Yesterday, Qi Ning presided over the confiscation of the Huainan Prince's Mansion and was always spending it there. After all, it was not up to you to do anything about the emperor's wedding and didn't care much about it.

The emperor's wedding was extremely complicated and even if someone wanted to explain it to Qi Ning, Qi Ning didn't have the heart to listen. Today, with the wedding guards leaving the palace to welcome the queen, I thought I would return to the palace immediately after receiving the queen, but I didn't expect such a mess to come halfway.

Duan Shao, the prince of Dongqi, seemed to have heard of this for a long time, and he did not show any disgust when he was in the queue.

There was no previous crowded scene on both sides of the road leading to Sima Mansion. Obviously, the people in the capital knew very little about this, but there were still guards standing guard on both sides of the road, so it was obvious that all this was prepared in advance.

After walking for more than half an hour, he finally arrived at the long street where Sima Mansion was located. At this time, Qi Ning saw that the streets were already covered with red colors, and countless large wooden poles were erected on both sides, with big red lanterns hanging on them. Although it was blue sky and sun, all the lanterns were lit. The bright red silk cloth covered the walls on both sides, and the whole street seemed to be burning in flames.

The ground was covered with red silk cloth, which was festive. Qi Ning frowned slightly, thinking that Sima Lan's actions this time were really not small. At least from the scene in front of him, his extravagance and pomp, surpassed Princess Dongqi.

There was still a distance from the main gate of Sima Mansion. The golden jade chariot where Princess Tianxiang was located stopped. Not far ahead, there was a shocking sound of gongs and drums. Qi Ning knew that it must be the news from the Sima Mansion, so she couldn't help but move to the side. Looking from afar, she saw that there was a jade chariot in front of the main gate of Sima Mansion, which was magnificent and luxurious, but it was not under Princess Dongqi.

Su Qin also approached Qi Ning and looked forward. When he saw the jade chariot, he frowned slightly, glanced at Prince Dongqi in the crowd, and lowered his voice: "Is the Sima family too silly? How can the jade chariot they prepared be overwhelmed by the queen?"

Qi Ning sneered in his heart and thought to himself that Sima Lan was a cautious person, but this time he was so arrogant, he probably wanted to let the world feel the power of the Sima family.

At this time, Sima Lan had already taken the lead in going to Sima's mansion, and Old Shangshu Yuan also followed him. Seeing this, the other officials looked at each other and could only follow him. Su Qin hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's better to go over and take a look." After passing by, Qi Ning wanted to see what other tricks the Sima family had to make, so he followed him forward.

There was a red color in front of Sima's mansion, and there were hundreds of people in the ritual band. They tried their best to beat drums and drums and music. In front of the mansion, Sima Changshen, a gorgeously-dressed Sima's mansion was waiting. Seeing Sima Lan leading the officials over, Sima Changshen immediately came forward and knelt down to the ground first.

Sima Lan looked solemn and said loudly: "According to the order, we will welcome Sima Wanqiong into the palace!"

Sima Changshen led his family to bow three times, turned around and waved his hand. Soon, a group of female officials came out of the mansion with a bride with a phoenix crown and a robe. Qi Ning knew that it was Sima Wanqiong. Although her face was covered by red silk and her figure was covered by a wide robe, she looked tall and slim.

Under the female official's guidance, Sima Wanqiong bowed to Sima Lan three times, and then to Sima Changshen three times. Then, under the female official's guidance, he slowly walked towards the jade chariot.

Sima Lan took two steps forward and whispered loudly: "Kneel!" He knelt down to Sima Wanqiong.

The officials behind him were about to kneel down, and suddenly heard a voice saying, "Let's wait!" The sound was quite abrupt. Although the gongs and drums around him were loud, the sound was full of energy, and most of the people present heard it.

Everyone looked over in the voice, but saw Qi Ning coming up from behind. He didn't know what Qi Ning was going to do, but he saw Qi Ning walking directly to the old Shangshu Yuan and asked, "Old Shangshu, the Duke of Zhenguo asked us to kneel down, I wonder who we are going to kneel down?"

His voice was very loud, and many people could hear it clearly. Sima Changshen, who was not far away, could hear it clearly. His face changed slightly, his eyes showed anger, and he said loudly: "Of course I want to kneel down to the imperial concubine, why should I ask clearly when I waited in the brocade clothes?"

Qi Ning turned his head and looked over, and smiled and said, "Imperial Concubine? But I don't know which Imperial Concubine was mentioned by Zhongyi Hou?"

"Bold!" Sima Changshen said sternly: "Who is the imperial concubine, don't you know?" He raised his hand and pointed at Sima Wanqiong: "Of course it's a little girl."

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "That's wrong. Before we welcomed the empress, there was an imperial edict and everyone could hear it clearly. The empress is the mother of a country. As a minister, she should pay tribute to him. But I have never heard of the imperial edict and the imperial concubine. I am sorry for my uncle. Have you heard it? "

Sima Lan had already knelt down at this time, but she didn't expect Qi Ning to suddenly get into trouble. The corners of her eyes twitched slightly, but she didn't say anything.

