Chapter 255: Before the Wedding
Zhu Wei is still busy with the upcoming wedding, and there are still six days before the wedding.
At present, the various matters of the wedding have been almost prepared, as early as a month or so, the Ming Kingdom Palace Central Province has already issued invitations to the royal families and heads of state of the world who have a good relationship with the Ming Kingdom, and there are already eight royal families and dozens of heads of state who have expressed their intention to come to the wedding.
In addition, the province also sent out 2,000 invitations, including other members of the Ming royal family, government officials, politicians, entertainment stars, ordinary people, and so on.
At the same time, the wedding of the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will be broadcast live on TV, and the live broadcast right of the royal wedding in China was finally obtained by Xunteng Video at a price of 150 million soft girl coins.
Media from all over the world came to the Ming Kingdom to do exclusive interviews and documentaries on the emperor's wedding.
In order to welcome this big wedding, the Ming government has issued an emergency plan to strictly prevent terrorists, prohibit anti-monarchy speech on the Internet, and ban all anti-monarchical demonstrations (there are no such demonstrations in the Ming Kingdom).
It is worth noting that this is the first royal marriage in the 77 years of the Ming Kingdom, and the most recent marriage was in the first year of Emperor Xinghe of the Eastern Ming Dynasty in 1938 in the Western calendar. That is, the father of the blessed king Zhu Junhong, and Zhu Junhong did not accept the queen in his life.
As such, the aborigines of the island are the happiest, and the cheerful atmosphere affects the people of the island country, although a lot of preparations have been made before, but these six days are still the most critical.
These six days of the Ming Kingdom are like the National Day, whether it is the city of the eastern capital or the countryside of the counties, every household, street and alley, everywhere is hung with the national flag and the royal flag.
Ming Guo prepared 600,000 pieces of chocolate, and all Ming citizens and school students, including migrant workers, could receive a piece.
The traditional wedding ceremony of the Ming Kingdom has six procedures, which are Nacai, Asking for a name, Najib, Nazheng, Asking for a date and welcoming in person.
The Son of Heaven just didn't have a personal greeting ceremony, and the other five ceremonies were available.
However, because it is now a new era, there are more links such as taking pictures of the Suzaku Gate Tower and greeting the people.
That's why. The people of the Ming Kingdom and the people of the world can see a traditional Ming Kingdom wedding. This kind of etiquette has been dead for hundreds of years in China, and a hundred years if you count the Qing Dynasty.
Because of this, Zhang Yanran can't meet Zhu Wei these days, staying in the Zhang family's mansion in Chang'an City every day, in order to get married, she had to take a full month off at school, I thought the school would turn her face, but I didn't expect the school to be very respectful, and the principal personally wished her a happy wedding and said that she had received an invitation and would go to the wedding.
This made Zhang Yanran feel that the privileged class was really good, if it had been placed before, it would have been beaten into a dog.
Five days before the wedding. The Ming Kingdom will hold a ceremony to ask for fame, and Emperor Zhu Wei got up early in the morning, put on a crown dress and came to Taiji Palace, it must be a big wedding, so today the ceremony will be held in Taiji Palace, you must know that Taiji Palace stops for a day, and the money lost is not a small amount, of course, Zhu Wei does not care about this money.
Ascended to the emperor's throne, Ming Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, cabinet members and many officials. All of them wore court clothes, and after saluting, they each went to their own places.
On the middle road of Dan Maje, a bunch of gifts have been placed.
The gift prepared by Juwei was ok. It's not very generous. This is also to prevent the people from saying that they are extravagant and wasteful.
The official read out the decree: "The Zhang family, the granddaughter of Zhang Shichao of the Zhang Group of Huaxia Kingdom, is hereby selected as the queen, and the secretary of the order is to hold the ceremony and ask for the name." ”。
Chen Zhong and Robert served as the two envoys. The two of them bowed to Zhu Wei, and Emperor Zhu Wei stood up. Only then did the envoy go out from the middle gate of Chengtianmen with the case and the festival case.
The honor guard Dale guided in front and went out of the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace. At this time, take off your court clothes. Traveling by car, I came to the Zhang family's house. On the left side of the gate of the house, the messenger's tent had already been erected according to the instructions of the province in the palace, facing south. Set up an incense case in the main hall, a system case and a festival case in the south, and a case in the north.
"It's coming, it's coming, go and tell the master." "Yes"
The car of the palace province is now very recognizable, and about 1/5 of the front of the blue license plate is the royal coat of arms of the Ming Kingdom.
