A Thousand Hills

Chapter 105

The prince's wedding has always attracted much attention, and the status of the fifth prince goes without saying. Compared with the previous princes and concubines, Xie Moru is even more famous in the city.Therefore, the wedding of these two people attracted more attention.

Concubine Xie Guifei gave Xie Moru a rich makeup gift early on, and Empress Dowager Hu even started nagging ten days ago, "Why is the rain this year never ending? The summer harvest will be affected." Empress Dowager Hu came from a bitter background. Therefore, I have a good understanding of the solar terms of farming work. It is the time of summer harvest, and the rain does not stop. If it is too late to harvest, the rice grains in the ears of rice will be knocked down by the rain to the field, and the harvest will be lost for a whole season.Talking about the hardships of the people, Queen Mother Hu said to herself, "I don't know if it was given by someone. It's not a sunny day for other people to get married, but her marriage has wiped out the sun."

After muttering, although Empress Dowager Hu was very annoyed and thanked Mo Ru, she didn't have a good impression of Concubine Su, but the Fifth Prince was her own grandson.It is enough for a son to wrong his grandson by arranging such a marriage for his grandson. At the wedding, Empress Dowager Hu absolutely could not make her grandson lose face.Therefore, Empress Dowager Hu specially reminded the two noble concubines Zhao Xie, "In such a rainy day, when Xiao Wu gets married, we should make good arrangements. Don't let the rain dampen our interest."

Both Zhao and Xie agreed, and said some precautions for getting married in rainy days. Concubine Zhao also said a few witty words, "It is said that rain is wealth, and this is a good omen."

Empress Dowager Hu didn't answer these words, and said, "From Yanxi Yanze to Yanqing Yantao, the weather is very good. I don't know what happened to Xiaowu. Such a good boy, why is his luck not as good as his brothers."

Concubine Xie has already experienced the temper of Queen Mother Hu. At this time, she would rather believe that she is deaf and dumb than speak.Concubine Zhao Guifei made no fun of it, and smiled coyly, "Don't worry, Concubine Xie and I will be able to make arrangements for the Fifth Prince."

Empress Dowager Hu was upset when she thought of Xie Moru, so she stopped talking about it.

The fifth prince didn't feel that his luck was bad. Every time he went to pay his respects to Queen Mother Hu, he felt that his luck was very good.Especially since it has been raining for half a month, and three days before his marriage, he suddenly pushed aside the dark clouds to see the sun.It's a sunny day, don't mention it.

As the wedding was approaching, the fifth prince tried on the wedding dress, and Mother Zhou came back to report, saying that the princess's dowry had arrived.Speaking of this, the Fifth Prince was a little embarrassed. Normally, the dowry was only carried on the day of the big wedding. Her daughter-in-law's dowry was so much that it might not be able to be carried in one day, so it was agreed to start carrying it three days in advance.Some of the large pieces of furniture were placed in the palace first. His palace had already been built, but people still lived in the palace, and they would leave the palace to divide the palace after they got married.Therefore, part of Xie Moru's dowry was carried to the palace first, and part of it was carried into the palace on the day.

It's not easy for the fifth prince to go to the matter of carrying the dowry. Nanny Zhou is the nanny in charge of his courtyard, and the fifth prince will let Nanny Zhou take care of some trivial matters in the palace.Hearing that the dowry has started to be raised, the fifth prince said, "Madam sent two experienced people to watch over it, it's better to be careful and safe."

Nanny Zhou responded happily, and said, "A few days ago, Your Highness was worried that the rain would not stop during the wedding. Look, the sun came out as soon as the dowry was lifted. It is really a good omen." Her old man was selected by Concubine Su to take care of her. The fifth prince was naturally happy for Xie Moru to marry in, and praised his own prince, "Your Highness, this wedding dress is really handsome once you wear it."

The fifth prince emphasized, "Isn't this made last year? I'll try the size."

Knowing that His Highness wanted to save face, Nanny Zhou pursed her lips and smiled, said no more, and went out to work.

Xie Moru had a rich dowry, even Concubine Zhao felt deeply, no matter how many others, the fifth prince really had a solid marriage.The first four princes also married ladies from famous families, but in terms of dowry, they were really inferior to Xie Moru.Even if the next prince gets married, I am afraid that such a generous dowry will be gone.

Concubine Zhao even teased Concubine Su about this once, and Concubine Su said flatly, "Yeah, from now on we will be far away, and the children will have a better life."

Concubine Zhao's heart skipped a beat, "Here, the children are still young, so it's time to divide them up."

Concubine Su didn't seem to notice Concubine Zhao's discomfort, she just said normally, "Isn't it sooner or later."

Concubine Zhao is not in the mood to joke anymore.

