Chapter 18: Add makeup
There are still three days before King Su's wedding, and Shen Mingjiao, the bride-to-be, should still eat and drink, and she should not be nervous at all.
Even the two nurturing grandmothers who came out of the palace praised her for her good concentration, and she was not surprised when she encountered problems, and she was quite a housewife.
made Shen Mingjiao speechless for a while. She wanted to pretend to be a bride's shyness, but when she thought of the large treasury full of Ayaluo treasures in Suwang's mansion, and the pavilion and water pavilion back garden waiting for her to show off her skills, she was only excited. I really can't hold back my shyness.
Haitang came in and said that the girl from Tong Ge's hometown came to add makeup to her, and Shen Mingjiao was stunned for a moment before she realized that she was talking about Cui Lingling.
Before the girl's family got married, there would indeed be familiar sisters in the boudoir who came to add makeup, but she had never gone out to socialize before, and naturally she didn't have any close friends in the boudoir, but she forgot about this stubble.
Shen Mingjiao went to the gate of the courtyard to greet her, Cui Lingling came over, followed by two maids. Compared with the golden outfit at the palace banquet last time, she is dressed much more elegantly today.
As soon as Cui Lingling saw Shen Mingjiao, her eyes lit up, and she was about to trot over.
The two maids behind him coughed lightly, Cui Lingling smiled, retracted his feet in a sneer, and moved forward with his abdomen and chest straight, and had to work hard to maintain expression management.
Shen Mingjiao saw it and almost didn't laugh.
Cui Lingling belongs to the kind of smart and cute girl. However, at this moment, wearing a moon-white collared kaftan and meticulous hair, she has become a dignified lady, or a nondescript kind.
Shen Mingjiao stepped forward, grabbed Cui Lingling's hand, and said in an excited tone: "Good sister, why haven't you come to see your sister for so long!" You don't know, my sister waits for you so hard every day! ”
Cui Lingling stared at the exaggerated face in front of him in puzzlement, and said in his heart that he hadn't seen him for more than a month, how did the demon girl sister become like this? Could it be that this one in front of you is transfigured?
Before she could figure it out, Shen Mingjiao dragged the person into the courtyard, "Let's go, come into the house and sit, it's rare for my sister to come here, we must have a good time today." ”
Seeing that Cui Lingling was about to be pulled away, the two maids stepped forward in a hurry: "Girl, Madame has explained..."
Shen Mingjiao seemed to notice the two of them at this time, and she motioned to Begonia: "My sister and I have a lot to talk about, Begonia, you take the two girls to the garden for a walk." ”
Before the two refused, Begonia directly forcibly took them away one by one.
Seeing that the person was gone, Cui Ling breathed a sigh of relief, his shoulders fell, and he leaned on the recliner in the courtyard without any image, and sighed with satisfaction: "It's so comfortable!" ”
"You don't know, how miserable I've been these days, since the palace banquet that day, my mother invited several strict upbringing grandmothers, saying that I should learn the rules from them, don't insult the lintel of the Tong family,"
She sighed in frustration: "But I think I'm good like this!" Why did my mother insist that I become a wooden man with no smiles? ”
Shen Mingjiao corrected her: "Then it's obviously everyone's lady, why did you become a wooden person?" ”
Cui Lingling pouted: "What is it that is not a wooden person with a face all day long?" ”
Shen Mingjiao gently touched her head, but what she said was heartfelt: "Because the Tong family is a scholarly family, they think that you have lost their face by not having rules." In short, they look down on you very much. ”
Cui Lingling: "......" we can't be tactful!
Shen Mingjiao glanced at her, as if to say, how can you break your illusion of the Tong family's so-called family affection if you are not so direct.
Cui Lingling: "Forget it, let's not talk about this." ”
"I came here today mainly to congratulate you on your upcoming wedding, and I have specially prepared a makeup gift for you."
With that, she took out a large thumb-sized gold bracelet from her bosom.
Shen Mingjiao twitched the corners of her mouth, this gift-giving style is really Cui Lingling.
Cui Lingling rolled her eyes: "This is not an ordinary bracelet. She pointed to a bulge on the inside: "If you encounter danger, as long as you press the bracket, three poisonous needles will pop out inside." ”
Shen Mingjiao picked up the bracelet in surprise and looked at it carefully: "Is the poison needle very powerful?" ”
"Of course, the one who sees blood seals his throat." Cui Lingling's tone was inexplicably proud.
Shen Mingjiao didn't ask her where she got this thing, and happily accepted it.
This is a life-saving thing at a critical moment, and it is worth much more than those gold and silver jewelry.
At this time, a maid came to report that the girl from the Hou family of Ning Yuan had come over.
Shen Mingjiao was a little puzzled, when did she meet the girl of the Gu family of Ning Yuanhou?
I remember that Ning Yuanhou lost his wife in his early years, and he had a daughter under his knees, what is it called?
In the middle of thoughts, Gu Danxue walked in.
