From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 403

At four o'clock in the morning, people came to the palace. In addition to a large number of internal guards, there were also various personnel from the Ministry of Rites.

Help Zhou Yuan put on clothes and tidy up his image, and explain the process of marriage.

At five o'clock in the morning, when the sky was still gray, firecrackers rang in front of the Zhongwu Marquis's Mansion. The crackling sound was full of joy. The sound of suona, gongs, and drums intertwined together, opening the prelude to today's excitement.

The people had already known the news, and surrounded the Zhongwu Marquis's Mansion, congratulating Zhou Yuan one after another.

The Ministry of Rites and the Internal Guards, hundreds of people, went out of the city in a lively, festive, and vigorous manner.

Beating gongs and drums all the way, they finally arrived at Hongluo Temple.

This place has been completely renewed, and various decorations have been arranged, which looks extremely grand.

The imperial guards strictly guarded every place, and the internal guards turned into palace maids and maids, filling in the people participating in the marriage, and the security work was done to the extreme.

Zhuang Xuansu walked to Zhou Yuan's carriage, opened the curtain, and said lightly: "Hongluo Temple has been searched thoroughly, even their vegetable cellars have not been spared, and there are absolutely no weapons or other contraband."

"All irrelevant monks have been driven out, leaving only a dozen old monks who presided over the ceremony. These old monks have been in Hongluo Temple for at least 20 years. Their identities are transparent. They are definitely not spies, and they don't have any martial arts."

"Everyone who participates in the marriage will be searched, and no one can bring a musket in."

"You can rest assured about your safety today."

Zhou Yuan nodded, and couldn't help asking: "Master Zhuang, what do you think...what can the other party do? I think I am also a smart person. I have thought about it from their perspective many times, but I can't figure out how they can set up a conspiracy."

"Unless they bribe your inner guards and the imperial guards, they can do it."

Zhuang Xuansu said: "I think you are crazy, If the Imperial Guards and the Inner Guards could be bribed, the country would have changed hands long ago. Why wait until now? "

"The entire Inner Guards and the Imperial Guards were created by your majesty himself. They are all loyal warriors who have been tested for a long time."

"Last year, King Jing rebelled. The army of more than 100,000 in the capital camp and Xuanfu pursued him. Thousands of Imperial Guards took your majesty to flee thousands of miles. Do you think there was one person who rebelled?"

"Every Imperial Guard and every Inner Guard is a loyal soul who can die for your majesty at any time!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Yes, so what conspiracy could it be? I really can't think of it."

Zhuang Xuansu said helplessly: "You are really crazy. Maybe there is no conspiracy in this matter. It's just a normal marriage."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Then my charm is really great. I can make the shaman princess marry me by all means."

Zhuang Xuansu frowned and said nothing. She also knew that there was something strange about this matter, but...but she really tried her best. She didn't sleep much during this period of time. She worked all night to do these things, and she really didn't find any flaws!

People from the Ministry of Rites continued to arrive, and the Dongluo envoys also arrived.

A full 160 dowries were moved into Hongluo Temple one after another, making the place even more lively.

The bridal sedan arrived, but it was not closed, just covered with a layer of red gauze, like the sedan chairs in the southwest region, and also like the shrines of shamanism.

Wanyan Daichan sat on it, wearing more luxurious and complicated sacrificial clothes, with a heavy headdress on her head, beautiful and weird, like the daughter of the devil in hell, charming and infinite.

A red horse with a big red flower, Zhou Yuan got on the horse, and drove side by side with Wanyan Daichan, slowly moving forward, following the Ministry of Rites and the Dongluo envoys, towards the square inside Hongluo Temple.

In the middle of the square is a huge altar. In the middle of the altar, a golden Buddha statue is about five or six feet high, full of majesty.

The drums sounded, the horns sounded, and the strong men of the Dongluo danced majestically with their upper bodies naked.

With the arrival of Empress Zhaojing, the event reached its climax.

There were the sounds of gongs and drums, and firecrackers, and flames were lit all around, but they quickly went out.

The ceremony slowly came to an end, and Zhou Yuan and Wanyan Daichan came down at the same time and stood on the ground.

The two held hands and strode onto the altar.

Wanyan Daichan's hands were very delicate and cold, and felt very good to the touch, but it was a pity that Zhou Yuan had no intention of lingering.

