Chapter 665: Marrying the Princess
Wan Chun entered the door very low-key, so low-key that it was like a wealthy family marries a concubine.
More than a dozen followers, a soft sedan chair, entered the palace at noon the next day.
The princess got married, such a grand event, but Wan Chun asked someone to pass on the message in advance. The gate of the county prince's mansion did not need to be opened, so she entered through the side door.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the princess has never been so shabby after getting married. Even if Li Shimin sent the princess to marry, the leaders of foreign countries drove tens of millions of cattle and sheep from the frontier, and came to Chang'an to welcome the bride with their followers. No matter how poor the financial resources were, they would marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty.
Wan Chun's marriage was almost the same as an ordinary concubine. More than a dozen followers and palace maids surrounded a simple sedan chair and quietly passed through the streets and came to the gate of the Gu family's royal palace. He even told him in advance that the gate of the royal palace did not have to be opened. This marriage was sloppy and hasty from the beginning.
No one wants to marry in this way. Gu Qing is Wanchun's sweetheart, but this marriage is not what she wants. It sounds a bit contradictory. To put it simply, I met the right person, but the timing is wrong and the form is wrong.
Gu Qing was unwilling to do it either. Although her beauty was the only characteristic that attracted him in her affection for Wanchun, he didn't mind Wanchun becoming one of his wives. However, the marriage was mixed with too many political factors, and a happy event turned into a business. The moment Wanchun entered the door, it represented the purchaser and seller's money.
A dead mouse fell into a pot of good soup. Who can drink it?
Princess Wanchun, who was once so arrogant, quietly entered the Gu family's door at this wrong time.
Wan Chun herself asked for low-key and simplicity. Li Heng probably didn't care much about this imperial girl. Marrying her to Gu Qing was just a temporary measure. Soon, both sides would inevitably face each other. The moment the chess piece sat in the sedan chair, even if her task was completed, Li Heng didn't care whether the wedding was grand or simple.
For Li Heng, the simple wedding was more in line with his wish. First, it was not a glorious thing for the royal family to marry a powerful minister. Second, Gu Qing used a simple wedding to marry the princess. When it was reported, others would only say that Gu Qing was arrogant and looked down on the emperor and insulted the Tian family. The royal family took the opportunity to play the role of a humiliated person who swallowed his anger, attracting sympathy among the world and earning enough public opinion.
When Gu Qing heard the servant report, Princess Wanchun's sedan chair had already stopped outside the palace gate.
The servants looked strange, and Zhang Huaiyu also showed a deep thought. Looking at Gu Qing's calm expression, Zhang Huaiyu seemed to understand something, and immediately said firmly: "Your Highness the Princess can't enter the door so simply. If it is reported, my Gu family will not only be the target of public criticism, but also be the laughing stock of the people in the world."
Gu Qing looked at Zhang Huaiyu and smiled and said, "The princess's sedan chair is parked at the door. Even if we want to spend some extra time, it is too late. What's the point of my wife?"
Zhang Huaiyu said decisively: "Send people to enter the palace quickly, invite His Highness Princess's phoenix chariot, open the way with full guard of ceremonies, mobilize the Anxi Army to line up along the streets, and then invite a singing and dancing class from Taichang Temple to blow and make noise all the way, and welcome His Highness Princess into the door with a glorious charm."
Gu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "They are already at the door, what's the use of doing these?"
Zhang Huaiyu gave him a blank look and said, "People are humans, rules are rules. When people arrive at the door, the rules can be done again. Even if someone carries the vacant phoenix chariot of His Royal Highness, they must be carried into the Gu family's door with glory and grandly from the palace. If the Gu family breaks the etiquette rules, they will be written into the history books. After scolding for hundreds of thousands of years, the husband asks himself how can he bear it?"
Gu Qing said indifferently: "At that time, I was so dead that my bones were gone, why should I care about my name behind me?"
Zhang Huaiyu insisted, "My husband listens to me this time. Your reputation cannot be bad. You have a high position and a powerful person. If you do things with a bad reputation, you will definitely have difficulty in the future."
Gu Qing nodded and said, "This matter is left to the wife. In short, the Gu family is generally polite. Now it is a sensitive season, and it is always a problem to cause trouble for no reason."
Zhang Huaiyu said: "Don't worry, husband, leave it to me."
After saying that, Zhang Huaiyu called Han Jie and ordered Han Jie to send his personal guards into the palace to invite Feng Luan from Princess Wanchun. He also asked Gu Qing to order five thousand soldiers to be transferred from Zhuque Street, Chengtianmen to the gate of the Gu family's palace, and let the soldiers line up along the street to shoot out the flags and ceremonial guards of the prince, so that the people in the city could see it.
Gu Qing smiled and looked at Zhang Huaiyu giving orders, looking more and more relieved.
Marrying a capable woman is really worry-free. Those timid little girls often cannot get on the table when encountering big things, and they cannot say a word, let alone let her deal with things.
