Although there were many unsatisfactory things, the wedding day still came as scheduled.

Taohua was pulled up on the fourth watch, began to bathe and change clothes, and then waited for Mrs. Quanfu to come and comb her hair.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the room, Mint took out a small picture book from under Taohua's pillow like a thief: "Girl, where is this placed?" "Yesterday my wife came over with this thing, and without saying a few words, she forced it under the girl's pillow, and she secretly took a look at it, and what were the pictures on it, if people saw it, would it be okay?

Taohua also felt funny when she saw the "education manual": "Just tuck under any box." At this time, the drawings drawn simply did not conform to the structure of the human body, and she could find that the existing pictures were dislocated arms, and some of the drawings were lumbar dislocations, so she just wanted to give them a straight bone quickly, and where did she still have the heart to see what was drawn on the top.

The dowry had been sent to the county king's mansion the day before yesterday, and today a few boxes will follow the sedan chair, mint stuffed the booklet to the bottom of one of the boxes, and wrapped it in a cloak, and said with some resentment: "What is the wife doing with this thing." ”

Taohua turned her head and snickered, and Aunt Zheng's serious face also showed a smile, and coughed lightly: "You don't understand, stop talking nonsense." This kind of thing should have been taught by the girl's mother before she got married, but it was a stepmother of the Cao family, and it was really embarrassing, just stuffing the booklet over and finishing it, no wonder Mint was puzzled.

"Girl, have you read this booklet carefully?" Aunt Zheng is now a Taohua person, so naturally she has to think about her everywhere, and the Cao family doesn't have to worry about it, so she has to say a few words. Although she said that she herself has not yet - but the people in the palace do not know anything.

Taohua coughed lightly: "I've seen it, aunt doesn't have to worry." "She's studying medicine, wouldn't she still know? Aunt Zheng is kind-hearted, but it is too embarrassing to talk about this kind of thing with others, not to mention that Cao didn't say anything yesterday, even if she said that she wouldn't listen, it would be better to take a physiological education class in school before.

Aunt Zheng was still a little worried, but she could only keep silent, and she was really worried about it, and added: "The girl will listen to the prince when the time comes." "Even if the girl doesn't understand, the prince will always understand.

The Jiang family got up before dawn, and the three families gathered, the men were busy outside, and the women were busy inside.

Jiang Lianhua and Jiang Danhua, as sisters, are going to sit in the house with Taohua today until the auspicious time when the county palace comes to marry.

Jiang Lianhua smiled, and the silver needle beside her also hugged a small burden, and gave mint when she entered the door: "This is some purse embroidered by us and our girl, for the third girl to reward people." "When you arrive at the county king's mansion, there will be no less rewards for your subordinates, and you can't always stuff gold and silver directly into people's hands, and you always have to use a lotus package, so the purse is a consumable, and the amount used is really not small.

A few mints were also embroidered before Taohua's marriage, but there were not enough people to catch up. At this time, I untied the burden and took a look, there were forty or fifty large and small purses in it, and all of them were embroidered quite finely, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Good sister, this has helped us a lot, how can I thank you?" ”

Yinzhen smiled and pinched her: "Our girl is good with the third girl, what are you talking to me about the outside world." ”

Jiang Danhua looked at it coldly and didn't say a word. Although she was also dressed very festively today, the smile on her face was stiff and reluctant, and it really didn't look like she was here to congratulate her. Mint also hated her, and only gave her tea and stopped caring about it, anyway, today is a good day for Taohua, it should be the sisters to accompany her, and there is no reason to ask her to accompany the sisters upside down. Jiang Lianhua is there, and no one is worried about no one talking.

Mrs. Quanfu is still the same Mrs. Hanlin who went to the dressing shop that day, and she also came early today to comb Taohua's face and hair. A red thread was put on her finger, flexibly rolled over Taohua's face, then trimmed her eyebrows and sideburns, and finally applied makeup. When everything was done, Taohua looked at the person in the mirror and muttered, "Isn't this makeup too strong?" ”

Mrs. Quanfu laughed: "Today is your good day, and the bride should be painted red to be festive." She looked left and right, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The girl's skin is good, and she doesn't need too much powder to be white enough." ”

Momoka tugged at the corners of her mouth a little stiffly. Painted red to be festive? That monkey ass is the most festive. But she also has to thank the kind of makeup that is no longer fashionable to print a cherry-sized red dot on the lower lip, now the makeup on the face is a little thicker, a little red, and the bride is a little more faceted, which is still barely acceptable.

