Chapter 271 The bride and groom are sent into the bridal chamber!
After bidding farewell to their families, Rulan and Minglan each got into their own eight-carriage sedan chair.
Riding in a sedan chair may not be a pleasure, especially in a ceremony as demanding as a wedding.
First of all, after the bride sits down in the sedan chair, she can no longer move her hips, which means that the marriage will be "safe and stable".
Then, there were two women with full blessings, each holding a bronze foot stove burning charcoal fire and spices, and placed it under the bride's seat.
Fortunately, it is late spring now. If we do this in the dog days of summer, Rulan and Minglan will have to cover their butts with prickly heat.
Then firecrackers are lit, and tea leaves, glutinous rice and other objects are scattered on the top of the sedan to drive away evil spirits and dispel darkness. After this ceremony, the sedan can be officially lifted off.
The sound of crackling firecrackers was heard endlessly. Wei Chen rode a jade lion in front, with two eight-carriage sedans behind. The group of people played and beat their way out of Sheng's house, onto the street, and headed towards Wei's house.
Women on the street covered their children's ears, while men rushed to get the money distributed by the wedding team along the street, saluting and congratulating the groom with a smile.
The groom's official, Wei Chen, was riding on a tall horse, looking high-spirited from head to toe, and kept clasping his fists in return to the common people along the way.
Along the way that the Wei family's wedding team walked, there was a festive and joyful atmosphere everywhere.
Rulan and Minglan were sitting in the sedan chair, with the deafening sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers ringing in their ears, and the streets were filled with the sound of people laughing and talking.
The large bridal sedan carried by eight people has an extremely spacious interior. The interior of the sedan is decorated with pearls and jade, painted with gold, and is very exquisite and gorgeous.
The sedan chair moved quite smoothly without any shaking, but Rulan and Minglan's moods were ups and downs.
Just a moment ago, I was crying because I was separated from my relatives. In the blink of an eye, I suddenly burst into tears and smiled, wiping my tears, showing a happy and shy look.
Not long after I was happy, I seemed to remember something sad, and I frowned and sobbed softly.
This was repeated over and over again, and I don’t know how long I sat in the sedan chair. I heard someone shouting from a distance: "The bride is here, the bride is here!"
Only then did Rulan and Minglan break free from the complicated and tangled psychological activities along the way.
No matter how happy and hopeful I was in my heart, and how anxious I was, I finally left my parents’ home and arrived at my husband’s home.
Once you enter the Wei family, you become a member of the Wei family from now on, and there is no way out.
The time when the sedan chair entered the gate of the guard house was very precise, it happened to be the time when the sun was setting and the sky was filled with red clouds.
The central gate of the Wei Mansion was opened wide, music was played and cannons were played to welcome the sedan chair.
The two bridal sedans fell steadily, and the surrounding music stopped abruptly. Only the salute officer could be heard singing loudly: "The drums and music are noisy in Bianzhou. Today, the Weaver Girl is paired with a petunia. My relatives come to pick up the treasure. I will add makeup and food to stay in the past!"
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Then I saw Wei Ruyi coming out with a bowl of rice. She walked to the first sedan chair, opened the sedan curtain, and said with a smile: "Bride, please open your mouth to receive the meal."
When a bride enters the house, she must go through this process, which means that she eats food from her husband's family and becomes her husband's family.
Ru Lan took off the round fan that covered her face and looked at the ordinary bowl of glutinous rice in front of her.
I heard that when many brides arrive at their husband's house, their mother-in-law feeds them cold rice as the first bite in order to give their daughter-in-law a show of strength.
Although Wei Ruyi is not much of a mother-in-law, she is still regarded as a relative by Wei Chen, and Wei Ruyi is also Minglan's aunt...
Recalling what her mother said to her before she got married, Ru Lan couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but she still resolutely took a mouthful of rice and put it in her mouth.
However, to Rulan's surprise, the rice was very soft, glutinous and warm in the mouth, as it had just been steamed.
Rulan raised her head in surprise, facing Shangwei Ruyi's warm and kind smile, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, and at the same time she felt an incomparable feeling in her heart.
It seems that Minglan's aunts are also excellent people like Minglan. What my mother said to me to guard against them is really judging a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart.
Ru Lan immediately put Wang Ruofu's advice behind her, and her affection for Wei Ruyi greatly increased. She then bowed her head respectfully and said, "Thank you so much, aunt."
Wei Ruyi smiled and nodded towards Rulan, then walked to the other sedan, opened the sedan curtain and said: "Bride, open your mouth to accept the meal."
Ming Lan in the sedan removed her fan, looked at her aunt and aunt with a smile, and then, like Ru Lan, took a mouthful of rice and ate it.
At this time, the salute officer sang loudly: "Please get off the bride's sedan chair!"
As soon as the voice fell, the drums played loudly, and the female servant in the guard house picked up the flower bucket containing grain, beans, money, and colorful fruits, and threw it towards the door.
This is to suppress the "three evil spirits" of green sheep, black chicken, and green ox. The three evil spirits are at the door, and newcomers cannot enter, otherwise they will harm the elders and lead to childlessness.
Only after sowing the grain and beans and avoiding the three evil spirits can the newcomers enter.
Amidst the bursts of firecrackers, the two brides covered their faces with fans, the little magpie held Rulan, and the little peach held Minglan, and each got off the sedan chair.
From the sedan chair to the house, there are bright red felt mats, and there is a person walking backwards in front holding a bronze mirror.
Rulan and Minglan walked on felt mats to the gate of Wei's house, first stepped across the scale and then across the saddle.
The praising official said from the side: "The scale is flat, the saddle is safe, the scale and the saddle are combined, and everything is safe!"
Wei Chen was waiting behind the saddle, clad in red and green, holding a wooden tube made of locust wood and holding a concentric knot made of colorful threads.
Little Magpie and Xiao Tao handed the two ends of the concentric knot to Rulan and Minglan respectively, and then quietly stepped aside.
Wei Chen led the two brides into the courtyard gate. The couple first went to the altar table in the courtyard to worship heaven and earth, then went into the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and then came to the central hall.
In the hall, Wei Xicun, the elder of the Wei family, sat at the head on behalf of the Wei family elders. Zhuang Jun, Zhang Ming, and Wei Ruyi sat on the left and right respectively.
In addition to these four people, Han Zhang, the bachelor of Longtuge, Lu Zongdai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Tingxi, the scholar of Hanlin and Zhan Shifu, Wang Wenqing, minister of Dali Temple, Qi Guogong, Ying Gong, Ningyuan Hou, Zhongqin Bo...
Almost all the ministers and lords were present, and those who were not present also sent congratulatory gifts, which shows that this wedding was of high standard.
After lighting candles, burning incense, blowing firecrackers, and playing music, the salute officer sang: "The cigarettes are misty, the candles are brilliant, the bride and groom are in the flower hall together!"
Wei Chen and Rulan Minglan took their seats in response and worshiped in the high hall with the chanting officer. Wei Xicun smiled and stuffed a gold bracelet for Rulan, then turned around and stuffed another gold chain for Minglan.
These two items were heirlooms of Wei Chen's family. They were forced to sell them for pawns when they were in embarrassment in the past. Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi spent a lot of time in Youyang to find the items again.
After paying homage to Gaotang, the couple paid homage to their aunt, uncle and teacher Zhuang Jun in turn.
The celebrant chanted loudly: "The newlyweds move across the high hall, the goddess and the fairy man enter the bridal chamber. There are many bonuses in the market, and the tents in the five directions are filled with yin and yang. The bride and groom are sent into the bridal chamber!"