Before dawn the next day, the people in Gu's mansion got busy. Minglan got up earlier than Gu Tingye for the first time. Before getting up, she kissed his straight nose and said softly: "It's rare to take a break. When you come back, you have to accompany the guests to a banquet."
Drink, let’s get some sleep now. (·~)”
Gu Tingye refused to comply. He hugged her slender waist, turned over to hold her down, and thrust one hand dishonestly into her clothes. His technique was extremely familiar. In the past few days, he understood Minglan's hard work in preparations, and at night he called for gold to retreat, but once
He nibbled and nibbled it down, and almost accidentally misfired several times, so he had to "step by step" to teach his wife to find another way.
Unexpectedly, Minglan's understanding was so high that he was able to draw inferences from one example and draw inferences from one example to the next, which made him lose his soul and gnaw at his bones.
Minglan was short of breath under the pressure of the man's huge body. She pinched his waist rudely, but instead asked him to bite her earlobe. She rushed forward with hot breath all over her body. After struggling for a long time, she managed to get out of the way.
He covered his ears and got out of bed, asking someone to dress him.
She never liked heavy formal clothes. Thinking of today's workload, she tried her best to dress lightly. She wore a brand-new light purple satin with twining magnolia flowers and a two-finger-wide bright purple satin with a wide edge and a diagonal lapel.
She is slim and slim, wearing a crimson moonflower pleated skirt. She has a graceful pony bun on her head. A pair of red gold silk phoenixes are inlaid with thumb-sized emeralds on their heads. The hairpins are shining against the sun.
Light.
If you are moving to a new house, you will inevitably have to worship the gods in the middle of the night and go up to the beams at dawn. However, Chengyuan belongs to the renovation of the old house, so there is no need to perform all these tasks. We just chose an auspicious time with bright sky and opened the Zhaohui Hall.
There are six vermilion doors, and red lacquer sacrificial plates are placed with whole pigs, whole fish, whole chickens, and ducks, twelve pots of fresh and dried fruits from the north and south, and twenty-four famous meat and vegetable dishes.
After the preparations were completed, Gu Tingye came out. He was dressed in an indigo robe with dark gold pine patterns, which made him look even more handsome and extraordinary. He had ape-like arms and wasp waist, was tall and slender, and walked slowly and gracefully.
gas.
The bright hall was lit with red incense candles. Gu Tingye took the lead in burning incense and worshiping. There was only his wife kneeling beside him. There were no relatives around, only servants stood on both sides. Minglan had suggested asking Sister Rong to move here in advance to worship.
It was not so deserted at that time; but Gu Tingye shook his head and said nothing. Looking at his calm and sad expression, Minglan couldn't say much.
Unexpectedly, after a while, he suddenly stood up again, stood in the spacious and grand Chaohui Hall, and said with a smile: "In ten or eight years, this hall will be filled with my children and grandchildren, Gu Tingye!"
Then, he looked at Minglan eagerly with eyes full of encouragement. Minglan shuddered and almost said, "I will definitely live up to the leader's expectations for my cultivation." Then he looked at Minglan, who was as big as half a basketball court.
Zhaohuitang, she felt that she had a long way to go and that she urgently needed to apply for division of labor and cooperation.
After the worship, Gu Tingye led the people to the outer courtyard, while Minglan was entangled in the reports from a group of servants: tea and fruit tables and chairs were all arranged, silk and bamboo musicians were always ready, and servants were lined up at the door to welcome guests.
We... At this time, the sound of crackling firecrackers rang out at the front door, and then Wanggui's daughter-in-law from the second door came to report: "The fourth and fifth masters of the Hou Mansion and several other masters are here and have already spoken in the front hall."
As the main family, Ningyuan Houfu should naturally arrive first. At this point, they are quite reliable, so Minglan also put in a little more effort when entertaining the female relatives of the Houfu. [Ye*] [*]
After bringing everyone into the flower hall and serving tea, fruit, snacks and various fashionable snacks, everyone began to talk. While Minglan greeted the maids to entertain the guests, she counted them carefully with her eyes. She knew that except Mrs. Shao in the first room, all the people in each room were there.
