Chapter 20 and the Flute

Early in the morning of the second day, in front of the king of Zhennan, Nanling Mo asked the old princess and the prince, and the king of Zhennan pointed out to Nan Lingmo the account room in his courtyard who followed the army all the year round, and the ear room on the landlord's side of the main courtyard was changed into a temporary account room for Nan Lingmo to settle the accounts for the past ten years. Nanling Mo asked people to throw the account books for so many years to him, and Mei Xue Meixi accompanied him to the east ear room of the main courtyard every day to study the account books for an hour. The old princess also praised Nanling Mo's sincere attitude.

Just after the eighth day of the lunar month, there is still one day before the ceremony. On this day, the little maid went back and forth: "County Lord, Miss Jingsa of Anguo's family is visiting." ”

"Jing Sa ???" Nan Lingmo didn't react at once. It took a moment to remember that it was the second daughter of Duke An Guo. In the previous life, Li Yunqing had a relatively close relationship with Jing Yi, the eldest daughter of the Anguo family, and it was a handkerchief, probably because of the age gap, and the impression of Jing Sa, the second daughter, was not so deep. Just like when she was Li Yunqing in her previous life, she only vaguely remembered that there was a small county lord in the Zhennan Wang family, and her specific appearance and name were not very clear.

But from Nanling Mo's memory, the relationship between Jing Sa and Nan Ling Mo is still relatively close, probably because they both prefer martial arts...... Jing Sa is seventeen years old, and she has not yet allowed anyone, and the Duchess of An Guo is also worried. Previously, Nanling Mo guarded filial piety in the nunnery of Hongni Town, and he hadn't seen him for three years.

"Why, I haven't seen you for three years, and you don't remember me?" Jing Sa walked in with a smile and said, "I'm still thinking about you, it's good for you, you haven't come back for two months and you don't know how to look for me!" A tall, slender woman with her hair in high braids, a silver crown on her head as simple as a man's, and a brown narrow-sleeved beard walked in.

"What's the matter, I just came back and accidentally fell and injured my head, and I was still mourning Queen Wushuang at that time, how can I go out to look for you at will. Then I learned to be a housekeeper, and I was prepared and courteous, and I had a headache to death. Nan Lingmo complained with a smile, "I remember that you always like to wear red clothes, but now you have changed your brown color!" ”

"Hmph, you're always justified......"

"Mei Xue, go to Miss Shangjing's favorite Biluo Chunlai, and the pastry should be frosted square cake." Nan Ling Mo commanded with a smile.

"Hmm~" Jing Sa nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that you still have a bit of a conscience." ”

"Speaking of which, you have been following your two brothers in the west all the year round, and the wind in Ganzhou has not blown you black." Nan Lingmo quipped, "I haven't seen you for three years, but you are planning to come to compare with me today?" ”

"Compare your size!" Jing Sa said angrily, "Miss Ben is so worried about you, you are going to be in time tomorrow, have you invited this praiser?" You're not going to ask your sister to be a praiser, are you?! ”

Nan Lingmo patted her head and suddenly realized: "I just said that I forgot something, I haven't thought about it, Miss Jingsa is enthusiastic about recommending herself, this praiser is naturally none other than you." In this situation, it is impossible to hold a big ceremony, so my father only invited a few ......"

Mei Xue brought tea and pastries, Jing Sa looked at her deeply, and said to Nan Lingmo: "The few maids around you seem to be skilled, which is different from your past." Then again, what about that girl from your past? ”

"You mean Su Ran?" Nanling Mo said lightly, "On the way back to Beijing, I encountered a mountain bandit and died. ”

"Mountain bandits!! When you return to Beijing, you must take the official road, where did the official road come from? ! Have you found out who it is? ”

"Do you still need to check, isn't that obvious?" Nan Lingmo nodded in the southeast direction, "I don't care if I encounter mountain bandits on the way back to Beijing, I slipped down the rockery and broke my head on the second day of my return, and lay down for three days." Hehe, isn't it just to rob me of my marriage?! ”

"I've heard that she is now Mrs. Erpinru, and the other is the county lord of Linlang!"

