Xingqing Mansion is full of lights, a jubilant scene. The post house where the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty stayed was draped in scriptures and hung colors, and the columns were arranged very festively.

On August 28, on the eleventh day of Lotte's arrival in Xingqing Mansion, this family affair, which entangled the Song and Xia countries for several months and attracted the attention of several large and small countries, kicked off in the eyes of countless Western Xia people.

The carriages were parked in front of the Great Song Dynasty Envoy Post House, and the Great Song Dynasty guards were also full of spirits, waiting for today's protagonist, that is, the groom to come out.

In the three books and six ceremonies, today is the day of marriage, that is, the day of the wedding. The previous Najib and the invitation period were negotiated and completed by the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia, which saved Lotte a lot of trouble, and only the Nazheng was to be completed by Lotte in person, and the Nazheng was also known as the "big gift", that is, the man gave the woman a dowry. "The Book of Rites: The Rites of the Evening" Kong Yingda Shu: "Those who recruit will also be hired for money." Levy, success. Marry first, and then get married. This means that after this ceremony, the marriage contract is fully established.

The gift of accepting the levy in the former Tang Dynasty also had a specific strict grade limit, the emperor had the specifications of the emperor, the prince had the regulation of the prince, and the scholar had the rank of the scholar, and the gifts used in the Song Dynasty no longer followed the Zhou Zhi, gold and silver silk silk, each according to the rank.

The day before yesterday, the officials of the Western Xia Rite Department sent two carts of festive supplies, and at the same time sent an order to Xia Chongzong Li Gan to visit Lotte, which was a gift of acceptance, and when Lotte went to meet Li Qianshun, he sent half of the dowry.

The reason why Lotte sent half of it was also according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, involving the majesty of the Zhao and Song Dynasty royal families, and naturally had to do a special thing.

According to the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, the concubine married the princess, and the dowry was also sent on the wedding day.

The invitation period among the six rites is to ask the fortune teller to choose the date of marriage, the most exquisite in marriage, and it is feasible to marry on a non-zodiac auspicious day. It's just that Lotte always suspects that this so-called auspicious day of the zodiac has some water, because from that day when he performed the gift of the levy, Lotte always felt that Li Qianshun hoped that he would leave Western Xia earlier, and Lord Chu also had the idea of returning to his heart like an arrow.

Lotte's days have been tense these days, together with the thirty years of the previous life plus this life, this is the first time to get married, without any experience, and the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia are different, full of various conflict-type details, which also makes Lotte at a loss, so these days Lotte is like a puppet and is fiddling with the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the two countries.

Well! Suddenly, Yi Lotian realized that his wedding could only be held in the first half of Western Xia, and the second half could naturally be completed in the Great Song Dynasty.

But is this due to Lotte? It was the first time that this family affair was formed, and Lotte couldn't help himself.

The matchmaker recruited by the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the two countries and a group of old mothers changed into handsome civilian clothes for Lotte, and painted and greased Lotte, and a tall, handsome and handsome groom was freshly baked......

Wait a minute! On Lotte's wedding day, a group of old mothers actually changed into civilian clothes for Lotte, is this wrong?

Of course, there is no mistake, according to the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, on the wedding day, the horse master wore civilian clothes, wore a jade belt, and rode to the front of Xuande Gate. Change into official clothes there, go to Donghua Gate, use wild geese, coins and silks as dowry gifts, and personally go to the princess's residence to marry the bride.

Lotte's appearance was born handsome and fair, and today's shirt is absolutely very elegant, although it is a casual dress, it looks more and more Lotte with red lips and white teeth, handsome and extraordinary, even a few matchmakers and mothers are also amazed.

Facing the bronze mirror, Lotte stared at himself tightly for a long time, and his face was filled with a look of adoration. After a long time, Lotte suddenly bent down and gave himself a ...... in the mirror

Seeing Lotte like this, the shakuchi, who was waiting beside him, asked, "Isn't the official preparing to give a salute to see the lord of the Xia people for a while?" ”

"Definitely!" Lotte shook his head and said: "Official, I admire myself, a handsome person like an official, isn't it like a person who came out of the picture, even the official I have to admire myself......"

Belch...... Shakutanchi was a little speechless.

A group of matchmakers in Western Xia are still in the house, but the general discussion has something to do first, otherwise it is estimated that the general discussion will be laughed to death.

"I think Li Qianshun is too discerning, and finding such a rich and smart son-in-law as me is really their Li family's ancestral tomb is smoking!" Lotte then said to himself, shaking his head again: "Hmm...... No, his Li family was able to establish a country and become the emperor, and it was originally because the ancestors were smoking, and looking for me to be a son-in-law can only say that their grave has been on fire......"

Shakushichi was speechless again.

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Under the crotch of the white high-headed horse, with a huge red flower on the head, surrounded by a group of subordinates, and the sound of suona gongs and drummers, Lotte Zhi proudly led the welcoming team to the Western Xia royal family.

There was a boil, the sound of firecrackers was noisy, and the people who came out to see the excitement in Xingqing Mansion gave way to the side of the road, looking curiously at this Song man who was about to be a Xixia horse, with envy and jealousy in his eyes, and even mixed with hostility, from time to time he exchanged heads and pointed at each other.

