Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Wedding Ceremony
"Okay, good, it's me who is bad, it's me who forgetfulness, look at the street, and after a while, the sedan chair with red stone will pass......"
The deafening sound of artillery suddenly overshadowed the voices of the disturbing people, Tong Yuqing knew that this was the door of the new mansion, she straightened the hem of her skirt, and waited quietly for someone to unload the sedan door, when she felt that the sleeves were slightly pulled three times by a soft little hand, she looked at the direction she guided under the hijab and slowly got out of the sedan chair, crossed a vermilion lacquered wooden saddle, and crossed the hot brazier, at the same time, she heard someone sing: "The bride crosses the door and crosses the smoke, and next year she will add wealth and ding; Filial piety to the in-laws is not annoying, family harmony and everything is prosperous. ”
After singing, Tong Yuqing stepped over the red felt with the support of the bride and stood on the right side of the hall.
When Qing Ziting stood on the left side of the wedding hall, the salute officer shouted: "Go to the temple to see the ceremony, play music!" ”
The music began to sound, and the celebrant sang, "Kneel, kneel!" Incense, two incense, three incense! Prostrate, prostrate, prostrate! ”
Tong Yuqing knelt down, offered incense, and kowtowed to the praise of the salute officer, telling herself that she would say goodbye to her youth after this ceremony.
The celebrant then chanted, "Rise, flatten, reset!" Kneel, all crispy! L, Bye! L, Bye! L, Bye! ”
Tong Yuqing recited silently, and after this ceremony, her soft heart faded.
"Kneel, it's all crisp! Read the Badge! ”
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old son knelt on the right side of the Buddha stool to read the blessings, and after reading, the salutation officer said: "Rise, worship!" L, Bye! L, Bye! ”
After this ceremony, forget the old feelings.
"After the ceremony, quit the class, and send it to the cave room!"
After this ceremony...... You are Qing Ziting's wife, and everything you think should be him.
The bride handed over the two ends of the colored ball ribbon to Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing respectively, and handed five sacks to pave the way for Qing Ziting, implying that the family would be passed on from generation to generation. Tong Yuqing could feel that the person at the end of the red silk stepped on the sack and walked very unsteadily.
A group of people walked into the cave room under the guidance of two children holding dragon and phoenix candles, Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing sat on the edge of the bed, and a woman who looked blessed looked at Tong Yuqing knocked on Tong Yuqing's head with a weighing rod, and then used the weighing rod to pick off the red hijab, which was satisfactory.
After sitting for a while, Qing Ziting said to Tong Yuqing in a soft voice: "I'll go out first, you change your makeup slowly, don't be in a hurry." ”
Tong Yuqing nodded slightly, changed into a simple wedding dress under the service of the bride, and then went to the hall to pay respects.
Lu Tiansheng was dressed in a navy blue bullet ink pattern Shu brocade robe, seeing the smile on his face that couldn't be hidden, Tong Yuqing couldn't help but be stunned, she seemed to have never seen Lu Tiansheng smiling. But this smile made the coldness on the face of the woman next to him more and more obvious. Tong Yuqing sounded a wake-up call in her heart, this should be the Overseer Lady mentioned by Mrs. Gu.
Just as her heart was drumming, the cold hand was held by a warm hand, and she looked up at the eyes that were as gentle as water, and the cold wind in her heart gradually stopped blowing......
"The child and his wife visit their father, and the father is blessed with gold."
Tong Yuqing knelt down in front of Lu Tiansheng with Qing Ziting, and said with him: "Meet my father, my father is blessed with Jin'an." ”
"Okay, good ......," Lu Tiansheng said, handed the red envelope to Tong Yuqing, and then helped them get up one by one.
Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing turned to Zhong Shunhua, Tong Yuqing just said "Meet Mother", but heard Qing Ziting say: "Respectfully bring your wife to meet Mrs., Mrs. Wanfu Jin'an." ”
Tong Yuqing hurriedly changed her words, but unfortunately "mother" and "husband" are the same, the pronunciation is far apart, even if you try your best to cover it up, you can be listened to by people with a heart, Zhong Shunhua sneered: "Before you got married, you were indeed a famous nobleman, if you greeted me, I think I should also return the gift, but now you have married a woman, as the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, that dog is not qualified to call my mother, but you are in a hurry to climb the high branch and recognize me as a mother?" ”
Qing Ziting shook Tong Yuqing's hand and signaled that she didn't have to be nervous. Since she was a child, Tong Yuqing has never suffered such humiliation, she can only grit her teeth and tell herself that this is not the past, how much honor she could afford in the past, and now she has to endure multiple humiliations.
