Before dawn the next day, Liu Qi heard Liu An calling the door outside, although he was full of warm fragrance and really didn't want to get up, but Liu Qi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up to change clothes.

In the past, Liu Qi usually got up and changed clothes by himself, but now he is pulled by two wives to get up and change clothes for himself, especially even the ** and middle clothes are put on by others, and he is like an unguarded general, he has been looked at by others, and he has also been touched around by a few pairs of small hands, and his courage last night has long been thrown out of the clouds, and he can't help but blush, ashamed.

Seeing the new aunt's shy expression, the two wives also covered their mouths and smiled, until they finished serving him to tie his hair, put on a crown, and put on a dress, then he stopped, led Liu Qi to the hall, and then served Kuai Ruyu to bathe.

Liu Qi sat in the outer room, but his heart flew indoors, while drinking tea slowly, imagining the scene of Kuai Ruyu's bathing, and said secretly: "I don't know how beautiful the scene of Yu'er's bathing should be, alas, it's a pity that she won't let me help, otherwise what a meaningful thing it should be." ”

After waiting for half an hour, I saw Kuai Ruyu finish bathing and changing clothes, and came to the outer room under the guidance of Tianxiang.

Looking at the hibiscus-like jade out of the water, Liu Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and then walked in front and went to the front hall with her to meet her father Liu Biao and stepmother Cai.

Kuai Ruyu was dressed in a jade silk dress, endured the pain after being broken, and went to the front hall to see her in-laws under the guidance of the praiser Song Zhen.

When I came to the front of the hall, I had already seen Liu Biao set up a seat above the steps (that is, the east steps, the position where the host welcomed guests), and slowly entered the table after Kuai Ruyu arrived; There is another seat outside the room, and the Cai family faces south.

Kuai Ruyu held a bamboo (a kind of bamboo) jujube chestnut, walked in from Liu Biao's bedroom, went up from the west step (the step of the guest, the meaning of honor), and came to Liu Biao in front of the east, bowed and respectfully put the jujube chestnut on the table.

Liu Biao sat on the seat, stroked the jujube chestnut with his hand, indicating that he had accepted the gift offered by Kuai Ruyu, and then stood up and bowed to Kuai Ruyu.

Kuai Ruyu returned to his original position, bowed to Liu Biao again, then went down the west steps, took a piece of dried meat (that is, mashed and dried meat with ginger gui) from the waiter's hand, and then went up to the hall, went north to the front of Cai's banquet, faced the north and worshipped, and carefully put the bamboo on the table.

But seeing Cai's hand in his hand, he didn't stand up, just bowed his head, and handed it to the waiter.

Kuai Ruyu's face couldn't help but change slightly, if according to etiquette, Cai, as a mother-in-law, should stand up with her belly in her hand, bow to her, and then hand it over to the waiter. Now that she's doing it, it's clear that she doesn't like herself very much.

Although Kuai Ruyu knew that Cai's dislike Liu Qi, Kuai Ruyu originally thought that even if this person was like this, as a mother-in-law, how could she be more complete in etiquette, but she didn't expect the other party to disrespect herself like this.

But as a bride, she can't resist, otherwise she will definitely leave a bad impression, and it will affect her husband Liu Qi and her mother's family, in case Cai forces Liu Qi to take a leave of absence because of this, it will be even more troublesome. So I had to endure it silently, pretending not to see this scene.

Originally, Kuai Ruyu had decided to endure it, but she didn't expect the praiser Song to be very dissatisfied with this, although the other party was the housewife and Cai Mao's sister, she still couldn't help but praise: "Please stand up and bow, and then hand it over to the bride." ”

Cai Shili ignored it, and still sat there quietly, without saying a word.

Song Zhen still insisted, and continued to praise: "Please stand up and bow, and then hand over the hat to the bride." ”

If this was repeated, Cai's still ignored it, and Kuai Ruyu's heart became more and more embarrassed, so she had to bow to Song Zhen, and stood on the west side of the seat, waiting for the next move.

But Song Zhen still insisted and continued to praise: "Please stand up and bow, and then hand it to the bride." ”

Seeing that Cai's still didn't move, Song Zhen snorted coldly and shouted loudly: "Is the lord okay?" Mrs. Cai deliberately made things difficult for the bride, flouted the etiquette law, and asked the lord to call the shots, otherwise the lower officials would definitely no longer be the ones who praised it, so as not to shame the sages. ”

Liu Biao, who was sitting in the hall, heard this, immediately walked out and hurriedly asked Song Zhen what was going on?

Song Zhen recounted the scene just now, and insisted that Cai's act according to the etiquette, otherwise he would resign from this praiser.

Liu Biao's face sank when he heard this, and he shouted at Cai's family: "Bold, dare to openly violate the sage's etiquette law, what kind of system has it become?" Why don't you hurry up and follow the etiquette? ”

Although Cai's family can cry, make trouble, and hang himself at home, but with so many people guarding, he still doesn't have the courage to do so, so he had to obey Liu Biao's order, glared at Song Zhen and Kuai Ruyu fiercely, and gestured to make Kuai Ruyu go down the steps and perform the ceremony again.

Kuai Ruyu still went down the west steps as before, took the belly from the waiter's hand, and then went up to the hall, went north to the front of the Cai banquet, faced the north and bowed, and carefully put the hat on the table.

Cai's face was expressionless and he picked up his belly and stood up, bowed to Kuai Ruyu reluctantly, and immediately handed it over to the attendant.

Only then did Song Zhen announce the end of the worship, and then set up a feast between the households in the upper room of the hall to reward Kuai Ruyu on behalf of Liu Biao and his wife.

