On the seventh morning of the first month of winter, the sun is faint, the breeze is gentle, and the climate is neither hot nor cold, just right. Early in the morning of this day, the south gate of Yanlan City had just opened, and the pedestrians entering the city were already shocked by the gorgeous scene they saw.

But seeing that starting from the south city gate, passing through the four white marble arches of the Yun family, the road surface is paved with red silk all the way to the north of the central axis. Looking from afar, it is like a red ladder that can not be seen, shining with faint gold in the sun, gorgeous and dignified.

This day is a good auspicious day for the prince of Lixin to marry the daughter of the prince.

The sky was just dawning, and the outside of Yunfu was already crowded with ordinary people who came to join in the fun. The Yun family has done good deeds for hundreds of years and accumulated countless virtues, and this name of benevolence and beauty has truly impressed the world; Then there is the left minister Zhuang Qinxian's fame far and wide, and the style and bones are noble, so the world is applauding this marriage, and even saying "like a match", they have come to be happy and see the style.

The sky is beautiful, and the guests are naturally lively, and after breakfast, they will be separated from the inside and outside of the Xinhou Mansion, waiting to watch the ceremony at dusk. The marriage of the prince of Lixin Hou and the emperor's brother-in-law became a sensation and no one underestimated it.

According to the old practice of Yun Ci's wedding, Yun Cheng's wedding is still a three-day banquet. The wedding day is the first day of the banquet, and the guests invited to the banquet are all important figures from the north and south, either rich or noble. In the front hall, the princes and princes kept talking and laughing, and Yun Xian came forward to greet them; In the back hall, the lady of the high door is dressed and fragrant, and Mrs. Tai is personally accompanied.

Zhumen hangs color, gold and jade shine, all kinds of flowers and plants from the Xinhou Mansion bloom colorfully, the posture is delicate, bright and dazzling, and jubilant. In this way, until the afternoon, when the sky was a little late, the lights of the entire Yunfu were on at the beginning of the day, gorgeous and colorful, adding to the grace and festivity. This splendid degree is so glittering that the nobles from the north and south who are accustomed to seeing the world are all smacking their tongues, and they all give a thumbs up, admiring the wealth and exquisiteness of the Yun family.

At this time, there are less than two hours before the auspicious time, as the head of the house and the "mother-in-law-to-be", Chuxiu is already busy with her feet not touching the ground, not only the red candles, gongs and flags, utensils and other utensils prepared for the wedding ceremony are inspected one by one, but also personally go to the kitchen to inspect the dishes, lest the dishes are not refreshing and delicious enough, and afraid that the unscrupulous people will take the opportunity to poison, and they really dare not relax for a moment.

Two days earlier, the Emperor of Heaven has given a rich gift from the Ying Yuan Palace, in addition to the brocade embroidery that has been in harmony for a hundred years, the gold and jade beads, antiques and curiosities are also countless. The ceremonial officials carried twenty boxes from Jingzhou, which were comparable to dowry dowries, and they were sent to Yunfu in an endless stream.

Izuxiu had already instructed her subordinates to move these rewards into Fangfei Garden, thinking that the remaining empty space was enough to store Zhuang Yiran's dowry, but she still underestimated the pomp and circumstance of Zhuang Xiang's daughter-

At this moment, the bridal sedan chair of the Zuo Xiangfu has arrived in Yanlan City, and the entire send-off team is vast and endless. This time Zhuang Yiran married into Yunfu, Zuo Xiang made a bloody investment, just a dowry for the dowry, one of the two of them, two of them carried a box, there were more than fifty boxes. Not to mention those silk and satin and good land with house deeds, it is actually bigger and more pomp and dowry than when the queen married the emperor!

In front is the canopy guard of honor, the drum music of sending relatives, and the back is the dowry box cage and inlaid gold nanmu. And the bride's sedan chair is sandwiched in the middle of the procession, eight people are raised, the gold top is red-edged, and four pairs of hanging flower girls are sent left and right, each carrying a flower basket, which is a variety of petals, scattered all over the ground along the road.

