After the excitement of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Shen family pushed down all banquet invitations and made final preparations for Shen Yuhong's marriage.

This is the first happy event held by the Shen family after Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing were promoted, and the scale and liveliness are different from the past. Therefore, there are a lot of things to do.

Shen Zeyuan had been busy for a long time, and even Shen Zexue and Shen Yuzhang, who had just come from Hangzhou, also threw themselves into helping.

Shen Kaishan's youngest son Shen Zexi is two years older than Shen Yuhong, but he has not yet married. Over the years, he has focused on his literary name, and always thinks that it is not yet the time to start a family, and he refuses to say that his parents have said goodbye many times, and at this moment he is watching the joy of his nephew Shen Yuhong getting married in Jingzhao, and he is quite puzzled: Is it so good and happy to get married?

With a hint of expectation and a shy smile, the prospective groom Shen Yuhong refused to answer the little uncle's question, but Shen Yule, Gu Wenlan and others on the side were coaxing: "Of course I'm happy, one of the four happy events in life, the candle night in the cave room......"

After that, they also teased Shen Yuhong with a teasing face, when will he stay if he doesn't laugh at this? For a while, Shen Yuhong's waiting place was full of laughter.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Shen family's "sedan chair front burden" gift to the family has been prepared, led by Shen Zeyuan, followed by Yan Shang, Qiu Wu and others, and sent the gifts to the family.

The most precious and meaningful gift in front of this sedan chair is a pair of geese that Shen Yuhong personally hunted, in order to get this pair of geese, he doesn't know how many mountains he ran. Originally, it was okay to give two geese as gifts in front of the sedan chair, because the geese had already been sent when they were recruited, but this pair of geese was a piece of Shen Yuhong's heart, and the family was naturally very satisfied when they saw this pair of geese.

The prospective groom, Shen Yuhong, has also changed his previous routine in the past few days, and quietly followed the arrangements of Shen Yu's family, Shen Zejing and others, and did every procedure before getting married.

According to Dayong's custom, three days before getting married, the parents wanted to invite their sons and daughters to eat five kinds of food, including steamed buns, cockles, elbows, chestnuts, and lotus seeds, to ask for the good fortune of "five sons Dengke", and Shen Yuhong ate the lotus seeds he never ate.

It's even more sadding. After the Quanfu lady made a bed, he had to sleep in the same bed with Shen Yuchen, a little child, and he had to sleep for three days in a row - the little boy that the Shen family chose for Shen Yuhong to sleep with was Shen Yuchen. In order not to leave the slightest flaw in the family affairs, no matter how strict and cumbersome these procedures are, he endures them!

Finally, it was the eighth day of the first lunar month, and it was the first day of the marriage. It's still in the middle of the day. Shen Yuhong and Shen Yuchen were urged by Shen Yu's family, Quanfu Niangzi and others.

Under the guidance of Quanfu Niangzi, Shen Yuchen sprinkled a large bubble of urine on the prepared bucket of children and grandchildren in a daze. Seeing that Shen Yuhong was full of black lines, his spirit woke up on the spot - fortunately, he only got married once in his life, otherwise such a tossing method would be really unbearable, Shen Yuhong thought.

Shen Ning naturally got up early, to be precise, the entire Shen family got up early, no one could sleep, there were so many things to do today.

Shen Yu and Shen Zejing had the most things, and asked if the ribbon balls had been hung up for a while. For a while, I was worried about whether the animal ceremonial utensils needed to enjoy the first sacrifice were all respectful and proper, and at the same time, I checked the banquet and other matters for the guests...... I was so busy that I didn't even have time to rest.

Shen Ning was dressed in a new outfit, wearing a delicate pink skirt, and the bead hairpin on his head was also red, and the whole person changed from plain to light. It becomes bright and pleasant.

In fact, it's not just that she dresses festively, but the entire Shen family's female dependents are almost the same, all of them are cheerful and enthusiastic in pink, red, and yellow.

Shen Yu's family, Shen Hu's family, Shen An's family and others went back and forth between He Mingxuan and Yu Feiyuan to see if there was anything missing-Yu Feiyuan was the location of the new house, and it was taken from Yanyan Yufei.

Shen Ning looked at Shen Yu and the others busy and happy, feeling the festive atmosphere, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that couldn't be hidden. At this moment, she, Shen Mi, Shen Yao, Shen Mei and others all gathered in Qingzhuju to wait for the news of Cheng Yanyan's entry.

Two hours ago, the groom Shen Yuhong took a group of uncles and brothers of the Shen family to the family to pick up their relatives, and after calculating the time, he should be able to come back.

"I heard that the dowry of the second sister-in-law is extremely rich, and I heard that the forty-eight dowries are full of ......" Shen Mei has to come to Jingtai Street from home to attend classes, and she hears a lot of gossip outside every day.

"Forty-eight dowry, the second sister-in-law is Mrs. Cheng's only daughter, and it is normal for the dowry to be richer, it is said that Mrs. Cheng also had forty-eight dowry when she got married, and there are a lot of valuable things...... Forty-eight lifts, how many things do you have to pack......"

This is Shen Yao's words in response to Shen Mei, these words, she heard from Shen Hu's family, and they are extremely credible.

A few little girls were chattering, Shen Ning listened to their words, and felt a burst of amusement in his heart, it seems that every girl's family is most concerned about the dowry!

The amount of dowry is related to the status of the bride in the husband's family, and whether the bride can gain a firm foothold in the husband's family, and it is normal for them to be so interested.

