CHAPTER XIX

After January, I heard Xiao Tao say that Liu Qianqian was grounded at home by Lord Liu Xiang for a whole month because she spent 2,000 taels to buy a hairpin, and the people in Kyoto talked about it, saying that the Liu family was rich and rivaled the country, and it would cost a few thousand taels to buy a hairpin casually. Qingchen smiled knowingly, this Liu Qianqian, it seems that her nickname of "straw bag" will be given to her in a few days.

The days are spent in a busy way, Qingchen goes to Qingliang Temple to practice in the morning, studies the glass making process at home in the afternoon, and listens to Xiao Tao talk about the gossip news in Kyoto from time to time, and feels that the life is very fulfilling. She gave the third glass she had made to her. This great monk was so moved that he insisted on teaching her his heirloom "hairpin hand".

Qingchen couldn't help but get goosebumps as soon as he saw the big monk practicing hairpins, and he fell off one after another. Such a big monk had to take his fat hand to hairpins, watching him twist there, like a big snake wriggling, Qingchen felt extremely awkward.

I also wanted her to practice this dance-like hairpin hand as a science student, which was really painful for her. She wanted to refuse, but the great monk said confidently that this was his mastery, and as his only apprentice, how could he not do this.

An Mingxia was very happy when she heard that Qingchen was practicing hairpins, and immediately decided to teach Qingchen her lost steps. An Qingchen spent the darkest three months since she came to ancient times, and under the attack of the two masters, she practiced day and night.

Finally, I look forward to the day when I can rest.

In the thirty-eighth year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on May 15, the auspicious day of the zodiac, everything is feasible, and the dust will be cleaned and the ceremony will be carried out. Early in the morning, Qingchen was woken up, in the hazy haze, someone helped her freshen up, someone told her about the process of saluting, Qingchen responded in a daze, and she didn't wake up until she was ready. Mother said yesterday that Concubine Med, who was in the palace, would give her a beating. Women and ladies often have female elders with both ability and integrity to preside over the ceremony. It is said that her mother was friendly with Concubine Meide, and this time she was invited to add a curtain to Qingchen, which is a great grace, and the concubines in the palace are not allowed to leave the palace lightly.

Just after the hour, Qingchen came to the hall to wait, An Mingxia and Hua Yaoyun were already sitting, and there were some relatives and friends, Qingchen was not very impressed. A little maid came to report that Concubine Medde had arrived at the door, and everyone stood up to greet them.

Qingchen looked at the door and saw a stunning woman coming slowly. Qingchen has lived for two lifetimes, and she has never seen such a beautiful woman, a seat of Tsing Yi, not only does not damage her dignity, but makes her even more uncannibalistic.

When they arrived, everyone slowly bowed, and Qingchen only heard a soft and glutinous voice above his head: "Everyone get up, outside the palace, there is no need to be so polite." ”

Qingchen raised his head and glanced at it secretly, only to feel that this Concubine Medde was more interesting up close, and there was no flaw on her face, this is the person who added to her today.

The elders of the clan announced the beginning of the ceremony. Qingchen has long been aware of the cumbersome procedures of this coming-of-age ceremony, thanks to the body's super memory ability. While carrying out the ritual Qingchen, I was thinking about whether the original An Qingchen was because his memory was too good, so he never forgot Zhou Xiao.

In the midst of her complicated thoughts, Concubine Mei De had already dressed her in a plain skirt, and was raising her hand to pick up her family's ancestral Hetian jasper hairpipe, and gently insert it into her bun. Qingchen toasted tea to his parents and thanked him for his nurturing grace. Ready to go.

After that, the palace maid brought a mahogany lacquer plate, on which were placed the hairpins commonly used by women and a set of curved deep clothes. Concubine Mei solemnly added the curved deep clothes to the body of Qingchen, and the movements were a little clumsy during the period, and at first glance she was a person who was accustomed to being served, and then added a hairpin. From then on, An Qingchen will bid farewell to her innocent girlhood and officially become an elegant and dignified adult woman.

After the addition, there are three additions. Concubine Mei De put on a long-sleeved skirt for her, An Qingchen at this time, clear and elegant, graceful and atmospheric, dazzling that people can't look at directly, compared with Concubine Meide, An Qingchen's beauty is more thriving and vibrant.

After three plus, worship your parents again. An Mingxia and Hua Yaoyun watched the pearl in their palms grow from a swaddling baby to a bright woman today, and they couldn't help but have slightly red eyes.

An Mingxia got up and said, "My son is an adult today, and I hope that in the future, I can abide by etiquette, know how to advance and retreat, and become a good woman with both virtue and benefit." ”

"The son obeys his father's commandment." Qingchen solemnly and authentically.

Finally, the tea was served to the people who added her and the guests, and the ceremony was completed

Compared with going to the martyr's tomb to announce an event when she was eighteen years old, this ancient rite of passage can be described as a grand and abnormal, which makes Qingchen unconsciously feel a sense of pride and responsibility in her heart, at this moment she is actually thinking, if she really can't go back, she can live a good life in this Great Zhou Dynasty, she is only fifteen years old now, she is in her youth, and there is a rich and powerful father, who regards her as a treasure, if nothing else, she may marry a rich and rival Langjun......

Her An Qingchen's good life in ancient times has just begun.