Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 102 The Pure Wedding

The birthday king was married, and the whole city of Chang'an celebrated together.Li Longji ordered a three-day feast, and the government would provide pasta, drinks, etc., which belonged to the Taiyue Department and the Advocacy Department of Taichang Temple, and were responsible for playing music for the wedding ceremony.

Taiyue Department is not only a music school, but also a national performance group.When there is an important sacrificial occasion, Yale from the Taiyue Department must show up to perform in compliance with the etiquette.At the same time, it also represents the image of the country and performs national-level elegant music performances for guests from other vassals who come to pay homage to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

In a sentence: Although this is the second marriage, Brother Ji is really good to King Shou!A lively event!

All available pomp and circumstance was used.

Although this time, due to insufficient funds, the "Flower Lighthouse" was not built.But the fireworks around the Shouwang Mansion are enough, and the inside and outside of the Palace are very lively.To be honest, when Shou Wang Li Wei married Yang Yuhuan back then, there was no such big pomp!
But this time, Li Longji did not attend King Shou's wedding as before. The entire wedding process was presided over by his father-in-law Wei Zhaoxun.

Father-in-law can't do without coming, because his daughter is... only nine years old now!I don't know the meaning of wedding at all!

This is an out-and-out political marriage, the bride is not even in the mansion right now, the whole lively and grand wedding is for outsiders to see!It just swears to outsiders: King Shou has remarried, and the story with the former princess Yang Yuhuan has come to an end.

Wei Zhaoxun knew everything and understood everything.Regarding this matter, there are not a few people in the elite circles in Chang'an who have a clear understanding of the situation.

Under the surface of favor, the saint actually had a deep dislike for King Shou, without any love as a father.In order to possess Yang Yuhuan, the former concubine of Shou Wang, the saint was already eager to arrange a new concubine for Shou Wang and make him "a widow" in the next few years!
For this reason, the saint's sister, Princess Yuzhen, was so angry that she went away to "practice Taoism" at Lingdu Monastery in Wangwu Mountain, Jiyuan!But it didn’t change the saint’s original intention at all!

In order to deceive others, Li Longji invited Yang Yuhuan, who was already a "Taoist priest", to "do things" in Xingqing Palace, and built a new building for her.It can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!
The emperor's ability to remove ashes was unprecedented, if not unprecedented.

But Wei Zhaoxun knew he couldn't do anything, although he was also angry.

Jingzhao Wei's family was the most prominent family of concubines and queens in the Tang Dynasty. This cannot change the fact.Each of Webster's children bears such a family background.To benefit from it, or to be implicated and suffer, the rules have been determined since birth, and no one can escape.

Not to mention the distant ones, but the nearby loyal king Li Heng married Wei's daughter as his princess.The Wei family could not disobey Li Longji's order. This marriage was actually decided half a year ago, but the wedding date was moved forward several years!

At the beginning, Li Longji just sent Gao Lishi to Wei Zhaoxun's mansion to say hello, and asked him to reject other people's marriage proposals, saying that the third daughter of Wei's mansion, Wei Shi, was already the scheduled concubine, and the wedding would be held in a few years.

Although Wei Zhaoxun knew that King Shou would not have any future, but thinking about the marriage, it would be several years later, there was no need to offend the saint for something that hadn't happened yet, so he agreed.

Unexpectedly, the so-called "several years" turned out to be half a year!Not even a year!

The way the saint in Chang'an eats is too ugly!It's almost impatient, and I don't care what people in the world think!

Wei Zhaoxun guessed that maybe Li Longji was interested in Yang Yuhuan just for "playing", and after giving it a try, he discarded it like worn out shoes.This is similar to how Taizong humiliated Li Yuanji's wife.

But Taizong got tired of playing with his sister-in-law and didn't want to see that woman at all.

But Li Longji is obviously not like this. He has been deeply involved in it and cannot extricate himself. He is obsessed with Yang Yuhuan to the point of madness, so much so that he has obviously advanced his plan, regardless of the criticism of the world!
At this moment, the city of Chang'an was bustling with people, the outside of Prince Shou's Mansion was bustling, but the inside of Prince Shou's Mansion was deserted.After the guests dispersed, Longevity King Li Xuan sat in the empty palace lobby. The servants around him had withdrawn, leaving only his father-in-law Wei Zhaoxun alone.

