Chapter 149: Flower Candle (II)
I don't know if it's because Da Gege's complexion is white, or if she was rubbed too much powder when she put on makeup, Cao Hao originally felt that under the gorgeous phoenix crown, her face was like a porcelain, which was quite unreal, but this whole person came alive in the blink of an eye. When she opened the sedan curtain and filled the rouge, her cheeks were smeared red on one side and white on the other, which looked a little playful at this time, but her eyes were dark and her cherry lips were rosy.
Seeing the groom looking at him like this, Da Gege became more and more nervous, a flush appeared on his face, his little hand holding the placket of his clothes tightened, and his palms were full of sweat, but there was a faint hint of joy in his heart. She wondered if she should smile at the groom, but she was a little timid because of the rules, so she finally lowered her eyelids, half-lowered her head, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
Cao Hao suddenly felt a sense of relief, and his heart was also sweet, and he began to look forward to the future.
Cao Hao picked the velvet flowers from the bride's head, and married his wife and said that the god of happiness was located in the window, so he put the velvet flowers on the window according to his words, and everyone prayed for the early birth of a noble son, but he silently remembered that the child would come later, after all, the daughter-in-law was still young, and it was a dangerous thing to give birth to a child.
The couple drank the wine, and the happy man carried the roast leg of lamb, and the children and grandchildren came in, and the wife fed the two of them, and the ceremony was over, and they only ate longevity noodles in front of the cave house.
As the groom's official, Cao Hao immediately withdrew from the cave room and went out to entertain guests. The bride needs to sit cross-legged on the kang in the cave room facing the god of joy, and is not allowed to laugh or walk around casually.
* In the wedding shed in the courtyard of Caofu, the lights are bright, and the plans are staggered, so it is not lively.
Looking at the tables in the courtyard about to toast, Cao Hao couldn't help but have a little headache. Fortunately, Ning Chun, Seshtu, Sukhbaru and Nalan Fusen all scrambled to help him stop the wine.
Sukhbaru went to the tomb with the holy car in November, and Cao Yi did not catch up with the help when he got married, and now he came late because of his errand during the day, and he thought that it was his duty to block the wine for Cao Hao. Although he was not articulate and couldn't help Cao Hao say some polite words, he had no problem drinking at all.
Cao Hao first went to the table of the sixteenth elder brother to toast, there are several Beizi Guogong at this table, all of whom are close branches of the Ping Wangfu, and the prince and elder brother are only thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen elder brothers, who came over as a send-off official, and the rest of the princes are all drinking and feasting in the Chunwang Mansion.
The sixteenth elder brother saw Cao Hao coming, but it was lively, and he pulled Cao Hao to live and asked him to shout "Uncle Sixteen", and the seventeenth elder brother on the side heard it, and also coaxed, and also asked Cao Hao to shout "Uncle Seventeen". Looking at these two little hairy children, Cao Hao was not embarrassed, and hurriedly looked at his brother-in-law and signaled for help.
Nersu is also of a low seniority, although he is older, he still has to call Kangxi's younger sons uncles, so he only looks back with a smile, quite a bit of schadenfreude.
In the end, Cao Hao still followed the rules and gave several princes junior gifts, so that he could be regarded as getting out.
There was no one in the guard camp who made it difficult, so they just kept drinking. Then there are the tables of the household colleagues, everyone has different thoughts, jealous, hot-eyed, trying to stammer, and sincerely blessed, and the faces are all sincerely congratulated, and the auspicious words are extremely slippery.
Cao Hao saluted at such a table, and although he had four friends to help him stop the wine, he was still drunk and dizzy. According to the rules at that time, it was necessary to merge before the time of the child, so the guests on the second watch day also said goodbye and dispersed, and everyone sent Cao Hao back to the cave room.
* In the cave room, the red Luo tent has a palace lamp painted with double-shaded mandarin ducks, and the longevity lamp of honey and oil sent by the palace is placed on the round table in the ground. On the table in front of the screen with his back against the window, a pair of dragon and phoenix candles are burned.
