"Worship heaven and earth!" Heaven and earth are born and raised, so they worship it first.

"Second worship high hall!" Zhang Tianhu and Ma Laosan took Li Cunxiao and his wife to sit on the top, waiting for Li Xuanqing and the two to come and bow, which is the etiquette of entering the house.

"Husband and wife worship each other!"

Since ancient times, weddings have been a major event, and they have even been said by Cui Lian to be "the foundation of etiquette." This is also the reason why Li Xuanqing could come by his own temperament in the first half of the period, but when he came to the Changqing Palace to formally salute, he looked solemn and serious.

There is a way to eat together, drink together, respect and humility together, and think that you are close. married as husband and wife, love is not doubtful. This man and woman, since they became husband and wife, have shared honor and disgrace and never abandoned.

In the Tang Dynasty, the wedding folk has gradually tended to be simple or individual, but in the upper class, especially the marriage of nobles such as princes, they still adopt the old style, the ancient style, and the rituals are complicated. This is also the reason why Li Xuanqing has repeatedly revised the marriage ceremony.

It's just Qiaoxi beside him, although the two of them are holding hands, they can feel the slightest tremor from each other's hands from time to time.

At the end of the three prostrations, the main ceremony of welcoming the nobles began, and "eating together and drinking together" was the main step of marriage for nobles in ancient times.

It's just that it is the middle of winter at this time, and the lawn can't be found, so I can only prepare an emerald green felt carpet in the side hall of Changqing Palace, which is inlaid with a tall small pine tree, and the tree is also decorated with spots.

In addition, the case is set up under the tree, and there are three meat dishes on the case, which is called a young prison. The newlyweds need to eat these three meat dishes before the banquet, and this side is to eat together.

After the meal, you need to rinse your mouth with wine, a total of three times, the last time with a cigarette, the husband and wife each hold a piece and two drinks, this is the joint drink.

When Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi finished doing this, both of them were sweating on their foreheads, but they were helpless about these.

With the reading of the guests' praises, the ceremony finally ended. Qiaoxi was taken to the Thousand Autumn Hall, where she was dressed up as a dormitory. And Li Xuanqing was truly liberated.

"Congratulations to the lord, I wish the lord a harmonious marriage and an early birth of a noble son." The group of ancient "relatives and friends" led by Cen Tianshi saw Li Xuanqing coming over and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

Li Xuanqing wiped the sweat on his face and said with a wry smile: "This marriage is really a lot of procedures, the process is cumbersome, and I actually sweated in the winter." Sir help me greet everyone, and I'll go see the two teachers. As he walked, he smiled with the other guests around him: "Let's sit down first, and we'll drink together later." After speaking, he hurriedly walked to the main hall, but saw Li Cunxiao and Zhang Tianhu drinking together. At this time, the feast officially began.

"Haha, you kid is finally married. I can tell you, the old guy and I are in the twilight of our lives, so hurry up and give me a grandson. Zhang Tianhu saw Li Xuanqing coming over, and immediately laughed.

Li Cunxiao followed with a smile: "Senior Zhang's words are right, brother, look at the eldest brother and me, I have two children this year, you have to work hard." ”

The two of them sang and harmonized, so Li Xuanqing couldn't resist it, and hurriedly picked up a bowl of wine and said with a smile: "Two teachers, eldest brother, sister-in-law, I am here to do it first, thank you." As soon as he finished speaking, he was stopped by Li Cunxiao, "Brother, you still have to drink too much, if you drink so many people, I'm afraid you will have to move the candles in this cave room until tomorrow night." Change to a small one, come, it has been prepared for you a long time ago. Hand Li Xuanqing a wine glass.

"Brother, this is for you, it is a part of my heart and your eldest brother, accept it." Li Cunxiao's wife also took out a small gift bag at this time, and said with a smile: "This is not for you, it is for my younger siblings." ”

Li Xuanqing took it and said with a smile: "Xuanqing thanked my sister-in-law skillfully. He didn't look at what it was, but after taking it and putting it away, he said, "Big brother, let's have a good talk with our brothers later." After saying that, he drank it all.

"You go and greet other guests, here I and the old guy accompany Cunxiao, it just so happens that we can talk very well." Zhang Tianhu patted Li Xuanqing's shoulder and said with a smile: "It's been almost a day since morning to night, and there are so many people." And I heard the Hu family kid say that there are still unexpected guests. ”

Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, hugged his fist and began to go elsewhere.

