The dowry alone was not a small amount, including 20,000 cattle and sheep, and 5,000 military horses. Five thousand military horses, in particular, were an elite cavalry, which was enough to demonstrate the sincerity of the Xixia King Li Ganshun. It seemed that Li Ganshun really wanted to make peace with the Song Dynasty.
The wedding procession consisted of four or five hundred people, accompanied by music and drums. Princess Li Sisi of Western Xia sat in the imperial sedan chair, adorned with a phoenix coronet and a bridal robe, her hair adorned with pearls. The sedan chair passed through Fenzhou to Longde Prefecture, and then from Xiangzhou to Bianjing.
Officials from prefectures and counties escorted the procession along the way, and common people stopped to watch, creating a lively atmosphere.
Zhao Huan had a bitter face in the Renming Hall, and Zhu Lian looked at him with a smile.
"Your Majesty is so happy, why are you so distressed? Are you afraid that I will be jealous?"
"I heard that the Xixia princess is as ugly as a pig and has a terrible temper. She draws her knife at the slightest provocation. How can I not be distressed by such a fierce woman?"
Zhu Lian chuckled: "Your Majesty, where did you hear this rumor?"
"That bastard Cao Dongsheng said that when Tong Guan conquered the Western Xia, he returned to the palace and told the Emperor that the women of the Western Xia were ugly and had strong sexual desires. I'm worried about that."
Cao Dongsheng, standing beside him, immediately became unhappy: "Your Majesty, I did not say that. I only heard Tong Guan make such a suggestion to the Emperor."
Zhu Lian smiled and said, "Your Majesty has always been wise, why are you so confused today? How can you trust the words of a eunuch? Besides, beauty and ugliness are common, how can we distinguish between races? Don't we also have beautiful and ugly people in the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Huan was still worried: "The Xixia princess is really hot-tempered and ugly as a pig. I will banish her to the cold palace."
PS: Sorry, I have something to do today, so there will probably only be one chapter.
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