Weddings, funerals and marriages have been important events since ancient times, and the wedding of the crown prince is a major event for the entire country.
The six royal ceremonies are slightly different from those of the common people. They are divided into six steps: acceptance, asking for names, accepting levy, proclamation, canonization, and welcoming in person. After that, Chu Jinyao will also meet the emperor and queen, visit the Taimiao, accept officials and order women to court. heh. The rules are cumbersome and endless.
Since April, the prince's wedding has been officially arranged, but it was not until winter that Chu Jinyao was canonized.
The huge team of ritual officials set off from Fengtian Hall, and routed Jinyiwei all the way, solemnly and flamboyantly sent the crown princess's crown into the Marquis of Changxing Mansion. The guard of honor snaked from the middle hall to the gate, and everyone who saw it was stunned, secretly shocked by the power and majesty of the royal family.
As soon as Guanfu entered the Hou Mansion, he was immediately sent to Chu Jinyao's house after everyone knelt down and worshipped. Under the service of many female officials, Chu Jinyao changed into a full set of the crown princess' Zhai clothes. The Zhai clothes were dark blue and woven with Zhai patterns. There were a total of 138 pairs. The dress is not fancy, on the contrary, the whole outfit looks extraordinarily simple and solemn. Chu Jinyao had a solemn expression, and changed into this outfit almost in awe. There were many maidservants squatting or kneeling beside her, all of whom were arranging the corners of her skirt, tying her knees, leather belts, and jade pendants. Wait. In the end, Chu Jinyao put on the crown of four phoenixes of the Crown Princess. The full set of clothes and the crown were quite heavy. Chu Jinyao tried her best to keep her balance, and walked solemnly towards the central hall step by step.
The female official who read the book stood on the left side of the incense table. After she saw Chu Jinyao, she bowed deeply for four times, and then slowly and longly shouted: "The Crown Princess Chu is receiving the book."
Chu Jinyao knelt down with the help of the female official and listened to the female official reading the canonical book. After the reading was finished, the female official handed the book to Chu Jinyao with both hands. Chu Jinyao thanked and handed it to the female official on her right, and then slowly got up with the support of everyone.
As soon as she stood up, there was an overwhelming shout from inside and outside the main hall: "Congratulations to the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess Wanfu Jinan."
From today onwards, even if Chu Jinyao is not yet married, she will be the only Crown Princess of the Dayan Dynasty.
After Chu Jinyao was officially accepted, Liu Li had already reached the last step. Next, the only thing to do was to wait quietly for the prince to come to greet him in person.
The day of personal welcome was chosen and chosen by Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Rites. Compared with the seriousness and seriousness of the court officials, the emperor's biological father seemed to be very indifferent. After several deliberations in the cabinet, several auspicious times were handed over to the emperor. The emperor looked at it, pointed a finger and said, "It's been a year of tossing, so let him marry him back a few years ago. That's it."
Fan Shoufu took a look and the emperor picked the closest one, the eighth day of December.
After Qin Yi heard the news, for the first time, he felt that the emperor had done a personnel matter.
Since entering December, the atmosphere in the entire capital has changed. Chu Jinyao was nervous for several months, as if the bow was stretched to the extreme, and suddenly she felt at ease. Chu Jinyao, the client, started to eat and drink, but the people around her fell asleep all night.
The day before the personal reception, when Chu Jinyao went to greet Mrs. Chu for the last time, Mrs. Chu left her with a complicated mood: "In a blink of an eye, you will be married."
During this year, in order to catch up with Chu Jinyao's wedding date, the third girl and the second young master got married one after another. Mrs. Chu only felt that as soon as she closed her eyes and opened her eyes, there were a lot fewer girls in the family. Now, there are only the sixth girl and the little ones below.
Duan Yinghua stood next to Old Madam Chu and smiled: "The children are married and the family is prosperous. This is a blessing! Not to mention that the fifth sister is going to the royal family."
Now everyone calls Chu Jinyao the crown princess, only Duan Yinghua calls her fifth sister.
