On the eighth day of April, the day of bathing the Buddha. It is also Rong Zheng's fifteenth birthday. Girls and 笄 indicate adulthood.

The lord of Duanhui County is mainly to give Rong Zheng a good time.

This season is the season when the peony peony is in full bloom, and Duanhui also felt that there were fewer flowers in the villa, so he had to ask people to go to the florist outside to buy dozens of pots of peony and peony to make the inside and outside of the Qingyin Pavilion diǎn flowers.

Rong Zheng got up early in the morning. Fu Cui held the new clothes that had been cut a long time ago and asked Rong Zheng to wear them.

Rong Zheng took a look, today she is the protagonist, and she should be dressed up brilliantly. In addition, if you want to salute, you will prepare a silk gown with red brocade embroidered with honeysuckle patterns and a pomegranate red Luo skirt.

Rong Zheng looked at the red and glamorous clothes, and couldn't help but think of the auspicious clothes she had only worn for one day. Ruyi and Qiu Ci came in to groom her. Tachibana walked over, holding a long lacquered box.

Fu Cui greeted him and said with a smile: "Is there anything wrong with Sister Dantang?" ”

Dan Tang bowed to Rong Zheng and said with a smile: "The county lord asked the slave maid to send the golden hairpin that the eldest grandmother wants to wear today." ”

Rong Zheng hurriedly said: "I'll go over and thank the county lord in a while." Can the county lord rise? ”

Dan Tang said: "The eldest grandmother will come over later, and the county lord has not gotten up yet." ”

After Dan Tang left, Fu Cui opened the box and asked Rong Zheng to see it. Rong Zheng took a closer look, and there was a red gold manchi Jiao double-strand hairpin lying on the red velvet cloth. It is full of lotus leaves, mandarin ducks, and carp patterns pinched with fine gold wire. The mandarin duck's feathers are clearly visible, and the eyes are inlaid with dazzling rubies. I checked it in my hand, and it looked like it was twelve taels.

"It's too expensive, how can I afford it." Rong Zheng couldn't help but admire.

Fu Cui smiled: "If the eldest grandmother can't stand it, no one can stand it, no matter how it is the county lord's intention." Grandma should take it. If you go back, you won't be able to find a second hairpin suitable for today's wear. ”

Fu Cui said, then put the box on and handed it to Ruyi to keep.

Rong Zheng saw that the guests had not yet come, and it was still early before the auspicious time of the salute, so he ordered the maid to temporarily change her into a homely half-used dress and save her child. wore a Nanzhu hoop, and a pink peony the size of a wine glass was placed on the sideburns. Thin application of fat powder. She took a self-portrait in the mirror, and said with a satisfied diǎn head: "" ∝ dǐng " ∝ diǎn " ∝ small " ∝ said, .◆.o£s_ (); Let's do this for now, and then redress when it's time to salute. ”

When Duan Hui saw Rong Zheng's outfit, he was a little surprised: "Today is your good day, why are you dressed so plainly?" ”

Rong Zheng looked down at the silver-red gown that he had only worn three or four times, and said with a smile: "Don't blame the county lord, I think the guests haven't come yet." Dress up for the occasion first, and wait until it's time to salute before changing into a new cut of clothes. ”

Duan Hui smiled and said, "You are too small and angry." You see, I am a widow, and my clothes are not the same. You should put on some clothes. ”

Although the Rong family has its own industry and has a good life, the Rong family is not like such a profligate family. Although they are also particular about eating and dressing, the girls' clothes are not the same every day.

Rong Zheng pursed his lips and smiled, and said gently: "I used to get used to it, I'm afraid I won't be able to change it for a while." ”

"It's okay, you're so young, it's time to dress up. It just so happens that your family also runs a cloth village, and you are more familiar with the fabric than me. Cut a few new clothes, don't be old and can't dress up if you want to. ”

Rong Zheng expressed his gratitude to the lord of Duanhui County for the golden hairpin.

Duanhui waved his hand and smiled: "You misunderstood, this is not the hairpin I chose." It was Junhua who asked me to keep it for the time being, and I will take it out for you to wear today. ”

Is that him? It's no wonder that the style of the full pool is chosen.

Duan Hui continued: "He has a heart. The thing which I chose is still stylish, too. I don't think it's bad, but I don't know if you like it or not. ”

Rong Zheng was busy diǎn head and said: "I like it, I like it very much." ”

The invited guests came one after another, the grandfather Qi family, Mrs. Li brought Li Shiniang, and the princess came with Baowen and Baolu.

The Splendid Courtyard set up a stage and invited the famous Kun class and Deyin class in Bianliang City to sing. There is a county lord sitting on the side of the Splendid Courtyard, and the guests who come Rong Zheng just show his face and come forward to say hello. She mainly greeted the young girls at the Seiyin Pavilion.

