readx; The Zhao Wang's Mansion in the night is very quiet, there are few pedestrians on the street, only the patrolling soldiers pass by from time to time, the moonlight is light, sprinkled with a miserable white moonlight, Pei Wan'er's sedan chair did not go to the main entrance, but went around and entered the house through the side door. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the sedan chair, Pei Wan'er had already cleaned up, she wore a lake-green four-wide skirt, her hair was combed high, coiled into a cloud, all kinds of gold beads and jade hung all over the hair ends, at the top of the cloud hair, a green feather hairpin was inserted obliquely, her face was evenly snow-white, her eyebrows were like Daishan, and her eyes were like deep pools, which looked abnormally beautiful.

She will be the bride tonight, and it will be her new starting point in life, but there is not much joy in her eyes, and the marriage is heavily politically branded, covering up the expectations and happiness that should belong to her.

Beside her sat Zhu'er, a personal maid who had grown up with her since childhood, she took the bride's arm and comforted her in a low voice, "Don't worry, girl, in fact, my uncle still likes the girl very much, besides, he is still very young, only in his thirties, girl, you are very lucky." ”

"Hey!" Wan'er sighed lowly, she also likes Li Qing'an, but she doesn't like this kind of marriage, the interests of the family are like shackles that firmly lock her, and she can't breathe, she has dreamed more than once, she is wearing six bridal dresses, enjoying the sweetest moment at the grand wedding, blue sky, white clouds, and flowers.

But now, she was sent into her new home at night, through the small door in the dim moonlight, and her good wishes were destined to be just a dream.

The small sedan chair had already passed the main entrance, Pei Wan'er couldn't help but lift the sedan curtain, and secretly looked out, only to see that the towering gate was closed, the two big lanterns were lifeless, and on both sides were tall courtyard walls, dark and full of depression, thinking that from now on, she would live in it for the rest of her life, Pei Wan'er's nose was sour, and tears almost flowed out.

The sedan chair arrived at the side door, the side door was open, five or six lanterns were lit, there were several healthy women standing at the door, Pan Xiaoliang, the big housekeeper of Zhao Wangfu, was also standing in front of the door, they were here to pick up the sedan chair, the sedan chair was put down, and Pei Yun, who was sending off her relatives, whispered to Pei Wan'er: "Wan'er, for my brother, I hope that after three days, you can return to the door happily." ”

Pei Wan'er's tears finally flowed, she choked up and agreed, and watched her cousin and the Pei family walk away.

At this time, Pan Xiaoliang stepped forward and said softly, "Miss Wan'er, we are going to enter the door." ”

Pei Wan'er wiped away her tears, and Zhu'er next to her hurriedly asked, "Does my girl need to come down?" ”

"Nope! No, you need the girl to get out of the sedan car later. ”

Pan Xiaoliang waved his hand, six healthy women lifted the sedan chair, squeaked and walked into the palace, two maids carrying a big red lantern of joy in front of the way, Pei Wan'er's sadness in her heart gradually faded, she began to nervous in her heart, pounding, although she had been to Zhao Wangfu more than once, but tonight Zhao Wangfu made her feel very strange, majestic palaces, huge buildings, exquisite pavilions, lush trees, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted next to a small river, it is this small river about two zhang wide will divide Zhao Wangfu into two, inside is the inner house.

The six healthy women walked briskly to the river and stopped, and Pan Xiaoliang said again: "Miss Wan'er, you are going to get off the sedan chair and take the boat." ”

Pei Wan'er suddenly understood, the place where she got married tonight was in Penglai Pavilion, which was also the most beautiful place in King Zhao's mansion, and she began to have a little expectation in her heart.

The maid Zhu'er helped her out of the sedan chair, a painting boat has been docked on the shore, the lights on the painting boat are bright, radiant, only to see the picture smiling and chanting standing in front of the painting boat waiting for her, seeing the picturesque, Pei Wan'er seems to have seen a long-lost reunion of relatives.

