Chapter 285: Busy before marriage
The more she complained, the more Jin listened, the more frightened she became, and she hurriedly interrupted her: "The more the third sister-in-law talks, the more unreasonable it becomes, and our mother-in-law has the idea on the left and right, you just need to do your own errands, why do you think about so much?" After persuading, I was afraid that she would continue to say something rebellious, so I hurriedly changed the topic, "Your third master, are you better?" ”
Everyone in the palace knows that the third master, Mu Yunfeng, was injured at the border of Goryeo, and has been recuperating in bed since returning home, but the Jin family just asked casually, but Cui's face changed instantly, and he said: "It's okay." ”
"Before they set out for Goryeo, I was a little uneasy in my heart, and I always felt that something was going to happen, and sure enough, my fourth master was stabbed by that Japanese warrior in Goryeo, and almost lost his life, and he is still ...... until now" Jin said a few words to himself, only to find that Cui looked distracted, and he didn't listen at all, thinking that she was still resentful about the prince's marriage, so he didn't say anything more and left.
Cui Shi stood in place, calmed down his mood, and walked back to Houde Garden, and replied to his father-in-law.
The third master of his own family has always ignored the mundane affairs in the palace, why did she suggest to the old princess this time to invite the chef and the troupe of Lanyue Lou to come to the palace, Cui Shi actually didn't understand.
But she knows her husband's temperament very well, but she doesn't understand and doesn't dare to ask more questions, let alone have the slightest disobedience.
Fortunately, today went well, the old princess didn't think much about it and responded to both things, and she also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally was able to substitute for the prime minister.
Cui's steps were hurried, all the way to the door of Houdeyuan's father-in-law's study, and he was about to step in, but he heard a woman's murmur faintly behind the screen in the house.
Cui Shi thought that it was a noisy concubine in her own yard, taking advantage of her busy days, she came to seduce the third master to ask for favor, and couldn't help but feel angry, so she quietly went around the screen and looked in.
At first glance, the familiar figure surprised her a little.
It's not ...... The eldest girl next to the old princess, Yuelong? When did this prodigal hoof hook up with the third master?!
Cui Shi gritted his back molars, and secretly watched the third master hand over a purse-like thing to Yuelong, and the prodigal hoof was close to him like a baby, and said in a low voice: "After the matter is completed, the third master must not forget the promise to me!" ”
The third master of her family raised his hand to caress Yuelong's face, and said softly: "Don't worry, I will give you whatever you want when the time comes." ”
What does she want...... What can she, a maid who wants to be on top, want? It's nothing more than replacing me! Cui's heart was churning with blood and blood, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately and slap this prodigal hoof with a loud slap!
However, looking at her father-in-law's obedience to her, Cui's legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she couldn't move half a minute.
She had seen the cold-blooded ruthlessness of her father-in-law, and she was afraid of this man from the bottom of her heart, and she did not dare to have the slightest disobedience against him. And this Yuelong is the person next to the old princess, I am afraid that in the old princess's heart, she is more favored than her daughter-in-law......
Cui Shi clung to the screen, letting the tears fall in a stream, but gritted his teeth and didn't dare to make a sound.
Su Qi actually didn't know what the hell the "please period" was, but he only knew that he was dragged up from the quilt by the Hou Mansion early in the morning, yawning and dressing up, grease and powder.
"Miss was born in heaven, with a dragon and a phoenix, she is blessed at first glance!" The grandmother who combed her hair couldn't stop complimenting her while she was busy, "If it weren't for the blessing of the tenth generation, how could she be favored by the prince of Beijing, and the princess loved it?" I heard that today's invitation, the princess is going to come in person, so important, in the future, the young lady will come to the door, naturally she will love and grace! ”
Su Qi listened to her chatter in a daze, and said in his heart: If I tell you that I was born with yin and yang eyes, I wonder if you can still be so calm?
However, she understood at least one thing: her mother-in-law was coming.
Su Qi was nervous for no reason.
Let the subordinates take great pains to dress her up, and drank two mouthfuls of bird's nest porridge, Su Qi waited in the house, waited and waited, and became sleepy, leaning on the soft collapse and clicking like a chicken pecking rice, I don't know how long it took, Fang was woken up by Mama, saying that the princess was here, and asked her to go to the front hall.
Su Qi was led by several subordinates, and when he entered the front hall of the Hou Mansion, he saw a house full of daughters-in-law and young ladies who he didn't know, presumably all of them were relatives and family members of the Hou Mansion, dressed up as Zhou Zheng to accompany him. In the middle of the hall sat the old princess and Mrs. Hou side by side, both with pleasant faces and laughing while eating tea.
Su Qizheng was a little at a loss, so she saw the grandmother beside her winking at her, and saw that there was a cyan cushion in front of the old princess's feet in the hall.
When Mrs. Hou saw Su Qi coming, she smiled at her and said: "I was talking about how rare your mother-in-law is, not to mention that the six wedding ceremonies are complete, and you have to come to the door in person on the time of invitation, for fear that my Hou Mansion will treat the new princess harshly?" As he spoke, he pretended to be angry with the old princess, "Niangniang, take a look, is your daughter-in-law missing a meat or two?" ”
The old princess also smiled and said: "Mrs. Hou's mouth, it's really unforgiving!" As he spoke, he smiled and looked at Su Qi carefully, and saw that she was wearing a silver silk brocade skirt, wearing lotus color clothes, combing a cloud bun on her head, not wearing much pearl and cui but it was just right, and she was kneeling in front of her with her head lowered and respectfully.
