The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 100 The long night before Qingqing’s wedding dress

Even if it’s like this, she still doesn’t give up? Does she really think she is her step-sister? Liuli looked at Cao with an indifferent expression. Before she could speak, Kudi Yanzhong's face had already darkened, "If you don't dare to refuse a gift from an elder, you must be a serious elder! Didn't you hear what Aunt Liuli said? Liuli has his own uncle. , no need for outsiders to worry about it!”

Cao's face suddenly turned pale. Outsider? Only my concubine’s relatives are outsiders to my legitimate children! Although Ku Diyanzhong has a good temper recently, he has never failed her in public like this. Where should she put her face in front of Liuli and these servants? She gritted her teeth and walked out quickly. When she went out, her feet stumbled and she almost fell.

Kudi Yanzhong snorted, turned to Liuli and said, "Your concubine's words are somewhat ignorant of the importance. Don't take it to heart."

 It’s hard for him to finally see it. Liuli lowered her eyes and smiled lightly, "Of course my daughter won't take it seriously."

This time, Kudi Yanzhong packed up an east wing room for Liuli and brought out new mattresses. However, Ani calmly withdrew them all and took Liuli's bedding from the car. After rearranging the arrangement, their hands and feet were a bit more agile than usual, and both Xiao Tan and A Yan were a little unable to get involved. Xiao Tan didn't take it seriously. He smiled and just asked Liu Li how he had been in the past two years. I wanted to say something several times, but I stuck out my tongue and swallowed it back. Ayan watched silently. Liuli felt a little thirsty just now. She had already gone out to rinse a porcelain cup and poured a cup of hot water in. Ah Ni saw this and volunteered to go to the kitchen to see how lunch was being prepared.

Liuli just smiled and answered a few words from Xiaotan, but she was actually a little curious about Ayan. Seeing that her behavior and conversation were appropriate and meticulous, her demeanor was really not like that of an ordinary slave. Although the eldest uncle of the An family was rich, he was unlikely to Raise a servant like this.

Not long after, A Ni brought a lunch over. Seeing that Liuli let Xiao Tan and A Yan eat first, leaving herself to wait on them, she felt somewhat relieved.

Lunch at Kudi's house has always been simple, and today it was just a bowl of cold food. When Liuli ate it in his mouth, he felt it was tasteless. Then he was shocked to realize that he had been tricked. He couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile and put it down. Chopsticks smiled and said, "I've eaten enough, you go and eat too."

Ani looked up at Liuli, wanting to say something, but finally just smiled and said yes, and stepped back with the food table in hand. Liuli looked at her back and shook her head slightly.

After noon, both Shi and Kudi Qiniang came back with smiles. Kudi Qiniang smiled when she saw Liuli and said, "It's such a neat house, and the servants all know the etiquette. Just wait for you, the mistress, to go." I'm in charge!" Mrs. Shi also said, "Auntie is very lucky. The things in the house look ordinary and are excellent. I don't know where Mr. Pei got them. I will definitely get them tomorrow. Let him ask clearly!"

Xiao Tan was the most curious and asked quickly, "What's a good method?"

Shi glanced at her and said, "I'm not in a hurry yet, why are you so anxious? Why don't you hurry up and call us!"

 How is Xiaotan so thin-skinned? He smiled and made a face. Kudi Qiniang said with a smile, "It's just her, but Mr. Pei must not let go tomorrow. After tomorrow, where can we go to tease Chang'an Ling? It's really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I have to let my daughters Come here, we must not let him pass so easily!"

Mrs. Shi nodded and said, "Exactly! On the day when my sixth wife got married the year before last, there were several stumbling ropes used at the door. My son-in-law almost broke his head. I will also arrange a few more ropes tomorrow..."

Liuli listened to them discuss how to plot against Pei Xingjian. In a blink of an eye, she heard about five or six popular ways to get a son-in-law. Some were caught and locked in a cupboard, some were hung upside down on a horse. She kept hearing them talking. It didn't hurt much to hit someone with a broom or rolling pin, but I was afraid that I would have to find some thorns. I finally couldn't help but start to worry.

Seeing her expression, Mrs. Shi couldn't help but burst into laughter. She patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, this is for good luck. Naturally, I want to make it happy. I just use thorns to pull it." How can I welcome the bride if my clothes are torn?”

Seeing that Kudi Qiniang also had a smile on her face, Liuli finally realized that they were not trying to get a son-in-law, they were definitely getting a bride! Seeing these two people smiling heartily, their faces couldn't help but blush.

On this day, time passed very quickly. After seeing off the two elders, Liuli checked the things she would use tomorrow again. She would often be in a daze for a while after picking up something, and before she knew it, it was getting dark. But the whole family had dinner together in the upper room. Even Qinglin was specially called back from his uncle Cao's house. Kudi Yanzhong was all smiles, and the dishes were much richer than usual, including a dish of browned roasted lamb. . It's just that both Cao and Hualou had expressions on their faces that quite affected the appetite of the viewers. Kudi Yanzhong secretly glared at them several times, but it didn't work.

Coral felt particularly depressed and uncomfortable. She tilted her head and looked like she was too lazy to look at Liuli. In the end, she couldn't help but glanced sideways at her, but she met a pair of indifferent eyes with a hint of pity, and she felt even more resentful in her chest - she had originally been towards her. I am also very satisfied with my marriage. The prince of Hedong is naturally of higher origin and has a better future than that Pei Ming Mansion! As for the concubine, what is the difference between my mother and the aunt named An in the Kudi family? But these days, looking at all the preparations at home, but that I would never receive such treatment, the sense of injustice accumulated day by day. At this time, when I met Liuli's eyes again, I just said It was because Liuli looked down on herself that the dinner she had just eaten suddenly became clogged in her stomach and she could no longer eat it. But now that he was gone, he seemed to have admitted defeat again, so he had to grit his teeth and sit down.

