Mengxi slept soundly, and was dragged up by Zhiqiu:

"Second grandma, wake up, wake up, I'm going to worship the ancestral hall today"

"Well, a minute, just a minute"

"A minute? Second grandma, what is a minute"

Zhiqiu's question drove away Mengxi's sleepiness, and finally remembered that she was in ancient times, opened her eyes in a daze, and looked at Zhiqiu:

"What time is it? It's already past the hour, the second grandmother hurry up, although you don't have to go to ask for peace, but you still have to put on a lot of makeup, it's very time-consuming, by the way, second grandma, what did you just say for a minute, why don't you understand"

Zhiqiu asked while serving the second grandmother to dress.

"Oh, I dreamed of a bell, is there a bell in the Xiao family ancestral hall?"

Mengxi said blindly while closing her eyes and stretching out her hand to let Zhiqiu dress.

"The slave maid hasn't been in either, since the second grandmother dreamed of it, maybe there is, just go and see it today, but it's a pity that the slave and maid are not allowed to go in"

"It's full of dead people, there's nothing to look at, what are you doing in there?"

Mengxi said casually. Zhiqiu's eyes widened and looked at the second grandmother, what did this second grandmother dare to do? Even the old ancestor dared to blaspheme and consciously shut his mouth.

Finally finished putting on the coat, Zhiqiu helped the second grandmother get out of bed, put on shoes, Zhichun had brought in the washing water, washed under Zhiqiu's clothes, Zhichun cleaned up the bed, and then opened the door and called the mother-in-law who was already waiting outside the door to come in and put on makeup for the second grandmother.

Mengxi sat there like a puppet, and let the mother-in-law apply and wipe it on her face, which was makeup, it was simply decorating a wall, and finally the mother-in-law stopped her hand, and Mengxi looked in the mirror.

Damn, the whole female ghost, go to the ancestral hall of the clan to meet those old ghosts, but they are on the right road.

After the mother-in-law stepped back, Zhiqiu helped the second grandmother, helped her change into the prepared red peony brocade dress, and brought the phoenix crown weighing about a few catties, took the handkerchief handed by Zhiqiu, and sat there dignifiedly.

After a while, the maid came to report, the time came, the old lady passed the word, let the second grandmother pass, Zhiqiu nodded busily, and ordered the maid to pass the word to let the people outside prepare, and he helped the second grandmother out of the east chamber.

The group went to the main room to greet the second master first, Xiao Jun also got up very early today, looking at the dressed second grandmother who was brought in by Zhiqiu, he was in a trance for a while, for a long time, Hongzhu quietly pushed him behind his back, only to find that the second grandmother was giving him a salute, and he was blessed, and he hurriedly said:

"Get Up"

"Second Master Xie"

"The etiquette of worshipping the ancestral hall has been recorded, in front of the clansmen, don't make any mistakes and lose your dignity"

"The concubines have all been written down, Second Master Xie cares"

Mengxi raised her eyes, the second master was looking at her, the eyes of the two met unexpectedly, you look at me, I look at you, but suddenly I didn't know what to say, Mengxi stood there embarrassedly, for a long time, Xiao Jun coughed and said:

"The old lady, the eldest lord and the clansmen are all waiting, the second grandmother should come over quickly"

Mengxi said goodbye again, turned around, and walked out slowly, as if he heard a sigh from behind.

The sedan chair has already been prepared outside, and the people who carry the sedan chair have been replaced by Su Ri's mother-in-law to four small servants, Zhiqiu helped the second grandmother to get on the sedan chair, put down the sedan curtain, and the mother-in-law on the side shouted: "Get up the sedan chair"

The four little guys carried the sedan chair and slowly walked out of the gate of Xiaoxiang Courtyard, not in the direction of the Shouxi Hall, but went directly to the outer living room, turned left and right, and came to the door of the outer living room.

Entered the door and turned a rosewood carved Sanyang Kaitai screen, Mengxi looked up, the hall was already full of people, the main seat sat a white-bearded person, the old lady and the eldest man were sitting down, Mengxi guessed that this was the patriarch of the Xiao family, under the introduction of the ceremonial mother-in-law, Mengxi slowly stepped forward to kowtow to the patriarch, and gave tea, which means that her daughter-in-law was recognized by the Xiao family.

Then Mengxi was under the guidance of her mother-in-law, and she visited the main members of the clan one by one, Mengxi didn't remember the names and identities of the people introduced by her mother-in-law, and only knew a strong kowtow, she suddenly understood why the ancients wanted to use a rooster instead of a rooster when they were happy, she felt that now she was going to sprinkle a handful of rice in front of her, it was definitely a chicken, and then a rooster, it was a perfect match.

Finally, when Mengxi was dizzy and couldn't support it, he finished worshipping the last guest.

Supported by the mother-in-law, returned to the main hall, a maid had already taken a futon and placed it, the mother-in-law helped the second grandmother to kneel on it, and began to listen to the patriarch's admonition, the patriarch actually talked about the "history of blood and tears" of the Xiao family, Mengxi knelt straight there, like a sculpture, looking at the patriarch's mouth one by one, the voice was like fairy music in the left ear, the right ear went out, I didn't understand a word, the patriarch was also sighing secretly, the future housewife of the Xiao family is really dignified enough.

The slow "history of blood and tears" was finally finished, and at this time someone came to report that the auspicious time had arrived, and invited the second grandmother to worship the ancestral hall of the clan.

In front of the ancestral hall, Mengxi was helped off the sedan chair, standing in front of the sedan chair, looking up, only to see a red wall and layers of pines and cypresses, against the background of the golden splendor, scattered and orderly buildings, the main hall is on the platform, on both sides is the arch bridge of white marble, at this time, the dark red gate has been slowly opened, the patriarch went in to worship, after coming out, standing on the platform and calling loudly:

"The seventh-generation future head of the Xiao family, Xiao Jun's wife Li entered the ancestral hall to meet the ancestors."

Under the prompting of the ceremonial mother-in-law, Mengxi let go of the mother-in-law's support, clasped his hands, put them flat on his chest, straightened up, slowly climbed onto the platform, and walked into the mysterious and solemn ancestral hall step by step.

Step by step on the platform, this way, should have been accompanied by him, but now she dances alone, from the moment she was helped onto the sedan chair, there was no one in the team who should have ridden a high-headed horse to greet him, and since then along the way, that person has been a solo dance for her in addition to kowtowing three heads with her, she feels that if this gorgeous wedding is a scene, then she is the clown who sings a one-man show, a one-man dance, really tired.

Every step is heavier, Mengxi feels that the red wedding dress and the heavy phoenix crown are like shackles, imprisoning her body and her heart, and the heavy handcuffs on her back make her dance barefoot.

The hall is particularly gloomy and dim, Mengxi stood for a while, only to see everything in front of him, looking at the tablets of the ancestors of the Xiao family, facing the portraits on the wall, this is the ancestors of the Xiao family, looking around, looking at the portrait in the middle of the face, vaguely looking like Xiao Jun, this is the ancestor of the Xiao family, Mengxi felt in a trance that he was looking at her with a smile, cold sweat oozed from his back, stabilized his mind, took a deep breath, stepped forward to take the incense on the case, He lit it in front of the oil lamp, and did not bow down according to the etiquette taught by his grandmother, but knelt directly on the futon on the ground.