508 Unexpected

Because the two families live close to each other, Awu doesn't have to get up early and dress up like a bride who is traveling far away.

Awu stayed in the boudoir with Xin'er until they had lunch early and went to the toilet. Then Wu brought Ma and accompanied the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery to dress up their daughter carefully.

It is better for the bride not to wear heavy makeup, as it will not look delicate.

Awu is good-looking, with fair and rosy skin. She only needs to apply a little facial rouge, a thin layer of powder, some bright red lip balm on her lips, and draw her eyebrows with black eyebrow pencil. She is already very beautiful.

She then put on a beautifully embroidered red bridal gown, a golden crown and jade hairpins, pearl hairpins, and round pearl earrings. When she swayed slightly, the gold thread on the golden crown also swayed. The butterflies on the cuffs, which had gold threads added to the embroidery thread, seemed to be dancing.

"Our bride is so beautiful." The Marquis's wife exclaimed.

Ma also praised her repeatedly, saying that the girl would be her own next year, but she felt sad just thinking about it.

I hope Zhou Heng does better in the exam this year, and his family can use their connections to keep him in the capital, and give Xin'er a house nearby as a dowry.

It’s okay for him to live in the farm his wife brought as a dowry first. He can buy one for himself when he makes money later.

This is the same as not getting married.

Ma's mood improved again.

After putting on her makeup, Mrs. Hou went out to chat with the old lady.

"Mom, my mouth is still dry. You haven't asked me to drink any water since yesterday."

"Sister-in-law, how about giving her a few sips?"

Wu said helplessly, "Awu, every woman has to go through this when she gets married. It's the same for men taking the imperial examination. Just imagine, if you just entered the bridal chamber, there are still many people looking at the bride, and there are still many people in the husband's family drinking, but you have to go to the toilet, what should you do? You will be laughed at for the rest of your life."

"Mom, I understand." Awu wanted to lick her lips, but she had lip balm on her lips and it would not look good if it was stained.

Mammy said that the first glance that the groom takes at the bride is especially important, and that stunning feeling will be remembered for a lifetime.

Wu still took a sip of water and handed it to her daughter: "I will feed you with a spoon, pay attention to the lip balm. When you get to your husband's house, if you are really hungry, be careful to eat the small cakes in your purse. If you are not very hungry, don't eat them. Your mother-in-law and sister-in-law are good people, and they will serve you food as soon as possible.

Oh, time flies by so fast, it's almost 11:00 PM, it's time for Ping An and his bride-welcoming party to set off."

Awu's heart trembled. It was terrible. She had only been peeing for half an hour, so why did she feel like she couldn't hold it anymore?

"Mom, why do I want to pee again? It's only been a while. What should I do if this happens during the wedding ceremony?" Awu was almost crying.

She knew that medically this condition was caused by excessive anxiety, but she had never had this condition before.

"Sister-in-law, Xin'er, help Awu lift up her skirt and let her sit on the toilet for a while. The female guest will be coming in soon."

Several people hurriedly helped Awu to relieve herself. She clearly felt like she had to urinate immediately, but only a little bit was actually released.

Xin'er was worried that if she got married, would it be worse than this? Compared to herself, her sister was such a stable person.

I don’t know if I can stop getting married?

Sure enough, after a while, several female relatives from the family came in, and they all praised Awu's true beauty.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of gongs and drums could be faintly heard.

Ma pricked up her ears and said, "I seem to hear the sound of gongs and drums. Is it the bride's receptionist who has arrived?"

Xin'er said, "Mom, it really came. The noise got louder, and there were also sounds of firecrackers."

The sixth aunt from the clan ran out to see, and came back in again after a while.

"Here they come, the bride's reception is here."

Awu's heart calmed down instead.

Ever since Ping'an rescued her at the age of seven, her father would occasionally say some vague words to her, but the meaning behind his words was very clear, that is, he would marry her to Ping'an in the future.

In her father's eyes, it seems that no one is better than Ping An, and it is true, she also thinks so.

So since she was a child, she has always regarded herself as Ping'an's fiancée, even though her family has not specifically mentioned this matter in recent years.

Xin'er opened the door a little and asked the maid Cai'er to go see what the scene was like outside and tell them when she came back.

The little girl ran out in a flash.

Mrs. Wu helped her daughter cover her head with a red veil and felt sad. The baby she had raised for so many years was about to be sent to another family.

At this time, there were loud gongs and drums and firecrackers outside, and the people in the room fell silent.

This is the bad thing about raising a daughter. After you raise her with great difficulty, she has to marry off as someone else's daughter-in-law.

Thinking about it this way, it is indeed better to have a son. You can raise him and bring him home, and then have children and become a big family.

Suddenly, the sounds of gongs and drums outside stopped.

Wu was startled: "What happened? Why did it stop?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the maid outside called out, "First Madam, Second Madam, all of you come out. Only the bride and the second young lady stay. Everyone else come out to receive the imperial edict."

Mrs. Wu hurriedly said to Xin'er, "Xin'er, you stay here with your sister, and the others should follow me out."

Ah Wu was in a state of confusion. Why did the imperial edict arrive at this time? Was there a reward?

But how could the emperor suddenly give her a reward? Her family was just a medical family, not even a high-ranking family, let alone a noble family, how could it be possible?

The two sisters guessed quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, the gongs and drums sounded again, louder than before.

Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Ma and a group of women walked in with smiles on their faces.

"Awu, just now the emperor sent someone to convey the imperial decree, rewarding us, Awu, with many good things."

Her voice was trembling. Just now, a lot of people knelt down in and outside the courtyard. The emperor praised the Sun family, her husband Sun Sicheng, and her, Awu. It was such a great honor, and it would be of great benefit to Awu's future.

Ping An outside the courtyard gate was also shocked. Will the emperor also pass the imperial edict to him later?

It shouldn't be possible, right? The Sun family is a medical family. Although he has done some good things, the emperor has already rewarded him.

He had just been daydreaming for a while when the people inside the door urged the groom to compose three poems to urge him to get ready.

He picked out a few good ones from these lessons last night.

So I took a few steps forward and composed three songs slowly and leisurely, and naturally each one was wonderful.

The compliments come in waves. If you open the door just because you get compliments, you are making a big mistake. Why would you let such a good girl take you so easily?

Come on, come on.

First come the culture, then the force.

After both the civil and military exams, the children were laughing and asking for red envelopes.

After several rounds, the gate of Sun Mansion was finally opened. Jixiang and Ruyi came out with a group of guards to take over Pingan and the others' tall horses. Naturally, there was another wave of red envelopes.

After the wedding procession had entered, a quarter of an hour later, the dowries that had been prepared long ago were carried out one by one by Wanli and his men.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, a bride's dowry would be carried with her when she left the house. The larger the dowry, the more it proved that her parents valued her, and the easier her life would be at her husband's house.

Awu's dowry weighed exactly eighty-eight loads, and that was solid. If you were to make it a little more exaggerated, it would have been at least one hundred and twenty loads.

But the Sun family wanted to fill it up and keep it as low-key as possible. Awu still had a lot of things in her own small storeroom, so she could only move them to her husband's house little by little after she got married.

Finally, Ping'an entered Awu's room a quarter of an hour before the auspicious time.

"Awu, I'm here to pick you up."