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Starting from the day before the wedding, Wuchang City gradually became lively. Firecrackers were set off one after another, and the diabolic tube was placed in the fire to burn, making a crisp cracking sound to drive away evil and filth. This bamboo burning custom is essential for the festive day of the Central Plains.

At noon, as the wedding team appeared, the streets of Wuchang City were empty, and almost everyone ran to the streets to cheer the arrival of the wedding team.

The marriages in the Han Dynasty were always known for their extravagance. Even ordinary families had ten cars, including slaves and children, and the trend of comparing was growing day by day. After a marriage, countless families went bankrupt. They forced themselves for a while, but the back was miserable.

In the era of the country, due to the poverty of the people and the inability to bear extravagance and expenses, this trend has gradually begun to become pragmatic and do what it can. Often, a ox cart can be used to welcome the bride with five relatives.

Cao Cao in the north also advocated simplicity and strictly prohibited luxury. The trend of luxury in northern weddings gradually changed. However, Jingzhou area was less affected by the war, and the people generally had savings. In addition, Liu Biao paid attention to face, so the trend of comparing weddings in Jingxiang was relatively serious, but compared with the comparison and luxury in the Han Dynasty, it was still somewhat restrained.

When Liu Jing got married, he followed Cao Cao and acted as a stance to govern. He explained to the officials and generals that money and food should be spent on the army and soldiers, and it should not be spent in a wedding. His attitude won the consensus between officials and generals. Therefore, Liu Jing got married this time and showed himself to the people and strive for frugality.

Amid the cheers of the people, a team of more than ten ox carts slowly drove up, with the soldiers serving as guards of honor and following the ox carts. A team of drums and music drove the way in front, with drums and music being noisy and lively.

Except for the first ox cart that welcomed the bride, the other ox carts were flat carts full of various betrothal gifts, cloth, silk, sheep, wine, geese, rice, etc., and tied with red belts and sealed with six rituals, which are various auspicious words.

The betrothal gift had been sent to the woman's house, but he took it out and toured again during the wedding. At the front of the team, the groom Liu Jing rode on a high-headed horse. He wore the groom's crown, wore a big red wedding robe, and a black leather belt, looking energetic. He bowed to the people around him with a smile on his face, and welcomed cheers.

Frankly speaking, Liu Jing's wedding show is only comparable to that of middle-aged families, and it is a bit shabby compared to his identity, but this is a benchmark. If he does this, Jiangxia officials' wedding wedding cannot exceed his standards. If officials take the lead, the people will inevitably follow suit or dare not overthrow it. The extravagant trend of Jiangxia's marriage will naturally be stopped.

As the frugal trend in Jiangxia emerges, the atmosphere in Jingzhou will gradually change. This is called upward and lower effects, and there will be immediate results.

According to the rules, the man's family also had to follow him to welcome the bride, but Liu Qi and Liu Bei did not accompany him. Instead, Liu Pan and Liu Hu brothers accompanied Liu Jing to the Tao family, and the group rushed towards the Tao mansion.

Tao Mansion is located in the west of Wuchang City. It is a large mansion covering an area of ​​80 acres. In the past few days, people from the Tao family have come from Chaisang two days ago, including Tao Zhan's aunt and elder sister who married to Jiangdong, who also came from Dongwu.

In the room, Tao Zhan was wearing the bride's outfit and had been sitting quietly for two hours. Although Liu Jingying tried to be simple in person, for the Tao family, some basic things must be missing. In addition to the so-called dowry that shocked the world, there was also the bride's outfit and real dowry.

There was no fixed bridal outfit in the Han Dynasty, no phoenix crown and red robe, and no veil. All outfits were customized by each family, mostly in gorgeous style. Cai Yong once described the bride's outfit, and the beautiful women were so beautiful that they were as beautiful as spring flowers.

The brides of wealthy families have roe coats and roe coats and wears in a roe coat, while the brides of ordinary families have long skirts and hairpins and earrings.

