Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 594
Chapter 8 Four things will come naturally
The princess is the emperor's daughter.The marriage of a princess is also called "Chusheng", "Xianmai" or "Lijiang".The captain's son-in-law is a fourth-rank official, but to Chen Ying, this captain's son-in-law can be regarded as a third-rank demote.

Chen Ying rode a red horse and carried the "Nine Nine Gifts", which was not equal to a bride price or a betrothal gift, but to be carried to the Meridian Gate Mansion to be received by the Internal Attendant when welcoming the relatives.

The so-called "nine-nine" ceremony means taking nine or a multiple of nine, and the gifts are 99 saddle horses, 180 pairs of armor, 81 horses, [-] pack horses, [-] banquet tables, [-] sheep, Forty altars of milk wine and yellow rice wine.

According to the etiquette system, when Princess Pingyang gets married, she needs to bid farewell to the emperor, queen mother and empress respectively.However, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was special. There was neither a living empress dowager nor a queen. Since Li Xiuning was a direct descendant, Li Yuan did not have another queen. The other concubines were not qualified to accept Li Xiuning's farewell at all.

The evening sun was shining, and the bride Li Xiuning was sitting in front of the dressing table with Feng Guanxia, ​​looking at the sunset light coming in through the window pane, listening to the sound of footsteps in the princess mansion, stood up expectantly and anxiously, walked to the door, saw The eunuch Da Changqiu sang loudly: "The auspicious time has come!"

Li Xiuning was obviously relieved, dressed in auspicious attire, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to Li Yuan in the Hall of Martial Virtue.

Li Yuan's eyes were reddish on the throne, and he looked at Chen Ying from afar, his fists clenched tightly.

The princess is called the princess according to the "Gongyang Zhuan" that "the son of heaven marries a woman to the princes, and the princes who have the same surname will be the masters." "The Spring and Autumn Jue of the Western Zhou Dynasty said that it can be roughly divided into six levels: Wang, Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan. And below the king is Zhou Tianzi, there are Gonghou, Bozi, and men. When Zhou Tianzi married his daughter to the princes, he did not personally Presiding over the wedding, let the princes who are also dukes with the surname Ji marry as the officiant. This is the origin of the "princess". And because the Zhou royal family is surnamed Ji, the daughter of the emperor of Zhou is also called "Wang Ji". "Yi" wrote: "He Biyi, the beautiful Wang Ji. Since then, "Wang Ji" has also become the name of the emperor's daughter. The daughter of a prince is also called a princess. "Historical Records Biography of Wu Qi" records that "the uncle is the prime minister, and the princess is Shang Wei." "

Li Yuan stared at Chen Ying like a sharp arrow, and Chen Ying was a little terrified by Li Yuan's direct gaze.However, what surprised Chen Ying the most was that behind Li Yuan, Chen Ying saw Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying also knew that Li Jiancheng presided over the war with Dou Jiande in Hedong, but why did he come?

In fact, Chen Ying was also very curious.

Seeing Li Yuan and Li Xiuning's father and daughter staged a heart-wrenching farewell scene, Chen Ying quietly moved to Li Jiancheng's side: "I greet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Sister-in-law, don't call yourself a disciple anymore. We are all one family!" Li Jiancheng patted Chen Ying on the shoulder and said, "I'll talk about it later!"

Chen Ying asked suspiciously: "Shouldn't His Royal Highness be in Hedong? Why did you return to Chang'an?"

Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "God's will trick people, Dou Jiande actually surrendered, the Battle of Hedong is over, and I can return to Chang'an naturally!"

"Dou Jiande surrendered? When did this happen?" Chen Ying was even more surprised at this time. History has completely changed. In history, Dou Jiande, who was obviously captured by Li Shimin, actually became the credit of Li Jiancheng in this time and space.

It was only when Li Jiancheng told Chen Ying that Chen Ying understood that Li Jiancheng used Wei Zheng's strategy to arrive in Zezhou pretending to be Chen Ying. Seeing that the situation was over, Dou Jiande led the rest of his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Although Chen Ying knew that Liu Heitai was dead, Dou Jiande became Li Tang's captive. If Li Yuan still executed Dou Jiande as he did in history, there is no guarantee that Liu Heitai, Zhang Heitai or Zhang Heitai would appear again. Black door and the like.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying rushed to Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Highness, no matter what, you must save Dou Jiande's life..."

