Yutai Bi

Chapter 105 Unexpected News
After putting on her clothes again and sitting in front of the makeup mirror, she heard Fang's mother's loud and enthusiastic voice: "Mrs. Cen, don't worry about it."

Mrs. Quanfu invited Mrs. Cen Er, the second aunt of Cen Sanniang.

She and Xi Niang came in, touched up Cen Sanniang's makeup, smiled and looked at her: "Sanniang, you are so beautiful today."

"My lady was born beautiful." Cen Sanniang also replied with a smile.

A few days ago, Wu Niang was promoted to a fourth-rank beauty.On the Lantern Festival, King Teng begged for the concubine, and welcomed the concubine back to the fief.It is estimated that the young emperor was stimulated, and seven or eight new concubines were appointed at once, and the original ones were all promoted.

When Wu Niang was mentioned, Mrs. Cen smiled brightly, and said in a low voice, "With my niece and son-in-law in the palace, my aunt is also at ease. If there is anything my aunt can do in the future, just tell me."

Cen Sanniang froze for a moment before realizing she meant Du Yansui.

Children are the treasures of parents.No wonder Ertang Uncle and Ertang Aunt gave her a grand gift of one thousand silver, originally because Du Yansui had the opportunity to take care of Wu Niang.Cen Sanniang suddenly realized.

She blinked her eyes, and it seemed that the net of interests had already formed a knot, and she would have to ask the second cousin who was the servant for help in the future.

After chatting and laughing for a while, they heard the sound of firecrackers at the entrance of Zizaiju. Little Webster hurried in and shouted: "The sedan chair has arrived at the entrance, help the bride out!"

Cen Sanniang's eyes dimmed, and a Xipa had already blocked her view.

Before going out, she went to bid farewell to Mrs. Li and Mr. Webster.Li Shangzhi went out with her on his back, walked on his back for a few steps, and heard Cen Zhilin's teeth-grinding childish voice: "Cry! If you don't cry, people will look down on you! I'm so anxious!"

Cen Sanniang really wanted to tear off the hijab and make a strange face at Cen Zhilin to anger him.Naturally, I can only bear it.Telling her to cry, Cen Sanniang opened her mouth again and again, imagining that Cen Zhilin was a little adult who was jumping in a hurry, holding back her laughter, and bumping on Li Shangzhi's back.

Xi Niang has sharp eyes: "The bride is reluctant to part with her family..."

A beaming rhetoric flowed on and on.

Cen Sanniang laughed even harder.I heard Li Shangzhi say softly: "I don't know if she was happy when she got married."

Cen Sanniang couldn't even smile.

"Sanniang, Du Jiu treated you badly. Uncle beat him so badly." Li Shangzhi probably felt that he shouldn't have said that, so he hurried to make amends.

"Okay. Second uncle, you have to remember this. Also, remember to find an aunt who loves Sanniang." Cen Sanniang talked and laughed with him in a low voice following his words.

Li Shangzhi stopped in his footsteps, and said with a light smile, "Okay."

After getting into the sedan chair, the members of Li Jiacen's family stopped in their tracks.Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Cen Sanniang's wedding sedan chair was watched off.

Cen Sanniang raised her hipa, and quietly opened a gap in the car curtain.In the twilight, I could only see Du Yansui sitting on the horse in a deep red dress, the gold thread embroidered on the skirt was shining brightly.She gently lowered the sedan chair curtain, and heard the laughter of the onlookers outside, and the child shouting happily: "Bride, sit in the sedan chair... sprinkle the sugar, sprinkle the sugar!"

An inexplicable feeling rose in my heart, as if life had really opened a new scene.

All her thoughts were focused on hearing, hearing the deafening sound of firecrackers at the door of Du's house, hearing Xi Niang's auspicious words guiding the progress of the wedding ceremony, hearing the master of ceremonies calling the ceremony loudly, and hearing all the noises in the main hall of Du's house. The sound of conversation and laughter.

The sound came in like a tide and receded like a tide.

The moment Du Yansui pushed Xipa away, Cen Sanniang subconsciously threw her head back and met his face.

She has neatly combed temple hair, eyebrows like green bamboo, and a shy smile—the kind that only knows how to giggle when she's drunk.Cen Sanniang wanted to laugh and lowered her head.

"The bride is shy!" Joking laughter sounded in the new house.

Well, bow your head.In fact, she really wanted to take a closer look at the female relatives of the Du family.Because there are too many, many surprise her.The Du family has nine houses in Chang'an.Probably came today.The moment Cen Sanniang lifted Xipa away, she glanced vaguely.It was densely packed, and the fragrance was choking, so she couldn't see clearly.

"Birth or not?" Xi Niang was asking.

Cen Sanniang swallowed a small piece of raw dumpling: "It's okay."

"Hahahaha..." There were bursts of laughter from all around.

Xi Niang was also choked by this answer, and quickly grabbed a large handful of lotus seeds, jujubes, and peanuts and threw them at the two: "Lotus seeds, jujubes, give birth to a precious son..."

It didn't hurt, but it brought Cen Sanniang back to her senses.Glancing to the side, Du Yansui was sitting beside her.His hands were on the side of the couch, clenched into fists.Does he get nervous too?
Just as she was thinking, half of the gourd filled with rice wine was handed to her.This is a quilt wine.The golden gourd handle is tied with a short red thread.Cen Sanniang was a little embarrassed, would drinking the cup of wine like this splash him in the face?Seeing Du Yansui cast a quick glance at her, he brought the gourd to her lips.

