XVI. Marriage
"Sister Afu, get up, how can you sleep without washing your feet or washing your face?"
Ah Fu hummed and didn't move.
"There's no hot water anymore, just this pot, let's wash it together."
Ah Fu struggled to get up, Xing'er asked her to wash her face first, and Ah Fu didn't push. She doesn't use fat powder on her face, and the water is not dirty after washing. When they washed their feet, they washed in one basin. Ah Fu's face is round, and his feet are the same, round and white, looking like two fat lotus roots that have been peeled off the mud and skinned, and there is a lot of toe meat, and Xing'er's feet are thin, and two people have four feet in a basin, stepping on each other and rubbing each other, Xing'er said: "People say that the foot meat is blessed." ”
"It's true to make shoes." Ah Fu said: "When I was a child, my mother complained that I was making shoes, and my sister only needed two feet of cloth, so I had to use a lot of it. ”
"That's good." Xing'er said: "The old people in our village said that when people are born, how much they should eat and how much they should use is determined by heaven, and their hands, feet and faces are richer than others, which is the appearance of wealth and blessing." Sister Ah Fu, just rush this foot, you must be rich and noble. ”
Ah Fu had also heard people say this, but he didn't take it to heart.
What else is rich? It's just a palace maid.
I heard the news just now, but Ah Fu didn't want to tell Xing'er at all. How many words do you have to say this, Ah Fu is so tired now that he can't wait to sleep and don't wake up again.
Besides, telling Xing'er is equivalent to telling Ruixiang that these two have similar tempers and have nothing to talk about. Rui Xiang is a big mouth, in other words, in less than a day, it is estimated that everyone in the Taiping Palace will know.
Ah Fu fell back on the bed, let out a long moan, and felt that the second half of his shen was about to disperse, and Xing'er squeezed over again, moving the charcoal basin to the front of the bed.
"Sister Afu, are you tired?"
"Well......" stood longer than usual, and he was nervous, and Ah Fu was confused.
"You say, will we also ...... the reward of the New Year?"
Ah Fu vaguely heard her speak again, but he didn't hear what she said at all, and he had already fallen asleep.
On the first day of the first lunar month, this first day is not like the later generations, everyone can sleep lazily, even the prince Gu got up early in the morning and had to go to Defu Palace to ask for a talk. Even if the Queen Mother is usually sympathetic to the inconvenient passage of the prince, but on the first day of the New Year, everyone in the palace is going to go, and of course he is not exempt.
When Ah Fu stood under the corridor, Jia Hui walked over: "What are you in a daze?" ”
"I want to ...... If only I could sleep in. ”
"Phew, what a lazy girl. Come on in. Want to sleep in? Don't say that our lives are to serve people's lives. There are a few who are served, and a few who can sleep lazy! Jia Hui poked a finger on her head and whispered: "Even if the Queen Mother is the queen mother, it doesn't matter if she is sick, all year round, when is it not the right day?" ”
Ah Fu stuck out his tongue and went in with her to help.
That's the same thing...... The women of this year, except for those who run night businesses in the Qinglou Washer, there is really no one who can sleep until three poles in the sun and not get out of bed.
I want to sleep until noon like in my previous life, it's really ...... Ahem, maybe I can only dream about it.
Jia Hui carefully instructed Ah Fu and a few of them to serve well, follow Prince Gu to Defu Palace, take care of it carefully, drink tea, use snacks, eat, and pay attention to everything. Ah Fu wrote them down one by one, and Prince Gu put on his cloak and came out, and his steps were ready.
Rao is Ah Fu was already mentally prepared, and when he saw a room full of people in the Defu Palace, he still felt his head buzzing all of a sudden. Ladies, beauties, princes, princesses, and wives, the people they bring...... It's different from last night's banquet, how to say that it's also an official event, the emperor is also there, and the emperor is not here at this time, it can be called a family party - well, this family is a little too big, it's hard for the queen mother to remember so many faces and names.
To be honest, the Queen Mother is not easy, as the Queen Mother, except when she is sick, she doesn't even have to sleep.
Probably this dream of sleeping until you wake up naturally will not be able to come true in this life.
Prince Gu and Prince Zhe sat together, as well as Prince Jia and Prince Duan, whom Ah Fu only met in a hurry yesterday. Prince Shin stayed with his mother.
Ah Fu saw at a glance that the third princess was sitting next to the Queen Mother. Peeled half an orange, just as you and I ate one petal and one petal eating lively.
For this third princess, Ah Fu has mixed feelings in his heart, always feeling that she is from the same place as himself, and is a companion, and he feels that he is ...... She is far away from herself, she is the pride of the sky, and she is just a weed on the side of the road.
The Queen Mother summoned the prince and took him by the hand to speak. Although it is well maintained, when the elderly talk to the young, the natural expression of the posture - well, old-fashioned.
Ah Fu stood two steps behind Prince Gu, not too close and not too far.
The Queen Mother beckoned again, and a noble lady among the ladies walked over slowly, she was wearing a purple skirt and a pearl the size of a little finger on her forehead. A shy looking girl followed behind her, wearing a silver-red shirt, with a small face, and her face looked red, a little sweet and green like a girl next door.
