The country of Tianqian is small in size, and the imperial palace is not large. Emperor Xiao Xuan also got up early this morning, bathed and changed his clothes under the service of his chamberlain, and prepared to attend the wedding of his eighth daughter. But a coquettish cry sounded on the dragon couch: "The emperor is so bad, just get up like this, throw Ah Lian aside, Ah Lian will not follow!" ”

Xiao Xuan immediately softened half of his body, and threw himself at the person on the bed with a smile: "My good man!" Isn't there a wedding today, the horse master is almost here, and I can't help but meet my father-in-law. He rubbed some parts of her vigorously: "Hehe, wait for me here, I'll go say a few words, and I'll accompany you immediately!" ”

Ah Lian smiled and said, "Go ahead, people are impatient to wait for you...... Come back early! ”

Xiao Xuan got up, laughed and buttoned his clothes and went out.

This Xiao Xuan is in his forties, because of excessive indulgence, the corners of his eyes and mouth are all drooping, and he looks unlucky. This day Qianguo is also strange, the people of the country have no other pursuit except planting crops and giving birth to children, so the people are simple and simple, and the people are safe. Xiao Xuan's emperor did nothing tasteless, in addition to collecting beauties all day long, he was eating, drinking and having fun with his children. The beauties in the palace gave birth to twenty-six sons and thirty-four daughters for Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xuan himself couldn't recognize them anyway. For this reason, the palace had to be expanded every year, and the treasury became increasingly empty. So Xiao Xuan came up with an idea to let the beauties of each palace fend for themselves and feed their own children. In this way, in addition to competing for favor in front of Xiao Xuan, the beauties in each palace must also think of ways to make money. And princes and princesses open restaurants, build inns, and even sell needlework powder on the street. There are also many people like Wu Jiang and Wu Li who secretly do shady things, but they are not as good as the two of them. Wu Jiang Wuli also used money from time to time to enrich the treasury because she could make money, so that Xiao Xuan Longyan was very happy, and she valued the two sisters very much. It's a pity that I heard Wu Li say last month that Wu Jiang had a very serious infectious disease and had moved out of the palace. Although he doted on the two sisters, he valued his life more, so after a few words of verbal condolences, he forgot that he also had a daughter named Wu Jiang.

Today is Wu Li's wedding, according to the practice in the palace, the wedding of the prince and princess must invite the elders of the ten major clans to come to watch the ceremony. The thing Xiao Xuan didn't dare to offend the most was these ten elders. The state system of Yuezhao is equivalent to today's "federal system", and the whole country is composed of ten large tribes, namely Wu, Su, Bone, Long, Xiao, Kui, Jie, Chi, Suna, and Hulong, each of which has a patriarch to actually rule. Every ten years, ten patriarchs elect a suitable candidate to be emperor. Therefore, the emperor is not hereditary, and the patriarch is the biggest real power.

Xiao Xuan is a member of the Xiao clan, and he has been the emperor for fifteen years -- he was about to step down from the dragon throne five years ago, but the three candidates nominated by the ten elders were two who hid in the mountains and refused to come out, and one claimed to have diarrhea at the coronation ceremony, humming a song and squatting in the latrine for a day. After arguing around the latrine for a long time, the ten elders finally gave up the diarrhea gentleman helplessly, and still put the dragon robe on Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xuan sat on the dragon chair again half-pushed and half-sat on the spot.

The ten elders all entered Beijing yesterday, and they will gather in Mianqing Palace today to meet with the horse master. Xiao Xuan naturally couldn't be absent.

At the end of the day, the auspicious bells in the palace rang, and the melodious bells pierced through the morning mist and echoed in the misty palace for a long time.

The sedan chair stopped in the square in front of the Mianqing Palace, and immediately a chamberlain stepped forward, took him into the side hall, and changed into the first set of auspicious clothes - the purple horse official uniform. Then a group of people surrounded him and walked towards Mianqing Palace.

The whole person was empty, from his eyes to his heart, he didn't see anything, he didn't think about anything, only a shell followed the footsteps of the waiter.

Entering the Mianqing Palace, the master of ceremonies shouted loudly: "Bow-" calmly leaned over and bowed down to a person with a gray face on the dragon chair: "Yuezhao Xie Tairan, meet the emperor, may my emperor live without borders!" ”

The master of ceremonies was surprised, why did this person still call him "Moon Shine Man" at this time? Shouldn't he call himself a "son"? He hesitated, not knowing whether to let him bow down again.

Xiao Xuan didn't pay attention to this detail, and stretched out his hand to his son-in-law and said, "Calm down!" Xie Zhenyu's son is really talented! He pointed to the ten men on either side of the column: "Go and meet the ten elders." ”

calmly obeyed his words and gave half a salute to each of the ten people. The ten elders all had thoughts about the etiquette that Tairan had just now, but they thought that maybe the child was nervous, so they ignored this section, took out the meeting gifts respectively, and asked and admonished each other, calmly and not humbly or arrogantly, and dealt with the past one by one.

The ten elders rejoiced. Xiao Xuan's children have also attended many weddings, and the situation at the wedding is really endless - either the bride's skirt is trampled to expose her bottoms, or the groom enters the wrong room and sleeps with the wrong bride. Anyway, the ten elders all have a strong heart that has been devastated, and now when they see the calm and cold temperament, they can't help but feel: Such a groom is normal!

