female concubine

Chapter 11 Keding Jue Family

After Najib, the auspicious date for the prince's wedding was set, and the envoys were ordered to issue an edict to announce it to the world. Before the official newspaper of the imperial court was sent to the local area, the news of the Beijing Central Mansion newspaper had already spread throughout the north and south.

Then came Nazheng, where the dowry gift prepared in advance was delivered by Chu Wangfu to the Founding Duke's Mansion.

Najib, after accepting the levy is a personal greeting.

There is still a time limit before the personal welcome ceremony, which indicates that the personal welcome ceremony will be held in three days.

Except for the ostentation, the process of the royal wedding is the same as that of the civil society. Referring to "Zhou Li", the emperor's gift wedding saves the lottery and name asking, and is organized by the Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

On the morning of the application period, the Shangfu Bureau sent the flower hairpin crown and Zhai clothes worn for the big wedding to the Founding Duke's mansion.

When a prince establishes a mansion and buys a family member, he is like a foreign courtier, and the prince and concubine is a foreign court wife.

"One grade of flower hairpins, one crown, nine flower hairpins, nine jewels, one piece of Di garment, embroidered with Di Jiu, etc..."

"Here are the tiaras and flower powder for making up. In addition, there are jade ruyis, jade bracelets and other jewelry sent by the noble concubine of Zhaohua Pavilion. Wangfei, please order."

"The concubine hasn't been registered yet, so she can't afford to be called a princess by Zhonggui."

"Taichang Temple has already been enshrined, and the lady is Chu Wang Yuanfei, who can't be shaken, otherwise how dare the villain speak nonsense?"

After all, it was the eunuch who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was clever in everything he said and did. The eunuch waved to the people behind him, and took a step forward, "My lady, I have something to bring to the princess."

"Oh?"

"The lady said that from now on, the princess will be a family when she enters the palace. The king of Chu is useless, and in the future he will have to rely on the teaching and...blessing of the princess. If the prince has done something wrong, I hope the princess can forgive him."

The eunuch's retelling made Xiao Wanqing laugh in her heart, "Please Zhonggui report back to the imperial concubine for me, the concubine marries into the palace, and she is the prince's first wife. From now on, I will put the prince first in everything I do, and take care of myself. Internal affairs, take care of the palace for the prince."

The eunuch nodded, "The villain will go back and report to the imperial concubine first."

After the people in the palace left, Xiao Yunze came out from the screen, his eyes glowed, "So many things...how much do they cost, is it worth it?"

"It's all for show, the so-called face of the Tian family."

"Tomorrow, I will go to the groom's house with my father to shop." Xiao Yunze fixed his eyes on the jade ornaments in the sandalwood box, "Help Sanniang find out the bottom of the palace."

Seeing the red note pasted next to him, Xiao Yunze patted his head and suddenly remembered, "Tomorrow... I'd better not go."

"Didn't Brother Gang still say to find out for Sanniang? Why doesn't he want to go?"

"Sanniang doesn't know... No, I'd better go tomorrow. I offended him, and he is the prince. I'm afraid he will hold grudges because of it. Sanniang is going to marry into the palace soon. I can't just because of me. Missed you."

She wanted to say no, but then she thought about it and asked, "So brother wants to apologize to him?"

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The day before the big wedding, the bride's natal family will go to the groom's house to lay the wedding room and set up the bill.

The emperor bestowed a marriage, and the gift cannot be revoked, and the people in the founding mansion did not dare to slack off, so they were ready early to rush to the Chu Palace at dawn.

The founding father, Xiao Huaide, was still guarding the border, and it was his eldest son and grandson, Xiao Youqing's father and brother, who came here.

"This Prince Chu's mansion is so magnificent!" Xiao Yunze followed his father to greet him all the way in.

The whole process of the bride's family's visit is guided by the stewards of the Chu Palace. As for the owner of the Chu Palace...

"Ah Lang, today is the shop. Someone is coming from Wangfei's house. Wake up quickly."

Wei Huan covered the quilt after hearing this, "People from the Xiao family, don't see you!"

"But isn't Alang afraid of being blamed by His Majesty?"

Wei Huan poked his head out, "The more you shrink your head, the more others will bully you into being weak. The Xiao family is rushing to send their daughter off..." She glanced at Xiaoliuzi.

"The servant is waiting for you outside the door, and the tea for rinsing mouth is also ready, and they are all waiting outside."

Wei Huan slept in the study, and if he didn't sleep in the study on weekdays, he would sleep in the side courtyard of the east courtyard, and the main room of the east courtyard was used as a wedding room.

The founding mansion first sent some simple furniture and set up a red curtain on the bed, and the rest will be brought along with the dowry tomorrow.

This dynasty likes extravagance, and extravagance in marriage is better than that of the previous dynasty, especially when the scholar-bureaucrats marry their daughters, the red makeup that goes with the marriage can be spread for ten miles.

Scholars not only dress differently, but also have strict regulations on building and decorating houses.

"This room has three floors inside and three floors outside. It doesn't seem like a grievance for my sister to marry into the palace!"

