Chapter 337: The Great Wedding (I)
Chenguang came to May in a flash, with the popularity of Chang'an City, the weather gradually became hot and dry, after the Dragon Boat Festival in May, people's hearts gradually rose, and Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, gathered countless attention and attention.
The wedding date of King Ji Li Bao was set three months ago on May 18, and as the date approached, Chang'an City was also jubilant.
Li Bao's wedding room is not in the mansion of the Sixteen Princes, but in the former Zhang Yichao's mansion, since Li Bao returned to Chang'an again, Yang Yan and others played the emperor Li Yi, thinking that Li Bao worked hard and made great achievements, and the court should be rewarded and rewarded for his spirit of loyalty to the country.
So the emperor drew up a reward in the political hall, and one of them rewarded Zhang Yichao's old mansion to Li Bao as the palace of the king of Ji. In addition, Li Bao was also named the governor of the Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he had complete control over the northwest towns, so Li Bao became the de facto king of the Northwest.
The entire Chang'an City became Li Bao's sphere of influence, the Weizhou Huwei Army and the Huyi Army were stationed in Fengtian, Wugong and other places in the west of Chang'an, the newly formed Weiyuan First Army and the Second Army were stationed in Huazhou and Tongguan, and the Guanzhong region and the northwest region completely became Li Bao's sphere of influence.
Every day, Li Bao has to deal with all kinds of military and political affairs, and the obvious contrast is that the emperor Li Yi in the Taiji Palace is still living a comfortable life. Li Bao got up every day, exercised and rested at night, and the documents piled up on his desk were never empty.
On the day of 18 May, Li Bao was still in a good mood to escape from the case, and after breakfast, he walked around the mansion at will, regardless of Hu Sanbao's obstruction. Who knew that he slipped into the backyard and remembered that Li Ying was still waiting for him in the backyard to try on auspicious clothes, such cumbersome etiquette was really a headache, he just wanted to turn around and slip away, but he was stopped by Li Yi, the old man who had grown into a good guy.
"Where are you going to Liulang, Sister is still waiting for you to wear auspicious clothes, Sister Come on, I see Liulang."
Li Bao saw that the eighth kid was really a bad guy, and he deliberately disrupted Li Bao's escape plan, of course, the kid who hadn't seen him for a long time had grown a lot now. Over the years, Li Bao has been busy and has no time to take care of him, so he has to let the eighth child follow Li Ying to raise him in Xingyuan.
After Li Ying heard Li Yi's words, she immediately shouted outside the door: "Liulang come in quickly, I don't know if this auspicious dress is suitable, let you try it on in the past two days, you always don't care, Hachiro brings him in quickly." ”
Li Yi grimaced at Li Bao, and then dragged Li Bao into the room. Li Ying looked at Li Bao with a smile on her face, she stepped forward and twisted Li Bao's ears with her feet up, and said coquettishly: "Today is your happy day, you still have such an expression, I really don't know what you think?" ”
Li Bao looked at Li Ying with a pungent look, but Li Ying's hands didn't exert any strength, so he didn't feel any pain in his ears, just to cooperate with Li Ying, he immediately pretended to shout: "Oh, it hurts, it hurts, auntie, save me, my sister is too fierce!" ”
Liang Hongmei and Li Yi looked at Li Bao's embarrassed appearance, and the two of them immediately burst out laughing.
Li Ying looked at Li Bao's ruffian, she immediately let go of her hand, and feigned anger: "Why don't you hurry up and try on the auspicious clothes." ”
Li Bao immediately obediently admitted his mistake, "Okay, I'll come now." ”
Wearing a bright red auspicious suit, Li Bao stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked at it twice, it was not bad, haha.
Li Ying looked at Li Bao standing in front of him, tall and mighty, heroic. Li Bao in front of her and the little Li Bao in her memory, who was not tall but full of childishness, slowly overlapped together, she remembered the time when the two sisters and brothers depended on each other in the past, and the time when her mother was alive, she couldn't help but cry.