The weather on the day of Xie Moru's wedding was very good. The continuous sunny days made the road dry enough. The royal wedding has its own rules. Therefore, even though it was lively, it was within the rules.Xie Moru was sitting in the boudoir, most people got married in the evening, so the bride was not considered tired, Xie Moru got up according to the usual routine, changed into wedding clothes after lunch, Quanfu people helped comb her hair.Although Xie Shangshu was provoked by Xie Moru once, he still tried his best in Xie Moru's marriage, discussed with Mrs. Xie, and invited Mrs. Su Xiang, a well-known Quanfu person in the imperial capital, to come and comb Xie Moru's hair.The Quanfu person who combs the bride's hair is very particular, needless to say the status, and what's more, only a woman who has both parents and mother-in-law, has both children under her knees, loves her husband, and has an excellent reputation with the outside world can be called Quanfu people.Xie's family is a scholarly family, Xie Shangshu is a high-ranking official in the court, Mrs. Xie personally invited him, and Mrs. Su Xiang readily agreed.

Unlike when you are a girl, you always leave some loose hair behind your head and tie it into a braid. When you get married, you have to coil your braid and tie your hair into a hairpin.

Mrs. Su chanted the auspicious words of "one comb to the head, two combs to the tail, three combs to white hair and eyebrows", while neatly combing Xie Moru's hair.The hair is combed, and there is no rush to wear the pearl crown. Jiang Xingyun has already invited Ying to dress up Xie Moru. As the number one beauty in the imperial capital, Jiang Xingyun has a good appearance on the one hand, and she has her own experience in dressing up as the number one beauty.Jiang Xingyun said, "In such a hot day, your face is fine and clean, so you don't need to use so much powder, otherwise you will easily lose your rouge when you sweat." He didn't put on those heavy makeup for Xie Moru at all, but just brushed it lightly a few times , Xie Moru was born with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a stern demeanor, while Jiang Xingyun made her look a little softer.

Jiang Xingyun asked, "How?"

Xie Moru smiled slightly, "Very good." When she smiled, the tails of her eyes turned up slightly, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, the smiling face made Mrs. Su's face change slightly, and she sighed secretly, it was too similar.

Mrs. Xie also told Xie Moru some things about getting married and living together. When the auspicious time comes, the fifth prince will come to welcome her.Xie Moru tidied up his clothes, covered his head with a dragon and phoenix auspicious red hijab, and let Xie Zhi carry the sedan chair on his back.On the Xie family's side, the uncle Xie Feng and the eldest son Xie Zhi, the uncle of the second room, and Xie Zhi, the eldest son of the concubine, were the ones who sent off the relatives in the Xie family. That said, she didn't want to see people from the third room when she got married.The third old lady became "sick" again, fortunately there was still Jiang Xingyun's face, Xie Moru didn't do anything to the third old lady, but Sanfang couldn't think about showing her face like this.

The sedan chair was very stable, the residence of Xie Mansion was not far from the palace, and it took about half an hour to arrive at the imperial city.The prince's wife, all of them entered through the Zhuque gate, and were carried all the way into the courtyard where the fifth prince lived.The courtyard was decorated with joy, everywhere was decorated with bright red, the fifth prince also looked beaming, worshiped heaven and earth according to the rules, when the husband and wife came to meet each other, they took Xie Moru into the main room with a wedding ribbon, Under the guidance of the nanny, he picked up the Xipa with the Xipa scale. Because it was evening, the fifth prince squinted his eyes and took a closer look. Although he had seen his wife last year, the assassination incident happened at that time, and the fifth prince had no time to take a look.He knew from his mother and concubine's advice that he should treat his daughter-in-law well, but which boy would not be pregnant? The fifth prince thought he was not a superficial person who judges people by their appearance, but now it is more gratifying to be sure that his daughter-in-law is good-looking.

Apart from Xipa, Xie Moru also raised his head to look at the fifth prince, and saw the fifth prince looking at her with a smirk.Xie Mo Ruxin said, in the past, he was quite serious, and he didn't seem to joke much, so he laughed so stupidly.

Cui Shi, the eldest concubine of the emperor, pursed her lips and smiled, "Look at our fifth younger brother, he is very happy to see the bride."

The second concubine Wu Shi also laughed, "The bride is very pretty."

Everyone laughed for a while, and the fourth prince came to ask the fifth prince to go out to toast, and the fifth prince said to Xie Moru, "You take a rest first, I will come as soon as I go."

Everyone roared with laughter, and the fourth prince laughed so hard that his stomach ached. He pulled the fifth prince and said, "My fifth brother, why don't you write a personal note to your younger siblings first?" and dragged the fifth prince away.

The fourth prince even laughed once in front of the brothers, and the eldest son patted the fifth prince on the shoulder jokingly, "Fifth brother, we can't just get married and be afraid of ourselves."

The fifth prince refused to admit it, "What's the matter, isn't she just here and not familiar with it?"

The second prince also laughed hard enough, and said, "It's okay, once you come and go, you'll be familiar." I think Lao Wu has always had a cold face, and I don't want to make such a joke again.

The fifth prince was lured by the third prince to have a drink with relatives and ministers. The third prince thought in his heart that he had heard that the eldest cousin of the Xie family was a very powerful person. .

In short, Xie Moru has just entered the door, without doing anything, and has gained a great reputation.

