Unconsciously, New Year's Day arrived in the sixth year of Yongjia (312).

In the auspicious snow, Shao Xun stood in the wilderness and looked at the frozen world.

All activities ceased, whether war, commerce, agriculture or anything else.

But outside this house, which had just been decorated with the Shao Mansion plaque, there were many cars and horses. Even on the first day of the first lunar month, it was still busy.

Shao's mother, Mrs. Liu, picked up a basket of turnips from outside and came back. Two maidservants followed behind at a loss, with helpless expressions on their faces.

"I will get married in a few days, but I will sit around all day, just like someone who has nothing to do." My mother's light words drifted past my ears.

"Aniang is right." Shao Xun nodded.

The words entered the left ear and soon floated out from the right ear, dissipating in the cold wind.

His mother went back to cook his favorite dishes, but Shao Xun became more and more content with his work, wandering around in the fields.

"Have all the external matters been dealt with?" Father Shao Xiu appeared from nowhere and reminded in a low voice.

"Grandpa, don't worry." Shao Xun said confidently.

"When you were a child, you liked to stir up trouble and fight with others. When you grow up, you like to provoke women, ugh." Shao Xiu went home and helped Liu choose vegetables.

The two of them had been enjoying themselves for several years, and indeed no longer did chores. But when the son came home, the mother would cook by herself, and the father would accompany his son for a few drinks.

There was a burst of laughter in the yard.

The third brother Shao Fan's bride, Cao, was born in a wealthy family in Luoyang, but she was also cooking with her mother and was very active.

The eldest nephew Shao Shen also came. He was first inspected by Shao Xun on his martial arts and homework. Before leaving, he actually said with a playful smile: "Second uncle, please marry me quickly, and I can marry him after that."

"What a beautiful idea." Shao Xun sneered: "My little sister isn't married yet."

"Ah?" Shao Shen was dumbfounded. Is there still such a prerequisite?

"I lied to you, study hard and hone your martial arts skills." Shao Xun said with a smile.

The eldest nephew left in despair.

Sister-in-law Zhang and her niece saluted him, Shao Xun returned the salute, and then continued to stand outside blowing the cold wind.

The laughter and laughter in the courtyard became more and more lively, but the center of everyone's attention was on Shao Xun.

This is the backbone of the family.

"Mr. Lang, go back quickly and take a look at the dress." Le Shi walked over holding the golden knife.

Shao Xun picked up his son and pricked him with his beard, making Jin Dao giggle.

Shao Xun also laughed, and the father and son were enjoying themselves.

But he soon stopped laughing because his beard was pulled tightly by his son and it hurt so much.

Leshi smiled and took the golden knife over, which relieved Shao Xun from his embarrassment.

Jin Dao is three years old, which is four years old according to his imaginary age. He is hiding in his mother's arms, staring at Shao Xun with his big black eyes. After looking at him for a while, he reaches out his hand again and asks his father to hold him.

Shao Xun hugged his son with one hand and held Lan Ji with the other.

Lan Ji complained that he went out to war every three days and didn't know where the people were even after returning home. As a result, three years after Jin Dao was born, she still couldn't get pregnant with her second child.

Looking at the first woman in his life, Shao Xun was a little moved.

Over the past few years, she has changed from being full of resentment to being indifferent to caring for her husband and raising children. After years of precipitation, she has become more and more interesting.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few years." Shao Xun said suddenly.

Lan Ji was a little surprised at first, and then sighed.

She still remembered how he took her riding horses, hunting, and archery when she regained freedom after being imprisoned for a long time. It was one of the few touching moments in her life.

Perhaps, he was so kind to her at that time that he is still unforgettable to this day.

But you can't let him know these things, lest he get carried away and ignore you in the future.

"You still have some conscience." Le Lanji hugged the child and said quietly.

Shao Xun tightened her hand.

Lan Ji's reputation at home is very good.

Her mother once praised Lan Ji to herself in private, saying "She deserves to be the crown prince's concubine", which made Shao Xun dumbfounded - this kind of compliment was really strange.

Her parents are very satisfied with her, her younger sister regards her as her idol, and her niece and sister-in-law also like to hang out with her, and they get along like a duck in water.

