Chapter 7: The World's Wedding Begins

The people of Beijing flocked to watch this rare wedding ceremony. Wanrong couldn't help but stay in the boudoir with excitement. The Rongfu was renamed as the younger brother and the front court and the backyard are distant relatives and neighbors of the Guo Buluo family, and the eunuchs and attendants are also inside and out, greeting the guests back and forth, not daring to have the slightest slack, and the maids around Wanrong go out from time to time to listen to a situation, and tell Wanrong in time that although she is silent, she knows the movement outside.

When Wanrong, who stayed in the boudoir, heard the sound of the military music of the Republic of China outside the house, the deafening sound of firecrackers made the world shake, and faintly heard the sound of the flow of people like a tide. Syllable! In the deep blue sky, this loud sound sang the most beautiful sound in the high air, and everything stopped peacefully.

The Xuanzhi wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty walked into the courtyard, Rong Yuan knelt in the front, and everyone in the family also bowed down reverently, and there was silence.

The proclamation official read out the edict loudly: "Guo Shi, the daughter of Liupin Yinsheng and the alternate Daotai Rongyuan, has been established as the queen before, and the widow and others will hold the festival to pay the bride price." Chin this. ”

Gold, silver, silk cotton, sheep, cloth, gold tea ware, silver tea ware, four seasons clothing and other luxurious and extravagant items were carried into the woman's house one by one, and of course the eunuchs, maids, and attendants also shared a lot of rewards.

In fact, this is only the first bride price of Puyi's wedding, and the "big ceremony" will be held on November 12, and the big ceremony is to tell the woman's family the date of marriage. After another 18 days, the "canonization ceremony" will be held, which is a ritual to officially give the title of queen. Finally, the big wedding on December 1st. After so many courtesies, Wanrong was able to meet the groom she had never met for nearly a year. Of course, every festival will receive a large amount of royal wealth, and the form is the same.

In 1922, Wanrong felt that this time passed too slowly and too quickly, and the end of the year was coming, and the wedding day was approaching. During the year, nine countries, including the United States, Britain, and Belgium, signed the "Nine-Power Pact" with China's Beiyang Province, which violated China's sovereignty. The First Great War of Naobong broke out. Zhang Zuolin announced that Manmengli was established. Li Yuanhong was reappointed as the president of the Republic of China. Sun Yat-sen's Yongfeng ship was difficult to escape. Mao Zedong led a strike petition by Changsha masonry workers......

The ministers, eunuchs and nobles of the Qing Dynasty in the Forbidden City were busy for the emperor of Puyi, and the various parties in the land of China outside the Forbidden City made their own speeches to the outside world, and the foreign powers all regarded the vast land of China as a tiger, bullets and artillery fire seemed to be hanging in the air, panic and worry, helplessness and despair filled the whole country from time to time, but the common people were too tired, for a year, it was a good life to be able to maintain food and clothing, and there was always restless news from all over the country, Ordinary people are overwhelmed by the extraordinary times.

But at the end of the year, the people of the capital had a full face of joy, people rushed to the complaint, people after the tea and dinner, happy to talk about the topic that they have the most to talk about: in this year that is about to end, on December 1, 1922, the famous Qing Dynasty Xuantong Emperor Puyi will hold a big wedding!

Emperor Xuantong wants to marry Guo Buluo Rongyuan's only daughter, Guo Buluo Wanrong, as the queen!

All the eye-catching eyes, all the envious eyes, all the words of praise, all the longing and yearning, all the supreme and noble clothes, all the sparkle of rare treasures, and all the delicacies of the mountains and seas seem to be poured into one woman, that is, Guo Buluo Wanrong, who was only 16 years old at the time.

November 30, 1922 passed the last hour, and it was time for the wedding on December 1, 1922.

At this time, it was 1 o'clock in the morning, the sky was dark, with stars, like a diamond inlaid in the dark black night sky, shining with brilliance, the moon quietly hung high in the sky, dyeing the sky pure and soft, the moonlight gently drifted in the front and back yard of Wanrong's house, and the brilliant lights made everything here noisy and festive.

All the dignitaries and dignitaries, distant relatives and neighbors should be happy, the front yard set up a stage, and the famous actors of the capital were invited by Lord Rongyuan to sing for the distinguished guests, cheers, gongs and drums, and laughter, so that everyone forgot that it was early in the morning.

At this moment, Wanrong is sitting quietly in front of the dresser, the bride is carefully dressing up for her, Wanrong's most luxurious and gorgeous bridal dress is all hand-embroidered with the gold thread of the dragon and phoenix, and the placket of the dress is also a delicate and breathtaking pattern, symbolizing the noble status of the phoenix crown inlaid with priceless jewelry.

The phoenix, which was worshipped as a sacred bird in the ancient totemic era, is also known as the king of birds, and is the symbol of Jirui.

The noble bride's sedan chair is called Fengyu, it is full of delicate red silk fits perfectly, a double sedan character from the top of the sedan chair to the sedan chair is arranged in an orderly manner, the most noble of the Qing Dynasty only the emperor can enjoy the golden silk wrapped around the sedan chair, the four sedan chair heads are tied with bright red silk into a blooming peony flower, in the peony stamens, it is a symbol of peace and prosperity, health and auspiciousness of the four Luan phoenix.