There were many convoys heading to the palace, and those who arrived early found a place outside the palace gate to stay quietly, even when they saw acquaintances, they only smiled and nodded, rather than getting together to talk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today is different from the usual court, the eldest princess needs to worship the ancestors at the marriage ceremony, and the guests will witness together, so the beginning of the ceremony is solemn.

The Ding family's convoy arrived outside the palace gate under the escort of the palace guards, and the Praetorian Guards took Ding Kui to the first place in front of the palace gate, and even Ding Qi had to line up behind him.

At about seven o'clock in the morning, the morning drums in the palace sounded, and two teams of Praetorian Guards quickly ran out of the nine-curved military roads on both sides of the main gate of the palace and surrounded the square in front of the gate.

Each Praetorian Guard holds a royal flag in his hand, and each royal flag represents a king in history.

It is said that this can attract the attention of the spirits of the kings of the Eternal Sanctuary, and is the first step in the ancestor worship ceremony of the Shaodian royal family.

The morning drum continued to beat, and the people on the front palace gate square could not move around at will, at this time the king was leading important members of the royal family to the square in front of the palace, and whoever wanted to make trouble was plotting against the law, and the Praetorian Guards could be killed on the spot.

It was the habit of the Shaodian royal family to beat the drum early in the morning, and it was a rule that Shaodian set up soon after becoming king, and he reminded himself to get up in the morning to deal with state affairs with vigor, and later asked future generations to do the same, and whoever did not beat the morning drum was a lazy king, and the Senate had the right to impeach him.

After about a stick of incense, the drumming finally stopped, and eight palace guards in brand new armor pushed open the main entrance of the palace, and Taiwei Shaodian Huang walked out with steady steps.

"Today, the eldest princess Shaodian Luan and the prince of the protector of the country are married, and the king hereby pays tribute to the ancestors and invites everyone to come and testify. Shaodian Huang stood on the highest step and shouted, "Now please come with me into the palace." After shouting, he looked at Ding Kui.

Ding Kui walked to the left side of the palace gate, followed by Ding Qi and Long Yan, while the ten dukes headed by Yang Zhao walked to the right side of the palace gate, followed by the nobles of all walks of life according to their ranks.

There are two kinds of guests today, the first is invited by the royal family, and the second is invited by the Ding family. The first type of guests followed Yang Zhao to the right, and the second type of guests followed Ding Kui to the left, and the order was strictly arranged according to their status.

The Ding family is half the master, so they can be ranked at the top of the left.

The square in front of the council hall is the largest open space in the palace, and all the major ceremonies of the Shaodian Kingdom are held here.

The square was already filled with all kinds of sacrificial items, apparently placed overnight last night, and it took at least a few hours to arrange them in different categories, and it was too late to get up in the morning.

The guests lined up on the left and right sides of the square, and because the ancestor worship ceremony took a long time, the royal family prepared seats for the guests to watch the ceremony very humanely, so as not to let the guests stand here for a morning.

After Shaodian Huang brought the guests in, he walked into the main hall without waiting for them to sit down. He had to follow the king to worship his ancestors, and he could not sit and watch like a guest.

A group of people walked out of the main hall in an orderly manner. King Shaodian Dan, Queen Tang Qiong, Princess Taiyue, eldest princess Shaodian Luan and Prince Shaodian Feng walked in the first echelon, and Taiwei Shaodian Huang walked in the second echelon with other relevant royal family members, here are all the royal family members who attended the marriage ceremony.

The chief chamberlain trotted to the bottom of a high platform in the center of the square, and shouted at the top of his voice, "The sacrifice begins!"

A lengthy sacrificial ceremony unfolded under the leadership of Shao Dian Dan.

The sacrificial ceremonies of the Shaodian royal family are divided into large sacrifices and small sacrifices, and no matter which one is very grand and cumbersome.

Today's small sacrifice is the same, and there are 6636 major steps, and each major step is divided into 30 small steps, making a total of 1,000 and 80 small steps.

Ding Kui, who was watching from the side, sweated out, "This is still a small sacrifice, what kind of situation will the big sacrifice be?

During the sacrifice, the guests still couldn't speak, and Ding Kui could only hold it in his stomach if he wanted to ask anything. His eyes fell on his fiancée Shaodianluan many times, the eldest princess who was less than eighteen years old and had an extraordinary temperament, and revealed a sense of déjà vu.

It must be her! Hmph, don't think I can't see it. Oh, the eyeballs are turned over, yo, you just don't look at it, pretend, you just continue to pretend, there are no silver three hundred taels here.

Ding Kui became more and more sure that Shaodianluan was someone.

The sun slowly climbed into the middle of the sky and sat above everyone's heads.

Shaodian Dan finally led the royal family members to the high platform in the center of the square, put a densely written gold paper into the suspended brazier and lit it, and at this point, the entire sacrificial ceremony was declared over.

Shaodian Huang walked out of the crowd quickly, took the place of the chief attendant, and shouted loudly: "Respectfully invite the king to enter the palace!"

Shao Dian Dan smiled and nodded to the left and right, and only after making eye contact with each guest did he step down the high platform and lead the royal family back to the main hall.