"You have been restless these days, why are you always wandering around outside?" Lan Ji suddenly asked as she was about to enter the house.

"It's nothing." Shao Xun didn't want to confess.

"She won't come." Lan Ji said.

"Um?"

"Yang Xianrong won't come, don't worry, I persuaded her to go back." Lan Ji pinched Shao Xun and said.

"This..." Shao Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

These women are really happy when they are happy, and they are also really troublesome when they are in trouble.

The point is they can really cause trouble.

A person as transparent as Song Yi won't cause any trouble at all.

Women like Jingshi have been seducing him, so he can play with her if he wants, and Jingshi doesn't dare to rely on him.

But once Yang Xianrong relied on him, damn, his reputation would be ruined on the spot.

"It's not easy to celebrate the New Year." Shao Xun smiled awkwardly.

Lan Ji rolled her eyes at him and asked, "What disease is Concubine Pei suffering from? Xun Niang hurried over to visit her and came back in a hurry."

Shao Xun was speechless.

Lan Ji didn't want to let him go and asked: "If there is something unspeakable, as the commander-in-chief, you have to help cover it up, otherwise the shogunate will be divided soon. The scholars in the counties may not all listen to you, and they will be in vain.

Someone else makes the wedding dress."

"Tao Nu, I will stay with you these days and won't go anywhere." Shao Xun surrendered.

Lan Ji covered her mouth and smiled, then walked a few steps and left.

Jin Dao looked at his mother and then his father, with a blank look on his face.

"Son, when you grow up, you should study and practice martial arts honestly, and don't play around with women." Shao Xun patted his son's head and sighed: "Let the nanny take care of you in the afternoon. As a father, I have to recharge my batteries and I don't have time to play with you.

Already."

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Different dynasties have different etiquette systems.

After the establishment of the dynasty, Xun Xi was ordered to write the ritual system of the new dynasty, which consisted of one hundred and sixty-five chapters and was combined into "Five Rites".

Among them, the ceremony of wedding crown is included in the auspicious ceremony - the ceremony of the emperor's concubine is separately listed as "Jiali".

Among the six steps of marriage, there is currently only one "wedding" left, that is, the groom comes to the door in person to welcome the bride home.

For this matter, Uncle Cao acted as a matchmaker and communicated in two ways.

First, the Yu family came to live in Xuchang in advance, and Shao Xun came to marry them.

Second, Shao Xun personally went to Yanling to welcome the bride back to Xuchang and hold the wedding.

In the end I chose the second option.

Depart one day in advance and arrive in the evening.

The next day we welcomed the bride early in the morning, returned to Xuchang in the evening, and held the wedding at dusk, which was just right.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Shao Xun put on his formal dress and prepared to go out to meet his bride.

When it comes to formal attire, there are generally two schools of thought in the country.

One is to follow the old custom since the Han and Wei dynasties, that is, the "Xuanqi" dress, with the upper body black and the lower body red.

The second is white. The country has always been white, and since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, many scholars have despised the constraints of etiquette, so they wear white dresses, which even affected the royal family. The princes wore white dresses when they accepted their concubines.

Shao Xun was still wearing a traditional black and red dress. After saying goodbye to his family, his eldest nephew Shao Shen led a hundred horses to lead the way.

Cai Cheng, Liu Ling, and Yuan Xi, with more than 300 soldiers, guarded Shao Xun.

The Silver Spear Army stationed at the foot of Xuchang City dispatched five buildings of 3,000 soldiers, and the Xuchang Shibing Army was recruited with 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, led by Hou Feihu, who followed closely behind.

The huge wedding reception team of thousands of people is quite rare in Henan.

Not to mention that during the march, drums and horns were shouting, and swords and guns were heavily guarded.

To put it harshly, a prince's concubine may not necessarily have such pomp and circumstance.

As the number one warlord in Henan, Shao Xun made the most of this wedding.

At Shen Shi in the afternoon, the whole army crossed the Wei River. In the evening, they arrived outside the Yu family manor and set up camp.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, before dawn, Yu Wenjun got up.
To be continued...