Sending Shen's mother away, Mrs. Wu was also unruly, sitting very relaxed on the red sandalwood chrysanthemum embroidery stool, while scanning the leftovers on the big round table, while rubbing her temples with a sigh, and said: "Brother and sister, I have been worried too much in the past two days, I often can't close my eyes at night, and I am a little tired now, if you are not too tired, please do more for you, and arrange for people to clean up the table!" ”

Chen's face was calm, but in his heart he was slandering: "You will be lazy, obviously I have been in white and left in the dark for the past two days, but in the end, it has all become your credit!" Hmph, daydreaming, trying to call me plainly, how can it be so easy? ”

After a thousand turns in his heart, Chen smiled brightly: "I am in a hurry to do a lot of things these days, not to mention that the second sister-in-law is unskilled, even I am so busy that my feet do not touch the ground, to put it mildly, I have the heart to help the second sister-in-law share these hardships, but the old lady arranged for me to send my relatives out of the house, if I didn't do this errand well, wouldn't it make the old lady angry?" ”

Mrs. Wu raised her eyes in surprise, and said secretly: "Okay, I usually pretend to be the same as the light, but when I want you to make a contribution, it's either for this or that, let's just say it, even if I'm blind, I can't do it myself?" ”

"Second sister-in-law, I just sent someone to the outer courtyard to see, and the male guests are still guessing the boxing order, but someone from the female relatives has already gotten up and left." Chen walked forward with a smile, and when he saw that Mrs. Wu couldn't sit still, he deliberately looked very embarrassed, and said, "I still have to go out to see off the guests, it's not good to stay here to accompany the second sister-in-law, so I will leave first!" ”

Mrs. Wu was furious, and was about to open her mouth to entangle, but she felt that she couldn't do anything about this little thing, so she had to turn her head angrily and take a few innocent little girls to vent her anger: "You guys just know that the pestle is here, and you don't have any eyes at all, haven't you seen that everyone is gone?" If you're not ready to clean up the table, do you want me to do it myself? ”

A few girls were scolded for no reason, although they felt uncomfortable, but they were under the roof, so they had to bow their heads and do things.

Chen had not walked far, and when she heard Mrs. Wu open her mouth to train people, she immediately knew that she was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, but she weighed the pros and cons and felt that it was a little worthless to tear her face for such a trivial matter, so she didn't want to pierce the layer of window paper and went with her.

Out of the corridor, Chen suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Shen Xueru, who was following step by step, and said: "There are many men, women and children in front, there are many people, you haven't decided yet, it's not good to go out and show up, in my opinion, you better go to the sunny girl to join in the fun!" ”

Shen Xueru pouted unhappily, hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Chen's arm, and begged, "Mother, I want to go outside and have a look!" ”

"It's just a guest, what can you see?" Chen Shi said puzzledly, "You, although you are young, there are a lot of ghosts, let me tell you, you haven't left the pavilion yet, it's best to stay in the boudoir honestly, don't always have any crooked thoughts!" ”

Shen Xueru saw that her mother guessed what was on her mind, and she was speechless, so she had to let go of her mother's arm and turn around and walk towards Shen Xueqing's courtyard.

Turned his head to Qiwu Temple. The girl Fuhuan was arranging things under the corridor, and when she saw Shen Xueru's figure, she hurriedly put down the floor lamp in her hand, walked out from under the corridor to greet her, and then followed her all the way, helping to lift the felt curtain and send Shen Xueru in.

Shen Xueru tiptoed in, and before she could stand still, she saw Mother He, Mother Lu, Mother Shi, and Mother Zhang, who had been on errands in the Shen Mansion for a long time, circling around Shen Xueqing, or distributing comb buns, or puffing powder, or hanging rings, or arranging wedding dresses, and Miss Wei, Miss Jiang, Miss Jin, and Miss Tao were sitting on the side, gossiping with each other.

Chen Yun stood in the corner, accidentally caught a glimpse of Shen Xueru, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Sister Qing was still talking about you just now, why did you come?" ”

Shen Xueru was stunned: "Something is delayed!" Saying this, he came to Shen Xueqing's side with Chen Yun.

