Chapter 035: Blessing Ceremony (I)
The sky after the rain was exceptionally clear and vast, and Su Xue opened the window to look at the gorgeous sunset left in the sky, and her eyes gradually blurred.
Raising her hand and looking at the Hetian jade bracelet on her wrist, Qianrou's hand was very skillful, and after she wiped it carefully, the color of the jade bracelet became more moist.
At that time, Su Xue asked Qianrou to wipe it carefully, and Qianrou was still a little puzzled, after all, the luster of the jade bracelet was not wiped out, jade raised people, people also raised jade, and they often wore it on their hands to raise it, and they would become more and more bright.
Su Xue just smiled at the time and said, "This is sent by Shen Er Gongzi, so I naturally want to be rarer." ”
Qianrou smiled after hearing this, and didn't ask any more questions.
Su Xue pulled back into her senses and took a deep breath.
The last rays of light on the horizon were gradually engulfed in darkness.
There was a sudden sound behind her, and Su Xue turned around, and Miaomeng was pouring water into the bathtub.
Because they had to purify their hearts and bodies before praying for blessings, they didn't dare to use dinner after bathing and changing clothes, so they got into the carriage and prepared to go to Linxi River.
Miao Meng helped Su Xue to the first carriage, because according to convention, Su Xue should sit in the first carriage.
Su Xue didn't think much about the rules at first, until she approached the first car, and saw the undisguised disgust of the old lady and the fourth lady, she suddenly understood, and then gently dragged Miaomeng, turned around and walked towards the second carriage.
Miao Meng looked at Su Xue with some puzzlement, Su Xue frowned and gave her a look, and when she saw the eldest lady walking towards the second carriage, she hurriedly shouted, "Auntie." ”
The eldest lady was still worried about Chen Yijin's injury, and when she heard Su Xue's shout, she turned around with a sad face, nodded and signaled, and got into the carriage without saying much.
When I sat down, I found that Su Xue had come up with her, and the eldest lady couldn't help but be a little surprised.
The second lady Yanyun looked at Su Xue, and pretended to be surprised and said: "I thought that the third sister would listen to the words of the second uncle and stay in the mansion, after all, the second son of Shen did not come to participate in the horse racing festival this time." ”
Su Xue lowered her head and smiled: "Horse racing event, how can it be that because one person does not come, it lacks excitement?" ”
When the second young lady Yanyun heard this, she was a little surprised: "I thought that the third sister was so infatuated with Shen Ergongzi, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that." If Chen Gongzi doesn't participate this time, I probably won't be able to come. ”
Saying that, he frowned again: "Hey, I really wish he hadn't participated......"
The eldest lady listened to the second lady talking nonsense again, and hurriedly pulled her, and looked at Su Xue with a smile: "Why didn't the third lady go to the first car to accompany the second wife?" ”
Su Xue pursed her lips and smiled: "There are four sisters accompanying grandmother and mother." Besides, isn't the sixth sister here too? After saying that, he smiled and looked at the silent Sixth Miss Wanyue on the side.
Miss Six smiled gently, her dark eyes sank slightly, and landed on Su Xue's wrist.
"The third sister is also wearing it?" Wanyue asked suddenly.
Su Xue touched the Hetian jade bracelet in her hand and nodded with a smile.
"Mother also wears it, this Hetian Yu is really a supporter, and my mother rarely coughs in the past two days." Wanyue smiled softly and reached out to pull Su Xue.
Su Xue was stunned for a moment, why was Miss Six's hands so cold?
Raise your eyes and look at Miss Six again, her face is ruddy and she has no symptoms. Su Xue couldn't help but shake Miss Six's hand: "It's cold at night, why doesn't Sixth Sister wear more clothes?" Look at the cold hands. ”
Wan Yue narrowed her smile and looked straight at Su Xue: "Why did the third sister forget Jì?" When it's cold, my hands and feet are cold, and my clothes don't work no matter how warm I wear......"
