Qin Hu

Chapter 154 Who Says Big Marriage Must Be Serious

The seventh day after sending off the two chiefs was the wedding of Zhao Zihu and Xiang Liyue.

According to the etiquette and customs of Daqin, Xiangliyue had to hide in her own home for seven days, and could not speak, waiting for her husband's family to pick her up.

But because she was on the east patrol road, she was in a hurry, so she could only be arranged to hide in the tent where she slept with Fat Qing'er.

In order to enliven the atmosphere on the wedding day, Zhao Zihu also made some secret arrangements for the cold-blooded Thirteen Eagles in advance.

On the wedding day, Shen Shichu.

The main gate of the Yantai County Government Office was opened, firecrackers blared, drums and horns blared, and the four-horse chariot representing the son of the Daqin royal family was driven out by Wang Li at this auspicious time that had already been chosen.

There are hundreds of sharp warriors leading the way ahead, and there are young palace maids accompanying them behind the car, sprinkled gardenia petals all over the way, until Xiangliyue's tent.

There was no Zhao Zihu in the wedding party. In the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, when the royal family, nobles and nobles got married, there was no reason for the husband to greet the bride in person.

He also doesn't need to wait for Xiangliyue in front of the door to kick the sedan chair door, lift the curtain, and lead the bride in. He just needs to wear the eight-treasure golden thread robe and wait in the lobby.

Wang Li was the envoy of the royal family to welcome the bride. The son's elder brother was going there. Originally, Fusu's married brother was needed to come forward, but he was far away in Xianyang.

At this time, in Yantai County and in the camp, the soldiers and civilians are all decorated with lanterns and festoons, singing and dancing, to congratulate the son Zihu on his wedding. The song is sung like this...

"Mandarin ducks are flying, Bi Zhi Luo Zhi. A gentleman lives for thousands of years, and his blessings are suitable for him.

The mandarin ducks are in Liang, and they are on the left wing.For thousands of years, a gentleman should be blessed.

Riding a horse in the stable, destroying the fodder.A gentleman has lived for thousands of years, and Fu Lu loves it.

Riding a horse in a stable, destroying the fodder.For thousands of years, the gentleman will be blessed. "

Wherever the wedding team passed by, black flags were fluttering everywhere, and golden gongs, plaques and bells were ringing together.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Bang bang bang..."

When the convoy was about to enter the camp, there were fireworks bursting from mid-air with fragments of colored silk, like a rain of flowers, and shouts of joy passed from the sentry tower.

"Young master welcomes the bride! May the young master and the bride marry each other forever and have a precious son..."

"Young master welcomes the bride! May the young master and the bride marry each other forever and have a precious son..."

The convoy went straight to Xiangli's moon tent without hindrance, and the gongs, drums, flags and cannons rested temporarily.

Wang Li quickly got out of the car and shouted three times: "The best man, Wang Li, will pick up the young master on behalf of the young master!!!"

After three beeps, he saw that the curtain was raised to the left and right, the old Xiangli walked in front, holding his granddaughter's left wrist with both hands, and Xiangliyue walked slowly behind, with a large fan made of peacock feathers and many colorful bird feathers in his right hand half-hidden.

The bride, Xiang Liyue, was also wearing a seven-treasure golden thread dress today, a beaded curtain and a phoenix crown on her head, with a smile in the corner of her eyes, and a decent demeanor. She walked up to Wang Li with her elder father, nodded slightly, and let the elder father hand over her hand to Wang Li. Wang Li's hand.

"It's time to become a Marquis..."

"Father, don't be too polite!"

Wang Li was speaking on behalf of Zhao Zihu.

Two palace maids quickly stepped forward and held up the skirt of the auspicious dress for Xiangliyue.

Immediately afterwards, with their help, Wang Li carefully helped Xiang Liyue into the car.

The two maids also got into the car, Qi Qi pulled the door, and Wang Li sat in the driver's seat again.

Old Xiangli's son, daughter-in-law, and Fat Qing'er pulled four horses, and everyone got on the horses.

Afterwards, the front team of Ruishi and Gong'e changed to the back team, and the back team changed to the front team. They started again, and the gongs, drums and guns saluted again.

"Young Master! Let's see..."

As soon as Xiangliyue got into the car, Xiangliyue just sat down, and saw the two maids leaning over, opened the hidden compartment under her seat, took out a colored cloth package, and quickly opened it.

A thing with a rough appearance of nanmu was displayed in front of her eyes, which was composed of two small dolls, a thick base, and a clockwork bracket.

The two little dolls are lifelike, with their mouths pouting, almost cuddling together. There are movable joints in their limbs and necks.

Xiangliyue was extremely surprised, her eyes were shining brightly, her red lips covered by a feather fan parted slightly: "This is..."

"My lord! This is the first of the three wedding presents specially made by the young master for you." The pretty Gong'e replied with a smile.

The other also said: "Young master asked us to convey it on your behalf, saying that this thing is not perfect, otherwise it would be a music box."

