"Tuberculosis?" Empress Dowager Chen was woken up by the palace maid in the middle of the night, and came to the palace a little unhappily, and listened to Huang Mengyu's narration, and then she was a little sober.

Seeing that Mrs. Chen was a little shocked, Huang Mengyu lowered his head, but said with certainty: "Hui Rensheng Empress Dowager, it is indeed tuberculosis." ”

"Hiss......" Empress Dowager Chen gasped: "What happened to Chen Hong, tuberculosis was not found out?" Does Cining Palace know the news? ”

"The Empress Dowager Cisheng may not be clear for the time being, but Gao Shizhong, uh, Gao Shizhong has already asked the slave to send someone to inform Chen Yuma, presumably the emperor will also ask later."

Empress Dowager Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but before she had time to relax, she suddenly sat up straight again, and exclaimed: "No, even if the emperor knows now, I'm afraid it's too late, yesterday Yao Yuan and the one surnamed Liang have been registered and edicted, this morning the emperor has presided over Yao Yuan's Jiao precept ceremony, and the one surnamed Liang must have completed the Jiao precept at home, this matter has been decided!" ”

It turned out that the reason why Zhu Yijun only went to see Xinzhai this afternoon was because he was going to hold a Jiao ring for his sister in the morning.

Here are two simple words, unlike the simplicity of weddings in later generations, weddings in the Ming Dynasty were much more complicated, and the process that needed to be completed could not be completed in one day.

I won't go into detail about the wedding process of ordinary people for the time being (because Baidu is convenient), but I will only talk about some key differences between princess weddings and ordinary people's weddings.

In ancient China, when a daughter got married, her father had to officiate the marriage, but due to the particularity of the princess, her father was the son of heaven and could not come forward to do these things in person, so she had to invite the highest status of the same surname "Gong" to preside over the wedding, so such a woman was called "Princess", that is, the earliest meaning of the word "princess" was actually "married by the 'Gong'".

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, personally formulated a lot of etiquette, among which there are some regulations on the "level" of the princess: "The imperial aunt is called the eldest princess, the imperial sister is called the eldest princess, the princess is called the princess, the prince is called the county lord, the county prince's daughter is called the county lord, the granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, the great-granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, and the great-granddaughter of the county king is called the township king...... From the princess and above, the county lord and below are all ordained. ”

Zhu Yaoyao is Zhu Yijun's sister, so her rank is the eldest princess and needs to be canonized. The matter of conferring the canonization was completed yesterday, and the title was known in advance by Gao Shishi two months ago: "Yongning Eldest Princess". In fact, her title has long been set, and the inner court and some people who can talk to the inner court, such as Gao Pragmatic, have already called "Princess Yongning" in advance, but it must be emphasized that it is called Gui Zhao, but only after the canonization was completed yesterday, this eldest princess of Yongning is "recognized by the state".

As mentioned earlier, the origin of the term "princess" is "married by the princess", but this system has changed since then.

"The ancients married a daughter, and did not marry voluntarily, so he was called a princess. Tang Yu was married as the prince. Song Shi didn't need it, but ordered the person in charge of marriage and the inner east gate to accept the table, and the Son of Heaven was in charge. Why. ”

That is to say, until the Tang Dynasty, she was still a serious "princess", but since the Song Dynasty, the emperor began to preside over the marriage in person, and the Ming Dynasty "because of it", that is, to do so.

As I said earlier, except for its special part, the princess's wedding is the same as the civil wedding procedure in other aspects, and it also has to go through the steps of Nacai, asking for names, Najib, inviting dates, and welcoming in person.

It is recorded in the "Daming Huidian" compiled by Gao Pragmatic that when the princess goes out and surrenders (read jiang, four tones), she asks for a famous gift, and her son-in-law prepares a gift to express her text in the family, and she looks forward to it. The person in charge of the marriage was sent to the inner east gate, and the envoy said: "The son of a certain official in the court's grace room, the gift of a certain Xi ancestor, and the envoy please accept it." "Kneel down to the envoy with the table.

