The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 188

When Qiao Jiuxiu woke up, it was already the next morning, she rubbed her eyes, because of the hangover, she had a severe headache.Looking at Qiao Qixiu beside her, she also woke up, but she must have a headache as she pressed her forehead with her hand.The two looked at each other and smiled, although the sadness in their hearts was still there, but because they had relieved a lot from being drunk yesterday, they were able to show a faint smile at this time.

Ruyi entered the door, and saw that Qiao Jiuxiu and Qiao Qixiu were already awake, and from their looks, they still didn't seem to be hungover. She let out a slight breath, and finally let go of her hanging heart, "Miss Seven, Miss Nine , get up quickly, change your clothes, and go to the main hall."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and took the clothes that Ruyi handed over. It was a plain long skirt with only a few plum blossoms embroidered in white, but because it was the same color, you could only see it when you approached.Looking at the clothes in Qiao Qixiu's hands, they were also so simple and elegant.There should be no such ordinary clothes in Qiao's house, maybe the wife went to a tailor shop outside to buy them overnight.After all, to attend a funeral, you can't dress too brightly.

"You two ladies, Madam let me tell you, don't wear any accessories later, neither jewelry nor gold hairpins. If you must fix your hair in a bun, you can only use wooden hairpins, and the patterns on them must be more The simpler the better, the dead are the greatest, which is also a sign of respect." Ruyi told Qiao Jiuxiu and the others all the things that need to be paid attention to during the funeral.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, if Ruyi didn't talk about these things, I'm afraid I would make a joke after a while.

The two of them had already changed their clothes, so they went to the main hall. Along the way, they found that every pillar was tied with white silk satin, and there were two white lanterns hanging in front of each room. Even the stone statue of Pixiu at the door is tied with white silk and satin. The whole Qiao Mansion exudes a solemn and sad atmosphere.Qiao Jiuxiu sighed, and entered the main hall together with Qiao Qixiu.

Seeing the two of them approaching, Qiao Liuxiu and Qiao Shixiu hastily handed over the black cloth and satin placed on the table. They are the family members of the deceased, and they need to hang black cloth strips on their arms to distinguish them.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and with the help of Qiao Shixiu, she put on the black cloth and satin, "Little sister, is your wife here?"

"My wife is welcoming guests outside." Qiao Liuxiu answered, "Third sister is gone, I am afraid that many dignitaries will come over today, so my wife will naturally go to receive guests. Weddings and weddings are an important way to establish relationships, so naturally my wife will not Such an opportunity would be missed.”

Although she knew that what she said was right, Qiao Jiuxiu didn't like it anyway. Aren't funerals used to mourn the dead and remember the dead?How can we take the opportunity to improve interpersonal relationships?Shaking her head slightly, she didn't like his wife's behavior very much, but it was hard to stop, after all, it would not do any good to offend his wife.After a while, many guests came over, and Qiao Jiuxiu helped them tie red ribbons on their hands. According to the custom, this is called hanging red, but all the guests hanging red can get the blessing of the deceased.

The sun has slowly risen, and the funeral officially started around noon.

But I saw a person wearing a yellow robe, holding a dust whisk in his hand, and a suona and gongs and drums pinned to his waist, followed by a few apprentices, also dressed in yellow Taoist robes.The process of the funeral, he said, counted.The wife stuffed a red envelope to Ruyi, and motioned for Ruyi to deliver it to the Taoist priest. Ruyi nodded and stuffed the red envelope. The Taoist took the money, and the sacrifice began.I saw him holding the soul-calling flag, dancing in the main hall, and chanting while dancing, "Please the general."

A lively big rooster was caught by Dao Tong, and then tied up in front of the spirit.This rooster was found by my wife in Joe's chicken coop last night. It is said to be the strongest and most powerful rooster.The rooster needs to stay for three days before the coffin, and it will not be used until the final burial.Seeing that the rooster was ready, the Taoist muttered something again, and then he heard bursts of wailing from far to near, and Qiao Jiuxiu looked at the door curiously.

The two little maids were crying as they walked, each holding a small black and gray jar in their hands, with sad and sad expressions on their faces.Qiao Jiuxiu knew these two maids, the slightly older one was Bi Rong, and the delicate and thin one was Qiqin, they were both maids used by the third sister during her lifetime, and she had been with her for seven or eight years.Because the third sister was only a concubine of Qiao's mansion, the maidservants could only do the mourning and mourning. If the elders went, the children would have to do the job.

The two maidservants put the small black jar in front of the coffin, then stepped back and stood aside, still weeping loudly.The next step is to get Qiao Shanxiu's coffin out, and on the way out of the mansion courtyard and into the main hall, they all have to cry loudly and cannot stay for a moment.It's just that the journey would take at least half an hour, and the two little maids are really pitiful.Qiao Jiuxiu glanced at Third Aunt next to her, and found that her eye sockets were extremely red and swollen, but she couldn't hold back her tears.

