Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 918 Nonsense!

"Consumption?" Empress Dowager Chen was woken up by the maid in the middle of the night, and came to the palace a little unhappy. After listening to Huang Mengyu's narration, she finally regained consciousness.

Seeing Empress Dowager Chen's expression was a bit shocked, Huang Mengyu lowered his head, but said with certainty: "Hui Rensheng Empress Dowager, it is indeed tuberculosis."

"Hiss..." The Empress Dowager Chen took a deep breath: "How did Chen Hong do things? The tuberculosis has not been found out yet? Does the Compassionate Ning Palace know the news?"

"The Empress Dowager Cisheng may not be clear for the time being, but Gao Shidu, uh, Gao Shizhong has sent a servant to notify Chen Yuma, and the emperor will probably intervene later."

Empress Dowager Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but before she had time to relax, she suddenly sat up straight again, and said in shock: "No, even if the emperor knows about it now, it's probably too late. Yesterday Yao and that surnamed Liang He has already been registered and ordered, and this morning the emperor presided over the ritual ceremony for Yao Yu, and the person surnamed Liang must have completed the ritual ceremony at home, this matter has already been decided!"

It turned out that the reason why Zhu Yijun went to see Xinzhai this afternoon was because he was going to hold a ritual ceremony for his sister in the morning.

Here I have to say a few simple words. Different from the simplicity of weddings in later generations, weddings in the Ming Dynasty were much more complicated, and the process that needed to go through could not be completed in a day.

The wedding process of ordinary people will not be described in detail (because Baidu is convenient), but only some key differences between princess weddings and ordinary people's weddings will be mentioned separately.

In ancient China, when a daughter got married, her father had to preside over the marriage, but due to the special nature of the princess, her father was the son of heaven and could not do these things in person, so she had to invite the highest-ranking "gong" among the same surnames to preside over the wedding. Therefore, such a woman is called "princess". That is to say, the earliest meaning of the word "princess" is actually "princess marrying".

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang personally formulated a lot of etiquette. Among them, there are some regulations on the "rank" of princesses: "The emperor's aunt is called the eldest princess, the emperor's sister is called the eldest princess, the emperor's daughter is called the princess, and the prince's daughter is called the princess." The county master, the daughter of the county king is called the county master, the granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, the great-granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, and the great-great-granddaughter of the county king is called the township king... From the princess above, all are granted the book, and all below the princess are granted the edict."

Zhu Yaoxi is Zhu Yijun's younger sister, so she is the eldest princess and needs to be conferred.The conferment of the book was completed yesterday, and the title was known to Gao Wushi two months ago: "Princess Yongning".In fact, her title has been set long ago. The inner court and some people who can talk to the inner court, such as Gao Yushi, have already been called "Princess Yongning" in advance. Only after the canonization was completed yesterday, the eldest princess of Yongning was "recognized by the country".

As I said just now, the origin of the term "princess" is "married by the princess", but this system has changed later.

"In ancient times, when the son of heaven married a daughter, he did not marry on his own initiative. He was the master of the princes and kings with the same surname, so he was called a princess. In Tang Dynasty, the prince was the master of marriage. It was not used in the Song Dynasty, but the person in charge of the marriage was allowed to accept the appearance from the inner east gate, and the son of heaven was in charge. . Ming because of it."

In other words, she was still a serious "princess" until the Tang Dynasty, but since the Song Dynasty, the emperor began to officiate the marriage in person, and the Ming Dynasty "because of it", that is, followed suit.

As I said just now, except for the special part, other aspects of the princess's wedding are the same as the folk wedding procedures, and it also needs to go through the steps of acceptance, name asking, Najib, asking for a date, and welcoming in person.

It is recorded in the "Da Ming Hui Dian" compiled by Gao Yushi that when a princess comes out (pronounced jiang, four tones), she will accept and ask about the famous ceremony.The person in charge of the marriage was sent to the inner east gate, and the emissary said in front of the emissary: ​​"The court envoy is in the son of a certain official, and I have learned the rites of the ancestors. The envoy please accept it." Kneeling in front of the envoy.

