Chapter 264: Marriage
The annual New Year's Festival is coming, and hundreds of civil and military officials, royal relatives of clans, and envoys of neighboring countries compete to enter the imperial capital to celebrate.
And this year's New Year's Festival of Wei is much more lively than in previous years, not only because King Li will get married, but also because of several previous cooperation with Wei, Su Guo also sent people to celebrate, although Meng is currently in a stage of not being embarrassed or embarrassed with Wei, but it also sent people over again.
However, Su Guo still sent Princess Qiao Qi this time, but the Meng Kingdom did not send Princess Yakaranzhu over again, but sent another little prince as a representative.
The New Year's Festival is a festival that is extremely cherished by everyone on the entire continent, not only Wei holds New Year's banquets, but other countries also send people to celebrate the two countries in Suzhou.
In previous years, everyone only sent people to send congratulatory gifts, so this year, it is a little intriguing that the two countries directly sent the princess and prince to celebrate in person.
Of course, although it is possible to participate in King Li's marriage as an excuse, most people can guess the real reasons.
Su Guo's team arrived the day before the New Year's Festival, because Qiao Qi and Bai Tang also had some friendship, with the permission of Wei Guojun, arranged for her to temporarily stay in Jingning Palace, and the mission brought by her was already arranged at the post house.
Meng Guo didn't have such a big face, even if the little prince knocked on the side, he wanted to live in the palace, but he was directly refuted by Wei Guojun on the grounds that men and women are different, and foreign men are not allowed to enter the harem.
In the end, he retreated and wanted to temporarily take over the Li Wangfu as his sister had done before, but he was already being prepared for the wedding by the Yi Li Wang, and the palace was too busy to refuse.
mentioned two of them and were rejected, but there were no more than three things, seeing Wei Guojun's attitude, although the little prince was annoyed in his heart, he also secretly endured it.
This time, he also came to have a heavy responsibility.
Not only did he fail to complete his mission, but he also had some physical problems, and for some reason he was almost expelled from the temple.
Even if he is not expelled, it is estimated that the position of the saint will not be done for a long time, and the father is very angry about this, I am afraid that even if his sister will not be rejected in the future, she will not be as beautiful and favored as before, unless she can make meritorious service again, or sit firmly on the throne of the saint.
However, he will not give the other party this chance.
The little prince knows his own ability and does not dare to covet the throne, but he also supports the brother of the same mother, and Yakaranzhu naturally supports her sibling, the two sides can be described as mortal enemies, even if they meet each other now, they will not be able to get along, and they will always need to fight to the death in the future.
Now that they have the opportunity to cut off the other party's arm first, how can they let it go.
As long as there is no help from Yakaranzhu, the second emperor brother can no longer be so happy, and in this regard, they really have to thank Wei Guo.
This time, he was in two terms, ostensibly ordered by his father, to take advantage of the New Year's Festival and King Li's marriage to steal the Danfang in the hands of the lord of Yutang County, or to find out more related news.
In the previous purge, the eyeliner that Meng Guo had planted in the imperial city and the imperial court could be said to have been pulled out, and even some that were not pulled out were basically outside the core, and there was no way to hear more news.
Therefore, at present, the Mongolian State can be said to be blind to the Wei State and does not know anything, so it is also the task of the little prince to find a way to insert eyeliner in the court.
However, these tasks are all superficial, and when he came, his brother gave him another task, and there was only one central idea, no matter what, he couldn't offend King Li and Lord Yutang, and tried to find a way to make friends with them.
After all, the Mongolian State has always been above the Wei State, even if he knows that the Wei State is different now, but the Mongolian State monarch has been strong for so many years, but he is unwilling to bow his head, and he wants to make things by making friends several times.
And the eldest prince sees it more thoroughly, sometimes the power of one person can indeed affect the overall situation.
The sudden rise of the pharmaceutical way of the lord of Yutang County has brought more benefits to the Wei State, and it is also expected that the future power will become hegemonic.
Originally, I thought about waiting for a few princes to fight among themselves before secretly doing anything, but the reigning monarch now is not the mediocre monarch who could make the favorite concubine bring disaster to the country back then.
If he didn't have enough means and courage, how could he regain power in such a disadvantage that he was almost cornered, and finally ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and even forced Mongolia to withdraw from the territory.
Such a monarch has both a strategy for the outside and a way to settle inside, not to mention that now he has the medicine of the county lord of Yutang, even if it seems to be not used now, but it will be sooner or later, which means that this person can at least sit in this position for a few decades.
And during his reign, presumably the princes below couldn't jump up no matter how much they wanted to fight, such as the eldest prince was slapped to the end with a palm, and the rest of the princes, although they were crowned kings because of their merits, they were either arranged to fight on the border, or they were driven back to the fiefdom to engage in construction, which is undoubtedly a kind of exile and suppression.
