24: Marriage
April 26, is the auspicious day of the zodiac chosen by the Ministry of Rites, the crown prince and concubine have always been extremely important, this time because it is the emperor to marry, the Ministry of Rites will pay more attention, the six rites are prepared, dare not slack off.
On the day of Rong Yuan's wedding, at the beginning of Yin, a female deacon led her to worship her ancestors in the ancestral hall of Rongfu, then listened to her father's teachings, and then worshiped the elders in the clan one by one, and then the female deacon led her back to her house, changed into the princess concubine's auspicious clothes sent by the palace, and wore nine dragons and four phoenix crowns, and was luxurious and arrogant.
When he was busy until about the beginning of the morning, Rong Yuan couldn't help but ask, "What time do you have to wait?" ”
In fact, she was already a little sleepy at this time, and she was wearing a heavy phoenix crown on her head and a whole set of heads, and she only felt tired.
The deaconess on the side chuckled and said to her: "Don't worry, princess, in half an hour, Your Highness will pass through the palace." ”
Rong Yuan didn't want to say more, but she was afraid of making people laugh at her and was in a hurry to get on the sedan chair, so she lowered her head and fiddled with the dragon and phoenix jade pendant in her hand.
It wasn't until the hour of Chenzheng that a celebrant shouted "The prince welcomes her", and she was covered with a red hijab, and the celebrant was led forward, and the two deacons went out with the help of one left and one right.
All the way to the middle hall, Rong Yuan stepped across the threshold, was handed over to the bride, she looked down and saw a pair of red boots, with eight dragons embroidered with gold thread on them, she knew that this was Zhao Yan.
The bride handed over the other end of the red silk to her, and heard the celebrant and the other people announce that the process was over, and the inner deacon asked for the public opinion, so she followed Zhao Yan step by step and walked out. It's just that Zhao Yan didn't care about her red silk hijab and couldn't see the road, she walked a little fast, she almost couldn't keep up a few times, but Xi Niang helped her by the side, so she stabilized her figure a little.
Suddenly, I remembered that Zhao Yancai had a new concubine before, and I felt a little unspeakable loss and sadness in my heart, not because I had any feelings for this person, but when I thought that I would support him for the rest of my life, I couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
And the internal official who followed Zhao Yan in front seemed to notice her embarrassment, and reminded Zhao Yan in a low voice: "Your Highness, the crown princess has a hijab, and it is not very convenient to walk. ”
She originally laughed at herself and thought that Zhao Yan should have pretended not to hear it. But I didn't want the footsteps of the person in front of me to really slow down, and a warm voice sounded in my ears: "It's my negligence, just slow down." ”
Rong Yuan thought again, maybe Zhao Yan would treat her well. After all, this person, even his voice was so gentle, like a clear stream, flowing into her heart, and even the little loss and sadness just now dissipated.
Waiting for the sedan chair, the inner deacon shouted "get up" in front of the Rong Mansion, she knew that in her life, with the royal family and Zhao Yan, she would be tied together, and she would never be cut again.
The sedan chair was carried all the way from the Yongding Gate to the Duanben Hall where Zhao Yan used to live, although Zhao Yan has been out of the palace to open the house, but the prince got married, according to the ancestral system or to spend the first night in the Duanben Palace, and stayed until the second day The prince and the princess worshiped the queen mother and the queen, and then went out of the palace and returned to the house, and the princess was visited by the servants of the inner house.
Because the wedding night was in the palace, it also saved Zhao Yan a lot of trouble, at least he didn't have to be afraid of people pouring wine or making too much trouble.
He was sitting next to Rong Yuan at the moment, listening to Xi Niang saying all kinds of auspicious words, a little impatient. Until Xi Niang reminded him for the second time that it was time to pick up Xipa, Rong Yuan's little hand was already tightly clenched in the cuffs.
Zhao Yan reached out to pick up the hijab, and when he saw the appearance of his crown princess clearly, he was stunned in place.
