Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1212 Postscript : Xie Yan: I know Emperor Taizong!
"Dong dong!"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, get up and dress up!"

Outside the bedroom door, Qingluan knocked and shouted.

Zhu Tangxi opened his eyes drowsily and found that although the red candle had burned out, the bedroom was still dark. He said with a hint of sleepiness, "Stop shouting. It's not dawn yet!"

Qingluan reminded: "It's time to get married at dawn. Your Highness still needs to dress up."

After tossing and turning all night last night, Zhu Tangxi was really sleepy, but he had to get up.

Fortunately, it was summer now, so she didn't have to fight the cold outside the bed. She closed her eyes and crawled over her husband's body, rolled to the edge of the bed and sat down, stretching her feet to look for her shoes: "Come in."

The door was gently pushed open, and Qingluan led in several maids carrying basins of water and towels.

Zhu Tangxi was still looking for his shoes with his eyes closed, half of his soul still asleep.

As for Xie Yan, he didn't even wake up, lying on the bed with his arms and legs spread out. He was too tired last night, and after the passion, he didn't even bother to put on his clothes, and fell asleep naked while holding the princess.

Oh~~~
Qingluan and a few maids took a quick glance and quickly looked away, but they couldn't help but take a few more peeks.

"Your Highness, please put on your clothes quickly!" Qingluan ran over and said.

If Xie Yan was naked, the princess was only wearing one or two pieces of clothing, with her magnificent chest exposed. But she was still unconscious, sitting on the edge of the bed in a sleepwalking state, stepping back and forth with her feet to continue looking for shoes.

Qingluan found some shoes for the princess to put on, and then quickly helped the princess put on the clean underwear she had brought, as if she was taking care of a child.

The maids also wrung out hot towels and used them to wipe the princess's face and wake her up.

"I will do it myself."

When Qingluan asked the princess to lift her legs to put on her pants, Zhu Tangxi finally came to her senses. She looked at her lower body and suddenly blushed and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go to the bathroom to wash."

Then he turned around and slapped Xie Yan's thigh: "Liu Lang, wake up. You should get up and wash yourself too!"

After taking several photos, Xie Yan opened his sleepy eyes and asked, "What time is it now?"

Then he turned over and fell into deep sleep again.

After a lot of tugging, Xie Yan was finally dragged to the bathroom.

By daybreak, Xie Yan had finished everything, but Zhu Tangxi was still slowly getting dressed.

In the hall.

Xie Yiqin and Wang Yitong had been sitting there waiting for a long time. They were so bored that they simply stood up and walked around to admire the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

The red candles were lit in the bridal chamber yesterday, waiting for the morning greetings to uncle and aunt in the hall.

The system of promotion of the son-in-law of the emperor's wife in the Song Dynasty was abolished during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, while the system of promotion of the son-in-law of the emperor's wife in the Ming Dynasty was abolished in the middle of Zhu Ming's reign.

Therefore, the princess is also a junior to her parents-in-law and has to come to pay them a visit the day after the wedding.

This is an authentic wedding ceremony.

Not only that, the tablets of Xie's ancestors were also brought from their hometown and placed in the main hall. They were only placed there for one day and would be removed after the ceremony.

"When we got married, you were also so procrastinating. You couldn't even get up when I called out to you while lying in bed." Wang Yitong suddenly recalled the past.

Xie Yiqin was speechless: "My son and daughter-in-law are getting married, why are you involving us?"

Wang Yitong continued: "I was very nervous and woke up more than an hour in advance to wash and dress."

"You get up early, and after the ceremony you go back to sleep until the afternoon. I bring lunch back to your bedroom!" Xie Yiqun said unhappily.

Wang Yitong smiled sweetly: "You were afraid that I was hungry and that I would be rude. So you quietly ran to the kitchen, stole a roast chicken, and sat at the head of the bed, helped me up and held me to eat."

Xie Yiqin said: "See, I'm very good to you too."

"Hmph, it was only during the first period of our marriage. After that, I was the one who took care of you. I was too stupid back then and was fooled by you." Wang Yitong seemed to be complaining, but the smile on her face became even brighter.

