Chapter 5 The Golden Phoenix Wedding Dress
In this era of respecting science and religion, the words of the parents are the principles of heaven, and it is difficult for a woman to disobey. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info A woman's marriage is like gambling, marrying a good life in Chang'an, marrying a bad woman will lose everything. It is difficult for a woman to return to her parents' home after she gets married, that is, her mother's family has to allow her mother-in-law to come back, and many women have difficulty seeing their families throughout their lives, so every time a woman gets married, the bride is crying bitterly. How can they not cry, this crying is not only nostalgic for their relatives and can't bear to be separated, but also a panic about the unpredictable future.
Qingling knows about the Xu Shilang he wants to marry, in addition to his official position, all he knows is that the Shilang Mansion already has a four-room aunt. Whether she wants to marry or not, she can't control the result, so she doesn't take this makeup marriage very seriously, as long as she is content and happy, even if there are forty aunts in the Shilang Mansion.
However, she felt that since she knew that Xu Shilang was promoted, her father and Wang were more concerned about this marriage than herself.
Hearing the scolding of the grandmother who pressed the "slut" very low and heavy, Qingling gently slapped her grandmother's back, and stroked her grandmother's chest and smiled and comforted, "Grandmother, don't be angry about this, my father and mother are also concerned about Ling'er's dowry, for fear that there will be less things and let Ling'er be wronged after passing the door, in fact, Ling'er has already seen the dowry list, and there are really a lot of things." Grandmother, Ling'er's wedding dress has already been made, so there is no need to go to these costly garment shops to buy things. Go back to Ling'er and ask your father, don't spend any more money on Ling'er. ”
Mrs. Tai raised her eyelids and stared at Qingling, as if she wanted to see the deepest part of her heart, "Ling'er, do you really think so?" ”
Qingling smiled and nodded, "Grandmother, this is Ling'er's true words, don't dare to deceive grandmother with lies." ”
Mrs. Tai did not live a luxurious life, and she did all the needlework by herself all year round. Although when she married into the Jiang Mansion, the dowry was also very rich, but since her son straightened the Wang family, she had to eat and dress the best, and the number of maids and daughters-in-law had also increased by several times, so the big family relied on her son's meager salary to be enough for the Wang family. Mrs. Tai did not take out her dowry silver to subsidize Jiang Wenyuan's expenses to support the house, and the three children have grown up, and there are many places to get married, study, and marry relatives.
Qingling thought that her grandmother was angry because she was afraid that Wang would enter one of the few garment shops in the capital and spend money indiscriminately.
Mrs. Tai listened to Qingling's words, and a smile appeared on the corner of her originally cold mouth, "So, grandmother reduced Ling'er's dowry, and Ling'er won't care?" ”
"If the daughter can change the grandmother's smile, Ling'er would rather not have a dowry, as long as the grandmother smiles and is healthy, the pine crane will prolong her life." In a few days, he will be separated from his grandmother who has been with him for more than ten years, Qingling is a little sad, but he still tries his best to smile sweetly.
Mrs. Tai was also a little moved, let go of the hand that turned the wrench, turned to face Qingling, stroked Qingling's hair, and said, "Ling'er has a good heart, so naturally she can't think of the thoughts of the bad people in the world, and the bad people will not put those unsightly plans on the surface." What idea did they have, grandmother didn't believe that Ling'er would not notice it, but Ling'er didn't bother with them, but grandmother had to plan for Ling'er. ”
Qingling leaned on her grandmother's shoulder and smiled softly, "Grandmother, it's up to her to do whatever her mother wants, and it's still her own sisters who care about it, although Ling'er and Mo'er are not born of the same mother, there is always family affection." My father doesn't worry about the affairs of the house on weekdays, and my mother has to do everything herself, and it's not wrong for my mother to plan a lot for my sister and younger brother. ”
Mrs. Tai sighed deeply, maybe the Wang family didn't know that Qingling retreated because they regarded them as a family and didn't want to deal with her, but in Wang's heart, maybe they had already regarded Qingling's concession as ignorance, thinking that all this was what she deserved, and no matter what she did, it was right.
