Chapter 619: The Princess's Wedding Night
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After the emperor was in good health, he was naturally a great joy of Longyan, and he chose Ji Yue to officially meet and feast Zuo Shaoyang, the quasi-concubine, in the palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is the first step for Princess Changle to get married.
The Zuo family has three family affairs to do, but the latter two are Zuo Shaoyang's sons and daughters, so naturally they can't rush their father's family affairs, so they agreed to handle Zuo Shaoyang's marriage first, and then at the same time handle the marriage of his son-in-law Zuo Wenyuan to the princess of Xincheng and Zuo Wenzhi to the ninth prince Li Zhi.
On the day of the meeting, Zuo Shaoyang changed into new clothes, rode a little donkey, surrounded by the entourage of three Ouchi super masters pretending to be overlooked, and came to the palace hall under the escort of countless royal guards on both sides of the street disguised as passers-by and businessmen.
Here, a feast has been set up, all the important ministers of the court have arrived, and the emperor has taken the eldest grandson and empress out to rest.
At this time, so long after the emperor fell ill, he made his first comeback appearance, and the rumors in the court that the emperor was critically ill were self-defeating in Li Shimin's frequent toasts when he talked and laughed. These old ministers were very happy, and they all praised Zuo Shaoyang, the quasi-horse miracle doctor, and toasted him one after another.
Zuo Shaoyang is naturally a dry glass of wine, and the wine banquet is full of joy.
According to the rules, if the horse does not have an official position, the emperor must canonize the official position. Father-in-law Luo repeatedly gave Zuo Shaoyang a job, but Zuo Shaoyang insisted on refusing to be an official. In the end, I had to give up. Marrying a princess as a commoner is unique in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
As part of the wedding, Emperor Li Shimin rewarded Zuo Shaoyang with a brocade robe and a jade robe, a number of gold and silver utensils, silk and satin, and countless gold, silver and jewelry. In addition, there are two small donkeys with shiny coats, dressed in red and colored.
These gifts are neatly placed on the square outside the main hall, after the banquet, Zuo Shaoyang rode on a small donkey, the royal band played and sang the drum in unison, the front music opened the way, Zuo Shaoyang wore red and hung the color and rode a small donkey in the middle, and behind it was a number of big boxes that were also dressed in red and colored by the eunuchs. Hao Hao returned to Zuofu.
Originally, according to the rules, it was to build a horse mansion for Zuo Shaoyang and his son-in-law Zuo Wenshan, but Zuo Shaoyang disagreed, and asked the princess to marry into his own family and live with his parents.
Emperor Li Shimin agreed, and allocated the two sums of silver for the construction of the Horse Mansion to the Zuo family to build and expand the mansion themselves.
So, Zuo Gui's father also began to get busy. After all, if there are two princesses living in the family, it can't be lazy, Zuo Gui's father decided to build the two courtyards to super luxury.
Fortunately, the Zuo family is very rich now, not only the savings from the harvest in the fields in the past fifteen years, but also the jewels worth hundreds of thousands that Zuo Shaoyang brought back from the Western Regions. Then there is Zuo Gui's father's own official salary, plus the two construction funds allocated by the emperor. So the ultra-luxury new expansion house is not a problem. In order to pat the princess on the back, he spared no expense.
The emperor also ordered the requisition of a large number of houses next to the backyard of the Zuo family, and built two princess mansions for the Zuo family. These two mansions, one is for Princess Changle, and the other is for the princess of Xincheng who is going to marry her sister-in-law Zuo Wenshan. The Zuo family's mansion was further expanded.
The royal marriage lasted several months, so Zuo Gui's father had relatively plenty of time, but he still personally supervised the construction on the construction site, urging him to rush to work at night, and trying to complete it as soon as possible.
A month later, it's already midsummer.
Luo Gonggong came to visit and told Zuo Shaoyang that the emperor had decided to depose the former prince Li Chengqian as a concubine for the crime of treason. Demograted to Qianzhou. Originally, he was going to make Li Zhi the crown prince, but considering the wishes of Doctor Zuo, it was decided to make Li Ke, the third prince, the crown prince!
This result was exactly the same as Zuo Shaoyang had expected. It also made Zuo Shaoyang feel at ease. As long as Li Zhi is not the crown prince, Wu Meiniang will not be the queen, and she will have no chance to become the empress, so her daughter will be safe.
After learning the news, Zuo Shaoyang held a banquet at home to celebrate, and specially let his daughter Zuo Wenzhi also drink a few glasses of wine, the family knew why he was so happy, and he didn't say anything when he asked him, but it was difficult to see him so happy, and they were all very happy.
After another two months, the two courtyards of the Zuo family were finally completed. Empress Changsun took Father-in-law Luo to inspect it in person, and at first sight, this courtyard was a hundred times more luxurious than the ordinary Horse Mansion! Inside the pavilions, nine curved corridors, small bridges and flowing water, everything. The queen was very satisfied.
