Chapter 28: Harassing a Good Woman, Su Liang's Grand Wedding

By the time they reached the East Market, the carriage could no longer move, and the group had to get out and walk...

Not long after...

Su Liang and his group, who were shopping, heard a commotion not far ahead.

Er Hu immediately ran forward to see what was happening...

A moment later, Er Hu came back and said to Su Liang: "Young Master, two groups of people are arguing ahead, and it seems some are bullying a good woman."

Su Liang became interested and said to the group: "Let's go see what's going on together..."

A moment later...

Su Liang and his group walked up and saw three men pointing at two women, arguing with each other.

A servant laughed arrogantly: "My Young Master taking a fancy to you, little lady, is a blessing you've cultivated for several lifetimes."

"Be a good girl and be my Young Master's concubine, and I guarantee you glory, wealth, and no worries about food and clothing!"

Another servant started to take action on the street, pulling at one of the women's clothes: "Hehe... I think you, the maid, are not bad either, just follow me."

"As for your Young Lady, she will follow my Young Master from now on and eat and drink well!"

"You... you rascals, what is the difference between this and forcibly seizing a common woman?" the leading woman said in a delicate voice.

Su Liang felt some anger in his heart and asked the person next to him: "Brother, who are these people? How can they be so arrogant!"

"Hehe... the leader is Li Anren, the most beloved grandson of Xinchang County Duke Li Gang. The other two are servants of the Li mansion," the passerby said to Su Liang and his group.

"Seeing that the little lady is quite beautiful, he wants to take her as a concubine, but the little lady is unwilling, so they started arguing."

"That servant is even more arrogant, wanting to learn from the big families and take a concubine!"

At this point, Su Liang finally understood what was going on!

"Hehe... so it's a guy who was born to a mother but not taught by a father!" Su Liang smiled to himself. This wasn't an argument; they had already started! This was the grandson taught by Li Gang. No wonder the first four sons were dead, and now only one Li Liyan was left!

Su Liang immediately walked toward Li Anren and said in a cold voice: "Apologize!!"

"Yo... who are you, actually managing my business?" Li Anren didn't take Su Liang seriously at all and shouted arrogantly.

"Are you managing too much? Is this Changan City your home?"

Su Liang's fists were already creaking, and he couldn't control his emotions. Harassing good women in broad daylight, and still so arrogant.

Su Liang immediately walked up and took action, kicking the two servants beside Li Anren to the ground with two casual kicks.

"Young Master, don't... don't do it again, it's not a big deal." The young girl saw this, grabbed Su Liang's arm, and shook her head quickly. She was most afraid of things getting big. Once it got big, her father wouldn't let her go out in the future.

"Apologize!!" Su Liang shouted directly.

"Apologize to these two women, otherwise this matter won't end!!"

"Why? I'm not forcibly seizing a common woman, so I won't apologize! Hmph..." Li Anren snorted coldly. He then continued to be arrogant: "My grandfather is Li Gang. Besides, what does this have to do with you?"

He then mocked: "Hehe... if anyone should apologize, it's you. You actually hit and injured my servants!"

"Tsk tsk... this young master wants to be a hero saving the beauty!!"

"Should... should we forget it? We don't need an apology. Can we go now?" The young girl spoke up. Su Liang had already taught them a lesson for her, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Su Liang shook his head helplessly and smiled awkwardly. The parties involved didn't want to pursue it, and Su Liang didn't want to get involved in this issue anymore.

"Hehe... my Young Master's surname is Su, and his name is Liang. I specialize in curing rascals like you!" Yu Er stepped forward and said with a smile.

"You... you... are you the Prince of Chu, Su Liang?" Li Anren's face turned pale, and he said tremblingly.

He wished he could give himself two big slaps. Why did he have to mock Su Liang for no reason?

At this moment, Li Anren had never felt death so close to him. If he angered this master, there would be nowhere to reason if he killed him. In such hot weather, he was scared into a cold sweat!

"Why, are you used to bullying others with your power?" Su Liang asked with a frown.

"No... no... no..." Li Anren waved his hand quickly.

He then solemnly apologized to the two women: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I offended the two young ladies, I hope the two young ladies don't blame me."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

The two servants also apologized repeatedly.

"Alright... get out of here quickly. Be gentler when pursuing girls in the future, don't just start using your hands." Su Liang waved his hand and sent them away, out of sight, out of mind.

Having received Su Liang's permission, Li Anren immediately left with his servants.

A moment later, the young girl also thanked them repeatedly and left with her maid.

The atmosphere became much livelier!

Without the annoying flies, Su Liang's mood was much more pleasant.

At this time, Changan City was brightly lit because of the custom of lighting lanterns, no worse than a modern metropolis.

