Madam Hou

Chapter 67

It was not yet dawn, and the eastern morning sun had not yet risen. The houses were silent and the surroundings were silent. It was a good time for hibernation. Yin Niang was talking happily with the Duke of Zhou under the quilt.But at this moment, the quilt on her body was lifted, and the cold air from outside rushed in. Yin Niang shivered, and when she raised her head again, she found that Duke Zhou had disappeared.Yin Niang was about to complain, when suddenly she heard Qingteng's voice: "Miss, get up quickly, I have to get up, cleanse my face, wash and put on my wedding dress, so as not to miss the auspicious time."

Yinniang was still half asleep, when she heard Qingteng's voice, she opened one eye and looked at it, then closed her eyes again, and complained while pulling the quilt that had been lifted: "It's not yet dawn, let me see you again." Sleep for a while." After speaking, he lay back on the bed, ready to continue to meet Duke Zhou.

Qing Teng pulled the quilt again while shaking Yin Niang's body and said: "Miss, get up quickly, today is your wedding day!"

But Yin Niang acted as if she didn't hear her, she hugged the quilt and refused to get up.Qingteng had no choice but to directly order the little maid beside her: "Go get a basin of cold water and come in!"

After the little maid went out, she quickly brought in a basin of cold water in a wooden basin. Qingteng soaked the cold water with a handkerchief, then twisted it half dry, and asked the other maids to help tear off the quilt on the bed, and then used the cold handkerchief to directly It covered Yinniang's face.

In the cold and windy winter, I fell asleep in the warm bed, but suddenly a veil soaked in cold water was covered on the face. I don't need to describe the exciting feeling, everyone can probably imagine it.Yin Niang was so stimulated that she shivered, and then jumped up from the bed.At this moment, she finally remembered that today seemed to be her big day, and she had to get up early, take a bath, dress up and put on her wedding dress.

This time Yinniang got up obediently without the help of others.Very cooperatively, Qing Teng and others helped her take a bath, clean her face, dress, and put on makeup.After these last nights, the east has begun to gradually dawn, and the sky has begun to light up.Mrs. Chen sent someone over to ask, "Second Miss, have you cleaned up?"

Qingteng hastily dusted some powder on Yinniang's face, and then replied: "Okay, okay."

After a while, Mrs. Chen brought in a little maid carrying a food box.The little maid brought out the contents of the food box. It was a plate of Chinese toon cakes, a bowl of distiller's grains and eggs, and two side dishes.Mrs. Chen pushed Yin Niang to sit in front of the table, handed her a pair of chopsticks, and said, "Hurry up and eat, there is still work to do today, I don't have time to fill your stomach later."

Yin Niang took the chopsticks and just took a bite of the distiller's grain egg when another little maid came in to report: "Ma'am, Xi Niang is coming soon."

After Mrs. Chen heard this, she was about to go out in a hurry. After walking a few steps, she turned around and gave Qingteng a few words: "Serve Yinniang to finish breakfast quickly, and clean up the table as soon as possible."

Qingteng said yes, and Mrs. Chen went out with peace of mind.

After Mrs. Chen went out, Ping Niang came in from the outside. Today she was wearing a red flowered padded jacket, with double spirals on her hair and red beaded flowers. She looked very festive and very suitable for today's atmosphere .

When Yinniang saw her, she called her over and asked her, "Have you had breakfast, and if you haven't, use a little." Then she turned her head and told Qingteng to find a pair of chopsticks again.Ping Niang sat next to Yin Niang and stopped her: "No need, Second Sister, I only came here after eating two big apples, eat them quickly."

Yinniang put down her chopsticks, and wanted to have a final heart-to-heart communication with her younger sister before marriage, but before she opened her mouth, a voice suddenly came from the door: "Oh, the third miss is here too, the third miss and the second miss are indeed sisters Deep affection, I have come to accompany Miss San so early."

Yinniang and Pingniang turned their heads to look, but it was Aunt Dou who led Manniang and Aunt Qiu together, and it was Aunt Dou who spoke.These words are flattering words, but when they come out of Aunt Dou's mouth, there is an uncomfortable feeling.

Yin Niang was very dissatisfied with this person who suddenly appeared and disturbed her sisters' heart-to-heart talk, but after all, she was a father and concubine, so she couldn't face it directly, so she said flatly: "It's the two aunts who came."

Aunt Dou looked at the red happiness characters all over the room, and at Yinniang who was wearing a wedding gown embroidered with mandarin ducks in red and gold thread in front of her. Sitting on the chair from time to time, she faintly has the noble air of a Hou family's daughter-in-law.

Aunt Dou thinks of the husband's family that Yinniang married into, and then looks at Manniang next to her. When she thinks of the days when she and Mrs. Chen fought openly and secretly, she can't help but sigh with emotion. In such a beautiful day, she thought that she would be crushed to death by her for the rest of her life.Although this Mrs. Chen has no ability to keep men, she will give birth to a daughter. The eldest daughter has become a concubine, the second daughter has married into the Hou's mansion, and she does not know when she will be married.

