The preparations for the wedding are being carried out in an orderly manner, and I don't understand these things, so there has always been the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion and Lao Liu '' it, and I have also informed Chen Jiu here. After Chen Jiu informed the emperor, Chen Jiu specially sent ten of his closest eunuchs from Dongchang and ten palace 'women' on duty in the Qianqing Palace to be responsible for the banquet reception that the emperor came to attend the wedding.

The wedding in the Ming Dynasty was very cumbersome, there were a lot of procedures, if it was a poor people, especially an official like me, it was even more troublesome, two days before the wedding, Liu Taoran and Xing Zhiwei came over, in the capital, a few of us are the best, and Liu Jinhu and the three of them also asked for leave to come to help, the new mansion has been cleaned up, so we have also moved over, the old house in 'Jade' Lane, that is, Boss Chen's family is watching.

"Lord Lan, tomorrow is the day of the invitation for Na Yuan, I don't know if Lord Lan has found the main marriage?" Liu Taoran asked.

"I don't have any elders for this, I still want to make do with it, I don't know if Lord Liu has any good suggestions."

"Lord Lan, this can't be improvised, this is the emperor is coming, this officiant must find a respected person to be the person, I think Lord Zhang is very suitable, or your teacher, and you can be regarded as your closest person."

"Okay, I'll go to Zhang's Mansion now, no, Lord Zhang said that he would send a housekeeper to help in the next few days, why didn't he come, it won't be forgotten." I remember that when I went that day, Zhang Juzheng said that he would send his housekeeper to help, and he was going to get married in two days, so he should come.

"Maybe Master Zhang has forgotten a lot of things, or Lord Lan will go again."

As soon as Xing Zhiwei finished speaking, Lao Liu outside came in and said, "My lord, Steward Zhang from Lord Zhang's mansion is here." ”

"Come in, this person doesn't talk about it, we're talking about it."

Lao Liu went outside to welcome the housekeeper of Zhang's mansion in, don't look at it as a housekeeper, as the saying goes: the prime minister's family is a seven-grade official, this housekeeper is the head of the family, and he is also Zhang Juzheng's cronies, ordinary officials don't pay attention to it at all, but I am a student of Zhang Juzheng, and they are very polite, please be safe first: "In Xia Zhang Jun, I have seen Lord Lan." ”

"Steward Zhang, please sit down, Lao Liu, serve tea."

After letting the housekeeper sit down on the chair, I asked, "Steward Zhang, I don't know if the teacher has anything to 'hand' over to me, we just said that I am going to the teacher's house tonight." ”

"Lord Lan, my lord, let me come and see how the preparations are, and see what you need, if you need anything, just go to my house and get it. There is another thing, my lord said, he knew that the lord had no relatives and no reason in the capital, and specially invited the grandson of the prince of the country to come to serve as the officiant, and my lord was the elder of the Lan people, and when he worshiped heaven and earth that day, there were no elders in the province, so that his colleagues laughed, and the emperor was not good-looking here. ”

"Then thank you butler, thank you teacher, everything is ready here, the banquet is '' in our own yard, the chef of the imperial dining room invited by Manager Chen, the wine and food are also procured through the royal channel, the housekeeper, please tell the teacher, with the officiant, we will have nothing to do."

"Okay, Lord Lan, if there is anything else you need my help with, just say, the master said, let me come here, and ask Lord Lan to command."

"No, Steward Zhang, there are a lot of people here, you just sit here and drink tea, I don't know when Lord Sun will come, I'll send someone to invite."

"Early tomorrow morning, Lord Lan don't delay the payment date, adults are not ordinary small officials now, they can't lose their etiquette, my lord invited Lord Sun to come over to be the main marriage, but also because Lord Sun is very familiar with this set of procedures, insist on being the main marriage, have experience, and besides, the emperor is coming, or invite the main marriage, and the face is not good-looking."

"Thank you for the housekeeper's reminder, I will send someone to invite Master Sun over early in the morning, and the teacher will also ask the housekeeper to take a message back, and I will send someone to invite the teacher over early the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, Lord Lan, since you don't need me here, I'll go back and report to my lord first, and when something happens, Lord Lan can send someone over directly, and say goodbye."

The three of us got up and sent the housekeeper of Zhang's house to the outside of the hall, and Lao Liu then sent it to the outside of the big 'door', Lao Liu also knew the rules, and stuffed the housekeeper with ten taels of silver outside.

"Lord Lan, with Lord Sun to be the main marriage, your wedding is a lot grander, I heard that this Lord Sun, but very rarely give people the main marriage, even if you have done it a few times, it is the first time to think of Lord Lan like this." Xing Zhiwei said.

"Lord Xing, if the emperor doesn't come to attend the adult's wedding, I estimate that even if Lord Zhang comes forward, then Lord Sun may not necessarily come, it seems that there will definitely be many people who come to attend the wedding on the day of Lord Lan's wedding." Liu Taoran refuted Xing Zhiwei.

