finally arrived at the right time to get married, but Cao Hao frowned when he got up. I drank with Detehei last night, and now I feel a pain in my head. He rubbed his temples and squinted his eyes to look out the window, but it was already three poles.

Cao Hao stretched out his hand and touched the pocket watch next to the pillow, wanting to see the time.

Zhu'er and Cui'er were already waiting in the outer room, and when they heard movement inside, they picked up the curtain and came in to wait.

It was already three quarters of the morning (8:45 a.m.), Cao Hao put down his pocket watch and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up, did there be a guest in the front yard?" ”

At that time, the marriage customs, in the male marrying the woman, most of the relatives and friends went to congratulate in the morning, and the whole family came, this is the so-called close to the first visit, the party seems to be affectionate. The friendship is average, but you just don't bring your family, and you can come at any time.

"Sister Amethyst said that the uncle will be busy until the night today, let the uncle sleep more, and save the day from being tired!" Zhu'er handed over the clothes and replied: "I don't know about the front yard, I heard that there are female guests here in the inner house, Sister Amethyst welcomes the guests, and Fujin and the three girls accompany them in the inner hall!" ”

Cui'er shouted that the little maid outside sent hot water, and the temperature of the water was just right, so she asked Cao Hao to freshen up.

In these years, there are very few female guests who come to the door alone, and since the female guests have arrived, there should be male guests in the front yard.

Cao Hao shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was a derelict groom official, so he had to hurry over to save people from picking on it.

After freshening up, Hai'er and Huan'er had already brought the decanting soup and eaten.

Cao Hao was tired of having a headache, but when he saw that the sobering soup was just what he wanted, he stretched out his hand and drank it. Look at the food again, but it is two plates of dim sum, longan small buns and gold silk flower rolls; There is also a porridge, ginseng and wolfberry porridge; There are also four plates of side dishes, mixed with mustard shreds, mixed with bean curd, diced pickled melon, and shredded red oil ears.

Cao Hao sandwiched a golden silk flower roll, looked at the ginseng wolfberry porridge, and asked, "Why do you do this again, didn't you say that you don't need to make up for it?" ”

Hai'er replied: "It was Fujin and the third girl who specially explained, I am afraid that the uncle will be busy and have no time to eat, so let me eat more in the morning!" ”

Cao Hao's face was a little more smiling, these two sisters looked like they were in charge of the house, and they thought of their parents in these two lives.

In his previous life, his parents regarded Cao Hao's old son as a baby pimple, although after he worked, he also repeated the words of persuading him to marry Wen Qi as soon as possible, but later after knowing that Wen Qi was with someone else, he kept silent for fear of touching his son's sadness. The parents in this life are far away in Jiangning, which is more than 2,000 miles away. He was the only son of the two of them, but he could not fulfill his filial piety in front of them. They can't see their son marry with their own eyes, which can be regarded as a regret in life!

"Your son is about to marry a daughter-in-law!" Cao Hao said silently in his heart, he was a parent for two lifetimes. This marriage is one of the four joys of life, but his state of mind at the moment is not only expectation and joy, but also endless thoughts and loneliness. People are like this, the more important the moment, the more they miss their family and want them to share all their joys and sorrows.

Zhu'er, Cui'er and Hai'er saw that Cao Hao's face changed from a faint smile to contemplation, then to loneliness, and finally only endless melancholy, and their moods also hung up. The teachings of the grandmother of the Chun Wangfu are still in my ears, and after today, Cao Hao will move to a new courtyard to live, and the way they go and stay depends on Da Gege's arrangement. However, today is the master's great joy, even if they are uneasy or worried, they must be buried in their hearts and dare not show it in their faces.

Huan'er was young and thought the least, and when she saw Cao Hao holding the spoon and not moving for a long time, she said: "Uncle, the porridge is going to be cold!" ”

Cao Hao came to his senses at this time, drank two bowls of porridge with shredded pickled melon, and ate half a plate of small flower rolls. Although he got up early and had no appetite, the rules were complicated at this time, and he, the groom, had to accompany the guests to welcome his relatives, so he was afraid that he would not have time to eat.

After breakfast, I went out of the Kwai Courtyard, and before I got out of the second door, I saw Baoya and Cao Yi walking side by side, followed by many maids. Seeing Cao Hao, Cao Yi and everyone leaned down to salute, but Bao Ya looked at Cao Hao with a smile, and there was a little smugness in her expression: "Groom official, after today, you will call my sister with Chu Yu!" ”

Cao Yi was beside her, smiling at her teasing her brother. Where would Cao Hao fight with her, although he already knew from his sister that Da Gege's girlfriend name was "Chu Yu", but at this time, when he heard Baoya mention it, he still couldn't help laughing at himself, he was also an ancient, he only knew his fiancée's name before he got married, and he had never seen his face, so he completely understood what "blind marriage and dumb marriage" was.

