Chapter 580 - Chapter 580: Wedding
Chapter 580: Wedding
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The old village chief’s wife and his daughter-in-law worked together to cook this meal. Aunt Chen, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Wang, and the others also helped. They each made their own specialty dishes and gathered together for a big feast.
Everyone was eating, laughing, and chatting at the table, but they still had to take care of MO Ruyue and Gu Yings tiredness. They were all very considerate, which made the two of them feel the warmth of home.
That’s right. The entire West River Village gave them the feeling that it was their family’s home.
After the meal, the old village chief was very perceptive and told MO Ruyue and Gu Ying to go back and rest.
“Wei Er has already told us when he came back. We also know that you are preparing to get married tomorrow. Leave the other matters to us. The main thing for the two of you to do now is to rest well so that you will be energetic tomorrow! ”
“Yes, yes.”
“Don’t worry about it. Leave the rest to us. We promise to do it beautifully for you.”
MO Ruyue and Gu Ying looked at the enthusiastic villagers and did not want to refuse.
All the arrangements for the wedding ten months ago had basically been made. All that was left was to greet the guests who would come tomorrow.
Now, it was very fast for her village to reach Reliance Town and Lianshan County. She could inform everyone by riding a horse.
Her master must have already informed her about the situation in Reliance Town and Lianshan County.
Gu Ying pointed out a few solar terms and rode to a few familiar families to inform them of his sincerity.
They were indeed quite tired. After coming home, they were completely relaxed. After eating and drinking, they could not help but feel a little sleepy. Hence, Gu Ying returned to the Qin family to rest. MO Ruyue did not return to the princess’ manor either. Instead, she rested in the original courtyard of West River Village. The princess’ manor had to prepare the wedding scene for tomorrow overnight, and she was afraid that it would be too noisy there.
When MO Ruyue woke up, it was already past midnight. Moreover, she was awakened by hunger.
This was the best sleep MO Ruyue had had in a long time.
Just as there was some movement, Chun Hua came over with a lantern.
“Princess, are you going to the toilet?”
“Yes, 1 am.”
“What time is it now?”
“It’s the third watch. You’ll have to get up and prepare in a while.”
After sleeping for the entire afternoon and night, she couldn’t fall asleep for a while.
“Then get up now and slowly clean up so that you don’t have to be in a hurry.”
“Then this servant will bring you some food first.”
After MO Ruyue finished her breakfast, Gu Ying had already gotten up and was ready.
Actually, he woke up around the same time as MO Ruyue. As today was their wedding day, he was rather excited. After waking up, he could not fall asleep again, so he simply got up.
When he saw that MO Ruyue’s courtyard had lit up, he wanted to come over, but Aunt Zhou stopped him. She said that it was best if they did not meet again before the wedding, or else it would be inauspicious.
Gu Ying had been suppressing himself from doing other things. Otherwise, he would always want to look for MO Ruyue.
As the sky gradually brightened, West River Village became more and more lively. It was even livelier than the day of MO Ruyue’s wedding.
The entire village, from the elderly to the infants, all woke up early to attend the wedding of their Princess Ming Yue and General Xue.
Yesterday, Gu Ying and MO Ruyue had gone to rest after lunch. The eunuch came to the village to announce the imperial edict. The eunuch knew that the Princess and General Xue were resting and told them not to disturb them. Therefore, the villagers also learned that the victory in the border was all thanks to Princess Ming Yue and General Xue.
These two were the pride of the entire village!
Nio Ruyue had already changed into her wedding dress and put on her phoenix crown. Behind the curtain on her forehead, her beautiful face was faintly discernible.
Although she wasn’t the kind of person who was easily embarrassed, and this was still a lonely shadow marrying into the princess’s manor, an inexplicable sense of nervousness still arose spontaneously, but most of it was joy and anticipation.
