The face-twisted woman is twisting the face for Fu Shuyue, and the newlyweds must twist the face before dressing, which means that she is about to change from a "child" to an adult. Fu Shuyue is sitting in front of the dressing table in a bright red dress with powder on her cheeks , The twisted face woman tightened the cotton thread in her hand, the thin cotton thread quickly twisted the hair on her face, every time she passed, she would say an auspicious word in her mouth, wait until the small hairs on the face are twisted clean, and then use warm The peeled egg rolls around the face before putting on new makeup.
Fu Tian stood and watched with his hands down. It was not the first time in this scene, but the mood was completely different in the two times. At this moment, he only had joy and peace in his heart.
The person in charge of the dressing is an old mother who was specially assigned by the queen. It is said that the dressing craftsmanship is very good. When the queen was married, this old mother dressed the queen.
Apply fine powder on the face, trace the plain eyebrows with a daisy pen, spread a light pink on the cheeks that are too fair, and then use the bright red rouge on the plump lips. Fu Shuyue was born well, but it is usually plain. The makeup is now being dressed up by the old lady, and the plain facial features suddenly become gorgeous and compelling.
When not speaking, the two siblings seemed to be carved out of the same mold.
The old mother chanted auspicious words in her mouth, and dexterously twisted her long black hair with her fingers. The maid beside her handed the phoenix crown placed aside, and the old mother carefully put it on.
The phoenix crown was sent by Zhou's family, and it was shaped like a phoenix bird with wings spread out of piles of gold threads. The wings of the phoenix bird spread out, and the tail feathers stretched backward. On the gold threads, the feathers of the kingfisher are glued together, making it lifelike. The head of the phoenix bird is raised high, with a large round and transparent red bead in its mouth. On the base of the phoenix crown, there is also a circle of slightly smaller rubies inlaid, and the roots hang down from the gems. The long tassels that swayed slightly, just half covering the gorgeous face.
After dressing up, the sky outside has also brightened, and there is a faint loud noise in the distance. The maid comes in to pass on, and it is the Zhou family's welcoming team.
The old mother put the red hijab on the phoenix crown, lifted the front half, smiled and said to Fu Youqin: "Madam, it's time to feed the sedan chair."
Fu Youqin gave a stunned response, and took the five-treasure rice that the maid handed over and fed Fu Shuyue bit by bit.
The mother and daughter faced each other, Fu Shuyue's eyelashes trembled, and she chewed the rice that her mother had fed. You can't eat more when you go to the sedan chair. After a few mouthfuls, you can't eat any more. Fu Youqin put down the red hijab and said to Fu Shuyue's personal maid: "Send the lady out."
The two maids helped Fu Shuyue to get up, and Fu Tian led the way.
At the entrance of the Hou Mansion, Zhou's family was urging makeup. Zhou Chuanqing looked at the door eagerly. When urging makeup for the third time, he finally saw Fu Shuyue walking slowly in a wedding gown and covered with a red hijab.
The joy was louder behind him. Fu Tian took Fu Shuyue from the maid and carefully helped her cross the threshold.
Zhou Chuanqing showed eagerness, stepped forward quickly, and whispered: "I'm here to marry you." After speaking, he lifted his hem and squatted down in front of Fu Shuyue.
There was a commotion in the audience, and Fu Shuyue slowly leaned over on his back, and walked to the sedan chair step by step with his back.
Xi Po helped people onto the sedan chair, and the eighteen sedan chairmen yelled, and lifted the sedan chair steadily amid the noisy gongs and drums. As the bride's brother, Fu Tian had to personally send off the sedan chair. Seeing that the sedan chair had been lifted, he got on the horse and followed in the welcoming procession.
Zhou Chuanqing was wearing a wedding dress and a red flower on his chest. He rode a tall horse to the forefront. The welcoming team followed him slowly. Finally, the team was carrying the bride's dowry. The porters carried the red satin cages and decorated them. After the welcoming party, they marched around Qingyang City together.
On this day, many years later, it was still a topic that the people talked about after dinner. Gifted men and beautiful ladies, ten miles of red makeup, the scene shocked the entire Qingyang city.
Not only the common people, but even the major families were surprised by the two large families. Zhou Chuanqing was also the coveted son-in-law of Dongchuang, but he had never been able to see him. Many adored aristocratic ladies were secretly sad when they heard the news of his marriage. Naturally, Fu Shuyue was not so good from the background.
Many people who can't ask for it are waiting to see her jokes on the day of marriage. The girls who come out of Xiaomenxiaohu, no matter their temperament or background, must be no better than the aristocratic ladies who have been cultivated since childhood.
But when they got married, they realized that the wedding was bigger than everyone expected.
The eighteen-carried sedan chair is the highest standard sedan chair except for the royal family. It represents that the husband's family is extremely valued, and the wedding party with the head invisible behind the welcoming team will be the newlyweds in the future. The trust of home.
The husband's family is extremely valued, and her family's ten-mile red makeup is supported, no matter what, it is the only one in Qingyang City. The welcoming team made a circle around Qingyang City, pinching the time to go to Zhou Jiaxing.
