Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 568 Welcoming the bride
"Go ahead," Song Chunniang dismissed him impatiently.

Pei Yuan was not polite and asked directly, "Where is my dress?"

Song Chunniang led Pei Yuan to the side room, where two sets of wedding clothes, large and small, were placed on the bed.

Pei Yuan was not surprised.

Song Chunniang had mentioned a long time ago that she wanted to marry Zhang Yunjun legitimately.

After Pei Yuan comes back to pick up the bride, she won't have to worry about anything and can get married with Zhang Yunjun openly in front of people they know.

Pei Yuan tried on the large wedding dress and found it was a perfect fit. Song Chunniang helped him put on the robe and accessories.

The auspicious dress is made of gold brocade, and the patch in the middle is a tiger, representing a seventh-rank military officer.

Pei Yuan took a look and asked with a smile, "Why don't you use Xiong Xiong? You are now the chief criminal officer of the Western Factory. Even if you use Xiong Xiong, no one will say anything."

Song Chunniang was not obsessed with being an official, but she was usually boastful and liked to show off. As soon as she was seconded to the Western Factory, she spent a lot of money to buy a new official robe with a fifth-rank patch.

He now lives in a fourth-rank mansion and employs eunuchs in the palace, but his most important auspicious attire is the honest and practical seventh-rank patch.

Song Chunniang frowned and looked at Pei Yuan, a little unhappy, "Why don't you usually have so many problems?"

As today's proxy groom, Pei Yuan was in a very good mood.

He pretended not to hear, looked at the front of his bright red wedding gown, looked at his sleeves, and felt that he must be very handsome at the moment.

Pei Yuan remembered something and wanted to get a bronze mirror wrapped with red silk thread and polished to a bright shine.

Looking in the mirror, he found that the bruises from the fight with Jiang Bin had long since healed, and his face was still so handsome.

Pei Yuan turned around on the spot and asked Song Chunniang proudly, "How about I not embarrass you today?"

Song Chunniang rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Pei Yuan asked, "Who will go with me?"

Song Chunniang then said, "The people who carry the bridal sedan are ready and are waiting in the front yard."

Pei Yuan was just about to ask Chen Xinjian, Cen Meng and others to accompany him when he heard a servant from the front yard report that the girl's family had sent someone to deliver a "quilt of a hundred children" and a "curtain of a hundred children", and that the bridesmaids and relatives were coming to make the room.

Pei Yuan was a man, so he had to stay away and let Song Chunniang pick up the person.

Pei Yuan went to the front yard and asked, and the person in charge, who had come from somewhere, mentioned that there were still matters of ancestor worship and sacrificial ceremonies before setting off.

Pei Yuan was just the groom's agent and was too lazy to care about so many things, so he pushed the matter aside.

The person in charge didn't dare to say much and just pretended that he had said nothing.

Zhang Lian's family lives in Xiaoshiyongfang, which is not far from here.

Pei Yuan went from Mingzhaofang to pick up the bride. The round trip, plus the time spent at the bride's home, took about an hour.

It’s just that Xiaoyongfang and Mingzhaofang were on the left and right of the imperial city, and there were many imperial government offices along the way.

If you go to pick it up at an auspicious time, it is easy to catch the government offices closing.

Zhang Lian's daughter's marriage was not very decent, and there was also Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who was eyeing them covetously. Neither the Zhang family nor Pei Yuan wanted to be too high-profile.

Therefore, before noon, Pei Yuan led the wedding procession, with music and drums playing.

Pei Yuan was a prominent figure in the capital these days, and he might meet many officials and servants along the way, so he chose to ride in a sedan chair.

There were some curious people asking about it, but when they heard that someone from the Jinyiwei was getting married, they didn't dare to ask any more questions and scattered like birds and beasts.

Pei Yuan felt very novel in the bridal sedan.

There were certain privileged moments in this era, such as marriage, when people could wear "fake clothes" and the etiquette could be slightly overstepped.

Fake clothes are not fake clothes, but "borrowed" privileges.

Just like a bride, even ordinary people can wear "similar" clothes to those of a noble lady.

But please note that it is similar.

Imitation of the form is allowed, for example, wearing a bright red robe with long sleeves, imitation shawls and fake decorative buns, but specific details cannot be violated.

For example, a similar long belt can be worn on the xiapei, but it cannot have patterns exclusive to women of noble birth, such as 翟, peacock, mandarin duck, or magpie.

And you cannot use pure gold thread, but you can use colored thread mixed with gold.

The common people were happy when they saw good days, and the court would not care too much about it, just treating it as wearing costumes.

However, if there is any sign of usurpation, the court will not be polite.

