When everything was done, Wei An saw his face in the mirror and couldn't help but gasp. Isn't it too white
Mrs. Ping'an Hou saw her surprise and smiled, "I have tried my best to apply it evenly. Bridal makeup is supposed to be heavy. Some brides who can't bear it will really have a clown face. But you can bear it. Your small face and big eyes make you look even more gorgeous and stunning like this!"
Wei An didn't like heavy makeup. She was born with a pair of peach blossom eyes instead of almond-shaped eyes. With a little makeup, her eyes became extremely prominent and radiant. The Princess Changning and the princess married by Peng Caichen later always ridiculed her for this.
But there was nothing she could do at the moment. The lady was not wrong. The bridal makeup was supposed to be like this. She blushed slightly and lowered her head and said yes.
Nanny Wang hurried forward and handed two thick red envelopes to the wife of the Marquis of Ping'an, repeatedly expressing her gratitude: "Thank you, Madam, for your help."
The old lady who was waiting in the courtyard, Feicui, came in and smiled and asked the wife of Ping'an Marquis to go sit with the old lady Wei: "The old lady said that when the lady is done with her work, she can go sit with her. The guests have already arrived."
The wife of the Marquis of Ping An quickly agreed, and took out a pair of jade pendants from the box that the maid had been holding and placed them in Wei An's hands: "These little things are worthless, just give them to the princess as a toy. I wish the princess all the best in the future, and that she and her husband will live happily ever after."
The previous additional makeup had already been given, so Wei An quickly stood up and declined.
The wife of the Marquis of Ping An insisted that she continue: "Go on, that one is for the make-up, and this one is for the gift of humility, it should have been given to you in the first place, as long as you don't mind it."
Wei An sat down again, and Princess Zheng arrived again.
She came early and sat with Old Madam Wei first. She came over when she heard that everything was almost done. When she saw Wei An, she handed him two thick red envelopes and said, "This is a little gift from your father and me. An An, I wish you everything goes well and you will be free from worries in the future."
She said this sincerely because she felt guilty. After King Zheng had already given her a very generous dowry, she also gave him a big red envelope. That was almost the largest amount she could afford.
Although she knew in her heart that some gaps were impossible to bridge, she would still try to make up for them as much as she could.
Wei An thanked her sincerely, and waited until Princess Zheng sat down and talked a lot, then stood up and left, then he handed the red envelope to Nanny Wang who was in charge of keeping these things.
Nanny Wang took it and took a look. She couldn't help but gasp and said to Wei An, "Miss! The prince has ten silver notes of one thousand taels... ... the princess has eight notes as well!"
Prince Zheng had almost done his best to prepare a dowry for Wei An, so Wei An's dowry was extremely generous. She did not expect that Prince Zheng would give so much cash now, especially for Princess Zheng. Eight thousand taels was probably all she had. She was silent for a moment, suppressing the shock and feelings in her heart, and then said to Nanny Wang: "I know, put it away."
Nanny Wang replied with a "yes" and did not dare to be careless. She wrote down the number carefully and put the things into the dressing box that Wei An would take with him.
Many close friends and women from relatives' families came one after another, and Wei An just had to lower his head shyly.
At the end of the Shen period, the groom, Shen Chen, Marquis of Pingxi, finally arrived.
Someone came in from a distance and delivered a message to Yuqing and the others: "Here they are! They are at the gate now!"
Yuqing couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, and went back to imitate Wei An about the situation outside: "I heard that our second young master, fourth young master and young master Jing are all making things difficult for the groom! But the marquis is cunning, he brought the third young master Lin and the prince of Linjiang Palace, and also the grandson of Master Mei..."
Wei Kun and Wei Jie were both honest people. How could they be a match for Shen Chen when it comes to playing with things? Not to mention the support of Lin Sanshao and Chu Jingwu, these two guys are proficient in all kinds of martial arts.
Wei An couldn't help laughing at Yuqing's vivid description, and the nervousness in his heart was relieved a lot. It was not until he heard that the groom had passed all the tests and came in that he was surrounded by Nanny Wang, Yuqing and others.
Wei Yangqing and his wife were already waiting in the main hall. Old Madam Wei sat in the main seat, accepted Shen Chen's greeting, took the tea that Shen Chen handed over respectfully, looked him up and down for a while, and said after a long time: "Treat her well!"
Shen Chen nodded hurriedly and bowed to Wei Yangqing and his wife and King Zheng and his wife respectively.
Wei Yangqing was fine. He felt very guilty towards Wei An at first, but gradually they spent less and less time together and their relationship was not that good anymore, so he did things very smoothly and said a series of instructions very naturally.
Fourth Miss Xu was also a qualified stepmother, and she gave a few instructions in a gentle but measured manner.
But King Zheng was different. At the end of his speech, tears welled up in his eyes. He told Wei An and Shen Chen to respect and love each other in the future and to work together as a couple.
Princess Zheng couldn't help but shed a few tears.
Finally, the old lady held Wei An's hand and patted it, and whispered: "From now on, you will have to rely on yourselves. You must love each other and discuss everything with each other..."
Wei An's throat felt like it was clogged with a ball of cotton, so heavy that she couldn't utter a word. She could only nod vigorously, tears falling to the ground.
Shen Chen couldn't see Wei An's face through the veil, but he understood her mood very well. He took the opportunity to use the sleeves of his wide wedding gown to quickly squeeze Wei An's hand to comfort her.
It was time to go out. Firecrackers were heard outside. Old Madam Wei pushed her and said softly, "Go ahead. Be fine."
Wei Anfu lay on Wei Jie's back and was carried into the sedan chair by him. He still couldn't help sobbing in the sedan chair. Only when the convoy had walked for a while did he slowly stop crying. He took a look at the street scene outside through the rising and falling curtains of the sedan chair.
Both sides of the street were already filled with people watching the fun, and they all couldn't help but marvel at the grand scale of this wedding.
According to the calculations made by the Imperial Observatory, the sedan chair had to go around the moat, then around the inner city, and arrive at the Linjiang Palace at a fixed time. The route had already been planned. After Wei An felt a little dizzy from being jolted by the large sedan chair that was carried by eight people, the sedan chair finally stopped at the gate of the Linjiang Palace.
Wei An held onto the sedan chair to steady himself, and then he saw a slender and powerful hand reaching out from outside. He placed his hand on it without any hesitation. (To be continued)