Tao Zhan was combed with a high bun, his head was covered with pearls and jade, and a jade swayed in his hair, making her look dazzling and bright, reflecting the moon. Today she specially put on makeup, applied a thin layer of powder on her face, her face was as good as lotus, and her lips were red and cherry, making her look even more charming and charming.

She wore a black long skirt, a coat with mink cloak, a rare white fox fur around her collar, and a colorful deer leather boots, which made her look even more graceful and had a national beauty.

Today is Tao Zhan’s happy day. Her heart was filled with excitement and expectation, and there was also a kind of shyness that a girl was a woman for the first time. In the room, except for two personal maids, Gillian and Xiaobao, there were only Tao Zhan’s aunt and elder sister.

Tao Zhan has two aunts, one is the younger sister who taught her disguise since she was a child. She had passed away before the New Year, and the older sister Tao Min, who married into the Lu family in Jiangdong. Tao Zhan's mother has passed away, so the older sister took on the responsibility of her mother and elders.

My aunt Tao came over and said to her with a smile: "You remember everything I told you last night."

Tao Zhan nodded shyly. She remembered those things very clearly and were about to happen tonight.

At this time, the eldest sister Tao Min walked forward with a silver plate. There were two silk threads in the silver plate. Tao sighed and said, "It should be my mother who opened the face for you, but my mother was not here, so I will do it."

Opening the face means that when a girl gets married, she pulls out some scattered hairs between her eyebrows and eyes to make her face smoother. It is very important to distinguish between a young woman and a girl. It is to see if she opens the face. Opening the face is very simple. Without tweezing, she uses two silk threads to twist off the hairs.

"Thank you, my aunt"

Tao Zhan slowly raised his face, and Tao carefully pulled out the scattered hairs between her eyebrows and eyes one by one. At this time, drums and music came from a distance, and a maid ran upstairs and shouted excitedly: "Here's here, come."

Tao Zhan suddenly became nervous, his heart was pounding. She held the elder sister's hand and said timidly: "Sister"

Tao Min gently patted her sister's hand and smiled, "You don't know him, what are you afraid of such a familiar person?"

The aunt next to him also sighed a little, "It's like this when she was a wife for the first time, but it's your greatest luck for you not to serve your parents-in-law, which makes many people envious. The young official Jiao Zhongqing and his wife committed suicide two years ago. It's because of the disagreement between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It's still a pity that I'm sorry. Jiu Niang, I hope you can manage your family business, share your worries for your husband, give birth to a heir early, and be worthy of your parents-in-law's spirit."

Tao Zhan nodded silently and agreed, not knowing what she was feeling, whether she was happy or sad, whether she was happy or nervous. At this moment, her heart became blank.

The welcome team did not stay in the bride's house for a long time. Unlike the later Sui and Tang dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties welcomed their brides at night, and they had to recite poems to worship the door. They had to recite poems wherever they went, and they had to be interrogated by the girl and the Liulao. In the end, those who were interested could find me as the hero of the world, Zhongyuan, to marry a wife.

The Han Dynasty welcomed the brides relatively simple, and the main activities were at the man's home. It was usually the brides at noon. The woman's home prepared lunch for the brides and gave everyone the money to celebrate.

So today, whether it is the soldiers who serve as the ceremonial guard or the drum musicians, they are their favorite day. The Tao family gives them ten taels of gold to each of them, which is enough to make them so happy that they can't sleep at night.

In the inner hall, Liu Jing sat in the middle, in front of him was Tao Lie, the head of the Tao family, on both sides were Tao Zhan's father Tao Sheng, uncle Tao Li, and uncle Tao Jun who came from Jiangdong. This was an important part of the wedding reception. The elders of the female side had to give their daughter a warning and instruct her next.

"Jiu Niang has been spoiled since she was a child, and she is ignorant at a young age. She still doesn't understand the worldly ways. I hope my grandson will be more tolerant and tolerant. I also hope that you can love each other and share weal and woe. If you have difficulties, the Tao family will definitely help you..."

