After the firecrackers were set off, the sedan chair was finally brought into the Luo residence in the evening. The bride, holding the vase, stepped over the brazier and was helped into the main hall by the people of good fortune.
Yining stood at the entrance of the main hall and watched the bride come in.
Since her grandmother passed away, the main hall had rarely been opened. The room was decorated with red silk and wedding characters, but she always felt that the objects looked a little old.
Luo Yixiu quietly came over from outside the new house and asked her if she wanted to go to the backyard to watch a show.
A troupe of actors was invited to perform in the backyard. After the wedding ceremony, they were going to perform some festive plays, and the sounds of gongs and drums had already begun.
Yi Ning went with her to the backyard. A maid brought over a wedding tray filled with wedding candy and dried longans. Luo Yixiu grabbed a handful and placed it in Yi Ning's hand, then grabbed a handful for herself. Seeing the two of them coming, Chen asked them to sit down and asked Luo Yixiu with a smile, "Have you seen your new sister-in-law?"
Luo Yixiu peeled dried longan and said, "Through the veil, you can only see fat and thin—" She turned her head and asked Yining, "What do you think?"
Anyway, I have to go out and meet people tomorrow, so I will know sooner or later. I heard that Mr. Zhou’s daughter is quite good-looking.
Yi Ning simply said, "Gentle and proper."
Lin Hairu sent for her, saying her aunt had just arrived. Yi Ning was a bit amused and confused. The messenger who came to tell her couldn't tell her which aunt she was talking to. She had two aunts.
Luo Yixiu was somewhat happy after hearing this: "Your aunt is here?"
Chen Shi wanted to watch the stage over there, where all the prominent ladies of Baoding were watching the show. Therefore, she couldn't go there herself, so she smiled and asked Yining, "How about asking your fifth sister to accompany you?"
Yi Ning could only take Luo Yi Xiu with her, and on the way she couldn't help but remind her: "Don't talk too much, I don't see my aunt often."
Luo Yixiu nodded, understanding, and took Yining's sleeve as they followed her into the main room. Lin Hairu was unskillfully making sarcastic remarks: "...Jingming is a well-educated, well-mannered child, as modest as jade. I'll have Maoge learn from him."
Yi Ning bowed to Lin Hairu and saw a woman sitting next to her. She was wearing a lake green jacket with a double-breasted front. She looked very impressive and immediately recognized that Gu Jingming and her were somewhat similar. She was a little excited when she saw Yi Ning. She pulled her closer and looked her over carefully. "But is it Yi Ning?"
Yi Ning nodded and called her aunt, and Madam Gu's eyes became redder. "The old lady wanted to come over after I passed away, but her second aunt got pregnant and couldn't leave her family, so she had to ask her uncle to come over. Yi Ning, are you okay?"
Back when Minglan was still a teenager, it was Madam Gu who raised her, so their bond was particularly deep. After Minglan died of depression after giving birth to Yining, the Gu family's interactions with the Luo family became less frequent. Only now has the relationship between the two families eased somewhat.
Yi Ning was somewhat unfamiliar with Madam Gu. She smiled and said, "Good," looking at her gentle features. Luo Yixiu also stepped forward to pay her respects, and Madam Gu gave her a gold hairpin as a greeting. Luo Yixiu rolled her eyes and said, "I heard that my third brother was writing in the yard with my cousin Gu. My father was watching, so I don't know how they were doing."
Mrs. Gu had also heard of Luo Shenyuan a long time ago. He was very famous in northern Zhili.
"Compared to Jieyuan, Jingming's knowledge is still insufficient." Madam Gu said to Lin Hairu with a smile, "You are teaching me well."
Lin Hairu smiled stiffly and said, "No, no."
She was not used to dealing with ladies from aristocratic families like Mrs. Gu, especially those who were both knowledgeable and polite.
Yi Ning also felt that Lin Hairu was not able to deal with her aunt, so she came to her rescue and said, "Why don't we go over and see Third Brother and the others?"
It was a good opportunity for Luo Shenyuan to meet his aunt. The Gu family had been favored by the court for three generations. Yi Ning calculated carefully. It was now the sixteenth year of Zhide, less than a year before the new emperor ascended the throne. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the court would be in turmoil, and families like the Gu and Luo families would be affected.
Mrs. Gu has been curious about Luo Shenyuan for a long time.
Along the way, Mrs. Gu held Yining's hand and asked her many questions. When she asked if she had read the Four Books, and Yining answered that she had, she patted Yining's head with some satisfaction and said, "My dear child, reading is the best thing."
Lin Hairu could only touch the gold bracelet on her hand expressionlessly. The only thing she could give to Yining was the gold, silver, and other things. Let her third brother worry about her studies!
The women were watching a play in the backyard, while the young masters of the Luo family were all in the flower hall. Luo Shenyuan was writing the "Lanting Preface" and Gu Jingming was writing the "Red Cliff Fu," both using the official script. Luo Shanyuan and Lin Mao were also nearby, but Lin Mao was using the rarely used "Slender Gold" script.
After seeing Madam Gu, Gu Jingming called his mother and invited Luo Shenyuan over: "This is Congjia, the Jieyuan of Northern Zhili, and the third brother of Yining."
Yi Ning was puzzled when he heard this, and then he realized that Congjia was Luo Shenyuan's courtesy name, which might have been given to him by Lord Sun.
She looked at Luo Shenyuan's indifferent face and silently repeated "Congjia, Congjia" several times in her heart. She felt that this courtesy name was easy to pronounce.
Luo Shenyuan met Madam Gu, who looked at him with admiration, and the two of them actually got to talking. Just after they had said a few words, Luo Chengzhang sent someone over, saying he was going to meet the distant great-uncle of the Luo family. Luo Shenyuan had no choice but to say goodbye, and before leaving, he said to Yi Ning, "Meimei, don't stay out too late."
Yining and Luo Yixiu were peeling dried longans to eat. She nodded perfunctorily and agreed to send him off. Why did he want to control her as soon as he came back?
Lin Mao then walked over, pinched Yining's face and asked her, "Did you enjoy watching the wedding just now?"
His fingertips were a little rough. Yi Ning was chewing dried longan and was startled by his pinch. She felt that something was wrong with Lin Mao.
Then she smelled a faint smell of alcohol on Lin Mao. Was he drinking?
She stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him: "Cousin Mao?"
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