The breeze blew, and the peonies in the garden danced lightly with the wind. The sisters watched Zhixin walking through the charming peonies, and they all exclaimed: "Wow, this is not a human girl, she is clearly a

A peony fairy came to earth. If we were men, we would definitely fall under her skirt on the spot. Unfortunately, we are only women, so we can only envy and hate her."

Everyone was chatting happily, and suddenly they heard someone asking loudly: "Where is the Peony Fairy?"

When the sisters heard this familiar voice and knew that Shi Chong was coming, they all held their breaths and did not dare to make a sound. The scene immediately became quiet.

Zhixin also hurriedly saluted and said, "My daughter has met her father."

Shi Chong laughed and said, "My daughter is exempt from the gift."

Mother Shi complained: "Today is the day when my daughter gets her hairpin. What important thing do you have to do? Why are you here so late?"

"Alas, madam, you don't know something. You are not allowed to tell outsiders about our daughter's hairpin ceremony. Most people inside and outside the court don't know about it. No, Pan Anren came to visit this morning, and I don't know what to say to him.

, I had to wait for him to leave before I hurried over."

"Isn't he that handsome man Pan Anren who is said to be seen once in a thousand years? His visit is just for your Jin Gu Ya Gathering. What other important events could there be?"

"It's not just for the gathering, there's also the matter of the prince. Now the people from the Qi royal family in the DPRK are repeating their old tricks. They say that the prince is dull and dull and is really unfit to inherit the throne. They are advising the emperor to abolish the prince and establish another emperor.

My younger brother, King Qi, is the crown prince. You also know that the prince and the Jia family are our backers, and we must keep the prince..."

"No matter what the reason is, you are late. How are you going to compensate your daughter?" Mother Shi didn't want to hear anything about government affairs.

"It's a little late, but you just finished adding hairpins twice and haven't added them for the third time, so it's not too late. However, you still need compensation." After Shi Chong finished speaking, he waved his hand behind him, and someone immediately came.

He came holding a purple wooden box, which was covered with a piece of red silk.

Shi Chong lifted up the red silk, and suddenly a ray of light shone brightly in the sun, almost blinding the eyes of everyone present. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"As a gift for my daughter and her hairpin, this box of pearls exactly matches the number of twenty. Consider it my compensation for my daughter."

"That's pretty much it." Mother Shi nodded. She knew her husband's extravagance, so she wasn't overly surprised. She just smiled and said, "How can I just compensate? Since you're here, you can do it for the third time."

, I am having trouble with the congratulatory speech of "Three Plus"."

"It's natural."

Although Zhixin is the goddaughter of Shi Chong and his wife, she rarely interacts with Shi Chong on weekdays. Because Shi Chong rarely cares about family affairs, it is only the wife's wish to recognize Zhixin as her goddaughter, and Shi Chong does not

He didn't agree, but he didn't want to disobey his wife, so he just let it go.

Zhixin felt a little uncomfortable in front of Shi Chong. She knelt down on the mat with a reserved expression. The old lady took off the hibiscus water jade hairpin for her and said warmly: "Don't be formal, just like before."

Zhixin thought: Where can it be like just now? These sisters all lowered their heads and did not dare to express their anger. My father came, and although I gained face, the atmosphere was not happy at all...

Shi Chong was not only a famous rich man, but also quite talented in literature. He held a golden phoenix in his hand and recited Sanjia's congratulations in a loud voice, word for word. After reciting the congratulations, he handed over the gold

Put the Bu Yao on Zhixin. In the center of this golden Bu Yao is a big golden phoenix, surrounded by large and small ones.

Various golden birds hugged it, the golden light was shining, and it was a work of art. Zhixin wore this golden walking bow, went back to the clean room and put on her last dress - a deep red silk dress, and went out to pay homage to Shi Chong, his wife and everyone.

Although everyone wanted to admire him at this moment, no one dared to speak out rashly due to the presence of Shi Chong.

"Husband, don't make fun of me. Although it is my daughter's hairpin ceremony, there are no outsiders today. It is for us, old and young, to entertain ourselves. Not only was I the congratulatory speech, but the dress was also not according to the formal etiquette. It was me

I did it on my own initiative.”

Shi Chong said with a smile: "That's very good. Nowadays, the nobles pay attention to informal etiquette and do whatever they want. My daughter looks and behaves like this, and she wears this bright red dress and this golden step. She is truly elegant and high-end.

It’s grand. Although the world uses peonies to represent wealth and beauty, this garden full of peonies pales in comparison to our daughter.”

Shi Chong praised him for a long time. When he saw that although there were many concubines and maidservants next to him, they all had their heads lowered, and no one even agreed with them, he shouted angrily: "Are you all fools and blind people? My daughter is so beautiful, but you are all so beautiful."

Can’t see it, can’t even say a few words of praise?”

Everyone was frightened and at a loss. They wanted to boast a few words, but they were afraid of saying the wrong thing and being punished by Shi Chong.

"Husband, don't blame me. When you weren't here, we all had a good time. They all circled around our daughters and showed off for a long time. But as soon as you came, they didn't dare to do as they pleased."

