Chapter 90: A Wedding Without a Bridegroom
As for the two cousins-in-law, although they were not outstanding, they also gave her an extra 1,000 taels of silver, of course, not only their hearts, but also on behalf of her cousin. Xu Jiayi was embarrassed not to accept it, so she could only accept it and thank her sincerely.
In addition, although Cui Qingren did not come back, he also sent the maid Lanxue to send two hundred taels of silver. Xu Jiayi didn't want to accept it, Cui Qing's life in Jiaqing Bofu was not easy, I don't know where she got these two hundred taels, but it must have been hard-won. But thinking that she was as proud as Cui Qing, she definitely didn't want to let herself look down on her, so she could only accept it first, but she sent other valuable things back in the name of returning the gift.
Cui Xin is still young and has no other place to make money, even the shop that the Zhao family handed over to her to take care of, she also handed over a lot of income to the Zhao family. Although the Zhao family intended to let her keep it, Cui Xin knew in her heart that she would never want this money. Cui Xin insisted that the Zhao family was naturally not good and then shoehorned.
Therefore, the makeup given by Cui Xin is similar to when she embroidered Wang Yun, in addition to the handkerchief and clothes she made herself, there is also a golden hairpin. Originally, Cui Xin was still worried that Xu Jiayi would be unhappy and a little uneasy, but who knew that Xu Jiayi happily welcomed her in to speak, and Cui Xin's heart instantly settled down.
Also, isn't it clear what kind of person Sister Yiyi is?
Cui Xin couldn't help but feel ashamed in her heart for her narrow thoughts.
Wang Yunxiu rushed back early in the morning on the day of the wedding, and asked how much the Zhao family gave as a gift, and after hearing that Cui Qing also gave two hundred taels, he thought that the sisters would send the same amount, and he also took two hundred taels out of his private money.
"You just take it, you don't know anything when you go over there, and there are many places to spend money." Wang Yunxiu forced the silver ticket into Xu Jiayi's hand, "What's the matter, you look down on your cousin, and think that your cousin can't even take out this little money?!" ”
Xu Jiayi didn't expect that she could save such a large sum of money because of the marriage makeup. Looking at the silver tickets neatly stacked in the box, Xu Jiayi felt that her hands were very hot. The money collected before and after is counted, and it is almost 40,000 taels of silver tickets. If this money is given to those people, it will be enough for them to eat and drink for several lifetimes.
Therefore, Xu Jiayi has developed such a somewhat sick personality entirely because the people in Shangshu Mansion are willing to spoil her. And that sensitive temperament is completely related to her own experience.
Xu Jiayi only felt her eyelids jump, and said out loud, "Sister Xiangqiao, these silver tickets will come out with a thousand taels of silver tickets to prepare for the expenses on the road, and the remaining silver tickets will be placed in several places." ”
The truth that eggs can't be put in one basket, she still understands the three holes of the cunning rabbit.
As soon as the matter of the silver ticket was dealt with here, Cuiyun from outside came in, "Girl, all those things that Miss Chen gave you have to take to the border with you?" ”
Hearing this, Xu Jiayi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, only felt that her head hurt again. She didn't know where Chen Xuan collected those things, what chilblain cream, hand cream, dagger, itch powder and the like, all kinds of piles were piled up in a big box.
Xu Jiayi sighed, thought for a while, and said, "Take it......"
After putting on the red hijab, Xu Jiayi was finally carried by her eldest cousin Wang Ling and sent to the sedan chair on her back. Although most of the sight was blocked by the hijab, Xu Jiayi still saw Wang Ling's eyes red from the cracks, and her eyes couldn't help but be uncomfortably red, she had already forgotten Xi Po's explanation at that time, and tears silently slipped down from the corners of her eyes, smudging her makeup.
Several women in Shangshu's Mansion were crying with tears, and the gentlemen also watched Xu Jiayi in a wedding dress with red eyes and got on the sedan chair, and then was carried by the sedan chair man and gradually drifted away in a burst of trumpets and gongs.
After leaving the city gate, Xu Jiayi asked the sedan chair man to find a post station to rest for a while, first, he needed to re-make his face with makeup, and secondly, he changed into a light pleated Ruyi moon skirt, and then transferred to the carriage.
Xiangqiao, Cuiyun, and Yuanxiang also sat in the carriage to serve Xu Jiayi, looking at Xu Jiayi, who was a little tired, Xiangqiao lifted the door curtain of the carriage and whispered outside, "The carriage goes slowly, don't turn it upside down, girl" and then returned to the carriage, looked at Xu Jiayi and said, "Girl, why don't you rest for a while, you should be tired in such a morning." ”
"Well, you guys should take a nap too." Xu Jiayi nodded and responded.
Before leaving, Xu Jiayi thought that it might not be easy to have a good time on this road, after all, she was in the carriage for almost more than a month, and she felt numb when she thought about it. But I thought that the carriage had been laid with high-quality thick mattresses in advance, so as not to knock people, and it would be more comfortable to sit up. But it was already April, and the further back we went, the hotter it became, and sitting on this thick mattress was like sitting by the fire, and the hot people were irritable.
Xu Jiayi's life is not easy, although she has been prepared, there are still many inconveniences.
