Chapter 1593: Chapter 1593: Great Joy at the Song Mansion

On March 26th, the Prime Minister’s Mansion was adorned with red decorations everywhere, and everyone within the mansion, from top to bottom, wore new celebratory clothes, with smiles on their faces, greeting everyone with auspicious words.

No wonder, today was the joyous wedding of the Song Mansion’s eldest grandson, Song Lingsu, and the bride was from the eldest son of Prime Minister Song, marrying into the Duke Dingguo Mansion. Naturally, guests filled the doors and the halls were packed with distinguished guests.

At the Prime Minister’s Mansion, besides the feast, there was a theater troupe performing songs and dances, with sounds of music and laughter resonating throughout the mansion, truly a lively spectacle.

All members of the Song Family, big and small, took on the duties of hosting and welcoming noble guests. Madam herself was the joyful mother-in-law, and she was particularly busy, not only entertaining guests but also preparing for the bride’s arrival, ensuring that she was well-groomed to present herself with the best appearance when stepping into the hall.

Fortunately, both Jiang Shi and Lu Shi were capable of managing affairs, and they handled the household arrangements without a hint of panic. Not to mention, Song Zi and Song Ruqian, who returned home early on purpose to help, along with their children, assisted Song Lingjie and Song Ruwei in entertaining equally aged guests with their peer statuses.

Therefore, although the mansion was filled with guests, chaos was nowhere to be found; even servants followed rules and etiquette meticulously. Observing this, people realized the sound regulations of the Song Minister’s Mansion.

Among all, the most leisurely and unrestrained was Song Ci herself. With high seniority and esteemed status, she was granted exemption from formalities by the Emperor in the past. No matter which guest came, she just needed to sit, receiving their congratulations with a smile.

Faced with such a grand feast, Song Ci reflected once again that having a high ranking and being of old age indeed had its advantages. On days like this, there was no need to labor like the daughters-in-law.

The customs for Great Qing weddings, like those in traditional rituals, dictate that the ceremony is held at dusk, giving the term ’marriage’ the meaning of hosting the banquet in the evening. With numerous wedding rituals, the bride is fetched commonly by horse and sedan, hence departing in the morning, arriving at the bride’s home to urge her dressing and welcome the bride. She bids farewell to her parents and proceeds along the auspicious route to the groom’s house, arriving just before evening to enter and begin the ceremony.

The intricacies here are calculated precisely to avoid missing the auspicious time, as it would be inappropriate.

Therefore, when Song Lingsu arrived with his wedding entourage at the Duke Dingguo Mansion to fetch the bride, the wedding poem marked the start of sending off the dowry.

There was no choice; the Duke Dingguo Mansion’s noble lady was marrying the son of the reigning Prime Minister, thus her dowry was inevitably abundant. If they did not start early, it wouldn’t be completed by the time the bride entered.

Indeed, as Song Ci engaged in witty exchanges with everyone with a smile at the hall, clever servants rushed in one after another with messages, announcing that the first delivery of the dowry was en route—imperially bestowed jade Qilin for blessing of children, followed by white jade Ru Yi from the Empress Dowager.

"Madam Song is truly fortunate to have such a wonderful granddaughter-in-law; even the Emperor and Empress Dowager praise her greatly," a middle-aged Madam chuckled, complimenting Song Ci.

Song Ci modestly replied with a smile, "This is indeed our Song Family’s good fortune. It seems doing good deeds truly brings great blessings, hahaha."

The crowd laughed along, though some internally disagreed, yet dared not argue. Firstly due to Song Ci’s status, and secondly because, in terms of good deeds, Song Ci was indeed unparalleled, having established a charitable school that taught real vocational skills, a true method to provide for oneself.

Suddenly, there was some commotion at the entrance, as if someone had arrived, drawing everyone’s attention, and they were slightly surprised—how dare she come?

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