Two people look at each other with mutual dislike

  Two people look at each other with mutual dislike

  The horse carriage traveled day and night, the green willow trees blurred together in a daze. She let the two maids and the old woman handle everything, and finally, after she came to, they arrived at a large estate. The maid helped her into a room, and she wanted to remove her head covering, but the maid said, "It's not allowed, miss, it's unlucky to take off the veil before the wedding ceremony."

  Liu Qingqing remembered that in TV dramas, it was always the groom who lifted the veil, so she endured it. Along the way, she wasn't very awake and didn't feel anything, but now that she was awake, she just felt her stomach growling loudly. She really wanted to eat something. She secretly lifted the veil and saw that there were small pastries on the table, so she quickly grabbed one and put it in her mouth. Someone next to her said, "Miss, you can only eat after the ceremony." Liu Qingqing silently cursed, "Damn it, the old society is killing people, it's all about rules and regulations!" Finally, she heard someone outside shouting, "The auspicious time has arrived, please welcome Miss Liu into the hall." She heard a maid come in, two of them, one on each side, supporting her as they walked into the hall. Outside, the drums and music were playing together, and the master of ceremonies was chanting the wedding vows.

  Bow to heaven and earth

  Bowing twice in front of the ancestral hall

  Husband and wife bow to each other

  Enter the bridal chamber.

  It's all settled then.

  A flurry of activity, and Liu Qingqing was calm instead. She had always been a quick-witted person, thinking to herself that since she had already crossed over, there was no use worrying about it, so she might as well do some good deeds. However, she hadn't expected that before even falling in love, she would become a bride. It seemed that in ancient times, they emphasized the importance of parental orders and matchmaker's words, and couldn't care less if the husband was crippled, blind, or bald, as long as you married a chicken, you followed the chicken, and if you married a dog, you followed the dog. She couldn't help but silently shout "Down with feudal society!" But then she thought, wait, maybe this isn't even a feudal society? So she changed her phrase to "The old society is killing me!"

  Liu Qingqing originally wanted to lift the veil and take a look at what kind of appearance the groom had, take a look at the scene of ancient wedding ceremony, and see how her husband looked like. However, two maids held her in place from left and right, unable to move. She could only give up. Thinking to herself, tonight in the bridal chamber she would definitely be able to see his true appearance. No rush, no rush. Enduring it a little longer was fine.

  Outside, the music is loud and the crowd is cheering. The guessing game is being played with great enthusiasm. Inside the house, two maids are sitting on the side. One maid says to the other: "This time, the lady slept soundly, but the previous eight ladies were all killed by him, I wonder how many days this ninth lady can last?"

  "You know what? I heard that the old master was incredibly brave, and several madams couldn't withstand his divine bravery, so they died of a broken heart."

  Suddenly, a woman outside the door shouted in a low voice: "Who gave you the guts to discuss Master behind his back? Slap your own mouths!"

  The two maidservants were so frightened that they cried out loudly "Spare our lives, Mistress Yang!"

  She slapped her own face back and forth, scolding herself. Liu Qingqing couldn't help but roll her tongue, what a big family law, even the wife had such momentum, she had to be careful.

  "Alright, I'll let you off this time. Let's see if you dare to wag your tongues again in the future. You can leave now and have Xiaolian come to attend to me."

  As the footsteps of the two maidservants faded away, Liu Qingqing lifted the veil and saw four types of pastries and four types of fruit on the table. She couldn't help but salivate, thinking it would be good to fill her stomach first. She took off her phoenix coronet, ah, what a great treasure, the pearls and jade inlaid on the coronet were worth a fortune. This time she had struck it rich. She thought of pulling out the pearls from the coronet and putting them into her own pocket for future use, but after thinking about it, she put it aside and decided to fill her stomach first before having the energy. The old woman outside heard the noise and saw through the door gap that the new bride was eating with gusto. A smile appeared on her originally stern face, but she pretended not to have seen anything. Being a new bride is really hard work, she thought, as someone who had experienced it herself, she knew how tough it was, so she didn't make any noise and just watched from outside.

  Liu Qingqing ate her fill and then climbed onto the luxurious bed, intending to sleep well before doing anything else. After an unknown amount of time had passed, someone called out, "Madam! Madam!" Liu Qingqing knew it was someone from her husband's household, so she pretended not to wake up. The person pushed her a few times and, seeing that she didn't stir, left.

