Chapter 166: Wedding (2)
Chen Shuyao finally put on the fiery red wedding dress.
From small clothes, Juyi, to red large-sleeved shirt and horse-faced skirt, the xiapei is hung on the shoulders and fixed with gold ornaments.
The wide-sleeved shirt is embroidered with phoenix patterns, while the shawl is embroidered with cranes and peonies.
As soon as she put it on, everyone in the room burst into admiration.
The Quanfu man, who had just been led into the house by the maid, also sighed, "The young lady is truly a fairy-like figure."
The speaker was the wife of the current Minister of Rites, Mrs. Lu. She had three sons and two daughters. Now she had both parents, filial children and grandchildren, no concubines in the house, and she and her husband had been deeply in love for many years. She was a rare happy couple in the capital.
Chen Shuyao hurriedly stood up and greeted her.
After a while, the fourth and fifth girls from the Shen Mansion also came over.
The fifth girl, Shen Ruoning, looked around Shen Shuyao curiously, while the fourth girl, Shen Yunchu, stood by with a smile.
Chen Shuyao listened to Quanfuren combing her hair and reciting the lyrics. She looked at the woman in red in the bronze mirror and inexplicably felt that this ceremony was a bit solemn.
Then her face was opened, her hair was tied up in a bun, a layer of white was applied on her face, and rouge and lip balm were applied.
As time went by, more and more people gathered in the room. Shen Shuyao met the third girl, Shen Xiangyi, for the first time. She had only been married for two years, but she was already a mother.
The little girl in her arms pointed at the Diguan on Chen Shuyao's head and shouted excitedly, "Auntie!"
Shen Shaoyu and Xu Shuheng came and left. Ruan was receiving blessings from relatives and friends around her while looking at her daughter in the bronze mirror. She couldn't help but tear up.
Chen Shuyao was surrounded by a noisy atmosphere, and suddenly heard someone outside shouting loudly: "Here they come! Here they come..."
This was followed by a burst of gongs and drums and deafening firecrackers.
Qiao Wei quickly put the veil over her head and whispered, "It should be the prince's wedding procession that has arrived."
Chen Shuyao didn't say a word, then she remembered that she seemed to have not had breakfast yet.
Blocking the way outside the boudoir were Shen Shaoyu and Shen family's second son, Shen Xiuran.
Xiao Mo was wearing a red suit and a jade crown. Compared with the leader of the imperial guards that people had seen before, he looked more popular and less austere.
Following him were Wang Shaowei and a group of young men.
When it came to compose the poem to urge the bride to get ready, everyone thought that the prince, who was born into a military family, had found some helpers, but unexpectedly, he went into battle himself and fought back and forth with Shen Shaoyu, the eldest grandson of the Grand Tutor.
There were waves of cheers from the crowd.
Chen Shuyao could see nothing, but she could hear the lines of poetry: Just ask the young peach blossoms beside the green pond, how can their beauty compare to that of bronze. It is said that rouge is applied under the candlelight, but before the mirror, do not pretend to be spring. There is no need to cover your face with makeup, but to leave your eyebrows for painting...
As I was listening, suddenly, the sound became quiet.
The maid Qiao Wei whispered in her ear, "Come in."
Chen Shuyao heard her brother's familiar voice: "Taotao! I'll carry you to the sedan chair."
After saying that, he squatted down.
Chen Shuyao leaned on her brother's back, which was no longer thin, and couldn't help shedding tears.
Shen Shaoyu, who was carrying his sister on his back, felt it and hurriedly persuaded her: "Don't cry, our Taotao wants to get married happily. The Duke's Mansion is very close, so you can come back often in the future."
Chen Shuyao hummed softly, then listened to him say, "If he bullies you, tell me, okay?"
Her brother's voice sounded unusually serious, but she burst into laughter and said, "Okay!"
It was only a short distance, but they seemed to have walked for a long time.
The sedan chair that was used by the Duke's Mansion to pick up the bride was parked outside Mingxiu Courtyard. Shen Shuyao got on the sedan chair, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she waited until her 129 pieces of dowry were taken out before the sedan chair started moving.
Sitting inside, Chen Shuyao listened to the loud gongs and drums outside, thinking that her journey was quite special.
It turned out that she had finally found her relatives from Duke Cheng's Mansion and returned to the Shen family. However, only half a year later, she had to go back again.
What kind of person is the person you are about to marry?
Chen Shuyao is still vague.
It feels a bit strange to think that I may have to face him day and night in the future, and even share life with him.
She was lost in thought in the sedan chair when something was suddenly stuffed into her hand. Qiao Wei's voice came from the side: "Girl, eat something to fill your stomach first."
Seeing that they were a few pieces of cakes wrapped in a handkerchief, Chen Shuyao hurriedly picked them up and began to eat them in small bites.
Xiao Mo, who was riding on a horse, glanced at the master and servant who were whispering to each other, but he couldn't help but curl his lips.
People on both sides of the street watching the excitement said: "The young general is smiling, he looks so good when he smiles."
“With such a face, I wonder what kind of person Madam Shen Er is.”
"Needless to say, look at this dowry, it's endless. The Shen family has spent a lot of money to marry off their daughter."
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Wuming looked at his master's face which suddenly became serious, and glanced at the crowd. The voices of discussion suddenly became quieter.
The Shen and Xiao families lived close to each other, so even though they took a long detour, the wedding procession still arrived at Duke Cheng's Mansion at the beginning of the afternoon.
Chen Shuyao was helped down from the bridal sedan by the matchmaker amidst the loud sound of gongs and drums, and then a red silk appeared in her hand.
Because she couldn't see the road, she took every step carefully.
But when they reached the threshold, the person next to her simply took her hand and walked over.
She blushed after hearing the familiar laughter in the house.
Then she and Xiao Mo stumbled through the ceremony of the wedding ceremony amid the chanting of the best man.
When the voice of sending the words into the bridal chamber sounded, Shen Shuyao actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Xiao Mo also smiled.
Entering the bridal chamber, it was a completely different scene. Although she couldn't see, she could hear those familiar voices.
Following the matchmaker's call: "Please come, groom!"
Chen Shuyao felt someone leaning over, and then her eyes suddenly lit up.
The relatives watching the ceremony in the bridal chamber immediately exclaimed in surprise.
She blinked and saw the familiar face beside her.
Xiao Mo was wearing a crimson groom's suit. His face was slightly tilted, and his eyes were unusually bright under the light.
Chen Shuyao didn't know what expression she was making, and she must have been a little confused.
Then she heard the matchmaker in front of her reciting the song of scattering beads on the bed. She scatters beads as she recites. She turns her head to avoid them, but a few beads still fall on her collar.
But when she turned around and saw the prince beside her, she curled the corners of her lips.
A longan fell on his head. Seeing her smile, he reached out and scratched it.
After the wedding was over, the matchmaker brought the wedding wine.
Their arms were intertwined, and the man's breath came over, with a slight warmth, from the strong arm to her arm.
Chen Shuyao looked at those eyes, her eyelashes couldn't help but tremble, and then she drank the wine in one gulp.
Perhaps because she drank too quickly, she choked and coughed a few times.
A teacup was handed to her, and Shen Shuyao lowered her head and took a few sips before she felt a little better.
But when he looked up and saw the people in the room looking at them, his cheeks felt hot.
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