Chapter 548 The Last Difficulty
June 16th, gold foil, a happy day.
Before daybreak, the streets were bustling with people.
The whole city of Kyoto was covered in red and decorated with red silk and flowers. Common people rushed to the streets, beating drums and gongs and making a lively scene. Everywhere was filled with joy.
The Tianwei Army dispatched 20,000 soldiers to guard the city and the wedding ceremony.
Each of them wore a big red flower on their chest, held the bounty of the Huo Mansion in their arms, and their mouths were grinning higher than the moon, but they still stood guard and did not dare to relax their vigilance.
All the prominent and influential people in Nan Kingdom gathered in Kyoto a few days ago.
The elites of the three sects, Junxia Sect, Dishi Sect, and Zongsi Sect, which were about to dominate the future of Nan Kingdom, were all present. Led by the new emperor candidate, they chatted and laughed, waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin.
A steady stream of gifts poured into the Imperial Tutor's Mansion from all directions. It had been half a month, and the carriages delivering gifts had never stopped.
The entire city of Kyoto was in a state of carnival preparation, and the people's joyous laughter reached the sky, almost overturning the heavens.
As the auspicious time for the wedding ceremony drew near, at Prime Minister Yun's residence, stepmother Bai, Yun Wang's wife Zhu, sisters Yun Lan and Yun Tian, as well as the wife of Duke Cao, Cao Shuyu, and Song Qiaoqiao, personally accompanied by the matchmaker and makeup girl...
Dozens of people were busy all morning, dressing up Yun Chen, putting on a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, and finally made Yun Chen look dazzling.
Song Qiaoqiao looked even more excited than Yun Chen, and chirped and laughed:
"It's so beautiful, Yunchen! Your husband will be stunned by it! He won't even know which direction to go when we get married!"
"Hahaha, Qiaoqiao has a good mouth! She can talk! Yunchen, are you nervous?" Cao Shuyu asked with a smile.
Yun Chen was now dressed in his best attire, sitting in the hall holding a golden fan.
She shook her head, then nodded again, and lowered her eyes shyly. Her clear eyes were full of light, and she looked affectionate and hesitant. All the women in the room were stunned by her beauty, which made them speechless.
Finally, an old matchmaker who had experienced many wedding ceremonies laughed and sighed:
"My goodness, I am so lucky! I have seen a fairy today!"
"Then I want to kiss the fairy!" Yun Liancheng's small body emerged from the crowd, and as she spoke, she jumped up and kissed Yun Chen's cheek, startling Zhu and Yun Lan and Yun Tian and screaming:
"Don't ruin your aunt's makeup by kissing her!"
"You little brat! Your uncle hasn't kissed you yet! Let your uncle kiss you first!"
"Hahaha--"
The women laughed heartily.
Song Qiaoqiao glanced at the sky, her face showing an eagerness that could no longer be concealed, and said, "It's almost time!"
The women immediately stopped laughing, and quickly and orderly ordered the entire palace to line up and prepare to welcome the groom to pick up the bride.
Who knew that after waiting for a long time, the time was almost up, but there was no sign of the wedding party.
Yun Chen felt a little nervous.
Seeing that she looked uneasy, the women tried to comfort her:
"Don't be afraid, Prime Minister Yun Wang is over there. He's the most accommodating person, and everything will definitely go smoothly!"
However, what the women could never have imagined, what the people in Kyoto who were waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin could never have imagined in their dreams, was that at this moment, in the Imperial Tutor's Mansion on the other side...
The bridal sedan chair, the carriage, the wolf-slaying colt and the cloud-swallowing beast in golden and red cloaks, the welcoming party, the escort, the gong-beating team, the fireworks team...
Everyone was ready at the door.
The groom and his brothers were nowhere to be seen.
Lu Liang and Runhe were almost going crazy with anxiety. It took them a long time to find the most inconspicuous entrance to the central hall.
Seeing the door closed, Lu Liang hurriedly asked others if Huo Gannian was inside.
The servant beside him scratched his head in confusion:
"I don't know. The whole mansion is busy with the wedding ceremony. One person is responsible for seven or eight tasks. No one is at their post. They are so busy that they are dizzy. Who has time to take care of him?"
After saying that, the servant hurried to get the firecrackers.
Lu Liang had no choice but to pry the door open a little with a knife. He saw a drunk man lying on the ground. Huo Gan was among them. He was so angry that he banged on the door:
"What time is it! Still sleeping?! Get up and get married!!!"
According to common sense, with Lu Liang's movement, even a drunk lion would wake up.
But unfortunately, the wine everyone drank last night was all Western liquor that Rong Yi specially brought from the Rong Mansion.
The wine is very strong and has a strong aftertaste.
Yun Wang passed out after just two sips, and the others drank a lot too.
Everyone heard Lu Liang knocking on the door and their brains half woke up, but their bodies could not wake up.
Lu Liang had no choice but to ask someone to bring some battering ram to force the door open.
He directed the banging of the door while cursing at Runhe:
"Master is truly out of his mind! He hasn't drunk alcohol for eight hundred years! And yet he drinks at this very moment!"
"Why isn't there anyone around to mediate and keep watch?!"
"The whole palace is busy with the wedding ceremony, who has time to take care of them! Besides, the Imperial Tutor is in charge, the Prime Minister is beside him, and there are a bunch of hot-tempered princes in there. Who dares to intervene?"
