Chapter 281 The grand wedding, the arrival of the princess
Young ladies from wealthy families usually have at least two personal maids. This was the case for Lin Daiyu and Sanchun. Even Qin Keqing had auspicious beads and orbs at first, and later Jia Yun gave her a Nanxiang.
Xue Baochai actually had two personal maids, besides Ying'er, there was also one named Wen Xing.
In the original work, Wen Xing, Xue Baochai's personal maid, only appeared twice. Aunt Xue's evaluation of Wen Xing was "Wen Xing is young and has a bad attitude", which means that Wen Xing is younger than Ying'er.
, and is a bit reckless, speaking and doing things without knowing the importance of things.
Ying'er and Wen Xing's names are both very particular.
Ying'er was originally called Oriole, and Wenxing was Ginkgo. Wenxing was originally called Ginkgo, oriole, and Ginkgo formed a pair. It is clearly written in the original book that because Xue Baochai thought the name "Oliver" was awkward to pronounce, he changed it to "
"Ying'er". It is not difficult to imagine that "Ginkgo" was also changed to "Wenxing" by Xue Baochai.
Why did Xue Baochai change like this? Obviously it was because of her elegance and stability. The names of her two personal maids had gold and silver in them, which was not elegant. Moreover, the Xue family later lost their official positions and was no longer an official family. Even if the Xue family
Even if he is very rich, Xue Baochai will keep a low profile on this kind of thing.
According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, the prince's concubine needs to have four personal maids, two of which are brought by the princess herself when she comes over, and the other two are sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, the princess can bring a maid.
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So, when Xue Baochai got married this time, in addition to Ying'er, Wen Xing was also brought along, which made Wen Xing very happy. Although Wen Xing was young and a little reckless, she also knew that she was not taken seriously in the Xue family.
Xue Baochai didn't like to use her very much. Therefore, Wen Xing originally thought that Xue Baochai would not take her with him when he married Jia Yun, but would only take care of Ying'er. Now that it's better, she also took her with her, and she can go to Prince Zhongwu's mansion to meet the elders.
The world has come to an end.
On September 23rd, the sky was clear and the wind was gentle. It was a good day for a wedding.
In this era, marriage is indeed very particular, especially when a prince like Jia Yun marries a princess.
"Bai Hu Tong" writes: "The person who gets married is said to bow at dusk, so it is called a wedding." When wealthy families in the Qing Dynasty got married, the bride usually bowed to the groom after dusk, and the same was true for princes marrying princesses. In addition, according to the selection of the Ministry of Etiquette,
According to the auspicious time, Xue Baochai will not leave the palace until four quarters of You hour today, that is, he will not leave Xue's mansion until six o'clock in the evening.
Even so, early this morning, Xue Baochai got up under the service of Ying'er and Wen Xing, and started the process of marrying her husband today. The entire Xue Mansion was also in a fuss about this wedding...
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Early this morning, the entire Prince Chungwu's palace was in commotion over the wedding.
In the morning, Jia Yun, wearing a hairpin royal hat and a prince's python robe, entered the palace and met with the Emperor, the Queen Mother, Emperor Tianzhi, and Queen Yin successively. They all knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and all four of them also rewarded Jia Yun.
A lot of property, but not a lot, mainly for good luck and happiness.
Jia Yun then went to Chuxiu Palace and met Duan Concubine Qingwan for the second time. She knelt twice and kowtowed to Qingwan. Naturally, Qingwan also rewarded Jia Yun with a lot of property and excitedly talked to Jia Yun.
She said something. The biological prince she loved was getting married today and came to see her in the harem again. Qingwan was naturally excited.
As evening approached, Prince Zhongwu went to Xue Mansion to welcome the bride.
Jia Yun did not have to go to Xue Mansion to welcome the bride in person, but the procession to welcome the bride was grand. There were Prince Yicheng, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, leading twenty subordinate officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a third-rank military battalion commander leading the forty guards.
For the officers and soldiers in the military camp, the sedans used to welcome the bride were eight-carrying colored sedans surrounded by red satin prepared by Luan Yiwei.
The queue waiting to welcome the bride in the Xue Mansion was also grand. Prince Youyi Cheng's concubine led eight wives of the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve as maids, and there were also some eunuchs. Xue Baochai, who was usually simple and elegant, was dressed in thick makeup today.
She wore makeup and a gorgeous dress, and coupled with her beauty, she was dignified, reserved and steady. Even though she was getting married, she already had the demeanor of an elegant lady.
In addition, the nine-door admiral Ren Tianxiao led his officers and soldiers to clear the road from Prince Zhongwu's Mansion to Xue Mansion.
When the wedding team led by Prince Yicheng and the counselor of the military camp came to Xue Mansion, the auspicious time of the fourth quarter of the You hour came, and eight eunuchs carried the eight colored sedans into the hall of Xue Mansion, accompanied by the maids.