  Outside, the drum beats three watches, and Liu Qingqing wakes up after a good sleep. She sees that the candle is about to go out, so she gets up and sits up, gently lifting her quilt. She sees some food on the table and quickly gets out of bed. Seeing a maid beside her, she uses gestures and makes a pitiful expression to convey "I'm hungry, I want to eat." The maid looks surprised but immediately regains her composure and introduces herself: "My name is Xiao Lian, Yang PoPo asked me to serve Young Mistress." Maid Xiao Lian helps Liu Qingqing sit down at the table, hands her chopsticks - wow, they're silver! And looking again, the bowl is made of white jade... Liu Qingqing really wants to put them in her bag. Today's haul is quite good. But what she needs to do most now is eat something and keep up her energy, after all, who knows how many days this will take?

  "Please have some, madam."

  Liu Qingqing unconsciously moved her index finger greatly and ate a full meal. Never mind what kind of person her husband is, eat first and talk later.

  After finishing the meal, Liu Qingqing regained her spirits. Wanting to move around a bit, Xiao Lian stopped her and said "Young Madam, please sit down properly, Young Master is coming back." She helped put the phoenix coronet on her head again and covered it with a veil, "Don't take it off again, Young Master will choose a new veil for you later. I'll wait outside, if there's anything, Young Madam can just call me." After finishing speaking, she also walked out.

  Liu Qingqing leaned against the head of the bed on the joyful quilt, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep. Suddenly, she heard voices talking outside.

  "Hello, Miss Xi."

  "Oh, you go down first, I'll attend to Madame Nine."

  "Yes" answered Xiaolian, and left. Liu Qingqing felt the person's footsteps getting closer to her, she held her breath and remained still. The newcomer suddenly lifted her veil, a beautiful face like a lotus flower appeared in front of Liu Qingqing, Liu Qingqing couldn't help but exclaim in her heart, "Ancient beauties are really numerous!"

  Her delicate eyebrows slanted into her temples, accompanied by a pair of bright and intelligent phoenix eyes. Her skin was as white as snow, and her powdered face was full of spring charm. She's truly enough to kill Xi Shi with envy.

  The newcomer also turned his gaze to Liu Qingqing, "I thought it was a kind of extraordinary beauty! It turns out to be an ugly ghost! This is good, fewer people will compete with me! However, I'm telling you upfront, if you dare to get close to Hu Shao, see how I'll deal with you!" After finishing speaking, he left the room with a scornful smile.

  Liu Qingqing shouted, "What the hell, you must agree with me! My beauty is not something that a fox spirit like you can compare to, this is just one of my masterpieces!"

  Originally, Liu Qingqing was extremely bored and decided to play a prank. The move was meant to scare off the groom, but unexpectedly scared away a rival first. Her intention was not to become someone's wife without knowing what was going on, so she wanted to test whether her husband was superficial. After the servant left, Liu Qingqing sat in front of the mirror and forcibly created a fake scar about 10 cm long on her left cheek, like an ugly caterpillar crawling on it. To make it more noticeable and realistic, she even mixed some colored pigments into her skin. Not only did this immediately reduce her beauty by 10 points, but it also made people think of the knife-scarred big brother from the underworld. Scaring some people was no problem. The dead man would have to retreat three steps back. Who cares if he had several wives? This time, she wanted to scare him to death first. Now that she's being threatened by a beauty, Liu Qingqing is considering whether to change her plan from scaring the groom to seducing him instead.

  Here is the translation:

  Outside, footsteps were getting closer and closer. Liu Qingqing quickly sat back on the edge of the bed. The person who came in was a man in his thirties, dressed as a traditional Chinese groom. He had a face like a silver plate, eyes like bright stars, what a handsome guy! If Liu Qingqing had known that the groom was her type, she wouldn't have messed with him like this. Why did she make herself look so ugly? The groom would be disgusted by her for sure.

  The groom took a step forward, and Liu Qingqing held her breath. The groom gently lifted the veil, and Liu Qingqing's ugly face appeared before his eyes. He was shocked and widened his eyes in surprise. Liu Qingqing closed her eyes and secretly rejoiced at her own cleverness, "This guy definitely didn't expect to marry an ugly woman."

  She pretended to be mute and started acting out a charade, gesturing with her hands. With her mouth wide open, Liu Qingqing rushed into the groom's arms and knocked him to the ground in one swift motion. In her heart, she thought, "Scare him to death! Scare him to death!"

  The groom was shocked and pushed Liu Qingqing away, cursing, "Liu Fengchun, that old scoundrel, actually dared to marry off an ugly woman like this to me!" Liu Qingqing suddenly realized, "So my surname is also Liu, and the master of the house must be named Liu Fengchun. I'm probably a substitute for his adopted daughter." But she thought again, "But I'm not their Liu Qingqing!"

  This groom still didn't know that she was an imposter. In old society, marriages were arranged by parents, and men usually didn't know what their brides looked like before the wedding. Bingo!

