Chapter 558: Wedding Becomes Funeral (I)
He Xiuyi hurriedly said: "Please!" ”
After a while, Zhong Meiren and Jiang Cairen entered together, and after entering the hall, they took off their robes, revealing their inner dresses, which happened to be one red and one green, which contrasted with each other.
"It's like the first case in the spring!" He Xiuyi quipped, "I was worried that I would get wrinkled when I sat down after changing my dress early, but now that the three of you are here, I suddenly feel like I'm in a state of disgrace - no, I have to hurry up and change my body!" ”
"The two of them do look like peonies when they stand together." Tian Baolin chuckled, "But I don't think it's as red as the first case, but as cinnabar as it is, and the color of Sister Zhong's red clothes is a little lighter than the red in the first case." ”
"I didn't want to wear something too showy." While speaking, Zhong Meiren and Jiang Cairen had already saluted, and were signaled by He Xiuyi to sit down, and when she heard the words, she picked up the tea bowl and explained, "But when I got up today, I saw that the palace people who came and went were all dressed in red and green, and I was worried that I would not like it if I didn't fit in, so I specially chose these two bodies." ”
Speaking of this, she looked at He Xiuyi and said with a smile, "Niangniang should change her clothes later, there is still a little time for the ceremony!" In the middle of this, if you eat tea and snacks or something, you will have to be busy again. ”
He Xiuyi's so-called hurry up to change clothes is just that, and he didn't mention it at the moment, and said with a smile: "I was talking about getting a pot for everyone to eat together, I don't know what you think?" ”
"It's such a cold day, it's good to be lively." Zhong Meiren and Jiang Cairen glanced at each other, and both nodded, "Is it noon or night?" ”
He Xiuyi said: "It's noon - after eating, the four of us can play cards or something, and you can go back with your heart and mind." If it's night, unless you're willing to rest here with me, I'm not at ease if you return to Liuxia Palace with a lamp at night! ”
"Then it's decided!" Jiang Cairen looked at the hall where only their henchmen were serving at the moment, and said with a smile, "Huiyi Palace doesn't want us to join in the fun, we can join in the fun." ”
Tian Baolin hurriedly made a silent gesture compared to her, and changed the topic: "Speaking of the descending of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, what did you send to express your heart?" I don't have many good things on hand, and I'm really afraid that I will neglect Your Highness. ”
"We are all half a catty to eight taels, how many good things can we have?" Jiang Cairen raised his sleeves to cover his mouth and said with a smile, "But His Highness is magnanimous, and he won't care about anything with us in the future?" ”
As he spoke, he took out four sachets from his sleeve and said, "I have done some needlework in the past two days, exactly one for each person...... Either? ”
Everyone followed the prestige, and saw that it was a color of pinching gold silk rich peony brocade as the face, embroidered with bats, ruyi and other auspicious patterns, the craftsmanship is not particularly good, but it is also passable, the four sachets look similar, there is no big difference - He Xiuyi took the lead and put one in his hand to look at it, and said in surprise: "You did it?" Much better than my craft! ”
Everyone knows that He Xiuyi has the intention of easing relations with them in the past two days, and no matter what, he is saying good things.
So I didn't take this seriously, I just took the sachet from Jiang Cairen's hand one after another, and said with a smile: "We didn't do anything, we can only take you for nothing!" ”
"I did it for you." Jiang Cairen pursed his lips and smiled, and tied the remaining one to his waist on the spot, and the others did the same when they saw this-including He Xiuyi, He Xiuyi's wedding maid was a little suspicious, and looked at the empty and said tentatively: "The sachet made by the talented person is very festive, is it specially embroidered for Her Royal Highness Princess He?" ”
However, Jiang Cairen turned his head to look at her, and said lightly: "Miss Lao asked, but no-in fact, this sachet was made some time ago, a total of five, originally planned to be taken out again during the New Year's Festival, so I chose festive materials and embroidery samples." However, two days ago, Sister Xue said that she would leave, and her one I put in the brazier and burned it to her that day. There are four left, and after thinking about it for the past two days, I think it's better to share it with everyone! ”
Speaking of this, he looked around at the people with different expressions, and said lightly, "If everyone feels unlucky, it's okay to throw it away." ”
"How so?" After a short silence, He Xiuyi was the first to say, "My sister's intention to do it herself with a stitch and a thread, we are already guilty for nothing, how can we spoil my sister's kindness?" ”
However, the atmosphere was affected in the end, so Jiang Cairen didn't sit for long before leaving, she was leaving, Zhong Meiren, who came with her, also left, Tian Baolin also asked to say goodbye when he saw this - after sending the three of them away, He Xiuyi complained to the maid: "You are just too hearty, why do you need to say that?" Anyway, they all know that I will go to Huiyi Palace later, and it is impossible to stay for a long time! When they're gone, let's take out the sachet and take a closer look, or put it in the corner, isn't it? ”
The maid actually felt that Jiang Cairen's friendship was of little use to He Xiuyi, and if it was broken, it would be broken.
However, she knew that He Xiuyi didn't think so, and the deep palace was long, and He Xiuyi really needed a companion who seemed to be a few years old.
