Beauty has a disease

Chapter 20 and the wedding ceremony

After a short rest, Yu Jin went to Duan Chang's study under the leadership of Lian Ying.

Lian Ying was specially sent to Qin'an by the Duan family from the capital at that time. She and Lian Shuang were both born in Duan's family, so she took them with them.

After hearing the sound of "enter", Yu Jin just took two steps, but saw that Lian Ying did not leave, but stood aside, waiting for someone, probably waiting for her to come out like this.

Ember sighed softly, and didn't go in right away, but said to Lian Ying first: "I don't need you to wait for nothing here, I've already remembered it once I passed by, you go back to the yard first."

Lian Ying hesitated for a while, according to the rules, she should wait.

Ember lifted her feet and walked forward, "According to the rules, you are my maidservant, you should listen to me."

Lian Ying straightened her expression and bowed to leave.

With a creak, the delicately carved wooden door was pushed open, and Duan Chang was facing the door, sitting in front of the desk with a folded book in his hand. At this moment, he looked solemn and his brows were slightly frowned. He should be dealing with business.

Seeing this, Ember didn't say hello, she gently closed the door and stood aside, staring at her own toes, not listening, not smelling, not asking, let alone observing.

It took about one stick of incense, Duan Chang finished processing all the remaining paperwork, looked up at Ember, and his expression eased when he saw this, "Here we come." Immediately, he pointed to the futon beside him with the hand holding the booklet, and said slowly : "Sit down, don't be restrained when you get home."

Ember still bowed to Duan Chang according to the etiquette, called grandfather, and just walked to the side and sat on the futon, her movements were neither fast nor slow, her posture was calm and dignified, and her expression was neither humble nor overbearing. Nodding again and again.

There is no fault in the rules and demeanor, which is very good.

First, I routinely cared about such issues as how I am used to living in Qin’an these years, what about my old illnesses, why I didn’t come back two years ago, etc. Then I changed the subject, “What happened on the way?”

Instead of asking why he returned late like Duan Qingrong, he directly asked what was going on, and with each question and statement, he was able to make decisions immediately.

Ember thought about it, and told Duan Chang everything from Qin'an County being involved in the murder case, to meeting bandits on the road, and then meeting Cui Shexi.

Duan Chang is very clear about her situation, so there is no need to hide anything, and there is nothing to hide.

"That kid Zhan Xiao is injured?"

"Yes."

Duan Chang glanced at Ember, "You should still wonder why I wrote you a letter saying that I have to wait for that kid Zhan Xiao to pick me up?"

Embers are still called yes.

Duan Chang said leisurely: "It was Zhan Yushi who asked for it."

Ember knew that Zhan Yushi Duan Chang was talking about was Zhan Shuyun's father, Zhan Ming, but what did Zhan Yushi ask for such a thing?This is not a bad thing, let alone a good thing.

"Is it to repay your grandfather's favor?"

Several possibilities flashed through Ember's thoughts, but in the end she still felt that it was more reasonable to return favors.
"Favour?" Duan Chang snorted.

Duan Chang answered irrelevantly, "Qingwu, you have already passed your 17th birthday, and when you pass the new year tomorrow, you will be eighteen years old."

He slowly sorted out the notes on the table, "As usual, when a girl turns [-], marriage is discussed around [-], and most of them get married after reaching [-], but you are over [-] years old, but you still haven't discussed marriage. Someone is thinking about it."

Ember understood now, and Zhan Yushi was thinking about it.

So this is a blind date in disguise?
Ember thought it was a little funny, "Master Zhan should not look down on me, on the contrary, he should have a pretty bad impression of me."

Duan Chang was noncommittal, and changed the subject again, "It's time to make up for your Jiji ceremony."

"It's long gone, so there's no need to make up."

The past is the past, there is nothing to make up for.

Duan Chang didn't think so, "My Duan family's girl Ji Li is indispensable. You have lived in Qin'an for a long time, and this is just the time to let you make your debut in the capital."

He said: "You will still live in the capital in the future."

That is to say, it is a notification, not a negotiation.

"But by grandfather's arrangement."

"Yeah." Duan Chang waved at Ember, "You have an old disease, and your health was embarrassing and the road was bumpy, so I placed you in Qin'an, but is it all right?"

Ember obediently followed Duan Chang's movement and spread out her palm, a scar stretched across her palm, which was a different color from the flesh next to it.

Then turn up the sleeves slightly, and there is also a scar across the wrist.

The two scars are parallel, judging their size at this time, one can get a glimpse of how deeply painful this wound was back then.

"There are scars."

Ember smiled, "It's just a scar, it's just a trivial matter."

