The eighth day of the eighth lunar month is a good day for weddings and sacrifices, and is an auspicious day for the year. As soon as the third watch on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month has just struck, the lights of the Zhong County uncle's house are brightly lit, and the servants are neatly dressed, starting a busy day.
When the sky was dark, Tian Minyan was pulled up from her sleep. She squinted and went to the clean room to take a bath. Surrounded by steam, the huge bathtub was filled with fresh rose petals, grapefruit leaves, and mugwort. The fragrance lingered and made people feel relaxed.
The spirit was shaken.
After taking a flower bath, the girl took a clean cotton cloth to twist her hair, and then she was sat down in front of the dressing table. On the large table, there were all kinds of rouge and gouache lined up, and the opened makeup was shining brightly.
Just after sitting down, Luo Shi walked in with the girl. Tian Minyan saw it through the mirror, turned her head hurriedly, and stood up: "Mother."
Luo Shi smiled, pulled her to the bedside and sat down, and said, "While Mrs. Quanfu hasn't arrived yet, we two can talk to each other."
Tian Minyan saw all the girls and women in the room retreating, vaguely guessing something, her face turned red, she lowered her head and hummed shyly: "Yeah."
Seeing that there was no one in the room, Luo took out a small yellow book from his sleeve and whispered: "This, you put it at the bottom of the box."
Tian Minyan took it, opened it, quickly closed it, blushed like blood, and said angrily: "Mother."
Luo Shi pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "You are still shy, but you are about to get married. This is a courtesy of human relations. Let me tell you, during the wedding..."
Luo Shi's voice became lower and lower, Tian Minyan lowered her head, her neck turned red, she didn't say a word, she just nodded.
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Although I also went through human affairs in my previous life, it has been so long, and now I feel quite shy to hear Luo Shi say that.
Luo Shi also finished the order. When he saw her blushing with embarrassment, he changed his voice and sighed: "My daughter has grown up too. She has grown from a little pink ball to a big girl. She will get married in the blink of an eye.
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Tian Minyan felt sad after hearing this. She hugged Luo Shi's arm, rested her head on her shoulder and said, "Mom, I can't bear to leave you. I don't want to get married."
Luo Shi's eyes suddenly turned red, but he patted her hand and said, "You're talking nonsense again. Part of the dowry has already been taken away, and it's your turn to say you don't want to marry me?"
"Anyway, I don't want to leave you."
"Now I'm glad you're not far away from getting married. You'll be here in half an hour." Luo Shi said happily.
Tian Minyan leaned against her, hummed, and hugged her arm tighter.
The two mother and daughter talked in a broken voice. After a while, the girl walked in and announced: "Madam, the Protector's Lady has arrived."
Luo Shi stood up quickly and nodded to Tian Minyan: "I'll go and greet you."
Mrs. Protector is the Quanfu wife of this marriage, and she is also the best Quanfu wife in the capital. After all, this is also Tian Minyan's blessing.
After Mrs. Protector and Luo Shi came in, Tian Minyan stood up and greeted her, drank half a cup of tea, and then began to comb her hair.
At this time, the sky was already bright, but the red candles representing auspiciousness were still lit in the house. The Protector's wife took two red silk threads and twisted them together. She moved her hands and mouth at the same time, saying auspicious words while looking at Tian Minyan's fair skin.
His face was twisted.
Tian Minyan kept enduring the stinging pain on her face with her eyes closed. Finally, she stopped. Then she opened her eyes and saw that her skin in the mirror was better than snow. Her twisted face was as smooth and tender as a shelled egg, and the corners of her mouth were slightly twisted.
She has grown up into a beautiful girl, but after today, she will be someone else's wife.
After opening her face, Tian Minyan was helped by several close-fitting girls to put on the phoenix crown and harem behind the screen.
In a short time, with the help of the girl, he changed into his auspicious clothes and appeared in front of people. The voices in the room suddenly became silent.
The red embroidered phoenix-sleeved jacket is embroidered with gold thread. The top is embroidered with a golden phoenix wearing peonies, and the bottom is also embroidered with clusters of peonies with gold thread. The cuffs and collar are embroidered with gold thread, phoenixes and auspicious cloud patterns. And she
On the hem of her skirt, a phoenix spreads its wings and is about to fly. The phoenix eyes are made of rubies. The long skirt drags on the ground, and the peonies embroidered with gold seem to move with the movement of people.