Jiang Lianhua said with a smile: "The third sister is born well, and she looks good no matter how she dresses up." ”

Mrs. Quanfu nodded. From her point of view, this princess of the county is indeed well-born, glamorous but not demonic, with a dignified face and tall figure, she is blessed at first glance, not the appearance of such a demon tune, this is like the appearance of a princess of the county.

Jiang Danhua listened to the people around him praise Taohua one by one, and the smile on his face was almost unmaintainable. Taohua is just a girl from the countryside of Wuxi, if she hadn't come to the capital and entered the palace, how would the emperor and the queen mother know who she was, and how could they point her to the county king as a concubine?

Why was she able to enter the palace and the eyes of the emperor and the queen mother, wasn't it all because of Jiang Meihua in the palace? Jiang Danhua thought angrily, the one in the palace was her own sister, but she came from this country girl, and she couldn't enter the palace to see her sister once, but Taohua entered the palace one after another, and finally became the princess of the county!

All of this is borrowed from Jiang Meihua's east wind, but Jiang Meihua is her own sister, why didn't the east wind blow to her, but was borrowed by a country girl?

Jiang Danhua lowered his head and twisted a handkerchief into a rope. Although Xiao Shi had already told her that marrying King Anjun might not be a good thing, Jiang Danhua couldn't think of anything bad. The princess of the county is a one-product destiny when she enters the door, her father has worked hard all his life, and he can't earn a one-grade destiny for his wife! Not to mention the one hundred and eight dowry of Taohua a few days ago, it is simply beautiful, rich and powerful! What better marriage could be?

"The auspicious time is coming." Jing's came in happily, and as soon as he saw Taohua, he clapped his hands, "Yo, such a beautiful bride, the prince of the county will not be able to take his eyes off it when he comes to see it for a while." ”

The whole room laughed as it sold. Jiang Danhua suddenly said: "Will King Anjun come to greet him?" ”

This sentence made everyone quiet for a while.

The last of the six ceremonies is to welcome the bridegroom, which means that the groom personally goes to the woman's home, picks up the bride in a sedan chair, and welcomes him back to his home to worship in the church. This ceremony shows respect for the woman, and has always been a very important part of the six rites, and it is said that in the pre-Qin era, from the Son of Heaven to the Shuren, this ceremony was performed. But now, the wedding of the royal family is no longer welcomed by everyone. Needless to say, the Son of Heaven can't go out of the palace to welcome his wife, that is, whether the princes and princes of the county welcome him in person also depends on the family's family.

The Jiang family's family, no matter what, can't be compared with the county king's mansion, and this family affair is the queen mother's meaning, if the king of Anjun is dissatisfied, it is impeccable not to come to greet him, but Taohua will inevitably lose some face.

Jiang Lianhua sank her face and reached out to pull Jiang Danhua: "I'm a little depressed, my fifth sister will accompany me to go outside." "On the day of great joy, I first pulled my face, and now I say this kind of thing, this is not to congratulate him, but to touch the mold, right?

However, Jiang Lianhua didn't dare to say that Shen Shu would definitely come to greet him. This marriage, from beginning to end, only Jiang Xi knew that Shen Shu had long been interested in Taohua, and even the old lady Jiang didn't understand, and after the marriage decree came down, he had to personally ask Taohua if he was willing, and Jiang Jun and Jiang Zhu's two families didn't know the inside story. Now it is rumored that marriage is not what King Anjun wants, and adding a dowry to Taohua is just for the face of the county king's mansion, so whether this is welcome today or not, Jiang Lianhua does not dare to say, in case she said Shen Shu but did not come, wouldn't Taohua become a joke?

Taohua smiled slightly: "I will come if I want to come." "Jiang Danhua's temper, if she marries out in the future, no one in her in-law's family will tolerate her so much, just wait for the loss.

