Chapter 395: The Grand Wedding
If Guan Ming returns to the capital after a long journey in the local area, he is most familiar with the old road of Guan Lugong, and if his generation serves as the teacher of Li Longji's generation, it will bring great influence to Li Zhi's future Tang Xuanzong.
Li Zhi's move is very far, Li Longji will not be born until more than two years later, and he is more than twenty years away from succeeding to the throne, no one can guess that he actually stretched out his hand to twenty years later.
Guan Lugong is also in an urgent mood, after all, Brother Caiwen is not young, and the bride is younger. When Brother Caiwen was serving as the squire of the Yellow Gate, he helped me and the crown prince to pass on the news in the palace, and we have had a friendship for at least seven or eight years. Please also ask Mr. Li to keep in mind that when their marriage is decided, even if it reminds me! ”
Li Zhi's purpose is this, hearing Li Dan talk about this, he smiled and said: "In fact, it is most appropriate to have a person similar to Guan Lugong around him, this kind of person has no desire in power, and no ambition in politics, and he is conscientious in treating the foundation of the royal family. ”
Li Dan didn't know about Guan Ming's subsequent position transfer at this time, so he didn't think about Li Zhi's words: "Yes, I have a lot of loyal ministers and good generals in the Tang Dynasty, but there are very few people who don't have the slightest utilitarian intention. ”
Li Zhi didn't go any further, in the face of such a person, the topic is over, and it should not be exceeded.
Just when Chang'an City was immersed in a festive and peaceful atmosphere, the night also fell unconsciously, with the bell temporarily erected in front of the Ming Palace, ten miles of red makeup wrapped in carriages lined up from the street to the end of the street, orderly appearance.
Countless roses were spread on the side of the road, and the surging crowd was one after another, all of them poked their heads out behind the dense soldiers who maintained order, crowded to watch this wedding that was rare in a hundred years.
In the noisy and excited sound, there are countless ordinary people, men, women and children, carrying bamboo baskets filled with various colorful leaves and petals, squeezing forward with all their might.
There are countless red ribbons tied on the trees all over the city, sedan chairs, happy cars, colorful boats, etc., appear in the first time on the spacious official road outside the Ming Wang's Mansion, there are one hundred and ten frames, on which are all red curtains and green covers, insert dragons and phoenixes to be auspicious and colorful, and the four corners are hung with golden silk spikes.
The peace in the crowd in front of the house couldn't help but taste: "Xianggong, you look at Mr. Li's wedding, it is more scene than us, I am a dignified princess!" ”
Thinking that Xue Shao had already been bought by Li Zhi, he smiled when he heard the words at this moment: "It's just a bigger scene, after all, it's just a coincidence that it is connected with the king conference and float parade in the afternoon." But the scale of the guard of honor is far inferior to ours, looking at it in another way, we can see the grand scene at that time as the level of the Tang Dynasty national style is fully displayed, Mr. Li's wedding can only be called as fancy, more than fancy, more than festive and not solemn enough! ”
No matter how weak this person's temperament is, his talent in words is extremely high, and in just a few words, he made Princess Taiping smile, "If it is true, although their festive atmosphere is equally powerful, it is still not comparable to our royal wedding ceremony!" ”
Li Zhi didn't know that someone else was complaining about himself in secret, and at this moment, he only knew that he was surrounded by a group of friends, and he accompanied the team under the official etiquette order.
After a series of complicated rituals, accompanied by gongs and drums, suona, and lion dances, the sedan chair began to set off.
Along the way, the people cheered and poured petals on the road, and the welcoming team also opened the way by the cannonballs, the red lanterns, blowing and blowing along the way, under the protection of countless guards, half a pillar of incense time, and came to the front of the palace of Linhuai County.
Li Zhi in the sedan chair, through his discernment, saw the three ladies in the house, dressed in light red lace silk pure clothes, sitting in the same boudoir in a row, the black hair as thick as ink was all combed to the top of the head, the dark clouds and snow were coiled into a phoenix hair bun, and the two sides were inserted with long phoenix six beads and swaying, and the red gems were finely inlaid on the gold wire.
The three girls all had an extra layer of charm and red on their faces, and there were golden flowers pasted on the corners of their eyes, and the beauty of their weekdays became the coquettishness that made Li Zhi lose his soul.
