Madam Hou

Chapter 68

Always she felt a little dull, it turned out that she still felt that the distance between Yongninghou Mansion and Yangjiaoer Hutong was only two sticks of incense, even if they got married, she could come back often.But at this time, she felt that it was really different. Before she got married, this was her home, but after she got married, it became her mother's home.The only place she can call home in the future is the majestic Yongninghou Mansion.

The distance from the gate to the sedan chair was only a dozen or so steps. Although the man who was carrying her slowed down as much as possible, the road always approached, and she was finally helped into the sedan chair.

It was supposed to be a severe cold day in December, but today's weather was exceptionally good. There was no snow, the wind was not strong, and there was even a little sunshine.The noisy sound of string music and firecrackers around makes this winter a little bit like winter.

The sedan chair staggered towards the Yongning Hou Mansion, the closer she got to the Hou Mansion, the more nervous Yin Niang became.When the sedan chair stopped, her palms were already sweating, and her mind gradually went blank.

Then the sedan door was kicked open, Xi Niang helped her out, and then there was the continuous sound of firecrackers, accompanied by the laughing and talking of the female relatives at the door.

Yinniang's brain is basically not enough. Xi Niang supports her to go east, and supports her to go west.The Yongning Hou Mansion, which was so familiar before, now feels like a maze to her. From time to time, she hears someone next to her say, "It really is a golden boy and jade", "A talented man and a beautiful woman", or the laughter of a girl.

The road twists and turns and finally reaches the middle hall. Facing the Marquis of Yongning and Mrs. Lin Hou on the high hall, following the three ceremonial ceremonies, "One bow to heaven and earth, two bows to the high hall, husband and wife worship each other." Yin Niang knelt down on the ground, together with the man beside her. , raised the case, raised eyebrows, and kowtowed three times.

The auspicious time is at the end of the day, but when a series of wedding procedures are completed, and when Yin Niang is sent to the new house, it is already Shen Shi.The new house is naturally located in Mudetang, the residence of the son.Yinniang used to come here often, so she should be familiar with this place, but looking at the red happy characters and all kinds of red objects plastered all over the room, Yinniang felt a little strange.

It was still early before the bridal chamber, and there was no one in the bridal chamber. After Lin Fengqi sent Yinniang into the bridal chamber, he whispered in Yinniang's ear, "Wait for me." Then he went out to toast.

Yin Niang sat on the new bed, her tense mood gradually calmed down.Sitting motionless on the bed for half an hour, Yin Niang gradually felt that her body was going numb.She wanted to move her muscles and bones, but she was afraid that someone would come in suddenly and it would be bad to be seen.

Yin Niang moved her buttocks, sat on the bed and persisted for another half an hour, and finally couldn't hold on any longer, she listened to the surroundings with her ears, and after confirming that there was no one, she sat on the bed, twisted her waist, and stretched again. muscles and bones.Just after stretching the muscles and bones a few times, my stomach made a gurgling sound.It was only then that Yin Niang remembered that she hadn't eaten anything since she ate a few bites of eggs in the morning, and getting married was a physical effort, after a series of procedures, her body's energy had already been overdrawn.Yin Niang touched her empty stomach, thinking that it would be great if she had something to eat.

But soon, she suddenly remembered something, her eyes lit up, she reached under the bed sheet, took out a big red date, threw the date into her mouth, chewed the date through the hijab, and went under the bed again Go dig something.After eating the jujubes, he spit out the kernels on his hands, and peeled the peanuts he took out into his mouth.

After eating seven or eight peanuts, dates, longan, etc., the door suddenly creaked, as if someone opened the door and came in.Yin Niang hurriedly stuffed the date stones and peanut shells back under the sheet, clapped her hands, then put her hands on her knees, and continued to do the job properly.

Then there were two footsteps gradually approaching, and a woman's voice came over: "Yiniang, are you hungry?" Yiniang heard that it was the voice of Mrs. Lin's second wife, Liang Shi.

Yin Niang stretched out her hand to raise the hijab a little bit, and saw that it was Mrs. Liang coming in with a maid, who was still holding a food box.Yin Niang was not easy to salute, so she just called out "Second Madam" as a greeting.

Mrs. Liang joked: "Now that I have paid my respects, I should change my name to Auntie."

Yin Niang lowered her head in embarrassment.Mrs. Liang didn't say anything else, she smiled with her mouth closed, and then directed the servant girl to bring out the food in the food box.Before the groom took off the hijab, the bride's feet couldn't touch the ground, so Liang asked the maid to put the food on a small table and carry the small table to the front of the new bed.

Three dishes and one bowl of rice, the dishes seem to be pulled directly from the banquet, they are rich duck, mandarin duck shrimp and a seasonal vegetable.

Mrs. Liang handed the chopsticks to Yinniang, and said, "Hurry up and eat something to fill your belly."

Yin Niang was really hungry, so she didn't show courtesy to Mrs. Liang, lifted half of her hijab, took the chopsticks and ate half a bowl of rice with these dishes.After eating, Yin Niang took the tea from the servant girl and rinsed her mouth.Mrs. Liang asked the servant girl to pack up her things, said a few words to Yin Niang, and took the little servant girl away again.