All of a sudden, the room came alive again, and laughter began to sound again. Jing was the first to smile and said: "No, the prince is even staring at the dowry, how can he not come to greet him." Hey, Dan girl just loves to worry about her sisters, but this time it's in vain. ”

Xiao Shi was stabbed by her words, and his face was not very good-looking. Jiang Danhua's sister is not only Taohua, but the two in the palace have not improved so far. Although Jiang Meihua was promoted to the last of the nine concubines, the emperor was almost extinct and could not go to her Jade Hui Pavilion. Jiang Xinghua needless to say, she lives in the side hall of Wang Chongyuan's Qunxiang Palace, and her life is stable, but the emperor occasionally goes to the Qunxiang Palace, all to see Wang Chongyuan - well, now it is Wang Chongrong, since Jiang Meihua was promoted to Chongyu, Wang Chongrong has also been promoted by one place, everyone is the same in terms of grade, but looking at the order of this title, you know that the emperor still respects Wang Chongyuan very much. Jiang Xinghua followed her, and her life was good, but she didn't seem to have much chance of getting ahead, she really wanted to worry about Xiao's family to death.

These two are Jiang Danhua's sisters, and they are much closer than Taohua, Jiang Danhua has this idle time, so it is better to care about the two of them, and come to talk about what is not welcome, not to mention worrying about nothing, it is simply a blind worry.

Jiang Danhua's face flushed slightly, and he also regretted it in his heart, but he said stubbornly: "I just heard that the princes didn't welcome the big wedding in person back then, so I'm a little worried." ”

That's not a bad thing. When the eldest prince and the second prince got married, they were never welcomed. But at that time, the two princes lived in the palace and did not open their own mansions, so they did not go out of the palace to greet them. It's not as good as the current Shen Shu's own county palace, and he is free to go outside the palace.

But no one talked about it anymore, Mrs. Quanfu beckoned the maids to bring the wedding clothes with great eyes, and carefully put Taohua on her body: "Dress up first, lest the groom arrive too late for a while." ”

Jiang Danhua pulled the corners of his mouth and twisted his head over. The auspicious time is still early, how can the bridegroom come at this time? Mrs. Quanfu is just saying that she is obedient.

It's just that before she finished saying this sentence in her stomach, a maid ran in panting outside: "The team of people to welcome is almost here!" ”

Everyone in the room was stunned. There is an auspicious time to welcome a bride and marry a woman, and the bride goes out, goes to her husband's house, and visits the church, all of which are good times, and she must step on that point. Therefore, if the wedding procession comes later, the bride's family will reduce the time to block the door and let the groom enter the door as soon as possible in order to catch this auspicious time.

Of course, this is not lively enough. Nowadays, the longer the mother's family blocks the door, the more important the mother's family attaches to her daughter, and it is not easy for the groom to marry a wife, of course, he should cherish his wife extraordinarily. Therefore, in some high-ranking families, blocking the door is simply full of tricks, more than the text, and even the custom of beating the son-in-law is put out, in order to show the strength of the mother's family. In this case, the groom must come early to greet the bride so that he has time to deal with these difficulties one by one.

But on the other hand, if the woman's door is too low, the man will not dare to do so, and the man can come to greet him later, and when the time comes, it will just be a formality, so in the name of the auspicious time, let the daughter take away.

In terms of the status of the Jiang family and the county king's mansion, Shen Shu is stepping on the auspicious time, and outsiders have nothing to say. And most of the people blocking the door are their own brothers, and Taohua's younger brother is not yet five years old this year, do you expect him to block the door?

The Jiang family didn't think about blocking the door at all, they just planned to wait for someone to come, watch the time and make a poem or two hypnotic poems or something, and then let people in. Who knew that Shen Shu would come so early, could it be that he couldn't invite people in for tea?

Even a shrewd person like Jing's was a little confused, and he hurriedly said after a while: "Quickly send a few brothers to the door, and stop making hypnotic poems first!" Then I slowly thought about how to stall for time.

Today, Taohua was overjoyed, and even Jiang Songhua came back from taking leave from the academy. Jiang Yuhua has been detained by Jiang Jun to study these days, and she has been miserable, so it is easy to have this opportunity, so she naturally actively came to help. Although Jiang Nanhua doesn't read much, he can come up with a few mathematical problems. The three brothers stopped at the door, each calculating.

