Li Zhi and Wu Mei looked at each other again. It was a rare happy day. Prince Li Hong was so cooperative with this atmosphere, and the worries in their hearts finally disappeared.
Royal wedding customs are as down-to-earth as the wedding customs of wealthy families and ordinary people. Naturally, Li Zhi and Wu Mei hope to have a festive and lively atmosphere and show the world the peaceful side of the royal family.
"Where's Li Lingyue? Didn't you go to your East Palace last night?" Wu Mei watched Li Hong walking up to her diligently, imitating Wang Lou's example, reaching out to help her, and coldly patted him away. paw, then stood up from the chair and followed Li Zhi out of the hall.
"I'm sleeping in the carriage. I played with Bai Chun until very late last night and didn't go to bed until very late. She felt sleepy when I woke up in the morning, so I carried her to the carriage and let her continue to sleep for a while." Li Hong said after the emperor and empress. .
"It's getting worse and worse. As the royal brother, you don't know how to discipline her and set a good example for her. Instead, you indulge and pamper her everywhere. What should we do in the future?" Li Zhi said to Li Xian. A wedding is more important than Wu Mei, and her son will finally get married and start a business.
Putting aside the royal struggles that troubled him, he still valued everything today. The royal gifts given to Li Xian alone filled several carriages.
Li Hong listened to Father Long's scolding resignedly. It was obvious that he was just looking for trouble!
During the year I was away, I didn’t see Li Lingyue becoming more educated and reasonable. Is this also my fault? As a father, you have not disciplined me well. I have only been back for one day and the blame is on me.
"The Empress is driving, and the Prince is supporting her." Taichang Temple Minister's expression stiffened for a moment. Looking at Li Hong's knife-like eyes, he tried to keep his tone as calm as possible and shouted to the etiquette officer.
Then, in the hazy night of the early morning, the chamberlain's high-pitched voice sounded and repeated the words of Taichang Temple Minister just now.
The emperor's ceremonial guard has been lined up in the palace like a long dragon, and the ritual music is also ringing in the sky above the palace. It is like the first alarm clock to wake up Chang'an City, making Chang'an City, which has been quiet for less than two hours, once again wake up. Wake up slowly in the morning light.
Li Hong, who wanted to get into his carriage and follow the empress behind him, watched coldly as the ceremony officer and Taichang Temple Minister came over and asked him to step forward to help the empress' chariot.
"What's your name? I remember you were not the Minister of Taichang Temple last year..."
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? What time has it been?" Long Ma's impatient voice came from the imperial chariot, urging, in fact, Wu Mei just didn't want to give Li Hong the opportunity to threaten Taichang Temple Qing and the ceremony officials.
After hearing the voice of Long Ma in the carriage, someone had no choice but to wear a thin cyan round collar of the same color as the morning sun for a long run. He wanted to put his hands in his sleeves, but he felt a little wretched and hummed beside the carriage: "It's cold. "
"You deserve it." This was the voice his father Long made in the carriage.
The breeze in the cold winter morning was like a knife, rustling the fallen leaves on the ground. Someone resignedly followed the emperor's carriage, trembling his lips at every turn, chatting with Long Ma in the warm carriage. Doing things at home.
Before walking out of the main entrance of the palace, the carriage window was opened by a pair of white and tender hands. Wu Mei was holding a thick black fur in her hand: "Here, this belongs to your father, don't get it dirty."
"Don't worry, it won't happen. I would like to thank my mother and my father." Someone hurriedly took the fur and put it on, and suddenly it was like there was a bear next to the carriage.
"I gave it to you. I never wear what others have worn." Li Zhi didn't know what he had just said to Wu Mei, and suddenly said with an unusual smile.
"Then... thank you, father. How about I give you the ones from my carriage? I haven't worn them yet." Li Hong himself also brought furs, just because he was sitting in a carriage and there was no need to wear them. The palace invited Dragon Father and Dragon Mother to wait for a long time, so they were placed in the carriage.
"What color is it? Just forget it's black."
"Okay, it's white." Li Hong rolled his eyes speechlessly. After leaving the imperial city, the sound of ritual music became louder and spread further.
People who got up early were already standing on the street, with excitement on their enthusiastic faces, standing on tiptoe as if watching a performance, watching the royal guard of honor pass by.
Li Lingyue, who was woken up, ignored Bai Chun's obstruction in the carriage and said that she would go with Li Hong today. She stood in the carriage and looked at His Royal Highness who was supporting him. She opened the door and was about to get out.
In desperation, Bai Chun had no choice but to follow him down. In the entire solemn and grand royal ceremony, a disharmonious scene suddenly appeared.
"What's going on?" Li Zhi was sitting in the carriage and looked back inadvertently. He saw the prince's carriage following closely, and suddenly there was Li Lingyue trotting in front of the carriage, with Bai Chun chasing behind him.
"What's wrong?" Wu Mei watched Li Zhi look behind his head, and then also looked over.
When he looked at Li Lingyue, who had a blushing face and was dressed like a little fairy, but behaved like a wild girl with no royal etiquette, a black line suddenly appeared on her forehead.
