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Yuan Cixian fell into deep thought.
Considering the friendship between Lu Shiqing and Shao Hedan Rushui, there was really no reason for him to let her know such a private matter. In that case, could it be that in his previous life, his inhumane deeds spread all over the country
Yuan Cixian seemed to see the mocking faces of men, women, young and old in Chang'an City. They pointed fingers at Lu Shiqing and gossiped about him behind his back. He didn't know who his widowed wife was in his previous life, but no matter what, this person was her in this life.
Thinking of this, she covered her mouth suddenly, and the expression on her face changed: pity, grief, and full of confusion and fear about the future.
Lu Shiqing's face had turned gloomy.
Can’t be human… Can’t be human! He can, he can be very powerful, the kind of power that can swallow up the lakes and seas, unstoppable force, thunder and lightning, and shake the earth and mountains!
He used his left hand behind his back to press down his right hand, suppressing the urge to step forward and knock Yuan Cixian's chestnuts, and said as calmly and without anger as possible: "It's not serious, it's just a minor injury, it's no big deal."
How could it not be a hindrance? "A little tolerance can ruin a great plan"! From what Shao He said, Lu Shiqing might have fallen ill because of his carelessness, which eventually cut off the Lu family's incense.
She said solemnly, "Don't take it lightly! Tell me how you got hurt and how serious your injury is now. I..." She looked at him sincerely, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
“…” There are many things she can do.
Lu Shiqing rolled his Adam's apple, took a deep breath, held her shoulders, turned her over and pushed her out: "Let's do it in five days. Be well behaved these few days and don't come to me."
Don't come to him and expose him.
*
The wedding date was so tight that the Lu and Yuan families were busy for the past five days. The Lu family was mainly preparing the betrothal gifts and decorating the mansion so that everything would go smoothly on the day of the wedding. As for the Yuan family, they were mainly focused on three things - how to support Yuan Cixian, support her, and support her.
The King and Queen of Southern Yunnan were not in Chang'an, so they could not rush to welcome the bride in person, and they could not disobey the emperor's order, so they had to leave everything to Yuan Yu.
When Yuan Yu heard that he would be living alone in five days, he collapsed on his chair for a whole day before he pulled himself together. Then he started to buy dowry for Yuan Cixian like crazy. After one night, he almost emptied the entire Yuan Mansion and almost took Xiao Hei with him. In the end, Yuan Cixian stopped him because she was afraid that he would be alone without anyone to take care of him.
Yuan Yu sighed. Even with Xiao Hei, isn't there still no one to take care of him
On the day before the wedding, Yuan Yu followed the Zhou dynasty's custom of "preparing the mother and the bridegroom boy" and invited a woman from the Chen family, who was famous in the capital for her eloquence, to go to the Lu residence to prepare the dowry and show off the Yuan family's dowry, to prevent his sister from being bullied by the Lu family after she got married.
Yuan Cixian was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she found out.
Ever since Lu Shiqing started to take a fancy to her, not only she, but even her brother became fearless and started to act like a spoiled brat, not afraid of angering this powerful backer.
She felt that it was unnecessary to support the situation. After all, her status and rank were high, the Lu family was simple, and Aunt Xuan treated her daughter-in-law as her own daughter, so she would never bully Lu Shiqing.
Yuan Cixian had been busy being manipulated like a puppet by various people for the past five days. She had to memorize the wedding ceremony, remember wedding customs and taboos, and try on wedding dresses.
But this wedding dress really doesn't fit at all.
She felt a little depressed when she thought of this. This was something Lu Shiqing had secretly sent someone to make in the first month of the year. He never asked her a single question, but he measured and cut the size so well. Didn't he know her inside out
There was no mystery left about her beauty.
Yuan Cixian had been restless for several days, as if she had been in a war. She fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow at night. She was completely different from other young ladies waiting to be married. She had almost no time to feel sad about the passing of time. It was not until the day of the wedding that she performed the ancestor worship ceremony at home and was helped by a room full of maids to put on her wedding dress and put on her makeup that she felt for the first time the reality of getting married.
Although marrying Lu Shiqing was what she wanted in her heart, she felt disappointed when she thought that her father and mother were unable to see her off to marry him. She felt that this marriage was too hasty.
There were several maids in the room who were sent by Emperor Huining to help. They were sweet-mouthed and good at talking. Seeing her staring at the bronze mirror in a daze, they hurried forward to comfort her, praised her beautiful makeup, and whispered that her clothes were so exquisite that they even surpassed Princess Shaohe's wedding dress.
Shaohe's wedding dress was hastily made by people in the palace using old clothes. Although the specifications were higher than hers, it was inevitably a little rough. She planned to make do with it for now and replace it with a new one after arriving in Nanzhao.
