Yu Xiang's uproar in front of the Yasukuni Mansion soon became known to everyone. Although she is vague, she can guess the inside story just by words such as 'red mole on left breast', 'undressing buttocks', 'disorderly behavior' and so on.
Without evidence, how can Yu Xiang speak so truthfully? It turned out that Chang Yafu's resignation was not because she couldn't stand the vicious sister-in-law, but because the Yongle Hou Mansion caught a fatal handle, and that handle was still very sexy. Not to mention how obscene the elders are, the mistresses of each family immediately shunned the female family members of the Yasukuni mansion. The noble ladies who had a close relationship with Chang Yafu a few days ago were even more ashamed to see others.
Thinking of the scene where Yu Miaoqi came to comfort Chang Yafu on the day of Mrs. Chang's birthday party, their lungs were about to explode. Yu Miaoqi teamed up with Chang Yafu to mislead them, so that she could take advantage of the rumors spread by the Chang family to smear Yu Xiang, so as to make Chang Yafu famous.
Who is this Yu Miaoqi? Even his own brother and sister framed up like this, making everyone look like idiots! Wanting to understand the key point, the noble ladies hated Yu Miaoqi to the core, and never called her at banquets and parties.
Chang Yafu really wanted to die this time. Just as she put her neck into the rope, she remembered Yu Xiang's words, "If you die, you will have no face to see others." She froze on the stool for more than half an hour, and finally gave up. up.
Mrs. Qi came to the Yasukuni Mansion in a secretive manner, returned the marriage certificate, and hinted that Mrs. Chang should send Chang Yafu away immediately, otherwise her eldest daughter would not be able to please her. Mrs. Chang struggled for several days and had to quietly send her daughter back to her hometown.
Rumors spread for a while, except for the heartless Yu Xiang, I don't know how many people couldn't sleep for several months. Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the hot summer has passed and the cold autumn has ushered in. The two prostitutes of the Yu Mansion are finally married.
In order to rectify her daughter's name, Mrs. Lin repeatedly asked the old lady to hold the ceremony more grandly.
"How grand do you want to be? Who can you invite as the guest of honor, salute, appraiser, expatriate, and deacon? Tell me about it." The old lady asked while holding the process sheet.
The Lin family hadn't socialized for many years, and her daughter had cheated half of the ladies in the capital a few months ago, not to mention Zan Li and others, fearing that no one even came to the door, she was speechless for a while. Yu Miaoqi, who was sitting by the side, felt humiliated and deeply hated Lin's cowardice and uselessness.
At this moment, Yu Xiang entered the door with a piece of rice paper in a hurry, "Ancestor, this is the list of guests for my Ji Ji ceremony, please help me to see it."
The old lady took it and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing, "You actually persuaded the princess concubine to be your guest of honor, please be good. Is it inappropriate for the ninth princess and Jiaojiao to be your deacons? You will have to kneel down then." They might not be able to bear it if they sit for an hour."
Lin Shi leaned over to take a look, and was out of breath. The guest of honor is the Crown Princess, the guest of honor is Mrs. Fan, the guest of praise is the mother of the Crown Princess Min, the deacons are the nine princesses and Fan Jiaojiao, and the guest of honor is the old lady's natal sister-in-law Wu Shi. The ostentation is really too big.
"I didn't ask them to come, they insisted on becoming deacons, and it was just for fun. I have a handicap, so I simply streamlined the process, so as not to bother myself and everyone." Yu Xiang flicked the edge of the paper.
The old lady nodded with a smile, "Okay, show me the list, and I'll help you decide."
The old lady was about to reach out to pick it up, but Yu Miaoqi took it first, with a gentle smile, "I have been housekeeper for more than half a year, and I should be in charge of this matter, but I didn't expect my sister to have already prepared it. I am really ashamed." .Grandma's energy is low, so if my sister has any requests, just tell me, and I will help you with everything. After all, this is a ceremony for the two of us, so don't worry, my sister, I have no reason not to work hard."
I have heard of rubbing food and drinking, but I have never heard of rubbing rituals. Yu Xiang glanced at her, and laughed, "It's still the same sentence, people are shameless and invincible. Yu Miaoqi, I have convinced you. Well, if you mess up my gift of Jiji, be careful that I will steal yours." Skin."
Her tone was very light and charming, and she even picked up the layer of flesh on the back of Yu Miaoqi's hand as if joking. Yu Miaoqi smiled at her, with a hint of scorn in her eyes.
The old lady only thought that she was blind and couldn't see the turbulent undercurrent between the two of them, and waved her hands and said, "Forget it, if you want to do it, it's easy to do it, it's only once in a lifetime, if you mess up, it's not someone else who will suffer."
"Qi'er got it." Yu Miaoqi quickly knelt down and agreed, she was really relieved. Invite the princess concubine to be the guest of honor for me, to see who dares to underestimate her in the future.
After bathing and fasting for three days, on the day of Jiji ceremony, Yu Xiang got up early in the morning. It was the end of October now, and the cool autumn wind brought a bit of coldness. The servants had already changed into padded jackets, and walked back and forth on the crunching leaves.
Yu Xiang sat in front of the mercury mirror and applied lip balm. After choosing several colors, she was not satisfied. After wiping it several times with a handkerchief, her lips were slightly swollen. She was an adult again, unlike the eighteen-year-old in her previous life, who hid on the top floor of the nursing home with her brother and drank beer under the cold wind.
In this life, she has family members who love her dearly, friends who accompany her day and night, and grand celebrations. Staring at herself in the mirror, she suddenly felt as if she had passed away.