"Book of Rites · Hunyi" said: "Father sacrifices his son, and orders him to welcome him. Men precede women. The son accepts his order to welcome him. The master feasts at the temple, but he greets him outside the door. The son-in-law holds the geese in and bows to him. Ascend to the hall, worship the geese again, and accept it from the parents. Come out, the wife's chariot, and the son-in-law will give the car, and the imperial wheel for three weeks, first wait outside the door. And when they eat, they combine to eat, so they become one body, share the same dignity and inferiority, and become close to each other.”

It means that after the bride arrives at the groom's house, everyone below the parents must go out the small gate and come back through the gate, which means to follow in the bride's footsteps.

After the bride enters the house, she first worships the pig and the stove, then the gods, the earth, and her ancestors, and then the couple pays homage to each other.

In the Tang Dynasty, the bride not only had to pay homage to her parents-in-law and husband's elders, but also to the guests who were watching the ceremony, which was called "worshiping guests".

In short, the bride's role in the wedding is quite sufficient, from the opening to the bridal chamber.

It's just that in order to avoid embarrassment, King Shou's wedding omitted all this process.When a nine-year-old girl did something similar, it was Shou Wang and Wei Zhaoxun who were embarrassed on the surface, but it was Li Longji who was actually disgraced.

The former Shou Princess Yang Yuhuan was robbed, and the new Shou Princess Wei Shi was still a child. This has already put Shou Wang Li Wei's spirit on the verge of collapse, so the guests attending the wedding were also very conscious and did not want to embarrass him. After drinking a glass of water and wine He left the gift list and left without saying a word.

They neither want to laugh at or pity King Shou, nor do they want to talk about saints and cause trouble.

"Father-in-law has had a hard day today, please come back."

Li Jin, who was dressed in a crimson dress, bowed his hands and saluted, his face was calm and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The wedding costumes of the Tang Dynasty were crimson for men and green for women, so-called red men and green women.Men's crimson clothing also has a metaphorical meaning of expecting the groom to become a high official. In fact, this was also influenced by the imperial examination system and evolved from the wedding dress of the Sui Dynasty.

It is a typical example of changes in folk marriage customs affecting the upper class nobles.

"You are still young, and the days are still long, don't give up on yourself."

Wei Zhaoxun patted Li Chen on the shoulder and said, turned around and left.

It was not him who was robbed of his wife by the emperor. Wei Zhaoxun was speechless and no one could comfort King Shou.

After his father-in-law left, Li Xuan became a real "lonely person". The lobby of the palace was empty, and the delicacies on the table were completely untouched. The sound of silk, bamboo, gongs and drums coming from outside the palace seemed to mock him as an incompetent prince.

"Why! Why! Why!"

Li Chen roared three times and stretched out his hand to overturn the table piled with exquisite food.Unexpectedly, the desk was too heavy for him to move!

He sat down on the ground dejectedly, beating the ground helplessly, and all the strength in his body was drained.

"I'm such a waste!"

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King Shou's wedding is celebrated everywhere.

With Li Longji's edict, all government offices across the country will be closed for one day!
Although there is no such thing as "holiday" in Hexi Bianzhen, when the Tubo people came, officials had to get up and obey orders even if they were sleeping.But the news of King Shou's wedding, no, remarriage, was still sent to Hexi Jiedu Mansion in the form of official documents and official newspapers.

In the end, Fang Chongyong also saw the mansion report.

The content inside is very rich.

For example, Ji Ge participated in the autumn harvest celebration on the outskirts of Chang'an and performed the Nine Tui Ceremony; the longevity king's wedding, the princess was Wei Zhaoxun's third daughter, Chang'an Dayu; and even the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture sent troops to capture the Tubo New City.

There were other nonsense news that the imperial court was building a canal in Guangyuntan on the outskirts of Chang'an, and that one day Beijing officials held a grand shooting ceremony in the south of Anfulou Tower. Fang Chongyong seemed to think that there was no nutritious nonsense.

It's a bit similar to the newspaper in the previous life, but basically it talks about things related to government affairs; to be more precise, it's about things that are very close to the emperor!It's obvious that he is Brother Ji's mouthpiece, reporting good news but not bad news.