Yuan Cixian had put a lot of effort into designing her wedding dress. The green long-sleeved hairpin dress was stitched very tightly, and even the lining was not even visible with any protruding threads. It was very comfortable and fitted. The embroidery on the dress was intricate and delicate, with many unique patterns in southern Yunnan. Compared with other wedding dresses, it was much lighter, so she didn't feel so tired that she couldn't straighten her back.
When she first put it on, she was really surprised by Lu Shiqing's care. If she had anything to complain about, it was the color of her skirt and shoes. The Great Zhou stipulated that if the husband was an official, the bride's skirt and shoes must be based on the rank of her husband. Lu Shiqing's official uniform was scarlet, so Yuan Cixian had no choice but to wear red and green.
However, the maids said that the county princess was naturally beautiful, and she would still look stunning even if ink was splashed on her body.
Yuan Cixian didn't believe them, and when she heard them talking about Shaohe, she diverted her attention a little and asked her how she was doing. The maids said that she looked fine and didn't seem to be reluctant to let her go.
She sighed when she heard that. The imperial family is the coldest and most indifferent. Being a lover in the imperial family is really too hard. It would be a good thing if you could be a little more cold-hearted and not feel any reluctance.
Yuan Cihan sighed and was just beginning to feel a little sad when she saw Shicui and Jianzhi running into the house, saying that the wedding procession would be here soon.
She had no time to think about it, and hurriedly told the two of them to tell their brothers not to be too hard on Lu Shiqing, just to ask for some money and poems to urge him to get ready, and never to learn other people's tricks of playing with bamboo sticks. Yuan Yu, who likes to watch the fun, called everyone in Chang'an who had a little connection with the Yuan family to support her today. She was really afraid that Lu Shiqing would be bullied and couldn't stand it, and turned around and said he didn't want to marry her.
About half an hour later, Yuan Cixian put on a new layer of makeup. She heard the noisy sounds outside getting closer and closer, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lu Shiqing had finally made it here.
She heard the bridesmaids outside shouting for him, urging her to stop hiding and get out quickly. It seemed that many of them were third-rank officials in the court. Shi Cui whispered to her that Minister Lu was really good at this, as he could invite such a high-ranking official.
Yuan Cixian thought to himself, that was no big deal, he would be the Minister of the Central Secretariat in the future, and these people were just there to help him.
The maids heard the bridesmaids outside shouting until their voices were almost hoarse, so they covered Yuan Cixian's head with a veil and helped her out.
Yuan Cixian was eager to see if Lu Shiqing was beaten badly, so she looked for him in the crowd as soon as she stepped out. Through the hazy veil, she caught a glimpse of a figure standing in the middle with his hands behind his back, as if smiling at her.
Yuan Cixian herself also felt strange. She could only see a shadow, but she had a hunch that he must be smiling.
Lu Shiqing really couldn't help laughing. Who told her to not even be shy and reserved, and rush to look for him as soon as she went out
The bridesmaids in front were all eloquent and could use their mouths as wheels. When they saw the bride finally come out after much anticipation, they started to praise her highly. The bride's relatives and friends on the other side also praised her back with gusto. As time went on, the praises became more and more praiseworthy, and in the end they compared the two of them to a fairy couple in heaven.
After they had praised enough, the two of them were able to go to the hall one after the other to perform the saddle-sitting ceremony and the goose-laying ceremony. After the series of complicated and tiring ceremonies were over, Yuan Yu gave Yuan Cixian a few words of advice on behalf of his father, and then sent her out of the house and into the curtained carriage outside.
Yuan Yu had been nagging her for five days straight, but it seemed like he hadn't gotten enough. When he saw her getting on the carriage, he felt like he hadn't said anything, so he shouted from a distance at her back, "Don't forget to come home often. If Lu Zishu doesn't give you a chance, just wait for your brother to come knocking on your door!"
Yuan Cixian didn't know why, but when she heard this, her nose felt sore and she almost burst into tears. She couldn't help but lean on the carriage railing to look back at her brother, but she saw Lu Shiqing sitting high on his horse, circling the carriage three times. While he was close to her, he asked in a low voice: "If he whips me again, will you block it?"
Yuan Cixian knew that he wanted to divert her attention and didn't want her to cry. Hearing this, she snorted coldly and said through the veil: "I won't block it, but I will ask my brother to give you two symmetrical whips."
Lu Shiqing smiled and said nothing. After circling three times, he went to the front and prepared to set off.
The gold, silver, pearls and jade hanging on the carriage jingled as the wind blew. The welcoming procession meandered slowly towards Yongxingfang in the dusk.
The sound of drums, music and singing was so loud that it stopped the moving clouds. Yuan Cixian sat upright in the car and could vaguely see the road ahead through the veil.
She has walked this road many times, but this time, there will be no return.
From today on, she really put her blessings and misfortunes completely in the hands of that person.
