Chapter 393 Personal Welcome
Unconsciously, New Year’s Day arrived in the sixth year of Yongjia (312).
In the auspicious snow, Shao Xun stood in the wilderness and looked at the frozen world.
All activity ceased, whether it was war, commerce, agriculture, or anything else.
But outside this house, which had just been decorated with the Shao Mansion plaque, there were many cars and horses. Even on the first day of the first lunar month, it was still busy.
Shao's mother, Mrs. Liu, picked up a basket of turnips from outside and came back. The two maidservants followed behind at a loss, with helpless expressions on their faces.
"I will get married in a few days, but I will sit around all day long, just like someone who has nothing to do." My mother's light words drifted past my ears.
“Aniang is right.” Shao Xun nodded.
The words went into the left ear, and soon floated out from the right ear, dissipating in the cold wind.
My mother went back to cook his favorite dishes, but Shao Xun became more and more content with his work, wandering around in the fields.
"Have all the external matters been dealt with?" Father Shao Xiu appeared from nowhere and reminded in a low voice.
"Don't worry, Grandpa." Shao Xun said confidently.
"When you were a child, you liked to stir up trouble and fight with others. When you grow up, you like to provoke women, ugh." Shao Xiu went home and helped Mr. Liu choose vegetables.
The two of them have been enjoying themselves for several years, and indeed they no longer do chores. But when the son comes home, the mother will cook by herself, and the father will accompany his son to have a few sips.
There was a burst of laughter in the yard.
The third brother Shao Fan's bride, Cao, was born in a wealthy family in Luoyang, but she also accompanied her mother in the kitchen and was very active.
The eldest nephew Shao Shen also came. He was first inspected by Shao Xun on his martial arts and homework. Before leaving, he actually said with a playful smile: "Second uncle, please marry me quickly. I can marry him after he is married." "
"That's a good idea." Shao Xun sneered: "My little sister isn't married yet."
"Huh?" Shao Shen was dumbfounded. condition?
"I lied to you, study hard and practice your martial arts skills." Shao Xun said with a smile.
The eldest nephew left in despair.
Sister-in-law Zhang and her niece saluted him, Shao Xun returned the salute, and then continued to stand outside blowing the cold wind.
The laughter and laughter in the yard became more and more lively, but the center of everyone's attention was on Shao Xun.
This is the backbone of the whole family.
"Lang Jun, go back quickly and take a look at the dress." Le Shi walked over holding the golden knife.
Shao Xun picked up his son and pricked him with his beard, making Jin Dao giggle.
Shao Xun also laughed, and the father and son were enjoying themselves.
But he stopped laughing soon because his beard was pulled tightly by his son and it hurt so much.
Le Shi smiled and took the golden knife over, and then relieved Shao Xun's embarrassment.
Golden Blade is three years old, which is four years old according to the imaginary age. At this time, he was hiding in his mother's arms, staring at Shao Xun with his big black eyes. After looking at him for a while, he stretched out his hand and asked his father to hold him.
Shao Xun hugged his son with one hand and held Lan Ji with the other.
Lan Ji complained that he went out to war every three days and didn't know where the person was even after returning home. As a result, three years after Jin Dao was born, she was not able to conceive a second child.
Looking at the first woman in his life, Shao Xun was a little moved.
Over the past few years, she has changed from being full of resentment to being indifferent to her husband and raising children. After years of precipitation, she has become more and more interesting.
"Thank you for your hard work these past few years." Shao Xun said suddenly.
Lan Ji was a little surprised at first, and then she felt a little emotional.
She still remembers how he took her riding horses, hunting, and archery when she regained freedom after being imprisoned for a long time. It was one of the few touching moments in her life.
Perhaps, he was so kind to her at that time that he is still unforgettable to this day.
But you can’t let him know these things, lest he get carried away and ignore you in the future.
"You still have some conscience." Le Lanji hugged the child and said quietly.
Shao Xun tightened her hand.
Lan Ji’s reputation at home is very good.
