First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138 Getting Married

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The whole Chang'an city is shrouded in the atmosphere of the New Year. This year is the first year that the Tang king entered Guanzhong. To show the Tang king's benevolent government, this year's Chang'an city is extraordinarily lively.

And in this lively atmosphere, Gao Chong's wedding date has arrived.

Finally, came the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Gao Chong had been dragged up a long time ago, and let himself dress up in a daze. He didn't have to do anything, he just needed to stay awake.

The first five of the "six rituals" have been completed by the elders in the family, what Gao Chong needs to do today is to welcome the relatives.

Welcoming the bride is the last step of the six rites before marriage. Gao Chong will personally lead the team to the Taiji Palace to bring Li Liuniang back to the Duke of Yan's mansion.

Along the way, Gao Chong was sitting on a tall horse, wearing a butterfly-red dress, looking extremely pompous, while Gao Xiong and other members of the family of Gao Fu distributed some candy and sprinkled some five-baht coins from time to time.

Zhan Zhan walked on the Suzaku Avenue, with great drum music, a mighty guard of honor, and magnificent floats, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, very lively.

To show his importance, Li Yuan deliberately chose to marry his sixth daughter Li Xiuwan in the Wanchun Hall on the left side of the Wude Hall. At this time, the Wanchun Hall had already been decorated splendidly.

After entering the Changle Gate and the Taiji Palace, there were no people around. Gao Chong looked at the majestic guard of honor, and couldn't help turning his head and asked, "Where are Liu Hongji and Changsun Wuji?"

Kaohsiung was also puzzled, he shook his head and said, "I didn't see it".

Gao Chong immediately became "vigilant", today was his big happy event, others might wait until the dinner party to appear, but these few people couldn't stay at home.

Sure enough, he walked around all the way to Xianchun Gate, only to see that the palace gate was closed tightly.

The Xianchun Gate is the courtyard gate of the Wanchun Palace, and entering the Xianchun Gate is the inner garden of the palace.

Just when Gao Chong was wondering, Liu Hongji appeared on the palace wall with a smile on his face, "Yuzhi, your sixth wife is still dressing up, just wait slowly."

"Why are you here?" Gao Chong asked curiously.

"Of course it's guarding the palace gate," Liu Hongji said with his head raised.

At this time, the people around me reminded me: "Mr. Lang, this is asking for makeup poems."

"A makeup reminder poem?" Gao Chong immediately understood when he heard the words, looked at the city and laughed loudly, "Brother Hongji, my makeup reminder poem is a bit long, can you remember it?

Liu Hongji was stunned when he heard it, and then hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, Youzhi first, take a pen and paper, and write it down quickly."Although Liu Hongji is literate and has military strategy, it is very difficult for him to recite poems correctly.

Seeing Liu Hongji's appearance like this, Gao Chong laughed out loud.

"I don't know what evening it is, so I urge the balcony to get closer to the mirror stage.

Who said that if a hibiscus is planted in water, a branch will bloom in a bronze mirror."

Upon hearing this, Liu Hongji said, "It's not long, is it? If you don't count, you will make a new song."

Gao Chong's face darkened, and he thought about it again, but Liu Hongji shook his head again, "Come again, come again."

At this time, Changsun Wuji came behind him and laughed out loud when he saw Liu Hongji being so "difficult".

"Nephew of the auxiliary machine, come up with a poem for me, don't miss the auspicious time." Seeing the eldest grandson Wuji came out and was still watching the play, Gao Chong immediately shouted, anyway, the reminder poems can also be made by relatives, friends and guests.

Changsun Wuji smiled, wishing to slap himself, so he looked at Liu Hongji with a wry smile, "Brother Hongji, it's almost done, there are still checkpoints to come."

Seeing this, Liu Hongji laughed and cursed and ordered the opening of the city.

When Gao Chong entered the palace, he gritted his teeth when he saw Liu Hongji, "Well, Liu Hongji, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't even think about going back home."

Liu Hongji suddenly felt a toothache when he heard the words, and grinned: "There are more in the future, I don't have to be drunk alone."

Arriving in front of Wanchun Hall, Gao Chong finally understood what Liu Hongji said, good guy, I saw Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin brothers standing on the left and right in front of Wanchun Hall, like door gods.

"Yuzhi, you are too slow", Li Shimin smiled when he met him, and then went straight to the float, grabbed the reins, stood with his hands behind his back, then held his head up and said nothing, extremely arrogant.

Li Jiancheng was more gentle and gentle, and walked slowly to the float, "Youzhi, let's start."

"Lang Jun, this is the article on barriers."Kaohsiung whispered to his ear canal.

The brothers of the Li family stopped in front of the float, Gao Chong had to compose a poem before he got out of the way and let the bride get on the float.

Gao Chong scratched his head, thinking hard.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to read the joke anymore.

Gao Chong finally read a poem, Li Jiancheng looked at the sky, then looked at Li Shimin, the two nodded, Li Jiancheng just shouted: "Open".

The door of Wanchun Hall opened slowly, and the sunlight overflowed in, only to see a woman wearing a skirt and wide sleeves slowly walking out of the hall.

Gao Chong knew that this was his wife, the sixth lady of the Li family, Li Xiuwan.

At this time, not all wedding dresses were red, only men wore crimson, while women wore turquoise, which is the origin of "red men and green women". "Virtue and Concentration".

Then the two brothers Li Jiancheng, one on the left and the other on the right, personally saw off the relatives, and the guard of honor was huge.

On both sides of Suzaku Street, the people watching the ceremony were even more crowded. During the New Year's Day, it was already lively, and when the Tang Dynasty married a daughter, the people also blended into the atmosphere and beamed with joy.

Seeing this, Li Shimin waved his hand, "throwing money".

After giving an order, the maids on the left and right opened the baskets covered with red cloth, grabbed handfuls of five baht coins, and threw them on both sides of the street.

"I am very happy today. I, Aye, rewarded [-] yuan, and my two brothers each gave [-] yuan to celebrate with the people," Li Shimin said with a grin.

"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master," Gao Chong nodded and thanked.

"It's still called the eldest son," Li Jiancheng said with a smile when he heard the words.

Li Shimin also stared, "What's the matter? Do you want me to give you some money?"

Gao Chong hurriedly responded with a smile.

Along the way, Chuichuidada arrived at Duke Yan's mansion, and helped Li Xiuwan to enter.

Li Yuan had long been dressed up and sat at the head, chatting with Gao Junya with a happy smile.

Then, under the auspices of the master of ceremonies of the Ministry of Rituals, first worship the mansion of the gods of heaven and earth, then the ancestors, then the husband and wife, and then Li Yuan, Lu Shi, Gao Junya and his wife.

After visiting the guests, they enter the bridal chamber. In the bridal chamber, there is another ritual of washing hands, that is, washing hands and face; but fan ceremony, that is, composing a poem to impress the bride with literary talent, so as to remove the round fan that covers her face.

At this time, it was the first time that Gao Chong had seen Li Xiuwan's appearance, she really lived up to her name, smart and charming, gentle and pleasant.

And Li Xiuwan also lowered her head, very shy, secretly glanced at Gao Chong, and hurriedly lowered her head, her ears turned red immediately.

Li Xiuwan is the sixth daughter, with a gentle and submissive nature, completely different from the heroic, bold and straightforward temperament of the third sister Li Xiuning.

Afterwards, they will eat the meat of the same animal together in the same prison ceremony; they will take a gourd and divide it into two, one for each person, and drink a cup of wine together. , Put it into the kit, keep it forever, and the threads are intertwined.

(End of this chapter)