After the "closed bed", there are five sedan chairs. The front four are all eight-carrying sedan chairs, and the fifth sedan chair is a little smaller, and four people carry it. Both large and small sedan chairs are very gorgeously decorated. Those who can sit in such a sedan chair are naturally first-class nobles. However, on this occasion, there is absolutely no reason for a man to sit in a sedan chair - the person who is responsible for escorting the princess's dowry is the Minister of the Interior Mingshan, who is at the front of the team at this time, riding on a high-headed horse with a very divine horse, looking forward to self-satisfaction.

So, which lady is in the sedan chair?

Another "knowledgeable" "expert" broke the news: "Have you seen the 'bed'? In the sedan chair are the four ladies of the Decree - either Mrs. Zhenguo or Mrs. Fuguo! When they arrived at the Efu Mansion, these four women, with the help of the four female officials elected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, wanted to 'make the bed' for the big bed! Ming'er, the princess 'surrenders', and she can be on the 'joint bed' with her forehead...... Ha ha! ”

Everyone remembered that in Manchurian wedding customs, there is indeed a custom of adult female dependents "making beds" for newlyweds.

"What about the sedan chair carried by four people?"

The "master" can't answer.

This sedan chair is different, the sedan top and the sedan bars on both sides are red silk flowers, looking extraordinarily festive.

Suddenly, someone came to his senses: "Yo, what's in this sedan chair...... It's ...... 'trial marriage'! ”

Oh yes!

The team stretched endlessly, and there were those who had the heart, and they counted it from beginning to end: the whole team of princesses made up for the dowry, and the total number was one hundred and eighty.

This is Princess Rong'an's dowry, tomorrow, Princess Rong'an "surrendered", the day after tomorrow. It's time to send Princess Dunjo's dowry. Nature. It's exactly the same one hundred and eighty units.

The emperor's wedding, the queen's makeup is 360 units, which is "customized"; But the amount of the princess's dowry, there is no "customization", whether it is more or less, it all depends on whether the saint is rich? There is a princess who is not favored, and when she "surrenders", it is only a dowry of more than a dowry. There are also yes.

Princess Rong'an and Princess Dunrou are rich in makeup, and there is almost no precedent in this dynasty, only the ten princesses of Gaozong, Gulun and Princess Xiao, the son of "surrender" and Shen, Fengshen Yinde, can barely be compared.

A saying has spread secretly: the queen's makeup, three hundred and sixty units; Princess Rong'an's makeup, plus Princess Dunrou's makeup, is also 360 units, so these two princesses are together, isn't it equivalent to one...... Queen?

After the princess enters the north side street. Ordinary people can't see it - the entire small street facing north has been sealed.

However, there are some details of the four women and the four female officials "making the bed". It came out afterwards.

The four female officials first moved the new big red gold brocade futon to the bed, a total of three layers, the four women each stood in a corner of the big bed, and a female official helped a life woman to lay the layers of bedding neatly, and then, the four female officials handed the four gold and jade Ruyi to the four women and pressed them on the four corners of the bed.

In front of the big bed, there is an independent red sandalwood table, on which there is a pair of copper oil lamps, finely carved, engraved with the pattern of "double happiness of a hundred sons". After the four women laid out the bedding, they added honey to the lamp oil, which means that the princess and the forehead, the husband and wife, "honey and oil".

At this point, the ritual of "making the bed" is completed.

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The next day, Princess Rong'an "surrendered".

Early in the morning, before the sky was light, the "Ninety-Nine Ceremony" of the forehead was sent to the noon gate, counting eighteen saddle horses, eighteen pairs of armor, twenty-one horses—horses without saddle bridles, and gifts from six camels. In addition, there are 90 banquet tables, 81 sheep, and 45 bottles of milk wine and rice wine.

Of course, the "ninety banquet tables" are only explained on the gift list, and they do not really move the banquet into the palace, which refers to the number of banquets for the wedding banquet in the Efu Mansion today.

This "big set" is naturally expensive, but compared with yesterday's 180 princess makeup, it is nothing. When it was sent to the Forbidden City, most of the people in Beijing were still nested in the bed, so it didn't attract much attention.

After that, there is no need to list the various feasts.

When the auspicious time came, Princess Rong'an put on a lot of makeup and auspicious clothes, bid farewell to the queen mother of the two palaces, the little emperor and the born concubine Li one by one, and ascended out of the palace.

