Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 183 Daughter's Mind
Many preparations were going on in an orderly manner, and the etiquette regulations for the wedding finally came to a conclusion.

Taichang Huaheng is the descendant of Hua Xin, the Taiwei of the Cao Wei Dynasty. He is a master of etiquette and law in the world.With such an authoritative person in charge, although the established etiquette cannot be said to completely follow the ancient etiquette, it can at least avoid many unnecessary disputes and criticisms.

According to this etiquette regulation, the Shen family should choose an auspicious day in early June to prepare a goose ceremony to propose marriage, and then wait for the court to issue an edict to grant the marriage.After Na Cai, the chief executive Tai Chang and Zong Zheng came to the Shen family to enroll in the family register, and then bestowed the princess's name and birthday.In the coming day, the Shen family will send the name card and the betrothal gift to the garden, and then discuss the wedding date with the garden.

After the wedding was agreed upon, the princess was accompanied by the imperial wife to go out of the palace and first live in the princess mansion.On the wedding day, Shen Zhezi led the guard of honor to Taicheng first, entered the palace to receive a lecture, and went to the princess mansion in the evening.Waiting for the emperor's edict in the princess' mansion, he was allowed to leave Beijing and return to his hometown to hold a formal wedding, pay homage to his parents-in-law and enter the family temple.

Although this regulation still follows the context of the Six Rites, it greatly shortens the cycle.In this case, they should be able to return to Wu Xing from the capital before July.

The person who helped draft the memorial for the Shen family was Yu Xi, a member of the Yutan family in Kuaiji. This old gentleman also enjoyed a high reputation in Wuzhong, and his reputation was comparable to that of Zhai Tang in Lushan Dayin. In addition to his profound talents and knowledge, he is also an astronomer who has left his name in history.If it wasn't for Yu Tan's face this time, he wouldn't be able to invite such a foreigner.

After the memorial and geese were prepared, Shen Zhezi, accompanied by several clansmen, went to Taicheng to submit it.On the third day, Taichang Huaheng and Zongzheng King Xiyang came to Shen's house with the edict of bestowing marriage and read it out.

It's all right for Hua Heng, he didn't have any friendship with Shen's family, this time he also received Yuan Zhong's order, just treat him courteously.As for the King of Xiyang, I heard Shen Zhezi talk about the Yin Jue earlier, and recently called many overseas Chinese to inquire about the details, and I am already impatient to join this rich and promising organization.Today I finally had the opportunity to see Shen Zhezi again. After the edict was read out, Dang even dragged Shen Zhezi to discuss the matter.

Shen Zhezi is currently worrying about his life-long affairs, how can he have the leisure to discuss these matters with Xiyang King.What's more, listening to this guy's implication, he actually planned to bring his brother Nanton King into the gang, and the Shen family would contribute a part of it to upgrade.These two greedy guys had such wonderful ideas, Shen Zhezi just sneered and remained silent.

It is true that King Laxiyang joined the group because this guy still has some value, and it is also for the convenience of marriage.As for the king of Nandun, there is really no need. The king of Nandun was killed by Yu Liang because of the definite evidence, so Shen Zhezi would not have any too close financial transactions with him.If King Nandun wanted to join in, Shen Zhezi would not refuse if he offered real money, but it was absolutely impossible to imagine King Xiyang being so cheap!
Originally, the princess's name post was to be sent back to Wu Xing for divination in the family temple, but right now it is expedient, and Princess Xingnan is already a sure-fire husband.So after keeping it at home for two days, the Shen family sent it back to the garden together with the betrothal gift.

Although part of the betrothal gift had already been sent to the Princess Mansion, the remaining part was also particularly impressive.There are dozens of suitcases of various dresses alone, plus Yubao ritual vessels, dozens of carts drove into the garden mightily, and were received by the ceremonial officials and servants and sent to the princess' bedroom.

And Shen Zhezi also got the exact wedding date, just ten days later.

Because the owner's wedding was going to be arranged, most of the palace people in the garden were gathered here, going in and out, very busy.

Although she is not very satisfied with this son-in-law, but the daughter is always her own, and the elder brother has given her a lot of advice, so the queen is no longer as opposed to this marriage as she was at first.Recently, she often lives in the princess palace, presiding over and handling various matters.But in fact, she is not very proficient in these things, but she is reluctant to let her daughter marry and leave her parents at a young age, and she often sits alone and weeps.

After the Shen family's gift box arrived, the garden became even more busy.Many clothing and jewelry to be used before and after the wedding day need to be tried on one by one.When Princess Xingnan saw these dazzling betrothal gifts, she was a little curious at the beginning, and she was at the mercy of the palace servants in the room.

But these dresses and accessories are very cumbersome, and it takes nearly half an hour to try on a set. The little girl's curiosity gradually dissipated, and then she became impatient.Especially thinking of going to a completely unfamiliar environment in a few days, and facing strangers, my mood became more complicated.

"Get out! You all back down!"

Princess Xingnan pushed away the bead chains that the palace servants wanted to hang on her body, and then loudly repelled a kind of palace servants. When she was the only one left in the room, she closed the door and sat alone on the couch in silence. Not long after, tears rolled down her delicate cheeks.

"You are not serving the princess in the room to try on clothes, what are you doing standing outside the door?"

Empress Yu Wenjun's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and Princess Xingnan quickly came to her senses, and hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face, before she could stand up and straighten her clothes, the door was already opened by that Momo Cai.

