The weather was good, and the bright sun lasted all day. It was not until dusk that the sun reluctantly set to the west, and everyone in the palace went to the courtyard where ancestors were worshiped.
After a while.
Wang Li came with his sister Wang Shuru.
Wang Ben was still unconscious. The eldest brother was like his father. As Wang Li's eldest son, Wang Li naturally had to arrange the marriage on his father's behalf.
Wang Shuru walked slowly.
She was wearing a solemn dress.
Xuan Yi Xun Shang.
The upper garment is slightly reddish black, symbolizing the sky, while the lower garment is yellowish red, symbolizing the earth, which is why the dark yellow color of heaven and earth comes from.
The people in the palace began to worship their ancestors, pay tribute, burn incense, kowtow, recite sacrificial inscriptions, and burn slips. After being busy for a while, the temple was shrouded in smoke.
There is no so-called phoenix crown and harem, and there is no so-called red hijab. Wang Shuru just stood in front of the crowd, quietly watching the solemn scene, her eyes already wet and red.
The Wang clan members around looked happy.
After worshiping the ancestors, they also talked and laughed in the temple.
The air is filled with the aroma of tributes and burning incense, making people feel that they are still in the atmosphere of sacrifice.
The Qin Dynasty also paid attention to the dark ceremony of marrying a matchmaker.
This "hundred" does not mean that men and women pronounce "twilight" together, but refers to the time when the ceremony is held - dusk. People in the Qin Dynasty preferred yin and yang. Dusk is the time when the sun and the moon alternate, which coincides with the blending of yin and yang.
It is full of connotation and artistic conception.
The process of the evening ceremony is the "six rites".
Nacai, asking for the name, Naji, Nazheng, asking for an appointment, personally welcoming.
Acceptance means that the man sends a matchmaker to the woman to propose marriage. After the woman's family agrees, the matchmaker sends wild geese as a meeting gift. In ancient times, the wild geese symbolized loyalty to one's spouse and will last forever.
Name questioning means that the matchmaker asks the woman for her name, birthday, etc.
Najib, knowing the names and birthdays of both parties, used tortoise shells to divine the future of the marriage. If the result was auspicious, the two parties would be officially engaged.
Accepting levies is equivalent to giving betrothal gifts in later generations. The symbolic significance is greater than the economic value. In the past, scholar-bureaucrat families only needed to send three pieces of cloth and two pieces of silk, and then tied them together with colorful silk. This is also the origin of betrothal gifts.
During the application period, the man decides on an auspicious date for the wedding, informs the woman’s family, and obtains consent.
The bride was welcomed in person, and her fiancé drove a carriage to marry her.
Wang Li looked solemn.
He looked at it with a complicated expression, and his eyes were quite reluctant.
I don't know how long it took.
The rumble of carriages was faintly heard outside.
The crowd immediately fell silent.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell on Hu Hai.
Hu Hai had his hair tied up and a crown, and he was also wearing "Xuan Yi and Shang". He had a handsome face and fair skin. He was wearing a loose dress and he looked very heroic.
Many people in the Wang family's eyes lit up.
Hu Hai looked solemn.
Apparently someone had told him beforehand.
Wang Li raised his forehead slightly and stood next to the ancestral temple. At this time, Hu Hai followed suit and saluted.
It was a great gift.
I saw Hu Hai kneeling on the ground first, spreading his legs behind him, then pressing his hands together with his palms facing inward. As his hands bowed downward, his head slowly kowtowed to the ground.
finally.
His hands were pressed on the ground in front of his knees, and his head touched the back of his hands.
Kowtow twice so slowly.
There was an old man of the Wang family beside him, and he chanted in a long voice: "Bow... Then bow to the head of the head, and the ceremony is completed!"
After performing the solemn ceremony, Wang Li extended his hand and said, "Master, please rise."
Hu Hai stood up, his eyes full of joy.
He was speechless and all his eyes fell on the girl beside him.
The girl is not old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, but she has already revealed her figure. Her flexible and beautiful slender waist, slim figure, and the black and slightly red soft dark clothes on the outside all make Hu Hai heart-broken.
Make ripples.
For a while.
Hu Hai was so fascinated by it.
It wasn't until Wang Li called out that Hu Hai woke up and saluted everyone with a blushing face.
The Wang clan members chuckled and did not blame him. After some salutes, Hu Hai took Wang Shuru out of the palace.
There were several horse-drawn carriages parked outside the house.
Hu Hai took a deep breath. He naturally knew the rules of the obeisance. He had to drive the carriage in circles three times before handing it back to the driver.
As Hu Hai, there is actually no need to do this.
But in order to show respect for the palace, Hu Hai also worked hard in the past few days and actually learned to drive a horse. After going out, he directly got on the carriage, drove the horse around three times, and then invited Wang Shuru up.
Of course, after picking up Wang Shuru, he went to another carriage and led Wang Shuru on the return journey.
In this era, people generally believed that the husband's family was a woman's real home, and it was natural for a woman to return home when she got married, so a woman's marriage was called "returning".
With the sound of several carriages and horses, the welcoming motorcade left the palace and headed towards the palace.
Seeing this, Wang Li called out softly: "Little sister..."
Wang Ping comforted:
"Why should my brother be sentimental on my little sister's big day?"
