Boudoir.

Huang E sat in front of the dressing table, smirking at himself in the mirror.

"Miss is as beautiful as a fairy today." The maid Xia Chan smiled and praised, picked up the pearl Fei Cui crown and put it on her, this is a jewelry that only official women are qualified to wear, and ordinary women can only wear Yingluo when they get married.

Huang E looked at the mirror for a while, heard the commotion outside, and hurriedly said, "Help me up." ”

Xia Chan teased: "Miss can't wait." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Huang E blushed.

Huang E stood up with the support of the maid, wearing a real red large-sleeved shirt with a red Luo skirt. The immature and pretty face was reflected by the wedding dress, and even the maid next to her seemed to be much more beautiful.

In the hall, the woman's officiant had already introduced Wang Yuan into the house.

Zhou Chong presented a pair of geese, which was the third pair of geese that Wang Yuan had given to the Huang family since he courted.

The officiant recited the congratulatory message and guided Wang Yuan to bow to the ancestors of the Huang family. This ceremony should have been held in the Huang Family Ancestral Hall, but the guest residence in the capital is not so particular, just set up the ancestral spiritual position on the table.

At this moment, Xia Chan also helped Huang E to the back room, and was guided by the officiant to bid farewell to her parents.

"Dad, mother, thank you for the nurturing grace of the second elder, my daughter is going to marry today......" Huang E was very happy, but suddenly his nose was sour, and he began to sobble and wipe his tears as he spoke.

Mrs. Nie picked up her daughter and said, "Silly girl, you should be happy today, don't cry with makeup!" ”

Huang Ke also admonished his daughter: "After you get married, you should be filial to your aunt (in-laws), respect your husband, raise your children, and never do anything that violates women's morality!" ”

Huang E wiped her tears and said, "Daughter, remember." ”

Mrs. Nie picked up the red hijab and said with a smile: "Come, my mother will cover you." ”

What Wang Yuan saw was the bride who had put on her hijab, supported by the maid and walking towards him.

This feeling is quite amazing, I have traveled through time and space for hundreds of years, and today I am really going to get married, Wang Yuan thought of Song Ling'er again for no reason.

led the bride to the gate, Wang Yuan turned over and got on the horse, and Huang E also sat in the wedding sedan chair.

The ceremony and music are masterful, and the team sets off.

Out of the alley, all the way north along the street, both sides of the street are full of people watching the lively Beijing.

"Wang Erlang marries a relative!"

"What a blessing for the bride!"

“……”

There were constant sounds of coaxing and congratulatory congratulations from the crowd, which showed that Wang Yuan was very popular in the capital.

Wang Yuan rode his horse and kept throwing his hands to both sides of the street, so there were bursts of cheers and cheers.

When the common people of the Ming Dynasty got married, the groom could wear a nine-grade official uniform, and it was the kind with a complement, or rent or borrow it anyway to ask for a lottery. Wang Yuan was wearing red civilian clothes and a black gauze hat today, which was borrowed from the Guozijian.

In this way, with a tall horse in his hips, he can be described as proud and energetic, and he doesn't know how many girls on the street are looking at his heart.

Huang E sat in the sedan chair a little stuffy, couldn't help but take off the hijab, and asked, "Chan'er, where is this?" ”

"What?" Xia Chan didn't hear clearly, the sound was too noisy.

Huang E simply lifted the corner of the sedan curtain and secretly looked outside, only to see that the street was full of people in the dark.

"Alas, Miss, you can't be like this," Xia Chan hurriedly closed the sedan curtain back and said loudly, "It's soon, walk for a while and it will be Xizhimen Street!" ”

"That's a long way off." Huang E was inexplicably anxious.

She has often walked this road in the past six months, and she didn't think it was very long before.

In a state of mind that is like a year, the welcoming team finally went out of Xizhimen, and when you raised your eyes, you could see the wall of the Wang family's mansion.

Not far from the west side of the wall, there is an open-air banquet where the tenants of the Wang family can eat openly. Some gangsters in Beijing also took the initiative to come to join in the fun, anyway, this roadside flowing water seat is free, and when you go back, you can boast that you drank Wang Erlang's happy wine.

"Miss, it's here!" Xia Chan reminded.

Huang E only felt that the sedan chair sank, and hurriedly put the hijab back on, and then was helped out of the sedan chair by Xia Chan.

"Miss, slow down, don't step on the ground." Xia Chan said.

There were several servants of the royal family, spreading cotton cloth bags on the ground.

Huang E had to step on the cloth bag, and the servants kept picking up the cloth bag behind him and paving it on the road in front of Huang E. This ritual is called "passing the seat", and the poor use the sack and the rich use the brocade. Anyway, after the bride leaves her mother's house, her feet must not touch the ground until the cave house.

The two newlyweds came to the hall, and the ancestors of the Wang family were also placed on the table.

"Heaven and Earth!"

"High Chapel!"

"Husband and wife!"

"Rite over!"

This set of rituals originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and was formed in the Ming Dynasty. It's a little different from place to place, but it's all pretty much the same.

