Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 933
It was already a bit late when Gao Yushi came out of Dongchang and rushed to the palace to watch the ceremony.

It was Zhu Yijun's request that he came to watch the ceremony today, and the reason is unknown, Gao Wuzhen was not happy at the moment, and he didn't bother to think about it.

When he came, part of the ceremony had already been carried out. The eldest princess Yongning had already been demoted, and the empress had sent her to the gate of the inner hall, and the princess immediately ascended the chariot.

A large group of ministers watching the ceremony followed the princess's phoenix chariot to the inner east gate, and the princess descended to the chariot.

For the first time, Gao Wushi saw Liang Bangrui who was actually a dead man in his eyes.

This guy looks decent, if you don't count his obviously pale complexion.But now, even if it is obvious at a glance that powder is applied to the face, it is still difficult to hide the sickness.

Liang Bangrui seemed to have some discomfort in his throat, coughed a few times, stepped forward to lift the curtain, the princess lifted the sedan chair led by his wife, Liang Bangrui bowed and stood beside him.

Gao Wushi couldn't see Princess Yongning's expression because she was wearing a phoenix coronet and a red hijab, but her movements were obviously stiff, and I'm afraid only a blind person couldn't see it.

However, Gao Wushi looked left and right and saw that the ministers and nobles who were watching the ceremony all looked normal, even smiling.

At this time, the goose bearer knelt down to teach Liang Bangrui the goose, and Liang Bangrui received the goose and knelt down as an envoy.The inner envoy kneels to receive, and then grants to the left and right.

Liang Bangrui bowed again, his forehead was covered with sweat, Gao Wushi stared at his expression carefully, seeing that he seemed to be forcibly enduring something, he couldn't help but snorted.

According to the rules of the ceremony, Liang Bangrui should go back on his own at this time, but he walked to the side of the horse, grabbed the rein with one hand, stepped on the stirrup with the other, and tried twice in a row, but he couldn't get up.

Standing beside Gao Wushi, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yingzhen frowned and said, "What's the matter with this son-in-law, he doesn't have any strength at such a young age?"

That is, even Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of the country, can easily mount a horse, and he can even mount a war horse. Not to mention whether his riding skills are good enough to fight, at least the action of mounting a horse will not be a problem. He thinks he has every reason to question Liang Bangrui.

Zhang Yuangong let out a "tow" on the side, and said with some disdain: "Maybe he thought he had finally leaped into the dragon's gate, so he was so excited. It's so superficial."

Hey, you two really don't have the slightest affection for the son-in-law, why?Can the children of the aristocratic family not get used to this kind of generation who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix?

Over there, Liang Bangrui couldn't get on the horse, and the eunuchs next to him had no choice but to step forward to give him a hand—it wasn't a hand, after all, this action couldn't be supported, it was actually a support, but support was also troublesome, so he could only support his buttocks. This...is a bit indecent.

But there is no way, the ceremony can't be stuck here, if he doesn't leave, then he won't be able to follow the procedure.

So Liang Bangrui, Prince Consort Liang, with the help of two eunuchs supporting his buttocks, finally got on the horse panting, took a while to even out his breath, and then rode on the horse.

Originally, he was supposed to go on his own on a horse, but after what happened just now, the eunuchs were a little worried that this fellow would fall to his death on the road, so they simply sent someone to lead the horse for him—in fact, the main purpose was to keep him from falling Get off your horse.

Gao Wushi sighed when he saw it, and looked at the princess's phoenix chariot, but unfortunately the princess was already in the phoenix chariot, he couldn't see anything, and a lingering regret wandered in his empty heart.

After Liang Bangrui left, the princess waited for the car to go, and the princes and officials who watched the ceremony and the wife chosen by the queen went out together and sent the princess to the princess mansion.

At this time, Liang Bangrui had already waited in front of the mansion, and when the princess arrived, Liang Bangrui stepped forward to lift the curtain again.

The princess descended to the chariot, and the two went to the ancestral hall together.Liang Bangrui is in the east, and the princess is in the west. They all worship again.

