Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 324 I've Been Fooled
Liu Hongjian was suddenly confused by Chongzhen's big jump. He was talking about the Pacific Ocean and warships just now, but why did he get involved in the prince's marriage?
To preside over the prince's wedding?master of ceremonies?
"No, Your Majesty, you look at me like a capable master of ceremonies, am I not a married envoy?" Liu Hongjian pointed to himself and said bitterly.

He couldn't even remember the process of his wedding with Sun Xiuxiu, even Yang Xue just made a fuss according to the way ordinary people get married.

In his impression, a royal marriage is not something that can be done casually.

Ancient people always pay attention to etiquette when they get married, and as a royal family, the wedding of the prince of Ming Dynasty must be the top priority.

"It's okay, it's just a deputy envoy. I will inform the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Aiqing can go to get acquainted with it every day. It's very simple. Aiqing doesn't need to be nervous." Chongzhen didn't care much, and even comforted her .

The reason why Liu Hongjian was chosen as the deputy envoy for the wedding was not because of his jubilation, but because An Guogong had brought blessings to Daming, and Chongzhen wanted to continue this blessing.

As for the others, it doesn't matter!

"Oh, the minister obeyed, and I will go to Honglu Temple to have a look later." Seeing that Chongzhen had no intention of changing his mind, and that he was only a deputy envoy, Liu Hongjian had no choice but to take over the task.

A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, but you insisted on letting me be the wedding envoy, and I will not be responsible if something goes wrong.

Liu Hongjian chatted with Chongzhen about specific matters for a while, and then he was ready to escape, and when he arrived, he asked Chongzhen to send someone to check on Ma Shiying.

Not to mention Ma Shiying's sarcasm face is disgusting, this fellow's position as Minister of Etiquette is not decent.

In addition, the last time he threatened this guy, he even trembled in fright. At that time, Liu Hongjian speculated that this guy must also be a big tiger.

Where did the money in the Ming treasury come from?Don't they all come from hunting tigers?
He started his own business by copying his own house, and offended the officials in Beijing to the bottom, so that officials all over the world regard him as their sworn enemy, but he can't just bear the blame!

Chongzhen did not express his opinion, and Liu Hongjian didn't bother to care.

After leaving the imperial city, Liu Hongjian still planned to learn about the wedding process first, otherwise he would feel uneasy.

The Ministry of Rites is Ma Shiying's territory, so if you think about it, there are no good people under him, and if you go there, you will feel uncomfortable.

Liu Hongjian went straight to Honghe Temple. Cai Taixian, the Minister of Honghe Temple, did not know that Liu Hongjian had been appointed as the deputy envoy for the wedding, but the officials of the Honghe Temple still did not dare to neglect.

When they heard that it was An Guogong's visit, all the officials in the Honglu Temple's yamen were in awe.

"Lord Cai, the Duke of the Kingdom came to bother you, mainly because he wanted to know about the various regulations of the wedding of the Prince of Ming Dynasty. Please tell the Duke of the Kingdom briefly."

Liu Hongjian was a little hungry, but he was too embarrassed to find a meal for this group of Honglu Temple officials who were obviously intimidated by his officials.

He just wanted to roughly understand the general process first, and then go back quickly.

"My lord would like to know about my marriage gift to the crown prince. My lord, please sit down and let me tell you!" The officials of Honglu Temple didn't even dare to ask why. What, he just told the truth.

Although I don't know about the prince's wedding, what can he do as a master of ceremonies, anyway, with the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple here, I probably just follow the script and say something nice, and then light a lamp and set a fire on the wedding night!

But unexpectedly, there are so many red tapes in the prince's wedding. Although his role as envoy is limited, there are many things that need to be involved.

The Minister of Honglu Temple carefully explained to Liu Hongjian for a long time, such as accepting lottery, asking names, accepting auspiciousness, accepting registration, asking for a date, welcoming in person... and the detailed steps of each stage.

Because the prince has to marry two at a time, one is the princess and the other is the selection servant, and the etiquette and ceremonial guards of each are different.

Liu Hongjian listened patiently for half an hour, and finally his head was about to explode.

In fact, this has already reached the final step, and the selection of the prince and concubine began a few months ago.

If Liu Hongjian was really allowed to check from the selection of concubines, it would really break him down.

The crown prince's choice of concubine is almost as solemn as the emperor's choice. After all, the crown prince will also become a queen after the crown prince ascends the throne.

As early as a few months ago, after the Ministry of Rites announced the news of the crown prince's selection of concubine, the entire Ming Dynasty began to operate nervously.

The eunuchs inspected batches of girls who came to be selected, not only to observe their appearance and listen to their voices, but also to send maids to check their hair, facial features, and bodies.

If there is one unqualified one, it will be sent back, and this is only the first trial.

During the second trial, rulers were used to measure their bodies, arms, waists and legs, and those who were not standard and well-proportioned would be sent back.

The second aunt passed the assessment, and when she arrived, the third aunt had to be undressed by the palace maid for inspection.

What kind of smell, skin, and whether there are any scars, as long as there is a failure in one item, you will be eliminated.

However, all of the above are just the most basic, and after the third trial, the most important aspects of demeanor and the competition of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting will be checked...

In this process, another batch will be eliminated, and then the rules and etiquette norms in the palace will have to be learned.

In the end, a group of one-in-a-million winners were left for the final selection by the queen, the emperor's favorite concubines, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Cai Taixian talked about the rules of etiquette, it was like a torrential river rolling in and out of control.

Liu Hongjian secretly clicked his tongue when he heard this, this is even stricter than an international beauty pageant, no wonder, how beautiful the women selected are!
Liu Hongjian instantly became interested in the Chen family who was chosen as the crown princess.

"These are all related to the wedding. If the Duke is interested, you can take a look." After talking for half an hour, Cai Taixian's mouth was a little dry.

He found time to take a sip of tea, got up and carried a large thick mule book from the bookshelf.

Liu Hongjian's face turned pale. Is this what the emperor said was simple?I was fooled!

"Is this all about the big gift on the wedding day?" Liu Hongjian's mouth twitched twice.

If you are still interested, you can take a look at it, God is sorry, he has no interest in these things at all, they are all forced!

If he had known that a deputy envoy would have to do so many things, he would not have agreed to Chongzhen just now. How comfortable it is for me to sleep with my wife and child at home...

"Yes, my lord, these are all. The Ministry of Rituals recently notified the official that His Royal Highness's wedding date has been set, and the official has been busy with these things recently." Cai Taixian told the truth.

"I'm not going to hide it from you, Lao Cai, the Duke of my country was selected by the emperor as the deputy envoy for His Royal Highness's wedding today..." At this point, Liu Hongjian must have come to bother people often in the future, so Liu Hongjian had to say reluctantly come out.

Chae Tae Hyun: ...

Liu Hongjian returned home from Honglu Temple with a sad face, holding a large stack of classics. He only turned two pages in the study and felt his eyes hurt. The kind with no punctuation marks...

After watching it for less than a quarter of an hour, Liu Hongjian put it aside and went out of the study to play with his wife and children.

As for the big wedding, go to the fucking little watermelon...

PS: Thank you for the 100 coins rewarded by the book friend who was drunk and looked at the axe, and the 200 coins rewarded by the book friend Er Gouzi who was sad, and the 19995934699 coins rewarded by the book friend Yang 100 on the QQ reading terminal.

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