Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 62 The Big Wedding
  Jia Rong's eyes lit up when he saw the bride.

At this moment, Qin Keqing was wearing a red hijab, a bright red robe with sleeves, a narrow jasper belt, and seven gold inlays on the belt. She was dressed gorgeously and noblely.

She holds a vase in her arms, with the "Butterfly Love Flower" pattern on the neck and the "Man Chi Jiao" pattern on the belly, symbolizing the auspicious meaning of "the couple stay together forever" and "their descendants are prosperous".

The bride came out of the back house, and everyone looked at her, as if they wanted to take a look at her beautiful face under the hijab.

Fortunately, Yingluo's face was covered with a hijab, and her wedding dress was three layers inside and three outside. It was so tightly wrapped that even her figure couldn't be seen.

I could only vaguely see that the bride was not short, and her shoulders and neck were a bit taller than others.

From the boudoir to the outer house, the bride is supported by the "Quanfu woman" throughout the entire journey.

From the outer house to the door, the bride's brother or father will accompany her. Qin Ye stepped forward slowly, supported Qin Keqing, walked out of the door, and carried Qin Keqing onto the sedan chair.

When he saw the bride getting into the sedan, the curtain of the sedan was removed, and Qin Keqing in the sedan, she felt "parting" and couldn't help crying.

And after hearing this voice, Qin Ye couldn't hold back any longer. He couldn't help but burst into tears and just waved his hands, "Go, go..."

When all the guests saw this, they also shook their heads with emotion. He stepped forward to comfort Qin Ye. Jia Rong repeatedly promised to be good to Qin Keqing, and Qin Ye just stopped crying.

Then, Jia Rong got on his horse, and the wedding team set off again, turning back to Ningrongfang.

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  The procession to welcome the bride arrived in front of the Ningguo Mansion with great excitement and music. Amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, Jia Rong opened the sedan curtain and carefully helped Qin Keqing out of the sedan.

"My good wife has come home."

"Thank you dear man."

Today is Jia Rong's wedding, and the main entrance of Ningguo Mansion finally opened for the first time in a long time.

In front of the main entrance, there is a large red carpet that cannot be stepped on by the bride. They also set up saddles and braziers. Jia Rong supported Qin Keqing and stepped over carefully.

"The bride rides on horseback and her martial arts fortune is prosperous!"

"The bride worships the fire and wishes you good luck!"

Qin Keqing stepped over the brazier, and Jia Rong helped her onto the stage. After crossing the main threshold of Ningguo Mansion, Yin Yangsheng shouted again at the top of his lungs: "The bride comes in, and she will have more children and more blessings!"

Entering the main courtyard, Jia Rong supported Qin Keqing and went straight into the south hall.

At this moment, in the Xiangnan Hall, Jia Jingduan sat at the head of the throne and accepted the salutations of his grandson-in-law under the witness of all the guests. As for Jia Zhen... she didn't come because she was sick and couldn't get up. With Jia Jing here, You family is not qualified to accept Qin Keqing's worship.

In fact, this is also good.

Although You is nominally Jia Rong's stepmother and Qin Keqing's mother-in-law. But in fact, Youshi is just a step-in-law of Jia Zhen. There is no blood relationship with Jia Rong at all. There is no way to compare with Qin Keqing.

If you worship at this time, you will inevitably be criticized.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will also have rifts.

Anyway, both the elders of the Jia clan and the guests attending the ceremony all felt that Jia Rong had arranged everything well.

In this way, Jia Rong and Qin Keqing respectfully performed the "three bows" in the Xiangnan Hall in front of the elders of the Jia clan and the guests attending the ceremony, under the auspices of Yin Yangsheng.

That is the so-called "first worship to heaven and earth, second worship to the high hall, and husband and wife to each other."

After the three salutations are completed, it is time to enter the bridal chamber.

Yin Yangsheng, who presided over the ceremony, led the way, leading the groom and bride out of the south-facing hall, out of the corner door in the southeast corner, turned to the northeast, passed the Yimen, and entered Jiarong's courtyard.

