedly started to have everyone play music together, and the servants were ready to line up at the door to welcome back the new owner of the Marquis' Mansion.

The wedding sedan stopped in front of the marquis's mansion. Gu Fengyun jumped off the horse and carried the person in the sedan out personally. A group of little kids at the door followed suit and shouted, clamoring to see the bride. Su Fuqing raised her fan a little higher in embarrassment.

Everyone went all the way to the main hall and worshipped in front of the tablets of the old marquis and his wife. The marriage was considered a success, and the bride was sent to the bridal chamber. Song Chunlin followed with a group of children, who planned to make trouble in the bridal chamber!

Gu Fengyun got a headache just looking at these little brats. He wanted to send them off by giving them some red envelopes, but the questions they asked became more and more tricky. Even Gu Fengyue, the great Sima, got involved, demanding that they both eat an apple at the same time. The apple was hung with a string, swaying back and forth, and the two couldn't touch it at all. They even accidentally kissed each other several times, causing everyone to laugh.

Gu Fengyun looked at his younger brother and Song Chunlin who were making the most noise, narrowed his eyes, and thought to himself, Very good, when you two get married in the future, I will definitely repay you double.

After a long period of commotion, everyone left the bridal chamber and prepared to eat.

The Marquis' Mansion had not been so lively for a long time. The housekeeper and Gu Fengyue agreed that Gu Fengyun's wedding should be celebrated with great fanfare. Not only were many important officials in the court invited, but also some heads of influential families were invited.

Song Chunlin disliked these people and was too lazy to pay attention to them. Even the Song family members disliked these children of aristocratic families and ignored them all, causing those people to be cold and hostile to the Song family members. If they hadn't taken into consideration that this was not their home ground, they would have probably started a riot long ago.

When Gu Fengyun came out to toast, the heads of those aristocratic families all had fake smiles on their faces, but Gu Fengyun didn't care. These people from the aristocratic families had been more well-behaved after the Li family was executed. They didn't cause any trouble when they came to drink this time. They just left after the meal without staying for a moment.

It’s good, I can have some peace and quiet.

After Song Chunlin had eaten his fill, he sneaked back to the bridal chamber. He had an important task today, which was to deliver food to Su Fuqing.

He brought the delicious food to the new house and pushed open the door. Su Fuqing was sitting properly inside. When he saw that the person who came was Song Chunlin, he was inexplicably relieved.

"Oh, it's you. Why are you here? Aren't you going to eat?"

Song Chunlin smiled and placed a large tray on the table, put the food on it, and motioned Su Fuqing to come over and eat.

"Hey, I'm full. Sister-in-law, come over and eat something too. The Marquis won't be back for a while, and he told me to take good care of you. Here, I'm coming over here. You eat first, and I'll get more if it's not enough."

Su Fuqing stood up and walked over when he heard that. He sat on a stool and saw the table full of food, including roast chicken, sweet and sour pork ribs, stewed pork elbow, braised pork, steamed fish, stir-fried vegetables, cold cucumber, and a bowl of pigeon soup. The staple food was a big, white and plump steamed bun. The portions of the dishes were not too many, each one was a small plate, just enough for one person to finish.

Su Fuqing didn't sleep well last night. As the wedding date was approaching, he suffered from insomnia at night. He finally fell asleep in a daze, but was dug out of bed by Uncle Xi. After washing up, he was completely awake.

He had eaten some porridge before putting on makeup in the morning, but that little bit of porridge had long been digested after such a long time. Now, seeing this table full of dishes, his stomach began to growl.

Su Fuqing touched her belly a little embarrassedly, and Song Chunlin had an expression that said "I understand, I understand" on his face.

"Oh, sister-in-law, don't be embarrassed. My sister-in-law, ah, is my brother's wife. She was like you when she got married. She was hungry all day and hadn't eaten anything. It's really troublesome to be a bride. You are tired and hungry. Come on, don't be polite, eat quickly."

Su Fuqing actually had a good impression of this future sister-in-law. After learning that Song Chunlin was full, he began to eat with relish.

