Chapter 84: The Wedding
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the wedding day finally arrived, although the Qing army had not yet arrived, but the defense during the day could not be relaxed, so the wedding was set in the afternoon, close to the evening.
Today is a good day, the weather is good, and in the golden autumn season, this autumn wind gusts are very cool. Yang Xiaoshan played the honor guard sent by the East King and rode a white high-headed horse to pick up his relatives. Twenty-four dragon lanterns at the front of the procession opened the way, the cymbals and drums followed closely, twenty-four red honor guard flags were waving in the wind, and at the back of the procession was a large sedan chair carried by twenty-four people, which was reserved for the bride to sit on.
Chen Yucheng took his former Boy Scout companion to follow Yang Xiaoshan all the way to create momentum for him. These young men were young and energetic, and this commotion along the way caused a huge momentum, which caused the villagers along the way to stop and watch.
"Yucheng, you're too high-profile." Yang Xiaoshan felt that he had become the target of public criticism, and his eyes were hotly staring at him, the groom official, all the way. This is full of the wishes of many girls who hope to have such a groom to marry them.
"Is this still high-profile? There are many people who want to come. I was afraid that there would be too many people, and I couldn't control any accidents, so I didn't dare to let them come. "Chen Yucheng is a little aggrieved, in his opinion, I am already very low-key.
"I got married on the same day as King Xi, and I'm afraid that being so high-profile will make King Xi unhappy." Yang Xiaoshan was a little worried, this era is very particular about overstepping. The marquis's pomp is greater than that of the prince, and it will cause gossip. Because the East King was going to the West King later, Yang Xiaoshan's wedding was half an hour earlier than the West King.
"That can't be helped, you can't be blamed for this, Xiwangniang is the righteous sister of the king of heaven, and she married on the side of the king. You know the 。。。。。。。 of the King of Heaven Chen Yucheng threw Yang Xiaoshan a look.
Yang Xiaoshan understood that the king of heaven believed in Christ, and any marriage ceremony system on his side was red tape for him, and he advocated the abolition of it. The King of Heaven is also a very frugal person, and the wedding of the King of the West must not be lively.
The two of them arrived at the Splendid Camp as they spoke, Su Qiaomei worshiped Yiwang Niang Sanniang as her righteous sister, and the Yiwang couple were her parents and were responsible for sending her to get married.
Yang Xiaoshan's team waited outside the Splendid Camp to pick up relatives, and Chen Yucheng asked his subordinates to stuff red envelopes into the camp, and each female soldier in the Splendid Battalion could receive a red envelope containing six copper coins. Since the Jintian Uprising, I haven't seen such a grand welcoming procession for a long time, which makes the girls in the Splendid Camp envious.
"Qiao Mei is so ordinary, can she marry such a handsome little marquis?"
"Don't talk nonsense, it's a good life."
"I will also worship God every day in the future, and I will be able to give me such a good husband."
"You, stop dreaming, it's good if someone takes a fancy to you."
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The women in the Splendid Camp were gossiping and saying everything, but they all had the same thought, "If only I were Su Qiaomei." ”
Su Qiaomei was wearing a gold silk red robe wedding dress sewn by herself and waited closely at the entrance of the camp, and she could feel those hot eyes through her headscarf. In the past, she always lived in an invisible humility, but today she can finally stand proudly in the crowd and calmly accept everyone's blessings whether willing or unwilling, all because she has a good husband Yang Xiaoshan.
"I'm coming." Yang Xiaoshan stepped forward to see the Yiwang couple, then took Su Qiaomei's hand and said affectionately.
"Yes." Su Qiaomei didn't know how to answer, but just shyly sighed.
"Let me have a salute. You all set off firecrackers for me, don't leave one of them behind! The Wing King looked at Xiaoshan and Qiaomei with a smile, and picked up a torch and lit the salute, and the cannon sound was magnificent and powerful.
In the noisy sound of firecrackers, Yang Xiaoshan picked up Su Qiaomei, walked through the camp gate and gently placed her on the big red sedan chair.
"Sister Qiao, sit tight, you can be stable for the rest of your life." Sanniang followed behind and took care of it carefully.
"Get up!" Twenty-four strong men carried the bride's palanquin and set off to the Hou Ye's mansion on the hill.
This Hou Ye's Mansion was originally the residence of the Yong'an Salt Envoy. Before the Taiping army came, the well-informed salt transport envoy slipped away with his family. Although his house is not the largest, it is the most luxurious, and the pavilions, courtyards, and furniture are the most high-end in Yong'an City. The East King also wanted to change this place into the East King's Mansion, but it was located in the east of the city, a little far from the residence of the Heavenly King, so it was inconvenient to deal with official business. So he gave it to him as Yang Xiaoshan's wedding gift, which only Dongwang can be so generous.
