Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 149 The Mongolian princess gets married

"Huntaiji, Oqiltu Khan has agreed to the marriage," Hurius, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who had just returned from his mission to Ili, respectfully reported to Sultan.

Although he called himself "Sarula Bilig Khan" during the civil war last time, Sultan was a cautious man. As soon as the civil war ended, he ordered his subordinates to call himself Hutaiji again.

Because of his caution, he was still uneasy about his powerful neighbor in the north, the Junggar tribe, and wanted to marry Oqirtu Khan of the Heshuote tribe to divide the forces supporting the Junggar tribe. Unlike Dayan Eqil Khan, who had a grudge against his father, Eqiltu Khan did not have a good relationship with his uncle. In his opinion, he was a target that could be won over.

When the rest of Chahar's tribe came to seek refuge, he had adopted Lin Dan Khan's eight-year-old daughter, Princess Shuji, as his adopted daughter. Now that the little girl is fourteen, she is old enough to get married, which is perfect for marriage. The imperial family never talks about freedom of marriage, let alone the adopted daughter.

In this era, bloodline is important. Although Princess Shuji is dependent on others, she is the biological daughter of Lin Dan Khan and a direct descendant of the Golden Family. Her bloodline is much nobler than that of Oqiltu Khan, who was born as a branch of the Golden Family. Marrying her would not only enhance his influence and improve relations with the Huite tribe, but also get a generous dowry. Erqirtu Khan happily agreed.

The two parties hit it off immediately and agreed to complete the marriage as soon as possible, but after all, it was a Mongolian princess who wanted to get married, and all the required procedures were indispensable.

The fifth uncle Buyan Hatan Batur of Ertu Khan of Oqir came to Yingsochuan to "accept" the tea with ten boxes of fine brick tea. Suletan secretly smiled in his heart. He controlled the Silk Road leading to the Ming Dynasty. There was no shortage of tea, but for Yili, which was far away, it was very valuable.

He invited the Gelug sect's eminent monk Zanyabandida to divine the horoscope and calculate the zodiac signs. This is called "asking for names". Of course, everything has been arranged and nothing unexpected will happen.

"Huntai Ji, from the hexagrams, the two stars Hongluan and Tianxi appear in the husband and wife palace at the same time, which indicates the couple's deep love and good marriage. The young monk also calculated the zodiac signs of Eqirtu Khan and Princess Shuji. The Great Khan is a dragon. "The princess is born in the year of horse, and she has the spirit of dragon and horse. She is truly a good match!" Zanyabandida's words of praise and blessing came out of his mouth, making Suletan deeply feel that the thousand sheep she donated to him were not in vain.

The next step is to officially get engaged and hold a hada banquet, which is called "nacai". As the elder of the man, Buyan Hatan Batur brought khata, wine and various gifts to Yingsagawa again to discuss the betrothal gift and engagement. The meal was very enjoyable, and Sultan accepted the khata and gifts he brought, which meant that he agreed to the engagement.

While he was still drunk, Buyan Hatan Batur opened his mouth to discuss: "Huntaiji, how much do you think my ministry would like to give as a betrothal gift?"

According to the practice of this era, when Danoyan married a wife, the number of betrothal gifts was usually 30 valuables, 150 horses, and 400 sheep.

"My adopted daughter is the flesh and blood of Lin Dan Khan. She has lived with me all these years like her own daughter. You can't treat her badly and just give her 50 strings of pearls, 300 horses, and 1000 sheep." Sultan Said slowly. He really means well. According to the rules, the amount of the woman's dowry is determined by the amount of the betrothal gift. The greater the betrothal gift, the greater the dowry.

However, Buyan Hatan Batur mistakenly thought that he wanted to extort money. No wonder, in dealing with the Huite people in these years, they have suffered all the losses and never taken advantage. "Huntaiji, is this dowry too much? Our tribe has been fighting for years, and the Great Khan is not rich."