Lu Xi saw that his father's gaze at his mother suddenly turned cold, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It's all my daughter who is not good, she bothered her mother for too long last night, so she didn't rest properly, and please don't blame my father." Aunt Hui, why don't you take your mother back to the house to rest? ”
When Lu Tiansheng and Zhong Shunhua saw their daughter's pleading eyes, they couldn't bear to brush her face, and they took a step back. After Zhong Shunhua left, Qing Ziting took Tong Yuqing to the first seat on the right side of the main seat and stood still, Tong Yuqing saw that although the position was empty, Qing Ziting's expression was extremely solemn, and guessed that this seat should be his deceased mother's.
"The child and the wife visit the mother, and the mother is blessed with gold."
Tong Yuqing also knelt down to greet him, with the lesson of the former, Tong Yuqing deliberately spoke slower than Qing Ziting for a moment, and when he heard him call his mother, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, I don't know if this is a blessing in disguise, according to the Puxi etiquette system, the concubine can't call his biological mother as his mother, he can only respect his mother as his mother, and he can only call his biological mother aunt. But now Zhong Shunhua's disdain has allowed Qing Ziting to respect his biological mother as his mother, and he does not have to suffer from the suffering of ordinary sons and flesh and blood who cannot be recognized.
After that, the two of them walked to the bottom of Qing Chen, and the second person sitting on the right side of the main seat was a woman with a soft and beautiful silhouette, who looked four or five years younger than Zhong Shunhua, she was dressed in a jade brocade velvet with a lake green dark flower lily pattern, with a moderate demeanor and a kind smile.
"Respectfully bring your wife to meet the third aunt, and the aunt is blessed with Jin'an."
He smiled and handed the red envelope to Tong Yuqing, "Congratulations." ”
After thanking them, the two turned to the next one, and although the woman was dressed in a brocade dress, she behaved strangely, and her body seemed to be forcibly pressed to the seat by a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl and a middle-aged servant behind her, and she was still muttering, not knowing what she was muttering.
"Respectfully bring your wife to meet the fourth aunt, and the aunt is blessed with Jin'an."
Tong Yuqing wondered in her heart, how could there be a mentally deranged woman in Lu Tiansheng's concubine? But due to etiquette, she didn't dare to ask more, and greeted her as usual. The little girl behind Gou held her hand again and handed the red envelope to Tong Yuqing.
Qing Ziting also said as usual: "Thank you, Fourth Aunt." ”
The woman at the bottom of the right side has a beautiful face, wearing a cherry red wisp gold camellia pattern rain silk brocade skirt outlining her graceful silhouette into the traces of a painting, Tong Yuqing speculated that she should be no more than a year or two older than Lu Jingwu.
"I respectfully bring my wife to meet the fifth aunt, and the aunt is blessed with Jin'an."
It is really embarrassing that such a young and beautiful beauty should accompany someone who is not half of his body in the loess. But after Tong Yuqing took the red envelope she handed over, she could only say, "Thank you, Aunt Five." ”
So far, Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing have already visited the Lu family's elders, and the next thing is to meet their peers.
They walked to the first and second places on the left side of the main seat, and Qing Ziting said: "I respectfully bring my wife to meet my eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”
Lu Jingwu didn't have any temperature from his eyes to his heart, but just motioned to his wife to hand the red envelope to Tong Yuqing.
When Tong Yuqing took the red envelope, she saw the jade hand that handed the red envelope, and couldn't help but sigh, what a beautiful pair of hands! Then she looked up at the owner of these hands, and was even more amazed, she not only had her hands like peeling onion roots, her mouth was like containing Zhu Dan, and under the graceful eyebrows, her deep eyes also gathered the essence of heaven and earth, and the beauty of sea dew.
Tong Yuqing suddenly thought of using Wang Cang's sentence "Yang'e is slight, hanging and disliging." Graceful and charming, and the actions are appropriate. She couldn't have described her more appropriately, and she even thought that if she hadn't worn red clothes with herself in order to restrain her edge, she was afraid that she would not even be as good as dust when she stood beside her.
