Chapter 183: Turmoil
On the outer gate wall, colorful flags are waved in the wind, and musicians play an exciting welcome song.
Lu Dongzan and his ministers, guards, and attendants stood in the front row in brightly colored Tibetan costumes, and behind them were the cheering Tibetan people.
Looking at the Songtsan Gampo on the jade chariot and Li Yuntong stretching out his hand from time to time to wave to the people on both sides of the city gate, and watching the snow-skinned and jade-looking person getting closer and closer to him, Lu Dongzan lowered his eyes.
The jade chariot stopped, Songtsen Gampo took Li Yuntong's hand, stepped on the red felt carpet with a smile, and walked to the gatehouse of the city wall.
The Tibetan ministers, the women inside and outside, and the onlookers gathered one after another, and from both sides of the felt carpet, they offered Hada to Songtsen Gampo and Li Yuntong.
Hearing the blessings around, "Congratulations to Zampu Zanmeng and the sun and the moon in the same light, Tang Fan friendship and harmony as a ...... family" and other blessings, Li Yuntong stroked the Hada on his neck, and raised his voice in Tubo: "Tang Bo is friendly, the border is peaceful, and the water of a snow-capped mountain is drunk together, it is a person in a place, I swear by this Hada, the snowy region is my new home, from now on, Tubo and the Tang family are close, and the snowy region is prosperous ......with the Central Plains."
The stone girl on the side, holding a plate filled with barley, presented Songtsan Gampo and grabbed two handfuls and threw them into the air, and Li Yuntong followed his appearance and also grabbed a handful and threw them into the air.
This means a good harvest and a herd of cattle and sheep.
I don't know who took the lead, the people on both sides knelt down one after another, bowing to the sky, "Thank you to the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven, thank you to the Tang Princess, for sending us the gospel ...... Tibet"
The bells and drums rang out in unison, the music was loud, Songtsen Gampo took Li Yuntong's hand, stepped on the felt carpet and slowly walked up to the gatehouse of the outer city wall.
Lu Dongzan took a deep breath and led hundreds of officials to follow him.
He thought that he could slowly calm down and bury the feelings that he shouldn't have, but when he saw Li Yuntong wearing a Zanmeng dress and a phoenix crown, and saw his calm expression as if he hadn't seen it, the fire in his chest suddenly rose, burning his internal organs and spine.
When you can't see each other, you feel that it's better not to see each other after you see them.
He laughed at himself in his heart, at this age, he would still be tempted, and it was for a girl half younger than himself, a woman who belonged to his king.
This fire, no matter how hot and fierce it is, can only be held down.
Be affectionate, stop polite.
He looked down at his feet all the way, lest he look up at the man's back and think it was greed.
After going up to the gatehouse, Lu Dongzan finally raised his head, his shoulders and back were as straight as in the past, and he was the head of a hundred officials, and he couldn't avoid it.
There are still many things to fight against Zampu in the city, and there are still many problems in the rebellion of Gilligaland, Zampu needs him, Tubo needs him, and all the people of the world need him.
He is unavoidable.
And in this world, there is not only one's own selfish desires.
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There was a reminder from Chizun before, Li Yuntong thought that there would be some problems in the ceremony on this day, but when he returned to the palace after the ceremony, there was no big turmoil.
In the main hall, in the sound of drums, Songtsen Gampo hundreds of officials, attendants, and maids sat on the throne.
On weekdays, in the cold indifference to the courtiers, there was some warmth, and when I saw the maid of the Shang Palace leading Li Yuntong, who had changed into regular clothes, to the palace, the makeup that was painted like a face had been washed off, and only some rouge gouache was used lightly, and the corners of the mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.
The honorable princess of the Tang Dynasty was his praise, and she asked the Tang Dynasty to marry three times, and even fought two battles for this, and finally her wish came true.
I didn't think I would marry such a beautiful princess, not to mention the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is still a very powerful feng shui master.
He no longer had to worry about being subject to the Archmage.
Without waiting for Shang Gong to lead Li Yuntong forward, Songtsen Gampo got up and walked down the west steps, grabbed Li Yuntong, and sat down hand in hand from the east steps.
On weekdays, it is impossible for the women of the harem to come to the front court, that is, when the sealing ceremony is celebrated with the New Year's Festival, they will go to the consummation hall to feast with hundreds of officials.
There were hundreds of cases in the hall of consummation, and the hundreds of officials sat down after saluting, and the women inside and outside also sat in the other room.
Songtsen Gampo and Li Yuntong bowed their hands to each other, used three mouthfuls of delicious food, toasted each other with a bottle of wine, and feasted.
At this time, one of the foreign women suddenly ran to the temple, knelt down at Songtsen Gampo and Li Yuntong, and kept kowtowing crying.
She said in a sad voice: "Please Zanpu and Zanmeng help the slave to redress their grievances and give our mother and son a way to live!" β
Several officials glanced at each other, and there was a bit of amusement in their eyes.
Immediately a handmaid and an attendant came and pulled the woman away.