A special person stepped forward to close the curtain and respectfully invited Li to get off the sedan chair, and he was once again mechanically led to his consciousness and walked into the county king's mansion, which also hung a red lantern.
The process of picking up the bride was as cumbersome, and in the midst of bursts of laughter, Li Zhi returned to the sedan chair in a daze with the flow of people.
Because he married three brides at the same time, the sedan chair that Li Zhi was riding was also specially made, spacious as two sedan chairs combined to meet his and the brides' side-by-side seat.
Without waiting for the sedan chair to start again, Pang Si impatiently lifted the corner of the bright red hijab, attracting the lady of the sedan chair to stop it softly.
Qingqi chuckled in a low voice: "Cry, we have to calm down, we need to be reserved at this time, the kind that wants to speak and be ashamed!" ”
Yu Ran smiled on the side, "I explained the details clearly last night, but this girl can't stabilize her mind!" ”
Pang said, "Brother Zhengwen, the two sisters have been laughing at me all day, and you don't care!" ”
Li Zhiqiang pressed the joy in his heart, "Bear with me, so many people have been busy for us for more than a month, and the etiquette should also come with others, don't hurt their hearts!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Pang Ti really quieted down, and he was not allowed to speak before entering the cave room, which was a custom and etiquette.
The cheers and blessings of the onlookers along the way, wave after wave, they shyly replied to each other tightly, exuding a charming fragrance.
Finally arrived at the Ming Palace, before Li Zhi got off the sedan chair, he had to draw a bow and shoot three red arrows at the sedan car door to drive away the evil spirit that the bride might be contaminated with along the way.
There is a charcoal brazier at the gate in front of the house, and after the brazier, you have to step over the saddle, indicating that the newlyweds will be safe and secure after marriage.
After a long period of chaos, he stepped into the hall, Li Zhi used a weighing rod wrapped in a red cloth to pick up the Xipa on the heads of the three brides, and then the newlyweds should officially worship the church.
The warm and festive atmosphere is permeated with strong family affection, and after the experience of wine, tea ceremony on both sides, etc., the scene is also extremely touching.
Skipping all the cumbersomeness, the next thing is the official opening of the wedding banquet, because there are big people, and in the Ming Palace, you can see the palace maids transferred from the palace moving around non-stop.
Although it is now the middle of the Tang Dynasty, it is limited to the dinner between family and friends, such as such a formal occasion, the banquet is still the implementation of the meal system, one person at a table, sitting on the ground, according to the official taste, the status of the person, the number of seats is different.
Only on the chairman where Li Dan and the princes and ministers were located, there were high tables and chairs, and table curtains were laid out, table sheets were placed, and fine porcelain tableware was also used on the table.
Compared with the many chairmen and second-level banquets located in the Ming Palace, the wedding banquets distributed everywhere are less noble and elegant, but more festive and free.
At this time, the dinner party evolved into an atmosphere of coordinating officialdom interpersonal relations soon after, and compared with these occasions attended by more officialdom people, such as the people around Li Zhi and the people from Cliff Mountain in the courtyard of the Ming Wang's Mansion, it was another kind of enthusiastic drinking feast.
Li Zhi and his wife appeared behind the maids who kept sending wine in and out, and at this time it was already two hours after the wedding banquet, because of the arrival of the main family, the scene once again set off cheers.
Li Zhi laughed loudly: "It's better for us to be together, Qingqi and I have been in other places for half the night, and I feel more of a sense of restraint!" ”
Cheng Bi Lao Dao actually ran up to pour him wine, this kind of drinking occasion he had never participated in before, even last night's open-air bonfire party, which gave him his first taste, but others were convinced that this person would only enjoy it from now on.
In the past two hours, I saw that he was busy toasting everyone, and he no longer saw a trace of superior demeanor on him, just like a drunkard, who was fighting a drinking lawsuit with his juniors from time to time, and he didn't feel that he was at a low price.
Li Zhi looked at the envy that came with him behind him, the latter nodded happily at him, the implication was very obvious, seeing that the eccentric old Taoist temperament had changed greatly, as a teacher and nephew, he was most pleased.
Since Xianfeng approves it, Li Zhi is also happy to accept such a change in his mentality, at least he will no longer have tattered clothes on his body, and the opportunity to communicate with outsiders will be greatly increased.