The four mothers were busy chattering for a long time, and finally combed Shen Xueqing's peony hair, said some auspicious words to ask for rewards, and silently stepped aside.

Shen Xueqing rarely had time, and when she saw Shen Xueru coming up with a smile, she couldn't help but say angrily: "I'm still thinking about it, I usually think about me the most, today is the day I go out, you have to be ruthless, don't you come and see me out of the pavilion in person?" ”

Shen Xueru walked closer, "It's not that you don't want to come, but you are reluctant!" My sister knows me, and I don't want to be discrete the most! ”

Shen Xueqing ignored the presence of outsiders, pinched Shen Xueru's pink face, and said with a smile: "If you don't like it, you can't do it, you sent me away today, and he will send you away Sister Yuan in the future, and there will be you in the future, it's just a matter of how sooner or later!" ”

When Shen Xueru heard this, she felt even more sad about parting, and some tears were already welling up in her eyes.

The Liu family came in to serve Shen Xueqing to change her wedding dress, and happened to bump into this scene, so she hurriedly patted Shen Xueru on the shoulder and reminded: "Third girl, on this happy day, don't cry and cry, beware of crying and losing the blessings of the eldest girl's future!" ”

The Liu family said slowly, seeing Shen Xueru wiping her tears with her cuffs covered, she lowered her head sadly, and hurriedly said: "Big girl, my lord, they are still drinking with my uncle, and it is estimated that it will take a while to pick you up from the pavilion, at this time, why don't I wait for you to change your wedding dress?" ”

Shen Xueqing stared at the Liu family, and suddenly smiled: "Don't bother your mother, just let Xueru serve me!" ”

The Liu family frowned and said, "The third girl has golden branches and jade leaves, how can she do the work of serving people, or mother!" ”

"Isn't it okay for the golden branches and jade leaves to do the work of people?" Shen Xueru got up angrily, "Mom can't help but underestimate me!" ”

"Don't dare! Can't! The Liu family was respectful, and when they saw Shen Xueru going to get the wedding dress, they hurriedly beckoned a room of female guests to come out first and avoid it.

Shen Xueru held the wedding dress, and saw that the dense strands of gold and silver threads on it were woven into a shining phoenix, and in the bright room, it looked even more flickering, bright and colorful, and she couldn't help but think of Shen Xueqing and others wearing phoenix crowns.

Shen Xueqing saw that she was stunned, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing!" Shen Xueru wiped her tears with her back, then reluctantly squeezed out a smile, slowly paced to Shen Xueqing's side, and said: "My sister is already beautiful, and when she wears this wedding dress, she must be more bright and moving, and I can't see enough of teaching Zhu Gongzi!" ”

Shen Xueqing smiled and took the wedding dress. Changing into a wedding dress, Shen Xueqing took a picture in the mirror, and when she looked back, she saw that Shen Xueru was still crying with sadness, and the boss in her heart couldn't bear it, so she finally opened her mouth and said: "Thousands of miles to build a long tent - a banquet that will not be dispersed!" We have known each other for all these years, you are reluctant to me, and I am reluctant to you, but everyone has a place to go, and no one can stop anyone! ”

Shen Xueru nodded with a sad face to show that she understood.

Shen Xueqing stared for a moment, forcibly endured the sorrow in her heart, and said, "It's cold outside, call everyone to come in and sit!" ”

Shen Xueru nodded, and the goose duck walked out of the outhouse, conveying Shen Xueqing's meaning.

After hearing this, everyone laughed and went into the inner room to join in the fun.

Pushing and hugging in, everyone saw Shen Xueqing sitting in the rosewood inlaid jade railing Arhat bed, combing her peony bun, and wearing a golden phoenix pearl hairpin with a tired silk inlaid gem in front of the bun, and the two sides of the pearl hairpin were hung with gold pinched jade and red gold double dragon Qufeng step shaking, and the auspicious Ruyi hairpin and green lotus hairpin were inserted above the step swing, and the gold tired silk inlaid ruby red luan dotted emerald tassel was revealed behind the bun; white forehead, goose egg face, moire eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, arrow nose, cherry mouth, delicate body, graceful posture; Dressed in brilliant embroidery, the two phoenixes woven with gold thread on the wedding dress are eye-catching, and accompanied by the patterns of winged birds and Tilian with great intentions, which are really fairy.

