Chapter Seventy-Two: Etiquette

In October, the south gate of Xianyang City is crowded with people. Princess Jingguo Miqian married the king as the queen, and welcomed the king out of the city. In order to save horses, most of the convoys were four-wheeled carriages, totaling more than 500 vehicles. Adhering to the consistent beauty of the Chu people, even the carriage ridden by the servant is extremely gorgeous, far better than the unpretentious carriage of the Qin State.

Qin Dao is not as wide as Chu Dao, wide and flat, and it is not in the way to travel a hundred miles a day, but Qu Sui, as a minister of marriage, does not let the convoy move quickly, and along the road, he has been waiting for the news of the withdrawal of the Qin army. It is a pity that the convoy arrived in Xianyang in October, and did not hear the news of the Qin army's retreat, but heard that the Qin and Wei armies cut off the Chen Ying waterway and surrounded the king in the city.

The mother country is getting farther and farther away, Xianyang is getting closer and closer, and the worried Qu Sui is so anxious that the corners of his mouth are blistering, and the description is also withered, but today to Xianyang, the king of Qin greeted him outside the capital, so he had to wash up, put on court clothes, and accompany the king of Qin.

As in later generations, the man had to go to the woman's house to marry, but the two countries were at war, and the Qin envoy had to do everything that the Qin envoy had to do. When they entered the Qin realm, one after another royal envoys and officials from counties and counties along the way continued to speak on behalf of the king of Qin to marry the ministers, and confessed that the king had not personally greeted him. These are all rituals, and in the spring and autumn periods, the king does not have to go to other countries to greet him, but can welcome him outside the capital.

Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin in a dark robe, stood in the suburbs, looking radiant, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. The people who accompanied him to greet Mi Qian were in addition to the Empress Dowager Huayang Mi Jian and the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji, as well as the office of the Qin State and the ministers of the Qin court. Behind these people are countless temple maids, and behind the temple maids, there are people from Xianyang City, who are crowded with people.

Mi Qian did not get out of the car, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Zhao Zheng, and after Qu Sui greeted Zhao Zheng and others, the convoy followed the carriage that Zhao Zheng was riding to the south gate of Xianyang. When she entered the south gate of Xianyang and arrived at the outer screen of the palace, she got off the carriage with the support of the maids.

The red hijab of the bride in later generations originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, not the ancient customs of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and the fan that covered the shame originated in the Southern Dynasty. There was a faint swallow fat on her face, but her face was not covered in the slightest. The beauty is like jade, and the body is covered with black clothes, and the black skin is white and delicate. As soon as she got out of the carriage, Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, stared at her tightly, and he couldn't take his eyes off for half a minute. The Empress Dowager Huayang smiled even more after looking at the Mi Qian, only the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji was stunned at first, surprised by the beauty of the Mi Qian, and when she saw her son couldn't take her eyes off it, she couldn't help frowning again and again.

"Ceremony!" The maid was stunned for a while, but fortunately, he knew his duty and looked away early.

The palace is the man's home, and Zhao Zheng should give a salute to Mi Qian, and then invite her to enter the palace together. After the servant shouted a salute, Zhao Zheng did not react, he still stared at Mi Qian carefully, which made Mi Qian bow his head in shame.

"Ceremony!" The servant shouted again. This time, Zhao Zhengcai bowed to Mi Qian in a daze and invited her into the palace. The five gates of the Qin Palace are majestic and extraordinary, and when they enter the library gate, what is displayed in front of everyone is actually the Zhou Room Jiuding that was retrieved from Luoyang. The palace has a main road, and both sides of the main road are full of temple people and palace maids, and Jiuding is not blocked but deliberately empty. Qu Sui and the others were shocked by Jiuding's hot eyes, but they didn't squint, and they all looked at Mi Qian who was walking in the front.

When he arrived at the road gate outside the back bed, Zhao Zheng saluted Mi Qian again and invited her to sleep.

