Chapter 148 Flower Candle (Part 1)

Finally, it was the day of getting married, but Cao Yong frowned when he got up. He drank with Detehe and others last night, and now he felt his brain hurt. He rubbed his temples, squinted his eyes and looked out the window, but it was already noon.

Cao Yong reached out and touched the pocket watch beside the pillow, wanting to see the time.

Zhu'er and Cui'er were already waiting for him. When they heard something was happening inside, they picked up a curtain and came in to serve him.

It was already three o'clock in the morning (8:45 am), Cao Yong put down his pocket watch and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up? Are there any guests in the front yard?"

At that time, when the marriage customs were made, most of the close relatives and friends would go to celebrate in the morning, and the whole family would come. This is the so-called visit to the next generation, and only when the friendship was just like that was not brought with the family, it would be fine.

"Sister Zijing said that the uncle will be busy until the night today, so that he can sleep more so that he can avoid the fatigue during the day!" Zhu'er replied while handing over clothes: "I don't know in the front yard. I heard that a female guest was here in the inner yard. Sister Zijing welcomed the guests, and the concubine and the three girls were accompanying each other in the inner hall!"

Cui'er called the little maid outside to send hot water, and Tantan's water temperature was just right, so she asked Cao Yong to clean it up.

These days, few female guests come alone. Since female guests arrive, there should be male guests traveling with each other in the front yard.

Cao Yong shook his head and smiled bitterly. He had to go there quickly to avoid being picky about his groom's duties.

After washing up, Chai'er and Huan'er had already brought the sobering soup and food.

Cao Yong was so tired that he felt ache. When he saw the sober soup, he reached out and picked it up and drank it. Looking at the food, it was two plates of snacks, longan buns and golden silk rolls; there were also one-piece porridge, ginseng and wolfberry porridge; there were four plates of side dishes, mixed with mustard greens, bean curd, pickled cucumber, and red oil shredded ears.

Cao Yong picked up a golden silk flower roll, looked at the ginseng and wolfberry porridge, and asked, "Why did you make this again? Didn't you say you don't need to replenish it?"

Chai'er replied: "It was the concubine and the third girl who specially explained it. I'm afraid that the old man will be busy during the day and have no time to eat, so I'll let you eat more in the morning!"

Cao Yong had a little smile on his face. These two sisters looked like they were in charge of the family and thought of their parents in the past two lives.

In his previous life, his parents regarded Cao Yong's old son as a treasure. Although he had said twice after he worked, he advised him to marry Wen Qi as soon as possible, but later he learned that Wen Qi was following someone else, because he was worried about the sad things that touched his son, he kept silent. His parents in this life were far away in Jiangning, more than two thousand miles away. He was their only sons, but he could not be filial to them. It was also a pity for them to watch their son get married with their own eyes!

"Your son is going to marry a wife!" Cao Yong said silently in his heart, for his parents for two lifetimes. This marriage is one of the four joys in life, but his state of mind is not only expectation and joy, but also endless longing and loneliness. This is how people are. The more important the moment, the more they miss their family and want them to share all their sorrows and joys.

Zhu'er, Cui'er and Chai'er saw Cao Yong's faces turn from a faint smile to contemplation, and then to loneliness. In the end, there was only endless melancholy, and their mood also hangs. That day, the nanny of the Prince Chun's mansion was still in his ears. After today, Cao Yong would move to the new yard, but their stay depends on the arrangements of the Grand Prince. However, today is the day of the master's joy. Even if they are uneasy or uneasy, they must be buried in their hearts and dare not show it on their faces.

Huan'er was young and thought the least. Seeing Cao Yong holding the spoon and not moving for a long time, he said, "Master, the porridge is about to be cold!"

Cao Yong woke up and drank two bowls of porridge and half a plate of small flower rolls with shredded cucumbers. Although he had no appetite when he woke up early, the rules were complicated at this time, so he, the groom, wanted to accompany the guests to welcome the wedding, and he was afraid he had no time to have a meal.

After breakfast, I left the Kuiyuan. Before I left the second door, I saw Baoya and Cao Yi walking side by side, followed by many maids and mothers. When I saw Cao Yong, Cao Yi and everyone bowed down to greet him. Baoya looked at Cao Yong with a smile, with a bit of pride in his expression: "Groom, after this, you will be following Chu Yu and call me sister!"