Bao Ya went with Cao Yi to greet the wives of Zhaojia Mansion, so after making fun of Cao Hao, she didn't delay much, and the two went to the front to greet her.

Cao Hao also followed the second door and went to the living room in the front yard. Nersu and Seshtu both arrived, and the two were half masters in the Cao family, and Cao Song entertained several congratulatory guests with good relationships. There were also a few elderly guests, who were accompanied by Mr. Zhuang.

Seeing Cao Hao come in, several guests of the same generation got up, saluted with a thousand salutes, and said, "Congratulations to you!" Cao Hao returned the salute and replied with a smile: "Joy, joy!" ”

The elder nodded at Cao Hao and said, "Brother Hao is very happy." Cao Hao naturally couldn't help but call a thousand people and said, "Let you bother for a long time." ”

Among the guests who arrived early were Cao Hao's uncle Fu Ding and cousin Changling, although Cao Hao had been in Beijing for more than a year, but because Changling was working abroad, he returned to Beijing a few days ago, so the two met for the first time. Chang Ling is in his twenties, tall and strong, and has the style of a martial artist. But for some reason, it is difficult for Cao Hao to be close. Maybe it's because of the first time they met, and the two are very polite and unfamiliar.

Ning Chun also arrived early, in addition to the congratulatory gifts he gave himself, there was also Yongqing's share. Because Yongqing was in the filial piety period, he couldn't come to the door in person, so Toning Chun was transferred. In fact, according to Ning Chun's friendship with Cao Hao, he should have brought his family over. But it was not appropriate to bring a concubine on this occasion, and he was too lazy to bring his wife, so he came by himself.

After noon, the guests gradually filled the door. The in-laws and distant relatives of the Cao family, the clansmen of the Li family, the relatives of the Jueluo family and the Ping Wangfu, some Cao Hao has seen and some have not, and there are many relatives of all kinds.

In addition to relatives, there are also some young friends of the Cao family, and the elders who have friendships with Cao Hao's father and ancestors. Cao Hao's own colleagues, the guards department, and the household department. Among these people are peers, subordinates, and superiors. Even among the ministers of the interior, some came to congratulate them in person. There are also some friends like Cheng Mengxing, who usually know each other. In addition, there are also some people who are originally from Jiangning, who have entered Beijing to do business or marquis, and many people have come to give gifts.

"White Tiger Pass" says: The married person is said to salute at dusk, so it is called marriage. "Youyang Miscellaneous" says: "Ceremony", the wedding must be faint, and its yang will come and yin.

According to the rules of the hexagram, the auspicious time of Cao Hao's worship hall is set at the first moment of the first day of the new year (7:15 pm).

The wife invited by the Cao family still invited the eldest lady of Zhaojia Mansion, the "Quanfu person". At the third quarter of Shen Zheng (4:45 p.m.), after the three gongs sounded and the room was performed, the wife of the marrying family first went to the table of heaven and earth to offer incense and kowtow, and then stood sideways at the table, and invited the bridegroom official Cao Hao to come over and kowtow to the Jade Emperor and other gods who were worshiped on the table of heaven and earth. After that, the wife lit the lanterns, and carried out a series of procedures to drive away evil spirits but evil spirits by "shining the sedan chair", "lavender sedan chair" and "pressing the sedan chair", and the wedding sedan chair officially set off.

Cao Hao was dressed in a ceremonial robe, draped in red, and rode a high-headed horse in front of the sedan chair. Seshtu and other eight imperial guards wore high-grade official uniforms, and also wore red and protected both sides of the sedan chair, and Cao's subordinates wore new clothes, holding drums, lanterns, and incense burners, and sent each other off all the way.

In the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, the sedan chair arrived at the Chunwang Mansion. Because it is winter, the sky is short, the sky has gradually darkened at this time, and the Chunwang Mansion is already red and hung with colors, and at this time the red lantern is lit up and the four are red, which is gorgeous.

After all, it is the marriage daughter of the palace, although it is warm and festive, but it also has a square rule, and there is less of those frolicking and funny when calling the door. The sedan chair went to the backyard boudoir to pick up the bride, and Cao Hao went to the main hall, kowtowed to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and thanked his relatives.

