On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the yellow calendar is a rare and auspicious day, which is beneficial for weddings, funerals, and marriages. When the sky was bright, Shen Miao was awakened by Jing Zhe and Gu Yu and was going to dress her up.
Originally Shen Miao thought that she would not be able to sleep no matter what the night before, but who knew that when that day came, she slept extraordinarily sweetly. It's like returning to a carefree childhood.
Because of the sound sleep, the face looks more watery, and the complexion is also very good. Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang brought some delicate pastries to Shen Miao, and the pastries were made small. Bai Lu said, "Miss, eat some food first. Today's wedding ceremony is complicated, so you can't go hungry on the way." He picked up a small bowl of porridge and said, "This is what Madam cooked for the girl herself when she woke up early in the morning. Winter porridge, drink good luck!"
Shen Miao picked up the bowl and slowly drank it. There was some emotion in my heart.
In her previous life, she married Fu Xiu Yi because she was angry and crying with her family, forcing Shen Xin to have no choice but to agree in the end. But in this marriage, there are more people watching and less blessings. At that time, Luo Xueyan was so angry with her that she barely supported her to do the whole wedding ceremony. How could she still have the heart to cook porridge
Unlike now, everyone in the house is happy, working hard for her. Shen Miao felt in a trance that this marriage seemed to be very good.
When they were about to finish eating, Luo Xueyan came in, followed by a middle-aged woman. This woman didn't look very outstanding, but people's eyes couldn't help but fall on her, and the clothes were also very particular, so people could remember it when they saw it. in the bottom of my heart.
"This is Mrs. Mei from Dingjing," Luo Xueyan said with a smile, "Today, I came here to be a bride for you."
Shen Miao was slightly surprised.
Mei Niangzi is a very famous person in the Ding capital. She came from an official family, but she started doing business in spite of her family's opposition since she was a child. And the business is rouge gouache, clothes and jewelry. There are countless beautiful daughters growing up in Dingjing, and the daughters of the official family are not short of money, as long as they can satisfy their love for beauty.
And Lady Mei's clothes and jewelry, rouge gouache, are just the best and unique. Although Mrs. Mei was in business, no one would underestimate her.
And Mrs. Mei's most outstanding craftsmanship is putting makeup on people. There was once a prince in Ming Qi who married a concubine, and that concubine had some friendship with Mrs. Mei, so Mrs. Mei was her concubine. Later, some people said that the bride of the princess was probably the most beautiful since the founding of Ming Qi. .
But Mrs. Mei was the other party's bride, just because the other party had friendship with her, and others didn't have so much luck. For so many years, Mrs. Mei has never been the bride of others.
Shen Miao was surprised and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Madam Mei to be willing to admire her face."
Mrs. Mei said with a smile: "Don't say that, wangfei. When the slave family saw the princess, they felt that they were lucky. They wanted to come over and ask for a good deal, so they came over with a shy face. The princess doesn't dislike the craftsmanship of the slave family, and the slave family is satisfied."
These businessmen are very eloquent. Seeing people talking and talking about ghosts, Shen Miao naturally did not believe in words of fate, thinking that Shen Xin paid a lot of money for this Lady Mei, but after thinking about it, Lady Mei seemed to be There is no shortage of money, and even doing business is only based on mood, so how can you care about the benefits of these external things
Just thinking about it, Mrs. Mei has already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Princess, this bride's outfit is very complicated. Please put on the wedding clothes first, so that the slave family can make up for you."
Luo Xueyan hurriedly urged Shen Miao to go over.
Change your clothes, twist noodles, pan your head, change your jewelry, and apply layers of powder.
While Mrs. Mei was dressing Shen Miao, she smiled and said, "The slave family has seen quite a few girls over the years, the daughters of the official family have also asked the slave family to buy jewelry and powder, and the ladies in Dingjing have seen the slave family. There is no one who can match the arrogance of the princess." She smiled and said to Luo Xueyan: "Madam, don't blame the slave family for being so talkative, the princess doesn't look like the lady. The lady is hearty and straightforward, but the princess is graceful and luxurious, and it is the palace. The nobles here are also a bit inferior."
Hearing people compliment her daughter, Luo Xue Yan was naturally happy, but when she said she went to the palace, Luo Xue Yan said modestly, "It's as good as it is, but Jiaojiao is calm and composed, she is much better than her father."
