According to etiquette, there will be a hairpin ceremony for royal princesses, which is complicated and grand. According to the rules, the emperor and queen will participate, but not every princess can participate. To put it bluntly, you have to have someone willing to worry about it for you, otherwise you will be in the harem.
In this event, just hold a hasty one and let the queen show up.
But as Huo Qijing said, she will marry as a minister's daughter in the future, so it is best to do the hairpin ceremony at the Yan family.
Meng Min discussed the matter with the imperial concubine and settled the matter.
The ceremony for women and hairpins mainly involves the parents of the hairdresser, plus the guest of honor, usually the woman’s elders. Yousi, usually the etiquette officer, serves the hairdresser with a tray and assists the guest of honor. The person who praises the hairpin is usually a good friend of the hairdresser.
Or a sister, who assists the guest of honor in completing the ceremony, and giving a compliment is equivalent to hosting the ceremony.
The rest are the guests watching the ceremony, and most of them are women.
Because Yan Shiyue's situation was quite special, Yan Chengyuan was simply not allowed to show up. She and the imperial concubine were the "hosts", the eldest princess Yongkang was the guest of honor, and the crown princess was the guest of honor. You can find a female official to praise. If there is a minister, she will be called Sheng Shihe.
Just let Joe do it.
After it was settled, Meng Min called Yan Shiyue and told her.
Yan Shiyue had no objection. Meng Min said to her, "I asked you to come here mainly to talk to you about the third bedroom."
She pondered for a moment: "Your third uncle left early, leaving only one daughter, named Yan Ronghua. I'll call you to see him another day. Yesterday, your third aunt came over to beg me and wanted to ask Yan Ronghua to be the praiser, but I refused.
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She paused for a moment: "I actually feel very sorry. Your third aunt and I were good friends and have always been very close to each other. At the beginning, I was the one who married in first. Seeing that your third uncle is a good person, I thought of giving him to you.
The two of them pulled strings and managed to get them to meet each other, and then your third uncle fell in love with her, so he asked someone to propose the marriage."
As she spoke, she sighed: "Who would have known that within three years of getting married, your third uncle would be gone, leaving only your third aunt. The child was a posthumous child. At that time, your third aunt heard about your third uncle's death.
, I was anxious for a while, I had a fetal movement, and I was born half a month prematurely, but I managed to nurse it back."
She paused, "Because of this, I have always felt a little ashamed of her."
"Now that the emperor has given him a mansion, he moved out from Prince An's Mansion. However, because of...that beast thing, the little lady in the family has a bad reputation. When you went to Xuzhou, your third aunt also came to see me.
In fact, even if she doesn't look for me, I will still look for her. Rong Hua is already seventeen, and it's time for her to talk to her. If we don't help, she is a widowed woman and can't go out. I'm afraid she won't be able to talk to her in the future.
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She patted her hand: "This is an idea in my mind, I want to take care of her. But no matter what, it can't be compared with my Yue'er. Ji Li is a serious matter. She lost her father before she was born, and her life is ominous.
, you can’t be a complimenter. What I mean is that I want to invite her to come and watch the ceremony. When the time comes, if you talk to her, you can also show her face."
Yan Shiyue responded.
In fact, she didn't really believe that it was so ominous, but hairpins were mainly a matter for outsiders to see. She couldn't bring someone who was obviously inappropriate out, otherwise everyone would probably think something was going on.
After the discussion was completed, Yan Shiyue came out, remembering to tell Weibo to call her little apprentice Tang Xiu to have a fun time together.
Just as she was talking, someone came over and saluted her: "Yan Ronghua has met His Highness."
Yan Shiyue turned around. Yan Ronghua seemed a little nervous. As soon as she turned around, she buried her head.
Yan Shiyue stretched out his hand to help her up: "Sisters, you and I, there's no need to be polite."
Yan Ronghua said hurriedly: "Thank you, Your Highness." She straightened up.
She had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a round face. She raised her eyes carefully and glanced at her: "Rong Hua has admired His Highness's name for a long time and has always wanted to meet His Highness. Fortunately, I can see him today."
Yan Shiyue nodded: "Yes."
Yan Ronghua said: "Second Sister-in-Law was kind enough to invite Rong Hua to attend His Highness's hairpin ceremony. Rong Hua thought that she would come to meet Your Highness. Does Your Highness know about it?"
Yan Shiyue said: "My mother-in-law told me that you can come directly when the time comes."
Yan Ronghua didn't say much and said goodbye wisely: "Then I won't disturb Your Highness. Rong Hua will leave."
Yan Shiyue nodded, turned and left.
She prefers cute and cute girls like Tang Xiu, or straightforward girls like Qin Shiniang. She doesn't like girls like Yan Ronghua... who are too orthodox, so to speak.
Don't move!
But it shouldn't be difficult to find her a good husband-in-law in the traditional sense.
Yan Ronghua retreated slowly.
She and the Sun family are now staying in the Prince's Mansion. Meng Min is kind-hearted and considerate of their difficult life in Prince An's Mansion, so he takes the initiative to invite them to stay for a few months.
When Mrs. Sun saw her, she said, "Is it visible?"
"I've seen it before." Yan Ronghua whispered: "She has a dragon pendant hanging around her waist!"
Sun was surprised. After a long while, she said: "I didn't expect that the emperor really loves her so much."
She paused: "Is she easy to get along with?"
"Looks okay," Yan Ronghua said: "He is dressed in men's clothing and has a free and easy manner. He shouldn't be the kind of narrow-minded person."
"That's good," Mrs. Sun gently rubbed the back of her hand, full of affection: "My son, my mother-in-law can't help you with anything like this. You have to rely on yourself for everything... With my son's intelligence, I have to borrow
It is not difficult for Yan Shiyue to win the favor. I heard that Yan Shiyue is very protective of the maids around her. As long as my son can please her, not to mention marriage, I will have nothing to worry about for the rest of his life."
Yan Ronghua nodded slowly: "I know, mom, don't worry."
Originally, the guests for the wedding ceremony had already been decided, and the letters and invitations had been sent out, but a small incident occurred.
Queen Su invited the emperor to see him and expressed her sincerity that she was willing to go to the prince's palace to be the guest of honor.
Originally, it was indeed more suitable for the imperial concubine to be the host and the empress to be the guest of honor than the eldest princess Yongkang, but when Emperor Ming Yan thought of Yan Shiyue's way of saying "I only give it to the people I like," he was a little confused.
But it is commendable that the queen took the initiative to do this.
Therefore, Emperor Ming Yan said very kindly: "It's good that you have this intention, but Yue'er's hairpin ceremony is held as a daughter of the Yan family, so there is no need to do so."
The queen then withdrew.
After such a long time, it was rare to see Emperor Ming Yan's good expression, and I felt faintly proud, thinking that this step was the right one.
Her elation only lasted until the afternoon.
When the Queen Mother heard about this, she called the imperial concubine and said that she would be the guest of honor.
Even Emperor Ming Yan was shocked because he didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so interested.
Although it's a bit of a fuss, it's rare for the Queen Mother to be happy, so the younger generation can only serve her with sincerity and fear!
So everyone could only take a step back one by one. The Queen Mother would be the guest of honor, the Crown Princess would still be the one giving praise, the eldest princess Yongkang would be the one giving the praise, and the third and fourth princes would be the guest. (To be continued)