According to the rules, the bride's brother and uncle were to be hugged into the sedan chair, but because Da Gege had no brother, he had to find his uncle to hug him. Because the previous elder brothers are all princes, it is difficult to invite each other, and the seventh elder brother was looking for the twelfth or fourteenth elder brother to help, but this job was taken over by the sixteenth elder brother who liked to join in the fun.

Before going in to hug the bride, the sixteenth elder brother also stabbed Cao Hao, and joked in a low voice: "But I want to seal a big happy seal to your sixteenth uncle and me, otherwise I will accidentally drop my eldest niece ...... this hand."

Cao Hao saw that he was in high spirits and was willing to cooperate, so he stuffed a big red envelope with a silver ingot to the sixteenth elder brother. The sixteenth elder brother checked it, and then went in with a smile.

Before the sedan chair leaves the door, the woman will set up a banquet to entertain the marrying officials and guests and the marrying wife respectively, but it is just a courtesy scene, and Seshtu and the others did not move their chopsticks at all, but only sat down and looked at it once. Just wait for the sedan chair to exit the boudoir, there is a bowl of clear soup here, and the tea room shouts "soup" is the meaning of the end of the banquet. When he married his relatives, he immediately put down the soup seal and rewarded the money, and took his leave.

Because the rule is to carry the newcomer back from the woman's house can not go back from the original road, which means not to go back, so it is inevitable to detour, and the sedan chair returns to Caofu is already the second moment.

Same as the sedan chair to the woman's house, when the sedan chair arrives at the man's house, it is also necessary to close the door first and then call the door, but there are a lot of funny duets on the Cao Mansion side than the palace side, and then the door is opened, and the copper coin is sprinkled all over the sky, and the sedan chair is welcomed into the door.

The wife of King Chun's Mansion is the eldest sister-in-law of the Jinnara clan, and she and Mrs. Zhaojia, the wife of the marrying family, entered the wedding hall and offered incense to the table of heaven and earth. The saddle that has been offered on the table of heaven and earth was placed in front of the sedan chair here, and Xiqi'er came up with a bow and arrow.

Ning Chun Seshtu and the others gathered around Cao Hao, looking at the tight sedan curtain, Cao Hao suddenly felt a little nervous, and behind the curtain sat the other half who was going to be with him for a lifetime.

Ning Chun leaned over from the side and muttered in his ear with a smile: "Look at those maids who are married, they are so good at Peugeot, brother, you are not shallow......

The little emotion that had just sprung up on Cao Hao's side was completely cut by this sentence, he smiled and looked at Ning Chun's unserious face, and he didn't know what to say. Seeing this, Seshtu smiled and pulled Ning Chun aside. Cao Hao took the bow and arrow from Xi Qi'er's hand, and sent three arrows through the sedan curtain.

The sedan curtain was lifted, and the "Quanfu" girl who was also invited from Zhaojia Mansion in advance took fat powder from the heaven and earth table, filled the bride with fat powder, and then helped her get off the sedan chair.

The bride was dressed in a dress, holding apples, holding the "treasure bottle" of the little hands white and tender, like clotted fat, steadily passed the saddle, brazier, stepped on the red felt, and was supported by the two "Quanfu Wife" invited by the Cao Mansion, all the way into the happy hall, standing on Cao Hao's side.

The two of them knelt down in front of the table of heaven and earth, worshiped heaven and earth according to the rules, and a big red silk led two people who were originally strangers but were destined to be with each other for a lifetime, and entered the cave room together.

* The two newlyweds sat in the tent according to the direction specially asked for guidance, and then the wife began to spread the tent. While sprinkling longan, lychees, red dates, chestnuts, peanuts and other happy fruits in the tent, she recited auspicious words to bless the newlyweds. Then the tent was withdrawn, and a new weighing pole wrapped in red silk was brought up.

That kind of nervousness came up again, Cao Hao felt that he had never been so nervous in his two lives together, nervous with anticipation, mixed with some indescribable emotion, and a trace of apprehension. He settled down, and saw that the wives who were standing on the opposite side of him were smiling and nodding at him, as if encouraging the bridegroom. He was a little embarrassed, and said in his heart: "Such an adult, isn't it just to marry a daughter-in-law, what are you nervous about!" At the moment, he stabilized the weighing rod in his hand, raised his hand and lifted his hijab.

Da Gege also seemed to have been nervous, this hijab together, suddenly saw the candlelight, couldn't help but squint his eyes, blinked twice, and then raised his head slightly, a pair of bright eyes through the bead curtain hanging from the phoenix crown, slightly shy to look at Cao Hao.

(To be continued)