Starting from these three aspects, among the nine wives, only Ren Sisi was considered due to the relationship between Yang Rui and Xiaohui. The other eight were legitimate wives in all aspects. The nine of them were equal in status, regardless of seniority, which was also very rare among the Han Dynasty officials.
"Wash your hands …"
"Greet your fellow prisoner …"
"Perform the ritual of joining the bride …"
"Bow to the Gods …"
"Tie the knot …"
At this time, the understanding of the wedding was very comprehensive, far more complicated than the understanding of the East and West. Next, under the guidance of the Han Dynasty eunuchs, Yang Rui completed the various formalities with the eighty-one newlyweds step by step.
Fortunately, the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty were very familiar with all the etiquette. At the same time, there were a lot of junior eunuchs helping them. Otherwise, with so many etiquettes, Yang Rui would feel a bit harsh.
However, after going through the various formalities, Yang Rui also understood the meaning of the process. Almost every step of the ceremony had a special meaning.
For example, through the greeting, Yang Rui and the eighty-one newlyweds washed each other's faces, which was also the first skin contact between the newlyweds under this background. Another example was the greeting, which was cutting off a strand of hair. It was really touching each other's body and also symbolizing the true union of the two sides. It also laid a psychological foundation for further contact between the two sides.
Yang Rui noticed that when the greeting was done, because it was the first time they had skin contact with Yang Rui, almost all the wives and concubines blushed. The bond between husband and wife was officially established at this moment.
Among them, although Zhang Ning and Yang Rui had a night of intimacy. But her face blushed even more. Including Ren Sisi, as a player, under the influence of this atmosphere, she also showed the shyness of a young girl.
In the past few days, Yang Rui had been looking for Ren Sisi. He wanted to explain the situation to her, but he had not found her. Yang Rui thought that Ren Sisi would not appear at the wedding, but he did not expect that when the time came, she would appear as scheduled.
It was the same for Xiao Hui. The situation was a bit interesting. All signs showed that Ren Sisi knew that she was going to be a candidate for the wedding!
The wedding was solemn and orderly. After five or six ceremonies, the nine wives and seventy-two concubines were sent to the bridal chamber in the inner courtyard.
In order to accommodate so many wives, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others even spent half a month to expand the inner city of Linzi City, turning it into two courtyards.
The front courtyard still carried the functions of the inner city of the three Prefectures. There were a total of three courtyards, and the scale was not much smaller than before. The back courtyard became Yang Rui's private residence. The scale was even larger than the front courtyard, but there were a total of nine courtyards. In addition, there were seventy-two smaller courtyards where Yang Rui's nine wives and seventy-two concubines were placed.
The remaining 668 female NPC candidates sent by various forces for the wedding were all placed in the courtyards of the main wives and concubines. There were 15 main wives in each courtyard, and seven concubines in each courtyard. The remaining 30 or so NPCs would follow Yang Rui closely in Mountain City and serve him in his daily life.
Although the identities of these women were not explicitly stated, they did not need to do any manual labor. They were actually just maids accompanying Yang Rui in bed. As for the maids, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and the others actually had other arrangements.
Cheng Yu and Guo Jia's plan could be said to be very thorough, and their intentions were very obvious. In fact, for the sake of convenience in the future, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia were even building a large courtyard for Yang Rui in Sky City. If he went out for a long time or when war broke out, they were prepared to move all of Yang Rui's wives and maids to Sky City.
At this moment, no matter their previous identities or factions, they were already Yang Rui's official wives.
Moreover, after the baptism of the wedding ceremony, in each of their hearts, they also regarded Yang Rui as the husband who they would follow for the rest of their lives, regardless of whether they had feelings for Yang Rui before, or whether they had a good or bad impression of Yang Rui.
The role of the wedding ceremony was obvious. Even as Yang Rui himself, he had previously thought of avoiding it, thinking that the wedding was just a formality, and the main purpose was to solve Zhang Ning's problem. However, after interacting with his wives and concubines during the wedding, he was influenced by their serious attitude.
Yang Rui also suddenly realized that perhaps it was impossible to just go through the process. This matter concerned his reputation, and it was not a small matter for a woman at this time!
After the wedding ceremony was completed, it would be very difficult for Yang Rui to ignore these wives. At the very least, it would be very difficult for them to understand his original intentions.
Besides, even if they understood, what could they do? It was obviously unrealistic to let these wives in name remarry. He couldn't let them live as widows for the rest of their lives, right? This seemed to be very unfair!
Therefore, Yang Rui suddenly had a feeling that he had boarded a pirate ship and was being manipulated by Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, and others. His previous plan seemed to have been overturned by himself.
It was not that Yang Rui was really Liu Xiahui, but Yang Rui had always been influenced by reality. Yang Rui really never thought of marrying seventy or eighty wives. Moreover, Yang Rui still had emotional fetters. The truth of Xiao Nan's matter was that he was too wrong at the beginning, and he actually made such a choice in a moment.
Little did he know that some things were obviously for the sake of the other party, but in the end, he hurt the other party and himself at the same time! Along the way, Yang Rui realized that in the face of great ups and downs, he didn't just have to consider the other party. At the same time, he also had to not easily deny himself and his future. He also had to not easily reject the other party. Only then would he have a proper attitude …
It was too late for Xiao Nan's matter, but when Yang Rui thought of the past between him and Xiao Nan, he seemed to suddenly see the light. The current wedding was also the same situation!
Yang Rui suddenly realized that how to get along in the future, and what would happen, would not be his own will and responsibility. At this time, since he was already a husband, he had to fulfill the responsibility of a husband. Everything else was hypocrisy and shirking.
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