Yuan Da came over with a weighing rod: "Second brother, you can remove your head." ”

Many men in the Ming Dynasty were not able to see the true face of the bride for the first time until this moment. Not to mention being stunned on the spot, there must be people who were taken aback, and they can only accept their fate if they marry crooked melons and cracked dates.

Feeling the scale rod stretched out, Huang E pinched the corners of his clothes with both hands. Obviously she had seen it countless times, but this time she was extremely nervous, and her legs were now weak.

The praisers shouted: "Good luck!" ”

As the weighing rod lifted the hijab, the sound of ritual music was loud again, and Huang E was so ashamed that he lowered his head and did not dare to see anyone.

The wedding, originally known as the "dusk ceremony", is naturally held at dusk, and after the worship hall, it is sent directly to the cave room, so there is no need to run to the table to toast the guests.

In the wedding room, red candles burned.

After Wang Yuan and Huang E washed their hands in the basin, they came to the front of several cases and were guided to sacrifice millet, millet, and lungs. These are all ancient rituals, and commoner marriages are not so particular, but official marriages should be followed.

Three sacrifices and three meals, called "eating together".

Then there is the "Harmony Ceremony", which is to split the gourd in half, and the husband and wife each hold half of the wine. This procedure gradually evolved into the exchange of glasses.

Wang Yuan untied the red rope on Huang E's head, and the maid Xia Chan took scissors to cut off a strand of hair from the groom and the bride respectively, and tied it with the red rope and put it into the bag.

That red rope, since the date of engagement, Huang E must be tied on his head, indicating that he has a marriage contract. Now that Wang Yuan untied it, and tied the hair cut by the two, it is a real hair couple.

It was not until this moment that the wedding came to an end, and all the idlers left the wedding room.

Why did it come to an end?

Because he had to get up early tomorrow, Wang Yuan led his wife to worship his ancestors and parents, and the wedding was truly completed after worshipping. The worship hall during the Tang Dynasty specifically refers to this procedure, not the worship of heaven and earth in the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone else has left, but the maid Xia Chan is not leaving.

Huang E asked, "What are you left to do?" ”

Xia Chan said: "Serve the lord and the lady to eat." ”

"No need." Huang E felt that this maid was so uninteresting.

"That's in my way." Xia Chan pouted and left.

There are people who have a hole in the house, but Wang Yuan, a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, is not afraid, which friend dares to come to the hole room, Wang Erlang will throw it out of the wall with one hand.

After Xia Chan closed the door, Wang Yuan said, "Are you hungry?" ”

"A little." Huang E squirmed.

Wang Yuan smiled: "What's wrong today?" Don't even dare to talk to me. ”

Huang E served a bowl of yellow rice for Wang Yuan, held it between his eyebrows and said, "Husband, please use rice." ”

Wang Yuan kept smiling and took the rice bowl: "Although it is a good story to raise the case and raise eyebrows, you and I don't have to be so polite." ”

"Hmm." Huang E's voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Just now, they only ate a symbolic bite, and the two of them were already hungry.

It's a pity that the meals are not rich, only two kinds of rice, millet and millet, and the dishes are only meat sauce and lamb lungs, all of which are made to comply with the Zhou etiquette.

After eating a few mouthfuls to cushion his stomach, Huang E poured two glasses of wine, handed Wang Yuan a glass and said, "Husband, please drink." ”

The more Wang Yuan listened, the happier he became, and said with a smile: "You can talk today like singing opera, in fact, you can be more normal." ”

Huang E finally glanced at Wang Yuan: "It's normal to drink a few more glasses." ”

It's not normal, Huang E's face is red from drinking, and his eyes seem to have a mist in his eyes. With the intention of drinking, Wang Yuan said a few words of love, so he changed from sitting opposite to sitting side by side, and finally simply leaned on her husband's arms to drink.

It was hot all over his body, as if he were on fire.

"Husband," Huang E's eyes were slightly closed, and he snuggled up to Wang Yuan and said, "You haven't come to the capital for the exam, but I have read your "Linjiang Immortal", and I know that you are a prodigy in Guizhou. At that time, I thought, if I marry, I will only marry such a talented man in my life! ”

Wang Yuan was a little embarrassed: "Let's not mention "Linjiang Immortal", let's study physics." ”

Huang E couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Damn, it's a big spoiler of the scenery!" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's a pity that there is no thermometer, otherwise I will definitely have to measure your body surface temperature, and it will be hot through your clothes." ”

"That's because of the alcohol." Huang E said.

"How can drinking alcohol be hot like this, since there is no thermometer, I will measure it with my hands for the time being." Wang Yuan smiled and reached into his clothes.

Huang E suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, don't touch it, it's shameful!" ”

"I'm not messing around, I'm testing my skin temperature."

"Nonsense, you're so bad!"

"Why are you hotter?"

"Blow out the candles!"

"Red candles can't be blown."

"Then go to bed and put the tent down."

“……”

There are no friends in the cave room, but there is one girl in the corner.

Xia Chan gnawed on the chicken legs, quietly lifted the window, and peeked into the house in a sly manner.