An official behind came forward and sneered, "Waiting for Jinyi, today is a happy day. Could it be that you are trying to do something on purpose?" Qi Ning glanced at him and recognized that the person who spoke was Chen Lanting, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was the confidant of Sima Lan and frowned and said, "Chen Lanting, I am a marquis talking here. When will it be your turn to be a mere assistant minister here?"

Chen Lanting was stunned and said angrily: "Marty, we are all ordering to welcome the bride, and the time cannot be delayed. You are here to mess around, wouldn't you deliberately delay the auspicious time?"

"I'm not a mess?" Qi Ning laughed and asked back: "Chen Lanting, although you are from the Ministry of Personnel, the court's etiquette system should not be ignorant. I asked you to kneel down to a strange person, would you like?"

Sima Changshen heard it behind and said angrily: "Qinning, who is the inexplicable person do you say? Do you know what the sin is for blasphemy of the Imperial Concubine?"

"Zhongyi Hou, don't you understand what I said?" Qi Ning looked cold: "I'll ask you, who is the imperial concubine? Where is the emperor's will? Before the enthronement, as a minister of Chu, of course, you can't kneel down at will."

"The emperor has already made the decree to enthrone the imperial concubine." Sima Changshen shouted: "It will only be issued after entering the palace."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "That's it. I will issue an edict after entering the palace, and that's what happened after entering the palace."

Sima Lan had already stood up slowly, coughed twice, and said calmly: "I am confused. I heard in the palace that the emperor wanted to enthrone Sima Wanqiong as the imperial concubine, so I regarded Sima Wanqiong as the imperial concubine. What the Hou of Jinyi said was that the emperor's decree had not been issued yet. Even if Sima Wanqiong could not have the imperial concubine, as a minister of the court, he naturally did not need to visit him." He bowed to the officials and said: "I am old and old and confused. I hope you don't take it a chance."

The officials bowed, but they didn't dare to speak much.

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Don't be surprised by the old king. I am worried that if the court officials kneel down here for no reason and spread it, they will be said that our ministers in Chu are all confused insects."

"The Jinyi Hou reminded me in time, and I didn't miss the big thing. I was too late to be grateful, so how dare I take it strange?" Sima Lan smiled and looked at Old Shangshu Yuan: "Old Shangshu, I will still apologize to the emperor when I look back on this matter."

Old Shangshu Yuan hurriedly said: "This is also the time when the old Duke is negligent, and it is not serious. Can the old Duke set out?"

Sima Lan nodded slightly, and then Old Shangshu Yuan waved his hand and said, "Get up!"

The two jade chariots were lifted up at the same time, but the guard of honor did not move for a moment. Old Shangshu Yuan reacted and hesitated before asking Sima Lan: "Old Duke, where are we going?"

Qi Ning also saw the reputation at this time.

Princess Tianxiang's jade chariot had stopped before reaching Sima's mansion. If she continued to move forward at this time, Sima Wanqiong's jade chariot would be ahead. If she returned according to the original path, Princess Tianxiang's jade chariot would naturally go ahead. However, in this case, Princess Tianxiang would wait for a turn around, and the sign would be very unlucky.

Even if ordinary people welcome their brides, they will agree on the route in advance. Once the bride is carried out, they must not go back.

Sima Lan was calm and calm, and said with a smile: "It's all arranged by the old minister."

Old Secretary Yuan was immediately embarrassed and hesitated. At this time, everyone was waiting for Old Secretary Yuan to issue an order. Old Secretary Yuan naturally did not dare to let Princess Tianxiang go back, but if she continued to move forward, Sima Wanqiong's jade chariot would be ahead, which was very inappropriate for the ritual system.

He thought in advance that when the wedding team passed by Sima's mansion, he directly carried Princess Tianxiang's jade chariot to the front. When he got up, Sima Wanqiong would just follow him. However, after arriving, he found that the Sima family had already prepared a huge jade chariot in the center of the street, and there were ritual drummers around him, so Princess Tianxiang's jade chariot could not get through.

Just now, Old Secretary Yuan felt something was wrong. At this time, the jade chariot was on his way and he knew that the trouble had really come.

Chen Lanting knew it well, but deliberately reminded him: "Old Secretary, please be honest, I must not let the queen's jade chariot turn around and go back and spread it out, which would damage the reputation of the court."

Old Shangshu Yuan nodded, and sweated in a hurry on his forehead. Qi Ning knew that the old Shangshu was following the rules and politeness and was considered a good old man. Seeing that he was sweating in a hurry, he sighed, and knew that the Sima family had deliberately set up a trap. Now the old Shangshu was in a dilemma. He coughed and stepped forward and asked, "Old Shangshu, what Lord Chen said is very true. The empress can't go back after leaving the pavilion, so she has only one choice. Keep moving forward and take a detour after crossing this street."

Old Shangshu Yuan nodded and said, "It should be so, but!"

"Is the old Shangshu worried that the queen's jade chariot would fall behind?" Qi Ning did not hide it and smiled, "This kind of small matter can be solved in one sentence. The mother is in the world and in the world, no one's sedan chair can surpass the queen's jade chariot. The road ahead is clear, and the empress's jade chariot will be completed."
Chapter completed!