"Eight, sound, box?!" Xiang Liyue murmured to herself, as an engineering dog, she knew the magical effect of this thing with just a little poise.

She was not a person who followed the rules, so she immediately handed the feather fan to a maid in the palace, held the thing in her hands, and tried to turn the clockwork.

The joints of the two little dolls trembled immediately, and Xiangliyue suddenly felt the novelty, and turned the mainspring again for a few times before letting go.

"Clack clack..."

They danced more violently, and then they suddenly kissed on the lips, and they broke up immediately after kissing, but they kissed again and again.

Although they are only two small puppets, such explicit movements have a great impact on the two backward-thinking maids.

Not to mention that they screamed "Ah" and their faces were flushed, even Xiangliyue herself felt very ashamed: "Hey! This enemy..."

After being slightly startled, Xiangliyue hurriedly changed the subject: "This is the first gift, what about the remaining two gifts?"

"The second gift was given by Mr. Hu Hai." Both maids shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know what the second and third gifts were.

"It's really yours! Why do you want to scratch people's hearts like this?" Thinking that the little husband must be secretly complacent at this time, Xiang Liyue couldn't help but get angry.

Just at this time, Zhao Zihu, who was in the lobby of the Yantai County Government Office, slapped his nose five times.

Ying Zheng sat in the middle seat, waiting for the bride to bow to him. Seeing this, he couldn't help but gouged out his baby's eyes.

【Aren't you suffering from a cold?You said you boy, why did you take Old Shiba and the others to the back mountain to make those lights last night...]

Realizing the meaning of the emperor's eyes, Zhao Zihu raised his hand slightly, and smiled: 【It's not Fenghan, it's your daughter-in-law who is complaining about your minister. 】

[To put it bluntly, you dote on her too much.Such a grand wedding is already flattering Mrs. Li, and you still made three gifts. 】Ying Zheng rolled his eyes and gestured with three fingers.

Zhao Zihu grinned and yawned long. He had been standing here for more than half an hour, but he was not interested in playing riddles with the emperor.

Seeing how this father and son are like this, the princes and ministers on both sides of the list are also tired of heart, whispering in small groups, hoping that this family tyrant will not play tricks at this juncture.

Your Majesty can accept it, but we old bones can't stand the stimulation...

This is the typical psychology of "the emperor is not in a hurry to kill eunuchs".

Everyone in the lobby waited for about two quarters of an hour before they heard repeated shouts from outside.

"The bride enters the palace!"

"The bride enters the palace!"

Ying Zheng stood up, turned around with Zhao Zihu and all the ministers and faced the outside of the hall. Jiang Jian, the Taichang Attendant of the Nine Ministers, took two steps forward and shouted in a majestic tone: "Turning..."

Outside the lobby, Xiang Liyue, who had just walked a short distance after getting off the car, immediately held the feather fan tightly and bowed half-kneeling.

That is to say, Shaojun walked towards her husband, every time he took a step, he bent his knees and nodded slightly, not really kneeling on the ground.

Walking to nine steps, the Taichang attendant said lightly: "Stop!"

Xiang Liyue then straightened up and continued to walk towards Zhao Zihu.

Wang Li, Lao Xiangli and the others who came with him stayed outside the official office, only the maids followed Xiangliyue and stepped into the lobby.

In the lobby, a couple of newlyweds stood facing each other, and Tai Chang waiter said slowly: "Bow..."

Zhao Zihu bowed to Xiangliyue, and Xiangliyue returned the salute.

Then, with a gesture of Zhao Zihu's hand, he and the slightly shy Xiangliyue walked slowly towards the main seat where the emperor was.

The two walked in front of Yingzheng, Taichang waiter ordered again: "Surrender..."

The couple bowed deeply to the emperor together and bowed their hands together.

"Excuse me, excuse me!" Ying Zheng raised his hands up, smiling brightly.

This is the first ceremony for the bride to get started-worshiping the aunt.

At this time, all the maids were divided into left and right, and stood in front of all the nobles.

The two Gong'es who presented doll gifts stood beside Zhao Zihu and his wife.

Outside the lobby, a group of servants carrying various utensils turned around from the west.

Tai Chang Shi ordered the couple to bow to each other, and then shouted: "Fan!"

In the lively atmosphere, Zhao Zihu raised his right hand to hold Xiangliyue's left hand. Xiangliyue smiled from the corner of his eyes, and moved the feather fan covering his face down inch by inch until his chin was exposed, before she handed it over to him.

Zhao Zihu handed the feather fan back to Gong'e beside him, and while the little Gong'e was passing it back, he took the bride's hand, faced Ying Zheng, and slowly sat down with his knees bent.

The two young maids had quick eyes and quick hands, and quickly spread the newly embroidered mandarin duck mats so that the couple would not sit on the bare ground.

The Taichang attendant ordered again: "Feng Yi Wo wash!"

