Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 189
Hearing the emperor's friendly tone of gossip, Shen Zhezi was taken aback for a moment.

Two servants walked out from the side of the hall, and led Shen Zhezi to the banquet to sit down.Although there was no lack of doubts in his heart, after smelling the aroma of the table full of meals, Shen Zhezi's stomach growled in disappointment.At dawn, he didn't eat much at home, just ate a little, and now it was noon, and he was already hungry.

Although his stomach was unbearably hungry and thirsty, Shen Zhezi sat there without squinting.There is no such thing as offering food in the garden in the rules of etiquette, so how dare he act recklessly if he can't figure out the emperor's intentions.

The emperor's laughter sounded again from behind the screen: "Seeing you like this, I remembered that on the day of my wedding, I suffered from the ceremony, and I couldn't get a grain of rice or water all day long. In fact, why bother? Punishment, after many years, I still have lingering fears when I think about it. There are only two people in the palace, you don’t have to follow the etiquette, it’s just as appropriate.”

Hearing the emperor's words, Shen Zhezi felt a sudden warmth in his heart, and felt a sense of confidant.The half day just passed was a painful experience he had never experienced in his life. When he changed his clothes just now, his close-fitting mid laner seemed to be salvaged from the water, and the sweat dripped down in his hand even when he held it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

When he said this, Shen Zhezi was really grateful.This time in front of the emperor, the emperor treated him very kindly, which was very different from the previous time. He loved his house and loved him. He really treated him as a younger generation. He was so considerate. This father-in-law did not do it for nothing.

The emperor laughed twice in the hall, and then said again: "Let's have dinner."

The waiter knelt beside the table to serve the meal, Shen Zhezi no longer held back, picked up the chopsticks and began to pick up the dishes. He was reserved at the beginning, but he no longer held back after a while.The meals on the table are not delicacies, but they are exquisite and delicious, enough to satisfy the hunger.

The emperor was lying on the couch behind the screen, with his eyes closed as if he was resting his mind. He heard Shen Zhezi chewing lightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Eating cakes and drinking cheese has different folk customs and each has its own flavor. Diet is the foundation of life. People have no distinction between north and south, land has no distinction between north and south, and food has no distinction between north and south. The meals on the table have both north and south, and some of them may not have been seen But if you can get it in your mouth, you should know that it is also a meal."

He paused for a while, and when he heard His Highness's chewing sound stop, he said again: "I just gossip occasionally, you don't need to answer, just continue eating."

Even though the emperor said so, Shen Zhezi was still a little suspicious. It was just a meal. Could there be some mystery in it?Why is it all about the north-south divide?

He picked up the chopsticks again, and while eating, he was also paying attention to the types of these meals, trying to get a glimpse of the mystery.The food on this table is indeed rich, but there are not many of each item, it seems that he is asked to taste each item.There are both fish soup and meat porridge with southern characteristics, and broiled meat milk cakes that are used to in the north. The appearance and flavor are both good, which obviously took a lot of thought from the cook.

But from these, Shen Zhezi really couldn't see any mystery, so he bit the bullet and tasted all of them, and gradually became full.The waiter next to him served tea for him to drink and digest.

After eating, Shen Zhezi became more energetic and sat up to listen to the emperor's lecture.Due to his many arrangements for Princess Xingnan's marriage, Shen Zhezi no longer doubted the emperor's love for his daughter.Now that the princess is about to get married, Weng and his son-in-law should have something to say about themselves.

However, after he waited for a long time, there was no more sound from the hall.When he was feeling suspicious, a palace attendant came out from behind the screen and said softly: "It's an auspicious time, Shen Langli, please retreat and go to the Queen's Palace to listen to the training."

Shen Zhezi was even more puzzled after hearing the words. Even if he left the hall after worship, he still couldn't make up his mind.He originally thought that the meeting with the emperor this time should be solemn and full of family affection, and that the emperor entrusted his daughter to him before his grand trip, and he should be full of words to say.But unexpectedly, after entering the palace, he ate a meal, sat to digest, and then withdrew without even seeing the emperor's face, which was very different from what he had imagined.

Shen Zhezi was not surprised that he was not able to see the emperor. When the emperor was dying, he should have looked haggard and sickly. It was reasonable that he didn't want to be seen like this.It's just that although the emperor's attitude was kind, he only said a few words, which made Shen Zhezi very puzzled.

He followed the palace servants and walked in the garden, but the destination he arrived at halfway was not the Queen's Palace, but a toilet for him to solve his internal emergency.Brocade was also laid in this toilet. Seeing the arrangement of these details, Shen Zhezi gradually realized.

After eating and drinking enough and solving his physical problems, Shen Zhezi came to the Queen's Palace full of energy.However, the treatment received here was very different. The queen also sat behind the screen, but Shen Zhezi was not allowed to take a seat. He knelt in the hall for nearly half an hour, listening to a palace man next to the queen spouting lectures.

This precept is a pair of parallel couplets, and the literary talent is brilliant. It is obvious that it has been brewed and considered for a long time, but behind the eloquent written words, there is an indescribable alienation.As for the content, it was all-encompassing, from teaching him to respect the princess to being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, the serious and indifferent tone was quite in line with the process of listening to the training in the garden.