“You can’t say that,” Madam Mei painted Shen Miao’s brows and said, “Some people have noble status, but they don’t have that weight in their bones, they are just holding a shelf, take off their clothes, and throw away their jewelry, they will be flat-headed people. There is no difference. Some people are different, they are clothed and Jingchai, they have nothing, go there, and they are still high above. I think the princess is the latter." She smiled: "Looking at the fate of the rich and noble. However, Mrs. Jin'er is also at ease, she will definitely not be clothed with Jing Chai, such a good wedding dress, such a good jewelry, if my wife Mei does not put on good makeup for the princess, she will be smashing her own sign. Always make the princess the head of Dingjing. one!"
Shen Miao let Madam Mei play with her while listening to what Madam Mei said, thinking that Madam Mei seemed to be quite good at watching people, not finding it interesting, she listened to their conversation carefully.
The bride's makeup lasted for half an hour.
Even if you look at the thin powder, you have to use a small brush made of wool to brush it carefully. Rouge is also the most natural, eyebrows are like crescent moon, lips are like petals, and the eyes are the most beautiful. Shen Miao’s eyes were originally clear and clear, and she looked at it with a pureness like a newborn deer, but today Lady Mei tickled her eyes lightly, it was still the same pure, but she was a little more graceful.
It feels a little like a mother's world.
Luo Xueyan was taken aback by the thought that suddenly jumped out of her, and Mrs. Mei smiled and said, "There's nothing to do for now. The person who will put on makeup will come later. Madam is here to accompany the princess first, and the slaves will go to the house. Come find some fragrant leaves, and make fresh fragrant leaves for the princess to wear."
Luo Xueyan responded.
Shen Miao sat at the table, Luo Xueyan looked at the charming and charming daughter in the mirror, she was both happy and reluctant, she only held Shen Miao's hand firmly and said, "Jiaojiao, you are going to get married today, mother. I have a few words to tell you."
Shen Miao said, "Mother said, I will listen."
"When a daughter gets married, a mother has to explain a few words. But when your mother married your father, your grandmother had passed away. Your mother only had brothers and no sisters, and several sisters-in-law were young, so no one told her. These words." Luo Xueyan sighed a little: "So these words are all figured out by my mother, and I don't know if they are right, but I still want to tell you."
"The way to get along with husband and wife is to be honest. Your father and I have never had any secrets about each other for so many years. If you find out that the other party has a secret, don't rush to ask, just wait and be patient, he will tell you to listen. " Luo Xueyan patted Shen Miao's hand lovingly, "Mother knows that your temperament is stable, this is a good thing and it is not easy to be influenced by external things, but emotional matters cannot be resolved with just one word of forbearance. If you like him, He will care about his every move and will involuntarily follow his own heart to do things, so it will not be so stable."
"Be frank, be direct, don't feel shy, and don't be afraid, that is your husband, the person you want to spend your whole life with." Luo Xueyan paused, then continued, "Jing Xing promised me that after having you, , there won't be another concubine going through the house. To be honest, I don't trust him. As a royal family, how can there be only one woman in the backyard. But now that things have come to this, we have to take one step at a time."
Shen Miao lowered her eyes and listened to Luo Xueyan again, "But our daughter of the Shen family will never compromise. If your husband has another woman in his backyard, you can be jealous, jealous or quarrel with him. Making a fuss, saying that a virtuous woman is generous, it's all bullshit, it's just an unfair deal by the world to restrain women. If there is a day, you don't have to regard him as your husband in your heart, and you can't control other people's hearts. , you can always control yourself, and the rest, if you want to reconcile, your parents will help you."
Shen Miao first looked at Luo Xueyan in surprise, then she burst into laughter in her heart. Yes, the Luo family did not have a concubine, and the environment where Luo Xue Yan lived since she was a child made her believe that she would be a married couple in her entire life. Hearing Luo Xue Yan’s words in the ears of others would be shocking, but Shen Miao felt very warm.
Luo Xueyan always considered her feelings and would not make her feel wronged. As for the others, what did it have to do with her
Thinking about Fu Xiu Yi's biological mother, Concubine Dong Shu, who always asked her to ask her to be virtuous and generous, and she took the initiative to recruit a concubine Luo to Fu Xiu Yi shortly after they got married. It was a stark contrast.
Luo Xueyan suddenly took out another booklet from her sleeve, and said, "Jiaojiao, this... . You can put this away. After the wedding ceremony is completed, find some spare time to read it."
Shen Miao was still a little strange, she took it over and asked casually, "What is this?"
Luo Xueyan blushed and said hesitantly, "You need to understand something." Seeing that Shen Miao was about to open it, she quickly pressed down on Shen Miao's hand and said, "Don't look at it now! It will be later... You will be later. See you when you're human."