"Picturesque!" She walked a few steps briskly, her voice trembling a little with excitement.

Ruhua held her, looked at her face carefully, and said with a playful smile: "Is the bride so aggrieved that she cries?" ”

"No, my cousin left just now, and I felt a little sad in my heart."

"Don't worry! Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time, and they won't let you be wronged, come, come on the boat with me. ”

Ruhua helped her into the boat, got into the cabin and sat down, the two boatgirls began to rock the boat away from the shore, and the boat staggered to the depths of the river.

The light in the cabin was soft, laid out with silk and satin, lit with a pair of red candles, Pei Wan'er sat down by the window, at this time, there was a faint sound of bamboo in the air, and the picture smiled at her: "Actually, we were preparing three days ago, so that you can get married in Penglai Pavilion or I want to come up, the dance clothes invited a group of music girls, boat girls, palace maids are invited from the palace, the guests have no outsiders, they are all their own sisters, everyone has a lively time." ”

Speaking of this, when she saw Yuzhu looking at the scenery outside the boat, she smiled at Wan'er and said, "Did your mother teach you about that?" Later, the poem will teach you. ”

Wan'er's face was flushed, she knew what was going on, her mother told her carefully last night, that incident was actually the thing she was most afraid of and nervous about, last night, today day, that thing wandered in her heart like a ghost, the thought of it made her heart afraid, her hands twisted the hem of her skirt, bit her lip, lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing that she was shy, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile secretly.

Li Qing'an's Zhao Wangfu is renovated on the basis of the Taiping Princess's Mansion, the Taiping Princess's Mansion can be said to be the most magnificent and magnificent mansion in addition to the Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace and other major palaces, covering an area of about 200 acres, there are about five or six hundred rooms in the main hall, the bucket beam cornices, the momentum is magnificent, the largest Taiping Palace can accommodate thousands of people, especially the house also covers an area of 30 acres of lake, called Yufeng Pond, there is a three-acre island in the lake, the island imitates the Taiye Pool of the Daming Palace, also built a Penglai Pavilion, and later the Taiping Princess was executedOne of the charges is trespassing.

Princess Taiping was executed, but her mansion was retained, and now it has become Li Qing'an's Zhao Wang's mansion, Li Qing'an has not moved for a long time, and Penglai Pavilion has not been opened, but today in order to marry Pei Wan'er, Penglai Pavilion was opened for the first time.

The painting boat left the river, rowed up a slurry of autumn water, sailed into the Yufeng Pond, and drove towards the Penglai Pavilion in the center of the lake, at this time, the sound of silk and bamboo was closer, the music was full of joy, the lights of the Penglai Pavilion were lit, the light was brilliant, like the Tiangong Pagoda descending to the world.

On the dock of Penglai Pavilion, a large group of women have been waiting for a long time, laughter came, the leader is the eldest woman Dugu Mingyue, she is also wearing six palace dresses, full of pearls, graceful and elegant, there are no guests tonight, they are all their own families, not even a male guest, the only man on the island is the groom Li Qing'an, and there is also the nurse in the arms, and Li Xiaogongzi, who is still babbling.

Behind Mingyue are her sisters, dance clothes, such as poetry, Mingzhu, Gao Wu, Xiaolian, Pei Yu, etc., as well as dozens of palace maids Le Ji, in addition, there is a special guest, the Queen Mother Shen Pearl, according to the etiquette system, it should be tomorrow, Mingyue will take Wan'er into the palace and accept the canonization of the Queen Mother, but the Empress Dowager Shen quietly made this request to Mingyue, she also wanted to participate in the internal wedding of the Li Mansion in a private capacity, although she felt that it was a little inappropriate, but Mingyue finally agreed.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Mingzhu was sharp-eyed, and when she saw the painting boat first, she shouted excitedly, "Go and inform the groom!" Here comes the bride. ”

"Go aside!"

