Chapter 171 The Hairpin and Crown are for the Queen
Yan Xingchuan only stayed in Laizhou City for half a month, and all the affairs of Laizhou were entrusted to Cui Jing and Xu Daozhen. Chen Mo was responsible for maintaining the newly established order and recruiting new garrison troops.
In mid-October, he left half of his army to Chen Mo, and took the rest back to Yunzhou City to plan the next battle with Jiang Shao for Miaozhou.
As long as Miaozhou is captured, the eastern part of Beiyan's territory can be pushed to the west of Piaomiao River, facing the opposite bank, and temporarily enjoying the advantage of terrain. As a result, Beiyan will probably cease fighting for a long time, allowing Yuanzhou, Yunzhou, Laizhou and Miaozhou to recuperate.
At this time in Xianyang City, several embroiderers were busy in Qingwu Courtyard.
Cui Si's wedding date was set to be soon. Although her family, mother and grandmother had prepared a lot of dowry for her since she was a child, some wedding dresses and new clothes still had to be made now.
There were six embroiderers in the room. Three were making new clothes and some miscellaneous embroidery for her, and three were making her wedding dress. The wedding dress was as red as fire, and the phoenix embroidered on it was lifelike, as if it would spread its wings and fly away at the next moment.
Cui Hao was good at embroidery, and she had accepted the job of making wedding shoes for Cui Si early on. At present, the phoenix feathers, auspicious clouds and lotus flowers on the shoes had been embroidered, and she was currently attaching two pearls bigger than her thumb on them.
Cui Si's eyelids twitched: "My foot is pressed."
"No." Cui Hao refused to change. "Such a large pearl can show the nobility of the princess. That hairpin crown is so beautiful, why don't you wear it, sister?"
The hairpin and crown with nine trees and nine flowers was exactly what Yan Xingchuan had given her in the past. It was so gorgeous that it was dazzling. It was really a pity that Cui Si didn't use it.
Cui Si reached out and touched her head: "The hairpin and crown are for the queen."
That hairpin crown was originally intended for the queen that Yan Xingchuan would marry. It was a "queen" style, and it was obviously not suitable for her to wear when she got married. It was also too ostentatious and would do more harm than good.
Cui Hao choked and said, "Sister, why can't you adapt? There's no candidate for the queen, so now it's just a thing for the master to make up for the princess."
"How about I give it to you, and then you can take it with you when you get married?"
"No, no." Cui Hao shook her head vigorously in fear. "Sister, don't talk nonsense. I can't afford it."
Cui Si smiled and said, "Do you know what something inappropriate is? It's like the pearls on these shoes. They're too big and they press down on my feet, making it hard to walk. No matter how good they are, if they don't fit, they're bad."
"Okay, okay, sister, you are always right. I will change two, okay?" Cui Hao couldn't argue with her, so she had to put the two pearls back into the box and find two smaller ones to add to it.
Cui Si smiled, leaned back on the soft pillow, and continued to look through her notebook. Occasionally, when the embroiderer was undecided about something, she would immediately ask her and then continue.
Seeing that the whole room was bustling with activity, she was the only one who was free and at ease.
"It's all here." Mrs. Cui was led in by Song Lu. When she saw this scene, she laughed.
Everyone in the room stood up and saluted: "Fourth Madam."
The maid who came with Mrs. Cui Si also saluted: "Princess Wang, Ninth Lady"
Cui Si put down the notebook in her hand, asked Madam Cui Si to come and sit down, and asked someone to bring a cup of hot tea and place it in front of Madam Cui Si.
Madam Cui Si smiled and didn't exchange pleasantries with Cui Si. She directly stated her purpose: "Sixth Lady, I won't be polite with you either. I came here today to ask if your embroiderer is in a hurry. If not, could you let me take care of her for a few days?"
He actually came to ask for an embroiderer. Cui Si was slightly surprised: "Can I ask why?"
"Of course I can." Madam Cui Si's smile faded slightly. "It's actually not a secret. The head of the family sent a letter last night saying he wants to get married. He asked me and your fourth uncle to prepare a betrothal gift for him. He wants to marry a daughter of the Guo family."
It turns out that the head of the Cui family wants to remarry?
Cui Si was surprised, then frowned: "Marrying a girl from the Guo family? Xie has only been gone for a month, and he wants to marry someone else? And which girl from the Guo family is he marrying?"
"It's Guo Shiyi Niang." Madam Cui Si sighed. "She's only sixteen this year, a beautiful young lady. Sixth Madam, I'm a little worried. Do you think Guo Shiyi Niang will be able to manage the Cui family well after she marries in and becomes the head of the Cui clan?"
Mrs. Cui said this out of selfish motives and genuine concern.
Cui Si shook her head. "I don't know about that. If Fourth Aunt is worried, you might as well ask about this Guo girl and discuss a solution with the clan members."
"I have almost finished embroidering the dowry, so I will keep two people here first, and the remaining four can help Fourth Aunt."
Cui Si didn't offer her any advice, and Madam Cui Si didn't force her. She nodded and thanked her, "Then I'd like to thank Liu Niang first. Let them be busy today, and come to the main house to find me tomorrow."
"good."
Mrs. Cui Si came and went in a hurry, but the news that the head of the Cui family was going to marry a daughter of the Guo family spread quickly. In the evening, Cui Si took Cui Hao to have dinner with Old Lady Xu, who even complained about this.
"He's over forty years old, and he's still marrying a sixteen-year-old girl. I think he's crazy. Does he think that by marrying into the Guo family of Xiangzhou, he can take over Xiangzhou?"
Seeing Cui Jing's repeated achievements, the head of the Cui family also became crazy about making achievements. The last time he came back to Xianyang City because of Mrs. Cui's matter, he had the idea of marrying Cui's daughter to Guo's family, and he also had his eyes on Cui Si.
Old Madam Xu disagreed with Cui Si's decision to break up the engagement and marry someone else, and Old Madam Shen also disagreed with Cui Yao's decision to marry. Qi Niang was already engaged, Ba Niang was too young to be suitable, and a concubine's daughter was also not suitable.
I don't know what he talked about with Guo later. Since Cui's daughter refused to marry him, he let Guo's daughter marry him.
By the way, the head of the Cui family also had ideas about Cui Changyou, Cui Jing and Cui Yi, but was blocked by Old Lady Xu.
There was no suitable person to marry, and Mrs. Cui had already asked to leave and was no longer with him, so he simply married her himself.
It really is... I don't know how to complain about it. Forget it, just wish him success.
The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye it was October 26th. The weather had become completely cold, and the early plum blossoms in Xianyang City began to bloom, with yellow, pink and red plum blossoms quietly opening.
Mrs. Cui Si worked hard for ten days and finally prepared the betrothal gifts required by the head of the Cui family. She sent someone to deliver it to the head of the Cui family in Xiangzhou. After the team delivering the betrothal gifts left, she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and for a moment wanted to give up.
Song Lu came back from outside after watching the excitement, and brought back a bunch of winter plums. She also secretly handed over something wrapped in black brocade: "Madam, look, is this the Duan inkstone that Madam gave to Jiulangjun before?"
Cui Si took it and looked at it. The lotus leaf figurine on it was indeed the same as the one she gave to Cui Xian, even the patterns on the lotus leaf were the same.
Cui Siyou remembered that this was the gift she gave to Cui Xian when he started his education at the age of three.
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