On the second day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City is shrouded in a piece of ice and snow, the cold wind is sluggish and cold, such weather should be at home holding the stove and enjoying a little wine, but the dignitaries and dignitaries of Chang'an City do not have such a blessing, and they will go to Situ Mansion one after another to congratulate them when the time comes. Today is the day when Miss Situ is out of the cabinet, the emperor personally decreed the marriage, and General Situ is a high-ranking person, not to mention the people who received the invitation, even if they didn't receive it, they were in a hurry. Therefore, today's Situ Mansion is extraordinarily lively, and the people who came to congratulate the people in front of the door quickly broke the threshold.

There were goose feathers flying outside the house, but inside the big snow house was as warm as spring, Situ Ningbing was most afraid of the cold room, there were several charcoal basins in the room, the charcoal burned extremely strongly, no matter how cold it was outside, she never felt a trace of chill, and no matter how noisy it was outside, Situ Ningbing's room was quiet, her world was warm and quiet. Wearing a bright red wedding dress and sitting alone in front of the dressing table, the movement of the mirror makeup is gentle and slow, the jade dragon mask lies quietly on the dressing table, Situ Ningbing never takes off the mask in front of people, she always remembers what the master said to her ten years ago, "Wearing a mask, there will be no more cities in the world!"

"Miss" saw the voice of pity coming from outside the door, crisp and anxious, "There are many female guests who are blocking the flower hall and shouting to see the bride, and the lady is urging you to go out to meet the guests." ”

Situ Ningbing said lightly, "Got it, I'll go." After saying this, there was silence in the room again, and after about a cup of tea, the bedroom door opened with a "squeak", and Situ Ningbing, who was wearing a red wedding dress, walked out leisurely. The custom of getting married: the bride is not allowed to meet the guests, but the guests who come to congratulate each family must send a female guest to the bride to send a congratulatory gift as part of the dowry, so that the bride can bring it to the husband's house, called "auspicious gift", take its homonym, also called "auspicious", the more "auspicious" the bride brings, the more precious the more it can show the status of the bride's family, and also get more respect from the husband's family. Therefore, although the bride cannot see anyone, she has to thank the female guests through the screen and thank them for the "good fortune" they have given her.

Situ Ningbing sat behind the screen on a wall leisurely tasting the newly brewed Lushan clouds and mist, and said the same words of thanks without sincerity, and drank three teas, and his throat was a little dry before sending away the last female guest.

Just as he was thinking about eating a cup of rock sugar pear to moisten his throat, Hongluan led a well-dressed middle-aged woman in, and reported through the screen: "Miss, the aunt sent by Concubine De Niangniang in the palace has sent you 'auspicious'." ”

As soon as the words fell, an unfamiliar voice came from the other side of the screen, "Slave Ziyu greets Miss." ”

"This icy and snowy tired aunt has gone on this trip. "If you don't come early, don't come late, wait for everyone to run out before she appears, this Concubine De, mother and son are really unconscious, and the days of marriage don't stop for her.

"Miss is too polite, the slave maid was ordered by Concubine De to send Miss 'auspicious', how dare you say anything hard?" The aunt called Ziyu handed over a box with a red sandalwood carved durian pattern to Hongluan, "This is Concubine De's heart, and I hope Miss will accept it." ”

"Thank you, mother. Situ Ningbing's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, neither showing much enthusiasm nor feeling cold. "Auntie has worked hard all the way, please go down and drink a glass of water and wine to warm up. Ziyu knew that she was too busy to take care of herself today, and since the things had been delivered, even if the errand was done, she didn't dare to delay a few auspicious words and retreated with Hongluan.

Seeing that Lian opened the rosewood box sent by Concubine De under the signal of Situ Ningbing, he only felt a burst of brilliance, although it was daytime, the whole room still became bright in an instant. The maids and servants who were waiting in the room all took a deep breath and stretched their necks to see the huge night pearl contained in the rosewood box in the pity's hand.

"Miss, this concubine is so generous. "After following Situ Ningbing for so many years, I have seen a lot of rare treasures, but it is the first time I have seen such a huge, round and smooth night pearl.

Situ Ningbing glanced at it lightly and disagreed, "That's it, can't you bear the child to trap the wolf." Even Chen Guozhibao took it out, and it seems that Concubine De's mother and son are very interested in her "chess piece......

Although the north wind is howling and the snow is falling, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the people of Chang'an City, and the main road leading to Yanping Gate is crowded with people on both sides, discussing the ten-mile procession of sending relatives in front of them.

"Tut-tut" A fat middle-aged man pointed to the dowries that were constantly being lifted in front of his eyes, and sighed to another short and thin man beside him: "In the end, the Situ family, known as the head of the eight clans, married a daughter and actually accompanied so many dowries, look at the captain of this team, why is there more than a hundred dowries?"