When the two "Quanfu wives" saw that the bridegroom had returned to the cave room, they asked him to sit opposite the bride and put a copper basin between them; He also asked someone to send longevity noodles, and asked two newcomers to use it. Then, they put down the tent with a smile and said two auspicious words and went out, leaving only a couple in the room.
I don't know if it's because of the heat or drinking, Cao Hao only feels hot all over. looked up at the little wife opposite, she had already taken off the phoenix crown, washed off her makeup, lowered her head slightly, and revealed a fair and lovely little face. As if she found Cao Hao looking at her, she turned her head sideways shyly, and the blush on her face became more and more delicate, spreading to the back of her ears and neck, and even her small earlobes turned pink.
Cao Hao only felt that his throat was very dry, and he stood up from the kang suddenly. Da Gege was startled, his upper body leaned back to avoid it, he stroked his chest with one hand, and raised his head to look at Cao Hao. Cao Hao's gaze followed her hand and fell to her already prominent chest, and she shook her head hurriedly, and immediately took her eyes away, lifted the tent and got off the kang.
There was a teapot and a cup on the round table, Cao Hao grabbed the pot, poured a cup of tea, and stopped when it was brought to his mouth, turned his head to look at Da Gege on the kang, and asked, "Are you thirsty?" Drink tea? ”
Da Gege was originally looking at Cao Hao's back, but when he turned around, the two of them looked at each other across the tent. Cao Hao was stunned for a moment, looking at the delicate face, only to feel that his heart was "fluttering", and he walked over involuntarily as if he was not obeying the call. When the reaction was wrong, I found that I had reached the edge of the kang.
Maybe it's because Cao Hao looks stupid, Da Gege lowered his head, and there was a little more smile on his face. Cao Hao was so embarrassed that he coughed dryly, lifted the tent, and sent the teacup in his hand to Da Gege: "Take a sip of tea!" ”
Da Gege paused, Fang stretched out his white little hand, took the teacup, took a sip, and put it back in Cao Hao's hand.
Cao Hao exhaled deeply, drank the remaining half of the cup of tea in one gulp, put the cup back, clenched his fist to the side of the kang, did not enter the inner tent, lay down with his face on the outside, and said in a dumb voice: "It's late at night, settle it!" ”
There was silence in the room, Cao Hao looked at the happy candle in front of the window, only to feel that his heart was burning uncomfortably, he swallowed his saliva hard, and his breathing became heavier and heavier. For a long time, he didn't hear the movement of Da Gege lying down in the tent, and although Cao Hao's head was like a mushy mouth, he also reacted that something was wrong.
There is also a handkerchief on the bed, and according to the rules, the next day it is to take the greeting box with the red-dyed handkerchief and send it to the woman's house to report the good news. He was thinking of cutting off his finger and dripping blood to fool the past, but then he suddenly realized that if he didn't make it clear, it would be a great harm to a woman.
Cao Hao can also understand how important a wedding night is to a woman. If you are snubbed by your husband, how can you not be sad? He hurriedly turned over and looked into the red tent.
Da Gege was still sitting in her original position, her head hanging low, and from his point of view, her face was not only flushed, but also very pale.
Cao Hao sat up, entered the tent, and stretched out his right hand to hold her chin. Da Gege paused, barely squeezing out a smile, but it was difficult to hide the glint in the corners of his eyes.
Cao Hao felt guilty, secretly blamed himself for not speaking clearly first, his right hand involuntarily lifted down her little face to the corner of her eye, and gently wiped away her tears with his thumb, but not only did he not stop, but her tears surged even harder.
