19. The Rite of Harmony

In a blink of an eye, a month has passed, and Qiao Ran's gift has also arrived, and on this day, the entire Ding'an Mansion is very lively. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Wind Cliff, what day is it today?" Leaving the palace, leaving the king facing the wind cliff beside him.

Feng Ya was slightly stunned, and he didn't quite understand what his master meant, but he still spoke, "Back to the master, today is Miss Qiao Er's day." Thinking of the master's concern for the second young lady, Wind Cliff said about it.

Li Wang was slightly stunned, and then the corners of his lips rose, "Is it the day of the war?"

As if asking, as if talking to himself, for a while, Wind Cliff didn't know how to answer.

Qixia Courtyard in Ding'an Mansion, in Qiao Ran's room, she didn't comb her hair, her black hair like a waterfall draped straight over her shoulders, soft and black, straight and shiny, lining the little face in the middle more and more exquisite, willow bent eyebrows, Danfeng big eyes, long eyelashes trembling lightly, eyes with autumn water, lips painted light vermilion, long hair fluttering, weak posture like a willow, lightly bent waist, like a fairy from nine days, so beautiful that it does not eat fireworks in the world.

The auspicious time was approaching, and Qiao Ran appeared in the front hall accompanied by Su Suqing, which immediately attracted a gasp of cold air.

She was dressed in a light purple cardigan dress woven from silk, and the skirt was inlaid with gemstone fragments, reflecting the morning sun and shining with a dazzling light. Her wheelchair is still being pushed by Qinghe Qingya.

Everyone was stunned.

Qiao Ran walked slowly with the help of Qinghe, sitting in a wheelchair with a straight upper body, elegant posture, and a temperament far better than that of Dongfang Zhidie, even when she was in good health, she was never as calm and confident as she was.

Qiao Ran walked to the stairs in one step, and the wind blowing in from outside the hall door gently lifted the corners of his purple robe, and he turned his head and showed a very salty smile at the guests.

Seeing the expressions of the guests, Qiao Ran's smile deepened, and he raised his voice and said, "First of all, thank you for giving me a few thin noodles to participate in my sister Qiao Ran's ceremony. ”

Qiao Ran's voice spread out with a little internal force: "There is also a fireworks ceremony tonight, so don't leave, let's have dinner in Ding'an Mansion later." ”

Qiao Ran said, handed a box to Qiao Ran, and said dotingly: "From today on, Dye Er will be an adult, and this thing was prepared for you by my mother when she was alive, and you can just wear it." ”

Qiao Ran looked at the box in his hand, his heart suddenly felt a little complicated, raised his eyes, looked at the sadness that flashed in Qiao Ran's eyes, and smiled, "Brother, thank you." ”

"Silly girl. ”

After Qiao Ran sent it, the next one was Liu's, Liu's gift was also very valuable, it was a pair of jade bracelets, looking at all the ladies who were also very face-giving, they praised a few words, and Liu's expression responded indifferently.

And then the back is the Duchess of the country, Qiao Ran is now her daughter-in-law, her gifts naturally do not have to be worse than others, and then the ladies also sent gifts one by one, everyone praised, Qiao Ran thanked, all things are good, they are very common, until, Dongfang Zhirou's gift was taken out, so that they were stunned for a moment, even Qiao Ran was a little surprised, it turned out to be a set of wedding dresses.

Looking at everyone's surprised looks, Dongfang Zhirou tried her best to show sincerity on her face, but her eyes were unconsciously proud, and there was a trace of inexplicable eagerness, showing the wedding dress, looking at the ladies and saying: "This wedding dress was originally going to be given to Dye Er when she got married, but I have been unwell recently and I didn't have time to prepare a gift for Dye'er, so I can only give it to Dye Er in advance." ”

"Miss Dongfang, you have been preparing this dress for a long time!" a lady said casually, looking at the delicately embroidered wedding dress.

"I've been preparing for two years. Dongfang Zhirou said very sincerely: "Actually, this was prepared by me and my mother. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions were different, an aunt and a cousin prepared a wedding dress for Qiao Ran, which sounded like a touching thing, but if you think about it deeply, wearing the wedding dress they gave to get married, this is really a bad thing.

What they thought and felt, Qiao Ran could naturally think of it, so when he looked at the wedding dress in Dongfang Zhirou's hand, his brows furrowed, and besides, Dye'er has not yet decided on a marriage.

Thinking about it, when Qiao Ran looked at Dongfang Zhirou, disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Rou'er, you have a heart, but according to the rules, the wedding dress still has to be embroidered by yourself, so you have received your heart, you should put away this wedding dress!"

"But cousin, my mother and I made it according to my cousin's size! It's a pity if you don't wear it, and you see the embroidery on it, it's also very different, and many of them are not available in Beijing!"

After Dongfang Zhirou finished speaking, she didn't wait for Qiao Ran to say anything, so she picked up the wedding dress and put it in front of a lady, and said eagerly: "Mrs. Liu, look, is it rare." ”

Mrs. Liu was forced to pick it up on the surface and look at it, but she was really unimpressed, but when she looked at it, she was surprised to find that it was really special, and she couldn't help but show it to the lady next to her: "Look, I really haven't seen this embroidery method, what kind of embroidery is this, and the embroidery is really beautiful." ”

took it, looked at it, and frowned, "Don't say this, I don't seem to have seen it, it's pretty good." ”

As soon as such a voice came out, other people couldn't help but be curious, is there really anything outstanding?