"Brother must have seen what Young Master Hu Hai did just now, and he is already very sincere. Young Master Hu Hai has put a lot of thought into marrying my younger sister recently, and I believe he will not treat my younger sister badly in the future."
Wang Li shook his head and said:
"After all, it's only temporary."
"Before Aweng fell into coma, he specifically told me that our Wang family should not participate in the fight for the crown prince. Now that my younger sister is married to Mr. Hu Hai, what happens in the future is not up to us. If our Wang family is weak, my younger sister can still be...
So respectful?"
"Right now, we are married to the Tenth Young Master. Even if we want to distance ourselves from each other in the future, I'm afraid no one in the court will believe it."
"I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried about my little sister."
"She's too young."
"In the past, she was loved and loved at home. If she goes to the palace and is bullied and ignored without us by her side, how can she bear it alone?"
"well."
Wang Ping also fell silent, and after a while, he spoke:
"After all, my little sister is married to Mr. Hu Hai. No one in the palace should dare to bully her. Besides, this is His Majesty's will. Now that the Wang family is suffering, I should celebrate it with some happy events. Brother, don't be too worried."
"I don't think Mr. Hu Hai is a heartless person."
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the other side.
Fen's home.
Qin Luoheng and Lang were invited to the scene.
Weddings in this era were simple and peaceful.
There were no hijabs, noisy wedding banquets, and the bridal chamber, and there was not even the etiquette of "one bow to the heaven and the earth and two to the high hall" that was well-known in later generations.
Just have a simple meal with someone you know well.
Lang stood at the door and walked back and forth, looking nervous, as if he was marrying a wife, and mumbling something.
"It's been so long, why hasn't this carriage come back yet?"
"Isn't this 'return' too long?"
Qin Luoheng chuckled, "Aren't you already married? What? Are you still not familiar with this process?"
Lang pouted and said:
"Is there anything familiar about this?"
"I only got married once."
"At that time, I was fourteen or fifteen years old and didn't know anything. I drove a borrowed carriage in a daze. When I picked up my wife, I was so nervous that I lowered my head and didn't dare to look up at all. My maternal aunt took my wife
When his hand came over, I almost didn’t dare to reach out.”
"I'm so embarrassed!"
Lang said, his eyes full of emotion.
Qin Luoheng smiled.
He has never been married, but he has seen many weddings in the past, but it is the first time for him to have such a quiet wedding like today. He feels a bit strange. The weddings in later generations were extremely lively and even caused a lot of farce.
Weddings in that era were extremely quiet and were just a matter of two families.
If he and Lang hadn't helped match up this time, the two of them might not have been able to participate.
Qin Luoheng can actually understand.
If you have more people, you need more pairs of chopsticks. Today's production capacity is low and most people don't have enough to eat or clothing to keep warm. How about having extra food to feed others? If your family can squeeze in enough, rent two carriages and hire a driver. Buy one.
Gua Gua, if you buy some meat, your family will be considered well-off.
As for inviting relatives and friends, only powerful families can do that.
At dusk, the sky is filled with red clouds.
The two carriages slowly drove into the street. From time to time, there were children standing on tiptoe, looking at the two carriages curiously. On the other carriage, Fen's face was filled with a joyful smile, although his wife was not there.
On your own carriage.
Not long after.
The carriage stopped outside the door.
Fen jumped off the carriage and went to another carriage. He softly called the other party's name. Then he seemed to have thought of something and quickly changed his words: "Wife, we're home."
Slowly, a beautiful figure came down from the carriage, but she covered her face with a fan the whole time, so that others could not see her appearance clearly. She did have a good figure.
Lang winked at the door.
With a smile on his face, but still pretending to be solemn, Fen led his wife into the house. However, the two of them did not go to see their parents, but went straight back to the new house.
Fen's parents did not show up.
Fen and his wife will go to pay homage to them tomorrow.
Regarding this approach, Qin Luoheng thinks it is very humane. On the night of the wedding, it is reasonable not to have so many irrelevant people chatting and making noise in front of you. Otherwise, it will be like the later generations who tormented people half to death and got them drunk.
How about a bridal chamber?
Lang and Qin Luoheng were sitting in the hall.
Lang smiled and said:
"Brother Qin, don't think too much."
"The evening ceremony hasn't ended yet. The two of them are going to 'join the prison together' (jin) later. You said that the two of us ran up and down so hard that we ended up eating a little snack. This guy Fen went to pick it up.
A person will eat meat and drink wine when he comes back."
Then he looked at Qin Luoheng, raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother Qin, when are you going to marry those three ladies back? I have to say that Brother Qin is very powerful. Not only is he very capable, he is also first-rate in recruiting women.
"
"I'm so envious."
Qin Luoheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Don't be ridiculous. Those three ladies are wealthy, how can I afford them? Even if I do marry a wife, I will only marry one."
"Three..."
Qin Luoheng also admired Lang's idea.
Lang curled his lips.
smiled and said:
"I'm right, it's three."
"Do you know the names of those three ladies?"
Qin Luoheng nodded hesitantly.
"That's alright. If those three ladies don't like you, how could they tell you their names?" Lang said: "Although the folk customs are open now, girls' names cannot be told casually. Before they get married, they can only tell their surnames.