The seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the 20th year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty is the Chinese Valentine's Day.
The crackling of firecrackers sounded, and the entire Donghu Town was immersed in the joy of celebrating the coming times. There were crowds of people on both sides of Yudao Street in Donghu Town. Everyone was waiting to see the new wife, not one, but five!
Why is there another one? Didn’t you say that there are four joys coming to your door? It turned out that a certain division of the Guards Army where Luo Xiushen's son Luo Kedi belonged had just captured Yangping Pass and withdrew from the Hanzhong front line to rest. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Kedi, who had been promoted to the head of the Zhenfu (official rank), asked for leave from the commander-in-chief Wu Sanfu and rushed back to Wuhan Mansion to marry Princess Zhu Tianfeng of Jinshan. Counting this marriage, it was a "slap", and it became a happy marriage.
If you include the joy of capturing Yangping Pass, it would be six joys. However, the battle at Yangpingguan was a bit brutal, and many people died, so I didn't want to bring them in to celebrate.
In this battle, the Dashun Army defended with all their lives, while the Ming Army risked their lives to attack. The terrain was extremely dangerous, and the two sides could only fight for it one by one, even if they invested in trump cards like the Guards. The tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for more than three months, from March to June, before the Dashun Army was driven away from Yangping Pass. The Ming army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, including more than 10,000 Shaanxi rebels, and the number killed in the battle exceeded 10,000!
The casualties suffered by Dashun in this Yangpingguan battle were not small, estimated to be around 15,000... Although the number of casualties lost was less than that of the Ming army, they relied on risks to hold on, and there was no The rebels helped in the battle, but all the soldiers were lost!
At the same time as the Battle of Yangpingguan was going on, a new military division who entered Sichuan from Huguang along with the Shizhou Guards also arrived in Wanzhou. They repelled the counterattacking Shun Army, and also recovered Wuning, Zhongzhou and Shizhu. The Shun Army in eastern Sichuan, also fell into crisis.
However, Dashun was not without some good things. The Western Expeditionary Army led by Ai Nengqi achieved successive victories. They severely damaged the 10,000 elite troops of Uzang Jiedushi Dayan Eqil near Qamdo and captured the city of Qamdo!
Dayan Eqir and the Great Lama urgently sent an urgent envoy to Wuhan Mansion. However, because most of the elite soldiers in Hexi Town near Uzang were fighting in Shaanxi, Emperor Zhu was helpless to help Uzang and could only order Dayan Eqil sent troops as soon as possible to send the great lama to the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate for resettlement. Under no circumstances should this great god fall into the hands of the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty...
Of course, no matter how critical the situation in Uzang is, it cannot affect the Five Happiness in East Lake Town!
Although this time there was a little rush from preparation to holding, the scene was not small at all. Colorful archways were erected one after another, from the west end of Yudao Street to the east end of the East Lake Palace. The red carpet strips covered half of the street, more than two miles! Bands were arranged at every intersection on Yudao Street, hanging down with a bang. There were also baskets full of candies, red dates and peanuts placed next to the bands - for those who passed by, feel free to grab them and eat them!
The stage was set up at the gate of the East Lake Palace, and Kunqu operas were sung babblingly, which were all auspicious opera cards for giving birth to a child early and becoming wealthy. The area around the stage was already crowded with residents of Donghu Town who were watching the excitement.
Crown Princess Ding Yuying has entered the palace in advance - this is of course in line with etiquette and law. Kong Yinzheng personally checked the bamboo slips from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods passed down by his ancestors, and they are absolutely correct!
Of course, Ding Yuying was not allowed to meet the prince during these days in the palace. While waiting for the matchmaking process to be completed (Kong Yinzheng was responsible for it, Confucianism had done this earlier), she followed Kou Baimen and The chief steward Huang Dabao learns to be a princess.
Kou Baimen was responsible for teaching Ding Yuying to serve the prince. At the same time, Zhu Cixiang also asked Ding Yuying to organize the five-joy ceremony with Huang Dabao - Huang Dabao was old, fat and breathless, and could not be the general manager for a few more years. As soon as he retires, Ding Yuying will have to take over the duties of the general manager. So she has to start studying now, not only studying, but also practicing!
