Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 393 Extremely Extravagant Wedding

Three days later, the appointment with Lou Yanming to exchange Yu Qingyan with his wife was changed. There was a secret letter at the gate of Hangyuan, which was sent by Lou Yanming, and the time for the hostage exchange was postponed. In two months, the location changed from the end of the canal outside Hangzhou to a small town at the junction of Wuyue Kingdom and Southern Tang Dynasty.

At first glance, Maitreya's move was worried that the Huaxia Weifu and the court of Wuyue Kingdom would join forces to send a large army to ambush during the exchange.But after discussing and speculating with Lian Jicheng, Hu Sanguang and others, Ye Chen faintly felt that Lou Yanming's move was not so simple.The topography of the new exchange location and the various local forces naturally need to be investigated early, and even according to Ye Chen's instructions, a few of the best gold medal spies were sent to lurk near the exchange location to observe at all times.

The imperial court of the Wuyue Kingdom allocated as much as 50 taels of silver for the grand marriage between the eldest son and Princess Yongqing of the Great Song Dynasty.It is one aspect that the status of the groom and the bride is dignified enough, and more importantly, the marriage between the two countries is not trivial, not to mention the important matters, but also the face of the kings and courts of the two countries.Therefore, no matter how wasteful it is, Qian Hongchu must make this wedding decent enough, even luxurious.

Ye Chen and Gao Chengxiang were the envoys for this marriage; Zhang Mingqing, deputy envoy of the Song State, was the envoy of Lubu;

Qian Zhiyin sat in the main hall of King Wuyue's palace.

In the previous two hours, he seemed to be a magic weapon in the hands of a child, being groomed, dressed up, and put on this special red wedding dress.

At this time, Qian Zhiyin was arranged to sit on the right seat, and he had just persuaded Queen Su Manman to leave to accompany the lord Qian Hongchu who had not had a good life for a few days.Qian Zhiyin waited quietly by himself, with more than a dozen maids standing around, and dozens of palace guards with vigilant faces outside.After Qian Yuechan ordered the twelve sword servants to kill all the eunuchs in the palace, there was no time to recruit new ones, so there is currently no eunuch in the palace of King Wuyue.

It was Qian Zhiyin's big wedding day, but he didn't show the slightest excitement or nervousness that a married groom should have.There is only a strange indifference and calmness on the face, and occasional flashes of strangeness and guilt towards someone in the eyes.All that was left was the waiting that made him feel a little irritated.

Qian Zhiyin had been waiting for half an hour, and finally heard different voices from outside the hall.

"Is the prince ready?"

Immediately, someone hurriedly replied: "Okay, it's ready."

But Qian Zhiyin still saw someone poking his head at the entrance of the hall, and after confirming it, he heard the voice of the person coming: "Then please leave, Your Majesty."

A group of people rushed in and knelt down in the hall, then Gao Chengxiang walked in, bowed and said: "The auspicious time is approaching, please leave."

For a long time, the royal family of Wuyue has been sparsely populated, and the generation of the current ruler Qian Hongchu has only two people, Qian Hongchu and Yue Guogong Qian Wu.After Qian Wu's death, only Qian Hongchu and Qian Yuechan, who were seriously injured and waiting to die, were left among the elders of the Qian family.

Therefore, the errand of being sent out by the elders was handed over to Gao Chengxiang, who had always been close to the Wuyue royal family and had sufficient qualifications, status, and seniority.

According to Chinese tradition, before a son goes out to greet his bride, his parents and elders should teach him a few words according to the etiquette.

Therefore, before Qian Zhiyin went to meet his bride, he had to pay his respects to his father, queen mother, and grandmother Qian Yuechan.

In Qian Hongchu's bedroom, after Qian Zhiyin knelt down to worship his father and mother, he quickly got up and came to the hospital bed with a heavy expression on his face.

Looking at Qian Hongchu's royal robes, but they are empty, as if the clothes are only supported by a frame, and his round face is also thin and out of shape.

The feeling of the whole person is like seeing a candle that has burned to the end. Even if it is still alive, it is just lingering.

Qian Zhiyin's eyes were red, without waiting for him to say anything, Qian Hongchu frowned and shouted: "If you cry, don't come to see Gu again."

Qian Zhiyin was even more sad in his heart, he suppressed the tears and said respectfully.

Queen Su Manman looked at Qian Zhiyin dotingly, and said, "Yin'er, although you have been very smart since you were a child, you have first-rate literary talents, and you are extremely talented in governing the government and doing business, but some details of your personality seem too much." It’s been a little nonsense. After all, you are a man, which is very bad. Now that you want to marry Princess Yongqing of Song Dynasty, some things can’t be more absurd.”

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Qian Zhiyin's face, he lowered his head and did not dare to meet his parents' eyes, but said respectfully: "I would like to obey my mother's teachings."

After leaving his father's bedroom, Qian Zhiyin came to a nearby palace.Qian Yuechan lived in the palace.

