The day before Xiao Rui's wedding, according to custom, the champion Hou Mansion and Li Mansion sent the dowry to the East Palace, and the Inner Court Division held a banquet to entertain the clansmen who came from the two mansions.

His Majesty also canceled Xiao Rui's previous court and duty, learned etiquette in the palace, and prepared for tomorrow's marriage ceremony.

Two lives, Xiao Rui is still the first time to get married, it is impossible to say that he is not excited, but etiquette and the like can't stop him, and now what makes Xiao Rui feel the most headache is other things, that is, what to do tomorrow night's candle night in the cave room?

The men in the previous life will never be able to understand Xiao Rui's mood at this time, go to Liuying first, wouldn't they snub Ruoxue? If you go to Ruoxue, you will treat Liuxue again, after all, she is a concubine.

This kind of contradictory psychology is something that ordinary people can't experience, and it torments Xiao Rui.

In the middle of the day, the day passed.

After dinner, Xiao Rui, who was tired for a day, had a drink in the small garden of the East Palace to relieve his fatigue.

At the same time, she is the one who has trouble sleeping tonight.

Zhuge Liuying and Li Ruoxue looked at the red wedding robe on the table, thinking that they would marry the lover in their hearts tomorrow, they were shy and excited, and the throbbing emotions were difficult to calm down, as if they were in a dream.

Zhang Ruoxi also has no sleep, since she knew Xiao Rui's thoughts from Liuying, it was not that she had no intention of herself, but now that she has been established as the prince, she is afraid of provoking criticism if she goes to win over the military marquis, if she is the prince later, she will already attack herself.

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What a reminiscent word, although it was said by Liuying, Zhang Ruoxi knew that it must have come from the mouth of the prince. He is the only one who can say such Meng Lang's words.

The more I thought about it, the more ashamed I became, and the arrogant Zhang Ruoxi in the past also became an infatuated girl, covering her cheeks and being very shy.

In addition to her, Li Xiuer, Yan Xiaoxiao, Xiao Qingqing, and Yan Linglong, who is far away in Yandu, their hearts are full of feelings, both envy and regret.

The next day, the wedding began.

Xiao Rui wore the clothes used by the prince to go to the emperor and the queen to salute, the inner court division and the Zongren Mansion sent Luan Yiwei to the two mansions to prepare, Xiao Rui saluted and then went to greet the relatives from the Donghua Gate, and after the Luan Yi stopped outside the door, the colored sedan chair that the princess rode fell off the sedan chair, the prince went to uncover the curtain, the palace people covered it with a curtain, and the princess got off the sedan chair.

Afterwards, walk into the palace for other ceremonies.

See Your Majesty and the Empress, after the concubine was conferred in front of the throne, the hundred officials congratulated him, and said: "Congratulations to the crown prince Jiali has been completed, and the blessing of the chief of the Yimian Sect." The ministers are overjoyed and should be congratulated. ”

Subsequently, Xiao Rui and the two princesses went to the East Palace to hold a joint ceremony.

The ceremony is similar to a glass of wine, but the gourd is divided into two and made into two identical water scoops, representing the husband and wife, and the scoop contains wine at the same time, and then the palace people also exchange the scoops, and finally merge the two into one, symbolizing that the husband and wife can share weal and woe in the future and tie the knot forever.

This is followed by a haircut knot, in which both men and women need to cut off one strand of hair each, and then tie the two strands of hair together, which is called a knot.

After doing this, Zhuge Liuying and Li Ruoxue were sent to the cave room, and Xiao Rui had to go to the thank you banquet held by His Majesty.

In general, the ceremony of the marriage of the prince of Great Xia is not cumbersome, but there are rules and regulations, so it is deeply boring, Xiao Rui can't wait for the ceremony to end as soon as possible and he can rest well.

At the next wedding banquet, Emperor Xia and hundreds of civil and military officials sent blessings one after another, until around the end of the day, Xiao Rui, who was slightly drunk, returned to the East Palace and spent candles in the cave room.

At this time, inside and outside the East Palace, colorful lanterns are hung high, rendering into a joyful color.

According to the rules, Xiao Rui wants to go to the main house to have sex with the crown princess Zhuge Liuying, she is a concubine, and according to the rules, Li Ruoxue must be wronged.

When he entered the house, he saw that the big red hijab on Zhuge Liuying's head had not been removed, according to the custom, there were some small rules, but Xiao Rui felt bored, waved his hand, and let all the palace maids retreat.

It seems to know that tonight is a major event for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so the guards in the courtyard have withdrawn, leaving time and space to the two of them.

Xiao Rui stepped forward and picked up Zhuge Liuying's hijab with a joy scale, immediately revealing Zhuge Liuying's delicate and budding face.

"Hello lady!" Xiao Rui couldn't help but call.

Zhuge Liuying's cheeks were like sunset, and he didn't dare to look up at Xiao Rui, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness! ”

Xiao Rui had never seen Zhuge Liuying like this, and he laughed out loud.

Li Ruoxue next door was still wearing a hijab, and when she heard Xiao Rui's laughter, she also intertwined her jade hands, and her cheeks were like pink, but she couldn't help but regret that she was a side concubine, so she naturally had to obey the rules.

Zhuge Liuying endured the shyness in her heart and said, "Your Highness, Sister Ruoxue is still waiting for you next door, why don't you accompany her today?" ”

Xiao Rui's laughter stopped, and asked, "You are the concubine, are you willing to stay alone in the empty room on the big day?" ”

Zhuge Liuying said with a smile: "Just because the concubine is a concubine and has taken advantage of it, it can't make Sister Ruoxue even sadder." ”

"The lady has a heart, but I have a better idea, you wait!" After Xiao Rui finished speaking, he immediately ran to the next door.

