The age of men and women is limited to marriage and the six rituals are the regulations on weddings in the Book of Rites. The so-called six rituals refer to Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, and promising marriages. The "Da Ming Law" fully inherits the provisions on weddings in the Book of Rites, and are also the six rituals.

As the emperor, Zhu Cijing naturally had to take the lead in following the "Da Ming Law", Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, and the bride reception period were not missing. However, he did not have to go to the queen's house to greet him in person, but sent a grand wedding delegation to welcome him on his behalf. He just had to wait in the palace.

This time, the marriage is given. If you want to discuss marriage, you will first ask the matchmaker to explore the woman's words. Usually, you will ask the matchmaker to take the bride gift to the woman's house to propose marriage. The woman's house accepts the gift. Even if you promise to discuss marriage, the two parties can further discuss.

This question is to ask the woman's name and date of birth. After the woman promised to discuss marriage, the man's family took the initiative to send the man's name, date of birth, date of birth, and asked the matchmaker to send the woman's book to the woman's house and asked the Geng Book. After the Geng Books of both parties exchanged, the man asked the fortune teller to calculate whether the "fate appearance" is appropriate. If it is suitable, it will be divorced, and if it is not suitable, it will be abandoned.

Najib immediately gave a gift to get engaged. The man and woman had a "eight characters" in harmony. The man officially prepared a gift and asked the matchmaker to come to propose with the "Appointment Letter". If the woman receives the "Appointment Letter", even if she accepts the marriage, she will of course have to reply to the "Appointment Letter" as a certificate.

This is a bidding gift that is officially engaged. After receiving the letter from the woman's family, the man will take a good day to bring a gift to the matchmaker and accompany the father and son to the woman's family to the woman's family to recognize the in-laws for formal engagement. The woman will give back the future son-in-law even gift money. At this time, the woman needs to give back the man through the matchmaker the shoes or embroidered scribble that he sewed himself as the token of the in-laws.

This request date is the engagement date. The marriage date is chosen by the man. After the marriage date is determined, the man will write a "Application" in the name of his parents and send a matchmaker to deliver it to the woman. If the woman receives the request, if there is no objection to the marriage date, it will be convenient to discuss the number of bride gifts and matters related to the marriage.

The wedding ceremony is the last gift of the "Six Ceremonies", so it is also called "wedding". At that time, both the men and women's families will paste couplets, put on lights and decorate them to entertain guests. On the day of the marriage, the men's family consists of a bride-friendly man, a bride-friendly man, a suona troupe transporter, and go to the girl's house to welcome the bride. After the wedding ceremony arrives at the woman's house, the married girl bids farewell to relatives and friends, covers her face with a red silk cover, and goes to the man's house. The bride-friendly man returns to the man's door. Accompanied by all relatives and friends, the groom personally welcomes the newlyweds out of the sedan chair and enters the main hall, worships the heaven and earth, worships ancestors, parents, and then sends them to the bridal chamber. At this point, the "Six Ceremonies" are completed, and the man and women officially become husband and wife.

The matchmaker the emperor invited to get married naturally needs to be worth it. To be honest, in addition to the royal members of the Ming Dynasty, there are only three who are worth it, including Sun Chengzong, the Grand Tutor of Duke Zhenguo, Xu Guangqi, the Grand Tutor of the Minister of Rites, and Zheng Zhilong, the King of Zhennan.

Grand Tutor Sun Chengzong and Grand Tutor Xu Guangqi are both old and Zhu Cijing doesn't want them to be too tired, so the mission of this matchmaker falls on the young and powerful King of Zhennan Zheng Zhilong. Although Zheng Zhilong is a pirate leader, since he became King of Zhennan, he has no interest in fighting and killing. He is still interested in negotiations, watching the ceremony and other activities that can demonstrate their identity. It is a great honor to be a matchmaker for the emperor. Naturally, he ran over from Jinling happily and was busy for Zhu Cijing's wedding.

The royal family's naming and asking for names are somewhat different from the folk. On this day, Zhu Cijing was notified that a grand naming and asking for names would be held. The Ganqing Palace had been decorated with flowers and was full of joy. Zhu Cijing was wearing a grand dress and was waiting in a side hall. When the sound of the officials of the Imperial Heaven Supervisory Office "The auspicious time has arrived" came from outside, he walked into the main hall of the Ganqing Palace surrounded by the festive music, sitting on the dragon throne and waiting.

At this time, the court ministers and princes and nobles were already standing below. They were actually invited to watch the ceremony. The ceremony began. First, the court ministers and nobles bowed to the ground and shouted long live. Then the ritual officials of the Honglu Temple announced the drafted wedding edict. After the edict was read, Zhu Cijiu stood up and appointed Zheng Zhilong, the King of Zhennan and Bi Maokang, the Minister of Works, as the chief and deputy angels, and went to the Zhongzhen Hou Qinliangyu's house to ask for their names.

