Chapter 51: Marriage (I)

The weather is getting warmer day by day, in April, Yue Jing took a few female nuns to Handi, Li Qing asked the third master to find a nunnery for them to live in, and the third master quickly arranged them and their group at the foot of Yushan, not far from Yimei Village in an almost empty small nunnery, Li Qing did not ask Yue Jing and others to arrange the arrangements, King Ping will let people arrange properly, and she does not need to bother more.

Mama Zheng and the four grandmothers from the palace are getting busier and busier, and every day they see jewelry, furniture in the outer room, furniture in the inner room, gold and jade furnishings, makeup boxes, powder boxes, cups, dishes and chopsticks, children and grandchildren buckets, and vanity mirrors...... Staring at the needlework people sent by the Wenfu and the royal palace to make wedding dresses, hijabs, purses, unpacking ceremonies, quilts, and all kinds of tents and curtains in the new house......

The courtyard of Juying Pavilion is always full of all kinds of clothes, jewelry, gold and silver furnishings, antiques and jade, Li Qing picks and chooses when he is interested, and sends Qiuyue and Liuli to see if he is not interested, these valuable dowries, half of them are moved out of the treasury of the Wen Mansion, and half are sent by the third master.

Juying Pavilion and Wenfu were busy and chaotic, but Li Qing gradually turned his attention to the Zhuangzi and the shop outside, and almost ignored the wedding dress and those furniture, clothes, jewelry, etc., and threw them all to Mama Zheng, Qiuyue, and Liuli, and began to stare at Lian Qing every day to buy Zhuangzi and look at the shop. In the middle, I also took Liang Jing and Cheng Yan, wore men's clothes, secretly ran out several times to see the shop, bought a lot of worthless gadgets from the street and came back, ran smoothly, and was ready to go out of the city to see Zhuangzi, at the gate of the city, but was respectfully and politely stopped back by the third master, the next day, Ding Yi sent the drawings of Yimeizhuang, saying that it was ordered by the prince, let the young lady see, where it was not agreeable, and immediately let people change it, Li Qing lay on the kang in the east chamber, carefully studied it for a few days, but did not mention any opinions, only let Lian Qing buy the Zhuangzi that was separated from Yimei Village by more than ten miles.

In May, the Wenfu was even more busy day and night, Qiuyue and Liuli also followed Mama Zheng every day, so busy that they couldn't get to the ground, Liang Jing and Cheng Yan refused to take Li Qing out again, Li Qing had to hide in Juying Pavilion boredly, and sent Liang Jing and Cheng Yan to take turns to go out to buy all the books that could be bought in Pingyang Mansion for her, and look for those she hadn't read one by one to relieve her boredom. Wenfu also has a study, but it is a virtual one, and there is not even a decent book in it.

The day of the big wedding is approaching day by day, Li Qing also began to watch the bamboo leaves and other little girls tidy up things, ready to let people send them to Yimeizhuang first, Zheng Mama said back and forth, Wenfu seems to have given her all the valuable jewelry as a dowry, commanding Qiuyue and Liuli to spread the pearls and jade gems sent by Wenfu on the kang one by one, pointing them to Li Qing, Li Qing frowned, looked at the brilliance of the full kang, and slowly picked up and put down one by one, Li Qing picked up a jade bracelet with a whole body of turquoise, looked at the light carefully, the jade bracelet was warm and abnormal, like a pool of clear water, smart and simple, Li Qing put it on his hand, the crystal green jade bracelet was reflected on the arm that was so white that it seemed to be transparent, almost making people unable to take their eyes off. She can't take advantage of this advantage or not, and let it go.

On the day of the wedding, Li Qing was called by Mama Zheng early in the morning, and several mothers-in-law sent by the palace kept saying auspicious words, carefully waiting for her to finish bathing and washing, Song Ming came with a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and Qiuyue waited for Li Qing to eat, and several mothers-in-law began to be busy combing Li Qing's face, combing, makeup, dressing, and explaining the rules, and they were busy until the evening, when Li Qing was carried into the sedan chair by Wen Erye along the red felt that was spread all the way to the door of the main house of Juying Pavilion.

Li Qing was covered with pearls and heavy hijab, wrapped like a red brown child by the inner and outer three layers of clothes, sitting in a sedan chair, except for her own toes, she couldn't see anything, she could only hear the busy and complicated footsteps outside, and there was no imaginary hustle and bustle, let alone the imaginary gongs and drums, just some sounds of silk and bamboo that seemed to be absent from afar, this wedding was hers, but she, the protagonist of the wedding, could only see the tips of her shoes! The shoes on these feet are turquoise, why not red shoes?

The sedan chair was lifted steadily, walked steadily, and then stopped, someone helped her get out of the sedan chair, the master of ceremonies shouted something, she couldn't hear clearly, the grandmother next to her pulled her to stop and go, and stuffed a red silk for her, and took it away, knelt down and kowtowed, knelt down and kowtowed, knelt down and kowtowed, not just kowtow three times, this is thirty times! After kowtowing, Li Qing was dizzy and was helped up, what was stepping on under his feet, it was not flat at all, okay, there were no stumbling things, the road was good, there were steps and thresholds, he could only see his skirt, and he couldn't even see the green shoes, the mother-in-law helped her, turned around, walked a lot, there were countless footsteps around her, and there were steps and thresholds, as if she had entered the house, stepped on the bed, the mother-in-law helped her, turned around, and sat on the bed, the mother-in-law took off her shoes and waited for her to sit cross-legged. I helped her straighten her dress again. Li Qing sat upright on the bed.

