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Chapter 430 My dear sister, you're getting married! (4000 words)
The capital of the Zhou Dynasty.

Early in the morning, just as dawn broke, the people of the capital awoke.

Everyone's face was filled with joy, just like during the Spring Festival.

There's no other reason than that today is His Majesty's wedding ceremony.

Putting aside the fact that for the next three years starting today, the Great Zhou will celebrate nationwide with a 50% tax reduction, which in itself is something to be happy about.

Simply put, joining in the fun is part of human nature.

If we don't watch this royal wedding procession, who knows when the next one will be?

So the people got up early and lined up on both sides of the street where the wedding procession would pass.

The street vendors also quickly prepared their goods and went out to sell them.

at the same time.

In a small village on the outskirts of the capital, the scene seemed even more bustling than the capital of the Zhou Dynasty.

Yesterday evening, the men of this small village had just returned from spring plowing when they saw soldiers guarding the village entrance.

At first, they thought someone from their own village had done something wrong.

As soon as they got close, they were given two red envelopes.

They later learned that a wealthy woman was getting married.

But they were even more puzzled.

Where would a rich girl come from in my remote little village?
Even if someone in the village becomes wealthy, don't they all move to the capital?

Why would anyone still return to the village?
The men in the village were curious, and the women were naturally even more curious.

However, even the most gossipy and nosy women, after asking around a little, dare not delve any deeper.

The village chief remained silent, only saying, "That person in the village is exceptionally distinguished."

And it was in this dilapidated little courtyard in a village called Shiqiao Village.

Yan Ruxue woke up early.

After Chunyan helped her mistress wash up, the palace maids from the imperial palace quickly stepped forward to help Yan Ruxue put on her wedding dress and jewelry.

After putting on the clothes.

Yan Ruxue sat down in front of the dressing table, and the palace maids picked up rouge and carefully applied it to the future imperial concubine.

Madam Yan and her maid Chunyan watched intently from the side.

Chunyan thought her young mistress was incredibly beautiful.

The young lady in my family was already as beautiful as an angel.

Now, our young lady is more beautiful than a celestial being!

really.

"The most beautiful clothes for a woman are red."

This statement is truly not just empty talk.

Chunyan couldn't understand why the young lady had to get married in this village.

Not to mention Chunyan, even Yan Ruxue's mother, Madam Yan, couldn't understand why her daughter would choose this village.

Madam Yan only knew that she and her daughter often came to a lake outside the village for a spring outing.

Because this village is nearby, and the villagers are simple and honest with each other, and the scenery is indeed beautiful, it is a good place to escape the summer heat.

So Madam Yan simply bought a courtyard house in this village.

This is the courtyard we have now.

Some interesting things happened when we bought the yard.

Madam Yan still remembers wandering around the village with her daughter, looking for a suitable place, when her daughter led her to this uninhabited courtyard.

This courtyard is located on the edge of the village, next to a mountain called "Snake Mountain".

Madam Yan immediately took a liking to the little courtyard and wanted to buy it.

However, when the village chief of Shiqiao Village heard this, he felt very troubled.

They said things like, "It's an ancestral rule that this courtyard cannot be sold," and "This small courtyard is the foundation of the village."

Even at the very end, the village chief of Shiqiao Village was almost in tears, saying, "Please, sir, don't make things difficult for this old man. You can build a courtyard anywhere else, except for this one."

Madam Yan was not an arrogant or domineering person.

When she saw the elderly man, who was over seventy years old, crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, she thought she should just let it go.

But the next day, the village chief of Shiqiao Village personally visited the Yan family in the city and said that the small courtyard could be sold.

When Madam Yan asked for the reason, the village chief of Shiqiao Village said that he dreamed of his ancestor last night. The ancestor told him in the dream that the small courtyard could be sold.

Madam Yan didn't know if the village chief was deliberately raising the price, but in the end she still bought the courtyard.

"Could it be that Ruxue used to come here to escape the summer heat when she was a child, and has a deep affection for this place, feeling that she can no longer come here after entering the palace, so she wants to get married here and see her childhood memories one last time?"

Looking at her daughter in front of the dressing mirror, Madam Yan thought to herself.

However, Madam Yan and her husband Yan Zhen naturally did not refuse their daughter's suggestion.

After all, in their hearts, letting their daughter enter the palace was already a huge disservice to her.

What if my daughter wants to get married here?

