Chapter 212 The wedding
After Gu Xihe got into trouble, he run away. Shu Huan still held that bunch of Chinese roses and didn't know whether she should laugh or cry.
That she wanted to cry was naturally because she had been p.r.i.c.ked and it hurt!
The reason she wanted to laugh was also very simple. Chinese roses looked like rose. Fancy that Gu Xiran was able to find a large bunch of Chinese roses at this moment. This wasn't the first time that she received flowers from someone, but it was the time she felt the sweetest. Although, this sweetness also contained pain.
Even Liangchen watching at a side felt her pain. She quickly and carefully took over those Chinese roses. Then, she hurriedly took a needle to get that thorn out. In the end, she couldn't hold it anymore and complained, "Fourth young master is truly so unreliable!"
Shu Huan shook her head. She sucked the blood that oozed from her fingertip and said, "His mood presumably isn't so great at the moment. It is hard on him to send me flowers as a congratulation and not hurrying back to Gu residence to look at old madam."
"Miss is right," As Liangchen spoke, she looked with a difficult expression at that bouquet of Chinese roses. "Then should I find a bottle and put some water in it to nourish these flowers?"
If it was a wedding in the modern times, it was normal for the bride to hold a bouquet of flowers, but it would be weird in an ancient wedding. Shu Huan laughed, "Good, but let me pick out one first to put in my hair."
After she said that, Liangchen went out to look for a bottle. Shu Huan went to the Chinese roses and took a deep breath. The fragrance wasn't too strong but smelled very comfortable. It was the smell from the memory. She smiled slightly without realizing it.
When Liangchen came back, she put the flowers in the bottle and dressed her (SH) up, the curtain had been raised continuously by people.
Naturally, it was the relatives and womenfolk of the bailiffs who had rushed over to congratulate with gifts after they heard the news. Even Ji Danqing and Du Qiu came once. The two gave a small box. She didn't know what was inside.
The table was soon filled with all kind of things. Even if they were not particularly exquisite or valuable, but it was rich in variety and made people dizzy from looking at them. It made Liangchen angry that she complained, "Why are these people stirring up a row?! If we don't rush to dress you up before dark, how are we going to do the wedding at night?"
Shu Huan hesitated for a moment and asked in a lowered voice, "Do you know how this wedding should be done?"
She really wasn't confident!
If it was a regular ancient wedding, she truly didn't know much about it, but she knew about the general process. However, whether this marriage within hundred days of one's pa.s.sing was a regular wedding, aside from hearing from Gu Xihe that they didn't need to pick an auspicious date and didn't have to invite guests, there was no matron of honor to guide her on the other aspects of the wedding. She was completely ignorant about if she should cover with a veil or whether she should perform the ritual of kneeling.