Chapter 19 The same prison
The three books and six rituals of marriage are ancient systems passed down since ancient times. The first five rituals include Huang Zongxi, a great matchmaker, Zhou family, Sun family and Chen Wen's aides, and even the Kong family in Quzhou's southern sect sent people here. There is no slightest bit of etiquette that can make people pick out, and everything is done according to etiquette.
Yesterday, the people from the Zhou family who were healthy, their parents lived longevity, their spouses were alive, and their children had both made the bed, and they sprinkled peanuts, longans, lotus seeds, dates and other dried fruits were sprinkled on the bed. The golden boy and jade girl who were specially found also rolled off the bed, and everything seemed to be as unique as in the future.
The word "ritual" is an extremely important thing in China, especially in marriage. After hearing Sun Yu's words, Chen Wen immediately stuffed the letter back into the envelope and threw it on the table.
In ancient times, ordinary people could not get close to the study room of wealthy families. Even the wife had to be allowed to enter. The rules on Chen Wen were far from that big, but it was only Sun Yu and some other confidants who had the right to enter. Since the auspicious time had come, Chen Wen hurried out of the study room and hurried to the lobby with Sun Yu.
Chen Wen's parents were unable to come, so he had to go on his own to report the matter of marrying a bride to the ancestors of the Chen family. After this ceremony, a person who spoke to the rituals said loudly: "This is your father who said: I will welcome you and teach you a bride."
"I dare not accept orders." After that, Chen Wen retreated to his original position, bowed again, then stood up and went out, and led by Huang Zongxi to the Zhou family.
The corresponding etiquette of the Zhou family had been completed. Chen Wen got off the horse outside the gate and Huang Zongxi entered to inform him. Then he entered the Zhou family's ritual praises.
The Zhou family was originally from Shaoxing Prefecture, and moved to Jinhua during the Japanese riots in Jiajing. It has been a hundred years since then. Even if they have broken off contact with the family in Shaoxing, it has been a few years since they have been disconnected from the family in Shaoxing. However, in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the court, local government, or local gentry and people in Jinhua, they still treat this family according to the foreigners from Shaoxing. Even the family in Shaoxing has no reason not to admit it.
However, after a hundred years of moving to the local area, the Zhou family was originally a scholarly family with a lot of land and industries. Almost every generation can produce a juren, a student, or a prodigal product, and never produce any prodigal products. Even the property that was lost in Ma Jinbao's greed and robbery a few years ago was also compensated for Chen Wen's aftermath loan, and it was still the rich family.
Chen Wen had been here before, and came to the banquet at the invitation of the elders of the Zhou family. It was because of Zhou Jingting at that time, but he didn't expect that he would be considered a family when he came back.
After entering the gate, he walked around the screen wall, and it was already a festive color. When he saw that father-in-law, Taishan, Chen Wen first bowed, and then came up with a staff member of the ritual, and then bowed and left the gate.
The gift of asking for the name has passed, and Chen Wen already knew that the little sister of the Zhou family originally named Yue Ying, but this Yue Ying is not the moon shadow.
The word Ying Yi can be either sharp or smart. With the word Yue, Chen Wen suddenly thought about it after reading the post, but it reminded him of every bit of each other. Whether it was the courage and perseverance when rushing to Quzhou to report the message, or the calmness and ease of Ni Liang and Xu Shi, or the ability to oust Mr. He with the help of expelling Mr. He, or the understanding of Chen Wen's ideas in Xifeng Temple, it really made him sigh.
At this moment, Chen Wen left the door, and Zhou Yueying's father also returned to the lobby and sat in the lobby with his wife.
"Bay, happy."
"Bay, happy."
"Bay, happy."
"Bay, happy."
"Flat."
As the tribute was sung by the person who praised the rituals, Zhou Yueying bowed down and stood up, and then stood up and listened to his parents' admonitions four times.
"When you marry, follow the right way, and never forget the solemn and respectful way."
