In the second half of this year, the mansion of Duke Qing was busy with Xue Qin's marriage.
He lived in Changfeng Garden when he was young, and moved to the front yard when he grew up. He was going to get married soon, so naturally he had to have another yard opened up for him.
Princess Guihe marked out Xiya Garden and had people start to renovate and decorate it.
Xiya Garden is the largest yard after Changfeng Garden, but it is a bit remote and is some distance away from Changfeng Garden in the middle of the mansion of Duke Qing.
Renovating an entire yard is naturally a big project, but Princess Guihe was too lazy to even supervise the work herself. She just had someone give the drawings to Zheng Xiu and asked her to go and take a look when she was free to prevent the servants from being lazy behind their master's back.
Zheng Xiu accepted the task. Anyway, she was free every day, so she would go to Xiya Garden for a walk every day when she had nothing to do.
Before winter came, Xiyayuan was finally tidied up.
Zheng Xiu accompanied Princess Guihe to take a look, and Princess Guihe was quite satisfied. She opened her private storehouse and watched some furniture being moved in.
Although she didn't like this marriage, she didn't skimp on decorating the house. The furniture was all brand new golden nanmu, and the furnishings were also very expensive.
But she didn't want to bother with other things.
So when Zheng Xiu came to see the house after the furnishings were ready, she felt that the house was full of gold and jade. It didn't look like the house of a wealthy family, but more like the home of a nouveau riche. Especially the half-human-high purple copper gilded tripod in the middle of the main house, which looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.
Later, she asked Qiu Rui privately, and Qiu Rui said that the big tripod was a gift from the empress dowager, but their princess thought it was tacky, so they never put it out for use. It is now placed in Xiyayuan, and it was Princess Guihe who specially ordered it.
Zheng Xiu then realized that many of the expensive but eye-catching large items in this room were gifts from the empress dowager before Princess Guihe got married. The empress dowager did not agree with her, but she had to put on a loving motherly face for the sake of the late emperor, so she gave a lot of gifts every New Year, but the things she got as gifts were not suitable for Princess Guihe.
Zheng Xiu didn't know what to say, and just wanted to wait until Wang Hanyu came in before she would say anything. I just hope that after being together for a long time, Princess Guihe will change her mind towards Wang Hanyu just like she did towards her, then everything will be easy to discuss in the future.
In the past six months, Princess Guihe's body has almost recovered after careful nursing and daily exercise. Maybe because she experienced a serious illness and encountered the Queen Mother's marriage, she is now more and more quiet.
Zheng Xiu thought she was a little scary because of her silence, and went to Changfeng Garden to talk to her from time to time.
Princess Guihe always complained that she talked too much, but sometimes she hated the cold weather and didn't want to go out. She would stay in Haoye Hall for a day, and Princess Guihe would send Qiu Rui to ask.
Before the month of Leon, at the end of November, it was the wedding date of Xue Qin and Wang Hanyu.
It was a good day chosen by Qin Tianjian. Although it was freezing cold, it was a rare sunny day. The sun shone on people and made them feel warm, driving away the coldness.
On the day of their wedding, Zheng Xiu got up early in the morning and went to Changfeng Garden to report. Before entering the house, Qiu Rui whispered a reminder that Princess Guihe had not slept all night.
When Zheng Xiu went in, Princess Guihe was dressing up.
Today, Princess Guihe was going to entertain the women of various families at the wedding banquet, so she naturally had to dress up.
Zheng Xiu saw that she was wearing a brocade dress with a hundred butterflies and flowers, and a golden phoenix-shaped jade swing on her head, and a few small gold hairpins in the shape of red gold flowers. Her face was solemn, not like a wedding at home, so she smiled and praised: "The princess looks really good today. I think she looks better than the bride."
Princess Guihe looked at her and said: "Your mouth is really annoying. You are always quiet." She scolded her, but she still smiled.
The maid Taozhi helped Princess Guihe put on makeup. Because Princess Guihe had not slept all night, her face was pale and her eyes were gray and blue, so her makeup was a little thicker. But it was not abrupt to dress up in such a luxurious way.