The princess should have the aura of a princess. Zhang Huaiyu, who came from a prime minister family, obviously did a good job, was generous and decisive, so she could feel at ease to leave the prince's house to take care of.
After Zhang Huaiyu arranged all matters, he said to Gu Qing: "Husband, I will go outside the mansion to talk to His Highness the Princess."
Gu Qing nodded and said, "Go to yours."
Zhang Huaiyu gave him a blank look, pointed at him as a warning, and then turned around and left.
Outside the gate of the palace, Princess Wanchun had been waiting in the sedan chair for a long time.
The gate of the palace was closed and the side door was also closed. The palace lady who was dowrying next to her was so angry that her face turned blue. However, today is the happy day for His Royal Highness, and the wife had to hold back any angry. There is a difference between superiors and inferiors, and it is not her turn to get angry.
Suddenly, a side door of the princess's mansion opened, and Zhang Huaiyu, dressed in princess's uniform, walked out of the side door, walked to the sedan chair and whispered: "Your Highness, you have never been to welcome the princess, please forgive me."
In the soft sedan chair, Wan Chun's voice came from a faint voice: "Sister, you are a person with little blessings and a person with a floating Ping, why should you be too polite? My sister will be a family since she entered the door. If you marry into the Gu family, I will no longer be a princess."
Zhang Huaiyu said in a humble and arrogant manner: "The princess is always a princess, and the courtesy cannot be abolished. The Gu family has made the princess a virtuous wife, which is a blessing for the whole family. However, today it is a bit hasty. The prince's mansion has no time to prepare for the ceremony. I would like to ask your highness to wait and wait for the prince's mansion to prepare."
The woman next to her finally couldn't help it and said coldly: "Princess, my princess has been waiting outside the door for half an hour. Your Highness does not ask for a grand wedding or a ten-mile colored shed, but the gate of the palace is not open and the side door is closed. Is this bullying too much?"
Zhang Huaiyu glanced at her without saying a word.
In the soft sedan chair, Wan Chun suddenly said coldly: "Come here."
Next to him was a young palace maid who politely said, "I am here."
Wan Chunyu Ruohanshuang said, "I will remember the mouth of the wife E."
The woman was startled, and then her face turned pale in an instant. The young palace maid dared not disobey the order, so she stepped forward and slapped her with all her strength. She slapped her mouth and her cheeks were swollen and tall, but she didn't dare to say a word of complaint, but she knelt on the ground and kept accusing her of guilt.
Wan Chun said coldly: "Wiang'e, from today on, I am the wife of the Gu family. I want to respect my sister, who has given you the courage to be so disrespectful to the princess and sisters?"
The wife kowtowed like pounding garlic: "I know my guilt, but I won't dare to do it next time."
Wan Chun said lightly: "This is the first and the last time. I dare to be disrespectful to the princess and sisters again and be killed by a stick."
The woman responded quickly and turned around and kowtowed to Zhang Huaiyu to apologize.
Zhang Huaiyu smiled at this time and said, "On today's happy day, don't be angry and bump into joy."
After a pause, Zhang Huaiyu seemed to be comforting and explaining, and said softly: "Your Highness came suddenly today, and the emperor's mansion did not expect that your highness's ceremonial chariots were so... simple. It not only damages the majesty of the Tian family, but also causes inconvenience to the Gu family. Therefore, I made a decision privately and sent someone to go to Taiji Palace to invite Fengluan, who was sent out to send 5,000 soldiers from the Western Army in An lined up along the street. With the momentum of the Zhuang Princess marrying the Gu family, I will inevitably neglect your highness for many things. Please forgive me."
In the soft sedan chair, Wan Chun was silent for a while and said quietly: "Sister, don't be so polite to me. I said that after entering the Gu family, I will be the wife of the Gu family from now on. You are the official concubine. You should decide the matters in the mansion. I have no objection."
On the day of great joy, Zhang Huaiyu heard that there was no joy in Wanchun's tone. Thinking of the tense relationship between his husband and the emperor and the conflicts that were about to break out in the court, Zhang Huaiyu couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, she felt Wanchun's mood.
"Your Highness, your husband is your wishful husband. No matter why your noble married into the Gu family, it will be at least fulfilled. Why don't you let go of your heart and spend the rest of your life with you happily."
Wan Chun didn't make a sound in the soft sedan chair for a long time.
Zhang Huaiyu advised again: "My husband once said that if you go to the world to resolve the matter, the Gu family is not the world. It is a place where you live at home. No matter how chaotic the situation is, the Gu family will always be a paradise outside the world. Does Your Highness understand what your husband means?"
Wan Chun finally said softly: "Thank you, sister, I remember it."
Zhang Huaiyu said deeply: "Your Highness, believe me, you will not regret it."
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Prince Gu married Princess Wanchun. Under Zhang Huaiyu's support, he finally achieved momentum in the shortest time. It is known to the whole city, grand and gorgeous.
