Chapter 190: Flowers and candles in the bridal chamber
After listening to her father’s warnings, Zhang Guifen returned the bow and bowed again, thus completing the etiquette.
At nearly noon, Tang Qi, the Minister of Rites, led the wedding team to the Zhang family.
The British prince led the whole family to greet him at the door.
Arrived at the main hall, Zhang Guifen came to the main hall and covered her face with a fan.
Tang Qi personally read out the imperial edict of canonization and presented him with a gold book and gold treasure.
Then Zhang Feng carried him out and put him on the sedan chair.
Sixteen bearers lifted up the sedan chair, and amid the loud music of drums and the blast of firecrackers, the welcoming procession headed for the imperial city.
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“Your Highness, the wedding team has arrived. It’s time for Your Highness to go to Xuande Gate to greet her.” Sanshui reminded.
"Let's go!"
Zhao Xing stood up, dragged his heavy crown robe and walked out.
Eight maids followed behind, holding the train of his clothes.
Zhao Xing came to Xuande Gate, waited for a while, and saw the wedding team approaching from a distance.
After a while, the sedan chair landed at the palace gate. After lowering the sedan chair, the maid helped Zhang Guifen out of the sedan chair.
Zhao Xing stepped forward and smiled at Zhang Guifen.
Zhang Guifen glanced at Zhao Xing with a bit of shyness and joy in her eyes and lowered her head slightly.
Zhao Xing turned around and stood side by side with Zhang Guifen. The palace maid presented red flowers made of red cloth, connected with red cloth in the middle, and asked them to hold one end each.
"Relax, don't be nervous."
When Tang Qi read out the congratulatory message, Zhao Xing whispered.
"Yeah."
Zhang Guifen didn't say anything, just hummed inaudibly.
The red carpet was rolled out from Xuandemen to Daqing Hall, the main hall of the palace.
After Tang Qi finished reading his congratulatory message, the two walked side by side on the red carpet and entered the palace gate.
The palace gate is still far away from Daqing Hall, so it is naturally impossible to walk.
If they were walking by, the two of them had thick clothes and long trains, so they didn't know how long they had walked.
After entering the palace gate, the two of them boarded the chariot.
Taking a chariot to the outside of Daqing Hall, the two of them walked into the hall.
In the palace, civil and military officials stood on both sides, and the officials and Empress Cao sat high on the imperial platform.
After Zhao Xing and Zhang Guifen entered the hall, under the witness of hundreds of officials and under the auspices of Tang Qi, they completed a complex set of etiquette.
After the ceremony was completed, the official family and Empress Cao gave some instructions before the wedding was truly completed.
Zhang Guifen was sent back to the East Palace, while Zhao Xing had to wait until the banquet was over before he could return to the East Palace.
As a prince, no one dared to pour him wine. By the time the banquet was over, Zhao Xing was only a little tipsy.
After bidding farewell to his father and mother, Zhao Xing returned to the East Palace.
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Chunhe Palace was the Qing Palace of the Crown Princess of the East Palace.
At this time, in the Chunhe Palace's bedroom, Zhang Guifen was sitting on the bed, absently listening to Cui'e's gossip.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very fond of the two nobles, and the noble Sheng is already pregnant.
Including King Yan sending two divorced women to Zhao Xing, Cui E found out about them all.
After all, Zhang Guifen will be the mistress of the East Palace from now on, and Cui'e will be Zhang Guifen's personal maid. Many people want to curry favor with her.
Things like these are not secrets in the East Palace, so naturally someone will tell her.
"Okay Cui'e." Zhang Guifen listened to Cui'e's endless thoughts and interrupted her, saying: "I'm a little hungry. Go and have someone bring me some food."
She also knew about Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan. News of the pregnancy had spread throughout Bianjing, so naturally she couldn't hide it from her.
As for the fact that King Yan gave Zhao Xing a woman, she didn’t know.
But even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
Which man doesn't have a few people in his house before he gets married?
As the prince, Zhao Xing only had Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan. According to Cui'e, Zhao Xing had never favored the two given by King Yan.
But when it comes to this, Zhao Xing is already considered a good man of this era.
Of course, Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan cannot be treated as people in the room.
Everyone in the room can be dismissed as they please after the first wife comes in.
Zhang Guifen couldn't send Yu Yanran and the others away.
On the contrary, as she enters the door, Yu Yanran and the others will be canonized immediately.
"Girl, I'll go right now." Cui'e responded.
“It’s time to call me Princess, I’ve reminded you so many times.” Aunt Qian scolded.
"I know I was wrong." Cui'e stuck out her tongue and hurried away.
I have been calling you girl for more than ten years, and it is inevitable that I am not used to it when I suddenly change my name.
Mother Qian shook her head and whispered: "Princess, I heard that Sheng Guiren was pregnant. After the officials and the Queen learned the news, they all rushed over. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has been here for the past few nights. She has been resting by her side. With such pampering, the servant is worried that Sheng Guiren will spoil her, so the princess should be more careful."
