Chapter Eighty-Eight: Joy Comes to the Door
Anlu City, a courtyard in a certain neighborhood is full of lights, the street outside the courtyard gate is cleaned, a green house that can accommodate more than ten people is set up outside the door, the green house is surrounded by a green cloth curtain is usually located inside and outside the door, and the husband's family welcomes the bride with this is to marry the green house.
Wang Yue and several men who looked like guards were waiting outside the Qinglu, while the surrounding neighbors were sticking their heads out of the neighborhood to look around, and Zheng Tong led a few people dressed as domestic servants to distribute small pastries to these enthusiastic people with plates.
"I said Brother Zheng, today is the marriage of the Xiao girl in your yard?"
"Where is my husband's family from?"
The neighbors asked while eating with small pastries, the people in this courtyard are a total of three families who moved in not long ago, and a little master is taken out, the first man is surnamed Wang, and the two are doing small business, and the other is the Zheng brother in front of him, a family of four, and a family is a girl surnamed Xiao, the first two families live in the yard, but they often walk around with their neighbors, but the Xiao girl stays at home, which is very rare.
Looking at today's scene, it must be that Miss Xiao got married and had such a battle, because these three families do not seem to be relatives but are inherently such a problem, Zheng Tong explained while distributing pastries that his Hun family and the Hun family of the shopkeeper Wang are cousins, and Miss Xiao is the distant cousin of the shopkeeper Wang.
"We waited to escape the war and moved to Anlu, and you have been grateful to the neighbors these days." Zheng Tong was used to laughing and talking with merchants from the south and north in Gangneung, so he could talk and laugh with anyone.
Miss Xiao naturally has nothing to do with the two of them, today is the happy day for Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County to accept this Miss Xiao as a concubine, and yesterday the government sent someone to send Miss Xiao back to the courtyard for a night to wait for today's 'kiss'.
Although Miss Xiao has relatives, she is far away in Jiangling and it is impossible to send someone over, so Zheng Tong's family and Wang Yue and his wife took on the responsibility of 'relatives' as a happy event for Zhang Luo, the mother's family. Although the scene of taking a concubine cannot be as grand as marrying a wife, under Yu Wenwen's arrangement, it can still be done in a decent way.
In fact, it is to borrow a place to get a wedding and rightfully connect Miss Xiao to the Xiyang County Mansion. Although concubines can't go from the main gate, but they beat gongs and drums all the way, which is to let everyone know that the concubines of Xiyang County are still quite formal.
"Today is the concubine of Miss Naxiao of Xiyang County. You laughed. Zheng Tong bowed to a circle of people, it is not for nothing that concubines have been so grand in these years, after all, it is still rare, if it is a prince and nobleman, it is understandable that the concubines of the Hao clan are noble, but their 'family' is not a wealthy family.
When the onlookers heard that it was a concubine, not only did they not lose their interest, but they came up, because they heard the words 'Xiyang County Prince': Xiyang County Princess: Xiyang County Princess, another concubine? Didn't you just take a concubine at the end of last year, why did you like the new and hate the old so quickly?
At the end of last year, the second son of Yuwen, the chief manager of Xiyang County, Yuwen Wen, who came back from Chang'an not long ago, beat the gong and drum to accept a widow surnamed Yang as a concubine.
It's not even a year before you want to take a concubine, it's really romantic, and it is rumored that this 'Yuwen Evil Wolf' is in Jiangling's 'fornication\ chaos in the harem of Liang Kingdom' and 'drawing knives and slashing to make a river of blood' It seems that this is really the case!
In the courtyard, Wang Yue's wife Gu is helping Xiao Jiuniang dress up with several maids, although she is a concubine, she still has a basic festive atmosphere. Thrushes, lip dots, and flowers are indispensable, and a newly made wedding dress with jewelry has been prepared for a long time.
Xiao Jiuniang sat still and let others take care of herself, she just looked at the person in a glass mirror in a daze, and she was very familiar and a little unfamiliar in that treasure mirror, and she seemed to have seen it somewhere.
The head is shaking, the ears are tied with a bright moon, the bead ring is about a plain wrist, the green feathers are hanging bright, the eyebrows are like fine willows, and the moon is yellow between the eyebrows
Yes. When I was a child, the neighbors married the bride, and she ran to watch the brides in this way, just like many young ladies, she also longed for what she would look like when she wore the wedding dress. Now her vision has become a reality.
After she came to Anlu, she lived in the Xiyang County Mansion for a few days, Yuwenwen has always treated her politely, and according to the agreement, he will officially accept him as a concubine before having sex with her.
"Miss Xiao is a fairy-like character, and now she is even more sinking when she dresses up." Gu Shi looked at the stunning beauty in front of him and was full of praise, she came to Zhang Luo today as the cousin-in-law of this Xiao girl, but there was nothing to worry about except makeup, and the servants sent by the Xiyang County Mansion had already prepared everything.
"Sister Gu said and laughed," Xiao Jiuniang was immersed in joy and was quite shy when she heard others say this, although she was now a concubine, she was dressed up for a long time and didn't dare to think about it: she was going to get married.
I don't know why Xiao Jiuniang suddenly remembered her uncle, her aunt, and Aye Aniang, who was far away in Jiangling, and her mood fluctuated for a while, and tears flashed in the corners of her eyes.
A group of people said that they helped to touch up their makeup and wiped away their tears, only to hear the noise of people outside, and the sound of wheels gradually approached and stopped outside the door, and after a while, many people shouted outside the door: "The bride urges out!" ”
The shouts came and went, this is the husband's family sent someone to pick up the kiss, Gu and the maids hurriedly helped Xiao Jiuniang to get up and walked out of the door, the felt outside the door stretched to the Qinglu outside the door, according to the custom at this time, it was called turning the felt, so that the bride could not walk until she got into the carriage.
