incense as a medium

Chapter 58 Genealogy
Liu Bailu raised his eyes to look at Qi Dingshi, the corners of his lips were still indifferent, warm, and ignorant, and said, "What did the mother-in-law say? My daughter-in-law doesn't understand."

Qi Zhen has been ill for many years and his body is weak, how can he withstand Qi Ding's wrathful pinch?He gasped, looked at Qi Ding's resentful gaze, and snorted, "You hurt me!"

"Damn it." Qi Ding was taken aback, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he quickly got up and knelt on the pedals in fear.

Qi Zhendong's gaze swept over Qi Ding's bun, and then turned to Liu Bailu with a bit of tenderness and kindness: "I was busy all day yesterday, and you are tired, go back and have a rest first." Right. Originally, you could not be included in the genealogy until we went back to our ancestors to worship our ancestors during the Chinese New Year, but now we are in the body of a sin, and it is inconvenient to leave Yongkang Pass, so someone from the family came here to enter you in the genealogy. It is our Qi family’s grievance I miss you, I hope you don't dislike being shabby. As for Pei Yun's matter, don't worry, when he comes back, I will make him make amends for you."

"Daughter-in-law understands, daughter-in-law is leaving." Liu Bailu lowered his eyes, bowed respectfully and withdrew.

"Master, they haven't consummated the house yet, so how can they enter the genealogy? It's better to wait until the consummation of the house." Qi Ding's voice came from inside the room, and Liu Bailu listened attentively, then turned and left.

After all, the situation of the Qi family is better than that of the Liu family, and his father has already been expelled from the clan...

Liu Bailu sighed in her heart, but when she returned to the empty new house, her face returned to calm, watching Shuang Jiang find a reason to hide.

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Chenzheng, the main room of the Qi family.

This time when Qi Peiyun got married, there were not many people from the clan, only Qi Zheng, the eldest son of the patriarch, his wife Qi Moshi, and some respectable women sent by other families.After all, not everyone wants to come to a place like Xiongtang County.

Liu Bailu changed into festive clothes, and under the support of Shuang Jiang, she entered the main room with just the right shyness, she raised her eyes slightly, and took everyone in the room into her eyes.On the wall facing the door, there is a genealogy tree more than six feet wide and one foot long. In front of the genealogy tree, there are long tables, incense, candles, tribute futons.

On the left side of the incense case, Qi Zhen stood up with strength supported by Qi Dingshi, on the right side Qi Zheng and Qi Moshi stood in silence, and the maids and women sent from each room lined up on both sides.

With Shuang Jiang's support, Liu Bailu, who was extremely weak, stepped forward to greet him.

Mrs. Qi Mo snorted and asked, "Why are you alone? Where did the seventeenth nephew go? Entering the genealogy today is a big deal, and there is no room for nonsense!"

Qi Zhen coughed and said, "General Kang sent someone to call Pei Yun over early this morning."

Qi Zheng was slightly stunned, and then asked: "But because General Kang came yesterday?"

Qi Peiyun has friendship with Kang Yibang, and he didn't deliberately avoid everyone, so everyone thought that when Qi Peiyun got married yesterday, General Kang should come over for a wedding banquet, so it's impossible for him to send someone to speak to the army first. There is an important matter in the army, so it is inconvenient to come here, Qi Peiyun has gone to the army today, Qi Zheng will inevitably think too much.

Qi Zhen laughed and said, "Probably went to drink."

Who would drink before dawn?And it was the wedding night in the bridal chamber that pulled him away?Qi Zhen obviously didn't want to talk about it, and Qi Zheng was smart enough not to ask.

Qi Ding just offended Qi Zhen this morning, so she didn't dare to speak more now, she winked at a woman on the first right.

This woman is the powerful woman of the third wife in the clan, surnamed Yuan.Mrs. Yuan glanced at Liu Bailu with a smile, and then said to Shuangjiang: "Today, we need to enter the genealogy, and we also need to pay a symbolic sacrifice to our ancestors. Go and get your lady's Yuan handkerchief."