Tong Yuqing looked at the beauty and forgot where she was, and she didn't come back to her senses until Qing Ziting called her. Lu Tiansheng asked, "What is Yuqing thinking?" ”
Tong Yuqing couldn't help but be surprised, "Yuqing saw her sister-in-law Hao Tiancheng, and she was rude for a while, please forgive my father." ”
Lu Tiansheng thought that she would lose her mind because of an unintentional marriage, and she was already displeased, but when she said this, she couldn't help laughing, "It's not your fault, it's that people will lose their manners when they see Wanlu, and the name of our Puxi No. 1 beauty is not blown out." ”
Hearing Lu Tiansheng's words, everyone in the hall couldn't help laughing, but only Lu Jingwu's face became more and more gloomy.
Tong Yuqing secretly praised in her heart, the name of the beauty is also so beautiful, graceful and graceful, graceful as condensation.
Lu Tiansheng said again: "You two have been worshipping for so long, it's time for others to worship you, sit down." ”
Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing sat under Zhong Wanlu in turn, and Lu Xi, who was wearing an orange and yellow gold phoenix pattern brocade velvet skirt, stepped forward to salute first, "Xi'er meets the second brother and second sister-in-law." ”
Tong Yuqing helped her up with a smile and handed her the red envelope in her hand.
Lu Xi smiled brightly and said in a sweet voice, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”
After Lu Xi sat back in his place, He Shi said softly: "Jing Peng is far away in Yejin, and he can't come back to see his second brother and second sister-in-law, but he has asked someone to bring back a congratulatory gift to congratulate you on your wedding, please forgive me for the rudeness." ”
Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing stood up and took the gift box, Tong Yuqing handed the red envelope to He's maid, and then the two said in unison: "Thank you, third aunt." ”
After the two sat back in their seats, the little girl who was originally pressing Gou's stepped forward and said, "Ye'er meets the second brother and second sister-in-law." ”
As the daughter of a concubine and such a mother, Lu Ye's life is obviously not easy, and her stature seems to be a few points younger than girls of the same age, Tong Yuqing felt pity, thinking that if she is free in the future, she will go to the west courtyard of the Overseer's Mansion to see her.
The last person to meet Lu Tiansheng's youngest son, Lu Jingfei, who is only four years old this year.
Seeing Lu Jingfei saluting him in style, he said in a milky voice: "Fei'er meets the second brother and second sister-in-law." Tong Yuqing's heart softened, and she carefully stuffed the red envelope that was a little too big for him into his little hand, and advised, "Hold it, you can buy candy to eat." ”
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Tong Yuqing rubbed his little head and praised, "It's so good." ”
After the visitation ceremony, Tong Yuqing was busy waiting for the feast and the circumcision ceremony until the afternoon, when she had to have a moment's leisure.
Xi Niang asked, "Does the second young grandmother want to go back to the room to rest for a while or use some snacks?" ”
Tong Yuqing asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Back to the words of the second young grandmother, it's almost time."
Tong Yuqing asked again: "If I use dim sum and then rest, is it too late?" ”
Xi Niang calculated the time, "If you go back to the second young grandmother, Shen Chu will have a banquet at the beginning, and the time is indeed a bit tight." ”
Tong Yuqing said weakly: "Then you go and get me some snacks, I'm so hungry." ”
As soon as Xi Niang left, Tong Yuqing called her back again, "You got up earlier than me today, go to the kitchen and eat some by yourself, don't be in a hurry to get it back." ”
"Thank you, Grandma Er."
Today, all the dignitaries in Puxizhou came to participate in the wedding banquet with their families, and there was no house in Xinfu that could accommodate these hundreds of people, so Lu Tiansheng simply placed the banquet in the courtyard, and in order to prevent rain and snow, he also erected a transparent canopy in the sky and added colorful silk red belts.
After Tong Yuqing swallowed the snacks, she took a break in front of the dresser with her hand on her forehead, and then the bride changed her makeup and went to the main banquet with Qing Ziting.
When they arrived, Lu Tiansheng had been there to entertain guests for a long time, and when he saw them coming, he looked at the master of ceremonies.
The master of ceremonies got Lu Tiansheng's signal, honked the whistle to ask the guests to rest down, and everyone who was busy walking around returned to their seats, Lu Tiansheng stood in the middle of the courtyard and said: "You are busy coming to the children's wedding banquet, Lu is grateful, and now I invite all the guests to eat and drink well, and enjoy themselves, we are not drunk and do not return, Lu Mou will do it first as a respect!" ”
Whether everyone present was really happy or fake, they all tried their best to cheer for Lu Tiansheng at this time, and the scene was extremely enthusiastic for a while.
