The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 133

It seems that no matter what era it is, getting married is a very difficult thing. Zhou Tianhao watched Xie Yujiao being supported by Xi Niang to go away, and thinking about the outer courtyard full of guests, he suddenly felt a little dizzy.But...he seems to be the biggest in this palace, so it shouldn't be a problem to go in and see Xie Yujiao?

Zhou Tianhao thought about this, and took a step towards the place where Xie Yujiao was going, and was about to go to the main room, when a bride stopped in front and said: "My lord can't go there, it's not dark yet. It's against the rules for the meeting to go in."

Zhou Tianhao's face was a little embarrassed, he sighed helplessly, and asked her again: "Then is she going to starve in the room all day?"

"Of course not. There is food in the room. It's just that the newlyweds come here on the first day, and they still wear makeup on their faces. It takes a lot of makeup, so many brides don't eat."

"Then what do you mean, that she still has to starve for a whole day?" Zhou Tianhao only glanced at the bride, thinking that the rules of the old society are simply cannibalism.

Mother Liu at the side saw her, and couldn't help but come up to comfort her and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, the kitchen has already boiled bird's nest soup, and the servant girl will send it in for the princess to pad her belly in a while, you'd better go to the outer courtyard now Treat your guests!"

Zhou Tianhao had no other choice after thinking about it, so he had to let Liu's mother take care of it here, and went forward with Yinquan.Prince Rui got married, and married the daughter of the richest man in Jiangning, Xie's family. Half of the high-ranking officials and nobles in Jinling City came.Although the emperor couldn't come here in person, the officials of the Ministry of Rituals also took care of all the trivial matters. All Zhou Tianhao needed to do was to drink and chat with them.

But in fact, among those people who came to the wedding, how many of them dared to let Zhou Tianhao accompany them in person, but that's all for themselves.As for the female relatives, that is all they can do.Because how could the empress come out of the palace to gossip with them.Fortunately, there is an old lady in the palace who can entertain her attentively, which is not considered a neglect.

Xie Yujiao was helped back into the room by the two bridesmaids. The two maids, Ziyan and Yuanyang, had been waiting early in the morning. Seeing Xie Yujiao coming, they hurriedly helped her in.I don't know what kind of incense is burning in the room, although the weather is hot, it doesn't feel pungent.There were large water tanks with squeaking ice cubes placed in the corners of the room. Once inside, Xie Yujiao felt more relaxed.

"The girl is here. We've been waiting here for a long time." Ziyan said, pouring a cup of tea to Xie Yujiao, and said: "Young lady, drink a sip of tea to moisten your throat, if you are hungry Alright, I'm going to the kitchen to see what's there to eat."

Xie Yujiao wasn't hungry at the moment. She ate little for breakfast. Before dressing up in the morning, she ate a cup of white fungus and lotus seed soup. It was just that she was a little thirsty along the way, so a cup of tea would be just right.

"I'm not hungry, so you don't have to go, I just drink this cup of tea." In fact, even if Xie Yujiao was hungry, she wouldn't let Ziyan make this trip. There are so many people and complicated hands, why bother to make trouble in the past!
Xie Yujiao drank the tea and felt a little bit better, but the heavy head was a bit unbearable. She had kept filial piety in Xie's house for three years, and at most she wore a few jade hairpins on her head, and even the usual red hairpins had very few heads. Dressing up, now that she is wearing a two-pound phoenix crown all of a sudden, it's not going to be miserable.

Ziyan also knew that she was working hard at this time, so she walked to the door, glanced left and right, and saw that there were two women guarding the corridor not far away, but they were well-behaved and did not seem to be coming.Ziyan then entered the room and said in a low voice: "Girl, I don't know when the prince will come back, I see that there is no one outside, otherwise we will take the phoenix crown down first, and we will put it on again before the prince returns. , it’s so hard for you to work so hard that you won’t be able to move your neck tomorrow.”

When Xie Yujiao heard that it made sense, she nodded hurriedly. Before her neck was lowered, she hurriedly supported her with her hand and said, "Oh, it's really too bad."

Ziyan smiled and helped her lift off the hijab, took off the phoenix crown, and secretly put it in the chest of drawers beside her.Xie Yujiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to move her neck when Yuanyang, who was watching the wind outside, said at the door, "Girl, Mother Liu has brought two maids over."

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she quickly covered the red hijab again, and sat upright on the edge of the bed.

