Chapter 135: Candles in the Cave Room
The guests in the hall stood up one after another, everyone's face showed a look of shock, the emperor personally came to attend the minister's wedding, which is unheard of, but some old princes still remember, this should be the second time that the emperor ascended the throne for 30 years, twenty-five years ago, also in this hall, the emperor participated in the wedding of Zhang Chongjun and the daughter of the king of Lanling County, and today he came to attend the wedding of the grandson of the king of Lanling County, and the face of King Liang is not small!
I saw more than a dozen guards guarding Emperor Daning Emperor Xuande and Concubine Shen Shufei into the inner hall, followed by the personal eunuch Ma Yuanzhen, everyone in the hall was stunned, why is it not Queen Shen? Is this Shen Shufei? is really charming, no wonder the emperor is so infatuated with her.
Uncle Shen's heart also sank, why did the emperor bring Ruyi, he thought about it, and immediately understood, on the one hand, it is true that the queen is pregnant and inconvenient, but more importantly, the emperor took this opportunity to bring Ruyi to appear in public, so that the royal family and important ministers recognized Shen Ruyi's legitimacy, after all, the emperor is Shen Ruyu's uncle, and their relationship is a little inconsistent.
Uncle Shen quickly glanced at the Queen Mother, and saw that her face was gloomy, he knew that the Queen Mother had always opposed the Emperor Shen Ruyi as a concubine, half a month ago, Shen Ruyi went to Bixian Palace to meet the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother was closed, and she was resolutely opposed to this unruly marriage.
Today, the emperor took this opportunity to bring Shen Ruyi to attend the wedding, mainly hoping that the queen mother would recognize Shen Ruyi's legal status, according to the patriarchal ritual system of the Daning Dynasty, the queen must be recognized by the queen mother to be canonized, and the emperor can directly canonize the seven concubines, but if the queen mother does not agree, the seven concubines will not be allowed to worship the temple, and they will not be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, and their names will not be allowed to enter the genealogy, but they are in vain.
Huangfu Xuande felt a loss in his heart, and he didn't dare to come to the Queen Mother to fight for Shen Ruyi, and today he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity for the Queen Mother to attend Wujin's wedding to let the Queen Mother admit Shen Ruyi.
Emperor Fu Xuande walked into the main hall, and all the ministers bowed down together, "See His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
Huangfu Xuande waved his hand and said with a smile: "All Aiqing is exempt, today I am the same as everyone else, I am also here to attend the wedding, please feel free!" ”
Huangfu Jiang ran up and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming to the wedding, the minister is grateful." ”
Huangfu Xuande smiled slightly, "Uncle Huang said this, I will see the outside, Wujin is my imperial nephew, speaking of which, I am also the man's family, the imperial nephew is married, how can I not come." ”
He asked everyone in a loud voice: "Did you say Aiqing?" ”
Everyone laughed, "Your Majesty is very right! ”
The king of Lanling County smiled bitterly in his heart, he understood in his heart that Huangfu Xuande regarded the Liang Wang Department as a thorn in his side, and he couldn't wait to pull it out quickly, he came to attend his daughter's wedding back then, and today he came to participate in the wedding of Wujin, the purpose is the same, to deliberately show goodwill, so that everyone thinks that he is so close to the Liang Wang family, and when he finds an excuse to attack the Liang Wang family in the future, everyone thinks that he is a last resort, it is the Liang Wang family that has done his own wrong, and the scheming of Huangfu Xuande is not ordinarily deep.
Huangfu Xuande stepped forward with Shen Ruyi, and the two knelt down for the Queen Mother together, "Huang'er Xuande participates in the Queen Mother!" ”
Shen Ruyi also said in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law Ruyi visits the Queen Mother." ”
The queen mother was really angry for her son marrying a niece, although Shen Ruyu had no blood relatives, but she didn't like her son to do this kind of messy thing, and her uncle married her niece, which made her feel ashamed when she heard it.
But today is Wujin's wedding, she is not good at turning her face at the wedding, and deep down in her heart she hopes that Wujin will return to her sect in the future, and hopes that her son can let Wujin go and make him a free king, so that she can also explain when she goes to see Emperor Jin'an in the future.
So the queen mother didn't want to embarrass this son too much, she had to give him a little face, so she had to reluctantly say: "Get up!" ”
Huangfu Xuande was overjoyed, this is the queen mother recognized Concubine Shen Shu, so many people witnessed, he hurriedly got up: "Thank you Queen Mother!" ”
He gave Shen Ruyi a look, and Shen Ruyi also got up and thanked: "Ruyi thanks the queen mother for her grace!" ”
When the queen mother saw that the raw rice was cooked for cooking, she was helpless, so she had to instruct her: "In the palace, you must abide by the rules of the palace, respect the queen, and exhort the emperor to be diligent in government affairs, remember?" ”
Shen Ruyi was also very excited in her heart, and hurriedly said, "My daughter-in-law remembers." ”
The emperor came to attend the wedding, of course, he couldn't sit with the ministers, and the king of Lanling County hurriedly ordered to add a golden-backed dragon chair next to the queen mother, and a chair next to the princess, which was the seat of the concubine.