Almost all the wives and grandmothers had arrived, and for a while, the room was filled with jewels and jewels, and there were voices of laughter and chatter. In fact, Minglan and these sisters-in-law had not met each other a few times. She didn’t know what to say other than "Everyone has a good meal and a good drink", so she simply took the
Use her thousand and one handy trick - pretend to be dumb.
The four old ladies praised her for her "magnificent house and elegant scenery," and Minglan doubled the compliments and returned the building to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion; Zhu praised her for "harmonious family management and rigorous family affairs," and Minglan
She humbly said, "It's all the elders who have set an example and set a good example for the people below." By the way, she patted the three old ladies for their good management of the family. Mrs. Di Er, who lives in the fifth house, joked about her newlywed life and said that they were a good couple.
The honey was mixed with oil, so Minglan lowered her head and blushed, looking embarrassed.
"Brothers Ye are now able to make a living. The emperor personally gave his slaves silver to help establish the government. It is a great grace!" Mrs. Bing'er from the fourth room laughed loudly, with a voice like a copper bell (note, not a silver bell)
The shock caused Minglan's eardrums to hurt. She held Minglan's arm, her slender eyebrows dancing non-stop, "I have to give some advice to my brothers in the future so that we can also take advantage of it."
This sentence expressed the feelings of many female relatives present. Everyone went to see Minglan, only to see her lowering her head and whispering softly: "Second sister-in-law is right."
Is this the end? All the female relatives were speechless.
Mrs. Bing'er refused to give up, she just pulled Minglan and said with a smile: "I take your words seriously. I'll beg you to come to me later. You can't shirk it!" Although Gu Tingbing was born as a concubine, he was especially loved by the Fourth Old Master.
Above the eldest son Gu Tingxuan, and especially his biological mother, there was an old aunt named Liu who was quite favored by the fourth old man. They gave birth to two daughters together, but unfortunately half of them died in infancy.
Minglan felt slightly unhappy and just said "hmm", then raised her eyes and glanced at the female relatives, with a look of confusion and help. Mrs. Bing'er was not satisfied with Minglan's answer and wanted to say more.
, then the fourth old lady coughed slightly and said displeasedly: "Are you here to drink or to collect debts today? It's not over yet."
Mrs. Bing's second wife blushed, closed her mouth unwillingly, glanced at the fourth old lady with disdain, but still sat back; Gu Tingyan looked over, and then took a group of cousins and joked alone behind the Baibao Pavilion.
Minglan looked across the crowd and smiled at the fourth old lady to express her gratitude. The fourth old lady nodded slowly - Minglan had known for a long time that Ningyuan Houfu was never monolithic. Gu Tingye was now in power, so naturally someone would come over. Just look at which one
He was smart and knew how to come forward when Minglan needed it most.
The fourth old lady is one, and her eldest daughter-in-law is also the same. From the first time they met, Mrs. Xuan made it clear that she was friendly with her. When they were talking, she also stood up to help Minglan block many reasonable or unreasonable jokes.
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"Oh! My sister-in-law hasn't spoken yet, but you've come to protect me. Sister-in-law Xuan is a good person!" Mrs. Di Er covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes deliberately scanning Zhu and Gu Tingcan.
Mrs. Xuan put one hand on her waist and scolded with a smile: "What a bastard! Don't you remember the time when you first walked in? Isn't it because I am old and shameless to protect you? How could Brother Gong of my family back then?"
I want to make trouble in your bridal chamber, and I am not the one who stopped me! Now you are going to cheat!" All the female relatives burst into laughter, and started laughing one after another.
Minglan's big black and white eyes were as clear as a shallow stream, and she smiled at Mrs. Xuan, expressing her closeness and gratitude. Mrs. Xuan understood and held her hand with a smile on her face.
Mrs. Tai always smiled kindly. Seeing everyone's excitement, she pulled Minglan to her side: "Your eldest brother has been ill these past few days, and your eldest sister-in-law has stopped coming. Don't be offended."
Minglan looked worried: "What's wrong with you? I've been so busy right now. My eldest brother is not well and I didn't go to visit him. It's really inappropriate."
The madam let out a long sigh: "Oh, I can take care of him. It's just that your elder brother is too worried. He is always worried about this family, which is all the result of hard work."
Minglan was alert for a moment. Gu Tingyu's health had not deteriorated for more than a day or two. Almost half of the capital knew that he was counting the days of the disease that was brought from his mother's womb. Two years ago, Mr. Zhang Jingsong, the director of the Taiyuan Hospital, had already hinted to the Gu family.