Li Jiancheng asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Chen Ying was about to answer Li Jiancheng's words, but Li Yuan shouted coldly: "Hou Mo Chen Ying!"

"The minister is here!" Chen Ying subconsciously said.

Pei Ji pouted at Chen Ying, Chen Ying suddenly realized, and quickly changed his words: "My lord father is on top, my son-in-law is here!"

"I'll leave San Niang to you, don't let her be wronged in the future!" At this moment, Li Yuan is not like an emperor, but more like a father, repeatedly telling Chen Ying not to wrong Li Xiuning.

"Grandpa, don't worry, it's too late for my son-in-law to love Sanniang, how can she be wronged?" Chen Ying could only pat his chest and promise.

With the arrival of the auspicious time, Li Xiuning boarded the chariot and returned to Liang Guogong's mansion in Chang'an city with Chen Ying.

Chen Ying is actually also rejoicing, fortunately he married a princess from the Tang Dynasty, not a princess from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, otherwise at that time, the princess would have to live in the princess mansion, and the son-in-law would live in the mansion of the son-in-law. However, they have been living a separate life.

Just as Chen Ying returned from the palace with the team to meet his relatives, a four-wheeled carriage also drove into Chen Ying's Duke Liang's mansion.The carriage came in through the side door just now, Xu Jingzong was still very surprised. At this time, there were hundreds of thousands of guests who came to Chen Ying's mansion for the banquet, no matter whether they were friends or not, like Taiyuan Wang, Wenxi Pei , even the Zheng family of Xingyang, who was quite unhappy with Chen Ying, also sent representatives to congratulate Chen Ying on his wedding.

Xu Jingzong looked at this very shabby carriage, and it was very strange that it entered the Chen residence without any hindrance.But when he learned that the carriage was coming from Lingzhou, Xu Jingzong had a strange expression on his face.

After the prostration, Chen Ying held the red silk wedding belt in one hand, and directly grabbed the delicate little hand of Li Xiuning who was wearing a red dress with the other hand, and walked into the bridal chamber.

Li Xiuning had a red hijab on her head, she couldn't see the way, she only held hands with Chen Ying, and walked cautiously. There were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls in the room, both of whom were wearing bright wedding dresses, still childish. They are the embryos of beauties, they are none other than a pair of sisters, Lvzhu and Hongxiu.

Hongxiu and Lvzhu called out in unison: "My servant pays homage to Alang, madam!"

"A Lang" in this era is almost equivalent to the title of "Master" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is the respectful name of the master for the servants.

Chen Ying was a little uncomfortable hearing this address, took Li Xiuning's hand and sat down on the edge of the bed, and lifted her hijab.Under the candle, she has a charming face, with the shyness and uneasiness of a new bride hidden in her eyes. She watched Chen Ying take off her hijab, and Li Xiuning sat by the bed, not knowing what to do or what to say.

Chen Ying waved his hand, and Lvzhu and Hongxiu understood and slowly exited the bedroom.

Chen Ying excitedly held Li Xiuning's hand and said, "Thank God, I finally got what I wanted, and I can overthrow the princess openly!"

"Push down?" Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying suspiciously and said, "Push down what?"

Chen Ying exerted a little force with both hands, pressed Li Xiuning on the bed, and rushed up: "This is pushing down..."

Li Xiuning blushed pretty, and said angrily: "Get up, don't neglect the guests!"

"Guest, what kind of guest, the world is so big now, no one is bigger than his wife!" Chen Ying cheekily kissed Li Xiuning, and then walked out of the bedroom.

He just walked out of the bedroom and met Xu Erniang head-on.

"Ah!" I don't know what Xu Erniang was thinking, but she was taken aback by Chen Ying's sudden appearance. It would be a lie to say that Xu Erniang is not lost in her heart at this moment, after all, she is just a concubine, and she spends less time with Chen Ying.

