"No matter what, the six ministries still need someone who can get things done," Zhang Yuan thought silently. "Given Old Mitou's abilities, it's best to let him retire naturally. The purge of the Ministry of Rites can avoid him."

This is the highest honor Zhang Yuan can give to Mi Shi.

The wedding went very smoothly.

The last step is coming soon, which is the wedding ceremony.

There was originally a problem here, that is, none of Zhang Yuan's elders were alive. If he wanted to pay his respects to his parents twice, it would definitely not work to worship an empty chair.

Mi Shi was thoughtful enough. He went to ask for an audience with the prince a few days in advance.

Although the prince is old enough to be Zhang Yuan’s son.

But the prince was Zhang Yuan's benefactor.

The crown prince will be the future ruler.

Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers.

The king is before his relatives.

After checking all the ancient books, Mi Shi gave up the practice of having the newlyweds worship their ancestors' tablets. After all, the ancestors of the Zhang family were from Liang. How could an important official of the Great Xia Kingdom get married and worship the dead of another country?

Therefore, the prince specially changed into a formal four-clawed dragon robe during the ceremony, sat on the high seat as the heir of the Xia Kingdom, and received the ceremony from Zhang Yuan on behalf of the ancestor of the Zhang family.

This also shows the prince's trust and favor towards Zhang Yuan.

Bow to heaven and earth!

Mi Shi straightened his old back, stood straight, and his voice was vicissitudes and long.

The scene was completely silent as everyone was watching this scene. After all, over the years since the founding of the Xia Kingdom, there had been marriages granted by the king, and even weddings where the king had presided over them. However, this was the first case, except for the royal family, where the king or the crown prince was allowed to be the head of the family to pay homage.

The two were about to bow down when they heard a voice: "Wait!"

The spirits of the guests were even higher. During the ceremony, someone tried to stop them. Could it be a case of bride kidnapping?!

No one thought anything would happen.

If such a high-ranking official had his bride kidnapped at his wedding in the capital of Xia, the scene would definitely be more spectacular than the wedding ceremony in Mi City.

Nothing will happen anyway.

The Zhang Mansion had long been surrounded by the Zhang family's guards and the guards brought by the prince.

If anything goes wrong, it will be hell.

Since nothing will happen, then it will just be gossip.

Since ancient times, reading gossip has been an important part of people's spiritual life, especially for those dignitaries who never have to worry about their livelihood. What could be more important than reading gossip about high-level officials?

Zhang Yuan was immediately furious. "I just want to get married. Did I offend anyone?" "If anyone dares to mess with me at this time, they will face my vengeance!"

Zhang Yuan was about to look around to see who was so bold, but he heard Mi Shi angrily ask, "Your Highness, why did you stop?"

Yes, Zhang Yuan was so excited just now that he didn't notice the direction of the sound, but Mi Shi and the guests in the front row could clearly hear that the word "slow" was said by the prince.

Mi Shi really didn't like people interrupting his carefully arranged ceremony, but if the person who interrupted was the prince, he would be patient and ask the reason.

If it were someone else, Mi Shi would have probably called someone to throw him out by now.

The prince stood up, smiled slightly, and said, "I suddenly remembered that Lord Zhang is a key official of our Xia Kingdom. He is getting married, and I will naturally send him a gift."

Zhang Yuan heard this and quickly replied, "The prince's reward..."

"Master Zhang, please wait a moment." The Crown Prince was quite polite and did not show any dissatisfaction with Zhang Yuan's interruption. Instead, he continued, "I have brought many gifts, but they are all sent by me as the Crown Prince on behalf of the royal family. This is reasonable. However, among all the ministers, I admire Master Zhang the most, so I also brought a gift. It is not sent by the royal family, nor by the Crown Prince, but by me, Wei Mingfeng."

When everyone heard this, they wondered what kind of theory this was.

Could it be that the prince and Wei Mingfeng are two different people?

Family, country and the world.

What’s the difference between a gift from the royal family, a gift from the prince, and a gift from you?

Mi Shi narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "The gift should be given before the wedding. If His Royal Highness forgot, it's fine to make up for it later. I'm sure Master Zhang won't have any grudges. The most urgent thing is to complete the wedding."

The prince did not look at the rice market, but said to Zhang Yuan: "It is appropriate to take out this gift at this time." After saying that, he clapped his hands.

Everyone was wondering when they heard a commotion at the back of the crowd. Everyone made way and found that it was several guards from the Eastern Palace brought by the prince, escorting a woman in.

Seeing this, both Mi Shi and Zhang Yuan cried out in their hearts that something was wrong.

Although the guards of the Eastern Palace escorted the woman in and then bowed and left, the woman walked to Zhang Yuan's side and stood still, not moving forward. At first glance, the woman was also wearing a green wedding dress, exactly the same as the one Xie Zhihui was wearing.

"Master Zhang is a senior official of the state. I really can't find a gift that is worthy of Master Zhang's achievements. But after careful consideration, if he becomes one of us, then there is no need to worry about gifts. Family members should do things for family members, that's what we should do."

The Crown Prince said slowly, "This girl's original name was Jiang Wan'er. Some time ago, I took her in as my younger sister. I begged my father to grant her the surname Weiming, so she's called Weiming Wan'er. She was originally planning to marry Master Zhang so we could become a family. But Master Zhang went to Xia Country and actually found the love of his life, and they're getting married."

The prince laughed heartily and continued, "That's fine. Today is the wedding anyway, so I might as well bring her along."

The prince turned to look at Mi Shi and said, "Master Mi, please add one more person. I know that scholars and officials can marry concubines, so marrying two wives at the same time is not against etiquette."

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