Be mentally prepared.
She responded to the madam with a smile on her face, but she sneered in her heart: When Gu Tingye was not in the world, you wanted to cry all over the world that Gu Tingyu was 'terminally ill'. Now that Gu Tingye is in the spotlight, you say that Gu Tingyu is just 'worried too much and cannot be raised'.
It's still a disease, or it's a disease caused by worrying about the family, hum, what do you mean?!
Minglan glanced at Zhu who was sitting quietly, thought for a while and said, "I want to trouble my younger siblings." In fact, Zhu was much older than herself, but she still had to call her 'younger sister'; after hearing this, Zhu stood up
Said: "Second sister-in-law, please tell me."
"When I'm done with this, I'm going to pick up Sister Rong and the others. My sister-in-law has to take care of her eldest brother, so I won't bother her younger siblings until the time comes." Minglan said politely.
A smile appeared on Madam Zhu's face, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "It's nothing important, it's just a matter of little effort, just go back and give the second sister-in-law an order; I've told Sister Rong a long time ago that the new house needs to be tidied up.
It's easy to live in, and she will have a neat and beautiful home to live in by herself. Sister Rong has been looking forward to it for a long time."
Minglan said with a smile on her face: "Then thank my brothers and sisters first." It's not fuel-efficient either.
Not long after, Minglan's family members came. Since the old lady didn't like making noise the most, she told her in the morning that she couldn't come. Hualan and Haishi were not yet one month old and couldn't walk around, so only Wangshi came.
Ru Lan, Mo Lan, and Minglan hurriedly welcomed them in, greeting them with a smile as they walked in.
As Wang walked all the way in, she saw small bridges, flowing water, pavilions and pavilions in the garden, which were grand and spacious and elegantly decorated. She couldn't help but feel depressed. She glanced at Rulan who was joking with Minglan and sighed secretly;
Lan pretended to be nonchalant, and glanced gloomily at the scenery in front of her. Thinking of the three-acre plot of land in her small courtyard in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, she felt sour and astringent.
"It's a pity..." Wang said, "Hua'er has always been thinking about you, but she can't come to your good day."
Minglan smiled softly and comforted: "I told my eldest sister a long time ago that today is just to get a reputation and place a few tables of wine. In fact, most of the flowers and trees in the garden are still bald and not worth seeing. Wait for eldest sister and eldest sister-in-law."
Now that everything is in place, the flowers will be blooming, and everyone will be here, wouldn’t it be better to drag my grandmother and nieces and nephews here, and let our family gather together to enjoy the garden?"
Mrs. Wang felt comfortable: "Finally it's not in vain that your eldest sister has loved you since childhood."
When Rulan heard this, she pouted and said, "The eldest sister loves the sixth sister much more than she loves me!" Minglan didn't blush at all, and proudly boasted: "I can't help it, sister, I'm inviting people to love me."
Lan opened her eyes and immediately wanted to pinch her.
Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile and scolded: "How old are you, and you are still fooling around!"
After entering the main room, Minglan placed Wang in the first seat and sat side by side with the Dowager. After the two in-laws had seen each other, the female family members of the Gu and Sheng families began to talk. From about three o'clock onwards, the guests began to arrive one after another.
arrive.
The male guests went directly to the front yard to meet Gu Tingye, while the female guests went to the inner courtyard. Minglan got up and apologized to her relatives for not being with her. Mrs. Yangxuan and Mrs. Zhu helped entertain them, while she went to the front to greet the guests.
All of a sudden, the three tall and spacious flower halls without partitions were filled with laughter, fragrant clothes, and crowds of people. Women from high-ranking families were born with the ability to socialize, and they could talk to everyone they knew or didn't know.
One of the highlights of the female family members' social interaction is naturally when Obasan meets the little girl; a certain prophet once said that women have two natural instincts, to be a mother and to be a matchmaker; when these two positions are combined into one
At this time, the explosive power was astonishing. The three old ladies, four old ladies and five old ladies, who had just been quiet and gentle, now had red faces and were full of energy. Pulling Ting Yan, Ting Ying and Ting Ling were among the several ladies.
While talking, Mrs. Bing'er pulled her sister-in-law Tingwen into the room.