When the eunuchs of Dayong marry daughters, the number of dowries is generally thirty-six or forty-eight, the family of Prince Xungui is seventy-two, and the princess is naturally one hundred and eight when she marries.

In fact, according to Shen Ning's thoughts, the number is not the most important, the important thing is that there are things in this number - Shen Ning remembered the dowry of Cheng Yanyan in the previous life, in addition to silk, jewelry, and utensils, there are also many valuable Zhuangzi and shops.

When the little girls were talking about the dowry with great interest, the sound of gongs and drums came in, and Dong Fu and other maids also came to report: the sedan chair has come in from the door of Shen's house, and the girls can get up and go to the front yard hall to watch the worship ceremony.

As for Cheng Yanyan's forty-eight dowry, it had already been carried into Yu Feiyuan, and Dong Fu also described the dowry she saw with her eyebrows, and she could see the dowry with the open lid very clearly.

When Shen Ning and the others arrived at the front yard hall, Shen Yuhong was leading Cheng Yanyan in with red silk, Cheng Yanyan was wearing a red wedding dress, embroidered with patterns such as phoenix and flying mandarin ducks playing in the water, and the skirt was embroidered with pomegranates, grapefruit and other melons and fruits with excellent meanings.

She was covered with a red head, and she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but her figure was still round and plump in Shen Ning's memory.

There were a lot of people standing in the hall in the front yard, except for the Shen family's own people, that is, the in-laws who usually had close contacts with the Shen family, Shen Zejing and Shen Yu's family were already sitting upright in the main hall, everyone was waiting for the ceremony to proceed, and the hall was quite quiet.

Shen Jinghua is the mediator of Shen Yuhong and Cheng Yanyan, and he is also the praiser of the worship ceremony, and his task today is also very heavy.

I could only hear him singing: "Worship the ...... of heaven and earth", and his voice was loud and passionate. Shen Yuhong and Cheng Yanyan, under the guidance of Shen Jinghua and Quanfu Niangzi, completed the ceremony of worshipping the hall with three bows and nine knocks.

When Shen Jinghua sang: After the ceremony, when it was sent into the cave room, the entire hall erupted in laughter. A large group of people pushed and shoved and laughed and followed Shen Yuhong and Cheng Yanyan to Yufei Courtyard to see the bride and dowry!

In Yu Fei's courtyard, Cheng Yanyan sat on the wedding bed with her red head covered, listening to the jokes of the men and women around her, her heart was beating loudly, both nervous and shy. There are so many uncles and sisters-in-law of the Shen family, she listens to it, and she feels her head buzzing, there are about ten or twenty people.

Shen Yuhong's face was also flushed, he didn't know if he was shy or nervous, he felt that his throat was a little dry. The Quanfu lady stopped everyone's noise and said, "Okay, now the groom can pick up the head cover to see the bride." ”

With that, she handed a scale to Shen Yuhong and motioned for him to use this to pick up the bride's hijab.

Shen Yuhong held the scale, his heart was beating hard, but he was very happy. This kind of scene, he secretly rehearsed countless times in his heart, and at this moment, this scene was really in front of him, and his hands and feet trembled a little.

finally picked off the red hood, and when he looked at Cheng Yanyan's shy and flushed face, his heart calmed down suddenly, and then looked at her bright eyes like a clear spring, and his heart was extremely happy.

Shen Ning followed the surrounding brothers and sisters to joke about Cheng Yanyan, and the person who became a relative kept coaxing: "The bride has red lips, Yu Hong, you are blessed!" "Yu Hong, kiss a ......"

This kind of coaxing one after another without scruples made Shen Ning, Shen Mi and other little girls who had not yet married blushed with shame, and hurriedly escaped from the new house, and went to the next room to see Cheng Yanyan's dowry.

The dowry maid and the housekeeper of the family were displaying and guarding the forty-eight dowries there, and there were already many relatives and friends of the Shen family watching in the room, and Shen Ning heard the sound of admiration.

How much money the Cheng family gave Cheng Yanyan for pressing the box can't be seen from the forty-eight dowries, but you can still see the exquisite silk, golden utensils and other objects. Shen Ning looked at the bridal maids and housekeepers, all of whom were good-looking people, and it seemed that the criteria for choosing a family were very interesting.

During the evening banquet, Shen Yuhong went back and forth between the guests, and the wine was one cup after another, inheriting the blessings and jokes of the guests; Shen Huashan, Shen Zejing and others were also busy, greeting the guests.

In this wedding banquet, the Shen family opened sixty tables, invited many Jingzhao officials, and almost all the officials of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry and Zhongshu Province arrived, and the right servant of Shangshu shot Ye Zhengchun, Guozi Sacrifice Wine Wei Fuli and others also came, and even Si Tianjian Jun Fule, who had not appeared for a long time, also appeared in the Shen family's wedding banquet.

Although Wei Jingyao and Xiao Renhou, the left servant of Shangshu, did not come to the wedding banquet in person, they also sent generous gifts to congratulate. Many officials lamented the breadth of the Shen family: many officials in the upper echelons of Jingzhao are quite face-saving to the Shen family.

The next thing that happened made the officials sigh even more, because the Second Prince's Mansion, the Third Prince's Mansion and the Fifth Prince's Mansion all sent Changshi to send congratulatory gifts, and those Changshi's attitude was still very friendly, these three princes were the most powerful contenders for the throne, and now they are all so courteous to the Shen family, this Shen family is really not simple!

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