Yutai Bi

Chapter 161 Dragon Boat Festival Part 2
"I admit that I lied to you yesterday. You are so impulsive and sad, and I have no choice but to coax you to calm down and wait for your brother to come back. Of course, I can also put some money in a bag and let you escape quietly. You also know that if you resist the decree and escape marriage, the whole family will kill you. I am afraid of death." Cen Sanniang knew Du Yanwan's temper, so she simply confessed to her.

When Du Yanwan heard the sentence "I'm afraid of death", she burst out laughing, then tensed up again, and snorted softly.

Cen Sanniang thought to herself, what a straight-tempered girl.so coaxing!
Aggrieved, she continued, "I'll be happy if you marry your brother? On the second day of the marriage, grandma asked your brother to show me the ledger. I dumped the money box on the table and counted it, 46 What about two silver coins. Your brother still looks like he is dragging, 'don't touch your dowry'! Hey, silver coins can't have babies, I'm really worried."

"Sister-in-law, it's hard for you." Du Yanwan remembered that Cen Sanniang had been married for a few days, and she accepted Wei Xiaoqing's invitation to go to Leyouyuan.Cen Sanniang bought her gorgeous Hu clothes, jewelry and silver.

He also remembered that she had devoted herself to inquiring about Zou Dalang's situation, and enthusiastically gave her advice.

Peony defends herself in every possible way.

Du Yanwan felt ashamed, even if Cen Sanniang followed her brother to enjoy all the wealth in the future.It wasn't her fault either.Without Cen Sanniang, there would be other women who would marry brother.She was narrow-minded and went into a dead-end alley.

Cen Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled: "Yan Wan, you don't like Cui Mengdong, you don't like the Cui family. But now, we can only look forward, right? We live our own lives. With money , why don't you let yourself have a better life? I can help you make up your mind. But clothes and jewelry, you have to choose what suits you. Are you right? "

Du Yanwan hummed lightly.

"I asked someone to prepare a carriage, let's go out to buy clothes."

Cen Sanniang believed that the House of the Founding Marquis must be closely watching the movements of the Du family.The money was given in the morning, and the aunt and sister-in-law went shopping happily in the afternoon. The Cui family must think that the Du family has money, so they are really eager for the marriage.

"Sister-in-law, I..." Du Yanwan was still in a lack of interest.

Of course, Cen Sanniang can't be said to have done it for the Jianguohou's mansion.Not giving her time to refuse at all, she raised her voice and told Ah Qiu and Xia Chu to prepare the carriage.Pulled Du Yanwan and left: "Think about it, even though grandma doesn't say anything, if you are unhappy, she will only feel more sad. For grandma, you have to choose the wedding dress happily, right?"

Du Yanwan stopped struggling and let her go.

The news quickly reached the Cui family.

Mrs. Li, the wife of Founding Marquis, hated Du Yanwan to the extreme: "Da Lang, do you really want to marry such a daughter-in-law? In the future, you will become the patriarch of the Cui family, and she will be the clan wife!"

Cui Mengdong just smiled: "Her dowry is all from our family. Feng Feng is married, and she knows the inside story. She will never think about raising her head in front of her son for the rest of her life. It's not up to me. The Du family is not a small family. , as long as she can handle the situation. Is my son so rare to be served by caring people?"

He also coaxed Mrs. Li to be happy: "She passed the door, and she didn't dare to put on airs as a girl from the Duke's Mansion in front of her mother. You are free to teach her how you want. Where can I find such an obedient daughter-in-law? My son bet, in the future Sanlang's daughter-in-law, I'm afraid you can't control it."

Mrs. Li knew that her youngest son, Zhong Dong, only knew to hang around Wei Xiaoqing all day long, so she felt that marrying Du Yanwan was not without its benefits.I feel better now.

Seeing the smile on his mother's face, Cui Mengdong said: "On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Mrs. Du will be invited to watch the competition. Grandma is too old to go. You should pay respect to Mrs. Du. She is a real first-class Mrs. Du .”

Mrs. Li gave him an angry look and said: "Mother knows. In the eyes of everyone, I respect Mrs. Yipin, lest people say that we are just the third-rank founding marquis's mansion. Relying on the prestige of the empress, even Mrs. Yipin is not in their eyes. .”

Cui Mengdong bowed deeply to Mrs. Li: "Your wronged mother, my son will make an apology to you."

Li Shi was coaxed into elation.

For 5000 taels of silver, you can put all your effort into buying a dowry for Du Yanwan.

As the saying goes, shopping can make a woman feel better.Four or five days passed in a flash.Du Yanwan was finally able to discuss with Madam Du with a smile on which piece of material was beautiful and which piece of jewelry was exquisite.Mrs. Du was extremely pleased.

In the middle, Du Yansui never returned home, and only sent a few messages from Hei Qi, telling Cen Sanniang to go and see Jing Ge happily, and not to think about other things.

Cen Sanniang reassured him.

In the early morning of the fifth day, Du Yanwan stayed at home to take care of Mrs. Zhang.Cen Sanniang told Mr. Du and Mrs. Fang to guard the door.After changing into gorgeous clothes, he accompanied Mrs. Du in a carriage to Qujiang.

