Chapter 92: The Great Wedding (Part II)

Pei Xingjian, who officiated at the wedding, and another Guogong surnamed Li, who rarely appeared in the court, saw Liu Yi enter the hall and ordered Liu Yi to kneel in front of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.

These are almost all praises for how good Liu Yi is, how virtuous Princess Taiping is, how well the two are compatible, it is simply a pair made in heaven, and so on, which makes Liu Yi quite ashamed. The Duke surnamed Li read quite slowly, biting every word clearly, poor Liu Yi knelt for most of the day, and his legs were numb.

followed by kowtowing, anyway, when the person who was married said kowtow, Liu Yi bowed mechanically.

Not only worship Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the parents of Princess Taiping, but also the elders of other princes, county kings, and princesses of Taiping, Liu Yi doesn't know how many kowtows he has, and his knees hurt when he kneels, but fortunately there is a thick carpet cushion, otherwise he won't be able to walk for a while.

After these rituals were almost carried out, Wu Zetian stood up, walked to Liu Yi, who was still kneeling on the ground, and picked up Liu Yi with his own hands in the consternation of everyone.

Liu Yi was also stunned and looked at Wu Zetian, who had never been so "amiable" today.

"Virtuous son-in-law, today Your Majesty and the palace will hand over the peace to you, I hope you can treat her well for the rest of your life!" Wu Zetian repeated what he had said, but now he said it very loudly, and all the officials who came to attend the wedding heard it.

Liu Yi seemed to understand what Wu Zetian meant, and immediately replied loudly: "Please rest assured Your Majesty and Niangniang, the minister will definitely love the princess for the rest of his life..."

"Do you still call us Your Majesty and Niangniang now?" Wu Zetian looked back at Li Zhi, who was still sitting.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law will definitely treat the princess well!" Liu Yi had to change his title, why does this title feel very awkward?!

Liu Yi and Wu Zetian's performance, which can almost be said to be singing and harmonizing, attracted the applause of the courtiers, but Liu Yi saw that Shangguan Wan'er, who could be seen just now, was nowhere to hide.

Wu Zetian commanded a few more words, Liu Yi mechanically answered loudly, and then Wu Zetian walked back and sat down again, at this time, all the officials also came to congratulate Liu Yi, and many people praised Liu Yi's excellence with very gorgeous words.

Liu Yi still responded mechanically, and later, he even felt that everyone's faces were similar, and he couldn't even remember who congratulated him, for a person who was born as an agent, such a situation is very rare, one of the most important reasons is that the etiquette at this wedding is too cumbersome, and even more than a person can bear.

After about an hour, these rituals were over, and Liu Yi, the groom official, was surrounded by a large group of people and went to the back hall where the bride, Princess Taiping, stayed.

The crown prince Li Xian, who had never been seen before, as well as the British king Li Zhe and the prime minister Li Lun are all here.

Liu Yi also saw her cousin who became Princess Xiang in the back hall, this was the first time she saw her cousin, and this cousin was also with other family members of Princess Taiping, staying in the aisle that Liu Yi had to pass through, ready to play a trick on Liu Yi.

The crown prince Li Xian, Li Zhe and Li Lun took the lead in stopping Liu Yi.

"Sister-in-law, I've waited for a few to finally look forward to today!" Li Xian said to Liu Yi with a smile, "I also hope that in the future, my sister-in-law can take Tai Usual to see a few of us..."

Hearing Li Xian's meaningful command, Liu Yi had no choice but to agree: "In the prince's order, I don't dare not obey..."

"Sister-in-law, today is your great joy, no matter what, you have to write a few poems, otherwise you won't be allowed to pick up Taiping!" Li Zhe shook his head and said, and stretched out his hand to stop Liu Yi.

Li Lun also coaxed behind.

Looking at this Li Zhe and Li Lun, who had been emperors in history, and now they were disgraced by Wu Zetian, and now they have become the prince of his brother-in-law, Liu Yi couldn't refuse, so he had to say, "Several highnesses asked for this, and they didn't dare to refuse, so let's use a crooked poem to illustrate the four joys of life," Liu Yi pretended to ponder for a while, and then read: "The candle night in the cave room, when the title of the gold list is inscribed, the sweat is in nectar, and the old acquaintance is in another place... This is the four joys of life, today is the joy of me and the princess of the cave room, and please Your Highness, raise your noble hand, let my brother-in-law go first, as the so-called, a good night should be worth a thousand gold... Haha!"

"My brother-in-law is really talented, for a while, he made such a good deed, how dare we stop it," Li Lun, who was Liu Yi's brother-in-law and Liu Yi's brother-in-law, looked amazed, as a courtesy, indicating that Liu Yi had passed their pass.