"Li Hong, can you take care of Li Lingyue and Bai Chun? Look at how unbecoming this is. It's a joke for the people of Chang'an!" Wu Mei snorted to someone by the car window who was unaware of the situation behind her. .
"Ah? What's wrong?" Someone innocently put his face to the car window and asked.
"Forget it, today is a day of royal celebration. Ling Yue is still young and has a childlike nature. Who is not playful? Just have Bai Chun watch." Li Zhi patted the back of Wu Mei's hand generously, He said with a smile on his face.
Only then did someone notice Li Lingyue trotting behind him, and then looked at the doting father Long through the car window, and couldn't help but subconsciously curled his lips and said: "Father, just now you said that I didn't set a good example for Li Lingyue, and then Are you indulging her like this? What a double standard."
"Return the fur to me, I will change my mind..."
"I'm wrong, I take back what I just said." Li Hong waved his hands hurriedly, then hurriedly took two steps forward and walked to the shaft of the carriage, no longer listening to what they said.
The Yifang area where Prince Pei's Mansion is located is decorated with lanterns and colorful lanterns. The entire street is filled with red lanterns, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.
The arrival of the royal guard of honor added a lively factor to the place where Prince Pei's Mansion is located. The ministers who were waiting neatly for the emperor and empress, like Li Hong, were wearing the same blue robes. After the ceremonial music stopped, they began to greet the arrival of the emperor in unison.
The groom's official Li Xian's face was full of gratitude and excitement. Accompanied by Li Zhe, the main groomsman, he walked quickly to the front of the emperor. Together with Li Zhe, he saluted Li Hong first: "My brother Li Xian has met the emperor's brother."
"Okay, you have to get married early. Fortunately, you can't decide the birth. Otherwise, you would have been with me in the mother's belly, fighting for who can come out first... Oops." Li Hong couldn't help but touch the back of his head.
In the carriage behind him, the two gold leaves in Li Lingyue's hand had just been snatched away by Wu Mei and hit Li Hong on the back of the head.
"I would like to express my sincere greetings to my father and mother." Li Xian smiled proudly and accepted a heavy box of congratulatory gifts from Li Hong himself.
After Li Zhi and Wu Mei heard the groom's greetings, and followed the various etiquette of the ceremony officials, after shouting auspicious words in a loud voice for a long time, they slowly stepped out of the carriage and stood at the door of Prince Pei's Mansion. .
Li Hong took the white fur that Mang Zhongfei had delivered and handed it to Li Xian who was standing beside him: "Put it on my father."
"Yes, Brother Huang." Li Xian smiled gently, then took it and put it on Li Zhi who was standing there.
Wu Mei, with the help of Bai Chun, also had a thin fur coat applied to her body. Then the two of them led the officials and slowly walked into the bustling Prince Pei's mansion.
With the departure of the royal guard of honor and freeing up most of the streets in front of Prince Pei's Mansion, today's wedding day of Prince Pei is getting closer and closer to the marriage customs of ordinary people.
Back then, the late emperor was able to enjoy himself with his ministers and people even if it was not a happy day, which also reflected that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty during this period was not always aloof.
When the late emperor Li Shimin drank too much, he would jump on the stage and perform an impromptu dance, or he would have a shirtless wrestling match with Cheng Zhijie and others in the main hall after they got too drunk.
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty during this period, whether it was the emperor or the nobles, they were still very reasonable and down-to-earth in some aspects, and they were able to get along well with the courtiers and the people.
The faint, faint fiery red of the morning light gradually breaks through the horizon and rises slowly from the east, as if a trace of warmth gradually overflows from the crack-like fiery red place, bringing peace and warmth to the earth.
Li Hong put his arms around Li Xian's shoulders. While the ministers were talking to the emperor and congratulating him, he stood with Li Zhe and the other three. After looking at Li Zhe's similarly bright red clothes, he shook his head and said, " Li Zhe, why don't you look like the best man wearing this? You feel like Hua Meng and the others..."
"Don't say it, I feel the same way." Li Xian let Li Hong hold his shoulders and agreed.
"Really? Is it really that ugly? I think today's groom, Guan Laoliu, looks very good in what he wears." Li Zhe looked at his bloated figure, then looked at Li Xian and Li Hong, and asked with some uncertainty.
The more Li Hong looked at Li Zhe's clothes, the more he felt something was wrong, so he let go of Li Xian's shoulders and walked over curiously and said: "Why are you wearing these clothes? You are not so fat."
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but touch Li Zhe's shoulder. He only felt something hard where he touched it. He suddenly felt suspicious. He touched other places and it was also hard.
"Are you wearing the armor? Are you so afraid of being beaten?" Li Hong continued to touch Li Zhe's body curiously and asked in surprise.
Li Xian behind him suddenly changed his expression when he heard the word armor, but soon returned to normal.
"Didn't you say that when the groomsmen follow the groom to welcome the bride, they will be beaten on behalf of the groom's officers? So I put on the armor and let them beat them as they pleased, haha... I saw that they were weak and had no restraints. A stick with the strength of a chicken is powerful, but my armor is as strong as iron!" Li Zhe said proudly, patting his chest at Li Hong.
(End of chapter)