CHAPTER XVI
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the slaves in the Rongguo Mansion were busy with their feet not touching the ground, because today the mansion not only had to hold the ceremony of sacrificing the stove, but also held the ceremony of the three girls.
The third girl is the only daughter of Rong Guogong and Rong Guogong's favorite child. Today's Zhengbin who inserted hairpins for the three girls is the emperor's favorite daughter - the eldest princess, and the praiser is the pearl of the eldest princess, the lord of Jiayue. It's really faceless, in the entire capital, the three girls of their Rongguo Mansion have this face, and even their minions feel a lot stiffer when they go out. These minions of Rongguo Mansion, no one is lazy on such an important day today, and they are all very hard-working.
Early this morning, Jia Daishan took Jia Yu and Jia Zheng to the big kitchen. Jia Daishan personally entered the large kitchen and invited out the statue of the god of the stove, and then placed the statue of the god of the stove on the high table of the ancestral hall, and put the offerings such as sugar, water, and beans on the table. After being ready, he led Jia Yu and Jia Zheng to worship and offer incense. Finally, the dissolved stove sugar is smeared on the mouth of the stove god.
After finishing the matter of the sacrificial stove, the next thing is to be busy with Jia Min and Ji.
Before the hour, the county lord of Jiayue came to Rongguo Mansion, and she had a close relationship with Jia Min, so she went directly to Ripple Garden to find Jia Min. At that time, Jia Min had just finished bathing.
"Why do I think you're getting fat? But the complexion is much better than before! When Jia Yue entered the door, she took Jia Min's hand and refused to let go.
"yes, is it ugly?" Jia Min touched his face and said.
Jia Yue poked Jia Min's forehead with her index finger and said, "If you are ugly, the other women in this capital will not live!" ”
Jia Min touched the place where she had poked, and said with a smile, "I'm naturally beautiful!" ”
"Oops! Let me see how thick your skin is, and I'm not ashamed. Lin Tanhua knows, beware that he doesn't want you! Jia Yue was about to pinch Jia Min's face.
"He won't!" Jia Min said arrogantly, the flush on her face made her even more delicate.
At three o'clock in the morning, the guests in the front yard have arrived one after another. At this time, the mandarin duck came to Ripple Garden and asked Jia Min to go to the front yard to prepare.
Jia Min asked Hongmei, "Are everything ready?" ”
Hongmei smiled and said, "It's already ready."
Wan Mo said again: "Girl, just rest assured, the old slave personally watched them clean up." ”
"I'm relieved to have it!" Jia Min smiled.
After speaking, he and Jiayue talked and laughed all the way to the front yard.
Jia Daishan saluted to the guests on the steps and said: "Today is the little girl's coming-of-age ceremony, and Jia is here to thank all relatives and friends for coming. Next, I would like to invite the little girl Jia Min to come and meet all the guests. ”
Jia Minlian moved lightly to the middle of the field, bowed to the guests, and knelt down to sit facing the west. The county lord of Jiayue stepped forward, cleaned his hands first, and then picked up a mahogany comb to comb Jia Min's hair.
Then, the eldest princess came over accompanied by Jia's mother, and Jia's mother made a gesture of please to return to her seat. The eldest princess also cleaned her hands first, and then chanted loudly: "The auspicious day of the moon is the beginning of the Canadian Yuan service." Abandon your young ambitions, and become virtuous. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. Then he pulled Jia Min's hair, and Jia Daishan came over and inserted a red gold hollow ruby hairpin he had prepared into Jia Min's hair. Jia Min got up, turned into the room and wore a Confucian skirt with azure rolling gold edges and rich peonies, and then Jia Min appeared in front of everyone, so that everyone present was stunned, she found Lin Ruhai's figure in the crowd, he saw Jia Min was stunned at first, and then showed an obsessive look, which made Jia Min's cheeks feel hot.
Jia Min walked up to Jia Daishan and his wife and bowed to them. He was still in the field, this time kneeling facing east. The eldest princess came over again, cleaned her hands and chanted loudly: "Jiyue Lingchen, Nashen Erfu." Respect for the majesty, the grace of the soot. Eyebrows live for 10,000 years, and will always be blessed by Hu. Then, the county lord of Jiayue helped Jia Min take the original hairpin, and the eldest princess took out a beautifully carved white jade five phoenix hairpin from her sleeve and put it on for Jia Min with a smile. Jia Min entered the inner room again to change her dress, this time it was a black Shu brocade embroidered gold silk cloud patterned dress, when Jia Min walked out, the guests outside were all gasping, she felt Lin Ruhai's burning gaze following her closely, her heart was beating, and a sweet and shy smile appeared on her face. Jia Min walked to the middle of the field, saluted all the guests and friends, and continued to kneel and sit after finishing.