The next step is to enter the rank, read the blessing, and then worship again.

After that, they went out and went to the dormitory together, but at this time it was not to consummate the house, but to salute.There is a seat for the princess in the room. Liang Bangrui saluted the princess first, and then bowed to each other. Everyone sat down. Liang Bangrui sat on the east side and the princess sat on the west side.The waiter enters the food and joins in a ceremony, and the two meet each other and worship again.

The ceremony is basically over here. According to the rules, I should see my uncle tomorrow.Roughly, my uncle sits in the east and faces west.At that time, the princess stood in the west, facing east, and bowed four times.Uncle said two salutes.After ten days, the son-in-law will have an audience with Xie En, and that time he will pay five prostrations.

In fact, this set of rituals was not established like this from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang made Li Qi, the son of Taishi Li Shanchang, the captain-in-law and the princess of Lin'an.

At that time, the note of rites was to tell Feng Xiandian in advance, and two days before the marriage, the princess was ordered.On the next day after the registration, he paid homage to the Xiandian Hall again, and ordered the son-in-law to receive the imperial ceremony. The officials of the Ministry of officials took the imperial order to set up the Dragon Pavilion, and went to the Taishi's mansion, and the son-in-law paid homage to him.The next day, Shanchang and his son-in-law thanked him.In the next ten days, the wedding date will be requested.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, this note was slightly changed.However, although the ceremonial annotations exist, the ceremony of worshiping uncles and princess concubines has never been practiced in the end of Ming Dynasty.After another year, the titles of princesses and princesses, weddings, and ranks of concubines and guests of honor will be changed.

In the second year of Hongzhi, Princess Renhe was canonized, and the engagement ceremony was re-engaged.The situation at that time was "entering the mansion, the princess and her son-in-law worshiped the heaven and the earth together, and performed eight salutes. In the hall, the princess seat was set in the east, facing the west, and the son-in-law seat was facing the east, and the rest was like the previous instrument."

In the second year of Jiajing, An Pan and others said to the engineering department: "When the son-in-law sees the princess, he bows four times, and the princess sits and receives two bows. Although the status is different, the husband and wife are divided, so I am uneasy about the ceremony."

Jiajing is not a lecturer, so naturally he would not listen, so the son-in-law still had to salute the princess when he saw her.

However, later there was a "benevolent emperor" who was very good at talking about this kind of thing, and that was Emperor Chongzhen.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Chen Zhongsheng, the head of the teaching concubine, said: "All the ministers are Xi concubine Gong Yonggu. The concubine worships four times on the platform outside the gate of the mansion at dawn. After three months, he goes to the hall, to the door, to the screen wall, and salutes as before. Shishi Meals are served in front of the princess, the princess eats and drinks at the top, and the son-in-law stands beside him. After this, marriage is proposed. The son-in-law gives fruit and delicacies to the minister, and the princess answers the gift book. It is a great disrespect. When the husband is married, he is like a husband and wife. In the month, those who proclaim themselves ministers and serve meals, and then get married? The "Hui Dian" makes four worships before the Heyuan, and there is no worship after the Ming Hehe. As a nephew of the Son of Heaven, he is under the same servant, how can he respect the court?"

The result is that "the emperor is what he says, and Ling Yonggu will choose a date to get married."——This system has been in place for more than 200 years, and when it came to the Chongzhen emperor, it was changed as soon as it was said, and he was very good at listening to the suggestions of civil officials.The only problem is that the civil servants don't seem to appreciate it, and they tricked him into a trick.

Originally, the ceremony could be completed smoothly, and the eunuchs who knew the inside story of last night were all relieved, but who knew that a sudden change would happen at this moment.

The nobles and officials who were watching the ceremony originally planned to leave. Liang Bangrui, who was sweating on his brow, just got up and turned around to say a few polite words to the audience, but suddenly his face changed drastically. , twisted his face twice, coughed violently, and spurted out a mouthful of blood!

The court was in an uproar!

(End of this chapter)