Chapter 385: Lord Feng's Wedding
The phoenix was originally red, and Sima Hongyan was also dressed in red, and the man and the phoenix seemed to be one, slowly falling in the wind. At this moment, everyone has the illusion that the phoenix lord is a phoenix that flies down to the world, and she is the incarnation of the fairy in the sky, who came to the world to ignite mortals.
This phoenix took advantage of the wind to fly over the city walls, fly over the tall buildings, and slowly fall towards the imperial city. Everyone looked at the flying phoenix in amazement, because they found that this kite did not have the traction of the kite string, but still flew straight in front of the palace.
Anyone can fly a kite, but no one flies a kite without a string. Unable to see through the mystery for a while, everyone was full of surprise and admiration.
The giant phoenix fell really accurately, and flew in front of the main hall in the palace impartially. In front of the hall is a phalanx of thousands of infantry, and the commander gave an order, and all the infantry raised the shields in their hands together, forming a platform built by shields.
Thunderous cheers and applause erupted, and everyone was fascinated by such a magical way of appearing. The phoenix lord is the phoenix lord, and getting married is so different.
They didn't know that just for such a way of appearing with less than a stick of incense, Sima Hongyan secretly practiced I don't know how many times. It is not difficult to create a huge kite that looks like a phoenix, but the difficulty is how to land safely without the traction of the ground rope, and it has to land in the designated place.
It's not so much a big kite as a glider. It is first lifted into the air by being towed by a fast horse, and the height can be calculated using a rope that has been measured in advance. When reaching the height, only Sima Hongyan needs to cut the leash under his feet, and then rely on Sima Hongyan to master the balance and the angle of falling according to the wind on it.
The reason is not complicated, and the control is not difficult, there are wire ropes on the wings of the kite, and Sima Hongyan controls the flight by pulling the wire rope to control the angle of the wings.
Originally, no one took this bad idea seriously at all, and they all thought that Sima Hongyan was whimsical, and it was not until Sima Hongyan made a small glider demonstration by hand that several people closest to Nan Guying believed that this method was feasible. After many times of secret practice, he was soon mastered by Sima Hongyan.
Sima Hongyan flies at a limited height, and she won't fall off with her kung fu. In fact, the most difficult thing to grasp is the wind speed and direction, if this prerequisite is not there, everything else is in vain.
Fortunately, the wedding ceremony is in autumn, and it is also windy at this time, as long as you understand the direction and speed of today's wind, it is not a big problem to glide for such a short distance.
Although it is a beautiful and interesting thing, the details must not be sloppy at all, especially the manufacture of the big phoenix requires accurate calculations, and it must not be allowed to make any mistakes. Fortunately, there are a lot of skilled craftsmen in Yanling, and they are confirmed to be manufactured separately in size, and then they can be assembled together. That's why such a behemoth has never been discovered.
Sima Hongyan came up with this wonderful way for another purpose, she knew that the envoys of Dongning and Nanyi would stay in Yanling during the wedding ceremony. Therefore, she wants them to see this magical scene, and she wants to create a little psychological burden for them.
That is the phoenix lord of Yanling, but he is a character who can ride the phoenix to descend from the sky.
In fact, there is nothing mysterious about this little trick, as long as you study it, anyone can do it. But this effect is shocking, and if there is a hostile situation in the future, these potential psychological cues can play a key role in determining victory or defeat.
Sima Hongyan was happy to inflict some psychological side effects on his enemies.
Her plan really had some effect, at least King Hong and Zhuge Yu were really frightened by Sima Hongyan at this time.
After the red phoenix fell into the imperial city, Zhuge Yu licked his dry lips and swallowed his saliva with difficulty, before asking King Hong beside him: "She, how did she do this?" ”
King Hong saw Zhuge Yu's unpromising appearance, and he was not angry, so he replied unceremoniously: "You ask me, who do I ask?" After saying that, he snorted angrily and walked away.
Sima Hongyan stepped down from the giant phoenix kite, Ban Lingruo and Xiao Hongying immediately ran up to help Sima Hongyan down, Zhong Liying pulled up Sima Hongyan's skirt with three red sleeves in the back, and Shi Jinyan came up and put the red cover on Sima Hongyan's head.
After doing this, Shi Jinyan, Ban Lingruo, and Xiao Hongying replaced the three red sleeves and lifted the skirt for Sima Hongyan. Nan Xunyan stepped forward, let Sima Hongyan's hand on his forearm, and dragged him to the bottom of the steps of the main hall.
Here, Nan Guying walked down quickly, took over her sister's position, and held Sima Hongyan's hand with her hand.
The presiding officer shouted: "Take the stage and perform the three talents!" Then the words echoed outward.
The drum that had been stopped for a moment sounded again at this time, but this time the drum beat was in line with the footsteps of Nan Guying and Sima Hongyan, beating one by one, as if every step taken by these two people was extremely solemn.
Everyone's eyes were focused on this couple, although they did not follow the ancient rites of the Yanling wedding ceremony, but people felt that the form of this pair of people was more solemn and full of sacredness. Compared with the previous emperor's concubines and concubines, it turned out that those were simply for others to see, and the wedding ceremony of the Phoenix Lord made people deeply feel the solemnity and formality of entrusting their lives.
