A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 948: Three Trees and Five Mothers Welcome into the Palace

Chang'an, Xicheng,
Xiuxiangfang, Duke Zhou's Mansion.

Today, the mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the atmosphere is full of joy. The second lady is about to marry into the East Palace as the crown prince Liangdi. This is a huge happy event.

inner house,

Mrs. Yang looked at her daughter who was dressing up with some reluctance. She was about to get married before she even had hairpins.

"Aniang, I just went to the East Palace, not to get married outside the Great Wall. If my daughter misses my daughter, I can come back to see her. If my daughter misses her, I can also come to the palace to visit. It's closer than going to the East Market." Wu Erniang looked at her. My mother shed tears, but I felt no sadness at parting.

Perhaps as she said, she is familiar with His Highness the Crown Prince and likes him very much. Moreover, the East Palace is also close, not even outside of Chang'an City.

Entering the palace early, I was even a little happy.

"Aye, are you feeling better today?"

"You are in good spirits today. Fengyu from Shang Yao Bureau replaced the new medicine sent by your second brother and used the dragon's whisker given by the saint as a guide. After you took it yesterday, Aye felt much better and coughed less. I didn’t cough up any more blood last night. I felt so energetic this morning that I got up early to make arrangements for your wedding.”

The Yang family's marriage was even more like a semi-government affair.

Wu Sanniang said hesitantly, "Are we really not going to give the title of Aye to the eldest brother?"

None of the Yang family liked the brothers. A few years ago when the samurai Yu was serving abroad, the mothers were in Beijing. As a result, the two brothers were not on good terms with them. They were rude to their stepmother Yang, and were rude to their half-sisters. Not to mention.

On the other hand, the eleven-year-old Wu Erniang said very rudely, "They are like playboys. If the title is given to the eldest brother, he cannot bear it. Sooner or later, he will get into trouble and seize the title, so it is better to give it to the third brother."

"He dares. This is what Aye requested from the saint, and he got permission from the saint. Besides, the saint and Aye didn't treat them badly. They were promoted to seventh grade and ninth rank in the second rank, and Aye gave each of them fifty A hectare of land, five thousand guan of money, and fifty slaves, isn't this family's fortune rich enough?" Wu Erniang looked at the mirror with a yellow decal on her face, with a childish look on her face, but she spoke with a bit of murderous intent.

Wu Erniang felt very sorry after hearing this. It was a pity that her second brother Huaiyu could not return to Beijing to help her father see the doctor and prescribe medicine in person. She also regretted that her second brother could not deliver the wedding in person on this important day of her wedding.

"I'm afraid that when Aye is gone, my eldest brother will fight for me."

The ladies talked about Wu Huaiyu and regretted that he could not return to Chang'an, but none of them mentioned the brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang who were also in Lingnan.

Aunt Wu said, "Perhaps the medicine sent by my second brother is good. I heard it is a unique medicine collected from the overseas Yizhou. It would be better if I could ask my second brother to treat Aye's illness earlier."

Yang sighed. Although her husband's new medicine looked good, the imperial doctor also said that it was only a temporary refreshment and pain relief.

"Mom, won't the second brother return to Chang'an?"

"I heard that he will not return to Beijing this year to attend the meeting. Wang Ren, the deputy envoy for Lingnan Observation, will return to Beijing on his behalf."

Yang said, "This matter requires you, Aye, to write a letter to your second brother, explaining the whole story in detail, and asking him to help take care of your two brothers in Lingnan. Your Aye's title will be passed on to your third brother, and we will also I won’t treat the two brothers badly,”

Thousands of miles away, we decided to get married at the last minute, and we didn't even have time to send the news to Guangzhou.

"They don't want to leave Chang'an in this life. They should just stay in Lingnan for the rest of their lives."

"I don't know. I heard that I had been in Quanzhou and Liuqiu before. I don't know if I have returned to Guangzhou now."

My cousin is the brother-in-law of a saint, and has served as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Now he is also the guest of Yongzhou, presiding over the affairs of Yongzhou. However, the royal family was prosperous, and many of their children were serving as officials in the court, not to mention that the Yang family still had several concubines in the palace.