The Zhou family had already been full of guests, and when the welcoming team returned, the firecrackers, gongs and drums sounded in unison, and the long red carpet spread all the way from the sedan chair to the entrance of Xitang.
After removing the sedan door, Xi Po carried Fu Shuyue back into the door, and when he reached the entrance of Xitang, she put the person down, put a red satin pierced with a colored ball in the hands of the two, one of them led the other, and walked slowly into Xitang. in.
Zhou's parents sat on the top, looking at their son and new wife with gratification.
The hostess sang loudly in the joy of joy: "Worship heaven and earth--"
The two men bowed to the door.
"Second worship Gaotang——"
The two turned to face their parents Gaotang and bowed down together.
"The husband and wife worship."
Turning around again, the two face each other and worship the couple three times.
"Li Cheng——"
The gongs and drums outside sounded in unison, and the guests who watched the ceremony began to quarrel, shouting in unison: "Send into the bridal chamber!"
The two of them were surrounded by juniors who wanted to make trouble in the bridal chamber and walked towards the new house. When they arrived at the new house, some people wanted to make trouble. Zhou Chuanqing quickly took out the red envelopes that he had prepared from his sleeves and scattered them, taking advantage of them to grab the red envelopes. Stalls, shut out the miscellaneous people.
There are only two people left in the new house with a wife.
Xi Po helped Fu Shuyue to Xi's bed and sat down, and then handed a small scale to Zhou Chuanqing, "Please lift the head of the groom."
Zhou Chuanqing took a deep breath, took the weighing pole steadily, and gently lifted the red cap. Under the red cap, Fu Shuyue raised his eyes and faced him.
"Shu Yue..." Zhou Chuanqing was stunned for a while, and called her in a daze.
Fu Shuyue replied softly, the rouge on her face seemed to be even redder. The two were already married, and there was no need to abide by those etiquette rules. Zhou Chuanqing could finally Guan Ming Zhengda call out her boudoir name.
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Fu Tian sent the people halfway and turned back, entertaining all the guests with Fu Youqin. It is the custom of the Great Chu that the mother's family sends the sedan chair, and then turns back halfway, and puts the ash under the sedan chair back in the fire jar, which is called "receiving the fire."
When the daughter is married, the family only puts on a banquet for one day, and then calls the wedding wine. When the guests are busy in the evening, the guests are scattered, and the mother and son can finally rest. Fu Youqin looked at Fu Tian and thought of her married daughter, her eyes were red unconsciously.
Fu Tian comforted her warmly. The mother and son sat in the main room, guessing where the Zhou family's wedding had been. It was not until the night was full that they couldn't help being tired of the day and went back to rest.
The third day after the wedding was the day when the new wife returned home. The Zhou family sent someone to invite Fu Tian to eat the "Meeting Kissing Wine". After eating the meeting of Kissing Wine, Zhou Chuanqing accompanied Fu Tian and Fu Shuyue back to the Hou Mansion.
Fu Youqin has a heart for her daughter, and has long been looking forward to this day. Seeing her daughter and son-in-law come in hand in hand, Fu Shuyue still has a faint smile on her face, finally letting go.
On the other hand, Zhou Chuanqing seemed to have changed people, not seeing the old chic and romantic, with a satisfied smile on his face, when he saw Fu Youqin, he called out "mother" in a salute.
Fu Youqin gave a "hey", helped him up, and asked them to sit down and talk.
Chu Xiangtian was also on the side, and snorted contemptuously, disdainful of his friend's performance.
Zhou Chuanqing was keenly aware of his gaze, raised his head and smiled at him, returning a look that contained various meanings of "I won", "You have today", "Is you jealous?"
Chu Xiangtian's stomach hurt for the first time.
After dinner, Fu Youqin and Fu Shuyue went to talk privately. Fu Tian is the younger brother-in-law, so he stayed with the new uncle. Without the presence of the elders, Zhou Chuanqing's expression suddenly became bad, and in front of her brother-in-law, Chu Xiangtian said, "Call me brother-in-law."
Chu Xiangtian's face was green. It happened that Fu Tian hadn't held back a "pouch" laugh.
Grinding his teeth vigorously, Chu Xiangtian was very unconvinced. He felt as if he was drowned in a sea of vinegar, dripping with sourness, but he still said every word: "Sister—husband—"
Zhou Chuanqing managed to pull back a round, and looked at him flat and satisfied, and immediately responded happily.
***
All day long, Chu Xiangtian's face was dark, and after he left, he couldn't wait to start rummaging through the old accounts to ask himself.
A belly of old vinegar can't wait to pour it all out, "Zhou Chuanqing got married behind us, but I don't even have a serious status."
"He even asked me to call me brother-in-law?" Chu Xiangtian was furious, feeling that it was nothing more than a fight with others.
Fu Tian squeezed his ear amusedly, "According to seniority, you should have called him brother-in-law."
Chu Xiangtian choked. This was the reason, but he was very upset in his heart, so he skipped this topic and turned to earnestly ask for interest.
Fu Tian blinked, stretched out his hand to cling to his neck, took the initiative to kiss his lips, pressed it to his ear and whispered: "The last medicine jade is used up..."