Mingyue glared at her sister, "Don't mix it up, tonight is our sister's liveliness, nothing to do with him." ”

Mingzhu touched a nail, she pursed her mouth, and whispered unhappily: "It was originally true!" When the bride comes, how can there be no groom? ”

Rushi gently put her arm around her shoulders and explained to her in a low voice: "Wan'er is not marrying, there is no need to worship the church, the groom can't come forward, and she can't meet the groom until the eldest woman agrees to let her enter the door. ”

"Oh-" Mingzhu nodded, and she understood.

At this time, the painting boat docked on the dock, the two boat girls tied the ropes, and the two pipa girls stepped forward, gently twisting slowly, and the sound of the pipa was like a pearl of jade, which was inviting the bride to go ashore.

Pei Wan'er came out of the boat, and the maid Zhu'er and Ruhua helped Pei Wan'er ashore, and the girls saw that she was dressed up beautifully, which caused everyone's praise.

Pei Wan'er's face was flushed, and she gave Mingyue Yingying a salute: "Wan'er see the eldest sister." ”

Mingyue nodded with a smile and said, "I really wronged you today, let you enter at night, don't take it to heart." ”

"Wan'er won't!"

Pei Wan'er saluted everyone again: "Wan'er has seen your sisters. ”

Mingyue said again: "Everyone is usually very familiar, so you don't need to be so polite, but there is one person you want to meet, you should see her for the first time." ”

Mingyue took her hand and came to Gao Wu, and introduced with a smile: "This is Wu Niang, you can call her Sister Wu, the daughter of General Gao Xianzhi." ”

Pei Wan'er heard Xiaolian talk about Gao Wu, who was a heroine among women, and she hurriedly saluted: "Wan'er see Sister Wu." ”

Gao Wu's face was a little red, she touched her body, took out a pure gold dagger inlaid with gems, handed it to Pei Wan'er and said, "The first time we met, I didn't have anything to give you, this dagger is my beloved thing, so I will give it to you." ”

The two boat girls next to them couldn't help but laugh secretly, this woman really doesn't understand human feelings, how can there be a reason to give the bride a knife on the wedding night.

Mingyue knew that Gao Wu was kind, and she didn't say anything, so she took it for Pei Wan'er and put it in the gift box, and smiled at everyone: "It's not early, let's go in!" ”

The women hugged Pei Wan'er and walked into Penglai Pavilion, Penglai Pavilion was decorated with brilliance, eighteen red lanterns were hung high in the lobby, the front wall was pasted with a big 'Xi' word, the long table below was full of all kinds of dowries, there was a couch in the front, a small table was placed in the middle of the couch, a jade pot and two jade bowls were placed on the table, and a person was already sitting next to him, who was slowly drinking tea with a cup, it was the Queen Mother Shen Pearl.

Shen Pearl is not yet thirty years old, she lives alone in the empty and lonely Daming Palace, that kind of indescribable loneliness makes her heart become old day by day, today she heard that Li Qing'an married Pei Wan'er, both are female dependents, and there are no outsiders, she was tempted, and quietly begged Mingyue to allow her to participate, Mingyue could understand her loneliness, so she agreed.

Shen Pearl participated in this wedding as a private person, she was hindered by her identity, it was not easy to go out to greet Pei Wan'er, so she sat in the lobby drinking tea and waiting for her, Shen Pearl sat under the word 'Xi', the burning candle reflected her face, and she seemed to have returned to the night of her cave candles.

At this time, Pei Wan'er walked into the lobby surrounded by everyone, Wan'er saw Shen Pearl at a glance, she was stunned in her heart, a little overwhelmed, Mingyue whispered to her: "The Queen Mother is here in a private capacity, don't be too formal." ”

Pei Wan'er hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Wan'er see the Queen Mother." ”

Shen Pearl said softly: "Miss Wan'er, you're welcome, you just treat me as your sister." ”

In fact, it is still a bit wrong to say that it is a sister, Li Qingan is pretending to be Li Ting, who is with Li Heng, and Shen Pearl is Li Yu's wife, so it should be a generation later, but it is not uncommon in marriages in the Tang Dynasty to be a generation, and it is not inappropriate for Shen Pearl to call herself a sister.

