Chapter 36 The Grand Ceremony of Entering the Temple
When she saw the grand scene of this "temple entrance ceremony", Yun'er realized why the prince and Shui'er warned themselves not to be nervous, and also realized how important this ceremony was to herself. I thought that I must do this good thing and not embarrass the prince. Although Yun'er and Wang Ye are only a one-night husband and wife now, she knows that she is already his woman, and her future fate will be closely linked to him. He is the husband is the sky, and every qiē of his own is his.
The road from the gate of the family temple to the main hall of the family temple is paved with red felt, and there are soldiers on both sides who stand at equal distances with spears, and all the servants in the house watch on both sides of the road through which Yun'er passes. Can Yun'er not be nervous? The heart was pounding, and the fish and the water followed left and right. Yun'er repeatedly warned herself: "Don't panic, be calm, don't show cowardice!" Just treat these people as grass, will people be afraid of straw? "It's so much better to think about it.
On the high steps of the family temple, the prince is wearing the prince's auspicious clothes, and Fujin is wearing the prince's auspicious clothes, sitting side by side on the prince's chair, with a forest of guards protecting them behind them, and the eunuchs and the chief of the palace standing left and right around them.
It is likely that Shui'er has been specially trained, and she has been reminding Yun'er: "Fang Fujin, we will stand here and listen to Gonggong Qin's orders." ”
Yun'er stood on one end of the red felt and didn't move. Shui Er reminded again: "Side Fujin, when walking, you should hold your chest up, don't take too big steps, put your handkerchief up, and pay attention to your feet." ”
I saw the eunuch Qin Gonggong, the chief eunuch beside the prince, take a step forward, shake off the dust, and announce in a high and sharp voice: "The temple entrance ceremony begins, fire the salute!" "Slow intonation, clear articulation.
"Tom! Tong! I don't know where there was a deafening sound, Yun'er was very excited, such a big scene was actually prepared for herself! After the salute, Gonggong Qin smiled and said: "Side Fujin, please listen to the old slave's order, take seven steps forward, kneel!" ”
Yun'er carried the rose-red gauze and walked forward, walked seven steps, stopped, and knelt.
"Three prostrations!" This time, Yun'er used the teachings of Mama, stretched out her hands, supported the ground, kowtowed three times, and straightened up.
"Up! Take seven steps forward, kneel, and prostrate three times! Repeating like this, Yun'er was not chaotic at all, every step was very steady, and the posture was graceful, and there was no panic. Wang Ye and Fu Jin looked at each other and nodded slightly.
When approaching the steps of the main hall of the family temple, Gonggong Qin changed the password: "Kneel to the Qing Dynasty and Prince Shuorui and Prince Fujin!" Three prostrations! Yun'er did it seriously according to the password.
"Up! Go up the stairs! Yun'er walked up the steps with the support of the fish and the water.
"Kneel! First of all, I will offer tea to the prince! A maid had already handed the prepared tea tray to Yun'er, who was kneeling on the ground. Yun'er poured a cup of tea steadily, raised her hands above her head, and then offered it to the prince: "Lord Wang, please use tea!" ”
The prince took it, took a symbolic sip, said "hmm", and put the tea cup on a grandmother's tray beside him. The expression was very stern and he looked at Yun'er.
Yun'er poured a cup of tea for Fujin in the same way: "Fujin, please use tea!" Fu Jin took a sip of tea, turned his head to Yun'er, and turned around to put the tea on Mama's tray.
Wang Ye Fujin gave Yun'er a red envelope almost at the same time, and Fujin smiled: "Think about it." ”
"Thank you Lord and Fujin for the reward." After that, he kowtowed.
"Up! Enter the temple to worship your ancestors! ”
While the water and the fish were picking her up, Yun'er quietly pinched the red envelope, which was not filled with silver, but paper, so it must be a silver ticket, and the denomination of the silver ticket was no longer more than ten taels of silver for an ingot, but I don't know how big the silver ticket was given by Wang Ye Fujin. Yun'er handed the red envelope to Yu'er. Yu'er is in charge of Yun'er's money, so naturally she has to hand it over.
At this time, the prince and Fujin also stood up, the guards moved the chairs away, and the prince Fujin turned around and walked towards the main hall. The prince looked back at Yun'er, and Shui'er hurriedly carried Yun'er to the left side of the prince's body, because Fujin was on the right side of the prince, and the right side was the long in the past. The prince was in front, Fu Jin and Yun'er were half a step behind, and the three of them walked into the main hall. The hall was already filled with cigarette smoke, and there were monks chanting scriptures. An elderly monk handed over the burning sandalwood and gave three sticks to each of the princes, Fujin, and Yun'er.