The eyes of the crowd were envious, and they did not hesitate to praise them:

"No wonder people say that people rely on clothes, and Buddha depends on gold! If I dress like this, will I still not be able to find Ruyi Langjun? ”

"Come on, with your Dong Shi appearance, even if you are full of splendor, people may not be willing to marry you home, right?"

"A good horse with a good saddle! No matter how luxurious the clothes are, no matter how exquisite the jewelry is, as long as the person wearing it looks mediocre, it is also a Buddha with dung on his head! ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, firecrackers had been lit in the outer courtyard, and gongs and drums were ringing in unison.

In the noise, songs are played, laughter continues, and every guest who walks out of the house is full of happy smiles. In this festive and lively faction, there are also inappropriate places - the alley outside the Qiwu Courtyard, the atmosphere is deserted, and the needles can be heard.

As soon as the graceful and luxurious Mrs. Zhou came out of the alley, she saw the lights in her daughter's courtyard from a distance, and she couldn't help but think that the mother and daughter were about to separate.

Endured her sadness and walked into the courtyard, Mrs. Zhou heard the joyful words coming from the boudoir, and she was happy and reluctant to do so.

The maid Xia Lian had a look, and stood silently with Mrs. Zhou for a moment before she opened her mouth and asked, "Madam, you should go in!" ”

Mrs. Zhou shook her senses, silently took out a light red handkerchief from her waist, leaned to the corner of her eyes and wiped her tears, then quickly restrained her sadness, and said calmly: "It's not too early, it's time to go in, but you can't miss the time to leave the pavilion!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Zhou took small steps up the stone steps, gently lifted the felt curtain, and slowly walked towards the depths of the room.

In the room, Shen Xueqing, Shen Xueyuan, Shen Xueru, Chen Yun and others were frolicking, and suddenly saw Mrs. Zhou coming in with small steps, so everyone was playful, hurriedly packed up their dresses, and hurriedly came to the front to salute and greet:

"Auntie!"

"Ma'am!"

"Big lady!"

Mrs. Zhou listened to the messy title, nodded silently in response, and then walked straight towards her daughter with a red face in the phoenix crown.

Shen Xueqing stood up, and saw that there were still a few tears on her mother's face, so she hurriedly greeted her lightly and shouted, "Mother! ”

Everyone knew that the two of them still had something to say, so they quit one after another.

Mrs. Zhou sat silently until she heard the sound of the door closing reaching her ears, then she suddenly raised her head, looked at her daughter-in-law with watery eyes, and said, "My uncle is talking to my master, or I should come here for a while!" ”

Shen Xueqing was full of reluctance, but just stared at her mother, who was over forty years old, and was silent.

"My mother is blessed, and she only raised your daughter in this life, so she is obedient to you on weekdays, and she does everything she wants!" Mrs. Zhou's face was full of sadness, and there were a few tears hidden in her delicate eyes, "The Zhu Mansion family has a big business, and the interpersonal relationships are complicated, my mother knows that you have a plan, but before you find out the details of the Zhu Mansion, don't show the edges and corners!" ”

"Mother, what you said, my daughter understands everything!" Shen Xueqing's tears were blurred, and many tears poured into her eyes and were about to burst out, "Don't worry, when your daughter enters the Zhu Mansion, she must be cautious in her words and deeds, respect the old and the young, and will never contradict her in-laws and disobey women!" ”

"Good! Good! Mrs. Zhou said as she took out a handkerchief and rubbed her nose, trying her best to control her emotions and not collapse.

"You are the eldest daughter of our house, it stands to reason that your father should personally handle the dowry, but your father is used to being the shopkeeper, no matter how big or small, he doesn't ask, but this time he is calling the mother's heart, the mother can pour the box and secretly buy a dowry for you, even the ten acres of land outside the city, the mother also carried your father behind his back, and quietly assigned to your name!"

Shen Xueqing was full of sorrow and couldn't help but burst into tears, "Mother, you tried your best to plan for your daughter, and your daughter really doesn't know how to repay her!" ”

"Silly boy, I'm still so far away from my mother!" Mrs. Zhou went up and hugged her daughter who was in tears, and couldn't help crying.