Chapter 11: Beautiful

Chapter 11: Beautiful

It takes half a month to travel from Xindu to Yuyang. Mrs. Xu sent Old Zhong here to prepare for the wedding. Now the wedding is over and the Lady will go north with her.

The person who escorts the lady to the north is Wei Liang.

Wei Liang has a deep hatred for the Qiao family. When Qiao Ping, Xiao Qiaos father, came to the Wei family to offer condolences, he was the one who took the lead in pulling out his sword and raging against them in the hearth. He has no good feeling towards Xiao Qiao. When he first saw her, he defined her as a disaster. Now he has to send her to Yu Yang. His heart is reluctant. But Gongsun Yang sent this task to him and he can not refuse. He understands in his heart, this Qiao family girl, although destined no one will see her in the future, but since the Lord married her, it means she is still useful, so he agrees.

Wei Liang prepared the carriage and horses, ordered the attendants, and had them carry Xiao Qiaos trousseau out and put it in place, and then waited outside the door of the residence.

Xiao Qiao didnt let anyone wait long. When she was done, the sun had only risen to the roof.

She came out of the new room in the Sheyang house with Chun Niang and some maids.

Chun Niang was holding her breath since morning.

If at last nights wedding, Xiao Qiaos clothes and makeup matched her status as the wife of a ruling marquis, favoring a modesty and grandeur that was older than her actual age, then now, apart from the required extravagance, it was more about highlighting her original beauty and poise.

Xiao Qiao was raised by Chun Niang. No one knows better than Chun Niang about how beautiful she can be.

Chun Niang combed a bun for her, her long hair all high on top, decorated with Xiao Qiaos favorite jade hairpin, and a pendant with a southern pearl on the side of her temples, no more ornaments. Her face doesnt need much powder. If the powder is thick, it hides her original charm. Yesterday, Chun Niang put on thick makeup for her because of the wedding. This morning, she draws her eyebrows, and a bit of lipstick, both cheeks puffed on a layer of fragrant powder. Her face is bright and attractive enough.

Chun Niang knew the tight Quju (*) that swept down to the ground showed off Xiao Qiaos beautiful body. She had served Xiao Qiao in her baths and was most aware of the changes in her body. Last year, after she had her first period, she watched her transform day by day. Her breasts had been puffed up like a flower. Her beauty differed from a mature woman, and it was hard to describe it unless you saw it with your own eyes.

T/N : Quju (*) traditional chinese clothes from Han Dynasty.New novel chapters are published on

Xiao Qiaos body shape is petite. Unlike the women here, most of them are tall and robust. She has just reached the age of maturity, her body is not yet fully grown. The six layers of wedding dresses inside and outside last night covered her exquisite figure. Not like those women who sneered behind said she was as thin as a bone and could not please the Marquis.

When Xiao Qiao left the gate, Wei Liang and Old Zhong came to meet her. She got into the front carriage, and Wei Liang and Old Zhong were in their places, about to leave, when they saw Wei Shao coming out and hurried to meet him.

Prepare the horses. Ill send her out of town.

Xiao Qiao was already settled in the carriage when she heard Wei Shaos voice. Out of curiosity, she couldnt help but poke up the curtain and glance. He seemed to notice the peeping eyes from behind him and turned his face to look at Xiao Qiaos carriage.

Xiao Qiao shrank back and snapped the curtain down.

The carriage and horses set out on the street.

This hour, the people on the street increased. Passers-by saw a line of carriages coming from Xin Palace, with a large carriage in the middle, with an entourage of guards before and after. Wei Shao was also on his horse. They gathered over, calling him Marquis. After passing a street, there were more people. The news somehow spread, saying the middle carriage is the newlywed wife of the marquis. The marquis can only send her to the north on the day after the wedding because of the war tension. Although they could not bear to part, but had no choice. And he sends her out of town. The people became excited, and some saluted the Lady in the carriage who did not show her face, and the rest of the people followed suit.

Xiao Qiao sat in the carriage and heard the passers-by outside the carriage paying tribute to her and also shouting to wish her a smooth and safe journey.

In this age, the Confucian rituals of male superiority and female inferiority and preventing women from remarrying, had been advocated by those in power. But the world was still enlightened than it was later, and there was no restriction that a noble woman should not show her face. In Yanzhou, when Xiao Qiaos mother was still alive, every year in March, she would take Xiao Qiao to the Temple of the Flower Gods to attend the Shangsi Festival, which was one of the most important festivals.

Hearing the growing clamor on both sides, Chun Niang rolled up the curtains on both sides, and nodded with a smile to the people on both sides of the road herself.

The people of the city did not know about the old affair of Wei and Qiao. Because Wei Shao has won the hearts of the people, the Marquis new wife has the same good feelings. The next day after the wedding, the couple will be separated and all the way to see her off. When she showed her face, sitting in the center of the carriage, elegant, immortal posture, and smile like a breeze, everyone had a feeling in their hearts, and immediately cheered out. Regardless of gender, all the way chase after the carriage, all clustered on both sides of the carriage on the road, just to see her more.

Xiao Qiao showed up at first to greet the people with a smile, but only out of her own duty as the wife of the ruler. She didnt expect to attract so many people to follow her all the way. Seeing there were still people running in this direction in the distance, she was afraid there would be more people, so she shook her hand to the people nearby to show they didnt need to see her off, and lowered the curtain of the carriage.