The courtyard was filled with joy, and the yin and yang students led the bride and groom into the bridal chamber and performed the "three rituals" again.

That is the so-called "Tonglao, Hexin and Jiefa".

Prisoners are animals. If the three words "pig, cow, sheep" are used, it is called "Tailao". If the two words "pig and sheep" are used, it means "shaolao". When a couple eats from the same bowl, it means the beginning of a life together. Hexin wine is the so-called "Jiaobei wine".

But it's different from what's shown in the TV series. Men and women don't hold each other's arms while drinking a glass of wine. Instead, the bridegroom and the bride each held half a gourd-shaped "gourd" filled with wine, and drank each of them.

The gourd is very bitter, and the wine tastes bitter as well, which means "sharing joys and sorrows, sharing weal and woe".

However, the ancient "Henu wine" has evolved to the present day. The gourds in the bridal chamber have disappeared and are replaced by cups. Everyone can drink it.

The last gift is "hair knot", also called "combination bun", which refers to the original couple.

This is also the origin of the term "couple with hair".

"Book of Rites·Quli" says: "When a woman is promised to marry, she wears a tassel."

"Yi Li·Hun Li" says: "When the master enters the house, he takes off his wife's tassel."

"Tokyo Menghua Lu" says: "Whenever you marry a woman, the man and woman bow to each other and go to bed, with the man on the left and the woman on the right. Leave a little hair, and the two families will provide a forged piece, hairpin, wooden comb, hair and beard, etc. This is called a combined bun. .”

Times are developing, and wedding procedures are also changing. The ancient hair knot ceremony has been handed down to this day. Men and women only take a piece of hair, tie it together, wrap it in red silk, and it is completed.

The three rites are over.

The bride sits on the tent, Yin and Yang spread the tent, Jia Rong takes the wedding bag to express her gratitude, and the whole process is over.

"My good wife, sit down for a moment. I'll go and come back." Jia Rong stood outside the brocade tent and said with a smile to Qin Keqing, who was sitting in the brocade tent.

"It's okay for my beloved to go, but don't drink too much. You have to take care of your body." Qin Keqing's delicate voice came from the brocade tent.

"Yes, I understand." Jia Rong nodded with a smile, left the courtyard with Yin Yang, came to the main courtyard to gather with the guests, and rode to Chongpingfang again.

It is different from what is shown in TV dramas. When getting married, the man holds a big banquet and entertains guests and relatives to drink and feast. It is the third day after the bride comes to the house, also called the "three days of marriage."

Today, the bride has finished "sitting in the tent", but the groom is going to his in-law's house to "thank his bride".

Although I have to drink wine, it is just a "small drink". It won't be like in the TV series where "you smell like alcohol and can't walk". Can you still have a bridal chamber?

"Dang--dang!" "Dang--dang!" "Dang--dang!"

At the end of the watch, the sound of the watchman banging could be heard in Chongping Square. The banquet in the Qin Mansion came to an end, and the drunken guests dispersed and returned home in carriages.

Accompanied by Jia Rong, Qin Ye and his son sent the guests away and then said goodbye.

"Old Taishan, I'm going home too."

Jia Rong's eyes were clear, and she bowed to Qin Ye, then walked into a small green gauze sedan, carried by the bearers, and swayed home.

After squinting in the sedan for a while, the sedan suddenly landed firmly on the ground. Sun Rui said respectfully: "Master, we're home."

"Ah."

Jia Rong walked out of the green gauze sedan, stepped on the big red carpet, crossed the threshold and entered the main courtyard of Ningguo Mansion, then ran to the Yimen in the northeast corner, turned a corner and entered her own yard.

The yard was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was full of joy.

The girls and servants all sent him congratulations.

Jia Rong's eyes were clear, and with some expectation, she clenched her fists nervously, took a deep breath, and strode towards the wedding room.

"Good wife, I'm back!"

(End of this chapter)