Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 265 Before Marriage
Qin Youzi came over the next day to add makeup. The hair and face she gave were not as precious as Yao Shanzhi, but they were equally valuable.

A red gold beaded tassel hairpin with a cloud bat pattern on the top, which means "blessings are before your eyes".

The cloud bat has a hole pierced ring and is connected to three strings of pearls. Each string of pearls is decorated with two "囍" characters made of coral. There is a ruby ​​pendant at the lower end of the pearl.

Two knotted cards connect three strings of pearls, and the knotted cards are also patterned with red gold clouds and bats.

Zhao Wangshu asked her, "Is your wedding day set?"

"It's decided, February 20th," Qin Youzi said.

Zhao Wangshu smiled and said: "I am sixteen and you are twenty, just a few days apart."

Qin Youzi came closer to her and lowered her voice: "The Queen Mother is not feeling well."

"Hiss" Zhao Wangshu took a breath.

The death of the Queen Mother was a sign of filial piety to the country, and weddings and funerals had to be postponed.

Everyone who knew the news that the Queen Mother was seriously ill was busy organizing weddings. Suddenly, the business of Yage and Qinghe Clothing Shop was booming.

These shops were all opened by Zhao Wangshu himself, and they were included in the dowry, so they went with her to her husband's house.

On February 12, Zhao Wangshu's dowry was delivered to Yun Mansion. There were seventy-six dowries in total. They were all heavy and had to be carried by four people.

Mrs. Yun recited sutras in the Buddhist hall and told Ah Qi, "The dowry of the young mistress has been counted and put into the warehouse. After the young mistress gets married, she will arrange and tidy it up by herself."

Ah Qin nodded in agreement and led the servants away in a mighty manner.

Zhao Wangshu's dowry was really rich, with everything from silks and cloths to gold and jade jewelry, from antiques, calligraphy and paintings to rare medicinal materials, it was dazzling.

The boys moved boxes one by one into the warehouse. Ah Qin took the dowry list and counted it carefully, for fear of missing something.

As the day of the wedding approached, Zhao Wangshu was a little restless. Song Yuanqu noticed it and came to comfort her, "Sister-in-law, it's not like you and Jingyao have never met before. Mrs. Yun seems to be kind to you. Marry her." , She shouldn’t make things difficult for you.”

"I know she won't embarrass me." Zhao Wangshu leaned back on the imperial concubine's couch and sighed, "I don't know what I'm bothering about."

Song Yuanqu chuckled softly, "When you marry from a familiar family to a strange husband's family, you will inevitably feel uneasy. This is normal."

"But you don't have to worry. The Yun family has a simple population. You can manage so many shops. The housekeeper is not easy to get."

"Sister-in-law, you think too highly of me." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

"I know that my sister-in-law is a smart woman and can definitely handle everything." Song Yuanqu said seriously.

"Sister-in-law has so much confidence in me, so I can't be a coward." Zhao Wangshu felt more relaxed.

After chatting with Song Yuanqu, Zhao Wangshu cheered up and told his maid, "Put away the books, paintings, and other things that I commonly use, and wait until the 16th to go with the sedan chair."

She has quite a lot of stuff, and she has packed seven or eight boxes.

On the 15th, at the right time, the maid prepared water boiled with mugwort leaves and asked Zhao Wangshu to take a bath.

After bathing, Zhao Wangshu wore a brand new robe embroidered with plum blossoms and a new white middle coat.

Back in the room, Mrs. Zhao Cui, Mrs. Zhao Li and Song Yuanqu had been waiting in the room for a long time. In addition to them, there was also Grandma Xi who was combing Zhao Wangshu's face and hair.

On the southwest side of the room, an incense table has been set up.

Madam Wei lit the dragon and phoenix candles placed on the incense table, and took out four kinds of dried fruits and four kinds of cakes from the food box. Dried fruits are: longan, lychee, peanut, melon seeds.

The pastries are: Zisun Pastry, Auspicious Albizia Cake, Longevity Ruyi Peach, Shunyi Taiping Cake.

