Chapter 707. Marriage (Part I).
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The Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian often presided over wedding ceremonies for the royal relatives and nobles, and it stands to reason that they are also experienced and skilled, but Zhao Junchen's wedding ceremony made them into trouble!
First of all, Zhao Junchen is not a royal noble, so Zhao Junchen's wedding ceremony cannot be arranged with reference to the wedding process of the imperial family;
Secondly, Zhao Junchen is not an ordinary son of a high-ranking official, but one of the powerful ministers of the court, so the specifications of Zhao Junchen's marriage ceremony must not be low;
Finally, men as young as Zhao Junchen are often not of high status, and the process of the marriage ceremony is not complicated, and the ministers of the court who are as powerful as Zhao Junchen are often very old, most of them have been married for many years, and their children and grandchildren are full, and they do not need the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian to preside over the wedding. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this way, how to arrange the process of Zhao Junchen's marriage ceremony, even the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian were confused, so they could only discuss and arrange at the same time.
In this way, since Emperor Deqing ordered the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian to be responsible for Zhao Junchen's wedding ceremony, the officials of the Ministry of Household and Qin Tianjian have been urgently discussing, but two days have passed, and all the invitations for Zhao Junchen's banquet guests have been sent out, and all the utensils required for the wedding have been prepared, and even the wedding room has been cleaned up, but the officials of the Ministry of Household and Qin Tianjian still have not discussed a suitable marriage ceremony process.
Today, it is already Zhao Junchen's wedding day, and it is already more than half of the time, and there will be guests to congratulate him soon, but the officials of the household department and Qin Tianjian are still chattering and arguing in front of Zhao Junchen.
In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people got married, and the main process was adoption, invitation, greeting, meeting in-laws, seeing ancestral tablets, etc., but when these links came to Zhao Junchen, many of the details that should have seemed extremely eye-catching, and they became the focus of controversy between the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian.
At this time, Zhao Junchen was sitting in the guest hall of Zhao Mansion, while the officials of the household department and Qin Tianjian were standing in front of Zhao Junchen, they also knew that time could not be delayed, and they were also in an anxious mood, and the original argument turned into a quarrel!
"Qin Tianjian has already set a good day, the woman must enter the mansion before noon, otherwise she will miss the auspicious time, we must come up with the process as soon as possible!" A Qin Tianjian official said with a serious expression.
An official of the Ministry of Rites had an irritable expression and said, "This official naturally knows, but with the status of Lord Zhao, is it not possible to let Lord Zhao personally greet him?" Lord Zhao is an important minister of the imperial court, so let Lord Zhao swagger through the market and show his face in the capital, but what kind of system has it become? What's more, Lord Zhao's reputation among the people has always been ...... There are some controversies, if some people bump into Lord Zhao in confusion during this period, wouldn't this wedding ceremony become a joke? ”
Another official of the Ministry of Rites retorted: "If Lord Zhao doesn't greet his relatives, I'm afraid it will be unruly!" There is a cloud in the "Book of Rites": "The trip of the six rites, no noble and lowly one", there are also regulations in the Taizu period, even if it is the wedding of officials, the six ceremonies must be complete! How can this welcoming link be omitted? ”
"No, no! If it is to welcome a parent, should Lord Zhao bow to the woman's parents? Do you want to bow to the woman's ancestral tablet? But the woman has been separated from the family, there is no ancestral tablet to bow to at all, and the woman's father is just a Hanlin Yuan attendant, if Lord Zhao salutes him, wouldn't he lose his dignity? If Lord Zhao doesn't need to bow to the woman's ancestral tablet and don't need to bow to the woman's parents, why do you need to greet her in person? ”
"It's a pity that Lord Zhao's marriage is His Majesty personally acting as a matchmaker, otherwise it is also a feasible strategy to let the matchmaker greet the relatives on behalf of him at this time...... The woman is also from a family of eunuchs, and she must not send someone to marry at will, otherwise she will also break the rules......"
"I heard that there are a few prisoners in the Guozijian who are distant relatives of Lord Zhao, why don't you choose one of them as a person to greet your relatives?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, this etiquette must not be messed up, the top priority now is that after the bride enters, Lord Zhao's parents are not there, and there are no elders, how should the husband and wife be arranged when they become ceremonial? Who should preside over the ceremony? It's not okay to be light! ”
Seeing that the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian were just blindly arguing about the details, but until now they couldn't come up with an accurate plan, listening to their quarrels, Zhao Junchen only felt that his head was big, and in the past two days, the various etiquette processes made by the officials of the Ministry of Household have tossed Zhao Junchen enough, watching the time pass, everyone in front of him is still arguing, even Zhao Junchen, who has always been moody, finally can't bear it!