Yun'er followed the example of the prince, raised the incense above his head, bowed to the tablets of the ancestors three times, and inserted it into the incense burner. Then the prince knelt on the worship mat in the middle, kowtowed three times, straightened up, hugged his fists and said: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the descendants bless the Chen family in the side room of Xinna, and today they enter the temple to meet the ancestors, and become a member of the family of I love Xinjueluo, please accept the ancestors and the ancestors." I hope that the ancestors will protect the younger generations and be safe and prosperous. "After that, there were three prostrations.
After kowtowing, Fu Jin put his hands together and said: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, bless the wife of the Tong family, pray for the blessing of the ancestors, my vein will be happy to have a noble son next year, continue the heirs, and live a long life." "Finish prostrating.
The prince turned to Yun'er: "A few words from you." ”
Yun'er suppressed the panic, calmed down, and learned from Fujin: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the Chen family of the side room of King Rui should do their best to serve the prince and Fujin all their lives." "Bow down.
After the worship, the deacon and eunuch Qin Gonggong shouted: "Get up!" The prince shook Fu Jin, pulled Yun'er, and the three of them stood up, turned around and walked out of the hall, and stood on the high steps.
"Licheng! Shoot! "Gonggong Qin's voice is quite high-pitched.
"Tom! Tong! The sound of the salute was even higher-pitched.
After the ceremony, the subordinates stood up in line and walked out, and the prince said to the fish and the water: "You bring the side Fujin back to the room, and the king will arrive immediately." ”
When Yun'er was carried back to the residence by the two girls, she suddenly stuck on the bed: "My mother, I can't breathe!" The two girls covered their mouths and smiled. Shui'er: "Fang Fujin, you are already good!" is generous and decent, and the voice is not yet. The slave maid listened that a prince was also married to Fang Fujin, and he fainted in fright when he entered the temple ceremony. I finally woke up and came back, my legs were so weak that I was fighting one after another, and I walked on crutches, and my voice was like a mosquito. ”
At this time, the prince came in, and Yu'er Shui hurriedly retreated.
The prince looked at Yun'er and smiled: "You're not bad, I didn't expect you to have stage fright for such a big scene, not bad!" Not bad! ”
Yun'er was embarrassed to praise it, and asked innocently, "Really?" Is there anything inappropriate about Yun'er? ”
"No, no, it's really good. In the future, you will be a master in the house, and you must be like a master. ”
"Yun'er has never been a master, how do you know what a master is like?"
"I'll find out later." The prince patted Yun'er on the shoulder and pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed.
Yun'er: "Lord Wang, you are so majestic, very much like the prince!" Especially that outfit of yours, it's so beautiful. Yun'er doesn't know much about royal affairs, or she hears that only the emperor can wear dragon clothes, but you ......"
The prince smiled: "You still think a lot of things, my clothes are prince's clothes, naturally there are dragons." I am the son of Taizong, and I am also the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, and it has nothing to do with the emperor's clothes. The royal rules are big, what clothes to wear on what occasions, and what ceremonies to perform, are all sloppy. In the future, there is basically no big ceremony, and you don't have to be so nervous, but you have to worship your ancestors during the New Year, and the emperor will come to the house to make a big salute, which you have already learned. ”
Yun'er: "Why did Yun'er only see that the ancestral tablet had something like great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, aren't you from the emperor's family?" ”
"Oh, you are a woman, sue you, this is a family temple, and it is the Taimiao that worships Taizu and Taizong. In the future, we may have our own prince's palace, and then it will be more formal. Also, Fujin is a good woman, you get along well with her, or that sentence, family and everything is prosperous. This king has not married the side room for all these years, because he has too deep a relationship with Fujin, and he has never moved this idea, but Yun'er, if this king marries you, he can't be sorry for you, and he can't be sorry for her, so I hope you can live in harmony like sisters. Remember, fight for the insufficient, let the surplus, don't be jealous for the sake of this king, make everyone sad. What about you? ”
Yun'er: "Don't worry, Yun'er is similar to a boy by nature, just thinking about having some knowledge and learning skills like her father, and she doesn't want to fight with anyone for anything." You and Fujin have been husband and wife for nearly 20 years, and you have shared weal and woe, Yun'er sees her as her own mother in her heart, is there any competition with her mother or something? The clouds won't embarrass you. It's just that Yun'er has an unknown ......."