When Mama Liu came in, she saw Ziyan and Yuanyang guarding Xie Yujiao. The two of them were maidservants married by Xie Yujiao, so they were naturally attentive in serving her. However, now that Xie Yujiao has passed through the door, the Palace will naturally send someone to serve her.

The third-class maids who served outside and the sweeping maids who did rough work were all carefully selected and sold by Liu's mother in the past few months. Only these first-class and second-class maids who served in front of Zhou Tianhao, They are all selected from the palace.

Although Dayong had a decree from his ancestors that the court ladies could be released for marriage at the age of 25, but at that age, the women were already considered leftovers, so some court ladies asked to leave the palace and continue to serve their masters.So if there is a chance to leave the palace ahead of time, it would be a great thing, so the quota for coming to Prince Rui's residence this time is a steal.

Of course, those maids who want to come to Prince Rui's mansion to serve and go out of the palace, the biggest purpose is probably Prince Rui himself, whoever is lucky enough to be valued by Prince Rui as a roommate, then in the future they will really fly on the branch and become a phoenix .Everyone knows that the prince can have one main concubine and three side concubines. Even though the side concubines are concubines, they can still be the royal spy. If a male and a half female are born in the future, it will be even more serious. .

Of course, Mama Liu knew what these people were thinking, so she opened her eyes wide and picked them out several times, and eliminated all those who were too good-looking, who were too eye-catching, or who had a bad reputation in the palace. There were only four people left, but they were of average appearance and fair complexion, and there was nothing outstanding about them.

Because Xie Yujiao was wearing a red hijab, Mother Liu only blessed her body and got up by herself, "My lord, these two servant girls were chosen from thousands of slaves in the palace, and the empress rewarded them to serve the prince and Queen's."

Xie Yujiao couldn't see the faces of the two of them clearly, and she couldn't express any opinions, but Ziyan and Yuanyang couldn't help opening their eyes when they saw each other. They heard that they were all beauties who were chosen from thousands of people. Chosen from thousands of beauties, this look is too ordinary?
"Since Mama Liu chose it personally, let's keep it. What's your name?"

Xie Yujiao asked through the hijab, her voice carried a bit of majesty as a housewife.Originally, the two court ladies were still a little curious. They must have been fooled when they heard that the princess was just a girl from a landlord's family, but now hearing this voice, they seemed a little shrewd.

The two replied politely:

"The maidservant's name is Hongyuan."

"The maidservant's name is Luyi."

Ziyan and Yuanyang were very envious when they heard the names of these two people. Those who came out of this palace even had a nice name!
Xie Yujiao just hummed, and didn't say anything else. Mother Liu on the side just winked at the two of them, and Hongyuan held the tea tray in her hand and said: "The bird's nest soup just made in the kitchen, if the princess is hungry , please use some first, the prince is entertaining guests outside, I'm afraid he will come in later."

Xie Yujiao said, "I'm not hungry right now, let's put it down for now."

Hearing this, Ziyan hurried up to pick it up, and put it on the round mahogany table in the room.

Mother Liu then said: "Madam, there are still many guests outside, so this old slave will go out to take care of the guests first."

The little maid, Yuanyang, went forward to see Mama Liu for a ride. When she came back, she saw that the room was quiet, and the two new maids stood upright. They felt very reserved at the moment, so they whispered: "Miss, we Do I want to call you Princess in the future?"

Xie Yujiao thought for a while, and then said, "If you want to call me Princess, you can call Ma'am together with Mother Liu. If you don't like it, you can also call me Miss."

Ziyan hurriedly said: "You can't call me a girl, it's better to call my wife." She glanced at the two maids standing there, and always felt that if she behaved a little bit, she would be laughed at.

Xie Yujiao breathed a sigh of relief, and thought that Mother Liu had brought two maids over with good intentions, but this person standing here made people feel a little uncomfortable after all, so she said: "Today, there are guests everywhere outside, you also Go out to entertain guests, I have nothing to do here, anyway, when the prince returns to the room, you will come again."

When the two of them heard the words, they bowed politely and said, "Yes, Wangfei."

Xie Yujiao said, "You can also call me madam."

The two said in unison: "Yes, ma'am."

After a while, the two of them left, Ziyan and Yuanyang both breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Miss, you didn't see that the two of them stood up straight, looked like wooden figures, and their faces were also faint. No expression."

