Chapter 66: The Day of the Wedding
The night is deep, the bright moon is hanging high, the cold wind is cold, the wind at night is extremely dark on the shore of Taihu Lake, and the quiet lake is only the sound of the lake hitting the shore with the wind and waves, at this time Lu Xun is quietly waiting for Zhuge Liang's arrival in the pavilion by the lake, and the soldiers around him have built a human wall with their bodies to block the cold wind.
The time was almost midnight, and a person came from the other side of Fengtai Lake, he was wearing a white feather fan in his hand, and he walked very chicly, Lu Xun raised his eyes and saw that this was Zhuge Liang coming, and got up to greet him.
Zhuge Liang took two steps to Lu Xun and said: "The mountain people must be careful, it's too late, and I hope that Lu Dugong will forgive me." ”
Lu Xun said: "It's okay, Prime Minister Zhuge is in the enemy camp, so it is right to be careful." ”
Zhuge Liang also stopped greeting and said directly: "Regarding the marriage between Liu Xuande and Sun Guozhu this time, we must stop it, otherwise I am afraid that he will interfere in the government of the Feng Kingdom in the future." ”
Lu Xun nodded and said: "I think so too, but whether it is force or resourcefulness, it is not easy to deal with, the key is that the princess is sincere to Liu Xuande." ”
Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and said: "That's it, let's not hinder the marriage, but take charge of government affairs, Lu Dugong will go back to discuss with Lord Sun, and let him hand over part of the government affairs to you, in this way, Liu Xuande will not be able to easily contaminate the government affairs." ”
Lu Xun hesitated a little and said, "Is this plan feasible?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Now Lord Sun's mind is on marriage, and his previous actions show that his mind is no longer above the government, at this time, if Duke Lu is willing to share it, Lord Sun will be grateful to you." ”
Lu Xun pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then this is the case, I will go to the lord of the country tomorrow to discuss." ”
Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "If Lord Sun agrees, then he can win a few more years of luck for the Wind Country." ”
Lu Xun also sighed and said: "My Fengguo was originally calm and calm, but as soon as Liu Xuande came, the turbulent waves and civil strife continued." ”
The next day, Lu Xun entered the palace to find Sun Quan to discuss the sharing of the government, originally Sun Quan thought that Lu Xun came here to slander Liu Xuande, but he didn't expect that this time Lu Xun not only slandered him, but praised Sun Quan's marriage, and repeatedly said that Sun Quan's move was quite far-sighted, and almost gave him to the sky.
After the praise, Sun Quan asked with a smile: "Lu Dugong is here, not only to praise Sun, is there anything else?"
Lu Xun replied: "Qi Qi lord, I saw that the lord of the country came today to relax the government, I thought if the lord of the country is a plaything, after thinking about it yesterday night, I felt that the previous lord was really too tired, and the relaxation in recent days is also excusable, but the government cannot be abolished, so I want to help the lord share part of the government, so that the lord can rest for a few more days to relieve fatigue." ”
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment and said, "Is this really what Duke Lu thinks?"
Lu Xun bowed his head and said, "That's true." ”
Sun Quan said with a smile: "Then let's do it, in the future, the affairs of the government will be handled by Lu Dugong first, and I will now appoint you as the prime minister of the Fengguo and help me take care of the government." ”
Lu Xun knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely do my best to live up to the holy hope." ”
This matter was decided, and then Sun Quan began to talk about the marriage between Liu Xuande and Sun Shangxiang, which is also a national event, after all, it is a marriage between the two countries, so it must be decent.
Sun Quan found a number of advisers, jointly chose a good and auspicious day, and then began to decorate the entire palace, because it was held in the country of wind, so the whole country celebrated, and they were happy that the two countries could establish diplomatic relations and marriage, after all, in this case, at least there would be no need to fight each other with the dragon country in the future.
Zhuge Liang is also running around these days, preparing for the wedding, according to tradition, Liu Xuande and Sun Shangxiang will return to China after the wedding, so Zhuge Liang in these days in addition to preparing for the wedding, but also secretly helped Lu Xun, took over most of the court affairs, until now, basically Sun Quan has been completely hollowed out, and the power is in Lu Xun's hands.
