Chapter 322: Fooled
Liu Hong was suddenly confused by Chongzhen's big jump, and just talked about the Pacific Ocean and warships, why did he get involved in the prince's marriage again?
Presiding over the prince's wedding? MC?
"No, Your Majesty, you look at me like this, like a capable master of ceremonies, oh not married?" Liu Hong gradually pointed at himself and said with a bitter face.
He couldn't even remember the wedding process between himself and Sun Xiuxiu, even Yang Xue just made a little fuss about getting married in an ordinary person's family.
In his impression, royal marriage is not a casual matter.
Ancient people have always paid attention to etiquette when getting married, and as a royal family, the wedding of the prince of the Ming Dynasty must be the top priority.
"It's okay, it's just a deputy envoy, I will inform the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aiqing can get acquainted with it every day, it's very simple, Aiqing doesn't need to be nervous." Chongzhen didn't care much, and even comforted him.
The reason why Liu Hongjian was selected as the deputy envoy of the big wedding was not because he was festive, but because An Guogong brought blessings to Daming, and Chongzhen wanted to continue this blessing.
As for the rest, it doesn't matter!
"Oh, the minister obeys the order, and the minister will go to the Honglu Temple to have a look later." Seeing that Chongzhen had no idea of changing his mind, and was only a deputy envoy, Liu Hongjian had no choice but to take over the errand.
Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water, but you have to let me be the marriage envoy, and I am not responsible for what happens when the time comes.
Liu Hongjian chatted with Chongzhen for a while about specific matters, and then prepared to flash people, and asked Chongzhen to send someone to check this Ma Shiying.
Ma Shiying has a mocking face that is annoying, not to mention that this guy's position as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites is not decent.
In addition, the last time he threatened this guy, he actually scared him, and at that time, Liu Hong gradually speculated that this guy must also be a big tiger.
Where did the silver come from in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty? Aren't they all from fighting tigers?
He started by copying his family, offended the Beijing officials, and all the officials in the world regarded him as a mortal enemy, but this black pot can't just be carried by himself!
Chongzhen didn't say anything, and Liu Hongjian didn't bother to care.
Out of the imperial city, Liu Hongjian still planned to understand the wedding process first, otherwise he would not be sure.
The Ministry of Rites is Ma Shiying's territory, and there are no good birds under him when he wants to come, and he is uncomfortable when he goes.
Liu Hongjian went straight to Honglu Temple, and Cai Taixian, the secretary of Honglu Temple, did not know that Liu Hongjian had been appointed as the deputy envoy of the wedding, but the officials of the Honglu Temple Yamen still did not dare to slack off.
As soon as they heard that An Guogong was coming, the officials of the entire Honglu Temple Yamen were all in awe.
"Lord Cai, the main reason why my lord came to bother me is to know about the regulations of the wedding of the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and you can briefly tell my lord."
Liu Hong gradually became a little hungry, but he was also embarrassed to find this group of Honglu Temple officials who were obviously intimidated by his officials to eat.
He just wanted to get a rough idea of the process first, and then hurry back.
"Grandpa Guo wants to know about my marriage gift to the prince, Grandpa Guo, please sit down, and let the official tell you!" The official of Honglu Temple didn't even dare to ask the reason, they couldn't afford to provoke this person, what people wanted to ask, he told the truth.
Although I don't know what the prince can do as the master of ceremonies, anyway, there is the Ministry of Etiquette and Honglu Temple, and he probably just says something good and obedient according to the script, and then lights a lamp and sets a fire on the wedding night!
But I didn't expect that there was so much red tape in this prince's wedding, and although his role as an envoy was limited, there were a lot of things that needed to be involved.
Honglu Siqing seriously explained to Liu Hongjian for a long time, what is the lottery, asking the name, Naji, Naji, recruiting, inviting the date, and welcoming in person...... and detailed steps for each stage.
Because the prince has to marry two at a time, one is the princess and the other is the chosen servant, and their etiquette and honor guards are different.
Liu Hong listened patiently for half an hour, and finally his brain was about to explode.
In fact, this is still the final step, and the selection of the crown prince and concubine began several months ago.
If Liu Hong is really allowed to gradually start from the selection of concubines, it will really make him collapse.
The selection of the crown prince and the concubine is almost as solemn as the selection of the emperor, after all, the crown princess will also become the queen after the crown prince ascends the throne.
As early as a few months ago, after the Ministry of Rites released the news of the prince's selection of concubines, the entire Ming Dynasty began to operate nervously.
The eunuchs inspected batches of girls who came to be selected, not only to observe their faces and listen to their voices, but also to send court maids to check their hair, facial features, and bodies.
If there is a place that is not qualified, it will be sent back, and this is only the first trial.
In the second trial, they will also use a ruler to measure their figure, arms, waist and legs, and those who are not standard and well-proportioned will also be sent back.
The second aunt passed the assessment, and when the third aunt arrived, she had to be stripped and inspected by the female official in the palace.
What smell, skin, whether there is a scar, as long as there is a disqualification, it will be eliminated.
However, all of the above is only the most basic, and after the third trial, the most important manners and competitions in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting must be checked......
In this process, a batch of them will be eliminated, and then they will have to learn the rules of the palace, etiquette norms, and so on.
In the end, there is a group of winners left in a thousand, and the final selection will be carried out by the empress, as well as the emperor's individual favored concubines, the internal affairs office, etc.
When Cai Taixian talked about the etiquette regulations, it was like a surging river, and it was out of control.
Liu Hong gradually smacked his tongue when he listened, this is stricter than international beauty pageants, how beautiful should this woman be!
Liu Hong gradually became interested in the Chen family, who was selected as the crown princess.
"These are all wedding-related content, if you are interested, you can take a look." After talking for half an hour in one breath, Cai Tae-hyun was also a little dry-mouthed.
He took a sip of his tea, got up and brought a large thick mule of books from the shelf.
Liu Hong's face turned white, is this what the emperor said very simple? Fooled!
"Is this all about big gifts on the wedding day?" The corners of Liu Hong's mouth twitched twice.
If you are still interested, you can take a look, God is pitiful, he has no interest in these at all, he is forced!
If he had known that a deputy envoy would have to do so many things, he would not have agreed to Chongzhen just now, how comfortable it is for Lao Tzu to sleep at home with his wife and children......
"Yes, Grandpa Guo, these are all things, the Ministry of Rites has recently informed the lower officials, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding date has been set, and the lower officials have been busy with these things recently." Cai Tae-hyun told the truth.
"Don't hide it from Lao Cai, my lord was elected by the emperor today as the deputy envoy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding......" At this point, he will definitely come to disturb people often in the future, Liu Hongjian had to say it reluctantly.
Chua Tae-hyun: ......
Liu Hong gradually returned home with a sad face from Honglu Temple with a large stack of classics, and after only turning two pages in the study, he suddenly found that his eyes were sour, and the dense small characters were still traditional and vertical, and even a punctuation mark was wooden......
After seeing it for less than a quarter of an hour, Liu Hong gradually stepped aside and went out of the study to play with his wife and children.
As for what kind of big wedding, go to the special little watermelon......
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