Cao Yi was beside him, smiling at her and teasing her brother. How could Cao Yong fight with her? Although he had already learned from his sister that the boudoir name of the eldest princess was "Chu Yu", he still couldn't help but laugh at himself when he heard Baoya mention it. He was considered to be an ancient person. Before getting married, he only knew the name of his fiancee's boudoir name, but he had never seen his face. He completely understood what "blind marriage" is.

Baoya followed Cao Yi to welcome several wives from Zhaojia Mansion. So after teasing Cao Yong, the two of them went forward to greet him without delaying them.

Cao Yong also went out of the second door and went to the living room of the front yard. Nearsu and Seshtu both arrived. They were half of the owners in the Cao family, and Cao Song also hosted several Hekes from a family with good relationships. There were also several older guests, and Mr. Zhuang accompanied him to speak.

Seeing Cao Yong come in, several guests of the same generation stood up, said with a thousand rituals, "I'll congratulate you!" Cao Yong replied with a smile and replied, "Happy together, happy together!"

The elder nodded at Cao Yong and said, "Brother Yong is very happy." Cao Yong naturally couldn't help but greet him, saying, "You always bother."

The guests who arrived early included Cao Yong's uncle Fu Ding and cousin Changling. Although Cao Yong had been in Beijing for more than a year, he returned to Beijing a few days ago because Changling was working outside, so the two met for the first time. Changling was in his twenties, tall and strong, and had the spirit of a martial artist. But for some reason, it was difficult for Cao Yong to develop a close heart. Perhaps it was because of the first time they met, both of them were very polite and unfamiliar.

Ning Chun arrived early, and in addition to giving him a gift, there was also Yongqing's share. Because Yongqing was unable to visit him in person during the filial period, he asked Ning Chun to send him away. In fact, according to Ning Chun's friendship with Cao Yong, he should have brought his family here. However, it is not suitable to bring his concubine in this situation, and he was too lazy to bring his wife, so he came by himself.

After noon, the guests gradually became crowded. The Cao family's in-laws, distant relatives, the Li family members, the Jueluo family and the Prince Ping's Mansion, some of them had seen and had not seen before. Many of them came.

In addition to relatives, there are also some relatives from the Cao family who have friendship with Cao Yong's father and grandfather. Cao Yong's colleagues, guards, and ministers. Among these people are at the same level, subordinates, and superiors. Among the several ministers, some of them come to congratulate them in person. There are also some friends they meet on weekdays like Cheng Mengxing. In addition, some of them are from Jiangning, who come to Beijing to do business or to serve in a marquis, and many people come to give gifts.

"Baihu Tong" says: Marriage means to perform rituals at dusk, so it is called marriage. "Youyang Mizu" says: "Li", weddings must be used for dusk, because the yang goes and the yin comes.

According to the rules and divination, the auspicious time for Cao Yong's worship is determined at the first moment of the Xu Dynasty (7:15 pm).

The married wife invited by the Cao family was still invited by the "Quanfu Man" of Zhaojia Mansion.

At the third hour of Shen Zheng (4:45 pm), after three gongs rang, the married wife first went to the Tiandi table to sing incense and kowtow, then stood beside the table, and recruited the groom Cao Yong to come over to kowtow to the Jade Emperor and other gods worshipped on the Tiandi table. Then, the married wife lit the lanterns and carried out a series of procedures to "light the sedan chair", "sweep the sedan chair", and "press the sedan chair" to drive away evil spirits, and the wedding sedan chair officially set off.

Cao Yong was wearing a robe and cross-red, and rode a tall horse in front of the wedding sedan chair. Eight imperial guards including Seshtu were wearing grade official uniforms, and they were also wearing red and protected both sides of the wedding sedan chair. People under Cao's mansion were wearing new clothes, holding drums, lanterns, and incense burners, and they were all the way to send them off.

With the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, we arrived at the Prince Chun Mansion. Because it was short in winter, the sky was getting darker at this time. The Prince Chun Mansion was already full of red lanterns, and it was lit up with red lanterns. It was so gorgeous.

After all, he was a married daughter in the palace. Although she was warm and festive, she was also square and straightforward. She didn't have any jokes when calling the door. After Cao Yong threw out the red envelope of wedding money, he carried the sedan chair in. The sedan chair went to the backyard to pick up the bride. Cao Yong went to the main hall to kowtow to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and performed a ceremony to thank the bride. Then he went to the front of the boudoir to bow deeply and urged him to make up for the bride.

