On the fifth day of the first month of February, before dawn, the Yanwang Mansion was already brightly lit, and the maids and servants carried the cages in and out of the busy mess, which was mixed with the sound of horses neighing and sheep chirping, and the chief steward Zheng Shou commanded back and forth without touching the ground, greeting everyone, and there were several officials of the Ministry of Rites pointing and lining up, Zhao Ta looked at all this coldly with his hands behind his back, and did not say a word.

"Second master, everything is ready, the little one is gone!" Seeing Xi, he bowed to the prince.

"Alas, go ahead!" Zhao Ta sighed and waved his hand, with a sad and helpless face.

"Take care of the second master, the villain will go back when he goes!" Seeing Xi, he looked at the sad appearance of the prince, and said uneasily.

"Get out, get out, it's better if you don't come back!" Zhao Ta yelled impatiently, and when he saw that things were not good, he hurriedly beckoned people to leave.

Zhao Ta watched everyone hurriedly carry the cage out in a panic, and sighed again, this is really 'a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that can't be avoided', he has been careful to avoid it since he returned to Beijing, and never dared to talk about marriage, and now it coincides with the civil unrest in the southeast, his father is also upset, thinking that he can escape this catastrophe, but he didn't expect to be 'calculated'. Liang Shicheng suddenly cared about his marriage, and somehow moved the emperor to marry for himself, which hooked the queen's mother's heart, and a royal decree set his life.

In ancient times, weddings must mention the 'six rites', that is, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Na coin, invitation, and personal welcome, these six main steps, to the Song Dynasty, the title and practice of the six rites vary according to the identity and status of the parties, and the mode of the wedding gradually evolved into official gifts and private gifts. Zhao Ji rebuilt the five rites and new ceremonies in the fifth year of Zhenghe. Ask people to obey. However, his red tape, saying goodbye to the noble and lowly, and accepting ancient rites, were criticized, and the result was high and low, and he also strictly ordered it to be implemented, but with little effect, this time it was his son's turn to marry and set an example.

The 'Six Rites' are only the main steps of the wedding, the full wedding, before the Six Rites. There should be a marriage proposal, Zhu Yannian has been named a doctor of Tongzheng, and Fan Yang County has transferred him to Beijing to serve as a household waiter, and Niangniang has also sent someone to ask, so it can be regarded as a marriage proposal. The next step is to perform the 'Six Rites'!

Today is the gift of Zhao Ta's collection and asking for names, to use a hundred taels of gold, a thousand horses, 500,000 money, Jinqi, Aya, Luo, and three hundred silk, ten gold embroidered clothes, three pairs of real pearls, jade hairpins, a pair of letters, 20 horses, 50 sheep, 50 pots of wine, 100 sheep wine red silk, pollen, flower power, fruit plate, Yinsheng, Luo Sheng and other things. Plus a raw goose...

"Second brother, let's go now, do you have anything else to explain?" At this time, the crown prince Zhao Huan grabbed the dress and wore a crown and walked over and said.

"Your Highness, there is Brother Lao, and some small things about the younger brother still alarm you, which really makes the younger brother feel uneasy!" According to the ancient ritual, the messenger sent by Nacai should be his own son, and when he arrives at the woman's house, he will give a speech, express his intention to propose, and answer the master's right word. Bestowing geese, exchanging marriage letters and asking for names, etc., can be regarded as the man's plenipotentiary representative, which can be described as a great responsibility, and today the prince took the initiative to serve as a messenger. It can be regarded as giving the woman's family a lot of face, although Zhao Ta is dissatisfied with the marriage. But the prince showed goodwill, and he couldn't get his good intentions, so he quickly squeezed out a smile and said.

"The second brother is so polite, although I am the prince, I am also the eldest brother in the family, so it should be so!" Zhao Huan waved his hand and smiled.

"I won't say much about that brother, my brother is preparing wine at home and waiting for you to come back!" Zhao Tashi said.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness King Yan, the hour is not early, we should start!" Presiding over the ceremony was a waiter from the Ministry of Rites, who stepped forward to salute and urge.

"Big brother, please, go early and come back early!" Zhao Ta also hugged his fists and saluted, sent him out of the gate, and helped him to get into the car, at this time the honor guard had been arranged, the music suddenly started, and he set off to Zhu's house, until the team disappeared in the alley, he returned to the house in a daze. …,

"Second master, why are you depressed when you are about to be overjoyed?" Zhao Xin asked.

"Hmph, are you happy?" Zhao Ta snorted coldly and asked rhetorically.

"What am I unhappy about, there is more housewife, and I won't need to serve every day in the future!" Zhao Xin followed up and said with a smile.

"You're so angry with me!" Zhao Ta was so angry that he stared at Zhao Xindao with angry eyes, but he instantly softened again, he bypassed the main hall and walked straight to the backyard.

"Second master, the saint and the mother are also for your own good, worrying about your life's affairs, why do you bother?" Zhao Xinzhi said that the prince had always been dissatisfied with this family business, but he was helpless about it, thinking that he had never been afraid of facing a strong enemy on the battlefield, but he was tormented by this marriage, and he was really distressed in his heart, so he poured tea for him and persuaded him.

"Hehe, the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker are all good for me, but who has asked me what I think, whether I like it or not, it's just that they like it!" Zhao Ta looked at the tea leaves in the cup and smiled bitterly.

"Second master, what can I do then? Marriage has been like this since ancient times, second master, don't think about it, but if Sister Zhen knows that you are about to get married, I don't know what will happen to Lu Dao, but I'm afraid that her life will be even more sad! Zhao Xin sighed, the prince was powerless to resist this, what could she do.