Starting from Chengtian Gate, Prince Gu rode a horse to the palace gate to wait. Princess Wanchun had already entered the palace, but Gu Qing still welcomed the princess's carriage into the palace very grandly. No one knew that the luxurious carriage surrounded by the princess's ceremonial guard was actually empty, and Prince Gu welcomed the loneliness.
Although the imperial carriage is empty, the pomp is full of pomp.
Five thousand soldiers of the Western Army wore armor into the city, held up all kinds of flags, and tied ribbons on their weapons to show that there was no war on the good day. From Chengtian Gate to the Prince's Mansion, the soldiers lined up along the street. Every time the imperial carriage walked a mile, the soldiers shouted "magnificent."
Such a gorgeous scene naturally attracted the attention of the people in the city. Prince Gu, who had just married the princess of the Tian family again, and Gu Qing was once again on the hot search list in Chang'an City.
The people stared at the Anxi Army soldiers, surrounded by the princess's carriage, and walked through the lengthy Suzaku Street. The crowds of onlookers began to discuss the days ahead of the County Prince's Mansion.
At most, the princess can only be on par with the princess when she married into the royal palace. This is unheard of in the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty was open-minded and the people were very open. The people were surprised by some strange things and quickly adapted to accept them.
Then the people began to quietly argue whether the princess's mansion was the eldest or the princess's mansion. Prince Gu spent more nights with the princess or more nights with the princess every month. If the princess and princess fight, who would Prince Gu help, and if the two of them have children in the future, who would be the legitimate, who would be the concubine, etc.
He couldn't live the life of a prince, but the people were worried about the prince.
At the end of the battle, the people became more and more intense. Some of them had a bad temper and simply took action. After the princess's carriage, it triggered a small riot. He fought for the family affairs of His Royal Highness. Obviously, the Anshi Rebellion caused great damage to the world, but it had little impact on the people of Chang'an City. Otherwise, no one would have been idle to this point.
From another perspective, perhaps this is also a slow recovery of the prosperous atmosphere.
One feature of the prosperous era is that there are many boring people and many people who need to be beaten. For some reason, these people can escape the war.
After noon, the gate of the county prince's mansion was opened, and the princess carriage carried it into the palace. As the gate of the palace slowly closed, the onlookers dispersed without any sense.
Wan Chun's identity is here. Although he is nominally a concubine, no one really dares to treat her as a concubine.
When the imperial carriage entered the mansion, the gate was closed and the guests had arrived. Fang Guan, the Minister of Rites, still could not hide this time. Gu Qing sent someone to invite Fang Guan to preside over the wedding again.
Fang Guan was originally having fun playing with his grandchildren at home, but when he heard that Prince Gu was about to get married again, Fang Guan refused to be praised. After being deceived once, even if Gu Qing married 800 wives, Fang Shangshu refused to interfere.
The person who sent someone to invite Fang Shangshu was Han Jie. Han Jie was a military general, but he didn't have that much patience to persuade and explain. Seeing that Fang Guan refused to agree, Han Jie decided to take Fang Guan and ran out. Fang Guan was carried on Han Jie's shoulder and was furious and kicked his legs. Han Jie ignored him and rode his own way out. The picture looked very sweet and pampering, which looked very love-like.
Wanchun wanted to marry into the royal palace in a low-key manner, but Zhang Huaiyu, as the mistress of the family, decided to do the marriage in a grand manner. After all, the princess is a princess. The princess must be married with the courtesy of a wife, otherwise Wanchun will not be able to be a human being in her life.
The situation was chaotic and as it was about to break out, Gu Qing and Zhang Huaiyu did their best to release the greatest kindness to Wan Chun.
With the gate of the royal palace as the boundary, the affairs of the world will never be involved in the gate of the Gu family.
Late at night, the court officials said goodbye and parted with the smell of wine.
It has to be said that the grand occasion of Gu Qing's wedding banquet this time was beyond the formal marriage ceremony of marrying Zhang Huaiyu. First, the princess's status was noble, and second, as Gu Qing repeatedly competed with Li Heng, Gu Qing had the upper hand every time, and the courtiers gradually tasted it.
Nowadays, it is time to choose to take a team either early or late. If you stand early, the risk is too high, and if you stand late, the sincerity is not enough. Today is the time.
It was late at night and Gu Qing, who was a little drunk, walked into the bridal chamber.
There were several palace maids standing outside the house. When Gu Qing came in, the palace maids saluted Gu Qing, then smiled shyly and took a tactful look.
The moment Gu Qing stepped into the room, his steps suddenly became very light and slow, afraid of shocking the sudden flash of cereus.
Wan Chun sat alone by the table, covering her head with a veil, motionless, and a gorgeous and cumbersome auspicious clothes were obediently on her body. The red candles on the table swayed like dreams that were easily awakened in the dust.
Gu Qing stared at her quietly, without saying or moving. After a long time, he suddenly sighed softly.
Chapter completed!