Chapter 410: A Grand Wedding
September 20 in the autumn of the second year of Yonglong of the Tang Dynasty, sunny, auspicious day of the zodiac.
At dawn, several rumbling drums shook the sky, and the sleeping ancient city woke up from its sleep. Countless torches were lit up in the imperial city in an instant, illuminating the Penglai Hall of the splendid Daming Palace. Soon, these torches formed a neat phalanx in front of the palace, and the guards of the Yulin Army in full armor and red robes and the horses under them were all arranged like sophisticated scientific instruments, strict and meticulous.
Zuo Yu Lin Wei General Cheng Wuting strode up the Dragon Tail Road, stood in front of the palace gate and said loudly: "Weichen, Zuo Yu Lin Wei General Cheng Wuting, I am ordered to come to serve Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, and listen to Her Royal Highness's drive!" ”
"General Cheng, it's hard work." The voice of Princess Taiping came from the palace, but no one was seen, "Come on, send a reward!" ”
"Your Highness!"
A group of dressed palace ladies walked out of the inner hall with trays in their hands, each tray full of a plate of white silver cakes. Including Cheng Wuting, every Yulin Guard sergeant present will be rewarded today.
All the sergeants were happy, and at the same time, they secretly smacked their tongues - the princess made a move, how generous!!
"General Cheng, dare to ask where Xue Chuyu is?" The voice of Princess Taiping came from the hall again.
Cheng Wu was very busy and said: "Xue Chuyu is here!" - Someone, call him! ”
Soon, Xue Chuyu ran up to the dragon tail and bowed in front of the palace, "Weichen, Xue Chuyu, the Zuo Lang of Zuo Yuwei Xun's Mansion, meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”
"Xue Chuyu, you are the brother of the horse, and you are also my brother, so you don't need to be polite." Princess Taiping Lang Lang has a majestic voice, not at all like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little woman, she said, "Later, when the palace car travels, you are allowed to drive!" ”
"Yes!" Xue Chuyu promised loudly, and his heart sank slightly: His Royal Highness asked me to drive a wedding car for her on such a special day, which is indeed a great lift. But General Cheng will be a little unsightly on his face...... The princess has always been wise, how could she make such a decision today, which not only refutes Cheng Wuting's face but also embarrasses me?
Cheng Wuting stood aside as if nothing had happened.
"General Cheng, you have worked hard to lead the troops, and this palace has another gift!" Princess Taiping's voice fell, and a maid walked out of the inner hall, also holding a tray in her hand, but the tray was obviously a bulging object with a red cloth on it. Princess Taiping said: "This is a thank you gift specially prepared by the palace for General Cheng, and I hope General Cheng will not refuse!" ”
Cheng Wuting is an upright person after all, what he values is not money, but the special treatment given by Princess Taiping. He smiled at the moment, "Minister, thank Your Highness for a generous reward!" ”
Xue Chuyu on the side secretly sighed and smiled slightly, Her Royal Highness the princess put a bowl of water on the table, a good means...... I can't believe she's only sixteen or seventeen. The princess of the royal family is really reasonable!
At this moment, a large group of men dressed in uniform red clothes came to the back of the Penglai Palace, numbering more than a thousand, and it was the porter who delivered the dowry to Princess Taiping. The important task of Cheng Wuting and others, in addition to protecting Princess Taiping's marriage, is to supervise these porters.
In front of Penglai Palace, he was suddenly busy.
In the palace, Linlang's sister Yu Yu hurriedly came to persuade Princess Taiping to go back to the room to make up for her makeup quickly, so as not to show up. Lin'er said: "Your Highness, the matter of the reward can be handled by the concubine, this is our business." Your Highness is the bride, so why bother to come and do it in person? ”
"You don't understand." Princess Taiping whispered as she walked, "Cheng Wuting has an old friendship with Xue Yuma, and he is currently in a hot position. I have personally given it to him today so that everyone else can see it. As long as he accepted the pair of jade unicorns in public, the relationship between Xue Yuma and him would be one step further. Another day, if his son wants to marry Pei's daughter, he can't help but invite me and Xue Yuma! - In that way, it will be possible to avoid Cheng Wuting completely throwing off Xue Yuma and firmly embracing Pei Yan! ”
Lin Lang suddenly woke up, "Your Highness is wise! ”
"You should also use more thoughts, don't just punch and kick knives and guns!" Princess Taiping reprimanded, "As a concubine, you will also be Xue Lang's woman in the future, and you will also be a member of the family." In this way, you should always think about Xue Lang everywhere - at least you should know his current situation, what he needs most, and what he taboos the most! ”
"Yes!" Linlang was ashamed and promised together.
"Where's Chen Xian'er?" Princess Taiping asked.
Linlang hurriedly replied: "Xian'er went to the princess's mansion first to take care of the cave house." ”
"Hmm." Princess Taiping nodded, "Tell her what I said!" ”
"Yes!"
Qinglongfang, Xue Mansion.
In the noise of laughter, surrounded by many relatives and friends, Xue Shao, dressed in a red groom suit, rode his Weilong BMW. With Xue Shao's joy, Weilong is really beautiful today. It put on a splendid dress with a big red sound, and also wore the horns of the divine beast on its head, which symbolized auspiciousness and warded off evil spirits, like a divine beast falling from the sky.
Xue Shao's many robes all served as the groom's guests today, and they all wore gorgeous costumes and rode beautiful horses, following Xue Shao as a "welcoming team". He was followed by Xue Shao's concubine, followed by Wu Ming, who led the first moon slave, who would lead many servants and maids to accompany them, and send a large number of colored heads to passers-by.
