0643: Infiltrates the palace
"What's so important about this welcome? The prince of Qingwangfu won't go to the post house to greet his relatives, right? Xiao Chen endured for a long time, and finally asked him the question he wanted to know.
"I think I'm going to go, right? After all, it is necessary to abide by the ancient etiquette system. The other replied.
"This is not good, King Qing has long had the intention of ascending the throne, and the sons of his family will be princes in the future, and his identity is there, so he shouldn't welcome him in person, right?" Another said.
"You're all talking nonsense, King Qing is big, and the island country is not big? Let me tell you an inside message, the bride is the eldest princess of the island country, and her status will only be more noble than that of King Qing, so this wedding ceremony must be followed......"
"Really?" Xiao Chen's heart moved, Liang Yuechen was the princess of the island country, and this news was beyond his expectations.
"Can this still be faked?" The man before looked around the restaurant, lowered his voice and continued: "Also, I heard that the bride does not live in the official post, and she has a mansion in Eucalyptus City, which is only a little smaller than the Qingwang Mansion......"
"Oh?" Xiao Chen was stunned again, thinking that it was no wonder that she didn't find any trace of Liang Yuechen in the post house yesterday, it turned out that she had a house in Eucalyptus City.
"Hearing you say this, my interest is even greater, everyone, do you know the route of welcoming relatives in Qingwangfu? I want to go and see the excitement. Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Of course, who doesn't want to watch this kind of excitement?" The person before smiled and said, "Young Master Chen, the reason why we are here is to see the excitement up close......
"Where will the procession pass by?" Xiao Chen asked in amazement.
"The ancient rites said that the welcoming procession should start from the east, go around the city, and after receiving the bride, it should go from the west to the east, which means to drive away evil and pray for good luck." The man before said teasingly.
Xiao Chen nodded, and inquired about the path that Liang Yuechen might have passed, and he already had an idea.
After taking a sip of the wine, Xiao Chen stood up and said, "Now that I am full of wine and food, I am anxious to see the rare ancient ceremony, so I will leave." ”
"Chen Gongzi and slow ......down" The man before also took a sip of the wine in the glass, slurped, he also stood up, and said, "Let's go together......"
"Go together, go together......"
"Young Master Chen, the three of us have already sent house slaves to occupy a good position, it's better than letting you grab the place by yourself......" The other laughed.
Xiao Chen wanted to get rid of the three locals, but when he heard the words of the last person, he immediately nodded and replied, "Then let's go together." ”
The man before smiled: "The time is almost up, this time is just right, everyone, there are many people outside, but don't get separated." ”
Xiao Chen followed the three local nobles to the street, led by the head snake, not only did he take a lot of unjust roads, but also avoided a lot of trouble, at least at some barricades, the three of them identified themselves and were immediately released.
Finally, Xiao Chen, led by a few people, came to a high slope, where many people had gathered, and the sidewalks on both sides of the road had been crowded.
It has to be said that the three nobles are very clever and know how to send serfs to occupy a good place here, and this high slope is also an excellent viewing spot, and the ramp two meters high can be seen far away.
In the courteous greeting of the three people, Xiao Chen stood on the outermost part of the sidewalk, and several house slaves stopped outside, guarding the four noble masters.
Along the way, squeezing around with people, I don't know if the strength of the wine came up, Xiao Chen actually felt a little dizzy, and finally had space at this time, he couldn't help but exhale a long breath with the smell of wine.
Looking at the way he came, he saw that there were crowds of people on both sides of the road, and there were countless people in the dense turns, this kind of lively scene, he had only seen it in the border city when it was difficult to escape, even in the imperial capital.
After waiting for a long time, the sunset on the edge of the sky fell into the mountains, and when the sky was about to be dark, the noisy gongs and drums came from the Qingwang Mansion a mile away, and a sedan chair came out of the Qingwang Mansion, turned at the intersection in front of it, and drove south.
The so-called eight-car sedan chair is not the kind of sedan chair carried by manpower, but a kind of biological support with a tame personality and a strong and beautiful body.
Xiao Chen listened to the exaggerated aristocratic explanation, and only then did he know that the eight beautiful creatures were called the White Ox, which symbolized sacredness and purity, which was the highest standard of greeting, even if the imperial prince married the princess, he could only do it to this extent.
"The prince's greeting specifications?" Xiao Chen thought secretly: "King Qing wants to sit in the emperor's heart, it's just obvious." ”
The welcoming team of King Qing's Mansion walked for more than an hour before appearing in front of them, but, to the surprise of Xiao Chen and the others, the convoy came from a road from the north and did not pass by the avenue in front of them.
"Holy! What's going on? Didn't you say you'd go through here? ”
"I've been waiting here for a long time in vain......"
"Fuck, the guards of King Qing's Mansion are really elusive as always......"
"I didn't see it lively, and I squeezed a stinky sweat ......"
The people around him complained one after another, and some clever people said: "Before the team arrives, let's catch up quickly......"
