Chapter 1316: Chapter 70: We’re Getting Married Today!
The drama with Wang Yunxiao as the protagonist is called “Commotion in the Dragon Palace”.
Actually, the plot inside already has little to do with Wang Yunxiao; it’s just inspired by him.
This play tells the story of the ti when Foreigners invaded Tiann, the Navy Commander of the forr dynasty, Gao Chen, bravely fought in Divine Armor but was defeated by foreign guns and cannons, and unfortunately sacrificed himself while the Divine Armor was taken by the Foreigners.
The protagonist Wang Yunxiao’s parents were killed by the Foreigners. He wandered the streets until an old soldier adopted him, joining together with other orphans with similar backgrounds to form the Child Army. They practiced the Garrison Soldiers Cultivation Technique, arranged military formations, and trained day and night.
The whole play actually focuses on this part—the “Garrison Soldiers Cultivation Technique”.
Then, as Wang Yunxiao grew up, he joined the new governnt’s Navy, went to the Foreigners’ holand, avenged his parents, and simultaneously reclaid the Divine Armor… In short, that’s the plot.
A simple template for a feel-good story, not to be thought through in detail.
Tiann is a gathering place for opera culture, with various new plays being staged each year, but few truly endure to beco tiless classics.
Just like online literature, not all are masterpieces, and all sorts of vulgar jokes are common.
This ti, the newly released plays not only include Wang Yunxiao’s story but also around ten other dramas, showcasing various styles and thes. However, overall, it demonstrates one thing: the governnt actively promotes the cultivation thods of the Twelve Laws.
By the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, preparations for the wedding had already been made within King Mu’s Mansion.
In fact, the ti was quite tight, but with the mansion’s resources and efficiency, handling this small matter wasn’t really a problem.
With no wedding dress, they directly used one prepared for the sisters in waiting at ho.
This would definitely inspire a quick 20,000-word essay like “I Ti-traveled Back to the Day My Sister Got Married” on so online platforms.
But in the martial family, there is no such fuss; they manage the family like they manage the army. Military law has no room for sentint; as long as there’s a need, they’ll requisition what’s necessary. Forget a wedding dress; if they really needed it, even your head could be requisitioned.
This matter was also recorded in Pri Minister Cao’s army.
Of course, since these are family matters, afterwards a sum of Silver Coin is allocated from public funds as compensation.
The sticks used in the mansion for enforcing family law are made from fine white wax rods, wrapped with oiled hemp cloth; one strike can break stone or brick. If you doubt this, feel free to try it out.
It was Wang Yunxiao’s first ti as a groom, and he didn’t know what rules to follow. Since the seventh day, he hadn’t seen Li Mumu.
Their new ho is a villa not far from Boss Mu’s house, looking very understated from the outside but fully furnished inside for daily living. Ever since Li Mumu returned from vacation, Wang Yunxiao accompanied her out shopping daily, adding these items.
In this era of material scarcity where spending money was difficult, this near-month-long shopping spree thoroughly satisfied Li Mumu’s urge to buy.
But in reality, not much money was spent.
The most expensive items were the furniture, especially those favored by the upper class, like gold-threaded nanmu, huanghuali, and rosewood; sotis purchasing a whole set was more expensive than buying a house.
Li Mumu didn’t like them, claiming they hurt to sit on.
Wang Yunxiao also didn’t know what he should prepare until the Mu Family led out a tall, chestnut-red horse for him, leaving him stunned.
“What’s the aning of this?”
“Sir, you must ride a horse when you go to greet the bride.”
“I’ve seen people riding donkeys, mules, and such.”
“Don’t joke with ; wouldn’t that be embarrassing for our family?”
As a martial family, where won marry off, if a groom couldn’t even ride a horse, it would surely beco a laughingstock.
An ordinary horse wouldn’t do; it must be the kind you cannot mount without a stirrup—a tall, strong horse; only then can it reflect the dignity of a martial family.
Being understated simply won’t do; even if everything is kept simple, the necessary pomp must be present.
The martial family, also known as “noble families”.
Noble families handle weddings and funerals with pomp and ceremony.
You’re not a civil servant, sneaking about to marry a wife, afraid of being gossiped about; one wonders how cautious you would be when doing sothing significant. Even the Emperor would be apprehensive.
This is the rule handed down by the ancestors.
Apart from the horse, they also sent a live goose.
When going to greet the bride, soone must carry this goose in front of the groom—since geese are extrely loyal to their mates, in ancient tis, they symbolized love and courtship.
Then cos a magnificent eight-palbearer bridal sedan.
This item is analogous to modern wedding cars, with specialized businesses for handling weddings and funerals; ordinary families can directly rent them. But noble families don’t have this issue; they have plenty of money and space for storing sedan chairs. So they usually hire skilled craftsn to cre ate one ticulously, keeping it at ho specifically for marrying off the principal wife.
Wang Yunxiao’s family definitely didn’t have one, and King Mu’s Mansion didn’t either; it wasn’t a matter of financial capacity but rather a matter of prioritization. Clearing space for martial arts practice, setting up training posts, sandbags, and weapon stands seems more sensible, doesn’t it?
However, when necessary, they can always borrow from families that have one.
Using a more refined expression: they’re borrowing.
Ordinary flower sedans are like kites, built with wooden or bamboo fras and covered with cloth, emphasizing lightness and efficiency. But the flower sedan sent by King Mu’s Mansion is quite special, crafted wholly from mahogany; to call it a piece of furniture wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
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