Chapter 374: Sending Relatives (1)
Today's first update.
5 p.m. on the second watch.
The obituary was sent everywhere, and the entire Xia Mansion was immersed in grief.
Zhen Xuan was lying on the bed, looking out of the window, there was white silk hanging in the courtyard of Tianyi, and everyone was dressed in plain clothes.
Xia Yiqing wanted to keep the spirit, and did not return all night, until dawn came back exhausted, rested for a while, and went to the immortal residence again.
On this day, the in-laws and relatives came to the door to mourn, and there was a cry inside and outside the mourning hall.
The Pei family originally came to congratulate Zhenxuan on giving birth to a child happily, but on the second day after receiving the red eggs, they received an obituary.
I bowed before the spirit, and then I came to see Zhenxuan.
Sun sat down on the edge of the bed and said softly to Zhen Xuan: "Xia Mansion is mourning, and the fourteenth uncle can't come over." You are in confinement after all, don't be reckless. ”
Zhen Xuan bowed slightly.
White things are important, and Brother Yun's washing is very concise and completed in a hurry.
The ancestor was suspended for forty-nine days.
Although it was a confinement period, some rules conflicted, and Zhen Xuan spent most of the time lying in bed to recuperate, but she didn't rest well after all, and she didn't have much strength on her body.
As soon as she was out of confinement, Zhen Xuan went to the Eternal Life Residence and knelt down and cried.
When the men carried their ancestors out of the mountain, Zhen Xuan looked at the paper money fluttering in the sky, and her mood became heavier and heavier.
There are many rules in the filial piety period, and each room lives cautiously.
In Tianyi Courtyard, there were a few little maids who were ignorant, so they made a mistake in playing chess, and they were trained hard, and they were a lot more honest for a while.
Sun came to visit Zhen Xuan twice more and brought some news.
Zhenqi gave birth to a daughter in June. The Fu family man is prosperous. There are very few daughters. And because Fu Ling, the only granddaughter of General Fu, married and married, the whole family was looking forward to adding a girl, and this one born by Zhen Qi became a baby bump in the family.
Zhen Wen's marriage was decided, she was a distant relative of her mother's Zhao clan, although Sifang was not satisfied with this family business, but Zhen Wen was too old after all, so she followed Zhao's wishes.
Among the daughters of the Pei family, only Zhenjiao has an unclear future. Mrs. Jiang and the Zhang family talked several times, but the Zhang family delayed in every way, and the old lady Jiang couldn't hold her breath, and wanted to follow the example of the Zhao family and pick someone out of the Jiang clan.
In August, Zhenjing married Yu Cong and entered the door, which was a big matter for the Zhou family. The Xia family was still in the filial piety period, Zhen Xuan did not go back to eat and drink, but only heard the Sun family say that their husband and wife looked at harmony and felt a lot more at ease.
And what dragged the Xia family out of grief was Xia Huqing's marriage.
The Marquis of Dingyuan and the Xia family set a wedding date. On October 28, he married Xia Huqing and entered the door, and he could also catch up with the opening of the ancestral hall in the lunar month of this year. Let Xia Huqing kowtow in front of his ancestors.
Zheng counted the days and said to Mrs. Zheng: "I went out in the middle of September, the time is not generous but enough, and the dowry is prepared." ”
Old Lady Zheng looked back and forth with the dowry list, and Xia Huqing sat beside Zhen Xuan with red eyes, bowing her head and saying nothing.
Zhen Xuan patted her hand and explained: "It's exactly five months, and you are also out of the filial piety period, so it's time to get married." The fourth sister is also engaged, and the third uncle and aunt also mentioned last month that the husband's family wants to set the date at the beginning of spring, but now they are all in Yongzhou, and they can't cross you. ”
Xia Huqing lowered his eyes and replied in a low voice.
Old Mrs. Zheng pressed her eyebrows and said, "You and Yiqing's daughter-in-law are discussing it." ”
Zheng bowed his head, and when he raised his head again, there was some insistence in his eyes: "I want Huqing to marry from Qinghua Hutong in Beijing." ”
Not only was Mrs. Zheng stunned, Xia Huqing and Zhen Xuan both glanced at each other.
Zhen Xuan thought about it carefully, but she could understand what Zheng meant.
In the middle of September, Yongzhou is still mourning here, and it is not appropriate to hold a happy event, if the house in Beijing does not have to scruple a lot, the scenery is beautiful, and there is no need to grieve Xia Huqing.
It's just that there is an inconvenience in Kyori.
All the relatives of the Xia family are in Yongzhou, who is in charge of Xia Huqing? If you follow into Beijing, in order to catch up with the moon to worship your ancestors, you will have to return non-stop after Xia Huqing returns to the door, and the journey is hard. And because of the different generations and different filial piety periods, the only relatives who can send Xia Huqing to Beijing are brothers and sisters-in-law of the same generation.
In the second room, the meaning of Xia Suqing and the Yun family is not considered for the time being, Xia Yiqing and Zhen Xuan are here......
Zhen Xuan didn't know what Xia Yiqing would plan, when the old ancestor passed away, he had been mourning for three years, and now it is only five months......
How could Xia Huqing not guess Zhen Xuan's embarrassment, but as a bride, she really couldn't make ideas at will, so she could only sit worriedly.
Old Lady Zheng sighed secretly and raised her eyes to look at Zhen Xuan: "You ask what Yiqing means." ”
Zhen Xuan should go down.
This kind of thing, since it is necessary to avoid what people say, and when the lantern is blown out at night, Zhen Xuan looked sideways at Xia Yiqing with his arms on his pillow, and said what Zheng meant.
Xia Yiqing glanced at Zhen Xuan, and sighed for a long time: "That's it." ”
And so it was settled.