Xu Erniang seemed to have a thousand words and wanted to tell Chen Ying, but she didn't know what to say when the words came to her lips.

Chen Ying said embarrassingly: "San Niang may be bored in the room, you go talk to her!"

Originally, these were unintentional words, but hearing Xu Erniang's ears, Chen Ying asked her to meet Li Xiuning, tantamount to acknowledging her identity as a concubine.

Xu Erniang made a slight promise, bowed and said: "Your servant understands!"

When Chen Ying got married, everyone with status attended the banquet in the Chen Mansion in Chang'an. The craftsmen, servants, and helpers in the Chen Mansion, as well as the people in Qinglin, Chen Ying's tenants, and hired workers gathered in Qinglin for the banquet. .Chen Ying didn't worry about support, even the homeless on the street, as long as they said auspicious words such as "Congratulations to the son-in-law, congratulations to the son-in-law" to the steward of the Chen residence, they could also participate in the running water banquet held in Qinglin.

Although the scale of the flowing water banquet is not high, it adheres to Chen Ying's consistent tradition, there is enough food and wine, and there are everything you can expect from drinks and dishes.

When Chen Ying was about to change jobs in the front hall, Xu Jingzong quietly said to Chen Ying: "My lord, Lingzhou... The Lord of Baicheng County gave you a big gift!"

"What kind of gift?" Chen Ying asked with a guilty conscience.

Xu Jingzong pointed to the two big boxes in the front yard and said, "That's the two big boxes!"

"Open!" Chen Ying subconsciously said without thinking too much.

Guo Luo stepped forward and opened the big box. Chen Ying just took a look at it, and found that it was a set of thick Mingguang armor, and the shape was very delicate. Even an ordinary armor leaf was engraved with inscriptions and tiger patterns.

Chen Ying originally wanted to try it on, but Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty, let's entertain the guests, it's not urgent!"

Chen Ying changed his mind and thought about it.

Chen Ying actually didn't know that this set of armor weighing more than one hundred catties was not for Chen Ying to wear at all, and it wasn't because Li Daozhen had good intentions, it was clearly a set of armor with a punitive nature.

But Chen Ying didn't know, and Xu Jingzong didn't say either.As a result, Chen Ying entered the banquet hall and toasted to the guests one by one, feeling extremely guilty for Li Daozhen in his heart, Chen Ying grew a little bit drunk while drinking.It wasn't until late at night that Chen Ying got drunk and was supported by Zhou Qing back to the bridal chamber.

Although Chen Ying was still a little awake at this time, when he entered the room, he found that the candles in the bridal chamber had already burned more than half, and Li Xiuning was already lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.

The red candle was dead and the fire was flickering. Li Xiuning fell asleep with her neatly dressed head tilted against the brocade quilt. Chen Ying gently hugged Li Xiuning, moved her head to the red pillow, and quietly took off her coat.The weather was hot in June, and Li Xiuning wore a short tulle tunic under her wedding dress. It was also a red wedding dress, but it showed a lot of delicate skin, and the tentacles were as soft and smooth as jade, which moved people's hearts.

Just when Chen Ying took off Li Xiuning's coat, Li Xiuning's eyelashes moved slightly, obviously she had woken up, it's just that she was a bit thin-skinned and pretended to be asleep on purpose.

Li Xiuning pretended to sleep for a long time, but found that Chen Ying was lying on the bed together, and snoring started after a while.

People who drink too much alcohol tend to fall asleep.Chen Ying was exactly like this. Seeing that Chen Ying had fallen asleep, Li Xiuning observed for a while and confirmed that Chen Ying had fallen asleep again and again, and couldn't help being a little annoyed.

Li Xiuning's angry look also caught Chen Ying's eyes.He was also pretending to be asleep.

Now it's all right, the four eyes are facing each other, and I can't pretend anymore.

Li Xiuning was short of breath.

Chen Ying is getting closer and closer to her.

Li Xiuning said nervously, "What are you going to do?"

"The bridal chamber!" As Chen Ying waved his sleeves, the bridal chamber fell into darkness.

For the sake of harmony, [-] words are omitted below.

(End of this chapter)