Qiao Ran sat there, quietly looking at the turmoil caused again by a wedding dress, his eyes flowed, looking at Dongfang Zhirou, when he saw that Dongfang Zhirou's eyes at this time were not excitement and demonstration, but a touch of eagerness, his eyes shrank.

Thinking about it, a faint smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Old lady, your second lady is really ingenious, this embroidery method is really good for us to see for the first time!" Mrs. Yiwei said to Liu.

Liu didn't answer, and watched quietly.

"However, Second Miss, can you tell us about this embroidery method?"

……

Sensing the current situation, the Duchess of Guo was displeased, and her face instantly darkened, "Today is Miss Qiao Er's courtesy, is it a bit unruly for the ladies to discuss these here?"

When the Duchess spoke, everyone was shocked and all stopped.

Dongfang Zhirou was also surprised, and hurriedly said: "Duchess Guo, the little girl didn't mean it, I was in a hurry..." The little girl knows her mistake. After speaking, he looked at Qiao Ran very ashamedly and said, "Cousin Ran, I'm sorry, I'm really not sincere, you won't blame me!"

It's about art, the potential threat, and the most standard answer is no, but she just doesn't want to answer the standard answer.

"Cousin, although I want to say that I don't blame you, to be honest, I'm still a little upset. ”

These words made everyone stunned, even the Duchess was a little surprised, but she didn't make a sound, just looked at the woman who was so honest curiously, and was very puzzled, there are only two kinds of people who are too frank in their hearts, one is powerful, with the qualification of straightforwardness, and the other is idiot, because straightforwardness is impulsiveness and ignorance.

Dongfang Zhirou's eyes flashed with disdain, but her face was very aggrieved: "Yes, I did it wrong and stole your limelight, you should blame me." ”

Hearing this, Qiao Ran smiled faintly, and said "stealing the limelight" to Gu Dongfang Zhirou as if she had unintentionally said a few words, she didn't care, and said lightly: "Cousin, today is my courtesy, I am the protagonist of today, this is something that no one can snatch away, and I can't change it, there is only one reason why I am unhappy." Saying that, Gu Qingyuan's voice carried a hint of indifference, "That is, cousin, you are too restless." ”

The sound of gasping sounded unconsciously, and the second lady's mouth was really ...... Like a knife.

"Cousin, I.... Dongfang Zhirou hated it in her heart, but her face was even more aggrieved.

Seeing this situation, Liu Shi sighed and said, "Let the ladies laugh, it's all my old wife who can't teach me! Rou'er, don't come down quickly!"

"Old lady, you don't have to be like this, who doesn't have a troublesome thing!"

"Yes, don't be angry, take care of your body, besides, Miss Dongfang is still young, and some things can be taught slowly. ”

Qiao Ran looked at Qiao Ran, who was indifferent, with unpredictable eyes.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was much better, Qiao Ran said to the master of ceremonies, "Let's give a salute!"

The master of ceremonies was stunned when he saw it, and he forgot to shout at this time, until Qiao Ran reminded him, he didn't react, so he shouted: "The gift of the hair!"

At this time, the Duchess got up and walked towards Qiao Ran, and everyone was shocked, but they didn't expect that it was the Duchess of Guo who was the one who had this bundle of hair. At the same time, the faces of the Liu family and the others below were extremely ugly, they were all Qiao Ran's relatives, but this hair ceremony was practiced by an outsider, how could this make their faces passable.

The Duchess picked up Qiao Dye's long hair with one hand, stroked it with her five fingers, and gently combed Qiao Dye's long hair, her hands were very skillful, and it took several times slower than usual to pull up the first bun in her life for her.

Qiao Ran's black hair was held high behind his head, and the double-ringed bun was hovered and intertwined, like clouds and mist, and the bun was high-spirited, like a long snake with a coiled body, spitting out a long letter, and like a phoenix singing for nine days, flapping its wings and ready to fly.

In the end, I saw that the Duchess of Guo picked up a hairpin between her jade-like fingers and inserted it into Qiao Ran's left hair, and suddenly, the smooth light shone so brightly that Luo Feiying's already good-looking face became more and more exquisite, and it had more of a three-point immortal posture!

It is a plum blossom heart white hosta, the hairpin body is streamlined and curved, the hairpin tail is decorated with blue crystal, the hairpin head is pure white plum blossom, five petals like snow.

Qiao Ran slowly stood up under the support of the Duchess of Guo, the jade-white long skirt poured down, the high phoenix bun made her already tall and beautiful look more elegant, her sideburns were all combed, and her full and smooth forehead made her little face completely displayed in front of everyone, which was eye-catching.

Then, the rituals such as the first addition, one worship, two addition, and second worship in the back made the two of them want to cry without tears for a while. This ceremony is even more torturous than worshipping a marriage!

"I'll be a big girl from now on, and I'll have to be more stable in the future. The Duchess looked at Qiao Ran and said softly.

"Thank you for your mother's teachings. Why didn't Qiao Ran know that the Duchess of the Kingdom was doing it for herself, but she felt that her eyes were about to overflow with tears, so she hurriedly held back, and bowed to the guests with the support of Qinghe.

The ladies said auspicious words, but Qiao Ran looked around, full of emotion, this time, maybe in the eyes of others, is just a sign that she can marry as an adult, but it has a bit of a fatalistic taste for Qiao Ran.