The whole city of Chang'an was celebrating the wedding of King Shou. Li Longji ordered the government to provide noodles, drinks, etc. for three days. The Taiyue Department and Propaganda Department of Taichang Temple were responsible for playing music for the wedding celebration.
Taiyue Department is not only a music school, but also a national performance group. When there is an important sacrificial occasion, Yale from the Taiyue Department must show up to perform in compliance with the etiquette. At the same time, it also represents the image of the country and performs national-level elegant music performances for guests from other vassals who come to pay homage to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
In a sentence: Although this is the second marriage, Brother Ji is really good to King Shou! A lively event!
All available pomp and circumstance was used.
Although Dayu did not build a "flower lighthouse" due to lack of funds this time. However, the fireworks around Prince Shou's Mansion were not enough, and the lights and decorations inside and outside the Prince's Mansion were very lively. To be honest, when the longevity king Li Chen married Yang Yuhuan, there was no such grand ceremony!
But this time, Li Longji did not attend King Shou's wedding as before. The entire wedding process was hosted by his father-in-law Wei Zhaoxun.
It’s not okay for the father-in-law not to come, because his daughter is now... only nine years old! I don’t even know the meaning of wedding!
This is an out-and-out political marriage. The bride is not even in the house at this moment. The entire lively and grand wedding is for outsiders to see! It just swears to outsiders: King Shou has remarried, and the story with his former princess Yang Yuhuan has come to an end.
Wei Zhaoxun knows everything and understands everything. Regarding this matter, there are many people in the powerful circles in Chang'an City who are well aware of it.
Under the surface of favor, the saint actually had a deep dislike for King Shou, without any love as a father. In order to possess Yang Yuhuan, the former concubine of Shou Wang, the saint was already eager to arrange a new concubine for Shou Wang and make him "a widow" in the next few years!
For this reason, the saint's sister, Princess Yuzhen, was so angry that she went away to "practice Taoism" at Lingdu Monastery in Wangwu Mountain, Jiyuan! But it didn’t change the saint’s original intention at all!
In order to deceive others, Li Longji invited Yang Yuhuan, who was already a "Taoist priest", to "do things" in Xingqing Palace and built a new building for her. It can be said that Sima Zhao’s heart is known to everyone!
The emperor's ability to remove ashes was unprecedented, if not unprecedented.
But Wei Zhaoxun knew that there was nothing he could do, even though he was angry.
The Jingzhao Wei family was the most prominent family of princesses and queens in the Tang Dynasty. This is a fact that cannot be changed. Every Webster child is burdened with such a family background. Benefit from it, or be implicated and suffer, the rules have been determined from birth, and no one can escape.
Not to mention the distant ones, but the nearby loyal king Li Heng married Wei's daughter as his princess. The Wei family could not disobey Li Longji's order. This marriage was actually decided half a year ago, but the wedding date was moved forward several years!
At first, Li Longji just sent Gao Lishi to Wei Zhaoxun's house to say hello and ask him to reject other people's marriage proposals, saying that the third daughter of the Wei family, Wei Shi, was already the scheduled concubine, and the wedding would be held in a few years.
Although Wei Zhaoxun knew that King Shou would not have a bright future, he thought that marriage would only happen in several years, so there was no need to offend the saint for something that had not happened yet, so he agreed.
Unexpectedly, the so-called "several years" turned out to be half a year! Not even a year!
The way the saint in Chang'an eats is too ugly! Almost impatient, not caring what the world thinks!
Wei Zhaoxun guessed that maybe Li Longji was interested in Yang Yuhuan just for "playing", and after giving it a try, he discarded it like worn out shoes. This is similar to how Taizong humiliated Li Yuanji's wife.
However, Taizong got tired of playing with his sister-in-law and didn't want to see the woman at all.
But Li Longji is obviously not like this. He has been deeply involved in it and cannot extricate himself. He is obsessed with Yang Yuhuan to the point of madness, so much so that he has obviously advanced his plan, regardless of the criticism of the world!
At this moment, the city of Chang'an was bustling with people, the outside of Prince Shou's Mansion was bustling, but the inside of Prince Shou's Mansion was deserted. After the guests dispersed, Longevity King Li Xuan sat in the empty palace lobby. The servants around him had withdrawn, leaving only his father-in-law Wei Zhaoxun alone.