Because they didn't wear masks and there were no idlers to disturb them, the group shopped until midnight before returning.

Meanwhile...

Furong Garden, Zhao Duke's Mansion, Wei Duke's Mansion, and Princess Changle's Mansion were all decorated with lanterns.

Tomorrow was the wedding day of Su Liang and the four girls, and the servants in the mansion were busy!

The first year of Zhenguan, the morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Today, Changan City was exceptionally lively, with dozens of li of red carpet laid from the Imperial City directly to Furong Garden.

The commoners along the way also knew that today was Su Liang's wedding day, so they hung red lanterns symbolizing joy in front of their doors and went out to welcome them. The buildings on both sides of Zhu Que Street were crowded with people.

Su Liang rode a white horse wearing a red flower, dressed in a dark red black-edged gold-embroidered brocade robe, embroidered with elegant lily hollow patterns, and a jade belt with gold silk trim at the waist, which set off Su Liang's noble nature.

Er Hu and Wang Xuance acted as groomsmen, Uncle Fu drove the nine-wheeled luxury carriage made by Su Liang, and behind him were a full one hundred people leading one hundred Wooden Ox and Flowing Horses carrying generous "betrothal gifts" for the families.

During the betrothal, Su Liang had already sent gifts to the families, but Li Er and the others saw that Su Liang was a proper rich man, and they actually complained that the gifts Su Liang gave were too few, forcing Su Liang to send more when he came to welcome the bride.

Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, Zhangsun Chong, and Yuchi Baolin also came to help early in the morning.

A full one hundred and eight people headed toward the Imperial City in a grand manner...

Su Liang was extremely depressed at this moment and couldn't be happy at all.

Just because Princess Changle Li Lizhi was wearing a green wedding dress today...

Green... green...!!

This was something Su Liang could not accept...

Although strictly speaking, it was cyan-green, that is, cyan.

For this reason, Su Liang protested to Li Er for a long time, and was finally dismissed by Li Er with the excuse of losing imperial etiquette.

The wedding attire of the Tang Dynasty integrated the solemnity and sacredness of the wedding attire of past dynasties. The most unique place was that men wore dark red wedding attire inside and outside when they got married, and women's wedding attire was cyan-green, which was "red man, green woman."

At this time, the bride wore layers of wide-sleeved clothes and a chest-length long skirt, and wore a cyan wide-sleeved top over the last layer of wide-sleeved long gown. The color of the wedding dress was mainly red inside and green outside.

The green wedding dress worn by the bride was also a symbol of noble status, representing the level of family status.

When a woman got married, wearing a cyan wedding dress meant she was the main wife or mistress.

And wearing a red wedding dress was usually for a secondary wife or concubine.

At this moment, in Changle Palace.

Changle's dowry was all ready, just waiting for Su Liang to come and pick up the bride.

Li Er chose the best and most expensive things for this. Now that he had 30% of the shares of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, a large amount of money entered his small treasury, so he could spend it however he wanted, and the ministers couldn't say anything.

In the past, Li Er would definitely not be so extravagant.

Changle was dressing up in front of the glass mirror at this time. This glass mirror was much clearer than a bronze mirror.

Little Sizi was dragging her chin, watching carefully from the side.

Changle slowly put on the wedding dress sewn by Empress Zhangsun stitch by stitch.

Phoenix crown and rosy cape, wearing a cyan-green dress over it... showing a graceful and beautiful temperament.

Li Er looked at his daughter with a face full of spring breeze, and then laughed heartily: "Haha... my precious daughter is finally getting married!"

Empress Zhangsun also said with satisfaction: "My Changle is finally getting married, I really can't bear to part with her."

"Mother, there's no need for that. You and Father can move to our place at any time," Changle said in a delicate voice.

"We have discussed it with my husband, and we will live in Furong Garden from now on, and just go to Taoyuan Shanzhuang for a short stay occasionally."

"Yes, Furong Garden is not only larger than Taoyuan Shanzhuang, but also much closer, so it is much more convenient for your father and me to go there," Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but sigh.

Meanwhile, the civil and military officials were standing in the courtyard outside Taiji Palace in festive clothes, waiting.

Princess Changle was getting married, so they naturally prepared corresponding gifts.

"Imperial Son-in-law, what gift have you prepared today?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Chai Shao and asked smugly.

Chai Shao turned his head away upon hearing this.

Cheng Yaojin saw that Chai Shao ignored him, so he turned his head to look at Yuchi Gong and continued to show off: "Big Black, what did you prepare?"

"Hmph..." Yuchi Gong snorted coldly and turned his head away.

If it weren't for the fact that Su Liang didn't charge for the manor in Taoyuan County, the Yuchi family would probably still be in debt.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Qin Qiong helplessly and shouted: "Shubao, what did you prepare?"