"Don't be afraid, Ling'er, you just have to be yourself, God has his own arrangements, God will not treat a good person badly, nor will he let go of a bad person. Okay, the chrysanthemums on the other side of the East Gate are still waiting for our grandparents to enjoy them. ”
What is there to be afraid of in Qingling, what they are afraid of is those who have bad intentions, and it is precisely because their hearts are full of fear that they will do those things that should not be done.
The chrysanthemums of the east gate bloom, a piece of golden, glamorous than the autumn sun, the frost is not adjusted, not afraid of the wind, proudly to the sky and strive to bloom a smile. Qingling saw her own shadow from these flowers, and she didn't do the same, through the wind and frost, Ling Ran turned to the sun.
In the next few days, Mrs. Tai instructed the Jiang Mansion to marry her daughter soon, and exempted the Wang family from serving in the morning and evening, but Mrs. Tai acted cautiously, and every day there were loyal subordinates to report Wang's whereabouts.
Wang's spare time to concentrate on the marriage, and his feet are busy inside and out, and the dowry is decided by Mrs. Tai. Qing Mo didn't come to Qingling again to talk about Xiling Garden, and Qingling was rarely quiet for a few days.
The second day was the Double Ninth Festival, and the house was peaceful, peaceful, festive, and peaceful. This was Qingling's last night in Jiang's mansion, and after tonight, she became a member of the Xu family.
I thought that Wang must have made some moves, but everything was normal and calm. What Mrs. Tai worried about did not happen, this night, Qingling slept with her grandmother just like a child, and the grandparents and grandchildren were reluctant to give up, but no one mentioned this. Qingling has been with Mrs. Tai for more than ten years, and she has never felt that Mrs. Tai's words are so much tonight, but she chatted with Qingling for most of the night.
As soon as the time passed, someone came to call the bride to wash and dress up early. Qingling was worried about waking up her grandmother, so she got out of bed gently, and Wanxin was already waiting outside. At the moment when she went out, the sleeping Mrs. opened her eyes, a string of tears slipped down the pillow, she tried her best to endure without crying sound, she knew that it would be easy to see her granddaughter in the future, but today is a day of great joy for Qingling, and she can't make Qingling sad because of her reluctance.
Qingling didn't know that this step out of the door was a farewell, waiting for her was a long-planned trap, and waiting for her grandmother was also the lamp going out.
The children of the eunuch family get married, and another set of cumbersome procedures, Qingling is no exception to be accompanied by bridesmaids, bathing and changing clothes, opening the face thrush, applying grease and powder, and the last and most cumbersome rule is to comb the hair, after combing the hair, from now on to say goodbye to the daughter's family and become a wife.
"One comb to the end, two combs to the white hair and eyebrows, three combs to the children and grandchildren, four combs to the glory and wealth ......"
Qingling straightened his stiff body that was already sitting, and the bride sang while inserting a handful of rosewood numbers into her waist-length hair, slowly combing it, and pulling it into a dignified and luxurious phoenix bun on the top of Qingling's head.
Qingling Muran was fiddled by the bride, the red wedding dress was embroidered with a cloud brocade background full of elegant silver Luoyun shading, and a gold thread color phoenix was wound from the neckline to the skirt, fluttering and flying, unique and exquisite.
The wedding dress is put on the body, and a red phoenix crown falls on the phoenix bun, which is decorated with hundreds of pearls of the same size, and the phoenix crown is embedded with seven thumb-sized night pearls, which are luxurious and dusty, and beautiful and refined.
In the mirror, a xia curtain fluttered on the shoulder, and the cloud brocade was embroidered with the dark lines of silver Luoyun, and the edges were decorated with gold tassels. Then a bright red glow fell on top of the official, covering the joy of the room.