Li Qing breathed a long sigh of relief in her heart, she was finally able to sit down, it was the end of May, she was carrying a heavy head, wearing so many clothes, she had been sweating one after another, from morning to now, she had almost eaten that bowl of bird's nest porridge, she was already thirsty, hungry and tired at this time, it was good to sit down and rest. Then his eyes lit up, the thick and heavy hijab was removed, and the room was red and a little dazzling, Li Qing squinted his eyes slightly, and just saw the jade belt in front of him, and a bright red brocade gown.

That's her groom, and from now on, he's her husband, husband, forget it, he's her king, there's no doubt about it.

King Ping also sat opposite Li Qing, wearing a bright red dress of Quanfu Wuji stepped forward, while singing auspicious songs, while throwing peanuts, longan and other things on Li Qing and King Heping's head and body, and then someone used a small red lacquer carved tray to hold two gourds connected together with colorful silk threads, holding wine, respectively handed to Li Qing and King Heping, this is the wine, Li Qing and King Heping drank wine, and the two half gourds connected together were thrown to the bed, and then there was a congratulatory sound "Good luck!" One up, one close! The person who throws this must have been trained hard, and he has to ensure that he throws this "one back and one close" every time! Li Qing sneered, meekly lowered his eyes, and King Ping quickly got up and got out of bed and went out.

Several Quanfu people stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, Madame, Madame can change into her wedding dress now, Madame wants to take a bath?"

Li Qing raised his head slightly, looked at a few Quanfu people in their twenties and thirties, with a smile on their faces, nodded, and several Quanfu people laughed, Li Qing's heart moved slightly, and then he understood what they were laughing at, only his face was tight, but his face was a little red.

Li Qing took a bath, changed into a short red plain jacket, and a big red background full of embroidered branches and pedicle flowers, loosely pulled her hair, only inserted a mutton fat jade lotus head hairpin, back to the new house, there were already four light side dishes on the table, a bowl of chicken soup, a bowl of porridge and a small bowl of rice, Qiu Yue saw Li Qing come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down in front of the table, Liuli held a small white porcelain lid cup and handed it to Li Qing:

"Madam, this is red fruit soup, which the prince ordered someone to send over."

Li Qing took the lid cup and drank it, ate a bowl of porridge with side dishes, and asked people to take it down. Qiuyue and Liuli waited for Li Qing to wash again, a few Quanfu people laid out the futon, bent their knees and saluted, said some auspicious words, and retreated, Li Qing was a little confused, there were too many differences between this big wedding and what she imagined. However, she bathed clean at this time, and also ate, and people were much more comfortable, and the tiredness accumulated from morning to night this day came up, and she only felt that her eyelids were astringent and wanted to sleep, and she didn't want to study what this rule was, so she only told Qiuyue and Liuli to wait for her to go to bed first, and Qiuyue said in surprise:

"Girl, oh, ma'am, how is this done?"

Li Qing waved his hand and said impatiently:

"Who knows how long they've been drinking, I'm tired!"

Qiu Yue frowned, Liuli pulled her, made a look, and said with a smile:

"The girl is so tired this day, from morning till night, there is no rest."

Qiu Yue also smiled and shook her head, and waited with Liuli for Li Qing to take off her dress, change into a set of pale yellow obscene clothes and sleep on the bed, the two put down two layers of curtains, blocked some candlelight, closed the door and retreated to the outside room.

Li Qing was lying in the soft and dry quilt, only to feel tired, he rushed up all of a sudden, moved a few times, put himself comfortable, and fell asleep after a while.

In a daze, Li Qing vaguely felt as if there was movement behind her, and she was smart, and woke up, an arm stretched out from behind her and hugged her hard, almost at the same time, a hot body pressed over, and a hot breath with some wine rushed from her earlobe to her face,

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

Li Qing came to her senses all of a sudden, King Ping's hand had reached into her clothes, gently pinching the plumpness of her chest, Li Qing's body was a little stiff, the hand rubbed lightly for a while, Li Qing's ears suddenly came with a gentle laugh, King Ping's hand moved out, pulled the strap of her clothes, took off her blouse, lowered her head, and kissed all the way down from the back of her neck, Li Qing only felt a hot and numb feeling from behind to the whole body......

In a trance, Li Qing was heavily pressed under King Ping, only to feel a pain in her lower body, and couldn't help but "hum" heavily, King Ping fell in her ear, and gently comforted with a somewhat heavy breath:

"Relax, it's okay, it's okay, it'll be fine in a while."

But the pain didn't get better after a while, but as King Ping's movements intensified, Li Qing tried hard to push away the heavy pressure on his body, King Ping grabbed her hand in his hand, and pressed his hands on top of her head, but his breath became heavier and heavier, and his movements became more and more forceful, Li Qing only felt that the pain was unbearable, and he bit on King Ping's shoulder with hatred, King Ping let out a heavy "ah", and lay on her and did not move, Li Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this level was over.

It seemed that after a long, long time, Li Qing was a little suspicious that King Ping was lying on her and fell asleep, so King Ping raised his head, gently scratched her lips, turned her body down, but reached out and took her in his arms, buried his head in her ear, and laughed, Li Qing's heart was filled with countless grievances, he turned around violently, reached out and patted King Ping's face,

"Call me Qiuyue, I want to bathe!"

The voice was soft and charming, with some coquettish grievances, sweeter than he remembered, King Ping didn't realize that Li Qing was slapping him in the face, and slightly pulled Li Qing into his arms, and teased her ear:

"What do you want her to do, I'll wait for you, um......"

Li Qing's heart sank, he hurriedly pushed him away, wrapped in the quilt and was about to sit up, King Ping reached out to hold her, looked at her with a smile for a while, and then turned around and called Qiu Yue in.