Rong Yuan became even more nervous when she saw him stunned, for fear that the makeup on her face would be spent, or she would not be in his eyes, so she shouted timidly: "Your Highness." ”
But he didn't want Zhao Yan to laugh suddenly, stretched out his hand to hold Rong Yuan's shoulder, and there was irrepressible excitement and joy in his voice: "It's you, my crown princess, it's you." ”
Xi Niang listened inexplicably, but she had to interrupt Zhao Yan's pleasure and signal that he should drink the wine. Zhao Yan didn't get distracted this time, but couldn't wait to take the wine cup, and then drank it all.
Xi Niang said some auspicious words again, before leading everyone to withdraw, Rong Yuan sat in front of the bronze mirror, dismantled his head little by little, and looked at Zhao Yan who was still excited through the bronze mirror, and was a little at a loss for a while, and his lips opened slightly, and he said softly: "Your Highness, I"
It's just that before she finished speaking, Zhao Yan came to her with a smiling face: "I've been looking for you for more than three months, and I haven't heard anything at all, but I didn't expect you to be my crown princess-" He paused, and actually stretched out his hand to unload Rong Yuan's head, "God knows how happy I am." ”
Rong Yuan was startled and shrank back, wanting to avoid his hand, but he was a little puzzled: "Your Highness is looking for me?" As he spoke, he turned his head and looked back at Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan didn't allow her to dodge, so he took off the heavy head and face for her, and then pulled a small stool and sat down face to face with her: "Lantern Festival, did you go to the street to see the lights?" As soon as the words fell, he saw Rong Yuan's face blushing, and he wanted to say something, but he was already about to interrupt, "I have rarely gone to the street to watch the excitement in recent years, this is our fate." The **** saw you from afar, holding a rabbit lamp in her hand, and the maid was carrying a little tiger for you, and her appearance was really good-looking. ”
Rong Yuan was a little surprised, she actually didn't want to go out during the Lantern Festival, although it was the last New Year's Festival, but because of her own identity, she was very reluctant to show her face outside. That day, Rong Jing wanted to get rid of the beads and sneak out of the house, and then was punished by her father, but she was worried about asking for a little tiger's lantern, so she came to her, she was entangled by her sister and couldn't help it, so she returned to her mother and led Sang Rou out together. Who would have thought that he would be met by Zhao Yan, and he was very attentive to her when he heard the meaning of his words.
Thinking of this, he blushed a little for a while, lowered his head in shame, and his voice became softer: "Your Highness said this, the concubine is really going to die of shame," after a pause, he picked it up and said, "How can there be such a beautiful lady as the concubine, the girl's family ran out of the house, and even called the future husband to see it." ”
Her words seemed to amuse Zhao Yan very happily, so she laughed out loud. When Zhao Yan went to see her again, he only felt that her ears were red and about to drip blood, and he couldn't help but reach out and hug her, so he really did it. hugged the person in his arms and comforted: "There are many noble ladies of the family who sneaked out of the house during the Lantern Festival, what is there to be ashamed of." If you don't go out that day, it's a pity for me. We are husband and wife, there are not so many rules for talking, you and I are close, and we are close when we call it. ”
But seeing that Rong Yuan wanted to speak, he probably knew that she wanted to say something "unruly", touched the top of her hair, and said to her with a smile: "You haven't seen your father and mother, and you and I are all talking, this is the love between husband and wife." If it's all called rules, what's the point, it's okay for you to listen to me. ”
No matter how serious Rong Yuan is, she is just a fourteen-year-old girl, and she spent candle nights in the cave room with her husband, she was already nervous and shy, but now that she learned that her husband had fallen in love with her three months ago, she became even more shy, and drilled into Zhao Yan's arms, and said "um" very lightly, and refused to say a word more.
And Zhao Yan was even more emotional because he saw that she was becoming more and more shy, and hugged her and muttered some love words, hugging her to go inside, and then the room was charming, and he couldn't be with outsiders.