He said there was only one Lu Shiqing in the world, and he only had time to worry about one Yuan Cixian. She believed it.
*
The welcoming procession marched into Yongxingfang in a mighty procession. When they arrived at the gate of Lu's mansion, Yuan Cihan was helped out of the car by a maid, and walked on the felt mats laid on the ground in advance, all the way inside, to the makeshift chalet.
Qinglu is also known as Baizizhang, which is also a Hu custom. The two of them greeted each other in accordance with the etiquette before going to the bedroom. Afterwards, Yuan Cixian took off the veil and covered her face with a fan instead.
This bedroom was where Lu Shiqing lived originally, but it was renovated and decorated in a few days, and a new bed was replaced. Xiyan's room was now crowded with people. Yuan Cixian and Lu Shiqing were surrounded by a group of guests and sat on the left and right of the bed. The host began to say a blessing speech, and then someone scattered flowers and fruits on the bed.
The people who were spreading the tent kept spreading it to celebrate, and they stopped only when they almost drowned the two people. After they finished, someone suggested that Lu Shiqing write a poem to praise the bride's appearance, so that she would take off the fan and let everyone feast their eyes.
For the third place winner, writing a poem about fanning the opponent was certainly no problem. After all, the three poems he had just written in Yuan Mansion to urge the bride to get dressed had all won unanimous applause. But the problem was that he didn't want to feast everyone's eyes on the feast.
Everyone looked at him expectantly, but he only smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid I have to disappoint you all. I have run out of ideas and can no longer write poetry."
Yuan Cixian choked and looked at him secretly with the fan in hand. He probably thought she was too beautiful to be seen by others.
Everyone was making a commotion, and despite repeated urging, Lu Shiqing just wouldn't open his mouth, so they had no choice but to disperse, while talking about how stingy he was.
After everyone had left, Lu Shiqing reached out to take Yuan Cixian's fan, but she dodged him and said, "No, I want to hear the fan poem. If you don't praise me, I won't drink the wedding wine with you."
Didn't she just want to hear him praise her for her good looks? Lu Shiqing said, "I don't need poetry, I'll use other ways to praise you."
"What is it?"
"Take down the fan."
Yuan Cihan took the fan doubtfully, but before she had time to prepare herself, Lu Shiqing came over and kissed her lips.
She should have thought of this kind of hooliganism earlier!
Yuan Cixian was annoyed, stretched out her hand to pinch his waist, pushed him away, and said: "You ate up all my lip balm, how can I be beautiful!"
Just as Lu Shiqing was about to speak, there was a knock on the door. The maid asked him and his bride if they were ready to change their clothes, and reminded him to greet the guests as soon as possible.
The two of them had no choice but to stop making trouble for the time being, and quickly finished their wedding wine. Then they asked someone to come inside to help them change their clothes. Then, according to the Zhou wedding customs, they each cut off a lock of hair, tied them together and kept them as a token of love.
Lu Shiqing was forced to leave without much time, and left in a hurry after finishing what he had done. Yuan Cixian was still angry, and angrily told him to send those people back quickly, and then continue to settle the accounts.
He smiled and sighed, as if he had agreed. But before he left, he paused and suddenly turned around and called her, "Yuan Cixian."
Yuan Cixian sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at him strangely. Then he blinked faintly and said, "Sit still and wait for me to come back."
She thought to herself that she would definitely wait for him to come back, but why was she still sitting there unable to move? That must be very tiring.
Yuan Cihan nodded and waved her hand to urge him to leave quickly. She waited for a full half hour without moving, but he didn't come back. Finally, she suspected that his words before leaving were meant to make fun of her. She couldn't help but stand up to stretch her muscles and paced back and forth in the room.
Lu Shiqing asked the servants to leave, so no one stopped her from moving.
She walked to the outer room. She had nothing to do and she didn't want to send anyone to urge Lu Shiqing to come back, so as not to embarrass him in front of the guests. So she flipped through the books on his desk and played with his pens. She raised her eyes inadvertently and saw a strangely shaped hollow on the wall illuminated by the candle.
She frowned, stood up curiously to take a look, and felt that the shape looked familiar. She turned around and looked at the jade pen pillow on the table, and was stunned.
This jade pen pillow seems to be able to be embedded into the hollow in the wall.
Her keen intuition about hidden passages and mechanisms suddenly made her a little excited.
She has discovered the secret room in Lu Shiqing's bedroom. She doesn't know what's hidden inside. Now that she is the hostess, it shouldn't be considered a violation for her to take a look, right
She ran to the door and glanced outside through the crack. Seeing that there was no one around, she quickly turned back and stuffed the jade pen pillow into the groove in the wall.
With a slight "creaking" sound, her feet slowly moved open a secret door. Looking down, she saw several damp stone steps, and further inside, there seemed to be a secret passage that seemed to have no end.
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