Chapter 100: The Rites
Chapter 100 (6000+ two chapters uploaded together)
In the previous life, she was in the Xie family, although she took the name of the concubine, but she was an inconsequential person, and no one seemed to care whether she was dead or alive.
As for whether Quan Sheng will come to marry her in her last life, no one cares either. The little Quan clan is really not enough for Mrs. Xie to look at in her eyes. Compared with the previous life, her situation in this life can be said to be one day and one place.
The night after Mrs. Xie told her that she was going to do the ceremony for her. My father came in person...... Since she came back from Wangchuan, the father and daughter have not eaten together for a long time.
One is that Xie Ke's body really needs to recuperate, and the other is that his father Xie Nian also wants to avoid his second uncle Xie He, so he is not at home most of the time. So their father and daughter have not had such a quiet meal together for a long time, and they chatted with each other with a cup of tea after the meal.
Cheng placed two cups of tea in front of Xie Ke's father and daughter, and then quietly withdrew.
Only Xie Ke's father and daughter were left in the house. Xie Nian only then spoke. "You've been back for a few days, but my father hasn't found a chance to ask how are you in Chu's family? How is your grandmother? And a few of your uncles...... "Lao's father is worried, it's all good, my grandmother is tough, and my uncles are all right." I don't have anything to worry about in Chu's father......" Xie Ke finally said with a smile. Xie Nian nodded, and so did his heart.
In the eyes of her daughter, the Chu family may be a little more cordial than her own family.
Just looking at the things that my daughter brought back this time, I knew that my daughter must be very good in the Chu family.
Old Madam Chu is very generous to this granddaughter...... It's just that Chu Ye's behavior is a little abnormal. "Where's your little uncle? Anything important? Why did he just send you to the city gate and leave in a hurry...... "This doesn't look like Chu Ye's doing." He has always been very good to Sister Bao.
Sometimes even he, the father, is a little jealous of Chu Ye.
How could he treat his daughter so well. But if someone is good to his daughter, he, as a father, should be happy.
It's just that Chu Ye was still smiling at Sister Bao a moment ago, and when he met him, he immediately turned cold. How can Xie Nian be happy in his heart...... But if you are unhappy, you are not happy, Chu Ye passed the door like this and did not enter, which still made Xie Nian feel different.
"My uncle really seems to have something important, but my daughter doesn't know what is important, and my uncle didn't explain it to me...... My uncle seemed to be in a hurry all the way, but I was sick and rested for two days, and the rest of the time was fast. "Since it's a show. Naturally, do a full set. The little uncle made some arrangements, although Xie Ke didn't know how useful it was, but she would always do what he told her.
Sure enough, Xie Nian frowned slightly when he heard this.
"I heard Lin Changyuan say this. Chu Ye did go too far this time. I know that you are delicate, but you are still in such a desperate hurry. so that you fall ill in the middle of the way. Sister Bao'er, why did you say that your little uncle suddenly treated you so coldly, did you anger him when he was in the Chu family? ”
Xie Ke's little face couldn't help but turn white, and his face was full of doubts.
Father asked. It really stopped me. I am very regular in the Chu family, and my father can ask Mr. Lin about this. I didn't know where to annoy my little uncle, my father didn't mention it, I didn't care, my father mentioned it, I really felt that my little uncle treated me a little coldly.
Maybe my uncle thinks I'm too old to be close to me. Xie Ke finally hesitated.
Xie Nian nodded, and said in his heart that maybe there was really this reason, after all, his daughter was about to get married. Even the days were arranged, he meant to let his daughter out of the cabinet in March of the following year, but Qi Lu said that he had invited someone to choose an auspicious day. It was on the tenth day of the lunar month. Although Xie Nian felt that the days were a bit rushed, after all, there were less than three months left......
However, Qi Lu sent someone to explain this, saying that the emperor already knew that he was about to marry a wife, and inquired about his marriage.
On this day, even the emperor nodded and said yes.