Xue Yi and his wife Xiao Shi, as the elders, will stay at home and wait for Xue Shao to marry the bride back and hold a traditional wedding. At this time, the couple stood in front of Xue Shao excitedly, and kept telling him what etiquette to pay attention to, and their joy was overflowing.
A few horns sounded, and the auspicious time had arrived.
The guests let out a huge cheer, followed by the sound of etiquette and music, and Xue Shao rode out of the Xue Mansion on a Weilong BMW. At this time, the crowd inside and outside the square was already full of people watching the ceremony, and at the same time, there was a lot of joy.
Xue Shao rode on the big horse, hugged his fists with a smile on his face, and kept thanking his relatives, friends and the crowd watching the ceremony. Wu Ming and the moon slave took the servants and maids and began to distribute colors to the crowd. Countless caramels, fruits and small colored bags wrapped in copper coins were distributed like raindrops, attracting cheers from the crowd. There were even some enthusiastic neighbors in Lifang who set off "firecrackers" to cheer Xue Shao.
People in the Tang Dynasty used to burn some bamboo to make it make a popping sound, which was generally used to expel the "New Year Beast" during the New Year, so it was called firecrackers, which was actually the ancestor of firecrackers.
With the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and accompanied by enthusiastic cheers, Xue Shao began to march with the welcoming procession towards the palace. All the way through, you will have to pass through the large Chang'an City. Everywhere I passed, there was a sea of people cheering.
Although he had some psychological preparations, Xue Shao still couldn't help wiping a cold sweat, such a grand wedding was really amazing...... This is not yet the bride's appearance, when I travel with Princess Taiping, what kind of landscape will it be?
Guo Yuanzhen was wearing a beautiful dress and riding a beautiful horse not far behind Xue Shao, with a little taste of "best man", and then he smiled behind Xue Shao and said: "Groom official, have you recuperated and rested in recent days?" ”
As soon as Xue Shao heard it, he knew that this guy couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth, so he glared at him with disdain.
"Don't stare at me, I'm doing it for your own good." Guo Yuanzhen smiled strangely and said, "From now until you enter the cave room, you can't have a time to rest." When it's time for the candle night in the cave, you must not fall asleep from exhaustion. Otherwise, Her Royal Highness will have to skin you! ”
"Just you talk a lot." Xue Shao scolded angrily, "Will Princess Taiping be like that?" ”
"Not necessarily." Guo Yuanzhen laughed, "I know that Her Royal Highness the princess is so magnanimous and magnanimous, but if you dare to break the candle in Her Highness's cave room, I guess she will dare to abolish your martial arts!" ”
"Hahaha!" The men who accompanied him burst into laughter.
"Guo Yuanzhen, you are also a jinshi, why are you full of nonsense and insulting Sven?" Xue Shao pursed his lips.
Guo Yuanzhen still laughed: "Scold, scold casually!" As long as I can be happy today, I don't want this face! What kind of jinshi is not jinshi, I only remember that I fought with you on a prancing horse and killing thousands of miles of enemies, purely a martial artist! ”
"Good luck, shut up!" Someone on the side shouted.
Guo Yuanzhen hurriedly covered his mouth, "My fault, it should be punished, it should be punished!" - Then again, I'm also doing it for the sake of the colt! Think about it, Princess Taiping is already fragrant and beautiful, and there are three delicate beauties as concubines! Oh my God, tonight's candles in the cave room, Xue Yuma really has to take care of his body! ”
"Hahaha!" The crowd burst into laughter again.
Xue Shao's face twitched slightly, thinking that Guo Yuanzhen was right, in addition to marrying Princess Taiping today, there are also three royal concubines who will also live in the cave together. My God, Lin'er alone is already like a wolf, and with her sister Lang'er, I already feel a little struggling. If you add Princess Taiping and Chen Xian'er...... Belch!!
"Haha, see it, your face has changed!" Guo Yuanzhen laughed for a while, and then the thief came over and stuffed a small bottle of something to Xue Shao, "Brother, don't say that I am not righteous!" Take it, the aphrodisiac brought by the Turks! I've already tried it first, not to mention three, ten - I can help you pick them off! ”
Xue Shao remained silent, quickly grabbed the bottle and stuffed it into his arms.
"Take care, take care!" Guo Yuanzhen nodded with a smile, and then went to talk nonsense with the others.
Xue Shao secretly wiped a cold sweat, I didn't expect that my hero would have been here today for half his life!
The team to welcome relatives marched forward in the noisy gongs, drums and firecrackers and shocking cheers. Finally, I finally walked into the palace and came to the front of Penglai Palace.
The scene here is even more magnificent and grand. The phalanx formed by the three thousand forest guards was guarded in front of the palace and behind the palace. Jin Wuwei's honor guard was lined up on Longwei Road, and dozens of large golden horns were prepared. Colorful flags and wind flags are like pine forest waves rolling in the wind, the two saints personally came to the scene and sat under the umbrella cover in front of the hall, the solemn and grand ceremony has been prepared, and the surrounding is full of civil and military ministers who come to watch the ceremony.
Xue Shao's welcoming procession had just stopped, and dozens of big golden horns were blown together, resounding through the sky.
"Please, Captain Xue Shao!"
Xue Shao got off the horse, met the eyes of thousands of people, and walked alone on the Longwei Road in the sound of the shaking golden drum.