The Yuan handkerchief is the white handkerchief that is put under the couple's body on the wedding night, and it is a thing that bears the redness of a woman in the first night. This thing is related to the innocence of the woman and the reputation of other women in her natal family, and is extremely important.Therefore, people with strict rules will present this object to their ancestors, and generally large families will also hand it over to their mother-in-law for storage.

Liu Bailu's face didn't change when he heard the words, he just lowered his head in a shy manner.

Shuang Jiang's face turned pale, and she couldn't stop looking at Liu Bailu with her eyes, hoping she could give her a hint, but Liu Bailu didn't move at all, she was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Mrs. Yuan's complexion changed, she looked at Qi Dingshi solemnly, and said, "Mrs. Ninth, what's going on?"

Qi Zhen is the ninth wife of the family, so he was called the ninth master in his ancestors, and Qi Ding's family was the ninth wife.

Qi Ding glanced at Liu Bailu with an unnatural expression, and took half a step back to hide behind Qi Zhen.

This seemingly inadvertent action made Mrs. Yuan sneer, she turned her head to look at Liu Bailu and gave her a good look: "It is often said that Liu Bailu, the No. You made your mother-in-law so afraid of you on the first day you passed the door! Could it be that your mother's family is more noble than Qi's?"

"Egret is terrified." Liu Bailu immediately raised his skirt and knelt down.Words, facial expressions, and rules are all rigid, making it impossible to pick out anything wrong.

Looking at Liu Bailu's trembling appearance, Qi Ding was very proud, and suddenly felt a chill on her head. When she raised her eyes, she met Qi Zhen's cold eyes, and her whole body trembled involuntarily.

Qi Zhen looked away from Qi Ding's face, looked at Mrs. Yuan, and said, "Mother Yuan is worried, this is our ninth house's business, so the third house will not interfere."

Staring at Mrs. Yuan with those lifeless eyes, she couldn't help being a little short of breath, but she pinched the ingot of silver in her sleeve pocket, and she regained some courage. Her wife is extremely stingy, and only during the New Year can she get a few hundred dollars all year round. Rewarding money, today it is just a matter of saying a few words, and you will get two taels of silver for nothing!

She coughed lightly, and said with an unnatural smile: "But this Yuan handkerchief is a big deal! Our Qi family has no choice but to be a chaste woman." After speaking, Mrs. Yuan's momentum was enough, she raised her chest and raised her head to stare at him with burning eyes. Holding Liu Bailu: "Where's your Yuan Pagoda? Without Yuan Pao, you can never get on the Qi family tree!"

Shuang Jiang sat on the ground with a thump, her lowered head concealing the joy in her eyes.

Liu Bailu still lowered her eyebrows and said nothing. After learning about the friendship between her father-in-law and her mother, she had already put the treasure on her father-in-law. No business! Looks like I'm going to tell third brother to let him clean up the inner house!"

Pozi Yuan shivered and shrank her neck.

Qi Mo, who was silent for a while, smiled Yan Yan, looked at Mrs. Yuan, then at Qi Ding and Liu Bailu, who had been silent all the time, and said, "Uncle Nine, even though Sanfang surpassed, but what she said After all, it is right, and the matter of Yuanpa cannot be underestimated."

Qi Zhen suppressed the turmoil in his heart, pulled out a smile, and said: "Since my sister-in-law asked me, I will not hide it from my sister-in-law. Before the toast was started yesterday, General Kang sent someone to call Pei Yun away. As for the reason, it is inconvenient to ask more. So there was no consummation last night, so naturally there is no such thing as Yuanpa."