"Book of Rites: Hunyi" says: "When a father offers his son in marriage, and orders him to greet him, the man comes before the daughter. The son accepts the order to welcome him, and the master has a banquet in the temple, and bows to him outside the door. The son-in-law enters with a wild goose, and bows to him. After ascending to the hall, pay homage to the wild geese again, as a gift to the parents. When they come down, they drive the wife's chariot, while the son-in-law teaches Sui, and drives the chariot for three weeks, before waiting outside the door. When the wife arrives, the son-in-law bows to her to enter, and they are locked together. And when they eat, they combine to eat, so they become one body, share the same dignity and inferiority, and become close to each other.”
It means that after the bride arrives at the groom's house, everyone below her parents must go out through the small door and come back through the main door. The intention is to follow in the bride's footsteps.
After the bride enters the house, she first worships the pig and the stove, then the gods, the earth, and her ancestors, and then the couple pays homage to each other.
In the Tang Dynasty, the bride not only had to pay homage to her parents-in-law and husband's elders, but also to the guests who were watching the ceremony, which was called "worshiping guests".
In short, the bride's role in the wedding is quite sufficient, from the opening to the bridal chamber.
It's just that in order to avoid embarrassment, King Shou's wedding omitted all this process. When a nine-year-old girl did something similar, it was Shou Wang and Wei Zhaoxun who were embarrassed on the surface, but it was Li Longji who was actually disgraced.
The former Shou Princess Yang Yuhuan was robbed, and the new Shou Princess Wei Shi was still a child. This has already put Shou Wang Li Long's spirit on the verge of collapse, so the guests attending the wedding were also very conscious and did not want to embarrass him. After drinking a glass of water and wine He left the gift list and left without saying a word.
They neither wanted to laugh at or pity King Shou, nor did they want to get into trouble by talking about the saint.
"Father-in-law has had a hard day today, please come back."
Li Han, who was wearing a crimson dress, bowed her hands and said with a calm expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
The wedding costumes of the Tang Dynasty were crimson for men and green for women, so-called red men and green women. Men's crimson clothing also has a metaphorical meaning of expecting the groom to become a high official. In fact, this was also influenced by the imperial examination system and evolved from the wedding dress of the Sui Dynasty.
It is a typical example of changes in folk marriage customs affecting the upper class nobility.
"You are still young and your days are still long. Don't give up on yourself."
Wei Zhaoxun patted Li Chen on the shoulder and said, turned around and left.
It was not him who was robbed of his wife by the emperor. Wei Zhaoxun was speechless and no one could comfort King Shou.
After his father-in-law left, Li Xuan became a real "lonely person". The lobby of the palace was empty, and the delicacies on the table were completely untouched. The sound of silk, bamboo, gongs and drums coming from outside the palace seemed to mock him as an incompetent prince.
"Why! Why! Why!"
Li Chen roared three times and stretched out his hand to overturn the table piled with exquisite food. Unexpectedly, the desk was too heavy for him to move!
He sat down on the ground dejectedly and beat the ground helplessly, all the strength in his body was drained away.
"I'm such a loser!"
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The longevity king's wedding is celebrated by the whole world.
Following Li Longji's edict, all government offices across the country have a day off!
Although there is no such thing as "holiday" in Hexi Bianzhen, when the Tubo people came, officials had to get up and obey orders even if they were sleeping. But the news of King Shou's wedding, no, remarriage, was still sent to Hexi Jiedu Mansion in the form of official documents and official newspapers.
In the end, Fang Chongyong also saw this newspaper.
The content inside is very rich.
For example, Ji Ge participated in the autumn harvest celebration on the outskirts of Chang'an and performed the Nine Tui Ceremony; the longevity king's wedding, the princess was Wei Zhaoxun's third daughter, Chang'an Dayu; and even the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture sent troops to capture the Tubo New City.
There were other nonsense news that the imperial court was building a canal in Guangyuntan on the outskirts of Chang'an, and that one day Beijing officials held a grand shooting ceremony in the south of Anfulou Tower. Fang Chongyong seemed to think that there was no nutritious nonsense.
It's a bit similar to the newspaper in the previous life, but basically it talks about things related to government affairs; to be more precise, it's about things that are very close to the emperor! It's obvious that he is Brother Ji's mouthpiece, reporting good news but not bad news.
