A few days later, on July 16, Yinzhen returned to the palace with a concubine from the Old Summer Palace. On the second day, it was the day before Hongli's wedding. The majestic and solemn Forbidden City is filled with a festive atmosphere, and the Chonghua Palace, which is the wedding room, is also cleaned up inside and out, and the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also waiting early, just waiting for the dowry from the Fucha Mansion.

Generally, the woman's dowry arrives before noon, but because she is marrying the prince, Fucha Mansion has to show off, carrying a full 148 dowry, blowing and blowing all the way around half of the capital, before entering the main hall of Chonghua Palace from the noon gate of the main entrance of the Forbidden City, and unveiling the dowry one by one for everyone to watch.

The makeup and dowry sent to us, except for the furniture made of rosewood and old mahogany, are all high-quality pearls, collars, earrings, hairpins, gemstone rings and other head and face decorations, which are dazzling, and they are full as if they are about to overflow the box; Not to mention all kinds of Western ornaments worth more than 1,000 taels.

The concubines who came to watch Fu Jin's life women enjoyed the wealth and glory, and when they saw so many solid dowries, they couldn't help but be secretly amazed. For a while, or envy, or red-eyed, or jealous...... The eyes are different, and the sound of discussion also sounds.

“…… The Fucha family spent a lot of money, but I was afraid that the bride price sent by the Internal Affairs Office was only two-thirds of this time, and it was estimated that half of the furniture of the Fucha Mansion was emptied. ”

"The Fucha family has ten sons, and the family that doesn't think about their sons is ......" Before the words were finished, they were interrupted by Wu Yashi on the side: "What do you know, Sifujin is the only daughter of Fucha Mansion, and she is still the son of the Eight Classics." What's wrong with Lord Fucha being biased? Besides, who is Brother Hongli, the only son of Concubine Xi, and he is talented and intelligent, Lord Fucha is a sure thing to lose the entire Fucha family. As he spoke, he smiled flatteringly at Xiao Ranzi, who was standing in front of the makeup.

The bright voice was not small or small through the noisy and lively crowd, and passed into the ears of the concubines and Mingwei, and their eyes were immediately as sharp as blades, and they swept towards Wu Ya's in unison. Wu Yashi didn't seem to know it, the corners of his mouth curled up with pleasure, and he pulled the person next to him and continued: "There are many people in this palace who want to drink a cup of daughter-in-law's tea, but there are really no more than three of them. It is even more difficult to imagine that someone like the fourth elder brother has a good family, after all, among the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls now, none of them have a good background in Sifujin. ”

As soon as these words came out, they hit the nail on the head, and immediately poked at the sore spots of the concubines. An subconsciously put on his flat abdomen, and his ten fingers painted with Danko fell deeply into it through the pale green flag uniform; Wu looked at Song with hatred, as if he was not looking at her, but looking through her to an ethereal place; Song let his fierce gaze be betting, and only looked at the makeup in the main hall with a faint smile, and occasionally a touch of gloom appeared in his eyes.

As for the insinuation in the second half of the sentence, everyone in the *woman fight just understands one thought, and they all look at Geng with the mentality of watching a good show. Geng's face changed suddenly, but it was only a matter of a moment, and he showed his joy again and laughed with the women who came to greet him.

The backyard of the palace has been a place of right and wrong since ancient times, and women are inevitably harmonious on their faces, but in fact, they are swords and swords, competing for the length of their tongues. At that time, Huizhu was in Jingren Palace, and when she heard that a palace eunuch sent back by Xiao Ranzi had returned to Chonghua Palace, she couldn't help but be secretly taken aback, and then smiled at Su Xin: "Mrs. Fucha has a heart, and when she wants to come to August Hongli on a business trip, there will be someone to help her in the court." ”

Su Xin also smiled, followed Huizhu's words a few words, and said: "I haven't called anyone over this month to describe the situation in the garden, but I have to ask." Huizhu remembered that the Wu family who returned last month was no different, and the Geng family handled the palace affairs well, so she waved her hand and said: "No, I will go back to the garden in a few days, but it's not bad at this time, so as not to summon people from the garden and provoke people's eyes." Su Xin thought about it for a while, and felt that this was the reason, so he didn't say more, and devoted himself to tomorrow's wedding.

On the second day, the wedding day of July 18. Huizhu slept very vigilantly this night, and woke up in less than five watches, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he called Xiao Ranzi and said: "Go and see, Hongli has not gotten up, but he will have to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace and Chuxiu Palace to ask for peace." Xiao Ranzi got what he said, and when he went out, he was stopped and said: "Let him use some food, if he really can't catch up, let the palace people carry the food box, and he will eat it on the way." This morning, I have to do two three kneels and nine prostrations, and I have to listen to the teachings, how can I do this without eating! Xiao Ranzi sighed and said, "Master, don't worry, the slave really went this time." After speaking, seeing Huizhu's sideways eyes, a puff of smoke slipped away.

Seeing that Xiao Ranzi went, Huizhu didn't delay, got up and washed, changed into the court clothes of the concubine, simply ate a few bites, and went to the main hall to wait for Hongli to come over to say goodbye. didn't wait for a while, before Hongli came, he heard that the palace eunuch came to report that the Li family, the Suo Zhuoluo family, and Hui Ya were coming, and Hui Zhu hurriedly asked someone to bring them in.