The first two attendants outside the hall immediately held the washware, stepped over the threshold, and walked in front of the newlyweds in small steps.

The container was filled with spring water brought in from the mountain earlier, and the two little palace maids served Zhao Zihu and Xiang Liyue watering and washing, and wiped their hands with towels.

The servant holding the washware retreated to the side, and a table was placed between the emperor and the newlyweds, and everyone listened to the Taichang servant's sonorous words again.

"Big wedding ceremony, eat together in prison!"

Another attendant brought in a large tripod together with other edible utensils.

The big tripod was placed on the left side of the case table, and the towel on the tripod was removed. Inside it was a roast suckling pig with crystal clear flesh.

At this time, Jiang Jian, the Taichang attendant, personally held the knife, and lightly sliced ​​two pieces of skin and meat on the back of the suckling pig, and put them into cups with bean paste and meat sauce respectively, and the two young maids presented them to the couple.

Zhao Zihu and Xiangliyue held up their chopsticks to respect each other, dipped the meat in the sauce, but just took a bite and put it down.

The Taichang attendant and the two young lady-in-waiting made a toast, and asked the newlyweds to rinse their mouths and eat.

Zhao Zihu and Xiangliyue worshiped and received it. After drinking the sacrificial wine, they often served suckling pig liver to accompany the wine.

The newly-weds return to pay homage to the Taichang attendant with the liver held in chopsticks. After tasting the liver, they put it in the beans and go to drink.

After the toast, I bowed again. Taichang waiter took over the wine bar, and served the newcomers to rinse their mouths and drink again, but this time they served food and wine.

Until the third gargling and drinking, this is the perfect wine.

The so-called 卺 was a gourd divided into two halves, which were connected by silk threads, and were held in front of them by two little ladies.

The Taichang waiter said: "Come together and have sex."

Zhao Zihu and Xiangliyue held up a swan and drank together.

Every movement here is used to make the son tiger first, and the bride the moon second.

At this point, the ceremony is over.

"Have fun!"

Following Tai Changshi's slow speech again, the gongs, drums, and plaque bells started to move again.

The officials on both sides also took their seats according to their ranks, and the formal wine and food were presented immediately, and even the sword dance of the warriors began to be staged at the same time.

After eating a little bit, Ying Zheng stood up from the newlyweds' case, shook his sleeves, walked around and said respectfully, "Drink up, everyone, I'm very happy today, don't be too reserved!"

"Thank you Your Majesty..."

"I respect your majesty! My son and young master!"

All the nobles hurriedly got up one after another to pay their respects, all they spit out were praises, the scene was so harmonious and cheerful.

When the sword dance of the sharp warriors ended in a victorious situation, and the song and dance of the court ladies was about to be staged, just as night fell, Zhao Zihu suddenly waved his hand: "Slow down! Hu Hai! Put on the fireworks..."

"Father! Everyone! Follow me outside the hall to enjoy the joy!!" He said, winking and smiling at Liyue Xiang, then got up, grabbed the man's hand, and walked out quickly.

"Okay! Brother Hu." Seeing Zhao Zihu passing by, Hu Hai also jumped up, echoed, and ran out ahead of him.

Except for Ying Zheng, Zhao Tuo, Zhao Gao and Meng Yi, all the officials looked at each other, smiled wryly and shook their heads, thinking that the clan tyrant just wanted to set off the fireworks again for fun.

Unexpectedly, when they walked out of the lobby, what they saw was that Mr. Hu Hai held a thin bamboo tube and released a small spark into the night sky.

"This……"

"what does this mean?"

All the ministers were a little confused for a moment.

Zhou Qingchen thought for a while, and bravely squeezed to the side of the emperor, raised his hands and asked, "Your Majesty! I really don't understand what the princes are trying to do?"

"Just wait. It should be fun!" Ying Zheng answered uncertainly. In fact, he didn't understand what the cowardly baby was doing with those lamps.

Counsel wants everyone to come out and watch, what do you want to see?
Could it be that those cloth lanterns can still fly into the sky...

If so!

If the words on the lamp were seen by these great Confucians...

So much fun!

Just as he was thinking, Ying Zheng saw someone in the crowd yelling, "Look! Something is floating up." He followed the sound and looked towards the sky, and he saw something like a light, floating upwards from the northwest corner. rise.

Afterwards, amidst the exclamations all around, more and more lights floated up, and they rose very high, but there was a long rope tied under each of the lights, and there seemed to be something written on the white cloth around the lights. .

"Look! What's written on those lamps?"

"It's too high and too far away, I can't see clearly..."

"You can take a look through your son's binoculars!" Zhang Liang reminded at the right time.

But the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, which made people look at him with evil intentions.

Chunyu became more puzzled, but still said: "Yes! Young master, please borrow the binoculars."

Zhao Zihu sized him up, smiled, and asked questions curiously.

"Master Chunyu eats well and sleeps soundly recently? Doesn't he have any cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases?"

(End of this chapter)