"You must be respectful and ruthless, and do not violate the orders of your uncle and aunt."
The two parents said that it was her mother's turn to marry the girl, now the concubine's mother.
"You are happy to listen to the preaching, so don't be ashamed of your parents."
"Although I'm not sensitive, I dare not obey my orders."
After answering, Zhou Yueying bowed again and then went to the dowry to serve the maid, and led the way out to the exquisite workmanship, carved festive patterns such as the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and the Kirin Giving Children, and decorated them with red and yellow silk and various ribbons.
The guards were in front, and the senders were welcomed and took the bus behind. Even the dowry came out from the Zhou family and followed the carriage. The fields, real estate, shops, furniture, furnishings, rouge, calligraphy and paintings, ancient books, study rooms, and medicinal materials and spices were completed. I don’t know how long it took to be considered a complete one.
The dowry is a private house for a woman after she gets married. Although the superiority of men and women has been determined, in order to protect the rights and interests of women, in ancient China, there was a three-no-no-goal rule outside the seven-part order, even the dowry is protected by the Ming Dynasty. If it is divorced, the dowry can be brought back by itself, unless in some special circumstances, the husband's family cannot be occupied.
Chen Wen had already returned on horseback first and sat in the car. Zhou Yueying knew that if he had not married Chen Wen, he would probably have to go to the Marquis' Mansion in a sedan chair.
According to the Zhou Li, the bride had to take a car to get married, even in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. However, by the Ming Dynasty, getting married by car was already a thing of the past, and the sedan chair was replaced by it.
It is said that when the Jin people searched the mountains and seas to capture Zhao Gou, they once defeated Zhao Gou's guards in Mingzhou, which is now Ningbo Prefecture. Zhao Gou escaped the pursuit of the Jin soldiers with the help of a Ningbo girl. The girl also made a hot meal for Zhao Gou, who was already hungry and cold at the time. Later, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong defeated the Jin soldiers several times. After Zhao Gou was at ease, he issued an order to find the girl. After several times, he failed, and issued an order to allow the girl in Mingzhou to marry and use the four-person chariot.
It is said that this is the origin of the sedan chair when you get married. It is hard to say whether the story is really, but it is true that sedan chairs became popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is also mentioned in the Tokyo Dream of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is not common.
However, Chen Wen was already a marquis, not a scholar. In addition, he helped this time, with a quasi-great scholar like Huang Zongxi and the Confucius family's family background. Although the customs have been established, it is clearly written in the Ming Dynasty's Constitution, which is not a carriage, so this time, the carriage was specially asked by the carriage from the Military Industry Department to build a carriage.
In the afternoon, the carriage for the wedding was approaching the gate of the Marquis' Mansion. Zhou Yueying got out of the carriage, and the people who praised the etiquette led Chen Wen out to welcome him and walked in with him.
If you pay homage to heaven and earth and thank the guests, it will be a wedding banquet. Unlike later generations, men and women cannot be together. Men and women are in the main hall, while women are in the back hall.
Chen Wencheng's marriage brought not only civil and military officials from the Ming army in Zhejiang, but also some representatives of the people from Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain. The six tribes in Dongyang County, the Qi family in Yiwu County, and the influential gentry from Jinquyan, and the members of merchants who had traded with the Ming army in Zhejiang. Even Yu Guowang's son and Wang Yi's daughter who were inconvenient for a while because his father died, he had been inconvenient for him to come.
There were quite a lot of people coming to congratulate him, and even the newly expanded inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion only put the female guests in, and the male guests were all dining in the lobby of the various yamen that were temporarily vacated. On the side of the male guests, Sun Yu, Gu Shouli and others instructed the servants of the Hou Mansion to help. The female guests and Sun Yu's wife also brought the prefect's office to greet the maids of the Yi family. Finally, the guest and the host and the guest were all happy.
