"Crowning" is public, and it must be carried out under the attention of guests from the beginning.
All the guests invited to watch the ceremony came to the main hall of the Ding family. Due to the large number of people, many people stood outside the hall, even the landlord Lei Gai was no exception.
The main seat in the main hall was empty. Jiang Li and Ding Qi stood on either side with their hands hanging down. Sitting on the left and right seats were Shao Dianjian and Long Dang. Although they were not the most distinguished guests in the history of the Ding family, they were still considered important in the Marquis family.
In the history of the Ding family, kings have come to watch the ceremony many times, and Shao Dianlong was present at Ding Qi's coming-of-age ceremony.
Ding Kui stood outside the hall, with Jiang Shunchuan standing behind him. The two of them were waiting for something under the scorching sun.
Suddenly, an old man in green robe appeared on the main seat. His long, light gray hair was draped casually on his shoulders. He held his two broad palms apart and said, "Haha, I'm not late, am I?"
Everyone present bowed and saluted the old man in green robe, "Greetings to Mr. Jiang Tong (father) (father-in-law)."
Those who have never met Jiang Tong can guess the identity of the old man in green robe just by looking at the attitudes of Jiang Li and Ding Qi.
"Let's begin!" Jiang Tong fell into the main position smoothly.
Ding Qi took a step forward and shouted: "Dear distinguished guests, please take a seat!"
The guests who had seats sat down one after another, and the guests who did not have seats stood in order in the front row to watch the ceremony.
"Ding Kui, descendant of the Ding clan of the Protector of the Country! Enter." Ding Qi was downgraded from the master to the host.
Ding Kui took Jiang Shunchuan into the main hall.
Halfway into the main hall, Jiang Shunchuan stepped aside and knelt down facing Ding Kui.
Ding Kui came to a stop in front of Jiang Tong, who was in charge, and stood up.
"Xie Zhengbin, parents, teacher!" As soon as Ding Qi finished shouting, Lu Ji walked quickly from the side and back to Jiang Li.
Although Lu Ji, Ding Kui's teacher, did not have a seat, he was qualified to accept Ding Kui's thank you gift.
Ding Kui knelt on the ground and thanked Jiang Tong, Ding Qi, Lu Ji and Jiang Li one by one according to the rules. Everyone had a thank you speech, which was basically a common scene speech. No one wanted to do it in such a formal and public occasion.
Make mistakes and strictly follow thousands of years of practice.
Ding Qi turned to Jiang Tong and bowed and said, "Please crown me the guest of honor!"
Ding Kun came to Ding Kui's left side carrying a tray with a hat on the tray; Qian Bu stood to Ding Kui's right side carrying a copper basin.
Jiang Tong walked slowly to Ding Kui with a smile, and put his hands into the copper basin held by the money cloth. The clear water in the basin washed his palms up and down regularly.
The old money man holding the basin was very impressed. This ability to control water with his hands was beyond the scope of normal human abilities, and it was something that even a great archer could not do.
Not long after, Jiang Tong raised his hands and pressed them in the air. A light rain began to fall above the copper basin. Looking at his palms again, they were very dry with no trace of water at all. He picked up Ding Kun's hat and put it on Ding Kui's head.
He stood up, straightened himself up with both hands, took a step back, looked around, nodded, then returned to the main seat and sat down.
Ding Kui waited for Jiang Tong to sit down and kowtowed again, "Thank you, grandpa, for the crown."
Bang bang bang, Shao Dianjian took the lead in applauding, and all the guests followed suit with warm applause.
Ding Qi waited for a while and raised his hand to Ding Kun when he heard the applause gradually subsided.
Ding Kun took out a small gong and struck it with a "bang" sound to signal the guests to stop applauding.
"Thank you for your courtesy!" Ding Qi's voice sounded again.
Ding Kui knelt and turned around, facing Shaodianjian in the direction of right, center and left, and all the guests and Long Dang kowtowed in thanks. When he kowtowed, Jiang Shunchuan also kowtowed in the direction of him one by one.
"Grant the key!"
Ding Kui knelt down in front of Ding Qi and raised his hands. Ding Qi took a bunch of keys from his waist and put them in Ding Kui's hand.
The granting of a key during the coming-of-age ceremony shows that the adult can open a house, open a house, and have the qualifications to start a family and start a business. In aristocratic families, people can open a house by themselves and make their own decisions in all aspects.
At this time, Jiang Shunchuan moved behind Ding Kui with his knees as his feet. Ding Kui took the key and pretended to touch his belt before handing it to Jiang Shunchuan behind him.
This ceremony indicates that Jiang Shunchuan will now become Ding Kui's housekeeper, and Ding Kui will be officially promoted to "master", and his subordinates will be equipped with a set of domestic servants. Originally, Ding Xiao also wanted to participate in this ceremony, and she had to kneel on the other side behind Ding Kui.
Unfortunately, the task of taking care of Long Yan is more important, so I can only give up this side.
"Family rules!" Ding Qi nodded to Ding Kun.
Ding Kun held a jade box and handed it to Ding Kui. Ding Kui took it with both hands, held it above his head and handed it to Jiang Shunchuan.
Only legitimate sons are qualified to pass down family rules during the coming-of-age ceremony. It is rare for an heir to be determined so early. However, since Ding Qi is such a son, it is normal for him to pass down family rules at this time.
After passing down the family rules, Ding Qi took a step back and returned to Jiang Tong's side. His task at the coming-of-age ceremony had been completed.
Ding Kui stood up and turned to face the guests. Jiang Shunchuan held the keys and house rules in his hands and retreated behind Ding Kui.