The fragrance of flowers hits people, and the flowers fall one after another, and the red silk is shining brightly, and the whole Yanlan City is like a colorful flower rain. Until the bride's sedan chair entered the Yunfu, the last dowry had just walked through the central axis street, and the grand scene could be seen.

At dusk, the sunset melts gold, which is an auspicious time. The disparate lights of Yunfu reflected half of Yanlan City, becoming more and more dazzling. At this time, I saw the sedan chair steadily crossing the brazier and entering the house. Yun Cheng, who was dressed in the groom's wedding dress, stood tall and stood in court, shooting a red arrow at the sedan chair according to custom, and the sound of "bang" was fixed on the door of the sedan chair.

The cheers immediately rose to the sky, and the guests applauded. At this time, the two jubilant mothers-in-law helped the bride get off the sedan chair, put the end of the red knot into her hands, and motioned to the groom to lead the bride into the house.

The big red hijab covered Zhuang Yiran's whole appearance, and her every move relied on the maids and wives to remind her. Yun Cheng held the other end of the red knot, steadily introduced the bride into the welcome hall, and bowed to the heaven and earth hall three times in a row.

Mrs. Tai and Chu Xiu sat on both sides of the hall, took the daughter-in-law tea handed by Zhuang Yiran and drank it all, sent a red envelope, and said a few auspicious words, so it can be regarded as a ceremony. It wasn't until a couple of newcomers were sent into the cave room that Xiu finally burst into tears.

Now that Yun Cheng is fifteen years old, the temperament of his eyebrows and eyes is becoming more and more similar to Yun Ci, almost giving Zhu Xiu an illusion that Yun Ci has never left.

Seven years ago, Yunfu was also so lively, and the scene of Lixin Hou marrying Miss Xia was grand and unprecedented, and it was a beautiful talk in Yanlan City. At that time, Izuku was deceived by Yun Ci's white lies, hiding in the maid's courtyard and being raised, secretly saddened, and incompatible with the excitement outside.

It was also on that day that Shen Yu came to visit, not only revealing the meaning of the mandarin duck dagger, but also showing her his heart for the first time.

Two men, two affectionate, one chooses to exchange his life for his life, and continues to guard under the nine springs; A choice is unswerving in this life, waiting silently in the world of fireworks. The two continuous emotions have made Mrs. Chuxiu today, and they are also the courage to support her in the past six years.

"Madam, it's time for a feast." Yueyun's whispered reminder made Izuku come back to her senses, and she hurriedly lowered her head to hold back her tears. Fortunately, the attention of the guests was all on a pair of newcomers, and no one paid attention to her gaffe. Even if she saw it, she would only cry with joy!

Out of the show looked at Mrs. Tai on the left side of the table at the right time, and the latter was also full of emotion at the moment. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got up together and walked towards the banquet living room, and Yun Xian also beckoned the guests to go to the banquet for a drink.

After a while, Yun Cheng sent the bride into Jiyun Hall, and he also changed into another set of robes, and walked into the banquet hall to toast one by one. Chuxiu drank with a group of female relatives for a while, but they couldn't hold back the wine, and they didn't dare to drink anymore, and finally they used the excuse of going to the kitchen to urge the food, so they barely got out of the banquet.

Or Mrs. Tai was smart, and after a few drinks at will, she claimed that she was old and not good at drinking, and returned to Rongjin Hall with a smile.

The cool breeze of the night faintly blew away some of the smell of wine, and there was a noise everywhere in Yunfu, even in Zhiyan Xuan, which could be heard clearly. Thinking about it and thinking about it, I was happy and sad in my heart, so I walked to the quiet garden, wanting to find a secluded place to sit alone for a while.

Yueyun and Zhuying accompanied each other, knowing what Xiu thought, and silently followed. Unexpectedly, before the three masters and servants reached the Jingyuan, they were stopped by a person on the way: "Congratulations to Madame." ”

This voice was actually quite low, and it was instantly drowned in the noisy and festive sound of Yunfu. But this voice was too familiar, and Izumi was too sensitive, so she heard it and couldn't help but pause.

