First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 177 The Prince's Wedding
Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace, where Yun Jin led the maids to make arrangements, and the maids beside his mother were also helping. Zhu Biao looked familiar, and she should be the original maids of Kunning Palace.

Empress Ma doesn't like to keep her close maids for the rest of her life, and usually marry them to a good family when they are in their 20s. With the queen's face, they can live a good life.

Therefore, there are very few older court ladies around Empress Ma, and Zhu Biao doesn't bother to remember if there are too many of them. What he cares most about is Ruyi who accompanied him for five years when he was just born.

I heard that she was betrothed by Empress Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-military general, and later transferred to another place. Zhu Biao only knew that she was doing well.

When the maids saw Zhu Biao came back, they all respectfully saluted and greeted him. Zhu Biao nodded casually and walked back to the Wenhua Palace. Only here is the quietest place.

Liu Jin poured him a cup of tea and said, "Tomorrow there will be a lot of wedding affairs, so you should rest early today."

Zhu Biao nodded. The big wedding actually started yesterday, and everything outside the palace has been properly arranged. On the road from the palace gate to the Kaiping Palace, the loess padded road, Jingshuipo Street, and ribbons of various colors on both sides of the road are also arranged. Well, in short, it is extraordinarily festive.

It wasn't until night that the East Palace was properly furnished. Both Yunjin and Nuanyu came in to report. Zhu Biao put down the book in his hand and glanced at them. He could see that they were very tired.

Zhu Biao said softly: "Go back and have a good rest, don't think too much, you will still be my personal girl when the princess comes, as long as you follow the rules, no one can do anything to you."

Zhu Biao said this to comfort them. Since Wu Wangfu, they have been used to a simple life of only serving Zhu Biao, but tomorrow everything will be different. Their nest will soon welcome another owner.

After all, they were just girls in their teens, except for the mature Yun Jin, the other three probably didn't secretly shed tears, and it's normal to be anxious about the future.

Yun Jin led them to salute, and then withdrew. Zhu Biao also read for a while before going to bed. He didn't sleep well that night. He was about to get married, so it was a bit unexpected.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Biao took a bath and changed his clothes. The officials from the Ministry of Rituals who came to greet him early in the morning received a sacrificial offering in the Danqi set up in the East Palace. , and then out of the East Palace, all the palace people knelt on both sides of the road along the way.

Walking to the gate of Fengtian Hall, the wrestlers who had been waiting for a long time beat the big drum. Zhu Biao entered from the left side of Fengtian Hall, and came out wearing a crimson gauze robe with a Tongtian crown. When he entered Fengtian Hall, civil and military officials kowtowed , and then lined up on both sides, all of this does not require the prince to speak out, there are officials from the Ministry of Rites to speak.

When he got to the front, Zanyin poured wine for the prince, Zhu Biao knelt down towards his father, the emperor nodded, and the Minister of Rites came out to read auspicious words. After he finished speaking, Zhu Biao took a sip of the wine in his glass.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "Go to greet you, inherit my family affairs, and respect you as Commander Xu." "

Zhu Biao replied: "I would like to accept it."

Then I went out of Fengtian Palace, changed clothes in another house, got into the car and joined the wedding party at the gate of the palace under the guard of Xu Da. As soon as Zhu Biao's car arrived, there was the sound of ritual and music, Hao Out of the palace mightily.

And the incense table was set up in front of the Kaiping Prince's Mansion, and Chang Luohua in the inner courtyard was wearing the Yanju Crown Clothes, and followed his father and brother to offer incense in front of the ancestors. After the ceremony, he drank the wine in the glass and ate the food on the plate As soon as the ceremony was completed, Chang Luohua changed into another set of clothes and went to the main hall to worship his parents, while officials from the Ministry of Rites took a pen to record.

Chang Yuchun was wearing a court uniform and said, "Go to Da Nei, be careful day and night, and don't disobey your order."