Qian Zhiyin did not see Qian Yuechan, but only heard a sentence from his grandparents: "Your father and I decided to make such a deal with Ye Chen. One of the reasons is that we know that after your father and I die, we will be in the future. With Lou Yanming's method, even if you are deep in the palace, it is not difficult to kill you. Of course, the main reason is that the general trend of the world, my army of Wuyue Kingdom is too weak to defend Wuyue Kingdom. Therefore, this transaction is It is the most sensible choice to protect the dignity and inheritance of my Qian family from generation to generation. And only Ye Chen can guarantee this, you have to understand this."

Qian Zhiyin knelt down respectfully outside the hall and kowtowed, solemnly saying yes.Six sword servants dressed as palace maids walked out of the palace and followed behind Qian Zhiyin.

Princess Yongqing returned to Hangyuan from King Wuyue's palace on the day Ye Chen came back from Ruyi Mountain.

Therefore, Qian Zhiyin boarded his car and went out of the palace to Hang Garden to meet the bride.After picking them up, they have to take the bride to go out to the royal ancestral temple to pay homage to the ancestors, and then come back again to receive congratulations from the officials in the palace.After that, there is the ceremony of the wedding ceremony.Tomorrow, the newlyweds will come out to pay homage to the Lord and Queen of Wuyue, as well as Qian Yuechan, the grandmother of the old ancestor.

There are many precedents in Chinese history for the prince of the subordinate state to marry the princess of the Shang state.

Therefore, how to organize this wedding ceremony, the officials of the Wuyue Kingdom Taichang Liyuan only need to quote the old historical materials and combine them with the current customs.

In fact, strictly speaking, there is not much difference between this wedding and ordinary people's weddings at all, except that it has been modified according to the identity of the couple.

Because of Ye Chen's special status, he represented the court and emperor of the Song Dynasty, and was also the envoy of the wedding, so there were many things.At the same time, he secretly worried a lot.

Anyone who knows the inside story of several major events these days knows that this wedding must have gone so smoothly.The Maitreya people will never allow this wedding to go smoothly.

In view of this, the city defense army controlled by Gao Chengxiang, the governor of Hangzhou has more than 1000 arresters and soldiers in his hands.And the manpower and power of Huaxia Weifu in Hangzhou have all been mobilized, and a lot of security precautions have been done in the past few days.

All the gates and main roads of Hangzhou City had the most elite cavalry of Wuyue Kingdom ready for orders.All the men and horses under the governor of Hangzhou have already been scattered along the marriage route.Hu Sanguang led hundreds of spies from the Huaxia Weifu to stare at anyone who might approach the wedding party.

The governor of Hangzhou is Qiao Daodun's envoy, and his task is to ensure traffic safety and prevent the prince's car from being delayed due to various accidents or man-made accidents.

The huge team of vehicles starting from the square in front of the king's city, surrounded by officials, palace guards, and cavalry soldiers, amounted to more than 3000 people, and there were hundreds of vehicles and horses.But the son of Wuyue Kingdom, the future ruler of Wuyue Kingdom will get married. With the prestige of the royal family in the hearts of the people, tens of thousands of people will watch the ceremony. If it can be mastered well, it will cause great chaos before the Maitreya Sect can take action. You must know that there are 70 to [-] people in Hangzhou.

When the governor of Hangzhou first took office, he was assigned this important task. If it is done well, it will be a great achievement. Whether it is Wuyue Kingdom that has survived, or the rumors these days that Wuyue Kingdom will return to Song Kingdom in peace, he is tantamount to doing it for himself. Gaosheng paved the thoroughfare.So the governor of Hangzhou worked extremely hard.

Even for the marriage between the eldest son and the Princess of Song, the roads along the wedding route have been refurbished, and the process is extremely extravagant.

Speaking of extravagance, this wedding can indeed be described as extravagant and extravagant.

Not to mention the trees in the palace covered with silk flowers, the plants and trees on both sides of the street where the bride and groom passed were all tied with silk flowers, and all of them were made of top-grade Jiangnan Su brocade to prevent the onlookers from interfering with the wedding ceremony.You must know that although the distance from the palace to Hangyuan where Princess Yongqing is located is not far, there is still a road of more than two miles long.

The same Su Jinping screen also appeared on both sides of the road from the palace to the royal family's ancestral temple.

If measured by the selling price in the market, Su brocade as a screen is already worth nearly 20 taels of silver. In terms of luxury, although Song and Khitan are powerful countries in the world, how can they compare with the rich and powerful Wu Yue?
And the expenses of this Su Jinping screen are only a small part of the expenses of the big wedding.

The important roads inside and outside the city of Hangzhou have been repaired for this purpose, and more importantly, the sewers in the city of Hangzhou have been thoroughly cleaned and repaired to avoid disasters caused by heavy rain on the day of the wedding, causing water to accumulate on the roads and preventing carriages and horses from moving forward. danger.This action made the people of Hangzhou raise their hands in praise, and unconsciously became more fond of the wedding.

In front of the gate of Hangyuan, Ye Chen remembered some experiences of later generations, and said with some emotion: "Any major celebration is a great opportunity to change the appearance of the city. If it can be grasped, it will not only improve the urban construction level of the city It has risen to a big level, but it can also solve some problems accumulated over the years."

(End of this chapter)