The queen stepped in from the door, and as soon as her eyes fell on the princess's face, she immediately noticed the abnormality of the little girl's emotions.Looking at the corners of her daughter's still moist eyes, she couldn't help recalling the panic, anxiety and sadness she felt when she was waiting to get married in her boudoir, and she felt even more touched in her heart.

However, she was much older than the current princess back then, and she married the Royal East Palace, but now her daughter...

The queen felt it, her eyes gradually became cloudy, and her heart was filled with love and affection. She stepped forward to embrace the princess in her arms, but she felt her body was a little stiff.This disappointed her but also blamed herself. If she had known that the daughter could not live in the boudoir forever, and would marry another country at such a young age, why had she been so strict with the princess before but cared less?

"My little girl has turned out to be a wonderful lady."

The queen smiled awkwardly, then bent down to tidy up the slightly messy skirt for the princess: "Have you seen all the dowries that your husband's family sent into the garden? It's really..."

She wanted to comfort Princess Kaijie with a few words, but she always felt that it was a wronged and mismatched marriage for the princess to marry into the Shen family, so she couldn't say anything when she came to her mouth.

"The queen mother doesn't need to do these things, the palace people will take care of it."

The princess carefully pulled the skirt out of the queen's hands. She could feel the empress's care for her, but her character was originally stubborn, and she was a bit rebellious after being severely disciplined for a long time. A little distant.

Seeing the princess turned around to let the palace people continue to serve and change clothes, but they were quite indifferent to her, the empress felt even more sour.She stood in the room for a moment, and then left feeling a little disappointed.

It wasn't until the queen walked out of the room that Princess Xingnan let the palace people back away again, and she stood inside the door, staring at the back of the queen mother who was fading away in a daze.

"The rest, I'll watch them tomorrow, I'm tired."

After a long time, the princess withdrew her gaze, walked back to the couch and sat down in a slightly dispirited manner, watching the palace people put all kinds of dresses, dresses, costumes and jewelry back into the box.After a while, she turned her eyes to Yunzhi who was standing in the corner and was faintly rejected by other palace people, and suddenly asked: "Yunzhi, you are a lady who grew up outside the palace. Seeing that there are many people, do girls marry husbands?" Home, isn’t it considered the original family?”

That Yunzhi was originally a very talkative woman, after entering the palace, she was very cautious, lest she would make mistakes, and it has been a long time since she had the opportunity to make a big discussion.At this time, when the princess asked me a question, many words flowed in my mind, but seeing the indistinct eyes of the palace people, I didn't dare to say more, I just lowered my head and said: "Although the maidservant is outside the palace, I can only do it. Growing up in the palace, I seldom heard about marriages outside..."

When Princess Xingnan asked the question, she just had a feeling, but she didn't really want an answer urgently.She was reclining on the soft couch, but the scene of summoning Shen Zhezi at the King's Bieye of the East China Sea that night appeared in her mind, and she felt a little shy and relieved in addition to being uneasy.

That young man was young, but he kept his word, and he did what he promised to himself, so that she would not marry into a husband's family that she didn't like, and he also sent many gifts to the palace, which must have cost a lot.I'll thank him again when I see him again in a few days.She also knew that her temperament was not gentle. Since she wanted to get along with that person for a long time in the future, she should maintain a little courtesy first, so that disputes would not be too embarrassing in the future.

While I was thinking about it in my heart, an annoying childish voice suddenly sounded next to my ear: "Wow, sister, you have so many exquisite things here, are they all given to you by the raccoon family?"

The princess suddenly slapped herself on the couch and stood up, pointing at the crown prince Sima Yan who had just walked into the room and looked at all the utensils in the room with a surprised face, she scolded loudly: "What kind of raccoon! You will call your brother-in-law from now on. Let me hear you say raccoon, and see how I teach you!"

"Sister, you're scaring me again! It's not that I don't know that you will go to other people's houses in a few days, so I won't be afraid of you anymore!"

The prince stood at the door, yelling confidently, but his eyes fell on a beautifully carved pitching pot in the side hall. He had wanted a similar plaything for a long time, but it was a pity that the batch that came into the garden earlier was put away by the queen mother and refused to give it to him. Here the princess was given by the emperor, which made him very envious.

"Hey, sister, why didn't you get punished today?"

Looking at the pitching pot, the prince leaned in front of the princess and said with a flattering smile.

"Why should I be punished?"

"I came from the Queen Mother's hall earlier and saw the Queen Mother crying behind my back. Could it be that sister, you have angered the Queen Mother again?"

After hearing this, the princess fell silent, and after a while, she pulled the prince to her side and said solemnly, "Aliu, are you a man?"

"Sister, I am your younger brother, I am a man!"

The prince yelled with some dissatisfaction. At this age, self-awareness and discrimination are the most important. How can he allow others to confuse his gender: "Sister, are you because of the raccoon... Ha, brother-in-law gave you a lot of gifts, happy Are all the people dumbfounded?"

"It's good that you know you're a man!"

The princess ignored the prince's ridicule at her, and then said seriously: "Since you are a man, someone bullied your mother and made her unhappy, what are you going to do?"

"Who dares to bully my queen mother?"

When the prince heard this, his expression immediately became agitated, but he couldn't think of what to do for a while, then looked at the princess again, and said rather weakly: "Sister, what should I do?"

The princess held her forehead with one hand, as if she was in great distress. She didn't know how to educate this little brother, she pondered for a while, and then waved to the prince: "Forget it, come with me, you have to remember what I do later, who will let me do it later?" If the queen mother is not happy, you have to do this!"

(End of this chapter)