Because of Chu Jinyao's sake, the wedding of the second young master and Duan Yinghua was a bit rushed. Fortunately, the Duan family understood Changxing Hou's mansion and didn't care, but cooperated with Changxing's mansion for the six ceremony. Duan Yinghua had been in the door for a month now, still dressed as a bride, and now she was looking at Chu Jinyao with a smile.
Chu Jinyao has a very good impression of this second sister-in-law. She knows the importance of her parents' family. The relationship between Zhao's family and her has dropped to a freezing point, so Chu Jinyao can only find another way. Fortunately, Duan Yinghua is smart and capable.
Duan Yinghua is different from Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao seems to have a quiet and reserved temperament, but Duan Yinghua can make people feel her aggressive momentum as soon as they meet. Although the two people have completely different temperaments, they can get along just fine when they move and remain quiet. So Duan Yinghua made friends with Chu Jinyao intentionally, and Chu Jinyao also let Duan Yinghua call her fifth sister.
"I've only been in the door for a month, and the fifth sister is about to leave. I'm really reluctant." Duan Yinghua said with a smile.
Chu Jinyao smiled and said, "If the second sister-in-law wants to see me, she can go to the East Palace at any time, and it's not like she will never see me again."
Duan Yinghua clapped her hands and said with a smile, "It's a good feeling. I've grown up so much, and I haven't been in the palace yet! Thanks to the fifth sister, I can also enter the palace to open my eyes."
Everyone who said this laughed. But everyone knows in their hearts that entering the palace is not so easy. Now that there is no queen mother in the palace, and the queen's family is the only one, with the strength of the queen, Chu Jinyao may not be able to live a stable life after entering the palace, let alone often bring her mother's family into the palace.
However, at the moment of the big wedding, no one wants to mention these depressing words. Duan Yinghua glanced at the sun outside and said with a smile, "Now the crown prince is giving ordination in the palace, I think I'll be busy all day."
"The bridal chamber night is the four joys in life. I am afraid that even if His Royal Highness is busy, he is very happy."
Everyone looked at Chu Jinyao and smiled, and Chu Jinyao blushed embarrassedly. When she thought of the inexplicable picture albums that the female official in the palace handed her yesterday, she felt guilty and extremely embarrassed.
Mrs. Chu likes Duan Yinghua's big-hearted, capable and strong temperament very much. After a few years of training, Mrs. Chu will have the heart to give Duan Yinghua the central feed from the house. Now she sees Duan Yinghua and Chu Jinyao getting along Well, Mrs. Chu is also happy to see it happen. Madam Chu took advantage of the last minute to confirm the wedding tomorrow: "Tomorrow's banquet, are all the ritual utensils that the Crown Princess needs ready for her wedding?"
"Old lady, we have checked it up and down several times, and it will be fine."
"That's good." The more things approached, the more worried Mrs. Chu became, for fear that something might go wrong tomorrow. Mrs. Chu calmed down for a while, looked at Chu Jinyao, and said, "You are going to get married tomorrow, the royal rules are big, not to mention the wedding of the prince. I'm afraid you will have to toss all day tomorrow, take advantage of now, you Go back and rest now."
Chu Jinyao complied with the promise and retire.
And after Chu Jinyao returned to the house, she didn't rest for long before being tossed again.
In the evening, not long after eating, Chu Jinyao was pushed by the female official to take a bath, and a group of people surrounded her, placing petals and wiping things on her body. Chu Jinyao felt that she was a peeled egg, and now they were sprinkling her with seasoning.
Chu Jinyao was confused by her own strange thoughts, and after the toss was finally over, she was forced to sleep again without waiting for Chu Jinyao to catch her breath.
A person who looked like an aunt in charge said to Chu Jinyao: "Prince Concubine, tomorrow's etiquette is very particular. This servant wants you to rest quickly. This is for your own good."
Linglong also said: "Prince Concubine, you can rest in peace. The palace madam has already gone to the palace to press you on the bed. When you go tomorrow, everything will be arranged."
Chu Jinyao took a deep breath and said, "I understand. It's getting late, you should go down and rest, there is still a whole day tomorrow."
The palace people agreed in unison. Lilac pulled up the bed tent for Chu Jinyao, while Kikyo and another girl slept on their feet outside, keeping a vigil for Chu Jinyao.
