Chapter 46: The Red Candle

The moon is like a silver hook.

Outside the city of Suzhou, there are stars on the yellow sand.

Thousands of early blooming flowers, with the wind set off waves like ripples, in the middle of the sea of flowers, the wooden house exudes a dim yellow light, you can see the terrace, the pillars are hung with red flower ribbons, and the windows are also pasted with the word "happy".

Heaven and earth are silent, two figures from afar, hand in hand, slowly moving forward in the dreamlike scenery, intermittent words appear and disappear with the wind:

"Ling'er, I'...... I'm your aunt......"

"Uh...... Not anymore, but you can call it that, auntie......"

"What aunt, that's what the child called...... By the way, according to the rules, whoever goes first is the sister, I will enter the door now, Xiang'er and Xiao Qi will call me sister in the future, right? ”

"Well, it should be."

"What should be? Ling'er, you are a big man, can't you control your wife? …… But don't worry about me, I can talk to you in advance, if you don't even listen to me, I'll go down to the princess to complain......"

Lu Hongluan held the hem of her skirt in one hand, walked slowly through the flowers, and kept talking about it, thinking of where to go, hiding the tension and embarrassment in her heart.

Xu Buling carried the lantern and pulled Lu Hongluan to walk in the sea of flowers, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, after all, the two of them had not taken a walk like this for a long time.

Since arriving in Chang'an, the two have walked together, it was like this before, and it will be like this in the future, they will never be separated, the so-called wedding is just a ceremony on each other's life path, it is very important, and it must be gone, but it can't be added a little more to each other's full feelings, because it has long been full.

Some love is plain and warm into the water, and some love is vigorous ups and downs.

For Xu Buling, he prefers the former, he can hold hands together and be white-headed, who would want to experience what 'life and death are separated and combined', home is by his side, people are in front of him, it is already the greatest blessing of the family.

While gossiping, the two of them came to the terrace of the wooden house.

Xu Buling opened the door of the wooden house, revealing the spacious living room inside, except for the wooden horse, swing and other objects he played with when he was a child, the most conspicuous thing was a huge bed, so big that ten people could not be crowded, covered with a big red futon, embroidered with mandarin ducks and happy characters.

Red candles were burned on the lampstand, and on the table where the ritual utensils were placed, there were two trays with a phoenix crown and a set of red robes for the groom.

Xu Buling came to the dressing table and raised his hand: "Aunt Lu, I'll comb your hair and change your clothes." ”

Lu Hongluan saw that there were no outsiders within a few miles, only her and Xu Buling, and her heart relaxed a lot. After hesitating for a moment at the door, he stepped into the wooden house and glanced left and right:

"Ling'er...... Really? ”

Xu Buling was a little helpless and shrugged his shoulders.

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Lu Hongluan clutched her skirt tightly, hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't resist her baby bumps, slowly walked to the dressing table and sat down, looked at the delicate face in the mirror, and her face turned red suddenly.

Xu Buling picked up the wooden comb, untied the bun, and combed it gently. In the past, I combed Lu Hongluan's hair a lot, and I am still very good at this craft.

The large wooden house was very quiet, except for the slight sound of a wooden comb passing through the green silk, and the sometimes rapid and sometimes slow breathing.

Lu Hongluan's expression was a little dazed, and he seemed to have returned to the time when he was in Chang'an City, when there were only two of them. Looking at Xu Buling, who was combing her hair seriously in the mirror, she wanted to talk casually as before, but at this moment, she couldn't find any topic.

It wasn't until Xu Buling coiled her hair and was about to change her skirt that she twisted her shoulders and whispered:

"How can there be a bridegroom official who dresses the bride, you go behind the screen to change, and I will come myself."

Xu Buling pursed his lips and smiled, did not refuse, picked up the red robe in the tray, and walked behind the screen.

Lu Hongluan stood up, the pearl steps in her bun trembled, she glanced at the red dress on the stage, as if she remembered something, and said:

"Ling'er, I still seem to be the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family......"

Xu Buling changed his robe behind the screen and said with a smile: "Xiao Qi is still your aunt, and she has already written a letter to the Lu family to dissolve the marriage contract. ”

Lu Hongluan breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the wedding dress and looked at it carefully: "You think about it quite thoroughly...... Don't peek at it. As he spoke, he turned his back and untied the belt around his waist.