After finally finishing the meal, she returned to the room and saw Mrs. Cao coming in. Suddenly, Hualu felt that she couldn't bear it any longer. She covered her face and started crying. However, she didn't know what she was feeling wronged and angry about. .

In the east wing, Liuli let out a sigh of relief as soon as she walked in. This reunion dinner was really unappetizing. A Ni was serving Liu Li in the upper room, so she went to the kitchen to eat. A Yan took the kettle with a rope and went out to boil water. Xiao Tan then walked up with a smile, helped Liu Li loosen her hair, and whispered He smiled and said, "Auntie, Xiaotan promised to help someone pass a message to you." Liuli couldn't help but was startled, but she heard her lower her voice and said, "Please tell Auntie, Pei will definitely obey her orders!" Pei Xingjian's voice was improved by 30 to 40%.

Liuli was surprised and amused at the same time, and hurriedly asked, "When did this happen?"

Xiaotan laughed and said, "It's not too far away, a year and a half ago." Then she recounted the time when she met Pei Xingjian at the door of the wine shop. Liuli thought about how long he had been waiting in the lobby of the wine shop at that time. This time, I waited until Xiaotan asked her to deliver such a sentence, which actually had little hope of reaching her ears. Thinking of his mood at that time, I felt so mixed in my heart that I didn't even hear what Xiaotan said.

Xiaotan was trying hard to find out what was going on with the aunt and Pei Jiu. She asked several times in a row, but got no answer. She lowered her head and saw Liuli's dazed expression in the bronze mirror. Suddenly discouraged.

 That night, Liuli couldn't sleep. Thinking about tomorrow, she didn't have any doubts and uneasiness, but she had an extremely unreal feeling - was she really going to marry Pei Xingjian? Can she really stand by his side and become the woman who faces ups and downs with him? Could this all just be a big dream, and would she wake up immediately and find herself still lying on the table, with the half-written paper on the computer screen in front of her? Will the mother open the door and come in the next second, lamenting that this child always works so hard? But that self is really blurry, and she doesn't want to go back that much. Even if this is just a dream, let her do it a little longer.

Turning over, a cool feeling came through her chest. Liuli reached out and touched the jade pendant that had been hung up for half a year. She suddenly felt a little more at ease. The bed she was lying on was real, and the bed in her hand was real. This jade pendant is also real, so she probably really wants to become his wife...

As if I had just closed my eyes, Ani’s call came to my ears, “Madam, it’s time to get up!”

Liuli rubbed her eyes and was surprised to find that it was already bright. She quickly stood up and shouted, "Come in!"

The day seemed to be extremely long, and everyone around her was busy. From time to time, Kudiyanzhong’s voice could be heard in the courtyard ordering his servants to clean up everything. It seemed that she was the only one with nothing to do. , I could only watch the sun's shadow on the window move little by little, but the sun's shadow seemed to be stuck to the window screen and refused to move for a long time.

In the afternoon, she finally started to bathe, change clothes, freshen up, and put on new wedding dresses one by one from the inside out. When they were ready, Liuli wanted to sigh: This dark blue dress with large sleeves was simple and unpretentious, and it matched the The belt, knee caps, shoes and socks of the same color look elegant and quaint at best, but to be honest, at first glance, they actually look a bit like the green coats worn by the sweeping ladies in childhood.

It's just that compared to this plain wedding dress, the patterns on her hair at the moment seem to be a little too much. She has black hair on her temples, her hair is combed up into a high bun, she wears a hat, and there are gold beads symmetrically inserted on both sides. The flower hairpin with eight petals of Baoxiang flowers has a red gold and jade tassel on the front, and a trembling crimson gauze palace flower on the back. She glanced in the mirror and felt that it was probably too late to be immodest today. With a slight movement, the jewels on her head were ringing and the flowers were trembling, which was really too lively.

However, what is more lively is the seven aunts and eight aunts in this room. It was still dark, Liuli had just finished offering sacrifices to her ancestors, and almost all the female relatives of the Kudi family and the An family had arrived. At this time, they were even more joking and eager to squeeze into the room, many of whom Liuli couldn't even name. Qiniang, who had not seen her for a long time, approached Liuli with a smile. She had grown about half a head taller than two years ago, and her original thin figure had become slim and graceful. Her green eyes looked around Liuli enviously for several times. Mr. Kang smiled and said, "Seventh Lady, please don't be greedy. In just half a year, it will be your turn!"

Liuli knew that the family Qiniang had chosen was also named Kang, and they were going to get married. She held her head up and smiled at Qiniang, "I haven't congratulated Qiniang yet."

Qiniang was still shy and blushed immediately. Several female relatives who were joining in the fun immediately turned around and started teasing Qiniang, causing Qiniang to turn around and run away before she stopped laughing. He came back to tease Liuli again, but fortunately Xiaotan turned out to be a sharp-tongued person, and he would hit or eliminate them one by one. In the middle of the excitement, someone at the door suddenly shouted, "The new son-in-law is here!"

The female family members looked at each other, immediately picked up the 18 weapons such as brooms, sticks, bamboo poles, and ropes that had been prepared, and rushed out like a swarm.

Make a concubine, the most lively show in the Tang Dynasty's wedding ... it was the lightest to hit a meal.

   p.s. Many thanks to my dear classmates Mo Yue Lingxi, Yin Shuiyuan, babyinsky and Le Youyang.

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