Wearing a pair of pure red embroidered shoes under her feet, the upper is also embroidered with the peony, the king of flowers, with an east bead as the stamen, which is faintly visible when walking, and the shoes are luxurious and bright.
At this time, she had not put on makeup, but her cheeks were naturally flushed, her skin was delicate, her eyes were as bright as stars, and her petal-like cherry lips were so delicate.
"Oh, this is the most beautiful bride I have ever seen." Mrs. Protector put down the tea cup and stood up with a smile and praised.
Tian Minyan smiled slightly and blushed. She looked at Luo Shi and saw her wiping her tears again and showing her a smile.
"If you comb your hair with a comb, you don't have to worry about wealth." Mrs. Protector held a wooden comb, gently grabbed Tian Minyan's long and silky hair, and gently combed it down while saying auspicious words.
"If you comb your hair with two combs, you will be free from disease and worry; if you comb your hair with three combs, you will have many children and a long life."
"If you comb just one comb to the end, your eyebrows will be aligned. If you comb two combs to the end, you will fly together together. If you comb your comb three times, you will be united forever."
Luo Shi looked on from the side with a smile on his face, but his eyes were red. From time to time, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief. Gao Shi said angrily: "My daughter has a good day, why are you crying."
"I'm just happy." Luo Shi sniffed and laughed with tears in his eyes.
"I'm here to watch. You go ahead and entertain the guests. I can't do it without you. Go quickly." Mrs. Gao pushed her and said angrily.
Luo Shi also knew that the house could not do without him, so he nodded and left.
"It has a head and a tail, wealth and honor." After singing the auspicious song, the Protector's Lady put down her comb, picked up the grapefruit leaf on the table, dipped it in water, waved it on her head and face, and sang: "The bad luck is gone,
May you be blessed with good luck and longevity, and don’t have to worry about wealth.”
Immediately afterwards, she quickly pulled Tian Minyan's hair into a bun, and then tied a delicate peony flower into her bun from the crystal plate held by the girl.
The last step was to put on makeup. Tian Minyan was determined not to make it look like she had put on flour. She just lightly put on facial makeup and rouge. She used their lip gloss from Liyanfang. After applying a layer of it, her lips were delicate and beautiful.
It's sexy and tempting, truly gorgeous but not seductive.
Because the phoenix crown was very heavy, the wedding ceremony and the procession had not yet arrived, so she did not put it on first. By now, Tian Minyan had already finished dressing up and was sitting upright on the bed.
At this time, Tian Minting, Tian Minjing and the others came in. They first saluted Tian Minyan and then talked with them. However, Tian Minting looked at Tian Minyan's outfit, her eyes widened with deep envy.
Tian Minyan asked Ji Xiang to bring a red box, and said to them with a smile: "I'm getting married, and there are a few ornaments here. You can pick two of them as a reflection, and it won't be in vain for us to be sisters."
Tian Minting's eyes suddenly lit up. She looked at Tian Minjing and was not polite. She started picking from the box, choosing this and that. She wanted them all. Finally, she was afraid that Tian Minyan would be unhappy, so she picked two items. Thank you.
Got the gift.
Tian Minjing bowed her knees and thanked her, shyly took two items, and then thanked Tian Minyan.
Tian Minyan nodded secretly and looked at Ji Xiang. She nodded slightly and smiled. There is really no comparison between this person and others, so some people really deserve to be favored.
"Miss, Princess Ruining and Miss Liang are here to add makeup to you and talk to you." Ruyi came in and said.
"Please." Tian Minyan raised her hand.
Soon, Ruining and the others walked in and saw Tian Minyan. They were startled at first, then surprised, and then joked.
Tian Minyan's face was filled with shyness after being teased, and she said angrily: "Just wait, you will also have your wedding day."
Ruining and the others were stunned for a moment, then blushed, tutted, and stopped teasing. They just sat aside and talked.
During this period, female guests came one after another to talk to Tian Minyan, including Mrs. Liu. The room was lively, and Tian Minyan's nervous mood gradually calmed down.
At about noon, the maid outside came in and said that the prince had come to welcome the bride in person and had already arrived at the door of the mansion. When Tian Minyan heard this, her heart suddenly jumped and her cheeks turned redder.
When Ruining saw it, he smiled and said to Liang Fang'er: "Come on, let's go to the front to ask for the red envelope. Prince Xian is a golden pineapple, so he has to ask for a thick red envelope before he can pick him up."