Before the short man could speak, an old man with gray hair behind him had already said, "It's one hundred and eighty-two!" Seeing that the people around him were looking at him because of this, the old man was quite complacent, and continued to show off the news he had inquired about. "My nephew is the chief steward in Situ Mansion, and I heard him tell me that several of the one hundred and eighty-two dowries were given by the emperor, and some were the dowries of the former queen!"

As soon as these words came out, the people around them immediately began to gossip.

The first person to speak was the short and thin man who was robbed of his head, "How could the dowry of the first queen be given to Miss Situ?

Before the old man could explain, the fat middle-aged man also chimed in: "That's it, the first queen has been gone for so many years, even if the dowry is still kept, it should be given to the princess, which round will you get Miss Situ?"

"It is said that the first queen was the first beauty in the world back then, and I heard my mother say that when the emperor got married, the people of Chang'an City were blocked on the official road and rushed to witness the demeanor of the first queen, who was really that... What alley..."A sixteen or seventeen-year-old pock-faced boy joined the discussion with a longing expression.

"Boy, that's called 10,000 empty alleys! You haven't seen the situation back then, two months before the emperor's wedding, the inns, restaurants, teahouses, and even the bridge holes in the capital were filled with people who came from other places to see the queen, and Chang'an City was full of people at that time, which was even more lively than rushing for the exam!" Another middle-aged man who looked like a vendor depicted the grand occasion of Chang'an City in a loud voice.

The young man's eyes flashed, "The first queen is really that beautiful?"

The middle-aged man had actually never seen the first queen, but when he heard this, he nodded without hesitation and made his voice louder. Who didn't know that the first queen was the first beauty in the world, how many princes and grandsons had lovesickness for her, and a few of them even died of illness!"

There was a chorus of echoes on the side, "Yes...!The first queen is as beautiful as Chang'e in that month!" "Young man, you haven't seen it for a few years since you were born late, I bet you have never seen such a handsome person in your life!" "Yes... It's a shame you haven't seen it. The boy was very depressed by this group of people, and hated why his mother hadn't given birth to him earlier!

The old man was deeply angry when he saw that he was ignored by everyone, how could he let go of the opportunity to show off his hard-won appearance, so he took a deep breath and raised his voice and said, "What do you know! This Miss Situ is the niece of the first queen! The princess did not come out of the belly of the first queen, and if you are replaced, are you willing to cheapen others or your own niece?"

This sounds reasonable, but the object is a little disrespectful when it is replaced by the first queen, which immediately attracts the dissatisfaction of a group of fans of the first queen. "Phew, who is the first queen?virtuous and virtuous, beautiful as a flower, how could a small family care about that idea to marry!" "That's it! Don't insult the queen with your little care!" "......"

So in the midst of everyone's condemnation, the topic was once again distorted, and the young man who was still regretting that he was born more than ten years later suddenly shifted his attention from the beauty of the former queen to the beauty of Miss Situ. Standing on tiptoe and stretching his neck, he desperately looked at the carriage of the bride who had already left the city and couldn't even see the shadow, and muttered: "Since she is the niece of the first queen, Miss Situ must be very beautiful......

The people around who heard this all sneered, who in Chang'an City didn't know that Miss Situ was an ugly monster! However, when Princess Anyang saw Situ Ningbing bowing down to the Buddha, only four words came out of her mind: "Peerless"! Princess Anyang was stunned, forgot the purpose of coming here, and just stood quietly in place, looking at the woman kneeling on the futon kowtowing and making a wish, thinking that no matter what wish she made, the Buddha would be satisfied.

Situ Ningbing actually didn't make any wishes, although she ate fasting and recited Buddha, she never begged for anything from the Buddha and Bodhisattva, only she could give herself hope, even gods and Buddhas couldn't help herself!

So when Princess Anyang was still in her trance, Situ Ningbing had already floated in front of her and saluted, "I've seen the princess." ”

An Yang was a little surprised to look at the woman in front of him with a leisurely smile and a good demeanor, before that, he had never believed that she would appear here as the mother concubine said, and always felt that the mother and uncle were thinking too much and wasting the treasure of Chen Guo in vain, and now when I saw the real person, I realized that what the mother and uncle said was true!

Coming back to his senses, An Yang hurriedly helped Situ Ningbing with a kind smile on his face, "Miss Situ is exempt." Holding her hand, he walked to the inner hall and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that the palace would pray for my father and miss your wedding, but you and I can still meet here, it's really fate." ”

Situ Ningbing looked at her sideways and smiled kinder than her, "The princess is right, the courtier and the princess do have a fate, otherwise how could they meet in this water, the moon, and the nunnery?" The name of the night pearl given by Concubine De is called "Water Moon", and then when it comes to the fact that Princess Anyang invited Princess Anyang to pray for the emperor after the prince's accident, it is not difficult to guess Concubine De's intentions, it is nothing more than to try her with the "Water Moon" to see if she is worth using?