Ma Chao doesn't have time to pay attention to the melee of the Kwantung princes now, and he can't manage it, once he intervenes, he is likely to be attacked by a group, it is better to let them annex each other, and then attack one by one when the general trend is decided. Besides, he still has to deal with Liu Yan, at least he has to do enough superficial work, and it is not the time to go to war with the Kwantung princes with all his might.

At this moment, Ma Chao is busy with the big wedding, he himself is unspeakably expensive, and he is married to the princess of the dynasty, according to the etiquette at the time, this is also a time-consuming and laborious matter. The princess of Wannian is a flat wife, and the marriage etiquette must be strictly implemented in accordance with the etiquette of the princes of the Son of Heaven marrying the main wife.

The first step, Na Cai, because the marriage contract between the two was given by the first emperor, so it was necessary to find a matchmaker to replace it, and Ma Yueyan, the prince of the dynasty, acted as the matchmaker. Beforehand, Ma Yueyan personally went to propose marriage, and after getting the consent of Princess Wannian's grandmother, Empress Dowager Dong, she asked the matchmaker Ma Yueyan to officially give a gift to the royal family, according to the weekly gift, a pair of geese were sent.

Ma Chao really didn't have much research on the wedding ceremony of the ancient princes, and he was very surprised to see Nacai sending a pair of geese, so he asked the matchmaker Ma Yueyan: "Why do Nacai give gifts to geese?" ”

Ma Yueyan is a great Confucian in the world, very erudite, and replied without thinking: "Those who use geese should take the north and south at any time, without losing their knots, and when they do not take women." and take the fly into a row, stop into a column, clear the wedding ceremony, the young and old in an orderly manner. Not overstepping each other. It means that geese are migratory birds, flying south in autumn and returning to the north in spring, coming and going sometimes, never losing time, using geese to symbolize the unswerving commitment of both men and women; The geese are the things that follow the sun, the geese are in an orderly manner, and the geese flock in rows and columns when they migrate and fly, and the leader is the strong geese. The young and the weak follow after them, never transgress them, and apply this principle to marriage, and the young and the old follow in order, and do not overstep the order to marry. In addition, the geese die as male and female, symbolizing loyalty and growing old together.

The second step is to ask for the name, and the Ma family sent the matchmaker Ma Yueyan to the palace to ask the name and birth date of the princess Wannian, and after Ma Yueyan asked the princess Wannian's birth date, he sent Ma Chao's birthday to the palace. The two families divined themselves in front of their respective ancestral tablets, asked the ghosts and gods, sued the family temple, and saw whether the eight characters of the two sides were compatible.

This asking ghosts and gods and suing the family temple is just a ritual, if you want to regret it, you can use the eight characters as an excuse for not cooperating. The marriage between Ma Chao and Princess Wannian ostensibly represents that the Han family is wooing the Ma family, but in fact, the Ma family is taking advantage of the residual power of the Han family.

The third step, Najib, after asking the name and combining the eight characters on the Ma family's side, will notify the palace of the auspicious omen of the marriage, and give a gift to express that he wants to get engaged.

The fourth step, Na Zheng, also known as Na Cheng and Na Yuan, is commonly known as the bride price. The Ma family was only allowed to pay the levy after Najib learned that the Liu family was married, and the wild goose could no longer be used for the levy ceremony. Ma Chao is now rich and oily, and gave 100 pearls, 100 pieces of jade, 2,000 catties of gold, and 2,000 pieces of silk satin as a dowry.

In addition to this, there are five sets of cotton underwear. It turned out that the cotton planted in Yecheng had been harvested, and the seeds were hidden, so Ma Chao invited the silk weaver to weave half a cotton cloth with a mixture of cotton wool and silk. Then he asked the tailor to make more than a dozen sets of underwear according to his own requirements. Ma Chao gave his parents one set and wore one set for himself, one set for Yang Wan, Dong Xuan, Du Xiuniang, Cai Yan and others, and the remaining five sets were all given to the bride, and even Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were not shared.

Not only that, Ma Chao also used leftovers to ask a tailor to sew more than 20 pairs of bikini underwear, and made a pair of cotton milk covers for Cai Yong, Du Xiuniang, Diao Chan and others according to their estimated size. Women in the Han Dynasty did not wear underwear, but wore pants directly, and their breasts were also strangled with satin, commonly known as bandeau. Not to mention that this thing affects development, it also affects people's aesthetics, and it is clear that big-breasted women have been strangled into airports, which makes people look extremely unpleasant.

As for the fact that women do not wear underwear, it is not a lie, in the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, men's and women's pants did not have a crotch, only two trouser legs, tied around the waist with a belt. The purpose of wearing open crotch pants is to facilitate bowel movements, but it is logical not to wear underwear. At that time, both men and women had long plackets that covered their hips and did not go naked.

With the development of society, textile technology has been quite developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty. So in the period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, pants with crotch appeared, but there were no underwear, and both men and women wore pants naked. The close-fitting clothes are called profane clothes and profane pants, which are generally silk fabrics and extremely fat, which are equivalent to modern big shorts, and underwear and underwear are completely two concepts.

At the beginning, Yang Wan, Dong Xuan, Cai Yan, Du Xiuniang and other women were embarrassed after receiving Ma Chao's bra and underwear, after all, they did not perform the courtesy of Zhou Gong and refused to wear anything. But I couldn't resist Ma Chao's repeated requests, but I immediately liked it after wearing it, this almost cotton material can be countless times stronger than silk pants, which is both comfortable and warm. Ma Yunlu, who was just ten years old, also got a set, but she didn't get a bra when she was just developing, and she had a little temper with Ma Chao for several days.