In front of the gate of Zhongxian County Uncle's Mansion, after a series of firecrackers, people who came to pick up the bride swarmed up. The first ones were the eighth prince Qi Zhi and the eleventh prince Qi Jing, who beat the door loudly.
, shouted loudly: "Open the door, open the door. The groom is coming to pick up the bride. The moment is coming. Hurry and open the door."
But I heard a crisp laugh from inside and asked: "Who is coming? Why are you coming?"
Qi Jing glanced at Qi Shiqi, saw him nodding, and said: "She is a gentleman in the capital, born in a prince's palace, a noble daughter of a noble palace, a gentleman likes to be jealous."
"If you want a lady, you must first fall in love with me." The voice continued: "One day, love will penetrate deep into the bones."
Qi Qi Shiqi laughed loudly, his usually lazy and indifferent voice was particularly loud, and he said to him while riding on his white horse: "I have been so lovesick for so many times."
The door creaked open, and a group of half-year-old children, led by Xiao Wu, poured out. They stood in several rows and blocked the door with smiles. They said with a smile: "The new son-in-law is coming to the door. No one can enter without money."
Qi Jing laughed and called for the wedding money. A boy handed over a gold dustpan with red flowers. It was filled with gold and copper coins. Qi Jing threw it at the door, and the children started to grab it frantically.
, Qi Qi Qi dismounted and strode through the door.
Tian Minyan, on the other hand, pursed her lips and smiled when she heard the girl came to report the current situation. Then she heard that her husband was urging her to make up, and she became more and more excited.
During the wedding ceremony, to show the sincerity of the groom's family, there must be a link of makeup, which represents the groom's family's eagerness to marry the bride, while the bride's family will take the opportunity to postpone it and ask the groom to compose a poem or chant a poem.
.Therefore, people were put in place to block every door of the uncle's house in Zhongxian County, and people were required to chant poems to encourage women and pay wedding money before they could be let in.
Because of such obstacles, in order not to delay the church service, the groom's family would arrive early, make a fuss, and pick up the bride before the time.
Qi Shiqi was the prince, and the people who came to greet him were all Yun nobles, and some of them were talented people. Naturally, he couldn't resist this poem to urge him to make up. He came all the way to the main hall where Tian Minyan was sitting without any hindrance.
It was Qi Jing and the others who pounded the door so loudly that it almost broke. They also stuffed a lot of red envelopes into the cracks of the door. Inside were twenty-two red envelopes and various gold-leaf lucky coins.
The last door could not be opened.
"Yan'er, I'm here to pick you up, please open the door." Qi Shiqi shouted loudly with a smile, and the people around him started cheering. The shouts were loud, and the servants and guests who were watching on the side covered their mouths.
chuckled.
Behind the door, girls like Princess Ruining and Liang Fang'er were blocking her way. Ruining shouted loudly from inside: "I need hair and make-up, and I need to pick up people. This poem is no longer useful. Prince Xian will play a song. I beg you."
Please, please let us all taste it and comment on it, so that this door can be opened."
"What's so difficult about this?" Qi Shiqi raised his hand proudly: "Bring me the piano."
Naturally, this was something that had been prepared for a long time. Just for the difficulties that would be encountered when welcoming the bride, the piano was brought over within a moment, along with Xiao Ji and Tao Zi.
After setting up the generals, Qi Shiqi lifted up his robes, sat on the tea table, and picked up a string with his fingertips. Then, the sound of the piano sounded like flowing water, and he sang: "The phoenix is returning to its hometown, traveling around the world to seek its phoenix."
.I haven’t met you at that time and I don’t have any generals. How can I understand that now I am promoted to the hall? There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir, and the people in the room are poisonous to my intestines. Why are we like mandarin ducks with their necks crossed, and we are soaring together! The phoenix and the phoenix come to live with me,
I have entrusted you to be my concubine forever. Our friendship is harmonious and our hearts are harmonious. Who is the one who knows how to meet each other in the middle of the night? Both wings rise and fly high. I don’t feel my thoughts, which makes me sad."
A phoenix begging for a phoenix, the syllables are clear, lingering and pathos, passionate and unrestrained. There are only a few lingering sounds in the sky, and everyone is quiet.
Tian Minyan, on the other hand, was so excited that she stood up from the couch, her eyes were red, the joy in her heart was about to pour out, and she wished she could fall into that person's arms immediately.