After a short break, the wedding will be held at the Huifu Palace.

Chen, in front of the Huifeng Palace, the groom in a red wedding dress pulls red silk and leads the bride in full dress on the red carpet, and they will first bow to Xiao Xuan and the queen and concubine in front of the palace, and then bow to heaven and earth and ancestors, announcing that Xie Tairan officially entered the Xiao family and became the son-in-law of the Xiao family.

The front of the hall was crowded with important members of the court of Yuezhao who came to watch the ceremony, because of the rush of time, this time it was not time to invite guests from various countries, but the three countries have always set up embassies for each other, and the envoys of Yuezhao Kingdom followed the meaning of Xie Zhen's reward, and brought rich gifts to congratulate, for the son-in-law's mother's family, Xiao Xuan was naturally warmly received. Chimelong also sent an envoy to congratulate him, and the envoy complied with Prince Xuanyuan's letter and brought a special gift to Tairan, but he was not sure if he would have a chance to give this gift.

Wu Li covered her head, but she couldn't hold back the excitement and joy in her heart, so she quietly raised her foot and stepped on her calm foot. She hoped that he would understand her mind and echo her happiness, even if it was good to step back on her. But she found that even as she tried to crush his toes, he didn't move.

Wu Li was a little annoyed: "Dare you to be unhappy? Say yes and laugh? ”

If she had been scolding her usual temperament, she would have lifted her hijab and would have been scolded. But now she didn't dare, she didn't want to mess up her wedding, and she didn't dare to make any moths under the noses of the ten elders. I can only endure it.

The bell rings. Suna Kuihong, the patriarch of the Suna tribe, who is the best at presiding over activities, sounded in a bell-like voice: "Please princess and concubine to the palace......"

calmly took the red silk, pulled Wu Li, walked up the steps, climbed the platform in front of the Huifeng Palace, and bowed to the emperor and queen who were also dressed on the platform.

Xiao Xuan and the queen ordered the chamberlain to help the two of them, and this etiquette was over.

Later, under the guidance of Sunakui, the two climbed to the temporary altar in front of the Huifeng Temple, ready to worship heaven and earth and their ancestors. This is a crucial part of the wedding.

Sunakui first recited a long fu, as if to greet the ancestors of heaven and earth, inform them of the wedding, and beg for their blessings. Fu Wen listened to everyone drowsy, and it was easy to finish chanting, and Su Nakui said: "Xiao Li, the eighth princess of the Xiao family, and Xie Tairan, the eighth princess of the Xiao family, and Xie Tairan, the moon concubine, kneel—"

The two knelt down on the altar as they were told.

Sunakui shouted: "The emperor and queen of heaven, the ancestors and ancestors testified, Xiao Li and Xie Tairan will be united forever, sharing honor and disgrace, husband and wife are one, and they will grow old in vain." Bow! ”

The two were about to bow their heads, when a crisp voice broke the solemn silence on the field: "Wait!" Can't worship! ”

Everyone was stunned, and then they were in an uproar, and they all turned their heads to look for the person who spoke. I saw a petite woman in a pink dress come out of the crowd and walked onto the platform on the Huifeng Palace.

The elders' hearts were relieved: Finally, there is a moth, and I will say that it will not be so peaceful!

Xiao Xuan was furious: "Who are you, dare to come and stir up the scene?" Left and right, take it for me! ”

But the "left and right" in his mouth were on the periphery of the wedding, dozing off and being on guard, and he couldn't hear his call at all. In this Qianguo, there have been no real bad guys for more than ten years, and their knives are embroidered.

Yanran knelt down towards Xiao Xuan: "Baling Mountain Folk Ji Yanran has seen Your Majesty!" Then he turned around and bowed to the nine elders who were sitting on one side.

Xie Tairan stood up suddenly, looking at the slender woman in pink from a distance, sad and happy.

She looked calm and unhurried, which made Xiao Xuan wonder: "Ji Yanran, what do you want?" ”

Yan Ran raised her head and said clearly word by word: "I'll take away my husband Xie Tairan!" ”

Shocked, several households couldn't believe their ears, she called herself husband! Husband! He only feared that he had misheard, and begged her to say it again in his heart.

The crowd on the field was in an uproar again. This plot was reversed too much, and everyone who had not been stimulated for many years was excited, commotioned, and speculated passionately:

"Dare to love that kid already has a wife, is it to stop his wife and remarry, it's angry, it's angry!"

"Maybe the ex-wife hasn't stopped, and she will marry the second wife again."

"It turns out that our princess is just a concubine!"

"The excitement here is better than the previous weddings!"

The nine elders stared at each other, and they lost their countermeasures for a while. After a while, the elder of the Chi clan cleared his throat and said, "Female doll, I have the most important etiquette in the Tianqian Kingdom, and I am not as casual as you Baling Mountain people. You said that Xie Tairan is your husband, but is there any evidence? ”

Yan Ran said: "Of course there is evidence, I have a marriage certificate with him." She took out a yellowed piece of paper from her bosom and stretched it out to the nine patriarchs.