Thinking of this, Aunt Dou originally wanted to ask Yinniang to take care of Gu Manniang more, but at this moment she couldn't help but said with a sour taste: "Second Miss is really lucky to be able to marry into the Marquis Mansion and be the wife of the eldest son, unlike our Manniang , I don’t know if there will be any future marriage. Our Manniang is also the younger sister of the second lady, and the second lady can’t just remember the third lady in the future. If there is any good marriage, we must pay attention to it for our Manniang.”

Yinniang sometimes thinks that this Auntie Dou is quite knowledgeable about current affairs, and knowing that her concubine is promising, no matter what her relationship with Mrs. Chen was before, she can immediately lower her stance and act low in front of Mrs. Chen.But occasionally, she just couldn't help being sour in front of Mrs. Chen or Yiniang, stabbing at the concubine, and all the previous efforts were in vain, just like now.Of course, this Auntie Dou is not considered a smart person, she was able to almost overwhelm Mrs. Chen by being favored in front of Mr. Chen, it was all because of Mr. Chen's low IQ.

Yinniang was too lazy to deal with Aunt Dou, and turned a deaf ear to what she said.On the contrary, Aunt Qiu was more eye-catching than Aunt Dou, she didn't show any kind of sour emotion, she smiled and said a lot of congratulations to Yin Niang, and praised Yin Niang like nothing in the world.Although she knew that the words were flattering and flattering, Yinniang just liked Aunt Qiu's words more.

After a while, Mrs. Chen led Xi Niang in.Mrs. Chen frowned when she saw that Aunt Dou and Aunt Qiu were also in this room.But soon recovered, and asked Xi Niang to comb Yin Niang's face, and then put on makeup and comb the woman's head.After all these were done, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside, and I realized that it was time for the bridegroom to come to welcome the bride.

Mrs. Chen listened to the sound of firecrackers outside, looked at Yin Niang who was already dressed up in her wedding dress, and thought that the daughter she had raised so hard would be from another family from tomorrow on. She shed tears.Mrs. Chen touched Yinniang's head and said: "Once you are married, you should listen to your husband's words and be a good wife."

At this time, if Yinniang knew what was going on, she should have shed a few tears, and then she would cry with Mrs. Chen, expressing their reluctance to each other.However, Yinniang blinked her eyes several times, but couldn't hold back tears, and she didn't want people to think she was heartless, so she pulled Mrs. Chen's sleeve and said half coquettishly: "Mom, I will come back often in the future. It's up to you."

Mrs. Chen looked at Yinniang's appearance, she couldn't see any sadness in her whole body, she couldn't help but patted her on the head, and said: "You little heartless, I love you for nothing."

Yin Niang originally wanted to continue acting coquettishly with Mrs. Chen and try to comfort her, but she was interrupted by the little maid who happily ran in outside the door, and shouted as she ran, "Ma'am, Ma'am, let the sedan chair come in!" Alright, the bridal sedan chair has entered the door!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen also had no choice but to give up, and told Yin Niang: "You pack up quickly, you will come out later, I will go to the front first."

No matter how reluctant Mrs. Chen was, amidst the clamor of drums and firecrackers outside the door, her daughter, who had worked so hard to raise for 14 years, was finally helped by Xi Niang into the middle hall and bid farewell to her family. parents.

Yin Niang kowtowed three times to Master Chen and Mrs. Chen. Master Chen frowned and reprimanded him with a serious expression: "If you respect it, you will never violate it; if you respect it, you will never violate it overnight." Chen After the master finished speaking, Mrs. Chen went over to hold Yinniang's hand, choked up and said, "If you are wronged, come back, don't hide it alone." After hearing Yinniang's answer, she stretched out her hand and personally helped The daughter puts the hijab down.

Then, the trumpet blared, accompanied by the continuous sound of firecrackers, Yin Niang was carried on the sedan chair by Su Yu, the eldest son of the Su family.Yinniang has no older brothers, and the only concubine brother is still breastfeeding, so naturally she can't carry her on the sedan chair.Master Chen is a single passer for several generations, and he doesn't even have a cousin who can be a substitute within five servers.The newlyweds get on the sedan chair, and the brothers who don't carry the sedan chair don't always look so good.In the end, it was Lin Fengqi who invited Mr. Su to come and recognize Yinniang as his brother-in-law, and let him carry him on the palanquin on the wedding day.

Yinniang was carried away from her parents gradually, listening to Mrs. Chen choked up behind her, she shouted one after another: "Yinniang, my Yinniang." That voice contained the endless reluctance and affection of a mother.Yinniang didn't feel much about getting married and leaving home, but when she heard Mrs. Chen's voice, she felt a sore nose for some reason, and then tears overflowed, and two tears fell onto the man in front of her with a patter. on the back.

(End of this chapter)