Maid's Counterattack

8 The Big Wedding 2
Hearing the sound of crackling firecrackers, Zi Luo was startled, and couldn't help looking out the door. The noise and laughter got closer and closer, until he could vaguely see a touch of red.

"Everyone, give way, the bride and groom are going into the house." The butler shouted at the top of his voice.

I saw the groom wearing a red robe, embroidered with gold silk patterns, with a spring breeze on his face, pulling a piece of red silk, with a pair of slender and white jade hands, the bride, also wearing a red dress, with a red hijab on his head, broken steps of golden lotus, and beside her With the support of two little maids, they walked to the center of the room and stood still.

"Okay, everyone be quiet, the bride and groom are going to hold a ceremony."

The head steward cleared his throat and shouted, "One worship to heaven and earth, second to ancestors, third to parents, and husband and wife to each other."

Following the voice of the chief steward, the two paid their respects one by one.Then the groom took the bride and carefully knelt in front of Mr. Zhao to offer tea.

"Father, please drink tea." The bride's voice was as gentle as a nightingale.

Mr. Zhao nodded, with his mouth closed in a smile, took a sip from the teacup, put it on the table, took out a red paper bag from his arms, and handed it to the bride, because the groom was on the sidelines as he was covering his head.

Zi Luo couldn't help but stare straight at him, what kind of happiness would it be if he could be a bride for a while.

The onlookers booed and shouted excitedly: "Enter the bridal chamber, enter the bridal chamber."

The bride offered tea to the eldest lady and the third lady, and then followed the groom out of the main room while the butler gave each other off.

Time passed unconsciously. After the couple left, it was already noon. Everyone came to the yard one after another, and the table was already filled with delicacies from mountains and seas.

There is a table for men and men, and a table for women and women. The table for the third lady is the concubine's room of each mansion. Everyone is young and beautiful, dressed in gorgeous clothes, talking and laughing while eating, and the next table is the main room. , all dignified and elegant, smiling without losing their teeth, just chatted a few words before the meal, and really did not eat a word.

The servant girls like Zi Luo, of course, can’t eat right now, Zhui’er and Lan Yu waited on his wife’s meals, Zi Luo and Shuangyue each brought a kettle and teacups, and the other brought a basin with a small towel on it, standing behind , so that the wife can rinse her mouth and wipe her mouth after eating.

Zi Luo stared at the delicious food on the table and swallowed her saliva. Fortunately, the sound from the stage not far away distracted her from standing there and swallowing her saliva stupidly.

Following the prestige, I saw a group of actors with heavy makeup standing in the center of the stage, posing and singing.

Zi Luo doesn't like going to theater very much, but he heard that Peony, the top dancer in the Yanyu Building in Beijing, was invited today. She is unparalleled in beauty, and her dancing is even more beautiful, so she looks at the stage from time to time.

It is said that she is the youngest daughter of Mr. Sun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The year before last, because Mr. Sun committed a crime of corruption, the whole family was exiled, and the youngest daughter was ordered by the Queen Mother to be sent to the Yanyu Building as a geisha.

The whole family was exiled, but this youngest daughter was not exiled. Zi Luo heard folk rumors that she was going to marry into the palace, to marry the emperor, but because the emperor had just ascended the throne, the queen mother was still powerful. After Mr. Sun's accident, Although the emperor tried his best to protect the young lady, he was still caught by the queen mother and sent to the Misty Rain Building.

Ziluo shook his head inadvertently as he thought about it, lamenting that Mudan's life experience was ups and downs and tragic.

At this moment, the groom had already come out to stop at each table to toast, and he was standing at the table of the eldest lady, Zi Luo noticed the appearance of the eldest son, it was really a face that looked very similar to the eldest lady, He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall and straight figure, and a dignified appearance.

At the end of a play, the third lady in front of her had already finished half of her meal. When she heard the music, she couldn't help but look back. She probably also wanted to see the famous geisha in this world.

As the melodious music came to the ears, no matter whether they were standing or sitting, they all looked up at the stage. A group of graceful women in pink gauze skirts twisted their slender waists and appeared in the center of the stage. The woman wearing a yellow gauze dress is half a head taller than the others, with a few small daisy hairpins pinned to her head, jade ball earrings hanging on her ears, and her light makeup seems to exude a sense of beauty from the inside out. When you come out, you are really in the mud and you are not stained by a speck of dust.

Ziluo couldn't help looking at her, her limbs were slender, her skin was as white as fat, her eyes looked big because of her small face, her long eyelashes cast a shadow on her face, her nose was slender, her lips as red as cherries didn't move. It seems to be telling a moving story.

No matter if it is an old man or a young man, no matter if it is an old woman or a handsome girl, they all look at her, either admiring, envious, jealous, or harboring malicious intentions.

Zi Luo inadvertently saw Chu Qing who was near the table, her eyes wandered between Mudan and the second young master not far away from time to time, she was probably the only one absent-minded in the audience, so much so that she almost spilled water when she was pouring water for the eldest lady, Even Ziluo sweated for her.

After the dance, everyone booed and asked Peony to dance again.But after Miss Mudan bent over to salute, she walked off the stage without looking back, Zi Luo was a little impressed by her disregard for the dignitaries.

"Sanniang, Qingxuan respects you." The eldest son's voice brought Ziluo back to reality from his own small world, and the third lady raised her head and drank it all in one gulp.On the stage came the voice of the actor's frustration again.

"The Empress Dowager Yizhi is here." Suddenly a high-pitched voice pierced his ears, and a skinny eunuch appeared in front of him.

"Sir, Zhao Shi accepts the order." Master Zhao trotted all the way to the eunuch and knelt down.Everyone also knelt down.

"The queen mother's decree is passed on. Today, the son of the Zhao family is getting married, and the Ai family will send a congratulatory gift. I wish the new couple will respect each other as guests and grow old." The tray came forward, and there were all kinds of jewels on it, which was very dazzling.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Mr. Zhao kowtowed his head and thanked him.

"Eunuch Wang, sit down and have a drink before going back." Master Zhao was all smiles.

"No need, the Queen Mother is still waiting to go back to reply to the order. Congratulations to Mr. Zhao, I will go back first."

"I'll see off Eunuch Wang." The eldest son Zhao Qingxuan said, and left behind Eunuch Wang.

After the prince left, the onlookers began to whisper, "It really is a celebrity around the Queen Mother", "Even the Queen Mother came to give gifts", "Don't dare to offend Master Zhao".

"Everyone, continue to eat and drink. If you don't get drunk, you won't go home." Master Zhao shouted enthusiastically.

The opera on the stage started again, and people returned to their seats one after another, gorging themselves, blushing from drinking, spit stars flying all over the sky, who was bragging and who was listening.

"Shuangyue, Ziluo." Zhui'er turned her head and glanced at them, and the two immediately understood that the third lady had finished eating, so they stepped forward to bring mouthwash and a basin.

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