He meekly excused himself, and reminded: "Although the slave doesn't look like there is a problem with this sachet, but I'm going to congratulate Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Changxing later, so don't bring it, right?" ”
He Xiuyi nodded: "You put it away for me, don't make it disappear - let Jiang Cairen know that he must be even more unhappy in his heart!" ”
The maid said, "The slave maid will put it on the dressing table for you, and you can see it at a glance, so you won't be able to find it." ”
After she went to do it, she came back and said to He Xiuyi: "The hour is almost up, it's time for the mother to go bathing!" It takes a lot of time to put on makeup, not to mention that even if you go to Huiyi Palace later in order to express your attitude to the queen, but in the end, it is the wedding of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and you can't let everyone over there wait for you. ”
In this way, in the middle of the afternoon, He Xiuyi packed up, took the gift of adding makeup to the eldest princess of Changxing, and boarded the chariot to go to the Huiyi Palace - after arriving at the main hall, he naturally went to greet the Empress Dowager Su first.
Empress Dowager Su deliberately changed into a grand outfit today, with a phoenix crown and a Zhai suit, full of jewels, but not vulgar, she only felt graceful and luxurious, and her demeanor was all right.
The Queen Mother was already accompanied by Concubine Jiang and the older lady of the sect to talk, and seeing that He Xiuyi was very kind and exempt, she exchanged a few words of greeting before asking the palace people to take her to see Princess Changxing.
Following the palace people, He Xiuyi went to the place where the eldest princess of Changxing lived in the side hall, and some people also gathered here, of course the eldest princess of Yushan was there, and there were several county lords and county lords of the distant branch clan.
But despite the presence of these people, there was no sound.
This is not surprising - the eldest princess of Changxing only has one sister, the eldest princess of Yushan, and her sisters-in-law are now alive and in the imperial city, only Empress Wei is the only one who bears part of the responsibility for today's wedding, so naturally she doesn't have time to come over to accompany her sister-in-law so early.
The queen can't come over, because Emperor Duanhua has not officially abdicated, and the eldest princess of Changxing has descended, and she is going to Xuanming Palace to say goodbye to her brother and sister-in-law. I can't always let Empress Wei come over to accompany her for most of the day, pinch her to go to Xuanming Palace, and then hurry to Xuanming Palace to sit down and wait for her to salute, which is also too hasty and not solemn.
In addition, the Yiwang Mansion was tragically dropped last year, and the only little county lord who is similar to Changxing's age is even worse, and his soul has long been lost.
As for the cousins, the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom was seriously ill, and it was impossible for her children and younger generations to leave her alone, and ran over to congratulate the eldest princess of Changxing, including Jian Xubai and his wife, who were all guilty.
Like the Hengshan Palace, which is separated by a floor, the county lords are dying young, and now these county lords and county lords are all daughters of the clan who have not had much contact with the royal family, and they haven't met Changxing much before today, so where do they have the courage to joke with Changxing now?
So can this scene not be quiet?
Seeing He Xiuyi coming in, the crowd was a little commotional. After moving, and after saluting, those county lords and county lords continued to be dignified and silent.
And He Xiuyi didn't know what to say to the two eldest princesses, so he said with a forced smile: "Your Highness is overjoyed!" ”
gave gifts, and followed the dignified silence.
Fortunately, the two eldest princesses didn't mean to talk to her for a long time, and they leaned in front of the dressing table and whispered.
Half an hour later, seeing that twilight was approaching, the palace maid came in and said that it was time for the eldest princess of Changxing to dress up.
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly moved out of the way, so that the palace maid who was in charge of dressing up could serve the eldest princess.
The dressing went very smoothly, and after it was over, the palace maid looked at the copper leak in the corner of the house, and suggested that the eldest princess of Changxing could sit in the palace for a while: "In another quarter of an hour, His Royal Highness can get up and go to the main hall to bid farewell to Niangniang." ”
When He Xiuyi and the others heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief quietly: Originally, it was a very happy and festive thing to accompany the bride, but if you are not familiar with the bride, the relationship is not good...... It's boring to just wait here.
And He Xiuyi's original entry into the palace was very political, and the marriage between Princess Changxing and her uncle He Qian was also a purely political marriage, which led to the fact that He Xiuyi was obviously the concubine of the eldest brother of Princess Changxing, but her uncle was the concubine of the eldest princess - when Empress Wei said that when her aunt disliked her husband and niece, He Xiuyi was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say?
She would calculate the time, and thought to herself that she would finally be able to leave soon!
Who knew that it was not easy to stay up until the end of the red tape, and had a typical palace banquet in Huiyi Palace, He Xiuyi dragged his tired body back to Qibao Palace, and was about to call someone to prepare the bathhouse, but a small chamberlain rushed over in a panic to report: "Niangniang! Oh no! When Her Royal Highness the eldest princess said goodbye to the emperor, she suddenly vomited blood and fainted, unconscious! ”
If it was just this, this little chamberlain wouldn't have to be in such a hurry to tell He Xiuyi.
The point is, "When the emperor asked her to come forward to check on Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, she found that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess had an eye-born sachet in her sleeve, and someone recognized it, and it was the one that Jiang Cairen gave you this morning!" ”