"Anything else?" Li Cunxiao was a little puzzled and said: "Isn't it all here?" Could it be that Yang Fugong, the dead eunuch, still dares to come? ”

"His Majesty's envoy to the Emperor." Ma Laosan took over at this time and said: "Xuanqing is now a royal clan, and he is still married to a wife, do you think with His Majesty the Emperor's careful eyes or Zhu Quanzhong's mind, will it be difficult to make trouble?" ”

Li Cunxiao nodded and said with a smile: "Don't panic, if someone comes, just leave it to me, anyway, I know all the heads and faces of the Xuanwu Army, as long as I come out, they dare to make a mistake." ”

Zhang Tianhu laughed and said: "That is, you are the number one general in the world, and there seems to be no one on the Xuanwu Army side that you haven't fought before, right?" Tell me, how do you feel about hitting them? I've been idle for the past few years, and I haven't had a chance to go to war. This is followed by Xuanqing, a stupid boy, and there is no chance. ”

Li Cunxiao poured a sip of wine into his mouth and said with a smile: "Senior, let me tell you, this Xuanwu Army actually still has a lot of talents, not to mention anything else, just that Wang Yanzhang and Ge Cunzhou are not easy to deal with." In the last battle of Luzhou, Wang Yanzhang even picked up my fifteen generals in Hedong without changing their faces, if I hadn't arrived in time, it was estimated that it would be really dangerous. There is also that Ge Cunzhou, not only is he good at archery, but he is also very good at leading soldiers for people, and he has to remind Xuanqing to pay attention to it in the future. ”

Li Cunxiao's words made Ma Laosan's face move on the side, and he was about to speak when he saw Hu Xiaosi hurrying from outside. After glancing around, he didn't find Li Xuanqing, and then walked straight to Zhang Tianhu's side and whispered a few times. The latter's face slowly turned cold.

"Looks like it's really not a good person." Zhang Tianhu sneered: "You let Tianxiang deal with it." After speaking, he said to Li Cunxiao: "Okay, it's time for you to play." This Zhu Quanzhong actually asked the emperor to issue an edict of questioning, and he chose it at this time. ”

"Ask the edict?" Li Cunxiao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Isn't this here to make trouble?" Come to this at this time? I'd rather see who is so unafraid of death to proclaim it. Senior, I'll deal with this matter, this is bullying Xuanqing, and there is no one in the family. ”

"Let's go, let's go too, Xiaosi, you go and inform Xuanqing and let him drink less." Ma Laosan pulled Zhang Tianhu and followed Li Cunxiao forward.

And with the movement of their group, the others also felt something strange at this time and began to inquire. Hu Xiaosi was about to stop but was stopped by Ma Laosan beside him, and then the latter instantly understood what he meant, nodded, and turned around in the direction of Xu Tianxiang.

Li Cunxiao and the others went out of Changqing Palace directly towards the gate of Dongcheng, and by the time Li Xuanqing learned the news and Xu Tianxiang and a few people arrived, Li Cunxiao had already begun to scold.

I saw a team of people coming from a distance of more than ten zhang at the city gate, waving the banner of the imperial court, talking about official uniforms, and one of them was dressed as a eunuch, holding a bright yellow scroll, and shouted in a sharp voice there: "Wait for the criminal minister Li Xuanqing to come out to receive the order, and dare to disobey the emperor's will, that is to openly rebel." ”

Li Xuanqing grabbed Li Cunxiao, who was about to riot, and said with a smile: "Big brother, don't worry, let's take a look first." As soon as he finished speaking, Cen Tianshi beside him said with a gloomy face: "Zhu Quanzhong's move is quite ruthless, it seems that he has already planned it." ”

"The Tiance Army is loyal to the people of the world, and will never change its goals because of any individual. If the emperor can know how to work for the welfare of the people of the world, then the Tiance army does not need to say it, and Xuanqing will also ask for it to be handed over to the imperial court, if the emperor cannot represent the people, then what he says will not work, and those who go against the trend of history will eventually be crushed by this monstrous trend. With Li Xuanqing's clear voice, everyone gathered on the city tower at this moment, including those guests who were uneasy when they heard the news, suddenly calmed down, and even Li Cunxiao on the side was silent when he heard these words.

"Let's go back and continue the banquet, Xiaosi will be handed over to you and Cui Lian." Li Xuanqing saw that everyone had heard his words, and immediately smiled, and began to beckon everyone to go back. Give this to Hu Xiaosi.

And those representatives of the industrial and commercial circles who were invited to come, especially the merchants of Guanzhong who had just been annexed, saw that Li Xuanqing was so calm and calm, and did not take the imperial envoys outside the city gate in their eyes at all, plus they also heard those words just now, and at this time there were thousands of thoughts circling in their hearts.