It's just that the 'sister' at this time has another meaning, Mingyue is the eldest sister, she asked Pei Wan'er to call Gao Wu Sister Wu, which has a purpose, and Shen Pearl calls herself a sister, which is a bit awkward.

Especially Mingyue, she was very sensitive in her heart, she knew that her husband had seen Shen Pearl in the palace alone several times, so she couldn't help but glance at her.

Rushi is the master of ceremonies tonight, she knew that Li Qingan was still waiting for the bride upstairs, so she smiled and said: "**One night is worth a thousand gold, and the groom upstairs is still waiting for him, let's start!" ”

Everyone laughed and sat down, Mingyue also sat on the other side of Shen Pearl, at this time, Pei Wan'er had already put on the phoenix crown, and the two brides put on a xia veil for her, leading her across two small basins, which were full of dates and pears, as well as full pods, this is what I hope Pei Wan'er can say that she can give birth to a child for the Li family as soon as possible.

finally led her to Mingyue, and said loudly as a poem: "The bride toasts tea!" ”

Mingyue is the main wife, she enters Li's house to give tea to Li Qing'an's elders, and Pei Wan'er is a concubine, she can only give tea to Mingyue, just like ordinary employees can only report to their immediate boss, but cannot directly report to the boss.

Mingzhu played the role of the tea boy, she picked up the jade pot on the table, poured a bowl of tea, and handed it to Pei Wan'er, Pei Wan'er knelt down, lifted the tea bowl, and said in a low voice: "Wan'er gives tea to the eldest sister!" ”

This is the most critical step in marrying a concubine, if Mingyue doesn't take this bowl, Pei Wan'er will have to go back to her parents' house, when Mingyue will take the tea, when will she be able to enter the Li family.

However, there are very few women who don't accept tea, after all, she also has to give her husband a face, as the saying goes, 'a wife is not as good as a concubine', which really annoys her husband, and finds a reason to divorce her, which outweighs the loss.

Mingyue took the tea bowl, took a sip, and smiled at her: "Get up!" From now on, you are my good sister. ”

The lobby suddenly burst into joy, everyone applauded and congratulated, and laughed continuously, Rushi pulled Pei Wan'er into the back room, she wanted to teach Pei Wan'er the art of giving birth, and Mingzhu and Ruhua rushed upstairs with great interest, ready to make a hole in the room.

Mingyue smiled at Shen Pearl and said, "It's getting late, the Queen Mother will stay in the house tonight!" I will chat with the Queen Mother and send the Queen Mother back to the palace early tomorrow morning. ”

Shen Pearl naturally didn't want to go back to the deserted Daming Palace, although it was a little inappropriate, she still nodded and smiled: "Then I will trouble the princess tonight." ”

At this time, there was a picture and Mingzhu's laughter upstairs, and the two of them ran down and smiled at Mingyue: "The groom said that he was tired, and asked the bride to hurry into the cave room and drive us down." ”

Mingyue smiled and shook her head, and said to everyone: "Since the groom is in a hurry, then let's be interesting, don't disturb other people's cave room for candle nights, let's go!" ”

Everyone blew out the lanterns, left Penglai Pavilion, closed the gate, at this time in the entire Penglai Pavilion, and even the entire island, only Li Qing'an and Pei Wan'er were two, the girls got on the big painting boat parked on the shore, the painting boat slowly sailed away from the island, and went to the inner house, although there was no one on the island, but there were more than a dozen small boats patrolling back and forth in the lake, this was Li Qing'an's personal soldiers, and the guard was very strict.

The lake was very quiet, only the sound of paddling, all the women held their breath, their eyes were fixed on a window on the third floor lit with red candles, they saw that the candle was suddenly extinguished, and the painting boat was only less than thirty steps from the island, and they could not help but bend down and laugh together.

"This guy is a little too anxious!"

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(To be continued)