The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 78: Third Rank Imperial Edict
In the wedding procession, the children of each family were not familiar with Li Jingxiao.

But as soon as Jia Lian encouraged them, more than twenty noble sons aged fifteen or sixteen, or even eleven or twelve, followed Li Jingxiao to bring him honor.

For a time, the streets were full of young men from prominent families.

Not only Li Jingxiao was proud, but Qin's relatives and friends also felt honored.

In the past few days, in addition to practicing, Li Jingxiao also thought about many wedding poems in his memory.

So although some people gave him a hard time, reciting a few poems from the late Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty not only did not stump Li Jingxiao, but instead made people think that he was a versatile talent in cultural relics.

The streets and the Qin family's yard were filled with praises.

Qin Ye and more than 20 officials in the room couldn't help but stroke their beards and nodded secretly, with bright smiles on their faces.

As for Qin Keqing, her maids and cousins ​​from her hometown who lived around the capital had already come to watch the ceremony. They heard what happened outside and ran back to tell her everything.

Several of her married cousins ​​were envious and praised Qin Keqing for her good fortune without hesitation.

Qin Keqing blushed when she heard this, but her heart was filled with sweetness.

At noon, when having lunch at the Qin family, the sons of nobles who were instigated by Jia Lian to follow were excited by Li Jingxiao's promise to treat everyone to three rounds of drinks at Zuixianlou after he promised to marry them.

Immediately helped him block most of the wine.

However, Li Jingxiao had no one to help him toast his father-in-law, his colleagues, the elder relatives, and the older neighbors.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao was cheating. After drinking more than ten cups, he immediately started cheating.

As the drink entered his mouth, with a thought, it appeared in the game's inventory.

As he drank, some people were worried that he was drunk at first, but after seeing this guy toasting the three highest-ranking tables of officials and relatives in the main hall.

When he came to the yard, he dared to continue toasting at each table. I immediately realized that this guy looked young, but he could drink a lot.

Jia Lian and other sons of noble families who followed him looked at him in shock.

They looked at each other and thought to themselves that this kid drank two 5-jin jars of wine, and not only was he not drunk at all, he didn't even need to add water.

From now on, when I eat at the same table with him, I will never compete with him in drinking.

However, if you need help getting someone drunk, you must bring him along.

After noon, around 2 p.m., Qin Keqing got into the sedan chair with tears in her eyes, supported by two ladies who had given birth to three or four children.

Li Jingxiao bowed to Qin Ye and said, "Don't worry, Master Taishan. I will definitely treat your wife well from now on and won't let her suffer any hardship or fatigue."

Qin Ye, with red eyes, nodded in satisfaction.

He helped Li Jingxiao up and said with emotion, "A good son-in-law is a trustworthy person. I naturally believe that you will take good care of my daughter.

From now on, you two need to live in harmony and support each other."

Li Jingxiao quickly nodded in assurance, then looked at Qin Zhong, whose eyes were swollen from crying, and said.

"Brother Zhong, if you can't bear to leave your sister, your sister and I will come back to visit you in a few days. Why don't you follow your brother-in-law to stay with me for a few days?

By the way, I will teach you some ways to strengthen your body. In the future, when you study for the imperial examination, you will get twice the result with half the effort if you have a healthy body."

Qin Ye was eager for his son-in-law to be close to his son, so how could he refuse?

Qin Zhong, who was still a child, was originally raised by Qin Keqing. Seeing his brother-in-law's kindness, a smile brightened his face.

For Li Jingxiao, Qin Zhong is the helper who is most worth training.

As for his other brother-in-law, Jia Baoyu, Li Jingxiao thought about it and decided to forget about it.
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The wedding procession set off, but looking at the amount of the dowry, it was indeed a bit shabby.

The Qin family really had no money, and the dowry was only twenty loads, but Li Jingxiao didn't care at all.

Before, I was only an eighth-rank official, so my dowry was naturally not of high standard.

In the original novel, Qin Zhong was studying, and Qin Ye scraped together money again and again to collect 24 taels of silver as a gift to his teacher. Now he has collected 20 taels of silver, which may have emptied the Qin family.

A lot of the dowry was prepared bit by bit by Qin Ye over the past ten years.

Otherwise, if it is prepared impromptu, the dowry will be less.

Even the maids who came with the dowry were only Baozhu and Ruizhu.

Fortunately, when they came, Li Jingxiao took Jia Lian with him and repeatedly gave instructions to the other yamen officials who came with him.

So even though some people were grumbling in their hearts, no one jumped out at this time to embarrass everyone.

Moreover, when everyone saw that Li Jingxiao had already received the bride, he still bowed several times in front of Qin Ye.

He leaned over and rubbed Qin Zhong's little head, and made the little guy laugh with a few words. It was obvious that Li Jingxiao valued this daughter-in-law.

Those who had never seen what Qin Keqing looked like, especially the men present, immediately felt that Li Jingxiao was a man of his word and would not change the arranged marriage.

My feeling towards him improved a little bit.

The female relatives who had seen Qin Keqing's appearance envied Li Jingxiao for loving his wife, and at the same time felt that Li Jingxiao was very lucky to have such a beautiful wife like Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing, who was sitting in the sedan chair, naturally heard what Li Jingxiao said to her father and brother. She was so happy that she felt a little dizzy.

Of course, Li Jingxiao did like Qin Keqing. After all, he had secretly seen what Qin Keqing looked like.

But to say how much he loves his daughter-in-law at this time is nonsense.

But as for men, love starts with appearance and lasts forever with gentleness, and Qin Keqing has both of these qualities.

After waving goodbye to Qin Ye and Qin Zhong, Li Jingxiao got on his horse and bowed again.

Only then did he urge his horse forward.

We got home with drums and gongs beating all the way, and it was lively again.

Just as he brought his wife in, he heard footsteps.

Looking back, Xia Shouzhong was holding a bright yellow imperial edict.

A middle-aged eunuch, smiling widely, walked over quickly with a dozen guards, eunuchs, and four maids from the palace.

Xia Shouzhong laughed from a distance, "There is an imperial decree."

Li Jingxiao knew it in advance, so he naturally didn't panic.

But Qin Keqing and Baozhu and Ruizhu, who were with her as a dowry, were panicked.

Li Jingxiao simply pulled Baozhu away and grabbed Qin Keqing's hand, "Don't worry, Madam. It's a good thing that your husband is here."

Qin Keqing seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and held Li Jingxiao's hand tightly with her backhand.

Li Jingxiao hurriedly ordered people to prepare the incense table. Fortunately, all these things had been prepared in advance.

It was arranged in a short while. Li Jingxiao gently instructed Qin Keqing, and they both knelt down to pay their respects.

The imperial edict was not long, but between the lines, it was full of words praising Qin Keqing.

After the imperial edict was announced, Qin Keqing was conferred the third rank imperial decree, which immediately caused people attending the banquet to talk about it.

Qin Keqing, who was supported by Li Jingxiao, was completely stunned.

It was not until Li Jingxiao reminded her to express her gratitude that Qin Keqing finally calmed down.

After the young couple expressed their gratitude, they did not stand up yet.

Eunuch Chen, who came with Xia Shouzhong, then shouted, "The Empress's decree."

(End of this chapter)