Chapter 529 Wedding (1)
After opening his face, Li Qiniang picked up the comb and combed Yan Xuehuai's hair. While combing, she chanted the songs while chanting. As she chanted, tears blurred her eyes.
She used to comb her daughter's hair and saw her getting married with her own eyes. All these seemingly ordinary things, but for her, she could only dream in her dreams.
Now that all this has come true, her baby daughter is finally getting married.
She knew she was an orphan since she was a child, so after her daughter was born, she was extremely happy. From then on, there were finally people in the world who were connected with her flesh and blood.
When the daughter was just born, she was a small ball, soft and pink, and tender. When the man saw that he was not his son, he lost interest and was too lazy to take a look. From that moment on, she swore that she not only wanted to protect her daughter, but also did her best to give her the best.
Li Qiniang smiled. She was protecting her daughter, and her daughter was also protecting her.
Whether she was in the Yan family before or later in Pingcheng, even if she came to the capital, even if she lived in the Duke's Mansion, her daughter had been protecting her.
God has treated her well, and she has the best daughter in the world.
After reading the song, Li Qiniang pretended to brush away the broken hair falling from her forehead and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Yan Xuehuai turned around and gently hugged Li Qiniang: "Mom, I will come back often."
Li Qiniang touched her daughter's hair docilely and said, "Jing said stupid things, how can you go back to your parents' home for Chang? Mom will go see you."
Zhou Dadajia smiled and said, "Okay, okay, if you don't know, you think you are going to marry far away. It's obvious that you're going to be a cup of tea from Prince Rui's Mansion and Duke's Mansion."
The female family members all laughed. After the prince's mansion was expanded into the Rui Prince's Mansion, a road next to it was opened, so it was very close to the Duke's Mansion.
Li Qiniang inserted a golden hairpin that had been prepared on her daughter's hair bun, which was worn by Yan Xuehuai's grandmother. When the siblings and sisters left, her grandmother inserted the hairpin on the head of Zhou Da. This time, Zhou Dacheng returned to Beijing and specially brought this hairpin.
He put in a golden hairpin, and gave the makeup to the palace maids sent by the palace. It was already an hour later when the makeup was finished.
Li Qiniang looked at her daughter wearing a nine-Zhai Sifeng crown, wearing a big red sleeve, and a princess makeup. Her daughter was so beautiful, but she was extremely real.
Dill brought the red date lotus seed soup, Yan Xuehuai looked at her wide sleeves and heavy dress, and she was very doubtful if she could drink the bowl of soup into her mouth without falling.
"Miss, open your mouth, I will feed you." Dill whispered.
Yan Xuehuai...
After drinking the red date and lotus seed soup, guests arrived one after another. Miss Lu Si and Miss Wu Jiu came together. They only met for the first time yesterday and were already good friends they had known each other.
Miss Lu Si believes that good-looking people should be friends with good-looking people, such as her. Since she met Princess Rui at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival once, she felt that she and Princess Rui were very close. She and Miss Wu Jiu were the same. They all liked to eat chestnut cakes and all liked apricot yellow. They also hated the young lady of the Wu family in Jing'an Bo Mansion, so of course they would be friends.
Miss Lu Si also knew what happened on the street yesterday. She heard Miss Wu Jiu and Miss Wu Jiu heard from the servants at home. Of course, the servants at home saw it with their own eyes on the street.
When I was about to arrive at the Duke's Mansion, Miss Wu Jiu remembered something: "By the way, I only found out yesterday that the Young Master Ouyang who was engaged to Miss Zhou was the friend of my second cousin."
"Young Master Ouyang, oh, Fusheng, who is your second cousin?" Miss Lu Si asked curiously.
"It's the second son of my third uncle's family. I have been in office with my third uncle in recent years. I only returned to the capital last month, so you haven't heard of it." Miss Wu Jiu smiled and said, "My second cousin is the best-looking one in our family, and he is both civil and military. When he was a child, he lived in the military camp of Dingguo Duke for several years. Later, Dingguo Duke went to the border and his family took him back. He and Mr. Ouyang met at that time."
Miss Lu Si slapped her forehead: "I remember, your third uncle is the Lord Wu who almost married my cousin. Oh, what a pity."
Miss Wu Jiu also remembered, why did she forget that Miss Yang and Miss Lu Si were cousins.
"What a pity?" Miss Wu Jiu didn't feel a pity at all. She had seen Yang Suyun several times, but she didn't realize her talent. Instead, she thought that the man was very good at pretending. Who hadn't read a few books or painted a few paintings?
"Your beautiful second brother almost became my nephew. Isn't that a pity? I could have had a beautiful big nephew, but now I don't have one." Miss Lu Si sighed.
