Comb to the end

Comb the second comb until the white hair reaches the eyebrows

Three combs to the ground full of children and grandchildren

Four combs comb to four silver shoots are all marked

After combing Ji Zhu's head, the old woman picked up the gold thread prepared in advance and began to "open the noodles" for Zhu Xishi.

Speaking of this "opening", it is an indispensable procedure for a woman to get married, and it is necessary to ask a woman with both children and good morals to complete the ceremony. When the face is opened, two gold threads are twisted with each other to pluck out the hair on the face of the woman to be married, which means that the woman will fade away the youthfulness, and the wife and daughter-in-law will be cautious and moral, and they will look new.

"It's a little painful to open the face, you can endure it a little when you're young."

Jin Yu, who was accompanying her, gently patted Zhu Xishi's shoulder, but she was still sitting in front of the dresser, looking at herself in the bronze mirror attentively, not paying attention to it.

The golden thread ran down her fair face, and the tiny hairs ran down the corners of her temples, and the old woman read the words vigorously.

"As a wife to be married, she guards her husband's face, is filial piety and virtue, and has a hundred years of honor and disgrace"

Under Dundun's admonition, Zhu Xishi in the bronze mirror bit her lip tightly, I don't know if it was because the pain of this "open face" was unbearable, or because the admonition was too heavy, her eyebrows and eyes were a little painful.

"Yu Niang, how can there be such a marriage ceremony, it hurts to watch"

Gu Miaoqing looked at this boudoir before the wedding, and she was also shocked. Although he had the experience of waiting to be married in Yangzhou, he was naturally a half-baked novice compared to the complexity of Zhu Xi's marriage.

"Shh

Afraid of ruining the auspicious atmosphere, Jin Yu made a silent gesture. whispered in Gu Miaoqing's ear.

"There are local customs everywhere, nothing strange, just watch quietly."

Know how to be proportionate. Gu Miaoqing stopped the doubt in her heart and watched and listened quietly.

The old woman was skillful, and this "open" ceremony was soon completed under her hands; Put away the gold thread in his hand, take the red line gold leaf wrapped in the green branch, dip it in some osmanthus honey dew, and then sprinkle it on the pretty face of Zhu Xi who has completed the "opening of the face".

"Jin Lu washes his face, rich and auspicious."

A word of Jazan. The old woman immediately picked up a human-shaped velvet flower woven of cattails from the brocade box and inserted it in Zhu Xishi's sideburns.

"The velvet flower is on the sideburns, and the glory will stay for a lifetime."

Velvet flower homonym through "Ronghua". According to legend, it is a custom handed down by Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty. It is rumored that Yang Guifei has a small mole on her sideburns, which is regarded as a white and slightly flawed, so she often uses flowers to cover up, but she does not want to cover up the flaws and avoid ugliness, but she is favored by Xuanzong Li Longji Palace; The palace makeup has always attracted the attention of the four seas, so Yang Guifei's move of inserting flowers and sideburns is widely respected among the people. Over time, a custom has gradually formed.

"Upper and Harmonious Rice."

The old woman shouted. The palace family members who were waiting outside the boudoir in Zhu Xishi rushed in and presented the prepared dishes; Jin Yu and Gu Miaoqing also stepped forward, started work left and right, and got up and sat down together with Zhu Xishi.

This "harmony meal" is an indispensable ritual for a woman before she gets married. Both men and women need to prepare a banquet at home, and the younger generations of the family will accompany the bride and groom to eat, one to show the grace of family nurturing, and the other to reflect the harmony and tranquility of the house. After the meal is finished. The bride will be covered with a red scarf on a phoenix crown, and will be supported by someone to bid farewell to her parents, relatives and friends; After the farewell prayer. The bride's left hand holder sprinkles beans to drive away evil spirits, and the right hand holder lights a candle to lead the bride out of the pavilion and into the sedan chair.

And Zhu Xishi's parents died when he was a child, and he was alone in Lin'an, and there were no relatives by his side, so Jin Yu and Gu Miaoqing and others naturally had to take on the responsibility of relatives and friends of the same generation and accompany Zhu Xishi to complete this etiquette. As for the gift of parents, Baili Sheng, who is an elder, can teach his parents instead; It's just that he has traveled all over the world with his apprentice Sun Shen Fulu at this time, and there is no suitable candidate for a vacancy, so Zhu Xishi can only kneel to heaven and earth before leaving the pavilion.

Sandwiched a sugar chestnut and put it in Zhu Xishi's bowl, Jin Yu whispered.

"Eat more, you are no better than others today, and you have to hold out until the end of the wedding feast before you can eat again."

Zhu Xishi nodded, and took the opportunity to put the chestnuts in the golden jade clip into his mouth, but at the same time put down the chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat it?"

Before a piece of pure white chicken could be put into Zhu Xishi's bowl, Jin Yu saw that she had put down her chopsticks, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"It tastes light in the mouth, and I don't have much appetite."

"I still have to eat a little, and I have to force you this time. Isn't it too nervous? ”

As soon as he asked about nervousness, Zhu Xishi's look became more obvious. Nervous? She also asked herself repeatedly, but Zhu Xishi found that the mood at this time was very different from that when she was nervous; What's even more absurd is that at this moment, not only is the mood not tense at all, but calm as water.

couldn't figure out himself, and Zhu Xishi could only shake his head.

After seeing Zhu Xishi's reaction, Gu Miaoqing, who was serving soup on the side, made fun of her in this dull atmosphere.

"Sister Xiao, you shouldn't want to escape, right?"

"Miaomiao, what do you mean by bad luck."

Out of the cabinet is imminent, should he avoid it or should he avoid it, Jin Yu interrupted Gu Miaoqing's nonsense in one bite, and quickly persuaded Zhu Xishi.

"If you don't think about it, don't bother yourself. It's time to make a decision, the time to hesitate has long passed, hours, don't bother yourself. ”

Mediocrity disturbs themselves, this word is not early or late, and it hits Zhu Xi's current state of mind in one fell swoop.

She was confused, and she was overjoyed, why wasn't she the slightest excited? As a woman who is about to leave the cabinet, she has no hope for the most important moment of her life, which is a strange feeling; And what made Zhu Xishi feel even more shameful was that she still thought about the feelings of another man in her heart.

The state of mind fell to this field, and Zhu Xi himself was unexpected.

Probably overestimating her own ease, but once she really put it into practice, she realized that some things were not as easy as she said.

The heart is always something you can't rebel against

Chaoyang Palace.

Carefully hung the danqing on the easel, and the bright colors still made the woman in the painting vivid in the eyes of the people before the painting.

Becoming obsessed at a glance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but fall into it, and after a long time, he heard the pride of the sky sigh with self-pity.

"I would mistake others for you. Xiaoyu, did I miss you too much, or did I start to forget about you gradually? ”

The sorrow was difficult to step on for a while, and Zhao Yan couldn't help but turn his head and ask Jiang De, who was bowing to his side, hoping to find a little comfort.

"Jiang De, do you think I'm too obsessed with the past?"

The first thing to do in front of the saint is to learn to speculate on the sacred heart, Jiang De lowered his head slightly, and softly returned to Zhao Yan's question.

"It's the mother who is too heavy in the emperor's heart, so that you can't let go of it for a long time."

She was too heavy, which was Zhao Yan's answer to Zhu Xi at that time, but she didn't expect to be answered by Jiang De with a slight change at this time; Zhao Yan snorted, but said Jiang De without reprimanding.

"You, you've learned a lot around me over the years." (To be continued......)