Today is the last day Zhu Hui is single, and tomorrow is his wedding day.
The woman has also invited a lucky woman to go to the palace to prepare a new bed, place it in a suitable position, sprinkle it with red dates, peanuts, longan and other happy fruits, and then cover it with a dragon and phoenix quilt.
These happy fruits will be eaten by children of appropriate age tomorrow. This is called bed pressing, which means that the newlyweds will have hundreds of children and grandchildren.
This old woman invited by the Huang family can be said to be a truly blessed person.
This blessed woman has four sons and one daughter, with a total of 12 grandchildren. The husband and wife lived in harmony throughout their lives. Although their sons were not wealthy, they were still relatively wealthy, and one of her sons was a civil servant.
The selection criteria for a good fortune woman are very strict. The orthodox qualification for a good fortune woman is an auspicious woman who has the three qualities of "Fu, Lu, and Longevity". The three things of Fu, Lu, and Longevity mean: harmonious marriage, five generations living together (the five generations refer to children) , grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, some also say that three generations live under the same roof), parents-in-law, husband, and children are all still alive.
The good fortune woman, also called the happy woman, hopes to pass on good luck to the bride.
Zhu Hui is currently trying on the groom's clothes with the help of Xue Hong and Chen Chen.
Newly married women in the Ming Dynasty, because of Empress Ma's tolerance, were allowed to wear the phoenix crown and harem that belonged only to the empress on the wedding day, but men's wedding attire still had to follow the system.
As a prince, Zhu Hui is not allowed to embroider dragons on his wedding clothes, but everything else is allowed.
Zhu Hui wore a crimson wedding robe, with patterns of auspicious clouds and lions rolling embroidered balls embroidered with gold thread.
Zhu Hui stretched out his hands and motioned for Xue Hong and Chen Chen to comment: "How does it look? Does it fit?"
Xue Hong: "Yes, His Highness does look particularly energetic in this groom's suit."
Chen Chen: "That's natural. This is what is called people feeling refreshed during happy events!"
Zhu Hui suddenly remembered something: "By the way, whether I can get married smoothly tomorrow depends on the performance of the two of you.
If you meet someone who wants poems and essays, you'll come. If you need to stop drinking, Junchen, you'll have to step in."
Xue Hong: "Although I don't like to drink too much, since this is a favor to His Highness, I will make an exception."
Zhu Hui clapped his hands: "Great! Junchen, I know your drinking capacity! Whether I will make a fool of myself tomorrow depends on you two."
Chen Chen covered his head and shook his head: "Alas! I thought we could have a happy wedding when your Highness got married, but in the end, Junchen and I were asked to be best men to keep you out of trouble."
Zhu Hui looked like the two brothers were getting along well, and hugged Xue Hong and Chen Chen with a smile: "Who told us to be friends? Let's see how you perform tomorrow!"
Xue Hong suddenly caught a glimpse of a large package of silver needles on the table and said, "Your Highness, what are you..."
Zhu Hui put his hands on his hips: "What else can I do? Tomorrow I will get the place back and restore my prestige!!
I may not be able to beat her with my bare hands, but I know how to target her acupoints with silver needles! Let’s see how I deal with her then! Hahahahaha!”
Xue Hong: "I don't think it's safe. After all, the princess's name doesn't sound like someone who doesn't understand medical acupoints and martial arts... Your Highness will most likely be dealt with."
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Early in the morning, Zhu Hui was dressed in wedding clothes, riding on a tall horse, and led the wedding procession towards the palace.
At the Taihe Gate of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Longqing and Empress Yin were sitting on dragon chairs and phoenix chairs with kind faces and smiles.
Emperor Long Qing: It's not easy. This unfortunate child has finally been sent out. If he were not my biological son, I would have sent him to the cleaning room if he had peed in my pen wash when he was a child! tmdThink about it now I can still recall the taste...yikes!
Queen Yin's eyes were full of reluctance and love.
Zhu Hui knelt in front of Emperor Longqing and Queen Yin and listened to the teachings.