Liu Jing kowtowed heavily, "I remember the son-in-law"

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"The auspicious time has come, the newcomer sets off"

As the prime minister Liu Hu shouted, drums and music were played together. Six maids held fans from front and back to cover the bride, covering the bride. Gillian and Xiaobao stood on the left and right, and helped the bride walk slowly, and got on the wide ox cart.

Amid the drums and music, Liu Jing took the lead and the ox cart followed closely. The ox cart behind was no longer a betrothal gift, but various dowry, silk, satin, dresses, boxes and cages, and twenty Tao family servants followed.

The convoy drove along the plain and rushed towards the groom's mansion.

Liu Jing had his own house in Wuchang City, close to the county government office, and was a middle house covering an area of ​​about ten acres. This is the official house of Jiangxia, and all the guards lived here.

The mansion is divided into entree. The outer house is for servants to live in, the middle hall is the place where guests live, while the inner house is the owner's private residence, and there is an inner garden and a pond covering an acre of land. It is fresh and elegant, and the scenery is created step by step.

Today's wedding was held in the middle hall. The Han Dynasty wedding banquet was very grand, with five music, singing and dancing. Although Liu Jing strives to be frugal and has removed the singing and dancing and music, the necessary banquets must not be missed.

From the time the bride enters the door and gets married in the house, there are various etiquettes and strict rules. I won’t talk about them one by one.

The groom, who had been drinking until the evening, was sent to the bridal chamber. At this time, the bride Tao Zhan had been waiting in front of the bed for nearly an hour.

The doors and windows in the bridal chamber have been closed tightly, as warm as spring. Candles are lit in the inner and outer rooms, with large words of joy hanging on the wall, brocade on the bed, curtains are hanging low, and wine pots and cups are placed on the small table.

Liu Jing closed the door, walked up with a smile, sat down beside Tao Zhan, and said apologetically: "They caught me and insisted on forcing me to drink. I drank a few more drinks, don't blame me."

Tao Zhan pursed his lips and laughed in a low voice: "You can be beaten with a stick."

The groom with a stick was the most popular way to play in weddings in the Eastern Han Dynasty and even the country, but excessive sticks often result in death, and Tao Zhan was also a little worried.

Liu Jing smiled, "They all know that whoever dares to stick me will give me back tomorrow, so no one dares to do anything randomly."

Tao Zhan smiled, took two wine cups, stretched out his slender jade fingers coated with bright red cardamom, picked up the wine pot and poured two wine cups.

"Husband, please drink my glass of wine."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I'll drink it if I change the way."

Tao Zhan was puzzled.

"so"

Liu Jing asked Tao Zhan to pick up the wine cup, and the two of them put their arms together. Tao Zhan suddenly understood. Her face suddenly turned red, and she shyly drank a glass of wine with her husband.

Liu Jing put down the wine cup, stood up and hugged Tao Zhan in his arms, kissed her cherry lips, and whispered: "Are you excited today?"

Tao Zhan nodded slightly, his eyes became hazy. Liu Jing picked up her legs, held her horizontally in his arms, walked into the inner room quickly, and said with a smile: "This is the rule of my hometown. The bride must not touch the ground when going to bed, and there must not be any trace of it on her body."

When Tao Zhan heard that he could not wear clothes, he immediately buried himself in his arms with shame and whispered: "Extinguish the candle."

Liu Jing put her down, walked to the table and suddenly blew out the candle. He turned around and wanted to take off her skirt, but he felt empty. He only heard Tao Zhan laughing in the tent: "There is no such rule, don't even want to lie to me."

Even so, she thought that she would remove all the silk skirts tonight and lie naked beside her husband. She was extremely shy and thought of what her aunt said, and her heart was even more nervous.

She slowly lay down, closed her eyes, waiting for that moment to come.

Liu Jing lay beside her, kissing her lips gently, gently unbuttoning her clothes, and slowly stretching her hands into her skirt. After two years of love, Liu Jing touched her extremely smooth and delicate tender body for the first time...
Chapter completed!