The reason why Fang Ling was dressed as a subordinate was because every official carried a gift box, and these gift boxes naturally did not hold them by themselves, but were all held by his entourage.

Therefore, Fang Ling was holding the gift box, which naturally would not be eye-catching.

At this time, many officials gathered in front of the avenue, and Xue Zhiqiu whispered to him to introduce these people.

Among the officials of the Chu State, in addition to the princes who were entitled by the imperial relatives, the courtiers of the imperial city were generally divided into six categories:

One of them is the three princes, namely Taibao, Taishi and Taifu, all of whom are ranked first-class members, but although they are more famous, they have no real power.

The second is the six ministries headed by the prime minister, Cui Yi is elected as the prime minister, and there are six ministries of work, punishment, soldiers, rites, households, and officials, although the six books can have the right to directly advise the emperor, but they are usually responsible to the prime minister, and Cui Yixuan's power can also be seen.

Especially now that the youngest daughter has become the crown princess, her status is even more prosperous.

The third is the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is directly under the supervision department of the Chu Emperor, and consists of officials such as the left and right metropolitan inspectors.

The fourth is the five temples, the so-called five temples, that is, Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taifu Temple, Honglu Temple, except for Dali Temple is to manage criminal cases, several other temples are to manage the sacrificial, banquet and other miscellaneous things.

The fifth is the scholars of the Hanlin Academy and the Cabinet, all of whom are civil servants who manage the affairs of the state.

In addition, there is the most important category, that is, some generals include ♀ hussar generals, auxiliary generals and Zhenguo generals, etc., most of these people are high-powered, and the grandfather of Queen Song is a first-class hussar general of the previous dynasty, and many powerful military generals in the court are pulled up by him, and then combined with Cui Yixuan's civil power, it can be described as overwhelming.

Fang Ling listened to Xue Zhiqiu's introduction one by one, and silently remembered these people in his heart, and at the same time, he also found Tang Zihao's figure, so he lowered his head, so as not to let him find out.

After waiting for almost an hour, a eunuch in the front hall informed that when it was time to enter the temple, everyone stepped into the gate and came to the square in front of the palace.

From the side door, you can see foreign envoys coming.

There are more than a dozen countries on the land, except for a few remote countries, almost all neighboring countries have sent envoys, even Cai and Wu, who have been at war.

Of course, in fact, discerning people know in their hearts that the other party is very likely to take advantage of this opportunity to spy on intelligence, and some people even suspect that the murder of Jia's father-in-law was committed by the other party.

It's just that there is no evidence, and secondly, it is now a major event of the prince's wedding, so the death of Gonggong Jia is gone.

Xue Zhiqiu introduced these foreign envoys to Fang Ling in detail, of course, the one who caught Fang Ling's attention the most was Wei An, the envoy of Cai State.

This Wei An is in his forties, with a pointed face, his eyes slightly narrowed, like a slit, and two mustaches on his mouth, which looks quite like a mouse that has always been big.

However, this guy is a genuine Marquis of Cai Guo, and he was born in a family of military generals, it is said that his martial arts are not trivial, when this person was guarding the border of Cai State, he had repeatedly led troops to invade the border, and he had made the generals of the DPRK grit their teeth with hatred, but he didn't expect him to come as an envoy at this time.

Beside Wei An, there was also a big man who was strong in the morning, this guy was two heads taller than ordinary people, and it stands to reason that his body should be thin, but he has grown into an inverted triangle body, and the muscles of his upper body are about to bulge out of his clothes, which looks very scary.

Although Fang Ling didn't know what the martial arts realm of these two people was, just looking at this momentum, it was estimated that it was at least above the Rigid Force Realm.

Without thinking too much, when the foreign ministers and courtiers stood on both sides of the square in turn, a loud voice came from the side of the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

At this time, the horns on the periphery of the square sounded in unison, the drums shook the sky, the courtiers all knelt down, the foreign envoys also bowed, Fang Ling knelt on the ground, took a deep breath, raised his head slightly, looked in the direction of the main hall, and saw that under the hug of everyone, a tall middle-aged man came, this person had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was wearing a golden silk dragon robe.

Needless to say, this person must be the emperor of the Chu State - Chu Emperor Fang Hongtian.

Fang Ling's brows furrowed fiercely, only to feel a twitch in his heart, after all, he was not a fleshless person, facing his father who had never met, there was an indescribable feeling, I don't know if it was hatred, indignation or what, but he fiercely suppressed any emotions and turned them into cold.

No matter what feelings he had for this father, Fang Ling would never be grateful, nor would he have any extravagant hopes, he knew very well that if he wanted to get out of the palace, he could only rely on his own hands, not to seek his sympathy and mercy.

Since he and his mother were sent to the cold palace, he has given up his existence.

Parallel to Fang Hongtian is the Queen Song in a phoenix robe, as the lord of the harem and the respect of the world, Queen Song looks graceful and luxurious, but in Fang Ling's opinion, she is just a poisonous "woman" wearing human skin.