After a few more days, it was already the golden autumn season, and the agreed date to marry the princess finally came.
On the day of marriage, although Father-in-law Luo repeatedly asked that Zuo Shaoyang would rather not have a princess than change horses, Father-in-law Luo could only compromise in the end, allowing Zuo Shaoyang to ride a little donkey, wearing a brocade robe given by the emperor, came to the palace, sent several dowry gifts into the palace, and then came to Princess Changle's bedroom to marry the bride.
The procession to send off relatives is also extremely luxurious, in order to show solemnity, Emperor Li Shimin personally drove to send relatives. He all came forward, and the queen, concubines, princes and other royal relatives naturally followed. As a result, it became a great exhibition of the emperor's relatives and relatives.
Princess Changle phoenix crown xiawei, riding eight sedan chairs, in the royal drummer ticking and blowing, led by Zuo Shaoyang riding a donkey in front of her, escorted by a team of palace maids and eunuchs, out of the palace. It was followed by hundreds of red dowries with large boxes. Then there is the procession of the emperor and the emperor's relatives holding the Huangluo umbrella. Emperors, empresses, and concubines sit in sedan chairs, and princes ride horses. It stretches for miles.
The emperor's marriage to his daughter is definitely the headline news in the capital, not to mention that the emperor personally sent his relatives. Both sides of Suzaku Street are already crowded with people. Let's all come and see the excitement. Seeing that the new horse master was riding a little donkey, and hearing that it was the newly opened pharmacy Langzhong, they were all surprised, saying that the emperor married his daughter to a Langzhong?
Knowing some insiders, his eyebrows flew and he talked about Zuo Shaoyang's experience, and naturally there were many quotes taken out of context, so there were many versions of Zuo Shaoyang's identity and origin. Zuo Shaoyang, a young man, actually married a dignified princess, no matter how it is rumored, it is a novelty.
Zuo Shaoyang rode a little donkey, with a mighty team to welcome and send off relatives, and finally returned to Zuofu.
Only then did Mr. and Mrs. Li know that Lang Zhong, who treated him, has now become a princess and a concubine, and he is even more surprised, and he followed his neighbors to say goodbye. But they couldn't get in, because the emperor was inside, and the entire Zuofu had been put under martial law by the Imperial Forest Army.
Due to the fact that there were too many imperial relatives and ministers who came to congratulate them, the lobby and courtyard were unable to sit down, and under the decision of Emperor Li Shimin, the wine banquet was placed in the medicine garden with bursts of medicinal fragrance.
Worship to heaven and earth is also held here. The princess's worship of heaven and earth is different from that of ordinary people. The three prostrations of ordinary people are: one worship to heaven and earth, two worships to the high hall, and the husband and wife worship each other. However, the status of the princess and the concubine is the relationship between the monarch and the minister, if the princess marries a high-ranking official, such as the prince, which is higher than the princess's rank, the princess needs to be promoted to the same level as the concubine before bidding. If the princess is of a higher grade than the colt, the status quo is maintained. In short, the princess can't be allowed to drop the price.
The concubine and the concubine's family have to perform the courtesy of the monarch in front of the princess, that is, the father-in-law, mother-in-law and husband have to greet the princess in the morning and kneel. When a husband and wife get married, naturally this rule cannot be broken. Therefore, it is not possible to worship the high hall in heaven and earth, nor to worship husband and wife, and the princess cannot bow down to her in-laws and husbands.
Therefore, the princess's wedding is simple in worshipping heaven and earth, and it becomes a ceremony after worshipping heaven and earth.
After worshipping heaven and earth, he was sent to the cave room.
A long drought and a sweet rain, a foreign country encountering old acquaintances, candle nights in the cave room, and the title of the gold list, the four happy things in life. Zuo Shaoyang's wife and three concubines have experienced four cave rooms, and this is the fifth time that Xiao Dengke has been in the house. However, he felt that it would not be a pleasant experience.
The reason is very simple, Princess Changle and him have already agreed that the two will only be superficial couples. Because Zuo Shaoyang didn't want to marry her at that time, and she was also annoyed that Zuo Shaoyang refused to treat the emperor's brother and was unwilling to marry him. This result was finally agreed.
Zuo Shaoyang knew this, so he toasted the emperor, the empress, the emperor's relatives and the ministers of the court one by one, and naturally he was drunk and carried back to the cave room.
In the middle of the night, Zuo Shaoyang woke up thirsty, opened his eyes, the red candles in the room were shining, he wanted to see clearly, as soon as his head moved, he felt that the world was spinning, he quickly closed his eyes, and shouted: "Is there anyone?" Pour me a glass of water! ”
After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps shattering, the curtain was raised, the fragrant wind was gusting, and a woman's soft voice said: "Master, please use tea!" ”
As he spoke, someone gently helped him up, leaned into a warm and soft embrace, the aroma was stronger, and a cup of warm tea was brought to his mouth, and he was very considerate and waited for him to drink a large cup of tea.