Zhen Xuan personally went to Xia Huqing's courtyard, but saw Walnut guarding outside the house, she glanced at the house and asked, "Where is the third young lady?" ”
"Mademoiselle is in the house." The walnut was about to make a sound, Zhen Xuan shook her head and stopped, picked the curtain and entered the house.
Xia Huqing was not outside, but sat upright in front of the dresser in the bedroom, with an ebony box in front of her and a hosta in her hand, staring at it for a moment, and she didn't move for a long time.
After a long time, Xia Huqing noticed Zhen Xuan's arrival, she put away her things with a red face, and asked shyly, "Why is my sister-in-law here?" ”
Zhen Xuan pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm here to tell you that the second master and I will send you to Beijing." ”
Xia Huqing was stunned, his eyes were full of light, and he couldn't help laughing.
It was not long before the day of departure, Xia Huqing was uneasy, but no one could speak.
Marrying far away, Gao Pan, Xia Huqing has her trepidation about the unknown future, and being able to be accompanied by her brother and sister-in-law to Beijing really makes her feel a lot easier.
Leaning on Zhen Xuan, Xia Huqing said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, thank you." ”
"Thank you, brother." Although Xia Huqing tried her best to hide it, Zhen Xuan still found a trace of hesitation and hesitation in her expression, and she said softly and comfortingly, "No matter why that one married you, since he gave you a hairpin, don't worry too much." The days after marriage are lived by themselves in a down-to-earth manner. ”
Xia Huqing was seen through by Zhen Xuan, and turned her head embarrassedly: "No, I'm just thinking about what he looks like...... As soon as the words came out, she felt more and more embarrassed and shy, and hurriedly raised her eyes to look at Zhen Xuan, seeing her gentle and friendly smile, her heart moved, and she lowered her eyes and said, "Well, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid."
I have never seen him, the capital and Yongzhou are thousands of miles apart, before the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion came to the door to propose, I didn't even know that there was a Dingyuan Marquis in the capital, let alone Fu Yan, he was tall, short, fat and thin, and he had never heard anyone mention it.
Someone who had nothing to do with me was suddenly going to marry me, and his temperament and temper were all unclear to me.
He gave me a hand-carved box and a hosta, but I was still afraid, afraid that I would not have any relatives in the capital, and that I would be looked down ......upon by others in the Gaopanhou Mansion."
These thoughts have always been buried deep in her heart, Xia Huqing has never said a word to anyone, she doesn't dare to say anything to Mrs. Zheng and Zheng's family, and she can't open her mouth to Aunt Wen, she can only wander alone.
Zhen Xuan also knows Xia Huqing's temperament, she is willing to open her heart to her, and she trusts her incomparably.
Hugging Xia Huqing, Zhen Xuan said something in her heart: "I understand your feelings, after all, you are a complete stranger, how can you not be afraid of living with him for the rest of your life." What kind of person the little marquis is, I have already told you what I know, but those are all hearsay, and it is far from enough, it is up to you to understand.
I'm better than you, I met the second master a few times before marriage, and he helped me, but that's all, except for the appearance of the second master, I don't know his temperament and temperament, I don't know his preferences. Not only me, but almost all the young ladies to be married didn't know. The same goes for the third brother and sister, she has never met the third uncle.
The capital is far away, and the family affairs are high, but the third sister, you have to remember that you were brought up by your grandmother and mother, and you were raised by Mrs. Jun herself, and your grandmother is the nurse of the prince of Huai'an.
Since he has the heart to get along with you, you must also raise your head, neither arrogant nor humble. ”
Xia Huqing was silent, she chewed Zhen Xuan's words repeatedly, and only raised her head for a long time: "I listen to my sister-in-law." ”
Mrs. Zheng flipped through the yellow calendar and set off on September 18.
Zheng went to the second room and asked Mrs. He what she meant, she repeated it back and forth a few times, but she still didn't decide whether to let Xia Suqing and Yun go with her.
Mrs. He's little ninety-nine, no one in the family knows, seeing that the day is approaching, Zheng didn't want to bother with her, so he asked the eldest master to ask the second old lady what he meant.
The second old lady is an understanding person, Xia Huqing married from Beijing, even if Zhen Xuan is capable, it is the first time to handle this kind of thing, and it is inevitable that he will lack skills. The people who come to eat and drink are people who have business dealings with the Xia family and some in-laws, especially the relatives on Zhen Xuan's side, all of whom are nobles, if they are not taken care of properly, they will not look good on the face of the Xia family. Xia Suqing and his wife are young and have little experience, but they have a few more people. The second old lady made the master and let them enter Beijing together.
The third and fourth rooms got the news, so they had to send some things to add makeup to Xia Huqing.
The Yuan family really wanted to have such an opportunity to contact the powerful, but the third master's filial piety period had not passed, where could she travel far, and it was a pity that in the end, she was annoyed that she had not married a daughter-in-law for Xia Hengqing earlier, otherwise, she would have allowed them to enter Beijing as well.
In the Tianyi courtyard, the maids and daughters were packing their luggage.
Mama Chang was happy in her heart, but she didn't dare to reveal it on her face, and carefully checked the cages arranged by the little maids.
Xing Aya just had a body, Zhen Xuan asked Chen's mother to stay in Yongzhou to take care of her, and asked Gao's mother to stay in Tianyi Courtyard, so she ordered Chang Mama to follow, she waited for so long, and finally had a chance.
Among the accompanying maids, four of the first-class ones were brought with them, leaving them to take care of the internal and external affairs of Tianyi Courtyard, and there were two second-class ones of Suxiang and Buyue, and the two third-class ones of the youngest were added. (To be continued......)
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