Liang Hongmei looked at the handsome and dashing Li Bao, full of joy, but when she turned around and saw Li Ying crying alone, she understood that Li Ying was touching her feelings, and it was normal for Li Bao to cry with joy as the eldest sister when she was about to get married. So he stepped forward and grabbed Li Ying's jade hand, and whispered: "Your lord is sentimental for a while, and don't be too obsessed, Liulang is happy today, we should be happy." ”
Li Ying listened to Liang Hongmei's words, immediately wiped away her tears, and then burst into tears and smiled: "What the eldest mother said is that I just felt it for a while, okay, I'm fine." ”
Li Bao and Li Yi also saw Li Ying's tears, but after all, the two brothers had become men and couldn't be too childlike, so they didn't persuade Li Ying anymore. Since Liang Hongmei persuaded him, Li Bao immediately stepped forward and grabbed Li Ying's hand, and then laughed: "Sister, I want to drink a few more glasses today, this kind of wine is not intoxicating." ”
Li Ying was caught by Li Bao, her face was flushed, and she smiled coquettishly: "This is natural, okay, let's go out, I look at your auspicious clothes." ”
Li Yi smiled and said: "That's natural, Liulang is tall and strong, of course this auspicious dress is just right, but there is also the credit of Aunt Liang." ”
Li Yiren is a big ghost, and he knows that Li Bao respects Liang Hongmei, so he also follows everyone to call Liang Hongmei Aunt.
Liang Hongmei listened to the praise but did not take credit, she waved her hand and said: "Balang praises it falsely, these are all things within the identity of the concubine, and the concubine body has made a dress for Liulang every year over the years, and she has done it every year, so this size is naturally familiar." ”
Everyone laughed for a while, and then they got busy, after all, this kind of prince's wedding cannot be ambiguous, the officials and women of Zongzheng Mansion and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace all came in one after another to ask for instructions or guidance, and Li Bao no longer had any leisure and laziness. Yang Yinyue and the others were messing around on the side, and he didn't have time to deal with them. He followed the female officials and officials of Zongzheng Mansion and meticulously started all kinds of ceremonies.
The morning sun moved west, the hours passed slowly bit by bit, Li Bao only felt that his face was covered with sweat in the hot weather, looking at the celebratory people on the road, he was a little trance, this era was like a big whirlpool in which he couldn't extricate himself, thinking about the relatives around him, so that he could no longer find the feeling of the afterlife.
Hehe, he really became a Tang man, a Tang man who was happy and sad for the Tang Dynasty, he wanted to laugh so he laughed, but he didn't want to cry, just for fear that the people around him would worry. He sat on his crown of the prince's car, felt the focus of people's gaze on both sides of the road, and as the road progressed, he arrived at Zheng's mansion in a short time.
When he arrived at the Zheng Mansion, Zong Zhengqing Li Sizhou led Li Bao to the Zheng Mansion, which was newly decorated, with guests like clouds, and many servants, busy and shouting. Li Bao looked at these fresh breaths, and his heart calmed down a little.
When they came to Zheng's mansion, Zheng Jin and Zheng Ningji, father and son, were full of joy. Nodding to Li Bao, Li Bao also nodded in return, and then under the leadership of Li Sizhou, he continued to walk towards the courtyard of Zhengfu, where a reed mat was placed and a large area was laid, and there was an incense case on the mat.
Because Li Bao is a prince, he needs to perform the ritual of sacrifice in the woman's house to marry the princess, so he saw Zheng Yan being carried by the Xi Po to the northwest of the banquet, and slowly bowed down with the guidance of the female official.
Li Bao looked at this Nizi with a solemn face, he wanted to smile at her, but Zheng Yan looked at the female official without blinking, and did not look at Li Bao. Li Bao, who was extremely bored, began to look at Zheng Yanlai, and when Nizi leaned over, the round incense under her. buttocks, he couldn't help but feel a little ape.
After the sacrificial ceremony, Zheng Ningji accompanied Li Bao to the hall on behalf of the Zheng family.
At the beginning of the Zheng family's wedding banquet, several of Zheng Yan's brothers and clan brothers accompanied Li Bao to the banquet. Li Bao is the protagonist today, and the prince's uncles are not familiar with him, so they don't dare to drink him, so a banquet is tasteless.
Li Bao had Zheng Yan in his heart, so he didn't care much about his uncles and brothers, and finally finished the banquet. You can't leave right away, you have to wait until the auspicious afternoon. So Li Bao sat at the banquet with his uncle and brothers, chatting with each other.