It is auspicious to get married, always in pairs.

Mrs. Wei lined up the dried fruits and cakes on the incense table, and placed a bucket in the middle of the incense table. The bucket contained grains: soybeans, black beans, mung beans, red beans, and rice.

Mrs. Xi lit the incense and said with a smile: "Girl, come here and pay homage to the four directions."

Zhao Wangshu went over to take the incense, and under her command, bowed in the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest.

The bride prays in all directions to thank the gods of heaven and earth and her ancestors for their blessings, and to pray for a safe and smooth future life.

After bowing in all directions, Zhao Wangshu returned to the center of the room and stood still. Grandma Xi picked up a small weight tied with a red rope, placed it between Zhao Wangshu's eyebrows, and said: "You will hit the mark with one hit, and you will be a man with one fell swoop."

"Our girl has a handsome appearance and a gentle personality. The child she will give birth to in the future will definitely be handsome as well." Mrs. Wei agreed.

Grandma Xi picked up a ruler wrapped in red cloth, gently measured Zhao Wangshu's waist, and said, "Measure it, and you will be blessed."

Granny Wei followed: "Girl has a slender waist, she will definitely give birth to a fat boy in the future."

Even though Zhao Wangshu was not thin-skinned, he was a little embarrassed by these words, and the blush on his face spread to the roots of his ears.

Grandma Xi picked up the bucket containing the grains on the incense table, flicked it in front of Zhao Wangshu's eyes, poured the grains in the bucket into a red cloth bag, and said: "Put the grains in the bag, and you will be safe and prosperous."

Madam Wei smiled and said, "Young lady is a blessed one. You will surely live a peaceful and wealthy life in the future."

Zhao Wangshu took the red cloth bag handed over by Madam Wei and tied it carefully around his waist.

"Help the girl to dress up," Grandma Xi said.

Hong Chang and Lv Zhi helped Zhao Wangshu and sat down in front of the dressing table. Grandma Xi smiled and said: "The nobles take photos, and the flowers are beautiful and the moon is full."

Grandma Xi opened the makeup powder box, powdered Zhao Wangshu's face, took the thread and twisted her face. The thin thread gently slid over her fair skin, twisting away the tiny hairs.

Grandma Xi's technique is skillful, and every stroke is just right. It will not cause Zhao Wangshu any pain, but can also achieve perfect results.

After opening her face, Grandma Xi combed Zhao Wangshu's hair with one comb to the end, two combs with white hair reaching her eyebrows, three combs with children and grandchildren all over the floor, four combs for meeting noble people, five combs for Wengluo and gentlemen, six combs for relatives and friends, and seven combs for the seventh sister. When he descends to earth, eight immortals and eight combs congratulate him on his birthday, nine combs and nine sons are linked together, and the lady of ten combs comes to the hall. "

Grandma Xi was combing and thinking while she was combing. The comb in her hand went through Zhao Wangshu's long black hair, and she neatly gave her a bun and inserted an albizia flower.

The blessing ceremony the night before the wedding was completed, Zhao Li stayed, and everyone else left.

Mrs. Zhao Li pulled Zhao Wangshu to sit down on the Luohan couch, touched her face and said, "You still look like you when you were a child. I'm going to get you married right now. Mother, I really can't bear to part with you."

"If grandma can't bear it, then I won't get married." Zhao Wangshu said softly.

"You kid." Zhao Li's sadness was lost by her words, and she quickly turned sideways to take the box and put it in her hand.

Zhao Wangshu opened the box and found a thin booklet with the two words "Wind and Moon" written on it. It turned out to be a picture of how to avoid fire.

"Look through it," Zhao Li said.

Zhao Wangshu opened the booklet and found a total of sixteen pictures in it, each with a male and female in a compatible posture.

The side of the picture also indicates which posture is suitable for pregnancy and which posture can promote the relationship between husband and wife.
Zhao Wangshu thought it was quite interesting, but Mrs. Zhao Li wouldn't let her take a closer look. She closed the book and said, "Read it slowly in the future."