Although Kuai Ruyu was worried in her heart, she still stood upright and quietly on the west side of the seat, watching Song Zhen pour the liquor into the mouth, and put a 柚 (a ritual vessel for scooping food, like a spoon) on the coffin, with the handle facing forward, and then saw Song Zhen walking out of the room with the coffin in his hand and coming to him, facing north.

Kuai Ruyu faced east and thanked Liu Biao and his wife, took it with his left hand, and came to the indoor seat under Song Zhen's worship.

Song Zhen entered, and sent the preserved food to the banquet.

Kuai Ruyu entered the table, and his right hand was sacrificed with a coffin. After the three sacrifices, he sat down on the feast facing east, and then tasted the liquor.

After a few sips of a slightly symbolic taste, Kuai Ruyu put the coffin in the coffin, and then stood up, bowed to Song Zhen, Song Zhen returned the salute, Kuai Ruyu bowed again, and then put the liquor on the east side of the chest, sat down slowly facing north, took the chest in his hand, and gave the chest to the servant after going out of the hall.

After seeing Liu Biao and Cai's enter the inner room, Kuai Ruyu entered the inner room again, waited for his aunt (in-laws) to wash and eat, first waited for Liu Biao and his wife to complete the sacrificial food ceremony, and after the two of them finished eating, they waited for them to rinse their mouths with wine, and then set up a table under the north wall of the room, removed the food of Liu Biao and his wife, and put those dishes on their newly laid seats according to the original position.

Next, Kuai Ruyu ate Liu Biao's leftover food, Liu Biao excused himself, and changed the sauce for Kuai Ruyu in return. After that, Kuai Ruyu wanted to eat Cai's leftover food, and the royal Chunxiang stepped forward to wait for Kuai Ruyu to sacrifice beans, millet and lungs, and picked up the lungs and ate them.

After the Kuai Ruyu finished eating, Cai reluctantly raised the wine, and waited for the Kuai Ruyu to gargle the wine and eat, and the Kuai Ruyu hurriedly worshipped, and after a sacrifice of wine, he drank the wine in the mouth.

Cai Shi took it from Kuai Ruyu's hand and put it on the table with an impatient face, and then ordered Mei and Yu to share the rest of the food, poured wine for them with a bitter face, and waited for them to rinse wine and eat.

After that, the concubine Tianxiang ate Liu Biao's food, and the royal Chunxiang ate Cai's food.

And just when the two of them were sharing food, Kuai Ruyu had already left the inner room, and saw Liu Biao's South Seat Wash Jue in the court, and Cai's Wash Jue in the North Seat set up in the North Hall, and made a "one-offer gift" to himself: first, the couple took the knight and poured wine, which was for "dedication"; Kuai Ruyu returned the salute for "sorrel"; After Liu Biao and his wife poured the wine into the Jue, they first drank it themselves and then persuaded Ruyu to drink it, which was for the "reward".

At this time, Song Zhen handed over the woman's animal to the female teacher Kuai Xia, so that she could go back to Kuai Ruyu's mother's house to return to her life.

Liu Biao also used a "gift of dedication" to entertain Kuai Xia and other relatives, and then gave a bouquet of brocade to the final completion of the ceremony.

But for Kuai Ruyu and Liu Qi, this is not the last rite of etiquette, because Liu Qi's biological mother Chen passed away three years ago, and Kuai Ruyu must go to the biological mother's temple three months later to have a vegetarian diet to offer to the god.

And after the ceremony, Cai's came up with another idea in order to get out of the bad breath in his chest, and said to Liu Biao: "The concubine heard that the new daughter-in-law's family is a giant businessman, and she is the shopkeeper of the restaurant, so she must know how to cook, as a new mother-in-law, the concubine wants to taste the dishes made by the new daughter-in-law, if she feels that the taste is good, the concubine will accept her as a daughter-in-law, otherwise, although she is already our daughter-in-law in terms of etiquette, she will not blame the concubine for not treating her well." ”

Liu Biao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, because Cai's doing this now can only be regarded as making things difficult, not disrespectful, this is a mother-in-law's freedom, although she is the head of the family, she can only persuade and cannot forcibly order like just now. What's more, in private matters, I generally have to compromise with the other party.

So Liu Biao could only persuade: "Why are you bothering? The new daughter-in-law is knowledgeable and reasonable, and her behavior is in line with etiquette, how can she be embarrassed? The matter of cooking vegetables is the business of servants, she is a girl who only knows how to knit female red, how can she understand this? ”

But he didn't expect Cai Shi to sneer and say: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will be in charge of the family's affairs, you just need to take care of your Jingzhou." ”

Liu Biao was helpless, so he had to glance at Kuai Ruyu with a little apology, and then shook his head lightly and sighed and left.

"Tomorrow morning, I will eat the dishes you made with your own hands, good daughter-in-law, you have to show your own skills to achieve my satisfaction. I forgot to mention that I'm very picky. Cai's is not a few years older than Kuai Ruyu, but now because she is her mother-in-law, she looks quite imposing, hehe sneered a few times, and then went back to the room to rest.

As Liu Biao said, Kuai Ruyu is a young lady, where does she know how to cook and other subordinate work? And she's just walked in now. is not familiar with the next person, and her wife Kuai Tianxiang also returned to her parents' house, as for her husband Liu Qi, although she knows that he is willing to help her, she believes that he must not understand this way as much as herself.

Thinking that she was helpless, Kuai Ruyu bit her lip, tears flowed silently, and then quietly wiped it, and then slowly returned to her and Liu Qi's new house.