The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 164 The Emperor's Wedding
Mu Xu heard Zhen Shiyin say that there are many people in the same situation as him, so he felt that there was a big problem.Immediately asked, "Those people who were under house arrest with Uncle Zhen lost their children?"

Zhen Shiyin nodded, "I've confirmed it, and all the ones lost are girls."

Mu Xu felt chilled, and lamented the poisonous methods of those Maitreya teaching monsters. If he guessed correctly, these people would first abduct the good-looking young girls, and then find ways to send them to various high-ranking families until the time is right. They can use their relatives to threaten them, and these poor women will become their best spies.

Of course, this is just his conjecture, and there may be other intentions, but no matter what, these people really broke the bottom line of being a human being.

Seeing Mu Xu's pensive face, Zhen Shiyin added, "I have been in that Taoist temple for so long, and I overheard our guards say that there are more than one Taoist temples and temples like this."

"I have already thought about it. I will report this matter to the emperor in a few days. I must find a way to strictly investigate the local Taoist temples." After saying this, he saw Zhen Shiyin's tired face, and turned to the side Yinglian said, "Accompany your uncle and aunt to stay for a few days, and I'll find an imperial doctor to come over and take care of the two old people."

Yinglian nodded naturally, and Zhen Shiyin and his wife hurriedly expressed their thanks to Mu Xu.

After seeing off their family of three, Mu Xu returned to Zhaohui Courtyard with a lot of thoughts in his heart. Daiyu, who was sitting at the table reading a book, saw him full of thoughts and asked, "Didn't you say that Yinglian's father is here? It's a good thing." Ah, why do you have such an expression?"

Mu Xu came to sit beside her, sighed, and told what happened to Zhen Shiyin. Daiyu also showed fear after hearing this, and then thought of something, and said, "I heard from my father that I was three years old. From time to time, a pair of monks and Taoists came to the door and wanted to turn me into a monk, could it be these people too?"

"That's right, it's these Maitreya demons."

Daiyu said happily, "Fortunately, my parents didn't believe them, otherwise I really can't imagine my fate."

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law love their daughter so much, so they won't fall for their tricks."

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The weather was really nice that day, the sun shone in the palace early in the morning, from a distance, especially those glazed tiles shone with a golden light, very dazzling.

Honored ministers, princes and generals gathered in the palace as early as the fourth watch.The main palaces were fully equipped with firecrackers and big red candles with the characters of Double Happiness in gold, and red felts were spread on the imperial roads.

The court music is set in the Daqing Hall, the Danbi Dale is set in the Shenwu Gate, and the Fajialu Book is displayed in the Danbi and the courtyard of the Daqing Hall.The guards of honor for the wedding ceremony are displayed outside the Meridian Gate. Among them, there is a queen's ceremony coat, two imperial concubine's court coats, and among the three, only the queen's one in the middle is covered with apricot satin curtains, with phoenixes embroidered with gold thread.

The "female music" is located behind the Qinzheng Hall and in front of the Jiaotai Hall.Qualified princes and ministers stood beamingly in the Daqing Hall and in the hall, Huang Mingguang and Mu Xu, Minister of Rites, stood in front of the officials as the principal and deputy angels.

After a while, the emperor Tuzhen came to the Daqing Hall, and all the civil and military officials and Xunqing ordered to bow down like a tsunami and congratulate the emperor.It can be seen that Tu Zhen is in a good mood today, he climbed onto the dragon chair with a smile, roused all the civil and military officials, and Zhao Le held the gold book and gold treasure in his hands, and went to the middle of the hall to read out the emperor's order, queen and concubine's book aloud Wen, Baowen, Huang Mingguang and Mu Xu took the festival, book and treasure, and went straight to the Meridian Gate to meet the queen.

Mu Xu and Huang Mingguang put the gold books and gold treasures in the Dragon Pavilion, rode on tall horses tied with red silk and red flowers, led the honor guards, drums, welcoming officials, eunuchs, maids, and guards, and went out of the Meridian Gate to join the Queen's guard of honor and carry the A large number of gifts, a group of people stretched for several miles, whistling forward.

Knowing that today is the day of the emperor's wedding, the people in the capital crowded the roadside early and looked lively, and the road was very lively.As soon as the guard of honor of the brigade arrived in front of Mr. Cao's mansion, Cao Tai led a group of young and old to greet him with a red face. Officer Honglu dismounted and announced the imperial edict loudly. Then Huang Mingguang helped the current emperor with a smile. Roaring, drums and music.

The Dragon Guards carried the queen's phoenix chariot, carried Liyu and Longting into the front yard, and then the eunuchs and maids carried them to the "embroidered building" in the backyard. Park the sedan chair in an auspicious direction.

