sbdcsierra Chapter 491 Set the wedding date
Chapter 491 Set the wedding date
Tai Chi Palace.
Lu Yunting and General Zhenguo waited outside for a while, and then the eunuch came out to invite them in.
After the two men respectfully bowed to Emperor Yuan, Lu Yunting began to explain his purpose.
He said sincerely, "Your Majesty, the marriage between me and Lord Xiao Jiang has been decided for a long time. Now we both want to get married. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to set a date for our wedding."
"Jiang Yueyang agreed to marry you?"
"Yes."
Lu Yunting paused, then added, "After I marry Lord Xiao Jiang, I will lay down my arms..."
"When are you planning to get married?" Emperor Yuan interrupted him calmly.
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yunting and General Zhenguo both knew that Emperor Yuan would no longer block the marriage between the Jiang and Lu families.
Lu Yunting couldn't hide his joy and replied, "I haven't asked His Majesty yet, so I dare not rashly decide on the wedding date."
"August 12th is a good day for marriage. Go back and ask Jiang Yueyang. If she has no objection, your wedding can be set on that day."
As early as the day when Jiang Yueyang expressed her willingness to marry Lu Yunting as soon as possible in the court, he ordered the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to select an auspicious date.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory selected three auspicious days: the seventh day of the seventh month, the twelfth day of the eighth month, and the Flower Festival of next year.
The seventh day of the seventh month has a good meaning, but there are less than three months left, which is too hasty.
He was worried that the Ministry of Rites would not be able to prepare in time and would neglect Jiang Yueyang.
Lu Yunting wanted to get married quickly, but next year's Flower Festival would be too late for him.
So he chose the central day of August 12.
Lu Yunting was overjoyed and quickly knelt on one knee to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your gift. I am deeply grateful."
Emperor Yuan waved his hand, signaling him to stand up. "Jiang Yueyang is the princess of Daxia, and is considered half my daughter. If you betray her in the future, I will tear you into pieces."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will never let her down in this life!" Lu Yunting's voice was loud and clear.
In fact, Emperor Yuan was not worried that he would let Jiang Yueyang down.
Since he regards Jiang Yueyang as more important than his life, it is possible that Jiang Yueyang would let him down.
But despite this, a warning or two are still necessary.
Emperor Yuan hummed, then continued, "I will leave your wedding to the Ministry of Rites. In addition, I hope Jiang Yueyang can marry out of the palace."
Hearing this, Lu Yunting and General Zhenguo were a little surprised.
For a princess from another family to marry out of the imperial palace is the supreme honor and unprecedented love!
Before the two of them recovered from their shock, Emperor Yuan continued, "Jiang Yueyang may not agree to marrying out of the palace. If she doesn't agree, that's fine. There's no need to force her."
"Yes!" Lu Yunting came back to his senses and responded.
Then, Emperor Yuan turned his gaze to General Zhenguo, "General Zhenguo, what do you want from me?"
General Zhenguo gave Emperor Yuan a dry laugh and did not reply.
When Emperor Yuan saw his expression, he knew that he was here to support Lu Yunting, and he rolled his eyes in his heart.
"Okay, now that we're done, leave."
Upon hearing this, the two of them bowed and said, "We will take our leave."
After the two men left, Emperor Yuan asked someone to call over the Neizangkushi who was in charge of the private treasury.
Not long after, Lord Pan, the inner treasury keeper, came before Emperor Yuan with a list of items in the private treasury.
Emperor Yuan took the list of items and read out the names of more than a dozen treasures before saying, "In addition to what I just mentioned, you should also prepare some gold, silver, silks, satins, books, calligraphy and paintings as a dowry for Jiang Yueyang. They must all be of the finest quality."
Lord Pan was stunned, but he quickly reacted and agreed.
Emperor Yuan handed the list to Li Fuquan and his eyes fell on Lord Pan. "Nothing else, you can go back."
Lord Pan took the list of items returned by Li Fuquan, bowed and said, "I will take my leave."
At that time, on the other side, Jiang Yueyang taught Kong Jijiu about multiplication, and after asking them to read the "Multiplication Table" several times, he was ready to start testing them.
"Gentlemen, you all have a basic understanding of multiplication, and you have read the Multiplication Table at least ten times. Now, let me test you."
Hearing this, everyone present became slightly nervous.
Jiang Yueyang's gaze slowly swept across everyone's faces, and finally fell on the face of the Minister of War with a frown on his face.
"Minister Liang."
The Minister of War's heart tightened and he slowly stood up.
Jiang Yueyang asked: "What is 5x6?"
The Minister of War racked his brains to think. Although he was familiar with the Multiplication Table, his mind was instantly confused by this sudden question.
He moved his lips and stammered, "5...5x6 equals..."
The people around him looked at him quietly without blinking.
Jiang Yueyang looked at him calmly and said, "I just said that multiplication is a simplified operation of the same addends.
例如，这个5x6表示5个6相加或者6个5相加。所以，5x6等于多少？”
After hearing Jiang Yueyang's suggestion, the Minister of War thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he replied, "5x6 equals 30!"
"So, what is 30 called here?"
After these words were spoken, the Minister of War was stumped again.
Jiang Yueyang looked displeased upon seeing this, and glanced at the others, "Does anyone know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Minister Jiang stood up.
He answered confidently, "Master Xiao Jiang, the result of multiplying two factors is called a product!"
Jiang Yueyang twitched the corner of his mouth in satisfaction after hearing this, "Not bad, the answer is correct."
After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and motioned for them to sit down. She glanced at the crowd and said seriously, "Let me repeat, in a multiplication equation, the two numbers being multiplied are called factors, or multipliers. The result of multiplying two factors is called a product."
"Do you remember everything?"
"remember."
Jiang Yueyang put down the chalk and ruler in her hand and began to assign homework, "Today's homework is to memorize the multiplication table. I will recite them one by one in the next class.
You know me well. Anyone who can't recite it will be severely punished, no matter who it is!"
Everyone felt a chill down their spines when they heard this. Their memory wasn't as good as before, and they were worried that they wouldn't be able to recite it.
The Left Prime Minister and Lord Wei rubbed their sore wrists. They didn't want to copy the multiplication table a hundred times again.
Jiang Yueyang clapped his hands after he finished speaking, "Okay, that's all for today's class, dismissed."
Everyone stood up and saluted, then left one after another.
As soon as he walked out of the surveillance room, the left prime minister asked everyone to follow him to the Taiji Palace to find Emperor Yuan.
When everyone asked him the reason, he said that they would know when they arrived at Taiji Palace.
As the left prime minister was the head of all officials, although everyone had doubts, it was difficult for them to refuse, so they all followed him.
Soon, they arrived at Taiji Palace and met Emperor Yuan.
Emperor Yuan was just about to send someone to the Supervisory Office to see if Jiang Yueyang had finished his class. If so, he would call the Minister of Rites.
Unexpectedly, all the chief officers came together.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Yuan frowned and asked, "My dear ministers, why are you all here together? What happened?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the left prime minister.
Emperor Yuan followed the crowd's gaze and looked at the Left Prime Minister, and immediately knew that they were called over by the Left Prime Minister.
Moreover, they didn't know why they were called here.
The Left Prime Minister stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, the corrupt officials in the court have been purged now, and Lord Xiao Jiang no longer has much use in the court.
I implore Your Majesty to order Lord Xiao Jiang to tour the country on behalf of the Emperor and purge all corrupt officials!"