Chapter 425: Candle Night (I)
The days are like a marquee. You haven't seen enough, you've played enough, and that's it.
The day of Yang Fan's visit to the church has also arrived. The lights are lit up in front of the Daming Gate, and a whole red carpet is spread out from the Zhengyang Gate to the middle of the Daming Gate. On the left is the Governor's Mansion of the Front, Middle, Left and Right Prefectures, and on the right is the Ministry of Rites and Officials and the Sect Mansion. After the early dynasty, the ministers returned to their yamen and handled official business.
The household is separated from the Daming Gate, and the Ministry of Rites is also separated. Looking from the door, you can see the lights on the Daming Gate, which is festive and extraordinary. Originally, the Hou Ye's Mansion had just been repaired, and it could also be held there, but since Zhu Youzhen had some good intentions and wanted this wedding to be grand, it was also held in Daming Gate.
"Tsk. Fang Sheng, look at this pomp, it is estimated that there will be more people later. "The household department has just finished sorting out the accounts for a whole year, and there is nothing important at the moment, so there are many people who go in and out of the place and watch the huge wedding. However, no one dared to go up to congratulate the gift.
Although Yang Fan did not have a direct confrontation with a specific official, the tax reform that Yang Fan supported, the eyes and ears of the cloth and the rapidly rising status all touched their interests and, of course, jealousy.
Fang Yiru clasped his hands and looked at the front with a somewhat unkind look. "Alright, let's go in later." He flicked his sleeves and turned and walked in.
"Hey, did you hear? This Fang Yiru, there is something wrong with this hand, I can't hold the pen, and I tremble badly. It was still ...... at the beginning," Fang Yiru's colleagues gathered together and heard inconsequential gossip.
"Really?" The man on the side heard the news and looked up, a little incredulous.
"Tsk. That's still false. Otherwise, whoever can read the same words as the dog crawls clearly, and whoever reads such a paper will be troubled. No matter how well he writes. That's not enough. However, I heard that there was a helper, which gave the officials who read the file a wake-up call. Then I didn't know. ”
Yang Fan was dressed in red clothes, riding a high-headed horse, and had already arrived at Xu's Mansion. The sound of firecrackers and gongs, jingling bells, and crackling non-stop. The eldest brother and second brother of the Xu family didn't make it back. He only sent a few letters to Xu Fu and Yang Fan, Yang Fan glanced at it a few times, threw it in the furnace and burned it, how dare he threaten Lao Tzu.
The groom on horseback waited for the firecrackers to finish, surrounded by matchmakers and musicians. Walked to the door of the Xu Mansion.
Xu Rong, who was in the boudoir, talked a lot to her mother before she was urged out by the matchmaker. The mother-in-law's family wanted to carry Xu Rong into the sedan chair, and this task was naturally handed over to Xu Erjue. Xu Erjue, who came out of the Xu Mansion with Xu Rong on his back, was called aggrieved in his heart. Don't tie it up and draw a turtle, but also help him carry his daughter-in-law, it's really a loss-making deal to grandma's house.
After Yang Fan bowed his hand to Xu Ji and his wife, served tea, stepped on the horse, and happily marched towards the palace surrounded by everyone.
Arrived in front of Zhengyang Gate. In addition to the matchmaker, the sedan chair, other musicians and other musicians are not allowed to enter the palace again. Yang Fan's parents, this is gone, Zhu Youzhen and Zhou are sitting on the thrones in the Daming Gate. These two worship high halls. It became a two-worship king. Zhu Youzhen sat there, and the originally festive chapel was a little restrained.
The sedan chair had not yet arrived at the Daming Gate, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were waiting again stepped forward to salute.
"Master Hou. This saint is in the palace gate, you see these matchmakers will stay here. ”
Yang Fan's big day. I didn't want to get too stiff either, so I nodded. Ruby lifts the sedan curtain. helped Xu Rong out. The official from the Ministry of Rites stood aside and shouted, "The newcomer has arrived!" ”
On one side, the twelve brass trombones whined, which was particularly solemn. Yang Fan took the red belt handed over by Hongyu and pulled Xu Rong slowly towards the palace gate.
The official of the Ministry of Rites followed behind, such a trombone was high-pitched, and it was a standard etiquette that only the emperor could enjoy when he ascended the throne and the prince got married, but the people in the Ministry of Rites understood that the saint favored Yang Fan, and said that if they wanted to use the copper trumpet, they had to use it, otherwise it would be their dereliction of duty. However, the specifications are naturally low. When the emperor ascended the throne, it was a gong with six sides, seventy-two trombones, and the sound shook the sky. When the prince got married, there were also gongs double-sided, thirty-six trombones, and Yang Fan got married in Damingmen, that is, twelve bronze trumpets, so that the specifications and etiquette were in line with the class.
"Worship heaven and earth!"
"Two worship the king!"
"Husband and wife worship each other!"
Zhu Youzhen looked at this pair of beautiful people, and he was also very pleased. If Yang Fan is always so single, he will not be at ease. A man, after starting a family, is like having a rope that ties him. In this way, a person can be stabilized. This is sent to the cave room, you have to wait, you can't be in the cave room in the palace.
Zhu Youzhen stood up, stood in front of Yang Fan, and said, "Old Xu's granddaughter, Yang Fan, I give you this marriage, you may be worthy of others." ”
"Definitely."
"Well, the ceremony is done. I'm back. You all go back, this marriage, you have to thank the queen, she did it all before and after, yes, yes! ”
Yang Fan bowed, Xu Rong covered her head, and also made a blessing.
"Xie Niangniang."
Zhou's head bowed, and then followed Zhu Youzhen away. Xu Rong re-entered the sedan chair, and after the people left the palace, they marched towards the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion again with joy.
Liang Fu stood at the door of the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion and welcomed the guests. Since there is a distance from the palace to the western suburbs, Yang Fan arranged it in advance. The pawnshop guy also came to the Hou Mansion to help. Today, in addition to Li Dao and his son, the most people who come here are those old friends from the business world.
Ma Peiwen and dozens of other dignitaries of Jinling Commercial Bank prepared enough congratulatory gifts and stepped into the Ningguo Marquis Mansion. This group of local tyrants, this year, has made a fortune. This firm was built by Ma Peiwen, and with those in-demand goods made by Yang Fan, it is a powerful company in the Jinling Chamber of Commerce.
In feudal society, whether it is a married woman or an unmarried woman, few women will regularly participate in such banquets. And this time, Ma Peiwen came with his beautiful daughter-in-law. The beautiful woman is still a little plump, mainly because she has just given birth to a baby. This woman, Yang Fan would never have imagined that it was Hu Qianqian.
It's really impermanent, even if I want to break my head, I can't understand how this Qianqian fell in love with the fat man. If you want to say that you like money, that's not it. Jinling took a fancy to Hu Qianqian, and there were many people who wanted to recruit her as a concubine, and those who could wait for Xiao Banshan for several years were not a person with heavy money.
The sedan chair finally came to the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion, and in the midst of everyone's shouts and congratulations, Xu Rong was sent to the newly purchased room. Yang Fan naturally had to greet guests outside. Yang Fan's eyes were sharp, the one sitting on the small hill, a serious little Nanbei, as if looking at the gifts, as if someone had come to steal them, very cautious.
At this moment, there was a shout, and the audience was shocked and speechless. (To be continued......)