Chu Jinyao never let others watch the night before. At first, it was because of Qi Ze. Later, she got used to it. When others slept outside the house, she couldn't sleep. However, since the people in the palace came, Chu Jinyao's many habits have been changed. Just like now, she must arrange for someone to sleep outside her bed. It is said that this is for the safety of the master, and everyone in the palace is like this.
Chu Jinyao usually sleeps well, but today she has some insomnia. She even thought in a daze that today would be the last time she would fall asleep peacefully in her bed. After tonight, she would wake up in a strange place and face a group of strange people every day.
Chu Jinyao thought about it a lot, thinking about Xiao Qi for a while, then thinking about the glazed tiles in the palace, and finally, carrying tomorrow's lengthy procedures and etiquette, she fell into sleep in a daze.
On the last night before Chu Jinyao left the pavilion, there was no mother's diligent teaching, no sisters' comfort, only a room of doll-like strict palace servants, and a room of cold moonlight.
Chu Jinyao finally fell asleep because of her wild thoughts. As a result, she was forcibly woken up just after she slept peacefully.
The female official stood in front of her bed with a serious face and said mercilessly: "Prince Concubine, you should get up. It takes two hours to put on makeup and change clothes. Today, you need to change your vows and you need to change two sets of clothes. If you continue to sleep , it's about to miss the auspicious time of the welcome."
The wedding of the prince is not a trivial matter. The emperor and all the officials will wait for the auspicious time in Fengtian Palace. It is not a joke if the auspicious time is missed. After hearing this, Chu Jinyao couldn't fall asleep, so she quickly regained her strength.
Chu Jinyao was drowsily being manipulated and put on a heavy Yanju uniform and a red silk blouse. There are peony bead flowers on the front and back of Yanju's crown, gold phoenix holding beads on both sides, and four pairs of bo temples swaying slightly at the back. After wearing this crown, Chu Jinyao didn't even dare to move his neck. It would be too embarrassing if these pearls and tassels swayed together with a little movement.
Chu Jinyao stiffly went to greet her parents and bid farewell to the temple. Standing in the center of the ancestral hall, Chu Jinyao bowed to the ancestral tablet as instructed, offered wine, knelt up and stood up for a long time, but it was considered that the ceremony was over. Later, Chu Jinyao was taken to the main hall, where Marquis Changxing and Mrs. Zhao were already sitting. Chu Jinyao bowed deeply to Marquis Changxing four times under the guidance or help of the female official.
The Marquis of Changxing was suddenly filled with emotion when he looked at this daughter who had had a rough life since childhood. The Marquis of Changxing still remembered that when Chu Jinyao first came back, he was thin and timid, and looked like the daughter of the Hou's mansion. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, three years later, Chu Jinyao, who was once the most inconspicuous, became the crown princess, and even now the prosperity of the entire family is pinned on her.
How wonderful the fate of life is, the Marquis of Changxing sighed and said: "You go to the big country, be diligent and cautious in the past and night, and don't violate your filial piety."
Chu Jinyao suddenly burst into tears, she held back her tears and continued to worship Zhao.
Zhao Shi didn't know how to face Chu Jinyao now. She originally thought that Chu Jinmiao and Chu Jinyao were both her daughters, and it would be fine if they both hurt, but in the end, it was her Lost two daughters at the same time during the night. Chu Jinmiao was rarely seen in this life, and Chu Jinyao also became enemies with her mother and daughter.
However, Zhao suddenly discovered today that Chu Jinyao had grown so big when she deliberately avoided Chu Jinyao. She has pulled up the woman's bun, and is about to get married.
Zhao Shi suddenly felt sad, but at this moment, she could only endure her emotions and say, "Your father has a lesson, you should respect it."
Chu Jinyao responded deeply, and before she could calm down her feelings, she was hugged and walked down again, saying goodbye to her parents one by one.
Mrs. Chu, the second uncle, the second aunt, the third uncle and the third aunt... Chu Jinyao said goodbye to these relatives earnestly. After that, she came back as a guest.
