Chapter 263: Wedding (Part 1)

Luoan City today.

The sun has not yet risen in the east, and the moon has not yet set.

But inside Luoan city, every household was already brightly lit with candles. At a glance, there was a long street with lanterns hanging high. This centuries-old capital of the Great Xia Empire was bustling under the dense layers of big red lanterns.

If you look closely, you can clearly see the crisscrossing streets, with people bustling about and it is extremely lively!

On the first day of the new year, a big event happened in Daxia.

Your Majesty’s Wedding!

The late emperor and the late empress passed away long ago, leaving only the empress to ascend the throne three years ago. During this period, countless things were kept secret.

But during these three years, how many aristocratic families and court forces coveted the position of Queen for their own purposes. All of them wanted to send their own children into the palace. Even if they could not become Queen, at least they could make them concubines first!

But how many forces in the court are eyeing them covetously!

In the harem, there is Li Nishang, who became the empress dowager due to the sudden death of the previous emperor, and is secretly controlling the harem like a poisonous spider.

The temple is intricately connected, like a pack of wolves. If I can't get it, I won't let you get it!

His Majesty is struggling.

But the victory was that despite the fighting among various forces, no one actually obtained the unclaimed position of Mother of the Nation.

Although many people now think carefully about the changes in the court over the past three years.

It is exactly the strategy of the current emperor to drive the tiger to devour the wolf, and then use a group of wolves to besiege the fierce tiger.

It can be said that from the day the empress ascended the throne, she entered the game herself, acting as the chess player, and everything she saw was a chess piece.

Therefore, it doesn’t matter if many people covet the position of Queen Mother, they are just bait.

Many people are horrified when they think about it.

but.

There is no need to say more about the past.

Now, Your Majesty has made his move.

The position of queen is finally settled!

On this day in previous years, Luoan city was also bustling with activity. After all, it was the first day of the new year, not to mention that every household was bustling with activity.

Even the fact that people from foreign countries came to the capital to pay homage was enough to make the common people in the capital make a fuss.

What's more, today is His Majesty's wedding day!

Not to mention the grand scene of the five kings appearing in the capital at the same time, which had not happened in recent years.

Even foreign countries are being particularly grand this year. There are rumors that in addition to the tributes from previous years, there are also gifts to congratulate His Majesty on his wedding, which is a competition between them.

besides

The pillars of the court who rarely appeared in the Great Xia Dynasty also poured into the capital with great momentum. Among them were Wen Daozhi, who was in charge of the military and political affairs of an entire continent and held the title of Minister of War, Li Xuance, who destroyed an entire country in the south alone in the past, and other generals whose titles were still valid. They also came to the capital one after another.

Even those meritorious people who were in semi-hidden state and had not gone out to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, all put on court robes today, and followed the flood at the moment when the sky was getting light and dark, turning into the Imperial Road from the mansions of the nobles in all directions, and slowly poured into the outside of the imperial city gate.

It was just a routine court session every year, plus the emperor's wedding, and it wasn't even dawn yet.

Outside Chengtian Gate, the first gate outside the imperial city, many officials were already waiting there. Everyone was in high spirits. Even some who were feeling sleepy had secretly put something refreshing in their wide sleeves. When they felt sleepy, they would secretly put a little into their mouths, which would instantly refresh them.

At a glance, there are so many officials of Daxia here.

Among them, there were countless envoys from foreign countries, including the 36 countries in the Western Regions, a dozen island countries in the South China Sea, countries in the south such as India, and the northern barbarians in the desert.

Envoys from countries large and small were among the officials, also waiting here.

but.

The most spectacular part of today was that just beyond Chengtian Gate where the officials were, both sides of the central imperial road that was dozens of miles long and as long as a bride's waist were filled with common people.

No one pushed or crowded, everyone just stood on both sides consciously.

This saved the trouble of the imperial guards, who were stationed every two steps, to maintain order.

This station met people on both sides, many of whom were holding flowers or baskets full of flower petals. Although their faces were red from the cold winter morning, they were all very excited.