"Miss, try this orange one again. There is a little maltose in it, it's very sweet." Liu Lu picked up a box of lip balm.
Ancient things are good, they have not been polluted at all, and even the creams and lipsticks made can be eaten casually, except of course rouge and foundation powder. Yu Xiang sighed quietly, took a small amount with her little finger and carefully applied it on her lips.
Because the sun has not yet risen, the sky has just turned fish-belly pale, and Tao Hong holds a candlestick to illuminate her. The girl's already delicate and pretty face has been modified to be as beautiful as a blooming peony flower. Her hair is covered with black silk cascading over her shoulders. The big, round cat pupils have no focal length, and she looks ignorant and innocent, or a little confused.
Liu Lu asked in a low voice, "Miss, you don't seem to be in a good mood today?"
"No, I just feel that I grew up overnight, and I'm a little confused." After growing up, there will always be various troubles one after another. Thinking so, Yu Xiang pursed her lips and exhaled foul breath.
Liu Lu smiled without saying a word, picked up the comb to help the master comb his hair. At this moment, Yu Pinyan came slowly with the morning dew, followed by Nanny Feng and a few girls holding small boxes, and Tao Hong Liu Lu hurried forward to salute.
"Brother, are these the crowns, crowns, and pearls I'm going to wear today?" Yu Xiang stretched her neck to look.
"Exactly, let's see if you like it." Yu Pinyan walked over and touched her cheek.
Several little girls opened the boxes in their hands and placed them on the dressing table in a row. The lotus-shaped crowns made of top-grade jadeite and gold looked extraordinarily luxurious under the candlelight.
Even the well-informed Yu Xiang couldn't help but marvel.
"Like it?" Yu Pinyan leaned over and asked with a smile.
"I can't like it more!" Yu Xiang held up the box and kissed her twice.
Because there were so many people, Yu Pinyan resisted the urge to ask for a kiss, and asked a few maids to show the box to the old lady. These things should be kept by the deacon, but the two deacons that Yu Xiang invited were purely here to join in the fun because of their noble status, after all, Yu Pinyan and the old lady had to do it by themselves.
When the group walked away, Yu Pinyan took the comb from Liu Lu's hand and combed his sister's black hair like a cloud. Because the hair was too smooth, he rubbed some sweet-scented osmanthus oil on his palm and tied it into a simple bun. Fall into a bun, and then pick out a few pearl hairpins for embellishment.
"Xiang'er has finally grown up, and my brother can't wait for this day." He leaned over, with his cheek against his younger sister's delicate cheek, staring at the unparalleled beauty in the mirror, his hoarse voice contained countless words Unknown ambiguity.
Yu Xiang's heart was beating wildly under his scorching gaze, and a trembling feeling spread from the cochlea close to his cheek. Yu Xiang smiled at the handsome young man in the mirror, and then pretended to be busy to choose the flowers in the dowry. She didn't dare to think about the deep meaning of his words, because she knew that as long as she followed his temptation to take a step forward, it would bring about earth-shaking changes in her life.
She feels that she is doing well now and does not need this kind of change. Or more frankly, she dreaded the change.
Yu Pinyan stopped talking, helped her pick out a lotus-shaped flower tin to stick between her eyebrows, and kissed her fragrant temple hair lovingly, before carrying her to the front yard.
Taohong and Liulu pushed the wheelchair and followed behind.
Yu Xiang lay on her elder brother's shoulders, her chest inevitably rubbing against her elder brother's strong and powerful arms, she didn't feel that much in the past, but today she was extremely embarrassed, her cheeks were as red as if dyed with boundless morning glow without applying rouge. She tried her best to let herself ignore the aggressive aura emanating from her brother, counting the fallen leaves on the ground carefully, one, two, three... countless...
Wait, are there too many fallen leaves today? The servant forgot to sweep the floor!
Yu Xiang raised her eyebrows, patted her elder brother on the shoulder and said, "Brother, wait a minute, ask who is responsible for cleaning this road? Seeing that the guests are coming, our Marquis Mansion didn't even clean the road for them. What does it look like?" !"
Yu Pinyan never cared about these trivial matters, but seeing his younger sister's cute housekeeper appearance, he waved his sleeves at the two guards following him.
Lord Hou personally asked how the servants dared to be negligent, but after Yu Miaoqi's reform, the servants who had a clear division of labor had become scattered. You pushed me and you pushed you, but for a long time I couldn't find who was in charge, and there was a lot of noise for a while.
"Stop arguing, where is Yu Miaoqi, call Yu Miaoqi over here. Didn't she say that she will help me make the Jiji ceremony a good one?" Yu Xiang frowned, suddenly regretting her decision that day.
This was the only coming-of-age ceremony in her two lifetimes, and if anyone messed it up, she would mess up that person too.
Yu Miaoqi helped Shen's mother manage the house, and later took over the Yongle Hou Mansion. Although there were occasional minor incidents, with Lin's guidance and the rules set by Yu Xiang as a reference, it was not difficult to deal with them.
However, Jiji's ceremony is cumbersome and grand in scale, and it's the first time for even the Lin family to do it. In addition, they ruined the rules set by Yu Xiang, and they offended some respectable managers because of supporting their cronies. It's fine if there is nothing to do on weekdays, but it will appear chaotic when encountering such a celebration.
For a while, a few baskets of ingredients were missing in the kitchen, for a while, hundreds of cups were missing for the warehouse, and for a while, the stage was not set up properly and a little loose... All kinds of troubles followed one after another. Yu Miaoqi was so busy that she didn't even pay attention to the most basic cleaning. Hearing Yu Pin's summons, she wished she could conjure up hundreds of clones and clean the place herself.