There is no doubt that Wu Qing's name has resounded throughout Chang'an City, and under constant rumors, Wu Qing is said to be the "God of the Ball".

For a while, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit, but they were all blocked by the family members of the Wu Mansion, and Wuqing did not see any guests. This made many people feel that Wu Qing was too arrogant, and it also made some people jealous. But people of insight understand Wuqing's situation.

Three days later, Emperor Li Ji's decree was issued.

Wu Qing burned incense and bathed to receive the order.

The ambassador read: "The emperor has a decree, and the edict says: The princess is peaceful, and my youngest daughter is also from the Wu clan of the queen of heaven. Now the princess is in her prime, and it is time to get married. Wu Qing, a bachelor of Wenshui Hanlin in Wenzhou, has both ability and political integrity, dignified appearance, gentle and frugal, and has no wife, and the princess is made in heaven and earth, and I am very happy. In order to become a beautiful woman, Princess Taiping is hereby descended to Wuqing. All etiquette is to be done after consultation between the Ministry of Rites and Taishi Ling. The proclamation is at home and abroad, and the salty envoy hears it. Chin this! ”

Rumble!

Wu Qing's mind felt as if he had been bombed, and he didn't react for a while.

"Wu Hanlin, please take the order!" The ambassador shouted.

Wu Qing woke up in shock, in front of the imperial power, he could only kowtow and thank him.

"The minister bows and thanks the emperor for his grace, long live long live long live."

After sobering up, Wu Qing did not forget to give the ambassador a few copper coins, which is the best way to envelop these chamberlains, and he can't say that he will be able to use them one day. Seeing that Wu Qing was so knowledgeable, the ambassador congratulated him and returned to the palace to resume his life.

At this time, the Wu clan came to the lobby.

Wu Shi saw that Wu Qing had a melancholy look on his face, so he said, "I discussed it with my sister back then. I set up this family business, but my mother never told you, because she was afraid that you would know that you would be prosperous and rich in the future and not work hard. Now that my son has become a pillar of talent, at this time, Taiping married our family, which is a matter of glory to the ancestors. Qing'er should be happy, right? ”

Wu Qing smiled bitterly: "Happy? Mother, how can I be happy, Taiping is a princess, and you are a person who does not admit defeat, isn't this to make the family uneasy? ”

Wu smiled: "Are you afraid that our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will not be able to get along?" You can rest assured. I like Taiping very much, if Taiping likes to deal with housework, it will be good to give birth to Buddha for my mother. ”

Wu Qing shook his head. Wu's temper has been thoroughly understood by him over the years, and she is a very stubborn and strong woman. If you want her to give in, maybe a year and a half will be fine, but it will be a few years. Decade. Wu Qing didn't dare to imagine it.

"Mother, why don't you hire a son-in-law." Wu Qing said.

Wu was stunned for a moment and did not speak. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, Mrs. Decree of the third grade or above is not allowed to remarry, of course, this is not absolute. Wu is the lady of the Jin Kingdom, and she happens to be ordered from the third grade. Therefore, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, there is no way to remarry.

Wu Qing is not a person who eats the ancients, and the thoughts of later generations have some influence on him, not to mention the openness of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he did not mind his mother remarrying. And the queen has also mentioned it many times. In the past, the Wu clan did not let go on the grounds that Wu Qing was young.

Now the Wu clan has heard this. There were tears in his eyes, but he didn't speak, and after a while, Wu said: "If you marry Taiping well, your mother can worship the Buddha with peace of mind." Don't talk about this in the future. Otherwise, our mother-son relationship will end here. ”

Wu Qing was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Mother, what are you doing?" Okay, I promised my mother that I would marry Taiping. ”

The emperor gave marriage, and the whole world knew about it. The atmosphere in Tubo was abnormal, and 200,000 troops were dispatched to attack Longyou, but they were defeated by Hei Zhi Changzhi, and the hatred between them and Tubo became deeper and deeper. Not long ago, the Xue Yantuo tribe migrated to the territory of the Tang Dynasty and came to congratulate. Silla, the Turkic tribes, and all parts of the Western Regions came to congratulate them.