After the members of the royal family left, Shao Dianhuang shouted again: "Please invite all guests into the palace!"

Ding Kui and Yang Zhao, who were at the head of the row on the left and right, got up, tidied up their clothes, and under the guidance of the palace guards, led their respective teams into the main hall.

The standing position in the main hall is different from the outside, and is divided into an inner circle and an outer circle, the inner circle is the king's immediate family and the people of the Ding family, and the outer circle is the other members of the royal family and the guests.

Of course, the king sat on his throne, and the eldest princess and Shaodian Luan and the prince Shaodian Feng stood obediently behind him on either side.

At this time, Shaodianluan's eyes were aimed at Ding Kui from time to time, but his eyes never touched Ding Kui's.

Ding Kui stood solemnly on the left side of the king, looking at the nose, nose, mouth, mouth, eyes, eyes without squinting, meticulously carrying out the standard manners that a colt should have.

The lieutenant came to the main hall and saluted the king, and then said, "King Lao has given a speech to the guests. ”

"Today is the day of the marriage between the lonely's beloved daughter and the son of the protector of the country, and I am very happy to ......" Shaodian Dan said the official rhetoric for more than ten minutes before finally saying, "The marriage ceremony has officially begun." ”

First of all, Ding Qi thanked the king for his grace, praised the beauty and virtue of the eldest princess, and presented the dowry one by one in public.

Hiring the eldest princess is the top priority of the man in this ceremony, any words of thanks are false, and the dowry prepared for the eldest princess is real. The value of the dowry represents the importance that the man attaches to the eldest princess, and the more expensive it is, the more he values the eldest princess and the more grateful he is for the king's grace.

The first dowry of the Ding family shook the guests, not the "cat's eye fire diamond" as speculated by the outside world, but the "Binglan Linggen" produced in the Arctic Ice Field. This kind of heaven and earth spiritual object is also very rare in the extreme northern ice field, and sometimes it is impossible to find one for hundreds of years, which is a treasure that cannot be found.

Shaodian Dan had already received the news, and he was not surprised by this, and the ten dukes were all moved except for Long Dang and Jiang Li. What surprised them was not how precious the "Binglan Spirit Root" was, but the deep hiding of the Ding family, coupled with the well-known "Cat's Eye Fire Diamond" and the Void Crane Feather transferred from Yang Chao, the Ding family spent more than four million gold coins for the eldest princess.

In the past ten dukes' dowry gifts to the princess, the value of four million gold coins can be ranked in the forefront, and the down-and-out Ding family can actually come up with such a big hand, except for the income of mahjong cards a while ago, it is also a trivial thing.

The other little nobles were amazed or amazed, four million gold coins were more than most families' savings, and this "Ice Lan Spirit Root" alone could be used as a treasure for the town.

Not surprisingly, the next thing is the "cat's eye fire diamond", Ding Kui thought about it again, and was urged by Ding Qi to reluctantly take out this treasure diamond as a dowry.

Then there is a "feather armor", which is refined by the famous craftsman god Tiegao, and the manual cost alone is estimated to be less than 100,000.

The gifts offered in the back are not invaluable, but they cannot be compared with the three things in the front, even if there is no Shaodian Dan in the back, his heart is happy, of course, on the surface, the king still remains calm, and the corners of his mouth have been hanging with a reserved smile.

The eldest princess Shaodianluan rolled her eyes when the "cat's eye fire diamond" was served, but she didn't pay so much attention to the feather armor.

The second step of the marriage ceremony is the formal salute between the man and the woman, and under normal circumstances, the two people who are married only know each other at this step, which is considered the first meeting.

Ding Kui walked to the center of the main hall, his eyes fixed on the eldest princess who walked out from behind the king, and the eldest princess walked out with her head down, and only looked up at him when she came to Ding Kui's side.

"I've seen the eldest princess in Xia Ding Kui. Ding Kui said.

Shaodian Luan pressed his hands on his lower abdomen, leaned forward slightly, and said, "There is Brother Laudin." ”

This is the standard etiquette among the nobles of the Shenyuan Continent, and the princess has a higher rank, which is equivalent to accepting Ding Kui's audience.

"Don't come to harm?" Ding Kui added softly.

Shaodian Luan raised his eyebrows, but did not answer, and lowered his head and slowly returned behind the king.

"The sample is still pretending to be with me, see how I clean you up in the future. Ding Kui looked at Shaodianluan's back and hated itchy, but he didn't expect her to give such a reaction.

The third step is the royal family's return gift, which means that the princess is satisfied with the candidate for the concubine, and the royal family agrees to the Ding family's proposal.

According to the usual practice, the royal family's return gift should be a little more expensive than the man's dowry, unless the man is a prince or prince, but this time it was unexpected by everyone, the total value of the royal family's return gift to the Ding family did not exceed two million gold coins, less than half of the dowry.

There is such an explanation for the royal family in the aristocratic ceremony, that is, the royal family thinks that the princess who marries is deeply loved by the king, and marrying her to a concubine is countless times more valuable than any gift.

"How can I get such a stingy father-in-law?" Ding Kui screamed in his stomach.