Reminiscing about Shou Wang, a strange picture appeared in Fang Chongyong's mind.

When the longevity king Li Chen was in the bridal chamber, although the delicate and shamelessly young Wei Shi was on the bed, when he had sex, he called "Huan Huan" instead of "Wei Niang".

But in the bathhouse of Huaqing Palace, what Yang Yuhuan shouted was not King Shou, but "Sanlang".

Husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes.Tsk tsk, this picture is so beautiful that I dare not look at it.

Fang Chongyong held the mansion newspaper in his hand, with a mean smile on his face.

The so-called comedy is the tragedy that happens to others.People can't resonate with each other's feelings, and they can't empathize with each other.After all, there are only a small number of people in the world who are eager for justice and justice, and more are the melon-eating crowd watching from the sidelines.

They don't care if something happens to you, they just want to watch the excitement, the more exciting the better!

"What strange things are you thinking?"

Anaye saw a smirk on Fang Chongyong's face, and interrupted him with a puzzled look.

"There's nothing strange about it."

Fang Zhongyong put down the newspaper, stretched and said.

"If you don't go to help your father, why are you here?"

Fang Chongyong asked curiously, although his residence is not far from the medical hall, he does not live in the medical hall after all.

Fang Dafu and the others were all at the Baiting Army's station and had not returned to Liangzhou City.Now the people who serve Fang Chongyong in daily life are all soldiers of the Baiting Army, and their work is very rough, so Anaye comes to deliver food to him every day.

By the way, let's massage the wrists and arms of this "little official".

This man from Chang'an joined the army and became addicted to writing letters to Qiu Bashiro, a military commander. He would write a hundred letters every day before he stopped.

It’s just that it’s not dinner time yet, so it’s not the time for Anaye to come.

"Hexi Jiedu Envoy Cui Xiyi has been dismissed..."

Anaye whispered.

Fang Chongyong's expression remained unchanged, he nodded slightly and said, "That's true. I've already been informed of this matter."

Doctor Li is a member of the government after all, it is not unusual to know that Hexi Jiedu envoy has changed, and it is normal for Anaye to know this.In fact, Fang Chongyong had already learned about this at the first time. Cui Xiyi's resignation was the general trend, and no one could do it.

After all, Cui Xiyi took the blame for Brother Ji because of the issue of "betraying the alliance". People in the government sympathized with him, but it was inevitable that his reputation among the people in Hexi was poor.

This is also something that can’t be helped. If there is struggle, there will be sacrifices.It's not a day or two that officials take the blame for the emperor, but once or twice.

"The new Jiedushi is called Xiao Jiong, this person is so annoying!"

Anaye stamped her feet in anger.

Fang Chongyong was taken aback for a moment, and then asked back in disbelief: "He wouldn't say that he shot a girl..."

"Where did you go! He was looking for my father to ask for medicine... the kind of medicine you want my father to prescribe!"

Anaye lowered her voice and reminded.

"Oh, let me tell you, Xiao Jiong is not such a vulgar person."

Fang Chongyong looked at Anaye's flat figure and said.

"I'm telling you something serious? If the prescription is taken away by Xiao Jiong, wouldn't our work be in vain?"

Anaye was afraid that Fang Chongyong would not understand the situation, and was so anxious that she was about to cry.

"It's good to come, I'm afraid he won't come."

Fang Chongyong laughed.

Anaye was taken aback when she heard this. With her limited brain, it was hard to imagine what a cunning kid like Fang Chongyong was thinking.

"Let's go, let's pay a visit to the new Hexi Jiedushi."

Fang Chongyong stood up and left.

Anaye tugged at his sleeve and refused to let him go.

"Is it true that you will take me to Chang'an to study medicine in the future? You won't sell me to a powerful family to learn dancing, right?"

Anaye asked with a sad look on her face.

Even if you are the illegitimate daughter of King Xin'an, I can't do this!You are not afraid of embarrassment, but King Xin'an's family is still afraid of embarrassment!

Fang Chongyong sighed in his heart, but solemnly nodded and said expressionlessly: "Don't worry, I won't lie to a half-year-old child."

"Aren't you just a half-grown child yourself?"

Hearing the other party's words, Anaye was in a bad mood.

Fang Chongyong was too lazy to talk to her, thinking about Xiao Jiong's affairs in his mind.

