Chapter 156: The Big Wedding (1)
On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the true king got married.
The people of the capital watched the two weddings in two months, and naturally they talked about it, and they inevitably commented on the two weddings that were so close.
Early in the morning, the streets of the capital were crowded with people, and the sky was boiling.
Princess Anle had already entered the palace a few days ago to get married, and the real king's mansion went out early in the morning to greet her relatives.
The real king himself wears a red flower on his chest, wears a happy hat, smiles happily, and is proud of the spring breeze.
In order to marry Princess Anle, the True King's Mansion has been preparing since years ago. The garden was renovated one after another, the walls and gates were painted, and the interior and exterior were refurbished to welcome the newcomers.
The real king Zhu Xi looked dignified, rode a high-headed horse, and led the welcoming team towards the palace.
In the palace, Shu Fangzhai, Song Yi's whole person is wooden, not as lively as in the past.
It turned out that early this morning, it was only four watches, and Song Yi was dug up from the bed, and began to bathe and change clothes, and dress up.
Song Yi felt like a marionette, allowing others to grease and powder.
With the wedding of Du Shuyin and the third prince in front, Song Yi already has a general understanding of the wedding process.
Therefore, this will also race against time, seize the time to close your eyes and recuperate, so as to save energy to deal with the next series of big scenes.
Empress Dowager Pang arranged for the old lady of Cining Palace to be Song Yi's wife and dress up for Song Yi, this is the grace of the Queen Mother, of course Song Yi can't refuse.
Therefore, at this moment, Song Yi sat there obediently, motionless, and Mama Wu, who was still sent by the Queen Mother, combed her hair.
In a room, more than a dozen people were busy around Song Yi for two hours, and at sunrise, Song Yi was dressed up inside and out.
"Okay, princess, see if you're satisfied?"
Mama Wu of Cining Palace was very satisfied with her "results", and after she stopped, she let Song Yi take a look for herself.
Song Yi looked up at the girl in the mirror, it was like two people from his usual self, and Song Yi almost couldn't recognize it.
The person in the mirror, the face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the color is like the flower of spring dawn, the two bends are like frowning willow leaf eyebrows, a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy, the face is like a peach petal, and the eyes are like autumn waves. Although he is angry and sometimes laughs, that is, he is contemptuous and affectionate.
What a woman with brilliant embroidery.
Song Yi was stunned and couldn't say a word.
"Look, the princess herself is stunned," Haruka said mercilessly.
Song Yi's face was red, his eyes were stunned, and he blamed Chunxiang for being ruthless.
The palace maids and eunuchs in the house covered their mouths and snickered, and the atmosphere was very warm.
After all, Mama Wu is the person next to the Queen Mother, so she is naturally used to seeing big scenes, and she has not lost her temper, nor has she made fun of Song Yi with others.
Seeing the reaction of everyone in the house, she was very satisfied with her own "results".
Song Yi hurriedly thanked Mama Wu and asked Xianglian to reward everyone, especially Mama Wu and others.
Naturally, everyone smiled and was overjoyed.
Afraid that Song Yi would move around at will and crumple the wedding dress, Mama Wu let Song Yi sit on the edge of the bed and reduce her movements.
On the other side, Zhu Xiyin went out at the time, and arrived at Shufangzhai at the end of the day.
The rewards of the emperor, the queen mother and the ladies of the palace have already been sent to Shufangzhai, and they are put together with the dowry prepared by the original Internal Affairs Office.
The Queen Mother was afraid that she would cry when she saw Song Yi going out, so she didn't send Song Yi out in person.
The queen came forward in the palace in person, after all, Song Yi was the emperor's daughter-in-law, and the queen became Song Yi's "mother-in-law". The queen sent Song Yi out, which is also justified.
According to custom, if the bride has a brother, she will naturally be carried out by the brother, and the head will not return to the sedan chair on the ground. But Song Yi is an orphan and has no brothers at home.
If you talk about it, the prince is Song Yi's "big brother", and it should be the prince who carries Song Yi on the flower bridge himself.
But the status of the prince is there, and he is not good to Song Yi to that extent, so naturally he will not treat Song Yi like his own sister.
So, the prince found a stand-in to carry Song Yi on the flower bridge instead of him.
Song Yi thought that he would cry like other brides when they went out. But thinking that this palace is not her home, and this queen and crown prince are not her relatives. Song Yi didn't have that feeling of farewell and reluctance.
But the people around her kept reminding her that there was a custom of "crying to marry", and she didn't cry, which was unlucky.
Song Yi was forced to have no choice but to get up and pinch his thigh, crying instantly.
In this way, everyone put their hearts at ease and hugged their heads and cried together. It also saves the bride the embarrassment of not crying when she goes out.
