Chapter 1519: Chapter 1526: Fei’er’s Grand Wedding (4)

Nursemaid Kong, who emerged, is an old maid from the Imperial Harem, specialized in arranging makeup for the beauties there. She has seen all sorts of women and has exceptionally keen eyes. At this moment, hearing Lady Du liken her daughters to figures as fragile as willow branches, she couldn’t help but click her tongue and say: “Madam, you are far too modest. The Second Miss truly has a beauty beyond compare, and she does bear some resemblance to our Empress Dowager. Looking throughout the Great Jin Nation, the only one who can be compared with our Empress is your Second Miss.”

Lady Du looked at her daughter, beautiful as a flower about to drop, feeling a sourness in her heart, and with a slight nasal tone said, “Thank you, Nanny, for the compliments. It’s getting late, please hurry and apply the makeup for the Second Miss. I’m going to check the front, we can’t afford to neglect any nobles who might arrive.”

With that, she turned and left. By the time she reached the door, her face was already streaming with tears.

A daughter’s marriage should be a joyous occasion, but every mother will have this kind of reluctance and emotion about her daughter getting married, just like Lady Du.

In the room, Yuan Chun and Tan Chun, among others, busied themselves with helping Fei’er to the rosewood mirror table to sit down. Once her makeup was done, daylight had already brightened. Seeing that she was properly adorned, a maid from Duke Li Guo’s Mansion, accompanied by several maids, went out to wait for the message of the auspicious time, while Fei’er sat in front of the mirror, gazing at the graceful reflection in the golden bronze mirror.

The person in the mirror was clearly herself, but also somewhat novel, like a brand-new stranger.

The lady was dressed in a traditional fiery red wedding gown, marked from top to bottom with the status of a Madame. Underneath the beaded crown, her delicate face was hidden, her lips like blooming red roses, and her eyebrows were long and peaked like distant mountains, extending into her temples. The generous Rosy Clouds cloak enveloped the bride within, highlighting a slender waist and long, fair limbs with pristine white neck exposed, as if it was carved from white jade, tender enough to seemingly squeeze out water.

The morning sun cast a warm and bright glow through the carved window, marking a warm and brilliant day, and also the first day of Fei’er’s new life.

Inside the main hall of the Mu Family.

Lady Du had reapplied her makeup, covering the red and swollen area around her eyes with powder,

Now, she sat side by side with Mu Zhongqing in the living room, presenting a dignified presence, awaiting the grand courtesy of their daughter and son-in-law. Lady Du’s head was adorned with a hairpin and she wore clothes with a sunflower pattern and folded branches, dressed in a manner befitting a noblewoman, yet the smile on her face was incongruous with her dress, as fake as if it were carved on. Her husband, Mu Zhongqing, was no better off; the forced smile on his scholarly fair face looked as if he had been crying, extremely unsightly.

Actually, both of them felt like crying, and were filled with regrets more than once for agreeing to let Fei’er marry into Duke Li Guo’s Mansion so early on. Although it was Fei’er’s own will to marry early, as a daughter under her father’s care, Duke Li Guo’s Mansion had no grounds to forcibly take her if they did not consent.

Before Die’er was born, Fei’er had been their youngest for eleven years, always cherished at the very heart by them. She could have stayed at home for a few more years, enjoying the life of a pampered daughter, but due to their momentary weakness, they had erred. At such a young age, she was about to become someone else’s wife.

Back when Cai Wei got married, she was at least fourteen years old, but Fei’er is now only twelve, still entirely a child, her body not yet fully developed. How could she get married in this state?

The son-in-law is already not young; after they marry, he will inevitably consummate the marriage with her, and seeing the son-in-law’s tall and strong appearance, how can Fei’er endure it? The more they thought about it, the more pained they felt and the deeper their regrets, but as for what happens between a married couple on their couch, they couldn’t interfere; they could only feel wronged and anxious.

However, despite their regret over their daughter’s premature marriage, they were still very satisfied with the son-in-law, Mo Ziqi. He was accomplished in both literature and military affairs, and at his young age, he became a second-ranked Great General in the court. Although he was given this position because the Emperor wanted to concentrate military power among his own people, the Emperor had more than one confidant. Being entrusted with the command of several hundred thousand soldiers, aside from his being one of the Emperor’s men, it was also because of his valued talents and respected character; it was also recompense for the torture he had suffered at the hands of Li Kaifeng, which led to his imprisonment and torture some time ago.