Prime Minister

Chapter 353
The man's family also gave red money to the Wu family's female guests, dowry maids, musicians, and singers who came with Seventeen Niang.

At this time, the music officer began to play more vigorously, and the singers all sang auspicious poems, wishing the couple a happy marriage.

Amidst the sound of people and music, Zhang Yue got off the horse and saw Zhang Shi, Yu Shi, and Zhang Qiu standing in front of the door, and beside them were Zhang Yu, Yang Shi, Zhang Fan, Zhang Yu, Zhang Dexiang's grandson Zhang Junjie , and Guo Lin.

Previously, Zhang Yue originally wanted to meet Shi Qiniang before entering the hall to pay homage to Zhang Shi and Yu Shi, but Zhang Shi and Yu Shi repeatedly refused, and on the wedding day, he still went outside to greet Shi Qi Niang in person.

Zhang Yue knew that his brother and sister-in-law were afraid of leaving a bad impression on the younger sister-in-law.

Seventeen Niang ate a spoonful of rice in the sedan chair, and the matchmaker Mrs. Zhuang who was beside the sedan chair said happily, "Bride, Mr. Zhang's elder brother and sister-in-law have also come out to welcome you."

Seventeen Niang was taken aback when she heard this.

Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Zhang's family treats his brother and sister-in-law like parents. I thought he would come in to worship you, but when they go out to greet you, girl, they treat you with common courtesy."

Seventeen Niang knew how much she was valued in the Zhang family and said: "It is my blessing that the Zhang family is more respectful than me, but the younger generation must not be ignorant of etiquette. Mrs. Zhuang, please help me with a word, elder brother Like the father, the eldest sister-in-law is the mother, invite them to sit high in the hall, and then kowtow and pour tea after entering."

Mrs. Zhuang praised her when she heard the words, she is such a bride who knows how to advance and retreat.

Mrs. Zhuang is of course willing to take this trip. She received a large sum of bonuses from the Wu family before, and it was just for this occasion. After hearing what Seventeen Niang said, she was also willing to fulfill this good deed from the bottom of her heart.

Mrs. Zhuang walked to the door and met Zhang Shi, and Mrs. Yu bowed and saluted, "The brothers and sisters of the Zhang family are very polite. The new couple has something to ask me to bring."

Seeing that the bride had something to say, Zhang Shi couldn't help being very concerned and said, "I don't know what it is?"

Mrs. Zhuang saw that Zhang was serious now, she pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "New humanity, it is my blessing that the Zhang family is more respectful than me, but the younger generation must not be ignorant of etiquette. As the saying goes, elder brother is like father, elder sister-in-law Rumu, I also invite you to sit high in the hall, and then I will kowtow and pour tea for you two!"

Zhang Yue heard it clearly from the side, and was suddenly moved and couldn't help shouting from the bottom of his heart, "My sister knows me, my sister knows me."

Zhang Shiyu's family is very happy, the daughter-in-law of the third brother is really married to the right one.

Zhang Shi couldn't get used to it for a while and said: "Ms. Zhuang, please tell the newcomer that I am not putting on the airs of the elders. Although I watched the third brother grow up, he has now married and is an official. ...I'm incompetent, and I defeated this company before..."

"I just treat him as a brother now... No, I mean..."

Zhang Shi was at a loss for what to say, but Zhang Yue was so moved that he couldn't speak. Mrs. Zhuang laughed and said, "Look at Mr. Zhang Dalang, who is very happy today."

Yu Shi shook his head with embarrassment on his face.

Zhang Shi was indeed very happy, he wiped tears from his eyes and said: "Yes, I am very happy today, very happy."

Zhang Shi gave way for a while, but finally Zhang Yue, Mrs. Zhuang invited him to sit in the hall.

At this time, Mr. said from the side: "Please get off the sedan chair for the newcomer."

When the words fell, the official was chosen to fight, and the blessings such as Nei Shenggu, Beans, Money, Fruits and Grass Festival were cast at the door. The children among the guests gave a joyful cry, and ran outside the door with their feet to pick them up.

Amidst the bursts of firecrackers, Seventeen Niang got out of the sedan chair with a round fan covering her face. From the place where the sedan chair was dropped to the inside of the mansion, she was covered with felt mats and went straight to the middle door. There was a person in front of her walking backwards holding a mirror.

Two female envoys helped the seventeenth lady to the gate, and stepped over the saddle first.