Liu Yi arched his hand to the three brothers Li Xian, Li Zhe, and Li Lun, and passed with a smug face, is it still useful to do enough homework.

This is the etiquette of "getting a new son-in-law", but at this time, the prime minister Huan Yanfan is no longer energetic, in the face of Princess Taiping's relatives, all the moves have to be completed by Liu Yi, Liu Yi had to prepare a lot of poems, in order to deal with the requirements of these people and deliberately embarrassed, after easily passing the three brothers-in-law, he was stopped by some female dependents.

"Third brother, you have to recite a poem in front of us today, otherwise I won't let you go over to pick up my sister-in-law!" Liu Yi's cousin, Princess Liu Rui, had a bright look on her face, and stretched out her hand to stop Liu Yi, and the other female dependents also coaxed.

Liu Yi glared at his cousin, and bowed his hand and said: "Princess Xiang is really embarrassed by such a request, I really can't think of any good poems today, otherwise, how about I make it up next time..."

"No..."In Liu's hesitation, the other ladies disagreed.

"Okay then," Liu Yi had to pretend to be reluctant, looked up at the top of the corridor, and said in a deep voice: "Last night's stars and last night's wind, the west side of the painting building and the east of Guitang; There are no colorful phoenix wings, and there is a little understanding in the heart... I said everyone, I have a close relationship with the princess, she must be waiting for me anxiously, and please let me go, don't let the princess wait for a long time..."

Liu Yi arched his hand, this poem is very far-fetched here, but Liu Yi really has no better poem to deal with, so he has to use this one.

After everyone understood the meaning, they applauded and let Liu Yi go for the time being, but they were immediately stopped by other people, and after making trouble for half an hour, Liu Yi tried his best to finally pass the test and enter the hall.

After Liu Yi entered the hall, the whole hall quieted down, and in the knocking sound of some unknown sounds, the bride Princess Taiping finally appeared, carried by Ping'er and several other maids, and walked into the hall.

Today's princess Taiping is dressed in full makeup, with a green silk tied into a high double-ring bun, with a flower in the middle that Liu Yi can't call famous, and a few long steps and hairpins and other ornaments are inserted in the front and back of the bun, and some makeup is pasted on the center of the eyebrows, and the eyebrows and eyes are exaggerated, like a witch, Liu Yi almost wondered if the bride was mistaken, and those who wanted to trick him pushed someone else to impersonate. After Liu Yi saw the bride's eyes, he was convinced that this was a fake princess Taiping who had long wanted to marry.

Another thing that made Liu Yi strange was that Princess Taiping was wearing a green wedding dress, not a red gift as he imagined.

Liu Yi also popped out a word in an instant, red man and green woman, this word has been seen somewhere, look at the red dress on his body, Liu Yi also woke up, married in the Tang Dynasty, and the clothes are really red for men and green for women.

Liu Yi stepped forward, walked to the side of Princess Taiping, lowered her head and looked at this "demon girl" with a shy face, Princess Taiping looked at Liu Yi a few times, and called softly, "Husband...", I don't know if there are so many people watching and being a little embarrassed or something else, Princess Taiping blushed and couldn't speak, Liu Yi didn't know how to say, seeing that those people on the side were constantly coaxing, she had to take Princess Taiping's hand, kiss her bride's face, and then take Princess Taiping's hand and turn around, Princess Taiping took advantage of the situation to take Liu Yi's arm.

"Let's go...", someone shouted, and a large group of people rushed over and pushed the two of them towards the front hall.

Liu Yi and Princess Taiping stood in front of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian together, and knelt down again to salute.

This time Li Zhi stepped forward and helped Liu Yi and Princess Taiping, Li Zhi looked at Princess Taiping with a happy face, and some reluctance came up with a happy face, "Taiping, you will be Liu Yi's wife in the future, remember your father's instructions, don't be spoiled and coquettish..."

"Father, my daughter knows!" Princess Taiping glanced at Li Zhi, then turned her head to look at Liu Yi, revealing a sweet smile.

Then Wu Zetian also came over, and together with Li Zhi, he commanded Liu Yi and Princess Taiping a few words, and Princess Taiping also rolled out a few tears in her eyes, and threw herself into Wu Zetian's arms and sobbed.

"The time has come..."As Pei Xingjian, who presided over the wedding, shouted, Wu Zetian let go of the hand holding Princess Taiping and walked back to his seat.

After Liu Yi and Princess Taiping knelt down and saluted again, they started to walk out surrounded by the crowd of people who greeted their relatives.

