Chapter 116 Emperor Wu's Envoy

Because the status of the guests who came to Anyang Junfu today is very different, today's banquet has also been divided into several areas.

In the inner hall, Princess Pingyang sat in the same room with these princes, but unlike in the past, when there was usually only one woman in Princess Pingyang, there was another woman next to her today, and this person was still her own sister, and this person was the cultivation of the king's golden customs.

At first, Princess Pingyang and these extremely powerful princes were slightly surprised when they saw that Xiu Chengjun was also there. Because Jin Shi rarely interacts with other powerful people, it seems that this is the first time to attend the banquet of other powerful people. Even as the princess of Pingyang, she was respectful in front of Jin Customs, and when she saw Jin Customs, she hurriedly smiled and said: "Sister Xiu Chengjun, I actually saw my sister in Anyang Jun's Mansion today, it's really an unexpected joy!" This Anyangjun really has a face, and even invited his sister. ”

"I've seen Xiucheng-kun." The rest of the princes all took the initiative to greet the courtesy, Princess Pingyang and Jin Shu were both born to the same mother, even if they usually have little contact, but they are much closer and more casual when they speak, while the other princes pay more attention to etiquette.

"You lords are polite, I haven't seen the eldest princess for a long time, so I'm just talking today." Xiu Chengjun replied lightly, and sat down with Princess Pingyang to talk about the affairs of the women.

At this moment, Huo Guang was greeting the guests outside the gate of the mansion, in the Western Han Dynasty, there was not as much etiquette as in later generations, and there was not even a worship hall. At this time, the wedding was more about entertaining guests, and everyone gathered together to testify that the two became a legal husband and wife, and were blessed by relatives and friends, and had not yet formed those established ceremonies in later generations.

Huo Guang kept a smile all the time, nodding and smiling at the people who entered the door, to be honest, he basically didn't know these people. If it weren't for these people handing over the gift list, and someone singing the salute, Huo Guang probably wouldn't know who came.

And gift-giving in this period is also very different from later generations, in which no one directly gave gold and silver currency. The most is to send brocade lacquerware, the slightly better is to send jade pearls, and the most surprising thing for Huo Guang is how many stones to send grain directly. However, there are also generous guests, such as Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing, Wei Qing gave Huo Guang a manor in the suburbs of Chang'an, and Princess Pingyang sent ten acres of fertile land to Huo Guang. Whether it is a manor or a fertile field, this is the most valuable gift of this era, and it is the ultimate gift.

As for Xiu Chengjun, as he said before, he gave Huo Guang ten maidservants, and the slaves of the Western Han Dynasty also belonged to the private property of the master, and it was legal to give them away or buy and sell.

"If you have money, the house is full, right?" Huo Guang has been welcoming guests at the gate of the mansion since the beginning of the sun, and seeing that it is almost noon, he estimates that the guests who should come have also arrived.

"Your Majesty, it's almost there. Are you ready to start the table? Zhen Youcai always pays attention to the changes in the seats in the house, these seats are calculated according to the number of invitations, and they are almost full, which means that the people who should come have already come.

Huo Guang was about to nod in response, when he suddenly saw two figures walking towards his mansion. These two people did not ride in a car or on horseback, and it seems that they came directly on foot, which is rare, and the biggest possibility is that these two people originally lived in Xuanping.

"Why are they here?" When the two approached Huo Guang and finally saw the appearance of the person who came, the arrival of these two people was a little unexpected for Huo Guang.

"If you have a distinguished guest and wealth, come with me to greet you." Huo Guang said to Zhen Youcai, and he had already taken a step under his feet and walked to the bottom of the steps of the mansion gate, since the morning, Huo Guang has not personally gone down the steps to greet anyone, but the two people in front of him have made him correspond from afar.

"Xiaguan Huo Guang meets the prime minister." Huo Guang walked down the steps and bowed to the visitor and said. One of the two people who came at this time was Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai.

During the Western Han Dynasty, especially in the period before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the status of the prime minister was extremely high. Under normal circumstances, 2,000 stones are used to refer to high-ranking officials, but the prime minister is known as 10,000 stones, although in fact, the prime minister headed by the three princes is more than 4,000 stones, but the title of 10,000 stones is enough to show the respect of his status.

"I've seen Mr. Nostalgia." After Huo Guang saluted Zhuang Qingzhai, he saluted another person beside him. This person is also Wang Huaigu, a descendant of Guiguzi who has a relationship with Huo Guang.

"Today is the day of Anyang Jun's big day, Brother Huaigu and I are just guests who came to congratulate, and there is no prime minister here." Zhuang Qingzhai said with a smile, his demeanor is invisibly admirable.

"It's so glorious that the two of you can come to the mansion! Wu Qianghou and Mr. Huaigu are please! Huo Guang said politely, since Zhuang Qingzhai said that there is no prime minister today, he will no longer call Zhuang Qingzhai Prime Minister, but call him the title of Marquis Wuqiang.

This time, Huo Guang personally led Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu into the mansion, and there were almost no guests at this time, Huo Guang did not have to continue to stay outside the mansion, and Huo Guang personally led them to show respect to these two.

