Chapter 5 Betrothed
After Li Qing's roll call, almost everyone at the scene was stunned.
Chen Yutian carefully recalled the list of guests for this banquet in his mind, and there did not seem to be an envoy from this barbarian country in the Western Regions.
This person actually came uninvited?
Chen Yutian was slightly surprised, but when he saw Xuan Ye sitting on the chair, he suddenly touched his chin and smiled, "Yes, I actually forgot to send a congratulatory gift to you couple, what a mistake......"
Chen Yutian squinted at him slightly.
Xuan Ye seemed to understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "Don't doubt it...... He wasn't called by me, but he came so uninvited that I don't know what he's up to. ”
Chen Yutian frowned slightly, and saw an old man walk in at the gate.
The old man was dressed in expensive silk clothes, his square face revealed a hint of fortitude, and his eyes were extremely bright, giving people the feeling that he had seen through everything.
From a distance, it seems to be no different from the average rich man.
"How is this person?" Chen Yutian looked at the old man and subconsciously asked Xuan Ye.
Xuan Ye smiled and said, "Do you know that the barbarian country has three phases and four palaces?"
Chen Yutian nodded, "I've heard of it, it seems to be an official position in the barbarian country, and this person's introduction has the word Taigong, could it be ...... He is the Taigong among the four palaces?"-
"Yes, his name is Yuan Lin, and he is the current Taigong of the Barbarian Country. And the Taigong holds the power of the barbarian country's upper and lower prisons, which is equivalent to the criminal department of our dynasty. ”
Xuan Ye smiled slightly.
Chen Yutian's eyes flashed slightly. It seems that he is also an old fox.
"I came uninvited, and I hope that the Son of Heaven and Lord Chen will forgive your sins. ”
As soon as Yuan Lin came in, he said loudly in the direction of the gazebo.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were attracted to him.
Chen Yutian frowned, looked at Xuan Ye on the side, and made a look-what to do?
Xuan Ye smiled, but he had no intention of taking care of it, Chen Yutian sighed helplessly, so he had to walk out of the pavilion and come to Yuan Lin.
"What are you talking about, since you are here, it is the guest of my Kowloon Mansion Chen Yutian Banquet, come, take your envoy to the VIP table and sit down. After speaking, Chen Yutian waved his hand generously.
A Kowloon catcher dressed up immediately stepped forward.
"In this way, thank you for your broadband......"
Yuan Lin said that, and followed the little guy to the VIP seat......
Chen Yutian returned to the pavilion.
"Is that okay, put him in the VIP seat?" Xuan Ye asked as soon as he returned to the pavilion.
Chen Yutian smiled helplessly, "It's not good, there's no way, after all, people came to congratulate, and they also sent congratulatory gifts, I can't blow him out......"
Xuan Ye nodded.
These, for today's engagement banquet, are just a small episode, and not too many people care.
As time passes, at noon, the highlight of the engagement banquet is about to begin.
The atrium of the Kowloon Mansion has become a place for banquet guests today, and at the entrance of the atrium lobby in the past, everyone erected a huge wooden board, which was draped with red cloth and depicted with dragons and phoenixes, which was extremely magnificent.
In front of the plank, there are three chairs and one table.
On the offering table are tributes such as melons, fruits, pears and peaches, as well as two beautifully shaped gold-inlaid white jade sticks.
After the tribute, there is an intricately carved wooden statue of the deity.
This statue seems to be an old man, dressed in a red robe and holding a red thread, which is the legendary god who controls the fate of the world - Yue Lao.
At this moment, Gongsun smiled and walked up the steps.
He is the officiant of today's betrothal feast.
"Ladies and ......gentlemen," Gongsun smiled slightly, and his voice was sandwiched in the thick internal force, spreading out to all sides, so that the guests in the entire atrium could hear it clearly.
"Thank you for coming to the Mansion to participate in the engagement banquet between the Mansion Lord and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and for being the grandson of Gongsun Yu in the Lower Kowloon Mansion, here, thank you in advance......"
"Mr. Gongsun is polite. The guests returned the favor.
"In that case, I will not say anything more below, and now begin our marriage ceremony at once. Gongsun smiled and spoke.
Everyone's eyes were suddenly focused on the entrance of the lobby.
In the Daxuan Dynasty, according to the convention, there were certain regulations for the engagement banquet.
In Daxuan, the engagement needs to go through the testimony of heaven and earth, parents, and the legendary immortal Yue Lao who controls the fate before it can be regarded as a formal family affair.
After this ceremony, the newlyweds who have decided on their relatives can choose an auspicious day to get married in the future.
Gongsun said that, Chen Gong and Hua Yueming and his wife, as well as the Queen Mother, climbed the steps together and sat on the three seats on both sides of the offering table.
As soon as they sat down, Gongsun immediately said loudly.
"Newcomers on stage......
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of all the guests turned to the side of the steps, where two red figures were walking towards the steps surrounded by several palace maids.
It is Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi.
They went up the stairs under the palace maids, and there was a stir below.
Since he was not married at the moment, Xuan Xi did not wear a hijab, but wore a phoenix crown and a veil and stood with Chen Yutian.
