Chapter 55: The Big Red Wedding Dress
Xu Weiqiu shrugged very calmly: "There is really a snake just now, as soon as you scream, you scared it away." ”
"Do you think I'll believe you?"
"Believe it or not?"
The two sisters quarreled without giving in, until a shout came from outside: "Wei Qiu...... Qiu'er ......"
When the two turned around, they saw Zhang's breath running in unsteadily, and said to the two, "Qiu'er...... An official came to the house and said...... He said that he had come to the Holy Decree, and that you should go back and receive the Decree......"
Divine decree?
The two sisters looked at each other, and Xu Xiaoke was even more confused: "Erniang, what holy decree?" Did our dad do something? ”
Zhang shook his head: "I don't know, go back quickly, don't let her officials wait." ”
The sisters didn't care about bickering, and rushed to Xu's house with Erniang; When I entered the village, I saw officers and soldiers standing guard on both sides, and the villagers along the way were lying on the ground and did not dare to get up.
Looking at this battle, somehow, Xu Weiqiu always had an ominous premonition in his heart; Xu Xiaoke is a person who has never seen much of the world, and he is obviously too frightened by the battle in front of him to dare not open his voice, and he cowers when he walks, and he has long lost the arrogance that he had just confronted Xu Weiqiu.
There were two rows of officers and soldiers standing outside the door of Xu's house, and when the three of them entered the house, they saw Xu Lian and Rong both trembling and standing in the hall, and a man dressed as a palace man stepped forward and glanced at the three of them, and his eyes fell on Xu Xiaoke and Xu Weiqiu.
"Dare to ask who is Xu Weiqiu?"
Xu Weiqiu took a step forward, the palace people looked at her and nodded, took out a golden document and unfolded it, and shouted in that sharp and unique voice: "Xu Lian takes the order......
Hearing this, Xu Lian panicked and led his family to kowtow to receive the order.
Seeing this, the palace people who announced the decree nodded lightly and began to read the holy decree:
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, I heard that Xu Weiqiu, the eldest daughter of Xu Men, is virtuous and virtuous, and has outstanding appearance, and you will be married to Liangdi, the son of King Sheng, and all etiquette will be handled by the Ministry of Rites, and the marriage will be completed on a certain day. Chin this! ”
Liao Liao's words shocked all the Xu family members present.
Xu Lian was stunned in place, and came back to his senses under the advice of the palace people and shouted: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”
After the palace people finished announcing the decree, they rolled up the holy decree and carefully handed it over to Xu Lian.
Xu Lian trembled and stretched out his hand to take it, and asked the proclaimer with a puzzled face: "My lord, this is ...... Why is that? How did the little girl come to such a great blessing, how did she become the wife of the prince? Should...... Something could be wrong, right? ”
The palace man only said lightly: "It can't be wrong, this is the will of the superiors, just act according to the will." ”
Xu Lian is also a person who runs an errand in the yamen, and he has seen a little of the world, so he responded immediately and sent the person out respectfully.
As soon as the people left, the Xu family suddenly exploded.
"Sir, what's going on?" Rong stepped forward nervously to ask, and Xu Xiaoke on the side looked even more incredible.
Xu Lian couldn't make up his mind, so he had to say to his wife and daughter: "I don't know, you just stay at home, don't go anywhere, wait for me to go back to the yamen and find out the reason for the matter." ”
After saying that, he hurriedly walked out, walked to the door, remembered something, and turned back to Xu Weiqiu and instructed:
"Wei Qiu, don't go out these days, stay at home, just ......" He glanced at Xu Xiaoke not far away, and changed his words: "Just live in your second mother's house." ”
Xu Weiqiu was confused, so he had to nod.
Xu Lian returned to Yamen, the county magistrate and a group of bureaucrats had already received the news, and they congratulated him one after another.
Xu Lian asked the reason, everyone didn't know, Xu Lian had no choice but to hurry home, and returned home to read and read the holy decree with it, but there were only a few words on the holy decree, no matter how you look at it, you can't see a flower.
The emperor's grace is a great joy, but for a small family like them, they don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.
Xu Lian sighed again and again with a sad face holding the holy decree.
The incident happened suddenly, and Xu Weiqiu had no way to deal with it for a while, and this son of heaven would not point to his own daughter who was unknown for no reason.
The only thing she could think of was the old woman who had left without saying goodbye, and she might be able to give her an answer, but where should she find this person at this moment?
The most excited thing in the entire Xu family is the Zhang family, the stakes in this holy decree that fell from the sky are not her little woman's worries, she only knows that the holy decree is issued, it is a sure thing, and she finally got what she wanted...... Qiu'er is about to get married.
That night, Zhang turned on the lights in the house, rummaged under the dilapidated wardrobe, and turned out a bag and handed it to Xu Weiqiu.
Xu Weiqiu looked at her inexplicably: "Erniang, what is this?" ”
"You open it and take a look." With that, Zhang Shi stretched out the knot on it for her.
Seeing her mysterious appearance, Xu Weiqiu opened the bag with doubts, and there was a layer of white paper wrapped in it, like something valuable, she carefully unfolded it, and it was actually a wedding dress.
She didn't expect that Erniang secretly prepared a wedding dress for herself, and this dense embroidery could not be embroidered in two heads and three months.
Looking at the red wedding dress in front of him, Xu Weiqiu's eyes couldn't help but be hot.
"Erniang, when did you prepare this?" She touched the embroidery on it, and her voice choked.
Zhang replied: "I started embroidering the year before last, embroidering a little every day, and it was completed some time ago, but fortunately I prepared in time." ”
She stretched out her hand to touch the embroidery on it, her eyes were full of pride, and she was still very confident in her embroidery skills: "Do you like it?" ”
"Like ......," Xu Weiqiu nodded.
"If you like it." Zhang's face was full of joy, and he picked up the wedding dress and compared it with her: "You have grown a lot taller, and this skirt seems to be a little shorter, but it shouldn't have much effect." ”
While speaking, she took a mirror and handed it to Xu Weiqiu, Xu Weiqiu looked at herself in the glasses, and against the backdrop of the new wedding dress, the people in the bronze mirror really had a little bit of the bride's joy.
However, her heart was not happy......
The news of a village girl being married by the saint quickly spread, and those who had no contact with the Xu family, but all those who had some relatives and some old reasons came to the door to congratulate.
No matter who came, Xu Lian greeted him with a smile, but his heart was very sad.
After a few days, just when the Xu family was at a loss, a carriage came outside, and several people claiming to be from the Shengwang Mansion brought phoenix crowns, gold and silver, and silk silk.