Therefore, the eldest prince changed his strategy, instead of offending the Wei State, which is not harmful to him at present, it is better to befriend him, and it would be better if he could use his strength to help him win the throne.
Therefore, after being repeatedly told by his brother, the little prince was still very restrained, and he stopped mentioning it after being rejected twice.
However, Wei Guojun did not completely refute the other party's face, and directly arranged people to the Second Prince's Mansion.
It's just that this arrangement didn't make the little prince happy, but his heart sank a little.
At present, it is no secret that King Li is valued by Wei Guojun, and it is no secret that he may be named the prince, and several princes of Wei Guojun have been fighting secretly for a long time, and they are all staring at the position above, which can be described as all hostile.
Now Wei Guojun has arranged him into the second prince's mansion, and the original intention is a bit intriguing.
The eldest prince was grounded because of his mother, although he was not disgusted by the king, but he was almost the same, and during this period, Wei Guojun used frequent means, and secretly dispersed and suppressed the eldest son's power, basically it can be said that he has fallen out of the center of imperial power, and if he is lucky in the future, he will not be able to be an idle prince.
Therefore, now that there is no Lichang in front of him, the second prince has become the strongest competitor, one is older, and the other is holding heavy troops.
He did respond to his brother's request to find a way to befriend the magnates of Wei, but it was not his wish to stand directly on the opposite side of King Li and fall into the turmoil of Wei's struggle for the crown.
It's just that Wei Guojun said too much, he couldn't refuse, and in the end he could only laugh and respond.
As for the princes of Wei Guojun, they are also calm, although it is unknown whether it is so on the surface.
In the days when they returned to the imperial city, they were either in the court or in the palace, although they did not live in seclusion, they did not do anything too high-profile and out of line, as if nothing had happened before.
Even courtiers came to visit, but they would be turned away, looking for various reasons not to see the guests.
This made many civil and military officials, clan relatives a little unable to guess their thoughts, including the people in their corresponding princely party.
Some people speculate that they were frightened by the matter of the eldest prince and gave up, while others speculate that they were afraid that Wei Guojun would see something, so they were more cautious, after all, they were all crowned kings now.
And in this seemingly relaxed but increasingly tense atmosphere, the New Year's Festival began.
On the first day of the New Year's Festival, Wei Guojun personally led hundreds of officials and royal clansmen to Jiulong Mountain to worship, and the evening was a family banquet.
The people participating in the family banquet are only limited to the royal family, but even so, there are dozens of tables in the palace, and there are no less than two or three hundred when they are full.
Bai Tang did not participate for the time being because of his preparation for marriage, so many clansmen who came from afar and wanted to make friends with him were very regretful.
After all, they will not be able to stay in the imperial city for a short time, and Bai Tang will get married in two days, and it will be even more difficult for people to meet in the Li Wangfu at that time.
In Jingning Palace, in Baitang's room, two windows are opened, the sky is rare that there are no snowflakes, the moon has begun to round, and it is very conspicuous in the air.
On the side of the bed, two figures sat on the couch, leaning on each other, sometimes whispering and chuckling, sometimes touching the lamp and drinking together, and the clear and sweet aroma of wine filled the air, which made people feel intoxicated.
Wei Jiuli also participated in the family banquet, but not long after the banquet, he was toasted too much because he was about to become the groom's official, and then he was 'too strong to drink' and left the stage early.
The second day of the New Year Festival is to celebrate with the people, during the day Wei Guojun and the civil and military ministers need to go to the east to watch the program arranged by the imperial court, and in the evening the New Year's banquet is held, this time the civil and military officials, clan relatives, and external envoys can participate.
At this time, Bai Tang was not in the palace, but in the county lord's mansion, accompanying a group of Zongyang medical valley elders and brothers and sisters who also lived in the county lord's mansion to celebrate.
Zongyang Medical Valley does not have the tradition of holding a New Year's Festival, at most it will send a New Year's gift, and then let everyone return home or celebrate on their own, after all, most of the disciples in Zongyang Medical Valley have their own homes, and they are naturally more willing to go home and reunite with their families during the rare reunion festival, so they don't mind staying in the county lord's mansion.
However, because there will be another wedding in Zongyang Medical Valley, there are not many people who come to participate this time, except for the old man of Tiansheng, there are only two elders, the third elder and the fourth elder, the eldest elder and the second elder are in full swing in the valley to organize the wedding, which is bound to be not inferior to that of Wei State.
What's more, on the day of the wedding, Bai Tang will be announced as the master of the young valley, which is officially proven, and it cannot be sloppy.