When the messenger arrived, the usherer immediately led him into the tent, and the deacon displayed the gifts in the main hall, and the messenger came out of the tent with the book and placed it on the table. The ceremonial official entered and stood on the east side, and the officiating marryman, Zhang Shichao, walked out in a brand-new court dress and stood on the west side.
The ceremonial official said: "After the system is established, send an envoy to ask for the name." ”
Chen Zhong held the book and the talisman and placed it on the case, Zhang Shichao followed him to the hall, and the principal and deputy envoys stood on the left and right of the case. Zhang Shichao bowed four times according to the instructions and knelt down in front of the desk.
Chen Zhong took out the Nacai and read out: "I inherit the order of the heavens, and Qin Shao Hongtu." The way of the country, the right family-oriented. The ethics of husband and wife, the righteousness of Qiankun, the respect of the ancestors, the sincerity of the co-ordination, and the only importance of the resources. Only the order of the Queen Mother of Our Lady is to send an envoy to hold the festival and choose by ceremony. ”
After the reading was completed, it was handed over to Zhang Shichao, and Zhang Shichao handed it over to the deacon, and placed it on the left side of the north case. is in the inside, must be a famous master. The special envoy greeted the name with courtesy, and Shang Ling came to hear it. ”
After reading it, Zhang Shichao got up and took the table from the deacon's hand, and Zhang Shichao knelt down again and read: "Minister Zhang Shichao, Fu Cheng Jiaji." It is making the central province of the Daming Palace know Chen Zhong, re-proclaim the edict, and ask the ministers and families. Zhang Yanran, the granddaughter of the minister, the granddaughter of the minister's wife, the daughter of the minister's eldest son Zhang Heng, and the granddaughter of the first minister Huaxia Shangguanbo. The courtier's daughter is 20 years old this year, and she is very respectful. After reading it, he handed the table to the envoy Chen Zhong, and the table also recorded Zhang Yanran's birthday.
Then Zhang Shichao prostrateged, got up, and bowed back four times. Chen Zhong and Robert watched Zhang Shichao salute under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, and thought to themselves that it was really difficult for this old man. Come out and put the table in the thread. That's what makes a courtesy. Zhang Shichao was responsible for entertaining the two envoys to drink and eat
Send the messenger away, and the messenger follows the envoy into the left gate of the Chengtian Gate of the Taiji Palace, goes to the outside of the Fengtian Gate, and hands over the table and the festival to the celebrant and reply to the order.
On the third day before the wedding, the Najib ceremony, the Nazheng ceremony, and the farewell ceremony were held, and Zhu Wei sent messengers Chen Zhong and Robert according to the ancient rites. The order is written: "Zhang Yanran, the daughter of Zhang Heng of the Zhang Group, is the queen, and she is ordered to hold the festival Naji, Na Zheng, and the farewell ceremony"
The envoy still set off from the middle gate of the Taiji Palace, this time it was to send the wedding gift to the woman's house, according to the ancient rites, it should be black and light red cloth, bundle silk, six horses, Guigui and other items, but the times are different, these things can no longer be used, so six horses were left, and the others were changed to a set of black and light red clothes.
The furnishings of Zhang's residence are the same as yesterday, but the jade silk case has been changed.
Chen Zhong and the others put the book and jade silk on the table, and the six horses were displayed under the hall. In advance, put away the queen's crown dress and other items in the main hall.
The ceremonial official entered, Zhang Shichao came out to greet him, and Chen Zhong put the book making and festival on the case.
Zhang Shichao bowed four times and knelt down in front of the desk. The envoy took the book and read it out: "The divination of the big wedding, the turtle master and the master are co-followers." Follow the etiquette and send the envoy to the festival to tell the auspiciousness. "Qing's granddaughter Zhang Yanran has the virtue of chastity and tranquility, and is called the choice of the mother's ceremony, and it is advisable to inherit the temple of heaven and earth. The envoy held the festival to pay tribute. ”
After the reading was completed, it was handed over to Zhang Shichao, the officiant, Chen Zhong and Robert held Gui and handed over the black and light red clothes to Zhang Shichao, Robert took out the book and read it out: "The year is good, the auspicious day is the first day, and the big wedding is good." The envoy is a festival and a courtesy. "After the reading, it was carried out according to yesterday's etiquette.
At this point, the etiquette before the wedding is all completed, and the last day has to be survived, which is a victory for the two families. (To be continued......)