Shen Zhezi also knew how much the empress looked down on him, so he didn't expect to enjoy any courtesy here.As for those cold lectures, he seemed to be listening very respectfully, but in his heart he was still thinking about his previous experience in the emperor's palace.

The emperor's words were much less than the queen's precepts, but undoubtedly more like an elder's attitude, with all the details, and did not oppress and reprimand with majesty, but it touched Shen Zhezi especially.As for the discussion about the northern and southern meals, Shen Zhezi gradually figured it out. If he didn't get it wrong, the meals on the case should be arranged according to the princess's daily eating habits.

From this episode, Shen Zhezi felt more and more the emperor's love for his daughter.As far as the emperor is concerned, no matter what the dying person says, he probably won't be able to see what effect it will receive.Therefore, only with practical actions, I hope that Shen Zhezi can understand the feeling of parents licking the calf and treat the princess kindly.

Once he had these realizations, Shen Zhezi felt more in his heart.In the world of family and country, no matter how lofty aspirations a person has in his heart, when he is dying, what he will never forget in his heart is the relationship between people and family. This is probably the responsibility and responsibility for the last responsibility of life.

He has not yet become a parent, and he is not qualified to judge whether the emperor and the empress have different attitudes and behaviors, which is better, but there is no doubt that the emperor's approach can make him feel more touched.Although many things are not spoken, this kind of silence is more like an invisible promise between men that does not need to be spoken.

This kind of understanding made Shen Zhezi understand the more profound and meaningful meaning of his marriage with the princess besides the political and interest factors.From then on, the little girl's daily life, diet, life's misfortunes, honors and disgraces, happiness or desolation, joy or sorrow, are closely related to her.This is the solemnity and heaviness that a marriage on the Avenue of Human Relations should have, and it is a contract with a lifetime as a footnote!

After listening to the queen's lecture with a slightly heavy heart, it was dusk when Shen Zhezi left the garden.He joined a group of Yibin, and after paying homage to the officials who watched the ceremony, he left Taicheng.Next, there is still the etiquette for entertaining officials in Taicheng, but it has nothing to do with Shen Zhezi.

The advocacy outside Taicheng is still going on, and the destination of the next stop is today's end point, the Princess Mansion located in Niaoyi Lane.

The guard of honor set off from outside Taicheng, and the huge team was even more solemn under the setting sun.There are more and more people watching the ceremony on both sides of the royal road, and cheers burst out from the crowd from time to time. For these ordinary people, whoever marries the princess has nothing to do with them, but in this festive atmosphere, they can temporarily forget the meaning of life It is very precious to be able to have a little prospect and fantasy about the prosperity and beauty of the future.

Today the princess is getting married, and the ceremonial car passes through the streets and alleys. All the families with Juelu and official positions must open their doors, set up tables in front of the court, and arrange drinks and dishes according to their ranks to honor the ceremony. At the same time, there must be family members. The rewards from the children kneeling in the garden are mostly silk ritual vessels.

Bird clothing alley is full of nobles and dignitaries from high families. Once you turn into the alley, you can see that from the street to the end of the street, there are all tables, food and drinks.There are children waiting in front of the courts of each family to answer the ceremony. Naturally, they don't need to bow down to Shen Zhezi, but wait for the palace servants in the garden behind the guard of honor.

Shen Zhezi couldn't help but laugh when he passed the Langya Wang family's gate.I saw more than a dozen proposals placed in front of the gate of Wang's Hongda mansion, each with food and drink prepared on it, and if people who didn't know it saw it, they would say that his family is having a banquet with flowing water.

However, there is nothing wrong with the Wang family's formation. There are more than a dozen people in his family who have titles and official titles, and there is probably too little free space to fully display them.After these cases, there was only one young man standing there alone, and that was Wang Yunzhi, the son of Wang Shu.

If Shen Zhezi had a high opinion of any of the Wang family's children, it was Wang Yunzhi.He only met Wang Yunzhi a few times on certain occasions, but he had no contact with each other.At this moment, seeing Wang Yunzhi standing alone in front of the courtyard gate, Shen Zhezi nodded slightly to him in the guard of honor, Wang Yunzhi was slightly astonished, and bowed his hands back.

Going forward for a while, the Princess Mansion is vaguely in sight.A group of people had been waiting in front of them. Seeing the guards of honor approaching, they moved quickly and sprinkled water on the road. Among them, an attendant from the princess' mansion bowed down in the road and asked Shen Zhezi to get off his horse.

Before entering the mansion, Shen Zhezi had to give guest salutes to everyone in the princess mansion. After getting on the shoulders, he quickly entered the mansion, changed his clothes, and then returned to the front of the gate as the master, and will walk with him for a day. The guests of ceremonies are welcome to enter the mansion.

At this point, all the etiquette of the wedding ceremony in Jiankang City came to an end.Next, there is no need for Shen Zhezi to come forward for receiving guests and entertaining clan relatives.All he had to do was return to the mansion and wait for nightfall to perform a small fan ceremony with the princess in the door.

　In the section about the wedding, there are actually many details that have been omitted, such as clothing, ritual utensils, conversations, etc. Some of the information is incomplete, and some are too complicated.Alas, I can't be too self-confident, but after the next chapter is over, this paragraph can come to an end. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)