"Shu Shu'er, the auspicious time is coming soon, Ku'er has already arrived at the door to pick you up, are you okay?" In the Gao Mansion, Kao Xiong shouted to his daughter's room.
The maid Xiaolan leaned out and came back for her master: "Master, the lady will be here soon." She quickly retracted back to the room.
In the room, Shu Shu'er was dressed in a bright red wedding dress. She gently held the red paper between her lips, put it down, and suddenly touched her forehead. She found that she felt drowsy under the weight of the pearl and jade crown on top of her head. She swayed twice, took it off again, and planned to
Use the jade hairpin to settle the matter.
"Ouch! Miss, why did you take it off again?" The little maid saw this and said loudly: "This is a pearl and jade crown, but the master specially made it and sent it to me. You can't take it off."
Shu Shu'er and Zhu Kui got married. As Shu Shu'er's maid, Xiao Lan naturally changed her name to "Master". After all, in the Han Dynasty, when a man got married, he was ethically separated from his parents. If he had brothers, he was prepared to
Negotiate the distribution of business property, etc., but Zhu Kui naturally does not have so much trouble, Zhu Laoshi has no family property at all.
Shu Shu'er smiled and replied, "Xiao Lan, you know, Miss, I used to be very bothered by these hairpins. The ones with jade crowns are very uncomfortable to wear!"
"That's normal. Today, you must listen to me and wear it. Only then will the lady be so beautiful. How about the one from the Zhao family?" Xiaolan quickly picked up the jade crown and put it on again: "
The master came to our house first and then to the Zhao house, which shows that the young lady is an important woman, so we must not let the momentum weaken."
Shu Shu'er repeatedly said that she had no intention of arguing, but Xiao Lan refused to give in, so she had no choice but to comply, and finally came out after Kaohsiung urged her three times.
"Quickly, listen to the noise outside. Xiaolan, help the lady quickly. Hurry and leave!"
"Yes, Mr. Master, please help the young lady out right now." Xiaolan sighed, quickly ran forward to support Shu Shu'er, and helped her walk towards the gate of Gao's house.
Outside the door, Zhu Kui's wedding procession was playing lively joy. A big red sedan chair carried by eight people stopped in front of the procession. Behind it, the servants in wedding clothes lined up in two rows and stood behind the sedan chair.
At the front of the team, Zhu Kui was riding a horse, wearing a brown silk long-sleeved gown with a tight belt and a layer of red gauze, which was steady yet festive.
"Kui'er, our Shu Shu'er will need you to take more care of her from now on." Kao Xiong looked at the heroic young man in front of him, brought his daughter to him, and said reluctantly.
"My father-in-law, you can rest assured. Zhu Kui will naturally take care of you with all his heart!" At this time, Zhu Kui had already dismounted his horse, bowed his hands and bowed, his face full of solemnity and assurance, and finally Kaohsiung accepted the bronze goose he handed over.
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"The auspicious time has come, the bride gets on the sedan chair -" the master of ceremonies had already seen Shu Shu'er arriving in front of the sedan chair, and sang loudly.
The sedan bearer in front lowered the railing of the sedan chair. Shu Shu'er took one last look at her father and then got on the sedan chair with the help of Xiaolan and the master of ceremonies.
Then the emcee continued to say in a long voice: "Get up the sedan chair -" The sedan chair turned its head steadily,
Zhu Kui got on his horse, spoke highly to Kaohsiung, and the wedding procession walked away in a mighty manner.
Kaohsiung was left alone, watching her daughter leave in a sedan chair, and said to herself sadly: "Madam, our daughter has found a good husband, you should feel at ease now."
The group of people took a detour through the streets and alleys of Moling City. The Gao family was not very far from the Zhao family, but it was only half a column's journey away.
As soon as the discerning servant saw this, he ran away and entered the house and shouted to Manager Li and others: "Manager Li, Mr. Zhu and his wedding team have arrived."
Seeing this, Manager Li responded and ran to the backyard. The Zhao Mansion was much bigger than the Gao Mansion. Zhao Ying'er's room was deep in the backyard. He took a breath and came to the lady's door. He saw that Zhao Ying'er had already dressed up and was with Zhao Bancheng.
Sitting down, he took out a jade bracelet from his arms and put it on his daughter...
"Shu Shu'er, this is a bracelet for your father to bring you peace. Your eldest sister also had one when she got married. It's a good thing for you to have with you. I hope you can have a happy life."
"Thank you, father!" Zhao Ying'er looked around. This jade is well-made and worth ten gold. She remembered that her father had talked about it all night last night. Although he was ranked lower than Shu Shu'er, he hoped to have an heir as soon as possible. If he was the eldest son,
, you can inherit everything from Zhu Kui in the future.
"Father, I want it too." A nanny beside her murmured, holding her little brother Zhao Hai, who was just over three years old.
"This is for your sister. If you want it, when you get married, I will also give one to your wife." Zhao Bancheng nodded his son's nose and laughed loudly.
At this time, Manager Li came in and said that the wedding team had arrived. Zhao Bancheng stood up, but did not look as reluctant as in Kaohsiung, and took his daughter outside the house.