After Xue Baochai got into the sedan chair and lowered the curtain, the eight-colored sedan chair was immediately carried out of the hall by eight eunuchs. Sixteen people held lanterns and twenty people held torches, guiding them from the front. Prince Yicheng led the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect
The military camp staff leader leads the officers and soldiers protecting the military camp, and guides the guards at the front and rear respectively.
A grand procession of ceremonial guards arrived from Xue Mansion to Prince Zhongwu's Mansion. Outside the palace, the ceremonial guards were removed, and eight eunuchs carried the eight-colored sedan into the main palace courtyard where Jia Yun lived, accompanied by the maids.
The main hall where Jia Yun lived was also named Wu'an Hall by him, and the front hall of the palace was named Zhongwu Hall by him.
After the eight-colored sedan was carried into the courtyard of Wu'an Palace, the maids and attendants helped Xue Baochai get out of the sedan, and then guided Xue Baochai into the bright room of Wu'an Palace. At this time, Jia Yun was already waiting in the bright room wearing a prince's dress.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai held a marriage ceremony in the Ming Dynasty, which was to drink a cup of wine. After the marriage was completed, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai were sent to the bridal chamber, which was a small bedroom in Wu'an Palace.
That night, Prince Zhongwu's residence was decorated with lanterns and colored lights, and a banquet was held to slaughter sheep. In addition to the relatives and friends of the Prince's Palace and the Xue Palace, the banquet was attended by all the princes and princes who were not on duty tonight and their wives, as well as the second-rank and above high-ranking officials in Beijing and their wives.
The program of the banquet includes serving tea, serving fruits, serving wine, serving food and drinking wine. During this period, a band of musicians played to entertain the guests.
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It was already night, and Jia Yun, who did not need to attend the banquet, was staying in the bridal chamber of Wu'an Hall. Only he and Xue Baochai were left in the room, and everyone else had left.
There was a round table in the room with good wine and food on it. Jia Yun sat at the table, facing the bed, and smiled at the familiar yet unfamiliar beauty sitting on the edge of the bed: "There is no one else here right now.
Princess, don't be restrained, come and have some wine and food with me to fill your stomach, and to add to the fun tonight."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! That beauty is indeed both familiar and unfamiliar to Jia Yun. It goes without saying that she is familiar, but the unfamiliar thing is that today she changed from her usual elegant dress and wore heavy makeup and colorful clothes.
, and now that she is his legal wife, he no longer calls her "Miss Baochai" as he once did.
In fact, he and she haven't seen each other for a long time. The last time they met was more than half a year ago. At that time, Wang Ziteng actually asked the Xue family to cancel their engagement with him. He went to Rongguo Mansion Lixiangyuan to find her, and she sang "Shangxie"
Expressing her loyalty to him, he told her: Miss Baochai, I want to marry you as my princess!
At that time, he left after saying these words. Now, more than half a year later, he finally met and spoke to her again, on this night when he married her as the princess.
Xue Baochai, who had been keeping his head down, raised his head when he heard this and smiled gently: "Your Majesty, please eat more and drink more, so I don't need to. I am not allowed to go to the ground before we have sex."
It is also a courtesy not to go to the ground before having sex, so Xue Baochai only ate two eggs today and didn't even dare to drink more water because it was inconvenient to go to the toilet.
Jia Yun smiled and asked: "What did you eat today?"
Xue Baochai told the truth.
Jia Yun stood up, took the jug and wine glass and put them on the bedside table in Babu's bed. Then he took two more chicken drumsticks. He sat next to Xue Baochai and handed one drumstick to Xue Baochai: "Here you go, eat."
Xue Baochai: "..."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Princess, you must be hungry. Go ahead and eat. I won't let you go to the ground."
Xue Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's such a good night, how can I eat this in front of the prince? It's not appropriate to dirty my hands."
Jia Yun said: "I will help you wash your hands later."
Xue Baochai asked hurriedly: "How can this happen? How can I let the prince serve me and wash my hands after I just passed the door today?"
Jia Yun said: "You and I are already husband and wife, so there is no need to be too rigid in etiquette. Princess, you know me. I am not someone who likes to be constrained by etiquette."
Xue Baochai nodded, took the chicken drumstick from Jia Yun's hand, and then followed Jia Yun, each holding a drumstick and started to eat.
Xue Baochai, who is beautiful, dignified, reserved and has become a princess, actually showed such a scene on this bridal night in front of Jia Yun, the prince's bridegroom. Anyone who is familiar with her would be surprised if they saw her.
And her willingness to do this was not only because Jia Yun, the great prince, spoke personally, but also because of her understanding and liking of him.
After Jia Yun took a few bites of chicken legs, she picked up a wine glass, poured some wine and handed it to Xue Baochai.
"Princess, let's have a drink?"
Xue Baochai smiled brightly, clinked glasses with him, and they drank away.
