The dawn of dawn shone into a small land temple outside the Wansheng Gate, sitting cross-legged under the porch, the old monk who seemed to have only a handful of dry bones left opened his eyes, facing the morning sun, his eyes gradually narrowed, and the sun became more and more dazzling.

The tall white-clothed monk, whose clothes were a little dirty, came from behind the Land Temple with a mottled copper bowl filled with water, "Master, drink saliva." ”

The old monk stood up, motioned to the monk to pour water into his hands, slowly cleaned his hands, and then took the water with his hands and wiped it on his face one by one.

When the bowl of water ran out, the monk hurriedly went back and took another bowl of water, and after taking four or five bowls of water in a row, the old monk shook the water in his hand and told the monk, "Bring that clean garment." ”

A trace of astonishment flashed across the monk's face, but he responded quickly, "Yes." ”

The monk put down the copper bowl, took a small bag from the foot of the corridor, took out a clean monk's robe, and stepped forward to wait for the old monk to change his clothes.

"Thank you for taking care of you all these years." The old monk slowly tied the straps of his clothes, and his voice was as slow as his movements.

The monk's eyes widened a little with a hint of horror, "Master, you ......"

"I'm going into the city, you don't have to follow, and you won't need it in the future." The old monk looked at the monk and slowly but solemnly owed his debt, "Thank you for all these years." ”

"Master," the monk threw himself on his knees, "Master, I have vowed to follow you in this life and this life, and I will always follow you, and you cannot ......"

"I know that your vow will be fulfilled today, and this life will be today." The old monk didn't help the monk, he took a step back, put his hands together, owed slightly, and was about to turn around and leave, when the monk took two steps on his knees and grabbed the old monk's clothes, "Master, you can't have no disciples by your side, disciples ......"

"Not this time. You can't follow, I can't take you. The old monk turned around, looked at the anxious and frightened disciple, closed his eyes slightly, and paused for a while before continuing: "You just wait here, three days, wait until the third day, you can't wait for me...... Or, when you get something, you know, you know what to do, okay, let go, it's time. ”

The monk let go of his hand, knelt straight, and watched the old monk walk slowly out of the land temple and towards Wansheng Gate.

The dawn sun sprinkled all over the capital, and in the festive drum music, the head raised the dowry with the gold inlaid jade Ruyi rewarded by the Queen Mother, and went out of the gate of Yongning Bo Mansion, and went to the Qin Wangfu in good spirits.

Old Mrs. Huo and Mrs. Xu stood side by side in the second gate, watching a dowry being carried out from front of their eyes, Mrs. Xu looked at it, tears came out, "Even Axia is married." ”

"That's why they have to raise their sons and refuse to support their daughters." Mrs. Huo also sighed a little emotionally, "When this girl is raised, she has to get married, it's really like a heart-plucking." Fortunately, the marriage was not far away, and it was only a few streets away. ”

"Not really." After a pause, Mrs. Xu's voice lowered, "When the seventh sister returned to the south, the sister-in-law was very sad, although it was ...... Alas, the Tang family is really, Brother Xian is in the capital, why do you have to let Seventh Sister go back to the south? I really can't figure it out. ”

"Don't talk too much about this." Old Madam Huo squinted at Mrs. Xu, "Your sister-in-law is an understanding person, the Tang family is here for the good of the seventh sister, don't ask more." ”

"Hmm." Mrs. Xu replied in a low voice, all these years, she still didn't understand the things that turned inside and out, but at least she knew, and she didn't ask or listen. After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Xu moved to Old Man Huo's side, got closer, and asked in a low voice, "I heard from my sister-in-law, the eldest master is coming back in the New Year?" ”

"That's what I've heard, too." Old Madam Huo also lowered her voice.

"The eldest brother and daughter-in-law cried when they ran to me before." Mrs. Xu moved again, next to Mrs. Huo, she has a soft temperament and a good temper, and thinks about people everywhere, and now in this family, from the eldest grandmother Zhao, to a few housekeepers and grandmothers with heads and faces, they like to talk to her about everything.

"It's for the uncle's concubine again?" Old Madam Huo asked clearly.

"Well, I gave birth to a son, and the eldest daughter-in-law complained about the sister-in-law, saying that when the boss followed the eldest master to Qinfeng Road, she wanted to follow, but the sister-in-law refused, if she went with her, how could there be any concubines who were not concubines." Mrs. Xu sighed repeatedly, the eldest daughter-in-law complained about the sister-in-law, what can the sister-in-law do? The eldest man didn't also accept a talented girl from a scholarly family, and I don't know if he gave birth to a boy and a girl.