The emperor is a golden jade mouth, and the emperor* has said that what else can Qi Lu do, so he has to send someone to apologize to him, and promise not to treat his daughter badly.
The left and right are also going to marry into the Qi family, and it is nothing early or late.
Xie Nian is not pedantic at all. What's more, in his heart, his daughter's happiness is more important than anything else. The marriage was inquired about by the emperor, which is already a great honor. What's more, the emperor also personally gave a pair of jade Ruyi to add makeup to his daughter, which is a unique thing. It can be said that her daughter, who is not married, is already quite famous in the capital.
"Forget it, don't mention your little uncle's matter, maybe he really has something urgent. It's about how to solve the matter of your second uncle's family. Although they have gone to the capital now, they can't save Brother Xiao'er. I'm afraid they really dare to visit the Qi clan. The implication is that the face is too big.
Xie Ke smiled faintly, not caring at all. "Then let them visit."
What kind of person is Qi Lu, who will really give them face because they are her uncle and aunt. Jokes, don't you know what kind of character they have? What's more, Qi Lu has never been easy to talk to, and the second aunt still wants to take advantage of him, and he has already given her enough face if he doesn't beat them out of the Qi family.
As for whether she will lose face, maybe she would care in her previous life.
In this life...... Is that thing on the face something that others can hit if they want to? What's more, with her Xie Ke's face, Qi Lu will naturally help her protect her well.
As for the face of his second uncle, I'm afraid I will lose it once this time.
"Having said that, how does this make Qi Lu deal with it?" In Xie Nian's heart, Qi Lu was just a somewhat arrogant teenager, and as for this arrogance, it seemed to be acceptable because of his background. So Xie Nian thought that his daughter was married to a noble young man with a little temper. I never felt that my future son-in-law was a murderer without blinking.
"How he responded, his father was thinking about him...... It's not the best of both worlds. It also saves my father from thinking crankily all day long, which adds to his heart disease. Xie Ke still didn't care.
Xie Nian's face was flushed, it was really a shame that he didn't have to be told by his daughter, he was really angry about it recently.
The son-in-law is the same age as the daughter, only half a year older than the daughter. It's four or five years younger than Brother You'er. Brother You'er's behavior is still ridiculous until this time, how can Qi Lu, who is four or five years younger than Brother You, protect his daughter? And he heard about it, saying that Qi Lu didn't seem to be loved by the head of the Qi family.
A weak teenager, a little son-in-law of the same age as his daughter, and a pair of in-laws who don't like their daughters.
Xie Nian finally began to worry......
even thought that it would be better to simply agree to her daughter marrying the Qi family. Fortunately, the son of the Naqi family has won the hearts of his parents, and even with his wife, he naturally loves the house and Wu. But if you marry this Qi Lu, I don't know if I will be bullied by my in-laws. Although Na Qilu swears that he can protect his daughter. But whoever is a son can disobey his father and mother, and he is like him. knew that his mother sometimes bullied her daughter, but she could only comfort her daughter in private.
is extremely angry, and he only says a few words to his face, but he doesn't dare to really do something disobedient.
Naqi Rule. How dare you?
However, he felt that Xie Ke's words really made some sense, and he just took this opportunity to see how Qi Lu dealt with Xie He's family......
"It's an opportunity." Xie Nian nodded after all.
Xie Ke smiled, he didn't take his second uncle's family to heart at all, what if they asked for Qi Lu? Even if they were lucky to meet, Qi Lu might not pay attention to them. With the temperament of Qi Lu. It's already his good deed if he doesn't pour oil on the fire, save Brother Xiao'er? What a joke.
However, Xie Ke didn't dare to tell his father directly, so the second uncle and his father and brother had a fight.
His father is still a bad person, and it is extremely rare to listen to his non-interference with Xie Xiao this time.