"I still have to rely on the help of the two adults these days, and I would like to thank the two adults in advance."

In the past few days of my wedding, the two of them can't even go to the ya'men', not to mention the ones who are sent to us, but also to assist in the arrangement of the banquet. So in the end, it was decided that Liu Taoran was responsible for welcoming the guests who came to congratulate him, and Xing Zhiwei was responsible for the arrangement of the banquet, of course, the two of them were not enough, and ten Guozi prisoners who guided the guests to the table were dispatched from the ya'men', these students were the second batch of newcomers who were ready to be hired into the silver number, and when I went to Xuanfu, Liu Taoran came from Guozijian according to my instructions.

Early the next morning, Liu Taoran sent someone to Sun Daocun's house, this is a good thing, Zhang Juzheng personally invited, the emperor will come to my wedding, Sun Daocun and I also have an 'intersection', not very familiar, but also admire me very much. As soon as my people got there, Sun Daocun happily followed me to my new mansion.

The creeper at the entrance of the 'gate' saw Sun Daocun's sedan chair coming from afar, and hurriedly ran to the hall to report: "My lord, Lord Sun is here." ”

"Okay, you go, I'll go with the two adults to meet you."

In the past few days, Xing Zhiwei and Liu Taoran have eaten and lived with me, this is also a helpless thing, I have no elders and family, and some things can't be done by myself, Lao Liu is a servant after all, I just call him Brother Liu, and I can't raise his status, but now the emperor has given them a few official ranks, and they can all wear official uniforms, so it feels different.

The three of us had just had breakfast, and we didn't expect Sun Daocun to come so quickly, so we hurried to the big 'gate' to wait for Sun Daocun. Seeing Sun Daocun's sedan chair stop, he walked out of the sedan chair under the service of his butler.

"Lord Sun, it's so early." I hurried up to say hello.

Sun Daocun tidied up his official uniform and said, "Lord Lan, congratulations, congratulations, such a big thing, can the old man come over earlier." ”

"There's Lord Laosun, please sit inside." Let Sun Daocun into the hall, Liu Taoran and Sun Daocun are also acquaintances, and they have long been familiar with them after so many days in Guozijian, and they also came to greet Sun Daocun, although Xing Zhiwei is not familiar with it, but as a lower official, of course, he saluted Shangguan and said goodbye.

After everyone said hello, Sun Daocun asked, "Lord Lan, are all the things for the payment of Nabi ready?" ”

"Lord Sun, it's all ready, you can take a look, we don't understand very well, see what is missing."

At this time, the invitation period is not very simple, and the officiant should bring a red 'colored' silk or gold paper with the name of the 'woman' written on it, and the rest is the same. On the auspicious day, the bridegroom's officiant (elders) prepare books and gifts in court. After the matchmaker finished looking at it, he and Bin presented books and gifts to the 'woman''s house. I don't have any elders now, and I didn't adopt it at that time, I just simply sent a wedding sticker, and now the emperor is coming, so I have to follow the right procedure.

After Sun Daocun checked the things we prepared, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, we will set off when the auspicious time comes, and your family here is ready." ”

"Master Sun, do you think you need anything?" I asked.

"Lord Lan, these are fine, you are so close to Lord Wei's mansion, it won't take much time, you go and take a look, you go and arrange it, the auspicious time is coming, go over early, there are still a lot of etiquette that needs to be completed over there."

"We have also arranged it here, the entourage is the one who carries the burden, and the one who is the house firecrackers, if Lord Sun thinks it's okay, we'll set off." This is what Xing Zhiwei said, and Xing Zhiwei wants to go with him.

Here Lao Liu took people to sort out the gift box in the yard, and the family members who arranged it were also transferred from the Wei Mansion, and when Lao Liu was ready, he came to the living room and replied: "My lord, are you ready for us to go?" ”

Sun Daocun stood up and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

When Sun Daocun and Xing Zhiwei took Lao Liu and them out of the big 'gate', the Three Tiger Brothers and Liu Lianjiang had already lit the firecrackers that had been prepared a long time ago, and the sound of crackling firecrackers broke the quiet street. It attracts a lot of neighbors and pedestrians who are bustling, and everyone points their fingers, because many people don't know what to do here.

After Sun Daocun and Xing Zhiwei arrived at the Wei Mansion, the housekeeper at the 'gate' followed them until they reached the 'gate' of the hall, and Wei Yunqing and a few people who came to help greeted them to the hall until they entered the hall.

First of all, Sun Daocun said in a speech: "The household 'servant' Lang Lan Yunjie undertook his life, and he was divination, and the turtle was co-ordinated, so that a certain person was auspicious." ”

Then Wei Yunqing invited the guest of honor to deliver a speech, saying: "Wei's untaught 'daughter', since she told her auspiciousness, how dare she resign." "Accept the sign like Najiyi, add Xuan Xuan bundle silk, letters, and no geese.