My mother once praised Lan Ji to herself in private, saying that she "deserves being a concubine", which made Shao Xun dumbfounded - this kind of compliment was really strange.
Her parents are very satisfied with her, her younger sister regards her as her idol, and her niece and sister-in-law also like to get close to her, and they are like a duck in water.
"You have been restless these days, why are you always wandering around outside?" Lan Ji suddenly asked as she was about to enter the house.
"It's nothing." Shao Xun didn't want to confess.
"She won't come." Lan Ji said.
"Huh?"
"Yang Xianrong won't come, don't worry, I persuaded her to go back." Lan Ji pinched Shao Xun and said.
"This..." Shao Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
These women are really happy when they are happy, and they are also really troublesome when they are in trouble.
The key is that they can really cause trouble.
A person as transparent as Song Yi will not cause any trouble at all.
Women like Jingshi have been seducing him, so he can play with her if he wants, and Jingshi doesn't dare to rely on him.
But once Yang Xianrong relied on him, fuck, his reputation would be ruined on the spot.
“It’s not easy to celebrate the New Year.” Shao Xun smiled awkwardly.
Lan Ji rolled her eyes at him and asked again: "What is wrong with Concubine Pei? Xun Niang hurried over to visit and came back in a hurry."
Shao Xun was speechless.
Lan Ji did not want to let him go and asked: "If there is something unspeakable, as the military commander, you have to help cover it up. Otherwise, the people of the shogunate will be separated soon. Not all the scholars in the counties and countries may be I listen to you and make wedding clothes for others in vain."
"Tao Nu, I will stay with you these days and won't go anywhere," Shao Xun surrendered.
Lan Ji covered her mouth and smiled, then took a few steps and left.
Jindao looked at his mother, then at his father, with a confused look on his face.
"Son, when you grow up, you should study and practice martial arts honestly, and don't be a frivolous person." Shao Xun patted his son's head and sighed: "Let the wet nurse take care of you in the afternoon. As a father, you must recharge your batteries. , I don’t have time to play with you.”
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Different dynasties have different etiquette systems.
After the founding of the dynasty, Xun Xi was ordered to write the ritual system of the new dynasty, which consisted of one hundred and sixty-five chapters, which were combined into "Five Rites".
Among them, the ceremony of wedding crown is included in the auspicious ceremony - the ceremony of the emperor's concubine is separately listed as "Jiali".
Among the six steps of marriage, there is currently only one "wedding" left, that is, the groom comes to the door in person to welcome the bride home. For this matter, Uncle Cao acted as a matchmaker and communicated in two ways.
First, the Yu family came to live in Xuchang in advance, and Shao Xun came to marry him.
Second, Shao Xun personally went to Yanling to welcome the bride back to Xuchang and hold the wedding.
Finally I chose the second option.
Depart one day in advance and arrive in the evening of the same day.
Welcome to the bride early the next morning, return to Xuchang in the evening, and hold the wedding at dusk, which is just right.
On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Shao Xun put on his formal dress and prepared to go out to meet his bride.
When it comes to formal attire, there are generally two schools of thought in the country.
One is to follow the old custom since the Han and Wei dynasties, that is, the "Xuanqi" dress, with a black upper body and a red lower body.
The second is white. The country was still white, and since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, many scholars had despised the constraints of etiquette and wore white dresses, which even affected the royal family. The prince wore a white dress when he accepted his concubine.
Shao Xun is still wearing a traditional black and red dress. After saying goodbye to his family, his eldest nephew Shao Shen led a hundred horses to lead the way.
Cai Cheng, Liu Ling, and Yuan Xi, with more than 300 soldiers, guarded Shao Xun.
The Silver Spear Army stationed at the foot of Xuchang City dispatched five buildings of 3,000 soldiers, and the Xuchang Shibing Army recruited 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, led by Hou Feihu, who followed closely behind.
The huge wedding reception team of thousands of people is quite rare in Henan.
Not to mention that during the march, drums and horns were shouting, and swords and guns were heavily guarded.
