Outside the Chongyang Palace, the rising sun hung high, and inside the Chongyang Palace, after the eunuch holding the holy decree sang loudly the sentence "Fengtian carrier, my emperor's edict!" ｛

It's okay to be outside the Chongyang Palace, because the terrain is open, even if there are a large number of people kneeling, hundreds, but there is no sound. However, although the Chongyang Hall is empty, it is too quiet, so with the action of everyone in the Chongyang Hall kneeling down one after another, the sound of various clothes rubbing and knees touching the ground comes and goes.

Looking inside and outside the Chongyang Palace, but in the blink of an eye, he knelt down all over the ground-

In the Chongyang Palace, up to Wang Quan, the prince of the country, Yan Qingqiu, the princess of Haoyue, Yan Qingqiu, the first-grade cabinet scholar, Xiao Zhi, the first-rank loyal and righteous general, Xu Qiyu (Xiao's direct subordinate), and Yang Xianqi, the third-grade Jin Ziguanglu doctor (Yang Zhongyong's eldest son), ......

Outside the Chongyang Palace, up to the first-rank Lady Yurong and Lady Yuling of the Yan Kingdom, as well as the civil and military ministers of the Chibing Kingdom below the fifth rank, down to the low-level (including but not limited to the seventh, eighth, and ninth ranks) saber guards, palace maids and eunuchs who did not even have a rank......

Such a large number of courtiers and chamberlains who were either prominent, or holding real power, or holding heavy soldiers, or unknown courtiers and chamberlains, regardless of their status, at this time, pressed their left hand to their right hand, supported on the ground, their hands in front of their knees, and their heads behind their hands knelt on the ground.

Bow to the ground: The worshipper kneels on the ground, press the right hand with his left hand, support on the ground, and then slowly kowtow to the ground, stay for a long time, the hand in front of the knee, the head behind the hand, this is the heaviest etiquette in the "nine bows". On the Tiancheng Continent, there have been dynasties and dynasties. Only kings can enjoy such great gifts.

However, in the empty Chongyang Palace, it was a long time after the sound of the rubbing of various clothes and the sound of knees touching the ground had settled. In the Chongyang Palace, it was still silent.

Half an hour passed, and in the Chongyang Palace, among the ministers kneeling on the ground, some of the more courageous ministers couldn't help but secretly raise their eyes and look at the nine steps. But I saw the eunuch standing on the edge of the golden pedestal, which was more than two meters high, carved with countless waves and moire vermilion lacquer railings, squinting at the fourteen open doors of the Chongyang Palace.

The eunuch was looking at nothing else, it was the bunch of civil and military ministers and saber guards outside the Chongyang Palace. The eunuch wanted to see if the bunch of civil and military ministers and saber guards outside the Chongyang Hall all knelt down and prepared to listen to the order, but the distance was too far, and no matter how the eunuch squinted and looked closely, he couldn't see clearly after all.

So, after a short while, it was estimated that everyone outside the Chongyang Hall should all kneel, and the eunuch lowered his eyes again, looking at the unfolded one he was holding in his hand. A bright yellow scroll filled with dense seal scripts.

After a while, I heard the eunuch who was holding the dust whisk in his right hand and the holy decree in both hands, chanting aloud: "Edict: Etiquette is prudent at the beginning, and righteousness is also important: all marriages are still in human ethics; The crown prince is Xu, the deputy is a genus, benevolent and filial piety, and he is from Jichen. The style is prepared for the ceremony, the upper and lower things are followed, the gentleman is important, and the words are returned. Qin and Jin are resting together, it is good to become two surnames, Zhu Chen is comparable, and the joy of a hundred years of happiness is not comforted?

It is not only in the celebration of giving, it is advisable to apply for the zes of the people, and should be the prisoners of the world. It is advisable to avoid death for capital crimes, and to be sent to the far northwest, to be reduced to imprisonment, and to be released after the crime has been convicted. His crimes of forging a false head, colluding with the knowing, and being a false person are still subordinate to the people even though they are in vain. To the other do not allow things, all the ways to levy the family and widows and widows, the county magistrate to inspect the school, let go of the poor department, so that the business......;

In Beijing civil and military attachés above the ninth grade, see the foreign officials in Beijing because of the envoy and in Beijing in addition to the new five grades or above, the foreign officials have not resigned and sent to the official to the Shuo Wang, each give a turn. The East Palace officials and above the nine grades, and the Green Rite Society only serve officials, etc., are even more vigorous. The Five Rites Envoy is still in the Ministry of Soldiers...... Still with the six rank officials. Today, it is advisable to receive the gifts given to the officials of the pre-meeting, etc., and the gifts of each section should be received. The banqueter declares his affection, the person who awards the tin will make it will, the minister is clear, and he knows my heart. ”

Accompanied by the eunuch who stood on the edge of the golden pedestal, which was more than two meters high, carved with countless waves and cloud patterns, the eunuch who held the holy decree in both hands chanted the holy decree loudly word by word, and almost at the same time, in the empty Chongyang hall, the mountain cry of "Long live my emperor!" sounded in unison.

