Chapter 138: Standing still
The marriage customs of the Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty are in the same line, it can be said that there is no big change, on the day of the marriage, the man needs to go to the woman to greet the marriage, and then take a car to the man's home to complete the wedding ceremony.
The wedding in the Han and Wei dynasties had a very strict set of procedures, such as worship, wo, seat, prison, closure, knotting, and holding hands, a total of seven procedures, and only after the completion of these seven procedures, men and women can be regarded as a legal husband and wife.
Marriage is a major event in life, from the emperor and monarch to the common people of Lishu, all of them attach great importance to the wedding ceremony, but the status is different, and the scale of the wedding is not the same.
Needless to say, even if it is a prince or nobleman, the luxury of the wedding is breathtaking.
At the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi vigorously advocated frugality, so weddings and funerals were extremely frugal, but after Cao Rong became the emperor, he built a lot of construction and extravagance, so he went up and down, and the whole world style changed from thrift to luxury, and the style of comparison prevailed, and the marriage of the entire upper class society began to pay attention to pomp and circumstance.
Sima Yi is a powerful person in the dynasty, and this time Sima Shi married a relative, naturally it cannot be perfunctory, not only the invited guests are like clouds, but even the scale and grade of the wedding are grand and unprecedented.
The convoy that Sima Shi brought to Yangfu to welcome his relatives this time was more than a dozen luxuriously decorated carriages, and this lineup was as beautiful as bringing more than a dozen Rolls-Royces when he greeted his relatives in later generations.
However, the bride does not seem to have a good face, Yang Huiyu's face is sinking like water, although she is wearing a pure wedding dress, but there is no trace of joy on her pale face, it can be seen that she is not happy to marry Sima Shi at all.
The bride of this era is still fashionable with the kind of red hijab, when the man greets the marriage, the woman will take the car, and the newlywed man and woman stand on the car arm in arm, all the way to accept people's blessings.
Although Yang Huiyu boarded the car, he refused to hold hands with Sima Shi, and did not even say a word to him.
But Sima Shi didn't care, all he wanted was this wedding, the purpose was to marry the Yang family, as for this woman who had an affair with another man, Sima Shi hated it in his heart.
The convoy of relatives set off from Yangjia and returned to Sima Mansion, and along the way, the spectators were like a tide, and the road was blocked.
Yang Huiyu was sullen and unhappy along the way, and she, the bride, did not do a good job at all, which attracted the whispers of onlookers.
Frankly speaking, Yang Huiyu was nervous in her heart, and if she was forced to marry into the Sima family, she would be willing to fight to the death.
However, the news brought back by Yanghu made her feel a little relieved, and Cao Liang swore that he would find a perfect solution for her to rest assured.
The most gullible thing for a woman in love is her lover's words, no matter whether Cao Liang's words are reliable or not, Yang Huiyu chose to believe unconditionally.
The convoy moved slowly, about a moment later than scheduled, before arriving at Sima's Mansion.
The master of ceremonies who arranges the wedding is sweating profusely at this time, and the marriage ceremony is about the auspicious time, when to enter the door, when to worship the hall, and when to enter the cave room, that is all particular, and if the auspicious time is missed, it means that the marriage is not happy and harmonious.
Seeing that the auspicious time was about to pass, the master of ceremonies hurriedly urged a couple to get out of the car so that they could carry out the next ceremony.
However, Yang Huiyu was obviously unwilling to cooperate, and the work of getting off the bus was slow and delayed.
And Sima Shi didn't care at all, what does it matter if he misses the auspicious time, as long as the wedding ceremony is completed, after all, this marriage has long been lost to the perfect god Ma Di.
After they got out of the car and walked into the mansion, almost all the guests in the courtyard left their seats to stand up and greet them in order to show respect.
After all, those distinguished guests who really have status will not be arranged to sit in the courtyard, and most of the guests in the courtyard are officials with low positions or young juniors, so most of them will give the Sima family face and stand up to greet each other.
Of course, there are exceptions, that is, Cao Liang, Ren Er, the east, west, north and south winds, I stand still, others stand up one by one, but he is still here, eating and drinking correctly, there is a feeling of standing out from the crowd - no, the crane lying in the flock is almost the same.
Most of the surrounding guests don't have a good impression of Cao Liang, and naturally no one wants to approach such a wild and uninhibited person, except for Pei Xiu, most of them hide far away, as if they have something to do with Cao Liang.
There was no one around, everyone stood only Cao Liang sitting alone, such an alternative and strange style of painting naturally could not be eye-catching, it was Sima Shi and Yang Huiyu as soon as they entered the gate, and they saw him.
Sima Shi's face changed slightly, to be honest, although he personally invited Cao Liang to attend the wedding, he didn't think that Cao Liang would definitely appear in Sima Mansion, especially after the assassination that he knew, Sima Shi felt that Cao Liang was even more unlikely.
But to his surprise, Cao Liang not only came, but also sat there eating and drinking, as if no one was around.
If there is anyone Sima Shi hates the most, it is probably Cao Liang, it is precisely because of Cao Liang's existence that Sima Shi's reputation is discredited, and he has almost become the laughing stock of the entire Luoyang people.
That's why he followed Bai Lingyun's strategy and plotted to get rid of Cao Liang.
But it backfired, the original assassination operation failed, and instead of getting rid of his enemy, Sima Shi was reprimanded by his father, which made him depressed.
Seeing Cao Liang at the wedding scene at this moment, Sima Shi's heart was of course uncomfortable, but this kind of occasion is not a place where he can easily attack, even if he is aggrieved in his heart, he has to endure it, and on this high-profile occasion, he must maintain his demeanor.
This guy is doing this, obviously just to provoke himself, if Sima Shi loses his temper at this moment, wouldn't he have fallen for the trick of the guy, Sima Shi has a clear understanding of this, and must not let the enemy's conspiracy succeed.
But this guy is doing this on purpose, obviously not only to disgust himself, but must have some plan.
Sima Shi quickly calmed down, there is no doubt that Cao Liang came for his wedding, and the purpose should be very clear, that is, to snatch the bride from his own hands.
This guy is really vicious, if he succeeds in his plot, then the one who will be ruined must be his Sima Shi.
But what kind of conspiracy will this guy have?
Sima Shi racked his brains and couldn't think of a reason, but if Cao Liang didn't have a plan, Sima Shi bet to screw off his head and kick it as a ball.