The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

After the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be the wedding of His Royal Highness the King of Han.

This time, His Royal Highness the King of Han's wedding was supervised not only by the Ministry of Rites but also by the King of Chu and the King of Wei.

The ministers in the court all knew that the King of Chu and the King of Wei were good to His Royal Highness the King of Han. Before, when His Royal Highness the King of Han left the palace to build a mansion, the two His Royal Highnesses personally decorated the Han Palace for His Royal Highness the King of Han. It can be said that the Han Palace was built by the King of Chu and the King of Wei for the King of Han.

Now, His Royal Highness the King of Han is about to get married, and the King of Chu and the King of Wei, as his elder brothers, naturally attach great importance to it. It is said that after the Emperor issued an order to grant His Royal Highness the King of Han a marriage, the King of Chu and his men began to prepare for His Royal Highness the King of Han's wedding.

The people in the Ministry of Rites had no intention of perfunctorily completing the wedding of His Royal Highness the Prince of Han. Even if His Royal Highness the Prince of Han was no longer favored, he was the Emperor's biological son and a prince, and his marriage could not be perfunctorily handled. The Ministry of Rites prepared the wedding for His Royal Highness the Prince of Han according to the regulations for a prince, but the King of Chu and the King of Wei were not satisfied and felt that the Ministry of Rites had neglected Zhao Yao's marriage.

When the King of Chu and the King of Wei got married, their marriage regulations exceeded the so-called regulations for princes by the Ministry of Rites.

The King of Chu was highly valued by the Emperor, so the Ministry of Rites naturally had to do more when preparing for his marriage. At the beginning, when the King of Wei got married, the deposed Crown Prince was still alive and was still the Crown Prince. As a popular person around the Crown Prince, and with the Crown Prince's special instructions, the Ministry of Rites also put a lot of effort into preparing for his marriage.

The Ministry of Rites arranged Zhao Yao's marriage according to the regulations for princes. There was no problem with the procedure, but compared with other princes, his marriage seemed too shabby.

When the King of Chu and the King of Wei saw the list of gifts that the Ministry of Rites had prepared for Zhao Yao's wedding, they both lost face on the spot and scolded the Minister of Rites and other officials.

The people from the Ministry of Rites hurriedly added some things, but the King of Chu and the others were still not satisfied.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei were both disgusted with the people in the Ministry of Rites for not being able to handle such a small matter, so they asked the people around them, Wei Mian and Yu Hai, to be responsible for preparing Zhao Yao's marriage.

When the Minister of Rites saw the list drawn up by the King of Chu and the King of Wei, he felt that it was too much. This... The wedding of His Royal Highness the Prince of Han was too gorgeous, exceeding the regulations of all the previous weddings of His Royal Highness, and was almost catching up with the specifications of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding.

He didn't dare to say directly that His Royal Highness the King of Han's wedding was too luxurious, so he could only remind the King of Chu and the King of Wei indirectly.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei did not think there was anything wrong and asked the Minister of Rites to do as they said.

How could the Minister of Rites dare to do so? He had no choice but to ask for an audience with the Emperor.

The emperor looked at the list presented by the Minister of Rites, without even frowning, and said calmly, "Just do as they say."

"Ah?" The Minister of Rites was shocked. He thought the emperor would be dissatisfied and reject the gift list, but he did not expect the emperor to agree directly.

The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at the Minister of Rites, seemingly not understanding what he was surprised about.

The Minister of Rites cautiously reminded: "Your Majesty, this gift list exceeds the prince's regulations by a lot..."

The emperor naturally saw it and said, "He will be the last one to get married, so let's make his wedding grand and lively, so that the whole capital can share in the joy of his marriage."

The Minister of Rites instantly understood what the emperor meant, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Any thing else?"

"I'm leaving now." The Minister of Rites quickly retreated.

On the way back to the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of Rites sighed in his heart that His Royal Highness the Prince of Han was really lucky, otherwise his wedding would not have been so grand. His Royal Highness the Prince of Han really had to thank the former Princes of Dai and Han. If they had not rebelled and made the capital so chaotic, the Emperor would not have wanted to use his marriage to bring good luck.

Zhao Yao, who was considered lucky by the Minister of Rites, was currently trying on clothes in the Prince of Han's Palace.

In a few days, he will get married, so he has to try on the dress again. If there is anything wrong, he can change it.

Zhao Yao opened his arms with a look of despair and let Tongxi and the others change his clothes.

The Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei sat aside and watched Zhao Yao change his clothes.

Zhao Yao didn't understand why he had to try on a dress again after trying it on some time ago.

"Tenth brother, didn't you notice that the dress you tried on this time is different from the previous one?" Princess Chu pointed to a row of boxes beside her and said, "Look at these accessories, they are different from before."

Zhao Yao looked at the things in the boxes, raised his eyebrows and said, "I can't tell."

The Princess of Wei smiled and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, men like them can't tell." Although the relationship between the King of Chu and the King of Wei was not good, the relationship between the Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei was okay, at least on the surface they were polite.