I don't know if those uncles are stupid to read, most of the words they say are some literary crepe drop book bags, these scriptures and articles Li Bao has never liked it, so he was in great pain at the table, and he slandered in his heart, this Zheng Ji is old and sophisticated, and he is a little dull in Zheng Ningji's life, and when it comes to a few uncles, he is even more helpless, and he is a nerd type, which really makes Li Bao depressed.
However, thinking that Zheng Yan was much more interesting than several uncles, Li Bao's heart was a little more balanced. But now the situation is that he has to stay with these nerdy uncles until the auspicious time, which makes him desperate to think about.
But nerds are also very good, seeing that Li Bao is not very sexual, they don't bother Li Bao, and they talk to a few people. Li Bao was so bored that he slowly dozed off.
The guests outside the hall were noisy and noisy, but Li Bao was deeply sleepy, and he didn't know how long he slept, Li Bao only felt that someone was pushing him again, he rubbed his sour eyes, and saw that it was Zheng Yan's maidservant Qinglan standing beside him.
Seeing Li Bao open his eyes, Qinglan smiled and said to Li Bao: "Why did my uncle fall asleep, you see that you are flowing everywhere." ”
Li Bao looked down and saw that there was a big watermark on the big red clothes, his old face immediately turned red, he quickly wiped it with his sleeve, and then said to Qinglan: "You can't tell anyone about this." By the way, what about the brothers? ”
Qinglan looked at Li Bao with a smile: "Oh. When Ah Lang came in and saw that his uncle was asleep, he let a few Lang Jun go out, leaving you alone to rest here. I think my uncle is very tired during this time, so I didn't wake you up. Later, the lady was worried that her aunt would be bored, so she sent her maid to see her aunt. ”
Qinglan's pair of eyebrows and eyes finished the crescent moon with a smile, coupled with the white little face, Li Bao couldn't help but look stupid. Xindao, this little girl has grown up in the past two years, and she is not as young as in previous years.
But since Zheng Yan asked her to come, she must have missed herself, so he said to Qinglan: "Did your lady let you talk?" ”
Qinglan grinned, "The lady said, if my uncle thinks that Langjun is boring, don't pay attention to them, you can rest by yourself." ”
Li Bao slept very comfortably, only felt much more energetic, looked at the sky, and said to Qinglan: "Well, I know, you go back and tell your lady, and rest well, you will be very tired today." ”
Qinglan got the order and went back. Li Bao stood in the hall, listening to the sound of the guests outside, and he estimated that the guests were almost gone. So, sit down again and pick up tea to kill time.
Not long after, Zheng Ningji and several sons came to the hall again to accompany Li Bao, and Li Bao saw his father-in-law come to accompany him to cheer up and talk to them about political affairs.
In the middle of the afternoon, Zong Zhengqing Li Sizhou came to the hall and told Li Bao that the hour had arrived and it was time to prepare to go back. So Li Bao hurriedly said goodbye to Zheng Ningji and others, and then came to the car and chanted a hypnotic poem. Zheng Yan was helped out by Xi Po and said goodbye to her tearful mother.
A group of cars drove in Chang'an City, and the people of good things were noisy and watched the excitement, and then ran to Qinrenfang, where is more lively.
When they arrived at Qinrenfang, King Ji's Mansion was dressed in red and hung with colors, the servants were busy laying out the red carpet, and Xi Po came to King Ji's Mansion with the bride on her back.
The crowd was excited, and the voices of discussion came and went. Li Bao smiled with a smile on his face, greeted the people he knew, and then followed Li Sizhou for the next ceremony.
The next is the opposite seat, Wo Xu, Tong Prison, Uncle Xian, and Xie Huangen...... The twelve rituals were performed one by one, and after the final "Closing Ceremony", the ceremony was finally completed as the sky was dark.
After the eunuch in the palace read out the edict of Concubine Li Baona, as well as various gold seal books, the bride Zheng Yan was sent to the cave room.
Li Bao came to the banquet and feasted again, and at this time, the guests at the banquet were no longer boring uncles, but his friends, Yang Yinyue and others. He no longer had any scruples, let go of the amount and drank bitterly.
Yang Yinyue naturally knew that Li Bao was happy today, so she didn't let him drink too much, and when the banquet was gone, Li Bao was only six or seven points drunk. Thinking that there was still a newlywed wife waiting for him in the room, he walked towards the cave room with a hot heart.