"Silly girl, you are so old that you are just thinking about being an elder for others. If I had known this, I wouldn't tell you about this. It's really a piano to the cow." Miss Wu Jiu got angry, snatched the last piece of chestnut cake from the plate, and took a bite without mercy.
"My chestnut cake...your second brother almost made me..." Before he finished speaking, Miss Wu Jiu glared back. Miss Lu Si pouted and looked at Miss Wu Jiu with grievance.
Miss Wu Jiu snorted. She should not talk to the little girl about the thing she was thinking about. She wanted to go home and talk to her mother.
The two got off the carriage and walked into Haitangyuan dignifiedly, but found that in addition to Zhou Wanqian and Lu Ying'er, there was another girl in Haitangyuan.
The girl looks a few years older than them, tall, delicate facial features, especially her eyes, which are black and bright.
Lu Ying'er introduced them to them, and it turned out that this was the big boss of Qinghe Banquet, the famous girl Li Baohuai and Li.
Li Baohuai was too busy and arrived in the capital last night and came here early this morning.
Seeing Li Baohuai, Miss Lu Si once again sublimated her idea. Not only are good-looking people and good-looking people good-looking people, but people who are both good-looking and able-seeing are also good-friends.
Sure enough, no one who can be friends with Princess Rui is an ordinary person.
The girls got together and there were endless topics to talk about. Yan Xuehuai was wearing big makeup and sat upright, thanking Ouyang Shanggong for his intensive training, otherwise her neck would have been crushed by the phoenix crown.
Yesterday, the women who came to make-up were all female relatives who had a good relationship with the Duke's Mansion, but today it was different. Some of them even had not received the invitation and came to join in the fun.
The reason for this is that Chai Yan did not come back and did not send wedding invitations from Prince Rui's mansion. Although it was the day for the wedding to be greeted by the princess Rui, the princess Rui brought it into Princess Mansion, but the princess did not hold a wedding banquet. He had to wait until Prince Rui returned to Beijing to formally celebrate the church and then a big banquet would be held.
Even though Chai Yan did not come back, the emperor and the prince attached great importance to today's wedding, and all civil and military officials could see it. Besides, yesterday, the female family members of the Jing'an Bo Mansion mocked King Rui on the street for not returning to Beijing for the wedding. Now they should know what they shouldn't know, and they all know. At this time, officials should not pretend not to know about this because the King Rui's mansion did not hold a wedding banquet.
Guyuan
Since you can't go to Prince Rui's Mansion, then come to Duke's Mansion. Today, there were many people in the palace. Officials came to Duke's Mansion. Even if the Duke's Mansion did not entertain them, they came to show their faces and go through the motions. In short, the emperor must not think that they also had the same thoughts as the long-tongued women in Jing'an Bo Mansion.
But the plan was not as good as the change. As soon as the Minister of Personnel picked up the teacup in front of him, the servant came in and said a few words in his ear. The Minister of Personnel was stunned and said to the servant: "Go back home quickly and send the gifts first, and I will arrive later."
The Minister of Justice, who was sitting on his head, frowned. Is this man really here to leave after showing his face?
Last year, the brother-in-law of the Minister of Personnel broke into a lawsuit and was sentenced to three thousand miles of exile. For this reason, this brother-in-law has caused him a lot of trouble. If he had not been trusted by the prince, he might have been plotted.
Therefore, the Minister of Justice now looks extremely dazzling when he sees the words and deeds of the Minister of Personnel.
Seeing that the Minister of Personnel was about to say goodbye, the Minister of Justice was about to mock him a few words. Unexpectedly, as soon as his mouth opened, his followers slipped in and came to his ear and said, "Sir, someone from the mansion has reported the news, and Prince Rui's mansion has sent someone to send wedding invitations."
The Minister of Justice was stunned. He turned his head to see the Minister of Personnel who had already stood up, and suddenly understood what was going on.
No wonder this old guy was in a hurry to leave. It turned out that he was going to Prince Rui's Mansion.
Dingguo Duke’s Mansion will marry his daughter. If the Prince Rui’s Mansion does not hold a wedding banquet, then Dingguo Duke’s Mansion will hold it, and they will naturally stay in Dingguo’s Mansion.
But if the Prince Rui Mansion holds a wedding banquet, except for the woman's parents, other relatives and friends will go to Prince Rui Mansion, and the Duke Ding Mansion will not hold a wedding banquet again. Therefore, these guests come to the Duke Ding to celebrate the wedding and set off to Prince Rui Mansion.
King Rui was in the Ministry of Justice to observe politics. Therefore, the Minister of Justice felt that compared with others, the Ministry of Justice was the closest to King Rui. No matter whether King Rui came back or not, he would go over to support the situation.
