Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 448 Chen Ce’s Wedding
The heavy stone in Chen Ce's heart was completely put down.

After the Japanese island was captured, almost all of his original goals were achieved.

Now that his life was entering the countdown, Chen Ce had no regrets at all.

Emperor Hongzhi felt very upset when he saw that Chen Ce's health was deteriorating at a visible speed. He told Chen Ce to take good care of himself. He would go to the Japanese island in person next month, hoping that Chen Ce would be well by then and would go to the Japanese island with him to enjoy the sea breeze.

Chen Ce nodded heavily: "Okay!"

Regardless of his physical condition, Chen Ce planned to go to Wo Island to take a look. This was the beautiful country he had conquered for the Ming Empire with all his efforts and overcoming all difficulties!

He had no reason not to go.

……

In the evening, Mrs. Wu came back early and cooked in the kitchen.

Chen Ce is no longer able to cook by himself. Whenever he does any heavy work, he starts coughing up blood.

All the household affairs are taken care of by Mrs. Wu and Xiaohua.

After dinner, Xiaohua took the initiative to help Madam Wu wash up, while Madam Wu boiled medicine for Chen Ce.

Chen Ce sat in the courtyard, looking at Madam Wu who was conscientiously boiling the medicine, and said calmly: "Shuxian, if you don't mind, let's get married."

Madam Wu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Chen Ce in astonishment, standing there in a daze for a long time.

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything." Chen Ce said awkwardly.

Madam Wu shook her head and said, "No, you can't pretend you didn't say anything."

"Really?" She asked Chen Ce with a little trembling.

Chen Ce hummed and said, "I didn't want to delay you before. I know my physical condition, and you know it too."

"So I have kept this friendship in my heart, for fear that you would be wronged... I don't really like sentimentality, um."

"Don't rush to agree to me. Think about it carefully. You are still young and have a lot of time in the future. If you marry me, you will only have these two years and you will have to serve and take care of a patient. This is very unfair to you."

"If you refuse, I will be happy. I have left you a lot of property, enough for you and Xiaohua to live well..."

Madam Wu interrupted Chen Ce and shook her head frantically, "No, I do. I do."

Tears fell from the corners of her eyes, she was so excited and happy that she was crying tears of joy!

She had been looking forward to this day for a long time. She had expressed her love to Chen Ce countless times, but Chen Ce pretended to be ignorant.

Madam Wu knew it very well. She knew, of course, that Chen Ce was afraid of delaying her, but she didn't care and she had no plans to marry again.

She thinks the luckiest thing in her life is to meet such a neighbor!
……

The news that Chen Ce was going to get married immediately alarmed the entire Ming Dynasty's top leadership.

I don't know how many people were secretly happy and busy for Chen Ce.

The Minister of Revenue Qin Hong and the Minister of Works Xu Guan swallowed their pride and went directly to the Minister of Rites Yuan Shouzhi, asking Yuan to personally find an auspicious day for Chen Ce.

Yuan Shouzhi was shocked. He was from the Ministry of Rites, but he was not a matchmaker! It was a bit too much for me, a minister, to propose a plan and set an auspicious date for him.

Yuan Shouzhi would certainly not agree.

However, it was not just the Ministers of Revenue and Works who came to him to set an auspicious date. Someone from the Eastern Palace came and specifically asked Yuan Shouzhi to do the job.

The Zhang brothers were even more exaggerated. They even blocked Yuan Shou's way down to his post, preventing him from going home. If you dare to refuse, I'm sorry. But our brothers' fists cannot be underestimated!
In the end, even Emperor Hongzhi personally issued an edict, asking Yuan Shouzhi to personally arrange Chen Ce's wedding.

Yuan Shouzhi was completely stunned. This Chen Ce was really a very prestigious person!

……

When Cheng Minzheng learned that Chen Ce was about to get married, he came to congratulate Chen Ce as soon as possible and even volunteered to take care of the details of Chen Ce's wedding.

Just as Chen Ce was about to express his gratitude, the Minister of Rites Yuan Shouzhi came to Chen Ce's courtyard in Huaihua Hutong.

Cheng Minzheng hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, why are you here?" Yuan Shouzhi was also quite curious and asked Cheng Minzheng, "Sir, what are you doing?"

Cheng Minzheng said with a smile, "Your Excellency, I am a good friend of Chunjian. I heard that he was getting married, so I volunteered to arrange everything for Chunjian's wedding."

Yuan Shouzhi: “…”

"No need for that. The Emperor has already ordered me to do it myself... Well, you can help me."

hiss!
It was just a simple wedding, but it actually alarmed the Minister of Rites to plan it personally. Chen Ce's face was too big!
"it is good!"

……

Zhu Houzhao came to Chen Ce with a smile on his face, sat in front of Chen Ce with a look of relief and happiness, and kept grinning.

Chen Ce: "What are you laughing at?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed and said, "My dear brother, you are finally getting married. I am happy, so I am smiling."

Chen Ce said speechlessly: "Then why are you sighing?"

Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and said, "But I haven't gotten married yet. How nice it would be if we could get married together."

You are such a talented person.

But thinking that this boy would have no offspring in the end, Chen Ce frowned and said, "Then you should hurry up and ask your father to arrange a marriage for you."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I also want to find my own love."

You are looking for a big-headed ghost!
Chen Ce said: "As long as you manage your household frugally, you can slowly cultivate your feelings in the future. You will inherit the throne in the future, so how can you be willful?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed and said, "Well, let my father find me a crown princess tomorrow."

Chen Ce pondered for a moment, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and suddenly remembered that there was one thing he had not done.

Then Chen Ce's face gradually darkened.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you, little brother? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "No, I regard you as my best friend..."

Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily and said, "Well, I am your best friend now, what's wrong?"

Chen Ce sighed and said, "I want to see you marry and have children while I am still alive, so that even if I am no longer in this world, I can leave with peace of mind."

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I will go back now and ask my father to arrange a marriage for me, and I will have a baby tomorrow."

Chen Ce: “…”

"There's no need to rush to have a baby."

If the baby really were to be born tomorrow, it would be a serious matter.

"But it would be possible to let the Emperor arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible."

Zhu Houzhao hummed and nodded, "Okay!"

……

Chen Ce's wedding date was finally set by the Ministry of Rites and was scheduled for the tenth day of the next month, which was the tenth day of June in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.

After the wedding date was set, Wang Shouren, Tang Yin, Zhu Zhishan and others who were far away in the southwest immediately asked for leave and rushed back to the capital.

There is also Xu Jing who is in the southeast, and he is also asked to come to the capital.

Chen Ce didn't want to mobilize a large army, so he wrote to them, telling them not to return to the capital. But this time, it seemed that no one was willing to listen to Chen Ce.

These days, the court has been mostly discussing Chen Ce's wedding, but there is a discordant voice coming out in the officialdom.

(End of this chapter)