Mu Baowen walked over, and when she saw Fifteen Niang, she covered her mouth and smiled: "Fifteen Niang, your mother-in-law is here, what are you still hiding here, why don't you go and see it soon." ”

Li Shi Niang's face turned red, and she said, "Hmph, you're making fun of me again." ”

Mu Baowen smiled and said, "Where do I dare to make fun of you, your mother-in-law is really here." She went to find Rong Zheng again, and when she saw that Rong Zheng was talking to the young lady of the Qi family, she couldn't help but say loudly: "Sister-in-law, the wife of the Cui family is here." ”

Rong Zheng and Yun Xia said a few words before they came over and said to Fifteen Niang: "Let's go, let's go to meet your mother-in-law together." ”

Fifteen Niang twisted more and more.

Rong Zheng said with a smile: "Mrs. Li is watching the play in front, Mrs. Cui must know that you are also here, and it is not good for you to hide now." ”

When Fifteen Niang wanted to say something, she saw the eldest girl Gui Yuan next to her grandmother come over and said, "Fifteen Miss, Mrs. asked you to come over." ”

Mu Baowen smiled and went to take the arm of Fifteen Niang, and the group went to the Splendid Courtyard.

The Jinxiu Courtyard is very lively, and the stage is singing "The Pipa Story", and those wives, grandmothers, and ladies are all deeply attracted by the story of Zhao Wuniang and Cai Bojiao sung on stage.

Li Shiniang followed Rong Zheng and Baowen to Mrs. Li's side, and Rong Zheng smiled and saluted Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li smiled diǎn head: "Grandma, you are polite." Today is a good day for you, congratulations to you. ”

Rong Zheng said with a smile: "Where can the younger generation afford such a big gift as Madame." ”

The two exchanged a few polite words, and Mrs. Li saw Fifteen Niang beside Rong Zheng, stepped forward with a smile and took Fifteen Niang's arm, and led her to Min's face.

Min was all about the play, but the maid behind her secretly reminded her, and she noticed the two in front of her. Min Shi hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "Mrs. Li, you haven't seen you for a long time, and you are still so healthy. ”

Mrs. Li took the hand of the fifteenth mother, looking very intimate, as if she was out of her own, and said with a smile: "I brought the fifteenth mother to give a salute to the wife of the Cui family." ”

Fifteen Niang blessed her body shyly and timidly. Min Shi hurriedly bent down to help Fifteen Niang, and said repeatedly: "Good boy, you are too polite." ”

Fifteen Niang's face was flushed with shame, and she didn't dare to look at her future mother-in-law, she lowered her head slightly, and her eyes only stayed on Min's bean-green embroidered folded branch flower.

Min Shi looked at the fifteenth mother carefully, and she was seven points satisfied with this daughter-in-law who had not yet passed the door. The three points of dissatisfaction come from the fact that the fifteenth mother is a concubine, and it is said that the biological mother was born to the aunt of the maid, and she is not even a good concubine.

Today's fifteen mothers are obviously dressed up well, with a willow yellow short jacket and a silver thread pinching the bud edge. With a silver-red hemped skirt. She wears her hair in a girlish bun and has a short red gold hairpin. A red silk flower was hairpinned. There is an eight-treasure ring around his neck. Bright eyes and bright teeth, intelligent and gentle. The family style of the Li family is the famous Qing Su of Bianliang. is also worthy of his own son.

Min looked at today's fifteen mothers, and the original seven points of satisfaction became nine points. She also affectionately took the hand of the fifteenth mother, and asked the fifteenth mother to pick up an embroidery pier for the fifteenth mother to sit beside her.

Duanhui saw that the two parents' families were very harmonious, and his heart was happy. I kept looking at the fifteenth mother, the more I looked at it, the more pleasing it was to the eyes, and the little seven of the Cui family were also blessed to be able to marry such a Peugeot lady. Duan Hui didn't speak much from beginning to end, she glanced at Fifteen Niang a few times, and then fell on Rong Zheng, frowned slightly, and stopped Rong Zheng, who was talking to Mrs. Ren.

"What time is it, why haven't you changed your dress?"

Rong Zheng said slightly apologetically: "I'll go immediately." ”

Mrs. Ren looked around, but she still didn't see anyone from the Rong family, so she couldn't help complaining to Rong Zheng: "What's going on with your mother's family, why haven't you seen anyone." ”

Rong Zheng also wondered, and said, "I don't know if something happened." ”

Seeing that Rong Zheng was a little troubled, Mrs. Ren San smiled and said, "Okay, it's almost auspicious." The county lord urged you to change your clothes, so go quickly. ”

Rong Zheng was about to go back to Qingyin Hall to change his clothes, but suddenly heard the maid come to report: "The county lord, grandmother, the wives and ladies of the Rong family are here." ”

Rong Zheng smiled and said to Mrs. Ren: "Third aunt, I really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived." This man just can't stand the chatter. I'm going to pick up my aunt and sister. ”

Mrs. Ren San also got up.

The Duanhui County Lord, who heard the news, looked much lazier, and said in his heart, this Rong family is also true. It's long overdue, how is it that he seems to have a lot of posture, as a mother's family, shouldn't he come early to support Rong Zheng?

