After the Dragon Boat Festival, Liu He finally ushered in the auspicious day of his and Cai Yan's official marriage.

The wedding at this time was much simpler and more boring than the marriage ceremony in later generations. Before Liu He officially married Cai Yan on the eighth day of the fifth month, according to Zhou Li, the Liu family had completed the "Three Books" and "Five Rites" in the "Three Books and Six Rites", and only the last one was left, that is, "Welcome".

"Three books" refers to the letter of appointment (the book of engagement), the letter of rite (the list of gifts), and the letter of greeting (the book of the bride) in the process of betrothraction; "Six rites" refer to Nacai (proposing), asking for names (exchanging the names of both parties), Najib (engagement), Nazheng (the man gives a dowry), asking for a date (choosing an auspicious day for the wedding), and welcoming (formal wedding).

The last step of this is the "personal welcome", which is what later generations usually call the wedding ceremony.

The wedding of the Han Dynasty began at dusk, and the word "marriage" was the word "marriage" when "woman was married at dusk", and "female" and "dusk" were combined.

In the evening of this day, Liu Yu and the two ladies sat in the middle of the hall, Liu He was wearing a red wedding dress and a red Jinxian crown, and came to the hall to kneel down in a regular manner, and then bowed to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu encouraged Liu He according to etiquette and said: "My son is getting married today, and I am very happy for my father, I hope you will remember the way of being a husband, so that the marriage will be happy, and the branches and leaves for my Liu family will be spread as soon as possible!" ”

Liu He nodded yes, and the "Jiaozi" ceremony ended.

Outside Liu He's arrival, there were already Murong Ping, Sun Li, Guo Jia, Xu Yue, Du Ji and others waiting, and the soldiers of the Guards Battalion were also wearing clean and neat military uniforms today, and they were happily guarding the periphery.

Liu He then boarded the car, and everyone accompanied the guards, coming towards Cai's mansion. A delicately decorated red sedan chair depicting dragons and phoenixes was placed on a flatbed carriage behind, arousing the curiosity of the people watching the ceremony on both sides of the road.

When he came to the gate of Cai's Mansion, Liu He carried a wild goose in his hand, followed by several attendants carrying gifts, and walked into the main gate of Cai's Mansion together. The wild goose symbolizes marital fidelity. Therefore, it is a must-have gift for Han people to organize weddings.

Cai Yong, who was already waiting at home, took the "gift" presented by Liu He and asked Liu He in a low voice: "In addition to this feathered bird, what other gifts are there for the old man?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law will ask someone to tailor a set of high-quality furniture for you, and someone will send it to you when I turn around."

"You're too picky, aren't you? How much is a piece of furniture worth? Just took away the baby daughter that the old man had raised for many years? ”

"If your father-in-law dislikes it, then I will ask someone to send you a mountain of gold and silver, and forget about those furniture."

"Is the old man the kind of person who likes yellow and white things? Now that the furniture is made, it's time to send it quickly! In addition, you have to collect rare books from all over the world for me. In addition to loving Yan'er in his life, the rest of the old man likes to collect books! ”

"This son-in-law will definitely do it! When the time comes, let your father-in-law have a collection of 100,000 books in your home, and you will be famous and famous! ”

"Good! It's pretty much the same, hurry up and go to the backyard to pick up Yan'er and pass the door! ”

After some bargaining between Weng and his son-in-law, Liu He finally came to Cai Yan's boudoir.

"Little lady Yan'er, husband is here, open the door quickly!"

"Miss said, if you want to enter the door, you have to chant a poem first!" The voice of the maid Xiaoyao sounded in the room.

"I'll go, let me write poetry at this time. Isn't this a trap? Liu He's head was big for a while, and he hurriedly racked his brains to recall what poems could be used for the occasion.

After holding back for a long time, Taibai Shixian "appeared" again and saved Liu He once.

"Enter my lovesick door. I know that I am lovesick, Sauvignon Blanc is long, and I am infinitely lovesick. Liu He stood at Cai Yan's door and recited aloud this poem, which was not too brilliant.

"Squeak". The door opened, and Cai Yan, dressed in a red wedding dress, stood in front of Liu He.

Liu He then took Cai Yan's hand and walked out of Cai's mansion slowly. The maid Xiaoyao will not marry for the time being. Stay in Cai's Mansion to take care of Cai Yong's daily life. The scholar has already married a daughter, and this smart and clever little maid who usually loves her like a daughter will marry into the Liu Mansion with Cai Yan, and then only the scholar will be left to guard the mansion.

The red sedan chair has been placed at the door of Cai's mansion, Liu He smiled and reached out to lift the sedan curtain, and Cai Yan sat in the sedan chair with a red face.

The procession to welcome the relatives was started again, and they returned to the Taifu Mansion in a mighty manner.

Liu He and Cai Yan entered the mansion, washed their hands with water together in front of the reception hall of the middle courtyard, and after completing the "Wo Xu", they both sat down.

Sitting in the hall were some guests with great status in Youzhou, and everyone remained quiet, and a separate wine and food were placed in front of them. Liu He and Cai Yan knelt side by side, but there was only one meat dish on the few cases in front of them. This is also a part of the wedding ceremony, called "Tongjiao".

