Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 284
Carrying Cui Jie outside, Li Qinzai didn't feel heavy at all.

Cui Jie has a slender figure and a very light weight. Whether in ancient times or modern times, she conforms to the aesthetics of the time.

Thousands of years later, descendants have a misunderstanding of the Tang Dynasty, saying that they like fat women, but they are not.

The aesthetics of men in the Tang Dynasty was mainly based on their faces, and this point has not changed for thousands of years.

Of course, the aesthetics of looking at the face is slightly different.The awl-faced, snake-faced face of the later generations would definitely be regarded as ugly in the Tang Dynasty, but in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, it was a mean-spirited appearance.

People in the Tang Dynasty liked the face. You might as well look at the chariot pictures handed down by the painter Yan Liben and the Dunhuang murals. The women in them all have oval faces, with narrow eyes and straight noses, thin eyebrows and thick lips. This is the face that is truly blessed. , It is also in line with the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the figure, the Tang Dynasty did not like fat women, but a slightly plump beauty. The formation of this aesthetic probably had something to do with the environment at that time.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, three generations of emperors have conquered countless foreign countries. Men have been transferred to serve as soldiers to fight for the country, and the tasks of farming at home and taking care of the elderly and children can only be given to women.

Therefore, a woman must be slightly plump to highlight her image of being able to carry the burden of the family. This image has gradually become the aesthetic standard for men.

What is "slightly plump", this question can be answered by men thousands of years later. It is a tacit understanding of where the fat women that the old sex critics like are slightly fat and where they should be thin.

Cui Jie is not considered plump, and the young lady of the family also places great importance on her figure. Maybe she also tried her best to become plump, but unfortunately, her appetite was too small. Li Qinzai had seen her eat, and it was about the size of a dog.

Walking out of the backyard with Cui Jie on his back, Li Qinzai smiled unconsciously.

This flowery woman finally belongs to her.

The mentality of a social animal in the previous life overlapped with the identity in this life. I never imagined that I would be able to marry a lady from an aristocratic family, and she was also a beautiful woman.

In the previous life, he couldn't even get the down payment for the house, and the car was even missing. Only on the day when the wages were paid, did he dare to go to a restaurant and order two hard dishes.

Such an ordinary self, in this life, unexpectedly married a well-educated and beautiful woman.

No matter how skinny a toad is, it doesn't dare to have such a dream.

With Cui Jie behind his back, Li Qinzai laughed unconsciously.

The flesh on the back of his neck ached, Cui Jie pinched him hard, and her anger came from under the red hijab.

"What nonsense were you talking about just now? You set fire to the house, and you don't restrain your bastard temper on the big day."

Li Qinzai bared his teeth: "Woman, you are playing with fire..."

"Obviously you want to play with fire!" Cui Jie said angrily.

Li Qinzai sighed, forget it, she doesn't understand what the domineering president is talking about.

When a woman plays with fire, what a man needs is to vent the fire...

"Be honest, don't annoy me. In theory, you are still at Cui's house, and I can return the product at any time. Your father just said that you can return the product within seven days without any reason."

Cui Jie was stunned, she became extremely angry, and pinched him again: "You are still talking nonsense!"

Carrying her on his back, he has already walked outside the door.

Outside the door, apart from the procession of welcoming the bride, there were also a sedan chair carried by eight people parked.

Sedan sedan chairs existed as early as the Xia Dynasty. "Shangshu" records that when Dayu controlled the water, it said: "Traveling in the mountains takes a 欙", and this "欙" is the oldest sedan chair in China.

By the time of the Han Dynasty, the sedan chair had become the means of transportation for the rich and powerful. In the Tang Dynasty, it was already a custom for women to take a sedan chair when they were married.

Li Qinzai sent Cui Jie into the sedan chair draped in Dahong, and turned to look at the gate of Cui's house.

Cui Linqian is an elder, so naturally he would not send him out in person.

Standing outside the door was Cui Sheng.