After Fang Hongtian and Queen Song sat down, it was the crown prince Fang Ce who appeared, and on the day of the wedding, he should be wearing a red "color" dress, with a proud face.

Coming from the other direction is the daughter of Prime Minister Cui Yiyuan, the current crown princess Cui Xiaoxiao.

She was only 14 or 15 years old, with a delicate face, looking a little immature, wearing a red wedding robe, surrounded by a group of palace maids.

After the two came, they knelt in front of Fang Hongtian at the same time to salute and greet him.

Fang Hongtian raised his hand with relief and said: "Get up, today is your big day, you don't have to be so restrained, Ma Qing's family, start worshipping the sky." ”

After Taichang Temple Qing Ma Chang got up, he walked up to the sacrificial platform in the center of the square, spread out the scroll in his hand, and read aloud the text of the sacrifice to the sky, which is nothing more than the heavens are virtuous, the country and the people are safe, etc., of course, it is indispensable to write how the prince is virtuous, how the princess is virtuous and matched.

After the long and tedious reading of the festival astronomy, incense and candles were lit on the stage, and the officials of Taichang Temple carried the raw and cooked offerings one by one, and the surrounding honor guards blew loud horns to the sky.

After the sacrifice was over, the little eunuch beside Fang Hongtian said loudly: "Now the envoys of various countries will present congratulatory gifts to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

So, Wei An, who was at the front of the line, strode up, handed over a delicate box, and said with a slight smile: "Congratulations on the prince's wedding, if he has time in the future, don't forget to come to our Cai Kingdom to play." ”

Fang Ce suddenly showed a somewhat disgusted expression, and he looked too lazy to take care of him.

Fang Hongtian looked very calm, and said lightly: "Wei Hou is polite, see you again in the future, you will still greet him with a smile." ”

Although it was only two sentences, the murderous intent hidden in these words was very deep, Wei An laughed out loud and stepped aside.

The eunuch next to him read out after opening the box on one side: "The envoy of Cai Guo sent a pair of white jade carved unicorns." ”

Subsequently, each envoy gave gifts, and the eunuchs had to read out the things they sent, and these envoys were all gifts on behalf of the country, mostly gold and jade, jade and jewelry, all of which were worth thousands of gold and carved exquisite things.

Fang Hongtian listened to the gifts one by one, listened to the beautiful words spoken by the envoys of various countries, and was also slightly satisfied, and said a few words to Queen Song from time to time.

Queen Song was smiling, with a noble posture of a mother's world.

After the envoys of various countries had finished giving the gifts, the little eunuch shouted, "Now the courtiers will present the congratulatory gifts!"

So, according to the order of official products, first the emperor's relatives, princes, etc., and then according to the first and second products, each time one is sent, the eunuch still opens the inspection and reads it out loud.

Fang Ling saw it in his eyes, and also understood that the gifts given by these officials were also very knowledgeable, you know, the salaries of officials were not high, although the imperial court also had subsidies and the like, but it could not be compared with those giant businessmen and rich people.

If you give something like gold and jade jewelry, it is expensive and easy to be called a corrupt official, and if you give something cheap, it is really difficult to sell, after all, this is a gift for the prince's wedding.

Therefore, the officials are very clever to choose rare "medicine" materials, although these "medicine" materials are not easy to come by, but they can be said to be collected by relatives, dug up in their hometowns, etc., and they can escape the suspicion of corrupt officials by making up a story casually.

Moreover, these "medicinal" materials are also necessary for the royal family, and the amount of "medicinal" materials for a hundred years is just right.

Of course, there are also really poor officials, who give some relatively ordinary objects, but when they are read out, they will attract a burst of whispers from the courtiers, although they are not ridiculed in public, but they are regarded as outliers.

After everything was over, Fang Hongtian bowed slightly and said: "Today is the day of Ce'er's wedding, and the emperor is also very happy, especially so many foreign envoys have come tirelessly, and the emperor will hold a banquet in the Qingming Palace at noon, and all the ministers can enjoy it at the same time." Now, let's enjoy the dance of the palace singers and add some joy to this wedding day. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Xue Zhiqiu strode to the position in front of the hall, knelt down, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do!"

Seeing this situation, Fang Ling's heart was hot, and his eyes were a little red, Xue Zhiqiu was over seventy years old, and he should have been at home for a long time, but he had repeatedly admonished him for himself, and now on such a grand occasion, he had to come forward again, how could he not move himself?

As soon as Fang Hongtian saw Xue Zhiqiu come out, he seemed to anticipate what he was going to say, and his face was a little dark, but because the foreign envoys were here, it was not easy to attack, so he had to raise his hand and say, "Xue Qing can't wait until tomorrow to talk about something?" Today is the day of the prince's wedding!"

The last few words of him are particularly heavy, and those who know a little about Emperor Chu's "sexual" personality know that this is already a precursor to his anger.

However, Xue Zhiqiu's face did not change his "color", and his voice was raised a little higher: "It is precisely because it is the day of the prince's wedding that Weichen has something to say!"