Liu He and Cai Yan raised their chopsticks to pick up a mouthful of food, and after tasting it, they rinsed their mouths with wine once, three times. When rinsing his mouth with wine for the third time, the attendant specially presented a conjoined silver cup, which is the "Heyu" wine.

Liu He and Cai Yan ate and drank together in the same prison, symbolizing that the two of them will respect and be inferior from now on, sharing blessings and woes.

After this ceremony, Liu He and Cai Yan got up to thank the guests in the hall, and then left the banquet hall and entered Liu He's residence in the West Courtyard.

In the west courtyard, Liu He's subordinates and close guards have long been crowded, everyone is holding chestnuts and red dates of various colors in their hands, and after Liu He and Cai Yan come in and sit on the bed, everyone will happily throw the chestnuts and red dates in their hands to them, which is the "tent". Liu He and Cai Yan hurriedly picked up their clothes, and the more they received, the more children they would have after marriage.

After the fuss was over, Liu He untied the ribbon that tied Cai Yan's hair in public, and then combed her hair with a rhino horn comb before putting it back on.

At this point, the welcome ceremony is complete. The "family and friend group" in the west courtyard all withdrew, came to the front yard and began to eat and drink, leaving only Liu He and Cai Yan to do some love and should do in the room......

This is the wedding of the late Han Dynasty, and the whole process is completely different from the lengthy and lively and joyful in later generations, which seems short and serious.

The ancients believed that there was the righteousness of the husband and wife first, and then there was the relationship between father and son, and only with the relationship between father and son could there be the way of kings and ministers, so the wedding was regarded as the foundation and foundation of various rituals, so the whole wedding was a solemn oath. Moreover, at this time, people believed that the wedding should have the woman as the protagonist, so it was a matter of darkness; The music, song and dance belong to the yang energy, which is not in line with it, so the wedding process is not a little noisy from beginning to end, which also adds to its solemn and solemn atmosphere.

If you put aside some bells and whistles, the wedding in the Han Dynasty directly pointed to the original intention of marriage, which can be a model for later generations, and there are many things worth thinking about. For example, it makes sense that weddings are the foundation of all etiquette. The smallest unit of human society is the family, and the way to form a family is to marry men and women, so marriage must be cautious, not hasty and child's play.

The west courtyard was quiet, and only a couple of newlyweds were left in the wedding room, with red candles flickering and a beautiful atmosphere.

It is said that the first time is born, and the second time is mature, but Cai Yan, who has already been a bride once, somehow became more nervous tonight than last time. When she got married, she was still fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was as young as a plum in April, she didn't understand anything, and she married into the Hedong Wei family in a daze, and then spent more than half a year in a daze with the sick seedling Wei Zhongdao.

Now Cai Yan is nineteen years old, not only physically mature, but also experienced a lot of things, and often had physical contact with Liu He when he was in Luoyang, and after coming to Jicheng, he was taught by Zhao Aier......

In the previous life, Liu He, who hid in the dormitory and often "made friends" with Teacher Cang across the screen, was completely away from the tragic masturbation career in this life, and he had successfully pushed Zhao Aier down some time ago, but it was inconvenient to share it with others. Tonight, the beauty is in her arms, and Liu He can finally dominate......

The spring night tent is warm, and a moment is gold. Liu He and Cai Yan, who had just experienced a big battle, hugged each other tightly and slept tightly, but the two of them were not sleepy, and whispered some thoughtful words.

Cai Yan said a little lazily and contentedly: "Husband, it feels so good to be a woman!" ”

Liu He knew what Cai Yan meant, but he deliberately asked narrowly: "Oh, could it be that you didn't do a woman before?" ”

"Nasty! You're necrotic! ”

"Hehe, why don't I spoil you again?"

"Don't! People still hurt ......"

"Oh, then blow out the candles and sleep!"

"Don't! People want you to talk to you. ”

"What do you say?"

"I'm married now, and I can help you justifiably in the future, so wherever you go, you have to take me with you!"

"That's not good, if I go out with the army, it must be very hard, it's too inconvenient to take you outside, and what will the soldiers of the three armies think of me?"

"People can disguise themselves as men and hide behind your Chinese military tent to prevent outsiders from seeing them."

"Well, let's talk about this later, I try not to go out with the army, you can be my confidential secretary with peace of mind, help me deal with the approval documents, I really don't feel at ease when these things are handed over to others."

"Husband, if I ask you something, you have to tell people the truth!"

"What's the matter? I'll be sure to report it truthfully! ”

"Do you have a ...... with Sister Ai'er? Like tonight...... ...... with people With someone else's? ”

"What, that? Why don't I understand what you're talking about? ”……

"Oh, auntie, don't screw it so hard! Hurry up and let go, it's broken, and you won't have to play in the future! ”

"Are you telling the truth?"

"No, I'm innocent with Sister Ai'er!"

"Hmph, I don't believe it! I'll ask her tomorrow. ”

"Don't, you're a daughter-in-law who just passed the door, and you're embarrassed to ask people about such a sensitive topic?"

"Good! Then I won't ask now, when the young lady of the Mi family and the young lady of the Qiao family get married, I will let them ask! ”

"What's the matter? Why did you get involved with the Mi family and the Qiao family again? (To be continued......)