But it is worth mentioning that many people were holding brooms in their hands.

But no one was sweeping the snow today, because when it snowed yesterday, people with nothing to do came out to clear the snow. Therefore, although there was some scattered snow last night, there was no snow accumulated on the streets.

Can.

So what!

This scene alone is still shocking.

The officials in front of Chengtian Gate had long known that when the Queen returned to the Su Mansion a month ago, the people came specially to clear the snow for her.

But seeing is believing. Seeing so many people today, rushing here with brooms in their hands before dawn, their purpose is self-evident.

Especially when seeing so many people holding flowers and petals in their hands, the reason is self-evident.

Everyone sighed.

Especially those provincial governors who came to the capital from other places were filled with emotion, and their eyes were always looking at the people who were full of joy and eagerness.

Even those who had the good fortune to witness with their own eyes the magnificent spectacle of thousands of people lining the streets to welcome the event and cheering for it, would still be filled with emotion when they saw it for the second time.

As the officials looked at the people

Naturally, the people also stood on tiptoe to look at the magnificent lineup outside Chengtian Gate.

Many of the young children were carried on their fathers’ shoulders to watch this scene which they may never see again.

With so many officials gathered here, how could this not arouse the curiosity of the people.

The common people did not know how to identify court robes and thus judge whether they belonged to generals or civil officials, but they could all tell by the color of the clothes.

Green, red, purple.

Going further up, there are the dragon robes of the princes in different colors.

The common people looked at the clothes and saw white-haired old men in their sixties wearing green robes, young rising stars wearing red clothes, and middle-aged people with bright futures wearing purple robes. Some of them had good eyesight and could see from afar the princes who were not among the crowd, wearing dragon robes and surrounded by many people.

There are also young men and women wearing yellow and purple robes. They are the princes of the princes' palaces. If nothing unexpected happens, they will also be big figures wearing dragon robes in the future.

but

Looking at this grand scene, an ordinary citizen suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "If a legendary great master from the end of the world comes and jumps in to kill everyone, it will be so lively..."

This man was so happy that he couldn't help but say this, but before he could finish his words, his companion immediately covered his mouth.

The man immediately realized that he had spoken too quickly and looked around.

The people around him looked at him but didn't say much.

There was an old man who smiled and looked at the young man and said, "Dare you? We have the great commander Yan Yunxiao in the capital. He once challenged more than a dozen Zhijing alone and killed more than a dozen of them. Only one person escaped by luck. With such a person in charge of Luoan City, how could there be a Zhijing who is so blind as to seek his own death and cause trouble?

Hearing this, everyone immediately laughed. This incident was not made up, but actually happened in the world. Not only in the capital, many people in Daxia knew about it.

"What do you think our queen will be like today?"

"What? She's beautiful! What can she be? This girl is the most beautiful on her wedding day. Our queen is already like a fairy or goddess. She will definitely make us all stunned today."

"It's the same as if you saw it a month ago and you were shocked."

"Forget about the queen. The one walking around over there is the princess of the Prince of Shu's mansion, right? Oh, she is as charming as the rumors say. And she seems to be ranked fourth on the Rouge List."

"Let me tell you, there is a saying that the reason why our queen got first place on the Rouge Ranking is because there is only a Rouge Ranking and there is only one first place, so don't think of using the Rouge Ranking to judge our queen, you are not worthy!"

"But, hey. I don't know what's going on with our queen's health. There was news from the Su family that the queen's health is not right again. Someone saw Zhang Wenjing and Doctor Zhang running away."

"I heard that there seems to be something wrong with my waist, but I don't know if it's my waist or some other organ. Anyway, I heard that Dr. Zhang said that I was already ill, and it's because of that illness that this happened. Oh, do you think I'll be fine in the future?!"

"How come your waist is injured again? Maybe you twisted it when you kicked that Kunlun slave from the Arab Kingdom."

