Chapter 47: The Major Events of Life--- Marriage (I)
—— On the eighth day of September, it was the marriage date set by the Yang and Guo families for Yang Xi and Guo Xin half a year ago. Yang Guozhong's injury has been controlled, his health has been temporarily restored, and Yang Xi's wedding should not be postponed, it can be held as scheduled.
Yang Xi, who is on vacation and doesn't have to worry about anything for the time being, also devotes all his energy to his marriage.
The ancient wedding process was very complicated, and the wedding process was divided into six stages according to the weekly ceremony, called the "six rites", namely Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, inviting the period, and welcoming in person.
Yang Xi doesn't need to care about most of the procedures in the wedding, such as Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, and invitation, and there is not much for him to participate in. The only thing that needs to be present for the whole process is this last procedure - personal welcome.
There is no one to work on this.
There are also a lot of etiquettes to greet relatives, such as sons-in-law, makeup, knee covering, car barriers, transfer seats, worship halls, prisons and concubines, etc., which can only enter the cave room after these are completed.
After hearing her mother Pei Rou and herself talk about this, Yang Xi was a big head for a while, and it was really not easy to marry a wife. Originally, he planned to marry a few more in the future, have a "three wives and four concubines" or something, and open a "harem" in his own house, but after hearing that the marriage procedure was so complicated, he immediately dispelled this idea and wanted to toss the dead.
However, after thinking that he would soon be able to marry Guo Xin's beauty into the door and enjoy the mature ** body in the future, Yang Xi still became enthusiastic and devoted himself to the major event of getting married and marrying a wife.
The day before the wedding, there was already a red festive atmosphere in the Yang Mansion.
Many elders in the Yang family also came, most of whom Yang Xi didn't know. Yang Guozhong, who had not shown up for a long time, also appeared in front of his subordinates and personally ordered some things. The main mother, Pei Rou, is even more busy, and she personally takes care of everything. The marriages of the first three sons were also made by her, and one son married a princess, so it can be said that she is very experienced in holding marriages.
Knowing that Yang Xi was going to get married, Emperor Li Longji and Concubine Yang Yuhuan also sent gifts to them, and Mrs. Yu Guo personally came to the mansion to congratulate.
At the time of the wedding, Yang Xi was woken up by Ping'er early in the morning and asked him to put on makeup.
Yang Xi is going to get married, the favored son will become history, and she can't be favored by Yang Xi every day, and she squeezed into Yang Xi's arms to sleep after passion, Ping'er felt very bad, but she was still busy with a smile, and she didn't dare to be lazy in the slightest.
Marriage must have a husband, that is, the best man, Yang Xi's husband was invited by himself, there are two, one is Gao Shi's son Gao Wei, and the other is Pang Zhong's son Pang Wei. This is also a means of entrapping people, Yang Xi introduced Gao Shi and Pang Zhong as his cronies, and let their son be his handmaiden when they got married, which is enough to show how much he trusts these two people.
When getting married, not only Yang Xi, the groom, has to put on makeup, but even the two prime ministers have to dress up.
After a toss, the three handsome young people were painted miserable by the people in the house, and the foundation and rouge were applied to the face like no money, and when they looked in the bronze mirror, everyone was startled, and they almost couldn't recognize themselves, the whole face was covered with heavy makeup, white and red, and a few flowers were inserted, and a red wedding dress was dressed, how to look like a play on the stage. The three of them looked at each other and grinned.
Gao Wei and Pang Wei had followed their father in the army before, and they met Yang Xi a lot, but it was only when Yang Xi was preparing for marriage that they became familiar with each other. Originally, Yang Xi's position was higher, higher than their father, Gao Wei and Pang Wei didn't dare to make any rude actions in front of Yang Xi, until they were familiar with Yang Xi's selection as the prime minister, so they were unrestrained and would joke together.
After the three of them "laughed" at each other's funny, they rushed out of the room under Pei Rou's urging and prepared to greet each other.
Before greeting relatives, the ancestors should be worshipped, and Yang Xi's Ningguo County Mansion had already placed a sacrificial table, and under the leadership of the elders in the Yang clan, they worshiped the ancestors together and told the ancestors. Everyone knelt in front of the desk, and the elders of the clan read out the sacrifice, telling the ancestors of the Yang family that Yang Xi, the heir of the Yang family, had reached adulthood and wanted to marry the daughter of the Guo family, so that the spirits of the Yang ancestors in the sky could also share this joy.
At the end of the sacrificial event, it was already early afternoon, and it was time to go out, Yang Xi, who had barely eaten or drunk, led the greeter and the people who greeted him, resigned his parents and the elders of the clan in the north of the main hall, and went to the direction of Guofu to kill.
Just in case, Yang Xi took Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi, who had left a very good reputation in Chinese history, to welcome them. I heard that the woman's family is likely to take the school to learn the groom's poetry and talent, Yang Xi, who was a big-headed soldier in his previous life, did not remember many poems in his mind, and he was even more afraid of stealing and using goofs, so it was better to pull some people with good ability in this area to help.
The street is lively.
