Volume 1: The Smoke Festival Chapter 14 The Great Wedding
On the tenth day of August, the sun is shining brightly, and the autumn breeze is cool.
Xie Wuyi sat in front of the mirror in a complicated wedding dress, Ren Hua Feidu put on her makeup, and Mrs. Xie sat on the side, and if there was something inappropriate, she would mention it in due course. Mrs. Xie was born in an official family, and there was a princess in the Xie Mansion, so she was naturally overjoyed, so she took care of Xie Wuyi in all aspects.
Due to the rush of the wedding, Xie Wuyi's entire outfit was sent directly from the palace by the queen, and he didn't want to fit unexpectedly.
Hua Feidu finished drawing Hua Tian, and the hand that pressed on Xie Wuyi's shoulder trembled slightly, and Xie Wuyi shook it comfortingly, trying to soothe her excitement. Usually easy to look at, but now with a bright color, Xie Wuyi almost doesn't recognize himself in the mirror.
Involuntarily, she felt a little bottomless in her heart.
I'm going to get married, but everything is like a dream.
At dusk, Xiao Wei came with the palace guard of honor to greet him.
The courtyard was lively, Xie Wuyi took a deep breath, picked up the fan, and walked out of the gate with the support of Hua Feidu.
The afterglow of the setting sun passed through the tulle of the fan, and through the phoenix wearing peonies, Xie Wuyi vaguely recognized Xiao Wei wearing a crown and a high crown, sitting on the chariot in high spirits. She stopped in front of the car, and Xiao Wei also happened to turn her head. The two looked at each other through a cloud of mist, and even if they couldn't see it really, Xie Wuyi could feel his joy.
For a moment, she felt as if she had been scorched by those starry eyes.
She instinctively wanted to dodge, but she immediately reacted that she was holding a fan in her hand, and there was no need to dodge at all.
Xie Wuyi settled down and raised his head slightly.
You are still a girl who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and you may not be afraid to fight in the bloody rain. Now it's just a marriage, why are you holding back?
Compared with Xiao Wei's calmness from the royal family, Xie Wuyi was the first time to experience this kind of scene after all, and the etiquette taught by the grandmother in the palace a few days ago had long been forgotten. She stood still, her eyes moving to the high chariot, advancing or retreating.
Xie Xuan, who was dressed in auspicious clothes, reminded in a low voice: "Please take the princess on board." ”
Yes, the next step is to enter the palace to face the saint. Xie Wuyi came to his senses, dragged the wedding clothes of the inner and outer three layers with difficulty, and sat next to Xiao Wei, fortunately he was not tripped by the heavy skirt.
The chariot drove towards the palace, there were many restrictions of rules, and Xiao Wei was sitting in danger at this moment, without a single superfluous action.
The streets were not strictly cleaned along the way, and the people hid in the restaurants and shops and looked curiously, all wanting to see the pomp and circumstance of the heavenly family.
"Wow, shrine maiden sister!"
The child's loud cry was pressed back into his mouth, and Xie Wuyi did not squint, only feeling this grand honor guard by his peripheral light and the sounds around him. She had only heard that the daughter of a rich family had ten miles of red makeup when she got married, but she never thought that her wedding ceremony would even exceed the specifications of the usual prince's marriage.
Is Xiao Wei hearty, or is the long-sick emperor going to use his marriage to rejoice?
The process of marrying the prince is very cumbersome, you have to meet the queen's concubines first, and then formally meet the emperor after bathing, fortunately, Xiao Wei sent the palace grandmother to follow Xie Wuyi in advance, and she did what the grandmother said, but there was no mistake. Although he would fight and kill on weekdays, when he finally sat in the cave room, Xie Wuyi's arm holding the fan was almost unable to lift it.
Not only on her body, but the phoenix crown on her head was too heavy, which made her dizzy, and it was a hundred times more uncomfortable than fever and poisoning.
Xiao Wei was still feasting guests outside, and after the servant withdrew, Xie Wuyi directly closed his eyes and hung himself crookedly on the bedpost.
Thoughts drifted inexplicably, in fact, Xiao Wei didn't know that Broken Nose Village was not their first meeting.
When Xie Wuyi was eight years old, he followed Qiao Chun to wish Bojun's mansion a birthday. At that time, she was playful, sneaking into the backyard of the General's Mansion while people were not paying attention, and climbed a plane tree like a monkey, secretly overlooking the entire mansion from the dense branches and leaves.