The assessment of Ding Yuying is actually not over yet. She not only has to prove that she can take the exam, she also has to prove that she can do things, or at least learn to do things!
After her wedding, she had to participate in the management of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, serve Zhu Hexing, the "lucky prince", and raise children for the Ming Dynasty... It was not easy to be Emperor Zhu's daughter-in-law. !
But no matter how difficult it is to be a good person, Ding Yuying must be very motivated!
And in the past month or so, she has been coping pretty well, at least Kou Baimen has a good opinion of her. And Huang Dabao often complained in front of Emperor Zhu about this little girl who was asking all kinds of questions... How could a place like the palace not have some unspoken rules? Although Ding Yuying did not interfere with these unspoken rules, she asked too many and detailed questions, and sometimes she even wrote them down in a small notebook.
What is this for? Are you ready to complain to Emperor Zhu?
The great eunuchs in charge of the palace are all hard-working eunuchs... They all work hard and achieve great results. What's wrong with making a little profit? The emperor didn't even ask, why do you, a little girl, care about so many movies?
However, Eunuch Huang just complained in front of Emperor Zhu. Seeing that Zhu Cihong was silent, he did not dare to put on small shoes for the princess.
Ding Yuying, who has been busy for more than a month, left the East Lake Palace yesterday morning and returned to her natal home, Ding Papi's house in East Lake Town.
Ding Yuying also arranged for this house on behalf of her father and brother. Emperor Zhu was only responsible for paying for it, and did not ask about anything else, and did not ask anyone to help her.
This little girl asked the rental king Zhu Cibing to help her and rented a small house for her father, brother and sister from Yiling Prefecture to live in... And she herself had to move in from here. When she got married in her house, she was carried into the main entrance of the East Lake Palace in a sedan chair carried by sixteen people!
She was already sitting in the rickety sedan chair, and there was a burst of blowing in her ears. She felt like a deer was bumping around in her heart. When she thought about the skills Kou Baimen taught her, she felt ashamed and confused. Hi, I can hardly even wear the headband securely.
The procession to escort the Crown Princess into the palace was of course the largest, half of the flag guards were dispatched, those carrying the sedan chair, those holding the flag, and there were also people playing and playing, it was very lively.
But today there was not just one team of people sending off the bride, but five teams! The most eye-catching thing among them was actually not the procession of the Crown Princess, but the procession of Princess Nisha. She was married in a sedan chair, but she entered the palace on a wealthy elephant.
Moreover, the dowry was so large that it was outrageous. The warriors of the banner guard carried hundreds of boxes. The lids were all open, and the insides were all golden. Oh, there are also 20 dowry orchids, all covered with gold ornaments. They are simply 20 golden men, walking barefoot in front of the elephants, throwing rupees on both sides of the street as they walk... ..It’s not only lively, but also affordable, so Princess Nissa’s team passed by with warm cheers from both sides! Many people shouted at the top of their lungs: Have a baby soon!
However, Princess Nisha herself is not rich at all. She is wearing a long red sari dress and a veil, sitting happily in a small golden house on the back of an elephant.
The other three teams that sent off the bride did not go to the palace. The chartered king and the local tycoon king had their own mansions, and the consort Luo Kedi also had his consort's mansion. Among them, Princess Zhu Tianfeng was married from the palace. She went out through the main entrance of East Lake Palace. She turned around after going out, so she would not meet the two groups entering the palace.
Emperor Zhu is also very busy today and has to rush to something!
He didn't have to attend Zhu Cibing's wedding. The Supreme Emperor had already arrived from Yingtian Mansion, so he could go to Prince Fu's Mansion to be the father-in-law.
The remaining four venues are all indispensable for the Ming Emperor!
The order has also been arranged. First, the prince and Ding Yuying will pay homage in the East Palace of East Lake Palace. Then he and Princess Zheng went to Prince Shen's Mansion to let the wealthy king and Wu Ahuan bow down. Then he and the queen went to the Prince Consort's Mansion to let Zhu Tianfeng and Luo Kedi pay homage. After all these people have paid their respects, they will return to the East Lake Palace to attend the wedding of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, and finally return to the Red Castle to hold a Tianzhu-style wedding with Princess Nessa...