The couple was reminiscing about their honeymoon days when Xie Shizhang came in leaning on a cane.

"Father, they haven't arrived yet." Xie Yiqin said.

Xie Shizhang said, "I know. I've been taking a walk outside. You don't have to rush. Let the young man sleep a little longer." Then he shouted outside, "Old Four, bring that thing in."

Fourth uncle Xie Yilian entered the main room carrying the musical instrument case, and fifth uncle Xie Yixin followed him.

The family continued chatting, and after waiting for more than twenty minutes, Xie Yan finally showed up holding the princess's hand.

The old man sat right at the top, with the ancestral tablets behind him.

Xie Yiqin and Wang Yitong sat at the lower left.

The fourth and fifth uncles did not dare to accept the princess's greeting, and they did not even dare to sit down in such an occasion, so they stood side by side at the lower right.

"Grandson greets grandfather."

"Granddaughter-in-law pays homage to grandfather."

A newlywed couple paid their respects to the old man.

Xie Shizhang opened the zither case, took off the zither cover, gently stroked the zither and said:

"The best zither in the Tang Dynasty is Lei Gong, and the Nine Thunders in Shu are the best. Among the Nine Thunders in Shu during the Tang Dynasty, Lei Wei achieved the highest achievement. Among the zithers Lei Wei made in his lifetime, Chun Lei was the best."

"This Chunlei Qin went through the wars of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and was finally collected by the incompetent emperor of the former Song Dynasty. The incompetent emperor built the Wanqin Hall, and Chunlei was praised as the best in the hall. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Chunlei Qin was taken to the Wangchuan Valley by Taizu. Later, a member of the royal family presented the Qin to Emperor Longsheng, who gave it to King Tao."

"When I was invited to stay at Prince Tao's mansion, Prince Tao was already seriously ill. On the day I left Beijing, Prince Tao sent someone to chase me to the dock and gave me this Spring Thunder Harp. The wedding banquet was so noisy yesterday, but the sound of the Spring Thunder could not be suppressed."

"I don't think I'll live for many more years, so I'll give you this zither as a wedding gift. Don't refuse. I don't have much, but this Spring Thunder is the only thing I can give you."

Zhu Tangxi was deeply moved. She respectfully took the zither and bowed again: "Granddaughter-in-law thanks grandfather!"

Xie Yan said with a smile: "Grandfather is so generous. I have no way to repay you for such a valuable gift. I will let you hold your great-grandson in your arms and have fun next year."

"It's a deal!" Xie Shizhang was looking forward to holding his great-grandson. Zhu Tangxi put away the Chunleiqin and went to pay respects to her father-in-law and mother-in-law: "The daughter-in-law greets uncle and aunt!"

Xie Yiqin nodded in return.

"Good child," Wang Yitong took out a pair of jade bracelets, put them on the princess and said, "Although these bracelets are not valuable, they are my dowry. I wish you and your wife will live in harmony and grow old together."

How could the dowry bracelet of the daughter of a wealthy family in Baoding not be valuable?
Zhu Tangxi said: "Don't worry, aunt, I will serve my husband well."

Wang Yitong was even happier when she heard the word "serve". She took the princess's hand and said, "If Liu Lang bullies you, you should punish him severely. If he still doesn't change, send me a telegram, and I will go to the capital in person with a stick in hand."

"My daughter-in-law will definitely send a telegram to my aunt." Zhu Tangxi smiled.

Xie Yiqin listened to the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and gave her son a look that showed they shared the same fate.

Then, Zhu Tangxi went to pay her respects to her fourth and fifth uncles, and the two were so frightened that they quickly bowed in return. They really did not dare to accept the princess's greetings.

The wedding ceremony was over and the Xie family’s relatives had completed their tasks.

They will have to move out of the princess's residence tomorrow and return to the temporary mansion. After the princess returns home, the emperor will send people to the mansion to reward the prince consort's relatives.