The two of them just ate chicken drumsticks and drank wine, and didn't chat much. After they each finished eating a drumstick, Jia Yun poured two more cups of tea, and Xue Baochai drank one each.
Following Jia Yun's greeting, Xiang Ling and Ying'er, who were guarding outside the bridal chamber, walked in together. They were Jia Yun, Xue Baochai's eldest maid, and Ying'er was also Xue Baochai's bride-to-be.
Xiangling is in a very good mood today. Xue Baochai used to be her master. She also likes Xue Baochai very much and is close to Ying'er. Now she is fine. She, Xue Baochai and Ying'er have become a family again.
"Bring some hot water, the king and the princess need to wash their hands." Jia Yun ordered.
Xiangling and Ying'er hurriedly brought hot water, but Xue Baochai didn't really ask Jia Yun to wash it for her. Instead, she asked Ying'er to wash it for her, Xiangling helped Jia Yun wash it, and Xue Baochai didn't forget to rinse her mouth.
After the two maids left, Jia Yun hugged Xue Baochai into her arms. She didn't say any sweet words, but all the words were contained in the silent hug. After hugging her quietly for a while, Jia Yun said softly: "Princess, let's sleep."
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Xue Baochai nodded shyly.
The mandarin ducks spent the night in pairs under the hibiscus tent, and spent the spring night warm under the hibiscus tent. Tonight, the fat was thick and the powder was fragrant, but it was bitter. Ying'er entered the bridal chamber twice more at night to bathe the two of them.
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Xue Baochai also suffered. Although he was feeling unwell, he got up with Jia Yun early the next morning. Under the service of the maids, the two of them finished washing and had a simple breakfast.
Immediately, Jia Yun put on the hairpin royal hat and the prince's python robe, and Xue Baochai also put on the prepared royal robes of the prince and concubine. They entered the palace together and paid homage to the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager, Emperor Tianzhi, Empress Yin, and Jia Yu in turn.
Yun still performed the three-kneel-and-kowtow ceremony, while Xue Baochai performed the six-su, three-kneel-and-three-bow ceremony.
Although this was Xue Baochai's first time entering the palace, and even his first time meeting four noble people, Xue Baochai was not too nervous, nor was he rude.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai visited Duan Fei Qingwan together. Jia Yun knelt twice and kowtowed six times, while Xue Baochai knelt four times and bowed twice.
During this period, Xue Baochai was also rewarded with many happy and auspicious items by several nobles.
Today, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai were allowed to stay in Chuxiu Palace for a longer time, and were even allowed to have lunch with Qingwan. Therefore, Qingwan could talk to Jia Yun freely this time, and also talked a lot with Xue Baochai.
Qingwan was satisfied with Xue Baochai's beauty, dignity, reserve and poise. Xue Baochai was stunned by Qingwan's youthful beauty. She felt that Qingwan was not like Jia Yun's mother-in-law, but like Jia Yun's sister. She felt that she was more than thirty years old.
The appearance of Qingwan, who was only 2 years old, rivaled that of Youshi and Wang Xifeng, and even she was outclassed.
After lunch at Chuxiu Palace, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai left the palace together and returned to Prince Zhongwu's Mansion. They immediately went to Yang'entang to visit Bu Wuniang.
"My lord, can I take the princess to Nuange to have a few words alone?" Bu Wuniang asked Jia Yun with a smile.
Jia Yun smiled and said: "Madam, there is no need to go to such trouble. I will just leave."
After saying that, Jia Yun got up and left Yang'en Hall.
Jia Yun is the head of the palace of Prince Zhongwu. Now that he has married the princess, Bu Wuniang can no longer be called the wife, but should be called the Tai Madam, because Xue Baochai is the wife of this palace. Xiren, Zijuan
, Qingwen has changed from a housewife to a concubine. The concubine does not need to be canonized and does not have a title.
After Jia Yun left, Bu Wuniang dismissed everyone else in the hall, then took Xue Baochai's hand and said: "Princess, before you came, I was in charge of the inner palace of the palace, but you know that I am not
The prince's biological mother, it is a great blessing that I can still live in this prince's palace and continue to be my royal wife. Since you are here, you should be in charge of this inner palace from now on. This is only right and proper.
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Xue Baochai hurriedly said: "Mrs. Tai, how did this happen? I am still young and new here, how can I take on such a big responsibility? How dare I take over this big responsibility from Mrs. Tai?"
Bu Wuniang smiled and said: "I have made up my mind about this matter. Princess, there is no need to refuse. I know you. Although you are young, you are steady and experienced. I am thinking about it. I will let you take care of it."
Controlling the inner palace should be much better than me managing it."
Xue Baochai continued to refuse, but nodded when he saw that the refusal was unsuccessful. Although he felt a sense of accomplishment, he also felt pressure. He had just married and became a princess and had to take charge of the inner palace of the palace. The intensity of this "job" was comparable to that of Wang Xifeng
The general manager of the Rongguo Mansion is much older.