Chapter 495 Big Wedding
Some people always say that the people in the imperial city have the biggest mouths and like to chew their tongues the most, but in fact, they really can't blame them. The main reason is that there is never a shortage of lively things in the imperial city. Lively watching, gossip.
Wasn't the home of a high-ranking military official recently ransacked? The Yi tribe, this high-ranking and wealthy family went to the empty building overnight, and now it's as if they never showed up, no one knows where they went, where did they die, and they were secretly executed in Xuanqing Guard? I dare not say this, and I dare not ask.
Then there was the bustle of Hubu Youshilang's house. She was a good girl with yellow flowers, but she went to Fengri City to play and was arrested abruptly in the Xuanqing Guard. She was only released after a few days. Several followers died, and she was terrified. Now I cry all day at home.
What? Don't want to break up with Xuan Qingwei? forget it! Hubu Youshilang is amazing, isn't he? Can he be older than the Zuo Shilang officer of the Ministry of War? They were all exiled to the three clans, and you, the right servant of the household department, are like a hammer.
In addition, the daughter of the Qin family seems to have heard that she has a marriage contract with the fifth prince, so she is probably going to be an adult now, right?
People with high families and red walls like the Qin family don't have any empathy, and it's too late to read a joke. Of course, kind-hearted people will not gossip about the rights and wrongs of a young girl.
All these excitements one after another seem to be not enough to watch, no, there is a new excitement today. And not only can you watch it, but you can also play tricks.
At the beginning of the morning, the city was very lively with gongs and drums beating. A long and festive welcoming procession bypassed Junhou Street and went out from the west side of Changhong Street to the east gate. The official road outside the east gate goes all the way.
Anyone with a discerning eye can guess that this is the team rushing to the tea mountain villa in the eastern suburbs.
elsewhere? Except for those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the tea mountain villa, how can there be such a big battle for ordinary people to get married? See that big golden pig carried by six people? The goldsmith next door has said that it is definitely a solid real pig, unlike some fake pigs that are hollowed out for appearance. A solid gold pig this one foot long is rare in the imperial city!
Look at the wedding ceremony that was carried on the burden later, which one is not eye-catching? All of them are good things!
The best silk, the best fruit, the best ready-made clothes, and dazzling silver ingots.
While swallowing, no one dared to change their minds. The yamen servants came with more than a dozen guards and dozens of guards wearing garrison uniforms but with red silk tied around their arms. Who would dare to cause trouble?
Honestly follow behind and go all the way to the tea mountain villa. When we welcome the bride, there must be someone throwing money. Judging by the arrogance of this family, they will definitely not be perfunctory with small copper coins. It is likely to be broken silver wrapped in red paper! If you say a few words of congratulations, you can get a few rewards. How can you miss such a cheap good thing?
So hundreds of people followed behind the welcoming team, and the host's family didn't dislike it. Instead, they smiled and threw out some dried fruits, saying that the reward would only be available at the bride's house.
This is the card, the more people there are, the bigger the card. This is the custom in the imperial city. Only those who are cold and clear appear desolate.
They didn't walk fast, and they arrived at Cha Shanzhuang when they arrived at the Sichu wedding party. What they faced was a big mansion with "Xu's Mansion" hanging on the door.
"Grandpa is coming!"
With a shout, this extravagant wedding officially began.
Both sides of the marriage are not small.
The married daughter is from the Xu family, a wealthy family, whose ancestral home is Jingxi, and followed Haocheng, which was established under Fengricheng. The two young ladies who got married this time were Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Zhidi.
The groom's background is bigger, he is Bai Changqing, Minister of the Household Department!
Bai Changqing is now seventy-six years old, but he has a cultivation base of the first level of Concentrating God Realm, and his body is stronger than ordinary young people. Now his wife has died of illness and his concubine is old, but he is not old at heart. Now he is married to a pair of sisters. It is true that white hair and red face are a sensation in the upper circles of the entire imperial city, and there are many admirers.
Welcoming relatives, going home, worshiping, getting married, banquets, bridal chambers, worshiping ancestors, entering the family tree. Everything in this set of rules is indispensable, if Bai Changqing is really old and no elders in the family are alive, there will be more rules. As for the "elders" who worshiped Xu's family, this link was naturally ignored by both parties. The Xu family couldn't bear it, and Bai Changqing was so happy that he didn't have to compromise. However, the marriage was arranged in an extremely grand manner, and it is said that the emperor specially invited him to bestow golden flowers, and the empress also bestowed a third-rank imperial order to raise the value of the Xu family sisters.
This ostentation is not far off, at least except when the prince is married and the concubine is the main concubine, it is rare for others to get married.
There was even a gossip that on the day of the marriage, Bai Changqing booked a banquet at the two best restaurants in the imperial city, and even set up a banquet in his own mansion for those close to him to drink.
There is also the saying that "the officials in the imperial city are drunk nine out of ten" I don't know whether it is true or not.
Such a sensational wedding certainly managed to steal the limelight from many people, and even the gossip about the very marketable "Miss Qin" was suppressed today.
Especially when the "congratulations and reward" people who had been running for a long time in the early morning came back, they completely pushed the wedding to the sky. Each person received a reward of twenty taels of silver! The Bai family gave ten taels, and the Xu family gave another ten taels, and they also mixed two big meat rice bowls! Those who didn't go felt regretful after hearing this.
Twenty taels of silver! Just follow along! Earn a lot! Not to mention that I had two delicious meals, and my thighs were snapped off.
The two restaurants that have been contracted are already very lively, showing the wealth of the rich and powerful. And what kind of luxury is inside the red wall? The common people don't know that today the White Mansion only accepts high-ranking ministers, and those whose official positions are lower than the fourth rank are not eligible to enter.
However, the excitement was so loud that soon it wasn’t just the people in the imperial city who were talking about it, it spread throughout the territory of the Jingjiu Dynasty along the teleportation circle as if it had grown wings. Almost the well-informed people from all over the world knew that the current Hubu Shangshu Bai Changqing got married, married a pair of sisters in one breath, and played a "white hair with beautiful face".
From the beginning of the preparations to the holding of the wedding as scheduled, there was a pair of eyes watching from the beginning to the end, and even these eyes knew no less than the married couple. Moreover, this good show of "white hair with red face" was created by the black hands accompanied by these eyes from the beginning to the end.
Not long after the wedding team set off in the morning, a piece of news sent by Qianli Yinfu was placed on Wang Jian's table. When the wedding banquet was held as scheduled at noon, after the three new couples got married, Wang Jian sorted out the successive news into a written document. I personally reported it to Shen Hao of the Thousand Households Office.
"So it's really a grand affair?" Shen Hao just came back from lunch when he got the news, leaning back on the chair with a smile on his face. He is in a good mood. Firstly, he has made great progress in his practice, and secondly, the two important seeds planted in the imperial city are about to germinate.
"Yes, my lord, apart from the weddings of important members of the royal family, this is the most organized event in recent years."