The emperor's marriage to a daughter is naturally not trivial, even if the Western Xia is not as much red tape as the Great Song Dynasty, but the rules that should be followed still have to be followed, and they are all indispensable.

Early in the morning, Li Luoyan was dressed up, and the mighty guard of honor went out of the palace gate to Chengtian Temple, which is the largest temple in the Western Xia, without one, the spiritual seat of the emperors of the Great Xia Dynasty was placed in a high tower in the temple, and the princess was the lady of the sky, and the marriage of such a major event naturally had to tell the ancestors.

The personnel of the Ministry of Rites have already prepared the sacrificial items, and set up the altar in front of the tower of Chengtian Temple, Chongzong Li Qianshun is in front, Yuping Princess Li Luoyan is on the side, and the accompanying officials are behind, all of them are prostrate respectfully, and the master of ceremonies of the Ministry of Rites reads out the sacrificial text of the four and six in a frustrated manner, and the altar is silent.

Today's wedding ceremony will be held in the palace, and the one responsible for security is the forbidden army, one of the three military divisions of Western Xia, the forbidden army is subordinate to the military department, but it is the Privy Council that can be mobilized, and neither of the two predators can control this force alone, so the forbidden army is also considered the personal arm of the royal family.

The commander of the forbidden army in Xingqing City is a royal man, and he is Li Qianshun's cousin, but this cousin is an old fritter who knows how to survive very well.

The forbidden army of the royal number is extraordinary, the long knife and steel armor of a water, the body is covered with hundreds of pieces of leaf armor made of stainless steel, and there is a sound of rubbing when you move around, the princess sacrifices to the sky is a big event, and there are a total of five hundred forbidden soldiers inside and outside the entire Chengtian Temple, standing majestically without moving.

Outside the temple, many people came to see the excitement when they heard the wind, standing far away and pointing, and their mouths let out a sigh of admiration, with such strict protection, the princess would never be in any danger.

The sacrificial ceremony lasted nearly two hours before it ended, the ceremonial guard rose again, returned to the palace, the forbidden army was divided into several groups, the first to open the road, the two wings to support, the suffix defended, orderly and not disorderly, but just out of the first street when there was an accident, dozens of men wearing black clothes and black scarves suddenly came out of the houses on both sides, shouting loudly to kill the emperor, the forbidden army reacted very quickly, and immediately divided a team to meet it.

After all, the number of assassins was too small, and they couldn't rush in in the face of the iron barrel-like forbidden army column, so they had to put some crossbow arrows from a distance and fled in a hurry, and they didn't even see the emperor's face, but Chongzong was obviously frightened, his face was pale and trembling, compared to Princess Yuping, who was calm and calm, and without saying a word, ordered a hundred forbidden troops to hunt down the assassins.

The guard of honor continued to return to the palace, and the forbidden army that went out to hunt down the assassins also returned after half an hour, although it shocked the holy driver, but after all, there were no casualties, today is a good day for the princess's wedding, so let them go for the time being, but no one noticed that the 100 forbidden troops who came back and the original 100 no longer knew when they had changed.

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This is the suburbs of the west of Xingqing City, the taste of early spring has begun to breed here, the green on Helan Mountain in the distance begins to thicken, at the foot of the mountain is a village, in fact, it is a village, but there are few families in total, one of them has a large courtyard, a high wall and a deep yard, like a rich family.

It is now past noon, and there is an ambush outside the village, all of them with fierce faces and sharp eyes, all of them are short and fast, and there are about 200 people, this is a private army secretly cultivated by Xiao Taishi, all of them are highly skilled and agile men, in order to have an opportunity like today, and do their best for the Xiao family's position.

This group of people has been in ambush since early in the morning, but before it is time to go out, they are still waiting, waiting for the people in the courtyard in front of them to arrive, and they will kill them with thunder, and there will be no chickens and dogs.

On the way to the village, there would be people hurrying back every once in a while, they were very careful, very cautiously observing behind them, as if they were worried about being followed, and then entered the village and quickly got into the courtyard, and never appeared again, this is the address given by Yun Shanglan, that is, the secret headquarters of the Yun family to discuss important matters.

Among the people in ambush, there was a young man with oily hair and powder, but it was Xiao Yi, he had no professional training, and he was already impatient, and when he saw another person getting in, he couldn't help but ask a person next to him: "How long the hell does this have to wait?" ”

A middle-aged man dressed as a family general next to him smiled and said: "Young master, please be patient, the master has instructed that none of the remnants of the Yun family need to be missed, otherwise there will be trouble in the future." ”

He moved Taishi Xiao out, and Xiao Yi didn't dare to say anything more in the end, but just took a sip hatefully, still lying on his stomach obediently, muttering in his mouth: "I don't believe that you can still grind until dark." ”

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Xingqing Mansion is full of festive cities, the palace is full of lights, Chongzong returned to the palace for a short rest and issued an order to drive the Chengtian Palace.

Chengtian Palace and Chengtian Temple have the same name, both are used as royal sacrifice places, but there is a slight difference in function, the princess's wedding ceremony is perfect here, because the place is spacious, can be perfect for the wedding ceremony, and can also be used as a royal formal place to receive envoys from all sides.

A few days ago, the envoys of several countries have arrived early, under the arrangement of Honglu Temple, they each occupy a piece of space, outside the main hall of Chengtian Palace is an open garden, the ground is paved with slender stone strips, pressed tightly with stone grinders, and then spread a big red blanket, both solemn and festive.

The guards of each envoy group were not many, they were all within the reasonable number of diplomatic rules, and before the ceremony officially began, the envoys of various countries were also very well-behaved, only sitting quietly talking in small and low voices, while their guards were guarded around, looking relaxed and casually watching the excitement.

The civil and military officials of the Great Xia Kingdom have also arrived here, standing upright according to their ranks, and the leader is naturally Xiao Taishi, the minister of the humerus of the Great Xia Kingdom, while Mu Xianting, another privy envoy who can compete with him, is still in a coma, and such a major event can only be absent today.

"The emperor has arrived!"

A sharp shout came from afar, and the civil and military officials immediately knelt down in unison, shouting long live from their mouths, and those foreign envoys also stood up decently and waited respectfully.

Chongzong came to the dragon chair at the top of the palace and sat down with vain steps, and waved his hand to the bottom with a smile: "No courtesy." ”

There was a voice of gratitude below, and the palace deacon had already arranged a seat, hundreds of officials took their seats, and a column of palace maids brought melons and fruits and wine to the generals.

The sky has gradually darkened, but the lights have already been arranged here, a red sarong palace lamp will illuminate the huge garden as bright as day, Chongzong looks good today, and holds up the jade in front of him: "Zhuqing, how about drinking this cup with me?" ”

The hundreds of officials and envoys below hurriedly stood up, raised their glasses of wine, and prayed loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Chongzong was happy, and he was just about to drink a glass with his beard, when Taishi Xiao suddenly glanced not far away.

"Whew!"

A firework burst into the air from a corner next to the Chengtian Palace, emitting a sharp and loud whistle and heading straight into the night sky, eventually exploding into a cloud of colorful and brilliant sparks.

"This ......" Chongzong didn't react at once, and was stunned with the jade in his hand.