The eldest princess came over again, still chanting loudly: "With the righteousness of the year, with the order of the month, the salty gar suit." Brothers are there, in order to become a virtue. The astragalus is boundless, and it is celebrated by the sky. The county lord of Jiayue was about to step forward, when Lin Ruhai said loudly: "Wait! He walked up to Jia Daishan and his wife and bowed deeply: "Please allow your father-in-law and mother-in-law to insert hairpins for Min'er!" When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately frowned and wanted to object, but was pulled by Jia Daishan, Jia Daishan looked at Lin Ruhai deeply for a long time, and then laughed out loud: "Okay! Let the beloved son-in-law insert the hairpin for Min'er" Jia's mother looked at Jia Daishan in surprise, "Master, this ......" "The rules are dead, people are alive, the beloved son-in-law is sincere, how can he live up to it?" Jia Dai said kindly.
Lin Ruhai saluted and thanked him, walked to Jia Min's side, and saluted the eldest princess and the county lord of Jiayue, the eldest princess nodded with a smile, and the county lord of Jiayue winked at Jia Min mischievously, Jia Min's little face was like a ripe red apple, her heart seemed to jump out, she clenched her hands nervously, and her palms were sweaty.
Lin Ruhai took off the hairpin sent by the princess, recombed Jia Min's hair, pulled her hair again, took out a purple magnolia hairpin, and while inserting it for Jia Min, she whispered in Jia Min's ear: "I hope that the white prime minister will not be separated!" ”
Jia Min bit her lip tightly to keep her tears from falling, her sea is not only a sea of mind, a sea of knowledge, but also a sea of affection for her. He can always use one sentence or one thing to tug at her heartstrings and move for him, and in this life she willingly jumped into the love network he weaved.
When Jia Min appeared in front of everyone in a wide-sleeved dress with a big red silk and colorful phoenix, the audience was silent, and people were afraid that they would accidentally scare this mortal fairy away.
The eldest princess smiled and said to Jia Daishan and his wife: "You are blessed to have given birth to such an excellent daughter, after today, Min'er's reputation will spread all over the world!" Fortunately, it has already been decided, otherwise the threshold of Rongguo Mansion would have been broken! ”
"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has won the prize, and the prize has been awarded!" Jia Daishan laughed and said, although he was polite, the pride on his face was obvious to everyone.
Mother Jia smiled reluctantly, "The posture of the little girl Pu Liu, how can she compare to the eldest princess and the county lord of Jiayue." ”
The eldest princess smiled without saying a word, and glanced at Jia Mu meaningfully.
Over there, in Wang's heart, resentment, grievance, and jealousy...... All kinds of bad emotions devoured her whole heart like a demon. She could barely control herself and wanted to cut Jia Min with a thousand knives immediately. When Lin Ruhai personally combed Jia Min's hair and inserted hairpins, she couldn't bear it anymore and turned around to leave the crowd......
She got rid of the maid Biyun and ran alone to the plum forest in the backyard, the plum blossoms bloomed just right, and a faint plum fragrance penetrated into her nose, which calmed her down a lot. She unconsciously walked through the mergrove, and suddenly a long figure in front of her stopped her way. She looked up and saw a man dressed in white cloud brocade standing with his back to her, and the man suddenly turned to face her, but his face was wearing a Fuwa mask.
"Who are you and how did you end up here?" Wang asked with a frown.
The masked man took two steps closer, chuckled twice, and said, "You don't have to know who I am, just know that I am the one who can grant your wishes." ”
Wang looked him up and down suspiciously, with a slight disdain in his eyes. "What do I want, and how can you help me make it happen."
"You are happy with Lin Ruhai, jealous of Jia Min, and blame Jia Daishan, right?"
"Who the hell are you?" Wang was a little annoyed, and felt a little uncomfortable being seen through.
The masked man laughed again, this time louder. Answer: "Do you think that no one else can see it?" At Jia Min's ceremony just now, many people saw the jealousy on your face, including your favorite Lin Ruhai. ”
"What the hell do you want?" Wang said angrily.
"Listen to me, do things for me, and I'll let you get everything you want." There was bewitchment in the masked man's voice.
"Why should I trust you?"
"With nothing you have now, I can give you hope."
Wang hesitated, and the masked man was not in a hurry, and the two of them stood relatively silently in the merlin for a long time.
In the end, Wang did not resist the temptation of the masked man and agreed to his request.