So, Zhao Junchen slapped the table and said angrily: "Have you had enough noise!?" ”
Seeing Zhao Junchen angry, all the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian trembled and shuddered, and they all stopped arguing and lowered their heads to listen to the training.
Zhao Junchen coldly glanced at the people in front of him and reprimanded: "This official has endured you for two days, and he has not paid attention to you, but I didn't expect that you are completely ignorant!" It's the wedding day of the official, and the guests are about to come to watch the ceremony, but you still hold on to some inconsequential details! If you are allowed to continue arguing like this, I am afraid that there will be no result tomorrow, and if the marriage of this official is delayed because of you, this official will become a laughing stock! ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's gaze froze slightly on several officials of the Ministry of Rites - the performance of these officials was especially nonsense, and they had been deliberately stirring up controversial topics, and the idea of delaying time was very obvious.
"I'm afraid, in the eyes of some people, if the official's wedding becomes a joke, then their goal has been achieved! Isn't it? ”
With Zhao Junchen's cold questioning, several officials were told by Zhao Junchen that they were in their hearts, and their faces couldn't help but change slightly.
Like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Rites is also a gathering place for some old scholars and Qingliu officials, these people naturally want to see Zhao Junchen's jokes, but unfortunately the means are not very clever, and Zhao Junchen easily saw through them, Zhao Junchen originally did not intend to pursue their caution, and thought that they knew how to be restrained, but they didn't expect that their forbearance would make some people kick their noses in the face.
After glaring at the officials again, Zhao Junchen suddenly shouted: "Someone! ”
Xu Qingyan walked quickly into the main hall and said, "Young Master, please command." ”
Zhao Junchen said coldly: "Invite all these lords from the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian into the wing, and wait until everything is over today before letting them leave!" ”
Xu Qingyan nodded, then turned around expressionlessly and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me." ”
Zhao Junchen's actions made all the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian change their faces greatly.
Among them, the official of the Ministry of Rites led by him exclaimed: "Lord Zhao, we have been appointed by His Majesty...... You can't do this! ”
Zhao Junchen glanced at him and said slowly: "Regarding your performance in the past few days, I will explain it to Your Majesty in detail, I want to see who Your Majesty will support at that time!" The Ministry of Rites has always been the Qingshui Yamen, and it has been ignored by everyone in recent years, but I didn't expect it to be so chaotic, and it should be rectified! ”
After speaking, Zhao Junchen stood up and walked directly towards the door of the main hall.
And several Qin Tianjian and Ministry of Rites officials in the room were semi-forcibly led to the wing room by Xu Qingyan.
After Zhao Junchen walked outside the door of the main hall, he saw Fang Ru walking quickly.
Unlike those officials of the Ministry of Rites who only knew how to entangle some minutiae, Fang Ru had been busy in the past two days, handling all aspects of things in an orderly manner.
After seeing Zhao Junchen, Fang Ru hurriedly asked, "Xianggong, have those household officials discussed it properly?" Do you want to go to meet your relatives? ”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "I can't count on them, just follow your original method." ”
Fang Ru nodded and said, "In this case, Ru'er has already prepared a welcoming team and horses, the time is not early, Xianggong, you are ready to go to greet your relatives." ”
Hearing Fang Ru's words, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be a little surprised, and glanced at Fang Ru in surprise.
At the beginning, when Zhao Junchen married Fang Ru and entered the mansion, because of Fang Ru's side room identity, he did not greet his relatives in person, but just let people carry a sedan chair to enter from the main entrance, but it was enough to give Fang Ru the scenery.
Fang Ru is very possessive, and he has never been an open-minded person in terms of feelings, so Zhao Junchen originally thought that Fang Ru didn't want to greet him personally, but he didn't expect that Fang Ru had already made arrangements.
After seeing Zhao Junchen's surprised gaze, Fang Ru smiled, looked very calm on the surface, and explained: "When you married me and entered the door, you did a lot of business, and deliberately let Ru'er's sedan chair enter the house through the main gate, but Ru'er is only the side room of Xianggong after all, and now Xianggong wants to marry his wife, and the specifications must be higher, otherwise it will make people laugh and think that Xianggong can't distinguish between respect and inferiority...... Ru'er didn't want her husband to be laughed at. ”
After hearing Fang Ru's explanation, Zhao Junchen nodded lightly, agreeing with Fang Ru's point of view.
In addition, Zhao Junchen didn't say much, neither praised nor expressed his gratification.
With the relationship between Zhao Junchen and Fang Ru, many things are already unspoken.