Taohua was dressed up in the house here, and I heard the sound of firecrackers at the gate, and it was lively. The little maid ran back and forth to deliver the news, and handed it over for a while: "The prince of the county has arrived at the door." The team rode all high-headed horses, so majestic. ”

"It's not a sedan chair at the back of the line, it's a chariot!" To marry the princess and princess, according to the system, it is a chariot instead of a sedan chair. The Jiang family had never seen this, and they were all looking at the door.

Jing smiled: "I want to go and see it too." "The princess's greeting chariot, this is a rare thing.

Jiang Lianhua smiled: "I'll take a look and come back to tell my mother." ”

Jiang Danhua was jealous and curious in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and still followed Jiang Lianhua out. Only Jiang Yanhua sat there and didn't move, Jing glanced at her and smiled: "Sister Yan'er won't take a look?" ”

Jiang Yanhua shook her head: "I'm with my sister." "What to see? I didn't have the opportunity to sit in such a chariot, so what could I do?

"In the end, Sister Yan is quiet." Jing smiled and complimented. In fact, this compliment is a bit nondescript, because Jiang Yanhua said that she wanted to accompany Taohua, even if she praised her, she should praise her for her deep sisterhood, but Jiang Yanhua has not spoken much since she entered the house in the morning, how can she have any sisterly affection? Jing's praise for her quietness sounds incorrect, but in fact, it is somewhat sarcastic.

The little maid was still running back and forth: "The prince of the county personally made a hypnotic poem." ”

"The third young master asked several questions in the book, and the prince of the county answered them fluently."

"The eldest young master came up with the question of counting, and a gentleman who came with the prince of the county answered it."

In the blink of an eye, the problems of several Jiang brothers have been solved, and it seems that this door is about to be stopped, but the time is still early. Jing couldn't help but say, "How is this good?" Otherwise, let the third master come up with a few herb topics? ”

Xiao Shi frowned and said, "This is not appropriate. How can there be an elder blocking the door...... "But I can't help but feel a little gloating in my heart, the prince of the county came here so early, and I saw that it gave the female family a lot of face, but now I can't stop the door, it's not going to end well, right?

Taohua had already put on her wedding dress, just waiting to wear the crown, and after listening to Jing's words, she smiled and said, "Don't go with your father." Mint, you take Brother Bai out and let him play a game of chess with the prince. ”

Jing couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Bai can play chess?" "Even if a child who is less than five years old can play chess, how high can this level be, and how long can he play with Shen?

Momoka just laughed and didn't speak. Jiang Bohua just started to learn to play chess a few days ago, and of course his level is not at all, but he will regret chess and play tricks. No matter how capable Shen Shu is, it will take some time to deal with a child who can cheat.

Sure enough, after a while, when the little maids came to report the news, they all covered their mouths and smiled: "The fourth young master regrets his chess." ”

"The fourth young master regrets chess again."

"The fourth young master said that one game is not counted, it takes three games and two wins to count."

Everyone in the room laughed. Aunt Zheng smiled and quietly walked out of the house, pulling Sanqi and said, "Go and look at my brother, and persuade my brother to come back when it's almost time, don't miss the auspicious time." ”

However, Aunt Zheng's heart was in vain. Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, Sanqi was about to coax Jiang Bohua back, but Shen Shu had already defeated Jiang Bohua with three strikes and five divisions, and without waiting for him to play tricks again, he picked him up and threw him into the air, and said with a smile: "Enter the door!" ”

Jiang Bohua liked to be "Feifei" when he was a child, but he gradually grew up, Taohua really didn't have the strength to lift him, and Jiang Xi refused to indulge him so much, resulting in him not "Feifei" for a year. Now Shen Shu threw him into the air, which was much more fun than Taohua's exaltation, and he was just in the middle of it, and immediately giggled, and didn't care about the chessboard on the ground.