At this time, Xu Buling naturally would not peek at his aunt changing clothes, make the appearance of a gentleman, and stand behind the screen and wait quietly.

The sound of rustling outside stopped for a long time, and then Lu Hongluan's voice came again:

"Alright...... Come out. ”

Xu Buling walked out of the screen and looked up, under the light of the red candle, the woman was wearing a wedding dress and sitting upright in front of the embroidery bed. The waist placket is outlined with gold wire to outline the flying phoenix pattern, tightly tied around the waist, outlining the graceful curve of the pearl round and jade, the red embroidered shoes are shrunk under the skirt, and the hands are still folded on the waist, but it is obviously a little more shy and nervous than in the past. As if sensing his gaze, he lowered his head slightly.

Even if the hijab covers the moving cheeks, the scene in front of you is still fascinating and amazing.

Xu Buling stopped and looked at it for a long time before he came back to his senses, dressed up, and slowly stepped forward to get the gold scale rod between the ritual vessels, ready to lift the hijab.

Although Lu Hongluan's nervous brain was dazed, he still remembered the process of the wedding, and found that Xu Buling's actions were wrong, and he said busily:

"Haven't you visited the church yet...... You are the bridegroom's official who welcomes the bride, how can you lift the hijab directly......"

"Oh...... Almost forgot ......"

Xu Buling patted his forehead, put down the weighing rod, came to Lu Hongluan, and squatted down with his back to him.

Lu Hongluan's lips under the head were pursed, and he carefully lay on the man's broad back and hugged Xu Buling's neck. Then his body was slightly lighter, he was picked up, and walked out of the wooden house.

It's not the first time I've been lying on Xu Buling's back, but this time the feeling is completely different.

Lu Hongluan felt that he had a lot of words hidden in his heart, but he couldn't say a word at this time, for fear that saying a single word would destroy the atmosphere that he couldn't think of before.

Walking along the thousands of flowers, I gradually came to the edge of Mandarin Duck Lake.

The surface of the lake is sparkling, and under the bright moonlight, a small stone tomb stands quietly by the lake, and red candles are also placed in front of the tomb.

Xu Buling's footsteps slowed down a few times until he stopped in front of the tombstone. The past life and this life have long been blurred, but the knife-like feeling in my heart at present is real, I can't hold it down, and I never thought about it.

Lu Hongluan got off Xu Buling's back, knew where he was, stood quietly beside Xu Buling, and was silent for a long time before whispering:

"Sister, I'm sorry...... I...... I took care of Ling'er later, and I worshiped the yellow paper back then, so forget it...... I'll call you mother-in-law in the future...... If you want to scold, you can scold me......"

Xu Buling's expression was quiet, he stood in front of the tombstone upright, and said softly:

"Mother won't blame you, if you know under the spring, it's too late to be happy."

Lu Hongluan was silent and bowed slightly:

"If you don't blame me...... That...... Let's go to the chapel. ”

"Worship Heaven and Earth......

"Two Worship High Hall ......"

……

In the silent sea of flowers, the man's voice trembled for some reason.

The starry mandarin duck lake is as flat as a mirror, and a little red candle on the lakeside seems to be integrated with the sea of stars and the earth at the same time.

Far away, on the roof of the palace hall.

A man in a python robe with white hair is holding an ordinary wine gourd in his hand, which contains broken jade roast brought from Chang'an.

After Princess Su left, he never drank the broken jade roast again, not because he couldn't buy it in Xiliang, but the person who accompanied the wine was no longer there, and no matter how good the wine was, it was tasteless.

But tonight, apparently, I'm going to have to take a few sips.

Because no matter where the immortal goes, tonight, she will definitely look at this distant northwest wilderness, and look at the sea of flowers that have been opened up by each other little by littleβ€”the three most important people in her life are here today.

Xu You picked up the wine jug, raised his head and drank half a jar of wine, raised his hand again, sprinkled the cool wine on the ground under his feet, and whispered softly, rising with the wind:

"Our son, we got married today, the bride is your favorite little sour radish, it's not easy......"