The noise in the palace lasted until nightfall, Xie Feng and Xie Zhi went back to the Shangshu Mansion, the Shangshu Mansion also had a day of wine and just finished, Xie Shangshu and Mrs. Xie were waiting for them.Seeing Xie Feng and Xie Zhi come back, Xie Shangshu asked, "Is it going well? Is the fifth prince's place still lively today?" If ordinary people get married, the family will definitely not ask whether it is going well or not. How can things go wrong and how can they not be lively?But Xie Moru has always been different from ordinary people, and the Empress Dowager Hu in the palace is not happy with this marriage, the Xie family is well aware of it.Therefore, the Xie family was always a little worried.

Xie Feng is above Xie Zhi in terms of generation and age, so it was Xie Feng who answered, Xie Feng said with a smile, "The trip went smoothly, the fifth prince is very happy, and he knows how to take care of our princess." Said the joke of the fifth prince up.

Only then did Mrs. Xie put her heart back into her stomach, and said in a loud voice, "That's good, that's good."

It was getting late, Xie Feng said a few words and got up to leave and go home.

Xie Zhi talked to his grandparents about the banquet, and seeing the appearance of the fifth prince, he was indeed very satisfied with the marriage, Xie Shangshu and Mrs. Xie felt relieved and sent Xie Zhi to rest without mentioning it.

Xie Moru didn't see the fifth prince until the banquet was over outside. The fifth prince had a faint smell of alcohol on his body, maybe it was because of drinking too much, his face was a little red.The fifth prince went to sit beside Xie Moru, coughed, looking for something to say, "Are you tired?"

"Not tired." Xie Moru said, "Your Highness, let's have some hangover soup."

"Oh." The Fifth Prince ate the hangover soup slowly and belatedly asked, "Did you eat it at night?"

"Ate."

"What to eat?"

"My concubine sent someone to send it. There is chicken porridge and a few side dishes, all of which taste good. Are you hungry, Your Highness?"

"Not hungry, I ate outside."

The two of them were looking for something to talk about, and the fifth prince had two or three mouthfuls of hangover soup, and ordered the palace people, "Go down." Well, it's time to get down to business.

Xie Moru wiped the sweat from the tip of the fifth prince's nose with a handkerchief, and said, "It's very hot, His Highness has been out socializing for half a day, it's very hot, let's take a bath first to relieve fatigue."

The fifth prince said happily: My daughter-in-law just cares about me.

The two of them took a bath one by one, separated by a five-fold tulle screen for mandarin ducks to play in the water, both of them wore single clothes after bathing, the fifth prince held Xie Moru's hand and ordered the palace people to retreat.The two sat by the bed, the fifth prince lightly twirled Xie Moru's palm, Xie Moru looked at the pair of wine cups on the table, and reminded, "Your Highness, let's drink together." Xie Moru kept the wedding procedures in mind.

"Oh, look at me, why did I forget?" The fifth prince slapped his forehead, thinking of the wedding procedure, he went over and took one and handed it to Xie Moru, and he also took one, and the two ate together.Xie Moru tossed the cups under the bed, the fifth prince lifted the bed curtain and squatted down to have a look, saw the two cups turned upside down, clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" Thanked Moru, "You threw it really well, it just happened to go up Take a moment." Mammy said earlier, this means that men bow to women, heaven and earth are overwhelmed, yin and yang are harmonious, and good luck.A happy day is naturally a good omen.

Xie Moru looked at the fifth prince and smiled, even if the fifth prince is a little dumb today, he is not really a fool, he has always kept important things in his heart, now he put his hand on Xie Moru's shoulder without a teacher, and pulled the other hand The curtain was lowered, and the two of them fell on the bed, and it happened to be one up and one down.

Don't look at the fifth prince, who usually shows his majesty with a stern face, but he is actually a very careful person, and he also takes care of Xie Moru's feelings. His subordinates grope and ask from time to time, "How about this, how about that?".After groping for a while, the fifth prince suddenly took out a book from under the mattress, held Xie Moru in one hand to show her, and asked for her opinion by pointing to various poses, "Which one do you like?"

Xie Moru was ashamed of being touched by him, but when he saw the book, his face was on fire, and he became angry from embarrassment, "How would I know!"

The fifth prince gave her a drink, expressing his understanding, "That's right." This is the first time for the daughter-in-law, there is no comparison, seeing Xie Moru staring at him, the fifth prince smiled, "Oh, don't be annoyed, don't be annoyed." Daughter-in-law, the Fifth Prince made the first move and said, "Then I'll make the decision."

Xie Moru didn't have time to get angry, just felt pain, so he became even more angry, scratched the Fifth Prince's back, and said, "Be gentle!"

"I didn't try hard." The fifth prince hugged Xie Moru and kissed her, and said, "I'm not very proficient, I'm fine, it's fine, just wait for us to practice more."

Xie Moru couldn't laugh or cry at his stupid words, in short, he was not very comfortable just now, but the two of them worked hard on each other, and gradually became harmonious.

(End of this chapter)