The atmosphere of this era was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. Generally, when a man married into a woman’s family, the woman would also have to cover her head with a red veil. As for MO Ruyue, because she was a princess, she only wore a phoenix crown to cover her face.
Before the auspicious time arrived, the palace sent a large group of people.
The Empress Dowager and the head palace maid beside the Empress ran over to pay their respects to MO Ruyue and explained their purpose of coming. As there were still important matters to be dealt with in the court, the Emperor, the Empress, and the Empress Dowager could not attend the ceremony. They were very apologetic and specially approved the Ministry of Rites to come and preside over MO Ruyue’s wedding for them.
This was also the greatest honor that the Imperial Family had bestowed upon MO Ruyue. MO Ruyue certainly would not reject their good intentions.
The people who were originally prepared for the wedding were also very happy to change to those from the palace. Even if they did not want the red seal, as long as they could give the princess the most dignified wedding, everyone was extremely happy.
Atter getting MO Ruyue’s permission, all the people in the palace took their positions.
Nio Ruyue, accompanied by ceremonial personnel and guards of honor, sat in a large tent that was specially prepared for the Princess’s wedding. It represented the direction of the Imperial Palace.
Accompanied by the male bridesman, the son-in-law rode to the front of the tent and knelt down to receive the emperor’s marriage edict. He also presented the man’s betrotrothal gift of wild geese and cloth.
The Prince Consort bowed to the princess and asked her to get on the carriage. The princess boarded the carriage under the service of the etiquette staff.
The Emperor’s son-in-law personally boarded the carriage and rode on while holding the Princess’ whip. After the carriage wheels spun three times, the Emperor’s son-in-law returned the whip to the coachman. The Prince Consort rode his horse and accompanied the Princess to the princess’ manor for the wedding.
The carriage arrived in front of the princess’ manor. The Prince Consort dismounted and the Princess sat down on the carriage carried by eight people. The Prince Consort bowed again and invited the Princess into the wedding venue. The Prince Consort walked in front, and the Princess entered the wedding venue on her chariot.
With the accompaniment of the band, the prince consort held the princess’ hand and entered the wedding venue. The etiquette staff threw millet and beans to show their blessings.
The Princess and the Prince Consort sat on both ends of the table, facing each other.
The female emcee washed the hands of the female guest of honor and the newcomer.
The newlyweds ate the same set of dishes and rice, indicating that the husband and wife were one family. There were three agenda items: sacrifice, nuptial cup, and prison.
Because both sides had no elders, they directly thanked the Emperor, Empress, and Empress Dowager in the capital.
Then, the Emperor’s son-in-law and the Princess gave gifts to the ceremonial staff.
The wedding certificate was read out to all the guests.
After the ceremony, all the people will leave the hall.
All the staff went to the stage to watch the cultural programs. The organizers prepared pitch-pot, riddles, poetry competitions, and other cultural activities.
Gu Ying escorted MO Ruyue into the bridal chamber. “Wait here. Qing Er, Qingfei, and Qingshuang will come to accompany you in a while. I’ll go outside to entertain the guests.”
Today, Mo Ruyue was too beautiful and dazzling. Gu Ying did not want anyone to look at her and wished he could hide her.
“Oh, right. Don’t forget to help me promote those houses to those people.” MO Ruyue nodded.
“The first ten buyers would receive a discount and a gift.”
“You should go and recommend him to Uncle Hua first. There’s also County Magistrate Wu. County Magistrate Wu is going to be promoted to a prefect this time. It’s not right not to buy a house to celebrate.”
?As long as there are two or three leaders, there should be no problems later. You should hurry up and go. You don’t have to worry about me. I’ll take care of myself. There’s still Xiao Qing and Qingfei.”
“There’s still me and my brother!”
Tang Tang and Si Bao, who were dressed in bright red festive brocade robes and had their hair tied into two small buns, appeared. Gu Ying patted the heads of the two children.
“Then take care of your mother for me. I’m going out.”
Si Bao and Tang Tang nodded vigorously..