Cui Xiyi was a decent person, and Fang Chongyong didn't know how to discuss many things with him.But Xiao Jiong is different. I heard that this person is very "flexible" in his approach.This kind of villain is the best to deal with when he hides his penis.

It is nothing more than the four words of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.If you control these four words, you control their fate!

The two came to the medical hall, and as soon as they entered the pharmacy, they saw Xiao Jiong looking around here, as if he was looking for something.Doctor Li, on the other hand, was sitting in a wheelchair, following behind Xiao Jiong without saying a word.

"These medicinal materials seem to be very common. The medicine that the saint hopes is the kind that can have immediate effects."

Xiao Jiong said slowly.

"Hui Jieshuai, that kind of medicine generally depletes one's vitality, especially some medicines from the Western Regions. They should not be given to saints!"

Doctor Li told the truth.

"Of course Shuai knows that those medicines are not good, so he came to you."

Xiao Jiong said impatiently.

"What kind of wind brought Xiao Jieshuai here?"

Fang Chongyong stepped forward, bowed his hands to Xiao Jiong and said.

Xiao Jiong knew Fang Chongyong's identity well.He hurriedly stepped forward to return the courtesy, looked at Anaye who was beside Fang Chongyong, and seemed to understand something.

"Fang Canjun's father is a close minister of the emperor. There are some things that can be said to Fang Canjun, but it is not convenient for outsiders to know."

Xiao Jiong hinted very explicitly.

Medical Officer Li immediately left with Anaye, and only Xiao Jiong and Fang Chongyong were left here.

"This section commander has the official title of Jiedu Envoy, but he does not receive Chishui Military Envoy, so do you know why he joined the army?"

Seeing that the outsiders had left, Xiao Jiong asked calmly.

"Xiao Jieshuai may be the first priority to find medicine for the saint, but Hexi military affairs are second. The Chishui military envoy has always had the power to preside over Liangzhou's military affairs. It doesn't make much difference whether there is a Jieshuai in the middle."

Fang Zhongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

Xiao Jiong was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "The right minister said that you are a child prodigy in Chang'an, and you are different from ordinary people. Looking at it now, I am afraid that you still underestimated you. That's right, it is one of the things that a certain person came to Hexi to be an official, and the more important thing is to help Sage, let’s find out if there are any magical prescriptions in the Western Regions.”

That's right, he came to Hexi to help Li Longji find a "prescription".What is the specific prescription, it is naturally a good medicine that can be taken every day, healthy and XX!

The Hexi Corridor is close to the water, and many advanced technologies of the Tang Dynasty were passed on from the Western Regions and then carried forward.Ji Ge's thinking is not only not strange, but it is in line with the thinking mode of this era.

There are no expensive prescriptions in the Imperial Medical Office. Could it be that Ji Ge is rare for the tiger-wolf medicine of "Ye Yu Ten Daughters"?Life is short, how can you take medicine that makes you short-lived!

You know, Li Longji is now fifty-three, and his birthday is two months away, and he will be 54 years old by then!

These days, ordinary people are lucky to live to be 50 years old. Li Longji is already 54 years old. How can this body be tossed?

As for the position of the next Hexi Jiedushi, the court is still debating and has not yet decided.

Li Longji preferred Wang Zhongsi and was promoted nearby to familiarize himself with the situation, while Li Linfu hoped that Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu Jianqiong would be transferred to Hexi.So Xiao Jiong is a character in the transition period, and it is estimated that he will leave Hexi after he finds the medicine for Ji Ge.

"This is not a place to talk about things. If Shuai Xiao Jie doesn't mind, please discuss it in detail in the study of the Jiedu Mansion. There is something important to report."

Fang Chongyong said with a mysterious face.

"whats the matter?"

Xiao Jiong doesn't want to be led by Fang Chongyong.

"It's a matter of great importance to the saint's well-being."

Fang Chongyong looked at Xiao Jiong, with his head held high, with an imposing manner!

"Well, that's fine."

Xiao Jiong, who does not have much ink in his stomach, is several ranks behind Cui Xiyi in knowledge, and several ranks behind Zheng Shuqing in background.After all, the flaw was revealed in front of Fang Yanei, who had a profound background and was as cunning as a ghost.

(End of this chapter)