When they walked to the gate of the mansion, Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu stopped in unison, Huo Guang still looked at the two of them with some puzzlement, how could they not leave in a good manner, Huo Guang thought that he was rude somewhere. It was at this that Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu respectively took out a book from their arms, and attached their own 'advice' and handed it to the person who sang the salute.

At this time, Huo Guang also knew that these two volumes of books were congratulatory gifts from Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu. In fact, in this era, it is unusual to think of books as gifts, but its value is no worse than that of jade pearls, and even compared to the manor given by Wei Qing, the real estate given by Princess Pingyang is not much better. Because books in this era were only in the hands of the upper nobles, and even sometimes the emperor would copy the estimates in the Tianlu Pavilion to reward the princes or important ministers, which was quite a glorious reward, and as a congratulatory gift, it could also become a generous gift.

"Prime Minister's congratulatory gift "Zhuangzi - Getaway" volume. Qingxi Jushi congratulatory gift "Guiguzi - The Seven Techniques of the Yin Fu of the Book of Scriptures" Volume 1 "The person who sang the ceremony pronounced the names of the two volumes, these two volumes are not strange to Huo Guang at all, whether it is "Getaway" or "The Seven Techniques of the Yin Fu of the Book of Scripture" are also very famous in later generations.

Regarding the title of Wang Huaigu Qingxi monk, Huo Guang thought it was quite interesting. This person's name is nostalgic, just from the name you can know that this person must be a person who admires the legacy of the sons of the Warring States, and this Qingxi monk may be his self-name, Qingxi is the place where the legendary Guiguzi King Chan lived in seclusion.

Huo Guang brought Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu into the hall where Wei Qing and others were, although Wang Huaigu has no official position, and I don't know if he has a title, even if he has a title, it will not be too high, it is a little inappropriate for him to sit here, but there are some people who are not powerful but famous in any era, these people who are called celebrities and scholars even have to be treated politely by the emperor, and it is nothing to sit at the same table with the princes, Wang Huaigu is definitely a famous person in the world.

"The prime minister is here, please take a seat!" When Huo Guang led Zhuang Qingzhai and Wang Huaigu to arrive, Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi and others hurriedly got up, and Wei Qing even took the initiative to give up his seat to Zhuang Qingzhai. The original arrangement didn't expect Zhuang Qingzhai to come in person, so he didn't take his position into account.

Wei Qing is now a general, and he has added the rank of great sima, and in principle, his status is equal to that of the prime minister. However, at that time, the atmosphere and habits of the society continued for hundreds of years, and the prime minister was still above 10,000 people under one person, so Wei Qing was also extremely polite.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are polite! Today we are all guests, everyone is the same, there is no prime minister here, I came late with Brother Huaigu, there are just two seats here, we can sit here. Zhuang Qingzhai's words and deeds are quite Taoist, and he originally paid great attention to the order of seating in this era, but Zhuang Qingzhai did not take these to heart.

"In that case, then please take your seats, and my wife and I will then come to thank you." Huo Guang saw that Zhuang Qingzhai had no opinion, so he also took the opportunity to say. In fact, because there is no chairman in this hall today, that is, the two columns of seats are opposite, there is no chief seat in the strict sense, in fact, it is almost the same where you sit. This arrangement was also set up by Huo Guang in order to avoid embarrassment in the seat.

Huo Guang was a little dizzy today, but he still knew what to do every step. After he left for a while, he took Li Yan to the hall where Wei Qing and the others were. During the Western Han Dynasty, women had not yet formed the habit of wearing a phoenix crown and a red hijab when they got married, and what she and Huo Guang wore was just a festive color of the dark clothes.

"Anyang Jun is really envious of others to get this good wife!" As soon as Huo Guang and Li Yan appeared, they immediately attracted many guests to congratulate them. Among these people, only Huo Qubing and Princess Pingyang knew the true identity of Mrs. Anyang Jun in front of them, but both of them pretended not to know and congratulated everyone together.

"Today is the day when my wife and I tie the knot, thank you for coming, this gentleman and my wife thank you here!" Huo Guang and Li Yan stood side by side, took the wine bottle handed by the maid, looked around and toasted a bottle of wine to these prominent guests. However, this time Huo Guangguang was smart, and he asked people to replace himself and Li Yan's wine bottles with white water in advance.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's envoy has arrived." Just after Huo Guang's toast was finished and the guests were still laughing, Zhen Youcai hurriedly ran in and said close to Huo Guang's ear.

Huo Guang opened the mansion to marry a wife, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent someone to congratulate him, which is also the process that should be. Huo Guangke has been thinking about this, and when he came to toast, he had already asked Zhen Youcai to wait at the entrance of Xuanpingli Street, and at this time, Zhen Youcai came to report, that he must have arrived at the gate of the mansion with the Daohe envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Hehe, it's really time for Your Majesty's envoy to come, it seems that you have to wait for a while." Huo Guang said with a smile, telling the news of the arrival of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Daocong envoy, and then whispered to Zhen Youcai: "Go and inform the other guests." ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a messenger to congratulate, which not only did Huo Guang greet him, but even a group of guests had to be present, one was out of etiquette, and the other was that the envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also brought the reward of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and everyone was curious about what kind of reward Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would give?

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