To be honest, the Yang family is not afraid of these two brothers. There are not many people in the mother's family of the two brothers, and the Xiangli family is only averagely powerful.
On the contrary, the Yang family is the Hongnong Yang family of the six surnames in Guanlong. Her family was a top family in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Sui Dynasty, she was the king of Guan Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, she also had a prime minister, Yang Gongren. Although he is an official, his reputation is also high. He is Yang's cousin.

"It seems that the blessing is really useful, that's great." Wu Erniang said happily.

"Brother, are you in Liuqiu or Guangzhou now?"

Yang snorted and didn't answer.

The warrior Xun now asked the emperor to agree to hand over the title to the third son. The Wu brothers could not make a fuss about this matter.

It's not like the samurai Yu didn't make arrangements before his death. After their death, they took it upon themselves to let Saburo snatch the inheritance rights of the boss.

Not afraid of litigation at all.

"Will second brother support us?" Wu Sanniang asked.

Although this matter is the inheritance of the title of the Duke of Zhou, after all, it also involves the inheritance of the Wu family property. Under the patriarchal system, the family property must be inherited by the eldest son.

If the family wants to intervene, there is a reason.

"The eldest uncle of your clan came here yesterday. Alang talked with the clan leader, and the clan leader also agreed with your arrangement, Aye. Your second brother has always had a good relationship with our family, and he will support us in this matter. Don't worry."

Yang said slowly, "If they really want to make trouble then, the best we can do is give them some money."

Don't talk about these things anymore,

Someone came from the palace, and the queen specially sent a female officer to bring the maids over to make up and change the clothes for the second mother.
The wedding clothes were all sent by the queen.

A palace maid came in carrying a tray with jewelry, flowers and hair for Wu Erniang.

Tang etiquette, queen's jewelry, twelve flowers and trees.

The Crown Princess, the Princess, the Princess, the Third Master, the Third Duke and his wife, the first-grade married woman, and the Nine Trees.

And the prince Liangdi has three trees of flowers.

There are even fewer five-tree flowers than the baroness and the fifth-grade concubine.

Flowers and trees were developed on the basis of step by step. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, there was no phoenix crown. Before the Tang Dynasty, phoenix crown had not yet become a symbol of noble female status. Li Shimin wrote a poem about Wei Feng and called himself Wei Feng.

The empress jewelry of the Han Dynasty adopted the patterns of false bun, step and earrings. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the number of hairpins and sideburns was gradually added, and the step was renamed as a flower tree.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties established the combination pattern of flowers, trees, hairpins, hairpins, and hairpins, and the levels were also distinguished based on the number of flowers, trees, and hairpins.

Empress Changsun sent Wu Erniang jewelry with three trees and five dan.

There are also two sideburns, which are a kind of fake sideburns used by concubines and married women on formal occasions. They are shaped like thin sideburns. On the left and right sideburns, there are two pieces of precious jewelry such as gold and green leaves. One piece of gold hairpin is the second hairpin on the temples, and three pieces of gold hairpin is the third hairpin. Women of the common people are not allowed to use it.

He was also given blue Zhai clothes.

As the daughter of a prime minister and a duke, she was also married into the East Palace as the crown prince Liangdi, which is extraordinary.

Although the numbers of flowers, trees and gold are strictly in accordance with the hierarchical system, the production is very exquisite. They were all made by the royal family. They were originally prepared for the princesses, but now they have been changed for Wu Erniang.

Although the flower and tree crown is not as beautiful as the phoenix crown, it is actually very gorgeous. It is full of flowers, trees, birds, birds and animals, and it is golden, luxurious and noble.

"So lovely,"

The sisters of the Wu family were stunned.
The most beautiful dress for a woman is indeed her wedding dress.

Especially the flowers, trees and gold hairpins, which together form a hairpin wedding dress. Women in the Tang Dynasty, whether they were of high rank or common people, could wear hairpin hairdresses to get married, but the rules for different levels were different.

All wedding hairpins and ceremonial clothes are worn by wives and daughters who are lower than the sixth rank when they get married; the hairpins are just covered with hairpins. His temples are decorated with gold, silver and miscellaneous treasures. Secondly, the flower hairpin ceremonial dress is worn by commoner women when they get married. The hairpin is painted with gold, silver, and decorated with colored glaze.

The empress Baoyi and Ju Yi, the crown prince Zhai Zhai and Ju Yi, and the concubine Zhai Yi.