"So, it's not mine, right?"

"I don't dare." Madam apologized and said with a smile, "My daughter's hairpin ceremony is over. We, the ladies, want to drink a few glasses of wine to celebrate. I wonder if we will be rewarded?"

Before Shi Chong had time to reply, his wife added, "If my husband has something to do, you don't have to accompany us."

"Hahaha, this is an eviction order. I know you don't want me to stay here, but I really have something to do, so I won't accompany you."

In a wealthy family, there is no need to favor the head wife, but the head wife has an absolute status. Although Shi Chong kills his concubines at will, he must respect his wife.

After Shi Chong left, everyone returned to a relaxed atmosphere, talking and laughing. Shi's mother ordered the table, wine cups, and food to be put on the table, and everyone drank freely.

Seeing Shi Chong, Zhixin's heart ached: Is it all destiny? Back then, my father was washed away by the flood and he was definitely destined to die, but my mother kept saying that my father was in Luoyang and asked me to come to Luoyang to find my relatives. Sure enough,

, I found a father, this Shi Chong. It was fate, and by chance, I, a girl from a poor family, became the daughter of a rich man. Although he didn't care much about me, Shi Chong didn't care about me.

The old lady in my family is very kind to me. Now I can be said to have jumped over the dragon's door. To take a step back, even if I am currently dependent on others, with my current status, I don't have to worry about finding a good husband. It will definitely be a prosperous family.

Rich and wealthy, who will know that I come from a poor family? But if I could do it all over again, I would rather not board that boat on the shore of Shujiazhuang.

…

"What are you thinking about?" Xiaomo looked at Shu Yan, who was thinking far away for a long time.

"Oh, it's nothing." Shu Yan was brought back from the memory by Xiao Mo, "Let's start crowning."

There was a mat on the open space in front of the window. The two people were kneeling on the mat facing each other. Xiao Mo took a peach wood comb and slowly combed Shu Yan's hair. Although the two were already acquainted,

We have known each other for a long time, but rarely come into such close contact with him. Although Xiao Mo is always careless, his movements always have a softness, which makes Shu Yan feel extremely useful.

"Tsk." Shu Yan suddenly laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" Xiao Mo asked.

"I laugh at you. You are always fiery and wild, but the movements of your hands are so gentle, you look like a weak woman."

Xiao Mo blushed: "You are really ignorant. I was afraid that you would be hurt, so I acted lightly on purpose. You still want me to show my rough side, that's easy..." As he said this, Xiao Mo took off the comb.

Apply forcefully and quickly from the scalp downwards.

"Ouch." Shu Yan yelled, his curly hair blocking two wooden comb teeth, "It's just a joke, why do you take it seriously?"

"Humph, of course I take it seriously. I'm not only punishing you for the joke you just made on me, but more importantly, I'm punishing you for being so distracted in such a formal occasion. Your mind has been wandering for a long time. I don't know where you went.

, don’t take today’s crowning ceremony to heart.”

Shu Yan touched his scalp and said, "Where is it? I just lost consciousness for a moment. What's wrong with this?"

Xiao Mo knew that he was reckless, and his next movements became gentler and gentler. I don't know whether it was because he was angry or because he regretted hurting Shu Yan. It was clear that Shu Yan had been wronged, but he seemed to be worse than Shu Yan.

Feeling aggrieved, his eyes were actually a little moist. He took advantage of the situation to push down Shu Yan's head so that Shu Yan wouldn't see it. He pulled up his hair, put on a towel, and put on hairpins.

Shu Yan thanked him and took the mahogany comb from Xiao Mo's hand, "Brother Xiao Mo, come here, spread your hair, and I'll comb it for you too."

"Oh, no need." Xiao Mo blocked Shu Yan's hand, "I don't want to change my hairstyle."

"How about that? How do you add a crown to your hairstyle?"

"I didn't want to be crowned at first. I just wanted to be crowned with you."

"Since you are crowning me with me, you have to do it together, otherwise there will be no sincerity." Xiao Mo still wanted to refuse, but when Shu Yan put a warm hand on his scalp, he suddenly felt an inexplicable warmth.

And a sense of security, this was a feeling he had never had before, leaving him with no strength to resist.

"Hey, isn't there two small holes in the middle of the jade tube you use to tie your hair? You can just use it to insert hairpins." Shu Yan put down the mahogany comb, pulled up Xiao Mo's hair, put a towel on it, and used the hairpins to cross it.

It was inserted in the middle of the jade tube.

"Brother Shu, what's the use of putting hairpins in my hair? We don't have special crowns for crown ceremonies. Even ordinary crowns and hats are only enough for you, not enough for two people.

Use it."

"There are always ways to think of it. Since we can use daily clothes, this Confucian scarf, and this roll-beam crown to replace the formal crown, and we can turn three plus into two plus, why can't we use these two crowns?"

Wearing hats alternately?”

"Wear them alternately? How to alternate?"

"When it comes to one plus, we each wear one, and when it comes to two plus, we just swap and wear each other's one, right?"
Chapter completed!