"The girl should remember that she can't talk to her family until she gets on the sedan chair. When the cover falls, it must be lifted by the bridegroom, and the girl here must not uncover it on her own......"
The door of the embroidery room opened silently, and a person's shadow appeared in the mirror, but Qingling couldn't see it, only smelled a fragrance through the Xia cover, and then, her mouth and nose were covered by a towel with a rich aroma, she lost her intuition, her body shook, and she fell softly.
The door rang gently, and immediately, the beautiful woman on the round bench of pineapple flowers and trees in front of the mirror was the same, and the pretty figure was reflected in the mirror.
The red cloud brocade base is embroidered with a rich and noble golden Luo Yun shading, and a silver thread color phoenix is wrapped around the neckline to the skirt, fluttering and ready to fly, which is unique and exquisite.
In the mirror, a xia curtain is gently placed on the shoulders of the beauty, and the dark lines of golden Luoyun are embroidered on the bottom of the cloud brocade, and the edges are decorated with gold silk tassels.
A bright red shade covered the beauty's face.
The bride helped the bride to the door, and immediately outside the door, there was a bridal maid Zijuan entangled the bride and stepped out of the door, slowly walking towards the front hall of Jiang's mansion, and the other three dowry maids also followed behind, through the eaves of the corridor, bypassing the flower hall, and the big maid Zijuan led the bride to enter through the back door of the main hall and waited behind the screen.
The ears heard the gongs and drums suona, which was the auspicious tune of the dragon and phoenix, accompanied by an earth-shattering sound of firecrackers, and a shout came from the main hall, "The auspicious time is here - please newcomer -"
The big girl Zijuan was about to enter the front hall from behind the screen with the bride's arm, when suddenly, a low roar came from her ear, "Stop!" ”
Zijuan turned around, and Mrs. Tai walked tremblingly on crutches.
"The slave maid greets the lady." Zijuan hurriedly let go of the hand holding the bride and saluted.
Mrs. Tai narrowed her eyes, looked up and down a few times, and asked, "Why is there no Wan Xin among the wedding maids?" ”
Zijuan was frightened in her heart, lowered her head and didn't dare to raise it, "The slave maid returned to Mrs. Tai's words, at first the eldest lady chose Wanxin to be the dowry maid, and the lady said that although Wanxin has been with the eldest lady for a few years, she is not top-notch in the house, and the lady said that the maids did wrong things in their own house and said the wrong things to be forgiven, but when they came to the uncle, it was not good if something went wrong, so they let the slave and maid replace her." ”
Mrs. Tai took a step closer, looked at the bride's wedding dress carefully, turned around to leave, suddenly turned around and slid her fingers over the big red wedding dress, and asked sharply, "Ling'er's wedding dress is a silver phoenix with a silver background chosen by the old body, how did it become a silver phoenix with a gold background?" ”
Zijuan's hand trembled, and Mrs. Tai's approaching eyes made her feel coerced like she had never felt before, and said in a trembling voice, "Slave... The slave doesn't know. ”
"Mother!" Wang Shi was afraid of some fork, and was originally in the back hall to command the subordinates, she appeared in time to laugh, and said softly, "Mother, how can Ling'er's wedding dress be known as a slave, or let the daughter-in-law say, originally Ling'er's wedding dress was chosen by her mother, and the gold on the silver background is excellent, but Mrs. Xu Shilang's mansion sent a message, saying that Ling'er is a continuation of the string, and the wedding dress cannot exceed the rules, and Caifeng can only use silver." ”
Mrs. Tai was undecided, Wang's abnormality had always made her suspicious, according to Wang's temperament, she must have to do something, but after so many days of calm and calm, she finally felt apprehensive and came to see it in person. Mrs. Tai raised her hand, and her fingertips touched the bride's Xia cover, and she was relieved to open the Xia cover to see.
At this time, Mrs. Tai only believed in her own eyes.