Zhao Junchen just glanced at Fang Ru deeply, and said: "Since this is the case, just listen to Ru'er, let me personally greet her, speaking of which, I owe Cui Qianxue a lot, and I really can't let her be wronged." ”
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At the same time, in the house where Cui Yu and Cui Qianxue lived, Cui Yu had already prepared everything after this period of busyness, waiting for the welcoming team to come to the door.
In Cui Qianxue's boudoir, Cui Qianxue had already put on a bridal outfit and a red hijab, and sat on the bed and waited for a long time.
In the boudoir, in addition to Cui Qianxue, there was also a woman accompanying her, but it was Chu Jiayi.
Since Cui Qianxue was kicked out of the house by Cui Mian, Zhao Junchen arranged Chu Jiayi, who had lost her use value, to Cui Qianxue's side, making Chu Jiayi Cui Qianxue's handmaid.
Since then, Chu Jiayi is still a person in the Zhao Mansion on the surface, but she is always by Cui Qianxue's side, and she is almost out of touch with the Zhao Mansion.
Chu Jiayi entered the Zhao Mansion, originally to avenge her adoptive father King Gong'an, and repeatedly stole news from Zhao Junchen and handed it to the crown prince Zhu Heyu, but she didn't expect that Zhao Junchen had already seen through her details, but used her to trap the prince Zhu Heyu several times.
Chu Jiayi is not stupid, and after today, she is already vaguely aware of the fact that she was being used by Zhao Junchen, and she feels powerless, and her opinion on Zhao Junchen has become more and more complicated.
The adoptive father was persecuted by Zhao Junchen and he was fooled by Zhao Junchen, it stands to reason that Chu Jiayi should hate Zhao Junchen even more, but after a period of contact with Zhao Junchen, the hatred in her heart was not as deep as expected, but there was a feeling of indescribability.
During this period of time, Chu Jiayi followed Cui Qianxue out of the Zhao Mansion, and she had no contact with the Zhao Mansion for a long time, although she could no longer contact Zhao Junchen, and she could not avenge her adoptive father King Gong'an, but Chu Jiayi was much more relaxed, and only felt that she had gotten rid of something very complex and contradictory.
But now, as Cui Qianxue is about to marry into the Zhao Mansion, Chu Jiayi is also going to follow Cui Qianxue back to the Zhao Mansion, but her mood is faintly complicated, both obviously a little resistant, and faintly expectant, but whether it is resistance or expectation, Chu Jiayi herself can't say clearly.
And at the same time that Chu Jiayi was in a complicated mood, Cui Qianxue, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't bear the loneliness, secretly lifted a corner of the red hijab, and asked Chu Jiayi: "Sister Chu, it's almost noon, why haven't you said that the team to welcome the relatives has not come yet!" This hijab makes people feel so stuffy. ”
Since Zhao Junchen decided to marry Cui Qianxue, coupled with the gradual recovery of the relationship between Cui Qianxue and the Cui family, Cui Qianxue is now completely ill, and she has recovered her original coquettishness, but she is a little more well-behaved and interesting.
After hearing Cui Qianxue's inquiry, Chu Jiayi turned her head to look at Cui Qianxue, only to see Cui Qianxue's cheeks flushed and her eyes shining, as if she was looking forward to it and seemed to be shy, but she couldn't help but quip: "Miss Cui, is she in a hurry to get married?" ”
Cui Qianxue became more and more shy, hurriedly lowered her hijab, and snorted: "People are asking you seriously, but you are making fun of others and ignoring you!" ”
Chu Jiayi smiled but did not speak.
For Cui Qianxue, Chu Jiayi treats her like a younger sister, likes it very much, and is very close to her on weekdays, on the surface she is Cui Qianxue's maid, but in fact, Chu Jiayi has more ideas.
But it didn't take long for Cui Qianxue to hold back the embarrassment, and asked again: "Sister Chu, do you think Lord Zhao will come to greet him in person?" ”
Chu Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be, after all, Lord Zhao's identity is different from ordinary men, and he shouldn't be able to swagger through the market in person." ”
Hearing Chu Jiayi's answer, Cui Qianxue seemed a little disappointed, but she didn't speak for a long time.
Just when Chu Jiayi was about to open her mouth to comfort Cui Qianxue, there were suddenly bursts of gongs, drums and firecrackers in the distance, which was quite powerful.
Chu Jiayi's complexion changed, knowing that it was the welcoming team that came, and Cui Qianxue hurriedly straightened her sitting posture, as if Zhao Junchen had come to her, and the cheeks inside the red hijab became more and more embarrassed.
Then, a shout came from outside the boudoir: "Lord Zhao has come to greet him personally!" ”
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