The wedding is dusk, the time is dusk, the main bed Qutai Palace, the small bed Liuying Palace, the whole palace suddenly became brightly lit. The courtiers have always ascended from the south step to the Ming Hall, the wedding is different, Mi Qian is from the west step to the general chapter (the palace four halls, the south is called the Ming Hall, the east is called Qingyang, the west is said to be the general chapter, the north is called the Xuantang), and the concubines and palace maids who married into the Qin Palace are quickly arranged in the room between the general chapter and the court, and the banquet is arranged in the sandwich, and a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Zheng and Qi Qian are calmly seated and sit opposite each other.

Eat with the prison and drink with the jin. The prison is a fatty livestock, and the jail is a bitter gourd, and the same prison means that the husband and wife will share joys and sorrows from now on, and will never give up. After the feast, it was a good night's sleep, Mi Qian entered the room, Zhao Zheng also entered the room, and helped her untie the hat under her chin according to the etiquette, and as soon as the hat was gone, the green silk of Mi Qian fell down at will, covering the white jade-like forehead.

When the two were unraveling, the two had already gone on a blind date, and Qi Qian felt that Zhao Zheng's hands were cold for a while, this was etiquette, and she did not refuse. But Zhao Zheng's hand did not stop, but held her in his arms, kissing her lips on the green silk and forehead. Mi Qian was so frightened that her body stiffened, and the maid behind her was in a hurry, shouting: "Please respect yourself, the king!" Please respect yourself...... Your Majesty."

"Get out!" From the first time he saw Mi Qian, Zhao Zheng wanted to get her immediately, and took the opportunity of Xie Ying, he held Mi Qian tightly in his arms, and kissed her cheek and jade neck despite her resistance.

"Please respect yourself, the king!" The night was dark, and the rest of the people had already left after the feast, and only the concubines and maids who accompanied the marriage were left in the whole bed. Seeing that King Qin was so rude, not only the maids, but also the concubines who accompanied him also hugged him, in a vain attempt to pull Mi Qian away from Zhao Zheng's arms.

"Get out of here!" As soon as someone did a good thing to hurt himself, Zhao Zheng was furious, kicked down a few and saw that they were still coming up, immediately let go of Mi Qian, turned around and shouted to the temple people to drive out all these Chu women, and suddenly, there was a 'choking' sound behind him, and a light was reflected on the temple people's extremely frightened faces.

"Why is that?" Zhao Zheng turned around and saw the dagger in Qi Qian's hand. This is a huge blade, not a bronze soldier, under the candlelight, the snowy blade reflects a dazzling light, but the sharp blade is aimed at Mi Qian himself. The corners of his mouth smiled: "You want to assassinate the widow?" ”

"The concubine just wants to ask the king to keep the ceremony. Don't insult your concubines. "After the union in the same prison, the two are husband and wife, so Mi Qian calls herself a concubine. The dagger in her hand was very close to her chest, and her hand trembled, which was secretly given to her by Mi Xuan.

"Shouli?" Zhao Zheng understood the meaning of Mi Qian, how could he be born too beautiful and beautiful, he couldn't control the heat in his body, so he wanted to strip all the Qi Qi now, and then press the clouds and rain under him. Seeing this, he frowned and said, "If you want to retreat from the army......

"Since the concubine is already the wife of the king, she is no longer the princess of Chu, but the queen of Qin, whether to withdraw or not, but according to the king's will, the concubine is silent." Seeing that Zhao Zheng didn't rush over again, Qi Qian breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. After leaving Ying, she cried a lot and thought a lot, at this time she only insisted on etiquette, in order to protect her dignity, and there was no intention of begging King Qin to withdraw from the army.

"Queen Qin?" Zhao Zheng exhaled several times, as if he wanted to exhale all the heat in his body.

