Chapter 125 The maid becomes a concubine and the wedding is a success
The sedan chair came down, and the bearer's voice sounded perfunctory.
Xie Zhi lifted the curtain, looked carefully, and found that this was Quecao Lane where East and West Streets intersected.
She usually didn't go to Quecao Lane when shopping with other sisters. At the head of the lane lived the family of Lu Shenyan, whom she had once despised the most. At this moment, the sedan chair was parked at the end of the lane.
"Miss, let's go in." A strange little maid helped her down.
Xie Zhi gritted his teeth and walked forward, but then took a breath of cold air.
What kind of villa is this? It's just a small courtyard with three entrances, an old door lintel and a mottled door knocker. Today is her good day anyway, but there is not even a decent festive lantern hanging on the door.
Compared with Xie Yao’s grand wedding that she had just seen from afar, it was not as good as the courtyard where she lived in the uncle’s mansion!
"Is this where people live?!"
Xie Zhi suddenly pushed the maid away, his voice suddenly becoming sharp.
"Why? Xie Yao was able to marry into the palace with such splendor, have the emperor as the wedding ceremony officer, and even have Xu Shi as the imperial concubine. And what about me, Xie Zhi, why should I live in a place like this?"
As she spoke, hatred filled her eyes, and her heavily made-up face twisted into a hideous and terrifying look.
"I don't want to be a concubine. The Marquis has promised to let me be his concubine, and I will never be a concubine!"
She had already accepted her fate, but at this moment, she started to make a fuss after realizing it belatedly.
The maid next to her looked at her face and didn't dare to get close.
At this moment, the door of the courtyard opened from the inside.
A woman wearing a lilac silk dress and surrounded by pearls and jade appeared at the door, followed by two strong maids.
Xie Zhi saw the woman's face clearly, and his pupils suddenly shrank: "Liu Man'er? Why are you, a lowly slave, here?"
Man'er was once her trusted maid, but she took advantage of the Marquis of Anping's Chinese medicine in Chengfo Temple and climbed into the Marquis's bed.
Later, when she was being sent back to the Earl's Mansion, Eunuch Qing, who was beside the Emperor, suddenly sent someone to say that Man'er had become the Marquis of Anping's woman, and that the Marquis of Anping was a member of the Li royal family. This maid should no longer stay in the Earl's Mansion, so he took her away.
And at this moment, this bitch actually appeared here!
“Bang!”
Before Xie Zhi could come to her senses, Man'er slapped her in the face quickly, fiercely and accurately.
"Don't want to be a concubine?" She sneered and hit Xie Zhi's cheek, making it red and swollen instantly.
"Then Miss, go back to the Marquis' Mansion and beg him to see if he still wants you, a concubine who has brought disgrace upon the family."
Xie Zhi was stunned by the blow, and then rushed forward like a madman: "Bitch, you dare to hit me, you lowly slave who is committing treason!"
Man'er dodged to the side and asked the nanny behind her to hold her down.
"Oh, I forgot, you are no longer the eldest daughter, but a concubine kept by the Marquis. You are not even as good as your mother who is a concubine."
Xie Zhi was pinned to the ground, her hair disheveled as she screamed, "The Marquis promised to make me his concubine. If you dare to touch me, I'll kill you!"
The two maids from the Bo's Mansion who were accompanying the bride wanted to stop them, but were given a gloomy look by Man'er and did not dare to step forward.
Man'er squatted down and sneered, "I forgot to tell you, I am now the concubine Liu of the Marquis's Mansion, and I have been officially taken into the mansion by the Marquis. What about you, a concubine, what are you howling about here?"
Xie Zhi struggled, his eyes bloodshot. "Let me go, I won't go in, I want to see the Marquis. The Marquis won't treat me like this. He said he likes me wearing red the most, and he said I'll be his concubine in the future!"
"It's all because of you. The Marquis was publicly humiliated by Xie Yao, severely injured, and even punished by the Queen Mother to confine himself to reflect on his mistakes for a month! The Marquis gave you two mansions in the Xie family and also bought this house. He allowed this concubine to welcome you, which was already a great honor for you. How dare you shout?"
Aunt Liu said this, waving her hand impatiently.
"Drag him in and keep himself in check. If you dare to act crazy again, I will take his place and make you see the rules of the Marquisate while he's away."
At the present Anping Marquis' Mansion, the Queen Mother did not allow the Marquis' wife to divorce the Marquis, and taught the Marquis a lesson.