"Father, let's not talk about those troubles. Now that the date of marriage has been set, the daughter should wait quietly in the courtyard to get married. Xie Nian nodded...... "Since this is the case, if there is anything in the family in the future, you will have your father to take care of it, and after the ceremony, you will be married in the courtyard." As for the dowry. Naturally, your father will take care of it for you. Xie Nian has a feeling that his heart and liver have been snatched away, but his daughter will eventually get married when she grows up. It's just that this marriage is indeed a bit far away...... It is really not easy for him to see his daughter. As for the fact that he was thinking about gradually moving Xie's business to the capital, he didn't have a charter after all, so he didn't say much to Xie Ke.
Only let her live in peace in the courtyard to be married. He does the rest of the things...... As for the matter of the inner house, isn't there still a Cheng family?
The father and daughter actually said some inconsequential things, Xie Nian just liked to gossip with his daughter so much, thinking that if his daughter got married, she would be someone else's...... He couldn't gossip with his daughter anymore, so he wanted to spend more time with his daughter.
Xie Ke chatted with Xie Nian very obediently......
She didn't have such sadness as Xie Nian in her heart, she had really experienced a lifetime, and family affection was really precious to her. But because of her preciousness, she is more calm. Because only when you get along with it, you won't be in pain if you lose it. It doesn't matter if it's a father or a young uncle, Chu Ye. After all, he will not accompany her for the rest of his life.
They were kind to her, and she remembered them.
What she can repay is that the Xie family, who her father cares about, will not be dilapidated and decadent.
Let the little uncle Chu Ye be able to save his life, and let the Chu family still be a century-old family, with boundless glory.
That's what she cared about.
He accompanied his father Xie Nian for an hour, and Xie Nian remembered that he had instructed Cheng Shancai to do something. It's time to report back, so I got up and left.
Xie Ke moved. After being served by Shui Qing, after washing, he went to *chuang to rest.
Thinking about not knowing how Mrs. Xie arranged her ceremony, thinking about it and slowly falling asleep.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Ke's birthday is coming...... Mrs. Xie spent a lot of money this time, not only packed up two side rooms for Xie Ke's ceremony. Moreover, the entire Jardine House was rearranged, and the courtyard was planted with chrysanthemums. This golden chrysanthemum is a rare thing in Jian'an, each pot is priced at ten taels of silver, and there are three or five hundred pots in this courtyard, which is a relatively large expense.
Whether it is the flower hall or the warm pavilion, the main hall or the banquet hall, the curtains have been replaced, and the house is also a water mahogany house, with a cover cloth with gold wire, which looks very magnificent.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Xie sent Mama Cheng over to groom Xie Ke......
For today, Mrs. Xie specially cut new clothes for Xie Ke, naturally, Xie Ke is not short of a new dress sent by Mrs. Xie, but this is the only new dress that Mrs. Xie gave her since she was a child.
The bright pink is inlaid with a plain green edge line of the flower gown, which is faintly embroidered with the dark pattern of the word Fu, and the flower path is light pink, and the whole dress is slightly beautiful with the material of the bright pink, and it looks very elegant.
Mama Cheng finished dressing up Xie Ke. couldn't help but take a step back, looking at Xie Ke with amazement in his eyes.
"My sister is beautiful, and this new dress is even more beautiful when I wear it, so people can't take their eyes off it. A few of you girls also come to see if our sister Bao'er is comparing the fairies in the sky with her appearance today. Mama Cheng greeted Shui Qing and the others in a good mood.
Several people nodded their heads one after another.
Although her own girls are also beautiful on weekdays, Xie Ke doesn't like makeup. So most of the time, whether it is wearing or jewelry, it is very simple......
So dressed up like this, a few girls are naturally very popular.
"Mama's hands are so skillful, the girl is so good-looking when she changes into a new dress, our sister is naturally beautiful, but she doesn't have Mama's skillful hands. The girl can't be so pretty......" Cong Rui's mouth has always been extremely sweet. Such words naturally made Mama Cheng feel comfortable from body to heart. "It's just you girl." "The slave is telling the truth, not to mention that the slave is very stupid. I have never known the truth...... "Cong Rui is as good as a stream."