She is already extremely beautiful, and she is wearing a wedding dress at the moment, and her luxurious temperament is even more revealed.
Rao is most of the ministers present have seen the princess, and they are still overwhelmed and admired for her at this moment.
Chen Yutian looked at the eyes of everyone in the audience and teased her: "Little goblin......"
Xuan Xi retorted, "Even if it's a little goblin, it's your own goblin......"
Gongsun looked at the two of them and was slightly speechless. hurriedly said;
"Newcomers worship, the lessons of heaven and earth ......"
Hearing this, the two straightened their looks, held hands, and knelt down.
"Heaven and earth are the witnesses, the sun and the moon are the ......"
The two of them shouted loudly to heaven and earth at the same time.
"Wuchen Yutian ......"
"My Sima Xuanxi ......"
"The two of us are willing to form a bond with each other, and from then on we will always be united and unswerving ......in this life."
The two of them bowed to heaven and earth.
"The newlyweds bow twice, the parents' wishes ......"
Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi stood up, turned around and bowed to Chen Gong and his wife and the Queen Mother.
Chen Gong and the Queen Mother stood up slightly, picked up the two gold-inlaid white jade sticks on the table, came to Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi respectively, stretched out their respective right hands slightly, and lightly tapped them on their foreheads.
This is the blessing of parents for the newlyweds.
This kind of blessing doesn't have to be said, but whether it is Chen Yutian or Xuan Xi, it can be clearly felt.
The surrounding guests also watched their movements silently.
And the Western barbarian envoys in the VIP seats, after seeing the various kinds of marriage ceremony, couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, worthy of the Central Plains, and no matter the customs or etiquette, they are very different from the barbarian country.
"Three bows to the newcomer, the evidence of the old ......"
Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi bowed to the statue of the old moon god on the offering table.
"The moon is old, and I am ...... in the sky"
"My Sima Xuanxi ......"
"I am willing to marry each other, grow old together, and never be separated...... Witness to the old Mochizuki!"
After speaking, bow down.
Gongsun watched them finish worshipping Yue Lao from the side, his expression was slightly excited, and he said loudly.
"The last bow, the newlyweds ......"
As soon as these words fell, the surrounding guests were shocked!
I saw Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi, who had been holding hands, bowed slightly to each other, and then picked up scissors from the tray of the palace maid beside them, and each cut off a strand of hair.
Then, lightly tied together.
This is the knotted hair.
It is also the last charter of the engagement banquet, and the newlyweds tie the knot, and since then they have become husband and wife, and their love is unswerving.
Watching the two complete the knot ceremony, whether it was the Chen Gong couple and the Queen Mother on the stage, or the countless guests below, there were smiles on their faces.
"Licheng...... married as husband and wife, and there is no doubt about the two from then on...... I hope that the two newcomers can grow old together from now on, and let us congratulate them together......"
Gongsun's last words fell, and almost all the guests stood up and congratulated the two newcomers on the stage.
"Congratulations, congratulations, ......"
"Congratulations to the two of you for tying the ......"
At the same time, Lin Tao, Han Tong and Wu Linling, who had already been preparing to be on the side, ran up the steps with flower baskets, and kept sprinkling flowers on Chen Yutian and Xuanxi, and blessed while sprinkling: "Congratulations, congratulations......"
Suddenly, the flowers and rain on the entire staircase were flying, and it was beautiful......
However, at this moment, Taigong Yuanlin, the envoy of the Western Barbarians who was sitting in the VIP seat, suddenly flashed a gleam in his eyes when he saw the Wu Lin Bell who was scattering flowers with Lin Tao and Han Tong on the steps!
There was a faint hint of surprise, slowly emerging......
"She'......"
Yuan Lin looked at Wu Linling, and the surprise in his eyes gradually disappeared. Looking at the couple who received the blessings of the guests on the stage, there was a faint look of deep groaning in their eyes......
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After the engagement ceremony, the engagement banquet officially opened, and Lin Feifei personally led the food carefully prepared by the chefs selected by Huo Yuanji in the whole city, which made everyone who came here full of praise.
I feel very satisfied.
Even Xuan Ye and the Queen Mother, who were accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, were also impressed by Lin Feifei's cooking skills.
And the consequence of this was that Xuan Ye scolded the imperial chef in the palace fiercely, and finally wanted to drive them all out of the palace and let Lin Feifei be the head of the imperial kitchen.
However, this proposal was jointly rejected by Lin Feifei and Huo Yuanji.
So much so that after the engagement banquet was over, when Xuan Ye left, when he looked at everyone in Jiulong Mansion, there was a look of envy in his eyes that could not be concealed......
Even, for a long time after that, he couldn't eat the imperial food made by the imperial chef in the palace, which really made the queen mother helpless for a while, and finally had no choice but to force him to start accepting concubines......
Of course, that's all for later.
The engagement banquet is over, and the marriage between himself and Xuan Xi is also a certainty, and Chen Yutian and everyone in the Nine Dragons Mansion are ready to resume their previous idle life again.
But this life has not yet begun, it is about to end.
Because, the day after the engagement banquet ended, an uninvited guest came to Kowloon Mansion again.