Suddenly, something flew towards the back of the head. Xie Wuyi sensed the sound of the wind and instinctively lowered her head, and a stone whizzed past her scalp.
"Who?"
Xie Wuyi poked his head out with palpitations, and saw a little boy in a big red round-necked robe in the distance holding a slingshot at him, "I'm hitting the leaves, who are you, dare to stand in my way?" ”
"Who do you care who I am," Xie Wuyi slid down the trunk of the tree, looked at the bow in his hand with great interest, and said with great joy, "Do it yourself?" It's very easy to use. ”
"Of course!" The little boy raised his head proudly, "My brothers are not as accurate as me!" ”
At that time, Xie Wuyi had already learned some simple skills from Hua Feidu, and he couldn't help but pout when he boasted: "Leaves are dead things, what kind of ability is it to kill dead things?" You're amazing, why don't you go and fight birds? ”
I don't want the little boy to say: "The bird has life, if it is killed by me, what will happen to its parents and children?" I'm just practicing accuracy, if you hadn't bothered me just now, I would have knocked down the best plane leaves! ”
"Then you will definitely be good at drawing a bow and shooting arrows in the future!"
"I think too!"
Seeing Xie Wuyi staring intently at his slingshot, the little boy took the initiative to teach her how to make a bow and how to aim, and the two played in the backyard of Zhufu for nearly half an hour, until the attendant in the front hall came to look for a way to say goodbye.
The children didn't think about so many things, they just cared about playing, and they didn't ask each other's names in the end.
Later, Xie Wuyi learned that he was Xiao Wei, the sixth prince, and he was the youngest son who was very favored by the saint today.
Later, when Hua Feidu seriously taught Xie Wuyi kung fu, she asked her what she wanted to learn, and Xie Wuyi said archery without thinking about it. But in order to facilitate walking the rivers and lakes, Hua Feidu finally taught her the soft whip and flying needle, and warned her not to fight if she could escape, and not to fight if she could attack from afar.
The silver light flashed, condensed into a cold and hard white in front of his eyes, and then turned into a warm and soft candlelight.
Xie Wuyi sighed, the soft whip had to be sold, and he probably couldn't get it back in his life. She is far inferior to a master in hand-to-hand combat, and now Xie Wuyi's most advantageous weapon is only Cangyan.
She looked down at the thin cocoon between her fingers, and she couldn't tell if it was because of Xiao Wei that her flying needle practice was as perfect as it is today.
It's not a cause, it's a little stubborn.
Speaking of which, after separating from Xiao Wei at the beginning, Xie Wuyi remembered his hobby and specially made him an improved bow and crossbow. As a result, when she returned from traveling at the age of eleven, Xiao Wei fell ill in the palace, and her gifts were not given. After Qiao's mansion raided the house, the bow and crossbow had already been broken into a few pieces of rotten wood.
Decade.
Ten years is enough to change too many people and things. For example, she has changed from Qiao Wei to Xie Wuyi, and Xiao Wei has changed from a proud son with a torch to a cynical and smiling weird now.
Except for Hua Feidu, Xie Wuyi never attached himself to anyone, so he never thought about his own family affairs, let alone that the person who went around and around was him.
Is...... Bad fate.
It was late at night, the guests outside were gradually resting, and there was a sound of hurried and orderly footsteps outside the door, Xie Wuyi was startled, and hurriedly sat up straight, raising a fan to cover his face.
The door was pushed open and gently slammed shut.
Outside the thin light veil, Xie Wuyi saw Xiao Wei bypassing the table and chairs, stopping three steps away from him, and did not continue to step forward. The smell of wine on his body is not heavy, and he still has the same fragrance as the night in Chu Mansion.
Xie Wuyi felt strange, Xiao Wei usually dared to do anything, why did he rub it off now?
Anyway, it's been a day of fiddling with people, and it's not bad for a while, Xie Wuyi patiently raised the fan, and waited for him to do the fan salute.
Xiao Wei took two steps and put his hand on the handle of the fan.
Xie Wuyi held his breath. Although she had dealt with him several times, and she was also seen by the emperor and concubine today, it was only at this time that she realized that the panic and confusion before could not be regarded as nervousness at all.
She married him with a purpose, but after worshipping heaven and earth, she was truly his princess.
Hua Feidu is right, whether she has feelings or not, this night will definitely make her unforgettable.
Xiao Wei on the other end also seemed to be a little hesitant, and the dragon and phoenix candlelight passed through the fan and landed motionless on his slender bone joints.
For a moment, both of them wanted to run away.
