Chapter 154 Marrying

From the day when Li Xiaonuan's family affairs were agreed with the Runan Palace, Mrs. Li asked Tingbo to put down all the things at hand, and looked at the preparation of Li Xiaonuan's dowry, and asked people to mobilize all the red sandalwood and huanghuali raw materials from their warehouses in the capital and Shangli Town, and summon the skilled craftsmen in the capital with a lot of money, and they were busy making Li Xiaonuan's dowry furniture day and night, Li Xiaonuan's dowry, these furniture, had to be prepared from scratch.

Cheng Ke returned to the capital, and went back and forth twice around the courtyard selected by the princess, but it was too small, and the scenery was not good, so he changed it to Qinglian Courtyard, and the Runan Wangfu was suddenly in a mess, and hurriedly measured the size of the new house, and then sent it to Tingbo, it was already in the middle of July, and everything was almost done, where was there time to adjust the size again?

Fortunately, the Qinglian Courtyard was much larger and taller than the original courtyard, and Tingbo and the chief steward of the Runan Palace, Ping An, discussed it with a sad face for a long time, so they had to add some more furniture in order to fill the house.

There were only a few days left before the two happy events, Gu Yunshan took a good look at the dishes of the banquet, took the girl back to Qingyi Pavilion, and met with Gu Yunhuan to discuss:

"Xiao Nuan's dowry, the gold-inlaid jade Ruyi rewarded by the emperor when the head is raised, there is nothing more suitable than this, but what should I put in these two lifts?"

Gu Yunhuan wrinkled his brows, thought for a moment, and said hesitantly:

"I thought, it's good to have a pair of pairs, a wishful pair of auspicious color heads, but this is a pair, and it is enough to put two lifts......"

Gu Yunhuan said, as if remembering something,

"The coral tree sent by King Jing's Mansion is half a person high, red and red, very festive, if there is another branch, with a pair, it is really good."

Gu Yunshan twisted her eyebrows and thought for a moment, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile:

"When I was a child, I once followed my ancestors to open a warehouse, and I saw that the warehouse also had a coral tree half a person high, which was also red and red, so red that it was dazzling, or it was ......."

Gu Yunshan looked at Gu Yunhuan, Gu Yunhuan nodded,

"Let's talk to my mother first, although the dowry of the ancestors was given to Gu Xiao, I still have to tell my mother about this matter first, and then go to Gu Xiao to discuss."

Gu Yunshan nodded, the two got up, and walked towards the Chunzhu Courtyard, and when they arrived at the gate of the Chunzhu Courtyard, Gu Yunshan paused, gently pulled Gu Yunhuan, and said in a low voice:

"This matter, whisper, quietly take it, be careful, lest you ...... In the future, it will reach the ears of Miss Yan's family, and at this time, we don't know what kind of temperament she is, in case ...... It's not good to be tired. ”

Gu Yunhuan nodded and said in a low voice:

"Well, I have to explain Gu Xiao when I go back...... I think it's better not to tell Gu Xiao about this after discussing this matter with my mother. ”

Gu Yunshan nodded, wrinkled her brows and sighed, turned her head to look at Gu Yunhuan, and said sadly:

"When I thought that Xiao Nuan was going to marry into the ancient family, I was ...... Alas"

Gu Yunhuan shrugged his shoulders, sighed sadly, and muttered in a low voice:

"Still married to that guy"

The two sighed at each other at the gate of the courtyard, took away their sadness, and entered the Chunzhu Courtyard.

Mrs. Zhou listened to the words of the two and nodded again and again,

"If these two lifts are matched with such a red two-branch coral tree, it is very decent, as soon as Yun Shan said, I also remembered it, as if I had also seen it once, one year when the ancestor had a birthday, he put it once, and quickly asked people to find it to see if it could be worthy."

As she spoke, she was about to call Mama Zhou, but Gu Yunshan hurriedly stopped her, smiled and whispered:

"Mother, let's go find this matter with Yun Huan and me, don't alarm the next person."

"The things in the old ancestor's treasury are all for Gu Xiao, so we took it as a dowry...... In case Gu Xiao's daughter-in-law finds out in the future, it will not be good to think about it again. ”

Gu Yun hurriedly explained with a smile, Mrs. Zhou suddenly understood, raised her hand to stroke her forehead, and said with a smile:

"Look at it, I'm also confused, I didn't even think of this, alas, in the future, in this family, everything has to be avoided, and I don't know Xiao Er's daughter-in-law ......"

"Mother is worried again, the Yan family is also a big family, and the rules are strict, and it will be good in the future."

Gu Yunshan was busy comforting Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou smiled and nodded, went to the room to get the key and the pair of cards, and handed them to the Gu Yunshan sisters to find things.

Soon in August, Xiao Nuan's dowry furniture was finally completed on schedule, Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan discussed carefully, lifted the dowry, and prepared a detailed list, one was ready to be sent to Runan Wangfu with the dowry, and the other was handed over to Grandma Sun to collect.

The Runan Royal Mansion also sent Si Li's mother-in-law over early to help prepare Gu Xiao's marriage and Xiao Nuan's marriage.

On the fifth day of the first month of August, the sky just revealed the white belly of the fish, and the ancient family was busy removing the plain white lanterns, replacing them with red lanterns with double happiness, and wrapping them in red silk and red paper everywhere.