The third aunt only has one daughter as the third sister, and the third sister is also very cute and cute on weekdays, and takes good care of the third aunt. She wants to become the first concubine of Qiao's mansion step by step, just to let her biological mother live in Qiao's mansion Even better, he can have more status in Qiao's mansion, so that he won't be bullied, but he never thought that today it would be a white-haired man giving a black-haired man.Third Yiniang shook her head slightly, she was just such a daughter, and she couldn't shed tears for her now, according to the custom, this is a funeral for the younger generation, and it must be a happy funeral. As an elder, she can only cry when she is buried for the last time.

The coffin was finally parked, and Birong and Qiqin also stopped crying, their eye sockets were red and swollen, and their faces were still a little pale. It was obvious that they had reached their limit, but they couldn't sit down and take a rest. There are many things for them to do.The Taoist priest bowed slightly to Miss San's coffin, and then chanted the flame mouth of yoga to prevent little ghosts from approaching.While reading, he led his Taoist boy around the coffin back and forth.

"The true incense of precepts, burn it up to the sky, and the disciples are pious, and steam it on the golden furnace..." The Taoist priest beat the gongs and drums while chanting scriptures, "Nan Wuxiang Yungai Bodhisattva Mahasattva..." The Taoist boy behind him also While chanting, he circled the coffin for a stick of incense, about seven times.

The Taoist stood still, and read another sacrificial oration silently. Qiao Jiuxiu was confused, and only remembered that the last sentence seemed to be "Fu Wei Shang Shang, and Yi An will come the way".Then a group of maids came out with white chrysanthemums in their hands, and handed the white chrysanthemums to the guests one by one. The guests took the white chrysanthemums, followed behind the Taoist priest, walked around the coffin, and put the white chrysanthemums in the coffin in the second round On the side, due to the large number of guests, the coffin was soon filled with countless white chrysanthemums.

The Taoist saw that all the guests threw the white chrysanthemums on the ground, and it was time for lunch, but the dead are the most important, so the first bowl of rice should be reserved for the dead.So San Yiniang went to the dining table outside, took a bowl of white rice, picked three or five kinds of food that Qiao Shanxiu liked, picked them on the white rice, and then walked back, handing the rice bowl to Bi Rong, who took the rice bowl , and then carefully poured it into the small black jar beside it, which means that the lady has already eaten her meal.

Qiao Jiuxiu sighed again, after this set of procedures, she felt even more uncomfortable in her heart. Looking at Qiao Qixiu and Ye Duanyi beside her, their eye sockets were very red and swollen, but they dared not cry.The custom cannot be abolished, my wife has already told me in the morning that it is a happy funeral, and it must be lively, so juniors like them can't cry.After the dead have finished eating, the living should eat. The host has to wait until the guests have finished eating before eating at the table, and the guests can eat meat, but the host can only eat vegetarian. These are the rules, which have been established for thousands of years No one can disobey the established rules of funerals.

Although he can't eat yet, his wife has brought Qiao Liuxiu together and is busy at the dining table outside, eager to have further communication with the dignitaries in the capital through the dinner. Everywhere they go, everyone will get up and advise his wife We should express our condolences, and then say how beautiful and lovely Third Miss is, and why she left so early, to express my condolences.Although the tone was sincere, it felt like he was going through the motions.

Ye Duanyi saw that her father was also at the banquet, so she also left the mourning hall.Qiao Jiuxiu was not in the mood to go out to socialize, she just wanted to stay here and spend some time with Third Sister.Although she didn't have much friendship with the third sister, they were a family after all, and blood was thicker than water, so she left like this, and she felt uncomfortable in her heart.He sighed slightly, but he heard footsteps behind him, so he turned his head blankly.

But Chen Chu was wearing a long black robe, raising her eyes slightly, those beautiful peach blossom eyes, just looking at herself quietly.

"Why are you here?" Qiao Jiuxiu sighed, although seeing her old friend made her feel better, but when she thought about the matter of the third sister, she couldn't be happy.Chen Chu shook his head lightly, "Such a big thing happened in Qiao's mansion, can I not come here? I'll come to see you, are you okay?"

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded and rubbed her red and swollen eyes. "Fortunately, by the way, I have to thank you for your help last time about Qinglian."

"I thought you would blame me for being too cruel." Chen Chu pretended to be relaxed, and Qiao Jiuxiu shook her head, "I asked Jinxiu to find you, and I planned to let Qinglian die, but I couldn't do it. If you say cruel, then I am also cruel, you are just my accomplice."

Chen Chu nodded, and liked Qiao Jiuxiu's intelligence and responsibility very much. She admitted her intention very simply, instead of going down the steps she gave and blaming this matter on herself.

(End of this chapter)