At this time, it was close to evening, and the wedding had been going on for several hours, and Liu Yi was already a little tired, but he was greatly relieved to see Princess Taiping leaving the house and walking towards the float.

Those who represent the mother's family in the palace walked to the float with candles in their hands, and the people who came to greet the relatives of the Liu Mansion lit the candles they brought after Princess Taiping got on the float, and the candles on the mother's side were blown out.

Princess Taiping, whose tears had already dried, sat in the car, glanced at Liu Yi a few times, and then looked at the three brothers Li Xian, Li Zhe, and Li Lun who were sent out, and after saying a few reluctant words, she ordered Ping'er, who was marching, to put down the curtain.

Liu Yi and Huan Yanfan rode horses at the front of the entire convoy, and the crown prince Li Xian, Li Zhe, and Li Lun, as representatives of his mother's family, rode behind the floats, and a large number of guards guarded on both sides, and behind these chariots were endless dowry bearers. Liu Yi didn't know how many miles these relatives had stretched, but he felt that after walking for a while, Chang'an City at night was brightly lit, and it was the lights lit by the wedding team, illuminating almost half of the night sky of Chang'an, and the crowd of relatives kept throwing gifts to the people who came to watch the excitement.

After walking for more than half an hour, I finally arrived at Liu's Mansion.

The crowd at the gate of Liu's Mansion has disappeared, and there are more guards in the palace.

There were already many people at the door to greet them, and the ladies of the Liu Mansion came over to put the red felt mattress on the ground in front of the car.

Li Lun and Li Zhe stepped forward to help Princess Taiping off the float and stepped on the front of the felt mattress, when Princess Taiping stepped on the second felt mattress, Liu's family passed the first felt mattress to the last felt mattress, and so on, not letting the bride's feet fall to the ground, until the bride entered the front hall, forming a colorful road, which also symbolizes the meaning of the previous generations and the bright future.

After Princess Taiping got off the float, Liu Yi stepped forward and took her hand and entered the front hall together, where Zhang was already seated.

Since the Zhenguan era, after Xiao Yu's son married the princess, the princess got married, and she had to pay a junior salute to the bride's parents, and Princess Taiping was no exception.

Because Liu Yi's father Liu Xianli has died, the Zhang family is alone on the main throne, and the newcomers bow to their parents, the elders of the clan, and Princess Taiping calls her in-laws and offers preserved tea and other things.

And then the husband and wife worship each other... Then there is the number of etiquette, and after a lot of etiquette, Liu Yi, who had just come to his senses, was a little confused, but finally entered the cave room surrounded by a large group of people.

The furnishings in the cave room are all arranged by people sent from the palace, and everything is red, all of which are newly made, reflecting the flaming red candles, adding to the festive atmosphere.

entered the cave room, and there was etiquette under the auspices of the master of ceremonies.

Pei Xingjian, as the officiant, did not come to the cave room again, because Pei Xingjian was not in good health, after the ceremony in his front hall, he congratulated Liu Yi, and after a few words, he also went to the house to rest, and the later ceremony was changed to an official of the Ministry of Rites.

Under the gaze of a large group of people, Huan Yanfan, who was the prime minister, and Ping'er, the personal maid of Princess Taiping, each cut off a little hair of Liu Yi and Princess Taiping, and then twisted and wound the two locks of hair into a "bun" and handed them over to Princess Taiping for preservation, as a token of the two eternal marriage, called knotted hair, and Princess Taiping became Liu Yi's wife.

This is followed by the same prison and the joint prison, the so-called "same prison", which refers to the newlyweds eating the meat of the same animal. Then he drank the wine, which later became the cup of wine, symbolizing the marriage that unites the two people.

The last procedure left is to set up the surplus, that is, to close the bed... The people who watched the excitement retreated, and even Huan Yanfan, the concubine, left, and only Princess Taiping, who was sitting on the bed with shame, was left in the cave room, and the two maids who once belonged to Princess Taiping, Ping'er and Xiaoyun.

Ping'er, who was flushed, took off the heavy makeup for Princess Taiping, removed the upper ornaments on her head, took off the green gift that made Liu Yi feel a little weird outside, and several layers of clothes inside, leaving only the innermost first jacket, Xiaoyun, whose face was almost red with Ping'er, also removed the ornaments on Liu Yi's head, took off the red gifts outside, stacked the clothes, and put the ornaments away.

After the two maids were busy with this, they saluted Liu Yi and Princess Taiping, bowed their heads, exited the door together, and took the door with them.

There are only two people left in the cave room, Liu Yi and Princess Taiping...

(To be continued)