When the Minister of Justice hesitated, four or five second- and third-rank officials said goodbye to Qi Wei. Qi Wei was not unhappy. Just now, Ma Agate came to report the news that his prince came back on the fourth day of the fourth day and would come to the Duke's Mansion for a while and ask the Duke's Mansion to prepare in advance. Prince Rui wanted to go to the church to worship the mountain.
The promotion to the church and worship of the mountain began with Taizu. The concubines of several princes of Taizu were all the daughters or granddaughters of founding heroes. In order to show the emperor's attention to these heroes, the prince would come to the Yue family to worship the mountain on the day he urged him to worship the mountain and celebrate the son-in-law to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Later, going to the church to worship the mountain became a part of the prince’s wedding. It turned out that he should have been to worship the mountain yesterday, but Chai Yan did not come back at that time, so this part was gone.
If there is no before the wedding, it will not be made up after the wedding.
Therefore, when Qi Wei heard that Chai Yan was coming to the hall to worship Yue, he felt relieved. His first reaction was to ask Fusheng to tell Li Qiniang the good news.
Li Qiniang was sitting in the open hall with a group of female relatives. There were more female relatives coming today than yesterday, but all those who could sit in this open hall were old ladies and wives from various palaces, and the young wives were all outside the hall, whispering in groups of three or two.
Fusheng was naturally inconvenient to move forward, so he called a maid over and asked her to report to the open hall.
The maid was so happy when she heard this. Oh my, the groom is back!
For the sake of the princess's need to enter the mansion alone, the wife has sighed a lot these days.
The maid ran over, frightened the young women standing outside, and couldn't help but look into the open hall.
"Madam, Prince Rui has returned to Beijing. I will come to the temple to worship the mountain in a while. Please prepare for it."
Li Qiniang couldn't believe her ears and asked anxiously: "Who did you say have returned to Beijing?"
"Prince Rui, Prince Rui is back to Beijing!" the maid said happily.
Before Li Qiniang could react, the female relatives in the open hall congratulated each other, and finally could face this problem. No one dared to mention the word "chairman" today, for fear of touching the pain of the Duke's wife.
You must know that the trouble caused by the two long-tongued wives in Jing'an Bo Mansion yesterday spread throughout the capital.
"Mrs. Li, go and change your clothes quickly. Maybe the people from the Ministry of Rites are almost here."
Someone reminded Li Qiniang that she couldn't wear this outfit.
Not only Li Qiniang, but also the Zhong and Han family were granted the imperial seal. The three of them hurriedly changed their clothes and finally put the complicated clothes neatly. A maid ran in: "The people from the Ministry of Rites are here!"
The Ministry of Rites was obviously worried that something would happen suddenly, and the Duke's Mansion was not prepared. Fortunately, although the Duke's Mansion was not prepared, it was not panic. When Prince Rui dismounted in front of the mansion, Qi Mao had already brought Xiaoman to greet him outside the mansion.
As Duke Ding, the prince went to the church to worship his mother. According to the regulations, he did not have to go out of the house to welcome him. Therefore, Qi Wei and Li Qiniang, along with a group of female relatives except Yan Xuehuai, greeted him at the second door.
The news that Prince Rui returned to Beijing was as if he had grown wings when the governments received the wedding invitations, and spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
The people who originally thought that there was not much attention to the wedding today, all came out of their homes. The prince had to walk around the inner city and then around the imperial city. I heard that when the emperor was still Prince Yu, he was happy to marry Princess Yu, but he actually walked around the outer city again, causing the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair to be so tired that they almost lay on the ground.
The female family members of wealthy families hurriedly sent people to the teahouse to take a seat, while the common people helped the elderly and the children out of the house. This was the first happy event after the new emperor ascended the throne, and they could be told for a lifetime after watching it.
Jingya and Wuchengsi had already received the news that they were ready and added 20% of their hands on the basis of yesterday.
There was no way. I heard that King Duan and King Zhuang were still on the way, and Prince Rui rushed back overnight, with only two followers by his side.
It is conceivable that in order to welcome the bride in person, Prince Rui worked hard, and the rush to marry a wife can be felt even through the entire imperial city.
After walking for more than a thousand miles in two days, Prince Rui got crazy and might have to learn from his father and walk around the outer city.
The more I thought about Jingya and Wuchengsi, the more I felt that it was possible. Jingya and Wuchengsi sent people to the outer city.
In the Haitangyuan, Miss Lu Si was so happy that she forgot her demeanor and grinned her mouth to her cheeks. She had been waiting for this day for a long time, and had been waiting since the day of the Lantern Festival.
The Seven Kings of Hells are beautiful, and Sister Yan is also beautiful.
Chapter completed!