Four Nights Red House

In the spring of the first year of Kaiyao (681), after several months of careful planning, Qianhua Shengshi ushered in the grand and solemn wedding of the current and only princess—Princess Taiping.

After many years have passed, some old people who saw the wedding with their own eyes recalled that their dim eyes would suddenly sparkle, and their old cheeks would reveal the vigor and youthfulness of their youth.

All those who witnessed and experienced that wedding were moved by it, and it was deeply engraved in the depths of their hearts for a lifetime!

The magnificence of the scene and the grandeur of the momentum can be seen in the eyes, is there more than one "magnificent" that is enough to describe Er Er?

According to the "New Book of Tang Princess Biography": "Wannian County was used as a wedding hall, and the gates could not accommodate Zhai's chariots. Some officials destroyed the walls to enter. Since Xing'an Gate, they set up fires to belong to each other, and Taoism is dry."

Wannian County was one of the direct jurisdictions of the Tang Dynasty at that time, so the Wannian County Government was basically equivalent to the political capital of the Tang Dynasty.And the wedding hall of Princess Taiping was set up in the Wannian County Government. Such a specification is already very noble, but the setting off of the princess's phoenix is ​​far more than that...

Although there is nothing new in the etiquette of getting up and welcoming the sedan chair, it is indispensable.But when the majestic, richly decorated, and huge wedding car passed through Wannian County, the two gates of the county government were all wide open, and it was impossible to pass through this luxurious and huge wedding float!

At this time, it was almost without thinking. As soon as Empress Wu heard the news, she immediately ordered the wall to be demolished!Breaking ground and destroying the gate of the county government overnight is only for the consummation of the princess's wedding night!

According to the long-standing customs of the Tang Dynasty, the wedding ceremony is held on a good day at night.As a result, the left, right, and right teams that escorted the float along the way were also dazzling. Men and women rode tall horses, and the burning torches held high in their hands formed a long sky-reaching fire dragon one after another.

This swimming and dancing fire dragon extends from Xing'an Gate of Taichu Palace in the northeast of the capital to Wannian County Government in the southeast of the city.Half of the wall of flames bordered and reflected the sky, majestic and magnificent, directly illuminating the dark world like daytime!With the endless clamoring of the spring day and the sharp and slightly cold wind, the pagoda trees with new branches and leaves on both sides of the road were scorched and burned to ashes!

Back then, when Emperor Taizong married Princess Changle, the beloved daughter of Empress Changsun, Taizong just wanted to give Princess Changle more dowry.A "ritual system" restricts too much, even the emperor or the princess must not go beyond it!

Look at the marriage of Princess Taiping's son-in-law and Xue Shao's mother, Princess Chengyang. The divination before the marriage said that according to the fortune-telling of the princess and the son-in-law, it is inauspicious to marry at sunset.Emperor Taizong wanted to change it to be held in the daytime.However, the minister tried his best to persuade him, and in the end he had to follow the old rules to undertake it!

All of the above are in stark contrast to the current Princess Taiping's marriage.Empress Wu's care for Taiping, all her motherhood, seems to be not enough for this daughter.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is at its peak, not to mention that there are no courtiers who dare to criticize what Empress Wu has done for Taiping, even if anyone dares to criticize, the courage of Empress Wu's actions will not change this early plan. idea!

It has to be said that Princess Taiping has caught up with a good time.This wedding has never happened in thousands of years. Although it may not be unprecedented, it is indeed unprecedented!