When going out, Gu handed over a fan to Xiao Jiuniang to use to cover the face, this is the popular custom of the Southern Dynasty, the bride held a fan to cover her face at the wedding, until she saw the groom to worship the ceremony, although the concubine will not have a bow ceremony - this is the etiquette of the main room to marry - but it is essential to use a fan along the way.
Yuwen fifteen led a group of guards outside the gate of the courtyard and shouted loudly, "The bride urges out", this is the third time he has participated in the wedding, in February last year, when the lord of Lang married the daughter of the princess Chi Shun of Angu County, he followed the team to welcome the family, and later at the end of last year, when the lord of Lang accepted the Yang family as a concubine, he took the team to pick up people, and after more than eight months, he took on the 'heavy responsibility' again.
'Three times. Lord Lang won't have a fourth, fifth, or something like that?" Yuwen Fifteen was helpless in his heart. Although this wedding is a concubine, the basic procedures still have to be followed. The scale is also the same as the start of the Yang family at the end of last year, but he participated in three weddings at a 'young age', according to the unwritten rule, 'nothing more than three', and then there will be a next time you can be exempted, because he has not yet married a family.
"Shopkeeper Wang, this dowry will be placed in the courtyard, and Lord Lang will divide it between Shopkeeper Wang and Mr. Zheng." Fu Youcai was talking to Wang Yue in a low voice on the side, the dowry brought by the entourage had been moved to the courtyard, although it was only a concubine and there was no mother's family present, but Yuwenwen still prepared a gift, which was regarded as the hard work of the 'mother's family' Wang Yue and Zheng Tong's family.
Xiao Jiuniang's parents are the emperor and queen of Liang State, and they don't lack this money, and Yu Wenwen burned a lot of money to celebrate his wife's childbirth and survived the difficulties, and he didn't care about this, as for whether the real mother's family would come to the door to ask for it in the future, it would be said later.
"The bride is out!" A crowd of onlookers shouted. Yuwen Fifteen, who was distracted, trembled when he heard this, led the guards to get out of the way, opened the carriage door, and let Xiao Jiuniang, who had already entered the Qinglu, board the carriage with the support of the maid.
The carriage is a four-wheeled system that has been popular, after more than half a year of continuous improvement, the durability of the four-wheeled carriage is almost the same as the two-wheeled carriage, as long as it is a flat official road on the boundary of Anzhou, you can see the figure of the four-wheeled carriage from time to time.
The carriage of the wedding is a side door, which can sit on the opposite side of a total of four people, Xiao Jiuniang boarded the car with the support of the maid, and another maid who had been waiting in the car for a long time stretched out her hand to help her get on the car, because of the fan barrier, Xiao Jiuniang was unable to move, and could only be helped by the maid.
After the bride boarded the car, Fu Youcai closed the door, and the carriage slowly drove away from the courtyard under the leadership of the guards in front, and he led the rest of the guards to follow on foot, Wang Yue and Zheng Tong breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the end of the greeting and let people put away the Qinglu and felt, and the surrounding neighbors gradually dispersed when they saw that the excitement had passed......
The convoy of relatives walked on the street, there were gongs and drums beating in front of it, and it was not lively, and the pedestrians who came and went saw this team looked curiously, and they saw that this was the carriage of the Xiyang County Mansion, and they were all over the place: the four-wheeled carriage on the Xiyang County Mansion was first-class in the same kind of car in Anlu City.
"Looking at the posture, could it be that you are taking a concubine again?" There was a well-informed sneer. The others listened curiously and asked why they said 'again', and the man glanced at the team and whispered, "This Xiyang County Duke married a wife at the beginning of last year. At the end of the year, he took in a widow."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this: she was still a widow at the beginning of last year when she married a wife and at the end of the year, and now she has taken a concubine in less than a year, who does this guy fancie!
In this way, the convoy marched slowly towards the mansion in various eyes, and after a certain distance, there was an intersection in front of the team, and when they arrived, turn left and walk forward a short distance to the Xiyang County Mansion.
"Be in good spirits!" Yuwen fifteen commanded, he rode his horse and walked in front of the team and explained to the guards beside him: "Remember to go to the side gate for a while, don't go to the gate, make a mistake Lang main whip!" ”
When taking a concubine, the bride can only enter the house through the side door, and only when marrying a wife, the main room can enter through the main door, although Yu Wenwen wants to give the side room a minimum name, but the etiquette system can not be messed up, otherwise the face of the main room will be gone.
In the carriage, Xiao Jiuniang sat silently with her head bowed, holding the fan tightly in her right hand, and after the car door opened for a while, she had to enter the house with a fan barrier until she met Yuwenwen, and then it became the side room of the other party.
When she arrived at the house before, Xiao Jiuniang entered the house as a guest, so she walked through the gate, although this time she could only enter the house through the side door according to the etiquette system of taking concubines, but as long as she could be with Yuwenwen, she didn't care about these anymore.
During the days when she lived in the house, she lived very happily, Yuwen Wen had lunch with her every day and talked with her, usually the little girl Yuwen Eying and the housemother's sister Yu Chi Mingyue pulled her to play together, I thought that the housemother would have to wait for several months before she was willing to let her enter the house 'justifiably', but she nodded so quickly.
The maid lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, smiled and whispered, "Turn a corner in front of you and be about to reach the house, Xiao Jiuniang's heart was like a deer hitting her cheeks, and her head was getting lower and lower.
Suddenly, the carriage froze, Xiao Jiuniang involuntarily leaned forward, but fortunately she was supported by the maid in front of her, just when they were wondering, they only heard the voices of people outside: "There is a situation, protect the carriage!" (To be continued.) )