So, the day before the wedding, she came to the village with her daughter and decorated the small courtyard.

After the palace maids finished applying makeup and headdress to Yan Ruxue, Madam Yan stepped forward, took the comb, and combed her daughter's hair from root to tip, stroke by stroke.

"One comb to the end, husband and wife grow old together."

"Combing your hair twice will bring you health and peace of mind."

"Combing three times to the end brings many children and long life."

After combing her daughter's hair, Madam Yan gently helped her up, looked at her soon-to-be-married daughter, and said with a faint tear in her eye, "Beautiful, truly beautiful."

"My daughter, from now on you will be entering the palace. Once you are in the palace, you must behave yourself well, take good care of your husband and children, and share His Majesty's burdens. Do you understand?" Madam Yan earnestly instructed.

"I understand, Mother. Don't worry, I will take good care of myself and His Majesty." Yan Ruxue nodded.

"Hmm." Madam Yan looked at her daughter with reluctance. "You have been obedient and well-behaved since you were little, and you have a kind heart. In the palace, we don't necessarily need the position of Empress. If we can't get it, so be it. As long as you are safe and sound, everything is fine. You should also be very tolerant towards the servants. Do you understand?"

"I heard you," Yan Ruxue replied.

"Alright." Madam Yan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Mother will go and attend to other matters for you now. You sit here for a while, and we will come to call you when the auspicious time arrives."

"Yes, Mother." Yan Ruxue nodded.

Before long, Madam Yan led the palace maids out, leaving only Chunyan to take care of Yan Ruxue.

"Miss, you are so beautiful."

Chunyan stepped forward, her eyes sparkling.

"Is it pretty?" Yan Ruxue's lips curled up slightly, with a faint smile.

Chunyan nodded emphatically: "You look beautiful, Miss! You look absolutely stunning! No woman in the world can compare to you in your red dress today."

"You still have such a sweet tongue, girl." Yan Ruxue tapped her forehead. "No, that's not it." Chunyan pouted and said, "I was just telling the truth."

As she spoke, a smug smile appeared on Chunyan's lips:
"Your Majesty and Miss already knew each other, and His Majesty must have a good impression of you. If His Majesty knew that the woman he met before was Miss when he entered the palace, he would be overjoyed. Moreover, Miss, you are more beautiful than a celestial being today. His Majesty will definitely not want to leave your room tonight."

"What are you saying, you silly girl? You're never serious." Yan Ruxue pinched Chunyan's cheek.

Previously, when Yan Ruxue was learning palace etiquette, the female officials also taught her some things about sexual matters, and Chunyan listened to them the whole time.

She blushed deeply when she heard this, and later she even went out of her way to buy some storybooks and erotic pictures.

This left Yan Ruxue quite helpless.

Hearing her mistress's scolding, Chunyan just smiled mischievously.

"Let's go, come with me to the yard for some fresh air," Yan Ruxue said.

"Yes, Miss, please take your time." Chunyan quickly helped her mistress out of the room and into the courtyard.

Sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, Yan Ruxue looked at the courtyard, which was decorated with red lanterns and was extremely festive, and her eyes shone with a soft light.

"By the way, Miss, is there anything special about this place? Why is Miss getting married here?"

In the courtyard, Chunyan asked curiously.

"There's nothing particularly special about it, but there are some stories behind it."

Yan Ruxue sat on the chair with her legs together, her small hands on her thighs, looking down at her red dress, a gentle smile on her lips.

"What story is it?" Chunyan became even more curious.

"This village, according to legend, was located in the territory of the ancient Qin state tens of thousands of years ago, and not far away, the capital of our Zhou state was the capital of the ancient Qin state."

"After that, after the fall of the ancient Qin state, time kept changing and dynasties kept changing. The capital of the ancient Qin state had long since disappeared, and this place became an ordinary place."

"Then, about ten thousand years ago, several great dynasties reappeared in the world, and the State of Qi was one of them. This place belonged to the territory of the State of Qi."

Yan Ruxue raised her eyes, a hint of reminiscence flashing in her beautiful peach blossom eyes.

"This village is located in the Jiangnan Prefecture of the State of Qi. Legend has it that this village was not called Shiqiao Village, but Shiqiao Village, Shi as in stone."

The woman raised her slender arm, her finger emerging from her red sleeve, and pointed to a mountain peak not far away: "That mountain peak isn't called Snake Mountain, but She Mountain. It looks like the character '余' (yú), but it's missing an inch. It's the '佘' that sounds like 'snake'."