……

The next day, Zhu Tangxi brought Xie Yan to the palace to meet the emperor, and had dinner with Empress Dowager Ye and the young emperor in the palace. This was considered the princess's return gift.

On the third day, sacrifices were offered to the Taimiao.

The layout of the Taimiao is that the main hall is divided into the front hall, the middle hall, and the back hall, and there are east and west side halls on both sides of the main hall.

The front hall is the place for sacrifice.

The central hall is where the tablets of the emperor and empress are placed.

The rear hall is where the royal ancestors are enshrined. In his later years, Zhu Ming placed the tablets of his grandparents before he traveled through time there.

The East Hall is dedicated to deceased royal relatives, while the West Hall is dedicated to ministers who are entitled to be worshipped in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the Taimiao was not grand. It was nothing more than telling the ancestors that the Zhu family had a new son-in-law.

The entire sacrifice was arranged by the Taichang Temple, assisted by the Zongzheng Temple, and all participants were royal relatives.

The little emperor is here too.

Xie Yan and the princess followed etiquette and offered sacrifices with the royal family members outside the hall. Then they followed the empress dowager and the emperor into the front hall to kneel and worship.

There are many chairs in the front hall, and they are usually empty.

During the sacrifice, the emperor and empress's clothes and tablets that were enshrined in the central hall were moved to the front hall and placed on chairs as if they were present in person.

There is a portrait hanging on the wall behind each chair.

The little emperor was one year older and had learned the ritual of worship. He knelt before the emperors and empresses and chanted something. The general meaning was that the Zhu royal family was prosperous and had added a new son-in-law this year.

After some formalities, Xie Yan and Zhu Tangxi stepped forward and burned incense and offered sacrifices to the emperors and empresses.

The clothes and tablets of Taizu and Taizong were placed in the center, with Xie Yan being closest to them.

Taizong's clothes were very conspicuous. It was actually a suit of armor with a sword placed horizontally on top of the armor.

Xie Yan was a little stunned. Why did this armor look more and more familiar the more he looked at it?

Previously, he was too far away from the emperor's portrait, but now he could see it clearly when he got closer. Xie Yan looked at the portrait of Emperor Taizong, which was a middle-aged portrait with a beard, which vaguely reminded him of a funny anchor.

Before Xie Yan traveled through time, his surname was Hou and he was a small town test-taker.

He stayed at home during the epidemic.

There are actually no new coronavirus cases there. They only occasionally seal off towns and villages when the situation gets serious in big cities.

Before the epidemic was completely lifted, Xie Yan returned to the big city. But the real estate market was in a downturn at the time, and it was difficult for him to find a job that matched his major. He could only teach himself computer skills while delivering food.

In the winter when epidemic control was completely relaxed, a lot of delivery men around Xie Yan became impotent.

He had nothing to do, and since it was close to the Spring Festival, he simply went back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year and helped his uncle's small town express station deliver goods.

There are several villages in the surrounding area, but there is only one express delivery station in the small town, and the villagers basically come to pick up the express delivery themselves.

But there are also some express deliveries that must be delivered to the door.

For example, the armor and sword of a certain funny anchor!

The anchor was from another place and rented a house with a small courtyard outside the town. He would send and receive express deliveries from time to time and was a big customer of the express delivery station.

"Xiao Hou, help me take down the selfie stick."

"Brother Zhu, this thing is quite expensive, right?"

"Eighty thousand."

"Fuck! If I really have 80,000 yuan, I might as well buy a full set of skins for Honor of Kings."

"Xiao Hou, go around me and take pictures."

"Brother Zhu, you are playing two tricks."

"..."

The memories of the dead suddenly began to attack Xie Yan.

That funny anchor was broadcasting live in the yard wearing the Heavenly King Armor. He was so tired and out of breath after dancing with the spear a few times.

Xie Yan turned his head to look at the princess, muttering in his heart: Brother Zhu, how many generations of your great-granddaughter have I slept with?

Damn, it’s only been less than two years since Brother Zhu left the town, so how come there’s more than a hundred years between my time travel and his?
Is there a wormhole near my hometown?
(End of this chapter)