The master of ceremonies ordered the music to play a hundred birds and a phoenix, and the first thing Lu Tiansheng did after putting down the wine glass was to pull Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing to walk in front of Gu Huaijue and his wife, "This time my father was able to successfully hold a wedding for you, all thanks to your Uncle Gu and Uncle Gu, you must remember their kindness and never forget." ”
Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing said one after another: "The kindness of my uncle and uncle, respect (Yuqing) will never be forgotten. ”
Gu Huaijue hurriedly picked up the two children and said, "Tiansheng, what are you talking about?" My son is like my own son, isn't it right for me to plan for his marriage? ”
Although Xi Yiqian disagreed with Lu Tiansheng's words, she understood her husband's intentions and said to the two: "As long as you husband and wife are of the same heart in the future, respect each other, and share weal and woe, you will repay our kindness." ”
Lu Tiansheng shook his brother's shoulder vigorously, and then said to the three brothers of the Gu family: "There are many guests today, Jingzhi has never drunk, you three follow him and try to block him as much as possible." ”
Gu Weiqing laughed, "Uncle Lu, don't worry, Weiqing is not good at other things, but I can guarantee that no one in the audience is my opponent." ”
Gu Huaijue and Xi Yiqian's gloomy eyes swept towards Gu Weiqing together, Gu Weiwei hurriedly hugged his parents and said with a smile: "Today is a day of great joy, isn't this all happy?" Don't worry, Wei Hong and I will look at the eldest brother and won't let him lose his proportion. ”
Seeing that the faces of the two were slightly softened, Tong Yuqing smiled and stepped forward to pour wine for them, and then poured wine for the Gu family brothers and sisters in turn.
The Hunan down on the shawl set off Gu Weiyan playfully and cutely, different from when they first met that day, Tong Yuqing felt that today, she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
Gu Weiyan's red lips barely touched the wine glass, and said shyly: "Dear brother, Xiang'er ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Qing Ziting had already taken her wine glass, "This wine is very spicy, and it doesn't matter if you can't drink it." ”
"Hey, hey, I always say that I am a profligate and waste such a good wine, and you are the tyrannical creatures." Saying that, Gu Weiqing picked up Gu Weiyan's wine glass and drank it all.
Gu Weiyan had long been surprised by his brother's virtue, so he didn't pay attention to him at all, and said directly to Qing Ziting: "Dear brother, this is my hand-copied "Drinking Water Words", and I gave it to you as a wedding gift. ”
Qing Ziting didn't believe it, but when he opened the small box and saw that it was really "Drinking Water Words", he couldn't help but sigh, "You have always been impatient to read, but this time you actually copied the entire collection of words!" This ......" Qing Ziting was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.
Gu Weiyan pretended to be angry, "You don't like it?" That's good for me. ”
Qing Ziting hurriedly closed the small box and handed it to Tong Yuqing, "Who said I don't like it?" Besides, if you want to get it back? ”
Gu Weiyan laughed, "Tease you, but you have to remember my hard work, and you will pay me back in the future." ”
Qing Ziting smiled softly, but her voice couldn't be smaller, "Okay, remember, when Jingzhi's brother is busy with the marriage, I will definitely play with you." ”
At this time, Gu Weihong walked up to Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing and said: "The next thing is to toast the dignitaries of the original Puxi, you are not familiar with all kinds of important matters, I will talk to you about it first, and I will introduce them to you one by one later." Needless to say, the one in the middle of the courtyard is the relatives of the in-laws and the mother's family. On the east side sat the five Deputy Directors of the Overseer, the five Deputy Secretaries of the Financial Secretariat, and their families. Sitting on the west side were the family members and lieutenants of the governors who guarded the four borders, and the four governors did not attend in person because they wanted to guard the border passes. On the west side, there is also the ...... of Guanghui"
Before Gu Weihong finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on the figure who had just entered the hospital, Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing felt strange, and they also looked out......
Through the crowd, they couldn't see the man's face clearly, but their hearts couldn't stop trembling. Qing Ziting couldn't support it at first, his hands trembled at will, the wine glass fell, fortunately, the crowd was bustling, they were separated from Lu Tiansheng, Gu Huaijue and others by many people, and few people really cared about this concubine who didn't care about the world, so only Tong Yuqing, Gu Weihong and the two brides who were around him noticed Qing Ziting's gaffe.