Among the juniors, a few of them are usually close to Bai Tang, and most of them are direct disciples of elders or pavilion masters, such as Lou Qingqing and others.
At present, there are not many people in Zongyang Medical Valley who know that Bai Tang is the lord of Yutang, even if the wedding of the medical valley is held, it is only said that it will be held for the lord of the young valley, and the specific such as who the groom is is is not explained, so that the disciples of the medical valley have speculated that the groom may be the senior brother.
As for Yan Xingzhi, he left in a hurry on the second day after he came, leaving only the congratulatory gift, saying that there was something important to deal with, and he promised that he would not be absent when the medical valley was held.
In a blink of an eye, it was the wedding day of King Li, which was almost more lively than the day of the New Year's celebration.
Early in the morning, the drum music shook the sky, and the crowd that had been prepared for a long time gathered bustlingly, and walked with the long greeting procession, even if they were stopped by heavy soldiers, it did not reduce their enthusiasm at all.
"Look, His Royal Highness King Li can actually laugh!"
"Who can't laugh, and he's not a puppet."
"No, His Royal Highness King Li usually doesn't smile."
"Nonsense, today is so normal, do you also have a tight face when you marry a daughter-in-law?"
"Well, that's right."
"It is estimated that there are few men in the world who can match the appearance of King Li." Some women couldn't help but sigh.
Outside the palace was bustling with a pot of porridge, and Jingning Palace was also busy at this time.
The people who followed Bai Tang were inexperienced, and they were anxious and helped those grandmothers and palace maids, which made the already tense atmosphere more and more tense.
Even Bai Tang, who has always been calm and calm, will face the glass mirror, and the hands under the sleeves are clenched unconsciously, the skin is tense, staring at the golden hairpin and phoenix feather ring in the mirror, and the person who has almost changed his face with powder and makeup, there is a rare nervousness in his eyes.
"God, where's the hijab, where is the hijab?"
"I just looked at it here, why is it gone?"
"Alas, the auspicious time is coming, hurry up and look for it, hurry up!"
"Is the county lord's makeup okay, it's urging outside!"
"It's almost good, it's almost done!"
"Eh, wait, do you want to add a little more festive noodles?"
"Makes sense, then on either side of the lips?"
"Isn't it a little weird?"
"No, why don't you give it a try."
"What if it doesn't look good, then you have to put your makeup back on."
"What then?"
"Eh, you two don't ink, the master is beautiful and beautiful, there is no need to add anything, so it looks good, don't make trouble." Xin Yi hurriedly came over to stop it, still holding the hijab he had just found.
Yanru and Wormwood glanced at each other, stuck out their tongues, then picked up the hijab on the tray and unfolded it, carefully covering her.
Bai Tang took a secret breath and couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Master, this is wishful, take it." Xin Yi took a jade Ruyi from the tray of the palace maid next to her and put it in her hand.
Bai Tang held it with both hands, and the warm feeling in her hands made her ease the heat a little.
"God, hurry, okay, the welcoming team is here!"
"So fast! Where? ”
"I'm going to the main hall, hurry up." In the winter, Qian Xinyi was also busy sweating profusely.
Several experienced grandmothers also sensed the command, temporarily stopping the more chaotic situation.
After half a cup of tea, Bai Tang, who was covered with a hijab and wearing a red wedding dress, was helped out by Qian Xinyi and Qiao Qi, and the Luan Feng embroidered with gold thread on the wedding dress was lifelike, as if she was about to dance to the sky against the backdrop of the sun.
As the bride came out, the salute began to sound, and all the palace maids were in place, and the red petals fell one after another along the way, and the grand scene was beautiful.
The team slowly marched to the main hall, and the sound of announcements rang out.
In the main hall, Wei Jiuli, who was standing with his head bowed in front of the Queen Mother and Wei Guojun, was rarely out of shape, turned his mind violently, and was facing the door, with a little nervousness and expectation in his expression.
It's a rare happy day, no one dares to bring up this unruly side, seeing Wei Guojun laughing and teasing in a good mood, and the queen mother also nodded with a smile on the side, and the concubines on both sides could only laugh.
After a while, the cannon salute outside also rang out.
Wei Jiuli couldn't help but take two steps forward, and then was reminded by the Queen Mother, so the ninja stood back in place anxiously, but his eyes kept staring at the door.
Many concubines saw it and had different moods, but most of them were envious.
envy Bai Tang can be so favored by King Li.
If they had speculated that Wei Jiuli might marry Bai Tang because of the other party's ability, then at this moment they had to admit that no matter what the future holds, King Li at this moment is sincere to the county lord of Yutang, and he may be in love with him. Take a look at the latest chapter of "NPC in Ancient Times: Love at Doctor's Sight, Rely on Your Claw Book House" to read for free for the first time.