He just lowered his voice and said, "Now that things have come to this, you can finally be honest, right? What are you going to do?"

Wanyan Daichan smiled and said, "Marry you!"

Zhou Yuan said, "You don't want to tell the truth until now? Are you still going to say that you like me and want to marry me?"

Wanyan Daichan suddenly turned her head and looked at Zhou Yuan.

Her eyes were clear and slightly resentful, and the dark lipstick made her look particularly seductive.

She whispered, "Zhou Yuan, do you think I shouldn't like you?"

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "What do you mean?Thoughts?"

Wanyan Daichan stared into his eyes, her gaze was so firm.

"You were born in a humble family, but you relied on your wisdom and talent to reach this point in just over a year."

"Your poems and what you did are enough to make a woman fall in love with you."

"You might as well go to the street and ask, which woman doesn't want to marry Zhongwu Hou?"

At this point, she laughed and shook her head and said, "I like you and want to marry you. There is nothing strange about it."

Zhou Yuan sneered, "Still lying."

Wanyan Daichan said, "I am the daughter of the grassland. I have been with cattle and sheep since I was a child. My father wants me to be a warrior, and my mother wants me to be a woman who serves warriors, but I just want to be myself."

"They don't understand me, let alone understand me. I joined the church and became a high priest step by step."

"I took the initiative to come to Dajin and lived a wandering life. ”

“Zhou Yuan, you may not know that in the year in Zhou Mansion, I really felt the taste of home.”

Her voice was very light, but seemed to be filled with endless emotions: “Jianjia and Ningyue will treat me well unconditionally. They have never thought about getting anything from me. They just love me purely.”

“They will reunite during festivals. They treat me like their own sister... You don’t understand. You are not from the grassland. You don’t know how moved a child who grew up in a world of the survival of the fittest is when faced with such warmth.”

“I like Zhou Mansion, I like that home. In my heart, Jianjia and Ningyue, including Ziyuan and others, are all my good sisters.”

Zhou Yuan was silent with a gloomy face.

Wanyan Daichan continued: “I like you too, this is true, but the biggest reason is not because of your wisdom and achievements, not because of your status and talent.”

“I like you only because you never regard yourself as a ruler. ”

“In our grassland, men are the head of the family, and their words are final. Everyone must listen to and obey the head of the family’s words.”

“Men with some achievements are even more amazing. They have dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of women, and their words are orders.”

She laughed at herself and murmured, “But you are different, Zhou Yuan. You are talented, can fight, have made meritorious deeds, and have been made a marquis…”

“But you never treat Jianjia and the others as your property. You treat them as people, you respect their ideas, and even hope that they can find their own value in life.”

“You don’t have the style of a master. You joke with everyone, drink and have fun together, and even get teased by everyone.”

“For our Great Jin, this is impossible.”

Wanyan Daichan finally finished speaking. Her eyes narrowed into the moon and she smiled, “This is my heart. I have never confessed it to anyone, but now I am showing it to you.”

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, “This… is the reason for the marriage? "

Wanyan Daichan shook her head and said, "This is the reason why I like you, but not the reason for marriage."

Zhou Yuan said, "I want to know the latter!"

Wanyan Daichan smiled and said, "I think the former is more important."

"First, bow to heaven and earth!"

The official of the Ministry of Rites spoke in a high voice, gongs and drums were loud, and firecrackers were blasting.

Both of them thought differently, but they still knelt down and bowed to heaven and earth.

"Second, bow to your parents!"

There were no parents, only Buddha statues.

"Husband and wife bow to each other!"

The two looked at each other, staring at each other, and then... bowed slowly.

"The ceremony is over! Sacrifice to heaven! "

Amid the sound of gongs and drums, everyone knelt down.

Empress Zhaojing strode to the altar, lit a stick of incense, and lit the yellow paper to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

The burning yellow paper ignited the fuse in the incense holder, and the Buddha statue trembled instantly and exploded.

The loud noise shocked the world! The flames covered the sky and the earth!

Zhou Yuan only felt a huge force that lifted him up, causing him to feel severe pain all over his body.

And in this moment of lightning and fire, he couldn't help but roar in his heart - it turns out that their target is not me! But Your Majesty!

They succeeded in regicide!

This is the fundamental purpose of the Eastern Tartars and the royal family - regicide and usurpation of the throne!