Gu Weihong felt strange, picked up the wine glass and asked, "Do you know that little guy too?" ”
"Huh?" Qing Ziting looked at Gu Weihong blankly, "I don't know." ”
As the two were talking, the people in the distance had already walked in front of them, Qing Ziting subconsciously looked at Tong Yuqing, and saw that she was pale, her eyes were staring directly at that person, and she was even more scared in her heart. She was already overwhelmed, would that man's intention be the last straw that crushed her......
"Qiao Xuan congratulates Second Young Master Lu and Second Young Grandmother on their newlyweds, and a little bit of a small gift, not a respect, please smile."
From the moment he saw him, Tong Yuqing was thinking that if he came to make a big wedding today, it would only be a lose-lose situation in the end, and if he came to congratulate him today, it would be even worse, he must have thought of a way to put himself in a dilemma, forcing himself to back down.
Now hearing such words, seeing his personable and comfortable appearance, Tong Yuqing's heart sank a little......
Gu Weihong saw Bai Qiaoxuan holding a congratulatory gift, but neither of the two took it, so he couldn't help but shout: "Respectfully......"
Qing Ziting suddenly came back to his senses, and reluctantly smiled and took the gift box, the bride behind him wanted to take it and take it, but heard Qing Ziting say: "Bai Gongzi is my very important friend, his congratulatory gift, I want to take it with my own hands, no need to do it for me." ”
Bai Qiaoxuan showed an impeccable smile and turned to Lu Tiansheng, but Gu Weihong's gaze kept following the little guy next to Bai Qiaoxuan......
After Bai Qiaoxuan and Lu Tiansheng greeted him, he said: "Overseer, Qiao Xuan's visit today is not only for the second young man to congratulate his wedding, but also has two extremely important things to discuss with the Overseer. ”
Lu Tiansheng waved his hand and refused: "Hey...... Today's visit of all the guests is a small congratulatory child, business tomorrow to talk about it, you just arrived in Jindu, a good meal of wine, rest for a night, about the two places to talk to me tomorrow is not too late. ”
Bai Qiaoxuan smiled faintly, "The Overseer has misunderstood, what Qiao Xuan said is extremely important is not the matter of the Lu and Bai families, but the Qi Feng Qu family. ”
As soon as these words came out, not only Lu Tiansheng, but also Gu Huaijue's face changed a little.
Bai Qiaoxuan said again: "If the Overseer feels that he is really inseparable today, then Qiao Xuan will come back tomorrow to bother. Saying that, Bai Qiaoxuan turned around and left, but he didn't take a few steps before he was stopped by Lu Tiansheng, "Virtuous nephew stay, let's talk in the house." ”
The people in the courtyard saw the overseers leave the table, they all asked the reason, inquired about the news, the scene was extremely chaotic for a while, Gu Huaijue ordered the master of ceremonies to stop playing music, and explained to everyone that the overseers had urgent matters to deal with, but unfortunately the people who could come here to congratulate were the smartest foxes in Puxizhou, this explanation obviously could not dispel their doubts, especially Guanghui Ji, who was sitting in the west, saw the faces of the little guy next to Bai Qiaoxuan clearly, such as sitting on pins and needles, the four words were not enough to describe their anxiety at the moment.
Gu Huaijue knew that their doubts were still there, so they could only order Qing Ziting and Tong Yuqing to toast the guests, so that the wedding banquet could return to normal on the surface, and everyone also knew that they could not know the true reason for the overseer's departure at the moment, so they worked hard to deal with the current hurdle in front of them.
The joy over there played again, and here Lu Tiansheng and Bai Qiaoxuan also walked into an extremely hidden room and sat down.
Bai Qiaoxuan said: "I know that the overseer's time is precious, so I can say it directly, and please ask Haihan for the rudeness." Does this Overseer next to me look familiar? ”
Lu Tiansheng narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the little guy beside Bai Qiaoxuan, and replied: "It seems that I have seen it somewhere, I can't remember it for a while, does he have anything to do with the Qu family?" ”
"The Overseer is wise, and this person is the personal guard of Qu Zeng, the eldest son of the Qu family."
Saying that, the man saluted Lu Tiansheng, "The villain knocks on the Overseer. ”
Lu Tiansheng couldn't help but wonder, "Why do you have Qu Zeng's personal guard by your side?" ”