The emperor sent an oracle and a reward, which was nothing more than saying something sour and cheap.
Song Yi was covered with a red hijab, and no one could see whether she had listened or not.
Then, the Queen Mother's reward also came. The Queen Mother brought some treasures, which were obviously carefully selected, and Song Yi understood that this was the Queen Mother's intentions.
Then, the queen said something again, which was nothing more than letting Song Yi and the real king raise their eyebrows, husband and wife with one heart, and so on.
Song Yi and Zhu Xi thanked them one by one.
Before leaving, Song Yi also bowed down in the direction of the Yangxin Palace and Cining Palace, and showed his filial piety to the emperor and the queen mother.
When everything was done, another two hours passed, and it was already the end of the day.
Song Yi finally got into the sedan chair before noon and left the palace with the welcoming procession.
Just now, Song Yi has been covered with his head, although he can't see the real king, he can always feel the real king's concern for him.
Song Yi was also very satisfied.
After the True King's welcoming team came out of the palace, it planned to go around the capital and return to the True King's Mansion.
Say what "enjoy with the people", but this goes around the capital for more than two hours, to say the least.
Even in the sedan chair, Song Yi can still gradually feel the "temperature" of summer.
June is the hottest month of the year, and the princess's wedding is naturally very grand, and pomp and dignity must be paid attention to everywhere.
Song Yi has three layers inside and three layers outside, and he has a lot of clothes, and he is sweating and miserable at the moment.
Song Yi is sitting in the princess's phoenix at the moment, the carriage is very spacious, and in order to prevent heat stroke, he deliberately let people put an ice basin to cool down.
Although the ice basin brings some coolness, it simply can't compete with the temperature outside.
Song Yi felt that if he walked on the street for a long time in his wedding dress, he was afraid that he would have to suffer from heat stroke.
Song Yi was very uncomfortable here, but no one left from the onlookers over there, looking at the real king's welcoming procession with great interest.
"Did you count?"
"Counted. Before the true king entered the palace, it was one hundred and eighty lifts, and when he came out, it was three hundred and sixty lifts, which was one hundred and twenty-two more than the time when the third prince carried it."
"Huh. This true king has made a big deal. That's more than all three princes? Aren't you afraid that the prince will be unhappy? ”
"What's this" A man next to him sneered at the others.
"What do you mean?"
The man said, "The true king is married to Princess Anle, so she is naturally different from the others. In addition to the eighth princess, the emperor now has only one daughter, Princess Anle. The eighth princess is still young, and the emperor is naturally very concerned about Princess Anle's marriage."
The Queen Mother was very fond of Princess Anle and personally inquired about the princess's marriage. The emperor and the queen mother attach so much importance to it, how can the real king be lazy? This one hundred and eighty lifts were made on the surface in order not to exceed the number of the crown prince and the second prince, and I heard that many of the one hundred and eighty lifts lifted from the palace were prepared by the real king. So, of these three hundred and sixty lifts, I guess at least three hundred lifts were prepared by the true king."
"The real king has really made a bloody investment. Marrying a princess, doesn't it hollow out the old bottom of the real palace? ”
"How can that? No matter how much the real king's mansion is, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and some of them have a family background. The real king is also valued by the emperor, so he naturally has some furniture. Marry a princess, how can you ignore the face of the whole princess and the royal family? This is also for the emperor to see, I see this money, the real king is too worth it"
"Brother Tai Gaojian, I'll wait for the mouth to open suddenly"
Among the onlookers, some people talked eloquently, as if they had a feeling of pointing out the country.
The greeting procession, knocking and beating, is so lively.
After walking around the streets of the capital, I finally returned to the True King's Mansion in Shenshi.
The real king's mansion has already been arranged, and the guests have already arrived.
Although Du Ruomei, the old lady of the True Palace, was reluctant in her heart, she still went out of the Qingsong Courtyard and entertained the old people among the female relatives who came to watch the ceremony in the front yard.
The old lady in the house was old, so she arranged the marriage of the real king to the eldest lady Wang Yuyan and the second lady Cao Lihua.
The first time the two concubines worked together for a while, it was inevitable that they would compete with each other.
However, there was an old lady supervising the marriage, and the marriage date was changed later, which was postponed for a few months.
There was time to fill the loopholes, and there was no delay in getting down to business.
Today, the guests in the palace came one after another, and many of them were distinguished guests, and even the Wang and Cao families did not dare to slack off.
Naturally, there is some weakness.
Fortunately, the old lady Du lived a long time, and she was still able to calm the field at the critical moment.
She knew that the matter had come to this, and if she didn't make the wedding beautiful, she would still lose her old face. It was still pushed up, so there was no major mistake.