The inner envoy kneels and receives it, and enters the inner sanctum, and the bearer of the goose and the gift enters. The envoy came out, and the person in charge of the marriage said: "Will add a divination, and the envoy will ask for a name." "The table is the same as before, and the inner envoy says: "There is a system." "The person in charge of the marriage kneels, and the envoy declares;" The emperor's daughter, a princess. "The man in charge of the marriage prostrates himself and rejoices. Enter the time, and give the feast out.

Of course, Zhu Yaoyuan is the eldest princess, so the envoy the day before yesterday should be Xuan: "The fourth sister of the emperor, the eldest princess of Feng Yongning."

The Najib ceremony thereafter is much the same as that of Nacai. The person in charge of the marriage said: "Add divination, occupy the auspiciousness, and I would like to make the minister dare to ask for it." "The son-in-law's furniture is Xuanxuan, jade silk, riding a horse, and the text is like a ritual.

The person in charge of the marriage said: "The court is in the son of a certain official, and there is a gift from the ancestors, so that the minister will tie the silk and ride the horse. The words of the invitation said: "A certain minister and a certain minister respectfully ask for an auspicious day." ”

If you can marry on the auspicious day of the zodiac, to a certain extent, it can be said that it is a good omen for your marriage, and the royal family naturally attaches great importance to it and must not slack off at all.

In addition, I am also very concerned about the birth date of the horse, of course, for the people who are really selected, the impact of this factor may not be as great as in theory, and it will be affected by factors such as the recommendation of a certain important minister.

Then there is the Jiao Ceremony, which is held separately from the horse and the princess, but on the same day.

The horse told the temple in his official uniform: "The country's grace is in a certain room, and he will welcome him in person on a certain day, and dare to sue." "His father was in the hall and gave a precept at will. And the horses went out again, and went to the inner east gate. The internal envoy is extended into the time, and the goose and the person who offers the gift are displayed in the court.

And on the princess's side, the princess resigned from the imperial palace in a dress, and the emperor bowed four times before receiving the knighthood. The emperor and queen reprimanded at will. He was commanded and bowed four times. Degraded, the inner woman was sent to the door of the inner hall, and the princess was promoted. To the inner east gate, descend. The son-in-law lifted the curtain, and the princess lifted the sedan chair. Son-in-law out of the second stand. The person who holds the goose kneels to give his son-in-law with a goose, and the son-in-law receives the goose and kneels into the inner envoy. The inner envoy kneels to be given to the left and right. The son-in-law bowed again, went out first, and returned on horseback.

It can be seen from this process that at this point, in fact, most of this "wedding" has been completed, and only the last day of the wedding ceremony is left-in layman's terms, it is to welcome the round house of the princess's mansion.

Empress Dowager Chen's so-called "this matter has been decided" is talking about this problem: now this marriage, except for the final procedure of the newlyweds' round house, the other parts have been completed.

In terms of etiquette, Princess Yongning and the "surnamed Liang" tuberculosis ghost are already legal husband and wife!

Of course, Huang Mengyu also knew this truth, but he didn't dare to speak - was Dongchang derelict in this matter? It depends on the final characterization of the matter, in other words, how the matter is finally defined by the royal family: recognition of marriage? Not recognizing marriage? Is it merit for Dongchang to find out the truth? Dongchang only found out afterwards that it was purely incompetent?

The devil knows what the result is! It all depends on who wins in the end!

At this time, how can a goblin like him Huang Mengyu be willing to talk? Naturally, he is playing dumb.

Empress Dowager Chen didn't think about it so much, but Huo Ran stood up and said anxiously: "Nonsense! Chen Hong is not doing well, damn it! Gao Pragmatic is also nonsense, things have come to this point, he still came to see the emperor, what did he want to say? Do you want the emperor to repent of his marriage! What will Cining Palace think? What will the people of the world think of Heaven? Well? ”