After hearing this, Sultanjun's face darkened. What does this mean? Do you think I want to use the bride price to blackmail you? Our Huite tribe now has a strong army and prosperous livestock, but we still need this little betrothal gift?

“呵呵”，他干笑道：“您莫要嫌多，这是做父亲的一点心意。我将为我的女儿准备50匹丝绸、50箱茶叶、100匹布、500匹马、2000只羊的嫁奁”。

After hearing this, Buyan Hatan Batur's dark face turned red. The value of the other party's dowry was twice as much as his own, but he was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart. He said with shame on his face: "I will follow the wishes of Huitai Ji".

For these higher-ups, politics is everywhere. By setting up multiple dowries, Sultan successfully showed the powerful strength of the Huite tribe to Oziltu Khan and thus successfully won over him. If the Junggar tribe raises troops to invade in the future, there will be no strong reinforcements. After the two parties agreed on the amount of betrothal gift and dowry, he sent his veteran Tie Mo'er to choose an auspicious day to send the dowry to Yili, which was called "nazheng".

After the collection is completed, it is the "application period". The respected monk Zanyabandida deduced the celestial phenomena and calculated the auspicious days. Sultan sent his old minister Batu Hetan to Ili to ask the man to agree to get married on an auspicious day. This is just a procedure, and the man has no reason to refuse.

In order to win over the hearts of the Chahar and Heshuote tribes, Sultan instructed his old minister Batu Hetan to make the wedding lively and vigorous, and to let Oirat and even the whole of Mongolia know that he had great feelings for Lin Dan. How kind the Khan's daughter was to Oqiltu Khan!

"First Assistant, I have given you full authority to hold the wedding. Don't be afraid of spending money. It must be done with splendor and show the demeanor of a strong man." He seriously warned Batu and Tan.

"Don't worry Huitaiji, I will handle it properly," the veteran assured him.

In the Huetaiji Palace of Yingsochuan City, Princess Shuji sat silently, letting the maids help her dress up. Namu Zhongyanji walked in with her sons Boljijin Abu Nai and Ikmingan Melas. Abu Nai was the child of her and Lindan Khan; Melas was the child of her and Suletan. He was just one year old and was born to Henji when he was thirty-eight years old.

At present, Suletan has three children. He has a son with Uljibayaryanji, Zhuoligetu, which means "fearless"; a daughter with Yaruoyanyangji, Hairi, which means "love"; and Namu. Zhong Jinji gave birth to a second son, Melas, which means "cypress"; in addition, Gao Yunji and Suolang Tsomomuji were also pregnant. This young man has a really great body!

Although Princess Shuji was not Namuzhong's biological child, her biological mother died at the hands of the Qing army, and she was always raised by her side. She was no different from her biological daughter.

Seeing her mother and brother coming, Bo'er Jijin Shuji said with red eyes: "Ehe (mother), I'm about to travel far, you and Du (brother) should take care of themselves."

Na Muzhong's eyes were also red. After telling her for a long time what she should pay attention to after getting married, she suddenly said: "If your father was still alive and saw you getting married, I don't know how happy he would be!"

"Ehhe~" Shuji couldn't bear it anymore and cried out.

"Well, here are my sister and brother-in-law. I took a peek when the monks were chanting sutras. They are quite handsome," the naughty Abu Nai said.

Princess Shuji blushed and pinched Abu Nai's pink face hard.

Eqirtu Khan came to the Qianyuan Hall gracefully with a sheep blade in his hand. According to custom, Princess Shuji came out to meet each other, worshiped the sky, the earth, the sun and the moon, and then worshiped the elder of the woman and exchanged a lock of hair with each other. He and Sultan were of the same age, both twenty-five years old this year, but they had to call Sultan "father-in-law."

Looking at this cheap son-in-law, Huitaiji's face was full of joy and he ordered people to treat him well. The daughter and son-in-law got married in a ger (yurt) in Yingsagawa City.

Then Oqiltu Khan returned first and chose an auspicious day to marry Princess Shuji. He had already built a big grid for her in Ili.

(End of this chapter)