The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 369 Happy Encounter

The lady hugged her tenderly and said softly, "Girls don't like to hear these words, but grandma still wants to tell you that you are the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. When you go to the Xie family, you should respect your parents-in-law. You don't have to serve your husband, but you must also take care of him meticulously and fulfill your duties as a daughter-in-law.

If the Xie family asks you to set the rules, just send an invitation and invite your sister-in-law to be their guest. Your sister-in-law will support you.

In addition, the most important thing is not to be too accommodating to men. After two years, when your body has grown up, it will not be too late to have a child. Give birth to a son as soon as possible. A woman's last hope in life is a son.

After giving birth to a son, you must take care of your body, have fewer children, or no children. Your own body is the most important. Don't listen to men who coax you into thinking that having many children is a blessing.

Remember, in one's life, oneself is the most important, followed by offspring, and then husband, in-laws, parents' family, fame, and fortune."

She did not mention her parents because she knew that Shi Yao's biological father and stepmother were unreliable, and it was not convenient to mention her biological mother.

After the imperial edict came down, the third room was no longer as enthusiastic as before.

The lady watched coldly, and her heart grew cold.

Shi Yao nodded one by one.

What the Madam said is not pleasant to hear. Who gets married to serve others or to be a tool for reproduction?

But this is the survival rule for women here.

She married a lower class woman so that she could have more freedom.

If a man marries a woman of high status, his marriage is not much different from marrying a slave of noble status to serve the whole family.

The better ones can even use love as a fig leaf.

In modern society, the mother-in-law is the slave of the whole family. In ancient society, the daughter-in-law was the slave of the whole family.

Anyway, it is always women who become domestic slaves.

As long as men keep silent and watch the fight between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, whoever loses the fight will have his wife become a slave, and they are the ones who suffer anyway.

The old lady gave earnest advice and said a lot in bits and pieces, including how to get along between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, how to get along between husband and wife, and how to manage a household. She wished she could pass on all her life's experience.

After all, his health was not as good as before. After talking for half an hour, he could not hold on any longer. He covered his handkerchief and coughed twice. He was afraid of passing the disease to Shi Yao, so he went back on crutches.

After the lady left, Muxiang, Xingmi and Rendong came to kowtow and say goodbye.

The three of them were the servants of the Duke's Mansion, and they were all engaged before they came to Shi Yao.

When Shi Yao gets married, they will stay in the Duke's Mansion and go home to wait for marriage.

The three girls hugged each other and cried.

Shi Yao pressed the corners of her eyes.

There is a little reluctance, but more of it is relief.

During her time at the Duke's Mansion, no matter where she went, there were always three maids following her and reporting her every move to the old Duke.

Of course, there are also times when we enjoy eating melons happily.

As long as they were together, she would be on guard.

Finally, these three walking surveillance cameras have been removed!

Aunt Liu Hua helped them up, persuaded them to stop crying, gave them the makeup that Shi Yao had prepared for them earlier, sent them out, and finally helped Shi Yao to rest.

Shi Yao was helpless.

I don’t know what the old man was thinking, he treated Aunt Liu Hua as a dowry nanny and let her take her away.

This old fox!

She's already married, isn't he still worried?

Or, does he think she will cause trouble again?

Yes, she will definitely cause trouble.

Shi Yao covered her face and said, "Go to sleep, there will be trouble tomorrow."

Early the next morning, the cock crowed three times and Aunt Liu Hua came to wake Shi Yao up.

Shi Yao slept well last night. She rubbed her eyes and got up to change into her wedding dress.

The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion was decorated with lights and servants were running around, it was very lively.

All the women in the Shi family came to see Shi Yao, and each of them said a few words of reluctance and blessing.

Fu Nanjun's eyes were red, Le An Ning almost burst into tears, and held Shi Yao's hand tightly, refusing to let go.

The little nephews were running around with toys and firecrackers.

Ji Yun also came and said a few words, then turned around and sat with Le An Ning in silence, looking at each other with tears in their eyes.

Shi Yao dressed up and said goodbye to her family members one by one.

Shi Yunfan stood at the door, followed by four sturdy maids.

He looked at Shi Yao quietly.

Shi Yao waved at him: "Brother Fan, come in."

Shi Yunfan stepped over the threshold and warned from a distance: "Don't touch me."

Shi Yao smiled and said, "I'm getting married today, and I won't be able to touch you anymore."

Shi Yunfan stood two steps away from Shi Yao and said disdainfully, "Don't laugh, it's so ugly!"

Shi Yao, with her red lips and fair complexion, coughed softly, "This is called bridal makeup, what do you know as a little brat?" She glanced at the maidservant following closely behind him and asked with a smile, "Is she sent by the old master to 'protect' you?"

Closer than usual protection distance.

Shi Yunfan frowned and ignored it.