"This man wants to take a concubine, and she has to accept it whether she is by her side or not, how can she blame her mother-in-law? The eldest daughter-in-law is a fool. Alas," Mrs. Huo sighed, raised her hand and patted Mrs. Xu's arm a few times, "Your sister-in-law, just looks bright, really speaking, this day, she is not as good as you, she is too far behind you, alas, she is also a poor person." ”

"I also think so, when I was in Taiyuan Mansion in the past, no, it was before I went to Hengshan County, and it was not right, when I was in Hengshan County, I didn't envy my sister-in-law and envy it, alas, think about it, that is, in the past few years, I realized that it was really not easy for my sister-in-law, not to mention anything else, just the little concubine of the eldest lord one after another, from the past to the present, it has not been broken, just this one, alas, Axia said that the sister-in-law has long been not at ease, I don't believe this much, even if I am not at ease now, what about the beginning? What about young learners? When I was young, I definitely couldn't let go, how did my sister-in-law survive back then? I thought about it carefully, if I was replaced, I couldn't get through, I couldn't think about it too much, and when I thought about it too much, I couldn't sleep because I was sad for my sister-in-law. ”

The more Mrs. Xu spoke, the more emotional, "It's rare sister-in-law, and I've never complained." Mrs., Ah Xia is married to the prince, and from now on, ...... Axia's temperament, I didn't dare to think about this, how tormented Axia is? I simply ......"

Mrs. Xu's tears were about to well-up again.

"On the day of the big day, look at you, where is this?" Mrs. Xu's words, Mrs. Huo couldn't answer, and she didn't want to think about it, so she leaned at Mrs. Xu and twisted the topic around, "This dowry is early, after standing for a while, my feet will be sore, this person is old, it is really useless, I think back then, I can listen to the play for a day while standing, let's go, go to your sister-in-law's side to see." ”

Mrs. Xu hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Huo, and the two of them walked along the side of the road, against the dowry procession, into the second gate, and went to the flower hall of Mrs. Yan.

One carried the dowry into the Qin Palace, and within the second gate, Mrs. Ruan, together with Mrs. Tang, the princess of Changsha, arranged all the things in the palace, and the chief stewards of the palace performed their duties, watching the furniture carried into the courtyard and placed into each house.

When I went out early in the morning, accompanied by the Ministry of Rites, I sacrificed the King of Qin here and there when I returned to the palace, the furniture had been carried in and placed, and what was being carried into the palace was a collection of gold, silver and jade.

King Qin stood in the second gate, looking at the dowry that was carried in like flowing water. Jin Zhuoyan stood half a step behind, looking at the dazzling dowry, but he was a little absent-minded.

"The main courtyard has been arranged, and the Ruan family has asked everyone in the house to come out, according to the rules, until the bride marries in tomorrow, no one in the courtyard can enter." Lu Yi came out of the second gate, looked at King Qin and said with a smile.

"I can't marry in until tomorrow?" King Qin blurted out a sentence, and immediately felt that something was wrong, "I mean, the Ministry of Rites said that there is no need to welcome you in person tomorrow?" ”

Lu Yi's two eyebrows were raised together, and Lao Gao looked at King Qin, and Jin Cunyan simply laughed, "I will marry in tomorrow, just one day, how many years have I waited." ”

"Cough," Lu Yi put his fist to his mouth, coughed vigorously first, and tried to say casually: "Yes, the prince doesn't need to greet in person, this is drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, originally the Ministry of Rites was prepared to welcome in person, and then the emperor spoke, and the prince did not have a personal welcome, the prince should compare with the prince, this, I reported it to the prince before." ”

"I'm not...... It's nothing, Asha loves to be lively, nothing happens. King Qin was a little embarrassed by Jin Clumsy's unceremonious laughter.

"It's better that the prince doesn't welcome him." Jin Zhuoyan smiled politely, and his words were not very polite, "In the past few years, the atmosphere of blocking the door in the capital has become more and more unbelievable, it was all provoked by Axia, if you welcome ...... in person" Jin Zhuofang pouted and obliquely looked at King Qin, "I'm afraid that I can't even pick out the prime minister, who dares to do it." ”

"That's right." Lu Yi laughed, "Ruan's heard that you don't need to greet the letter in person, so she chattered for several days, saying that if you greet in person, she will get Yongning Bo Mansion to see this excitement no matter what." ”

"The emperor didn't let you greet you in person, it's really for your sake, otherwise, ......" Jin Cunyan dragged out his voice, "Even I have come up with a few ideas to make those little ladies have a good time." ”

King Qin looked at Jin Zhuoyan, then at Lu Yi, then at Lu Yi, and then at Jin Zhuoyan, and snorted.