Outside the Chongyang Palace, in line with the steps inside the Chongyang Palace, the mountain cry of "Long live the Emperor, Long live, Long live, Long live, Long live, Long live, Long live,

However, because the number of people outside the Chongyang Hall is more than four times more than that in the Chongyang Palace, even if the outside of the Chongyang Hall is relatively empty, this mountain cry still rushes straight to the nine heavens, which is extremely deafening.

According to the ancestral system of the royal family of the Chibing Kingdom, on the day of the prince's wedding, the prince needs to bring his wife, that is, the crown princess, to the Chongyang Palace before the time, and the two of them first worship the heaven and earth in front of the palace gate to tell the spirit of heaven and earth;

After the holy decree was read, the protagonists of today's wedding, "Yan Ziming" and Yan Qingqiu, had already worshiped the Chibing Kingdom, when the emperor Yan Wulan was the queen of Shangguan, and at the same time, hundreds of officials thanked the emperor for his kindness, and today's wedding celebration is more than half completed.

As for the remaining half of today's wedding celebration, it is to wait until the evening, and the ministers of the Chibing Kingdom jointly participated in the flowing water banquet set up in the Zhengyang Hall and started at the beginning of the first day of Youchu, until the end of the banquet at the beginning of the first day, the hundred officials thanked the Holy Grace again, and each went out of the palace and returned home, so far, today's wedding celebration can be regarded as a successful end.

However, it has just passed the beginning of the year, and there are still at least three hours left before the flowing water banquet set up in the Zhengyang Hall and opened at the beginning of the first hour of Youchu, so what should "Yan Ziming" and Yan Qingqiu, the newlyweds, do in these three hours? What should Yan Wulan and Shangguan Mei, the most honorable couple in the Chibing Kingdom, do? What should those civil and military ministers of the Chibing Kingdom do?

It is true that the holy decree of the universal celebration has been read, and the newlyweds of "Yan Ziming" and Yan Qingqiu, who are waiting outside the Chongyang Palace, should be sent to the cave room by Mrs. Yurong and Mrs. Yuling, as well as the dozens of palace maids and eunuchs who are waiting outside the Chongyang Palace, that is, the palace where Yan Ziming, the prince of the Chibing Kingdom, lives in the palace of the Chibing Kingdom.

When they return to Weide Palace and return to the apse of the Qingxin Hall where Yan Ziming has lived for a long time, "Yan Ziming" and Yan Qingqiu, the newlyweds, will continue to carry out some unfinished rituals.

But. The following ceremonies did not require the civil and military ministers of the Red Ice Country to continue to watch the ceremony, but only a few noble women to assist in the ceremony.

When all the rituals are completed, Yan Qingqiu, as one of the protagonists of today, needs to continue to stay in the Weide Palace. Yan Ziming, who is the other protagonist today, wants to burn incense and bathe, change his robes, and then rush to the flowing water banquet set up in the Zhengyang Hall and open at the beginning of Youchu......

And those civil and military ministers of the Red Ice Country who have nothing to do. Taking advantage of the fact that the flowing water banquet at the beginning of the Youchu was far from the beginning of the time set up in the Zhengyang Palace, they naturally needed to hurry up and leave the palace, rush back to their respective mansions, go to the good students to change their clothes and freshen up, and then rush into the palace with one of their family members who were also neatly dressed and full of spirit, and participate in the flowing water banquet set up in the Zhengyang Palace.

As for Yan Wulan and Shangguan Mei, the most noble couple in the Red Ice Country, the two of them didn't need to do anything, they just needed to go back to their respective dormitories. Have a good rest, what should you do, wait until the beginning of the flowing water banquet in the Zhengyang Palace, and arrive on time to participate in the banquet.

Writing here, everyone must have discovered that looking inside and outside the Chongyang Palace, Yan Qingqiu couldn't find Yan Qingqiu's marriage anyway, Yan Guo was the son of heaven Yan Chang Emperor Yan Tian was the hand-appointed envoy for him, Yan Guozheng's second rank Wei Yuan general - Ouyang Ye's figure!

In fact. It is normal not to find Ouyang Ye's figure, because today, Ouyang Ye did not appear within a hundred miles of Chongyang Hall at all.

There are three reasons why Ouyang Ye did not attend today's wedding celebration:

First, whether it was the day before yesterday at the dust feast. Still yesterday in the Weide Palace, Ouyang Ye felt that Yan Ziming was indeed "stupid" from his conversation with Yan Ziming. If it's someone else, it's just that, Yan Ziming is the prince of a country, and in the face of Yan Ziming's "stupid" behavior, he is as cold as Ouyang Ye. I can't see it.