"That's right. Men are not interested in these things, so naturally they can't tell the difference." Princess Chu said with a smile, "The clothes and accessories you tried on before have all been changed. Your fourth and eighth brothers ordered people to make them again. They disliked the clothes and accessories before."

Zhao Yao lowered his head and looked carefully at the red dress he was wearing, but couldn't tell any difference from his previous dresses.

"Your fourth brother and eighth brother scolded the people from the Ministry of Rites for your marriage, thinking that they were treating your marriage lightly."

Zhao Yao also heard about it, "I said that the fourth brother and the eighth brother were marrying off their sons."

The Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei were amused by Zhao Yao's words "marrying a son". They laughed radiantly.

"It's really like marrying off a son."

Zhao Yao tried on clothes one by one. While trying on clothes, he also tried on accessories. He thought he was like a doll in Zhao Yao's world in his dream.

The Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei also checked each piece of jewelry one by one to make sure that each piece of jewelry matched the clothes.

Zhao Yao was exhausted from trying on clothes, but the Princess of Chu and the others were very happy watching him.

After trying for a whole day, Zhao Yao was so tired that he was almost breathing heavily.

"Tenth brother, there is no problem with the clothes, but some of the accessories are not good. I will ask someone to send new ones later..."

When Zhao Yao heard this, he was so scared that he quickly interrupted the Princess of Chu.

"Fourth sister-in-law, I think they are all good. There is no need to send new ones. Really not." If he were to try for another day, he would really die.

Princess Chu and Princess Wei were amused by Zhao Yao's panicked look. "No, your fourth and eighth brothers have told us not to do this."

Zhao Yao cried out in despair: "Please spare me."

"Tenth brother, how many clothes have you tried? Tenth brother's sister has tried many more things than you, and she didn't complain about being tired." Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei went to the Xiao family in person to watch Xiao Siyun try on clothes, jewelry, makeup, etc. It took several days to try them all out.

"Don't you women all like to wear new clothes and dress up?" Zhao Yao said, "She enjoys it."

"You are so unwilling to do this. Marriage only happens once in a lifetime."

Zhao Yao clasped his hands together and bowed to the Princess of Chu and the others: "Fourth sister-in-law, Eighth sister-in-law, I beg you, don't try again. If you try again, I will really run away from the marriage."

"Our words don't count. You should talk to your fourth brother and the others." The Princess of Chu and the Princess of Wei teased Zhao Yao a few more times before leaving and returning to their own residences.

Tongxi came in with tea, "Your Highness, are you okay?"

"No, I'm dying."

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, your highness, what nonsense are you talking about? You are going to get married soon, you can't say this word." Tongxi poured Zhao Yao a cup of hot tea, "Your highness, drink some tea and relax."

When Zhao Yao reached out to take the teacup, his hands were shaking.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Why are your hands shaking so badly?"

"I tried it on for clothes."

"Let me serve you tea." Tongxi took the teacup and fed it to Zhao Yao's mouth.

When Zhao Yao finished his tea, the secret guard came in: "Your Highness, a secret letter from the Swamp House."

Zhao Yao took it and opened it to read. It was He Lianfang's letter. It briefly mentioned the situation in Swamp Prefecture and other prefectures in Lingnan. Nothing serious.

When the people of Swamp House learned that Zhao Yao was about to get married, they were all happy for him. They were waiting for them to come back from their wedding and then hold a more lively and festive wedding in Swamp House.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

"Everything is fine in Swamp House." Zhao Yao sighed, "I want to go back to Swamp House."

"I want to go back, too." He had lived in the capital for more than twenty years and had only been in the Swamp Mansion for one or two years. Logically, he should have wanted to stay in the capital, but he wanted to go back to the Swamp Mansion more.

"My second uncle and his friends are waiting for me to return. They said they will hold a wedding in the Swamp House at that time."

"Local weddings are so lively and fun."

"After the wedding, we will set off to return to the Swamp House." It will be a few days before returning to the Swamp House. After he leaves, the capital will set off a new bloody storm. "Hurry and leave this place of trouble."

Tongxi nodded in agreement: "It's better to leave early." Last year, His Highness encountered countless assassinations on his way back to the capital. If His Highness had not been smart, His Highness would have died long ago. When he returned to the capital, the King of Han and the King of Dai rebelled. Before that, Concubine Rong died. There are too many things in the capital, and it is too dangerous.

"It's only a few days."

Two days later, on the eighth day of May, the King of Han got married.

As soon as the sun rose, the people in the Prince of Han's Palace became busy.

The groom Zhao Yao didn't have to get up early. The wedding was held in the evening, and he had to go to the Xiao family to marry the princess in the evening.

Although he didn't have to get up at dawn, Zhao Yao was still woken up at the hour of Mao. He didn't have to go to marry the princess in the morning, but he had to entertain the guests who came to the wedding.

All the ministers in the court will be present. Even if it's not for Zhao Yao's sake, they have to come for the sake of the King of Chu and the King of Wei.