The chef of the Gu family had trained in Song Chunlin's canteen, so his cooking skills were naturally excellent, and the dishes he cooked were all very delicious. There were even several dishes that Su Fuqing didn't recognize, such as the cucumber. He had never seen this thing before, but after listening to Song Chunlin's explanation that it was a melon that could be eaten raw, he took a bite out of curiosity, and was amazed by the taste as soon as he put it in his mouth.

"It's delicious, very refreshing, but a little spicy. Is there chili in it?"

"Sister-in-law can also eat spicy food?"

Su Fuqing smiled and said, "Yes, but it can't be too spicy. It won't be too spicy. Didn't your family send us hot sauce in previous years? My mother likes it very much, and she often uses it to cook. The dishes she cooks are also very fragrant."

The two of them were talking as they ate, and before they knew it, Su Fuqing had eaten up all the food. Looking at the empty plate on the table, he was a little shocked.

Seeing Song Chunlin's stunned expression, Su Fuqing thought that he was scared by his skyrocketing appetite. He wiped his mouth embarrassedly and tried to explain that he really couldn't eat much normally.

"Well, I'm probably too hungry today, but the food here tastes really good, even better than the food in the restaurant."

Song Chunlin looked at Su Fuqing with a smile: "That's right, sister-in-law, you may not know that the chefs in this mansion have all learned the true teachings of the master chef in my canteen. I'll take you to the canteen if there is a chance. The chefs' cooking skills are even better than this."

Hearing Song Chunlin mention the big cafeteria, Su Fuqing's curiosity was aroused. The two chatted and laughed in the room. Su Fuqing finally learned from Song Chunlin what a cafeteria was, and also listened to him tell some jokes about those soldiers.

The two of them were chatting happily in the house. Outside, Gu Fengyun, Gu Fengyue, and Song Chunsheng were together. The three of them were forced to drink a lot of wine by the guests. Gu Fengyun, as the groom, was even drunk. Song Chunsheng was originally there to help block the wine, but it turned out that he himself could not drink much. In the end, it was Gu Fengyue who cheated by using the spiritual spring water, so that they were not really drunk.

After three rounds of drinks, most of the guests had left. The two took advantage of the moonlight and carried Gu Fengyun, who was already unsteady on his feet, back to the bridal chamber.

Song Chunsheng was a little worried along the way. He was so drunk, would this marquis still know how to have the wedding night?

Song Chunlin chatted with Su Fuqing for several hours. When they saw Gu Fengyun, who was so drunk that he could hardly walk, they looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

"How much have you drunk, Lord, brother? Hello? Is your soul still there?"

Song Chunsheng laughed and scolded, "You naughty boy, what nonsense are you talking about? Oh, do you have your hangover medicine? Go get some for the Marquis, otherwise he won't know how to have a happy wedding night tonight."

When it comes to the wedding night, Su Fuqing was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. His face was so red that it seemed like blood was about to drip out. Fortunately, Song Chunsheng and the others were very tactful. After giving Gu Fengyun a full cup of spiritual spring water, they left the bridal chamber directly, and did not forget to close the door for the two of them when they left.

Gu Fengyun was not actually very drunk, he was just pretending to be drunk. Now that all the strangers had left, he stopped pretending and looked up at Su Fuqing with a smile.

Su Fuqing was wringing a handkerchief for him, wanting him to wipe his face, but just as he finished wringing the handkerchief in his hand, it was pulled away by someone behind him.

"Give me the towel, and tell the servants to bring hot water. I want to take a bath first."

Su Fuqing was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. Gu Fengyun repeated it patiently before he went out cautiously. At the door, he met the servants who had been guarding there. He asked the servants to bring hot water over.

When he came back, Gu Fengyun had already wiped his face clean and even took off his outer robe. Su Fuqing looked at his back wearing only a long robe and felt his face getting hotter and hotter.

The servants moved quickly, and soon they brought several buckets full of hot and cold water, and poured them into the large bathtub in the bathroom.

Gu Fengyun took Su Fuqing's hand and walked in, with a smile on his face. He pointed at the bathtub and said to Su Fuqing: "Madam, take a bath first, I will come later."

Su Fuqing didn't say anything until Gu Fengyun walked out, then he let out a breath.