The relationship between Gu Qingci and Gu Qingwan has always been very good. Gu Qingjin has a demure and gentle temperament, and he is fair and tolerant towards his younger sisters. In the past, when Gu Qingci quarreled with her sisters, she would listen to Gu Qingjin's persuasion.
Furthermore, because of this happy event, Li Cheng went home again.
Gu Qingci couldn't help but feel elated, while silently calculating, it's almost half a month, and with the leave she asked for this time, Mrs. Xiang can stay at home for a few more days.
The two packed up and got into the carriage together.
After Li Cheng went to Fengtai Academy to study, his free time was greatly reduced, but his academic progress was also obvious, which gave him some knowledge about the future exams.
However, being far away from home also has advantages, for example, it is more convenient and there are more things to do. It’s not that I couldn’t do it before, but sometimes I lacked an opportunity.
After he came back, he naturally had to pay attention to Gu Qingci, and put most of his energy on her. He was afraid that he would cause some troubles if he was too far away and would not be able to see. Things got bigger and bigger, it was so hard to handle.
Li Cheng is used to being a person who takes one step at a time and sees ten steps at a time. He is cautious and meticulous, and can kill the signs of bad things in time when he finds them, instead of being big-hearted and waiting for the contradictions and problems to reach the point of irreconcilability.
It can also be said to be a kind of sense of urgency to prevent problems before they happen, or in other words, the vigilance born in consciousness.
From the time he went home to greet Mrs. Sun, Li Cheng was slowly learning about the situation and asking about his family's affairs.
The rhetoric in the mouth of others is one part, and his own observation is another part.
Thinking of something that happened last night, Li Cheng couldn't help squinting his eyes, leaning on the back of the car, thinking.
Gu Qingci was chatting about Gu Qingjin, she was in a good mood.
Because she was going to attend a wedding banquet, Gu Qingci's upper body clothes were brand new today, a goose yellow dress with a slanted collar, embroidered with white auspicious clouds, and a pair of warm yellow satin shoes with double lotus branches under her feet.
There are pendants on the ears, hairpin rings in the hair, and a flower tin on the forehead. Her color is extremely bright and eye-catching, her face is flamboyant with a smile, and she has the demeanor of a noble lady.
I'm afraid that if the young man looked at her, he would be dazed for a long time.
On the other hand, Li Cheng listened to her and occasionally responded to her.
Seeing that Gu Qingci spoke with great interest, Li Cheng lowered his head and glanced at the osmanthus stuffed honey cake on the small table in the middle, then pinched a piece from the plate and fed it to Gu Qingci.
This kind of honey-stuffed dessert is Gu Qingci's favorite, she likes sweets, so she obediently ate it for a moment.
After eating one or two pieces of mind, I was taken there, and I haven't noticed it yet.
Li Cheng smiled, and said slowly, "How is Guan Guan's Cuju training?"
Gu Qingci tilted his head, swallowed the snack in his mouth, wiped his fingertips with a handkerchief, and said: "Oh, it's good, we all played very well, but sometimes we are a little tired, the female master in the palace is afraid Stricter than the teachers in the school."
For a few days, Gu Qingci really wanted to leave her alone, thinking that a young lady like her would be controlled by a subordinate. Later, Liu Shuyue scolded her in a low voice and asked her if she forgot who was behind the scenes who asked them to practice this Yes, do you really want to offend others
Gu Qingci suddenly woke up, and went to Cuju obediently every day.
Afterwards, it will be no problem if you get used to it completely. Cuju is just for fun, it's much better than asking her to recite poems and write poems.
Li Cheng smiled and raised his eyebrows, and said: "Isn't that a hardworking lady?"
He has a suave and suave appearance like a crown jade, and jokes in a flattering tone.
Gu Qingci's face turned red all of a sudden.
He laughed a few times, feeling embarrassed, so he tilted his head to one side, pretending to look out of the window.
Li Cheng sat over, took her hand and squeezed it twice, and said with a smile: "There is no one else around, so why are you ashamed?"
He led Gu Qingci to talk, and said inadvertently: "Did grandma ask you to go to Dajue Temple to offer incense with her in the future?"
Gu Qingci nodded, and replied: "It is said that grandfather's birthday sacrifice is coming soon, and we are going to light a long burning lantern in the temple, and ask the abbot to recite scriptures. Grandma said that I only entered the door last year, and I have never kowtowed to my grandfather before, so I did not kowtow to my grandfather before." Take me there."
Li Cheng kept his expression on, and said in his mouth: "It's true, mother is going." But he was thinking in his heart that the Li family had never gone to the temple to perform the mantra for the grandfather who had passed away for many years. Why did you suddenly think of it this year
Gu Qingci didn't take it seriously, she just paid respects to the Buddha, and she has been to Dajue Temple several times.
She said: "And I don't know, mother didn't seem to say that she wanted to go with her."
Many thoughts flashed through Li Cheng's mind, but it was not the right time, so he suppressed them for the time being.
The carriage wobbled and arrived at Mingde Hou Mansion.
Today, the mansion was overjoyed, it was naturally very lively and full of guests, both sides of the street at the gate were full of carriages parked one by one, and there was a din of people.
The two got out of the car and went inside, followed the maid into the mansion, the man went to the front yard by himself, and the women went to the inner house.
Gu Qingci only followed the second wife, met some female guests, and talked with those wives.
When the time came, all relatives, friends and family members went to look after Gu Qingjin in the new house. There was another set of procedures here. The bride opened her face, drew her eyebrows, put on makeup and put on a high bun, Quanfu Xi Niang combed her hair again and again and sang blessings, and finally covered her with a red hijab.