In fact, Minglan didn't know most of the female guests, but fortunately, Gu Tingye asked Master Zheng Xiao in advance, so Xiao Shen stood next to Minglan dutifully and helped her introduce them in detail; after a while, Minglan
I got acquainted with two duchess, two marquises, four uncles, three general soldiers' wives, five generals' wives, two cabinet ladies and a Hanlin lady - as well as the family members brought by these ladies.
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Ming Lan smiled so hard that her cheeks were sore. Xiao Shen's introduction was fluent, and from time to time she would whisper a few gossips into Ming Lan's ears, for example, "This Mrs. Geng once went to the red light alley carrying two kitchen knives and brought Mr. Geng to the house."
They were beaten so hard that they called her mother all over the place, 'these two are the wives of brothers from the Duan family, and the sisters-in-law are cousins', and even 'she actually has the nerve to do it? The Zhennan Hou Mansion has to carry out a few of them every year
"Pregnant corpse"... It was said that Xiao Shen had come to the capital not long ago, but she had such professional qualities in such a short period of time. Minglan felt deeply sorry for her. It was a pity that she did not apply to be Queen Prada's assistant.
The author has something to say: There are so many people appearing that I am dazzled by the writing.
A set of bright gold hairpins, gold bead hairpins, gold twisted chains, and exquisite three-dimensional butterfly gold pendants behind the right ear. This coat is magenta; pay attention to her hairstyle, which is the hairstyle of ancient married women and unmarried girls.
The biggest difference is that the women have to comb their bangs and the hair at the back is also tied up, while the girls can have bangs and the hair at the back can be braided.
The Japanese-style bun, what Sister Lin is wearing is a light blue thin cotton long coat with an oblique front, which makes her body look like a willow branch, with poplar swings swaying in the wind, making her graceful and graceful.
The not very slanted pony bun is also one of the variations of the pony bun. Take a closer look at the small gold hairpin on her left side near the temple.
This is it, the small hairpin with the golden pendant corner, it’s very detailed, right?
Folded round bun, this kind of bangs is also commonly worn by newlyweds, it has a hint of a girl waiting to be married.
Holding Zhuan'er's arms loosely, the hairpin at the back is very graceful, right?
Tianluan hairpin, a small phoenix hairpin inserted sideways, and a cup-sized red flower on the temple. I especially like this red cape inlaid with tiger-print fur and sprinkled with gold.
The crescent bun is the most common hairstyle for Sister Bao. I also like it very much. There are many variations of the crescent bun. You can comb it forward, back comb, or comb it diagonally, and you can create many different styles.
This Yaotai bun is a variation of the crescent moon bun
The auspicious cloud bun is a complicated version of the bun. It is said that when filming, young actors always style their hair directly on their real hair.
This is the famous golden phoenix with pearls and silk threads, which later caused trouble and made the Yingchun girl lose face.
A three-winged phoenix hairpin with three wings inlaid with jewels and beads. The styles of the phoenix hairpin are ever-changing, including the front hairpin (the one in the picture above), the slanted hairpin, the side hairpin, and the reverse hairpin on the back of the head.
A small silver phoenix hairpin with a chicken heart in the double title, and a pearl chain to wipe the forehead. In ancient times, there were special jewelry for funerals. They were all silver and white. If you came to the door wearing gold, you would be punched out.
Jade beads are used to wipe the forehead. Normally, the forehead should be made of something like satin and velvet, which may be wide or narrow, but it can also be used as jewelry to give it a unique style. Look at this Qin Keqing, she is so charming and charming. I am
Jia Zhen, I'm going to do it too.
This is the double hairdo, Minglan’s hairstyle when she was a child. In fact, if the hair is combed into a hairpin shape, it will be the ‘two hairpins in a bun’ as shown above. It is very suitable for girls who do not have haircuts.
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Many readers have objections to my choice of clothing from the 87 Red House as a reference. I understand this, because Mr. Shen Congwen may not be right, but there is an academic term called "tentative hypothesis", and there is no more reliable one.
Before the full set of explanations are released, everyone should just watch.
But what I can be sure of is that I will definitely not recognize the clothes of Master Yip Kam Tim’s New Red Mansion!!
Being treated so openly, Qin Keqing dressed in black... what the hell is this?!