With the tea in his stomach, Zuo Shaoyang was a little sober, still closed his eyes, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
His question sounded stupid, who else could be in the cave room on the wedding night with Princess Changle? However, Zuo Shaoyang can be sure that the woman who is holding herself to feed the tea is definitely not Princess Changle, her voice is wrong, and Princess Changle will never serve her like this. People are kings. How can anyone deign to feed his courtiers?
The woman grinned and said, "Slave Qiu'er." It was the princess's maidservant who came to marry. From now on, it will be time for us to serve the horse master. ”
"You guys? Who else? ”
"There are three in the house on the princess's side, and the other two are called Jin Er and Suo'er. The three of us are connected together to be 'lock the golden autumn'! ”
"Lock Jinqiu?" Zuo Shaoyang closed his eyes and smiled, "Who got the name?" ”
"Princess."
"Do you have any other houses?"
"Yes, the princess has already distributed it to the grandmothers in each room. There are also three in Madame's house, namely 'Chun'er, Yi'er and Nong'er. ”
"Spring? Your princess took it too, right? ”
"Yes," Qiu'er said with a smile, "the other three aunts, one in each room." The one in Bai Er's grandmother's house is called 'Xia'er', the one in Miao San's grandmother's house is called 'He'er', and the one in Sang Si's grandmother's house is called 'Qing'er'."
"Xia Heqing?" Zuo Shaoyang moved his body and lay more comfortably in Qiu'er's arms, "You princesses are really weird." It's also strange to get a name. ”
"Master Horse, in the future, you have to be called a lady, you can't leave a princess and another princess."
"Lady?" Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly, "Yes, she is a concubine and my wife, but she is a gentleman, I don't call her a princess, is she happy?" ”
"The princess said that the princess called her like this."
Zuo Shaoyang remembered the three sentences he said to Princess Changle, one of which was that the family did not have the courtesy of a monarch and a minister. Presumably Princess Changle is why her family called her that.
Qiu'er ate again and said: "By the way, the old lady and the old lady are also divided into three in the house." They are called La'er, Mei'er and Xiang'er. ”
"Plum fragrance?" Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile, "This is good, spring, summer, autumn and winter are complete." - By the way, what about the princess? ”
"By your side!"
"Huh?" Zuo Shaoyang opened his drunken eyes with great difficulty, and tried to concentrate his gaze, and saw a pretty face and a pair of beautiful big eyes. It's just upside down, and I'm a little confused, how can it be upside down? After thinking about it, I understood that this was Qiu'er's eyes. Qiu'er held herself in her arms and fed the water, looking down at herself, her pretty face was naturally upside down.
Qiu'er sat on the edge of the bed, half of the curtain was lifted, and the big red candle shone in, reflecting her pretty face and fluttering cutely. Especially those big eyes, blinking and blinking, looking very well-behaved.
Zuo Shaoyang slowly turned his head to look into the bed. Their bed is king-sized, more than enough for seven or eight people to sleep side by side.
In the middle of the big bed, there is a young girl, a hair is scattered on the pillow, although it is autumn, the weather is still relatively hot, so only a thin brocade quilt is covered, half of the body wearing a moon-white obscene dress is exposed outside the quilt, slightly thin shoulders, the back curve is exquisite, quite charming.
This is his own bride, Princess Changle?
Zuo Shaoyang raised his hand with great effort and rubbed his temples. Qiu'er hurriedly said, "Do you have a headache?" Let the slave come! ”
A soft wattle reached over and gently massaged him. This little girl should have learned, and the strength of the technique is just right.
Zuo Shaoyang enjoyed it very much, lying in her arms, unable to concentrate his thoughts, and said, "What about them?" ”
"They all went back, and the banquet had long since dispersed. Hee-hee, it's three watches! ”
At this time, Princess Changle's cold voice said, "Qiu'er, you don't let people sleep if you don't sleep?" ”
Qiu'er stuck out her tongue, gently picked Zuo Shaoyang out of her arms, and slowly placed it on the soft jade pillow. Help him cover the quilt and say, "Whatever you want, call it a slave and maid, and the slave and maid will sleep outside." ”
"Got it. I blew the lamp, and it was hard to sleep when it was shining. ”
"No, the candle must be lit all night to be auspicious. The slave and maid put down the outer curtain as well, so that it would not be lit. As she spoke, Qiu'er put down the three layers of curtains inside and outside, the outer layer of curtain fabric was very thick, and after putting it down, the light in the bed dimmed, and there was only a hazy redness.
Then, Qiu'er's small footsteps walked out of the room. The room was quiet again.
Zuo Shaoyang stretched his hands and feet and let out a long sigh of relief.
"If you feel a loss, Qiu'er and the three of them are in the outer room and the wing, you can go and have a round room with them!"
(To be continued)