"What are you talking about on such a happy day? However, I heard that even though the Queen was like this, she still wrote a poem like 'Everyone says that a good harvest is a good omen, but what will happen in a good harvest? There are poor people in Luoan, so there shouldn't be too many good omen'. She was worried about us ordinary people. How can we live after so much snow? Why is the heaven so blind to such a good person? Damn it!"

But this man finished speaking

The people around them frowned, sighed and shook their heads again.

but

Among the common people there were many students who did not pass the imperial examination this year. They looked at the officials one by one with flickering eyes.

Someone recognized Wen Daozhi and spoke immediately, his eyes full of admiration.

But at the same time, someone spoke up and said directly: "He is just a running dog of the Yang Party!"

As soon as these words came out, someone naturally stood up to defend Wen Daozhi. Although he was promoted by Yang Shanchang, he loved the people like his own children, and the people in Liuzhou all respected him.

Others looked at the Eighth Prince and whispered some rumors they had heard, saying that the Eighth Prince's eldest son was killed by his second son Xia Zhixu, and that in Jiaodong, the Eighth Prince also secretly sent people to do many bad things and so on.

Everyone listened with a look of doubt.

And looking at the envoy of the Mobei barbarians, the King of the Southern Court of the Northern Barbarians, Shulü'an, just by mentioning the barbarians, all the scholars looked disgusted, and they wanted to rush up to him to skin him alive!

With so many people, there were many topics to talk about, such as how beautiful the Empress would be today, and how a girl like her could be so pretty, as well as the scholars chatting about the provincial governors and envoys from foreign countries.

Liu Xuan, Wei Anming and others are not qualified to attend this palace banquet.

Just because.

Not granted an official position!

They were students who were arranged to go to Japan after the spring, so they were not officials and naturally could not attend the wedding banquet. Therefore, they could only stand on the side of the common people.

Liu Xuan tried hard to look at where Yan Shu and the others were. Although there was envy in his eyes, he soon didn't feel anything about it. He listened to the young students around him talking about the Empress, and then about the Empress' new book "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", which was just recently launched in the capital and was as popular as "A Dream of Red Mansions" once it was released.

Liu Xuan chuckled and looked at Wei Anming.

But Wei Anming was looking at the people around him, and at the many children who were holding flowers with eager expressions on their faces.

Liu Xuan was helpless for a moment.

When Wei Anming saw Liu Xuan looking at him, he frowned and was about to speak.

Liu Xuan said immediately: "Let me tell you, if you dare to say anything more about how popular the queen is, how so many people lined the streets to welcome her, and how many children were waiting with flowers, I won't play with you anymore. I'll go find someone else over there!"

When Wei Anming heard this, he swallowed back what he was about to say, then looked at Liu Xuan and sighed: "You saw it last time, but I didn't. I was deeply moved when I saw it today."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuan didn't say much, but just looked at so many people, feeling inexplicably proud.

Wei Anming continued with a firm gaze: "Liu Xuan, in such a prosperous era, we must bow to the essence! Strengthen our Great Xia! Peace for the people of the world! "

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuan suddenly nodded seriously: "Of course I will!"

Common people and scholars were chatting with each other.

The officials, of course, were not just waiting there, they formed groups and chatted.

The people from the Su family will not come today. After all, as a family marrying off their daughter, they have to wait for the arrival of Linxuan's messengers.

The senior officials of the court who were appointed as the imperial envoys were currently waiting at the Su family's place for the auspicious time to welcome the bride back to the palace.

Therefore, there were fewer officials in purple robes outside Chengtian Gate, but it didn't affect anything.

After all, there were quite a few high-ranking officials from other places who came to Beijing, especially those princes in dragon robes, who were even more dazzling, simply because it had been such a long time since so many princes appeared in the capital at once.

Li Jiulang yawned and stood alone under the wall on one side of Chengtian Gate.

He was feeling sleepy because his daughter had woken him up early this morning. She kept talking about what she was going to do that day and wanted Li Jiulang to tell her what she should do.

At that time, Li Jiulang looked out the window and was surprised to find that it was only three o'clock in the morning!