In addition to civil and military officials, many shop owners or managers in the capital, as well as many wealthy businessmen from other places, also came to congratulate.

Fortunately, the Prince of Han’s Palace was big enough to accommodate the guests who came to congratulate him.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei were responsible for receiving the guests, which made the guests who came to the wedding very flattered.

Perhaps because the King of Han was getting married, the entire capital city became lively and festive, and the people were also very happy.

Zhao Yao, the Prince of Han, is very prestigious among the people, and the people love him very much. Now that he has started a family and a career, the people are sincerely happy for him.

The King of Chu and the King of Wei arranged for people to scatter wedding candies and wedding money at the gate of the King of Han's palace. Anyone who came to congratulate the King of Han on his wedding could get wedding money and wedding candies.

The people came to the gate of the Prince of Han's mansion to congratulate Zhao Yao from the bottom of their hearts, not for candy or money.

In the past, when the King of Chu and the King of Wei got married, no one dared to come to the door to celebrate. Only when Zhao Yao got married did the people dare to come to congratulate him, because they knew that the King of Han would not drive them away.

The entrance to the Prince of Han’s Palace was even more festive and lively than inside the palace.

At this time, the palace was also filled with joy.

Everyone in the palace knew that the emperor wanted to use the Prince of Han's marriage to bring good luck. Moreover, they also wanted to have a lively and festive occasion. After all, too many bad things had happened during this period.

The emperor issued an edict to reward the palace servants with one month's allowance, and then Empress Xie followed suit, and other concubines also gave money.

Naturally, the mother, Concubine Liang, should also be rewarded.

The palace was filled with joy and happiness. The palace people were very grateful to His Royal Highness the Prince of Han for getting married and for giving them rewards.

At the door of the imperial study, Sun Doudou lowered his head and counted the reward money he had just received in an obscene manner.

As soon as Sun Kui came out, he saw his apprentice counting money with a silly look on his face. He raised his hand and knocked on his head: "You look like you are greedy for money."

"Master, this is reward money." Sun Doudou quickly put the reward money in his pocket.

"Didn't His Royal Highness the King of Han reward you before?"

"This is a reward from the Emperor."

"Hasn't the Emperor ever rewarded you with money?"

"This is different. This is the reward money for His Royal Highness the Prince of Han's wedding. Other princes didn't get this reward when they got married before." Sun Doudou lowered his voice and said, "When the deposed crown prince got married, the emperor didn't give him any money either."

Sun Kui said with a straight face, "The emperor gave us money for the purpose of celebrating."

"On the surface, it's like that, but in fact, it's because His Royal Highness the Prince of Han is getting married and the Emperor is happy." Sun Doudou thought to himself. Others couldn't see it, but he could. "It's not easy for the Emperor either. He can't openly be happy for His Royal Highness the Prince of Han." The Emperor also took great pains to protect His Royal Highness the Prince of Han.

Sun Kui glared at Sun Doudou and warned him, "Just know it in your heart, don't say it out loud."

"Master, I'm telling you this." Sun Doudou said with a smile, "I'm also happy that His Royal Highness the Prince of Han is getting married." To be honest, he had watched His Royal Highness the Prince of Han grow up. Now that he saw him getting married, he felt a sense of pride that his son had grown up and established a family. Of course, he couldn't say this to his master.

"By the way, His Royal Highness the King of Han has sent some wedding candy and wine. You can go and drink them after you get off work tonight, but don't get drunk."

When Sun Doudou heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened up and he shouted in his heart, "Long live His Majesty the King of Han."

"Master, the Han Palace should be very lively right now."

"With the presence of the King of Chu and the King of Wei, it will definitely be lively."

"I really want to see it."

Sun Kui kicked Sun Doudou on the butt and said, "Do your duty well." Then he turned and went into the imperial study.

The luncheon at the Han Palace began, and Zhao Yao, the Han King, toasted at every table. The guests knew that he was going to get married in the evening, so they didn't force him to drink. They would force him to drink heavily at the dinner.

After the luncheon, the Han Palace set up a stage, where some people sang operas, performed acrobatics, told stories, and some sang and danced...

Although Zhao Yao was not drunk, he was still a little tired and took a nap. After waking up, he dressed up again and went to marry his princess with the wedding procession.

The streets of the capital were crowded with people, all of them came to see the King of Han welcome his bride.

When the King of Han appeared on horseback, the people congratulated him loudly.

Zhao Yao sat on his horse and waved to the people on both sides of the street.

"Your Highness the King of Han, be happy."

"Your Highness the King of Han, congratulations on your marriage."

"Your Highness the King of Han, you look really good today."

"Your Highness the King of Han, I wish you and the Princess of Han a long and happy marriage and a son soon."

"Live a thousand years, His Royal Highness the King of Han."

No one knew who shouted this, but then everyone shouted "Long live His Majesty the King of Han!" This shocked Zhao Yao.

What the hell, what's going on? How can I call him a thousand years old? (End of this chapter)