After listening to Liu Zhen's report, Lu Shi groaned for a while, gave him another ten taels of gold, and let him go down.

In the days that followed, Zhu Yunwen had no free time at all, and military reports from the north kept coming, and weapons, armor, grain and grass, soldiers, and generals were constantly transferred to Shaanxi, Datong, Taiyuan, Xuanfu, Beiping, Daning and Guangning. In addition, Zhu Yunwen put more of his mind on the palace, often went to see King Yan and Princess Yan, and the two princes Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, among these people, Zhu Yunwen had the best impression of Princess Yan, Princess Yan talked generously and decently, paid attention to etiquette, and made people feel like a spring breeze; King Yan is the same, lukewarm, asking and answering, looking at ease with what happens; Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are not very friendly, but Zhu Yunwen doesn't care.

In addition, it was to receive etiquette training from officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, which deeply made Zhu Yunwen understand why China is called the "State of Etiquette", and the etiquette of marriage in ancient times was very particular, and the wedding of the crown prince was even more so. It is mainly divided into Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nahui, inviting the period, telling the temple, Jiao ring, welcoming in person, seeing the court, Jiao concubine, giving gifts, paying homage to the temple, and congratulating the ministers and women. The previous Nacai, asking the name, Naji, Nahui, and asking for the period are all things for the messenger, "Nacai" is to inform the woman's father, the prince wants to accept the first few daughters of your family as concubines, and the woman's father will say that my daughter does not understand the etiquette in the palace and is not suitable to be the crown princess, but the emperor has a life, and I have to agree; The next step is to "ask the name", that is, to ask the woman's situation, so as to choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, the woman's principal will say the daughter's ranking, mother, etc.; After understanding the woman's situation, then divination, which must be auspicious, will carry out "Najib", even if the person comes to the door to report the result of the divination; Then I have to tell the woman that the marriage can be completed, that is, "Nahui"; Then determine the date of the wedding, which is the "invitation period", the messenger will come to the door to inform the woman of the date of the wedding, and the principal will answer: "dare not accept the fate"; "Sue the temple" is to sue the temple, and then send a messenger to give the treasure of the canonization of the crown princess and the honor guard required for the ceremony to the woman; Then there is the "Jiao Ring", the process is that the emperor holds a small banquet, gives the crown prince wine and food, and the emperor will say: "You go and pick up your daughter-in-law, you will inherit my family business in the future, you must do it well." The crown prince replied, "My son obeys." ”

After that, it's the matter of the crown prince, who comes to the door to "welcome" the crown princess. On the fourth day of the first month of November, the relevant departments set up the East Palace honor guard outside the gate of the Qingma Quanfu of Guanglu Temple; The next day, the east palace began to blow and blow, Zhu Yunwen wore a red crown dress and rode a chariot, and when he arrived outside the palace, he changed into a chariot and rushed to Mafu. After arriving at Mafu, he sat on the chariot and greeted the crown princess Ma Hui. Zhu Yunwen was like a marionette, according to the guidance of the ceremonial officer, he saw Ma Quan, offered a laying goose, and Ma Quan knelt to accept it; Then I went to the pavilion gate and saw Mrs. Ma, and then Ma Hui was guided out by the palace people and stood on the left side of her mother. Zhu Yunwen will never forget Ma Hui on this day, she is wearing the auspicious dress of the princess given by the emperor, her crown is round and round, and she is decorated with nine dragons and four phoenixes, twelve trees with large flowers, and the number of small flowers is the same; Two sideburns and twelve dians. Yiyi, dark blue painted Zhai, red, five-color twelve, etc.; Plain yarn medium single, yellow collar, Luo Luo Lu plac. Cover the knees with the color of the clothes, take the tie as the collar, and use Zhai as the third chapter. The big belt follows the color of the clothes, the inside and the outside, the top is with the brocade, the bottom is with the green brocade, and the New York is with the green group; Jade leather belt. Green socks, green socks, gold ornaments. I saw that her face was like a silver plate, her eyes were like autumn water, her two beautiful eyebrows were like a slender crescent moon, her eyebrows flashed with moving brilliance, her lips were dotted under her nose, and the corners of her mouth were slightly smiling, making her more and more noble and elegant, but inviolable. In the end, Ma Hui's parents told their daughter, shed tears to send their daughter to the step, and after leaving the house, Ma Hui was guided to the sedan chair. Zhu Yunwen got into the carriage and stayed in the East Palace. Zhu Yunwen took a foot chariot, and then walked to the east outside the inner temple gate; Si Boudoir guided Ma Hui to the west outside the door of the inner hall. The two saluted each other and bowed together......