Shen Miao nodded and was about to ask a few more questions when she saw Luo Xue Yan's unnatural face and suddenly understood, her face was also hot.
She had never seen Chuntu before. When she was a relative, the entire Shen residence was a mess, and she forgot to wear this booklet on her body. Later, on the day of the marriage, Fu Xiu Yi did not consummate the marriage with her, let alone this.
Her and Fu Xiu Yi's consummation was in a hurry, and Fu Xiu Yi was extremely perfunctory. Although Shen Miao had never seen Chuntu, she had heard people say it later, and she had never experienced any of these when the husband and wife were newly married to study Chuntu.
I didn't expect to get married again, but even the regret of the previous life was fulfilled.
Luo Xueyan and Shen Miao were both feeling a little embarrassed when footsteps came from outside, Luo Tan pulled Feng An Ning in and saw Luo Xueyan was also there, she said, "Aunt, let's bring some makeup with my little cousin! "
Luo Xueyan was just embarrassed. Seeing the two of them cleared the siege, she just breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Then you guys talk first, I'll come back after I go out for a while."
After Luo Xueyan left, Luo Tan circled around Shen Miao and exclaimed, "Little cousin, you are so beautiful today! You are going to compare yourself to fairies!"
"That's right." Feng Anning has always been picky and has a nit-picking temperament, but now he also nodded and said, "It's the first in Ming Qi." Since being slapped by Shen Qiu, Feng An Ning came less, but this time Shen Miao got married, even though she was afraid of Shen Qiu in her heart, she still mustered up the courage to come.
"I heard that Mrs. Mei made you a happy lady." Feng Anning said, "No wonder she looks so beautiful, even I don't recognize her."
"Little cousin is born beautiful." Luo Tan smiled and took out a box from behind, and said, "This is the makeup I gave you!"
Shen Miao opened the box, it was an iron lump, but she did not know what it was. Before Shen Miao could speak, Feng Anning spoke first and asked, "What is this? You are too shabby to give this to Shen Miao!"
"What do you know? This thing is called a compass!" Luo Tan said, "It is only roughly different from the kind used in military camps, but this one can be very precise. It's only used in the fleet now. Cousin Ling brought ten of them back and said that he wanted the craftsmen to make more for the army. I managed to ask for one, you don't need it!"
Shen Miao hurriedly closed the box together: "Thank you very much."
Luo Tan curled her lips: "I think, little cousin, you already lack everything, and Prince Rui has given such a large betrothal gift, so you don't lack any more. Gold and silver jewelry or something is not as good as Rui's. Wang's, I'm just humiliating myself by giving it away, it's better to give it a practical one. You hold this compass, Da Liang is unfamiliar with life, and if you get lost one day, maybe it will come in handy. Woolen cloth."
Shen Miao smiled, "It makes sense, this is more special than gold and silver jewelry."
Luo Tan looked at Feng An Ning proudly, "Miss Feng, show us what you are giving, and let us see it. It will open our eyes. If it's gold and silver jewelry, forget it. It's really boring."
Feng Anning glared at her and said in disbelief, "What is a compass? Our Feng family doesn't have anything, why would we send those tacky things."
She opened her box, took out a small bottle from it, and said, "There are three Guiyuan Pills here. You know, Guiyuan Pills, the things that were made by great doctors and scholars of the previous dynasty that can prolong their lives are expensive and have no market. What.” She put the bottle together with the box into Shen Miao’s hand and said with disgust, “Your temperament is so unpleasant, someone will hunt you down in Ming Qi, not to mention Great Liang, if there are any disadvantages, then Eating a Guiyuan Pill can save your life." After all, he added: "But if you want to bring disaster to a thousand years, you should live a long time."
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "Thank you very much." Feng An Ning's words were awkward, but his thoughts were good. Shen Miao laughed at the preciousness of Guiyuan Pills, Fu Xiu Yi used one Guiyuan Pill to buy off an aide he really wanted to win over, and one pill was worth a talent, one could see its value. Feng Anning took out three pills as soon as he took them, which was really generous.
Feng Anning heard the words, but her eyes were red, and she said, "Let's go now, I don't know if we can meet again in this life, you don't have any friends in Ming Qi, since I know you, I naturally can't let you face No light, I can't take out the makeup that I gave you..." As he spoke, he was choked up again, and he continued to say: "It's not that I can't bear you, but I feel that I have given you such a great gift, but you can't. It's really not worth it to add makeup to my marriage... "
Shen Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "If you want to get married, I will always ask someone to send you some makeup, and I will also write letters to you from time to time, so you will not give it away in vain."