But seeing his daughter like that, Li Jiulang doted on her to the extreme and didn't sleep either, which led to the fact that she was now feeling sleepy. The cold wind was blowing on her face, but it didn't improve anything.

So, he gently took out the dried lemon from his sleeve and put a small piece of it in his mouth. The sour and refreshing smell made Prime Minister Li feel refreshed.

Of course, this method was taught by the Queen Mother to his daughter Li Xingyue, and he learned it accordingly.

When you take the lemon slice out of your mouth and throw it away.

"Uncle Li?"

When Li Jiulang heard the voice, he turned his head to look over.

I saw Xia Tingyu, dressed in yellow and purple clothes, blinking his fox-like eyes and staring at me.

Li Jiulang felt helpless. Although he knew he couldn't escape from this little fox, he didn't expect it to come to him so soon.

Li Jiulang looked at Xia Tingyu and smiled slightly before bowing: "Your Highness, Princess."

Xia Tingyu blinked her fox eyes, looked at Li Jiulang and complained: "Uncle has been playing with me since I was a child, but I went to visit you several times, but you didn't see me. You only sent Sister Xingyue to chat with me."

Li Jiulang looked at Xia Tingyu's charming eyes and shook his head helplessly. Xia Tingyu had this kind of eyes since she was a child, and it's even worse now that she has grown up!

but

Li Jiulang still said: "I'm really too busy, but my Xingyue said she was very happy chatting with you."

Xia Tingyu listened to Li Jiulang's words, smiled lightly, put her hands behind her back, looked at Li Jiulang with a playful face and said: "Uncle Li, let me ask you something."

Upon hearing this, Li Jiulang bowed again, then thought for a moment and looked at Yang Guofu, who was standing with Yan Jingqing and several other members of the Yang Party. He pointed at Yang Guofu and said, "Princess, ask him. Lord Yang is now a capable minister under the Queen and can do more than I can."

Upon hearing this, Xia Tingyu turned around and looked at Yang Guofu.

Coincidentally, Yang Guofu also felt something, and the little fat man blinked his one eye and turned his head.

very good!

It just happened to meet Xia Tingyu's fox eyes.

When Yang Guofu saw this, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned his head. He could talk to anyone now, except the princess!

When Xia Tingyu saw Yang Guofu like this, she chuckled and turned to look at Li Jiulang.

I saw that Li Jiulang had run to Wei Xuancheng without knowing when.

Xia Tingyu sighed and looked at the others.

But as far as the eye can see.

All the ministers avoided looking at her, not daring to meet her eyes.

Not that they were afraid of anything.

The truth is that nowadays, anything related to the King of Shu should be avoided if possible!

Xia Tingyu's fox eyes were delicate and she felt a little aggrieved. What did her father's behavior have to do with me? He ignored me.

and

Everyone was thinking about that girl Xia Qingge and that monster Su Changan!

Jealous!!

Thinking like this

Xia Tingyu looked towards the Eighth Prince who was not far away.

After blinking, Xia Tingyu walked towards the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince was not standing alone, there were several officials beside him.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Eighth Prince looked a little pale, but in the eyes of the officials who followed him, his complexion was much better than after he came to Beijing.

but

Noticing Xia Tingyu coming over here, an official said, "Your Majesty, the princess is coming."

The Eighth Prince opened his eyes, looked at Xia Tingyu, frowned, and said, "You go."

Upon hearing this, several officials clasped their fists and left.

Seeing this, Xia Tingyu smiled and bowed to the Eighth Prince, saying, "Tingyu greets the Eighth Uncle."

The Eighth Prince was too lazy to exchange pleasantries and spoke directly: "Let's talk about the matter."

Xia Tingyu heard this, and Hu'er's eyes showed apology: "Uncle Ba is still angry, it was my fault that day, please forgive me."

The Eighth Prince frowned upon hearing this, glanced at Xia Tingyu and said directly: "If you have something to say, just say it! Don't make this up!"