The next morning, when Zhu Yunwen woke up, he found that it was already dawn. Ma Hui had already gotten up, sat on the dresser and was freshened up by Qiu Ju. Zhu Yunwen gently put on his clothes, walked out, and said softly, "Liu'er got up so early?" Why don't you sleep more? ”

Ma Hui hurriedly got up and took Qiu Ju to salute, but Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stopped him and said, "No need, since we have become husband and wife, don't be polite." ”

Ma Hui said: "Your Highness, the ceremony cannot be abolished. ”

Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to accept her salute, looking at Ma Hui's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh softly, this is the wife who shared the joys and sorrows with him, and died of self-immolation when Yan Jun entered the city. Thinking of this, he picked up Ma Hui and held her in his arms, Ma Hui was about to struggle, but heard Zhu Yunwen say: "Don't move, Qiu Ju, you go out first." ”

Ma Hui hurriedly said: "Your Highness, no, the concubine is going to see Your Majesty soon." ”

"I know, it's okay." Zhu Yunwen hugged Ma Hui and said softly: "Liu'er, I won't be alone in this life, and I will definitely let you enjoy all the glory and wealth." ”

Ma Hui looked at Zhu Yunwen's sincere appearance, and couldn't help but be a little moved: "Since the concubine is His Royal Highness's wife, she will naturally share weal and woe with His Royal Highness, share honor and disgrace, and the concubine will work hard to take care of the harem and not let His Highness worry." ”

"Hehe, Lone's harem is now only you, you were the first to choose a concubine, and the second and third would have entered the palace together, but they were rejected by Lone, so you just need to be filial to your mother, and you can be filial to the imperial grandfather's concubine."

"The concubine understands, what should be done?"

"I need to ask my mother about this, my mother has been doing these things, but now that you are here, I need you to do it."

"The concubine understands."

"Okay, let's go to meet the emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang quit the court today because the imperial concubine wanted to come to the court. Zhu Yunwen took Ma Hui to the outside of the inner hall and waited quietly. After arriving at the time, Si Boudoir guided Ma Hui into the main hall, and the old emperor sat on the throne, looking at Ma Hui who came in, and felt a little emotional. He remembered that in the fourth year of Hongwu, that is, twenty-four years ago, the crown princess who came in that day was the daughter of Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, but unfortunately Chang had already died of illness. Today's concubine is as young and in her prime as the Chang family back then, but I don't know how her longevity is......

Under the guidance of Si Boudoir, Ma Hui presented the jujube chestnut plate to the old emperor, and then presented the jujube chestnut plate to the next head Li Shufei and the crown princess Lu. Then serve a few elders to drink and eat.

After the ceremony, Zhu Yunwen and Ma Hui were led to the Taimiao Temple to inform their ancestors that they had accepted a concubine. Originally, this ceremony was supposed to be presided over by Zhu Di, the right Zongzheng, but Zhu Di was not in good health, so it was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, who presided over this ceremony. Today's Zhu Gaoxu behaved decently, but watching Zhu Yunwen and his wife kneel down to worship their ancestors under his own guidance, he also seemed to get some special pleasure.