And Ouyang Ye was selfish, and he didn't want to admit that Yan Ziming was the husband Yan Qingqiu was about to marry......

Second, because of what happened in Weide Palace yesterday, Ouyang Ye was later severely disgusted by Mrs. Yurong, Ouyang Ye was depressed, and he didn't want to come to this wedding ceremony today, he just wanted to stay quietly alone.

As for the last reason...... In his selfish heart, Ouyang Ye was unwilling to watch Yan Qingqiu bow with his own eyes......

So, Ouyang Ye simply used the excuse of this journey from Yan Country to Chibing Country, thousands of miles, long journeys, and hard work, Ouyang Ye suddenly felt unwell, and he was unwilling to support his body to participate in today's wedding celebration, so as not to lose face to Yan Guo and Yan Qingqiu at that time, and took leave from the Chibing National Rite Department, Yan Qingqiu, and Mrs. Yurong and Mrs. Yuling......

At this moment, Ouyang Ye, who did not attend the daytime wedding celebration under the pretext of being unwell, was huddled in the embassy hall arranged by the Ministry of Rites of the Red Ice State, looking at the sun and sighing......

Ouyang Ye sighed: If he can hide for a while, he can't hide for a lifetime, he can excuse himself from being unwell not to attend the big wedding celebration in the daytime, but he has no excuse not to participate in the flowing water banquet set up in the Zhengyang Palace, at the beginning of Youchu! At that time, he still has to meet the stupid waste prince of the Chibing Kingdom......

Don't care about Ouyang Ye, let's talk about it, in the Chongyang Palace, after the holy decree of the Red Ice Kingdom was almost read out, and the hundred officials thanked the Holy Grace according to the routine, Yan Wulan and Shangguan Mei took the lead in getting up from the Nine Dragons Golden Throne and left the Chongyang Hall hand in hand.

After Yan Wulan and Shangguan Mei left, Wang Quan, who was disguised as Yan Ziming, took the initiative to take Yan Qingqiu's left hand and led Yan Qingqiu out of Chongyang Palace.

Then, it was Yang Zhongyong, Xiao Zhi, Xu Qiyu and other civil and military ministers of the Chibing Kingdom who left Chongyang Hall one after another.

After Mrs. Yurong and Mrs. Yuling, who could only wait outside the Chongyang Hall because of their identities, as well as dozens of palace maids and eunuchs who walked out of the Chongyang Hall hand in hand with Wang Quan and Yan Qingqiu, everyone followed one after another, and rushed to the Qingxin Hall of Weide Palace to continue the remaining unfinished wedding ceremony.

If you really want to talk about it, the wedding of the prince of a country naturally has no cave room to make trouble, but the etiquette and ceremonies that should be there are the same.

In particular, the royal family is not as good as the people, and the royal wedding is quite complicated, and the newlyweds must first worship the gods after entering the cave room, and express their respect to the heavens, earth, and ancestors. Of course, in fact, this kind of worship is already performed before entering the cave room, but according to the royal etiquette, even if you are in the same prison, you have to worship in a few days after the marriage.

In addition, there is a dining table under the west window of the new house, and in front of the table there are beans, baskets, baskets, and figurines that symbolize the same banquet of husband and wife, which means the same as the folk "eat a pot of rice later".

After entering the cave house, the worship is carried out before the "union ceremony", and it is performed by the newlyweds together. And every time the sacrifice is made, the newlyweds have to eat together.

And the so-called "Heyu ceremony" is the so-called "drinking a glass of wine" among the people.

"He" refers to the newlyweds drinking with each other, note that it is just a cup and an exchange of cups, not a "cross-drinking wine" that is drunk with arms like many misleading costume dramas in modern society.

"Together" originally meant that the gourd was broken into two, and the combination became one. Divide it into two and hold the wine separately. The bride and groom mix the wine in their respective cups and drink them together, which is called "togetherness".

Originally, the "Hexuan" used a gourd, which was bitter, and it must be bitter when used to hold wine. It is divided into two, symbolizing that the newlyweds will be united into one by the wedding. Therefore, the newlyweds drink wine together, which not only symbolizes the union of husband and wife and the eternal marriage, but also contains the deep meaning of letting the bride and groom share weal and woe.

"Togetherness" is the most socially significant part of the wedding. It is an indispensable ritual for every newlywed couple to get married, and the "Marriage Ceremony" has been passed down to future generations and developed into a wine feast. "Eating and drinking" has become the abbreviation of folk weddings. The feast ranges from simple to complex, but the main significance is that the marriage is recognized by relatives and friends.

Therefore, Wang Quan, who was disguised as Yan Ziming, joined hands with Yan Qingqiu, took Mrs. Yurong and Mrs. Yuling, as well as dozens of palace maids and eunuchs back to the apse of the Qingxin Hall of Weide Palace, and began to worship the gods non-stop and express respect to the heavens, the earth, and the ancestors. (To be continued.) )