In addition to envy, jealousy and hatred, the young talents of the Tang Dynasty are only left to borrow wine to drown their sorrows, or go to the Qin Mansion Chu Pavilion to find a sister to spend the night crazy. People who knew Wuqing, as well as people who admired it, all came to Chang'an to witness the wedding of the flower of the Tang Dynasty.

But as far as Wu Qing is concerned, he really can't be happy, because according to his understanding, this is completely a marriage between close relatives, but thinking of Wu Yu'er, he can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into. But Wu Yu'er's parents were very happy, although this was a little disgraceful, but they did get benefits, Wu Qing gave a bride price of nearly 100,000 yuan, enough for them to squander the rest of their lives. What's more, Wu Yuer's three elder brothers and two brothers-in-law have all been arranged to do business in Wuqing's Chang'an. This is something that can't be helped, nepotism, ancient and modern.

And with the improvement of Hedong in recent years, some of the Wu clansmen who have been displaced in various places have gradually returned to Wenshui. Wu Qing asked Wu Yuer's third brother Wu Ming to go to Wenshui to do business and take care of the ancestral house. Earlier, Wu Qing didn't know that he still had an ancestral house, otherwise he wouldn't have been so poor.

The wedding of the Tang Dynasty is very complicated, especially the wedding of the princess. According to the "Weekly Rites", it is necessary to go through six rites. That is, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Najib, inviting dates, and greeting in person.

Of course, sometimes things are based on rights and interests, and they don't necessarily have to be carried out, but the princess must go through this process when she gets married.

Nacai, that is, proposing. Because Wu Qing has been given a marriage, this gift can only be regarded as a formality. And asking the name is simpler, although both parties know the birth date, but there is still a process. As for whether it is in harmony or not, it is irrelevant, not as rigid as it was hundreds of years later, which is very enlightened in Datang. Next is Najib, which is a cumbersome process, not only to give gifts, but also to issue a letter of appointment, that is, to write a marriage book, record the man's family wealth and a series of conditions, etc., must be written into the marriage book, which is considered an engagement. The next thing is to accept the levy, which means that it is a dowry, the martial family is the queen of heaven, and now the status is noble, so naturally it can't be cold, but the woman is a royal family and a princess, so Wuqing had to mobilize all his resources, and went to the Western Regions to buy two thousand-year-old snow lotus, to the northeast to buy two thousand-year-old ginseng kings, and to Luozhou to buy a five-hundred-year-old He Shou Wu. There is also a one-and-a-half-meter-tall red coral tree that was originally given to Wuqing by Takeshin of Japan. There are also 2,000 dozen tons of rice paper, 2,000 catties of cane sugar, and 3,000 jars of sake.

Therefore, when the martial artist's dowry entered the Daming Palace, the people of Chang'an looked sideways, and after Emperor Li Zhi saw the gift list, he was only interested in the snow lotus and ginseng, you must know that the snow lotus and ginseng are easy to find, but the millennium is rare, and the most important thing is that it has the effect of prolonging life. The queen of heaven was interested in the five hundred years of He Shou Wu, so she was very satisfied with this dowry, and she also realized that Wu Qing was so careful, and it was something very practical and urgently needed.

The Tang royal family has an inner treasury, which is dedicated to providing for the royal family's expenses, so these things are all in the inner treasury.

The dowry is satisfied, and the next thing is the invitation period, that is, the auspicious day is calculated, and the day of the wedding begins to wait. Finally, there is the most cumbersome personal welcome.

To welcome is to marry the bride home. Marrying a princess is not simple, not only do the historians of the Taishi Bureau look at astronomy and the zodiac, but also calculate the auspicious days. There are also processes set by the Ministry of Rites, all of which have to be walked up one by one. (To be continued......)