But after all, people's words are terrifying, and Xu Guan urged Xie Shen to get married with Qianqian as soon as possible and move out of the house to live alone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a certain limit on the age at which men and women could get married, and it had to be within a certain range to comply with the regulations.

If a man does not marry before the age of sixteen, or if a woman does not marry before the age of fourteen, it is called the pretense. And if a man is over twenty-five years old and a woman is over twenty years old but does not marry, it is called obsolete.

There is a folk saying that those who are ahead of the times are easy to die, and those who are outdated are easy to get sick, and they can't communicate with yin and yang in order to maintain harmony.

Of course, this is based on Zhu Xi's "Family Rites" in the Song Dynasty, and not everywhere will strictly follow it.

The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and the marriage customs are also very different from place to place.

Xie Shen and Xu Qianqian are both from Zhejiang Province, but because they are going to get married in Beijing, they naturally have to follow the etiquette of Beijing.

The gift of the Jingshi is relatively simple.

Specifically, it is to choose the auspicious day of the zodiac first, and then leave a token on the blind date as a sign. After that, a small tea ceremony was held and a fruit bowl was placed. If it is a wealthy family, it will often perform a large tea ceremony, with gold and stone, jade to accompany it.

Xie Shen and Xu Qianqian have already made a marriage contract, and Nacai, Mingming, Naji, and Nazheng are just going through the form.

What really worries Xie Shen is the dowry gift. Xu Guan is also the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, it can not be said that he is not noble, in the face of such an old Taishan dowry is too light, but if it is too heavy, it will also make Lao Taishan angry.

In the end, Xie Shen still dragged Wang Shouwen to use the common etiquette system of the minister's house to arrange a set of dowry gifts and send them to the Xu family.

In order to take into account Xu Qianqian's feelings of missing her father, the house that Xie Shen bought was only two streets away from Xu's house, so it took only half a cup of tea to send the dowry from Xie's house to Xu's house.

The dowry is the invitation. After some calculations, it was finally determined that September 18 was an auspicious day for the zodiac, which was suitable for marriage. Xie Shen asked the scholar Chen Hu'er to take Dayan to Xu's house to ask for an appointment, saying that it was an invitation, but in fact, he was telling Mr. Xu the date of marriage.

The final step of this marriage is to welcome each other.

Since you want to welcome your relatives, you naturally have to have a best man. This can make Xie Shen difficult, whether it is Wang Shouwen or Xie Pi, they are very suitable to be the best man, and whoever chooses seems to "offend" the other person.

Fortunately, Xie Pi couldn't take a leave that day, which was equivalent to solving a problem for Xie Shen, and the best man candidate was naturally Wang Shouwen.

But it was said that on this day, Xu Qianqian was sitting in a colored sedan chair and was carried to the gate of Xie's house, and before getting out of the sedan chair, Xie Shen threw a saddle to the ground and asked Qianqian to cross over. This is a local custom called 'seeking peace'. Although Xie Shen doesn't believe in these things, he is the so-called local customs, and he has come.

Xu Qianqian hid her head on her head, and walked into Xie's house with difficulty with the support of her personal maid, and was led to the hall that was used as a wedding banquet venue.

The hall was already full. The woman's parents include Miss Xu's parents, as well as some of Xu Guan's old friends. The man's is Xie Shen's eldest brother Xie Fang, sister-in-law Xie Chen, and some officials of the Hanlin Academy, as well as Xie Shen's same year. In addition, many officials from the same province came to congratulate.

From this, it can be seen that Xu Guan and Xie Shen are very popular.

Needless to say, Xu Guan is a representative of Wenchen with clean sleeves, and there are many admirers in the court. Xie Shen became famous because some time ago he advocated the Hanlin Academy to jointly write a letter to punish Yang Peng and abolish the East Factory, and he became a hot Hanlin minister for a while.

The so-called worship of the flower hall refers to the worship of the ancestors of heaven and earth, the relatives of the family, and the worship of husband and wife. From Lao Taishan to inform Xie Shen of the marriage to choose the marriage date, a total of more than a month, Xie Shen from the news of the news asked Lu to go back to Yuyao to invite the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and finally rushed to wait for the eldest brother and sister-in-law before the wedding.

A pair of newcomers worshiped their ancestors, Xu Guan and Xie Fang, and after worshipping each other, the next thing was to set up a banquet to entertain the guests, and the atmosphere was very lively and harmonious.

After that, under the coaxing of the best man Wang Shouwen and others, Xu Qianqian and Xie Shen were surrounded and came to the well-furnished new house, and under the persuasion of several people, Xie Shen drank a lot of wine, and saw that he was about to get drunk, so Wang Shouwen smiled and said: "Brother Shenxian, we won't 'beat Lang'." ”

After speaking, he beckoned a group of relatives and friends out of the cave room.

Xie Shen had long heard of the marriage customs in the haunted cave house, and he was ready to 'treat death as home', but he never thought that it was thunder and rain, and he was only poured a few cups, and he was not under any substantial 'threat'.

Although he was already slightly drunk, Xie Shen still felt very relieved.

This best man really didn't choose the wrong one, Wang Shouwen is really interesting!

But if Xie Shen knew that the guests led by the best man Wang were hiding outside the cave room at this moment, ready to watch the excitement of the bride and groom, he would definitely be angry.

Of course, this 'evil deed' was finally discovered by Xie Shen in front of the merger because of the loss of the voice of a pig teammate from the Hanlin Academy, which made Xie Shen cry out in danger.

After that, it was the part that made Xie Shen the most excited-drinking wine.

Drink three times with two scoops made of gourds, and the ceremony is finished.

The two took off their robes separately, and Xie Shen personally took off the tassels on Qianqian's head, and said softly: "You are finally my woman." ”

Xu Qianqian hummed shyly and leaned into Xie Shen's arms.

Xie Shen took a deep breath and blew out all the fire candles in the room.

The cave room spends candle night, when the gold list is inscribed.

He did two blissful things in one year, and God treated him well.

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Nothing was said all night. However, he said that Xie Shen and his wife performed the gift of Na Dunlun last night, and their moods were very different.

Xu Qianqian completed the transformation from a girl to a young woman, while Xie Shen grew from a teenager to a man.

This transformation is often enough overnight......

The only thing that puzzled Xie Shen was that the handmaid she brought with her when she married into the Xie family didn't seem to mean to be a maid. Could it be that the customs here are slightly different?

Well, thinking of this, Xie Shen still felt a little guilty. After all, he had just done the Zhou Gong ceremony with Qianqian, and at this time, he was eating in the bowl and thinking about the pot, which was really a little undeserved.

The matter of concubines was not uncommon among scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not completely capricious.

Xie Shen thought of Shui Yun and Erya at this moment. This time, the eldest brother and sister-in-law also brought two maidservants with them when they came to Beijing.

Erya is still young and can wait, but Shui Yun has been waiting for him for a long time, and if she waits any longer, she will be an old girl.

However, now is obviously not a good time to propose a concubine. Even the most generous woman can't tolerate her husband's idea of taking a concubine at the beginning of his marriage, right?

Xie Shen was helpless, he should have collected Shui Yun and cooked the raw rice before he got married......

In the next few days, Xie Shen naturally took leave from Lord Wang Hua, and his wife was different from a concubine, so he naturally couldn't slack off when he was newly married.

Boss Wang Hua is also a person who has come over, so he naturally understands long live, and directly grants Xie Shen a three-day leave.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no marriage leave in the usual sense, so Wang Hua was an extra favor.

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