"Ran Jing will not betray you, and neither will I!"
Zhou Zhiyu didn't hesitate at all and made his words clear.
Yang Qian looked at her accusingly, slightly annoyed. Is it possible to say such a thing?
Sensing Yang Qian's displeasure, Zhou Zhiyu stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.
"Aren't we friends? Besides, Ran Jing and I truly love each other. With this kind of marriage, both you and I will be satisfied and happy."
Yang Qian said lightly, "I finally understand the helplessness that your father hates you so much but can't kill you."
"You don't understand now because you are not in my position. No matter what means I use against you two, you just need to know that I am here to protect you two."
Zhou Zhiyu looked intently into Yang Qian's eyes, and didn't speak until he was about to get angry.
"Many people think it's difficult to get along with you and are still wary. In fact, I think you haven't changed much."
Yang Gan glanced at her and smiled slightly.
"You are alive and well."
Zhou Zhiyu smiled slyly, pulled Yang Qian into the bathroom, and pointed at the large pool.
"Is this your idea?"
Yang Gan raised his eyebrows.
"Nonsense, you two will feel comfortable taking a bath from now on."
"Isn't it a little big?"
"Do you really plan to let Ran Jing guard you for the rest of his life? In the future, he will be a highly respected minister and only have one woman. He will be ridiculed by other officials."
"In the future, if there are more women, we can sleep together."
Zhou Zhiyu twitched the corners of his mouth fiercely and said speechlessly.
"Do you really think that other scholar-bureaucrats are like you? How can the head wife be intimate with the head of the family? Teng's wife can join in. Those little hooves require my consent."
"Wait a minute, Yang Qian, you're not at the banquet hall. Is it okay to come to my place?"
Zhou Zhiyu was a little confused. Although he had never been married, he had attended many weddings of sisters from other families.
The bride is in her bridal chamber, so there is no reason for the guests to come in. They are all busy outside.
Yang Gan smiled and said, "Nonsense, I just stopped by. Today's protagonist is Ran Jing, and I'm not getting married. Why should I be anxious?"
"Officials from five counties are back, and your confidants are also here, just to attend the marriage ceremony between me and Ran Jing. There is something wrong with you."
Zhou Zhiyu smiled like a weasel stealing a chicken. It must be said that at this level, a woman's political sensitivity is still very high.
Yang Qian didn't say much and changed the topic quietly.
"In the past three days, I have read a lot of books on etiquette at home, covering the etiquette of scholar-officials such as crowning, wedding, funeral, sacrifice, township, archery, court, and employment."
"Oh~~~ I feel like this time it's just a farce. The marriage between you two is a bit unethical. What do you think?"
Getting married is a very important event no matter what era or class you are in.
It has been passed down from ancient times to the present.
In the West, marriage is a matter between two people, so if you get married quickly, you will get divorced quickly. If you love someone today, you will live and die, if you don’t love them anymore, they will divorce tomorrow.
But in the Central Plains, this is not the case. When two people get married, it means the union of two families, whether it is ancient or modern.
Even if modern times are more flexible, they will not step out of this framework too much. Some people will jump, ah, my friend got married just for love.
Yes, it is for love, but it is also the union of two families, and there is no conflict or contradiction.
According to books, there should be six wedding rituals in a wedding.
The first is acceptance: the man invites a matchmaker to the woman's house to talk about matchmaking, and the woman agrees, and then sends wild geese as a gift and officially proposes marriage. This step is very important, especially for noble families.
If there is no matchmaker, even if a man and a woman are consensual, it may be difficult to get married. Like the other five etiquettes, the process of nacai should have a strict script, process and actions, which should not be clear at a glance, otherwise it will be regarded as rude.
It can be said that without the first step, almost nothing else is true. In fact, this link is equivalent to the man asking a matchmaker to propose to the woman’s house.
Second, ask about the name: the man sends someone to ask the woman’s birth date, and then the name of the woman’s biological mother to distinguish whether she is a legitimate daughter or a concubine, whether she is married to the same surname, etc. The basic gift in this process is also to give a goose.
Third, Najib: The meaning is very simple. The man takes the woman’s basic information to the ancestral temple for divination and asks the ancestors or gods whether the marriage is good or bad.
If the result is auspicious, he will send a messenger with a goose to report the good news, which is Najib.
Under normal circumstances, as long as you want to get married, the result of divination must be auspicious. If it is not auspicious, then find a way to turn the bad luck into good luck.
If the divination result is very bad, it means you don’t want to get married.
Only after the Najib ceremony is performed can the marriage be officially confirmed. This step is roughly equivalent to the wedding ceremony in modern engagement.
Fourth, accepting levies: The explanation is simple. Accepting levies is also called accepting wealth, which is the key time for both parties to discuss the betrothal gift.
In this era, the bride price is a pair of white deer skins, and five pieces of silk are black (three) and red (two).