Li Weng was listening, and even though he knew their surname was Xiao, he still pretended to say: "This is the palace of the king. It was built according to the layout of the inner palace when the general was ordered to build it."

"Guard Li, Ah Lang got up, in the middle hall."

After Xiao Xianrong heard this, "I'll go to the prince..."

"Daddy." Xiao Yunze stopped him, "Let me go."

"you?"

"I didn't know good and bad before, and offended my brother-in-law. Sanniang will marry tomorrow. I don't want her to be wronged in the palace because of me."

Xiao Xianrong didn't say anything on the surface, but he said in his heart: How dare the king of Chu wrong the Xiao family's daughter?

"Xiao Yunze, the grandson of the Founding Duke, pays his respects to the King of Chu."

Just after taking a few bites of the breakfast that was moved to the middle hall, Wei Huan looked sideways at the kneeling people, frowned slightly and ignored them as if he didn't see them.

"That day, the villain was too blind to see Mount Tai, so he offended the prince, and asked the prince to forgive the villain for the sake of not making a big mistake."

The arrogance and arrogance of that day were gone, Wei Huan knew why Xiao Yunze knelt down.

She put down the chopsticks, raised her head as if she had just discovered it, and with a smile on her face, she quickly got up and walked to Xiao Yunze's side, "Oh, it turned out that Xiao Ya Nei is here." She bowed slightly and helped him up, "These servants are getting better and better." It's becoming more and more unruly, and they don't remind me, Xiao Yanei please hurry up, I was also at fault for what happened that day, I hope the Yamen will not care about it."

"My lord..." Xiao Yunze was a little confused by King Chu's behavior.

"Now you and I are about to become a family. You are the eldest brother of the princess, and naturally you are also my elder brother. For past mistakes, let them not be blamed."

"My lord's words will really ruin this villain." Xiao Yunze cupped his hands, "This villain will participate in this year's martial arts. With what my lord said, I will swear allegiance to my lord in the future."

Wei Huan straightened up, "If the yamen wins, then you and I will be courtiers of the same court from now on, and it is right to help each other, but this word of loyalty should be said to be heard by His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes, yes, the villain made a mistake."

Wei Huan turned around again and put his hands behind his back, "The sincere little king of the yamen is here today. I have something to say, and I will tell her personally tomorrow!"

"He really told you that?"

Xiao Yunze nodded, "I think he looks like a childish kid, he is as weak and deceitful as the world says, what kind of gentleman, what kind of gentle and refined, he is just cowardly!"

"But I don't think that's the case, but he saw through, and I let my brother's temptation." Xiao Youqing lowered his eyebrows and thought deeply, "You can bend and stretch... It seems that this sixth prince is not a good stubble, and his thoughts are far deeper than I thought."

"According to Sanniang, he's just pretending? Isn't the King of Chu difficult to deal with? From now on, you..."

"Brother, don't worry, maybe it's not a bad thing." The news brought back by the elder brother aroused Xiao Youqing's curiosity, what kind of person is this king of Chu.

That night.

"Where's your lord?"

"I took the little six out of the house before sunset."

"Send someone to look for it."

"I've looked for it, but I'm afraid it's not in the inner city,"

"Tomorrow is going to be a big wedding, why is this prince still running outside?"

In the brothel of Kaifeng Mansion, there are people laughing, singing and dancing, and there is also a spring night in the tent.

Early the next morning, the woman woke up the sleeping person.

"Today is the day when Liu Lang welcomes you in person."

Hearing the word "welcome" was like a shackle, "I'm afraid that from now on, there will be no more peace."

Wei Huan got up from the couch, put on his clothes, and took out a piece of jade from his purse, "After tomorrow, I don't know if I will have a chance to see my sister again. If my sister has something to do in the future, I can take this piece of jade to the palace. They will meet again." I dare not stop you."

——Boom! ——

"Ah Lang, the carriage has arrived at the back door."

"When a woman goes to a stranger's house, it is inevitable that she will feel fear in her heart. No matter what, she is Liu Lang's first wife, and Liu Lang needs to treat her well tonight."

Wei Huan chuckled, "That is, of course!"

After returning to the palace, Li Weng rushed to Wei Huan's side in a hurry, "Where did the prince go last night, it's easy for the villain to find."

"Isn't it time to greet you in the dark? It's still early, what's the hurry?"

"Early this morning, the imperial concubine sent someone here, and delivered a lot of things."

"Ah."

"His Majesty gave nine banquets."

"You don't need to tell me about these trivial matters. I already understand the process of welcoming you in person. Now I'm going to study. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do."

"Yes, but there will be princes and ministers coming to the banquet after the personal welcome..."

"At that time, the king will do what he should do!"

"Yes." Li Weng stopped following.

"My lord recently?"

Little Six shook his head, "Don't ask about Li Guanshi. The marriage came so suddenly, A Lang didn't prepare for it, and there is an extra housekeeper for no reason. Naturally, I am annoyed. Li Guanshi should know better than us."

In the afternoon, as dusk approached, the people in the inner city rushed to the streets in the west of the city to watch the prince marry his concubine.

