Xue Huan put down her eyebrow pencil and turned around to see her mesmerized expression. She couldn't help but reach out and pinch her face, "What are you looking at so intently?"
Xue Jun came back to his senses and said, "Sister, you are so beautiful."
"When Jun'er grows up, she will definitely be prettier than her sister."
Xue Jun wrinkled his nose and said without refutation, "Sister is the prettiest."
Xue Huan laughed and stopped arguing with her about this childish question.
Xue Huan picked up the dress on the tray. It was a goose yellow dress embroidered with vermilion brocade edges. It was a jacket and pants. The color was pure and beautiful, and the style was cute, symbolizing the innocence of a girl.
Needless to say, this was naturally made by Xue's mother for her, and there was not just one set, but four sets, each with a completely different style.
Xue Huan changed her clothes, combed her hair into a double bun, put on simple and elegant cloth shoes, and added fresh makeup, looking like a lively and bright girl.
She walked out from behind the screen, gave her sister a playful smile, took her hand and walked out lightly.
Outside, Xue's mother sat at the top, and Pei Ji, the official, stood beside her holding a tray. A goose yellow hairband was placed horizontally on the red velvet cloth of the tray.
Originally, Xue Yao also wanted to be the Yousi, but he was unable to defeat Pei Ji and his position was snatched away by him. He had no choice but to be the sponsor and assist Pei Ji, who was the Yousi, in performing the ceremony.
The other people in the mansion watched the ceremony as spectators.
When Xue Huan walked out, Pei Ji immediately looked at her.
All of a sudden, he felt his heart beating fast.
A cushion sat in the center of the room. After bowing to the people in the room, Xue Huan walked over and knelt down. Madam Qiao took the hairband from the tray and put it on her. The hairband draped down the side of her face, highlighting the softness and whiteness of her cheeks, like a delicious dessert, tempting to take a bite.
Xue Huan, with her makeup and dress very young, now looks like a little girl.
"On the auspicious day of the month, you will start to wear clothes of the Yuan Dynasty. Abandon your ambitions, and follow them to become virtuous..."
After the picking clothes ceremony, it was the first addition ceremony. Amid the chanting of Madam Qiao, the main guest, Xue Huan went in and changed into a plain skirt without any patterns, tied around her waist with an ordinary thin cloth strip.
Although the belt was ordinary, when tied around Xue Huan's slender waist, the piece of cloth instantly became noble, making people envious and jealous, and wishing they could turn into that belt.
The light-colored and simple skirt symbolizes the innocence of a young girl.
This time, Xue Huan put on a very girlish makeup for herself. Her face was full of collagen, elastic and moist, making people want to reach out and poke it.
"In an auspicious month and on a favorable day, I will offer you my obedience. Respect your dignity and be prudent in your virtue. May you live a long and healthy life and receive eternal blessings."
Another gift - Xue Huan changed into a blue long gown with a curved hem, and also changed her hairstyle and makeup.
This curved dress symbolizes the brightness of the girl, and fully displays the pure beauty of the girl as she grows up.
Sanjia - this time the dress was a gorgeous and exquisite bright red dress with wide sleeves and a long skirt that dragged on the ground, spreading out like flowing water. As she walked, every line of the dress was glittering and beautiful, taking one's breath away.
But what is even more eye-catching is her herself.
This time, Xue Huan put on a very bold and seductive makeup, with a red flower between her eyebrows, a rouge mole at the end of her eyes, and fiery red lips. She looked both pure and gorgeous, just like the saying "a seductress and beautiful".
The complicated and gorgeous dress did not look cumbersome on her, but instead served as a foil to her.
Pei Ji's gaze was fixed on her, and her fiery red dress was reflected in his eyes, as if a cluster of fire had ignited.
How could Xue Huan not feel such a blazing gaze that seemed to have substance? However, when she looked over, Pei Ji had already lowered his eyes.
A hint of doubt flashed in Xue Huan's eyes, but the coming-of-age ceremony was still in progress, so she couldn't find out immediately.
After the coming-of-age ceremony, Xue Huan took off her elaborate and beautiful dresses, folded them neatly and put them away in a box. These dresses were very commemorative and she wanted to keep them well. When she has children in the future, maybe she can take them out to show them and tell them that these were the clothes their mother wore when she had her coming-of-age ceremony.
It’s interesting to think about.
After the coming-of-age ceremony, the family went out happily.
In addition to being the day when many families hold coming-of-age ceremonies for their daughters, today is also a festival for the whole nation to bathe, have fun and go outings.
What's more, the government will hold a grand sacrificial ceremony by the Bailong River, and the priestess will bless those who are destined to meet in public. How can we miss such a lively event?
The banks of the Bailong River were already crowded with people, making it impossible to get through.
At this moment, someone shouted, "The Sacrifice Girl is here!"
Everyone looked and saw that the priestess was wearing a plain white dress, without any decoration on her body. She had a veil on her face, covering her face, leaving only a pair of large, dark, watery eyes exposed. She sat quietly and dignifiedly on a sedan chair, carried all the way over by eight people.
It was Wu Qi.
Yuan Huai didn't want her to be the sacrificial girl. After all, his subsequent plans still required the cooperation of a sacrificial girl. He needed a sacrificial girl with good looks and who could be controlled by him, but Wu Qi did not meet any of the requirements.
But even though he didn't let her do it, Wu Qi insisted on doing it. She is the type of person who will do what you don't let her do.
It just so happened that Wu Qi was very skilled and could jump around like a monkey, making it impossible for the expert guards around Yuan Huai to do anything with her. They were afraid that she would jump out and cause trouble if they didn't agree, so Yuan Huai had no choice but to compromise and agreed to let her be the sacrificial girl.
However, Yuan Huai was afraid that her appearance would scare others, so he persuaded her to appear with a veil covering her face, saying that this would make her more mysterious and more likely to be sought after.
Wu Qi didn't know much about the human world, so he was fooled by Yuan Huai.
After the styling was finalized, Yuan Huai used various delicacies to tempt her to cooperate with him and rehearsed for a day to prevent her from making any mistakes during the sacrifice.
Fortunately, although Wu Qi has a lively personality, he is very smart and she mastered everything he taught her in one go.
Thus, today's much-anticipated scene of the appearance of the priestess took place.
Around the sedan chair, there was a circle of guards like an iron tower, isolating the surging sea of people from outside.
The eight sedan bearers moved forward slowly and finally carried the person to the altar by the Bailong River.
On the side of the altar closest to the water, there is a large offering table, on which are placed various offerings, including flowers, fruits, livestock, etc.
Yuan Huai, Wu Fei and other flower and bird envoys stood not far away, always paying attention to the situation in the field.
As the highest official of the Quanzhou Prefecture, Wang Liang led a group of officials of all ranks to burn incense and recite sacrificial texts, thus opening the curtain for the sacrifice.
Then, the exciting part came. The priestess was carried onto a bamboo raft and stayed with the livestock used as sacrifices. The raft was pushed into the water and slowly floated to the center of the river.
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