On the sixth day of the first month of the first month of 1007 in the star calendar, today is the big day when Princess Huofeng and Du Long got engaged.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Du Long was pulled up and tossed, compared to the New Year's celebration, it was definitely countless times more miserable, that set of horse costumes was too exquisite, and even the hair had to be combed a few times, all of which had to be meticulous according to the requirements of the ceremonial officials sent by the court!

Su Jinbao and Yuan Yu had already been woken up by the noise in the yard, and after the two got up and washed, they ran out, the good brothers were engaged, they naturally went to find Yue Xiaoshan and others to prepare gifts together!

Du Caini came over early in the morning to take Xia Qinglian away, and went out of the house to find a group of girlfriends, she got Du Long's instructions last night, and today she should accompany Qinglian throughout the whole process, so as not to think about this sentimental Nizi when she is idle and has nothing to do.

After a complicated process, Du Long, the horse master, was finally cleaned up, and I saw that he was wearing a big red and purple python suit, a jasper belt around his waist, and a purple and gold crown on his head, and the whole person obviously felt much taller and more energetic.

Surrounded by everyone, out of the gate of Du Mansion, there was already a team of elite family members of Du Mansion elite family waiting outside the gate of the mansion, a palace official led a purebred white horse of a divine horse to him and said respectfully: "The auspicious time is coming, please also ask the horse master to rush to the palace as soon as possible to pick up the princess back to the house!"

Nodding, Du Long unceremoniously turned over on his horse, and after saying hello to his family and friends, he rode a tall horse and led the greeting team towards the palace!

When he came to the main gate of the palace, it was already three poles on the sun, and under the reflection of the rising sun, the welcoming team went straight into the right side door, and went towards the main hall of the palace.

At this moment, the Qiankun Treasure Hall is full of royal relatives, the emperor and queen sit on the dragon and phoenix seat, the harem concubines sit on the left side of the bottom, and the princes, county kings and other royal relatives sit on the right side!

Du Long didn't dare to slack off, strode to the bottom of the dragon and phoenix throne and respectfully saluted: "The courtiers meet the emperor and the queen!"

"Virtuous son-in-law, let's be even!" The emperor looked at Du Long, who looked like a person in the hall, with a faint smile on his face, he had obviously accepted this son-in-law!

"Emperor Xie, Empress Xie!" Du Long saluted respectfully again before standing up.

"Come on, go and invite the princess!" said the emperor with a smile and a loud voice to the courtesy beside him.

"Yes!"

Soon, a court official hurriedly left the main hall, and it didn't take long for a team of palace maids to appear outside the main hall with a fiery red figure.

As early as the moment the horse entered the palace, someone reported his whereabouts to the princess hall, and Princess Huofeng had already rushed to the Qiankun Hall under the guidance of the palace officials, and Du Long arrived here before and after, and these times were calculated.

On the top of the main hall, Du Long turned around to greet the princess of the fire phoenix who walked into the main hall, and his eyes were quickly attracted by the little princess, because this is an engagement and not a marriage, so the princess of the fire phoenix is dressed very elegantly, but she is also dressed in a red phoenix crown, which is a little more mature and beautiful than usual!

Gentlemanly stretched out her right arm, Princess Huofeng shyly put her jade hand on Du Long's arm, and the two of them strode down towards the dragon and phoenix seat under the gaze of countless pairs of fiery eyes in the main hall.

"What a pair of golden boys and girls! Our baby princess's vision is indeed good!" The queen looked at the pair of beautiful people in the hall, and couldn't help but turn to the emperor and smiled, the emperor nodded with a smile, obviously agreeing with the queen's evaluation.

The concubine sitting in the first place at the bottom left below pursed her lips a little disdainfully, she was the first concubine under the queen in the harem, surnamed Fan, and she was the youngest daughter of the second generation of Fan's relatives, and she had always been at odds with the queen, and she obviously didn't care much about today's family affairs.

"Erchen thanks his father and mother for their nurturing grace over the years!" Under the palace, Princess Huofeng knelt on the ground with red eyes and bowed to the emperor and queen.

"Emperor Xie and the queen will hand over the princess to the courtiers!" Du Long followed and knelt down with the princess, and soon a palace official with two palace maids came forward with two tea trays, leading the concubine and the princess to come forward to offer tea to the emperor and queen.

Although today is just an engagement, it is no different from marrying a woman, according to the rules of this world, after getting engaged, it is a man's person!

Because of this, the emperor and queen both looked a little reluctant on their faces, even if the baby princess was not far married, after all, she was married!

"Okay, okay! Feng'er is finally going to get married when she grows up! In the future, remember not to be rude and willful, and to get along well with the concubine!" After the queen took the tea that the two of them had given her and drank it, she couldn't help but take her precious daughter's hand and confess on the side.

The queen was there to explain to the princess, and the emperor was not idle, he looked at Du Long with a threatening face and said: "Stinky boy, this time it will be cheap for you, remember, if you dare to let the princess suffer any grievances, I will definitely ask you!"