After Zhu Yunwen got married, he lived in the main hall of Duanben Palace, and when he was canonized as the emperor's grandson, the Lu family should have moved out according to the system. But Zhu Yunwen refused, and let the Lu family live in the main hall, and he still lived in the side hall. After the date of this wedding was confirmed, Lu took the initiative to move out, Zhu Yunwen went to ask his mother for forgiveness, but Lu said with a smile: "Yunwen, you are very filial, and your mother is very happy, but now you are about to get married, and you are the head of our family, and your mother is very happy now, you don't have to worry." Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to kneel down and thank his mother.

After the temple was over, Zhu Yunwen took Ma Hui to his mother Lu Shi to say goodbye, and knelt on the ground to salute: "Erchen greets his mother, the adult is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Seeing the two salute, Lu Shi was very happy and hurriedly let the two get up. Then he took Ma Hui's hand, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Liu'er, yes, yes, it's really a good daughter-in-law of this palace." ”

Ma Hui also smiled: "Erchen has just entered the palace, and he doesn't understand a lot of things, so he has to ask his mother for more advice." ”

The more the two of them chatted, the more speculative they became, and they unconsciously snubbed Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen felt that he was a little redundant, and couldn't help coughing. Lu Shi looked up at him, and drove him out with a smile, saying that he had something to talk about with Ma Hui. Zhu Yunwen smiled goodbye to his mother and walked to the Qianqing Palace.

The Lu family left Ma Hui, and the first thing he asked was, "Liu'er, how was it last night?" ”

Ma Hui's face flushed with shame, and he lowered his head and said, "It's good, Your Highness treats your sons very well." ”

Lu Shi said softly: "I know, what I want to ask, do you understand?" ”

"Erchen understands," Ma Hui gently raised his head and asked Qiu Ju to bring in a box, and took out a white cloth from the box, on which was a bloodstain.

Seeing this, Lu Shi sighed lightly, patted his chest and said: "Liu'er, don't blame the palace, Yun Wei, this kid is a little weird, originally according to the regulations, he had to be lucky with the two palace maids before he could get married." The palace also sent Cuizhu over, but Yun Wei refused to live or die, and I had to let him be, so I asked like this, don't be surprised. ”

Ma Hui's face was as red as a red cloth, and she said in a low voice: "Oh, Erchen understands, thank you mother." ”

Lu Shi was silent for a while, and said: "Liu Er, since you have entered the palace, there are some things that need to be explained to you, this palace will take you to participate in the emperor's harem concubines in a while, the current chief in the palace is Concubine Li Shu, you have to be careful, as for the other concubines, you don't have to be slow, there are some gifts here in this palace, you have to remember it for a while, and then give it to all the concubines." ”

"Erchen understands." Speaking of business, Ma Hui's face was also a lot more solemn.

"You remember, for a while, like this, like this......"

"Erchen understands."

"In addition," Lu Shi paused and said: "King Yan still lives in Jingren Palace, King Yan is sick now, Princess Yan came from Beiping to take care of King Yan, they are elders, you also have to go to visit." You have to remember to try to have a good relationship with Princess Yan, understand? ”

"This? Is there anything special about King Yan? Ma Hui was a little puzzled.

"King Yan sits in Beiping, the soldiers are strong and strong, and he is the barrier of the northern frontier, Yun Wei hopes that he can become the arm of the imperial court, so you have to walk around with Princess Yan more."

"Okay, Erchen understands."

Then the Lu family explained the background, preferences, etc. of the palace concubines and princesses Yan to Ma Hui in detail. Fortunately, Ma Hui was talented, remembered them one by one, and repeated them to Lu. The more Lu Shi looked at Ma Hui, the more satisfied he felt, and felt that this daughter-in-law should be able to help Yun Wei, not bad, not bad, very good.

......

Three days later, Ma Hui was officially canonized as the imperial concubine in the inner hall, the princess, the princess, and the county lord visited her, and the courtiers ordered the women to congratulate her.