As the wedding date approached, Liu Xuande often traveled back and forth to the palace of the Wind King, so he also learned about Lu Xun's seizure of power, so he found Zhuge Liang and said: "Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, now that Sun Quan has been hollowed out, the power is in Lu Xun's hands, in this case, our plan is afraid that it will be stillborn." ”
Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, even if the power is in the hands of Lu Xun, but this Wind Country still recognizes Sun Quan, as long as Your Majesty takes it under his command, it will not be a matter of words at that time." ”
Liu Xuande still said with some anxiety: "I'm afraid that it won't be so easy then, Lu Xun already has most of the military power of the Wind Country in his hands, after the death of Zhou Gongjin before, although the military power is in the hands of Sun Quan, but now Lu Xun has half of the military power and holds the political power, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to move down." ”
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, no matter what he has, it will be useless, after all, the name is not right, even if he rebels, when the time comes, you lead the Dragon Kingdom to suppress it, the result will still be the same." ”
When Liu Xuande heard this, he was a little relieved, but he still had some plans of his own in his heart.
In the following days, although the surface was calm and peaceful, there was indeed an undercurrent surging in secret, Liu Xuande continued to encourage Sun Quan to regain power and manage the government, but Sun Quan kept shirking, and finally agreed to Liu Xuande, and after the wedding, he took back power and re-took charge of the affairs of the country.
On the day of the wedding, Liu Xuande woke up early, freshened up and dressed up, and in the palace, it was also a lively scene, the servants and maids were preparing the wedding supplies in an orderly manner, Sun Quan was also in command of everything, ensuring that the wedding process was smooth, the princes and ministers arrived in the hall one after another, and the entire palace was full of festive atmosphere.
Zhuge Liang changed into a set of royal blue satin fir today, and replaced the feather fan with a paper fan, and his task today is to lead the remaining three dragon generals to protect the safety of Liu Xuande in the venue.
Everyone is ready to finish, then set off to the palace, all the way without words, a group of people came to the gate of the palace, according to the customs of the wind country, as long as it is to marry the princess, then from the palace gate to walk, in order to show sincerity, Liu Xuande got out of the car, walked to the main hall, on the steps at the entrance of the main hall placed three braziers, the meaning is to climb step by step, across the brazier into the palace Sun Shangxiang has been standing in the store waiting for him.
I saw Sun Shangxiang dressed in a red dress, with a dragon and phoenix hijab on his head, and a pair of red brocade shoes under his feet, standing in the center of the hall very beautifully.
When Liu Xuande stood next to Sun Shangxiang, a slave sent a marriage knot, which was a red ling, with a knot on it, implying that the fate of the two was one and would never be separated.
Two people hold the marriage knot, slowly walk forward to the bottom of the court, the slave on the stage read the marriage book loudly, after the two walked on the court, worshiped heaven and earth and became husband and wife.
After the ceremony, Sun Shangxiang was helped back to the palace by the palace maid, and Liu Xuande stayed to participate in the wedding banquet. ”
Liu Xuande raised his glass and replied: "Brother Sun, I married Sister Ling, of course we are a family, you are my uncle, come and drink this cup together." ”
The two drank with the ministers to celebrate, Zhuge Liang stood at the door and silently recited in his heart, "Don't have an accident, as long as you return to the Dragon Kingdom after today, the Wind Country will pass this catastrophe." ”
The banquet began at noon and lasted until the evening, after sunset, the princes and ministers bowed down one after another, and only Sun Quan, Liu Xuande and Lu Xun were still chatting and laughing in the entire hall, at this moment, a palace maid came and whispered a few words in Sun Quan's ear.
When Sun Quan heard this, he said: "Okay, it's not too early, brother-in-law, you should enter the cave room, don't let my sister wait, hahaha." ”
Liu Xuande also stood up and replied: "Then I'll go over first, uncle, let's see you tomorrow." ”
Sun Quan waved his hand to urge him to hurry up, Lu Xun was silent and did not speak, just when everything was going smoothly, suddenly there was a sound of fighting outside the hall, Liu Xuande stopped, and Lu Xun frowned and walked outside the hall.
Sun Quan said angrily: "Who dares to make trouble on this happy day. He walked out as he spoke......