It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. The Marquis has to recuperate, and his wife no longer cares about the affairs of the Marquis's mansion. She then takes the initiative to ask to be the concubine and take care of Xie Zhi, the mistress.
She wants to get back all the humiliation she suffered as Xie Zhi's maid and slave!
Two maids lifted up Xie Zhi, covered her cursing mouth, and dragged her into the courtyard.
At dusk, the separation of yin and yang becomes clear.
The setting sun cast a lingering glow across the sky, and Xie Yao's sedan chair arrived at the gate of Prince Jingbei's Mansion.
The sedan chair landed on the ground, but she couldn't fan it, and was then helped down by Rendong and a maid from the palace, one on each side.
Xie Yao looked down at her feet and noticed that there was no threshold at the main gate of the palace.
On the other side, Xiao Yi got off the horse and was carefully helped by Bai Zhu to the wheelchair.
The red wedding dress made the coldness between his eyebrows fade a little, and made him look more popular.
Because he was sitting in a wheelchair, he still looked dignified and majestic, and the festive drum music around him seemed to be restrained.
Xiao Yizi looked up calmly and saw the red glow in the sky was as bright as flames.
This was a good sign. The corners of his lips rose slightly again, and his fingertips stroked the wedding coin in the sachet.
After Xie Yao was helped by Rendong to cross the brazier, someone handed her a red silk.
She held the fan in one hand, holding one end, while Xiao Yizi held the other end, and the two of them came to the front of the hall, one in front and one behind.
Sitting in the first seat was Xiao Yizi's grandmother, Old Madam Xiao from the palace.
Madam Xiao smiled and said, "Good boy, you have worked hard along the way. From today on, we are a family and will live happily together."
Sitting next to him were Xiao Yizi's third uncle, Xiao Zhengsu, the third master of the Xiao family, and his third aunt. Behind the third master of the Xiao family stood his family, including his son, daughter-in-law, and others.
The Xiao family's Third Master's eyes were filled with scrutiny, while the Third Aunt's face was full of smiles. She said, "What the old lady said is right. Yaoyao looks like a good girl. She and Yizi are a perfect match made in heaven."
Next to him stood a little girl of about six or seven years old, delicate and pretty, who called out in a crisp voice: "Arong has an aunt now, and she is so beautiful."
That was Xiao Suirong, the only legitimate granddaughter of the third master of the Xiao family.
As he was speaking, the auspicious time arrived.
Prince Jingbei sat in a wheelchair and was pushed to Xie Yao's side.
The groom worships in a wheelchair, a scene that is rarely described even in storybooks.
Xie Yao didn't know how others viewed Xiao Yizi, but she found that the surroundings had become much quieter.
The King of Jingbei was disabled in both legs, which made the guests, relatives and officials who were watching the ceremony afraid to speak carelessly.
"Bow to Heaven and Earth!"
"Bow to your parents twice!"
The two of them held the red silk and after paying homage to heaven, earth, the emperor and their parents, they bowed to each other as husband and wife.
"Husband and wife bow to each other!"
When Xie Yao heard these four words, her heart beat faster.
Just as she was about to bow, her eyes accidentally swept across Xiao Yizi's waist - where there was a dark blue embroidered crane and purple bamboo sachet.
It was fashionable for men and women in Beijing to wear sachets, but she was not good at embroidery and gave up after only a few stitches.
She once asked King Jingbei to embroider a crane for her grandfather and a daylily for her mother.
Later, Xiao Yizi gave her daylily and pine sachets, saying that the embroidery of the crane was damaged.
And at this moment, this sachet was tied around his waist on his wedding day.
Perhaps it was because everyone was too in awe of King Jingbei, Xie Yao suddenly felt that the surroundings were too quiet and she could even hear the sound of her own heartbeat.
She suppressed her emotions, calmed herself down, bent down calmly, and completed her last bow.
"The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber—"
The moment he stood up, Xiao Yizi suddenly said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "No need to wait for me to blow the fan."
Xie Yao's fan tilted slightly, and he could immediately see half of her face. Her makeup was gorgeous, her lips were bright red, and her eyes, as clear as black jade, seemed to hide a burning wildfire.
She nodded imperceptibly to him, and then went to the backyard surrounded by a group of servants.
Red silk was spread on the floor, and Xie Yao was sent into the bridal chamber.
She sat upright on the wedding bed and asked everyone else to leave, leaving only Honeysuckle.
Honeysuckle followed her into the house and closed the door behind her.
Only when the room became quiet did Xie Yao put the fan aside.
The wedding was completed, but for her, this night was just the beginning.
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