Finally, after Zhu Kui and Zhao Bancheng saluted, they also presented a bronze goose, and then happily put their daughter on the sedan chair to watch her leave.
After welcoming back the two brides, the team rushed to the Zhu family mansion without stopping for a moment. Don't miss the time.
The Zhu Mansion began to expand again more than a year ago. The buildings, gardens, corridors, and halls are not as many as those of the Zhao Mansion.
Inside and outside the door, inside and outside the hall, large bouquets made of red silk are hung on the doors and windows of each floor. From the door to the lobby, there is often a straight road covered with red cloth. Looking from a distance, a long flaming red
Snakes are dazzlingly beautiful.
"Get off the sedan, and the newlyweds will enter the mansion together." The master of ceremonies shouted again.
The sedan chair tilted, and the maids Xiaoqiu and Xiaolan each supported their young ladies. Zhu Kui held a red ball, and the two girls each held an end, and walked into the lobby.
"The newlyweds' shoes should not be stained with dirt. You three must remember this," the master of ceremonies warned as he led the way.
In the Han Dynasty, five rites must be performed before worshiping in the church. The first is the marriage ceremony. Starting from Zhou Dynasty, the first step of the wedding is that the parents sit upright, the groom bows to his parents, the father gives wine, and the groom accepts the gift and drinks it in one gulp.
Finally, some words of encouragement.
The second gift is Zhi. Zhi is a gift given when visiting the bride at her home. The son-in-law uses wild geese as a gift to express his sincerity and respect for the bride in the future.
Then comes the main wedding. At the end of the Shen Shi period and the beginning of the You period, that is, the wedding officially begins. Then the "approvers take their seats". The approvers are the groom's elders. Before the couple enters the main hall, he begins to pour wine into the wine glass and waits for the couple.
Take your seat.
The person who poured wine for Zhu Kui was his eldest brother Zhu Meng.
After the wedding ceremony begins, a wash ceremony must be performed. The traditional etiquette of the Han nationality places great emphasis on cleanliness. The so-called wash wash ceremony refers to the groomsmen (called the imperial concubine in ancient times) and the bridesmaids (maids of honor) watering the bride and groom before entering the ceremony.
Zhu Kui's charioteer was Wang Cheng. He, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning had already rushed back. Originally, they were just asked to take leave. They didn't want the three of them to be bored in Nanyang, so they resigned and came back. At the same time, the batch of brothers from Gaojiazhai also came back.
, the Yellow Turbans quelled the rebellion in World War I, out of 500 people, only 378 survived.
The wives of Shu Shu'er and Zhao Ying'er are their respective maids.
After washing, the next step is the ceremony of being together. The three of them sit across from each other, with Zhu Kui in the east, Shu Shu'er and Zhao Ying'er in the west, which means the intersection of yin and yang. Under the command of the master of ceremonies, the three of them will start eating.
The same piece of meat, this is the "same prison ceremony".
In modern weddings, everyone is familiar with "drinking cups of wine". Weddings in the Han Dynasty also had this ceremony. This ceremony is called "Hexi Li", but it is not drunk after the bridal chamber. Instead, Zhu Meng poured four glasses of wine before, Zhu Kui two glasses, and the bride
A cup each for both of them.
"Hexi" means that couples drink from the same cup, but they only exchange cups, instead of drinking around the neck like today. Zhu Kui exchanged the wine in his hand to the two of them, and at the same time took the cup from Shu Shu'er.
He drank two glasses of wine with Zhao Ying'er at the same time, and the latter two also drank them all at the same time...
The husband and wife drink Hexin wine together, which symbolizes the meaning of the husband and wife sharing the joys and sorrows.
After drinking the Hexin wine, Zhu Kui was in the middle, and the three of them knelt together, first bowing to heaven and earth, then to the high hall, and finally to each other.
Then the master of ceremonies handed over a pair of scissors, and cut off a strand of hair for each of the three of them, rubbed them together and put them in three bags, and handed them to the hands of the three of them. This is the "hair knot", which is also the knot.
The origin of the couple's marriage, officially becoming a couple.
Finally, under the combined sounds of various bells, drums, chimes and yu, the three of them were sent into the bridal chamber.
Zhu Kui originally lived in only one room, but now there are two brides, Shu Shu'er and Zhao Ying'er. However, they didn't want to have a wedding night. The three of them slept in the same room. They were embarrassed and angry to refuse.
After thinking about it, I gathered the rooms side by side and arranged them into new houses. Originally, the two ladies were in a wealthy family, but they had to divide them into East Garden and West Garden.
But Zhu Kui remembered that once they lived apart, he was afraid of favoring one over the other, and it was like a lack of getting along with each other in love, and the love was not deep enough. No matter how good the relationship between sisters was, they would become jealous, which was very bad, so he tried to get as close as possible.
After all, the two of them are the people he loves most, and he doesn't want the subtle affection between the three of them to fade away. Although it is inevitable as time goes by, at least now he truly enjoys the happiness of Empress You'e and her daughter-in-law.