Although he walked on the official road, the driver had tried his best to be steady, but he still couldn't withstand the bumps on the road. In the past month, Xu Jiayi has been turned upside down almost every day, and her body and bones are about to fall apart.
At the beginning, Xu Jiayi could occasionally drink tea and read books in the carriage, but when she was so bored, she took Yuanxiang and Cuiyun to laugh and laugh, and her life was happy. But the more I went on, the more uncomfortable I felt, and I didn't even have the strength to raise my hand, so I could only lie in the carriage to rest, praying in my heart that the carriage's career would end as soon as possible.
Not only Xu Jiayi, but even Xiangqiao and a few of them are the same, the whole person is wilted. Fortunately, the girl was considerate and let them sit in the carriage all the way, otherwise their lives would have been lost all the way.
The carriage came all the way to a post station in Changzhou, where they were going to take a breath and get married directly from this post tomorrow. Xu Jiayi and the others had sent someone to report the news earlier, telling them the approximate time of their arrival, so they hadn't arrived yet, and there were already people waiting at this post station in the Anping Hou Mansion.
Seeing Xu Jiayi, when they arrived, they all gathered around to salute and say hello, and then said a few words such as "hard work".
Chang Tian was the consul who came to receive Xu Jiayi this time, and he was also the housekeeper of the Marquis of Anping, who was ordered by the old lady Chu to wait here in person. sent the soldiers brought over behind him to help carry the dowry of Mrs. Shizi into the post station, and went to wait outside the door of Xu Jiayi's room, waiting for the future Mrs. Shizi to summon her.
Although it is said to be the future Mrs. Shizi, this lady was given marriage by the emperor, and it is the same in the morning and evening, seeing that the soldiers called "Mrs. Shizi" Xu Jiayi did not stop it, Chang Tian also called "Mrs. Shizi".
Xiangqiao waited for Xu Jiayi to freshen up, and after putting on makeup again, she welcomed Chang Tian in. After Chang Tian entered the inner room, he adhered to the habit of ignoring indecent behavior, buried his head in greeting Xu Jiayi first, and after introducing himself, he said the reason why he wanted to come to see, "The prince is not in Changzhou. ”
Along the way, Xu Jiayi has thought about countless questions, and has also thought about what the situation will be when he sees Chu Changfeng again, will he be unwilling to marry him? Was he happy or unhappy to see himself coming? Are the people in the Marquis of Anping easy to get along with, will they embarrass her?
It's just that I didn't expect that Chu Changfeng was not in the mansion at all, not even in Changzhou.
The moment she learned the news, Xu Jiayi couldn't tell whether she was happy or disappointed. Chu Changfeng is not in Changzhou, which means that he will not be able to come to pick up his relatives tomorrow. But in the next second, she suddenly thought that she would be the only bride who didn't even have a groom official on the day of marriage?!
If my grandmother knew about this, I might feel sorry for her.
Thinking of her grandmother, Xu Jiayi's mood instantly fell. She misses her grandmother a little bit. This is the first time she has left them for so long since she was taken back to Shangshu Mansion to raise her when she was a child, and I don't know how they are now......
Xiangqiao stood behind Xu Jiayi, and saw that Xu Jiayi didn't answer for a long time, and was a little puzzled, could it be that the girl deliberately wanted to give the people of the Anping Hou Mansion a dismount? She could see clearly that the smile on the face of the butler who came to report the news on the other side was almost unbearable, and she was very embarrassed when she looked at it.
This is not good, it is not good for the girl to offend the housekeeper before she enters the door, so she secretly gave Xu Jiayi a look, reminding her that she should accept it when she sees it, don't make things too stiff, and it will not be easy to act in the Anping Marquis Mansion in the future.
It's just that Xu Jiayi was completely distracted, and she didn't receive the signal of Xiangqiao at all. Fortunately, Cuiyun, who was standing on the side, saw it, reached out and pulled Xu Jiayi's sleeve and whispered, "Girl, Steward Chang is still waiting for you to reply." ”
Hearing Cuiyun's voice, Xu Jiayi came back to her senses, glanced at Steward Chang a little dazedly, and in an instant recalled what they were just talking about, and smiled apologetically at Chang Tian, and asked again, "Then I don't know who the Anping Marquis Mansion will send to pick up relatives tomorrow?" ”
"Mrs. Hui Shizi, the old lady has ordered, let the old slave escort you back to the Anping Marquis Mansion." Chang Tian replied respectfully, and he also saw that Xu Jiayi did not mean to embarrass herself, so her attitude was better.
If there are special circumstances where the groom official cannot be present, the brother of the groom official will also be the representative to pick up the relatives. But thinking that the Marquis of Anping Mansion is such a lone seedling as Chu Changfeng, naturally there are no other brothers to take over for him, so he can't let Old Lady Chu, who is a father, take over his relatives, right?
So Tsunata's answer was also unexpected and reasonable.
Xu Jiayi nodded and asked again, "Uncle Cousin, where did he go?" When will I be able to come back? ”
Although Chang Tian knew that there was still a layer of cousin-nephew relationship between Xu Jiayi and Chu Changfeng, he was still stunned for a moment when he suddenly heard Xu Jiayi call "cousin" before reacting.