Chastity Layman

Datang Zhenguan sixteen years, spring.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, in March.

Today is the big wedding day between Taibao Qin Lang and Princess Changle, and the city is full of joy.

This is a marriage that affects everyone in the Tang Dynasty. The royal relatives and nobles from both the eastern and western capitals came to congratulate them.

Although under Wei Zheng's remonstrance, the emperor did not give out a massive dowry of five million guan in the end, and the eldest grandson Wuji of the country and Gao Shilian, the uncle of the country, could not get another million guan dowry because of this, but it was still a sensation Datang, amazed the world's wedding.

The emperor's favorite eldest princess married Wei Guogong, the most powerful upstart in the Tang Dynasty. The emperor publicly called it a marriage, which shocked countless people's jaws.

The wedding procession is mighty and mighty, going around Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Taiwei, Sun Wuji, the Duke of Zhao, Sun Shunde, the Duke of Pi, Shen Guogong, Gao Shilian, the right servant of the Shangshu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, each married a daughter as a concubine.

All the royal relatives of the Li family of the royal family put on make-up and gave away their marriage one after another.

As for the bridegroom, Qin Lang, there was also a very large team to welcome the bride. Needless to say, Duke Wei's Mansion in Pingkangfang, Duke Qi's Mansion in Qinrenfang, and Huaihua County Prince's Mansion in Huaihuafang were also grand. The Qin family is now divided into three families. For Qin Wan Sheng attaches great importance to Lang's marriage.

Lu Guogong’s Cheng’s House, Yue’s Bull’s House, Yan’s Duke’s Li’s House, Wei’s Duke’s Li’s House, British Duke’s Li’s House, and dozens of noble families also helped to pick up their relatives. In addition, Ma Zhou, Laiji Brothers, Pei Xingjian, Xu Jingzong , Li Yifu, etc., not to mention, they all personally helped manage the reception.

At dusk, the grand wedding procession picked up the princess from Changle Palace, and paraded through the streets to return.

The relatives and aristocrats who received and sent off their relatives sent many Dingman Streets to sprinkle wedding candy, red dates, longan, lotus seeds, and sent people along the street to distribute cooked noodles.

And Niu Jianhu, Cheng Chumo and others asked for leave to stay in Beijing after the Zhengdan court gathering, and have been helping to prepare for the wedding. On the big day to greet them personally, the two of them even wore red and hung colors and rode at the front of the line on tall horses. Carrying a big bag on his body, it was full of happy money specially minted for the wedding.

The copper coin with a hole in the outer circle and the inner square is golden and shining. The four characters of Kaiyuan Tongbao are not cast on it, but the four characters of a hundred years are good on the front, with a family emblem of Qin Lang's blood shield and golden lion. imprint.

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu are also third-rank military officers now, and they can be regarded as small Fengjiang, but now they are as excited as a young man, grabbing the money and throwing it on both sides of the street.

The brothers Yuchi Baoqi and Qin Cunxiaoyi also followed behind to throw money.

After one bag is sprinkled, another bag will be added, walking all the way, spreading all the way.

Those who sprinkle money, sprinkle sugar, distribute food and noodles, and even distribute clothes and shoes, are called Faxi.

Qin Lang's whole body is red today, the red is purple.

The emperor gave Qin Lang a boa robe with a jade belt and a purple gold crown, and he rode a bloody BMW to welcome his relatives.

Qin Lang, who was already handsome and suave, looked even more chic under this noisy scene today.

Prince Chengqian sent a hundred of Lu Ben from the East Palace to lead the way with gourds, copper axes and iron halberds.

Princess Changle sat in a carriage pulled by six horses, followed by four dowry sisters. The eldest grandson Wuji, eldest grandson Shunde, Gao Shilian, and Li Daozong each married a prostitute daughter to Qin Lang as a concubine, which can be said to have alarmed Luoyang.

With the dignity of the four, their prostitute daughter is enough to be Qin Lang's official wife, but now she is a dowry for Changle and a concubine of the Qin family.

The music workshop transferred by Taichang Temple sent them into the Taibao Mansion on Cherry Island, whistling and beating all the way.