The three of them sat down in a salute, and after greeting for a while, Li complimented: "Congratulations to Niangniang, the concubine and others went to see Sifujin's makeup yesterday, and no one can compare with it in ten years." And Sifujin not only has a good family background, but also a first-class good character. Huizhu said a few words modestly and said, "I'm tired of my sisters-in-law's busy yesterday and today, so I have to enter the palace early in the morning." The three of them hurriedly got up, and Suo Zhuoluo said first: "Where is Niangniang, Niu Colu's family all rely on Niangniang to have today's status, and no one looks down on the concubines when they come out, which is also all thanks to Niangniang's blessing." ”

As he was talking, he heard the top eunuch outside the palace shouting: "Fourth elder brother has arrived-"

Here it comes! Huizhu was overjoyed, and hurriedly looked at the door, and after a while, he saw Hongli wearing a golden yellow as the base, with a piece of gold, embroidered with nine pythons, according to the prince's python robe opened left and right, striding forward. The posture gradually straightened, but everyone only felt dizzy, and looked at it dazzlingly, as if the person who came came with golden light. When people get close to their eyes, it is only the sunlight outside the hall that reflects the golden yellow on their bodies, confusing people's eyes. However, Xiao is like this, and everyone has to secretly praise him, he is a good man with a graceful demeanor and a beautiful young man.

Hmm-I saw Hongli's arrow sleeve flick, bent his right knee to the ground, and then bowed his left knee, and his movements were neat and neat to Huizhu on the seat, and he bowed two times and six bows, and shouted in his mouth: "Erchen Hongli invites his mother Jin An to listen to the precept." Hearing this, Huizhu felt a mixture of flavors in her heart, and then a sour nose, and tears were about to flow out if she couldn't stop it.

Everyone was shocked and shouted in unison: "Eniang (master, Niangniang)" loud and loud, Huizhu was stunned, hurriedly skimmed away the tears, and sobbed slightly: "There is nothing to do in this palace, this is happy...... My son has grown up......" The choked words were not finished, only to hear a coquettish shout, and then Baolian, who was dressed in the court dress of Princess Gulun and wore a peacock ornament and a crown of Dongzhu, jumped out, blocked between Huizhu and Hongli, and pouted: "I'm going to marry my sister-in-law, and I still make my mother cry, it's really not like words!" As he spoke, he rolled his eyes, bent forward slightly, and approached Hongli, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said curiously: "I heard that my sister-in-law gave you a long face for the fourth brother and brought a lot of good things?" ”

Hongli raised his thick eyebrows, and the color of playfulness shook over the black garden eyes, and he put on a good brother's appearance again, and comforted, "Bao'er, don't worry, you are the only baby sister of the fourth brother, and when you get married in a few years, the dowry will be richer than your sister-in-law!" "Baolian is a ten-year-old girl, and she only knows a few things, when she heard Hongli's words, her face was flushed, and she pointed at Hongli angrily "you" for a long time to no avail, but when she saw everyone looking at her funny, this little face immediately turned redder, turned around and threw herself into Huizhu's arms, and said sullenly, "Eniang, the fourth brother is bad"

Hearing this, the crowd chuckled.

Huizhu looked at a pair of children laughing, but also burst into laughter, comforted the daughter in her arms, and pulled up the son who was kneeling on the ground to sit beside him, a pair of eyes seemed to be not enough, staring at Hongli intently, as for what he said, he didn't know when he came to call him, and when the time came, Huizhu let go of Hongli and let him leave.

Manchu custom is that the new daughter-in-law does not see her in-laws on the day of marriage, and the guests who come to the wedding banquet on the same day are not allowed to see the new daughter-in-law. Therefore, Huizhu's mother and daughter and the Li family had dinner in Jingren Palace, so they got up and went to Chuxiu Palace, and entertained the women and dependents with the Wulanala clan.

The ladies in the palace couldn't stop laughing, and the commander of the infantry army outside the palace cleared the way to welcome their relatives. When the auspicious time came, Mingwei sat on the red satin decoration of the eight-lift colored sedan chair, and the head of the internal affairs office and the commander of the army led the subordinate officers and the guards to guide the front and rear respectively, and the front was greeted by Hongli sitting on a high-headed horse.

The sky is getting dark, the palace people say that the sedan chair enters the palace gate, and the ladies get up and leave, and go to the Chonghua Palace, which is full of colors and banquets.

After a while, the Chuxiu Palace, which was originally smiling and smiling, quieted down, and through the open doors and windows, the night sky with a dark curtain could clearly be seen with gorgeous flowers, and a crackling sound could be clearly heard in the ears.

The Wulanala clan turned his gaze back from the direction of Chonghua Palace, and his eyes were indistinguishable and indistinguishable on Huizhu, and when the other party looked back, his eyes were already full of gentleness, and he said with a smile in his mouth: "Sister Xi is so blessed, she married a good wife today, but she is envious of the sisters in the harem, and even the palace is red." Huizhu only took the literal meaning and said: "Niangniang is Hongli's mother-in-law, Hongli husband and wife first respect Niangniang, and then respect the concubine, Niangniang is joking." ”

The Wulanala clan's eyes were sharp, but his tone became softer and softer: "No matter what, Sister Xi is a rare blessed person, which has attracted the envy of the six palaces. After a pause, he got up and said, "Fuhui is not in good health, I have to go and see it." After saying that, after a few pleasantries, he turned around and walked towards the inner hall, stopped by Huizhu's side, stretched out his left hand wearing a tortoiseshell nail set with a pattern and put it on Huizhu's shoulder, his head was slightly tilted, his eyes flashed instantly, and he whispered: "I hope my sister's blessing can always be prosperous!" ”

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