After they had packed up, Princess Guihe asked the servants about other arrangements and asked Qiu Rui to confirm them before she felt relieved.
At dawn, Xue Qin, wearing a bright red groom's robe, came to Changfeng Garden to pay his respects to Princess Guihe. People are in high spirits when they are happy, and Xue Qin also looked rosy and high-spirited that day. Princess Guihe
didn't want him to waste time, so she said, "Hurry up and prepare people to go to the Xinyang Marquis' Mansion. Go early and come back early. We will wait for you to come back for lunch."
Xue Qin responded respectfully and soon set off with his people.
The Xinyang Marquis' Mansion is half an hour away from the Qingguogong Mansion. The group went there with music and drums, carrying the flower sedan chair.
In the Xinyang Marquis' Mansion, the Xinyang Marquis's wife and the Xinwang Prince's wife were accompanying Wang Hanyu, who was preparing to become a monk. At the time of parting, the wife of the Marquis of Xinyang seemed to have endless things to say to her daughter who was about to get married. As she spoke, she felt sad and started to cry.
Although the wife of the Prince of Xin was open-minded, the situation reminded her of her own marriage. This daughter was raised as a spoiled guest in her own family, and she would go through hardships when she became someone else's daughter-in-law, so her eyes were red.
The bride, Wang Hanyu, was even more reluctant to leave her family. When her mother and elder sister cried, she also shed tears, and the three of them cried together.
She cried so much that someone came to the front to announce that the groom and his team would soon arrive at the Marquis of Xinyang's mansion. The mother, daughter and three girls finally stopped crying, asked the maid to fetch water to clean their faces, and reapplied makeup.
After everything was ready, the groom Xue Qin also arrived at the door.
Wang Hanyu was wearing a red wedding dress and a red veil, and was carried on the sedan chair by her brother. The bridesmaid stuffed a pair of jade bottles in her hands.
As the veil shook, she heard a clear-headed voice outside shouting "Get up the sedan chair", and her heart skipped a beat.
She had never seen him yet. She only knew that his mother and elder sister said that although Xue Qin was also from a family of military generals, he was different from his brothers who were big and strong, and was a man of clear mind and gentle breeze.
After Jiaozi was lifted up, she became even more nervous. She even wanted to lift the veil and say that she would not marry and would stay at home with her parents for the rest of her life. But she also knew that this was impossible. All she could do now was to hold the pair of jade bottles tightly.
The Xinyang Marquis's Mansion prepared 80 kg of dowry for Wang Hanyu. Although it was not much among the noble ladies in the capital, each item was carefully selected by her mother since she was a child. Just the grape-patterned gold-threaded nanmu carved bed took a craftsman several years to make. The big bed was not convenient to lift for people to see, so it was sent to the Duke of Qing's Mansion the day before.
Xue Qin led people around the city three times, praying for good luck, and then went to the Duke of Qing's Mansion.
The mansion of Duke Qing was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. In addition to the servants of the family, many people gathered at the door to ask for money.
After the sedan chair landed steadily, Xue Qin kicked the sedan door gently from outside. The sedan chair driver pushed down the sedan chair, and the bridesmaid came forward to help Wang Hanyu out.
Xue Qin half-knelt in front of Wang Hanyu, and Wang Hanyu lay on his back and was carried into the house by him.
After this action, Wang Hanyu's heart was beating like a drum. She didn't know how to describe it. She only felt that the man in front of her had a very broad but thin back, which was a bit uncomfortable, but he carried her steadily.
This was the person he wanted to entrust his life to. She had this certainty.
Xue Qin carried Wang Hanyu into the gate and walked around the screen wall. Then the bridesmaid helped Wang Hanyu down and helped her all the way to the new house in Xiyayuan.
Zheng Xiu was already waiting for her in the new house.
Seeing that the bridesmaid had helped her there, she walked over and held her other hand.
Before she opened her mouth, Wang Hanyu seemed to recognize her and held one of her hands tightly.
Zheng Xiu said softly: "Come, walk slowly, I'll help you sit down."
Wang Hanyu hummed softly under the red veil and slowly moved to the bed.
The wedding was to be held at dusk, but it was just noon.
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