Xie Ke glanced at Cong Rui with a smile, this girl is quite clever, that is, she praised her, and praised Mama Cheng.
This grandmother has always treated her very well, and warned her several times.
Xie Ke looked at Shui Qing, and Shui Qing understood.
began to take out red envelopes from her arms and distribute them, she did not just give them to Mama Cheng, but to the girls in the house.
Mama Cheng is naturally inconvenient to take over. "Mama, take it, today is my sister's big day. That is, to be festive. Mama saw that we were all in her arms. Girl's reward, we happily accepted it. Cong Rui approached Mama Cheng and said with a smile on her face.
Mama Cheng smiled, looked at Xie Ke, and finally put the red envelope into her sleeve pocket......
Although I didn't look at it, her red envelope is not thin...... This girl also has a heart. She felt that Xie Ke was clever many years ago, and she was the favorite of several sisters. When she was a child, she taught Xie Ke to learn quickly, and the little people came to do all kinds of complicated etiquette, and they were also well-behaved and discerning.
At the moment, I really have a pair of discerning eyes.
Among the several girls of the Xie family. Sister Yu is the most noisy.
But the girl's gaze is always a little evasive, and she seems to be always calculating. This is not good, if a person's eyes are not right, his heart will naturally be wrong. Really. Sister Yu made trouble again and again, and finally married into the Quan family, and she married into the Quan family with a disgraced face, which was supposed to be the main room, but in the end she ended up as a flat wife. She didn't dare to say whether there was any credit for Sister Bao'er, but during this time, Sister Yu calculated Sister Bao several times. In the end, he suffered again and again.
The doorway here is really profound.
But she can guarantee that this girl will not harm anyone.
Even if you are forced to act, you must protect yourself...... You can see that she can know a thing or two when she treats Sister Yun. Sister Yun was able to marry into the Wang family and settle down thanks to Xie Ke's care. After marrying into the Wang family, Xie Ke also wrote letters to Sister Yun many times, teaching her how to deal with her in-laws and how to get the favor and trust of the Wang family. These were told to Mama Cheng one by one by the grandmother.
As for the grandmother's thoughts, it is not difficult to guess.
She could naturally see that the old lady relied on Mama Cheng and said more good things about Xie Ke, which was nothing more than to make Mama Cheng have a better impression of Xie Ke, no matter what happened, it was best to take care of her.
In fact, the eldest grandmother just didn't say this, how could Mama Cheng ignore Xie Ke. She is very optimistic about Xie Ke. Even she felt that if the Xie family wanted to keep the name of this century-old clan, she might have to rely on Sister Bao.
So no one has to buy it, Mama Cheng will definitely take care of Xie Ke secretly. “…… Mrs. Zhengbin invited Mrs. Zhizhou of our Jian'an, she is the woman with the highest status in our Jian'an. Ordinary people don't want to move her. The praiser chose Sister Xia, you and her often move around, if it weren't for the Wang family's distance, the old lady would have wanted to invite Sister Yun back. The deacon chose a few girls from the side of the clan......"
Xie Ke nodded.
Naturally, there was no objection to Mrs. Xie's arrangement.
The woman's courtesy, the high status of the guest, will set off the girl's value will be higher. That Mrs. Zhizhou, who Xie Ke had forgotten her face, if she was the most noble woman in Jian'an, it would be reasonable.
Mrs. Xie was able to invite her to come forward, which shows that she attaches great importance to her courtesy.
As for Sister Xia...... For the sake of the third uncle's face, she naturally won't be embarrassed by Sister Xia, so Mrs. Xie's arrangement, Xie Ke naturally won't shake her head, and the reason why Mama Cheng said it to Xie Ke in advance was just that she didn't make a mistake when she saluted for a while.
The hour has come. The group moved to the Jardine House.
The east wing room has long been cleaned up, with a long case on it, burning incense, and a luxurious fragrance. Everything looks very solemn and solemn.