Lan's on the side said: "A loving father has taught you, you should respect it."

Chang Luohua kowtowed and agreed, then stood up with the help of the maid, went back to her room to change another set of clothes, and waited for her husband to come to welcome her.

Zhu Biao was still a little dazed sitting on the carriage. When the carriage stopped, someone kneeled outside and asked the prince to get off the carriage. Zhu Biao stepped out of the carriage and stood facing the gate of the palace.

Wearing court clothes, Xu Da walked to the incense table set up in the Kaiping Palace, stood west and said to the east, "The crown prince is ordered to greet his relatives."

Chang Yuchun led his sons to welcome the crown prince, walked into the palace hall, Xu Da and Princess Kaiping stood facing each other, the internal officials read out the imperial edict, and then a maid sent by the queen went to invite the crown prince.

The Crown Princess Feng Guanxia was as dazzling as a red lotus, and Zhu Biao couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Although he couldn't see her face clearly, Zhu Biao suddenly felt that the sins of the past few days were not in vain.

Then under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rituals, the two completed a series of etiquettes. Finally, the internal officials knelt down and begged, Zhu Biao stepped out of the Kaiping Palace, and Chang Luohua, who was behind, entered a wind sedan chair carried by a female bearer. The people of Kaiping Palace kneel down to see him off.

The phoenix sedan chair is made of wood as a whole, covered with vermilion lacquer and decorated with gold leaf appliqués, it looks like a small resplendent palace from a distance.
On the top of the sedan chair is a pewter lotus in full bloom, surrounded by carved decorations in gold, and decorated with pearls, tassels, emerald pearls, and white jade. The body of the sedan chair is carved with many lifelike dragons and phoenixes.

The Crown Princess can't look back and can't cry. At this time, every move will be recorded by the Ministry of Rites, and the people in the Kaiping Palace are the same. Everyone's face is full of joy, and no one dares to cry at this time.

When everything was ready, the carriage of the crown prince moved first, followed by the guard of honor of the crown princess, and the people watching from a distance were also talking excitedly. Several female officials of the Kunning Palace distributed auspicious fruits to the people.

After the carriage left, Kaiping Prince's Mansion also became lively. Not only was there a big banquet inside, Chang Yuchun also ordered to set up running water mats outside the mansion, no matter rich or poor, high or low, everyone could eat and drink as they wished, and the feast lasted for three days.

The mighty procession returned to the palace, the internal officials knelt down and begged Zhu Biao to get off the shelf, and the princess's phoenix sedan chair behind also stopped, Zhu Biao walked to the phoenix sedan chair, the maids on the side knelt down to beg, the prince stretched out his hand and opened the curtain, The princess gets out of the sedan chair.

The two of them couldn't speak at this time, Zhu Biao turned around and walked towards the East Palace, while the Crown Princess wanted to walk through Zuoshun Gate, and then the two of them took sedan chairs and met in front of the East Palace.

Then there was another set of cumbersome rules, and finally they could enter the main hall. The two sat opposite each other, and the ceremonial officer began to sing. The concubine bows twice, and the prince accepts.

The ceremony officer announced the completion of the ceremony, and then withdrew, and the female officer sent by the queen took over the etiquette. First, the female officer helped the princess up, and the female officer poured the wine into two identical water ladles, and the two drank separately. After taking a sip, the palace people exchanged the ladles, and finally they merged into one, symbolizing that the husband and wife can share joys and sorrows and be united forever.

Then the two returned to the inner hall, the crown prince was honored to change his clothes first, the crown princess and the female officer waited here again, and when Zhu Biao came back, the crown prince went to change again, and after both of them came, it was another complicated set In the end, everyone belonging to the East Palace knelt down outside the palace: "Slaves and servants pay homage to the Crown Princess."

In this way, even if the ceremony is completed, the maids of Kunning Palace will also bow and stand, and Chang Luohua will be the second most noble woman in the world after that.

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(End of this chapter)