After saying goodbye to her relatives, Chu Jinyao was dragged away like a puppet, and returned to the house to change into the official dress for the big wedding, Crown Princess Zhai Yi. After changing two sets of big clothes in one day and dressing up again, Chu Jinyao was already very tired.
The scary thing is that the real wedding process has not yet begun.
Chu Jinyao was wearing heavy Zhai clothes, a luxurious four-phoenix crown on her head, and a bunch of ribbons and jade pendants hanging on her body. She sat on the bed with difficulty, waiting for Qin Yi to come to greet her relatives. In all fairness, Chu Jinyao felt that the phoenix crown on her head was extremely beautiful. She roughly estimated that there were more than 100 pieces of red and sapphire for this phoenix crown, and there were three or four thousand pearls. This phoenix crown is really gorgeous, with real jewels and brilliance, it looks really good-looking, and it is really heavy to wear.
Chu Jinyao now especially hopes that the prince will come soon.
Chu Jinyao didn't know how long she had waited when she suddenly heard auspicious music coming from outside the house, followed by a lively shouting. Linglong Lilac and the others showed joy, and a female official walked in quickly but smoothly, saluted Chu Jinyao and said, "Prince Concubine, the Crown Prince is here."
Before Chu Jinyao could react, she felt red in front of her eyes, and then she couldn't see anything. Xu was because she couldn't see it, and the unknown made people nervous. Chu Jinyao's heart suddenly thumped.
It didn't take long before someone walked up to her and helped her get up and walked out. Chu Jinyao was stunned the whole time. She vaguely knew who she was being helped to, someone who let go of a wild goose, and someone else was thinking about something. Chu Jinyao really felt that her wedding was very confused. Everyone knew what happened, but she was covered in a hijab and didn't know anything.
After the congratulatory speech, Chu Jinyao was supported and walked forward. While she was dizzy, she suddenly felt that someone stopped beside her.
Chu Jinyao was startled, she secretly turned her eyes to look, but she could only see a corner of the crimson gauze from the gap in the hijab.
Is the prince.
Chu Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she found that the ritual official had finished singing, and the people around her were the first to go out, and then Chu Jinyao was supported and slowly walked down the steps. Chu Jinyao suddenly realized that she was about to leave.
Chu Jinyao was slowly helped into the proud son, and soon, the ritual music was played, the proud son got off the car, and walked slowly towards the palace.
Chu Jinyao clenched the jade Gui Gui in her hand, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Afterwards, Chu Jinyao was still in a daze. She was being manipulated the whole time. When she got off the sedan chair, she got off the sedan chair. It is Ciqing Palace.
That is, the famous East Palace.
Next is the final procedure of today's big wedding, the consecration ceremony.
Chu Jinyao has lost her temper after being tossed. However, this wasn't the end of it. There was a lot of particular about the ceremony. Chu Jinyao was helped to sit down again and again, stood up, and then bowed deeply to something she didn't know what it was. The prince stood beside Chu Jinyao, and every time he saluted very neatly, Chu Jinyao couldn't help but admire the prince's patience.
Finally, Chu Jinyao was helped to sit on the bed. The moment she touched the soft quilt, Chu Jinyao still couldn't react. Is it really over
Before she could finish thinking, her eyes suddenly lit up. Chu Jinyao was blinded for most of the day, and when she suddenly encountered the light, her eyes narrowed uncontrollably.
With the rhythm of salute all day today, Chu Jinyao originally thought that there would be singing when the hijab was lifted, and that someone would guide the prince to lift the hijab after the congratulatory speech of Wenxuanxuan. But... why is it so sudden? Chu Jinyao was unprepared. If she wasn't really tired and didn't have the strength to make extra expressions on her face, I'm afraid she would be rude today.
Qin Yi threw the scale into the tray with a bang, and waved impatiently: "Okay, it's over, you all go down."
Eunuch Sli, who was standing beside him, shut his mouth in astonishment, and Chu Jinyao understood that she had admired the Crown Prince's patience just now, but the Crown Prince had already been annoyed.