No matter how thick-skinned Rao is, Lotte also felt like a zoo orangutan being watched, and he was a little embarrassed in his heart, and he pouted sideways and glanced at Tu Xian, who was accompanying him.

Tu Si understood, uncovered the red noodles on several baskets on the car behind him, grabbed a large handful of copper coins with both hands and sprinkled them into the crowd of onlookers.

"There is a reward ......" Seeing the money, someone immediately shouted, and immediately the crowd on the street was chaotic and went to snatch the copper coins on the ground.

Some people who watched the excitement said: "I saw the more than 20 cars behind the groom, that is 500,000 taels of silver, this new horse is really rich......

Someone nodded again, staring at the car beside Tu Si: "How can there be thousands of copper coins used for rewards in the basket of this car!" ”

Li Qianshun ascended the throne early, got married early, and there were many concubines in the harem, so Li Qianshun had many children, and it was not uncommon for the princess of Xixia to marry, and someone who had seen the marriage scene of several princesses and princes' daughters before said: "Well, it is estimated that the horses of my Great Xia Dynasty are not as generous as this Song people......

For 500,000 taels of silver, Lotte naturally has to make a big noise, if it is a small knock, how can it let the whole city know, God knows if Li Qianshun will have a black face, accept the 500,000 taels of silver cheekily, and then send some dowry to send himself.

Regarding the performance of his father-in-law in history, Lotte really does not place too much trust in it.

The ceremonies of the big wedding are all formulated under the consultation of the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the two countries, so all the procedures are very stable.

Marrying the princess of Xixia involves the relationship between the Song and Xia countries, so the procedure is very formal, and the greeting team is not as expected by all the officials, going directly to the Xixia Palace to marry the princess, and then going home to worship heaven and earth and enter the cave room to achieve good deeds, but first come to the Taimiao located in the east of the Xixia Palace.

In the Taimiao of Xixia, in addition to the tablets and portraits of the five emperors of Xixia, Li Jiqian, Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, Li Liangzuo and Li Bingchang, there are also tablets of the ancestors of the Tuoba clan before the surname of the Li family of Xixia was changed.

In the face of the emperors of the Western Xia dynasties who incarnated as wooden cards in the Xixia Taimiao, Lotte not only had a good impression of these wooden cards in his heart, but also had no good impression of the Xixia Dynasty in history, but had to pretend to pay respects.

Out of the Taimiao, the greeting team went to the Xixia Palace.

In front of the Xixia Palace, there were a group of officials from the Xixia court who were waiting to congratulate, and when the greeting procession drove into the Xixia Palace, the eyes of these Xixia officials revealed hostility and helplessness, but they had to force a smile and fake congratulations verbally.

The geography of Western Xia was located in the land of four wars, and since ancient history, it had to deal with the threats of the Later Tang Dynasty, Uighurs, Tibetans, Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty and other countries, so diplomacy was a link that the Xia court attached great importance to. The Western Xia diplomatic strategy was mainly to unite or rely on the strong, and to attack the weak, and to seek peace by war. These strategies allow them to continue and develop.

At present, marrying the princess of the country to the Song people is a strategy that cannot be adopted, but for the Tangut people, this is a shame, a national shame for the Tangut people, but there is no way.

After dealing with the disgusting compliments of many Western Xia officials, Lotte took another ritual to meet Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law.

To be precise, Li Qianshun's face was very unkind, although today was Princess Lando's wedding day, he couldn't even squeeze out a fake smile, as if Lotte owed him money. However, his two sons were bewitched by Lotte, and the impact on the people was too bad, so this account naturally had to be counted on Lotte's head.

In fact, in addition, Li Qianshun also had a great headache that Lotte's bride price of 500,000 taels of silver should not only be returned, but also more to marry, otherwise others would say that he was stingy.

When Lotte, the bridegroom, entered the inner hall, in the congratulations of a group of Western Xia officials, Li Qianshun said a few threatening words on the king's shelf, the content was basically similar to what the parents in the family said when the ordinary daughter got married, how to treat my daughter......

It's just that after how to treat my daughter, Li Qianshun gushed endlessly, saying that if you treat my daughter badly, I will send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to negotiate with His Majesty the Great Song Emperor, and if His Majesty the Great Song Emperor does not dare, I will send someone to hunt you down thousands of miles away......

In the Xixia Palace, which was wrapped in bright red and festive colors, Lotte suddenly had a feeling of yin and wind, and the cold air drilled into the spinal cord from his back, making Lotte shiver a few times.

When the civil and military forces of Western Xia heard Li Qianshun's reprimand for Lotte, they couldn't help but be stunned at first, and then began to laugh secretly, but they also vomited the depression in their hearts.

"Alright, alright, Your Majesty...... Today is the princess's big day. Sensing that something was wrong, the Empress of Western Xia hurriedly whispered in Li Qianshun's ear.

As the king of a country, hearing the queen's consolation, Li Qianshun saw the stunned eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and immediately felt that he was a little out of order, and immediately stopped, when he saw that Lotte's face also became a little ugly, he immediately felt that God was light, not only this curse, but also seeing that Lotte was unhappy, it also made Li Qianshun happy, and let the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for many days also be released.

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