When Shen Mingjiao saw the visitor, although she was still puzzled, she still smiled and stepped forward and steamed a cup of tea for Gu Danxue with her own hands, "My courtyard is simple, I don't know what kind of tea Miss Gu likes to drink?" ”
Gu Danxue hurriedly stood up and took the cup crampedly, "No... I'll come..."
Shen Mingjiao was surprised in her heart, the last time she was in the Pretty Pavilion, she only felt that this girl was too inferior. But since she is the only daughter of Marquis Ning Yuan, why shouldn't she be raised like this!
But thinking about how selfish the backyard of Gaomen has always been, it is also clear.
Gu Danxue took the wooden box in the maid's hand, handed it to Shen Mingjiao, and whispered with a red face: "... This is a gift for Miss Shen. ”
As soon as Shen Mingjiao opened it, she saw that it was white and bright, and at a glance, it seemed that there was light flowing.
Cui Lingling also came over curiously, "What a beautiful fabric!" ”
Shen Mingjiao pushed the wooden box back, "Miss Gu, I have received your sincerity, but this gift is too precious for me to accept." ”
If the price of sand and satin in the south of the Yangtze River is higher than gold, then Liuyun brocade is truly priceless. Only the lady in the palace can get a few horses every year.
"No, it's useless for me to keep this thing, it's just right to give it to Miss Shen!"
Gu Danxue pushed the wooden box back and looked at her cautiously, her expression becoming more and more cramped.
Shen Mingjiao couldn't help but sigh secretly when she saw that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. In the end, he accepted the gift with a smile.
A person with a character like hers has not been recognized for a long time, and if she refuses again, it will only make her feel inferior and even self-doubting.
Forget it, it's a big deal that when the other party gets married in the future, she will send a return gift of almost equal value.
Seeing that it was almost lunch time, Shen Mingjiao ordered Haitang to go to Yipinju to set a table and come back, since the time she went back to Beizhuang, she and the Hou Mansion have completely fallen out, and it is naturally impossible to expect a decent meal from the big kitchen.
However, the weather was too hot for a while, and several people had no appetite, so Cui Lingling only ate a few bites and put it down.
Seeing this, Shen Mingjiao pointed to the can of milky white liquid she asked Haitang to buy back and said, "This is the yogurt from the northern Xinjiang." ”
She asked Begonia to find ice cubes, and then asked a few people to name their favorite fruits.
After a while, the begonias got the ingredients they needed.
Shen Mingjiao asked the two of them to help wash and cut the fruit into pieces, and Cui Lingling picked up the knife with great interest. Gu Danxue hadn't done any of this, and she was a little cramped for a while. Shen Mingjiao asked her to wash the fruit, and Cui Lingling was responsible for cutting it.
Gu Danxue was happy to be able to participate in the group activities.
Shen Mingjiao took three maple leaf-shaped plates, put the fruit in them, poured yogurt and stirred well, and sprinkled some ripe red beans. Place the plate in ice again.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Mingjiao took out the plate, and several people watched the fresh fruit soaked in white yogurt, decorated with red beans, and the slightest cool air greeted them, making people can't help but move their index fingers.
Cui Lingling tasted the grapes tentatively, and the cold grapes jumped open in his mouth, and he suddenly felt refreshed.
……
Several people played for an afternoon, and when they left, Cui Lingling was still a little reluctant, mainly because she had to start learning the rules again after she went back.
Gu Danxue also felt a rare sense of relaxation.
The night before the wedding, the two grandmothers muttered in the room for a while, and finally Mama Feng entered Shen Mingjiao's bedroom with a small box.
Shen Mingjiao: "Mama, what are you?" ”
Mama Feng coughed lightly: "It stands to reason that before the girl's family gets married, there will be a mother who teaches the husband and wife about the bed, but the second lady Shen passed away early, and the housewife is..."
Shen Mingjiao instantly guessed what Mama Feng was going to say. But she wanted to say that she really didn't need it, and she couldn't use it anyway.
Mama Feng is professionally trained in this regard, and talking about these is naturally the essence of the sentence, not to mention the girl's family, I am afraid that a woman who has been married for many years will blush and heartbeat when she hears it.
Mama Feng couldn't help but look at Shen Mingjiao, but saw that instead of being shy, she was holding her cheeks and listening with great interest.
Mama Feng "......" I'm afraid this kid hasn't opened up yet.
Shen Mingjiao was lying on the bed, casually flipping through the hardcover atlas that Mama Feng had just given. I was a little curious, I heard that this file is very comfortable, and it can also have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin.
But unfortunately, she is destined not to feel it in her life. Although she and Feng Lisheng are in name only, after all, they occupy a reputation, and she will not do anything to insult the Su Palace.
As for Feng Lisheng, the only one who is right, forget it.
In their previous lives, the two of them were under the same roof for ten years, and Feng Lisheng never had any interest in her, and he would not think about it in this life.
remembered that in her previous life, a friend of hers once lamented that she was the top of her skin and bones, which is the so-called best stunner in the mouth of men.
Shen Mingjiao just wanted to say, no matter how good it is, it's useless, anyway, it's destined to be ruined!