Hu Xiaosi laughed and pulled Cui Lian and said: "Lord and everyone, rest assured, Xiao Si is the best at dealing with this kind of thing." Everyone, please go back and continue drinking, and the junior will come as soon as he goes. When Li Xuanqing returned to the palace with everyone, Hu Xiaosi's face gradually turned cold, and he took Cui Lian to the city to meet the envoy.

"Commander Hu, I know this person, he is Yang Fugong's descendant, the junior lieutenant of the Shence Army, Ma Wanfu." Cui Lian didn't see it clearly on the city tower just now, but at this time, he suddenly saw the identity of the person who came, and said in a low voice: "Didn't this guy disappear a long time ago?" How could he be next to the emperor? ”

Hu Xiaosi was stunned, Cui Lian's words made him suspicious. His eyes rolled and he whispered a few words to Cui Lian, who nodded and turned around.

Since the two of them were standing at the gate of the city to discuss, after Cui Lian changed into the official uniform of Tiance Mansion, others could not see it if they didn't look closely, so Hu Xiaosi saw him disappear at the gate of the city before he took a few people Shi Shiran walked over, and after seeing Ma Wanfu, he sneered: "Lord Angel has traveled from the Eastern Capital in such a cold day, just say anything, this official has to go back to attend the wedding banquet of my lord." ”

"Bold fanatics, dare to be so lazy in front of the emperor's holy decree, what do you want to do?" Ma Wanfu saw that Hu Xiaosi didn't take himself seriously, and immediately said angrily.

"What do I want to do? I would also like to ask His Majesty the Emperor what he wants to do? Do you know the seniority? What is the age of my father-in-law? Is it his imperial uncle? If the emperor's uncle got married, he didn't send a congratulatory gift, but he actually sent an edict of inquiry? What do you want to do? Are the people of Zongzheng Temple rice buckets or rice bowls? You go back and tell His Majesty the Emperor, don't think that Zhu Quanzhong is in Bianliang, our Tiance Army will not dare to do anything to him, and when the Tiance Army is the first to hit Bianliang after the New Year, let him dare not let go and fight Qin Zongquan. After the angel goes back, he should persuade His Majesty the Emperor a lot, as the emperor, he should know people and become loyal and traitorous, if it wasn't for my Tiance Army to solemnly warn Yang Fugong and Ding Hui in Chang'an, I am afraid that it is a problem whether the Holy Driver can reach the Eastern Capital now. If the angel insists on reading the will, it will be an enemy of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our Tiance army, and it will also isolate himself from the people of the world. You ask him, will he have the face to meet the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty when he comes underground in the future? Hu Xiaosi's ruthless words made Ma Wanfu's face turn red, and he could feel that Hu Xiaosi's words were what Li Xuanqing meant, especially the sentence that hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Tiance Army were enemies, which also made him shudder. But the purpose of his second visit has not been achieved, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Can the general's words represent Li Xuanqing?" Our family's holy decree must be handed over to Li Xuanqing, if he does not accept the decree, then he will rebel, and then His Majesty will gather all the princes of the world to jointly exterminate your Tiance army. ”

"Princes of all stripes? Liang Guogong? Hu Xiaosi laughed, and with a flash of his figure, he directly snatched the holy decree in Ma Wanfu's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm waiting for your Xuanwu Army to come over, I want to see how many catties and taels the Xuanwu Army has that has been blown into the sky, by the way, my lord is the general of Tiance, do you know what is called the general of Tiance?" The title of Emperor Taizong back then meant that it could represent the royal family, eliminate rebellion, and recreate the Tang Dynasty. ”

Looking at Ma Wanfu's dumbfounded eyes, Hu Xiaosi's mind turned thousands of times, and the holy decree in his hand was not opened, and he threw it directly to the ground and said with a smile: "Go back and tell your master that the emperor needs to do a good job." After saying that, he didn't pay attention to these anymore, turned around and walked back, and instructed as he went: "Immediately notify the General Staff, let the city defense army immediately surround the mission, stand by the battle, and act directly if there is any change." ”

This kind of practice of issuing military orders in front of Ma Wanfu is undoubtedly threatening Ma Wanfu, and the latter understands what Hu Xiaosi means, if he is still presumptuous here, then he is afraid that these groups of soldiers who began to drive out of the city will definitely tear themselves apart without mercy. However, although there is no way to get Li Xuanqing to come out to receive the order, today's repercussions have been buried in Chang'an City, and the task has been completed in this sense, so Ma Wanfu continued to scold a few words and hurried away with people.

When he left, Hu Xiaosi was full of doubts, and after muttering for a long time, he began to ask Xuan Yingwei to follow this matter, which he always felt that might not be as simple as his people thought. It's just that he didn't expect him to stalk and accidentally discover a big secret.