When the sky is bright, the ancient mansion has changed from a plain white to a red and glamorous joy, just after noon, the Yan Mansion sent the Yan family's eldest lady to accompany the wedding furniture has arrived in front of the gate, the mother-in-law and the servant women are busy, placing the furniture of the new house, everything is placed, it is evening.

The girl's mother-in-law lit up the red candles everywhere, the newly built yard was brightly lit for a while, and the corners and corners were full of joy, on the night of the fifth day of the new year, the ancient family was brightly lit and was busy ****, and the next morning, the dowry of the eldest lady of the Yan family was carried in like flowing water, and the yard of the new house could not be put down, so it was placed in the yard, and it was crowded and placed straight to the second gate.

The ancient family is up and down, and everywhere is full of joyful liveliness.

Li Xiaonuan stood under the eaves of the main corridor of Mingyuan Hall, turned his head to look at the red joy outside the main house mourning hall, and was at a loss in his heart, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

The ancestors said that no one can escape birth, old age, sickness and death, those who have left are gone, and those who stay have to live well.

Li Xiaonuan turned her head slightly and looked at the two grandmothers standing at the corner of the verandah, who were sent by Princess Runan to teach her etiquette, Li Xiaonuan retracted her gaze, stood with her eyes down for a moment, and got up to go back to the east wing.

The small kitchen brought dinner, Li Xiaonuan ate it, sat down at the desk, and quietly copied the **, these days, she copied the death mantra every day and incinerated it in front of the spirit.

Just copied a few words, Gu Yunshan sent the pearl over, bent his knees to salute, and reported with a smile:

"Miss Cousin, our young grandmother let me tell you, tomorrow morning's confession is set at the end of Chen, tomorrow morning, she will come over with you, let you wait for her."

Li Xiaonuan smiled, turned her head to look at the two mothers-in-law of the Runan palace standing next to her, and the mother-in-law standing against Li Xiaonuan bent her knees dignifiedly, and said with a smile:

"The girl should see her new sister-in-law."

Li Xiaonuan smiled slightly, turned her head, looked at the pearl, and said gently:

"Tell the eldest sister, tomorrow I will go to her yard, go with her, she will come to Mingyuan Hall again, but she will have to take a lot of detours."

Pearl smiled and bent her knees in agreement, and retreated.

The next day, Li Xiaonuan changed into a lavender silk dress, simply curled her hair, only used a hairpin with a mutton fat magnolia flower head, walked out of Mingyuan Hall with jade buttons and cicada wings, and went to the main hall in the front yard with Gu Yunshan.

Mrs. Zhou sat on the top chair, and Mama Zhou led Gu Xiao and the bride Yan, who bowed her head slightly, into the main hall.

Gu Xiao knelt on the mat with some restraint, Yan's eyes swept him, and with his rhythm, he bowed together, served his daughter-in-law's tea, took a pair of mutton fat jade phoenix bracelets from Mrs. Zhou's hand, bent his knees and thanked him, handed the bracelet to the girl who was with him, turned around, and greeted Gu Yunshan and Gu Yunhuan, and turned to Li Xiaonuan.

With a smile on his face, Yan looked at Li Xiaonuan carefully, Li Xiaonuan smiled softly, and bent his knees respectfully,

"Xiao Nuan gave a gift to my sister-in-law."

Yan hurriedly bent his knees to return the salute, took a purse from the girl's hand with a smile, held it in front of Li Xiaonuan with both hands, and said with a smile:

"My sister is polite, this jade pendant was given to me by my grandmother, but it is an antiquity, my sister can keep it and play with it."

Li Xiaonuan didn't shirk either, took it with a smile and hands, and bent his knees to thank him.

Gu Xiao stood beside Yan with his head down, stiff, his eyes staring straight at Li Xiaonuan's skirt, not daring to raise his head or turn his head.

After admitting their relatives and talking a few words of gossip, Gu Yunshan and Mrs. Zhou took the Yan family and began to be busy with Li Xiaonuan's marriage the day after tomorrow, Gu Yunhuan accompanied Li Xiaonuan and slowly returned to Mingyuan Hall.

Li Xiaonuan quietly copied another day's menstruation, and in the evening, after dinner, he called Zhuqing over and instructed:

"You go to Wutong Courtyard to see if the young grandmother is free, just say I want to talk to my sister-in-law."

Zhuqing bent his knees and agreed, turned around and went out, not long, and came back to report:

"Girl, the young grandmother said that it was empty at this time, and said that she wanted to come with me to talk to the girl, but I didn't dare to agree."

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded,

"If we let her come, we'll be rude."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Mama Sun and said with a smile:

"Mama, let's go."

Mama Sun looked at Li Xiaonuan, hesitated and persuaded:

"Girl, this is not appropriate"

Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes, didn't speak, motioned to Zhuqing to follow, and walked out of the door, Mama Sun sighed long, picked up the rosewood box placed at the head of the bed, followed Li Xiaonuan, and walked towards Wutong Courtyard.

The three of them entered the courtyard gate, and the little girl rushed in to report, and Yan took the girl's mother-in-law to greet the weeping flower door with a smile on her face and brisk steps.

Li Xiaonuan smiled, bent her knees to salute, Yan took her hand affectionately, politely let her, and went into the main house.

The two sat on the couch in the east wing, Li Xiaonuan took the tea offered by the little girl, and while drinking, he naturally turned his head to look around, and praised with a smile:

"Sister-in-law's furniture, it is exquisite and atmospheric, and it makes people feel comfortable when they look at it."