CHAPTER 1518: CHAPTER 1525: FEI’ER’S GRAND WEDDING (3)

Fei’er gradually stood up, modestly curtseying in reply: "The Empress personally took trouble over Fei’er’s wedding, even dispatching an old palace maid to visit the mansion, I’m truly overwhelmed with trepidation."

"How can Second Miss say such a thing? Second Miss is the only legitimate younger sister of the Empress Dowager, it’s only natural for a sister to help with her younger sister’s wedding," the old palace maid replied with an appropriate smile, her conversation full of depth and propriety, revealing the polish of someone from Inside the Palace.

Fei’er glanced at Liuzhu, who quickly produced the purse she had prepared in advance, each filled with generous Celebration Money, and rewarded everyone present.

The old palace maids did not refuse, uttering auspicious words and laughing as they stowed the purses in their sleeves, then they invited her behind the jade-colored gauze screen, helped her into her middle clothes, changed her into Wedding Clothes, and put on her Head Crown.

Yuan Chun and a few other maids held the trailing hem of the long Wedding Robe, escorting the bride from behind the screen just as Lady Du, accompanied by Lady Qiao, the wife of Manager Han from the Hanlin Academy, entered from Outside. They saw Fei’er with all her Black Hair coiled up, wearing the Crown of Nine Fan-tail Magpies Holding Pearls on her head, the edges of the headgear adorned with a circlet of Golden Edge Treasure Inlaid with Falling Pearls, veiling her jade-like beauty. She wore a red brocade dress with Golden Thread and Colorful Butterfly, draped with a rosy clouds-like mantle, her Face naturally flushed even before makeup, exuding dazzling brilliance, alluring and dropping with grace.

Lady Du was already sad that Fei’er was marrying off so young, and upon seeing her looking so stunningly beautiful and realizing that today she would be part of another family, a wave of heartache surged in her, nearly bringing her to tears.

She was merely an ordinary woman, without any grandeur or much insight. Her thoughts were no different than those of regular Women, who upon seeing their diligently-raised Daughters getting married one by one, even if they knew the Daughter was well-married and would not be mistreated at her Mother-in-law’s house, still couldn’t help but feel uneasy as a Mother.

People say that a golden nest or a silver nest isn’t as good as one’s own dog’s nest. No matter how good the Mother-in-law’s house is, one ultimately has to play along with the Mother-in-law’s mood. No matter how wealthy they are, it’s not as comfortable as staying at the Parents’ house. The thought of her Daughter adhering to others’ rules at another family’s home overwhelmed Lady Du in the moment, her eyes reddened and Tear beads fell.

When Cai Wei got married back then, she secretly wept for seven or eight days. The feeling of loss in her heart did not fade until this year. Just as she was getting over it, Fei’er too was about to marry and leave. At this moment, if it weren’t for Lady Qiao’s presence, if it weren’t for fear of saddening Fei’er, she really wanted to embrace Fei’er and cry her heart out, to vent her own feelings of reluctance and repression.

Seeing that Lady Du was on the verge of tears, Lady Qiao, the wife of Manager Han from the Hanlin Academy, quickly joked with a smile: "Oh my, Second Miss looks so handsome in this attire. Younger Sister, you really have good fortune to have raised two daughters beautiful as blooming flowers, one becoming the Empress and the other the wife of the Great General. You must teach me how you raised your daughters so I can go back and nurture my family’s girls who can’t make a public appearance, I dare not hope for them to marry into high status, just so long as they’re not disliked when they marry out would be fine."

The ’girls’ Lady Qiao referred to, were naturally not her biological daughters, but two Concubine daughters borne by her Husband’s Concubines, and those Concubine mothers had relied on their favor to contend with Lady Qiao before. Therefore, Lady Qiao was not at all concerned about these Concubine daughters’ marriages, rather she would be glad for them to marry into less respectable homes, to release her inner Angry.

This was also why she humiliated these daughters of Concubines in front of everyone.

With Lady Qiao’s words, Lady Du indeed forgot about wanting to cry, sniffing she modestly replied: "Sister jests, how could I manage to raise any girls? It’s all thanks to the kindness of The Emperor and the Great General, that they do not despise their willow-like figures."