The cyan Zhai Yi is gorgeous and beautiful.

When men and women got married in the Tang Dynasty, their wedding clothes were men and women.

The female officer wore flowers and trees for Wu Erniang,

The flower tree is developed on the basis of the Han bulwark. It has a base. The flower tree has spiral branches that can be sprung. The branches are decorated with flowers and can still be swayed with the steps.

The number of small flowers is the same as that of the big flower tree. Wu Erniang's crown prince Liangdi has three flower trees, three trees at the front and three at the front. Therefore, there are six flowers on each of her six flower branches.

They are not real flowers, but made of gold and jewelry. Each flower is very exquisite. Each flower has a combination of flowers, stamens, flowers, leaves, jewelry, etc. There are even little people, birds, etc. mixed in the flowers.

Wait until the flowers and trees are put on,
The Wu sisters were even more amazed and envious.

There are three trees at the front and back, each with six flowers. These golden flowers are different from each other. The flowers made of gold, pearls and jade are not only beautiful, but also so luxurious. There are people, birds and animals on the flowers.
In addition to the three flower trees on the front and back of the crown, there are five drop-shaped ornaments on the front of the crown. They are inlaid with colored glaze, jade, and shells to create flower shapes. They are surrounded by pearls and installed on the crown.
This is the mother-of-pearl, which is different from the ordinary flower mother-of-pearl that women draw directly or stick on their foreheads.

This one is more exquisite and even has strict level restrictions.

Flowers, trees, treasures, and two temples,
Blue Zhai clothes,

When the makeup is finished,
Wu Erniang has transformed from a slightly young and immature girl into a noble and glamorous bride of the Crown Prince Liang Di.

The two long S-shaped temples hang on both sides of the corolla, and the outer ends are pointed inward. The decoration is similar to that of Baodian. It is also embedded with jewelry, and the upper edge is also decorated with several small gold and jade flowers.

The female officials who came from the palace and the people in the palace couldn't help but feel amazed when they saw Wu Erniang dressed up.

She controlled this hairpin dress very well.

That crown with flowers, trees and precious stones on her temples really fits perfectly on her head.
Wu Erniang looked at herself in the bronze mirror,

But he curled his lips,

The Crown Prince Liangdi is only subordinate to the Crown Princess, but the Crown Princess, like the princess and the princess, is the ninth tree after the Queen's twelve trees, but she, the Crown Prince Liangdi, only has three trees and five tins.

If there were nine trees on the front and back of this crown, it would definitely look better.

If there are twelve trees at the front and at the front, then the crown will be full. When a person moves, the twenty-four trees will sway, making it dazzling and dazzling.

The auspicious time has arrived,

Welcome and get married.

From Xiuxiangfang to East Palace, it just crosses the east and west of Chang'an City.
The city of Chang'an is eighteen miles wide from east to west, and the wedding procession in the East Palace is eighteen miles wide. Because of the emperor's decree, this wedding was grand and lively, and the Wu family also spent a lot of money.

The team is vast and the troops are red.

Those who knew knew that this was the crown prince taking a concubine to marry the crown prince Liang Di, but those who didn’t know thought it was the crown prince marrying the crown princess.
"This ostentation is really grand. It's just a concubine, but it's so extravagant." Someone said sourly.

"This is not an ordinary concubine. Her father is the prime minister and the founding father of the country, and she is a real meritorious official. Her mother, Hongnong, is the legitimate daughter of the Yang family. Her cousin is Wu Huaiyu, her cousin-in-law is Ma Zhou, and her cousins ​​are Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao. There are also imperial concubines and nine concubines in the palace who are aunts and cousins."

"Yes, the Crown Prince Liangdi's family has four prime ministers, and the Crown Princess's family can't compare with them."

As soon as these words came out, the person who said the mean words also shut up.

Prince Liangdi has four relatives who are prime ministers. Although two of them are no longer prime ministers, their prestige is still there, especially Wu Huaiyu. Although he is no longer the prime minister in the court, he is still deeply trusted by the saint. He is still the prince's teacher and guards the Forty-Nine of the Seven Prefectures in Lingnan. The state has one hundred thousand elite soldiers.

For Prince Liangdi with such a strong background, even if the East Palace welcomes the bride in a more grand manner, it will be normal.

(End of this chapter)