The wedding is proceeding according to the procedures. Even among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Gong Yan, the Minister of Ceremony, is a man of outstanding ability and high status. The wedding process he designed certainly complies with etiquette and law, and everything is carried out slowly and solemnly.
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The sedan chair had stopped in front of the Jin Palace, with musicians playing music, and the palace guards lighting the rest of the firecrackers after firing off the salute. The bride who came out of the sedan chair to welcome the bride was a daughter of Song Xiance, the late founding military advisor of Dashun.
She slightly pulled You Ci with her hands - slightly pulling Liu Youci's sleeves three times before the bride slowly stepped off the sedan chair.
The royal stage was already covered with red carpet, and the wedding ladies helped Young Ci cross a vermilion-lacquered wooden "saddle" and stood on the right side of the wedding hall.
Each of the many maids sent by Luo Yanqing held flowers and candles in their hands, and the candlelight shone in all directions. The praisers shouted "Welcome to the temple to pay homage" while playing music.
This piece of music was not composed by Liu Tichun, but was completed by a music troupe from the Prince Zhou's Mansion in Kaifeng. The size of the music troupe was already the size of a Ming Dynasty prince, and the ritual music was solemn. In the candlelight and the fragrance of sandalwood, it showed the distinction.
There is an external sense of ritual.
The two little ladies were holding dragons and phoenixes to guide the way. The King of Jin was already waiting in the wedding hall. Today Li Laiheng was also dressed in red and was waiting with colored balls and ribbons in his hands.
The other owners of the incense, Li Guo, Empress Dowager Gao, Liu Fangliang, and the wedding guests Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, Fang Yiren, Gu Junen, Yuan Zongdi, Zhang Nai and others were all waiting quietly.
After Li passed the main incense, he coughed twice. His injury was still quite bad and there was no sign of improvement. This cough attracted the attention of Tian Jianxiu and Niu Jinxing, who both stared at Li
However, there is a special meaning hidden in the eyes.
As the master of incense, Li Guo first knelt down in front of the incense table to worship Heaven and Earth and the late Emperor Yongchang. After he silently lit three incense sticks, everyone thought that Li Guo would say something, but in the end, he did not say a word.
Li Laiheng couldn't help showing a hint of disappointment at this, "Father...have you finally been unable to make a decision?"
Then the maids held dragon and phoenix candles and guided the bride to the center of the wedding hall. Li Laiheng asked Fang Yiren to hold the blessing medal and read aloud on the side.
The contents of the congratulatory seal were all flashy words of congratulation, without much substance. After Fang Yiren had almost finished reading, Li Laiheng suddenly stretched out his hand, and when everyone was surprised, he said loudly:
"All the brothers are here today... All the brothers who broke into the camp have come to attend Gu's wedding. It seems that everyone has not regarded Gu as an outsider."
Li Laiheng's words made Niu Jinxing's eyelids twitch. Master Niu looked at the sky to the north, feeling increasingly anxious in his heart. Zhang Nai was a little flustered by Li Laiheng's words, and looked very nervous.
Li Laiheng held the groom's ball in his hand, looked at it, and couldn't help laughing.
"The brothers complained that I had taken Luo Yanqing from Cao Ying as my first wife, and blamed me for harboring the Cao Ying rebels who started killing the family members of Lao Ying... I launched several mutinies and even set fire to the palace of Empress Dowager Gao. I must give an explanation.
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The sun shines through the shade of the trees in Prince Jin's Mansion, through the yellowish leaves, and shines on Li Laiheng's face. Candlelight, sunlight, colorful hydrangeas, and red silk threads are all bright and colorful. Prince Jin raised his head
He turned his head and looked at the sky. The generals gathered in the palace seemed to see the shadow of Li Zicheng in a trance.
The autumn wind blew by, and Yan Xin, who was in charge of the red team's intelligence and governance system for Li Laiheng, was also standing among the many guests at the wedding. Yan Xin, who was accustomed to entering the dragon's den and the tiger's den, suddenly felt a sense of desolation.
Li Laiheng was talking, and everyone was listening attentively. Everyone seemed so quiet and solemn.
"Today Gu will give you an explanation... Gu married You Ci, and Princess Jin will no longer be an obstacle to the thorough investigation of the traitors in Cao camp... Is this the explanation you want?
Tian Gong? Niu Xiang?... Also, Double Happiness... No, it's Yihou."
Li Laiheng's attitude was surprisingly gentle, his tone was so calm, but what he said made the atmosphere in Prince Jin's palace suddenly tense.
Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, and Zhang Nai all changed their expressions. Tian Jianxiu's eyes that had been squinting suddenly opened completely, revealing the light in them. Niu Jinxing took two steps back in panic and lowered his head again.
He turned his head, as if he was arranging his clothes. Only Zhang Nai stood forward. He clenched his palms and asked:
"Leghorn...Leghorn! It's not like that!"
Looking at Zhang Nai's face, Li Laiheng couldn't help but feel sad. He knew that everything did not exceed his expectations.