Thinking of King Shou's incident, a strange picture appeared in Fang Chongyong's mind.
When the longevity king Li Xuan was in the bridal chamber, although the delicate and shamelessly young Wei Shi was on the bed, when he had sex, he called "Huan Huan" instead of "Wei Niang".
But in the bathhouse of Huaqing Palace, what Yang Yuhuan shouted was not King Shou, but "Sanlang".
Husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes. Gee, this picture is so beautiful that I dare not look at it.
Fang Chongyong held the Di newspaper in his hand with a mean smile on his face.
The so-called comedy is the tragedy that happens to others. People cannot resonate with each other's emotions, and they cannot empathize with others. After all, there are only a few people in the world who are eager for justice, and the greater number are the melon-eating people watching from the side.
They don't care if something happens to you, they just want to watch the fun, the more exciting the better!
"Are you thinking something strange?"
Anaye saw a bad smile on Fang Chongyong's face, interrupted him with a puzzled look and asked.
"There's nothing strange about it."
Fang Zhongyong put down the newspaper, stretched and said.
"If you don't go to help your father, why are you here?"
Fang Chongyong asked curiously. Although his residence was not far from the medical center, he did not live in the medical center after all.
Fang Dafu and the others were all at the Baiting Army's station and had not returned to Liangzhou City. Now the people who serve Fang Chongyong in daily life are all soldiers of the Baiting Army, and their work is very rough, so Anaye comes to deliver food to him every day.
Stop by to massage the wrists and arms of this "little official".
This man from Chang'an joined the army and became addicted to writing letters to Qiu Bashiro, a military commander. He would write a hundred letters every day before he stopped.
It’s just that it’s not dinner time yet, so it’s not the time for Anaye to come.
"Hexi Jiedushi Cui Xiyi was dismissed..."
Anaye whispered.
Fang Chongyong's expression remained unchanged, he nodded slightly and said, "That's true. I've already been informed of this matter."
After all, Medical Officer Li was from the government, so it was not unusual to know that Hexi Jiedushi had been replaced, and it was normal for Anaye to know this. In fact, Fang Chongyong had already learned about this at the first opportunity. Cui Xiyi's resignation was an inevitable trend and no one could do it.
After all, Cui Xiyi took the blame for Brother Ji because of the "renegade" issue. People in the government sympathized with him, but it was inevitable that his reputation among the people in Hexi was very bad.
There is nothing you can do about it. If you struggle, you will have to make sacrifices. Officials took the blame for the emperor not just once or twice a day, but once or twice.
"The new Jiedu envoy is called Xiao Jiong. This person is so annoying!"
Anaye stamped her feet in anger.
Fang Chongyong was stunned for a moment, and then asked in disbelief: "He wouldn't say he attacked a girl..."
"Where are you thinking! He is asking my father for medicine... the medicine you want my father to prepare!"
Anaye reminded in a low voice.
"Oh, let me tell you, Xiao Jiong is not such a vulgar person."
Fang Chongyong looked at Anaye's flat figure and said.
"What about serious business? If the prescription is taken away by Xiao Jiong, wouldn't our work be in vain?"
Anaye was afraid that Fang Chongyong would not understand the situation and was so anxious that she almost cried.
"It's good to come, I'm afraid he won't come."
Fang Chongyong chuckled.
Anaye was stunned when she heard this. With her limited mind, it was hard to imagine what a cunning boy like Fang Chongyong was thinking.
"Let's go and pay a visit to the new Hexi Governor."
Fang Chongyong stood up and left.
Anaye pulled his sleeve and refused to let him go.
"Is it true that you will take me to Chang'an to study medicine in the future? You won't sell me to a powerful family to learn dancing, right?"
Anaye asked with a sad look on her face.
Even if you are the illegitimate daughter of King Xin'an, I can't do this! You are not afraid of embarrassment, but King Xin'an's family is still afraid of embarrassment!
Fang Chongyong sighed in his heart, but solemnly nodded and said expressionlessly: "Don't worry, I won't lie to a half-year-old child."
"Aren't you just a half-grown child yourself?"
Anaye felt bad after hearing what the other party said.
