Just in the Middle, You Told Me This is Journey to the West

The fiery red sedan chair and fiery red dowry symbolize the joy of marriage and good luck.

The toilet is cleared, the sedan chair is in the middle, and the coffin is in the middle. Life and death, never leave.

This is also the most glorious day in the life of ancient women.

The bride's dowry is even more complete, with thousands of pieces and thousands of varieties, including all aspects of daily life.

The large ones include Qiangong bed, front table, big round table, wine table, Eight Immortals table, desk, red wardrobe, bedside cabinet, hangers, tea table, dressing table, etc.

Small items include various dressing boxes, fruit barrels, barrel trays, drum barrels, needles and thread brains, etc., and thousands of pieces can be made without duplication.

They are often painted with red lacquer and carved with gold, and some are even just for dowry, without their own practicality.

In addition, rich families will also marry servants, maidservants, and even fields, forests and shops.

In this world where there are cultivating immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons, more dowry needs to be prepared.

All kinds of practice resources, treasures, talisman vessels, and classics of exercises can all be included in the dowry.

Such a set of red makeup is often prepared when a girl is a child, and gradually enriched and complete in the expectation and vision of several years or even ten years.

Ten miles of red makeup represents the official marriage of the Ming media, and symbolizes the status and identity of the main house in the society of three wives and four concubines.

Almost every utensil contains a woman's longing for a happy life in the future, as well as the blessings and expectations of her parents and even the family.

It was precisely because of this that even though Chen Qi was very bored sitting in the dragon sedan chair, he did not have the slightest impatience to break the ancient etiquette of welcoming relatives and sending off marriages.

This is also a respect for his unmarried wife.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for this time. It only took about an hour, and the dragon and phoenix sedan chair that Chen Qi was riding had already entered Qingzhou County City.

This is also due to the fact that the members of the welcoming team have basically practiced martial arts, so they can walk hundreds of miles to send the sedan chair and dowry to Qingzhou County in such a short period of time.

After the welcoming team returned to Qingzhou County, it also marked the beginning of the wedding.

The phoenix sedan chair enters the door, and the ceremony and music are greeted by gongs and drums.

When the bride gets off the sedan chair, the red silk petals pave the way, and the shoes should not touch the ground.

Afterwards, Chen Qi shot from a long distance with his bow, and three arrows fixed the world.

Shooting into the sky, praying for blessings from heaven; shooting into the earth, representing eternal life; shooting into the distance, wishing a happy life in the future.

Passing the brazier symbolizes a prosperous life.

Cross the saddle and put an apple on the saddle, which means peace and security.

Then there is the part of worship.

In the words of later generations, it is "one worship to heaven and earth, second worship to the high hall, husband and wife worship each other, and send them to the bridal chamber."

Of course, this is also a simplified statement of later generations. In fact, this process is not simple at all.

The whole worship process can be called "kneeling three times, bowing nine times, and worshiping six times".

At the beginning of worship, candles, incense, firecrackers and music are played.

After the bride and groom are seated, they will be guided by two male guests, kneel down three times and knock down nine times, and pay homage to heaven and earth, ancestors and parents of both parties.Women and men, it's time for husband and wife to salute.

After the worship, the bridegroom leads the bride into the bridal chamber with a ribbon of colored balls.

Chen Qi also brought his bride into the bridal chamber.

When entering the bridal chamber, the feet must walk on the sack.

There are usually five sacks, but there are also ten sacks. After passing one, Xi Niang and others are passed on to the front and then laid on the road, which means "passing on the family line" and "five generations meeting".

After entering the bridal chamber, sit on the edge of the bed according to the male left and the female right, which is called "sitting on the bed".

A woman with both good fortune and longevity taps the bride's head slightly with a scale beam, and then picks off the "cape", which means "satisfaction", which is called "please ask for a square scarf".

Only now did Chen Qi really see the true face of his bride.

This is an extremely beautiful woman, not only in appearance, but also in temperament.

The long eyelashes trembled, the eyes seemed to be fogged with mist, and the red lips and jade teeth shone with a crystal luster.

With a slender neck, icy muscles and fine bones, exquisite facial features, and a stunning face, it looks like the most beautiful creation in the world.

At this time, the girl was wearing a phoenix crown and a scarf, her delicate and perfect face was set off by the red candle, she was so alluring that Chen Qi couldn't help being slightly absent-minded.

As if feeling Chen Qi's gaze, the girl's eyelashes trembled, she couldn't help opening her eyes, and looked up at Chen Qi, like a dream, flawless and innocent.

Under Chen Qi's obsessive eyes, the bride couldn't help being shy, and two red clouds rose on her jade-like cheeks, which was extremely alluring.

At this time, in the new house, the maids had already finished laying out the carved nanmu couch, and two happy wives were spreading money on the couch.

One of the happy women sprinkled money made of gold and silver, while reciting: "Tonight is auspicious, the daughter of Yang's family is married to the Chen family, after the vow is fulfilled, I will live forever and keep Jichang. Five men and two women, The slaves and maidservants will go. After the vows are made, the life span of the husband and wife will be extended!"

After reciting the mantra and prayer for spreading the tent, the xipo stepped forward to salute and said, "." Please invite the new uncle and young lady to get on the couch and roll the money! "

According to Xi Po's instruction, the two put on the couch and rolled their bodies together a few times, and the ceremony was considered complete.