The gentleman said from the side: "The saddle is safe, and the newcomer is safe and healthy when they get home."

After that, Seventeen Niang stepped over the grass, and finally stepped over the scale.

The gentleman praised: "Let's straddle the saddle and carry the scale on your back first, and the scale will be flat. I will wait to congratulate the world on peace. The scale and the saddle are combined, and the new couple is safe and sound!"

After entering the middle gate, Seventeen Niang went to rest in the front hall and invited the guests to drink.

At this time, Zhang Yue was invited to the hall, and a flower was worn on his head, but there was a saddle on the hall, and the two chairs on the saddle were facing each other.

Zhang Yue was invited to sit high on the saddle.

This is called the son-in-law sitting high.

In fact, it is not a Chinese custom to straddle a saddle and sit on a saddle.

Before the Northern Wei Dynasty, the grassland tribes practiced marriage snatching. When a man saw a woman he liked, he would grab her and put it on the saddle and take it back.When the Northern Wei Dynasty came to power in the Central Plains, there was a practice of robbing marriages from time to time. When the bride got married, she would sit on a saddle, and later her son-in-law would sit on a saddle and straddle a saddle.

First, the matchmaker Mrs. Zhuang made a toast to Zhang Yue, and then the woman's relatives toasted. After three invitations, Zhang Yue got down from the chair.

Zhang Yue said in his heart, although the Wu family said that the marriage was low, but the ceremony of the son-in-law sitting on the high seat also said that men are superior to women.

At this time, Zhang Yue and Shi Qi Niang entered the back hall together, and then went to the west courtyard.

Mother Chen led the female envoys to wait for Shiqiniang here. From last night until now, she immediately opened the door of the new house to welcome Zhangyue Shiqiniang in.

There was a big red quilt on the bed of the new house, Zhang Yue and Shi Qi Niang sat together on the bed, the red satin on the forehead of the new house was also taken off, and the guests tore it into small pieces and scrambled away. auspicious.

Along the way, Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Zhuang kept pointing out various details. Zhang Yue and Mrs. Seventeen did not make any mistakes, which made the guests laugh.

After sitting on the head of the bed, they rested for a while, the room was filled with the Wu family envoys and the female guests, talking and laughing, and for a moment ignored the two newcomers sitting on the bed.

Zhang Yue hadn't seen Shi Qi Niang for so long, this time he had a chance to spend time with her for a while, and immediately said in a low voice, "When do you want to get this ball of fans?"

Shi Qi Niang was both angry and funny when she heard this, the fan that covered her face remained motionless and said in a low voice, "You can just fan after a while, sir."

Zhang Yue looked at Shi Qiniang's looming face behind the round fan, and felt that it was a pity that he couldn't see it, so he said: "Don't take the painting fan out of the curtain, to cover the spring mountain stagnation. If the Tao is like the bright moon, there must be Let the sweet-scented osmanthus bloom."

Seventeen Niang laughed lowly when she heard the poem, her tender body moved slightly and said with a smile: "This is the fan poem read by the groom, what about the champion?"

Zhang Yue lost his voice: "You also learn from Ouyang Bohe?"

Seventeen Niang smiled and said nothing.Zhang Yue said again: "Bring the precious fan to enter the Forbidden Palace. I teach the fragrance of the wind under the flowers. Heng'e must follow the colorful clouds and descend, and cannot stay overnight in the middle of the moon."

Seventeen Niang nodded happily and said, "Is there another song?"

Zhang Yue is also speechless, all women are like this, they all like our flattering so much.But these are all poems written by the people of Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yue has no pressure, and continues: "The wind blows wax torches on the city, and the brocade curtain opens to reveal the flying Luan; it is known that the Qin girl ascends to the fairy state, and the body turns around the peony. "

Seventeen Niang was even more delighted when she heard it, she lowered the fan in her hand slightly, her beautiful eyes turned pale and Zhang Yue glanced at her and said, "I still want to listen!"

Zhang Yue was completely speechless at the moment, and thought to himself, is it impossible for me to write flattering poems for you every day in the future?

"Hey, what are the two newcomers whispering about? It's not even worship yet."

All the female guests and envoys in the room burst into laughter.

"Don't be in a hurry to finish talking at once, you can talk slowly when you enter the bridal chamber for the festive night."

The female guests and the female ambassadors burst into laughter again.

Zhang Yue already felt ashamed.

(End of this chapter)