"Thank you very much to Prince Zhongwang, Duke Wei and all the distinguished guests for attending the coming-of-age ceremony for Xiaguan." Ding Kui was considered an adult at this time and chose the highest status to call himself. Commander Huben was his highest status for the time being.
, "I will prepare a small banquet for you all."
Seeing Ding Kui pause, Jiang Shunchuan shouted loudly: "Let's start the thank you banquet!" The servants and guards who had already prepared began to arrange tables and chairs.
"We have prepared a small dance in the front yard, please go and show off your talents." Ding Kui divided the guests into the older generation and the younger generation. He took the younger generation to the front yard, and left the middle yard and main hall.
Ding Qi is responsible for greeting the older generation.
The younger generation will feel uncomfortable mixing with the older generation. The coming of age ceremony naturally emphasizes the communication between the younger generation. Without separation, this kind of communication cannot be carried out normally.
The front yard is a little bigger, after all, there are more young people coming this time, but there is no need to put too many tables and chairs in the form of a dance, and the outer yard of the Ding family's old house can barely accommodate the young people congratulating Ding Kui.
"Haha, there is nothing to watch at the dance at this time, and it is not convenient for us to let you, the protagonist, perform. After all, the hostess is still on the way." Kong Ren joked about Ding Kui generously.
"Humph, my sister-in-law is not here, I can dance with the big-headed girl." Lu Ying expressed her dissatisfaction and insisted on coming out to increase her presence.
"Little junior sister, you have nothing to do with me at this time. Prince Kong has already said that he doesn't need his junior brother to perform. The meaning is obvious. He plans to do it himself." Zheng Yun is indeed Ding Kui's senior sister. At this time, he is definitely helping his relatives but not taking care of himself.
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If someone takes the lead, others will follow. Zheng Yun's suggestion is in line with the rules. If Ding Kui is not included, Kong Ren has the highest status and should come out to bring up the atmosphere of the dance. Others may be suspected of cheating.
Kong Ren couldn't resist, so he simply came to Zheng Yun and said, "Miss Zheng, how about I invite you to be my dance partner and show me the dancing skills of Pingzhong County?"
Zheng Yun dug a hole and buried herself. She didn't expect that Kong Ren would find her.
Everyone knows that Ding Kui's coming-of-age ceremony is connected with Long Yan's wedding. The big families can't afford to let their daughters come over. Among them, the highest-status women are the daughters of a group of earls.
Kong Ren's invitation to Zheng Yun was a matter of course, and Zheng Yun had no reason to refuse. The honor of the direct son of the Kong family was too great to refuse.
Kong Ren and Zheng Yun became the first couple to dance.
Many women came from the fellow villagers of Pingzhong County. In addition to the inevitable ones like Zheng Yun, Lin Bi, and Lu Ying, there were also Nie Ling, Shuiyu, Shi Li, Xue Ai, Tian Mi, etc., all the daughters who were similar in age to Ding Kui.
The ladies are all here.
Only one person, the number one beauty in Pingzhong County, or the number one beauty in Zhongwangzhou, Li Fei, did not come. Some people said that her relationship with Ding Kui broke down because of the previous conflict between Ding Kui and Tian Jiasheng.
She did not come this time; some people say that she was jealous of Long Yan and angry that Ding Kui had married another woman, so she did not come this time.
In Ding Kui’s circle of male friends, more people believe the former statement, while in Ding Kui’s circle of female friends, more people believe the latter statement, but no matter which statement they believe, everyone feels for him.
regret.
Many of the nobles who attached to the Jiang family and the Long family also came. Although they were not familiar with Ding Kui, it did not prevent them from communicating with other young people. The dance in the front yard was very lively.
The main hall and the middle courtyard were a little dull because of the presence of high-ranking officials and legendary knights, but no one here felt disappointed. Because everyone who came to see this time saw it, and the purpose to be achieved was basically achieved.
There is only half a day left to communicate with each other. If you are not careful, you may be noticed by the people on the rostrum, and the family's luck may change.
"Lord Jiang Tong," Long Dang was still a little awkward, "Who will preside over your grandson's marriage?" He fully hoped that Jiang Tong would be the officiant, so the possibility of Long Yan's status rising in the future would increase a lot.
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"Haha, brother Long, now Quanzi is An Guogong, the head of the Jiang family, and we agreed at the beginning that he would officiate at the wedding. The higher the combat power level, the more restrictions people are subject to. There are some things that I don't want to intervene in.
I don’t want to, but I really can’t.” Jiang Tong naturally knew what Long Dang was thinking.
"Sir Jiang Tong was the pillar of Shaodian Kingdom. It is a pity to retire so early!" Shaodianjian also said in his heart, "It would be great if you retired to hermitage after I retired."
"We, a group of old immortals, have been occupying the top positions for a long time, and the capable younger generations below have no chance to come forward. My two sons are actually capable, but I have been suppressing them and have no chance to show them. This is very important to the kingdom.
It is also a loss." After Jiang Tong retreated, he saw the problem more clearly.
"Father is too modest, and father is too complimentary." Jiang Li quickly stood up to respond. He couldn't sit still at this time.
"My son-in-law is also capable. There are too many talented people in Shaodian country. Your Shaodian family is not short of people." Jiang Tong's words were full of words, and people with rich association skills can hear a huge amount of information.
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Shaodianjian's back was dripping with cold sweat. He didn't know whether he should answer this sentence or not. Jiang Tong's own meaning was not important at all. What mattered most was what the people above him would think after hearing this.