"So what," Nan Lingmo said disdainfully, "It's easy to fall heavy when you climb high, let's see!" ”

"Don't mention those, oh, here you go." Jing Sa took out a box from his sleeve and handed it to Nanling Mo, "This is something I found with great difficulty in the western realm, so I will make a gift for you." ”

Nanling Mo opened the box and saw that it was a delicate dagger, smaller than ordinary daggers, and the shell was decorated with gems of various colors. She drew her dagger, and saw that it was iron-clad and extremely sharp at the edges. Nan Lingmo walked to the desk, holding the paper in his left hand, and waved the dagger at it in his right hand, which was cracked when he touched the paper, and the fracture was neat and clean, and he couldn't help but admire: "It's really a good dagger!! ”

On this day and night, the northwest corner of the palace garden

Peach, no, now it should be called Jianqiu and said: "Good sister, tomorrow the county lord will be in time, and the clothes are ready?" ”

"That's natural, it's ready in the east ear room of the main courtyard early in the morning!" Mei Qian said, "It's a skirt carefully made by the Ming Embroidery Workshop!" ”

"So, the county lord has chosen the praiser?" Jian Qiu asked, "If not, our eldest lady can be a praiser, but now the eldest lady is the county lord, and it is just right to be a praiser." ”

"I haven't heard of it yet, don't worry, I'll go back and blow the wind in my ears with our county lord." Mei Qian said, "I have to leave quickly, tomorrow will be the ceremony, there are still many things!" Mei Qian showed an anxious look on her face and left in a hurry.

"The county lord has arranged everything according to the instructions." Mei Qian replied respectfully.

"Heh," Nanling Mo stroking Tomorrow and Lu Li's clothes and sneered, "Take it to the east ear room of the main courtyard and put it!" ”

That night, a figure crept into the east transept of the main courtyard, and after a while, it came out and disappeared into the darkness.

The tenth day of the lunar month is the ceremony of Nanling Mo, and it is also the day of rest and bathing of the ministers. coincided with the death of Empress Wushuang, and the emperor ordered that the people should not have a wedding banquet in March, so Nanling Mo's ceremony was not large, but only symbolically invited a few traditional first-class families: Emperor Ye family, Anguo Mansion, Huainan Wangfu, Taishi Mansion An family, in-law Yong'an Hou Sima family and in-law Huai'an Hou Zhao family.

Nanling Mei said in Rong Jintang early in the morning: "My sister's praiser hasn't been selected yet, why don't I be the praiser of my sister?" ”

Nanling Mo smiled and said: "Thank you sister for your kindness, the sister of the praiser has been selected, it is Miss Jing Sa of the Anguo Mansion, and she is also my sister's handkerchief." ”

The old princess nodded and said, "I haven't seen the old girl of the Jing family for a long time, so I happened to see her this time." ”

Nan Lingmei secretly hated in her heart, "Hmph, what's the big deal, wait a while for you to make a fool of yourself!" With a decent smile on his face, he smiled softly, "It's my sister, I'm worrying about it, it's so good." ”

At the second moment, the ceremony officially began, all the guests gathered in the main hall of the main courtyard, and the guest of honor was the princess of Huainan. Zhennan Wang Nanshen got up and gave a simple speech: "Today is the adult ceremony of the little girl Nanling Mo, thank you for coming to the little girl's ceremony." The little girl's ceremony officially began. Please let the little girl Nan Lingmo enter to meet all the guests! ”

The praiser Jing Sa came out first, washed his hands, and took his place on the west steps; Nanling Mo walked out slowly in a primrose-colored dress, went to the center of the main hall, saluted the guests, and then knelt on the seat. Jing Sa stepped forward to comb his hair.

Then Princess Huainan got up on the east steps to prepare, Nanling Mo knelt to Princess Huainan at this time, and there was a division to present Luo Pa and a hair flute, Princess Huainan walked in front of Nanling Mo and chanted a greeting speech: "On the auspicious day of the month, the first plus yuan is served." Abandon your young ambitions, and become virtuous. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. ”

Then Princess Huainan combed Nanling Mo's hair and returned to her original position. Jing Sa symbolically tidied up the hairpipe, Nanling Mo got up to congratulate everyone, and then returned to the east ear room to change the plain clothes and skirts, which ended at the beginning.

After Nan Lingmo changed her dress, she came out and knelt down to the king of Zhennan and the old princess to show her gratitude for her nurturing. Then he knelt on the seat again, and Princess Huainan added two of them, and said loudly: "Jiyue Lingchen, Nai Shen'er suit." Respect for the majesty, the grace of the soot. Eyebrows live for 10,000 years, and will always be blessed by Hu. After Jing Sa symbolically straightened the hairpin, Nan Lingmo returned to the east ear room to change her clothes.