Cao Hao felt that his heart was tightened, and the whole world seemed to disappear for a while. He saw or heard nothing except the delicate and helpless woman in front of him. At this moment, as if all strangeness and alienation had been dispersed, he reached out and hugged her in his arms, patted her back gently, and said in a dumb voice: "Don't cry, be careful of hurting your eyes!" ”
The villain in his arms didn't know whether he was sobbing or nervous, but after a while, Fang calmed down and said in a low voice: "Forehead, don't you like Chu Yu?" ”
Listening to this gentle voice with a hint of grievance, Cao Hao's arms hugged her and couldn't help but tighten, and there was no gap between the two.
The body in his arms was soft and boneless, and his chest was clinging to the soft ...... Cao Hao's body froze suddenly, he closed his eyes, and secretly said don't go to reverie, don't go to reverie, but he couldn't restrain himself, and his body became more and more hot.
"Forehead, don't you like Chu Yu?" Da Gege looked up and asked again.
Her face was so close to Cao Hao's face that her eyelashes touched Cao Hao's face.
Cao Hao listened to her question and wanted to shake his head, but he happened to be close to her face. He knew in his heart that he should raise his head at this moment, or open his eyes and wake up, but he didn't want to do that, so he only muttered: "No, you are very good, I like it very much, but you are still young, I am afraid of hurting you......"
Da Gege heard the word "like", and breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, Fang noticed that a hard thing was on his thigh, so he reached out and wanted to push it away, until the moment he touched it, he remembered Eniang's previous teaching, and immediately retracted his hand, and squeezed it into Cao Hao's arms in shame.
Cao Hao only felt a "buzz" in his head, and he couldn't restrain it anymore, opened his eyes, lowered his head, and kissed Da Gege's lips.
"Huh?" Da Gege's body trembled, and he subconsciously retreated back, but it attracted Cao Hao's ** agitation more and more.
The two were entangled and fell on the kang. Until the kiss made Da Gege out of breath, Cao Hao went to kiss her earlobe again...... With the sound of rustling, clothes kept being thrown out of the tent and scattered on the ground.
In the room, only the sound of deep gasps remained, and occasionally mixed with the low moans of the woman, who seemed to cry with joy.
After a while, with a coquettish "ah", the wheezing sound stopped immediately, Cao Hao was a little remorseful, and asked in a low voice full of pity: "What's wrong, but...... Hurt you? ”
"......" Da Gege's body trembled slightly, and he didn't speak, only hugged the person who had been committed to his life.
The spring in the tent became stronger and stronger......* the clouds disappeared and the rain dissipated, Da Gege was delicate and weak, and gradually closed his eyes, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep. Cao Hao lay on his side, looking at his little wife's delicate sleeping face, and only felt indescribably happy and satisfied. Her body is far more mature than he imagined. But in this era, it is still a dangerous thing for her to have a child at her age, but fortunately he still remembers this incident and did not stay in her body at the critical moment.
Thinking of the lingering just now, the lower body swelled with heat again, Cao Hao couldn't help beating his head, taking a few deep breaths to calm his emotions, his eyes unintentionally fell on her bulging chest, and he couldn't help but lean over and peck her face.
After welcoming guests for a day during the day, and tossing a lot at night, Cao Hao was really tired, yawned, pulled the quilt on the two of them, tucked the corners of the quilt, and closed his eyes to go to Zhou Gong.
* Cao Hao married in the capital, and the Jiangning Weaving Mansion was also lit up, and there were happy everywhere.
Although there is no bride and groom, there are still many guests who come to the door to salute, drink and eat. Cao Yin and Li were busy for a while, and Cao Yin was a little tired after the banquet was over, so he lay down early, and Li went to the back hall to talk to Mrs. Gao for a while before returning to Kaiyang Courtyard.
After bathing, Li lay on the bed, listening to her husband's even breathing, and thinking of her son who was far away in the capital, she couldn't help but sigh softly.
Cao Yin closed his eyes and recuperated, not really asleep, hearing Li's sigh, he couldn't help but open his eyes, and saw by the candlelight that the corners of his wife's eyes were moist, and his heart was uncomfortable, so he reached out and patted Li's hand.