For example, although Pei Yuan was not a civil servant and his rank was not high enough, he could still ride in a colorful sedan chair to pick up his bride.

When Pei Yuan arrived at Zhang Lian's residence, the preparations here were relatively simple.

Firstly, Zhang Lian's identity as the Shanxi Provincial Surveillance Commissioner still belonged to the Censorate system and was a political and legal cadre of the court.

The Ming Dynasty law openly prohibited censors from eating geese, so other aspects of the censors were naturally viewed with prejudice.

Moreover, Yongfang was the compound of the imperial censors when they were young. The more in such an environment, the more low-key they had to be.

Secondly, the incident of Shilixiang sticking to Zhang Yunjun caused a great uproar in the city, and the Zhang family really didn't want to be the focus of discussion again. They didn't want to endure the fierce criticism from the government and the public, and they were also afraid of provoking Zhang Heling to retaliate again.

Therefore, the Zhang family's preparations were carried out in a very awkward manner, in a state where they neither wanted to publicize it widely, but also wanted to spread the news slowly.

Pei Yuan didn't care about that. After getting off the sedan chair, the Jinyiwei, who had changed into festive casual clothes, carried baskets of wedding money and scattered them around, allowing the crowds and children who followed to watch the fun to scramble for it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the ferocious Jinyiwei took the opportunity to isolate the people far away.

Everyone could only see that it was a young man, but they couldn't tell clearly who he was.

When nosy neighbors inquired about the matter, the Jinyiwei followed the previous instructions and said that the marriage was formally married by a military officer of the Jinyiwei, and they refused to say anything else.

Since the Zhang family didn't want to make too much of a fuss, the ceremony went on very quickly.

Zhang Lian's wife only thought that Zhang Yunjun was married to Pei Yuan as a concubine. This time, when she saw Pei Yuan dressed handsomely, she looked at him carefully and found that he was indeed handsome.

Apart from the awkward status of Zhang Yunjun's marriage, she was not dissatisfied with anything else.

Moreover, the concubine Zhang Yunjun is different from ordinary concubines.

After all, she was nominally marrying another Jinyiwei general as her principal wife, so her future was not completely hopeless.

At this moment, it should be Zhang Yunjun's brother or uncle who carried her to the bridal sedan, but the wedding was in a hurry and no one was there.

When Mrs. Zhang Lian saw Pei Yuan had arrived, she planned to ask a strong woman to carry her daughter out.

Pei Yuan did not shy away from anything and followed her straight into the back house. Then, with an exclamation, he picked up the bride with a red veil, bent her legs and hugged her, then strode out.

Zhang Yunjun's body was very light, and she clutched Pei Yuan's clothes tightly in surprise. Perhaps it was the bright red wedding dress she saw from under the veil that made her feel at ease. Feeling the strong body and steady arms, Zhang Yunjun said shyly, "Is it you?"

Pei Yuan smiled, lifted her up in his arms with a little force, rubbed her cheek against the red veil, and whispered in her ear, "Yeah."

Zhang Yunjun didn't say anything anymore, but her body was still tense and her hands were tightly grabbing Pei Yuan's clothes.

Pei Yuan adjusted his posture, letting Zhang Yunjun half lying and half leaning in his arms.

When he walked further out, he saw Mrs. Zhang Lian who was chasing him in a hurry.

When Mrs. Zhang Lian saw Zhang Yunjun, who was covered with a red veil, curled up in Pei Yuan's arms, she couldn't help but said to Pei Yuan in anger and amusement, "You are too ridiculous."

Pei Yuan smiled and said, "Don't waste the good time. I'll leave now and come back to apologize later."

When Pei Yuan carried Zhang Yunjun out of the house, the people outside who were watching the fun saw the groom carrying the bride out and started to cheer loudly.

Pei Yuan was in a good mood, and said to the Jinyi Guards, "Reward again."

Cen Meng immediately ordered his men to take out more copper coins and throw them around.

Chen Xinjian, who had some experience, had already had various gifts delivered to the mansion, and was directing the dowry to be put into the motorcade.

Pei Yuan glanced at the sedan chairs parked one after the other.

Seeing the crowd scrambling for the copper coins, he reluctantly let them go and simply carried the little beauty into the same sedan chair.

The people who followed him said nothing when they saw it.

Although everyone in the thousand-household unit knew that this was General Song getting married.

But...

Captain Pei and General Song never kept their bad deeds secret from others.

Brothers in the Qianhu Office, who doesn’t know that General Banner Song has a separate room in Qianhu Pei’s back house?

So everyone turned a blind eye to this matter.