"Yes, yes." Mi Qian nodded, and said again: "Please respect yourself, don't insult the concubine, otherwise, the concubine will only die." ”

Seeing the persistence in Mi Qian's eyes, Zhao Zheng was a little stupid, and when he regained his senses, he still waved at Mi Qian and said, "The widow is rude, please don't sin the queen." With a flick of his sleeves, he hurried away, and several temple people who were in the way avoided him, and they were all kicked away by him. When his figure disappeared, he collapsed to the ground, crying with a whin. As soon as she cried, the concubines and maids who accompanied her wept completely, and several concubines even cried and shouted, 'The king, the queen mother', and the girls couldn't sleep all night.

"King, today's breakfast ......" In the early morning of the next day, when Mi Qian went to meet the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager, Zhao Zheng was having breakfast. Zhao Gao had already known about last night's events, and he was afraid that Zhao Zheng would be angry, and breakfast was his favorite food.

"Good." You can't get married without a crown, but Zhao Zheng had his own concubine very early, and he didn't go back to the room after leaving the West Room last night, but spent the night in Liuying Palace. He also hadn't slept all night, and his face was a little pale, but fortunately, his expression was clear, as usual.

"Summoning Huan Qi, the widow has something to ask him." Although his body was no longer hot, the more Zhao Zheng thought about the Chu people, the more he hated them, and he wanted to know when Xin Wu would be able to kill King Jing.

"Summoning Huan to see you." The confessor hurried away, but before Huan Qi arrived, Qu Sui asked to see him outside the bed.

"What's the matter with Qu Qing?" Zhao Zheng asked knowingly, Qu Sui was a minister to marry, and he naturally came to retire from the army.

"The minister asks the king to withdraw his troops, and the two countries will meet to join forces on a certain day and will not attack again." Facing Zhao Zheng, he bowed to the ground.

"When to retire has its own measure." Zhao Zheng's eyes flashed, and he remembered something. "However, the Qin and Chu alliances must marry, and King Jing is rumored to marry the princess of Qi as the queen, where is my princess of Qin?"

"It's a momentary measure." Since he has already married Mi Qian, it is okay to abolish the marriage of Chu and Qi, Qu Sui did not hesitate for a moment, and only said: "If the Qin army retreats, the widow should abolish the marriage of Chu and Qi, and marry the princess of Qin in the future." ”

"No!" Zhao Zheng drank slightly, "If you want to withdraw from the army, your country should first abolish the marriage with Qi State, and then send the princess of Qi State back to Qi State." ”

"Whew! I know. Qu Sui looked up at the sky and said no more.

"You know what?" Zhao Zheng glared at him, although he understood what he was going to say, he couldn't help but ask.

"I know that the king has no faith." Qu Sui shook his head, "I still know that the king is rude. Qu Sui shook his head again. The minister retired. ”

"You!" When Zhao Zheng was angry, Qu Sui had already retreated outside the hall, bowed to him from a distance, and finally went down the stairs.

"How is King Jing? How is Chen Cheng? Xin Wu swore that the widow could surround Chen Cheng and kill King Jing. But why was he always knocked out by Jing Renzhoushi...... "It was already unpleasant to be unsuccessful last night, and in the morning he was accused of being untrustworthy and rude by the minister of Chu in person, Zhao Zheng is now a little furious, and he is blamed when he sees Huan Qi."

Huan Qi didn't speak, and only after he finished speaking did he say: "Tell the king, Chen Cheng has been surrounded by a large army, and killing King Jing should be a sure victory." ”

Huan Qi's words made Zhao Zheng stunned, he had already received three reports that he was broken by Jing Guozhou's division, but he didn't expect it to be really surrounded. "Is that true?"

"Tell the king, this General Xinwu will report it personally." Huan Qi took out a silk book and handed it to Zhao Zheng.

"Great goodness!" Zhao Zheng hurriedly swept it and threw the silk book back to Huan Qi. He held out three fingers: "Three months!" After three months, the widow wants to see the head of King Jing, and after three months, the widow wants Jing to set up a new king. ”