In the past, royal marriages were all for the purpose of enveloping each other and using each other, and there was never true affection. Countless women have competed for favor for a man, creating a human tragedy. A ruthless emperor since ancient times! The women living in the harem Everyone wants to get the emperor's heart, but they don't understand how the emperor has a true heart? Because a person with a sincere heart cannot be an emperor.
It is impossible for the Phoenix Lord Empress to be polygamous, let alone let her husband accept a woman other than herself. Therefore, in the future, the harem of Yanling is destined to become a miscellaneous courtyard of group living. Before the Feng lord divided the palace of the harem to the ministers and friends and relatives to live in, it seems that the empress's world has fundamentally eliminated the harem infighting.
After walking a full half a column of incense on the one hundred and ten stone stairs, Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying came to the front of the hall, the two turned around to face everyone, and the palace maids on both sides immediately came up and put two futons.
"Respect the heavens!" The presiding officer said.
A palace maid stepped forward and helped Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying to kneel outward, bowing three times in a row before getting up.
"Respectfully!" The presiding officer said.
The two knelt down again, but this time they didn't use the futon, they knelt directly on the ground and bowed three times in a row.
"Respectful!" The presiding officer said.
Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying turned around and knelt down, and bowed respectfully to Nan Jiuxiao and Liao Ziling who were sitting behind. With today's match made in heaven, the four elders wept at the same time, crying with joy.
At this point, the Feng Lord and his wife's salute was over, and all that was left was for the others to start saluting them. Someone had already brought a double phoenix chair up and invited the phoenix lord and his wife to sit down, and then saluted in turn according to the order arranged in advance by seniority and official position.
Even if many etiquettes were omitted, the etiquette of this wedding ceremony lasted for nearly two hours before it ended. After that, there was a great feast to entertain the people.
According to the old calendar, at this time, the newcomers should go back to the cave room and do what they should do, no matter how lively it is outside, it has nothing to do with them.
Sima Hongyan has always liked to be lively, how can he go back to the cave room to be quiet? After entering the cave room, the two of them changed into convenient clothes when they returned to Fengming Palace, and Sima Hongyan pulled Nan Guying out to drink with everyone.
Just to entertain ministers and relatives and friends, more than 100 tables were set up, and Sima Hongyan's eyes lit up when he saw this scene, and he rushed over happily. Nan Guying only had a doting smile on her face, and followed closely behind her.
Sima Hongyan's appearance immediately caused a commotion at the banquet, anyway, everyone knew that Sima Hongyan didn't take the rules seriously, she ran out to drink and have fun with everyone, and no one thought it was strange. On the contrary, everyone was even happier, and felt that the Phoenix Lord was very close.
In order to express his gratitude, Sima Hongyan actually wanted to toast from the table, but Nan Guying was startled. Even if you toast a glass at one table, it is more than a hundred glasses of wine, which you have to drink without getting drunk for three days and three nights. But in front of so many people, Nan Guying couldn't stop it, and his face changed slightly, he was afraid that Sima Hongyan would drink his body.
However, Nan Guying thought about it, today's happy day can't sweep away his wife's interest, and he can't drink more for her, so he is relieved, so he accompanied Sima Hongyan to start toasting.
For the convenience of toasting, Ban Lingruo and Xiao Hongying each carried a wine jug and followed behind Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying, and after each glass of wine, they would fill it up for the two newcomers.
The wine jug was not big, and after three tables and five glasses, it was gone, and Shi Jinyan and Zhong Liying over there immediately carried a pot of new wine to make up for Lingruo and Xiao Hongying.
After drinking a pot of wine so quickly, Sima Hongyan's cheeks flushed, making him even more delicate, but he was still talking and laughing, and he was not drunk.
Nan Guying didn't expect Sima Hongyan to be so real today, he didn't hesitate to drink a cup of wine, and drank five glasses of wine at three tables, two of which were paid by the two respected elders Shan Jing. If you drink it like this, the elephant will be poured out if you don't drink half of it. Nan Guying knew that Sima Hongyan's alcohol consumption was average, and his face was already flushed after only a few glasses at this time, and it was estimated that he would be drunk directly after drinking less than two pots.
Sima Hongyan, who is usually a hundred times more shrewd, will definitely not make this fool, Nan Guying knows that his newlywed wife has a lot of ghost ideas, but she wants to see how she deals with it next. Nan Guying estimated that toasting from table to table was Sima Hongyan's polite words, and she would definitely pretend to be drunk and take the opportunity to run away after a while.
However, Sima Hongyan didn't pick anyone to toast, she honestly walked along the table, seeing what this meant Nan Guying muttered a little that she guessed wrong, looking at Sima Hongyan's posture is a bit like coping.
I can't care too much, as long as I see that Sima Hongyan is wrong for a while, Nan Guying decided to replace her immediately to rest, anyway, everyone is happy today, and it is not rude to respect her.
When the second pot of wine was half drunk, Nan Xunyan and Guo Zidi and his wife held the wine pot to replace Shi Jinyan and Zhong Liying, and Nan Xunyan squeezed her eyes when she poured wine for Sima Hongyan.
Because there were many people and many tables, Sima Hongyan toasted quickly, basically raising a glass and saying a polite word, that is, he drank it all, and poured one glass of wine after another into his stomach.
The wine went down so quickly, Nan Xunyan's wine jug was quickly empty, and the big-sleeved master Tingying and the second-sleeved Su Wanyu immediately took the wine jug and picked it up. The big sleeves and two sleeves are followed by the third and fourth sleeves, and the fifth and sixth sleeves.