Chapter 13: The Emperor's Wedding
After the hot period of June, in July, the Empress Dowager decreed that Hesheri, the granddaughter of the auxiliary minister Soni and the daughter of the Minister of the Interior, Kabula, was appointed as the queen and performed the Nacai ceremony. On the night I left home, I slept with my sister, looked at my sister's delicate face, and had to sigh: Only the Son of Heaven can marry a lovely child like my sister. The two sisters talked a lot that night, and when we got up the next day, we were in good spirits.
Early in the morning, the eunuch who gave the gifts was delivered to the bride's house, and the important gifts were horses and saddles. Before the wedding, the officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison chose an auspicious day, and the emperor sent a group headed by the Minister of the Interior, including three princesses, the wives of the three regents, and chamberlains and guards, to deliver the gifts to the bride's house. There were ten horses with full saddle bridles, ten armour, a hundred brocades, and two hundred other fine cloths. I knew that the emperor valued Sinology before, and now the ceremony of the Han marriage is used in the big wedding, which is also a respect for the Yue family. The whole family lined up on both sides of the courtyard and knelt three times and bowed nine times to the north (the emperor's throne faced south) to thank the emperor for his favor.
Entering September, this is also the canonization period, September 7, that is, the day before the wedding, the emperor sent Manchurian ministers to pay tribute to heaven and earth, Taimiao, and Sheji. On the same day, the big ceremony (i.e., the dowry ceremony) was held. The dowry consisted of 20,000,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, 1 gold teapot, 2 silver teapots, a pair of silver chests, 1,000 brocades, 20 saddles, and 40 horses. This ritual also ends with the people of Hesheri House kneeling three times and bowing nine times in thanksgiving.
The big wedding was held on September 8. Emperor Kangxi Taihe Hall watched the canonization of Empress Xiaocheng's seal and golden seal. Then, he handed over the two symbols of the queen to the envoys of the Qin faction, who held the treasures in their hands, and the courtiers followed him and sent them to the back residence.
The queen received these two symbols, knelt and bowed, and then took a sedan chair to the palace. In front of the sedan chair was led by the wives of four ministers, and behind the sedan chair were followed by the wives of seven ministers, all of whom rode on horseback. Escorted on both sides by chamberlains and chamberlains, the queen's retinue was allowed to walk on the royal road leading to the middle palace.
The big wedding was held in the palace, and the emperor bowed to the queen mother and the queen mother to thank him, and then went to the palace to give the queen's relatives and kings a banquet. At the same time, the Empress Dowager led the wives of the ministers and the regents to the Empress Dowager's palace, where they hosted a banquet to entertain the ladies of the Hesheri Mansion and the Wanyan Mansion. At about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the big wedding ended with the traditional Han banquet. After the feast, the emperor and empress stayed in the middle palace. That is, the cave room in the Han wedding.
I haven't seen my sister for two months, but I saw that she is improving very well now, and I saw me and Eniang staring with tears in our eyes from a distance. There are a lot of rules in the harem, but she can only help Mama Xi to stay in the middle palace, and Eniang can only put away her sadness and talk to all the wives with a smile.
The Queen Mother looked at E-Niang Xu is thinking of leaving her hometown and coming here, and for a while she felt sorry for E-Niang and said: "Mrs. Hesheri, the queen is a good or you teach well, and now she is blessed to marry into the royal family, there has not been such a lovely person in this palace for a long time, and the mourning family and the empress dowager have been looking forward to such a day for a long time."
The queen mother is also a hard worker, for the honor of the family has to come to this deep palace, the queen mother is also guilty of this niece, since the queen mother likes her sister, she will help one or two in the future. E-Niang smiled sincerely when she thought of this.
No matter how Ao Bai tried to win over the ministers in front of the court to oppose the emperor marrying the daughter of the Hesheri family, but now he is indeed married, and he can be regarded as the first queen of the Manchu people, so what, the two mountain empress dowagers and the empress dowager in the palace have not asked to marry the daughter of the Mongolian family, how can you be a minister to meddle in the emperor's family affairs.
Regardless of the previous dynasty, the ladies of Hesheri were not affected in the slightest.
"Did the girl go to that yard again?" asked Ke'er
"The girl has a deep relationship with your master, and since your master entered the palace, the girl has been going to the palace once a day, isn't there something to find the girl?" Grandma Zhang said.
"That's right, Zhengmei next to Mrs. just spread the word that yes, Renyazi brought a lot of little girls for the girl to pick it" Ke'er turned around and said: "I'll go find the girl."
I saw leaning on the pear blossom wooden chair, the chair was covered with white fur, Ke'er seemed to see the big girl in a trance, and then shook her head and smiled: "The girl's wife called you to go to the front yard to choose some maids."
Seeing that she was panting and pouting, I deliberately said: "Why are you panicking like this, do you wish I had chosen a maid, you should go to Mrs. Filial Piety."
"The girl really wronged the slave maid, the slave maid can't wait to stay with the girl, the girl doesn't think I'm an eyesore," Ke'er said, and then pretended to be sad and said: "Could it be that the girl has a new maid, and she forgets my old one, and the slave and maid really hurt her heart."
"Good sister, it's my fault, how can Yao'er dislike Sister Ke'er, Yao'er likes her sister's pastries the most, without my sister, Yao'er can't sleep well" I shook Ke'er's hand and said coquettishly.
"Poof, the girl's feelings are still because the things made by the slave maid are delicious, the slave maid understands today" and then smiled again: "Mrs. I'm afraid I'm in a hurry, let's go and have a look."
I understand Ke'er's thoughts, she is the big girl given by Eniang, and she represents Eniang's face, and now in addition to the grandmother in my house, she is in charge of it, and today there are bound to be some people in the house, and my answer is also to confirm her heart.
Since the last time I had an accident in Wanyan Mansion, the family has picked up some maids, and it is said that the eldest girl married into the palace to accumulate blessings, but it is more or less involved in that incident. Although Liu'er's girl said that I promised to let her be by my side, but this kind of slave who is carrying it may be carried again one day, it is not good to put such a time bomb by her side, and because she has a reputation for saving and meritorious, it is not easy to send her, and she was sold to get rid of slavery, and it is also up to her own creation.
It's just that this time I drove away, there were a lot fewer people in the house, especially around the few girls and young masters in the house, but the manpower was a little insufficient.
As the maid walked to Eniang's room, Eniang stopped talking to Mama and said to me: "I think you also went to Fang'er" After that, she looked at me lovingly and said again: "Your sister just got married, it is not good to let her family enter the palace, and it must be okay in a few days."
When I heard it, I happily asked if it was true, and the depressed mood dissipated, and suddenly remembered Ke'er and said: "E-niang, after choosing the maid today, will Ke'er still stay with me?" After speaking, he looked at Eniang with very expectant eyes.
E-Niang smiled: "I actually want someone to come to E-Niang, even if this girl is in you, I can rest assured, so I will call your heart to stay."
After I heard it, I was delighted with Ke'er, and my mother said to Ke'er: "When the girl chooses the maid, you will train and train, starting with the second-class maid, and then put the previous second-class maid up to see the temperament of the two."
After saying that, they went to the front yard together.