Feng Anning felt a little better now.
Shen Miao suddenly remembered something, took out a letter from her sleeve and said to Feng Anning, "There is one now, after today's affairs are over, you will read this letter and then let your elder brother read it. "
Luo Tan and Feng Anning were stunned for a moment at the same time. Luo Tan smiled and said, "Could it be that my little cousin feels sorry for Big Brother Feng for not agreeing to Big Brother Feng's request for marriage, so she wrote a letter to express her apology?" After that, she shook her head, "But again Why let An Ning watch it?"
“Let’s leave it alone.” Shen Miao said, “If there is trouble in the future, you can come to the Shen residence to find my eldest brother, my eldest brother will always help.” Shen Miao remembered that the ending of the Feng family in the previous life was not very good, Feng Anning She even married a man with a beastly heart, and finally died at a young age. Now that they are reborn, she and Feng Anning are still friends after all, and they can only write down everything that can remind the Feng family in the letter. If Feng Anning took out this letter, I was afraid that Master Feng would think that Feng Anning was a nonsense, but if Feng Zixian took it out, it would be different. Feng Zixian has already entered the official post. Master Feng believes in Feng Zixian's talent and must take this matter seriously.
As for Shen Qiu, Shen Miao was not in Ming Qi, so she could only ask her eldest brother to help take care of the Feng family one or two.
Feng Anning blushed when she heard the words, and muttered, "So fierce, who wants him to help..."
These words were not heard by Shen Miao.
Shen Miao had no sisters and even fewer friends in Ming Qi, most of the people who came to add makeup were looking at Luo Xue Yan's face, those young ladies only came to please Shen Miao. Most of the things they gave were some gold and silver jewelry. When they met, there were those who were jealous and those who were envious all praised Shen Miao’s wedding dress and new makeup.
Not long after these women who came to add makeup finished speaking, the auspicious time arrived, and the chariots and horses who came to greet the relatives had already arrived at the gate of Shen's house.
Luo Xueyan and Madam Mei both came in, Madam Mei covered Shen Miao's head, and Shen Miao was supported by these two with her left and right hands as she walked out slowly.
The entrance of Shen's house was really lively today.
There are empty alleys outside Dingjing, but just to watch the Shen family's daughter get married, the entrance of the Shen residence is surrounded by three floors and three floors outside. The people were talking.
"Today, the fifth young lady of the Shen family is getting married. Look at the carriages and horses outside, they don't seem to be used by ordinary people."
"You see that the sachets are all broken silver, not copper coins, so you know this wedding ceremony is unusual."
Another person interjected: "Can it be too pompous? Not to mention that the Shen family is already beautiful, and don't look at who the fifth Miss Shen is married to, that is the prince of Great Liang. I heard that the land of Great Liang is rich, and I originally paid it back. I don’t believe it, but now I have to believe it, a prince of Great Liang’s marriage is even more grand than our emperor’s marriage, isn’t he just hitting our majesty in the face?”
"Shh, you can't talk nonsense, just know it in your heart." The middle-aged woman said, "I heard that Prince Rui of Great Liang gave a total of ninety-nine betrothal gifts, and I don't know if it's true or false. "
"Hey, hey, look, here we come!"
Ming Qi's wedding ceremony was to "send a betrothal gift". On the day of the marriage, someone carried the betrothal gifts to the bride's mother's house one by one, so that everyone could see it, and the people around them could see it clearly. Therefore, the more generous the bride price, the more honorable the woman and the man are. Thinking, in front of the people of the world, the bride's face is bright, and the groom is also proud, and everyone is happy.
Therefore, in order to save face, some people deliberately take empty boxes as dowry gifts on the day of marriage.
But not today.
Because the betrothal gifts were all boxes wide open, allowing people to see the contents clearly.
Antiques, paintings, jewelry, furniture, jewelry, clothes, silver… . Everything, a full box packed tightly, without any water mixed in. Almost the person watching was red-eyed.
But no one dared to do it, not even the most arrogant thieves and robbers dared to act rashly. Because around the boy who was carrying the box, all standing around were soldiers from Great Liang. The soldiers were wearing thick armor, with their treasured swords sticking to their sides. They were not angry, and their steps were neat. It will immediately drag out the people in the future and behead them.
This kind of prestige and fierceness made people dare not approach, and the crowd spontaneously gave way to let these people carrying the betrothal gifts pass.
Some people were curious and actually counted one by one with their fingers: "One, two, three, four..." The long queue seemed to never end, and the voices of air-conditioning in the crowd kept coming. Until the last one, someone shouted out, "It's Ninety-nine! Ninety-nine dowry!"
