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The girl's fuzz has been removed, making her skin look more jade-like and radiant.

In the evening, Wang Ruofu specifically ordered the maid to prepare five-son soup for Hualan to bathe, which meant many children and good fortune.

At this time, the lights in Weiruixuan were bright and the atmosphere was full of joy.

Hualan snuggled on Wang Ruofu's shoulder, both mother and daughter had slightly red eyes and their faces were full of reluctance.

Mother Liu, holding a brocade package, tiptoed to Hualan's personal dowry box and carefully placed the package in the most hidden corner at the bottom of the box.

"Mom Liu, what are you holding?" Hua Lan looked up and asked in confusion.

Wang Ruofu blushed, patted her hand lightly, and said angrily, "Don't ask nonsense questions. You'll know tomorrow."

Mother Liu smiled slightly and said, "This is something every bride should know. It's okay to tell you now."

As she spoke, Mother Liu stepped forward and whispered a few words into Hualan's ear. Hualan's ears turned red with shame, and she hurriedly turned her face away and buried herself in Wang Ruofu's arms.

Seeing this, Rulan, who was practicing calligraphy at the round table, put down her brush with a snap, put her hands on her hips, and looked at them with an unconvinced look on her face.

"What are you talking about in secret? Is there anything I don't want to know?"

Wang Ruofu raised her finger and pointed at her, gritting her teeth and saying, "Go away and practice your calligraphy. This is not something you should be asking about."

"Hmph!" Rulan snorted softly, moved back to the table reluctantly, and continued to copy the calligraphy with her head down.

She deliberately wrote the calligraphy crookedly, and her strokes showed her unwillingness to accept the result.

After Hualan calmed herself down, she looked up at Rulan and said softly, "Mother, please don't lecture my fifth sister these few days."

"Okay, I agree to whatever you say." Wang Ruofu's eyes were full of love, and she couldn't help but hug Hualan in her arms.

"Honestly, how could a mother like me be able to have a personal conversation with my daughter until today?"

"The old lady is really..." She stopped talking and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Hua Lan stroked her chest and said, "Mother and grandmother are doing this for my own good."

"These days, Grandma has been taking care of everything, teaching me many ways to manage the household and control the servants."

"They taught me the etiquette of socializing with the ladies of the various palaces, and even the etiquette of entering the palace to pay homage to the emperor."

"The daughter has benefited greatly from this, so the mother must not blame the grandmother."

Wang Ruofu sighed softly, tears welling up in her eyes again, "I know the old lady is doing this for your own good, but you're getting married tomorrow, and I don't know if we, mother and daughter..."

Hua Lan quickly raised her hand to wipe Wang Ruofu's tears, suppressed the sob in her throat, and smiled brightly.

"Mother, you're going to be laughed at by others for saying this."

"The Zhao family is not far from our home. If you miss me, just let Mama Liu pass on the message and I will definitely come back immediately."

"I'll also eat the lotus root starch and osmanthus cake you made yourself."

Wang Ruofu's sadness faded a bit when she heard this. She said angrily, "You're just talking like a child. How can a bride go back to her parents' home every other day?"

"Then mother should come to the Zhao Mansion more often. I don't think the young master of the Zhao family will say anything." Hua Lan raised her face, with a bright light flashing in her eyes.

Rulan looked at them and felt a slight soreness in her nose.

She has always disliked her elder sister's meddling in everything and has been eager for her to get married sooner. But now that her elder sister is really getting married, she feels uncomfortable as if a ball of cotton is stuck in her heart.

She quietly wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and the ink left a black mark on her face.

Hualan saw Rulan's expression and waved at her with a smile, "Fifth sister, what's wrong? Come here and let me see."

"No! I'm not sad."

"I'm going to sleep with Xiaoliu tonight." After saying that, Rulan quickly took the maid Xi Que and went straight to Shou'an Hall.

Wang Ruofu looked at her back and curled her lips and said, "This damn girl doesn't even know how to get close to you."

"By the way, if Han Ge'er wants to take a concubine in the future, you must be more careful and don't let her get a vixen like Lin Qinshuang."

Hua Lan's tone was gentle but firm, "Don't worry, mother. I understand. I will take a closer look at it when the time comes."

"You must have a clean family background and a kind temperament."

Wang Ruofu was worried that Hualan would follow in her footsteps, so she warned him, "The maids who were given as dowry were carefully selected. They must be used when necessary."

"The Cuichan that the old lady gave you is also a steady one. You can ask her if you have any problems."

Hualan nodded repeatedly. The moonlight outside the window was like water, and the mother and daughter could not fall asleep for a long time.

In Hanlin Lane and inside the Zhao Mansion, the lights were also bright, just like daytime.

From the main gate to the inner courtyard, the road paved with bluestone slabs is wrapped with festive red silk on both sides. Dozens of big red lanterns are hung high under the eaves, swaying gently in the night breeze.

Gu Tingye rushed back from the Bailudong Academy, exhausted, waiting to go to Sheng Mansion with Zhao Han to welcome the bride tomorrow.

At this time, the two of them were toasting each other in the side hall.

After not seeing each other for many days, Gu Tingye's brows were already stained with a bit of bookish air. He said mischievously: "Brother Chengyuan, don't worry. I will fight my way out for you tomorrow!"

