Chapter 114: Marriage
Tianli Lin's Si Ning Wangfu is draped in red and hung with colors, festive lanterns, ribbons tied on the green trees and grass, strings of firecrackers explode in front of the door, and the fragrance of gunsmoke fills the air, as if the entire mansion is blocked from flooding, but there are only a few carriages in the parking lot, just like a shouting entertainer's hat with only a thin layer of copper
In the back house of the Si Ning Palace, more than a dozen women gathered together, all dressed brightly and brightly, taking powder, drawing eyebrows, and trying on clothes, all of them were busy for the bride, and the curtain was already making up for the third time, she looked carefully in the mirror for a long time, but the effect was still not ideal, so she sighed lightly and turned around: "Sister Shocking Goose, is it because my face is too small." ”
Li Jingyan wore a goose yellow saro silver mud skirt today, standing behind the curtain with the emerald green light rain, showing the bride's shyness, she took the eyebrow pencil, carefully made up her eyebrows, and the corners of her contoured mouth contained rare tenderness, "No! It's because of the cold weather, it seems that you don't look good, wait for you to take a sedan chair around, with blood, the candle is lit again, and the effect will come out! ”
Hearing the sedan chair, Xiaoyu pouted beside him, and said with a smile: "Go out from the back door, and then come in from the front door, this coldness, and the eyes of those people, can your complexion be better?" ”
Seeing her talking nonsense, the curtain hurriedly gave her a look, Xiaoyu was so frightened that she covered her mouth, and her two big eyes secretly glanced at everyone, as if the words she said would disappear from the air, which was a bit like covering her ears and stealing the bell.
Li Jingyan seemed to explain to Xiaoyu and to everyone: "Actually, this is all my father's idea, he only wants feng shui auspicious, but he doesn't want to think about our women's feelings." ”
As soon as these words came out, more than a dozen pairs of surprised eyes slowly eased down, praising the street is a small matter, and breaking feng shui is a big thing, so the street jokes that are about to take shape have gradually disappeared, and the curtain is grateful, and secretly pinched Li Jingyan's hand, but the actual situation is that Li Qing doesn't want to be swaggering, and he wants to do it secretly, but Xiaoyu is fast, and he actually said it.
Li Jingyan looked at the curtain gently, held her hand, felt the gratitude and joy in her heart, but her heart was a little sad, she forced a smile and said: "It's not early, hurry up and try on!" ”
At this time, Princess Si Ning quietly walked in, she is Li Jingyan's stepmother, about 30 years old, born with a gorgeous appearance, and is also a famous member of the Cui family, she kicked out the other people in the room, and stepped forward to hug Li Jingyan and Xiaoyu and smiled: "I want to say some private words to the bride, the two girls should avoid it!" ”
Li Jingyan and Xiaoyu's faces became crimson at the same time, as if they had heard something that they shouldn't have heard, they slipped away shyly, and the curtain was even more ashamed that even her neck was red, her eyes flashed with joy, she couldn't sit still anymore, broke away from Princess Xining's hand, and ran into the back room.
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Contrary to the fragrant and pleasant women's room, Li Qing's side was smoky, the roar was deafening, and dozens of uninvited East Palace guards crowded in the room, making today's male protagonist dizzy, they are all experienced, each of them has their own unique skills, and they do not hesitate to teach Li Qing their own insights and experience in that area, and together they become a complete book of thirty plans for the cave room, but the most fierce one is Li Hugun, who was Li Qing's bodyguard, but at this time he became the head of the rebels.
It's easy to make an excuse, Li Qing rushed out of the room, from the air that was about to suffocate him, the air outside was fresh, as if returning to the free world, sending away the two family members, he looked up at the sky, the hour was still early, so he walked quickly along the path of the bamboo forest behind the house to the back house, knowing that he couldn't see anything, but his subconscious still made him want to go and see, he didn't sleep well all night last night, but was more excited, nervous and expectant, he felt that the strings in his body were about to break, but his feet seemed to be equipped with pulleys that could not stop, He couldn't be quiet for a moment.