When the strong men of the Jinyiwei who were carrying the sedan saw that Pei Yuan had no intention of coming out, they looked at Chen Xinjian, who was paying attention everywhere, inquiringly.

Chen Xinjian nodded.

The strong men of the Jinyiwei slowly lifted the sedan chair and went back to Mingzhaofang.

When Pei Yuan carried the young beauty Zhang into the sedan chair, Zhang Yunjun sensed something was wrong.

Because Pei Yuan had no intention of putting her down, but still held her in his arms and on his legs.

Zhang Yunjun struggled and wanted to leave, but Pei Yuan chuckled and still held her tightly.

Zhang Yunjun was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Qian Hu?"

Pei Yuan answered more clearly this time, "Yes, it's me."

Pei Yuan and Zhang Yunjun had dealt with each other many times.

The first time was when Jiao Yaner and Song Chunniang hid in Zhang's house to avoid disaster. When Pei Yuan went to look for Song Chunniang, he happened to see Song Chunniang and Zhang Yunjun being affectionate.

Before leaving, Pei Yuan said hello to Song Chunniang. Song Chunniang did something naughty, which made Zhang Yunjun say "Goodbye, Qianhu" in that ambiguous and absurd environment.

At that time, Pei Yuan was itching to get her, thinking that she was Song Chunniang's plaything, and had some frivolous thoughts that were limited to desire.

On several occasions afterwards, Song Chunniang seduced Zhang Yunjun to change clothes in front of her, and even half coaxed and half forced her, allowing Pei Yuan to enjoy the pleasure of Zhang Yunjun's mouth.

Thinking about how Song Chunniang had repeatedly mentioned asking him to take over, Pei Yuan had always maintained a great interest in this woman who was determined to win him over.

This kind of gentle and weak girl makes people want to bully her.

Now that he had the beauty in his arms, Pei Yuan didn't bother with any etiquette. He held her in his arms and greedily reached out his hand to gently caress Zhang Yunjun's body.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunjun's breathing became rapid, and she immediately reached out to try to stop him, "Qian Hu, don't."

Pei Yuan felt itchy after hearing this and wanted to kiss her little mouth.

Thinking that they were already so close, he didn't care about anything and reached out to tear off her veil.

However, Zhang Yunjun tensed up and uttered a shrill voice, "Qian Hu, don't!"

Pei Yuan was startled, paused, stopped what he was doing, and asked hesitantly, "What's wrong?"

All that could be heard from behind the veil was the sound of heavy breathing, but there was no response from Zhang Yunjun.

Pei Yuan felt the tension of the beauty in his arms and thought, could it be that that bitch Song Chunniang didn't tell her well?
So Pei Yuan carefully rubbed the beauty under the veil with his chin and asked softly, "Didn't Song Chunniang tell you? From now on, you will be my woman."

After a while, a whisper came from inside, "It's said."

Pei Yuan wanted to laugh, and tentatively touched her leg lightly, "You will be my woman from now on."

Feeling Zhang Yunjun's tight and elastic thighs, Pei Yuan saw that Zhang Yunjun didn't seem to resist this time, so he tentatively touched her soft buttocks.

Zhang Yunjun still did not resist.

Pei Yuan thought to himself, maybe the little beauty hasn't come to her senses yet.

Smelling the warm fragrance in my arms, I was thinking of being a little more unrestrained when I heard faint sobbing sounds under the veil.

Pei Yuan's hand paused, then he withdrew it. After hesitating for a moment, he pinched a corner of the veil, wanting to take a look at this delicate beauty.

This time, Zhang Yunjun's reaction was not as exaggerated as before. She just cried out in a pleading voice, "Qian Hu."

Pei Yuan took a breath slowly, "You are my woman!"

Zhang Yunjun tried hard to hold back her tears. She spoke firmly, but her tone was still soft and weak, "But I want to marry her first."

Pei Yuan lowered his eyelids and looked at the corner of the veil he was holding, and his scalp felt tingling.

This is fucking shit.

Song Chunniang is such a sinner.

No wonder this little beauty allowed me to touch her but wouldn’t let me touch her veil.

Pei Yuan just felt absurdly depressed, and he couldn't help asking, "What's so good about Song Chunniang?"

Pei Yuan saw that the bright red wedding gown was wide, so he lifted the corner of the gown and held Miss Zhang in his arms from the front.

The little beauty screamed helplessly again, but was no match for Pei Yuan's manipulation and ended up riding on Pei Yuan's legs.

Pei Yuan hugged Zhang Yunjun's slender waist and asked again in a bad mood, "Besides making you drool, what else is she good for?!"

(End of this chapter)