Duan Chang asked again: "Has the tejin grow back?"

Ember clenched and opened his fist at Duan Chang, "It's okay to do some ordinary things."

Duan Chang stared at Ember's hand for a moment, then looked at her face, still smiling slightly, as if hurting a hand and tendon was really a trivial matter to her.

"Just a little thing."

Duan Chang was speechless.

Trivial?how can that be possible.

-

Chinese New Year is a traditional big day. During the New Year, the whole Duan Mansion is full of joy, even the full moon is cheerful all day long, and everything is novel.

Ember asked Yuanyue, and Yuanyue scratched her head, "Do you need any reason to be happy?"

"It's Chinese New Year."

Yuan Yue wondered, "Isn't everyone like this during Chinese New Year? Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, shouldn't you be happy about a new start?"

Ember asked back: "When I stand today and look back at yesterday, it's the same as returning to New Year's Eve in the new year. Why can't it be called saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new?"

When Yuan Yue was asked, she racked her brains for a long time, but she couldn't figure it out. Instead, she became more and more confused. She could only say: "Everyone is like this during Chinese New Year. Everyone is happy, so they will be happy!"

Ember smiled and waved her hand to let Yuan Yue go, letting her go on with her work.

Watching Yuan Yue joyfully posting blessings and Spring Festival couplets in the small courtyard with paste, Lian Shuang helped out, and Lian Ying cleaned the courtyard. They were busy welcoming the new year and were very happy.

Ember didn't feel anything, for her, the Chinese New Year was no different from usual.

She stood at the entrance of the alley on New Year's Eve, watching the children bouncing and cheering, and watching people coming and going to give New Year greetings and blessings after the new year. Everyone was smiling happily, and she was laughing too, looking happy too.

The New Year's Eve has passed without any waves, and it is already warm and harmonious in a blink of an eye.

In spring and March, the wind brings warmth, the green mountains and rivers meet the water, and the fragrance is strong; children swim, and they are in the same boat, the clothes are vying for fragrance, and the laughter spreads in the air.

Today's Duan Mansion is extraordinarily lively, without others, all because the young lady of the Duan Mansion is holding a ceremony today.

Decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of guests, jewels and gems piled up, that's all.

The noise from outside penetrated the space and seeped into the room, but it still couldn't disturb the stagnant water in the room.

Ember was only wearing a middle coat, sitting in front of the couch, with the skirt half open to reveal her left shoulder, Lian Shuang frowned and wiped the festering wound carefully.

After the wound was treated, Ember gathered her clothes, and with the help of Lian Shuang and Lian Ying, she put on a pink dress, outlined with cloud patterns and decorated with pearls.

Stepping on the same color shoes, carefully drawing the eyebrows to decorate, the pale complexion was finally covered up, and the eyes were full of elegance.

"Take care of all of this." Her finger pointed to the bloody bandage that had just been replaced.

Ember took two steps, stopped after thinking for a while, and said, "Bring a sachet, it should have a stronger smell."

Lian Shuang and Lian Ying went to work independently, with a clear and orderly division of labor.Lian Shuang put away the medicine box, put away the bandages and wrapped them around and entered the back room, while Lian Ying took out a delicately embroidered sachet from the cabinet and handed it to Duan Yujin to wear.

When everything was tidied up, just in time to hear the master of ceremonies outside start to sing, Lian Ying opened the curtain, Ember smiled at the right time, and walked out slowly.

The courtyard has been arranged long ago, the main road in the middle is reserved, the banquet guests are separated on both sides, men and women are mixed, but the wives and ladies of the aristocratic family account for the majority.

Everyone talked about Embers privately.

Some people say that because Miss Duan was weak, and later a traveling monk ordered that Miss Duan and her hair should be rested in a place with strong incense and incense, so as to wash away the filth and sickness on her body. The Putuo Temple in Qin'an rests, worships the Buddha every day, and is not allowed to talk about marriage until he is born.

Some people also said that Ms. Duan was frightened and yin and evil invaded her body and caused her weakness. The wandering Taoist priests said that they should use evil spirits to control evil spirits, and finally pointed to the West. The Duan family sent Miss Duan to Qin'an for so many years. On the seventeenth day, the Ji ceremony is done, because it removes the yin and evil spirits.

There are different opinions.

But the statement is not important, unless it is related to one's own interests, no one cares.

People care more about results.

The result is that the daughter of Duan Ge's hometown no longer lives in the mouths of the people in the capital, and starts to act in front of people.

Duan Qingwu, frail, seventeen years old, has not discussed marriage... well, she is an older girl waiting to be married.

　Thank you Zhang Sanyang for the recommendation ticket!

　　


(End of this chapter)