When the sky was still blue, Cheng Jiaoniang was woken up.

"Didn't you say that the wedding will be held in the afternoon?" she asked, putting on her daily blouse and reaching out to pick up the long bow hanging in the room.

"Oh, my wife." The maid shouted, reaching out and snatching it away, "I didn't ask you to get up so early to practice archery."

Banqin is also wandering around the house here.

"Should we wait for the hairdresser to come and wash up together, or should we cleanse our face first?" she muttered, while asking if the jewelry and hairpin rings were ready.

"Even if it's not laid out, it can only be obtained in a few steps in such a small room." Cheng Jiaoniang said, slowly walking to the mirror and sitting down.

"Banqin, don't be so nervous. You haven't slept all night. You should put on your makeup first," the maid said.

Banqin suddenly realized and reached out to cover his face.

"Don't embarrass me." She hurriedly ran out, unable to see the path under her feet and almost tripped, causing the two maidservants to yell.

As Huang entered the door, he was startled.

"Why is Banqin so nervous?" She laughed.

"Such a big event." The maid smiled, "How did it feel when the eldest lady married the eldest husband?"

"Hey, that time." Huang said with some recollection, "I was so nervous that my mind went blank. I just remembered that my mother gave me a fruit to eat, and she kept it in her hand until we arrived at Dalang's house.

Didn’t eat.”

The maids and girls all made them laugh.

Cheng Jiaoniang also smiled slightly.

At that time...

There were servants from the royal family inside and outside the house, and the decorations inside and outside Cheng's house didn't look like a married woman, but like a married woman.

Her heart was pounding nervously, and she crushed the ginseng slices her sister-in-law gave her in her hands. After walking around the city for half a day, she went to the palace to pay homage. She almost collapsed, but Yang Shan noticed her mistake and quietly treated himself

stuffed the ginseng slices into her.

"...Look, fortunately, I know that you are not fully prepared when you are careless..."

He smiled at her with a little smugness.

"...I can wield a sword and bend a bow to shoot horses, so why can't I do it even when I'm hungry?"

In fact, she thought later that she was not hungry, but nervous.

Laughter rang in her ears, interrupting her wandering.

"Look, the lady is nervous too, right?" the maid asked with a smile, half-kneeling down in front of her and putting on a new pair of shoes for her.

"Don't be nervous. In fact, I regretted it afterwards. Speaking of which, this day is the most leisurely time. Everyone is working hard and busy for you. Only you can care about nothing. This kind of day is only once in this life. It's really

You should enjoy it." Huang said with a smile.

While they were talking, the little girl ran in and said that Mrs. Chen was here, and Mrs. Huang hurriedly took her over.

The room became even more lively. Cheng Jiaoniang was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, having her hair and makeup done, listening to the women and daughters-in-law around her saying happy and auspicious words.

When it was daylight, everything was dressed up, and she would sit indoors like this until someone from the Jin'an County Prince's Palace came to welcome the bride.

"Sister looks so weird," Chen Danniang said with a smile.

Cheng Jiaoniang nodded.

It's a bit weird. Her bridal makeup wasn't like this at that time. It was so rich and colorful now.

"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Shiba Niang said, "Bridal makeup is all like this."

"Sister, you are not weird like this, but Sister Cheng looks so weird like this." Chen Danniang said with a smile.

"Okay, the banquet has started outside, everyone, please go out." Mrs. Chen's maid came to greet her.

"Do you want me to accompany you?" Chen Shiba Niang asked with a smile.

Cheng Jiaoniang smiled and shook her head.

"That's right, you may not be used to us accompanying you." Chen Shiba Niang smiled and said, "We will come and talk to you after dinner."

Most of these people were invited by Mrs. Chen. Although they have admired Mrs. Cheng for a long time, they still couldn't do it if they wanted to chat and laugh with each other like other women.

After all, I'm not used to talking and laughing with each other.

"Thank you very much." Cheng Jiaoniang looked at them and stood up to salute.

"Oh, no need." Chen Shiba Niang said with a smile, pulling up Chen Danniang who didn't want to leave and walking out.

The people in the room dispersed and became quiet again.

"Madam, are you hungry?" Banqin asked.

"Don't eat if you're hungry. It's been a long time. What if you have an emergency? Just bear with it." The maid said.

"But it's been a long time. Madam hasn't eaten anything in the morning. It's almost dark after the church service." Banqin said with a worried look.

Cheng Jiaoniang smiled and shook her head.

"It won't be long," she said.

Although he was ordered not to disturb Prince Jin'an's health care, there was still talk and laughter coming from the courtyard outside.

"What time is it?"

The curtain was opened and the voice of Prince Jin'an came out.

The two maids hurriedly answered.

Hearing what was said here, the waiter from outside hurriedly walked in.

"What's wrong?" he asked, looking at Prince Jin'an who was half sitting up.

"It's late, why haven't you left yet?" Prince Jin'an said.

The chamberlain smiled.

"Your Highness is not in a hurry," he said. "It's a shortcut from our place to the Cheng family. It's a quick round trip."

The prince of Jin'an County was stunned for a moment.

"A shortcut?" he asked.

What is important in getting married is excitement, with the man showing off his joy and the woman showing off her dowry. Especially now that dowries for married women in the capital are becoming more and more generous. In order to show their family's confidence, any respectable family would like to go around the city, and at the end of the day, they have to do it.

Walking along the hottest street in Beijing while beating gongs and drums.

A shortcut? Become a thief or flee? Get a wife or be a thief?

"It's the Queen Mother's order." The chamberlain whispered.

Prince Jin'an hummed and slowly lay back down, his eyes falling on the wedding dress beside him.

There were bursts of noise outside.

"Coming, coming."

Several children ran in first, shouting.

Standing on the porch, Banqin breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally here, why is it so slow?" she said.

She almost thought that she would never come, or that today was just her dream.

"Madam, cover your head quickly." She turned around and walked into the room and said.

The bright red hijab fell, covering Cheng Jiaoniang's face and blocking her sight.

The sunlight filtered through the hijab, making Cheng Jiaoniang's vision a bright red. She couldn't help but close her eyes and clenched her hands in front of her.

"Madam, don't be nervous." The maid's voice whispered in her ear.

There was Banqin's voice in my ears.

"I just said that the lady will be nervous...you are still talking nonsense..."

"But before, my wife didn't do anything wrong at all. No matter how I looked at it, she seemed to be staying out of it and relaxed."

"That's not the time yet."

Cheng Jiaoniang let go of her hand.

She wasn't nervous, she just didn't like the red color, especially the red color that was so close to her eyes.

Just like when their Cheng family was destroyed... Just like the overwhelming bright red that repeats forever in her dreams...

"Why so slow?"

Zhou Hao looked at the welcoming relatives who were walking in and asked with a sullen face.

The visitor laughed.

"What are you doing early?"

"There is no need to serve tea to the parents."
To be continued...