How could he do this!
Qi Ding looked at Qi Zhen in shock, no matter what the reason was on the wedding night, leaving his wife out would be enough to embarrass the Qi family, yet he just said that!Still in front of the people in the clan!
Qi Zheng said with a smile: "No wonder I didn't see the seventeenth nephew last night, and the ninth brother too. I said it earlier, so I'm fine. Well, there's no one here today, so I'll just skip the ceremony. Well, let’s directly pay homage to the ancestors and record them in the genealogy.”

Qi Zheng winked at Qi Mo, and Qi Mo stepped forward to signal Liu Bailu to kneel down on the futon.

Liu Bailu lifted his clothes lightly, got up, walked slowly to the futon and knelt down.

"Uncle!" Qi Ding stared at the pen Qi Zheng raised, and couldn't help but make a sound.

"Shut up!" Qi Zhen scolded in a low voice, and Qi Ding backed away in fright. He nodded to Qi Zheng: "Brother, please."

Qi Moshi stared closely at Liu Bailu's movements and between her eyebrows, and when she knelt down, she turned her head and nodded slightly to Qi Zheng, who secretly breathed a sigh of relief and signaled her to continue.

Liu Bailu lowered her eyebrows and listened to Qi Moshi's offering to her ancestors, and then three incense sticks were brought to her. She took the incense and bowed three times, but the incense was taken away. After a while, Qi Moshi helped her stand up.

Liu Bailu raised his eyes to look at the genealogy tree, and next to Qi Peiyun's name on the Jiufang branch was written: "Wife, Liu family."

Liu Bailu curled her lips slightly, and finally entered the genealogy. It was not in vain that she aroused Qi Ding's anger today and made Qi Zhen vigilant.

Mrs. Qi Mo patted Liu Bailu's hand, took a purse from the maidservant's hand and stuffed it into Liu Bailu's hand, and said with a smile: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't have time to prepare anything good. You put it away first, and wait until you turn around." If you have the opportunity to go back to your ancestral home, I will give it to you. People from other houses didn’t come either, those slaves are ignorant, don’t blame them, and when they have a chance in the future, just hit their master hard.”

"Thank you, Auntie." Liu Bailu was dignified and gentle, took the purse with a slightly shy smile, handed it to Shuangjiang to put it away, then stepped back halfway to salute, formally meeting Qi Zheng and Qi Moshi.

The servants from the other houses were all servants, although they represented their own masters, they couldn't stand Liu Bailu's salute, so it saved her trouble and didn't have to visit them one by one.As for what Qi Mo said about returning to his ancestral home in the future, the hope is slim.

Liu Bailu didn't care either, anyway, these clansmen would have little to do with her in the future, so naturally they didn't need to make friends with them.

After the ceremony was completed, Qi Zhen couldn't hold on any longer, with a look of tiredness on his face, he said to Qi Zheng, "Brother, please go to the side hall to rest. I'm not healthy, so I have to go back to the bedroom to rest."

Qi Zheng asked with concern: "Can I ask a doctor?"

Qi Zhen waved his hands and said with a nonchalant smile: "It's okay, I've got an old problem, just take a rest."

Qi Zheng also knew about Qi Zhen's condition, seeing what he said, he nodded and took Qi Moshi to the side hall.

Qi Ding's original intention was to prevent Liu Bailu from entering the genealogy, because Qi Zheng was leaving for home this afternoon, if he didn't enter the genealogy today, why not let himself decide in the future?Pity!
"Are you disappointed?"

Qi Zhen's faint voice came from the side, and the cold breath penetrated into his heart along his ears, and Qi Ding shivered.She loved Qi Zhen very much, but later on, somehow it turned into awe, yes it was awe!She is afraid of Qi Zhen from the bottom of her heart!
Qi Ding forced a smile and said: "On the day of great joy, Pei Yun got married, how can I be disappointed?"

Qi Zhen smiled coldly, and said, "You look at me, don't you know? You should have given the few taels of silver left at home to Mrs. Yuan to humiliate her daughter-in-law, right?"

(End of this chapter)