At the beginning of Sanjia, Princess Huainan sang: "With the right of the year, with the order of the month, the salty gar is served." Brothers are there, in order to become a virtue. The astragalus is boundless, and it is celebrated by the sky. Nanling Mo returned to the east ear room to replace the crescent moon wide-sleeved smoke Luo Fengwei Qiyun skirt carefully made for him by the Ming Embroidery Workshop. Mei Xi opened her skirt and said in surprise: "County Lord, the side collar of this skirt has been picked open, if you go out and kneel down and get up again, it will definitely crack." What can I do about this?! ”

Jing Sa was also nervous at this time, this dress was broken, and Nan Lingmo's reputation would be completely ruined, and there were dozens of guests and men, in case ...... I'm afraid that Nanling Mo will eventually end up in a hair distribution nunnery, and the end of lifelong practice in the family temple.

Nanling Mo smiled slightly, took out a dagger to tear the soft yarn on both sides of the side collar, and forcibly pulled it into two tails, and then instructed Mei Xi to put it on her, tie the soft yarn of the two side collars into a bow, and go out of the east ear room.

Nan Lingmei waited for Nan Lingmo to make a fool of herself, but when she was dark in her heart, she found that Nan Lingmo directly changed the side collar to a streamer and tied it into a bow. In this way, the dress is firmly tied to the body.

After the end of the three worships, Jing Sa offered wine, at this time Nanling Mo faced the north side, Princess Huainan turned out to drink wine, walked to Nanling Mo and read the greetings: "Gan Li is only thick, recommend Ling Fang." Worship and accept sacrifices, in order to determine the auspiciousness. The rest of the heavens, the longevity test will not be forgotten. After Nanling Mo symbolically performed the Jiaozi ceremony, Princess Weinan continued: "The etiquette is ready, the moon is auspicious, and the word Erzi is announced. The word Kong Jia, the fashionable person is suitable. It is advisable to be fake, and it will always be protected, and it is said to be a good thing. ”

Nanling Mo worshipped and said: "Although Yuya is not sensitive, dare not to sleep all night." ”

The king of Zhennan stepped forward and said: "Filial piety is the next thing, and the next is kindness." Gentle and upright, frugal and humble. No overflow, no arrogance, no deception. The ancient precept is a formula, and it is observed. ”

Nan Lingmo: "Although the child is not sensitive, dare not to admit it!" Then return and say goodbye. At this point, the ceremony has been completed, and the king of Zhennan announced: "The little maiden ceremony has been completed, thank you to all the guests and friends for watching the ceremony." There is a little light wine in the house, and everyone is invited to sit down. ”

Nanling Mo did not wear a mask when she saluted today, but covered it with a thicker rouge. Although it is not obvious from a distance, the spider web birthmark on the left side of the face still makes people feel a little scary. Fortunately, her behavior is dignified and impeccable. Everyone couldn't help but feel sorry while admiring.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!" At this time, the voice of the great eunuch Sanbao sounded outside the door. Everyone looked and saw the great eunuch Sanbao holding the holy decree, and King Yun was in a wheelchair and pushed by the close guards into the main hall of the palace.

Everyone knelt down, and the Three Treasures opened the holy decree and recited it aloud: "In accordance with the holy decree of the first emperor, the current Nan clan Lingmo, the lord of Ren'an County in Zhennan Wangfu, is talented and intelligent, and Roujia is ...... Specially given to marry Prince Yun, choose a day to complete the marriage. The lord of Ren'an exercises the power of Prince Yun and Princess Yun from now on. Thank you. ”

"Ren'an has thanked God for his grace, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Yun Wang Yun Tianhong and the others got up and said: "This king is fortunate to have this good wife who will not give up, and this king is only the princess in this life, if he violates his oath, it will be like this blade." After speaking, he took out the dagger, used his internal force with two fingers, and made a "bang" sound, only to see the dagger broken into two and lying on the ground.

"Congratulations to King Yun, congratulations to Lord Ren'an." Everyone congratulated in unison, and Nanling Mo stepped forward and pushed King Yun to the banquet.

Nan Lingmei first heard that she was married to King Yun, and secretly gloated that Nan Lingmo was married to a cripple, but when she heard the words "Exercise the power of Prince Yun and Princess Yun from now on," she gritted her teeth with jealousy. For a moment, the two emotions took turns on her face, and her expression was very strange. Zhang hurriedly pulled her sleeve, and only then did she regain her dignified expression and entertain everyone to sit down for dinner with the posture of the county lord.

The banquet was due to the death of the unequaled queen, the palace did not hold a big event, and even the luncheon was prepared very frugally, which was very different from Nanling Mei's ceremony last year. Fortunately, Nanling Mo is dignified and decent, although her face is damaged, but in her previous life, whether she was the eldest lady of the Zhenguo Mansion or Princess Ping, or even the queen, the noble temperament of her words and deeds cultivated over the past few decades was inadvertently revealed, which made the guests praise each other, which was also the most resentful place for Nanling Mei.