Oh, straight to drink.When Cen Sanniang raised her hand, the red thread tightened.

Du Yansui was startled, leaned towards her quickly, and drank nervously.

"Look at how loving these young couple are." Someone joked, and another burst of laughter came.

Bow your head and pretend to be ashamed, all brides are like this.Cen Sanniang lowered her head and pretended not to hear.

After drinking, Du Yansui stood up and bowed in groups, and went out to entertain the guests.All the women in the room were looking at Cen Sanniang like a panda, only to hear Du Yanwan laughing and saying: "My aunts and sisters-in-law, the banquet is already underway, let my sister-in-law change her makeup."

Everyone gradually left, Cen Sanniang raised her head and let out a sigh of relief, and saw two strange girls standing at the door, but Ah Qiu and Xia Chu were not there.She was about to order them to find her maid, when Du Jingshu walked in with a food box: "Sanniang, I'll accompany you. Wuermeier, you go and ask Young Madam's maid to serve you, and then go help up front."

"Yes." The two girls bowed and retreated.

Cen Sanniang laughed: "Are they your girls?"

"That's right." Du Jingshu put the food box on the table, took out a few dishes, snacks, and a can of porridge, "There are few people in the Duke's mansion, and there are only a few servants around Brother Jiu, not a single girl. Yan There are only two maids around Wan, and they were with her at the banquet. My mother took care of the wedding and sent some people from the house to help. You eat first, and then ask your maid to help you change your makeup after eating .They are all arranged to rest in the yard first. They will be here in a while."

"I'm afraid I'm tired of you today." Cen Sanniang could tell that Du Jingshu had put in a lot of effort.

Du Jingshu scooped up a bowl of porridge for her, and ate a snack by herself: "Ninth brother is exhausted. My mother just went to the house to help take care of it. Post a post asking the master of ceremonies to invite the drum troupe, all run by Jiu brother. "

"Looks like I married a capable man, that's great." Cen Sanniang said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Du Jingshu seemed to be secretly relieved.

At this time, Fang's mother came with Ah Qiu and Xia Chu.Du Jingshu put down her chopsticks: "Sanniang, rest first, I'll go ahead and have a look."

"Thank you for your trouble." Cen Sanniang thanked her sincerely.

"The day after tomorrow, I will recognize my relatives and give me a backup gift, just thank me." Du Jingshu put on a strange face, and walked away with a smile.Turning back at the door, "I forgot to remind you, it's best to wear knee pads on the day you recognize your relatives. There will probably be more than 100 people from the Du family."

"Wait." Cen Sanniang was taken aback, "There are really so many people?"

Du Jingshu thought for a while and said, "You can ask brother Jiu again, he knows. I'll go first."

The three of Fang's mothers also heard this, and couldn't help becoming nervous: "Girl, according to the list given by the Du family, we only prepared fifty gifts."

"First help me change my clothes." There are twice as many people, come to eat from the big family?Cen Sanniang was also a little annoyed.

In order to save the face of both parties, how many people will come to recognize relatives, the elders, the same generation and the younger generation are all clearly listed on the list.In order not to miss anyone's gift, it will not look good on his face.Who knew that Du Jingshu would throw such a message.

After taking a hot bath, he changed into a homely Confucian dress, loosely tied his hair in a bun behind his head, and tied it with a long jade hairpin.Patting her face without makeup, Cen Sanniang felt extremely relaxed.

"My uncle's yard is easy to arrange without a girl waiting for you. Mother Fang, you should take care of the internal affairs of this yard first, and my uncle's people should not interfere with the internal affairs. Fengchun and Dongnuan are still young, so you should take them with you and teach them first." Rules. Ah Qiu and Xia Chu are still waiting for me in the inner hall. Others should be arranged after understanding the situation.” Cen Sanniang made the personnel arrangements first.

Cen Sanniang said again: "Mother Fang, take your purse, and the people from the big house will come to help you. If you see it, you will reward it first. If it is not enough, you can come and get it. As for how much gift you need to make up, I will ask you later."

"Yes." Seeing that Cen Sanniang was not flustered, the hearts of Mother Fang and the others gradually settled down.

"Girl, Xia Chu and I are staying next to the East Wing tonight to wait. The East Wing is empty and no one lives there, and the West Wing seems to be my uncle's study. You can hear me if you have something to say." Ah Qiu said.

"Okay." Cen Sanniang thought and thought, as if there was nothing else to do, "I'll talk about it tomorrow. Find me a miscellaneous book. Ah Qiu will go and rest first, and Xia Chu will stay and serve."

Feeling like she was in a state of battle, Cen Sanniang was tensed by the news Du Jingwan brought.

Cen Sanniang usually sleeps in the middle of the day and gets up in the middle of the day.Switch to modern timekeeping, go to bed at about 10:30 in the evening, and get up from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the morning.Take a nap after lunch to catch up on sleep.

She held the book and looked at it, seeing her eyelids drooping, she simply threw the book and got up, and asked Xia Chu to tell her how to arrange the clothes and other things.

The new house is extremely spacious, with five main rooms, the entrance in the middle is the banquet hall, and two rooms in the east and west.The two rooms in the west wing are connected, and a small living room is separated by a carved wooden screen in the middle.There are two rooms in the East Wing, one is where her dowry is placed, and the other is still vacant.

(End of this chapter)