Da Yanshi's wishful thinking was dashed. She adjusted her expression and laughed heartily again: "I have heard that women in the Central Plains have slim figures. This is the dress I specially prepared for the princess. It seems to fit her perfectly now."
fit?
It doesn't fit at all. If Chaoyang wore this, the waistline of the dress would probably break.
After hearing what Da Yanshi said, Princess Chaoyang shifted her attention to Bai Yuzhi's clothes. She found that Bai Yuzhi was dressed just right, and she looked uncomfortable for a moment.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Da Yanshi, but I'm not used to wearing your Great Jin clothes."
Da Yanshi's eyes were subtle. It turned out that the person wearing this dress was not a princess.
"I'm shortsighted. I don't know who this is?"
In Da Yanshi's opinion, a woman with a white jade-like appearance could not be an ordinary woman, and definitely not a woman from the grassland. If not a princess, then who could it be? She couldn't figure it out.
Or did Da Chu send two princesses?
"Greetings, Madam Da Yanshi. I am the concubine of Princess Chaoyang. I really like the dress you prepared. Thank you very much, Madam Da Yanshi."
Da Yanshi didn't understand what the term "concubine" meant, and Nahan Oren was too lazy to explain it to her, so he said, "Don't worry about it. You just need to know that in the future, she will be my Khan's Yanshi, just like Chaoyang."
Chaoyang, however, added unwillingly, "She is my half-sister, of humble origins, and Da Yanshi will not laugh at her."
Chaoyang's original intention was to highlight his own nobility and, at the same time, belittle the quality of the white jade, trying to save face in front of Da Yanshi in this way.
However, Bai Yuzhi almost couldn't help laughing.
Do you really think this is a country of etiquette in the Central Plains? The people of the Jin Dynasty don't care about the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. Chaoyang's words will only make Dayanshi think that they are sisters, and naturally she will regard them as in the same camp.
Bai Yuzhi glanced at Da Yanshi, and sure enough, he saw her eyes moving lightly between Bai Yuzhi and Chaoyang. She probably thought that Chaoyang had seen through the matter of the clothes, and deliberately asked Bai Yuzhi to take the blame.
This was truly an unexpected success. Bai Yuzhi did nothing, but with Chaoyang's stupid brain, he directed all of Da Yanshi's hatred towards Chaoyang himself.
After what happened, it’s not too early anymore.
The princess of Da Chu came to marry into the Jin Dynasty. According to the customs of Da Jin, even if she was named Yanshi instead of Queen Consort, it was still a formal marriage, so a bonfire party had to be prepared for the wedding ceremony.
Bai Yuzhi and Chaoyang were taken to two tents respectively, where were the wives of Nahan Oren's concubines. Bai Yuzhi counted them and found that there were nine tents in total, including hers and Chaoyang's, which meant there were nine wives of the concubines.
"I was sent by the Great Khan to serve Yan Shi. My name is Song Li. If Yan Shi needs anything, please tell me."
Song Li looked quite young, but he was very calm. He was busy in the tent and finished everything in a short while.
Bai Yuzhi saw nothing unusual in Songli, so he called her over and wanted to learn about some customs of Dajin, so as to avoid breaking any taboos and being caught.
"Is there anything I should be particularly aware of regarding the wedding ceremony later? I'm new here and don't know as much about the Dajin wedding customs as you do, Songli. Could you please explain it to me?"
Songli had never seen a woman as beautiful as Bai Yuzhi, and had long been dazzled by her beauty. When she saw Bai Yuzhi talking to her in such a soft voice, her face, which was originally a little dark, turned red.
"The Khan has instructed this servant that the wedding ceremony will officially begin in the evening. The leaders of all tribes will come to offer their congratulations. You, along with the princess, will marry the Khan under the witness of the Eternal Heaven."
The Yanshi on the Great Jin grassland was not an ordinary concubine, but the equivalent of a Han Chinese wife. In addition, she was a princess married for a foreign mission, so it was normal for the scene to be grand.
But what Bai Yuzhi didn't expect was that she would be with Chaoyang.
"You mean, Princess Chaoyang and I will marry the Khan at the same time?" What does it mean to be married and connected in heart?
Bai Yuzhi remembers that there was no such plot in the original novel?
This was indeed not the case in the original novel. The original development was that after seeing Chaoyang, Nahan Oren was attracted by her beauty for a moment, but he soon became dissatisfied with her spoiled temper. He simply did not prepare a ceremony and directly conferred the title of Yanshi on her.
It was because of this that when Princess Chaoyang later learned that they were supposed to have a marriage match, she felt that Nahan Oren did not value her, which led to her transferring her affection to the male protagonist, Sagel.
Bai Yuzhi's original intention was actually a little surprised that there was suddenly a plot that was not in the original work, but in Songli's opinion, she was a little sad.
Songli had heard that in the Central Plains, marrying two women simultaneously meant that the husband didn't value them both. Fearing that Bai Yuzhi would interpret the Central Plains viewpoint, she hurriedly explained, "In the Great Jin, the Khan doesn't care about the number of people involved in the ceremony when marrying his wife."
Songli was extremely serious, fearing that Bai Yuzhi would be sad and cry. In her opinion, a woman like Bai Yuzhi, who looked very fragile and beautiful, was like an expensive porcelain from the Central Plains and needed to be carefully cared for.
"Don't worry, Yanshi. The people of us on the Great Jin grasslands only value the heart-to-heart connection. Yanshi, you are so beautiful, like a goddess sent down from the Eternal Heaven. The Khan will definitely agree to the heart-to-heart connection ceremony!"
Next, Songli explained to Bai Yuzhi in great detail the customs of tying the hair and connecting the hearts.
It turns out that the Jin people believed in Eternal Heaven. In their opinion, the wedding ceremony is completed only when the night and Eternal Heaven witness it together, a bonfire is lit, and both the man and the woman cut off a lock of hair and tie it into one lock.
However, if one party wants to express their love for the other, they can squeeze the blood from their fingertips into the wine and let the other party drink it as a heart-linking wine.
However, this step is not necessary.
For Nahan Oren, who was respected as Khan, except for accepting the Lianxin wine from Da Yanshi when he married her, he had never accepted the Lianxin wine from any other Yanshi, let alone give her his Lianxin wine.
It was only in a moment of desperation that Songli said that Bai Yuzhi could obtain Nahan Olun's Lianxin Wine. In fact, she herself felt that it was unlikely.
Although Yanshi was very beautiful, he was the noble Khan after all.
After Bai Yuzhi understood this marriage custom, she became quite interested. She didn't necessarily have to get Nahan Olun's Lianxin Wine. As long as her Lianxin Wine was accepted by Nahan Olun, her status would be very extraordinary.
"What about the other Yanshi? Will they come to attend the wedding ceremony?"
Bai Yu questioned Song Li.
"Of course they will. Not only the Yanshi clan will be present, but several of the Khan's princes will also be in attendance."
This was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect that on the first day I would be able to find a chance to find out which sons Nahan Oren disliked.
She could also observe what kind of heir Nahan Oren liked the most.
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