To put it harshly, the prince’s concubine may not necessarily have this kind of pomp.
As the number one warlord in Henan, Shao Xun made the most of this wedding.
At Shenshi in the afternoon, the whole army crossed the Wei River. In the evening, they arrived outside the Yujia Manor and set up camp.
On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Yu Wenjun got up before dawn.
The maids were busy preparing various things.
The four concubines got together to put on makeup and change clothes for Yu Wenjun.
Bu Yao, sideburn flowers, Tongxin Quedan...
A white silk shirt and colorful cup purple trousers are worn at the innermost part, followed by a purple green jacket, a crimson gauze skirt, and a crimson silk robe (the specific wearing method can refer to the cultural relics unearthed from the Qianliang Tomb in Gansu Province)...
After finishing dressing up, Yu Wenjun looked a little shy in the bronze mirror.
She recalled the scene of their first meeting ten years ago.
I was still a six-year-old girl at that time. He must not have thought that I would marry him ten years later, right?
Yu Wenjun touched his hot face and felt that today was the happiest moment in his life.
From now on, she will stay with him, serve his grandparents, take care of his younger siblings, raise his children, and may even be worried about him, and may even be angry and shed tears. What's more likely is the sweetness of mutual support - unknowingly, the girl has thought too much.
The four concubines also looked at Yu Wenjun somewhat blankly.
She is so stunningly dressed up. If you wait a few more years, this will be a beautiful flower in full bloom.
Mr. Chen has really poisonous eyes. He has already named Wenjun to marry him, but Wenjun still likes him very much.
For a while, the four of them had some thoughts and feelings.
What woman wouldn't want this? Who is willing to be a concubine?
Someone is already urging me outside.
A few people responded and then helped Yu Wenjun out of the boudoir.
When Yu Wenjun, dressed in fine clothes, saw his familiar family members, he lowered his head shyly, his brows and eyes full of happiness.
When I saw my mother with reddish eyes, I suddenly felt sad, so I walked over with the hem of my skirt in hand.
She held back her tears, worried that her makeup would be ruined, and just hugged her mother tightly.
Ms. Guanqiu gently stroked her daughter, looking both happy and worried.
For a time, it seemed like there were thousands of words to say, and I didn’t know where to start.
At the end, he just sighed and said: "When you grow up, he likes you so much, he shouldn't let you be wronged."
After saying that, he covered his head with a fine gauze. On my daughter’s face.
The girl didn't know the true meaning of her mother's words, so she just hummed and nodded lightly.
Yu Chen stood there in silence, letting the mother and daughter talk about their farewells.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he waved his hand and asked his eldest son Yu Liang to take his sister out.
"Woo——" A desolate horn sounded.
Soon, hundreds of military drummers started playing hard.
Outside the Yu family manor, the bells rang and the music played.
After seeing the bride come out, the drumming stopped and the soldiers all fell to the ground.
The wind is blowing.
The Yu brothers and sisters were shocked.
The onlookers were also shocked and subconsciously did not dare to speak.
Tens of thousands of soldiers fell to the ground in silence.
The general, dressed in black and red, got off his white horse and slowly walked towards the bride.
After looking at each other quietly, Shao Xun couldn't resist the happiness and passionate love in the girl's eyes, and led her to get in the car.
The sound of drumming returns.
The cavalry that once defeated the Xiongnu under Gaoping City held up colorful flags and guarded the left and right.
The horn sounds.
The powerful silver spear soldiers who once roamed among the Huns' cavalry were fully armed and followed behind to protect their lord and mistress.
The tens of thousands of troops walked for a long time before disappearing on the distant horizon one after another.
The crowd outside the Yu family manor finally reacted and started making noises.
The sentimental woman looked into the distance with jealous eyes.
As a woman, if she has this kind of pomp and circumstance in her life, she would be willing to live ten years shorter.
The men did not have so many strange thoughts, and mainly discussed the political significance of Chen Gong's wedding.
The confluence of warlords and local snakes is the essence of this marriage.
(End of this chapter)