An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

On the evening of the first day of their wedding, under the auspices of Grandpa Nie, the wedding ceremony of Nie Ce and Sang Ling was officially completed.

All the people present were members of the Nie family. After all the ceremonies were completed, the newlyweds returned to the wedding room in Wuyuan. Sang Ling was covered with the red veil again.

Cheng Ai stayed by her side throughout the whole process. After she and Nie Ce drank the wedding wine, the veil was lifted and the people in the room left one after another. The wind from the corridor blew the red curtains. The bride's mouth slowly relaxed and she was too lazy to pretend to smile. The candlelight also dimmed, and through the hazy gauze curtains, only wisps of light smoke could be seen floating out from the top of the incense burner. The room was very quiet.

She looked serious and thought about what happened last night for a while. She still remembered the faces of those people when the incident happened, but she couldn't match any of them. After all, this was a strange place for her, so even if she wanted to check, she had no idea where to start.

She had to close her eyes and put her thoughts aside. After a long silence, she recalled that this night was her real wedding night. In fact, she had been living in a daze since she was rejected by Gao Heng, until she entered the Nie family wearing a veil. She seemed to be still unconscious. Only when she heard that Nie Ce had escaped from the marriage did she come back to her senses. Then something happened to Ya Nu. She had experienced so many things in the past two days that she always felt that this wedding was a farce. All the rules, etiquette, and even the wedding banquet seemed like a makeshift troupe.

So much so that until now, she didn't realize that she was already married.

Even now, I am still confused and don’t know whether I should really take this step.

After lifting his veil, Nie Ce went to the side room, perhaps to eat something - after leaving the palace, he went to the main camp and returned before the hour of You. Although there was no banquet for guests today, the people in the mansion still gathered at several tables. While Sang Ling was waiting in the wedding room of Wuyuan, he was drinking in the front hall with several uncles and brothers.

When the room was quiet, Sang Ling shrugged and breathed a sigh of relief temporarily. After a while, he looked forward again.

Two half-hanging tasseled tents under the wooden steps blocked my view, so I could only see the whole picture. I didn't know what Nie Ce was doing at this time, and I didn't hear any sound for a long time.

She couldn't help but get up and move closer, and the faint snoring sound slowly entered her ears.

No one knew when this man fell down, but he fell asleep hugging a pillow without even a quilt.

I think he must have been tired. When Sang Ling saw him early in the morning, it was very likely that he had rushed back from Putian overnight. After that, he went to the Hall of Right and Wrong to kowtow to the old man, and then went into the palace without stopping. He didn't rest for a moment when he came out, and then rushed to the camp. Finally, he came back to complete the wedding gifts and socialize with the elders at home.

Working non-stop all day long is too much for even the most energetic person.

She pursed her lips, thought about it, and then took a quilt from the couch and covered him with it.

The next day, before dawn, the young Marquis Nie probably made up for his sleep and got up early. The sound of birds chirping on the eaves of the corridor just came in, and he heard the movement of him getting up. After that, he did not stay in the bedroom for too long. He went to the side room to wash up and left.

Sang Ling tossed and turned several times on the couch - she had not slept well in the past two nights. When she finally closed her eyes, Yanu's face appeared in front of her.

So she could only put on makeup with the help of Cheng Lao and the maids, with dark circles under her eyes, until she looked better, before she could go out to meet people. Nie Ce didn't know when she would come back, so he waited for her at the door. When he saw her come out, he took a step and took her to the Hall of Right and Wrong to pay respects.

Today, all the people from both houses were here. With the bride entering the house, even those who usually stay at home would have to come out and show their faces today. Sang Ling bowed to Grandpa Nie behind Nie Ce, then slowly raised her almond-shaped eyes and slowly scanned all the people kneeling in the room.

Yesterday, Cheng Ni was not idle either. On the first day since she arrived, she asked Fang Ni, who was by Madam Zhaoyu's side, to find out the situation in the mansion. These were things the new bride needed to know, so Fang Ni explained them in detail.