The back house and the front yard are separated by a long white wall, the gap between the flower wall is green, fat, red and thin, full of green, revealing the breath of spring, Li Qing walked aimlessly along the narrow flower path, and then from the fork in front of him came a familiar laughter, hehe! It was Xiaoyu, Li Qing listened to her sweet and greasy laughter, a trace of a naughty smile appeared on her face, she saw that there was no one in front and behind, she quickly squatted behind a mountain rock, held her breath, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, a delicate yellow skirt floated in front of her, Li Qing shouted, Huo Di stood up, his two hands were dressed as horns and trembled on the top of his head, his mouth was crooked, his blood-red tongue was long, his eyes were white, and he only heard a scream, the girl in the yellow dress in front of him jumped up in shock, and the green skirt behind him took two steps back, holding her chest with her hands, and looked at him blankly, Li Qing suddenly noticed that something was wrong, less than half a foot in front of his face, there was a beautiful face, what should have been a cold gaze but because of fear and a little more earthly atmosphere, the two faces were so close that they could even smell each other's snorts.
"Hell, it's not Xiaoyu!"
Xiaoyu, who has always been wearing a yellow dress, changed into a green dress today, and was standing a foot away, blinking her big eyes, carefully identifying this familiar evil ghost, she exclaimed in surprise, "Gong, why are you here."
"I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person!" Li Qing hurriedly took a step back, touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and smiled, seeing that the other party's fear was gone, a trace of shy blush appeared on his white porcelain-like face, but as if by magic, the shyness disappeared in a blink of an eye.
At this moment, several brides rushed over, and they saw Li Qing from afar and shouted, "There!" Without waiting for him to speak, the bridesmaidens surrounded him and complained: "We are looking for you everywhere, and if we don't change our clothes, it's too late, come with us quickly!" ”
Li Qing took the opportunity to step down, and he laughed dryly at the two and said, "You guys are busy, I still have something to do!" Something else! After speaking, he ran away in a panic with the bride.
The time is getting closer and closer to Liangchen, there are already a few guests coming, they are sitting in the living room bored, Wang Bing also arrived early, and he is testing his strength in a group of East Palace guards, and the gate registration office is crowded with housekeepers from various houses who come to give gifts.
"I'm really sorry, my lord has something to do temporarily, and he can't come, so I would like to give a small gift."
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The reasons are different, but the result is the same, the master can't come because of something.
Although it was expected, the deserted lobby still made Li Qingxin depressed, there were less than ten guests here, and they were all in front of Li Lin, and none of the invitations he sent came.
"Li Sheren, congratulations!"
Just thinking about it, a guest finally came to the door, but it was Cui Qiao who was full of spring breeze, he congratulated him, but his eyes went around Li Qing's shoulder and looked inside, as if he was looking for something.
Li Qing knew his thoughts, and returned the salute with a smile: "It's still early, it's not yet time to worship the hall, Master Cui came early, hurry up and invite you to sit in the hall!" ”
But after Cui Qiao, no one came, time passed slowly, the sky was getting dark, the sedan chair to welcome the relatives had gone out, and would come back soon, most of the guests who could watch the ceremony were empty, except for Cui Qiao, most of them were low-level officials of the fifth and highest grades, Li Lin was talking to the guests, but his eyes were cast to the door from time to time, just looking forward to a few more heavyweight guests to support the scene, such a wedding scene he met for the first time, it was really embarrassing.
So, there was such a scene in front of Li Lin's house, the gate was deserted, there was no one on the two long rows of registration seats, more than a dozen family members who received it were standing stupidly, the groom official Li Qing and the accompanying Li Zhao stretched their necks to look at the streets on both sides, and saw that the lively people had already dispersed after getting the happy money, only a group of children were looking for the happy money that had slipped through the net, and a gust of wind blew, blowing everyone's clothes and hunting, rolling up the firecracker confetti on the ground, and drifting away to the empty streets and alleys.