But the beautiful woman hugged her belly and said, "I am already pregnant, do you want to cause my blood to be splashed on the spot and bring trouble to Zanmeng?" β
On the day of the ceremony, a big sacrifice has already been made, and if you see blood, it is ominous.
The attendants hesitated.
Li Yuntong tugged at the sleeve of Songtsen's gamp underneath.
"Ask her, what the hell is going on? Who brought her in? Songtsen Gampo said lightly.
The husbands of the foreign wives are all high-ranking officials, and people with such a family background can't be so rude, and this matter is either that the woman was forced to do something helplessly, or someone deliberately instructed her to make trouble.
This woman dares to sue at this time, she must not be an ordinary person, if she can't justify herself, there will be times when she regrets it.
Since Songtsen Gampo opened his mouth to prevent the beautiful woman from being driven away, a horse-faced official opened his mouth and asked: "Bold woman, this is the Great Hall of Perfection, where Zampu and the courtiers congratulate and rejoice, even if you have grievances, you should go to the yamen, what are you doing here?" β
His face was already long and black, and there was an aggressive posture in his loud voice, and the beautiful woman trembled when she heard it, as if she was so frightened that she couldn't speak.
Another dough-faced, red-faced official touched the horse's face, and said with a smile: "Hey, the internal minister is wrong, Zampu has already said that she will be allowed to speak, we should first hear who she wants to sue, and then it is not too late to question." β
A person next to him persuaded with a worded face: "At this time, those who sue in this kind of place must be cornered, Zampu has always loved the people like a son, so he will allow her to speak, let's not be wrong." β
He said to the woman in a gentle voice, "Tell me what happened, and Zampu will surely do you justice." β
When the beautiful woman heard this, she kowtowed gratefully, "Dear Zampu, you are the eagle of heaven and the horse of the earth, you have unparalleled wisdom, please be the master of the slave, the poor slave has been pregnant for three months, but the man who coaxed me refuses to marry me......"
After listening to a few words, the horse-faced official said disdainfully, "If the official is shameless, even the summer is too short, and there is no matchmaker, you believed in the man's coaxing at the beginning, and now you should be alive, and you still have the face to run here to cry?" β
The dough-faced official was thoughtful and said coldly: "Those who can come to this hall are all the family members of the officials, since he has not married you, under what name did you enter the palace to congratulate?" Hugh wants to climb others, and quickly say what your purpose is? How did you get into this hall? β
The beautiful woman cried even more sadly, "I know that you are officials and officials, but even if I am just an ant on the ground, I should have the right to live...... You officials rob people, where will we agree? Besides, he said that he wanted Ming Media to marry me that day, and coaxed me to drink some wine, at that time I had already made a marriage, and I was robbed by him, who would dare to say a word more than his identity......"
She was like a bar-headed goose that had lost its young birds, and her voice wailed, "Although I have no virtue, but the child in this belly is not at fault, shouldn't he read it for the child's sake, so as to give me a name?" Otherwise, as soon as this child of mine is born, he will have to be a slave, and I might as well be killed by the head-on, lest he suffer! β
According to the Tibetan law, illegitimate children can only be slaves, not civilians, and slaves are like goods, not to mention that food and clothing cannot be guaranteed, even their lives will be deprived by the masters at any time.
Unlike the servants of the mansions, the bastard slaves are rejected from birth and can only engage in the lowest way of life.
The beautiful woman couldn't cry because of this, and everyone felt that they could understand.
Besides, she was born so beautiful, so weak that it was pitiful, even crying was touching, beautiful posture, if it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant, she would have been a charming beauty.
It is especially pitiful for a beauty to cry like this.
Even the military attachΓ©s, who have always been hard-hearted, were filled with compassion in their hearts by her crying.
And because of her compassion, the civil officials also have a little hatred for the man who abandoned the chaos from the beginning.
are also men, they can understand the predatory psychology of seeing beauties, but after you rob them, the other party is pregnant with your child, so they can be carried into the house to be a concubine, and give birth to many concubines and concubines in the house, why is there any need to toss beauties like this?
He looked at each other with a face of words and a dough face, and asked in unison, "Who are you going to sue?" Who is that man?
The beautiful woman hesitated, raised her head and bowed to Songtsen Gampo on the throne, "O Zangpu chosen by the gods, the slave just wants you to help him say yes, let him welcome the slave into the door, not what to do with him." β
She looked at the one with the horse's face, her expression was even more hesitant, and she said to Songtsen Gamp: "He is a courtier of your cronies, I am afraid that you will be biased towards him, but for the sake of the slave's sake......
"Presumptuous-" The impatient horse-faced official scolded: "Zampu is the king of our Tibet, do you think it is the third aunt and six women who tell people matchmakers?" I also told you that I was in agreement, and you didn't look at how big a face you were. β
When the beautiful woman heard this, she lowered her head and continued to cry, "God, what can I do?" Zampu, you are the lord of the day, you are the only king in this snowy land, please have mercy on the poor slave, give our mother and son a way to live......"