Strictly speaking, the ancient wedding should be called a wedding ceremony.

At dusk, day and night alternate, yin and yang are in harmony, symbolizing the union of man and woman.

Therefore, unlike modern wedding banquets held during the day, the wedding ceremonies at this time were held at dusk.

But the wedding was held at dusk, which did not mean that the bride, Qiao Zhenzhen, could sleep until noon.

She still had to get up early because the lead-up to a wealthy family's wedding was too long.

Just carrying all her dowry to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion would take an incalculable amount of time, because the dowry was not as simple as carrying it from her home to Han Zheng's home, it also had to be displayed in a circle around the inner city.

There were a total of 180 loads of dowry, so it was no exaggeration to say that it was a ten-mile-long red wedding.

And each one is very solid.

In this way, Qiao Zhenzhen couldn't sleep in at all, but there would no longer be a situation where Mother Sun dug her out of bed in the middle of the night to prepare for the day.

A year and a half was enough time for Qiao Zhenzhen to completely become the master of Xuefuyuan.

Unconsciously, she had control over all those who belonged to her.

A few days before the wedding, she figured out all the procedures and made plans in advance.

All her "employees" only need to act according to her arrangements.

To her, a housekeeper is just a housekeeper, and Mother Sun does not have any special rights just because she is a wet nurse.

In this regard, she is even more "domineering" than Mo Yuying.

In simple terms, she doesn't need anyone to teach her how to do things.

2:15 AM.

When Xia Xiang and Mother Sun entered the room and wanted to wake up Qiao Zhenzhen, she was already awake.

Yiwan was still sleeping, and Qiao Zhenzhen got up quietly.

The few people waiting outside came in one after another, carrying their toiletries.

Mother Sun said, "The three bridesmaids have arrived and are waiting outside."

The bridesmaid is similar to a staff member and makeup artist of a modern wedding company.

There are many miscellaneous things in a wedding, which require some professionals to handle and guide.

Xia Xiang and Dong Xiang helped her wash up.

After coming out of the bathroom, Qiao Zhenzhen sat down in front of the dressing table and ordered, "Let them in."

Mother Sun went out to call for help.

Soon, three bridesmaids came in.

Except for Qiao Zhenzhen who was sitting still, everyone was busy.

First, a matchmaker took out a tool box and prepared to open her face.

Opening the face represents a woman's transformation from a young girl to a married woman.

The bridesmaid used a thin thread to remove the fine hair on her cheeks, around her eyebrows and on her neck. She then trimmed her hair and sideburns and applied a layer of white, sticky handmade facial mask on her.

Qiao Zhenzhen asked: "What's in here?"

She could smell honey.

Although the bridesmaid was smiling, her words were vague.

Qiao Zhenzhen immediately understood that this was someone's cooking skill and the recipe was a secret that could not be revealed casually.

She is accustomed to various modern open source knowledge and has no strong awareness of "patents".

But she asked not to pry into other people's prescriptions, but because she was afraid that there might be unknown ingredients in them that might harm the skin.

If this thing was prepared by her master, it would be absolutely safe to use.

Since she didn't know the ingredients, Qiao Zhenzhen felt a little reassured. After about three or five minutes, she asked the matchmaker to help her wash it and then continued with the next steps.

After washing my face, my skin seems to be whiter and tenderer than before.

The bridesmaid then applied another layer of ointment on her to make her skin look even softer and more translucent.

The other two bridesmaids worked hard on her hands, starting with a hand treatment.

The bridesmaid who did her facial kept praising her for her beauty and good skin, but the two bridesmaids who did her hands didn't say a word.

Because of this year's martial arts training, Qiao Zhenzhen's hands are really nothing to brag about.

Xia Xiang felt very distressed about her on weekdays and often took care of her, but it was of limited use.

How can the hands that often hold swords be delicate and tender? Otherwise, blisters will be formed every time you practice.

Later, Qiao Zhenzhen simply told Xia Xiang not to bother with it and just work on the back of her hand to make it look presentable, and leave the palm alone.

The two bridesmaids knew it just by touching it.

They looked at each other and thought to themselves, how come the hands of Lord Mo's daughter feel like those of a general's daughter.

But on this wedding day, the bridesmaid invited only said nice things.

If you can't praise someone, then just keep quiet and do your work seriously.

After the full set of maintenance is completed, paint the nails again.

Several days before the wedding, Xia Xiang and Dong Xiang had already started painting Qiao Zhenzhen's nails.

The flower was made of bright red Impatiens, with petals crushed and alum added to make flower mud. Before going to bed, she evenly applied the mud on her nails, then wrapped them with clean cloth overnight to allow the color to penetrate into her nails, and removed them the next day.

On the first day, you can only dye your nails light red. You have to do this for four or five days before your nails can be dyed bright red.

The bridesmaids were not surprised. In a family like the Mo family, it was not uncommon for the maids around the girls to paint their nails, but they were professionals, and painting their nails again was definitely not a waste of effort.

Qiao Zhenzhen didn't care. On the wedding day, the bride was destined to be manipulated by the makeup artist.

The bridesmaid began to put makeup on Qiao Zhenzhen.

But just as she picked up the powder box and was about to put powder on Qiao Zhenzhen's face, Xia Xiang stopped her, "We don't need you to put on our daughter's makeup, so please wait aside."

The words sounded a little arrogant.

But upon hearing this, Xiniang immediately stepped back and gave up her place.

Dongxiang stepped forward and took over the task of applying makeup.

Yi Wan had gone to see Tang An Ning's wedding before and complained that her makeup looked like a ghost. Qiao Zhen Zhen asked around and found out that the makeup was not something that someone wanted to do to Tang An Ning, but was just an ordinary bridal makeup.

Qiao Zhenzhen naturally would not accept such strange bridal makeup.

Although she didn't know where her childhood was at that time, their geisha makeup was deeply engraved in Qiao Zhenzhen's heart.

Even though that makeup was stolen from a flower grower, it just isn't pretty.

Her face was as white as a ghost, her lips were painted as small as a real cherry, and she had bright red eye shadow and blush.

It's hard to tell what the bride looks like.

It’s obvious that when people go out normally, they wear normal makeup.

Qiao Zhenzhen had reason to suspect that the man did this on purpose because he didn't want outsiders to see his wife's true appearance.

The Dashun wedding ceremony features the Queshan Ceremony, and the wedding dresses are red for men and green for women.

The bride only covered her face with a round fan, without a red veil.

Therefore, all the onlookers can see the bride's appearance clearly, but if she puts on such exaggerated makeup, even if they are blinded, they will not be able to detect the bride's true appearance.

Given Qiao Zhenzhen's status, it was impossible for her to put on makeup on her own on the wedding day, so she communicated with Dongxiang in advance and asked Dongxiang to do it for her.

Qiao Zhenzhen had long discovered that Dongxiang was very talented in art.

When she embroiders something, she only needs to lay a foundation and the patterns she embroiders are always vivid.

If he was born in a good family, he might have achieved some accomplishments in calligraphy and painting.

It's just putting on makeup, no problem.

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