At this time, the sound of dense horses' hooves broke through the cold, and a wide carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the mansion under the strict protection of the hundred horsemen, and before Li Qing stepped forward, Li Linfu's laughing voice had already come from the carriage, "This is the fault of Li Sheren, how can you not invite me for such a big happy event as marriage." As he spoke, Li Linfu's long body walked out of the car with the support of the guards, and when he saw the cold in front of the door, he frowned and said, "How can this be, people are so indifferent." ”
As soon as he turned around, Li Linfu smiled sincerely, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and the light was slightly transmitted in the slit, and he congratulated Li Qing: "The four joys of life, the flower candle in the cave room can be in the first place, and the old man congratulates Li Sheren." ”
Li Qing stepped forward and bowed to the ground, "Li Qing didn't dare to disturb Xiangguo, so he didn't send an invitation, but Xiangguo actually came in person, which really moved his subordinates." ”
"Where! Where! Said: "The old man didn't know that Li Sheren was newly married, and he actually incorporated Li Sheren into the mission to Nanzhao, the emperor has approved it, and he will set off the day after tomorrow, I'm really sorry!" ”
Li Qing couldn't help but be confused, even if he went to Nanzhao, it should be too arranged, it stands to reason that he lost the dominance of Nanzhao, and he would not push him out, why did it become Li Linfu's meaning now, what went wrong in this link.
Li Lin and a group of guests heard that the Lord Xiangguo was coming, they all rushed out to greet them, and after a while, Yang Shenjin, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Yushi Cheng Jiwen came to congratulate them with their wives and daughters, these are Li Linfu's hardcore henchmen, all of them came uninvited, Li Linfu was witty, everyone had the heart to cater to it, the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became active, Li Qing secretly smiled bitterly, although the face was there, but in this way, he was branded with the mark of the Xiangguo Party, in Li Hengxin, the charge of betrayal was really confirmed.
At this time, the faint drum music is noisy, it should be the sedan chair to welcome the new year is back, the political faction is no longer important, the groom and the official are surrounded by each other back to the lobby, the upper and lower sides of the Si Ning Wangfu are mobilized together, clean up the tables and chairs at the door, light the lanterns, one hundred and eight red lanterns are lined up from the door of the house to the main hall, auspicious and festive, magnificent, the firecrackers on the street shook the sky, the drummers lined up, all of them held their strength, suddenly the door of the house opened, a big sedan chair came in from the gate, more than a dozen people of the house welcomed out, twelve pairs of palace lights lined up, The bride helped the newlyweds out of the sedan chair, Li Jingyan and Xiaoyu stood on the left and right with a big red hijab on their heads, behind the curtain dressed in bright red wedding dresses, strings of firecrackers exploded happily in front of the bride, and the master of ceremonies announced loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived!" ”
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Qiao temporarily acted as the parents of both sides, sat on both sides of the hall, and waited with a smile, but at this moment, many unfamiliar faces quietly appeared in the crowd in the courtyard, watching the situation in the field, a person who looked like a eunuch quietly came to Li Lin, whispered a few words to him, Li Lin stood up, rushed out of the hall in a few steps to find the chief butler, ordered him to immediately clear all the servants, and whispered a few words to Li Linfu and others, everyone stood up at the same time, looked at the door, and said secretly, "What kind of person is this Li Qing, There is such a large surface. ’
Li Zhao, who was responsible for arranging the guests, found that there were many unfamiliar faces in the courtyard, and he didn't know where they came in, he was about to come forward to ask, but at this time, a large group of black-clothed people strode in with a guest, Li Zhao hurriedly greeted him, only to see that the person who came was about ten years old, dressed in a brocade satin robe, with a jade belt around his waist, tall, white skin, thin eyes and long eyebrows, and a peaceful face revealing an incomparably majestic bearing, Li Zhao was taken aback when he saw it, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, go, and the two of them flashed left and right immediately, extremely fast, As soon as he held on, Li Zhao immediately reacted, and then changed to bow to the ground and said in a low voice: "Li Zhao, a scholar of the Chenhong Pavilion, see Your Majesty!" ’
The person who came was Li Longji, who was from the Tang Dynasty, and had informed Li Lin in advance not to make a noise, but the time was in a hurry, Li Zhao didn't know it, but the guards moved quickly and stopped him, which avoided an embarrassment, Li Linfu and Li Lin, Cui Qiao and others hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Li Longji nodded with a smile, he slowly walked to Li Qing with his hand and smiled slightly: "I heard that you got married today, I came to congratulate you on behalf of Princess Yuzhen." ”
With that, he glanced back, and immediately a team of guards carrying dozens of large boxes of fish rushed in, piled up in the corner, like a hill.