"Leave the brothers of the Sheng family to me, you just rush to the inner courtyard to pick up the bride!"

Zhao Han laughed and said, "You are just a brave man. As the saying goes, all is fair in war."

"Tomorrow, the brothers of the Sheng family will definitely not stop me!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Tingye chuckled twice.

"Great! As expected, scholars like you are the most thoughtful!"

He suddenly leaned closer and lowered his voice, "From now on, we'll all have families, so we should go to Guangyuntai and Yiyunlou less often."

Then, he looked out the window and said to himself, "I haven't seen you for a long time. I wonder if Yunniang is doing well?"

"We? When did you have a family?" Zhao Han grasped the key point, a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

Gu Tingye picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. He waved his hand and said, "To be honest, Brother Chengyuan, I met him in Bianjing City a few days before I left for Bailudong Academy."

"Her name is Man Niang, she's an opera singer from the opera house. I saw her being bullied by some ruffians on the street."

"I couldn't bear to watch her, so I helped her chase the scoundrel away and gave her fifty taels of silver. I thought I'd just send her off with that."

"Who knew her brother was a gambler? He cheated me out of the money I gave him, and within three days he lost it all. He even fell off a cliff and died."

"She was desperate and came to me at the White Deer Grotto Academy. I felt really sorry for her, so I took her in."

"I was careless and forgot to tell you in the letter. I will punish myself by drinking three cups!"

Zhao Han frowned. As expected, Gu Tingye didn't take his advice to heart at all.

He sighed softly and said solemnly, "Zhong Huai, Bai Lu Cave is a thousand miles away from Bian Jing, and there are mostly barren mountains and wild ridges along the way."

"How did she, a weak woman, find you?"

Gu Tingye said softly, "I know what you are worried about, Brother Chengyuan, but Man Niang is too weak to take care of herself."

"When they found me, the soles of my embroidered shoes were worn through and my feet were covered in blisters. I couldn't just stand by and watch him die."

"Tomorrow is your big day, let's not talk about these things for now."

"If you suspect Man Niang has ill intentions towards me, I'll take you to meet her in a few days."

"She came back to Bianjing with me, and I'm currently placing her in my other courtyard."

When Zhao Han heard this, he looked at him dimly and had to give up.

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Chapter 64 Wedding (1)

On the fifteenth day of August, the golden wind brings good luck, the weather is sunny and gentle, everything goes well, and there are no taboos.

At daybreak, the Sheng Mansion was already brightly lit, and maids and servants were moving quietly between the corridors.

In the ancestral hall, Hua Lan was dressed in plain clothes, kneeling on a cushion, holding incense above her head with both hands, and kowtowed deeply to the tablets of the Sheng family's ancestors.

"Today I am getting married, and I dare not act on my own. I will burn incense all year round, telling the gods, and I hope they will have mercy on me..."

The soft yet firm voice echoed in the quiet ancestral hall.

When I stepped out of the ancestral hall, a pair of magpies happened to land under the eaves, chirping loudly.

"Yeah!"

"It seems that all the ancestors of the Sheng family are pleased with this marriage, and they are sending magpies to congratulate the young lady!"

Mother Liu's face suddenly lit up with smiles, and her voice unconsciously rose.

Hualan raised the corners of her lips slightly, and her eyes were filled with tears, which contained the shyness of a young girl waiting to get married.

"Young lady, we can't delay any longer. Let's go and dress up quickly, otherwise the lady will urge us to do it again."

After saying this, Mother Liu led Hualan to her boudoir with a smile.

Zhao Mansion, as the auspicious time approaches.

Zhao Han was wearing a bright red wedding gown with gold woven on it and a gold lace crown on her head. Surrounded by Gu Tingye, Qi Heng and a group of colleagues, she walked out of the mansion with a smile on her face.

I saw a large sedan chair carried by eight people, decorated with red and colorful ribbons, and the ceremonial guards in front and behind were arranged in an orderly manner.

"Get up the sedan——"

As the matchmaker's loud voice rang out, Zhao Han jumped on the horse, gently pulled the reins, and the wedding procession slowly set off.

Along the way, the sound of gongs, drums and suona attracted many people to stop and watch.

In less than half an hour, the wedding procession arrived at Sheng Mansion.

There was laughter and joy outside the Sheng Mansion. Sheng Changwu, Sheng Changbai, Sheng Changfeng, and all the relatives and friends of the Sheng family, even Liu Ge'er who had just learned to walk, were held outside the door by the wet nurse.

Liu Ge'er was wearing a tiger-head hat, holding a red silk in his hand, and looking around curiously with his round eyes.

Sheng Changwu smiled and said loudly, "Sir, you came so quickly!"

"But if you want to pass this level, you need to write a makeup song!"

"Besides, everyone has to agree to it!"

Wang You, the eldest son of Wang Yan, the uncle of the Wang family, immediately followed up, "I've heard that my son-in-law is very talented in writing. A poem to urge you to get dressed shouldn't be difficult for you!"

"If you haven't composed a good poem within half a cup of tea, don't even think about taking the bride away today!"

"That's right, it can't take more than half a cup of tea!"