The Taibao Mansion on Cherry Island was decorated with festive lights and festoons in the early morning.

There is also bright red silk on the gate, and today all the people in the mansion have put on new clothes.

In front of the gate, there was a long red carpet, and the bride group stepped on the red carpet to the gate after getting off the car.

"Cross the brazier!"

Husband and wife cross the brazier together to remove bad luck, and blessings come from heaven!

"Astride the saddle!"

Husband and wife straddle the saddle together to ensure the safety of the whole life!

"Cross the rice bag!"

Husband and wife step over the rice bag, life is full of food and clothing after marriage!

Cheng Yaojin, who is a big matchmaker, took out a lacquer bow and three arrows and handed them to the groom Qin Lang.

"Come on, three arrows will determine the universe!"

The eldest son of Changsun Wuji, Sun Chong, was very happy today. His cousin and younger sister married Qin Lang together. According to the etiquette, he put a screen in the gate of the Qin residence, which was only ten steps away.

But Chang Sun Chong carried the exquisite copper screen and ran a hundred paces inside, and then pointed at the three peacocks on the screen and shouted, "Please Sanlang shoot the peacock's eyes!"

A group of relatives and children of the royal family who were sending off to marry were booing there one after another.

Qin Lang smiled and took the bow and arrow from Lao Cheng. As the God of War recognized by the Tang Dynasty, Qin Lang's archery skills are quite good. Just as proficient.

Shooting the eyes of the three sparrows on the copper screen a hundred steps away is indeed a test of archery skills, but it is not difficult for Qin Lang.

Seeing Qin Lang's calm look over there, Li Daozong's son Li Jingheng immediately came to carry the overlord, and directly lifted a copper screen weighing several hundred catties to his shoulders, and it swayed slightly, adding a lot of difficulty to Qin Lang.

Everyone booed and shouted.

Like the four cousins, Princess Changle in Fengguanxiapei was holding a handful of exquisite ones but fanning her face. Seeing her cousins ​​messing around, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Qin Lang smiled at her and said, "My uncles want to see if my archery skills have deteriorated."

After finishing speaking, Qin Lang raised his bow and fired three arrows in a row, all in one breath.

The arrow is like a shooting star chasing the moon, three points into the copper screen.

Dodododo made three beeps.

Then, the people on the wedding side broke into applause, and the three vivid peacocks on the bronze screen a hundred and twenty steps away, each peacock had a feathered arrow in its eye.

"good!"

Hit the screen sparrow!

Back then when Li Yuan went to Dugu's house for a martial arts competition to recruit relatives, he hit the screen sparrow's eyes with a single move of magic archery, and welcomed the beauty back. Now Qin Lang is even better. head.

Now Chang Sun Chong, Li Jingheng and others could only admire and applaud, and put down the copper screen.

Cheng Yaojin happily patted Qin Lang on the shoulder, and announced to the audience that the groom's three arrows will make a difference, and the marriage will be stable from then on.

After the entrance ceremony was completed, Princess Changle and her four cousins ​​stepped into the Qin family's gate together.

After they crossed the threshold, Mrs. Cui led all the people in the mansion out of the small gate, detoured to the front gate, and then entered through the gate.

This is called stepping in the bride's footsteps, and we will be a family from now on.

After the entrance, it is the bride who pays homage to her uncle.

People in the Tang Dynasty called their in-laws uncles, and they had to worship their in-laws when they entered the door. They had to serve their in-laws to wash and then serve tea. Of course, before Wang Gui’s princess daughter-in-law came in, the princesses of the Tang Dynasty would not worship and worship tea for their in-laws. , are held directly in their princess mansion, and they do not live with their in-laws after marriage.

At the beginning, Wang Gui asked the princess to meet and serve tea on the grounds that the family rules and etiquette of the five surnames in Taiyuan were strict, but after marriage, she could not force the princess to live in her husband's house.

But this time when Changle got married, Li Shimin called his daughter to his side, and told her repeatedly that when he leaves the court, he is married, and he obeys his father at home, and obeys his husband when married. Tell her to be polite.

