After Li Qing finished the roll call, almost everyone present was stunned.
Chen Yutian carefully reviewed the guest list for this banquet in his mind, and it seemed that there was no special envoy from the barbarian country in the Western Regions among them.
This person actually came uninvited?
Chen Yutian was slightly surprised when he saw Xuan Ye sitting on the chair suddenly touching his chin and smiling, "Yes, I actually forgot to send you a gift to the newlyweds. What a mistake..."
Chen Yutian looked at him with narrowed eyes.
Xuan Ye seemed to understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "No need to doubt... I didn't ask him to come here, but he came so uninvited, I don't know what he was planning."
Chen Yutian frowned slightly and saw an old man walking in at the gate.
The old man was dressed in expensive silk clothes. His square face revealed a hint of perseverance, and his eyes were extremely bright, giving people the impression that he had seen through everything.
From a distance, he seems to be no different from an ordinary rich man.
"How is this person?" Chen Yutian looked at the old man and asked Xuan Ye subconsciously.
Xuan Ye smiled and said, "Do you know that the Barbarian Kingdom has three phases and four palaces?"
Chen Yutian nodded, "I've heard that it seems to be an official position with great power in the Barbarian Kingdom. The introduction of this person has the word Taigong. Could it be that... he is the Taigong among the four palaces?" -
"Yes, his name is Yuan Lin, and he is the current Taigong of the Man Kingdom. The Taigong holds the power over the prisons of the Man Kingdom, and is equivalent to the Minister of Punishment of our dynasty."
Xuan Ye smiled slightly.
Chen Yutian's eyes flashed slightly. Minister of punishment? It seems that he is also an old fox.
"I came here uninvited, and I hope the Emperor and Lord Chen will forgive me."
As soon as Yuan Lin came in, he shouted in the direction of the pavilion.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were attracted to him.
Chen Yutian frowned, looked at Xuan Ye beside him, and winked - what to do?
Xuan Ye smiled, but had no intention of paying attention. Chen Yutian sighed helplessly and had to walk out of the pavilion and came to Yuan Lin.
"What are you talking about, your envoy? Since you are here, you are the guests of Chen Yutian's wedding banquet in Jiulong Mansion. Come on, take your envoy to sit at the VIP table." After saying that, Chen Yutian said generously. Wave your hands.
A boy dressed as a Kowloon policeman immediately stepped forward.
"In that case, thank you Mr. Chen for the broadband..."
After Yuan Lin said that, he followed the boy to the VIP table...
Chen Yutian returned to the pavilion.
"Is this good? Put him in the VIP table?" Xuan Ye asked as soon as he returned to the pavilion.
Chen Yutian gave a helpless smile, "There's nothing I can do about it. After all, he came to congratulate me and gave him gifts. I can't kick him out..."
Xuan Ye nodded.
These are just a small episode in today's engagement banquet, and not many people care about it.
As time passed, it was noon and the highlight of the engagement banquet was about to begin.
The atrium of Kowloon Mansion has become a place for entertaining guests today. At the entrance of the atrium lobby in the past, everyone erected a huge wooden board. The wooden board was covered with red cloth and had dragons and embroidered phoenixes on it, which was extremely magnificent.
In front of the wooden board, there are three seats and an altar table.
There were melons, pears, peaches and other tributes on the table, as well as two exquisite gold-inlaid white jade sticks.
After the tributes, there was a finely carved wooden statue of the god.
This statue looks like an old man, wearing a red robe and holding a red thread. He is the legendary god who controls fate in the world - Yue Lao.
At this moment, Gongsun walked up the steps with a smile on his face.
He is the host of today's engagement banquet.
"Everyone..." Gongsun smiled slightly, and his voice was mixed with the strong internal energy and spread around, so that the guests in the entire atrium could hear clearly.
"Thank you all for taking the time from your busy schedule to come to the Mansion to attend the engagement banquet between the Palace Master and Her Royal Highness the Princess. I am Gongsun Yu, the widow of Jiulong Mansion. I would like to thank you all in advance..."
"Mr. Gongsun, you're welcome." All the guests responded one after another.
"In that case, I will say no more and start our engagement ceremony immediately." Gongsun smiled and spoke.
Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on the entrance to the lobby.
In the Daxuan Dynasty, according to custom, there were certain regulations for the engagement banquet.
In Daxuan, an engagement must be witnessed by heaven and earth, parents, and the legendary fairy Yue Lao who controls fate before the marriage is officially concluded.
After this ceremony, the newlyweds can choose an auspicious date to get married.
After Gongsun finished speaking, Duke Chen, Hua Yueming and his wife, as well as the Queen Mother, climbed the steps together and sat on the three seats on both sides of the altar table.
After they sat down, Gongsun immediately said loudly.
"Invite newcomers to the stage..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of all the guests turned to the side of the steps, where two red figures were walking toward the steps surrounded by several palace ladies.
It was Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi.
They climbed the steps surrounded by palace maids, and there was a sudden commotion below.
Since they were not getting married at this moment, Xuan Xi did not wear a hijab, but wore a phoenix crown and harem, standing with Chen Yutian.
