Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 8

[Chapter 8 Wedding]

Winter days are short. The soldiers returned to the camp, Wei Shao entered the city, and it was already dark.

There are fire sticks in front of the gate of the Xindi Mansion. He is wearing a heavy armor with a layer of ice still hanging on it, stepping on the creaky snow under his feet, when he strode up the steps, he just arrived at the city gate to welcome him back. Wei Liang, who was walking with him, suddenly remembered, hurriedly ran after him, possessed himself and whispered: “My lord, Qiao Nv is here!

It’s been more than half a month since I was in Yuyang’s house.” During the daytime, I usually stay behind closed doors, and at sunset, I occasionally go to the sandalwood platform to stay for a while, and I realize that there is no difference, so I don’t block it.”

He added this sentence after finishing the previous words.

Wei Shao hummed lightly, and did not stop for half a minute. He walked across the threshold and walked towards Sheyang She, where he usually lived.

Wei Liang watched his back, saw him take a few steps, suddenly stopped again, turned his head and glanced in the direction of Yuyang She behind him.

Across the heavy door, standing here, you can’t see there, you can only see the huge black shadow rising from the nearby sandalwood platform. up like.

“Tell Zhong Li to get ready, and the wedding will take place tomorrow.”

He looked back and said suddenly.

“Tomorrow?” Wei Liang was startled.

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to prepare in time…”

“Everything is easy.”

Wei Shao turned around and continued to move forward without stopping.

Wei Liang watched his back, hesitated for a moment, turned around and hurriedly consulted with Zhong Li.

…

The two tight-mouthed servants, after getting along for half a month, gradually became familiar with Chunniang, and Chunniang was able to draw some words from them.

According to the maid, Zhong Ni was the person next to Wei Shao’s grandmother, Mrs. Xu, and it didn’t take long for her to come to Xindu to prepare for Wei Shao and Xiao Qiao’s wedding. The reason why Wei Shao was not in the city a while ago was because there was another war on Boling’s side, and now he has won and returned.

In these years, the troubled times are approaching, and the local warlords are each big. Except for a few exceptions like the former Jizhou Mu Gaotang who jumped out and used them as targets without waiting for their strength, various princes, such as Wei Shao, Yes, on the surface, he was still a minister of the Han family, and he had to obey the emperor. As for the confrontation between each other, it is completely who has the final say on whoever has the toughest gun, and the imperial court has long been unable to restrain it.

Xiao Qiao was not really interested in what Wei Shao did. After coming here for half a month, he finally showed up. What she cares most about now is what will happen next.

Normally, according to the previous agreement between the two, it is time to enter the final and substantive step: the wedding. ” Ma’am

, take it easy. Now that Wei Hou is back, things will be easier to talk about. Tomorrow I will go to find Zhongli and ask her when the wedding is going to be.”

sound of consolation.

“Open the door, ma’am!”

At this moment, the voice of a servant girl of the Wei family came from the door.

Chunniang shook Xiao Qiao’s hand and went over to open the door, but unexpectedly saw that Zhong Ni, who had not shown her face for a few days, came.

After Zhong Nuo came in, she bowed to Xiao Qiao, stood up and said, “Your Majesty has returned, and the wedding date is tomorrow. The maid specially came to let the lady know.”

…

Wei Shao just came back, and the notice came down just now, and the wedding will be held tomorrow!

This is too fast!

Xiao Qiao still couldn’t react for a while, and when she was stunned, Chunniang and the maid immediately became beaming, and came to bow down to her in turn to congratulate her.

Xiao Qiao understood their thoughts.

Everyone is here, waiting for a wedding ceremony. Only with the ceremony can she truly become the daughter-in-law of the Wei family and the wife of Wei Shao. Without this step, no matter how much red tape has been passed in front of her, her identity will never go down, so she can only hang her awkwardly.

So when they heard the news, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Qiao smiled and accepted their congratulations one by one, but her heart was at a loss for words.

The wedding is just around the corner, no changes. Once they are officially married, it means that from now on, their destiny will be tied to this man named Wei Shao.

Will he treat himself the same way he treated Da Qiao as she knew in his previous life?

If so, how should she handle herself?

This question has been thinking over and over in her mind since the first day she left Yanzhou on the road. But until now, there is still no answer.

…

Chunniang’s joy did not last long. Because she soon learned that this wedding was not at all thoughtful and grand as she expected the daughter of the envoy should deserve.

Think about it too, but after a night of hard work, what can you prepare?