In the palace, the red light of sunset slanted into the room through the windows, hitting the court boots, changing into the prince's dress and the nine-pronged crown, and the portrait changed into a different person.

Little Six also put on new clothes, and went inside to announce, "Ah Lang, Zhai Che, guards, and band are all waiting outside the door."

The guard team opened a wide road, and pedestrians were not allowed to move around, and the people on both sides stood on tiptoe and looked forward to it.

"I'm tired of the car, I remember that it was this type of car that was used ten years ago to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince's wedding and welcome the Crown Princess's wedding."

The whole body of the carriage to welcome the relatives is red, with a purple group cover on the top, the four pillars are covered by tents, and wide belts hang down from the four sides.

The carriage is decorated with Zhai feathers and silks of various colors, and there is an incense cabinet on the horizontal shaft. There are incense burners, incense cabinets, and incense treasures on the cabinet, and they are decorated with dragons.

There are four red horses on the carriage, and each horse has a golden mask on its face, Zhai feathers on its head, and a chest bell tied on its chest, which makes a sound every time it moves.

The Founding Duke's Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the guests were even more numerous than Chu Wang's Mansion.

The dowry was all over the yard, and the porters and coachmen outside the yard also changed into red jackets.

"I'm afraid the Duke's Mansion will lose half of the family property when they marry their daughter this time."

"Xiao Xianggong is just such a daughter. The son is useless, and it is useless to keep the family property."

In Xiao Youqing's boudoir, the female envoys are carefully arranging the wedding dresses. If not in the Xiao Mansion, and their daughters married the prince again, they probably would never have come into contact with this kind of wedding dress so closely in their lifetime.

Zhai clothes are woven with blue material, decorated with nine rows of colorful Zhai patterns on blue background, and lined with plain yarn.

The collar edge of the middle single is vermilion embroidered with Fu patterns, the sleeve edges are also vermilion, and the cloth is all Luohu.

The large belt is the same color as the clothing, the knee covering is the same color as the lower garment, the blue socks are worn, and the accessories and ribbons are of the same level as the prince.

Finally, put on the flower hairpin crown.

"Girls really look good in anything."

Xiao Youqing looked at the blue and red in the bronze mirror, "You all think this dress looks good, but you don't know how heavy it is."

"No matter how beautiful the clothes are, only people like girls can set them off."

Suddenly, there was a sobbing sound from among the female envoys.

"The girl is very happy, why are you crying?"

"I'm happy for the girl. If the eldest lady is here, how happy I would be to see the girl so beautiful when she is an adult and married."

"Girl, she..."

——Boom! ——

"The welcoming team has arrived, please leave the palace and get on the bus."

The female envoy came in and reported, "Miss, people from the palace are here to urge you to make up."

Xiao Youqing raised his hand, "It's time to go to the ancestral hall."

"Yes."

In the Xiao family's ancestral hall, Xiao Xianrong had been waiting for a long time.

"This dress fits Sanniang so well, it looks even better than the one my mother wore when she was appointed."

Xiao Xianrong glared at Xiao Yunze, which made him shut up.

The female envoys supported Xiao Youqing's tablet and bowed down.

"Mother, my son has become an adult and can know how to distinguish people's hearts, but he finally chose this road and eliminated all the worst ones, but bet on someone I know nothing about. I hope my mother's spirit in the sky can bless her." Daughter, bless the Xiao family."

"Now you hold the feed in your palm, and encourage you with the precepts, and you will never violate your orders."

The female envoy helped Xiao Youqing out of the ancestral hall to the middle hall and waited with the fans closed.

Wei Huan had no contact with the Founding Duke's mansion before, and this is her first visit.

There were clan relatives in the welcoming team, as well as staff members of Prince Chu's mansion. When they first arrived at the gate, they were taken to warmly entertained by the people of the founding mansion.

Wei Huan followed the ceremony to the middle hall and stood in front of the double fans.

Hearing the footsteps stop, Xiao Youqing clenched his hands on his chest.

Wei Huan's eyes stared at the peacock feather fan and remained motionless, because she was also looking forward to it.

Just waiting for Li Zhiguan to call out: "Que fan."

The maids took down their fans at the same time.

The pupils dilate, indicating surprise.

"No wonder King Zhao is like this..."

"My lord, my lord!" Seeing that no one was moving, Li Zhiguan hurriedly reminded.

Only then did Wei Huan hesitantly take his right hand out of the sleeve he was holding.

Hesitation means reluctance. He is a smart person rather than a covetous person.

The moment Xiao Youqing put his hand on it, he felt the calluses on the fingers of the king of Chu who had been holding the pen all year round.

When King Chu looked at her, his face was as cold as the cold wind in late autumn, but the temperature from his palm was very warm.

Along the way, she was thinking about the person beside her and thinking about how to deal with it.

Under the banquet, "The Duke's Mansion is really a golden house, it's no wonder Prince Zhao has been making a bitter face today."

"Master Zhao is mighty, while Lord Chu is too delicate, and Princess Chu is cold, so she is not worthy of King Zhao. It's a pity."

The author has something to say: I will focus on the wedding ceremony, after all, this is a very important day for the two heroines, it is worth commemorating~