"I can't keep it anymore, I can't keep it anymore." Liang Fang'er covered her mouth and smiled when she saw it. Tian Minyan felt she had lost her composure and sat down again.
The door to the main hall was opened, and the young unmarried girl had long been hiding aside. Qi Shiqi was surrounded by people and came into the house. They saw a screen there, with a handsome figure sitting inside, his heart beating fast.
Just like jumping out.
"Yan'er, I'm here." He called softly.
Tian Minyan had already put on the red hijab with a phoenix crown and was lowering her head. She saw the sound of footsteps. Step by step, her heart beat faster and faster as the footsteps approached. Looking through the red hijab, she saw a pair of gold-embroidered dragons.
brocade boots appeared in front of me.
Looking at the pair of beautiful hands stretched out, she suppressed her excitement and stretched out her trembling little hands. He held them gently, and warmth suddenly spread from the palms of her hands to her heart.
In the main room, Luo Shi and Tian Huairen were already sitting at the top waiting for tea.
Tian Minyan was helped in and walked in. She held the tea cup with both hands and offered tea to Tian Huairen: "My daughter bids farewell to her father. I would like to thank my father for his upbringing over the past sixteen years. I wish my father a long life and good health."
Tian Huairen took it, took a sip, his eyes were red, and he choked with sobs: "Okay, when you get married, you will obey your husband. You will be responsible for your husband and your children. You must not cause trouble, and you must respect your husband and your husband as guests..."
Tian Minyan was also a little sad, and choked with sobs: "Thank you father for listening to me."
Tian Huairen wiped away his tears, handed over a red envelope, and said with a smile: "Here is tea for your mother."
Tian Minyan offered tea to Luo Shi again. Luo Shi was already bursting into tears. She took the tea, took a sip, handed over a red envelope, and said: "You must be patient in everything, don't be willful..." He couldn't finish his words and couldn't go on.
"Mother." Tian Minyan burst into tears, and everyone in the room also had red eyes, holding handkerchiefs to wipe their tears.
"It won't look good if your makeup is stained by tears." As Quanfu's wife, the Protector of the Country hurriedly persuaded her and helped her up.
However, Tian Minyan knelt down to Luo Shi and the others again, kowtowed, and said, "Son, bid farewell to father and mother." She then walked out the door.
Little Yaya, wearing a Ruyi Xiangyun sweater, had been standing aside. As if she felt something, she broke free from the nanny's hand and ran over. She pulled Tian Minyan's skirt and said with a flat mouth: "Sister, where are you going? Sister,
Don’t go, sister..."
Tian Minyan's tears fell again, Luo Shi even cried and buried herself on Tian Huairen's shoulder, while Xiao Baozi also cried loudly when Yaya cried, as if he couldn't bear to leave.
She glanced at her closest relatives. Tian Minrui and Xiao Wu both turned to wipe their tears. For a moment, they had the impulse to not want to get married.
"Yaya, be good, sister went to buy Baihua candy for Yaya, and she will be back in a few days." After a few soft words of persuasion, Yaya finally calmed down. Tian Minyan glanced at Luo Shi and the others one last time, bit her lip,
Mrs. Ren Quanfu put her hijab back on.
Tian Minrui had wiped away her tears and came to squat down in front of Tian Minyan and said, "Sister, brother will take you out."
Tian Minyan pursed her lips, looked at the spacious back, and lay down, tears falling on his back, and whispered: "Thank you, brother."
"The bride is leaving!" Mrs. Quanfu shouted loudly, and firecrackers went off outside the door.
As early as when Tian Minyan was serving tea, the dowry had already been distributed. It was originally a rule of 128 units, but because of the addition of Princess Ruimin and Mrs. Liu, as well as the gifts given by the emperor and the concubines,
, a total of one hundred and sixty-eight units were added.
This first dowry was given by the emperor. It was placed brightly in front, which made people excited. As soon as the long dowry left the house, people on both sides of the street crowded around it. Those unmarried people were surrounded by people.
The woman was even more envious.
Tian Minyan, on the other hand, was sent to the wedding car with a red apple in her hand, and she was extremely nervous.
It takes half an hour to walk from the Zhongxian County Bo's Mansion to Prince Xian's Mansion, but for today's wedding, there is no turning back, so we have made a full circle in Kyoto.
"Oh my god, the groom is so handsome."
"Huimin County Lord is so lucky."
"Congratulations to Prince Xian on your wedding."
Sitting in the wedding car pulled by eight horses, Tian Minyan could not help but slightly raise the corners of her lips when she heard the admiration of the people outside.