"Tomorrow will be soon, sleep will be tomorrow." Jin Shuyan laughed again, took a step closer to King Qin, and whispered with a bit of thoughtfulness.

After a busy day, half of the dowry of Yongningbo's Mansion was sent to the Qinwang Mansion, and the Yongningbo's Mansion was wider, and it seemed to be much quieter.

Except for Myeon-in.

Before it got dark, the lights in the courtyard were bright.

It's a bit of a mess in the courtyard. In the courtyard, three or four groups of people are facing me, I am facing you, no one wants to back down, no one dares to go up, just look at the gauze curtain in the upper room, waiting for a word to come out from inside.

The people who came to wait for the bride to bathe and open her face and change into auspicious clothes, the Empress Dowager Jin picked a few people to come over, and the Ministry of Rites selected seven or eight people from the official media according to the rules.

The legs of the people standing in a courtyard were sore, the curtain in the upper room was lifted, the inkstone came out, the smile was gentle and humble, and the first salute to everyone, "Our girl said: All the grandmothers have worked hard, please come in." ”

After Duan Yan finished speaking, he took a step back and stood on the side of the door, stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and leaned in to let the grandmothers in the courtyard.

Li Xia sat on the couch, slowly sipping a cup of tea, looking very peaceful and leisurely, seeing that all the mothers-in-law had come in, put down the cup, sat up straight, and bowed slightly to the mother-in-law who was standing in the room and smiled: "I'm tired of all the grandmothers." ”

The mother-in-law in the house hurriedly bent her knees one after another to bend her knees and pay a salute and salute, and she gossiped, "The girl is serious." "Don't dare to be, the girl is polite." ……

Li Xia and the others quieted down again after seeing the courtesy, and then smiled: "Mama also knows, I am young and have little knowledge, and this matter is ...... today" Li Xia's eyelids drooped slightly, with a little shyness and embarrassment, "I really don't know what to do, and I ask Mama to help me get an idea." ”

Duan Yan had already followed up, standing by the door with his hands down, smiling and looking at everyone.

Three mothers-in-law, look at me, I'll look at you, the three leading mothers-in-law are all well-informed, the best of the best, after a few eyes looked at each other, the three of them smiled at Li Xia and said: "The girl's marriage is the most lively thing in our capital in recent decades, and our line of work does not hide from the girl, and we can come to wait for the girl's marriage, which is something that I can't dream of......"

"When it comes to waiting for bathing, it is the best perfume line." The three mothers-in-law in the lead have reached a consensus in a few words, a few eyes, and received the instructions of the Empress Dowager Jin, and the mother-in-law who came out of the palace glanced at the perfume line and smiled: "Please wait for the girl to take a bath first, is it appropriate for the girl to see?" ”

"I think it's the best, too." Li Xia bowed slightly, very polite.

The three leading mothers-in-law secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this great joy is to be extremely festive no matter what.

Li Xia washed the most complicated and elaborate bath in her life, and also took the most time, and then she seemed to sleep for a while, and it seemed to be a blink of an eye, then she got up again, sitting in front of the bronze mirror, and she couldn't tell whether it was assigned by the Queen Mother, or the official media of the Ministry of Rites, or the two mothers-in-law who were invited by the eldest uncle, one finger wrapped around the big red cotton thread, while biting it in the mouth, while wrapping it around the two fingers, began to wring off the hair on her face, and the other two mothers-in-law each quickly fished out the chicken from the hot boiling water and quickly peeled it off, rolling around on Li Xia's face.

The red rope is twisted on the face, a burst of tingling, not waiting for the stinging to sit down, the hot chicken will press up, and an indescribable comfortable feeling spreads on the face, this stinging and comfortable rapid alternation is really a wonderful experience.

The red rope was twisted very quickly, and the chickens were rolling very quickly, and the mother-in-law held a bronze mirror to Li Xia, and the face in the mirror didn't know if it was because of the light or because it was rolled by the hot chicken, it was much more ruddy than usual, and it was extraordinarily radiant because of the ruddyness.

Li Xia took a deep breath, several mothers-in-law laughed, put down the bronze mirror and said with a smile: "It's still early, the girl can rest for a while, the second grandmother of the Ding family is outside, does the girl sleep for a while, or call them in to talk?" ”

Li Xia hesitated for a moment, looked at Duan Yan and said, "Please come in and talk, I'm a little ...... Fear. ”

"Yes." Duan Yan pursed his lips and smiled, bent his knees in response, took a few steps back, and went out to invite Li Wenmei and others.

A few mothers-in-law smiled playfully, said auspicious words, lowered their hands and took a few steps back, retreated into the clean room, waited for the auspicious time to come, and then came to wait for grooming.