"Legend has it that there was a boy in Shiqiao Village who saved a white snake when he went up the mountain."

After healing the white snake, the boy released it back into the mountains. The white snake had already developed sentience and worked hard to cultivate herself, transforming into human form in order to repay the boy's kindness.

"Although the young man had a poor childhood, he studied very hard and wanted to pass the imperial examinations and become a high-ranking official."

Listening to her mistress tell her fascinating story, Chunyan quickly sat down beside her and asked curiously, "Miss, Miss, what happened next?"

"Then, that little white snake's talent for cultivation was indeed decent. It quickly transformed into human form, becoming a little girl, who was waiting for him on the mountain."

As she spoke, a faint smile appeared on Yan Ruxue's lips.

"At first, the little girl thought her transformation was flawless and that he would never notice, but in reality, the little boy had already seen through it."

"But she didn't tell the little boy unless he asked."

"Later, the little girl followed the little boy down the mountain, and the two of them depended on each other for survival and grew up together."

"The little white snake grows from a girl into a young girl, and then from a young girl into a woman."

"The boy went from being a cowherd to passing the imperial examination to becoming a scholar, and from a scholar to a graduate."

"The two gradually fell in love, and the man told the woman that he would marry her when he returned from the capital after taking the imperial examination."

"She said she would wait for him to come back, wait for him to be dressed in a magnificent wedding procession, wait for him to be dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse."

Towards the end, Yan Ruxue paused, falling silent and gazing into the distance.

"Miss, in the end, did the boy end up with the White Snake?" Chunyan was a little anxious because she hadn't heard the ending.

"Guess." Yan Ruxue smiled and flicked Chunyan's forehead with her finger.

"Oh, Miss, why are you like this? You're not trying to whet our appetites like this." Chunyan pouted.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you later. The auspicious time will be here soon. You go wait at the village entrance first. I want to be alone for a while," Yan Ruxue said with a smile.

"Alright, then this servant will go to the village entrance to wait for the palace procession. Miss, you must finish telling this to me then," Chunyan said coquettishly.

"Mm." Yan Ruxue nodded.

After receiving the young lady's permission, Chunyan left the courtyard.

Only Yan Ruxue remained in the courtyard.

She stood up, stroked the old walls of the courtyard, and looked at the newly hung red lanterns.

This little courtyard has been repaired and rebuilt countless times.

But the appearance of the courtyard has remained unchanged even after about ten thousand years.

Before the woman, it was as if she could see a man reading a book in the courtyard. The woman rolled up her sleeves, wrung out the washed clothes, shook them gently, and hung them on a bamboo pole.

Just as the woman was recalling the scenes she cherished deep in her memory, a slight noise came from outside the courtyard.

The woman snapped out of her thoughts and looked outside the courtyard.

Under a tree, three little boys and two little girls were hiding behind it, looking at Yan Ruxue with curiosity.

The five children panicked when they realized that the pretty older sister had spotted them, and they tried to run away.

Would you like some candy?

Yan Ruxue smiled gently at the children.

The children looked at each other, then pushed and shoved each other as they walked out of the bushes and into the courtyard.

Five children, the oldest of whom was only six years old, stood in a row.

"Wait a minute."

Yan Ruxue entered the room and soon came out carrying a porcelain plate.

She gently brushed her skirt aside, knelt down, and personally stuffed their pockets full of wedding candies.

Looking at the older sister's gentle appearance, the little girl named Huang Ju said with bright eyes, "Big sister, you are so pretty."

“Yes, big sister.” The little boy named Liu Nian sniffled. “Big sister, you’re even prettier than my mother.”

"Thank you." Yan Ruxue patted their little heads.

"Why is big sister here all alone?" five-year-old Qian Qianqian asked curiously.

“Because, big sister is waiting for someone.” Yan Ruxue’s eyes curved into a smile.

"Waiting for someone?" the five-year-old boy asked, puzzled.

"Yes." Yan Ruxue nodded. "My older sister is waiting for someone to come and marry me."

"Did the big sister get there?" the little girl asked.

"We've arrived!"

Yan Ruxue gently stroked the girl's hair, the image of him in a blue robe appearing in her mind, and spoke slowly to her.

"Sister (Ru Xue)"

"I'm getting married (wait for me to come back)."

(End of this chapter)