Amid the music, Zheng Zhilong and Bi Maokang took the banner representing the emperor, held the imperial edict given by the emperor, and led a large group of people to beat gongs and drums, and rushed to the Zhongzhen Marquis' Mansion.

Why is the Zhongzhen Marquis Mansion? Qin Mingyue's life experience is quite miserable. His father Qin Minping sacrificed his life for the country as early as the fourth year of Tianqi (1624 AD). His two uncles died in the bloody battle with the Later Jin Iron Cavalry during the Hunhe Battle as early as the first year of Taichang (1621 AD). At this time, there was no male in the Qin family, only her aunt Qin Liangyu was left, so she could only move into the Zhongzhen Marquis Mansion and wait for the emperor to marry him.

Of course, no one dared to disagree with the Emperor Nacai and Wenming. The so-called Nacai and Wenming were just a form. When Zheng Zhilong and Bi Maokang wore big red dresses, took a guard of honor and drum band, escorted several carts of gifts, blew and beat, and rushed to the Zhongzhen Hou Mansion, Zhongzhen Hou Qin Liangyu had been kneeling at the gate for a long time.

This process is not very complicated. First, Qin Liangyu was ordered to accept gifts and thank him. Then he began a grand ceremony to hold a name-question, and presented the "table" with Qin Mingyue's name, resume, birthday, etc. to Zheng Zhilong, and then invited Zheng Zhilong and Bi Maokang to have a meal and it was finished.

There is nothing to say about Najib and Ying Zheng. They were all handled by Zheng Zhilong and Bi Maokang. Zhu Cijiu just paid the money and naturally he would not be stingy about Qin Mingyue and the Qin family. Not to mention other brides, gold alone would be 100,000 taels, silver would be 1 million taels, and other jewelry would be incalculable!

After Najib and the candidates, they invited the date. The wedding was finally scheduled on December 24th, and they were given a zodiac auspicious day, which means double happiness. This so-called double happiness is not because the day of the 24th is Christmas. The Ming Dynasty did not have Christmas at that time. The solar term calculated on the 24th is a traditional solar term, the Little New Year.

On the 24th, the entire capital was even more lively than the New Year. All the people in the capital were celebrating the emperor's wedding with lights and decorations. The bride-welcoming team was even more deaf. There was no way. The people in the capital now have money, and they were also very grateful to the emperor. So the firecrackers along the way were almost full, and the bride-welcoming team was deafening the sound of firecrackers everywhere. It is said that on this day, the firecrackers in the capital and even the entire Beizhili were bought out. That was prepared for the New Year, but they were sold out during the New Year!

At this time, Qin Liangyu had already led the whole family to kneel at the gate to greet the bride-welcome. The bride-welcome issued an edict loudly. Amid the drum music, the sedan chair guard of the Jinyiwei carried the queen's ritual carriage and Longting into the front yard, and then carried it from the eunuch to the "Embroidery Building" in the backyard, and parked according to the "good location" designated by the officials of the Imperial Heaven Supervision.

Qin Liangyu wore a queen's dress, a phoenix crown and a robe, appeared shiningly, kneeled to receive a gold book and a gold treasure, and then returned to the "lou" to wait for auspicious times.

As soon as the auspicious time arrives, the empress will be promoted to the carriage, and the large group of people will pass through the Qianmen, along the Imperial Road, pass through the Daming Gate, enter Tiananmen, Duanmen, and the Meridian Gate. The bells and drums on the city tower will be heard. The team enters the Forbidden City from the middle gate of the Meridian Gate, passes through the Taihe Gate, and arrives at the Ganqing Gate. The empress enters the Ganqing Gate, and the eunuchs and palace maids line up in the road, clapping their hands to make a warm welcome. Amid the drum music, officials of the Ministry of Rites present the Queen's Golden Book, Jinbao, and relevant people in the Jiaotai Hall behind the Ganqing Palace. The rituals and chariots of the empress will be led, carried, supported, or followed, and sent to Kunning Palace to worship the heaven and earth and perform great gifts.

There were also many people who came to watch the ceremony, not only the court ministers, princes and nobles, but also the missions of the vassal states. Most of the missions in the continental states stayed in the Ming Dynasty to learn Chinese, and were also invited to watch the ceremony. It is particularly worth mentioning that the three vassal states, Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu were all led by the prince to watch the ceremony to show their respect for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cijing didn't expect that the emperor would be so relaxed as a groom. When he worked hardest, it was time to wear that dress. He basically didn't have to worry about other things. Someone did it for him. He worshiped the world and the two empress dowagers. After the couple bowed to each other, they became a "breedy chamber".

Zhu Cijing is the emperor, so naturally no one dares to drink his wine, and no one dares to make a fuss about the bridal chamber, so he walked into the bridal chamber in a serene way. He has not been to the bridal chamber for two lifetimes. In addition, Qin Mingyue is a rare beauty, and he endured it very hard to live with him day and night, so he was quite anxious at this moment. He went forward and lifted the red veil, and hurriedly drank the wine in his eyes, and then...
Chapter completed!