The wives of high-ranking families traveled out in full makeup, sitting in gorgeous carriages, carrying Silla maidservants, and Kunlun slaves.Surrounded by heroic guards, the whole family travels.

The small family helped the old and the young, put on new clothes, wore freshly picked flowers on their hair, and waited with laughter.

The doors of the square opened wide amidst the sound of bells, and the small vendors rushed to the riverside early in the morning, pushing ox carts, pulling donkeys, and carrying household belongings.Put on a big sale.

Countless tents have been set up on both sides of the Qujiang River.There are storytellers, jugglers, and sumo wrestlers in front of the tent, mixed with applause and laughter.The whole river boiled.

The best locations always belong to the princes and nobles.

When Mrs. Du and Cen Sanniang walked towards the spacious tent of the Jianguohou Mansion, Cen Sanniang had already seen the eldest aunt, little Webster, sisters Webster, and Cen Siniang.

As soon as the soft sedan carrying Mrs. Du passed by, almost all the wives came out to salute her.Mrs. Jianguo Hou stood outside the tent and waited. Seeing this situation, there was a hint of envy on her face.

Even if she is the queen's sister-in-law, it is impossible for her to make all the noble ladies in Chang'an City bow their knees to pay her respects.Among the 24 meritorious officials in Lingxiao Pavilion, first-grade wives who lived to Mrs. Du's age are as rare as one can count.The word "noble" means "respect first and honor later".Because my mother-in-law is the empress's mother-in-law, she was named a first-class wife, and if she is expensive, she is more expensive. She can't compare with Du Ruhui's wife when she comes up with this honorable word.

Li Shi is proud of this.Look, the one you curtsey is my in-laws old lady.She greeted her with a smile on her face, and helped the old lady herself, her eyes flicked over the nine-phoenix and nine-zhai crown on the old lady's head, her expression became more respectful: "Old lady, you look very energetic today."

Cen Sanniang didn't wear any clothes, but a light gauze red cardigan with large sleeves and a high-waisted apricot-colored skirt inside.Wearing a high bun, shaking gold tines on the head should not be lacking.A pair of gold bracelets and a pair of jade bracelets are worn on the wrists.Compared with what Li Shi saw that day, today is also full of gorgeous style.

Mrs. Li thought about the words from the empress, probably the Du family was trying to test her.Seeing the two of them dressed gracefully and luxuriously, I was extremely happy.Dressing up carefully and watching the competition in the same tent as the Founding Marquis's Mansion, this is to make the Founding Marquis's Mansion look good.If she still dressed plainly and made people laugh at her, Mrs. Li would also feel ashamed.

After entering the tent, Mrs. Li asked the old lady to sit at the head, and Li Shifang confessed: "Men are always restless. Lord Hou and my three useless sons led the guards to go hunting in Cuju. If you don't hunt If you get game moxibustion, the old lady will be fined if you turn around!"

There are mostly spacious grasslands and green forests on both sides of the Qujiang River.It's still early for the competition, so the men can't be free.They ride horses in groups of three or four, or with companions as guards.Many young girls also wore Hu clothes and left the tent to ride horses.

Mrs. Du smiled and said: "Thank you for your invitation. It's been 20 years, and this is the first time for me to come out of the mansion to watch the competition in Qujiang. I don't know what tricks are popular now."

Mrs. Li was even happier when she received this humble remark.Pulled the old lady opened.

Seeing that Cen Sanniang was having a good time chatting, she pleaded guilty and went to meet Cen Siniang.The old lady agreed.

When she got out of the tent, she saw Cen Siniang standing not far away with the girl, as if waiting for her.

Cen Sanniang walked over and saluted: "Si Niang."

Cen Siniang shook her hand and said with a smile: "I was thinking about entering the account to pay my respects to the old lady, but you came out without thinking about it."

The two left the tent hand in hand, walked towards the woods behind, found an open space to stand, Cen Siniang sighed and said: "Sanniang, do you know about Qiniang? It made the second sister-in-law very angry. "

Cen Sanniang sighed, but didn't answer.She has nothing to say.

But Cen Siniang began to gossip: "...the cousin locked her up and said she would not let her go out until she got married. The Fang family hastily arranged a marriage for Fang Qishao. I heard that they will have a marriage at the end of the year."

Cen Sanniang became interested: "Which family did you order?"

Cen Siniang shook her head: "I don't know about that. Although it was Qiniang who went to pester Fang Qishao, he couldn't get away with it after all. The Fang family made an engagement for him to avoid talking."

Poor Fang Ming, Qiniang got involved.Cen Sanniang secretly shook her head.The two said a few more words that it was not good to stay outside for a long time, so they parted ways and returned their accounts.

Cen Sanniang was thinking about something, and heard all kinds of cheers and laughter coming from the woods not far away.Knowing that someone must have gathered to wrestle or play Cuju.

She really wanted to know where the founding marquis took his sons, and even more wanted to know whether Du Yansui's plan was going well.Thinking that the old lady was chatting happily with Mrs. Li, she took Aqiu to find the lively place.

Sure enough, a large group of people surrounded the glade, and some people were wrestling in the field.

(End of this chapter)