Xia Tingyu said "Oh", then asked: "Uncle Ba, I just want to ask you, where is the Queen? Didn't she come from Yandi? You must have checked it out, right? Even if you don't bother to check it out, that little bastard Zhixu must have checked it out, so how about telling me?"

Hearing this, the Eighth Prince said directly: "He is not from Yandi, but a young man. Your Majesty deliberately said that. After checking the address given by the people in Yandi, it turned out to be a man."

Hearing this, Xia Tingyu's foxy eyes flickered for a second, and then he immediately said, "That's true."

Hearing this, the Eighth Prince immediately said, "No! They found out that they are two brothers, but Su Changan is a girl."

Xia Tingyu heard it, blinked and looked at his uncle, then laughed, but did not say it out loud, just said: "Yes! It's not a man. Uncle, you are right to think so."

Having said this, Xia Tingyu smiled strangely.

However, this eye accidentally saw the Southern Court King of the Mobei barbarians who was eavesdropping. He smiled, turned around and left.

When the Eighth Prince saw Xia Tingyu leaving, he scolded her for not knowing the rules just like Xiao Shisan!

but

The Southern Court King Shulu'an was looking at Xia Tingyu's back and swallowing his saliva. Wow, this Han vixen is incredible.

but

He thought so, but the King of the Southern Court heard important words!

Male!

From Yandi

The Queen of Daxia is a man?!

He was not standing far away, but because he was listening from the back, what he heard was a little vague, but he caught the key words!

These two are the ones who just said that the Queen of Daxia is a man!

Thinking of this, Shulu An was a little confused, because what he heard was that the queen was beautiful and charming, and was a top-notch beauty.

Was it created by Daxia?

And how can a man become a queen? !

Shulü An was a little confused.

But looking at the Eighth Prince again, and then at the Princess of Shu who was avoided by everyone, Shulü An frowned.

If the Queen of Daxia is a man, that would be a huge deal. I could just say it out loud later, maybe even cause a commotion in Daxia!

This is a good thing for the Northern Barbarians!

Thinking like this

The King of Nanyuan looked at the people around him and confirmed, "You also heard it just now, right?"

The two barbarian officials beside Shulü An nodded one after another, and one of them immediately said, "It's said to be a man."

Another person immediately said, "Yes, I also heard that the Queen of Daxia is a man. But the Eighth Prince said she wasn't, and the Princess also said she wasn't."

Shulü An thought for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "The fathers can tell at a glance whether it's a man or a woman. If it's a man, I tell you, we'll tell them halfway through their wedding. Let them make a scene in Daxia."

The two barbarian officials nodded immediately: "Yes."

Shulü An said nothing more and looked at the officials, who were all talking about their own queens, but in the end they were all deceived! !

and

Thinking of this, Shulü An looked towards the street and said, "This king wants to see whether you are a man or a woman!"

but

The complacent King of the Southern Courtyard did not notice

Not far from him, the black curly-haired prince of the Yanqi Kingdom in the Western Regions was listening to the words of the Zoroastrian king beside him, and then looked at the old man with surprise.

But after thinking for a while, the prince looked at the King of the Southern Courtyard and said, "That man is sick. How can such a beautiful Han woman be a man?"

But after saying this, the prince thought for a moment and said, "Let me take a closer look. You should also take a closer look."

The Zoroastrian Dharma King Klesin is the imperial teacher of Yanqi State, so he is qualified to attend the wedding banquet, so he is standing here.

Also because it was the end, he could hear clearly what the King of the Southern Court just said.

However, although it was the end, Yan Yunxiao had visited him once, so the Dharma King did not dare to do anything.

Only when they reached the same limit did he realize how terrifying Yan Yunxiao was.

When he heard his prince's words, Klessin nodded and looked towards the corner of the street.

But I just looked at it

The people cheered and the sound of music rang out at this moment.

When everyone heard this, they were all startled and immediately looked towards the corner of the imperial road.

after

Saw the team.

(End of this chapter)