Huangfu Xuande sat down and smiled at the Queen Mother in a low voice: "Later, the emperor will give Wujin a generous gift, and he will definitely satisfy the queen mother." ”
Huangfu Xuande is a very filial person, he has known since he was a child that Empress Jin'an is his biological mother, and he doesn't care about the grievances between his father and uncle, he only recognizes his mother, not only respects her as the queen mother, but also gives her the highest status.
Huangfu Xuande knew that the reason why the Queen Mother liked Wujin was because of what happened in Ciyun Temple, the Queen Mother swept the leaves to atone for her sins, and Wujin didn't know that it was the Queen Mother, so she took the initiative to help her sweep the leaves, and moved the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother liked him very much, and Wujin looked a bit like the former Emperor Jin'an, which made the Queen Mother pinned some thoughts on him.
The Queen Mother likes Wujin and regards him as a grandson, Huangfu Xuande doesn't care, the Queen Mother hasn't had a few years, as long as the Queen Mother likes it, she will do whatever she wants, as for Wujin looks like Emperor Jin An, this is not strange, Jin An and King Liang look like each other, so it is not so much that Wujin looks like Emperor Jin An, it is better to say that he looks like King Liang.
Huangfu Xuande found out that the master of ceremonies turned out to be the prince, which was interesting, so he gave the prince a look, and the prince understood, and immediately announced: "Please ask the emperor to congratulate the bride and groom!" ”
Su Xun next to him was full of emotion in his heart, the emperor actually came to attend his daughter's wedding in person, which made him not know whether he was happy or sad, but at least one thing was certain, his son would be ecstatic.
Huangfu Xuande slowly stood up and smiled at everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, all the royal clans, all the ladies and gentlemen, today is the wedding of my imperial nephew Huangfu Wujin and Su Saijiu's granddaughter, I today as the man's family, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to the couple, and at the same time, as the Emperor of Daning, in accordance with the rules of the royal family, I hereby officially announce that Huangfu Wujin is the heir of King Liang, the lord of King Liang, and the heir of King Liang. ”
There was an exclamation in the hall, Huangfu Wujin was not as simple as the king of Liang, since the death of the old king of Liang ten years ago, Huangfu Jiang did not be able to attack the lord of the king of Liang, but changed the title from the king of Xiliang County to the king of Lanling County, which means that the king of Liang disappeared, and in the future, the king of Liang will appear again, then it can only be canonized by the prince.
But Wu Jin was re-crowned as the heir of King Liang, which means that King Liang was resurrected, according to the royal family rules, if the king of Lanling County dies in the future, then Wu Jin can go one level further, and it must be King Liang.
This made the eyes of countless royal families full of envy, Huangfu Yibiao was especially jealous, he was the same as Huangfu Jiang, his father was the king of Xia, and he was the king of Xixia County, after his father died, he was also renamed the king of Dunhuang County, and the Xia royal line disappeared from then on. And today Wujin was named the King of Hei Liang, so can his eldest grandson Huangfu Yingjun be named the King of Hei Xia?
Huangfu Yibiao only had jealousy in his heart, he knew that it was impossible, unless his father was like King Liang, who held the Western Xia army in his hands and had an army in his hands, then his grandson must also be the heir of the Xia King.
Huangfu Jiang hurriedly thanked: "The minister is Wujin to thank Your Majesty for your grace!" ”
Huangfu Xuande sat down, he smiled faintly and said: "The first emperor promised that the lord of King Liang can be passed down for three generations, but I am just fulfilling the promise of the first emperor, so the imperial uncle does not need to be polite." ”
At this time, another bell rang, it was the time to salute, and Huang Fuheng immediately announced, "The auspicious time has arrived, and the newcomer will salute!" ”
The festive music sounded on both sides, a pair of golden boys and girls grabbed the red silk and led the groom and the bride out, Huangfu Xuande stroked his beard and thought secretly, I heard that Su Xun's granddaughter was beautiful, but unfortunately there was a hijab, and he couldn't see it.
A pair of newcomers held red ribbons, separated by a zhang, and Huangfu Heng shouted loudly: "The newcomers salute and worship heaven and earth!" ”
The newlyweds knelt outward and bowed at the same time.
"Second worship high hall!"
The newlyweds turned around, knelt down to the elders again, and bowed deeply, the queen mother sat in the middle, smiling so much that her mouth couldn't close, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, as if this was not her grandson kneeling, but her son was getting married, her Tianfeng.
Su Xun was also full of emotion in his heart, his eldest granddaughter finally got married, he nodded lightly, and said repeatedly: "Okay!" Good! Good boy, get up! ”
"Husband and wife worship each other!"
The newlyweds kneel opposite each other and bow deeply to each other.
"After the ceremony, send it to the cave room!"