Su Xue's first reaction to this sentence was that the sixth miss was cold, and she had to make up for her body more on weekdays, but after thinking about this, she found that the sixth miss was still looking at her with a faint gaze, and Su Xue felt a little chill in her heart, because her eyes were full of surprise and exploration.
Sure enough, she frowned, and said: "These days, people in the mansion say that the third sister has changed, and I see, the third sister has not only changed, but even her memory has deteriorated." ”
Su Xue was suddenly frightened, she was already careful not to say more, for fear of letting others see what clues, but she couldn't prevent these trivial things.
Looking at Miss Six's eyes that were still chasing after her, Su Xue couldn't help but think, what did this Miss Six want to say, or did she see something so she was testing her?
Shi Ran smiled and silently calmed her nervousness, even if Miss Six found something wrong, it was impossible for her to detect her true identity, she had to be calm and calm.
"It seems that Qianrou is right, after the last fall, my whole person was in a trance." Su Xue said distressedly, and then sighed softly, "Sometimes I have to look for things that are clearly placed on the mirror platform for a long time before I see them." ”
When the eldest lady heard her say this, she also smiled and said with relief: "It's nothing, I sometimes look for hairpins for a long time, but they actually wear them on my head." ”
As soon as the eldest lady finished speaking, Su Xue immediately followed and smiled: "I didn't expect the eldest aunt to be like this!" ”
"Isn't it?" The eldest lady suddenly came to her senses, and began to talk about her interesting things. She looked at the second miss Yanyun as she spoke, as if she wanted to divert the second miss's energy, so that she would stop thinking about Chen Yijin's affairs all the time.
Su Xue smiled and listened to the eldest lady, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and finally got over the danger just now.
The carriage started, Su Xue secretly glanced at Miss Six, and Miss Six pursed her lips and smiled, never seeming to show joy or sorrow.
I vaguely remember that when I first met Miss Six, Su Xue was almost moved by her gentleness, but now looking at this woman who is moody, for some reason, Su Xue has an inexplicable chill in her heart.
The carriage soon arrived at the Linxi River, and since it was night, and it was a blessing ceremony presided over by the prince himself, they did not wear veils again this time.
They got out of the carriage in order, and the ladies and ladies of the Jiang Mansion followed closely behind the old lady. The old lady stepped forward, and immediately a sharp-eyed master of ceremonies recognized the old lady and led the people of Jiangfu to approach the riverside.
The night was very quiet, except for the bright light of the Linxi River, it was dark all around. Su Xue stood quietly beside Miss Six, raising her eyes to look at the only light.
It was a huge river lantern, too big and heavy to float directly on the river, so a wooden lotus lace disc was placed underneath.
It was surrounded by people, but it wasn't noisy at all. Everyone's ladies are really different. They were well-dressed, with solemn expressions, and their eyes reverently looked at the big river lamp.
The crown prince stood at the front, his hands folded in the air, as if in prayer. Then a master of ceremonies came out, holding a large handful of silk threads in his hands, and at the other end of the silk threads were small and delicate sachets.
These sachets were distributed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the families of the dignitaries present, and Mrs. Jiang stepped forward to receive a sachet on behalf of the Jiang Mansion, and then returned it, and the people of the Jiang Mansion knelt down together to thank the Prince.
Su Xue had never heard of this kind of blessing ceremony, so she could only follow the instructions silently.
The old lady held the sachet in her hand and reverently recited something, and after about half a pillar of incense, she returned the sachet to the master of ceremonies with everyone, and the master of ceremonies handed it over to the prince, who threw all the sachets into the river lamp and burned them to ashes.
Su Xue stared at the river lantern with her eyes, watching it be gently pushed into the river, and then floated away with everyone's blessings.
This qiē was so peaceful and sacred, that even Su Xue, who was confused, couldn't help but become pious, quietly staring at the river lantern that was drifting farther and farther away.
But who expected that suddenly there was a loud bang, and no one could see what was happening, and the river lights went out.