Xie Yujiao also knew that the rules in the palace were strict, and these were probably due to habit, not because they were not easy-going, so she smiled and said: "He came out of the palace and obeyed the rules everywhere, how can he be like you? No rules."

After Yuanyang heard this, she curled her lips and said, "Young lady has only been a concubine for half a day, so she dislikes us for being unruly."

Ziyan on the side only smiled and said: "Say nonsense, after you say it, you will call Madam!"

When Yuanyang heard this, she hurriedly said: "My maidservant made a mistake, Madam please punish me!"

Ziyan laughed again: "This girl is pretty quick at learning."

Yuanyang only touched the cup of bird's nest that had just been brought with his hand, and felt that it was not too hot, so he said: "Girl, this bird's nest is not hot anymore, girl, at least eat some, I don't know when the prince will be able to eat it." Come back, starve for nothing."

Xie Yujiao thought about it, so she nodded, raised her red hijab slightly, hung it on her hair, found a more comfortable posture, leaned on the bed frame and drank bird's nest.

I don't know how long it took, the red lanterns outside were all lit, and the noise of people outside seemed to be heard in the distance. The maid stood on the porch and watched the gorgeous fireworks in the distance, clapping her hands happily.Xie Yujiao leaned lazily in front of the window grille carved with patterns of fish playing with lotus leaves, watching the sky full of fireworks.

At this time, a woman's voice from outside hurriedly said: "The prince is here."

As soon as the words fell, the two servant girls, Ziyan and Yuanyang, came from the corridor to the room chattering.Ziyan hurriedly took out the phoenix crown from the chest of drawers, and put it on for Xie Yujiao again. The mandarin duck beside her spread out the red hijab, and when Ziyan was done, she carefully covered the red hijab for her.

Only after this action was completed, the voice of a servant girl sounded from outside the hall: "My lord, be careful!"

Xie Yujiao pursed her lips, thinking that Zhou Tianhao must have drunk too much, it's just that he can't be blamed on such a day.

Usually, Zhou Tianhao didn't need maids to serve him when he was in Xie's house, so Ziyan saw the two maids helping Zhou Tianhao in just now, although she felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't move, she still stood aside, just raised her eyebrows and looked at glance.The mandarin duck beside him was still young and didn't understand these things, seeing that Ziyan didn't move, he stood obediently.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Yujiao saw a pair of silver boots with the pattern of double dragons playing with pearls embroidered with gold thread appearing in front of her eyes.Xie Yujiao lowered her brows, only feeling slightly oppressed.Only the older Xi Niang spoke with a beaming accent, and said with a smile: "Please ask the bridegroom officer to use the scale to lift the hipa, and you will be happy from now on."

Zhou Tianhao drank too much wine today, but he was not drunk for the first time. Looking at Xie Yujiao who was sitting upright on the edge of the bed, Zhou Tianhao pushed away the support of the two maids, and took the wine from the red lacquer plate held by Xi Niang. He picked up the scale, but his heart was beating non-stop, his mouth became more and more parched, he swallowed, his eyes stared straight.

"Jiaojiao, I'm going to pick up the handkerchief, don't be afraid." Zhou Tianhao suddenly said such a sentence, which caused the old ladies in the palace who were watching the ceremony behind him to laugh.

Mother Liu only smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't delay, the princess is probably tired after wearing this outfit all day."

Only then did Zhou Tianhao think of the two-jin phoenix crown, and hastily stretched out the scale to lift the xipa away.

Xie Yujiao only felt the light in front of her eyes brighten, she raised her head reflexively, a pair of big black and crystal clear eyes met Zhou Tianhao's line of sight, and suddenly felt as if her heartbeat had missed half a beat.I only heard a few old mothers behind me laughing and saying: "The concubine really looks good. As expected of us, after waiting until now, we finally saw a real person."

Mother Liu smiled and said, "Now that you have seen the real person, are you still reluctant to leave? I'm going to chase away customers, and this good night is too short..."

Before Madam Liu finished speaking, all the women laughed, and the group went outside.Mother Liu sent them out in person, Zhou Tianhao glanced at everyone in the room, and ordered: "You all go out."

When everyone heard the words, they only knelt to bless Fu's body, and all retreated outside the door.

For a while the room was quiet, only the sound of the red candle dripping. Xie Yujiao lowered her head slightly, twisting the veil on her fingertips.Zhou Tianhao then sat down beside her, covered the back of her hand with his big palm, kneaded it lightly for a moment, and sighed a little: "Have we completed the formalities?"