......... The hall is very lively, the laughter is noisy, the bride enters the cave room, and the groom must drink a circle of wine to go back, the cave room is in the inner courtyard, close to the residence of Huangfu Jiang, it is a small red building, here was originally the boudoir of Huangfujiang's daughter, since the daughter and her husband went to Xiliang, this red building has been empty, and the daughter and son-in-law do not live here when they come back.
Huangfu Jiang cleaned it up and became a cave room without Jin, the room was beautifully furnished, the walls and windows were pasted with big red characters, the big bed was hung with red silk tents, the floor was covered with a soft back carpet, and a pair of big red candles were burning brightly.
At this time, the cave room was unusually quiet, all the maids and servants were blown away, the door was locked from the outside, and the key was in the hands of the groom.
Su Han sat on the edge of the bed in the outhouse with a red hijab, the bed in the outhouse was slept by the couple's bedroom maid, usually the woman's maid who accompanied the marriage, but she couldn't sleep here tonight, but slept in the side room next door.
The inner room is a bedroom, and there is no candle light, but a pearl lamp sent by the Qi family is hung, and the pearl light is soft, illuminating the room clearly.
Su Han sat in the outhouse, feeling uneasy, it was already dark, the night of candles in the cave room had finally come, and she was finally going to face that moment.
At this moment, the door 'squeaks!' It opened and closed again, Su Han's heart suddenly pounded, and she knew that it was Wujin who had returned.
Wu Jin walked up to her and sat down, and asked softly, "Are you tired?" ”
Su Han shook his head, nodded lightly, and whispered, "One point, what about you?" ”
"It's okay, I escaped after a few glasses of wine, lady, I'm tired, let's go to bed in peace!"
Su Han bit his lip lightly and said in a low voice, "Husband, we haven't drunk yet!" ”
Wu Jin suddenly woke up, patted his forehead, confused, they still haven't done a single step!
He slowly unveiled the bride's red hijab, and in the candlelight, he saw Su Han's cheeks flushed, her shyness and green, and her beauty was superb, she glanced at Wujin with affection, and immediately turned her head shyly and infinitely, not daring to look at him.
Wu Jin took her hand and walked to the table, there were two glasses of wine on a gold plate on the table, the wine glasses were carved from bitter gourd, this is Heji wine, only after drinking Heji wine, they can go to bed to perform the ceremony of husband and wife.
The two looked at each other, smiled at the same time, took half of each of the wine glasses together, handed the other half of the wine to each other, stared at each other and drank slowly, and threw the glass under the bed.
Wu Jin took her hand and smiled: "The wine is finished, let's sleep in peace!" ”
Su Han lowered her head shyly, her swan-like jade neck nodded slightly, Wu Jin took off the phoenix crown for her, pulled out the hairpin and hosta, Su Han's waterfall-like green silk was scattered on her shoulders, and took off her wedding robe, which was a white silk jacket.
Wujin squatted down, Su Han slowly lay on his back, this is the back of the bride, in ordinary people's homes, the bride is finally carried into the gate by the groom, but the official eunuch's family, this step is placed at the end, in the cave room, after the wide clothes are crowned, the groom carries the bed on his back.
Su Han lay on his back and whispered in his ear: "You say, will I call you Wujin or your husband in the future?" ”
"What do you like to call it?"
"I like to call you husband, but you still call me Jiutian."
"Okay, I'll still call you for nine days in the future, but tonight I'll call you a lady."
The candle is never extinguished. When they entered the back room, Wu Jin put Su Han down, picked her up with his knees, bowed his head and kissed her cherry lips, and gently put her on the bed, which was already covered with soft futon, red and golden dragon and phoenix satin.
Su Han was lying on the wide bed, her eyes were closed, and her pink cheeks were delicate.
"Husband, I don't want to have light, you take off the lamp!"
"Good!" Wu Jin found a chair, climbed up and carefully took off this priceless bead lamp, he quickly glanced at the red silk tent, and saw that in the hazy and thin tent, Su Han was taking off her underwear, revealing her plump and slender body, lying in the eiderdown quilt.
Wu Jin covered the lamp with a cloth, and the room was suddenly dark, he also took off his clothes, got into bed, got into the quilt, gently hugged Su Han's soft and smooth body in his arms, caressed her full and round twin peaks with his hand, and slowly kissed her fragrant lips.
Su Han was so nervous that she trembled slightly, like a weak white sheep curled up in Wu Jin's arms, Wu Jin saw that she was scared, and felt pity in his heart, so he hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear: "We will salute later, and I will sleep with you tonight." ”
Perhaps it was Wujin's gentleness that made the tension in Su Han's heart slowly fade, she stretched out her arms around Wujin's neck, took the initiative to kiss her, and whispered: "The cave room is a candle night, of course the concubine has to dedicate herself to the husband, but the concubine is the first to go through the personnel, and I hope that the husband will have pity!" ”
Wu Jin turned over on her, hugged ** lightly, slowly opened the pink legs, such as the jade dragon exploring the stream, the valley was beginning to open, there was a sound in the red silk tent, the Luo tent shook gently, turned purple and shook red, plum blossoms dotted, and the boundless spring color filled the color of flowers and candles in this cave room.
(To be continued)