The old palace suddenly felt a little emotional: the wild girl who broke into the main hall of the palace and grabbed Bo Han's ears in the past is still fresh in her memory. Now that time has passed, this rough girl also has a bit of a beautiful appearance.
Sure enough, the children can be taught...... The old princess was deeply pleased, and hurriedly called her to get up and give the eldest girl Yuelong who was accompanying her a look.
Yuelong understood, hurriedly opened a red satin bronzing box, and held the double-bit chicken heart pendant small golden phoenix hairpin into the old princess's hand, and the old princess raised her hand to personally put Su Qi's hairpin into the bun.
The old princess gave this hairpin, even if she completely recognized this daughter-in-law, the ladies in the hall came out to congratulate her. Su Qi blushed at this congratulation, bit his lower lip and sat shyly beside Mrs. Hou.
Although the date of marriage has already been set, the old princess and Mrs. Hou still discussed it and set the wedding date on the fifteenth of this month.
Mrs. Hou said: "Married from my Hou Mansion, it is the son and nephew of my Helian family, I have prepared a dowry of thirty loads, as well as a silver ticket, a land deed and a Zhuangzi outside the city, and I hope that the mother will not think that the dowry of my Hou Mansion is rude." Then he said to Su Qiyue, "In the future, the Hou Mansion will be your mother's home, and when you have nothing to do, you will come back for a walk and talk to me." ”
As soon as she said this, the old princess and Su Qi were a little surprised. The old princess originally considered that Su Qi had no roots in Guangning, and marrying from the Hou Mansion would be more beautiful, but she didn't want Mrs. Hou to seriously recognize Su Qi's nephew and treat her so well. In this way, it raised Su Qi's identity and blocked the mouth of Youyou in Guangning City.
But Su Qi understood in his heart: Mrs. Hou is so affectionate, nine times out of ten it is because of the poisoning of her family Helian Shan, so as to show her goodwill, hoping that she will not be pursued after marrying into the palace.
It's just that I don't know what Helian Yu and Helian Shan, a brother and sister, will think about this.
Only two days after the deadline is passed, it is the day of the bride price.
The palace and the Hou Mansion were already close, and from early this morning, I saw the two officials Mu Zhong and Xu Kai, commanding many princes' personal guards, picking out the financial gifts one after another from the main gate of the palace, and going in a row in the direction of the Hou Mansion.
All the way from the palace to the Hou Mansion, all of them are the big families of Guangning City, who has not seen the world in the house, and at this time, the daughters-in-law and young ladies of each household are looking at the endless bride price from the door, and they are talking about each other, and they are amazed and envious and jealous, and there are all kinds of tastes.
In the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Hou handed the bride price list to Su Qi, with a smile on her face, and quipped: "The palace is full of sincerity, the princess and the prince can love you so much, and I can rest assured that you will marry." ”
Su Qi took the thick stack of lists, and looked at ten lines at a glance: gold and silver jewelry, antique porcelain, jade Mingjue, silk and satin, as well as eight types of seafood, three livestock and big fish, sheep hop tea, and fruit boxes......
She was shocked at first, and then the more she looked at it, the more distressed she became: how much silver did this have...... I know that you have a lot of money, and you don't need to show off like this!
Mrs. Hou looked at her frowning appearance, thinking that she was worried about her dowry, so she smiled and said: "You don't have to be anxious, the palace has prepared a lot of dowry for you in private, plus the share of my makeup, it is enough for you to marry decently and beautifully." ”
Su Qi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and the prince was really thoughtful and thoughtful.
Lowering her neck and glancing at the dense words on the bride price list, she suddenly felt that she was really going to get married.
On the other side, the Beijing Palace, is even more lively.
Because the next day is the wedding period, the ladies of several families who are familiar with each other on a daily basis come to help, and even Mrs. Mu also took Mu Yunge back to the house to say hello.
The old princess saw that Mu Yunge was already pregnant, but her still thin and thin complexion was not very good, so she asked in distress, "It's been three months?" Are you still safe? ”
Her question made both Mrs. Mu and Mu Yunge a little sad, but many of the ladies of the family were present, and they didn't say much, so Mrs. Mu said: "Sister-in-law Xie is worried about it, when she was making trouble for three months, she ate and vomited, and her body weight was a little lighter. ”
The old princess said: "Pregnant with a child is the most painful, but women always have to go through such an experience, they need to recuperate a lot, calm their minds, and don't hurt their spirits." She said this, but she recalled many indecent rumors about the Marquis of Anping, and knew that Mu Yunge's life in the Marquis of Anping would not be very comfortable, so she couldn't help but sigh a little: I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?
There was some cold scene, and when the next person came to report, saying that the newlyweds' wedding clothes had been taken from Mrs. Chen, all the ladies gathered around to see the newly sent phoenix crown and xiaxia, but saw that on a luxurious red dress, the dragon and phoenix peony embroidered with gold and silver threads seemed to be alive.