Cui Sheng stared at Li Qinzai with his usual indifferent expression, but now his eyes were slightly red. Seeing Li Qinzai looking at him, Cui Sheng turned his head away, sniffed, trying to regain his composure.

Li Qinzai bowed to him: "Uncle, Jieer and I are leaving."

Cui Sheng hummed, Li Qinzai was about to turn around, but found that Cui Sheng grabbed his sleeve.

Li Qinzai looked at him, Cui Sheng was still expressionless.

"Li Jingchu, treat my sister kindly, don't hurt her heart." Cui Sheng's eyes this time are very sincere, completely different from the previous disgust.

Li Qinzai said seriously: "Smile to me more from now on, or I will beat your sister three times a day."

Cui Sheng was stunned, and then said sharply: "How dare you!"

Li Qinzai laughed, and patted him on the shoulder: "Just kidding, my mother-in-law will naturally love her...but your stinky face is really ugly."

Then Li Qinzai added: "The last sentence is not a joke."

After waving to Cui Sheng, Li Qinzai led the welcoming team away.

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The welcoming team started from Cui's house, and this time the team was longer.

The dowry of Cui's family was loaded into more than 100 carts, stretching for several miles without seeing the beginning and the end. The people of Chang'an City were once again shocked by this extravagant wedding.

Marriages of rich and powerful families are really different. From Anrenfang to Zhuque Street, in Chang'an City today, the wedding of the grandson of the British prince has become a hot topic that attracts everyone's attention.

The common people couldn't see the bride, but the wedding and dowry teams were actually ostentatiously passing through the market, and the retinues beside the team were like a cloud, and the scene was a sensation.

It was just in the evening when we returned to the British residence, the guests gathered at the door, the concubine helped Cui Jie off the sedan chair, and under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a couple of newlyweds entered through the door and walked into the front hall.

In the front hall, Li Ji, the British prince, was sitting in a brand-new Chinese robe, while Li Siwen and Li Cuishi were in the first place. The elders watched the new couple approach with smiles.

The Minister of Rituals, Wang Shouxin, was acting as the official of ceremonies. I have to say that the Duke of England really has a lot of face, and his children and grandchildren are able to hire the Minister of Rituals when they get married.

Calculating the time and entering the wedding hall, under the guidance of the ceremony officer, Cui Jie, wearing a red hijab, bowed down to Li Ji and Li Siwen, officially meeting the elders as the bride of the Li family.

Then Cui Jie was sent into the backyard with the help of the maid, while Li Qinzai stayed in the front yard to greet the guests.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no rule of worshiping the hall.

In the film and television drama, a couple of newlyweds walk into the wedding hall to pay respects to heaven and earth, and pay respects to the high hall for the second time. This kind of custom did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. This kind of custom only emerged in the Northern Song Dynasty.

When the bride gets started, she just meets the elders in front of the guests, and then is sent to the bridal chamber.

There is a poet in the Tang Dynasty who said, "Double cups of wine and six relatives are happy, and my bride should pay homage to the hall." There is no chapel.

It wasn't until Cui Jie was sent into the bridal chamber that the guests in the wedding hall began to rejoice.

Li Ji was in a good mood today, he laughed and waved, and ordered the banquet to open.

The delicious food and wine that had been prepared were served by the servants. Today, the Duke's Mansion hosted a grand banquet for the guests. Low tables were placed from the wedding hall to the center of the courtyard.

The inside and outside of the courtyard decorated with lanterns and festoons was full of joy, and the courtiers, dignitaries and aristocratic families all congratulated them.

Li Qinzai held a wine glass to socialize and toast around, and when he was five or six points drunk, an eunuch suddenly walked in outside the gate.

The eunuch hurried to the wedding hall on tiptoe and whispered a few words in Li Ji's ear.

Li Ji's face tightened, he got up quickly and straightened his clothes, and said in a deep voice: "The Son of Heaven is here, let me welcome you with me."

The guests inside and outside the courtyard stood up one after another, bowed their waists and stood in silence.

(End of this chapter)