Pushing open the door next door, Xiao Rui also used a joy scale to pick up Li Ruoxue's hijab, and then admired Li Ruoxue's beauty, and said with a smile: "Ruoxue, Liuying asked me to accompany you!" ”

Li Ruoxue was greatly moved, but she shook her head hurriedly and said, "Not Your Highness!" Don't break the rules, the concubine is already satisfied to marry His Royal Highness, and the future will be long! ”

"What a long time coming!"

Xiao Rui didn't know what he thought of, and said with a smile: "Today is a major event in the life of the candle night in the cave room, this king can't favor one over the other, Ruoxue, in fact, I have a better idea!" ”

Saying that, under Li Ruoxue's exclamation, Xiao Rui directly picked her up and walked next door.

When Zhuge Liuying saw this scene, he didn't know what he thought, and he was even more ashamed, and said, "Your Highness, don't..."

Xiao Rui had already locked the door and said with a smile: "We are just fighting the landlord, I will never do bad things!" ”

After frolicking, Xiao Rui thought of the candle night in the cave room that could be stained with rain and dew, as for the beauty, only those who experienced it know, and outsiders don't know.

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Yanjing, is the largest city adjacent to the border pass in the north of Great Xia, and Kyoto, Xijing Chang'an and called "Great Xia Sanjing", more than 300 miles north of Kyoto, there is a huge military town, it is the champion Hou stationed here, here is also the last place where a large number of people gather since the north of Great Xia, and then to the north is a hundred and ten miles of uninhabited wilderness, and then it entered the territory of Qi State.

Champion Hou stationed troops here, guarding the border line that stretched for hundreds of miles, with him here, the soldiers and horses of the Qi State did not dare to invade the Xia Kingdom.

In addition, the 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the southern border of the Qi State have withdrawn 60,000 to drive out the Yuan army, which makes this northern border peaceful.

However, the champion Hou didn't dare to carry it carelessly, and now he was not busy farming, so all his soldiers and horses returned to the camp for training and preparation for wartime.

At this moment, the champion Hou stood outside the military tent, looking in the direction of Kyoto with a smile on his face. Today is the day of his daughter's wedding, and he can't return to Beijing while in military affairs, and he can't personally send his daughter to the sedan chair, so he is quite disappointed.

He only has this one daughter, and he is stationed at the border pass, so he cares very little about her, and now he can only send his blessings to her, wishing her to marry the man she likes and be happy.

The cold wind whistled by, waking up the Champion Hou of Memory, and he found his chief soldier standing beside him.

I only heard the chief soldier smile and said: "Master Hou, I heard that Miss is getting married today, why don't I order some wine?" ”

Champion Hou glared at him and shouted, "You can't drink alcohol in the army, have you forgotten the military rules I set?" You are a general soldier, and you still want to break the law according to the law? ”

The chief soldier smiled and said, "The lowly position is wrong, and the lowly position is just a joke, besides, how can there be wine in the army!" Hey..."

Champion Hou nodded, and when he was about to speak, more than a dozen people rushed into the barracks on horseback, and those who dared to rush in so directly must be scouts, and there was an urgent incident! Not to be investigated!

Champion Hou's expression immediately became cautious, and soon, more than a dozen people rushed over, led by Zhang Lianchuan, the son of Zhang Jinfu, and Tian Boguang, the son of Chang Shenghou.

The two of them have trained with the champion Hou, and now they have faded away from the nobility of the children of the powerful in Kyoto, and are full of military spirit, and have become small generals who can fight well!

After the two dismounted, Zhang Lianchuan hurriedly shouted: "Back to the Hou Ye, the 40,000 horses of the Qi State stationed at the border pass have been dispatched overnight and are attacking our Great Xia land!" ”

"What?" The chief soldier beside Champion Hou was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Is the investigation clear?" Is Qi Guo crazy? 40,000 horses dare to call, do you show off your head? All kicked by donkeys! ”

Tian Boguang continued: "Lord Commander, the situation has been investigated, and the soldiers and horses of the Qi State have no intention of concealing the attack, so the scouts are clearly probing!" ”

The chief soldier nodded, and immediately asked the champion Hou for his life: "Master Hou, you give the order, the humble post will gather a large army to kill it now, is the Qi State stupid by the Yuan State, and actually came to attack our Great Xia!" ”

Champion Hou raised his hand and stopped this person, he asked with a smile: "Qi Guo is attacking at night, there is a problem here!" If it is a sneak attack, it will not be done with great fanfare, but if it is a direct attack, why choose the night, the night will seriously affect the marching route, and the opponent only has 40,000 horses, if you want to fight more with less through the night battle, it is more difficult! The other party is about to do this, and there must be its intentions. It seems that what Your Majesty and I feared has happened. ”

As soon as these words came out, several people present were stunned.

At this time, the champion Hou immediately ordered: "Drum assembly, army preparation, all scouts dispatch, notify all the northern state commanders, especially Yanjing, and tell Yanjing that the Yuan army is coming!" ”

"Who? Yuan Army? Everyone was stunned.

Champion Hou nodded and said, "The 40,000 army of the Qi State is a front to attract our attention, and I guess the Yuan army will attack Great Xia from other directions." Ordered all the general soldiers, deputy general soldiers, staff generals, and ranger generals to come to our army tent to discuss, and the war began! ”

"Yes!" Everyone immediately went down to make arrangements.

None of them have reacted so far.

There was a Qi State sandwiched between the Yuan Kingdom and Great Xia, how could the Yuan army attack Great Xia?

It's weird.