Li Shi hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "The master is awake?" But tea? ”
Cao Yin shook his head: "I've been busy for a while, let's rest!" On the other hand...... With the help of Ping Wangfu, he is a supportive person, so he doesn't have to worry about it. That being said, he actually had his son's marriage in mind.
However, Cao Yin also knows his physical condition, although he has recovered from a serious illness, but now the weather is freezing cold, the waterway is impassable, and how can he stand the bumps of the carriage on land after a long journey? Besides, without a holy decree, Cao Yin couldn't rashly let go of his errand and enter Beijing.
Cao Yin didn't think about going to the table to ask Kangxi, but Kangxi remembered this, and replied in his usual report of rain, saying that he was not in good health, telling him that he didn't have to go to Beijing, and said that he would take care of Cao Hao and let him recuperate with peace of mind. In this way, Cao Yin naturally stayed in Jiangning.
Li also knew that her husband's body couldn't stand the hardships of the journey, and because she had to take care of her husband and her mother, she had no time to go to Beijing, but she was really worried about Cao Hao, and she felt a little guilty because she couldn't take care of the marriage of her children in person. It's just that Li hid all these emotions, for fear of making her husband unhappy and making her sick.
Now that he heard Cao Yin say this, Li Shi hurriedly said: "The master is right, and I am also ...... Hara is also relieved! ”
Cao Yin didn't speak, but only tightened the hand holding his wife.
Li's eyes turned red again, and he said after a while: "It's not that I'm blind, it's just that I can always think of what Hao'er looked like when she was a child, and in this blink of an eye, Hao'er has already married a daughter-in-law!" ”
Cao Yin remembered his son's well-behaved and clever when he was a child, and he also smiled, sighed to himself for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "When the spring starts after the year, you follow your mother-in-law to Beijing to see Hao'er, and also go to see your daughter-in-law, which can be regarded as letting your mother-in-law relax!" ”
Li was very happy when he heard this, but when he thought of his husband's body and bones, he shook his head again: "There are many things at home, where can I be free?" Later, I'll talk about it later. Because Cao Yin mentioned Gao Lao Taijun and touched her heart, she said again: "Speaking of mother, she can't let go of the children of the Li family, and she has been thinking about it once today, thinking that she will ......go back after the Shangyuan Festival."
Cao Yin frowned, if Mrs. Gao went back to Suzhou this time, it would be difficult to pick it up again.
In recent months, Kali and Zhang Boxing have repeatedly folded bullets to impeach each other. Looking at the reaction of the Long Live Lord, it must be Li Xu's side of the political secretary and the mud. Li Xu did this because he wanted neither party to be offended, but in the end, he was afraid that he would get angry. Zhang Boxing is jealous and hateful, and he will not be tolerated; Kali didn't get any benefit, so maybe he would turn around and take a bite for a while.
If Li Xu is now trusted by the Lord of Long Live and firmly stands on the side of the Lord of Long Life, then no one can move him. But now he is taking a dangerous road, and he is still thinking about the source left and right, and it is really unwise to give these two people and mud in front of the Long Live Lord. As the chief official of the General Administration, loyalty to the emperor is the first, and if you play a slippery head in front of the emperor, you will only lose trust, and there will be no place to bury yourself at that time.
Cao Yin didn't have much hope for Li Xu since the case of the robbery of the pearl merchants, although he didn't want to draw a line immediately, but it was a matter of his own benefit that Mrs. Gao was on his side instead of Li Xu's side. But now, it seems that there is nothing to leave for the old lady to come down.
Cao Yin thought for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Let's persuade my mother-in-law first, so I can wait until the weather is warmer." ”
The husband and wife mentioned the interesting story of their son's childhood, praised their son's current appearance, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said that they didn't know what the daughter-in-law's appearance was. That's it, the old couple chatted until late at night.
(To be continued)