Chunniang held back the grief in her heart and did not dare to show it in front of Xiao Qiao, for fear of making her sad. While serving her in the bath, she said with a smile that the wedding will be held in Shaoyang Hall, and there will be many VIPs watching the ceremony. The most important thing is that Wei Hou is young and handsome, brave and decisive, and the city only glances at him from a distance. There were countless girls who fell in love with him, but she heard that there seemed to be no favorite concubine beside him.

“The lady is so beautiful, how can Wei Hou not love her more?”

Chunniang wiped her soft skin with fragrant balm over and over again, her eyes fell on her beautiful figure, and her tone was full of praise and encouragement.

Under the service of Chunniang and the maid, Xiao Qiao repeated the procedure before leaving home from the beginning.

Take a bath, get dressed, brush your hair, and dress up. Standing in front of the mirror mirror, she looked at the bride in the mirror with bright green temples like clouds and flowers, and suddenly felt a little strange.

…

Zhou Li, “marriage” originally means “darkness”.

As the sun sets to the west, the sandalwood platform in the Xin Palace, which has been silent for a long time, lights up sequentially from bottom to top. Against the backdrop of the night, from a distance, it looks like a brightly lit pagoda, even more majestic.

The people in the city looked up and scrambled to send a message: the wedding of the prince and the prince is tonight.

On the corridor of Shaoyang Hall, red lanterns were also raised one by one. The lights in the hall were as bright as day. On the large table with black lacquer and gold paint in the middle, the millet and rice used for the wedding were neatly placed. , prison (meat dishes), 菹, 醢, 鹆, the guests who came to watch the ceremony were also neatly dressed and sat on the low couch behind several tables in order. While they whispered to the people next to them, they waited for the arrival of auspicious times.

Most of these people were vassals who had followed Wei Shao here, and there were also local officials in Xindu. They also just learned about the wedding during the day. Although some of them knew that Wei Shao was going to marry Yanzhou Qiao Nu, it was surprising that the wedding came so quickly. After all, at this time last night, Wei Shao had just escaped from the war in Boling. .

Most of the people present have heard about the old affairs of the Qiao family and the Wei family in Yanzhou. It is also like this that the marriage between Wei Shao and Nv Qiao ten years later is even more imaginative, and she is even more curious about that Nv Qiao, waiting for her appearance after a while.

When the auspicious time came, Xiao Qiao entered the auditorium.

When she appeared in front of the guests with her hands up and down on her stomach and her sleeves lightly stretched, the auditorium, which was still buzzing slightly, suddenly became quiet, and many eyes came to her, all falling on her. On the body, there are scrutiny, surprise, and ulterior motives that cannot be known.

Xiao Qiao didn’t feel nervous. She lowered her eyelids slightly, and her eyes fell quietly on the ground in front of her feet. Following the rhythmic praise of the ceremonial official in her ears, and under the gazes of those around her, she was led by two companions, not in a hurry. He walked slowly, and finally came to the front of the several cases in the hall, and stopped when he was still a few feet away.

Opposite her, stood a person.

She clearly felt the two glances from the other side-different from the ones on the side that she could completely ignore, this person’s eyes were looking directly at her, without shyness, with an oppressive force that she could not describe. .

The skin under her heavy clothes also seemed to sense this pressure, the pores around her body slowly relaxed, and the hairs seemed to stand up quietly one by one.

She slowly raised her eyes and met the gaze of the man opposite.

…

Compared to his status and fame, Wei Shao is still quite young; but compared to himself, he is indeed a fully grown man, with broad shoulders and a straight back. He was getting petite and petite, so much so that he had to raise his head slightly to meet his direct gaze.

As Chunniang had described, he was a very handsome man, dressed in the royal uniform of the Nine Chapters of Longshan, with dark clothes and robes. In the sound of praise from the official, he just stared straight at Xiao Qiao, who was only an arm’s length away from him, without blinking, his eyes were dark, as dark as the darkest night in the deepest part of the night.

Xiao Qiao’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lowered his eyes again.

After the ceremony official finished singing the praise, someone held a red scarf, put one end in Xiao Qiao’s hand and the other in Wei Shao’s hand. Sitting on both sides of the table, relatives Xun, under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, performed the fertile washing ceremony, the same prison ceremony, and the conjoined ceremony in sequence.

After a long and complicated series of pre-ceremonies, it is the final ceremony that indicates that the two are married.

The companions lightly cut a strand of hair from each of the two’s hair feet and tied them together. At this time, the people around were beaming with joy and congratulations. The man on the opposite side was straight and straight, and his figure remained motionless, but Xiao Qiao saw that the corner of his lips, which was very beautiful, was slightly hooked imperceptibly.

If she was not mistaken, it was clearly a hint of impatience and a somewhat casual smile.

[End of This Chapter]