On the ninth day of October, the weather was slightly warm, and the sun did not shine for a while. The Li family was holding an elegant wedding banquet. The hall was crowded with guests and distinguished people were sitting in rows. Most of the people who came were relatives from the woman's side, such as my sister-in-law Gao's family, my cousin Zhang's family, my distant relative Da's family, my uncle Wugu Lunjia, all kinds of people. All the officials and family members of the army were about to cross the threshold of the banquet hall, as if they were about to get some happiness.
The emperor also picked up Li Hongyuan from Qing'an Temple in Liaoyang early and arrived at Li's house in an hour.
——This Li Hongyuan is the mother of Wanyan Yong and the wife of the second wife of the late king Wanyan Zongyao. After the death of the late king, she did not want to accept the system of adoptive marriage, so she became a nun in Liaoyang. When her son and niece were happy, she would follow the ceremony. Welcome back to the capital.
The front yard was full of guests drinking wedding wine and eating a wedding banquet, and the inner hall in the back yard was full of two families, waiting to greet Li Hongyuan.
Li Shi and Wanyan Yongzheng sat on two chairs opposite each other. Next to them were the imperial concubines Mingxuan, Gongren, Jiagu Tantan, Kuike and Qingru. Xianke sat on the small pier with a small book and taught Yun. Gong Yiya is literate, but the hall lacks elegance.
Li Shi was holding the hot tea cup, neither placing it nor holding it. His palms were sweating when he squeezed it, and the joy between his brows was the rarest thing to see.
"Lu'er, I haven't seen your sister for seven years. I'm so excited that I can't even drink tea!"
Wan Yanyong pressed his hand down and said, "Uncle, don't be so nervous, my sister is still the same as before!"
"Okay!" After hearing what he said, Shi Cai took a tea cup and drank tea.
"My family also misses my uncle in Liaoyang. The letters I sent home a few days ago are full of greetings to my uncle and aunt. It shows that my family also wants to come back and see you two!" Mingxuan gently coaxed the girl in her arms. Yun Nian said with a smile.
After hearing this, Li Shi nodded, covering his chest and said: "I'm afraid it's almost here, I have a tacit understanding, Mo Ying, go to Xiulou quickly, urge Qingya to hurry up!"
Today is the wedding banquet. According to Daijin custom, the whole family should have a meal together. The bride should dress up to attend the family banquet and listen to the instructions of her elders. Just because the Li family and King Yong are cousins, she simply gathered the two families together. Being together can also be regarded as Li Hongyuan's cleansing banquet.
At this time, Qingya was celebrating a happy occasion, so she wore the clothes Wan Yanyong had prepared for her - a silver neon red fine cloud brocade silk acacia top with hundreds of albizia flowers in different postures embroidered on the edges. Looking down her body, she saw A small skirt with eight pleats of scattered flowers, water mist and green grass, and a ring of lanterns around the waist. It is still tied with two layers of silver wire and silver leaves, and is decorated with bells at several places.
She had never tied up her hair. The front part of her hair was tied up, and the back part was made up. She then wrapped two small hanging rings behind her ears, embellished with silk beads and jade, and then wore a pair of sapphire blue emerald peacock hairpins, with the peacock holding them in her mouth. Two pearls.
This was the first time she wore such a gorgeous outfit. As she walked through the corridor, everyone gathered around her and marveled at her beauty.
But she walked slower and slower, and finally stopped moving forward, standing on the corridor in a daze.
"Girl, the master is about to rush you, let's hurry up! We still have to welcome the madam!"
She remained motionless, gently supported the green flower on her head, and sat in the corridor, looking at the necklace on her wrist in trance.
"I'm getting married tomorrow, and he won't even come to look for me! Do you really not care?"
"Hey girl!" Cui He was about to speak when he saw Mo Ying running over, looking anxious.
"Girl, girl, the madam is about to arrive. The master asked you to hurry up and don't miss the time!" Mo Ying panted and called her from the steps of the corridor bridge.
"Sister Mo Ying, let's go first! The girl will be here immediately," Cui He replied, clasping his hands and smiling at her.