"This is the congratulatory gift that Princess Yuzhen and I gave you, they are all ordinary supplies, you should be able to use them."
Li Longji took out a small gold box from his arms, handed it to Li Qing, and said with a smile: "This is a gift I gave you, you have to take it." ”
Li Qing never dreamed that Li Longji would come to his wedding in person, and he was moved, but he couldn't reveal his identity, so he had to take the gold box and whispered: "Remember the holy grace!" ”
Li Longji smiled, glanced at the guests, and then turned back to Li Lin and Li Linfu and said, "I don't want to stay for a long time, I have to go back, you continue." ”
After speaking, he quietly left Li Lin's mansion under the escort of a group of guards, and those mysterious faces disappeared like bubbles, as if nothing had happened.
As soon as Li Longji left, the lobby was once again festive and lively, and the master of ceremonies loudly announced, "The auspicious time has arrived!" Invite the newlyweds to visit the church. ”
The bride hugged the bride, handed the other end of the red knot to Li Qing, the master of ceremonies led them slowly to the wedding case, in front of the bright candle, a bride cut a bundle of hair on the heads of the two newlyweds, tied into a knot, rested on the red plate, placed under the word "Xi" in the bucket, symbolizing the two knotted hair.
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I don't know how long it took, Li Qing was sent into the cave room in a daze, the red candles in the cave room were shining, and the joy was pervasive, and the newcomer sat in front of the bed slightly, and from beginning to end, Li Hugun and they didn't appear, which seemed a little unreasonable,
Li Qing lay on the ground, and sure enough, he saw more than a dozen ambiguous smiling faces crowded under the bed, and there were two squatting behind the door, under the table, and even behind the curtains.
"Get out of here!"
Everyone giggled, you pushed me and shouted to walk out the door.
"Stop! What about Li Hugun? Where is it? ”
Everyone looked at Li Qing and said in unison: "Congratulations! Congratulations! And they scrambled to run.
There is no in the closet, there is no behind the net corner curtain, Li Qing looked around, but he didn't find where he was hiding, but he saw that the curtain's hand pointed slightly to the bed, Li Qing stepped forward and opened the tent, and sure enough, he saw that a silk quilt was not ordinarily high, he kicked him hard through the futon, and said angrily and funny: "You can't go or not!" ”
Li Hugun slowly climbed out, pretending to be surprised: "It turns out that this is the cave room, I drank a few more glasses, I went to the wrong place, you are busy!" You're busy! ”
As soon as the door opened, the people crowded at the door ran away in a hurry, Li Qing threw Li Hu's gun out, then closed the door, stepped forward and gently removed the bride's hijab, only to see the curtain full of makeup and glamorous clothes, plump shoulders and soft body, eyes moist and slight, elegant as pink lotus dew, shy like apricot blossoms, Li Qing sat beside her, and was about to speak, but 'hey', jumped up as if being pricked by a needle, startled the curtain, and turned his head slightly, "Li Lang, what's wrong?" ”
I saw Li Qing take out a gold box from his underwear and said with a smile: "This was given to me by His Majesty just now, and I don't know what it is." ”
Li Qing was full of curiosity, and wanted to open it to take a look, but found that the gold box was welded to death, and it was a whole, and it couldn't be opened at all.
'**One night is worth a thousand dollars! Li Qing patted the door of his head, he was really confused, he threw away the gold box casually, blew out the candle, the room was suddenly dark, regardless of whether it should be etiquette or not, he gently picked up the curtain, and then got into the warm and soft tent of infinite spring.