According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty Constitution, Chen Wen and Zhou Yueying performed the wedding steps step by step. Only those who were busy with wedding chambers and listened to the door were slammed out by Chen Wen with a disagreement. As for what, Chen Wen now has the final say in Zhejiang, who still cares about this?
There are many jokes about modern people making fun of bridal chambers. In ancient times, some people who made fun of bridal chambers also caused deaths. Chen Wen is now the supreme commander of the Ming army in Zhejiang. Those who are qualified to make fun of bridal chambers are all their civil and military officials. They are restrained, and Chen Wen is not interested in wasting this time. As for listening, he still can't adapt. He ended his virgin life since time travel, and he still had to listen to the movements outside. No matter how he thought it was awkward, he simply followed the power and stood a broom at the door, just pretending that he was listening.
The etiquette was completed, and only Chen Wen and Zhou Yueying were left in the new house. Before traveling through time, the concept of newlyweds was more about attending other people's weddings and every share money. After coming to this era, Chen Wen had attended the weddings of some generals, but it was his turn, which was completely different. However, compared to Zhou Yueying, who was about to bleeding from her pretty face after the maids left, Chen Wen was always much stronger.
The bridal chamber is also a way to allow newlyweds to switch from a man and a woman to a husband and wife faster. However, Chen Wen has invited the bridal chamber away, so he has to do this himself.
"My wife."
"Yeah, husband."
The answer was as thin as a mosquito, and while he was soaked with shyness, Zhou Yueying raised her head when she heard Chen Wen's call, but after a moment of looking at each other, she still lowered her head.
Last night, her mother called her to the room and bombarded all the maids who served in the room, leaving only the mother and daughter behind, in order to give her some things that the bride should know. Of course, there is naturally a treasure that is under the box.
Although she is already in Double Ten, she has no idea about men and women than women in later generations. Even if she is studying, she prefers the articles that are considered boring by other close friends rather than the things between men and women. So before yesterday, she only knew that after marrying someone and becoming someone else's wife, she would be filial to her parents-in-law, serve her husband, and be harmonious with her husband's brothers and sisters, pass on the family line for her husband, and be a good virtuous supporter who does not let her husband worry about the affairs in the inner house, just like her mother, that's all.
However, she didn't have a preliminary understanding of how to pass on the family line until last night. But even so, she was so embarrassed that she could hardly breathe.
The previous etiquette had been completed. Chen Wen called her at this moment. It was time to perform the ritual of Duke Zhou. He was thinking about whether to say the words "I served my husband for the first time, and I was like a pony and loving person, but I found that Chen Wen's thoughts had jumped to where he was again.
"My wife, do you know? When I was drinking Heyan wine just now, I suddenly remembered a story I had heard before. One of them was that I worshiped the ancestor and drank Heyan wine. You are from my old Niu family."
"ah?"
Zhou Yueying was stunned at first, then reacted from Chen Wen's random thoughts just now, frowned, and then said, "In this story, the one who said this is probably a bandit who robbed the family."
As soon as she said that Zhou Yueying suddenly felt a little regretful. Her mother said last night that marrying someone is different from being at home. She must think twice before doing things. Especially when she married Chen Wen, she had a great future. Even if she is a duke or a prince, she may not be able to be a big shot. She must be like this in the inner house. Moreover, as a wife, as a husband, he will say whatever he says. Even if the husband says that his concubine is more beautiful than her, he should nod and approve of his husband's words seriously. He must not be dissatisfied at all, so as not to gain a reputation of jealousy.
Seeing Chen Wen was stunned at first, Zhou Yueying quickly wanted to say something to make this come true. Who knew that Chen Wen nodded and expressed his agreement with her opinion that Niu Mowang robbed Fairy Zixia as the wife of the village. It was either the bandits who robbed the house. It could even be said that most of the bandits were not as good as Niu Mowang. At least there were no crazy people among the bandits who wanted to live forever.