"Cough, cough..." Qin Qiong coughed twice, then cleared his throat and said: "Thirty-three thousand taels of gold, sixty-six thousand taels of silver!"

All the ministers were shocked...

They didn't know when Qin Qiong became so generous that he could take out such a thick gift!

Everyone knew that the two young dukes were doing business with Su Liang, but they never thought that the two of them would be so rich, proper rich men!

"Zhijie, what about you?" Qin Qiong asked lightly a moment later.

Cheng Yaojin smiled awkwardly: "Just a little bit more than you, just a little bit."

Before Qin Qiong could ask, he said carelessly: "Thirty-three thousand taels of gold, sixty-six thousand taels of silver! Nine hundred and ninety thousand guan of copper coins."

"I, Cheng Yaojin, am a rough person and can't calculate, you help me calculate."

"Damn, you Cheng Fatty, you actually did this behind my back." Qin Qiong, a refined person, couldn't help but swear.

"No, I'll have someone add another nine hundred and ninety thousand guan."

Everyone was speechless when they heard this. This was not just a proper show-off!

It was also looking down on them!

Cheng Yaojin looked at everyone and said proudly: "Hehe... to tell you the truth, Su Liang now has hundreds of millions of gold, and the betrothal gifts he sent are hundreds of millions of guan. Our little money is just a splash!"

This stunned the other ministers.

Everyone knew Su Liang was rich, but this... this was too exaggerated.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other and gathered around.

In an instant, they stood beside Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.

Fang Xuanling immediately flattered: "Hehe... two generals, I wonder if you can let the two young dukes take my son with them?"

"I'll trouble the two generals for our two sons!!" Du Ruhui immediately set it down.

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong couldn't help but think at the same time: Damn... these two old foxes, one singing the red face and one singing the white face, just... just set this matter for them?

If they didn't agree, they would definitely be given a hard time... Sure enough, they were worthy of being Fang Mou and Du Duan!!

Just then, Su Liang's wedding procession had arrived outside Chengtian Gate.

When the wedding procession arrived outside the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, civil and military officials stood on both sides, with Emperor Li Er and Empress Zhangsun standing in the middle.

At this moment, Emperor Li Er was wearing a dragon robe, and Empress Zhangsun was wearing a phoenix crown and a cape of a hundred birds facing the phoenix.

Li Er looked at Su Liang and laughed heartily: "Good son-in-law, what good things did you bring this time?"

Su Liang pointed to the one hundred Wooden Ox and Flowing Horses and said: "Look... thirty-three carriages for each family, all divided."

"There is also a carriage of gold coins, which is used to distribute to the children in Changan City."

"Hiss..."

Everyone gasped when they heard this.

They also knew about the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horses, and one carriage weighed four hundred jin.

You know, the gold in the national treasury at this time was only four thousand jin. Rich man, proper rich man!

Li Er immediately had his own share carried down and sent to the national treasury.

In an instant, carriage after carriage of real gold and silver were transported away by the Qianniu Guards, leaving the ministers dumbfounded...

Su Liang went to Changle Palace to pick up Changle...

When Su Liang arrived outside Changle Palace, Little Sizi said with great joy: "Sister... Sister, Brother Su is here."

In the boudoir, Princess Changle heard the voice and quickly picked up the gold silk feather fan to cover her face.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Que Shan ceremony was performed. When a woman got married, she did not use a head cover, but used a light fan to cover her red makeup.

The Que Shan ceremony also had many hidden settings: one was to ward off evil, two was to cover shame, and three was to make things difficult.

When the groom picks up the bride, there is a ceremony called Que Shan, which is to take away the bride's fan. If he wants to win the beauty, the groom needs to write a poem on the spot to praise the bride. Only after the bride is satisfied will she put down the fan and reveal her beautiful face.

The poem written by the groom is also called the Que Shan poem.

Su Liang picked up Changle and left Changle Palace. The formation of the palace maids was also unusually grand, with more than a hundred palace maids following.

Emperor Li Er laughed heartily: "From now on, Su Liang is my true son-in-law!!"

Empress Zhangsun smiled and said: "Hurry up and thank him! There are three more families, don't miss the auspicious time!"

"Your son-in-law thanks the Emperor and Empress for their great kindness." Su Liang bowed.

"Your daughter thanks the Emperor and Empress for their kindness in raising me." Changle held the round fan and thanked them.

A moment later, Su Liang helped Changle into the carriage and headed to the next family...

A full hour later, they picked up Zhangsun Yue and Li Xian'er, and the girls sat in the same carriage and headed to Furong Garden in a grand manner.

Meanwhile, all three families and many ministers followed behind. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====