Chapter 744: Wedding Car
February 16, suitable for marriage.
Men should get married, women should get married, this is the tradition of China since ancient times, even the emperor is no exception, today is the wedding day of Modon and Princess Changle, it has long spread throughout Chang'an City, it can be said that everyone knows.
One of the two is the eldest princess today, and the other is the world-famous Mo family, and their marriage has spread throughout the Tang Dynasty since the beginning of Yuan Xi's love, which can be said to be the attention of tens of thousands of people.
Now that the Mo family and Princess Changle are about to get married, the talented and beautiful woman will finally become a family, which can be said to be a happy event that everyone is happy to see.
As soon as the sky was bright, the entire Mofu was already brightly lit, and the Mofu was full of red silk, with a joyful atmosphere.
The gate of Mofu, which had already been dressed up, opened suddenly, accompanied by the festive sound of gongs and drums, a long greeting procession came out of the crowd, led by Merton, riding a shadow, wearing the groom's wedding clothes, and took the lead in the direction of the palace.
"The Mo family is kissing!" Such a loud momentum in Mofu naturally alarmed the neighbors, and everyone poured out of the gate to watch.
"The Mo family is the princess of Changle who is married, and she will be the royal prince in the future."
Everyone talked about it and looked envious, but no one said that the Mo family was attached to the royal family, after all, with Merton's reputation and talent, it was more than enough to match the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, and no one thought it was Gao Pan.
"Let's go!"
With a wave of his high-spirited hand, Morton said, as long as it is past today, he will no longer have to suffer from Li Shimin's troubles.
As Merton urged the horse forward, behind him, Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo followed closely behind him, followed by a long line of greeting relatives.
"Today, we will enter the palace in the open!" Cheng Chumo, the pioneer of welcoming relatives, said excitedly.
Although he also entered the palace once, it was a pity that that time it was because the hot air balloon crossed Chang'an City, causing chaos in Chang'an City, and was caught by Li Shimin, and he was also beaten by the board, but this time they were as Merton's greeting messengers, and they entered the imperial city openly, which is naturally not the same.
Qin Huaiyu frowned and said, "Today is the day of Brother Mo's wedding, you guys can't hold back!" ”
"It's up to you to say that." Cheng Chumo said proudly.
"However, Brother Mo's sedan chair will be very unique at that time, and when the younger brother gets married, he will definitely have to make a custom set." Yu Chi Baolin on the side turned his head to look at the sedan chair behind him and said enviously.
"When we pass Suzaku Street, we will definitely cause a sensation." Zu Mingjun shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Everyone glanced at each other, revealing an inexplicable smile, and with the continuous progress of the welcoming procession, the Suzaku Street, which soon turned into the street, had already heard the news and the citizens had probed to watch.
"The Mo family's welcoming team doesn't even have a sedan chair man!" When the convoy passed Suzaku Street, the sharp-eyed crowd exclaimed.
Immediately, everyone's eyes focused on Merton's wedding team, only to see that this wedding team was completely different from the traditional wedding team, and directly abandoned the sedan chair, and all of them used the new four-wheeled carriage as the wedding car.
In the center of the convoy, a wedding car modified from a traditional sedan chair attracted the attention of the people of Chang'an City the most, and everyone knew at a glance that this must be the sedan chair of Princess Changle.
"The Mo family didn't even use a sedan chair to marry Princess Changle, but used a four-wheeled carriage as a wedding car." When everyone saw the wedding car in the center, they suddenly understood Merton's plan.
"Is that okay?" An old woman wondered.
In traditional weddings, for thousands of years, the bride was married with a sedan chair carried by manpower, even ordinary people also carried the sedan chair to welcome the bride into the door, but the Mo family broke this tradition and abandoned the eight-lift sedan chair carried by manpower, but converted it into a wedding car with a new four-wheeled carriage, which has never been done before.
"Of course you can, a sedan chair is carried by a few people, how cheap it was at that time, the new four-wheeled carriage in Mojia Village is the best carriage in Chang'an City, it is very valuable, and it is grand to replace the sedan chair with a four-wheeled carriage." A wealthy man said proudly, from the pomp and circumstance of the greeting procession, the Mo family's greeting procession, the rows of four-wheeled carriages are even more grand, and the value has doubled.
"But I used to marry the bride with eight sedan chairs." An old woman frowned.
"What is there to sit on Batai Dajiao, it can bump the concubine's body back then, where is the four-wheeled carriage comfortable." A middle-aged woman pouted.
Suddenly many women subconsciously nodded, with the continuous promotion of four-wheeled carriages in Chang'an City, the traditional sedan chair has appeared less and less on the streets of Chang'an City, and gradually the market in Chang'an City has been rich households rarely use sedan chairs, all of them are using four-wheeled carriages, which are as comfortable as sitting in sedan chairs, but it is more convenient.
However, there is only one period when the custom of sitting in a sedan chair has not changed, that is, when marrying, it is necessary to use eight sedan chairs to welcome the bride.
However, today, the Mo family broke this convention, directly using a four-wheeled carriage and a sedan chair to combine them, and converted it into the first wedding car that had never been seen before to marry Princess Changle.
"That is, Mojia Village is famous for the four-wheeled carriage in the Tang Dynasty, so it is natural to use the four-wheeled carriage as the wedding car." Some people disagreed, and did not approve of Merton's use of a four-wheeled carriage as a wedding car.
"And this four-wheeled carriage is not only comfortable, but also very fast!" The citizens of Chang'an City looked at the fast-moving welcoming procession and said thoughtfully.
In addition to the first five people riding high-headed horses, the rest of the greeting team in Mofu are replaced by four-wheeled carriages, without the drag of the sedan chair man's walking, the speed of the entire greeting team is fast, which is also the reason why Morton and others control the speed and wait for the auspicious time, if it is to let go of the speed and run wildly, I am afraid it will not be long before it will reach the palace.
Looking at the luxury convoy that is gradually moving away, many unmarried young people in Chang'an City can't help but shine in their eyes, if they use such a convoy to marry the bride at the time of their wedding, what a scenery it will be.
There are a lot of careful people who have calculated an account, if all the four-wheeled carriages are used as wedding cars to welcome relatives, I am afraid that renting eight sedan chairs and people carrying sedan chairs is more cost-effective, more importantly, faster, more beautiful, after all, the value of this team together is worth a lot, and it also shows the sincerity of marrying the bride.
"From today onwards, the wedding customs of Chang'an City may change." A Chang'an city citizen couldn't help but sigh when he looked at everyone's reactions.
They believe that after the Mo family used a wedding car to marry Princess Changle, Chang'an City will definitely follow suit, and since then, Chang'an City's use of wedding cars to marry relatives will definitely become a new custom.