Chapter 8 "Her hands are so small." The general thought so
Once Madam Xiahou's attitude towards Shen Wangshu improved, her life became much better in the remaining half month. Everyone in the mansion treated her like a legitimate daughter. Madam Xiahou loved to go to Luoying Courtyard more and more, and she almost wanted to live with Shen Wangshu.
Finally the day of the wedding arrived. Red silk was hung high on the eaves and corridors of the entire Xiahou Mansion and on the branches of plum and osmanthus trees. The big peach tree outside the window of the east room was also a bright red.
The matchmaker stood behind Shen Wangshu and dressed her. The beauty in the bronze mirror had lightly dyed eyebrows, slightly red lips, snow-white skin and a beautiful face. There was a flower ornament between her eyebrows, and rouge on the corners of her eyes and cheeks. She was wearing a bright red wedding dress with intricate and delicate peony patterns adorning the hem of her skirt. She was more beautiful than the flowers, and people couldn't take their eyes off her.
The luxurious phoenix crown was placed on the dressing table beside her. Xia Houfu, who ran in from outside, stared at her blankly, forgetting what she was going to do: "Cousin Nian Nian, you are so beautiful."
Then she thought that she was so beautiful but she was not marrying the man she loved, but the general who had a bad reputation. The excitement disappeared without a trace.
Shen Wangshu saw her through the bronze mirror and asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"
Xia Houfu said, "Oh!" and took out a cute little golden pig. She placed it in front of her reluctantly, "This is all the New Year's money I have saved since I was a child. I will give it to you to make up for your wedding."
"I'm sorry you married that man for me." The little girl said with some guilt, "This is all I have. I hope you can live a good life in the Duke's Mansion. If you can't live well, you can run away secretly and take this money and run away."
Shen Wangshu almost died of laughter when listening to her childish words. If only it were as easy as she said.
Nanny Jiang helplessly reminded: "Young lady, don't talk nonsense."
Xia Houfu pouted in disappointment: "I know."
When everything was ready, Nanny Liang came in from outside and said, "Miss, the wedding procession is here."
The matchmaker put a phoenix crown on her head, and a large red veil embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water covered the bride's beautiful face. Nanny Liang helped her out of Xiahou Mansion.
Outside the mansion, the groom on a tall horse was also wearing a red robe. Although he had a handsome face with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, there was no joy on his face of marrying a beautiful bride. He was too calm. When he saw his newlywed wife approaching, he hesitated for a moment, but still dismounted and personally helped her into the bridal sedan.
Although he didn't look happy, he didn't seem unhappy either. He greeted everyone in the Xiahou Mansion with great courtesy. The sedan chair was carried by eight people and the wedding was very grand. It was not inferior to the previous times when he married those young ladies from the capital.
At this point, Old Master Xiahou didn't know what to say. This man didn't look happy, and he did things perfectly...his attitude was unpredictable.
Not rude at all.
Shen Wangshu sat in the bridal sedan. The hand that had just supported her was wearing black iron gauntlet, cold and generous.
She remembered that the powerful official in "The Phoenix Girl" had a well-known quirk, which was that he would never expose his hands in front of others. The black iron gauntlets would not be taken off even when sleeping, and the gauntlets would be on as long as the person was alive.
Many people were curious about what secrets his hands were hiding, but in the end, everyone who tried it died. Even after reading the entire article, Shen Wangshu still had no idea what the author was up to.
The fingertips of the black iron gauntlet were extremely sharp, and it was said that they could cut iron like mud, and could hurt people if they were not careful. Shen Wangshu decided to put away his inappropriate curiosity and not explore what was going on for the time being.
Every time the general who guards the country gets married, there is a grand ceremony. Although he returned empty-handed five out of seven times when he went to pick up the bride, the people of Moyun City were very respectful every time. Children chased after the sedan chair to pick up wedding candies and gold leaves and silver peanuts, and the atmosphere was extremely festive and cheerful.
As more people came, there were more noisy voices. Shen Wangshu in the sedan was forced to listen to the excited voices of the people of Moyun City, and felt his head buzzing.
In addition to the common people, the sedan bearers and the people in the wedding procession were also very vocal. The journey was boring and no one could talk, so Shen Wangshu had to listen and see if he could get any useful information from them.
"The bride is so light this time, almost the lightest ever." This was the voice of the sedan bearer.
"It's so close. We can reach the Duke's Mansion in an hour at most. And the general will be escorting us personally. I don't believe anything can go wrong!" The voice was rough and angry. It should be one of Chen Ting's subordinates in the wedding procession? It seems that he has welcomed many relatives.
"Oh my God, I am about to follow the girl to the Duke's Mansion. The general does not look very old, but he is still older than the girl. However, he really does not look old. He just looks a little fierce, but he should not be unhappy. His physique seems to be quite burly. Can the girl bear it tonight..."
This bunch of nagging worries is pink, the little girl appears to be quiet and calm on the surface, but I didn't expect that what she thinks in her heart is so wild...
Chen Wangshu continued to listen with great interest: "Oh my god, why are his subordinates so fierce? So scary. Miss Fu said that she could escape, but with these people guarding the gate, it's impossible to escape even if she has wings..."
"The nanny they sent to pick us up looks so stern. Will she bully us in the future? Can Nanny Liang defeat her?"
"Although the general still doesn't have a wife, he must have concubines, right? They may even have children! When the girl marries in, will these concubines be promoted to concubines? Oh my God, won't the girl become a stepmother as soon as she gets married?"
The more Taohong thought about it, the more scared she became. She was almost trembling outside. Shen Wangshu quickly shifted his attention to other places, so that he wouldn't burst into tears if he listened for a while longer.
After listening to Tao Hong's mumbling all the way, Shen Wangshu was extremely exhausted when he finally arrived at the Duke of Rong's Mansion.
The sedan chair stopped, Nanny Liang helped her out of the sedan chair, and then gave her a piece of red silk.
At the other end of the red silk was her future husband, General Chen Ting.
The ancients had such a strong sense of ritual that Shen Wangshu actually became nervous and couldn't help but get closer to that person - then she found that when she got closer to this person, the noisy and trivial sounds around her suddenly quieted down!
It was like pressing the mute button, and my ears suddenly became much quieter.
And the man standing next to her had no distracting thoughts in his mind.
Shen Wangshu couldn't help but move closer to him, and the next second, the voice of the man she had just praised for having no distractions appeared, sounding a little bored.
“Her hands are so small.”
Chen Ting thought so as he looked at the fair little hands tightly grasping the red silk.
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