Hearing this, Zhang Guifen shook her head and said: "Mother Qian, The prince is now rich and powerful, so even if she gives birth to a grandson, it will not have much influence. I am a royal concubine, so I have nothing to be afraid of. I will say less of this in the future. "I understand," said Granny Qian. He opened his mouth and finally sighed slightly. Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "Mother Qian watched me grow up, and she was all thinking about me, I understand. But now that you have entered the East Palace, your words and deeds represent me, so you need to be careful in your words and actions."< br>
"My slave made a mistake." Aunt Qian felt a little ashamed when she heard this.
Zhang Guifen smiled and comforted her for a few words, then said nothing more.
After waiting for a while, the palace maid brought food, and Zhang Guifen started to eat.
After it got dark, Zhang Guifen took a bath and changed clothes under the service of the maids and palace maids, waiting for Zhao Xing's arrival.
Zhang Guifen sat on the bed, unconsciously thinking about what her grandma had taught her, and a blush appeared on her face.
Under the illumination of red candles, it looks even more delicate and beautiful.
I don’t know how long it took, but a palace maid came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had come to Chunhe Palace.
Zhang Guifen took a deep breath and came to the door to greet her.
"I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhao Xing walked into the room, and Zhang Guifen saluted with the maids in the room.
Zhao Xing stepped forward to help Zhang Guifen up. When his hand touched Zhang Guifen's arm, he felt her whole body tense.
"Relax, don't be so nervous." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"Concubine...Concubine..." Zhang Guifen didn't know what to say for a while.
Zhao Xing took Zhang Guifen to the inner room, sat down in front of the bed, looked at her and smiled: "This is not the Zhang Guifen I know. The Zhang Guifen I know is so handsome on the polo field. He was so full of energy, but now he is so nervous."
Zhang Guifen opened his mouth, how can this be the same?
The two of them are getting married today, and now it's even more time for the wedding ceremony.
As a girl who has not yet left the court, no matter how cheerful she is, she will inevitably be nervous.
But Zhao Xing's words made her relax a little.
Zhao Xing held her hand and could feel the subtle changes, and asked: "Have you eaten?"
"Eat." Zhang Guifen nodded.
"Then let's have a drink." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes." Zhang Guifen nodded again.
Zhao Xing ordered someone to bring wine. After a few glasses of wine, he felt that Zhang Guifen had relaxed a little, so he said, "Let's have a rest."
"Yes." Zhang Guifen had relaxed a little. , Hearing this, he became nervous again, responded inaudibly, and lowered his head.
"You all go down."
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Guifen. Zhang Guifen was not particularly beautiful.
In fact, in ancient times, in most cases, legitimate daughters were not as beautiful as concubines.
The ancients valued virtuous wives and concubines.
It doesn’t matter if the wife is beautiful or ugly, the concubine must be beautiful.
Genetically speaking, concubines are more likely to produce beautiful women.
However, although Zhang Guifen is not absolutely beautiful, she has a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, which adds to her beauty a lot.
At this time, his face was blushing and extremely attractive.
Feeling Zhao Xing's gaze, Zhang Guifen lowered her head even lower.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhao Xing reached out and held Zhang Guifen's chin, asking her to raise her head.
Zhang Guifen closed her eyes tightly, looking like she was letting everyone take any advice.
Zhao Xing smiled slightly. Unexpectedly, Zhang Guifen, who had a cheerful temperament, would be a bit shyer than the shy Yu Yanran at this time.
Zhang Guifen opened her eyes with some confusion when she saw that Zhao Xing had not made any move.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Zhao Xing's face enlarged and getting closer to her.
“Well…”
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The next morning, the sky was slightly bright, and Zhang Guifen opened her eyes.
I felt myself being hugged tightly by a pair of strong arms, and my head, which was still a little confused when I woke up, suddenly woke up.
Thinking of last night's scene, Zhang Guifen's face felt hot.
Suddenly, Zhang Guifen thought of something, her expression changed, and she pushed Zhao Xing.
"Don't move, sleep for a while." Zhao Xing held Zhang Guifen's hand a little tighter and muttered.
"Your Highness, it's time to get up. We have to go to the palace to pay homage today, so we must not lose our etiquette." Zhang Guifen said with a hint of pleading in her tone.
Zhao Xing opened his eyes, looked at the pretty face close at hand, and said with a smile: "Father is anxious for me to spread my wings. Even if I go late, I won't blame him. We are sleeping "For a while."
Zhao Xing said, his hands became dishonest again.
Although he already had two women, Zhang Guifen gave him a very different feeling.
Zhang Guifen pressed her hand on her chest and looked at Zhao Xing with pleading eyes: "Your Highness, this concubine will be embarrassed to see others in the future."
On the second day of the wedding, I slept until three o'clock in the morning. Even if the official queen didn't care, no one dared to talk about it.
But Zhang Guifen always felt that it was shameless to see people like this.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Zhao Xing smiled, let go of Zhang Guifen, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
(End of this chapter)