The fifth step, the invitation period, also known as the notice period, is commonly known as the election of the child. Following the "Etiquette? The provisions of the "Shi Du Ceremony", please use the goose, the host resigns, and the guest promises the period, such as the levy ceremony. Ma Chao sent the matchmaker Ma Yueyan to the woman's house to ask for the date, send the wild goose gift, and then give a speech, explaining the marriage date, Mrs. Dong, as the only elder, accepted, Ma Yueyan returned to his life, and the wedding date had already been discussed, which was January 18 in the third year of Chuping.

The sixth step is to welcome the bride, also known as the welcome, to ask the groom Ma Chao to personally marry the bride Princess Wannian into the Ma family. The greeting of relatives in this era is very different from that of the Song and Ming dynasties. Generally, the bridegroom himself drove the carriage with a shed or umbrella, and the groom himself drove the carriage to greet the bride.

Ma Chao also specially ordered people to make five sets of festive red robes in advance, which seemed to be the popular Chinese red in later generations. The Han Dynasty was Huode, Huode was still red, and the robe at that time was also red, but it was a blackened dark red, somewhat like a dull bloodstain. Therefore, Ma Chao was very displeased with this.

At the time of the wedding, the hall was full of guests and friends, not only Ma Chao's advisers and generals were almost all in place, but Liangzhou Mu Han rushed to Luoyang in person. Although the princes from all over the country did not dare to come in person, they also sent people to send congratulatory gifts and congratulatory messages, and the entire general's mansion was decorated with lights, which was very festive.

Ma Chao put on a red wedding gown and a big red flower on his chest, first visited the ancestral tablet, and then met his parents, and said: "Father, mother, the child is going to usher in the princess Liu Li for the Ma family today, spread the branches and leaves for the Ma family, continue the incense, and hope that the second elder can allow." ”

The second elder smiled all over his face, and Ma Teng said: "Wu'er has already reached the age of marriage, although there was a move to marry a ghost, the position of the main wife no longer exists, but the marriage between you and the princess of Wannian was determined by the first emperor!" I can't be negative! ”

Zou said with a smile: "My son is about to get married, that is, to start a family, Wan'er and Xuan'er are your wives and concubines, I hope you don't favor one over the other, and wait for it!" ”

Ma Chao bowed again and said: "Parents don't dare to disobey their teachings!" The child should do it! ”

Ma Teng nodded, slightly excited in his heart, and said loudly: "Give wine!" ”

After taking the wine brought by the maid, Ma Chao drank it all, and then set off to marry his bride, Princess Wannian, and Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, Fu Shou, and Fu Yan, four very beautiful wedding maids. These four people have changed their original fate because of the arrival of Ma Chao, in terms of fame and status in history, it is the closed moon Diao Chan among the four beauties who is the most, followed by Luo Shen Zhen Mi, and then Queen Fu and Dong Guifei, but the fame of the lord of Wannian is the least.

But history and reality are two different things, people are often not famous when they are alive, and they can go down in history when they die. Sooner or later, Ma Chao will be called the emperor, if there are fewer wives and concubines, wouldn't it make people laugh? Even if he doesn't want to be as wasted as Liu Hong, there should always be more than a dozen or twenty people, but these few people are far from enough at the moment!

In order to show solemnity, Ma Chao also deliberately found four fiery red jujube red horses, and personally drove straight to Yongle Palace.

At the same time, Ma Chao did not forget about the issue of security, such as today, there are many people who want to kill him, and during this period, various families kept dead soldiers as assassins to assassinate political or economic opponents. Ma Chao drove in person, unarmed, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Pang De, and Chen Zhi led 2,000 elite guards to pretend to be a welcoming team, closely escorting the left and right.

Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wen Ping, Le Jin, Wang Shuang, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, Ma Dai and others also handed over military affairs to the deputy generals. Huang Zhong and Xu Huang assisted Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang in the defense of Luoyang City, and attacked and suppressed various dark forces in the city in advance to ensure the normal progress of Ma Chao's wedding with Princess Wannian.

When I came to Yongle Palace, a group of ministers came out to greet him, and Ma Chao also specially brought Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Fa Zheng as "best men". Walking into Yongle Palace, I saw that Liu Li had been waiting for a long time with the support of the four wedding maids, Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, Fu Shou and Fu Yan.

In this era, there is no red hijab, I saw Liu Li wearing a phoenix crown, wearing a xia veil, draped in a silk veil, a jade python robe, a hundred flowers pleated skirt, and red embroidered shoes, full of festivity, and his face was full of shyness. Diao Chan is also dressed in a big red robe, although it is a grade worse than Liu Li, but it is incomprehensible in beauty, and it is suspected of dominating the guests. Fu Shou, Zhen Mi, and Fu Yan are slightly green, and they are in the semi-mature stage, and it is perfect for Lori cultivation.

Ma Chao first paid homage to the tablet of the first emperor, and then visited the Empress Dowager Dong, and after getting Yun, he stepped forward to hold Liu Li's little hand and helped her to get into the carriage. When Liu Li got into the car, Ma Chao personally handed Liu Li the red rope used to get into the car in accordance with etiquette, and took care of her to get into the car.

Ma Chao personally drove the carriage and made the carriage turn three times in front of the Yongle Palace before driving towards the General's Mansion. The road was safe and sound, and when he arrived at the door of the house, Ma Chao got out of the car first, helped Liu Li get out of the car, and then took her hand and stepped into the general's mansion against the backdrop of the four wedding maids. (To be continued.) )