"Zhao Xin, what I want to marry the most is you, not the lady of the Zhu family or the Zhe family, how can you understand my mind!" Zhao Ta pulled Zhao Xin and hugged her in his arms and said.

"Second master, don't be like this, I'm just a servant in your house, and marrying you is against the law of etiquette, which will only harm you and make your mother sad." Zhao Xin struggled and said.

"Etiquette, what kind of patriarchal law, etiquette, Lao Tzu will smash him one day!" Zhao Ta said a little angrily.

Although the royal marriage of the Song Dynasty is only said to be 'regardless of net worth', there is also a strict restriction that 'all clan marriages are not allowed to marry with miscellaneous families, and those who are called uncles are servants and aunts are prostitutes. If the parents are not in the lineage and the children of the two families live in the borderlands, their children and grandchildren are not allowed to marry. Relatives of those above the rank of linen shall not intermarry with the officials of the courts, the officials of the Su, the children of the martial arts, the industry and commerce, the miscellaneous families, and the descendants of the rebellious families, and the children and grandchildren of the forbidden prisoners shall be married. Those who should marry should choose three generations of people who have served as state and county officials or above the palace, and those who pretend to marry will be judged as violating the system. The officiating marriage clan sits with the matchmaker, and does not surrender with pardon, and those who surrender themselves are commuted, and those who accuse are rewarded. 'In the case of Zhao Xin, there is no hope for those who can't marry into the royal family no matter what!

"Second master, you don't have to risk the world's condemnation for me, as long as we can see each other every day, why bother staying together." Zhao Xin knew the prince's 'conduct' very well, if he dared to say it, he would dare to do it, raised his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corners of the prince's eyes and said.

"There will definitely be a way, I will definitely come up with a way!" Zhao Tan hugged Zhao Xin tightly and said

Regardless of whether Zhao Ta wants it or not, things are still moving forward step by step, and the next thing is Najib and Najib. Najib is the son-in-law's family to ask the woman's birthday, fortune calculation, if the fortune is auspicious, then send an envoy to the woman's house to inform; If the bad luck is unlucky, the marriage has to be abandoned.

Zhao Ta originally planned to do something in this, if the eight characters do not match, just push away the matter, both sides are safe, but he underestimated the wisdom of the ancients, in fact, Naji's Yi, in the Song Dynasty is already a pure fiction story, as Sima Guang's "Shuyi" said, 'Ji Nacai has been divined before, and he sued the woman's family here, in order to become six rites. Later, Zhu Xi simply merged Wenming and Najib into Nacai for simplicity. His master had already asked the Zhu family's lady about her birthday, and she had calculated it, otherwise the mother would not have taken a lot of trouble to detain the Zhu family in Beijing, and she didn't need to ask Zhao Ta that she had failed before she could use it.

On February 16, Bu De auspicious omen, Yan Wangfu sent an envoy to inform the Zhu family, so far the two sides have confirmed the relationship. …,

On February 21, Yan Wangfu went to Zhujia Na coin. Na Yuan is to send money to the woman's family, also called 'Na Hui', 'Na Cheng', which is equivalent to today's formal engagement, with this step, the marriage is completed.

According to the system, the kings and concubines gave the women's dowry 10,000 taels of platinum, of course, more than that, but also with 20 sheep, 20 pots of wine, 40 horses, 100 catties of tea, 30 turbans and satin, silk, 4 pairs of gold hairpins, a pair of strips, two pairs of pearls, amber, Yingluo, pearls, and jade hairpins; Sell one gold and one colored clothes, two gold and silver, three hundred splendid silk horses, fruit plates, pollen, flower power, sleeping sheep and deer flower cakes, silver sheng, small color gold and silver coins and other things as a gift.

At this time, the marriage has basically been decided, and the Yanwang Mansion, which has just been built for two years, began to be renovated again, this work must have been paid by his father, and the craftsmen who sent the palace will be the temple, and the entire front hall and apse were all painted, and the furniture was replaced with a water of palace utensils. The queen also made a lot of money, took out her private money to buy a product for her son, and also sent a personal supervisor to decorate the new house.

When the Yanwang Mansion encounters this major event, of course, it spares no manpower and material resources, and the most important thing in the Yanwang Mansion now is money, and the income in the Xiangyi Mansion is enough to deal with it, and there is no need to use the prince's small treasury at all. There are not enough people in the palace, and some of the people in Xiangyi Zhuangzi are, Zheng Fu and Zheng Lu Hulala brought three or four hundred people, from the big and small stewards to the cooks who cook, and the miscellaneous servants who sweep the floor do not need to invite outsiders, and the vegetables, wine, grain, and brocade that are needed are pulled into the palace like flowing water, and the three caravans that have won the letter are doing their best, as long as the house needs it, they will send people to find it and send it thousands of miles.

It's another month, the Yanwang Mansion is renovated, it's the spring of March again, the yellow fades, the green is full, the red candle of the people in the hall is not extinguished day and night, the red tent is hung on the wall around it, the house is full of red, the night pearl of the East China Sea is placed in the house, the coral of the South China Sea, the tapestry of Persia, the jade screen of Xixia, the white deer skin of Khitan, the incense of Southeast Asia is smoked in the house, the windows are all replaced by glass windows, the main hall hangs the gold plaque of the holy handwriting 'match made in heaven', which can be described as magnificent

Wang Hao passed by Yanwang's Mansion on this sunset, looked at the crowd of people coming in and out, the convoy of rivers, and smiled, "My father-in-law is really a good plan, this girl is busy marrying a daughter-in-law, I'm afraid I have forgotten the northwest!" (To be continued......)