Xie Wuyi's hands were so sore that her fingers couldn't help but tremble, she even had the heart to kill if she continued to suffer like this. And Xiao Wei seemed to be finally ready, his fingertips pressed slightly, and pushed away the fan in front of her.
Looking at each other, Xiao Wei's eyes were surging and the stars were shaking.
He took Xie Wuyi's fan, his arm stiffened in mid-air.
Under the big red wedding tent, she sat among the flowers on the ground, and the flying golden phoenix and the dazzling phoenix crown could not suppress the color of the hibiscus makeup. Xie Wuyi's eyebrows are thicker than those of ordinary women, and they are carefully painted to match the high bridge of her nose. Her eyes are so sharp, her eyelashes are fluttering, and the whole person is like a butterfly on her forehead, which will attract people to be intoxicated at any time.
It turns out that she is so good-looking without disguise.
Xiao Wei grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he has seen thousands of stunning colors, but only Xie Wuyi at this moment made him feel amazing, and he couldn't even speak.
He stared at Xie Wuyi as if he were staring at a treasure in the world that had taken him twenty-one years to find.
Xie Wuyi looked back silently, although it was not the first time that she felt that this life was good-looking, she had a hunch that Xiao Wei was a little different today.
Such as the rushing and roaring river turns a corner, merges into a heavenly pool, volleys in the distance, quiet as the sea.
Probably fascinated by the pair of dragon and phoenix red candles.
Xiao Wei came to his senses, and his usual smile appeared on his face again.
"Xiaoyi, long time no see."
The beauty of the room was fleeting, and Xie Wuyi was suddenly pulled back to reality.
Sure enough, it was just an illusion.
She stood up with a straight face and saluted back, and responded with a "Your Highness".
Xiao Wei put the fan aside casually and motioned for Xie Wuyi to walk to the table. He lifted the two scoops of red silk melons on the table, handed half of them into Xie Wuyi's hands, and said with a smile:
"I'm tired of the day, drink something, and I should make amends for you."
Xie Wuyi couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart, when she was a three-year-old child, didn't she even recognize the wine?
She likes sweets, but she has heard that this gourd scoop is very bitter, it was originally meant to make newlyweds share joys and sorrows, how could it be coaxed and deceived in Xiao Wei's mouth, just like drinking white water?
Helplessly, Xiao Wei had already lifted the gourd, and Xie Wuyi could only follow his movements. She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, and poured the wine down.
As soon as he entered, Xie Wuyi suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Honey?
She looked at Xiao Wei, facing his mysterious expression, Xie Wuyi knew that he was being teased again.
"What kind of wine do you drink, it hurts your body, and you don't like it." Xiao Wei raised his hand and straightened his neckline, "How is it brewed in my Zhuangzi, is it delicious?" ”
Xie Wuyi had a mouth full of cool and sweet honey, and only nodded and swallowed it slowly after a while.
"Alright, the annoying etiquette is over." Xiao Wei bent his knees, lowered himself to the same height as Xie Wuyi, and looked at her silently.
Xie Wuyi was a little embarrassed by him, and only listened to Xiao Wei solemnly, as if swearing, word by word: "Xiaoyi, from now on, you will be my wife." ”
"Hmm."
"Why doesn't it look like you anymore?" Xiao Wei looked at Xie Wuyi's stiff expression and muttered to himself. Suddenly, he slapped his head and thought that she must have been restrained today.
Xiao Wei was sure in his heart, he took off his crown first, and then pushed Xie Wuyi to the makeup mirror, "Hurry up and take off your outer robe, and what kind of phoenix crown, you are not too heavy, I am too cumbersome." There are so many rules in the palace, it's really hard for you. ”
Xie Wuyi was a little speechless, but Xiao Wei was not wrong, she hesitated for a moment and unloaded the heavy burden.
She sat in front of the mirror, pulled out the phoenix crown hairpin ring that weighed her breathlessly, and hastily scraped a gold wire on the phoenix tail. The long hair was draped down, and there was only a white hosta stuck in it, and Xie Wuyi suddenly felt much more refreshed.
Xiao Wei stood by and watched her unfamiliar behavior, thinking that she should have never worn good jewelry.
This girl didn't know how much she had suffered since she was a child, but she refused to say half a word.
"Xiaoyi, I have some surprises for you. But before that......" Xiao Wei squatted beside Xie Wuyi, propped up his chin with his hand, and looked up at her, "The sixth master is still the sixth master, but is Jiuniang really Jiuniang?" ”