Chen Wen only expressed his recognition of Zhou Yueying's answer according to his understanding of the story, but a hint of happiness arose in Zhou Yueying's heart.
Her family is a scholarly family, and the rules are stricter than ordinary people. Women rarely dare to interrupt when they speak. She is better, after all, she is an unmarried girl, her mother, aunt, wife of two cousins, concubine, or the wife of her brother Zhou Jingting. Unless the husband asks something, they are just listening on the side, and there are very few interruptions. Because they, even she knows that whether they say right or wrong, interjecting may cause dissatisfaction with their husbands, so they are all cautious and rarely willing to cross the boundaries.
When getting married, it is important to be a good match. However, after reading Li Zhi's books, such days make her feel tired. Even if she just thinks about it, let alone have been there in person. Moreover, this is just a microcosm of it. More rules, rules for women are everywhere at home. She was born in such a family and could adapt to many, but she was cautious and trembling all her life. She faced a man she might not have seen and had a good impression of, but she felt unwilling to do anything she thought.
Originally, she thought that only those who could write out those opinions and ideas like Li Zhi could truly be equal, or not despise them so much, and she had even planned to do so. If she could not meet such a man in her whole life, she would never marry for the rest of her life. But who knew that over the years, she, who had already been a little discouraged, found that there was such a person in this world.
Chen Wen, for the husband who is about to accompany him for life, Zhou Yueying's initial impression was just a warlike warrior, brave and intelligent. Moreover, with the achievements of the Qi family army in Zhejiang, Chen Wen also took the banner of reconstruction, so she was the case with this Ming army, especially Chen Wen, who had great confidence.
However, this confidence was actually limited to military affairs. For her, she never thought that there would be today. Even when Yi Qing mentioned it in front of her, even when she had seen Chen Wen at that time, she still did not think that this would be a man worth her life.
However, with several chance encounters, every time she deepened her understanding of Chen Wen, she felt a little surprised. She originally thought that such accidents would accumulate again and again, or just an accident in her life. Who knew that her brother had a duty on that day, but secretly told her that Chen Wen wanted to meet again and again.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see what this means. However, at that time, her impression of Chen Wen was only slightly better than that of ordinary people, and she could not agree to her. But she did not dare to not go. Chen Wen's current status and position, their Zhou family's position in the Ming army in Zhejiang, especially her brother has always treated her very well. If she did not go, it would probably cause dissatisfaction from the marquis, and it would end with the tragic death of the family.
Several reciprocities, especially some things her brother mentioned on weekdays, made her believe that Chen Wen was not the person who would take the anger on others for the matter of men and women, but if she really refused, she would not dare to take this risk. Moreover, more importantly, she also wanted to get an answer from Chen Wen's mouth for the question she had asked, so she had that private meeting.
Stepping into the main hall of Xifeng Temple tremblingly, Chen Wen used the story of combing his daughter to interpret his concept of "the economic foundation determines the superstructure", which really opened Zhou Yueying's eyes. When the story of the Ghost Story of the Chinese Age was told, it was impossible for a ruthless person to remember this story freshly, especially the considerate and the warmth between her hands. The original impression of Chen Wen's cold warrior began to collapse.
So much so that when Chen Wen asked her about her opinion on the marriage proposal, a heart-pounding feeling instantly overwhelmed her persistence.
If it weren't for Chen Wen's face-to-face inquiry, she might have learned more, but the famous filial son of Yao Jiang and Huang came to visit the door the next day. He agreed with Xu Marian's attitude. During the past half month, she was still a little nervous, until the moment just now, Chen Wen's recognition of her views really made Zhou Yueying feel a little inexplicable joy and happiness.
"Husband will tell me the story. It will be better if you can record it by me." She was still a little nervous about the ceremony of Zhou Gong. Since Chen Wen mentioned the story, I will listen to it first. I hope that after hearing it, I will not be like this now.