"What do you not understand?"
"The relationship between the prince and Fujin is so good, for the sake of this relationship, I don't marry the side room, apart from the reason for the heir, what other reason did I suddenly marry Yun'er? Yun'er's question seems to be excessive and rude, but Yun'er has never understood this matter. ”
"Yun'er, you are very smart, you can think like this, and dare to come out, it's not simple. Marrying a side room, Fujin proposed it ten years ago, because it is royal, a prince doesn't even have a son, and he really can't go over. In view of the lessons learned from the battles between the wives and concubines of other princes, Baylor, and county kings, this king really can't bear to let Fujin, who is deeply affectionate to him, suffer any harm, and this king himself does not take the matter of his heirs too seriously, so this matter is delayed again and again. Until I met you. Of course, it's all fate, and we have a lot of fate. It's not sudden or sudden, your character is very tempered with this king, that's it. "The prince can't be ordered by the master yet.
Yun'er didn't understand everything, but she knew that she couldn't ask anymore, the other party was a prince, and he naturally had his reasons for doing this, who was he? It's just a side room, a concubine, and there is no right to ask about such a thing.
Wang Ye: "Yun'er, you must not be very comfortable these days, rest, this king will not come tonight, and he will come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." You let the two of them be your companions, and the king still has something to do. You are bored and ask them to accompany you around the house. Also, your two companion grandmothers Fujin have already arranged it, and that Jiang Mama will be a cook for you in the kitchen in your yard, and two rough girls will help cook, and her husband is not in good health, so he will take care of the flowers and plants in the garden. And that Mama Lin, who seems to be very shrewd and capable, let her be a housekeeper in your yard. Like Yu'er, she took the first class plus two taels of the month, and her daughter was in the sewing room in the Fujin Courtyard, and she listened to Su embroidery well, so she was directly given the position of a second-class maid. In your room, you will be served by two girls, Yu'er and Shui'er, and Mama Lin can come over to help you at any time. If you have a nurse, you will naturally follow you, and if you just come, you have to have a grandmother to fight outside. When the king observes well, he will arrange two eunuchs and fathers-in-law for you. ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang."
"Why do you hear these two grandmothers call you four girls?"
"Back to the prince's words, Yun'er is lined up with the three cousins of her uncle's family."
"Oh, that's the case, that king is the fourth aunt?"
"Lord Wang!" Yun'er was embarrassed.
"That Mama Lin seems to be from Jiangnan, I heard her call you to measure up."
Yun'er couldn't help laughing: "Mama Lin is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and her Jiangnan accent is very strong, and the verbal language is whether it is good or not, right or not, just 'good don't', 'right don't', and then it's Ala, Ira, and Nongla." ”
"What does that mean?"
"It's us, you, and them. Do you think Mama Lin is a little unreliable? ”
"What do you want? This king thinks that this Mama Lin is shrewd and capable, and there is just a lack of such a person around you. There are no secrets in our house. Don't be careful, this king just asks casually. The whole house is full of Beijing accents, and it is quite interesting to come out with a Wu Nong soft language. Where are your ancestors? ”
"This branch of our family has been in the Zhongzhou area, and we have lived in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, and there is a Chen family's mansion with more than 200 people. According to the genealogical records, the ancestors should be in the Shaanxi area. ”
"People from Chang'an?"
"Oh no, our family has a family tree with the names of more than 100 generations."
After a conversation, the prince left, and the fish and water came in to serve.
Yu'er whispered in Yun'er's ear: "The reward given to you by the prince and Fujin is two silver tickets of three thousand taels. ”
Yun'er exclaimed in a low voice: "Wow, it's gone, it's gone!" ”
She didn't know what happened in Zunhua, that is, the prefect wanted to take her away. Maybe that wasn't her fate, so she got away with it.
The prefect who wanted to rob Yun'er as a concubine had never figured out how Lord Chen could marry his daughter to Prince Rui in such a short period of time, this way was too hard, right? Although there is no official position in the prince's side room, officials below the fourth rank still have to kowtow when they see her. Fortunately, this side Fujin has not seen what kind of dignity he is, if he knows himself, he will not retaliate against himself and peel off his skin? It's dangerous, it's dangerous!