After the ceremony was completed, Chen Qi just looked at the bride in front of him wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei, feeling an indescribable sense of happiness in his heart.

Compared with the bitter life in the previous life.

It is indeed a very happy thing to be able to marry such a beautiful bride now.

After waiting for a while, Xi Po saw that Chen Qi was still standing in the room, with an imperceptible smile on her lips, she stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Please, new uncle, stay away for a while!"

"Ok?"

Well, Chen Qi didn't know much about this ceremony, so he could only follow their wishes.

After seeing Chen Qi go out, the Xi Po actually started to explain the couple's affairs to Yang Qingchan.

Yang Qingchan under the red hijab blushed, but still listened very seriously.

Although she is the direct daughter of the Hongnong Yang family, she has received a good education since she was a child.

But regarding the matter of the boudoir, it was still like a blank sheet of paper, and he could only listen to Xipo's teaching in a daze.

When the dowry maid invited Chen Qi back to the room again, the bride had already taken off her phoenix coronet and Xiapei, and changed into a light attire.

At the same time, he also noticed many differences in the bride's expression.

I don't know whether it's rouge or shyness on the face, but it's all red, which is really cute.

The couple drank three glasses of wine, and the wedding ceremony was basically completed.

Why do you say it is basically completed?

Because before the actual bridal chamber, the bride and groom have one more thing to do.

That is, the groom takes the bride to greet the elders who come to the wedding, and to meet the parents-in-law and elders.

After eating a little something, the two went to the front hall and the front yard to wait for the visiting guests. Under the leadership of the elders, they poured wine for the elders and guests who came.

The number one scholar in drinking is red, the dishes are many mandarin ducks, and the music plays a hundred birds facing the phoenix, and the dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness.

Of course, this step is also limited to main guests and relatives, and less familiar guests like those in the front yard can be avoided.

Keke, it's not inevitable.

Instead, the bride and groom walked to the front yard and toasted a glass of wine to the guests in the whole yard.

Then the master of ceremonies said loudly: "Because there are so many guests and friends, the bride and groom are too busy to do a toast one by one. I hope the guests and friends will understand. Thank you, the bride and groom!"

That's it.

Therefore, Chen Qi still doesn't know that among the guests crowded in the front yard, there is another Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

He didn't have time to think about it.

As the saying goes: A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, who cares whether he is the emperor or not. .

Chapter 154

In the frosty November, last night it was snowing like Qingzhou, and the entire Qingzhou county was covered in heavy snow like goose feathers, which changed the color of the world overnight.

When Chen Qi woke up on the bed in the bedroom of Ming Chanju in the Passing Water Manor, the sun outside was almost hanging in the sky, and the white snow made the sunlight brighter, and through the window, the room was full of light.

However, even though the flying snow entered Qingzhou last night, the city was covered with snow.

The manor where Chen Qi lived was not affected at all.

Under the shroud of the Immortal Dao Formation, the manor is still like spring all year round, with hundreds of flowers blooming, full of spring, and not feeling the slightest chill.

Frost and snow all over the sky hit, fell into the manor, and finally turned into hazy rain, moistening the flowers all over the garden.

The beautiful woman got up early to fold flowers and returned, and asked with a smile whether people are more beautiful than flowers or flowers are more beautiful than people.

Chen Qi made a joke, which attracted the beauty's coquettish reluctance, crushed the delicate and beautiful Begonia, and wanted him to keep the empty room alone.

Such a scene echoes Tang Bohu's poem on jealousy.

The beautiful lady got up and left the orchid room, and folded to compare her red makeup with the mirror.How about Lang Hua?Lang Dao is not as good as Hua Yaotiao.The beautiful woman is coquettish and angry when she sees the words, and she doesn't believe that dead flowers are better than living people.Before crushing the flowers and throwing them to the man, please ask him to sleep with the flowers tonight.

Seeing this, Chen Qi stretched out his hand, and said tenderly: "Madam doesn't know, although flowers are slimmer than people, they are only compared with ordinary people, how can they be compared with fairies and goddesses like Madam."

"Humans are more beautiful than flowers. Flowers are colorless, and flowers are also desolate in front of people."

In the light gauze curtain, Yang Qingchan's cheeks were flushed, and her face was as delicate as a flower.

The loose blue hair was like clouds, black like ink, and said shyly: "Husband, don't make trouble, it will be bad if Chuxue and the others see it!"

Chuxue is Yang Qingchan's dowry maid.

As the daughter of the Yang family, Yang Qingchan's dowry is not just red makeup, farmland, shops, gold, silver and treasures.

There are also six hundred and sixty-six servants and three hundred and thirty-three maidservants, a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine, which means long and long.

Among the three hundred and thirty-three dowry maids, there are twelve personal maidservants of Yang Qingchan.

Cherish spring, welcome spring, explore spring; summer lotus, summer bamboo, summer lotus; autumn frost, autumn moon, autumn chrysanthemum; first snow, clear snow, pity snow.

Named after the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, they were all cultivated since childhood, and they were all talented and beautiful. They were carefully selected and used as dowry to take care of Yang Qingchan's daily life.

From this, we can get a glimpse of the extravagant and wealthy life of the great Tang family.

"Don't worry, 533 snowed last night, and the weather is slightly cold, let my husband help you drive away the cold first."

Chen Qi didn't open his eyes, but his big hands in the warm quilt tightened.