Qi Qi Shiqi was also very happy. When he gave the reward, he threw the money into the crowd as if he didn't need any money, which made the blessings get louder and louder.
After spending countless wedding money along the way, they arrived at Prince Xian's Mansion. It was already the end of the wedding day. He heard a sound of fortune-telling, as if a shot was fired at the car door. Tian Minyan's heart trembled, and then the car door was kicked.
She hurriedly kicked back, and when she heard the low laughter from the outsiders, she unconsciously raised the corners of her lips.
The sedan door opened and a hand stretched out. She held it gently and was led forward by him.
"Ten steps ahead is the brazier." Qi Shiqi's voice sounded in her ears, and her heart felt warm.
After stepping over the brazier, I heard him say that five steps was the threshold, and was pulled steadily all the way to the main hall of the palace.
In the main hall, the person sitting at the top is Emperor Rende, but the one beside him is empty. I heard that the queen is ill and cannot come, but on both sides, there are many princes and ministers.
The ceremonial officer stood at the top right, watching the newlyweds slowly enter the venue and walk to the center of the hall. He immediately sang a long voice: "The newlyweds enter the venue, kneel...and worship the heaven and the earth."
Tian Minyan was reminded by Qi Shiqi to turn around and kneel down. She was helped up by him again and knelt down again after the second bow.
The high hall of Qi Shiqi was no longer there. As the elder brother is like father, Emperor Rende sat in that position as a matter of course.
"Husband and wife pay homage..."
The two of them bowed facing each other, and both breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the sound of the ceremony.
"Send to the bridal chamber."
The two of them were taken all the way to the main courtyard of Prince Xian's mansion and entered the bridal chamber. All the girls and ladies bowed their knees and saluted and blessed them.
"Please ask the groom to choose a hijab." Xiniang handed Qi Shiqi a gold scale.
Qi Qi Shiqi took it and watched as Tian Minyan's hijab gently lifted and the red hijab fell to the ground.
Tian Minyan felt her eyes light up, raised her head, met Qi Shiqi's eyes, and couldn't help but lower her head shyly.
Immediately afterwards, Qi Shiqi was also invited to sit on the wedding bed, and Xi Niang cut off a small lock of their hair, intertwined them together, and sang: "Tie your hair together, and your love will last until your hair grows old."
Then, they tied their clothes together and sang another auspicious saying.
Tian Minyan kept her head lowered shyly until she suddenly felt a pain on her head and face. She raised her head with a cry and saw Xiniang holding a wedding basin and throwing some auspicious objects such as peanuts, longans and lychees onto them.
"Bear it." Qi Shiqi held her hand and said softly.
Holding back the pain, after the rain of dried fruits, a cup of Hexin wine was served. The two of them intertwined their hands. After drinking, Xi Niang took the Hexin cup and threw it on the bed. When she saw it, she laughed and sang: "Look up."
If they work together, good luck will come.”
Tian Minyan's face turned red, but Qi Qiqi was smiling. Looking at her beautiful face, he narrowed his eyes with a smile.
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the princess."
"Reward!" Qi Shiqi raised his hands happily, and everyone laughed more and more.
At this time, there were noisy sounds outside, but some female relatives came to see the bride and reminded Qi Shiqi to go back to the banquet for a toast.
"You eat something first and wait for me for a while. I'll be back as soon as I go." Qi Shiqi whispered in her ear.
Tian Minyan nodded shyly and said like a mosquito: "Drink less."
Qi Shiqi laughed and strode out. At this time, the female relatives outside the door also walked in. The leader was Princess Ruimin, and Tian Minyan greeted her with a smile.
"I'm here to chat with you and meet these clan ladies." Princess Ruimin took her hand and said, pointing to a lady beside her and said: "This is your third uncle, this is your elder sister."
sister in law..."
Tian Minyan was smiling as she went through the ceremony one by one and listened to their praises. She just smiled indifferently and blushed at the right time. She finally got over the laughter. Those ladies were considerate of her and left. Then she breathed a sigh of relief.
"As you wish, wait for me to take a bath." She pressed her stiff smile and shouted loudly. Next, there was a battle to be fought.
Six thousand is not divided into chapters, don’t say I have fewer. It’s too cold and my hands are stiff. I really can’t write anymore. It’s my first time to write about an ancient wedding. It’s very rough. I’m sorry, but it took me a whole night to write~