She was already extremely beautiful, and now she was wearing wedding clothes, and her luxurious temperament was even more obvious.
Even though most of the ministers present had seen the princess before, they were still in awe and admiration for her at this moment.
Chen Yutian looked at the eyes of everyone in the audience and teased her: "Little goblin..."
Xuan Xi retorted, "Even if he is a little fairy, he is still your little fairy..."
Gongsun looked at the two of them, slightly speechless. He said quickly;
"When the newlyweds pay their respects, heaven and earth will learn a lesson..."
After hearing these words, the two of them straightened their expressions, held hands, and knelt down to worship.
"Heaven and earth are witnesses, the sun and moon are mirrors..."
The two of them shouted loudly to the sky and the earth at the same time.
"I, Chen Yutian..."
"My Sima Xuanxi..."
"Both of us are willing to marry each other, and we will be united forever from now on, for the rest of our lives..."
The two of them bowed to heaven and earth.
"Two greetings to the newlyweds, blessings from parents..."
Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi stood up, turned around and bowed to Duke Chen, his wife and the Queen Mother.
Duke Chen and the Queen Mother stood up slightly, picked up the two gold-inlaid white jade sticks placed on the altar table, came to Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi respectively, stretched out their right hands slightly, and touched them lightly. of forehead.
This is the blessing that parents give to newlyweds.
This kind of blessing does not have to be said out loud, but both Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi can clearly feel it.
The surrounding guests also watched their actions in silence.
The Western Barbarian envoys in the VIP seats couldn't help but sigh in their hearts after seeing the various aspects of the engagement ceremony. As expected of the Central Plains, the customs and etiquette were very different from those of the Barbarian countries.
"The newlyweds bow three times, the certificate of the old moon..."
Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi both bowed to the statue of Yuelao on the altar table.
"Yue Lao is on top, I am in control of the sky..."
"My Sima Xuanxi..."
"I wish to become husband and wife with each other, and grow old together from now on, never to be separated... Witness the testimony of Mr. Wangyue!"
After finishing speaking, I bowed again.
Gongsun watched from the side as they finished worshiping Yue Lao, with a slightly excited look on his face, and said loudly.
"The last bow, the newlyweds get married..."
As soon as he said these words, the surrounding guests were shocked!
They saw Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi, who had been holding hands, bowed slightly to each other, then picked up the scissors from the palace maid's tray beside them, and cut off a strand of hair each.
Then, they were tied together gently.
This is hair knotting.
It is also the last clause of the engagement banquet. The newlyweds tie their hair and become husband and wife from then on, with unwavering love.
Seeing the two people completing their hair-tying ceremony, whether it was Chen Gong, his wife and the Queen Mother on the stage, or the countless guests below, there were smiles on their faces.
"The ceremony is completed... we are married as husband and wife, and we will never doubt each other from now on... I hope that the two newlyweds can grow old together and be in love with each other from now on. Let us congratulate them together..."
After Gongsun's final words, almost all the guests stood up and clasped their fists to bless the two newcomers on the stage.
"congratulations……"
"Congratulations to both of you on your wedding..."
At the same time, Lin Tao, Han Tong and Wu Linling, who had already been prepared, ran up the steps with flower baskets and kept scattering flowers towards Chen Yutian and Xuan Xi. While doing so, they also blessed: "Congratulations, congratulations..."
Suddenly, the entire steps were filled with flowers and rain, and it was so beautiful...
However, at this moment, when Taigong Yuanlin, the envoy of the Western Barbarians, who was sitting in the VIP seat, saw Wu Linling scattering flowers with Lin Tao and Han Tong on the steps, a bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes!
There is still a hint of surprise, slowly emerging...
"she……"
Yuan Lin looked at Wu Linling, the surprise in his eyes gradually disappeared. Looking at the newlyweds receiving blessings from the guests on the stage, there was a hint of contemplation in their eyes...
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After the engagement ceremony, the engagement banquet officially started. Lin Feifei personally led the city's chefs selected by Huo Yuanji to prepare delicious food that was praised by everyone who came here.
Feel very satisfied.
Even Xuan Ye and the Queen Mother, who were accustomed to delicacies from the mountains and seas, were impressed by Lin Feifei's cooking skills.
The consequence of this was that Xuan Ye scolded the imperial chefs in the palace, and finally wanted to drive them all out of the palace and let Lin Feifei be the manager of the imperial chefs.
However, this proposal was rejected by Lin Feifei and Huo Yuanji.
So, after the engagement banquet, when Xuan Ye left, when he looked at everyone in Jiulong Mansion, there was an unconcealable look of envy in his eyes...
In fact, for a long time after that, he couldn't eat the royal meals prepared by the royal chef in the palace, which really made the Queen Mother helpless for a while. In the end, she had no choice but to force him to start taking concubines...
Of course, these are all things for later.
After the engagement banquet was over and his marriage to Xuan Xi was confirmed, Chen Yutian and everyone in Jiulong Mansion were ready to resume their previous leisurely lives.
But this life has to end before it begins.
Because, just the day after the engagement banquet, an uninvited guest came to Jiulong Mansion again.