"Come, see, this is Mrs. Huiyanghou, this is the pearl of her Yanghou's palm."
The two women saluted together: "Your Highness is polite.
Prince Gu seemed to be a little surprised, but he turned around slightly: "Madame, please don't be polite." ”
The lady who would be Yang Hou smiled silently, but the Queen Mother beckoned her daughter to come forward: "Qingyuan has also grown up, and the last time I saw her, it seemed that she was not as tall as the lampstand." ”
Mrs. Huiyanghou said with a smile: "What the Queen Mother said is that she has grown a lot taller this year, and she has also lost weight. ”
The Queen Mother smiled, holding the Miss Qingyuan with one hand, and the Prince Gu with the other: "You met when you were children." At that time, Qingyuan came into the palace to be your third sister's companion, and you were not good, and you were also in front of me, and we hadn't moved to Defu Palace at that time. ”
Prince Gu nodded: "Yes, my grandson remembers that the Queen Mother was still living in Wenhua Palace at that time, and the garden there was not as big as Defu Palace." ”
"Well, in a blink of an eye, the children have grown into teenagers, and the years are unforgiving."
I don't know if Prince Gu feels it, Ah Fu can see it. The queen mother's meaning is not concealed, she is just being a matchmaker!
Is it true that all older people are like this? Aunt Hu, the neighbor of Afu's family, loves this, and at first she still talked about it for others, but then the family ignored it, and walked the streets and alleys all day long, and was a professional matchmaker.
Ah Fu's hunch was exactly right, although the two parties - Prince Gu and the Qingyuan girl didn't say a word, but the Queen Mother and Mrs. Huiyang Hou obviously didn't think so. They smiled tacitly, as if they had been comforted and satisfied with each other. Miss Qingyuan hung her head and didn't say a word, after the initial crampedness, Prince Gu stood there generously, and other people's eyes were good intentions and malicious intentions, which didn't mean anything to him.
Well, I don't know what this Qingyuan girl thinks. But Ah Fu felt ......
She's lucky.
It's true.
In this era, marrying someone is the top priority, and if you marry someone who is not human, then you will have a bad life. If you marry a good man, know how to take care of your wife, and be considerate of your wife......
Although Prince Gu's eyes are not very convenient, marrying him, this Qingyuan girl will definitely be happy.
Ah Fu's hunch was not wrong at all. Before the first month, the queen mother had already made the decision and pointed out the third daughter of Yanghou's family, He Qingyuan, to Prince Gu.
Jia Hui said to Ah Fu in private that she also knew this Qingyuan girl, a very good-tempered, very quiet young lady, modest and demure. Jia Hui said: "The Queen Mother really cherishes our Royal Highness very much, this is a good family matter." Hui Yang Hou and Mrs. Hou are also generous people. ”
Ah Fu nodded, and felt a lot more relaxed.
The future mistress is a good-natured person, which is much better than a Yaksha. She is more generous, so that the people below can be more relaxed and live better.
Mrs. Yang's performance is also very pleased with this, although the wedding date has not been decided, Mrs. Yang is already busy. Even if an ordinary person wants to get married, it is not a simple matter, let alone a prince. The formalities of marriage are long and cumbersome, and all kinds of etiquette make people dizzy.
When Ah Fu entered the house with a box of new books, Prince Gu was sitting in front of the window. After the beginning of spring, the weather warms up day by day, but the charcoal pot is still burning in the house, and the warm heat is rushing in the face.
Ah Fu gently put the book down: "Your Highness, the people from the bookstore have sent new books." ”
"Hmm."
If it was usual, Prince Gu would have asked what book it was, but today he didn't ask, Ah Fu poured tea again, and Prince Gu suddenly said: "She...... What does it look like? ”
Ah Fu was not surprised.
Prince Gu's heart must not be as peaceful as he appears. Getting married is a major event in life, and from then on, life is completely different from what it used to be.
Ah Fu was a little nervous and sat down: "Miss Qingyuan...... She was taller than a slave and a slender person. Well, fair-skinned......"
If Prince Gu wants to know what other people look like, he can probably only use his fingers to explore tentatively, and to understand that person, he can only communicate through words. But since he didn't have the opportunity to explore Qingyuan's appearance, and he didn't have any language communication, of course, he was completely impressed.
"If you look good-tempered, you must be very good...... And His Highness must get along. ”
"Really?"
Prince Gu's expression didn't seem to be happy.
Ah Fu felt that his throat was dry, and he couldn't think of any blessings or compliments.
She wasn't happy.
Just now, when she described Qingyuan, she felt that her tongue was like a thorn, and it hurt slightly.
Jia Hui pushed the door in, and Ah Fu turned her head to look, her face was pale, and she looked a little unwilling.
"Sister Jia Hui?"
Jia Hui looked at her as if she had been awakened.
"What's wrong?"
"Just now, someone came to report ......"
"What's the matter?" Ah Fu tensed. It doesn't seem like a good thing.
"Miss He, I'm sick and dead."