Fang Chongyong was too lazy to pay attention to her, thinking about Xiao Jiong's affairs.
Cui Xiyi was a decent person, and Fang Chongyong didn't know how to discuss many things with him. But Xiao Jiong is different. I heard that this person is very "flexible" in his approach. This kind of villain is the best to deal with when he hides his penis.
It is nothing more than seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. If you control these four words, you will control their destiny!
The two came to the medical clinic. As soon as they entered the pharmacy, they saw Xiao Jiong looking around, as if he was looking for something. Doctor Li, on the other hand, was sitting in a wheelchair, following Xiao Jiong without saying a word.
"These medicinal materials seem to be very common. The medicine that the saint hopes is the kind that can have immediate effects."
Xiao Jiong said slowly.
"Hui Jieshuai, that kind of medicine generally depletes one's vitality, especially some medicines from the Western Regions. They should not be given to saints!"
Doctor Li told the truth.
"Of course the commander of this section knows that those medicines are not effective, so he came to see you."
Xiao Jiong said impatiently.
"What kind of wind brought Xiao Jieshuai here?"
Fang Chongyong stepped forward, bowed his hands to Xiao Jiong and said.
Xiao Jiong knew very well about Fang Chongyong's identity. He quickly stepped forward and returned the courtesy politely. He looked at Anaye next to Fang Chongyong and seemed to understand something.
"Fang Canjun's father is a close minister of the emperor. There are things I can say to Fang Canjun, but it is not convenient for outsiders to know."
Xiao Jiong hinted very explicitly.
Medical Officer Li immediately left with Anaye, and only Xiao Jiong and Fang Chongyong were left here.
"This section commander has the official title of Jiedu Envoy, but he does not receive Chishui Military Envoy, so do you know why he joined the army?"
Seeing that the outsiders had left, Xiao Jiong asked calmly.
"I'm afraid Xiao Jieshuai's first priority is to find medicine for the saint, and Hexi's military affairs are the second priority. The Chishui military envoy has always had the power to preside over Liangzhou's military affairs. It doesn't make much difference whether there is Marshal Jie in charge."
Fang Zhongyong crossed his hands and saluted.
Xiao Jiong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "The right minister said that you are a child prodigy in Chang'an, different from ordinary people. Now it seems that I still underestimate you. Yes, one of them is to be an official in Hexi, and more importantly, to help Sage, let’s find out if there are any magical prescriptions in the Western Regions.”
That's right, he came to Hexi just to help Li Longji find the "prescription". What is the specific prescription? It is naturally a good medicine that can be taken every day and is both healthy and XX!
In the Hexi Corridor, those who are close to the water come first, and many of the advanced technologies of the Tang Dynasty were passed on through the Western Regions and then developed. Not only is Ji Ge’s idea not strange, but it is in line with the thinking mode of this era.
There are no expensive prescriptions in the Imperial Medical Office. Would Brother Ji care about the tiger-wolf medicine of "Ten Women at Night"? Life is short, how can you take medicine that will shorten your life!
You know, Li Longji is now fifty-three and has two months to live until he is fifty-four years old!
These days, ordinary people are considered lucky to live to be fifty years old. Li Longji is already fifty-four years old, how can he still torture his body?
As for the position of the next Hexi Jiedushi, the court is still debating and has not yet decided.
Li Longji preferred Wang Zhongsi and promoted him nearby to familiarize himself with the situation, while Li Linfu hoped that Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhangchou Jianqiong would be transferred to Hexi. Therefore, as a transitional figure, Xiao Jiong will probably leave Hexi after finding the medicine for Brother Ji.
"This is not the place to talk. If Xiao Jieshuai doesn't mind, please discuss it in detail in the study room of Jiedu Mansion. I have something important to report."
Fang Chongyong said with a mysterious look.
"whats the matter?"
Xiao Jiong doesn't want to be led by Fang Chongyong.
"A matter of great importance to the well-being of the saint."
Fang Chongyong looked at Xiao Jiong with his head held high and his momentum was impressive!
"Well, that's fine."
Xiao Jiong, who does not have much ink in his stomach, is several ranks behind Cui Xiyi in knowledge, and several ranks behind Zheng Shuqing in background. After all, the flaw was exposed in front of Fang Yanei, who had a profound background and was as cunning as a ghost.
(End of chapter)