"Come on, come on! Girl, please hurry up!" She turned and walked away, looking back at Qingya who was sitting on the corridor with some thought.
"Girl, if this is not a joke, please leave quickly! You will think about these things later,"
"I don't want to go, I don't want to face them! He'er, I don't want to get married..." She suddenly sat on the porch and started sobbing. The servants passing by looked at her secretly.
"Hey, girl, things have come to this and can't be changed anymore. From now on..."
Before she could finish speaking, she started crying with tears in her eyes, saying, "Does he really not love me anymore? He can just watch me marry someone else. He said it himself."
If you want to marry me, why doesn’t it count? "
After a while, Xiyi came forward and asked, "Why are you still here?"
"Girl, she refuses to leave!" Cui He walked back and forth in confusion.
As soon as Xiyi stepped forward, he pinched her wrist and took off the ring and said: "What time has it been now! I still miss him, Li Qingya, come on, look at me!" She held her shoulder .
"You yourself said that the situation is greater than the people. Now you are the wife of the iron-clad King Yong, personally appointed by the Holy Emperor. No matter how much you miss her, it will not help. It is wise to take the right path now," said with some pity. Excited. new
She shook her head again and went to look at the bamboo outside the corridor.
"You have to go! Come with me!"
Xiyi was a martial artist who was strong and pulled Qingya towards the main hall. Even if she didn't want to, she had to follow him.
Walking outside the corridor, Xiyi held her shoulder again and said, "Wipe your tears before you go in. Don't let anyone get suspicious. Remember, you are the daughter of the Li family and a lady of our family."
She was helped into the hall by Cui He. She regained her composure and put on a smile. She walked in front of Li Shi and saluted: "Dad, my daughter is late!"
Everyone looked at her standing in gorgeous clothes. Her whole person was different from usual. She looked particularly majestic and dignified. The buttoned-up big-sleeved clothes blended with her own charm. She really looked like a girl from a noble family, with a perfect face. I couldn't take my eyes away from it.
Mingxuan immediately praised: "Qing Ya looks so good in this dress, she is so like a married woman!"
"Well, it's not bad! It just takes time to dress up," Li Shi and Wan Yanyong looked at each other.
"It will be like this every day in the palace from now on, you should get used to it!" Kyouto pulled her in front of him and looked at her carefully, looking at her with his eyebrows arched.
"My lord, madam! The madam is back! The madam is back!" A maid waved the silk in her hand with surprise and joy, and reported in front of the golden gate with flying steps.
After hearing this, Li Shi suddenly stood up, which shocked everyone. Then he supported his waist and said, "My back hurts when I sit on this chair. I will twist when I stand up!"
Everyone was chatting and laughing freely, walking into the courtyard, and met a woman wearing a blue-grey "Haiqing" dress. The dress had a wide waist, wide sleeves, a round collar and a square placket, which was much fatter than other clothes. Looking at the woman's appearance again, she saw that the aura of wealth she had when she was the wife of the royal family had faded away. Her whole body exuded a feeling of nothingness, and her eyes were rosy.
"Sister!" When Li Shi saw her, he took two steps forward and knelt down, tears instantly falling from his eyes.
"Shi'er!" She quickly helped him up.
"Sister!" Wanyanyong and the imperial concubine both knelt down, and everyone followed them.
The tenderness in her words has not changed at all: "No, no, no, how can a poor nun accept such a gift from the Queen? Your Majesty, get up!"
Everyone embraced her into the main hall, and she sat across from Li Shi. Her nieces and grandsons paid homage to her one after another, and tears fell from her eyes.
Kui Ke and Tan Tan came to pay their respects: "My nephew (nephew-in-law) wants to say hello to my aunt! How is my aunt after being separated for several years?"
"Well done, poor nun, well done!"
She stood up and held their hands together, crying and laughing, unable to speak: "When I left, Kuier, you were only this tall. Now you have a family, and you look so strong!"
"Okay!" She wiped away a handful of red tears.
After a while, Qingya pulled Xianke and stepped forward with Qingru to salute and said, "Nephew, hello to aunt?"