  Liu Qingqing's eyes were fixed on the groom, watching his every move. The groom had already turned around in anger and left the house. Liu Qingqing was shocked again. It turned out that he was a cripple. Oh, he was an Iron Crutch Li, still daring to discriminate against himself for being ugly. Liu Qingqing thought of a tongue twister and couldn't help but say loudly, "Iron Crutch Li, squeeze your eyes, you fooled me, I fooled you." The groom turned his head and glared at her angrily, Liu Qingqing shrugged her hands indifferently and said, "I'm also very helpless."

  Originally, both sides were deceiving each other, what's there to despise? It's really only allowing the governor to set fires and not allowing the common people to light lamps. What's even more infuriating is that such a cripple actually has beauties coming to show off with him, did his brain get flooded or was he kicked by a donkey? Liu Qingqing listened to the silence outside and thought, it's over, looks like the groom won't be returning to the bridal chamber tonight. She felt satisfied and returned to bed, occupying the big bed alone, happily dreaming of Zhou Gong.

  Liu Qingqing slept until the sun was high in the sky, when she was suddenly slapped on the face by someone. She opened her eyes to find a harsh-looking old woman sitting in a chair, and it was a serious-faced woman who had hit her. Liu Qingqing observed the situation and knew that this must be her evil mother-in-law. So she put on a pitiful expression, pretending to be a poor little daughter-in-law, and deliberately spluttered saliva onto the old woman's face while speaking. The old woman was indeed enraged and shouted, "Liu Fengchun, you old fox, you boasted that your daughter is as beautiful as a heavenly fairy, but she's actually an ugly girl! And to make matters worse, she's mute! No wonder my son is angry, the Liu family is really too much!"

  The woman next to her said, "Don't be angry, madam. Although this girl is a bit ugly, she's tall and sturdy, with a slender waist and round hips. Who knows, maybe she can bring prosperity to our Hu family. Isn't it said that an ugly wife is a treasure in the home?"

  Liu Qingqing was annoyed "Want to know that you have a model's figure, practice dancing from an early age, is the standard body type good?"

  The old woman's anger turned to joy, saying: "That's also true. Although the woman in front is beautiful, not many of them can live with their husband for more than a year. I hope this one can last longer. You say that an ugly wife is a treasure at home, which makes sense. As long as a woman can give birth to children and teach them well, being ugly is not a big deal. Maybe she can give birth to a boy and a girl for the family. But now, the husband has already gotten angry and left, how can we make him change his mind?"

  The old woman smiled and said, "Young master has liked clever and beautiful Chen Xixi for a long time. He must have gone to her place now. Why not let him marry her as a concubine? Two women with one husband, the young master can enjoy the blessings of having multiple children. This way, you can achieve your goal of holding a golden grandson sooner."

  Liu Qingqing cursed in her heart, "Big pervert, you think I'm not pretty, but I think you're a cripple. Once I get through these few days, I'll find an opportunity to leave this ghostly place." However, with a glance, she thought her husband's appearance was indeed demonic, unfortunately, he's crippled! Her face remained calm and composed, without uttering a word. To be honest, she couldn't speak anyway.

  The old woman still resented, "If only Zhong Er had treated Hong Fu with a peaceful mind back then, would I have to worry about my grandson now?"

  The old woman said, "Don't worry, they will eventually become part of the Hu family."

  The old lady said, "Yes, I will still have grandsons to hold. But this Miss Liu, I used to admire her, but now she's not even good-looking." The woman said, "Yes, yes, let's just pursue Xixi instead, their embroidery skills are about the same anyway!" Qingqing was left confused.

  The old woman left with the help of her daughter-in-law, leaving only a small maid, Xiaolian, to serve Liu Qingqing. Xiaolian looked at Madame Liu with sympathetic eyes; she was still the first woman to dislike Young Master Liu. However, Madame Liu's demeanor indeed made people take a step back. Liu Qingqing effortlessly earned the cold shoulder and disdain of her mother-in-law and husband, smoothly entering the cold palace, but she neither got angry nor annoyed, as what he needed most now was for them not to bother her.

  She was more curious about what the old lady and her daughter-in-law said about embroidery. She asked Xiaolian for a pen and paper, and wrote "Does the lady like embroidery? Is Xixi's embroidery outstanding?"

  Xiao Lian looked and smiled back, "They like to do embroidery, Xixi's embroidery is very delicate, but compared to your embroidery, it's a difference between heaven and earth."

  Liu Qingqing said I'm wiping, I hold the needle like holding a stick, it's not good to say more at this time, hiding clumsiness and showing cleverness is the king's way.