Wu Zheng was watching the little fat man Lai Qi from the side, and he was already sweating. Who would have thought that the killer weapon sent by the Jiang family to block the door was actually this child who was less than five years old, and he simply didn't know what to say. At this time, seeing Shen Shu walking towards the door with the little fat man, the three brothers of the Jiang family also had a sluggish expression, and let the person go indiscriminately, Wu Zheng almost laughed, and hurriedly turned his hand back to the guards behind: "Go!" ”

The guards who came to greet them were actually all staying, and they came back to their senses after being greeted at this time, some of them guarded the chariot, and the other four followed Shen Shu in.

Taohua in the house had already put on her tiara, and Mrs. Quanfu held the red hijab embroidered with Luanniao, and gently shook it on her head, and the red soft silk hung down, covering all the vision.

I don't know why, it's just that my vision is blocked, but Taohua feels that the laughter in her ears seems to be separated by something, and it becomes distant.

Shen Shu's voice came in from outside, and he read the last hypnotic poem, but it was faint, and Taohua felt that it was a little inaudible. It wasn't until Xi Niang stepped forward to help her walk to the front hall and heard Jiang Xi's voice that everything suddenly became clear again - she is indeed going to get married, and marrying her beloved is of course a happy thing, but it also means that she has to leave this home that has been there for ten years, and leave this person she has called her father for ten years.

In the previous life, Tao Hua's parents were both, but they seemed to be nothing, and their parents' minds were all spent on how to have another son, and they didn't care about their daughter. Jiang Taohua in this life has only one father, but the affection he gives is far more than that of his parents in his previous life. If the two lives add up to only one father, then Taohua only recognizes Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi looked at his daughter standing in front of him, and his heart was also mixed. I think that the little baby who had just landed at the beginning was already slim in the blink of an eye, standing there as tall as a green bamboo. During this period, there were three years when he was stupid and stupid, and at that time he was afraid that his daughter would be like this for the rest of his life, who knew that God had mercy, although he took away his wife, but also returned him a smart and filial daughter. Now fifteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, and my daughter is finally going to get married and become someone else's family.

At this time, there should have been a few words about respecting the in-laws, don't disobey the husband and the like, but Jiang Xi only felt choked in his throat, and finally only said one sentence: "If you are wronged, tell your father." ”

Xiao Shi coughed heavily, and almost wanted to go up and cover this little uncle's mouth. The daughter of the Jiang family can marry the king of the county, it is irrefutable "Gao Pan", and there is still a will to give marriage, even if Taohua really suffers any grievances in the county king's mansion, she has to swallow it back, how can Jiang Xi talk like this?

Jing also coughed lightly. She understands her uncle's reluctance very well, but on such a good day, it seems unlucky to say anything wronged, right?

Shen Shu smiled. He stood outside the door of the hall and said loudly: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, the younger son-in-law will never dare to let Ling Ai be wronged." ”

Jiang Xi realized that what he said was not appropriate, so he hurriedly blinked hard, blinked back the sourness in his eyes, nodded to Shen Shu, and made up a few words: "To be harmonious between husband and wife, support each other, and never give up." ”

Xiao Shi heard him say that he didn't mention the words of respecting his in-laws for a long time, and he was so anxious that he couldn't even look at him. There is still the queen mother in the palace, Taohua married Shen Shu, and the queen mother is her mother-in-law, how can she take it to heart from time to time?

Helplessly, Jiang Xi only had his daughter and son-in-law in his eyes at the moment, and he didn't remember the queen mother at all, Balabala said a lot, and didn't mention the queen mother in half a sentence, or Xi Niang looked at the auspicious time and made a gesture to him at the bottom, Jiang Xi stopped, and said tragically like a strong man breaking his wrist: "Go, live a good life." ”

The corners of Xi Niang's mouth were about to twitch, Jiang Songhua came over and picked up her cousin, passed through several doors all the way, and walked straight to the gate.

Taohua had a heavy crown on her head, and she wanted to look back but didn't dare to turn her head, only feeling that her eyes were also sour. Jiang Songhua carried her directly to the chariot before putting it down, and there was a piece of red felt under her feet, but Taohua felt as if she was stepping on cotton, and she was a little unsteady on her feet.

Suddenly, a hand reached over and took her hand through its long sleeves. The weather was already cold in October, but the temperature of this hand was transmitted directly to her hand through the clothing, and Shen Shu's deep voice came from her ears: "Three days later, I will accompany you back." ”