Chu Jinyao waited for his eyes to adjust to the light before he could see the person standing in front of him clearly. When I saw him in the past, he always wore narrow-sleeved casual clothes, and his colors were mostly indigo, ochre and other deep and majestic colors, which made people look daunting. But today, he changed into red, his warm eyes neutralized the indifference around him, and his slightly sharp and heroic brows softened, leaving only the scorching delicacy. In the room, his whole body was dazzling and almost glowing.
Qin Yi was also looking at Chu Jinyao at the moment. He didn't know whether to say she was dumb or to praise her for her calmness. On the day of the wedding, after her husband lifted the hijab, he squinted his eyes reflexively at first, and then he was expressionless. No shyness or panic.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the ceremonial nanny on the side hurried forward and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Your Highness and the Crown Princess. Please, Your Highness and the Crown Princess have a drink together."
Mammy was holding a big red tray in her hand, Chu Jinyao pressed Guangxiu with one hand and reached out to take the wine glass on the tray.
Qin Yi's sleeves are also extremely wide, so it's not a problem if they drink their own wine, but at this point they have to go around their arms before drinking. Chu Jinyao was in a dilemma about what to do, Qin Yi had already sat beside her, leaned slightly towards her, and went around Chu Jinyao's arm.
Chu Jinyao did not expect that the prince would adapt so quickly. She was half a beat after she was stunned. Qin Yi had already made a move, while Chu Jinyao was still stiff. At an extremely close distance, Qin Yi's eyes moved upward, and he fixedly looked at Chu Jinyao.
At that moment, they almost heard each other, Chu Jinyao immediately regained his senses, and cooperated with the prince to reach out to drink. She tried her best to appear calm, but her cheeks turned red.
After drinking, the palace servants in Ciqing Palace were overjoyed and went out to say auspicious words without money. The eunuch of the ceremonial ceremony stepped forward and bowed his hands to the two of them, and said, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the concubine. Please change your clothes with the concubine."
After Chu Jinyao heard this, she was sincerely relieved that she could finally take off this beautiful phoenix crown. However, Chu Jinyao still remembered that she was married, which was different from when she was a girl before, so she did not get up, but turned her head and asked, "Your Highness?"
Qin Yi looked at Chu Jinyao's gorgeous clothes, she was beautiful, but she was a little out of spirit. Thinking about it, she has been tossing for so long today, I guess she is already very tired.
Qin Yi stood up and said, "You go to change first. I'll change and I have to go out."
Qin Yi is different from Chu Jinyao. After the ceremony is completed, he has to deal with the courtiers outside.
The servants in the hall were a little stunned for a while. Is the prince explaining to the prince? It is true that the husband-in-law wants to go out to meet the banquet, and it is not unusual to talk to his wife... But, this is the prince!
However, Chu Jinyao didn't realize this. She heard the words and stood up and watched Qin Yi go to the clean room to change. Chu Jinyao turned around and found that the servants in the palace were all dumbfounded. Chu Jinyao couldn't help but call out, "Father-in-law?"
The ceremonial eunuch regained his senses, immediately put on a smiling face, and bowed his hands to Chu Jinyao: "Congratulations to the Crown Princess. I wonder what the Crown Princess ordered?"
Chu Jinyao nodded slightly to the celebrant eunuch and said with a smile: "Thank you father-in-law today, father-in-law has worked hard. Linglong?"
Linglong understood and immediately stepped forward to distribute rewards to everyone. In fact, the crown prince has already rewarded him once, but as the crown prince, Chu Jinyao's first appearance in the palace cannot be taken lightly. The palace people who were serving were naturally willing to take two batches of reward money, and everyone in the palace was happy for a while. After the other servants in the palace left happily, only the servant girl Chu Jinyao brought herself was left, and she couldn't help showing her fatigue.
"Girl." Linglong immediately stepped forward and said, "I'll wait for the girl to remove her makeup, take off the phoenix crown first, the girl has been wearing it for a day."
Chu Jinyao nodded and said yes, while the palace mama reminded: "I will be called the Crown Princess in the future."
Linglong hurriedly agreed. Today, she is also anxious. Since Chu Jinyao's canonization, several maids in the family have changed their words, but when she is anxious today, Linglong will say the name she used to call it again.