Shi Yao jokingly asked, "I'm following you so closely, are you afraid that you'll put drugs in everyone's food?"

Today is a good opportunity to poison the whole family.

The maids looked embarrassed.

Shi Yunfan snorted, continued to be his cool little brother, paused, and said slowly: "Is it you?"

Shi Yao played dumb: "What is me? Don't play dumb."

Shi Yunfan ignored him and said, "Only your fate has been turned upside down."

Shi Yao smiled and said, "Everyone's fate has changed dramatically. Come, let me give you some wedding candy. Good things will happen if you eat it!"

She rummaged through her sleeve, pulled out a candy and handed it to Shi Yunfan.

Shi Yunfan didn't like being treated as a child, but after hearing Shi Yao's last words, he hesitated for a while, stretched out his hand, took the candy, and asked to hide his embarrassment:

"Why do you hide candy up your sleeve?"

Shi Yao patted her sleeves, as if she was afraid someone would snatch them away, and said with a smile: "I had nothing to do this morning, and I saw Mu Xiang bringing in a large plate of candies. You guys weren't here yet, so I quickly picked out the ones I liked to eat, ready to eat on the way to the bridal sedan."

Shi Yunfan: “…”

Everyone: "..."

In a word, the atmosphere of Le Anning and Ji Yun's crying was ruined.

The two of them didn't want to cry, but smiled at each other, wiped their tears, and came over to talk to Shi Yao.

Everyone was having fun when suddenly firecrackers were heard outside.

Fu Nanjun hurried in and shouted, "The Xie family is here to pick us up!"

Ji Yun's eyes became red again, and she put the veil on her daughter with her own hands.

Shi Yunfan tugged at Shi Yao's sleeve and whispered, "Take care of yourself."

"I certainly will."

Even if the sky falls, Shi Yao will still smile and live well!

After a while, Shi Mingchen came over and carried Shi Yao all the way to the bridal sedan.

Shi Yao heard the sobbing sound and couldn't help asking, "Seventh Brother, you're not going to cry, are you?"

Shi Mingchen pursed his lips, lowered his head, and stubbornly refused to speak or let anyone see his eyes.

When the sedan chair was lifted up, amid the deafening sound of firecrackers, Shi Yao seemed to hear Shi Jian'an crying.

Hey, these people who love performing all their lives!

The bridal sedan set out in the morning, traveled half way around the capital, and met the bridal sedan of Prince Cheng's mansion halfway.

The Xie family thought that the other party would be embarrassed, but unexpectedly the bride handed out a golden ruyi from the sedan chair.

"When a happy event comes, we should celebrate. Go and give my Ruyi to Madam Shi."

Shi Yao received a golden ruyi as long as her forearm. She sighed that the Lin family had tried their best to arrange this marriage. Did they take out all the best things that Lord Lin had hidden in his chest?

She held the heavy golden ruyi in her arms and gave her jade one to Lin Zhiwu.

King Cheng Zhou Shao and Xie Jibai, both sitting on their tall horses, smiled and clasped their fists to bless each other.

A storm disappeared without a trace.

Passersby all agreed that the princess had good manners.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, the bridal sedan arrived at Huaihua Lane. Shi Yao stepped over the fire basin, and with Xie Jibai, they bowed to heaven and earth before entering the bridal chamber.

Everything was going smoothly at the Xie family's place, and it was very lively. In addition to Xie's relatives and friends, half of the big merchants in the capital came to send gifts and congratulate them.

The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion seemed deserted.

The powerful and wealthy families that they had been close to in the past only sent their housekeepers to deliver gifts, saying that they had to attend King Cheng’s wedding that day, which would be presided over by His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine personally. Who would dare not go?

Besides, the grandchildren's wives ran away, and not many relatives and friends came.

Fu Nanjun had anticipated this and had spread the word that the flood in Fengzhou had just passed, so the Shi family's wedding was simple and barely decent.

The Shi brothers were drinking alone at the banquet. Jiang Miao looked around and asked, "Where's the second cousin?"

After Shi Mingzhen recovered from his injury, the first time he appeared in public was at Shi Yao's wedding banquet. He used to be the one in charge of social etiquette among the brothers, so he subconsciously replied:

"He couldn't bear to leave his second sister, so he hid in the yard and cried alone."

Jiang Miao saw that the Shi brothers had strange expressions, so he didn't ask any more questions and continued to play finger-guessing games and drink with everyone.

At this moment, Shi Mingchen's indecisive character was once again revealed.

His sister's wedding banquet interfered with Zheng's funeral. He felt very ashamed. He went out on the pretext of going to the toilet and told the servant:

"Take two jars of the Tusu wine I have hidden for several years and send them to the ancestral hall and Second Master. Also, ask if the ancestral hall has sent a banquet today. If not, tell Grandma to prepare a table and send it over."