That year in Zhuxi County with Zhang Nai... no, it was Bai Wang who rescued Li Chonger with Li Shuangxi. He showed a surprised look. Bai Wang was obviously surprised by Li Laiheng's sudden questioning, and also because of Li Shuangxi's confused behavior.
His attitude showed some scary signs.
Li Guo's lieutenant general Ma Chongxi quietly took a step closer to His Royal Highness Jianguo. He put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and then glanced at Li Guo, who shook his head imperceptibly.
Cold sweat was streaming down Niu Jinxing's forehead. He already felt that the situation was going beyond his expectation. He repeatedly stepped back, trying to stay away from Zhang Nai, but before he could take two steps back, he was grabbed by Tian Jianxiu.
Tian Jianxiu gritted his teeth. They were not so much Niu Party members as Tian Party members... Tian Jianxiu always claimed that he loved Buddhism and did not care about worldly fame and fortune. But when Li Zicheng died, when he
When his popularity status became the only one in the Dashun army who could compete with Li Guo and other barbarians, did Tian Jianxiu really not care about all this?
He thought, did I underestimate Li Laiheng? But Li Chonger was just a beggar who rose to power within a few years of joining the camp!
Li Chonger, he has never experienced the bloody battles in northern Shaanxi, nor has he experienced countless narrow escapes from the old Chuang camp. He rode the east wind of the rise of the Chuang army and went smoothly to where he is today. Why did he start from the old brothers?
Stealing Chuangjun’s world from his hands!?
Tian Jianxiu put a hand on the hilt of the sword and said coldly: "I'm afraid this explanation is not enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Jianxiu drew out his sword with a swipe, and the blade reflected the most ferocious expression on his kind-hearted face.
Tian Jianxiu did have hidden ambitions in his heart. In later history, after Li Zicheng died unexpectedly in Jiugong Mountain, and when Li Guo arrived in Huguang with the intact West Route Army, who forced Li Guo to support Li Zicheng's third party?
My brother Li Zijing is the emperor?
Only Tian Jianxiu had the people to force Li Guo to make concessions. After the West Route Army and the East Route Army joined forces, the East Route Army handed over Empress Dowager Gao to Li Guo. In exchange, Li Guo recognized what Tian Jianxiu had said.
Li Zijing supported Li Zijing.
But when the Shun army was betrayed by He Tengjiao in Jingzhou and defeated, Tian Jianxiu immediately abandoned Li Guo, abandoned Mrs. Gao, and also abandoned Li Zijing, whom he supported, and surrendered to the Qing army with Zhang Nai, Wu Ruyi and others.
He is not without ambition. When conditions are ripe, Tian Jianxiu will not be willing to pay all costs to maintain the unity of Dashun and split Dashun like Li Guo and Gao Yigong. For Tian Jianxiu, he is not a
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Everyone in the palace screamed in surprise. The bride Youci, who was standing next to Li Laiheng, was still wearing a head covering and had no idea what was happening. The bride only heard the sound of swords being unsheathed in the wedding hall, and then
Then she felt herself being held in Li Laiheng's arms - this gave You Ci an incomparable sense of security.
Tian Jianxiu looked at himself reflected in the sword's edge, at the dots of white hair on his temples, and the deeper and deeper wrinkles - he was only a forty-year-old man!
Why does everyone regard him as an old man?
It is he, Tian Jianxiu, who manages all the affairs of the Chuang Army and has been the housekeeper of your Li family for half his life. Now he has to sit back and watch Li Chonger, a beggar, get everything?
He roared ferociously:
"Li Chonger! If you don't kill Li Chonger, how can you calm down the dissatisfaction of the army! Kill him!"
Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, and the accompanying guards brought into the palace by Zhang Nai totaled about sixty or seventy people, and there were more than two hundred other soldiers and horses waiting outside the Jin palace.
As for Li Laiheng's personal guards in the palace, most of them were busy with various preparations for the wedding, so they were either not in the palace at this time, or they were only wearing festive red clothes instead of armor or holding weapons.
The only men and horses with a slightly intimidating nature were the dozens of other palace guards brought by Li Guo - but these guards were all soldiers from the Zhongying.
Gao Yigong and Bai Wang had just arrived in Kaifeng from Huguang. Although they sensed the confrontation between Tian Dang and Chu Chuang from some clues, they never expected that things would happen to such an extent.
Tian Jianxiu actually launched a mutiny at Li Laiheng's wedding!
Gao Yigong and Bai Wang were both in shock. The other guests at the wedding, Liu Fangliang, Liu Rukui, Ma Shiyao, Song Qijiao, Gong Jiao, Zhang Hong, Yang Yanchang... all of them also showed horrified expressions.
Zhang Hong was Li Guo's lieutenant, but his relationship was not as close as that of Ma Chongxi. He quickly rushed to Jian Guo's side with the two guards he brought with him, and shouted: "Protect Jian Guo and the Queen Mother!"
But Li Guo looked calm. He took a sip of tea and still sat quietly in his seat.
Tian Jianxiu was stunned when he saw Li Guo's calm demeanor. He raised his sword, pointed at Li Guo and said:
"Li Guo! What are you pretending to be? The palace has long been surrounded by people from the central camp. Just listen to the noise outside!"