Yin Niang sat on the bed and waited for a long time, until the sky gradually darkened, and the red lanterns with happy characters on the corridor were lit.There was silence all around, and even the tiny crackling of dragon and phoenix candles in the house, as well as the seemingly absent sound of shengxiao coming from the front yard.

Later, there was another sound of footsteps outside the new house, mixed with the voices of a group of women talking and laughing, and five or six-year-old children cheering: "Let's go, see the bride." Then, a group of people came into the new house.

Yin Niang knew that these were women from the Lin family.After these people came in, they looked around Yinniang carefully, and occasionally whispered a few words to each other.Many small voices were mixed together, and Yin Niang couldn't tell what they were saying, whether it was good or bad.

Among the women, there was a lady surnamed Luo, who was a close relative of the Lin family who hadn't yet issued five clothes. It's really a pair of talent and beauty." She was a little blind when she said this, and the veil was still on her head, and she didn't know where she saw that she was a beauty who was one in a million.

Another lady continued: "It's just that this waist is too thin. Although it looks good, I'm afraid it won't be easy to bear."

Then another lady said: "That's not necessarily the case. It doesn't matter whether you have a good birth or not. Look at the waist of our concubine Chen in the palace. She also gave birth to two princes and daughters one after another. I see my nephew. The daughter-in-law's body is not thin, nor does she have the appearance of being poor, her body is probably like that of Mrs. Chen, she is easy to give birth to."

Then, blah, blah, blah, a group of people started a heated discussion on the issue of whether a thin waist is related to good birth or not.As a newlywed, Yin Niang lowered her head and acted shyly throughout.

Then, the woman's voice in the room gradually stopped, followed by a man's voice.I don't know who shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, let me go, the groom is drunk, help the groom to the bed."

The female relatives moved out of the way for the first time, Lin Shizi, who was so drunk that he could even walk crookedly, was helped by another man and put on the bed next to Yinniang.The man put Lin Fengqi down, then stood up and looked at Lin Fengqi, who was as drunk as mud on the bed, and said: "It's a wedding night in the bridal chamber, holding a beautiful girl in my arms. On such a good day, you fell asleep." After speaking, he turned around again. He turned his head and said to Yin Niang: "Sister and brother, I really wronged you."

Uh... She said this, as if she really wanted to have a bridal chamber, Yin Niang was embarrassed, and really didn't know how to respond to this sentence.Fortunately, the bride doesn't need to talk too much, just pretend to be shy.

After the man finished speaking, he urged the female relatives in the room to go out: "Aunts and sisters-in-law, the groom is drunk, and there is no corner to listen to if he stays here. Everyone, go back and wash up and sleep."

As soon as the man uttered words that offended others, he made everyone as obscene as he did. The wives present frowned in dissatisfaction.But no matter what, the wives went out obediently after listening to his words, as to whether they were scared or angry by his words, it doesn't matter here.

After the man went out, he closed the door of the new house obediently.The room suddenly became quiet again, Yinniang looked at Lin Shizi who was sleeping on the bed like a dead pig, pushed him with her hands, but he didn't wake up, pushed him again, but still didn't wake up.Yin Niang felt mischievous and pinched his nose with her hand to prevent him from breathing.I was secretly happy in my heart, but the dead pig suddenly opened its eyes, Yin Niang was startled, and quickly let go.

Lin Fengqi sat up and complained: "You want to murder your husband?" After speaking, he stood up from the bed, standing firmly, not a little bit drunk.

Yin Niang was also a little worried: "Why are you pretending to be drunk?"

"If you don't pretend to be drunk, how can they let me back?"

Lin Fengqi went to the door and opened it. Xi Niang, who had been waiting outside, knelt down and blessed Lin Fengqi, and then brought in an ebony scale on a gold-painted mahogany tray.Lin Fengqi walked to the bed, took the gold-covered ebony scale, and lifted the hijab from Yinniang's head, Yinniang suddenly felt that the surrounding light was much brighter.

Xi Niang was speaking auspicious words, and at the same time handed him some wine, Yin Niang and Lin Fengqi exchanged drinks.Then Xi Niang went out again with the ebony beam.Yin Niang exhaled, feeling that this cumbersome ceremony was finally over.

Blue and white green vines and several other maids filed in, holding the toilet utensils.The servant girls were divided into two groups, some of them served Yin Niang to wash up and change her makeup, while the other servants served Lin Fengqi.After the two of them had washed and washed, Lin Fengqi waved the maids to go down, and in the end only the two of them were left in the new room.

Yinniang had already changed into her pajamas, which were embroidered with dudan flowers in pink. She was sitting on the bed, revealing a section of fair skin on her neck, and a thin layer of rouge on her face, against the backdrop of the red candlelight around her. The next, it shows her amorous feelings like a lotus stamen.

Lin Fengqi looked at the young girl in front of him, or can be said to be a young woman now, his eyes gradually ignited fire, he felt a little thirsty, and swallowed involuntarily.

(End of this chapter)