In Princess Yunchang's Mansion, Liu Chengzhi wore a red wedding robe embroidered with a four-clawed dragon, and rushed to the deepest part of the inner courtyard of Princess Yunchang's Mansion with a spring breeze on his face.
Amidst the joyful banter of a group of peers, Liu Chengzhi walked through the last arch leading to Li Jingyao's boudoir with a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
Although Liu Chengzhi looked a little shy under the joking words of his friends, the excitement in his eyes was still difficult to conceal.
As the saying goes, it is the first time for a young girl to get on the sedan chair, but it is not the first time for the groom to get married!
Today is, after all, the day of his first wedding. Liu Chengzhi is the second prince of the current dynasty, and his mood at this moment is also ups and downs. It is no different from ordinary people who are excited and a little uneasy when they get married.
Let yourself be in a state of mind like that of your father who can keep his emotions in check. Liu Chengzhi, who has not yet been appointed as the crown prince and has participated in major government affairs in the court, asks himself that he is not yet able to do that.
The companions surrounding Liu Chengzhi are all his close friends from childhood when he was in the Imperial College, and all those who can appear here today are famous young masters in the capital.
Thinking about it, a junior from an ordinary family would naturally have trouble getting along with Liu Chengzhi, the second prince of the dynasty.
While everyone was joking with each other, they finally arrived outside Li Jingyao's closed boudoir. Everyone looked at the festive beauty in the boudoir and pushed Liu Chengzhi forward a few steps.
"Bride, our boss has now passed the three levels you set up. How long will it take if we don't open the door now?"
“Yes! Yes! Open the door quickly, our boss is still in a hurry to go back to the bridal chamber!”
“If you don’t open the door, my brothers and others will force their way in.”
Several of Liu Chengzhi's good brothers stood beside Liu Chengzhi, laughing and saying joking words to the closed door, and from time to time they poked their heads towards the door and glanced at it.
In the joyful boudoir, Li Jingyao was sitting in front of the dressing table wearing a phoenix crown and harem. Listening to the teasing words of her sweetheart's good brothers outside the boudoir, her face turned red, and her eyebrows revealed the shyness and anticipation of her daughter's family.
Thousands of customs.
A pair of slender hands as white as jade were clasped together tightly. Li Jingyao bit her red lips lightly and turned to look at her mother-in-law He Shu who was standing beside her. She seemed to be filled with shyness in her sparkling phoenix eyes.
ripple.
“Mother…mother concubine.”
He Shu looked at his daughter's charming yet shy and beautiful face, and felt both sad and happy at the same time. The intertwining of these two emotions was so complex that it was difficult to describe.
The sad thing is that after her daughter gets married, she becomes a member of someone else’s family, and she can no longer be with her as she did before.
Now Jingyao is still his daughter, but she will soon become a relative. Although she is still his daughter, her status is completely different from what she is now.
I am gratified that my daughter has grown up and has reached the age where she can be married, look after her husband and raise children, and I, as a mother, can finally settle my worries.
If the deceased husband is still alive in heaven, he should be able to smile when he sees his good daughter finally getting married to his sweetheart.
Although I had wronged my late husband in emotional matters, I had already been able to live up to him when it came to raising children.
Although the salary and silver support from the clan government and the court can ensure that one has adequate food and clothing, raising a pair of children is not just about food and clothing.
Now that my daughter has finally left the court and got married, the only burden in my heart can be completely relieved.
He Shulian walked quietly to her daughter, grabbed her daughter's catkins and patted them gently a few times. She took out a piece of spotless white silk from her sleeves and gently stuffed it into the palm of Li Jingyao's jade hand.
"Good boy, when you get married, you must obey your husband. After you get married, you must put your husband first and foremost in everything you do. Don't let your mother worry about you because of jealousy and resentment.
Chengzhi, this child is a mother just like you. I have watched you grow up. He has a stable and polite character, and I believe that he will not treat you badly.
But you must also do what a woman should do, and don't make your temper angry with Chengzhi for no reason.
After you leave the gate, you belong to someone else’s family from now on, so you must take good care of yourself, do you understand?”
