Chapter 44: Meng Ming's Wedding
On March 16 of the second year of Tiansheng, the protagonist Meng Ming was finally getting married, and at this time Meng Ming also resigned from the Ministry of Transport, because the construction of the railway has been a year and has been on the right track, so Yan Shu was promoted to Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Transport and took over Meng Ming's position. Chen Qinian resigned from his official position and went to the University of Tokyo to teach, specializing in research.
Meng Ming married Li Yuchan and Zhao Mingyue at the same time on this day, both of them were in the palace, because Meng Ming married a princess, the etiquette and process of the wedding were arranged by the imperial court. In addition, Renzong gave Meng Ming a mansion, covering an area of 50 acres, about 300 meters east of his old house, also on the North Lecture Hall Lane, on the east side of Zhao Shiwan Street. Zhao Zhen knew that Meng Ming was more annoying with red tape, so in his new mansion, he didn't send female officials, just like ordinary people getting married.
On the day of the wedding, Meng Ming's father warned him: "Marry a woman with beautiful morals and add glory to the temple." Meng Mingxing knelt down twice and said, "Follow my father's teachings." Then bow down twice more. Then go out.
Meng Ming was wearing a big red wedding dress with a big red flower on his chest, and rode to the Donghua Gate to dismount, and the ceremonial official guided him to stand in place. The officials displayed the princess's book and honor guard outside the inner east gate, and when the princess boarded the chariot decorated with feathers, he guided Meng Ming out, walked outside the inner east gate, and bowed to face west. Meng Ming's entourage bestowed the goose on the inquisitors in the princess's palace. The insider presented the goose to Jade Chan and Zhao Mingyue. The two got into the car and set off. After the ceremony, ride back to the house first.
At dusk, the person in charge had taken care of everything needed for the feast. Meng Ming came to the mansion and dismounted to wait for the arrival of Jade Cicada and Zhao Mingyue. They arrived in a chariot and got off. Meng Ming, under the guidance of the Si Zanguan, invited them in. Outside the bedroom door, Meng Ming guided the two of them to climb the steps and go inside to wash. The person in charge guided Meng Ming to sit opposite Jade Chan and Zhao Mingyue. After taking their seats, the pony and the princess drank three glasses. The priest removed the wine and food, and the ceremony of eating together ended.
In the old house of the Hou Mansion at home, the big red Xi character is pasted on both sides of the gate, the red light is hung high, and there is also the Xi character on the lamp. The guests and friends in the courtyard sat high, singing and laughing, and it was a festive celebration. A lot of Meng Ming's students came, and important ministers such as Kou Zhun, Li Di, Lu Yijian, and Lu Zongdao in the court all came to congratulate him; There are also many other young middle-level officials, such as Yan Shu and Zhang Zhizhong; Xungui's children are also not small, such as Shi Yanbin (Shi Shouxin's great-grandson), Murong Junyi (the great-grandson of Murong Yanzhao, the king of Henan County), Wang Kexu (the great-grandson of Wang Xianqi, King of Qin), Pan Liangzuo (the great-grandson of Pan Mei, the Korean prince), etc., Yang Wenguang led the troops outside and sent a big gift. Meng Ming's father was toasting at each table, looking at him with a festive face, already a little drunk.
In the new house, Meng Ming first came to the wedding room of the jade cicada, where the red candles were high, and there were wine and food on one table. At this time, the jade cicada sat on the marriage bed, with a red hijab on her head, and a red quilt on the bed. Meng Ming stepped forward and called, "Jade Cicada, I'm here." Seeing the jade cicada's body tremble, Meng Ming lifted the red hijab and took her hand to the table to drink a glass of wine. After drinking a glass of wine, Meng Ming picked up the jade cicada and went to the marriage bed, they were husband and wife in their previous lives, and the jade cicada was so unrestrained that she gave him a wide coat and untied his belt. The last two lay on the bed, and the jade cicada snuggled in his arms, listening to his heartbeat. At this time, Meng Ming hugged the jade cicada and was also full of emotion, two generations of red dust, two generations of marriage, and only thought in his heart: "I am good with you every day, and I only want to accompany you to the elderly." The two wanted to melt each other into their bodies at this time, and all kinds of tenderness melted into a fiery heart.
After making out with the jade cicada, the jade cicada put away the red white scarf, and took Meng Ming to Zhao Mingyue's room to spend the night, Meng Ming came to Zhao Mingyue's room, peeked through the crack in the door, and only saw Zhao Mingyue's head covered with a red hijab, where he was squirming and uneasy, at this time he secretly lifted the hijab and looked out, Meng Ming felt funny. I coughed deliberately, and she hurriedly put down the red hijab, and patted her chest with her jade hand. Meng Ming went in and lifted her red hijab and drank a glass of wine with her. Zhao Mingyue is a virgin, and she knows little about the affairs of men and women, and it was not until she was about to get married that she was taught by a female official. At this time, Zhao Mingyue didn't eat a drop of water, she was really hungry, so she ate a little hungry, she ate too quickly, and she was choked all of a sudden, choking and coughing. Meng Ming hurriedly stepped forward to beat her back and brought her water, and it took her a while to recover. In the end, she felt a little embarrassed and a little embarrassed, and Meng Ming couldn't help laughing. She was a little angry and went to fight with Meng Ming, but Meng Ming took advantage of the situation and put her on the bed, she was so anxious that she hurriedly pushed Meng Ming, and finally found that something was wrong, and finally the two rolled together on the bed. At this time, as soon as the red candle burned out, it was extinguished after emitting the last ray, as if to cover up the boundless spring light of this wedding night.
Early the next morning, Jade Cicada and Mingyue were dressed up and waiting to meet their in-laws. The official guided his father-in-law and mother-in-law to the lobby, the father-in-law on the east side and the mother-in-law on the west side, both dressed in ceremonial dresses. The female officer guided them up the west steps to the hall and bowed twice before their father-in-law. The official gave the red dates and chestnuts to the princess, and they presented them to her father-in-law, who took his seat.
Si Zanguan came up, removed the red dates and chestnuts, and went east. They retreated to their original positions and bowed twice
The lady led them to her mother-in-law, who knelt down twice and gave the princess a squirt (the dried meat mashed and added to ginger gui), and they presented it to her mother-in-law, who took her seat.
The Si Zanguan came up, removed the stock repair, and went east. They retreated to their original positions and bowed twice. After the ceremony of meeting the in-laws.
After Meng Ming got married, he resigned from all official positions with real power, and in the Song Dynasty, horses generally did not grant official positions. Only the vacant position of the Captain of the Horses. In addition, Meng Ming was given the word "Zhengsheng" by the emperor, and the man performed the crown salute, and he only took the word at the age of 20. There is also a precedent for Meng Ming to be taken in advance.