The envoys kneel down to accept and offer them to the inner hall, and those who carry geese and gifts enter from there.The person in charge of the marriage said: "I will add a divination, and the envoy will ask for her name." Entering the table is the same as before, and the internal envoy said: "There is a system." , to seal a certain princess." The person in charge of the marriage prostrated himself, elated.Come in on time, give a banquet and go out.

Of course, Zhu Yao is the eldest princess, so the envoy the day before yesterday should be Xuan: "The fourth younger sister of the emperor, Feng Yongning the eldest princess".

The Nagy ceremony thereafter is roughly the same as that of Nace.The person in charge of the marriage said in a speech: "add all the divination divinations, and the divination will be auspicious, so I would like to make a minister dare to accept the levy."

The person in charge of the marriage said: "To the son of a certain official in the court of grace, there is a gift from the ancestors, and the envoy will use a bundle of silk and ride a mana to sign." .”

If you can get married on the auspicious day of the zodiac, to a certain extent, it can be said to be a good sign for your marriage. Naturally, the royal family attaches great importance to it and will not neglect it in the slightest.

In addition, I am also very concerned about the horoscope of the son-in-law's birthday. Of course, for the people who are actually selected, this factor may not have as much influence as in theory, and will be affected by factors such as the recommendation of an important minister.

And then there is the ritual ceremony, which is held separately for the son-in-law and the princess, but on the same day.

The son-in-law told the temple in his official uniform, saying: "Guo En is in the house, and I will greet you in person on a certain day, dare to tell."The son-in-law pays homage again to the inner east gate.The internal envoys extended into the second time, and those who held the geese and those who offered gifts were presented in the court.

On the side of the princess, the princess resigned from the Huangji Palace in a dress, and received the first four obeisances from the emperor and empress, and was honored.The emperor admonished at will.After receiving the order, I bowed four more times.Downgrading, the married woman is sent to the gate of the inner hall, and the princess ascends to the chariot.Go to the inner east gate and lower the chariot.The son-in-law lifts the curtain, and the princess lifts the sedan chair.The son-in-law came out and stood up.The one who holds the geese kneels down to give the geese to his son-in-law, and the son-in-law accepts the geese and kneels into the envoy.The internal envoy kneels to receive the instruction from left to right.The son-in-law worships again, goes out first, and returns on horseback.

It can be seen from this process that at this point, in fact, more than half of the "wedding" has been completed, and only the last day of wedding ceremony is left-in layman's terms, it is welcoming the consummation of the princess's mansion.

Empress Dowager Chen's so-called "this matter has already been settled" refers to this problem: except for the final procedure of consummating the house, all other parts of this marriage have been completed.

From the etiquette point of view, Princess Yongning and the tuberculosis ghost "surnamed Liang" are already legal couples!
Of course, Huang Mengyu also knew this truth, but he didn't dare to speak - did Dongchang dereliction of duty in this matter?It depends on the final characterization of this matter. In other words, it depends on how this matter is finally defined by the royal family: to recognize the marriage?Don't recognize the marriage?Did Dongchang find out the truth?Dongchang found out after the fact that it was purely incompetent?
God knows what the result is!It all depends on who wins among the gods above!
At a time like this, how could a ghost like him, Huang Mengyu, be willing to speak up?Of course it's playing dumb.

The Empress Dowager Chen didn't think too much about it, instead she stood up abruptly and said anxiously: "Nonsense! Chen Hong is not good at doing things, damn it! Gao Yushi is also messing around, and things have come to this point. He still came to see the emperor because he wanted to say What? Do you want the emperor to regret the marriage! What will the Compassionate Ning Palace think? What will all the people in the world think about the Tian Family? Huh?"

(End of this chapter)