Although Yang Xi has tried to keep a low profile, he is already famous, knowing that today he greeted his relatives, and there were a lot of people who rushed to the neighborhood to see the excitement, almost blocking the wide streets, and finally learned to maintain order Jin Yawei Sergeant opened the way, and the people who greeted the relatives were able to pass.
finally arrived at Guo's mansion, Yang Xi had already squeezed out a stinky sweat, and he felt very embarrassed, looking at the two prime ministers, the same. At this time, they all have a very deep experience, that is, getting married is really a very painful thing, and Gao Wei and Pang Wei, who have not yet started a family, are secretly determined not to get married in the future. But it's certainly impossible! Even if they wanted to, their parents would not agree, and if they insisted on doing so, they would probably be beaten lightly and kicked out of the house. Of course, this is just a sudden idea when they are scared!
Guo's mansion was also jubilant, and the two ministers also played a role at this time, first entering the mansion, performing some etiquette of the prime minister, and then embracing Yang Xi and other people into the main hall. Guo Ziyi and the Wang family were already seated in the main hall, and Yang Xi went in to meet his parents-in-law, as well as the Guo clansmen, and held the ceremony of "laying geese". The Guo family also attached great importance to this marriage, and a large group of leaders came to the clan.
The elders of the Guo family presided over the wedding, and Yang Xi, who had a large set of etiquette, had black eyes and was at the mercy of others like a puppet.
In a daze, the ceremony was partially over, and Yang Xi was pushed in a daze and went to the back garden, ready to welcome the bride out.
Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi and others who followed Yang Xi also played a role at this time, and there were many people in Guo Fuzhong who came to stop Yang Xi, all of them were female dependents, some of them asked Yang Xi to compose poems and chant to express their happiness today, and some asked Yang Xi some tricky and strange questions, and in the end it was Li Bai, Du Fu and others who solved this problem for Yang Xi.
The two maids also helped, they prepared a lot of red envelopes, distributed them all the way, and many female dependents got the red envelopes, and let Yang Xi go, but more often they wanted to borrow a knife to make things difficult, or to test Yang Xi's talent.
Guo Xin has eight brothers, six sisters and one sister, five brothers are married, six sisters are married, and the family is very large, which makes Yang Xi regret a little that he should not find a woman with so many brothers and sisters as his wife. He also had a better understanding of the hardships of marrying a wife, which was more tiring than commanding men and horses to fight...... Men are miserable!
Fortunately, Yang Xi was nimble, and some people rushed over before they could stop him, and finally succeeded in rushing into the hall where Guo Xin was staying.
Seeing Yang Xi enter the hall, all the people who blocked him also followed, and they didn't continue to make a noise, but they all quieted down.
There were a few gentle knocking sounds in the room, and after the sound, Guo Xin, who was dressed in makeup, came out of it with the support of Xiaoyu, a maid who had also been carefully dressed.
Today's Guo Xin is dressed very noble and exaggerated, with a green silk hair pulled into a high double-ring bun, and several pairs of long steps and hairpins at the back bun, and a bright flower in the center. A face is painted so that he can't see his original face, if he doesn't know that this is the woman he wants to marry today, it is estimated that Yang Xi will not be able to recognize this as his wife when he sees it. This is similar to the feeling when taking wedding photos in later generations, everyone recognizes the man, but the woman in the photo is replaced by another one, and it is estimated that outsiders will not be able to distinguish it after putting on makeup.
Guo Xin is wearing a bright green dress, which is a bit "out of place" with the festive wedding dress that everyone else uses red as the main color, and it is a stark contrast to Yang Xi's red wedding dress. Yang Xi also knew before getting married that the groom wore a red dress and the bride's dress was green when the wedding was held in the Tang Dynasty, which was the so-called "red man and green woman", which was completely different from the ancient weddings seen in later movies and television.
Men wear red, which is the so-called "Shi fake Jiang public clothes to welcome", Jiang is the meaning of red. Red represents the identity of the dignitary, when the groom wears a red dress, people call it "groom official", some people may only be called "official" when they get married, so no matter what kind of status the man is when he gets married, he is wearing a red dress. And the turquoise dress worn by the woman is to the effect that she uses green to express her beauty and gentleness.
Guo Xin, supported by Xiaoyu, the maid in full makeup, stood still in the middle of the main house, and the two maids, Gao Wei and Pang Wei, pushed Yang Xi hard, urging him to step forward and take the bride's hand and welcome Guo Xin home. was pushed out of the pile by the two ministers, and Yang Xi stepped forward with a restrained face. Dressed like this, and being noticed by so many people, he was a little embarrassed, and many people were covering their mouths and laughing.
Seeing the appearance of Yang Xi, the marshal of soldiers and horses who had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to fight on the battlefield and beat the rebels to lose their armor and flee, many people couldn't help laughing. Gao Wei and Pang Wei laughed even more shamelessly, and their shouts were also the loudest.
Yang Xi was even more embarrassed, and Guo Xin, as the bride, was the same, looking cramped and uneasy, and her eyes didn't know where to look...... (To be continued.) )