Taiping weddings are very different from traditional weddings, and are somewhat similar to Christian church weddings. A wing room in the Hou Ye's mansion was changed into a chapel, and Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, held a cross to witness the marriage of Xiaoshan and Qiaomei, and the king of the east and the king of the wings sat under the stage as family members. Today, King Nan came in person, and he also took special care of Xiaoshan, and this matter is usually done by his subordinate wedding officials.
Xiaoshan and Qiaomei followed King Nan with their heads bowed and prayed: "The savior Brother Jesus has atoned for his sins, and he has turned to God the Father and God to fulfill his holy decree in heaven, and he is on earth as he is in heaven." Bow down to what you want, and do what you want. ”
After praying, the two of them first bowed to the South King to worship God, and then to the East King and the Yiwang couple in the audience to worship the parents, and finally the husband and wife worshipped each other, and a set of processes was over.
This set of etiquette combines Chinese and Western, which is very characteristic of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the end of the ceremony, the King of the South issued a dragon and phoenix waving (this is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom version of the marriage certificate) with the names, ages, places of origin and time of participation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on both the male and female parties, and then stamped with the official seal of the dragon and phoenix. The joint wave is in duplicate, one copy is kept in the competent government department, and the other copy is issued to the parties to the marriage, and the number is also written in the middle seam for investigation. The marriage certificate invented by Nanwang first, Yang Xiaoshan was the first to enjoy it, which was the first one.
Yang Xiaoshan can be regarded as officially marrying Su Qiaomei, in the etiquette system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the wedding is lifelong, only marriage is not divorced, and if you get married, you have to take care of your wife for a lifetime.
Out of the chapel, the East King took care of Xiaoshan a few more words, and rushed to the West King's Mansion with the South King and the Wing King to attend the wedding of the West King. King Yi left Sanniang to take care of Qiaomei, and his subordinates also stayed in the Hou Ye's Mansion, because the officers of the other kings had to go to King Xi's side, if his own team also left, this wedding would only have Chen Yucheng's team, which might be a little deserted, and King Yi could not be said to be careless, which took care of Yang Xiaoshan's feelings.
Everyone is eager for the three princes to leave, especially the East King, who dare not make a mistake in everyone, and dare not speak out at all.
"Brothers, tonight there is enough wine and meat, eat and drink hard!" Yang Xiaoshan knew what the brothers were thinking, and he also knew that the brothers in the house were waiting for him. Lao Wu of the Holy Treasury is his own person, this bit of eating and drinking is not a problem at all, and with the care of the East King, he can eat as much as he wants tonight.
The brothers who came to the wedding in the palace immediately boiled, and if it weren't for the king's order, everyone would be willing to come to Xiaoshan. Especially the wing king is even happier here, there is a king of heaven on the west king's side, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom prohibits alcohol, although the wedding can be pardoned, but this wine is dare to drink in front of the king of heaven, Xiaoshan is different here, there is no boss, how to drink this wine, and Xiaoshan also said that the wine is enough, and this atmosphere was quickly created. More than 20 tables of people have created an atmosphere of more than 100 tables, how can everyone be so happy.
Before half an hour of drinking, dozens of jars of Sanhua wine were empty, and Lao Wu sent more than 100 jars over.
"The Marquis of Heaven Protector led the generals of the Chinese army to come to congratulate him!" The salute outside the door suddenly shouted.
Yang Xiaoshan was a little bored when he heard it, Hu Yihuang wasn't on Dongwang's side, why did he come here to me? Yang Xiaoshan received in a daze, Hu Yihuang just gave a gift with a strange face, but he didn't speak, and his generals immediately joined the dinner as if they were reincarnated as hungry ghosts.
"Dingtianhou led the generals of the right army to congratulate him!" Qin Rigang then also came with dozens of subordinates of Wei Changhui of the Right Army. Yang Xiaoshan was even more puzzled, but Qin Rigang, like Hu Yihuang, also didn't say much after giving the gift, and his expression was weird.
"The generals of the rear army came to congratulate them." The king's men soon came.
"Marquis Jinghu and Marquis Dinghu led the generals of the former army to congratulate them!" In the end, even Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, the most cronies of King Xi's account, came.
All the famous generals of the whole army arrived at their wedding scene, and the results that should not have come have all come. Yang Xiaoshan's heart sank, knowing that something bad was wrong! There is a problem with the wedding of Xiao Chaogui and Hong Xuanjiao, the king of the West!