From here, it is naturally all the attention, but unfortunately, it is not about ordinary people. Yesterday sent the princess dowry, it was lively enough, the royal family has fulfilled the responsibility of "enjoying with the people", and this year's princess "surrendered", and the idle people had to be avoided - the dowry of the princess of "Guanzhan" can be, but the princess of "Guanzhan" can't!

This time, the route of the team to send off relatives, no longer need to go around in circles, and Prince Xuan's route back to the house, completely overlapped: from Donghua Gate out of the Forbidden City, from Dong'an Gate out of the Imperial City, T-shaped street left turn north, along the common name "street" of Wangfujing Street north section, to the intersection of Mashi Road, right turn to the east, all the way straight, through the East Fourth Archway, to the west exit of Chaoyangmen Inner Street, turn left, into the north street of Chaonei.

This section of the road, from the beginning to the end, is blocked, and the crowd cannot gather, in today's words, it is "temporary traffic control". Therefore, there are very few people who can see the procession.

However, the situation of sending off relatives was revealed by these few viewers.

With yesterday's lively foundation, most people can't hide their disappointment with today's send-off: although there is generally a "guard of honor" or something in Luan's ritual school, it can't be compared with yesterday's noisy drum music and flowers!

Some people also expressed their understanding: The roads are all blocked, who will toss those false excitement to see? Spending money in vain?

A very small number of clear-minded people scoffed: they know these vain things! None of them will look at the doorway! Today's send-off, what should be watched are the two groups of ministers in charge of "sending relatives" and "flattering", as well as Fujin and the wife!

On behalf of the royal "send-off", there are two ministers and two wives; On behalf of the Efu family, the princess is also two ministers and two wives.

The two ministers of the king who "sent relatives", one is the alcohol king, the other is Wenxiang, one is the clan, and the other is a military aircraft.

Among the uncles of Princess Rong'an, King Gong has been abolished as a concubine, and King Gong's seniority and title are the most respectful, but King Gong is the biological father of another "surrendered" Princess Dunrou, and cannot serve as a "minister of sending relatives".

Among the courtiers, the Minister of Military Aircraft has the most power, and the status of the scholar is the most respectable, but the princess "surrenders", and the scholar is only responsible for "proclaiming the system" and not for "sending relatives". This is because the scholar is the nominal prime minister, the leader of the scholars in the world, and no one can support him except the emperor. The subtext of this system is that "even a princess is not qualified to work as a scholar, and she is 'succumbed to servitude.'" ”

In the Military Aircraft Department, Wen Xiang's ranking is second only to Guan Zhuofan and King Gong, so he is the highest-status "minister to send relatives" that the imperial court can send.

The two "send-off" wives, one is Zhuang Wang Fujin, the other is Rui Wang Fujin, and the two princes Fujin are also "send-offs", and the attention of "above" to this marriage is really incomprehensible.

However, among them, Rui Wang Fujin is a little special - she is a continuation. Therefore, King Rui is old, and King Rui Fujin is not very old. However, it doesn't matter how old you are, the problem is this "continuation". At that time, people were somewhat taboo about these two words, and the "top" sent the messenger of Rui Wang Fujin, and many people were quite surprised.

On the "Fengying" side, there are two royal ministers, one is King Zhong and the other is Cao Yuying, which is also a clan and a military aircraft.

Xuanzong's son, after the alcohol king, is the king of Zhong; The order of the Minister of Military Aircraft, after Wen Xiang, is Cao Yuying.

It is logical for Cao Yuying to serve as the "Fengying Minister", but King Zhong is this "Fengying Minister", but he has broken many people's glasses.

King Zhong is less than twenty years old, and he has only done some "transactional" errands such as leading classes in front of the emperor, announcing decrees and interrogations, and patrolling from Hu Cong, and has never done any "practical" errands, not to mention that he can't touch the heels of his sixth brother, even compared with his seventh brother, it is difficult to match - from the time of the Qixiang coup, King Alcohol began to "plan with Wen", and he was in charge of the Shenji Battalion, and he was a "national minister".

Everyone said in private that King Zhong was able to get this high-profile messenger and stand side by side with important ministers of the country, because he had a good personal relationship with Guan San, and he usually patted Guan San's sycophants a lot.

The two women in charge of "Fengying", one is naturally the wife of Zhenguo, Bai's - needless to say, the other is interesting: Alcohol King Fujin.

*(To be continued......)