Of course, in Yang Gan's case, this was relatively minor, and he had prepared a more luxurious gift.
Fifth, the request date: the man’s family performs divination to choose an auspicious day, and then sends a messenger with geese to ask for the woman’s consent – this is roughly equivalent to today’s next wedding.
Of course, as in modern times, the decision-making power on this day lies with the man, but etiquette requires understanding the woman, which is also a disguised respect for the woman's family.
Sixth, welcome: This step is the most important step in the entire wedding, that is, the current marriage. This process is the most important, but it also best reflects the characteristics of the marriage customs of the era and region.
Zhou Zhiyu had also read the records on etiquette during this period, and she was already desperate.
"Well, let's take it one step at a time. After all, my father definitely doesn't agree with me marrying Ran Jing, and I'm a weak woman. What can I do?"
The corner of Yang Qian's mouth twitched fiercely, a little disbelieving.
"I don't think a weak woman would run away from home."
After saying that, he said a little mockingly.
"Although I haven't investigated you, I know that your family should be a scholar-bureaucrat family. You fled from Chaoxian to me and were captured by the Huns. This doesn't look like a weak woman at all."
Zhou Zhiyu's little mouth pouted, and her fingers circled the hanging hair at the temples.
"Who asked him to force me to marry that idiot Ji Zhao?"
"Cough cough cough~~~!"
Yang Gan couldn't help but cover his chest and kept coughing.
Zhou Zhiyu immediately expressed concern, "Are you okay?"
Because of the violent cough, Yang Gan blushed and shook his head vigorously.
It feels really uncomfortable to be scolded in front of someone and not be able to retaliate.
"Okay, I'm just going to check on you. As long as everything's okay, just relax. You haven't followed any of the six steps in etiquette. I'll see if there's any way to remedy this."
Zhou Zhiyu shook her head, "I'm just an ordinary little girl, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Tch, isn't this very simple? Just get a marriage registration. In the future, you only need a marriage registration to get married. This will also facilitate management and filing, right?"
Zhang Yumeng's voice came over.
Yang Gan raised his eyebrows and said, "Is that okay?"
Zhang Yumeng whispered in Yang Gan's ear.
"Aren't you very good at history? In ancient times, didn't you need to register your marriage?"
Yang Qian's claws were immediately numb.
"This, my focus is not here. Do you think I am omnipotent? This is already in my blind spot of knowledge."
"Let me think about it."
Saying goodbye to Zhou Zhiyu, Yang Qian returned to the fifth floor. Today's protagonist is Ran Jing, so he should be left busy. There are too many things to do.
A banquet for hundreds of people is not that easy to prepare. It only took three days to prepare. This is still based on the efficiency of Yuntong County. If other places did not have one or two months of preparation time, it would be tens of thousands of dollars. Nothing can be done.
So it doesn't matter whether I am present or not, I can just show my face later.
By the way, Yang Qian also had a headache. He knew history because he liked cold weapons.
In terms of marriage in ancient times, no, not only marriage, but also other etiquette, he didn't know much about it, because there were too many dynasties and each period was different.
Who knows if people in ancient times had to register their marriages? Besides, it was never shown in TV dramas.
Yang Qian crossed his arms and stared at the white paper on the desk, turning on Brother Yixiu mode.
Zhang Yumeng tilted her head, "Isn't this very simple? Just register whoever gets married and it's done."
Yang Qianhuan shook his hands and glanced at her, a little speechless.
"Brother, issuance of a government order is not that simple, okay? It's best to improve it, otherwise the credibility of the county governor's office will be reduced if the order is changed day after day."
Zhang Yumeng smiled and said, "That's simple, just follow the modern one?"
Yang Qian was stunned, and immediately pushed the pen and paper over and made a gesture of invitation.
"I was never married in my last life, so I don't know the process. Come on, write it!"
Zhang Yumeng rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, I'm not married either."
"Then you're right~~~I hate you the most, you have a small mouth and you can't do anything."
"Then let's wait a few days before doing it. Today is Ran Jing's wedding day. Let's go have a wedding drink."
Yang Gan glanced at her, "Do you think this is a trivial matter? Without the six steps of etiquette, it is equivalent to an invalid marriage. If Zhou Zhiyu's father comes over and takes his daughter back directly, there is nothing Ran Jingke and I can do. After all, speaking is not in line with etiquette."
Yang Qian doesn't like to postpone some key things. Things have priorities.
Seriously, what's going on now? You know, General Ran got married, but his parents didn't come.
For those who don’t know, the nature is completely different.
Wu Anjun and officials from five counties are doing something illegal together, which is very serious.
People haven’t reflected on it now, but once they do, it will be a bad start.
What is power is to specify rules. As a person in power, Yang Qian naturally needs rules that suit him.
Moreover, the specified rules must not only suit yourself, but also suit others. It is best to suit a wider range of situations, so that you urgently need more benefits.