Ninety-nine dowry!
When the prince married the prince concubine, there were only fifty-eight units, which was almost half more, but Prince Rui was only the prince of Great Liang. If the emperor of Great Liang got married, how big of a show would it be? But no matter what the emperor of Great Liang was like, Shen Miao's marriage to someone was already much more pompous than that of Ming Qi's emperor.
There were bursts of exclamations from the crowd, one could imagine that after today, Shen Miao's grand marriage would be a grand scene that no one in Ming Qi could surpass.
There were also young girls of age in the crowd watching, not to mention those official daughters who came to add makeup today, all of them had red eyes. Which woman does not look forward to a glorious marriage, women are always a little vain.
But who would have thought that the stupid Shen family back then was not as good as her own cousin, and even she was always ridiculed and laughed at, and Shen Miao, who was dismissed by King Ding, could marry such a good marriage
One must know that Fu Xiu Yi was indifferent to Shen Miao at first, but Shen Miao became more and more frustrated, but was regarded as a joke by the people in Quan Dingjing.
Therefore, it is not a blessing to say that Sai Weng lost his horse. Who can tell what will happen in the future
Someone said, "Didn't Fifth Young Miss Shen admire His Royal Highness King Ding at the beginning? I'm afraid that I am feeling fortunate in my heart now. You must know that His Royal Highness King Ding came to Qingjian, if Fifth Young Miss Shen married His Royal Highness King Ding, I'm afraid that now That's less than one percent of that."
It was a coincidence that Fu Xiu Yi in the crowd overheard those words. A trace of anger appeared on his face, but he quickly endured it.
His clean slips were made for the world to see, but to have a good reputation. If he heard people say this before, Fu Xiu Yi would only be happy, because it meant that he had succeeded. But here today, at this time, when he said that Fu Xiu Yi was clean, Fu Xiu Yi felt annoyed. It seems to be saying that he is far inferior to Prince Rui.
The guards sent out yesterday to investigate have not returned yet, Fu Xiu Yi knew that the matter was about to fail, while he sent someone to find out the whereabouts of his subordinates, he had no choice but to attend Shen Miao’s marriage.
He also wanted to see how arrogant this Great Liang's Prince Rui could be.
But he didn't expect that Prince Rui really dared.
To compare it with such a big pomp, it makes the Ming Qi royal family more and more stingy. This is not doing something to slap the royal family in the face. The abominable thing is that there is nothing to say about it, because Prince Rui is not from Ming Qi. Rules can't control him.
He looked at the door of the Shen residence again, Shen Miao who was supported by Luo Xueyan and Lady Mei came out. Shen Miao was stepping over the brazier and raised her feet carefully so as not to burn her skirt.
Her movements were careful and slow, as if she was taking this matter very seriously. The people around were marveling at how brilliant Shen Miao's wedding dress was, but Fu Xiu Yi felt an indescribable feeling surged in his heart.
He suddenly felt that this scene was very dazzling.
But why? Regarding Shen Miao, Fu Xiu Yi had a strange feeling in his heart, at first Shen Miao ran after him and he hated stupid people, but he just wanted to use her military power by the Shen family. Then suddenly one day, Shen Miao stopped chasing him, and then Fu Xiu Yi discovered that he actually did not understand Shen Miao at all. Shen Miao is not only not stupid, but also very cunning.
The Shen family was also very strange. It was clearly a chess piece in his hand, but he had fled from his hand since then, and he was still standing on the other side of the Chu River and Han world, confronting him.
But that has nothing to do with feelings. Before Fu Xiu Yi's great career was completed, he had no intention of delaying his relationship with his children.
But at this moment, Fu Xiu Yi actually had the urge to kick the brazier over, because he vaguely felt that this scene was incorrect, and it seemed that something went wrong.
Just when he couldn't restrain his inexplicable thought, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. When he looked back, he saw that the crowd who had automatically separated gave way to a path, and from the end of the road, someone came in fresh clothes and angrily.
The man pulled the reins, his red brocade robe was as hot as fire, and he quickly rode his horse from a distance. His clothes were fluttering, and his posture was elegant but warm, almost burning people's eyes.
Everyone was in an uproar.
That person suddenly tightened the reins just one step away from Shen Miao and the hoofs stopped abruptly, causing people to exclaim in surprise.
The young man sat high on the horse, and the silver mask was also slightly reddish by the red robe. He didn't say anything, just leaned slightly on the horse and stretched out a hand towards the bride.
Lazy and irresistible.
"I'm here to marry you, Shen Jiaojiao."