Faced with the emperor's blatant threat, Du Long could only smile helplessly: "The courtiers don't dare!"

After some admonition, Du Long led Princess Huofeng to bid farewell to the emperor, and then under their eyes, he walked out of the Qiankun Treasure Palace, and after joining the welcoming team, he rushed all the way to Du Mansion.

This time and again, when the team arrived at the gate of Du Mansion, it was close to noon, according to the customs of this world, noon was a good hour, and the outside of Du Mansion was already crowded with countless onlookers, and the guests who came to participate in the engagement banquet also came out of Du Mansion.

Just kidding, this is the princess's engagement banquet, who dares to stay in the mansion and not come out to greet her, after a salute, Princess Huofeng was welcomed into the mansion by everyone!

At this moment, the square in front of the main hall of the Du Mansion was already full of people, and officials at all levels living in the capital rushed to congratulate him, as well as many of Du Long's classmates and mentors from the Royal Academy.

Even the Fan, Li, and Zhao families, who have always been at odds with the Du family, came to congratulate the princess on her engagement and new happiness, this engagement banquet is not only a happy event for the Du family, but also a great event for the royal family, who dares not to come?!

In the crowd, Xia Qinglian stayed with Du Caini and a group of friends, she actually saw it last night, Du Long was able to mention his own matter to Princess Huofeng on the night of the emperor's wedding, which already made her very grateful!

Since her identity is destined not to become the main family of Du's grandson, Du Long's son can marry a woman who will be good to her in the future, which already makes her very satisfied!

After all, that's how the world is custom!

In the main hall of Du Mansion, the two newlyweds worshiped their ancestors together, and finished offering tea to Old Man Du and Du Zhentian and his wife, and the complicated ceremony of the entire engagement finally reached the most critical step.

Including the entire Du clan, as well as a group of guests and friends, they all knelt on the ground, and everyone knew that the main event was coming!

"The emperor has a will! Princess Huofeng and Du Long have tied the knot and have a good relationship, and they have specially given Du Juma the title of first-class viscount, and the fief Fengli County of Xigu Prefecture!

At this point, the entire engagement banquet process is basically over, and the rest is the engagement banquet.

"Grandpa! This grandson of Xigu Prefecture knows that it is a state capital close to the Forest of Demon Beasts, but he has never heard of that Fengli County, where there is not enough oil and water?!" On the main seat, Du Long asked in a low voice to the grandfather sitting next to him with a puzzled expression.

"Hehe, you stinky boy!" Old Man Du was a little laughed and made by the straightforward words of his baby grandson, so he could only helplessly respond: "Fengli County, this place, do you want to talk about oil and water...... It's not good!"

"Isn't it?!, doesn't my father-in-law, the emperor, cherish Princess Huofeng?!I actually gave a fief without oil and water, and the princess will not have to live a poor life with me in the future?!" Du Long couldn't help but roll his eyes and muttered: "When I first went to the palace to pick up the princess, I saw the emperor's reluctant look, I thought how much he cherished Xiaofeng!

"Stinky boy! you can't talk nonsense!" Old Man Du hurriedly stopped him from continuing to talk nonsense, and said in a low voice: "Although there is not much water in that Fengli County, the place is not small! If you calculate according to the size of the territory, it can definitely rank among the top five in the Haotian Empire!"

"Oh, why is there no oil and water in such a large county?!" Du Long asked with some confusion.

"Fengli County is the county closest to the Forest of Demon Beasts in Xigu Prefecture, most of the county's territory extends to the Forest of Demon Beasts, and nearby villages and towns often have monsters to invade, so the local population is relatively small, correspondingly, the tax is less, so it is a county town with less oil and water!"

"In that case, why did the emperor give me such a land without oil and water?!

"Hehe, it must be your father-in-law, the emperor, who looks up to you and wants you to work hard to make Fengli County, a poor place, rich!"

Burst!

The grandfather and grandson were muttering on the side, and at some point, Princess Huofeng also came over curiously, and couldn't help but laugh on the spot when she heard it.

"Ah......h

In the Star Continent, after the emperor married the princess, the original princess deserved a fief was stopped, in order not to let the princess live a poor life, usually give the horse a fief, this fief is still subordinate to the state!

Including many great families of the current dynasty also have fiefs, and these families can only become top nobles by relying on these fiefs, just like the Du family also has fiefs outside!

Half of the taxes in these fiefs go to the treasury, and the other half goes to the fiefdom lords, and because of this, many nobles care very much about the location of their fiefs, and the richer the place, the more oil and water they earn!

In addition, the fiefdom lord can also establish a private army of his own in his territory, of course, since it is a private army, all the expenses have to be paid by himself, and there is a limit to the number!

This is also the reason why Du Long cares so much about the fiefdom, it is his future small treasury plus his sphere of influence, so he naturally attaches great importance to it!