Rong Zheng walked to the gate of the Splendid Courtyard, and sure enough, he saw the Rong family coming under the guidance of the servants of the villa. The one who walked in front turned out to be Ma Shi, who had not been seen for many days.

Rong Zheng chuckled in his heart, how could the Ma family come? Didn't I hear that she was still sick in bed and couldn't move? How can it be done so quickly?

Ma Shi is holding a girl in his hand is Rong Sheng, and Rong Xiao is walking behind them with Du Shi.

Ma combed his round bun and wore the ruby head and face that he was used to going out. A soft silk gown with a pattern of falling flowers and flowing water in the green space. There was a layer of powder on his face, trying to hide his sick face that had not yet recovered.

This is the first time Rong Zheng has seen Ma after getting married, her face is faint, her eyes have crossed Ma's mother and daughter and fell on Rong Xiao and Du Shi, and there is a smile on the corner of her lips.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I'm afraid that something will happen on the road, so I'm about to send someone to pick you up. It's finally here. ”

Du naturally knew that Rong Zheng didn't like Ma's mother and daughter, and she didn't like Ma when she saw Rong Zheng talking to her, and she also took the initiative to talk to her.

"I was delayed in going out, so I was late."

As he spoke, he had already entered the Splendid Courtyard, and Rong Zheng led them to the county lord.

The county lord was not in a good mood when he saw Ma, but Ma was also Rong Zheng's stepmother no matter what she said, and she couldn't shake her face directly in front of so many people, saving Rong Zheng a little face.

"The wives and ladies of the Rong family have worked hard all the way." The county lord only had this sentence, so he turned around and talked to Mrs. Li beside him.

Ma Shi saw the indifference of the county lord to her, and she was not annoyed. Under the guidance of the maid, he sat down generously. Rong Sheng sat in front of him. She squinted her eyes and glanced at it, but Du Shi was chatting with the little hoof very energetically, she was not annoyed, slowly drinking the tea handed by her daughter, and watching the drama singing on the stage.

Even if you don't know Ma, you can find out about Ma's origin from others, so you can't help but cast strange eyes on this vicious stepmother who once acted cruelly to her stepdaughter.

Ma Shi prides himself on being a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he can appear here generously today, and he has long expected the results in front of him, and his face is light and light, and he will never let people look down on him.

It's okay for others, Min has heard a little about Ma's affairs, so he looks at Ma's side one after another. Eyes swept over the mother and daughter. Xindao, where is there still the bearing of a half-diǎn official wife, when you look at your appearance, you know that she is a mean and unkind person, and her appearance is not good.

In the blink of an eye, the auspicious time had arrived, and the county lord invited everyone to watch the ceremony in the Qingyin Pavilion.

Rong Zheng changed into a new red dress, combed a bun, and came to pay a bow to everyone who watched the ceremony. The flower hall has been covered with red orangutan felt. The county lord is the guest and is responsible for inserting hairpins for the Rong Zheng. Fifteen Niang acted as a division, and at this moment she had already come with a lacquered rhombic flower-style plate, and Rong Xiao was the praiser. She took out the golden hairpin full of pools from the tray and held it in front of the county lord with both hands.

The county lord took the golden hairpin, solemnly inserted it for Rong Zheng, and couldn't help but say some words of encouragement. Rong Zheng thanked him and bowed three times to the two empty chairs that were supposed to be sitting on his parents.

Ma Shi in the crowd was squeezed to the back, and she couldn't see how precious the golden hairpin on Rong Zheng's head was. She just felt that as a mother, she couldn't sit on it and receive the honor of the zheng, and she was a little indignant.

Rong Sheng was envious and jealous, and Ma naturally knew what his daughter was thinking. whispered to her: "When you can be so beautiful, I am also content." ”

The treatment of the county lord as the guest of honor can be met by a few people, and I have to say that Rong Zheng is still blessed and married a powerful person. Rong Sheng followed Rong Zheng with both eyes, hating and envious.

After the ceremony, the lord of Duanhui invited everyone to take a seat.

Mrs. Li took out a beautiful brocade box at the right time, and said with a smile: "I hope that grandma will not be disgusted." ”

Rong Zheng took it with both hands and thanked him with a smile.

Min Shi suddenly said: "Mrs. Li's things must be good things, grandma open the box, let's also have long eyes." ”

Rong Zheng glanced at Mrs. Li, and saw that Mrs. Li was smiling, and she didn't care. She smiled and asked, "Madam, can I open it and take a look?" ”

Mrs. Li smiled, "It's okay." ”

Rong Zheng opened the box and saw that a coral bead was lying on the bright red velvet cloth. It's a little similar to the one my grandmother gave me, and the beads are about the same size, so I can see that it's a good thing.

Seeing that it was a coral step, Min said with a smile: "Madame is really generous, this step shake is also very compatible with our grandmother." ”

Ma sat in the corner with a silent face, but his heart fluctuated, and he said secretly: What kind of rule is this, there is a box to open in front of everyone. Then the pair of silver bracelets she had prepared earlier were a little shabby, but she really didn't want to say anything too much. (To be continued.) )