"I give up! Stop talking, one, two, three - hit -"
With a loud bang, the hall door was knocked open.
Lu Liang and others rushed in and lifted Huo Gannian up.
Some brought hangover soup, some brought wedding gowns, some brought face wash water and mint water... Everyone was busy in a mess, but they saw Lu Liang grab Huo Gannian's arm and froze for a moment. He was so angry that he slapped his thigh and cursed:
"Rong Yi! I'll kill—"
On the wedding day, one cannot say or do anything unlucky. Lu Liang swallowed the word "kill" and, without caring about the etiquette of a prince, slapped Rong Yi twice to wake him up:
"What is this thing for?! Where are the keys??!!"
Rong Yi sat up in a daze, wanting to rub his face that was hurt by the beating, but when he raised his hand, the iron chain rattled.
This action finally made everyone around see clearly——
A pair of handcuffs were firmly fixed on Rong Yi's right wrist and Huo Gannian's left wrist.
The thick iron chain tightly connected the two grown men, and Huo Gannian couldn't even wear a wedding robe.
In an instant, the whole audience gasped, and everyone's expression was colorful and wonderful.
Rong Yi scratched his head and finally remembered what he did when he was drunk last night.
Huo Gannian woke up soon after, and his phoenix eyes swept across the whole place coldly. When he saw the taboo and...unpresentable things on his wrist and Rong Yi's wrist, his brows twitched twice, but he quickly grasped the situation, quickly ordered to find the handcuff key, and at the same time went to find the locksmith in the mansion.
Rong Yi searched all over his body but couldn't find the key. He trembled and said:
"I remember last night, I wanted to show you how to use this lock, Boss... But after locking us in, I think I threw the key... away... I don't know where I threw it..."
Huo Gannian's cheeks moved, and it was obvious that he was gritting his teeth. He drank the hangover soup in one gulp and spat out one word:
"try to find!"
The people around immediately started to search everywhere.
Huo Gannian reached out and pressed his aching solar plexus.
He had never been forced to drink alcohol before, nor had he ever drunk something so strong. He felt like his head was full of magpies screaming and making noise, and he was not quite sober yet.
And when Huo Gannian heard Runhe say in a panic, "I can't find the key! The locksmith went to help carry the betrothal gifts! The betrothal gifts are twenty miles long! He is at the very end!", all the drunkenness disappeared immediately.
At this time, Duan Jie, Fu Lin and Rong Jiang also woke up one after another. After quickly understanding the situation at the scene, each of them stepped forward and gave Rong Yi a hard punch.
Fu Lin drew his sword, stepped on Rong Yi's wrist and prepared to chop him, his expression gloomy as he said:
"We can't delay the wedding! Cut off your hands first! Rong Yi, be patient! My buddy is very sharp with a knife!"
Rong Yi screamed in fear, and finally Lu Liang rushed over to stop him, saying, "No knives or blood on the wedding day!" and only then did he stop the werewolf Fu Lin.
"Then what should we do? Bite it with our teeth?" Duan Jie said, and he and Rong Jiang immediately picked up the iron chain and put it in their mouths.
Both of them felt like they were being treated like dogs, and they knew that it was impossible for them to bite through the chains with their limited teeth. They all cast their eyes around everyone in the room except Huo Gannian—Yun Wang, who had the best brains:
"Prime Minister! Think of a solution quickly!"
Yun Wang was forced to sit up by everyone, staring at Huo Gannian with a deep face, and did not speak for a long time.
Everyone was so anxious that they started stamping their feet. Yun Wang finally spoke softly, repeating the same words he had said before he got drunk:
"Dad, get off your brother-in-law first. I'm not kidding."
"Oh, it's over!" Everyone realized that Yun Wang was still drunk and hadn't sobered up at all. They sighed and slapped their thighs.
In the end, it was Huo Gannian who gave the orders.
He lowered his brows and looked gravely, seeing that there was no time to lose, and gave a decisive order:
"Call the court doctor!"
At this moment when the whole city is in chaos and everyone is running around frantically, not to mention it, even the court doctor is still on standby.
The court doctor came running over, and Huo Gannian startled everyone when he spoke:
"Break my metacarpal bones!"
The court doctor was stunned. Seeing Huo Gannian's expression that did not allow any argument, he immediately understood that the handcuffs could only be removed by breaking the metacarpal bone.
There was really no other way, so the court doctor could only take out a hammer, wrap Huo Gannian's palm with cloth, and do his best to find the joint and knock the bone out of place.
After the handcuffs were removed, the court doctor immediately re-set and bandaged Huo Gannian's bones.
The whole process was very fast, but Huo Gannian still turned pale in pain and was sweating profusely.
Everyone was so nervous for the groom that their hearts were in their throats.
Huo Gannian suddenly broke out in a sweat, and the worry, confusion, uneasiness and premonition that something bad was going to happen that he had been feeling for the past few days all disappeared.
He had an inexplicable feeling:
This was the last tribulation he had to endure before marrying Yun Chen.
This is the last of the nine hundred and eighty-seven difficulties. Once you overcome it, your future will be bright, smooth and peaceful.
Thinking of this, Huo Gannian suddenly felt relaxed, all his unhappiness was swept away, and he laughed out loud and ordered:
"Change clothes! Mount your horses! Welcome the bride!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The wedding procession ran as fast as they could and finally arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion before the auspicious time.
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