Xie Ke's arrival is naturally extremely eye-catching. All the women present were talking in twos and threes, and when they heard the movement, they couldn't help but raise their eyes to look at Xie Ke.
Most people here have seen Xie Ke, but Xie Ke was fourteen years old. Although the day was a quick glimpse. But the beauty of the girl of the Xie family is still very eye-catching, and the ladies of the Zhu family have also discussed with their own men after they went back, and they have also thought of going to the door to propose marriage.
But the Xie family is indeed a watchman in Jian'an.
Their own son is not outstanding, and the girl of the Xie family has such a face.
This face is naturally very beautiful, but it is also very easy to cause trouble...... Thinking that their own family can only be regarded as rich, the ladies can only think about it in their hearts. There were few who really dared to come to the door, but they were brave enough to come to the door, and in the end, they were all rejected by Mrs. Xie one by one with excuses.
Later, I heard that even Jian'an's Chu family, Yingdu's Wei family, and Jinling's He family all came to the door.
In the end, they all died without a problem...... People like them. Naturally, I don't dare to covet it anymore.
Later, this girl from the Xie family really found a good relative, the Qi family in the capital. What kind of people are they? It is said that the mother of the son of the Qi family is the emperor's most royal sister...... It is said that as soon as the son of the Qi family fell to the ground, the emperor rewarded him with a fiefdom...... Reputedly...... In short, this Xie girl's future in-laws are well-known.
Since there is no hope of marrying, it is good to come and see the beauty and find an opportunity to cling to it.
So there are many visitors today.
At first glance, it seems that Mrs. Xie has bought face, but in fact, most of them are for Xie Ke.
And today, Xie Ke appeared in makeup, not to mention men, it was the women in the house who thought they had seen beauties all looked straight at them......
You must know that most of their families have no shortage of silver. It is common for my own man to be happy and accept a beautiful concubine. But no matter how beautiful the woman in the family is, compared with the Xie Ke girl in front of her, it is really a world of difference.
In fact, the girl in front of her can be included in more than just a beautiful word.
It's a rhyme, moving between lines. The end is unparalleled.
Someone took a light breath and then couldn't help but praise it. "What a blessing you have, old lady. The granddaughter is so beautiful, I have lived for decades, and I have never seen such a beautiful girl. Old Madam Xie was naturally very useful in saying this.
"This girl followed her mother, thinking that her mother was also a beauty praised by everyone in Wangchuan back then."
"Back then, Grandma Xie Si was indeed praised by everyone who saw it......"
"It's a pity for my four daughters-in-law. It's a shame. If she is still here, she will definitely feel very satisfied when she sees Sister Bao'er now. I'm just such a precious granddaughter...... After thinking about it, I felt that no matter what, I should give her the best. Only then did Mrs. Zhizhou come forward to ......, "Mrs. Xie said this quite complacently.
This Mrs. Lin is in Jian'an, but the women in the house are vying for it.
In the past, many people invited her to be the guest of honor...... But she refused. Xie Ke turned out to be the first one she didn't refuse. In the eyes of Mrs. Xie, this honor is also a very face-saving thing.
Everyone nodded in unison.
Soon the preparations were ready, the guest of honor was seated, and Xie Xia held the tray and stood beside Mrs. Lin. The music is ......
After Mrs. Lin gave a speech, she gave Xie Ke a hairpin and said goodbye...... At this moment, suddenly Mama Cheng ran to Mrs. Lin out of breath.
"Madam, please slow down, ......" actually stopped Mrs. Lin's movements. The people in the entire courtyard were in an uproar. The ceremony was interrupted, which had never happened before. Old Madam Xie's face changed instantly, and Mrs. Lin, who was holding the hairpin, was also very ugly. She rarely attends this kind of scene, and with her identity, even if the Xie family is a leader in Jian'an, she will not be the guest of honor because of her stammering.
It's just because Xie Ke wants to marry the Qi family in the capital.
If you talk about this Xie family, there is really nothing for her to flatter. (To be continued.) )