Under the colorful lights, there is a depressed and lonely man standing at the end of the bluestone brick road, still a handsome person, but also stained with a bit of vicissitudes. It's Helianqi who I haven't seen for a long time.

I met him at the age of fourteen, and was abandoned by him at the age of fifteen, and now I am full of calculations, and the two have been strangers for eight years. In the past eight years, there was Yunci first, and then Shen Yu, and Xiu almost forgot the years when he was Han Chu, and the person he met during that time.

The sons and grandchildren of the Helian family, who were merry and high-spirited back then, are now just ordinary old people. Out of the Xiu timely remembered that on the list of guests for tonight's banquet, there seemed to be no Helian family - since the fall of the Ming clan, the Helian clan has been implicated and reduced to a second-rate family, and it has long since lost its former fame.

Izumi didn't know why Helian Qi came uninvited, but the post was sent out, and the person who came was a guest, and she couldn't say anything to drive people away, so she had to politely bow down and salute, and replied to Helian Qi from afar: "Thank you, Lord Helian for coming to appreciate the light, and the concubine is very honored." ”

She said quietly and plainly, without the slightest embarrassment and resentment, but made Helian Qi feel a sense of loss. He walked towards Izumi, thinking that she would dodge and dodge, but he guessed wrong, Izuku just stood still, maintaining a proper smile.

In the end, it was Helian Qi who was defeated first, stopped four steps away from Xiu, and explained: "Today I am accompanying the Marquis of Yongping to the banquet. ”

A few years ago, Helian Qi's sister married into the Yongping Marquis Mansion of Nanxi and became the step-room of the Yongping Marquis. It was about tonight that the Marquis of Yongping was afraid of being drunk, so he asked Helian Qi to come together to block it.

As soon as this idea came out, a gust of wind blew, which by the way, sent the wine smell on Helian Qi's body into the nose of Izuku, which also confirmed her guess. Since the other party came above board, Izumi replied with a smile: "The hospitality of our mansion is not good, and I hope that Lord Helian Haihan." ”

Xu is Xiu was too distant after a few polite words, and Helian Qi's eyebrows finally frowned, and a gloomy color crossed his face. He pondered for a moment, and then said to Chuxiu: "I have a few words to say to Madame alone, I don't know if Madame can hold back." ”

Hearing this, Izuku replied without thinking: "The night is dark, and it is inconvenient for the concubine and widow to meet the guests alone, so please forgive me." ”

Helian Qi was very helpless, but he didn't do much reluctance, thought about it and said: "Mingying is also here, but she won't come to the house tomorrow." ”

Yes, tomorrow should be the day when the Helian clan came to the feast. Helian Qi is now the head of the Helian clan, if he comes to drink the wedding wine, Mingying should naturally be present as the wife of the main room. But listen to what this means...... Helian Qi didn't let Mingying come to Yunfu?

"The dog is married, and since you have come to enjoy the light, why don't you bring your wife to attend? The concubine is naturally very welcome. "Izuku salute back.

Helian Qi sighed: "I didn't let her come, and she didn't want to come herself." ”

Some words are best to stop at the point, and the other party's words are here, and Chuxiu also understands it, so naturally he will not continue to answer, and then say anything embarrassing to both parties. She was about to find a reason to leave, but at this moment, she heard Zhuying speak: "Madam, we can't delay any longer." ”

Zhuying knew about Izuxiu's past, and he had seen Helian Qi himself outside the city of Jingzhou. At this moment, he saw that the atmosphere was getting worse and worse, so he opened his mouth at the right time to relieve the siege. Out of Xiu naturally understood, and smiled at Helian Qi: "The concubine is entangled in affairs, and I will not accompany her." The banquet in the front hall is about to disperse, and it is better for the adults to return to their seats early. ”

With that, she bowed to Helian Qi Yingying again, and walked past him without hesitation. It wasn't until he walked more than ten steps that he heard his voice behind him again: "In the next few days, I will live in the small building of blowing flowers...... I'll wait for you. ”

A gust of night wind came at the right time, blowing away Helianqi's ethereal words. Izumi just didn't hear it, didn't even stop for a moment, and walked away calmly.