The East Palace occupies a vast area, and naturally there is no shortage of clean rooms. After Chu Jinyao came out of another clean room after changing into her family clothes, she learned that the prince had been out for a long time.
Now that the prince has left, Chu Jinyao is not in a hurry at all. She returned to the clean room, loosened her hair, took a bath, washed away her fatigue, and then came out comfortably.
By the time Chu Jinyao finished bathing, she was already starving. Grandma Gong had prepared meals for her long ago, and it was kept hot with water. When Chu Jinyao came out, the people in the room quickly passed the meal.
Chu Jinyao sat down, planning to move chopsticks, but suddenly remembered that she was married. She asked, "Where's Your Highness?"
"His Royal Highness is still outside for a banquet with the sage and all the adults. I won't be back in a while, so the princess should have dinner first."
It sounded reasonable, Chu Jinyao moved two mouthfuls, but put down his chopsticks: "Forget it, let's prepare for His Highness. If he comes back late, I'm afraid it will be too late to pass the meal."
Chu Jinyao specifically asked the palace servant Qin Yi what he liked to eat, and asked him to reserve it for him.
Even if the prince most likely does not need these arrangements, but what if? In case he comes back late or drinks too much, he needs a little padding for his meals.
After eating, Chu Jinyao was tired all day, and immediately felt a little sleepy. She tried hard at first, but in the end she couldn't hold it anymore, and she fell asleep leaning against the bedpost.
Chu Jinyao was suddenly awakened by the noise outside the door. Before she could react, the door of the inner hall was pushed open. Chu Jinyao woke up immediately, secretly complaining about how she fell asleep, and quickly got up to greet the prince.
"Your Highness, you are back."
In the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, the wind at night was already very cold and biting. Qin Yi struggled for a day to welcome his relatives today. He was drunk a lot at the banquet. When he came back, he was blown by the night wind and had a headache. However, when he entered the inner hall, and saw Chu Jinyao, who was in normal clothes and had sleepy eyes, greeted him dazedly, the tingling in his head suddenly improved.
"You fell asleep?"
Chu Jinyao secretly asked if it was so obvious, but she shook her head firmly: "Never."
"The folds on the face are pressed out."
Chu Jinyao touched her face when she heard the words, and when she reached halfway, she realized that the prince was deceiving her. However, it was too deliberate to let go at this time. Chu Jinyao was not sure what to do, Qin Yi couldn't help laughing when he saw her expression: "Okay, you've been tired all day today, so you should go to bed earlier. Go inside, it's cold outside, be careful of catching a cold."
As soon as Qin Yi stretched out his hand, he took Chu Jinyao's shoulder and walked in. Through the thin clothes, Chu Jinyao could clearly feel the cold air on Qin Yi's body, as well as the strong masculinity that was completely different from the people she had come into contact with.
Her back froze instantly.
Qin Yi didn't pay attention to Chu Jinyao's stiffness. After pressing Chu Jinyao to the edge of the bed, he went into the clean room to wash and change. Chu Jinyao sat alone by the big red bed, her body was stiff, and she couldn't recover for a long time.
Today is not only their wedding day, but also the wedding night.
After Qin Yi changed his clothes and came out, he found that Chu Jinyao was still sitting in the same place, as if he hadn't moved. The expression on her face was very strange, and when Qin Yi approached and sat on the bed, her expression became even more strange.
Qin Yi knew in his heart that he wanted to laugh, but he held it back and looked at Chu Jinyao silently. One of them was at ease, the other pretended to be calm, and sure enough, in the end, Chu Jinyao was the first to be defeated: "Your Highness..."
"Um."
Chu Jinyao tried it, but still didn't know what to say at such a time. She watched Qin Yi's eyes get brighter and brighter, and there seemed to be a smile on her lips. Chu Jinyao couldn't take it anymore, she gritted her teeth and said, "Your Highness, I have something to tell you!"
The author has something to say: successfully suspended in the style of the bridal chamber :)
The father ordered him to say: You go to the big interior, be diligent and cautious in the night, and do not violate your filial piety. The mother ordered him to say: Your father has instructions, you should respect it. The concubine listened and accepted. - "Ming Xianzong Records"