Li Jingyao's already somewhat blushing beauty became even hotter and brighter after seeing the white silk that her mother-in-law had stuffed into her palm, just like the blood-stained sun on the horizon when the sun was setting.
"Um!"
After knowing the purpose of this piece of white silk, Li Jingyao hummed like a mosquito, and quietly put the white silk in her hand into the cuff of her phoenix robe, her heart pounding wildly.
“Concubine, don’t worry. After the child leaves the court, he will definitely marry and obey his husband. He will abide by women’s ethics and will never make you worry at all, concubine.”
After speaking, Li Jingyao gently raised her jade hand and stroked Concubine He Shu's slightly bulging belly a few times. She looked up at Concubine He Shu with worry evident in her phoenix eyes.
“Mother concubine, the fetus in your belly is growing day by day. After the baby goes out, he can no longer be with you all the time like before. You must take good care of your own health.
If the maid is not taken care of well, you must go to your uncle immediately and ask him to arrange some reliable maids to serve you.
Moreover, if it is true... it is true..."
He Shu'e frowned slightly, and looked at her good daughter who was about to speak with confusion: "What if it's true? Silly child, it's already this time, why are you still hesitating? Just say no to what you want to say."
Li Jingyao looked at her mother-in-law’s puzzled eyes, bit her red lips and hesitated for a moment.
“Mother, if that doesn’t work, you can move to the Liu Mansion, so that we, mother and daughter, can be together day and night as always.
After your child gets married, you will be alone in the house with no one to talk to you about. This may not be a problem for a short period of time, but over time you will be very lonely.
Not only does my uncle have to deal with state affairs, but besides you, my uncle, there are so many aunts and aunts on my side. Even if I finish the state affairs, I can't just focus on you all the time!
You are pregnant with Liujia now. Living alone in the princess's mansion must be a lot of inconveniences. The baby really is worried about leaving you alone at home.
How about you move in together after the turmoil about my child’s marriage subsides.”
He Shu looked at his daughter's pleading and expectant eyes, and his heart, which was originally as stable as a mountain, couldn't help but palpitate, and then calmed down.
“Silly girl, I appreciate your kindness, but I can’t cause trouble for him!”
"How can this add to the chaos? It was Yun...Mother Yun who took the initiative to invite you to settle in the Liu Mansion. None of their sisters cared about it. Mother, why do you have any hesitation?"
“Silly boy, what you don’t understand is that what my mother is talking about is not the situation of your mother-in-law and her sisters, but about the scholars and common people in the world...Forget it, you don’t understand what my mother is telling you.
You don’t have to worry about mother’s side after you get married. If mother really can’t do it, just move to your Aunt Jie’s place.”
"But I not only hope that you, mother, will move here, but I also hope that Aunt Jie, little sister Zhiyao, and little sister Lianniang will come with you..."
Before Li Jingyao finished speaking, He Shu interrupted her.
“Silly boy, today is your special day. Let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s getting late and you should go out. If you delay any longer, you may miss the auspicious time to pray to heaven and earth.
Child Chengzhi has been waiting for you outside the room for a long time. Hurry up and put your red headscarf on and get ready to leave the palace."
Li Jingyao looked at her mother's complicated expression as she tried to change the subject, and nodded shyly.
"Um."
"Xin'er, quickly take the red hijab with the auspicious dragon and phoenix and cover it with Yao'er."
“Yes, the concubine is for the empress.”
Li Jingyao's personal maid responded in her heart, and hurriedly picked up the dragon and phoenix hijab on the side and walked towards Li Jingyao.
“Princess, it’s getting late, please put your hijab on quickly.”
Li Jingyao looked at the red hijab handed over by the maid and did not take it immediately. With a shy and sad face, Li Jingyao gently knelt down in front of He Shu and kowtowed a few times.
“My dear concubine, my child is unfilial and I will no longer be able to accompany you all the time. I hope my dear concubine will take care of herself.”
He Shumei nodded with sour eyes, resisting the complicated emotions in her heart, took the hijab in the hand of the maid Xin'er and gently covered Li Jingyao's phoenix crown.