This is the first step on the prince's wedding day. The emperor and queen teach the prince and princess to live in harmony and not to be naughty. The general content is similar to what parents teach their children today.
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While Emperor Longqing and Empress Yin were raising their children, the same thing was happening in the Huang Mansion.
"My dear granddaughter, if King Fu dares to bully you, don't be polite. I'll beat him! Your Majesty has already said that Prince Fu is a kid who needs to be dealt with. As long as he doesn't break the rest, it's up to you!"
Mr. Huang Jin looked at Huang Feihong, who was about to get married, with red eyes.
Huang Qiying: "Dad, how could you tell your granddaughter to beat your grandson-in-law? My son must remember that violence should not be used as a last resort. Peace is the most important thing between husband and wife. If it is not possible... giving laxatives or something is better than using force..."
Mrs. Huang kicked Huang Qiying away: "Talk nonsense and teach bad children."
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In the Huang Palace, after Emperor Longqing and Empress Yin finished teaching, Zhu Hui kowtowed to thank his parents for their upbringing and thanked him for the edict.
Then he walked straight out of the palace gate, mounted his horse again and went straight to the Huang Mansion. Xue Hong and Chen Chen, dressed in brocade clothes, followed Zhu Hui on the left and right.
Since today was Zhu Hui's wedding, the two deliberately chose relatively low-key clothing so as not to overwhelm the guest.
Along the way, both sides of the road were crowded with pedestrians, and many blessing officers were responsible for spreading cakes and candies to the people.
Along the way, there was a huge queue of people playing and playing for more than ten miles.
In front of the Huang Mansion, Zhu Hui and three others got off the horse on the big red carpet.
Zhu Hui wore red flowers on his chest and walked to the house. Someone immediately started singing.
“Welcoming the bride!!”
“Welcoming the bride!!”
The first hurdle placed in front of the house is Huang Feihong's cousins and several jars of spirits.
Huang Feihu raised his hand and saluted: "Everyone, please stay. Although our Huang family is not a wealthy family, my little sister is also the apple of my Huang family's eye. Even if your highness wants to marry my little sister, you still need to pass our test. This first hurdle is It’s wine.”
Xue Hong stepped forward and nodded to Zhu Hui and Huang Feihu: "Master Huang, I'm Xue Hong, Your Highness and I are good friends, and today we are besties (another name for the best man.), this wine is mine. How about a substitute drink?”
Huang Feihu's eyes lit up: "It turns out that it was Hou Wenwen in person. I had long heard that Hou Bowen and Hou Ying had a close relationship with the prince. Now I see that it is true. In this case, please, Mr. Hou."
Xue Hong bowed his hands in front of everyone, then slapped open the mud seal with one hand, like a whale swallowing a rainbow, and raised his head to catch the falling water line.
The wine continued to flow into Xue Hong's belly without leaking anything. In a short time, the whole jar of wine had been drank.
Everyone present cheered.
Huang Feihu: "Okay! The Marquis has a good drinker! In this case, brothers, please get out of the way, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Hui whispered to Xue Hong when passing by: "No wonder I have never seen you drink too much, Junchen. You can drink this amount...one, two, three...ten of me!"
Xue Hong: "Your Highness, don't just talk about me, prepare for the next level."
The second level is Wuguan. A big red hydrangea hangs high on a sleeve.
The condition for passing the level is that you must hit the hydrangea with a bow and arrow.
Zhu Hui smiled when he heard this: "What's so difficult about this!"
Then he took the bow and arrow, raised his hand and shot an arrow directly at the hydrangea, which made the guests cheer.
The last step is the bridesmaids, who need to use red envelopes and poems to open the door and finally welcome the bride.
Under Chen Chen's operation, this level was successfully passed in the end.
The next step is to send the bride to the sedan chair and then go to the palace again.
(I didn’t find too much information about the prince’s wedding, so please forgive me. Also, due to a mistake, the chapters were mixed up today, so I will compensate everyone with one chapter. Sorry)