According to the rules, the bride, brother, uncle, and uncle were asked to carry it into the sedan chair. Because the eldest prince had no brother, he had to find uncle to carry it. Because the previous princes were all princes, it was difficult to invite him. The seventh prince was waiting to find the twelfth or fourteenth prince to help, but this task was called on the sixteenth prince, who liked to join in the fun.

Before going in to hug the bride, the sixteenth prince poked Cao Yong and whispered: "But I want to give you a big wedding gift to you, Uncle Sixteen, or I accidentally threw my niece on my hand..."

Seeing that he was in high spirits, Cao Yong was willing to cooperate. Sure enough, he stuffed a big red envelope with silver ingots to the Sixteenth Prince. The Sixteenth Prince weighed it and then went in with a smile.

Before leaving the door of the wedding sedan chair, the woman must hold a banquet to entertain the wedding guests and the wedding wives, but it was just a polite turn. Seishtu and others did not move their chopsticks at all, so they just sat down and looked at it. Just waited for the wedding sedan chair to leave the boudoir, and a bowl of clear soup was put on here. The tea room called "super soup" to mean the end of the banquet. The marriage immediately put down the soup and rewarded the money, and got up and said goodbye.

Because the rule is to carry the newcomer back from the girl's house and cannot go back from the original road, which means not to go back, so it is inevitable to take a detour. It is already the second time that you return to Cao's house with a sedan chair.

The same as the sedan chair goes to the girl's house, when the sedan chair goes to the man's house, he also has to close the door and then call the door. However, there are many more funny duet jokes on the Cao Mansion than the royal mansion. Then he opened the door and threw copper coins and bags of happy bags all over the sky, and welcomed the sedan chair into the door.

The wife of the Prince Chun's mansion was the eldest sister-in-law of the wife Nala. She and her married wife Zhaojia went into the wedding hall and burned incense to the heaven and earth table. In front of the sedan chair, the saddle that had been offering sacrifices on the heaven and earth table were arranged, and the Xigonger came up with a bow and arrow.

Ning Chun Seshtu and others came over with Cao Yong. Looking at the tightly falling sedan curtain, Cao Yong suddenly felt a little nervous. Behind the curtain was the other half that was about to be with him for a lifetime.

Ning Chun came over from the side and muttered in his ear with a smile: "Look at those maids who are dowry, they are so beautiful, brother, you are so lucky..."

The feeling that only a little that came to Cao Yong was completely cut off by this sentence. He smiled and looked at Ning Chun's unscrupulous face, not knowing what to say. When Seshtu saw it, he hurriedly pulled Ning Chun aside with a smile. Cao Yong took the bow and arrow from Xi Guaner's hand and fired three arrows through the curtain of the sedan chair.

The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and the "Quanfu" girl invited from Zhaojia Mansion in advance brought makeup from the Tiandi table, filled the makeup for the bride, and then helped her get out of the sedan chair.

The bride was dressed in a dress, holding an apple, holding a "bao bottle" with white and tender hands, like condensed fat, passed the saddle, brazier, and stepped on the red felt. The two "Mrs. Quanfu" invited by Cao's mansion, helped them all the way into the wedding hall and stood beside Cao Yong.

Both of them knelt down at the table of heaven and earth, worshiping heaven and earth according to the rules, and a bright red wedding silk tied two people who were originally unfamiliar but were destined to be with each other for a lifetime, and entered the bridal chamber together.

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The two newlyweds sat in the tent according to the direction specially invited someone to give instructions, and then the married wife began to spread the tent. While she scattered longan, lychees, red dates, chestnuts, peanuts and other happy fruits in the tent, she was chanting auspicious words to bless the new people. Then she withdrew the tent and a new scale rod wrapped in red silk was presented.

The tension came up again. Cao Yong felt that he had never been so nervous in his two lives. He was nervous with expectation, mixed with some inexplicable feelings, and a little nervous. He calmed down. Seeing the opposite side standing by to see the bride, the married wife smiled and nodded at him, as if encouraging the groom. He felt a little embarrassed and thought to himself: "Are you so adult, just marry a wife? Why are you nervous?" He immediately held the scale rod in his hand and raised his hand to lift the veil.
Chapter completed!