I don't know who took the lead first, ran on the wide and uninhabited highway, and ran towards the Qingwang Mansion with his feet outstretched, someone took the lead, and countless people followed, and Xiao Chen also ran away in the crowd.
"Wait for me......" The local nobleman shouted loudly, surrounded by several house slaves, and ran after Xiao Chen.
The people on the slope were not the first to run, and at the other end, many people had already flocked to Qingwang's Mansion, and on the south- or north-facing road, there were also countless people following behind the welcoming procession.
Qingwangfu didn't seem to care about the people watching the excitement following behind, on the contrary, in the procession to greet relatives, a few hovercars threw out a lot of gold coins from time to time for the people who followed to rob them.
As soon as the gold coin appears, there will be a circle of robbery, people have bowed their heads and bent over, and suddenly lowered a large section, of course, there will be casualties if there is robbery, I don't know how many unlucky people were trampled to death.
The people on the slope rushed to the road, and the people down the slope saw it, shouting and roaring, and many people ran up the slope, and there was another scramble and stampede.
Fortunately, not far from the slope, there were many sentry posts, which quickly controlled the surge of people in the rear, and the people on the slope ran for a long time, and they were also blocked by soldiers at the intersection, and the personnel were separated into pieces.
Several warships appeared in the sky, and a large number of armored troops came from the direction of Qingwangfu, and the heavily armed formation made everyone consciously stop, and the chaos gradually subsided.
There was a loudspeaker broadcast in front, which was not clear in the noise, and there was a strong local accent, although Xiao Chen heard the voice, he didn't understand it.
Xiao Chen looked at the crowd that was gradually stagnating, he suddenly grabbed the nobles of the city who came with him, and asked, "What is that horn talking about?" ”
"Chen Gongzi, that general said, Corporal Qingwang Lixian, allow the nobles from all parts of the city to come over to watch the ceremony......" The nobleman of the city gasped and said, the violent running just now was very laborious.
"So, can we go over?" Xiao Chen smiled, he was about to break in, but he didn't expect another village.
"Of course......," said the man, gasping for breath, "and we'll go together." ”
"Let's go." Xiao Chen smiled, he grabbed the nobleman's arm, and let the other party's house slaves squeeze through the crowd, and they easily followed, slowly moving forward.
Under the leadership of the local nobles, Xiao Chen followed through the checkpoint, and of course, both of them showed their noble badges, so they were released.
Although there were many onlookers, there were not many people with aristocratic status, Xiao Chen and the others crossed the crossroads, accelerated their speed and trotted away.
Behind him, the local nobleman waved Xiao Chen again and again, because domestic slaves or civilians were not allowed to pass through the checkpoint, and he trotted with a small fat body, and his physical strength gradually couldn't keep up.
"You go slowly, I'll find a good spot first." Xiao Chen glanced back at the man, considering that there might be an accident, so he gave the other party a perfunctory sentence.
The man felt justified as soon as he shouted, and hurriedly slowed down his pace and said, "Young Master Chen, everything depends on you......"
Xiao Chen waved his hand casually, and ran faster.
More than a mile away, Xiao Chen has been from the crowd to now, it has taken more than ten minutes, which makes him hate and anger, but he is helpless.
Extremely quickly and agilely passed by the people in front of him, like a gust of wind blowing, he ran extremely quickly to the outside of King Qing's mansion.
At this time, there were three layers outside the Qingwang Mansion, and a large number of sergeants gathered on the outer three floors, and there was only one feasible way to enter the Qingwang Mansion.
Xiao Chen ran to the front at this time, he subconsciously stopped, looked around a few times, and saw the two nobles enter the Qingwang Mansion together, and he followed closely.
"The ceremony is in the east, the banquet is in the south, please register before entering the house, and the gift should not be too light at the end......" The gatehouse of the palace was blocked at the innermost checkpoint, and people said these words.
Xiao Chen contributed two thousand prayer beads to King Qing's Mansion with the public, and when paying this so-called gift, Xiao Chen couldn't help but think maliciously: "No wonder King Qing will agree to let the nobles enter the palace to watch the ceremony, it turns out that it is a disguised benefit......"
As for why civilians were not allowed to come, it is clear that civilians do not have oil and water.
After entering the palace, Xiao Chen found that posts were set up everywhere in the palace, and the guards were extremely strict, and the so-called people who watched the ceremony were all rushed to a place by the sergeants.
Suddenly, someone shouted in front of me: "Hurry up, the bride is about to climb the platform......"
The so-called climbing platform, Xiao Chen learned from Yun Xiao and the nobles of the city before, that is, after the bride enters the house and crosses the brazier, she needs to pass through a high platform several meters high, which means that she will rise step by step and benefit her descendants.
Xiao Chen came at the right time, and Liang Yuechen, who was clothed in a phoenix crown, stepped up the steps step by step with the support of the two maids.
The high platform is more than two meters high, more than ten meters long, and four or five meters wide.
There are more than twenty steps on each side of the east and west, and the bride is walking from west to east.