The story is indeed a good story. The touching point is that the Chinese ghost may not be comparable, but the ending of that story is also that a lover cannot finally get married. It is really inappropriate to put it on this great day today.
"That story is not suitable for today's day. I can't remember some details very clearly. Let's do it another day." Chen Wen could see that Zhou Yueying was still a little nervous now. Chatting is the best way to relieve tension. However, in the current situation, it is best that he would blow away the fog between each other. After all, it is still a bit unrealistic to expect a girl to take the initiative.
"I remember before leaving the south, I heard a story told by a few fake Tartars at the next table in the tea shop of Tianjin Wei in a table, which was very interesting..."
Chen Wen remembered that he had heard people mention online before that the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty flipped the signs and recruited concubines to serve the bed, and the eunuchs in the Jingshifang also had to make records and archive them specifically. It is said that bullying eunuchs like this was actually the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Wen was not sure whether it was true, nor did he check it. But when he thought about it carefully, when Nurhaci was alive, Dorgon's mother and Dai Shan were not clear about Huang Taiji's aunt and niece, in order to surrender Hong Chengchou, Xiaozhuang was ordered to have a one-night stand with Hong Chengchou. After Huang Taiji died, Dorgon climbed onto the dragon bed and even one or two years later, even Shunzhi killed his younger brother Bomuboguoer and occupied the concubine Dong E...
In just three generations, I have published so many "classic love stories" that were sung by later generations, and they are based on official history or unofficial history. Now it seems that the eunuch's diary is not groundless, and it is even necessary to do so.
"The next day, the Tartar Emperor asked, "How long did you stay under the bed last night?"
Seeing that the master asked this, the eunuch quickly replied that he had been waiting for the fifth day.
At the fifth update, the Tartar Emperor asked him what he heard?
The eunuch thought about it and replied that the slave seemed to hear His Majesty and the Queen painting.
How do you say this?
When the servant heard this, His Majesty said to the Queen, come and let me see my breasts showing off..."
This dirty joke is very famous in later generations. Chen Wen has watched others online more than once. In conjunction with the "ancestral system" of the Qing Dynasty, he has no sense of incongruity at all.
However, the beauty in front of him fell down after he understood the first sentence. When he looked sideways, his face gradually unfolded with Chen Wen's joke, from a slightly pink and white face to a shy and extremely shy red and smooth, and it was repeated back and forth. However, the two were already a husband and wife, and they could not listen to such a husband-in-law. Zhou Yueying could not do it, so she could only sit beside Chen Wen and listen. In the end, the beautiful and unparalleled face was red like a ripe apple.
"I am used to being good at playing with me. Last time I told the story of that female ghost in Xifeng Temple, and even insisted that I was born there, which made me feel scared when I returned home. I told this story again this time, it was obvious that I was bullying people."
The dirty joke was finally finished. Zhou Yueying raised her head, but the shame and annoyance on her face became even more popular just now. However, in Chen Wen's eyes, it added a little color, which made his throat dry and a smile even glanced at the corner of his mouth.
"So, madam, do you think you should check if there is a eunuch under the bed to take notes for us couples?"
"Mrs. Lunar New York is becoming more and more inconsistent. The eunuch is a royal servant!"
As he said that, Zhou Yueying's little mouth couldn't help but pout. Seeing this, Chen Wen, who was smiling strongly, knew that this tension had mostly retreated a lot. As soon as he moved his butt, he immediately came to Zhou Yueying and held her in his arms.
"No matter who his family is worth a thousand gold in one moment. It's been a day of trouble. Madam, should we rest?"
The joke just now was indeed unacceptable, but as the joke was finished, the original tension also retreated in shyness and turned into the words that were so gentle and delicate.
"I am serving my husband for the first time. I hope my husband will be sympathetic to him..."
The bright and charming beauty in front of her looked like she wanted her to ask for her. Chen Wen picked up her little face and gently tapped her cherry lips.
Chapter completed!