When she saw Qingya dressed in fine clothes, she patted her hand and said, "Ya'er, you can no longer call your aunt like you did when you were a child!"
Qing Ya Lian looked at her mother, knelt down and bowed, trying her best to squeeze out the words: "Little daughter-in-law..., my daughter-in-law wants to say hello to my mother-in-law, I pray here!"
"Get up quickly and stay well!"
Qingya returned to the chair with a hint of melancholy, glanced at the scene where her aunt was talking to Qingru, and began to recall what she had just said, her cheeks couldn't help but feel hot, hiding from everyone's eyes.
Soon Yun Gong came around Li Hongyuan's knees, and she held Yun Nian in her arms and laughed.
"My name is Yun Nian, right?
! ” she asked.
"Yes!" said the imperial concubine.
"Nian'er and Gong'er followed their father and were born strong, white and fat. Only the middle child followed Qinli and was thinner! Isn't that right! Nian'er?" She stroked the baby's cheek with a little warmth between her fingers. .
"When he was born, I was really tortured. It hurt all day long and lasted for several hours. Hey! It was not as easy as when I was born." Mingxuan had a smile on his face and held his waist.
"Girls have smaller bones, so they are naturally more relaxed. When I gave birth to Lu'er, it was so painful that I was dying!"
"Hey, I heard from Shi, Yaoer, you also gave birth to a son, are you feeling better?" She turned her face and was talking to Gongren.
She called her Yao'er, and Qingya suddenly sounded familiar. She immediately shook her head and looked at her mother opposite, thinking of something and forgetting it. In her memory, she had never heard her mother's name. She only knew that she was the Ugu Lun clan, a consecrated person from the Holy Emperor. This call made her think a little bit.
Kyouto never paid attention to Qingya's gaze but smiled and nodded: "It's better. Everything is convenient at home. It's better soon!"
Li Hongyuan patted his grandson to sleep. Looking at the hall full of red knots, he sighed deeply: "Time flies so fast! I always feel that it was only yesterday when I entered the Imperial Palace, and today the hall is full of children and grandchildren. In the blink of an eye, it has been thirteen years since the late king passed away, and Qingya is about to get married!"
"I vaguely remember that day before the late king left, he took a look at your belly, sister-in-law, and said that the belly of the fetus was round and she was carrying a blessed son. He immediately signed the contract for marriage and said that if the fetus was a girl, he would marry her to Lu'er!"
She turned her head over again and gave Qingya a loving look: "Look, now she has grown into a big girl and will finally marry Lu'er!"
She spoke slower and tentatively: "You two, one is my niece and the other is my son. You have grown up under my eyes since you were a child. A few days ago... I have already thought about that matter. I heard what the attendant said!" She looked at Qingya's expression again.
"Ya'er, when I get back to my house, I will tell you something about your cousin and this girl's family..."
When Qingya saw her, she wanted to continue talking. She glanced at the confused expressions of her mother and Mingxuan opposite her, and became panicked. She held a handful of sweat and bowed her head: "A'jia, A'jia, my wife didn't think anything was wrong." , it’s just a small conflict between Lang Jun and I, nothing to mention!”
"You really don't blame your brother for being like this..."
"Ajia, what are you talking about? My husband and I have a deep friendship. He treats me considerately. How could I have a villainous mind because of this?"
Li Hongyuan didn't know about Qingya's incident a few days ago and was hiding it from the two people in the hall. She thought the whole family knew about it, so she mentioned it casually.
Qingya smiled and covered her stomach, and said playfully: "The food in this dining room will definitely be available. I wonder if my aunt is hungry?"
Li Hongyuan looked at her playful look, tapped her forehead, and replied dotingly: "She is still the same as when she was a child. She is not allowed to eat until she finishes practicing her calligraphy!"
"That won't happen now. Qingya must eat first!"
"Hahaha, silly girl!"
Everyone left their seats one after another, chatting and laughing, and walked towards the banquet in the hall. Their sleeves were filled with the joy of having a banquet in the pavilion, hoping to keep them alive every year.