Next, sixteen eunuchs Gong'e held the queen's dress and Fengguan Xiapei and entered the embroidery building to wait for the queen to change clothes.Seeing his daughter flying up the branch and turning into a phoenix, Cao Tai smiled with his old face like a blooming chrysanthemum, thanking Huang Mingguang and Mu Xu without opening a mouth.

After a while, the queen put on the phoenix crown and Xiapei, walked out of the embroidery building accompanied by eight maids of honor, and knelt down to receive the gold books and gold treasures.The empress wears a phoenix crown on her head, but she does not need to wear a scarlet head. The accompanying officials stood on tiptoe to see what the empress looks like.

I saw that the empress was fifteen or sixteen years old, but her facial features were correct and beautiful, and the phoenix crown and bead curtain concealed it added a bit of charm.It's just that although her skin is as white and greasy as jade, there are two obvious blushes on her face, and the center of her lips is also as red as blood, making her look very ridiculous.

Mu Xu was greatly disappointed. This girl could not find fault with her facial features, but she didn't have that kind of attractive feeling. I'm afraid Tu Zhen might not like her with such a gentle and quiet temperament.

Of course he didn't know that this was the dress of concubines when they entered the palace that had been handed down since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later generations of Japanese geisha borrowed some of these dresses. After working all night, they are so tired that they can't even lift their hands now.But Mu Xu didn't think about it, this kind of makeup that has gone through dozens of processes, even if it is painted on Daiyu, it probably looks like a porcelain doll, maybe he may not be able to recognize it when the time comes.

After the queen received the imperial decree, Mu Xu couldn't keep staring at them anymore, so he quickly handed over the golden album and jade treasure, and then he and Huang Mingguang, as the principal and deputy angels, greeted the queen's promotion and set off. Go to the Meridian Gate of the Imperial Palace, pass through the Shenwu Gate until Da Nei, and then the six imperial wives welcome the Queen Luanjia, and send the Queen to Fengzao Palace.

At this point, the real ceremony begins.Mu Xu and the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs followed Tu Zhen and went to Fengzao Palace to worship and get married; went to the Taimiao to pay homage to the ancestors; Taking in the two imperial concubines, I was busy until the sun was up.

With his physical fitness, he felt very tired, not to mention ordinary people, such as Tu Zhen, who had long since lost the excitement of having a wedding at the beginning. At this time, he was pulling his face, listening to the ceremony Under the command of the officials, he stood in the Daqing Hall, Danbi, and accepted the empress and the two imperial concubines to give him the ceremony of husband and lord.

After finally waiting for the official Honglu to announce the completion of the ceremony, Tu Zhen couldn't wait to order the queen and the others to visit the elders in the harem.He himself stayed and hosted a banquet for civil and military officials and princes and nobles.

Tu Zhen walked around the main hall and found that there was no figure of Mu Xu. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. He hurriedly called Tu Rui who was not far away, and asked, "Why is Cousin Mu missing?"

Tu Rui replied with a smile, "He is the deputy envoy today, and he will also act as the master of ceremonies. I just saw him go out to direct the dishes."

Tu Zhen was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know there was such a rule, so he turned his head and told Zhao Le who was behind him, "Go, find someone to replace Prince Dongping, I want to have a good drink with him."

Zhao Le agreed with a helpless face, he knew it was not in accordance with etiquette, but he didn't dare to refute the emperor, so he could only bite the bullet and go to Huang Mingguang, Minister of Rites, to explain the matter.Huang Mingguang knew how to be flexible. He found an official from the Ministry of Rites and asked him to follow Zhao Le to replace Mu Xu. Only then did he replace Mu Xu.

Mu Xu had a few glasses of wine with Tu Zhen, but saw that he was still drinking one glass after another, so he quickly pressed his hand that was about to serve the wine again, "Your Majesty, today is your day of great joy, but you must not get drunk , or it will be a joke."

Tu Zhen let out a sigh of relief, "The empress and the two imperial concubines don't look interesting at all, why don't you stay here and enjoy the dance music at night!"

After a few more words of persuasion, he just didn't listen, and Mu Xu couldn't help but wonder, didn't it mean that before the emperor's wedding, there was a special female official who wanted to teach him Dunlun?Why did Tuzhen seem to be unresponsive, so Mu Xu asked in a low voice, "Did no female officer go to your bedroom last night?"

Tu Zhen was a little strange, "How did my cousin know that? Speaking of which, those female officials are very weird. I think they have bad intentions, so I let Zhao Le, who is guarding the gate, send them away."

(End of this chapter)