Chapter 44
It can be said that it is the most important day for girls, marking that girls have become adults. Most of the women of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info Dachen will get married after the ceremony, which is the best time to show their daughters to the world.
Regardless of how much the aristocracy attaches importance to it, even ordinary families will buy new clothes for their daughters on this day, and insert a hairpin that is not bound to gold or silver.
In the first half of the year, the Zhenguo Mansion had just held a grand ceremony for the eldest granddaughter Xie Yanjia, and at that time, Princess Chang'an, the uncle and grandmother of the Lin family, was invited as the guest of honor, and the wives and ladies of the noble and powerful ministers in Beijing came to watch the ceremony.
After the ceremony, Xie Yanjia and Princess Chang'an's great-grandson Lin Jingyun got engaged, the old grandfather was very satisfied with this family business, expensive and powerless, Lin Jingyun is a promising, for the Guogong Mansion, it is really the best choice.
The Lin family was secretly a little dissatisfied, she took a fancy to the fourth prince, King An, but the old prince and General Xie Er disagreed, even if she had an opinion, it was useless.
Xiaohe's etiquette is no smaller than Xie Yanjia's, because the grandfather of the old country wants to officially recognize Xiaohe and give Xie his surname.
Mrs. Liu had already posted to all the families in the capital, inviting all the ladies and ladies to come and watch the ceremony.
When Xiaohe first arrived, there were no other elders in Beijing, not even a close friend in the boudoir.
Mrs. Liu pinned her feelings after the loss of her beloved daughter on this niece, as if if she didn't give her the best, it would not be enough to express her love. For this reason, I went to the Dingguo Mansion and invited Princess Changle, that is, the Duchess of Dingguo, and her brother-in-law to be the guests.
Xiaohe naturally knew that this was the old lady's love, but in the face of an old man's kindness, she couldn't refuse, she could only accept it.
Seeing that the old lady was sending out invitations and the scale of the ceremony was getting bigger and bigger, Xiaohe almost thought that he was originally a noble daughter of the family, not an abandoned orphan.
On October 26, the sky was fine, although it was winter, but the sun was shining warmly, the sky was blue and the clouds were white, and the ceremony was set up in the Guiyuan near the ancestral hall.
The little crane was led to the middle by Frost and Xue'er, and according to what he learned a few days ago, the little crane faced south and respectfully saluted the guests.
Xiaohe only felt that there were many people sitting around, all dressed solemnly, because she glanced at it, it was black brown and dark purple, and in addition to the invited lady Shuyuan, there were also a few men.
Xiao He didn't dare to look more, so he walked to his place in an orderly manner and knelt down facing west.
Xie Yanyun acted as today's praiser, she restrained her usual liveliness and combed Xiaohe's hair lightly.
Xiaohe felt like he was acting in a solemn play, and after Xie Yanyun stepped back, Princess Changle stepped forward.
"On the auspicious day of the month, the first Canadian dollar is served. Abandon and ...... "Princess Changle's voice was gentle and long, and after Xie Yanyun untied Xiaohe's hairpin, she reinserted the hairpin specially prepared by Mrs. Liu for Xiaohe.
After one bow and two additions, Xiaohe was led into the room and changed into a curved deep coat.
After that, two bows, three pluses, wearing a long-sleeved dress, three bows,......
Although she had rehearsed beforehand, Xiaohe was still dazed, even though she still had that calm and elegant expression on her face.
In the end, Xiaohe knelt in front of the old grandfather and his wife and listened quietly.
The old grandfather didn't have any teachings, but just said, "From now on, you are Xie Xiaohe, do what Xie Xiaohe should do!" ”
Xiao He Huo Ran raised his head and looked at the serious face of the old grandfather and the loving eyes of the old lady.
"Although the child is not sensitive, dare not admit it." Xiaohe kowtowed sincerely, and the two old men were really good to themselves.
In the final analysis, Xiaohe is just an orphan with unknown parents, because of Xie Caiwei, he has received a lot of love, and Xiaohe deserves it.
After the ceremony, Mrs. Xie Wang accompanied Xiaohe to meet Princess Chang'an, the Duchess of Dingguo, the wife of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, the second lady of the Marquis of Zhongshan, Mrs. Chengyibo, and the wife of the prince and the prince of the Wang family, the wife of the Ministry of Industry, and the wife of the uncle's family......
A series of noble ladies, Xiaohe laughed so much that the corners of his mouth hurt. Dr. Xie let her go with Xie Yanyun.
Xiaohe finally changed into a well-fitting skirt and mixed in the little girl's pile to listen to gossip.
"I heard that yesterday a sixth princess went to see Little Master Liu." Miss A pulled Miss B and bit her ear.
"Really, did Little Young Master Liu run away again?" Miss Yi was surprised, "Didn't the sixth princess say last time that she should never see him again. ”
"How can it, Liu Xiaogongzi is so good-looking!" Another lady chimed in.
"Qi Shilang, the second son of Qi, that is the posture of heaven and man."
"I think it's better to be General Lu, enter the city that day, oh, it's really cool!"
"Mr. Xie is called gentle!"
Xiaohe listened with great interest to the little girls' comments on the sons of the families, well, that's good, this is what a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl should do, what's the point of looking like everyone is beautiful all day long?
The little crane just mixed in with the little girl, occasionally saying a few words to this one, and smiling at that one, and the time passed.
Back at Xueling Garden, it was already the end of the day.
The crane leaned back on the couch, too tired to move. This whole day, he was either getting to know people, or he was on the way to getting to know people, but there were so many people, how could Xiaohe figure it out at once.
I can only laugh, maintain the most elegant and enthusiastic smile, see the elders have to salute, see the peers have to salute, the seniors are also salutes, think that Xiaohe is also a person who comes and goes freely in the mountains, and he is also tired and has a sore back and legs, especially his cheeks, and he laughs stiffly.
Xiaohe really admires the people of this era, and she seems to think that everyone feels that it is easy to deal with it, except for herself, which is the most useless.
The red, orange, blue, and green clothes all came in, followed by Liu Erzhi'er, each holding a few boxes in their hands.
"Girl, come and see the gift you received," Orange cried cheerfully, "a lot! ”
A few of them were also smiling, so many gifts, which showed that the Zhenguo Mansion valued the girl, so everyone gave Xiaohe face, and some even gave him gifts, and Xiaohe gave a meeting gift when he visited.
Women are born with a love of beauty, and seeing so many delicate wooden boxes, Xiaohe's interest was also raised.
"Come, come, come up," the crane's eyes sparkled, "I want to look at them one by one!" ”
Liu Er and Zhi'er quit the room very dutifully, and the girl's inner room was not something for their little girls to stay.
The boxes were opened one by one, and all kinds of exquisite and precious jewelry were spread out.
Butterfly golden hairpins, orchid hostas, white pearl earrings, colorful tourmaline necklaces, mutton fat jade bracelets, hollow gold bracelets, everyone only felt that the couch was full of light flashing, dazzling and amazed.
Xiaohe is also so happy that she can't close her mouth, although she doesn't like to wear it, but it doesn't prevent her from liking to have it.
The steady red clothes and blue clothes are watching and keeping accounts at the same time, which are all human relations, and some of them will be returned next time.
"Hey, what is this," suddenly the contents of a box caught the attention of Crane.