The princess of the Tang Dynasty has a bad reputation now. There are people like Danyang who are good-natured, and there are also princesses like Nanping whose father-in-law is about to divorce her husband right after his death, which led to being seen clearly by the gentry.

Qin Qiong has passed away, and now the elder of the Qin family is naturally the Qin Cui family.

Although Qin Lang had already separated from the Qin family in Qinrenfang and formed another branch, but on today's occasion, of course the Cui family had arrived early, and they were sitting in the high hall at this time.

So the princess and the four sisters came to the front of the hall together. They fetched water, kneaded the towel, and finally the princess handed the washed towel to Cui.

Mrs. Cui is also fully decorated today, Mrs. Guo's imperial attire, coupled with the temperament of a woman with five surnames, makes this noble lady look very graceful and luxurious.

For the wedding of the concubine, Princess Shang, Cui felt a little envious. Although she didn't want her son, Princess Shang, she just thought that the royal princess was too wild and frivolous, and her son couldn't be controlled. But no one knew Qin Lang's abilities, and Princess Changle is also famous for her etiquette, this couple's marriage is really enviable.

What's more, there are four powerful and famous prostitutes who are married as concubines. This is no ordinary Princess Shang, but an amazing political marriage, a strong alliance.

The Li family of the royal family, the relatives, the grandson's family and the Gao family, and the Qin family will form an alliance with these families in the future. It can be seen how prominent Qin Lang's branch will be in the future.

Therefore, when Princess Changle handed over the towel, Cui took it happily, wiped her face symbolically, and took the tea to rinse her mouth.

Then the princess offered another cup of tea, and Cui also drank it with a smile.

Li Cheng.

Then there is the guest.

Among the guests who came, those with higher seniority were invited to sit on both sides of the hall, and then the princess led the four sisters to offer tea one by one.

Qin Lang's adopted brother, King Qin Guozhong of Huaihua County, Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin, Minister Ma Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of War Cui Dunli, etc. all accepted tea offerings.

Cui Dunli, whose new prime minister was only three months old, was also very emotional when drinking tea. Thinking back seventeen years ago, he was still very young, and he had a bright future as a member of Zhongshushe in the imperial court, so he was very proud and self-confident. He still looked down on Qin Qiong, the upstart martial artist, and even more looked down on Qin Lang, a general and bastard.

He once scolded Qin Lang in the Qin Mansion that mud would not support the wall, and dog meat would not stand on the table. He even dared to refuse the prince's introduction to the relatives of the first daughter of the Xingyang Zheng family.

Who would have thought that after more than ten years, Qin Lang is now an existence that the Zheng family in Xingyang could not afford to reach. Not only the emperor asked him to become the eldest princess, but even the two relatives, the grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian, were also prime ministers. Dowry the prostitute's daughter, the famous king Li Daozong, and Xungui's grandson Shunde together.

This decent, who can compare?

After more than ten years of ups and downs, although he has also sat on the position of prime minister now, Cui Dunli is not what he used to be. He is very clear that his position is more supported by Qin Qiong, and his five-surname status does not work. big.

Over the past ten years of the Zhenguan Dynasty, the Qin family has become more and more famous in the court, and the reputation of the four nobles in Zhenguan has become more and more solid. However, they have five surnames and seven families. Return to the top giants.

It's just that he couldn't understand Qin Lang more and more.

Such a grand family member, but he is only in his early thirties, and this year is only thirty-two. How many people at this age are still only ups and downs in green robes, but Qin Lang thinks about the torrent and retreats bravely?

However, the more Qin Lang behaved inadvertently over the past few years, the more the emperor favored and reused him. Could it be that this is a clever way to use advance as retreat?

He was still thinking wildly, the bride had already finished respecting the guests, and then a group of young guests began to hug the bride and groom into the green tent, and they were going to make a scene with the bridal chamber.

Qin Lang walked backwards to the blue felt tent set up in the courtyard, and drank the carousel wine with the brides.

The sky was dark, but the atmosphere in the mansion became more and more lively!