Xie Yujiao burst out laughing, raised her head to look at him sideways, and said with a smile, "Help me take off this phoenix crown first, otherwise my head will be separated from my neck tomorrow."

Hearing this, Zhou Tianhao hurriedly stood up and helped Xie Yujiao get the phoenix crown, but he didn't understand these things, he was clumsy, and it only made Xie Yujiao hurt on one side and the other side, so he managed to take off the phoenix crown easily. She tore off several strands of Xie Yujiao's hair.

Zhou Tianhao looked at a few strands of Xie Yujiao's hair protruding from his palm, and his blushing face turned even redder. After thinking about it, he reached out and wanted to tear off his purple gold crown. Xie Yujiao knew it when he saw him tugging. He had never combed his hair before, so he held him down and said, "Sit down, and I'll do it for you."

Zhou Tianhao sat down obediently, Xie Yujiao went to get a comb from the dowry, first removed the hairpin on top, then took away the purple gold crown, loosened the hair rope inside, and then used the comb to comb him hair up.

Zhou Tianhao's hair was thick and black and long, but none of it was broken. Xie Yujiao put the comb aside and sat down opposite Zhou Tianhao.He suddenly pulled a strand of his hair, pulled it hard, and pulled out two or three strands.

Xie Yujiao hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Tianhao didn't say a word, he just kneaded the hair that he had pulled off and the few hairs that Xie Yujiao had just pulled off by him, and put them in the purse that he carried with him.

Zhou Tianhao put on his robe and got up, ordered the maids to prepare water in the clean room, and did not touch Xie Yujiao, but first took a clean handkerchief and wiped off the dirt underneath for her.Sensing the strangeness below, Xie Yujiao frowned, opened her eyes, saw Zhou Tianhao's movements, and wanted to make a face at first, but she was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to make a face, so she had to follow Zhou Tianhao's movements.

Fortunately, Zhou Tianhao put down the gauze curtain, so the maids outside could not see the scene inside, otherwise, Xie Yujiao would be ashamed to see others tomorrow.

After a while, a servant girl came back and said, "My lord, the water for the clean room has been prepared."

Zhou Tianhao's voice was still a little hoarse at this time, and he just said: "You don't need to serve here, go out and wait."

Xie Yujiao listened to his voice, always revealing a bit of dissatisfaction, but it's a pity that her body was so sore that she couldn't stand up slightly.Zhou Tianhao leaned over and hugged Xie Yujiao, without covering him with any clothes, the two went to the clean room naked like this.

After soaking in the hot water, Xie Yujiao still felt a little tired, but Zhou Tianhao recovered, he just pulled her into his arms reluctantly, and couldn't help begging her once while washing.

The bathtub was already big, and the water level was high. With the actions of the two of them, the water flooded the ground.Xie Yujiao was hugged by him and faced her, she could only lean in his arms, curled her toes, bit her lips and hummed softly.

Zhou Tianhao saw that she was really exhausted, and thought that tomorrow he would go to the palace to face the Holy Spirit, so he only had one more fun, dried her body for her, and carried her back to the room.At this time, the maids had already put on clean sheets for them. Xie Yujiao was so tired that her whole body ached. As soon as she touched the pillow, she curled up to sleep. Zhou Tianhao just hugged her and let her lean against his chest. superior.

Xie Yujiao opened her eyes slightly, and saw the scar on his chest. Although it was healed now, the scar was grim. Thinking of the arrow that almost killed him, Xie Yujiao felt distressed again, and only slightly touched the place with her fingertips. Draw a circle and ask him, "Does it still hurt?"

Zhou Tianhao thought that Xie Yujiao had already fallen asleep, but when she heard her question, he lowered his head, rubbed her forehead and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore, what about you?" Touching the place where Xie Yujiao had accommodated her just now, Xie Yujiao hurriedly moved her legs together in fright, with a smile on her face that was about to cry, she opened her eyes wide and said: "It hurts so much, it hurts to death, we won't do it again, okay?" ?”

Hearing this, Zhou Tianhao suddenly turned over and pressed her down again, spraying hot breath back and forth in her ears, and said with a slightly sinister smile: "If you do more, it won't hurt anymore, ma'am, why don't we Come again?"

Xie Yujiao gave him a sidelong glance, and hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover her body, turned her back to him and ignored him.

(End of this chapter)