The entire Muwuhou Mansion was formed by the merger of two mansions. The second uncle's family lived in the west Changshi Mansion. Among the brothers, the second uncle Nie Zhongxu was the most capable person except Nie Bozhe, Nie Ce's biological father. He was currently the prime minister's chief secretary. Naturally, he was very busy with his official position. Unless it was an important occasion, he was rarely seen. The second aunt Shen had four children. Except for the seven-year-old youngest son Nie Fei, the three older ones had already started families. The two daughters Nie Ping and Nie Ting were married. The eldest son Nie Guang was two years older than Nie Ce. Now he and his wife Su helped to manage the affairs in the West Mansion. He was responsible for collecting rent from the property outside, and Su mainly helped his mother-in-law Shen to manage the household.

The family of Uncle Nie Shudi, the third uncle, currently lives in the Muxiang Garden of the Marquis's Mansion. This person is mediocre in talent, and Nie Taigong asked someone to buy him an official position as the Right Prime Minister of the Ministry of Rites in his early years. Aunt Cai has only one son, Nie Yu, who is ten years old this year. It is said that he had an illness a few years ago and his brain was burned. Uncle Nie also has several illegitimate sons, but because Nie Taigong rarely mentions them, he visits them every morning and evening, and the illegitimate sons and daughters of the two mansions do not show up in the front yard.

Fourth uncle Nie Chengyong was adopted by Nie Taigong in his early years. He was not his biological son and did not hold an official position. He helped the East Palace to take care of the land and town affairs. Fourth aunt Zhang was still young, only six years older than Sang Ling. She got pregnant two years earlier, but later had a miscarriage and has no children since then. Compared with his two older brothers, fourth uncle Nie Chengyong did not take concubines, so the fourth uncle's family was the smallest, with only the couple.

Even though she had a general understanding yesterday, she still had to be taken to meet people one by one today. Nie Ce only took her to pay her respects, and wherever they went, he introduced her as Madam Zhaoyu.

The second uncle and the third uncle were brothers who looked very similar, both with a pair of drooping eyebrows. Nie Ce and his two uncles also looked a bit similar, not only in their faces, but also in their body shapes. Grandfather Nie was tall, and the Nie family had good genes in this area. Only his adopted son, the fourth uncle, had a hunched back and looked a little sick.

Second Aunt Shen looked quite old. Although it was unknown how old she was, she was not as well-maintained as Madam Zhaoyu. The flesh on her cheeks had sagged a little, but she was still kind. As soon as Sang Ling called her "Second Aunt", she took her hand and smiled warmly, "She is so pretty. It's really enviable that Xuanwen could marry a girl with such a good appearance."

When Sang Ling appeared in front of everyone two days ago, she was wearing a veil and her face could not be seen clearly. Only a few well-informed people, who had heard the rumor that the eldest daughter of the Sang family was ugly, were secretly surprised, wondering why the family would marry such an ugly daughter to Nie Ce?

It was not until today that I took a serious look at her that I finally understood what she meant. The rumors were not true after all. How could such a beauty be said to be ugly? Ever since she entered the house, everyone in the house, big and small, regardless of gender, age, master or slave, had fallen into inferiority. Even Shen Huajun next to Shen Shi looked much more mediocre.

Sang Ling glanced at the daughter beside her second aunt. She had heard a little about this person. Fang said: This person is Shen's niece who was brought over from her mother's home. She was lonely and unattended, so she was brought up in the West Mansion by her aunt. She is the same age as Sang Ling. She will also be a marriage this year, and I don't know if she has been arranged to marry. Cheng said - Fang's expression was still a little obscure when she mentioned this person.

Could it be related to Nie Ce? She calmly withdrew her gaze and did not think about this issue any further.

Then he greeted his two cousins ​​Nie Guang and Nie Fei and his cousin-in-law Su, and the remaining two uncles and aunts also came forward one by one to pay their respects.

Third Aunt Cai was the most out of tune. She didn't even look at Nie Ce or Sang Ling, but no one in the house cared about her. In Fang's words, she had been like this since Nie Yu's brain was damaged. People in the mansion pitied her, so as long as she didn't do anything too extreme, even Grandpa Nie didn't care much about her.

Fourth Aunt Zhang was not much older than Sang Ling, so she didn't act like an elder in front of her. She raised her eyebrows and laughed, but she didn't sit as steadily as the other uncles and aunts. If there weren't a lot of people sitting in the room, it seemed that they would come to chat with her in the next second.