There was constant laughter in the inner room, and then, the wives began to add makeup to the bride. There was a big mahogany box on a square table next to the wall. One by one, everyone sent the prepared things into it one by one. , next to Lifu's mother sang the ceremony, and the little maid behind her took a pen to record it, which is called saving blessings.
If the bride gets more make-up, it means good fortune, and she will naturally be rich and honorable in the temple when she goes to her husband's house.
The first one to add makeup is the bride’s natal family, and the grandma and aunts add the first one, this is the heaviest; the second is the own aunts and aunts; the third is relatives and friends.
Gu Qingjin is the daughter-in-law of the Hou Mansion, so she looks very pretty when she puts on makeup, and in the end the box is full.
Gu Qingci got married in a hurry at that time, and she was unwilling in her heart, not to mention the various festivities like today, it would be good if she didn't cry that day.
So she has gone through all these things, but now she doesn't have any impression when she thinks about it, she just thinks that when she was sitting on the bed in the house, there was no such loud laughter outside, only her mother and the eldest lady were on the sidelines. At the beginning, she only thought that the words of blessing that others said were mocking herself.
Now that I think about it, I feel a little sour, and I feel very regretful.
At this time, there was a commotion outside, and then there was a sound of a trumpet and suona, and it took about a quarter of an hour to stop.
Quan Fu Xi Niang said with a smile: "It's the groom's official who came in."
Everyone laughed again.
There are four sons from the Gu family outside. Since ancient times, there is a custom of blocking the door when marrying a daughter-in-law. If you want to marry a delicate girl from another family, the new son-in-law is proud to use eighteen martial arts, reciting poems against each other, drawing a bow and shooting arrows.
It took a long time to enter the door and marry the bride.
During the busy half day, when the bride went out, Gu Qingci went to dinner with the second wife.
The second wife, the third wife and the concubine's concubine were sitting at the same table, along with Gu Qingci and the others.
On such a happy day, as the second concubine, Aunt Zhou couldn't leave the house.
Therefore, no matter how proud Gu Qingwan is usually, she has to obediently follow behind the second wife at this time.
Seeing Gu Qingci now, she couldn't hold back a good face at all. When she was eating, her eyes fell on Gu Qingci from time to time, hiding her resentment and viciousness.
It's just that when people looked over, she quickly moved away again.
Gu Qingci got impatient with that sinister gaze, and simply smiled and said, "Fifth Sister, what do you think I am doing, it's so expressionless, it's weird."
She doesn't care about Gu Qingwan's face.
Gu Qingwan's complexion suddenly changed, and then returned to normal in an instant.
But the second wife and aunt had already looked over.
The second wife had a warning expression, while the aunt looked at her with complete dissatisfaction, frowning, her eyes shining with disgust, as if she was looking at something filthy.
Gu Qingwan's heart was bleeding, she squeezed her hands tightly, and cursed the second wife and Gu Qingci a hundred times in her heart, she hated Gu Qingci's arrogant and reckless appearance, hated Bai's viciousness, knew that the aunt always hated concubines, But deliberately want to sit at the same table with others.
Yes, she, Gu Qingci, is a descendant and has a high status, so even if Gu Qingci is not as good as herself in everything, she can be as proud as she is, and the second wife is always protecting her, and even the aunt only regards the descendant as a junior, while she, she thinks I don't even want to take a look!
Before Gu Qingci made friends with Princess Tai'an and the others, Gu Qingwan's eyes were already red with jealousy.
She obviously went to see the second master, and the second master had already agreed the day before, but a few days later, her father sent someone to tell her to read at home if she had nothing to do, and it was not suitable for her to be weak.
At that time, Gu Qingwan wished she could rush over and ask why in a sharp voice, and she tried her best to hold back. In the end, she blamed Gu Qingci for all her mistakes, thinking that she had said something bad about herself in front of Princess Tai'an.
In this way, almost no one hates the sky!
Seeing Gu Qingwan's dissatisfied expression, the aunt taught me bluntly: "How did your aunt teach you? Who did you show that weird face to? Are there any rules for girls? The first one!"
Even though this table was filled with relatives of the Gu family, Gu Qingwan was still ashamed and wished she could just throw away her handkerchief and leave, but she didn't dare, if she dared to lose her temper at her table, her reputation would be ruined.
On the contrary, Gu Qingci was overjoyed, and then he pulled his aunt to talk affectionately and coquettishly.
No one paid any attention to Gu Qingwan anymore.
As for the female relatives at the side table, the wife who noticed this scene, couldn't help but think in her heart that she often heard that the daughter of the second wife of the Gu family was arrogant and domineering and had no rules. Today, it was completely different when she saw her. Appropriate, but the temperament seems a little straightforward, but it makes people feel real. On the other hand, the concubine next to him was weak and aggrieved. He still dared to show resentment after saying a few words to his elders. It was really a lot of bad manners.
I heard that Gu Qingwan grew up next to her aunt, and that aunt was spoiled and bullied to raise her daughter, and the second master also agreed.
The madam was disdainful, and then thought, the daughter raised by the concubine's house is absolutely not allowed to enter the house.
This is when Aunt Zhou wanted to raise her daughter, but the second wife kept silent and did not object. After the second master came over and made a fuss, they immediately granted their wish. Many people felt that the second wife had been greatly insulted. The girl from the family grew up next to the concubine's room
The second wife sneered in her heart at that time, you want to raise it, okay, I will let you raise it.
Aunt Zhou is good at flattering and pampering men, but her status is low, and she doesn't know anything about some things. She only cares about stepping on the second wife's face, but she doesn't know that her trick will harm her daughter in the future.
The more particular the family, the more rules there are. Who would want to hire a woman raised by a concubine as a housewife.
This is true for the honorable family, and even more so for the Qingliu family.
The second wife picked up a glass of fruit wine, covered half of her face with a handkerchief, and there was a sneer of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth.