Yayue Pavilion is located on a high platform in the sky.
The entire North City Gate comes into view, and the red carpet winds along the official road. You can vaguely see the spire of Shili Pavilion wrapped in red silk, and the red lanterns hanging on the eaves swaying in the wind.
Turning around, you can overlook the entire city of Chang'an. Chang'an today is full of joy. Every household spontaneously hangs high lanterns and lays red silk, and even the official roads are laid out with red carpets.
From the high platform, you can see all the red makeup in the city.
In the golden autumn, the sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms spread all over the trees, and a gust of wind passed by, like golden butterflies, falling one after another.
In an instant, the guards under the pavilion fell on top of them.
The people gathered at the North City Gate were bustling and crowded. The Zhao Mansion dispatched soldiers to maintain order on both sides, but the leader of the soldiers sneaked up to Yayue Pavilion.
"Xingwen, I heard that your brother is also back this time, and he is bringing the princess of Hu State with him. She has noticed our marriage plan. If we ask for the same thing in the future, it will be difficult."
Those sitting in Yayue Pavilion are all the leaders of Chang'an City, including Jie Jiming, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Kong Changhui, the minister of Dali Temple, Yin Guangbo, the minister of Honglu Temple, Shi Zhongfei, the chief of Mingxiang Garden, Jiao Shi, Wen Tian, the chief of Mingsa Garden. The master of the pavilion, Sang Yi, was a person who would make Chang'an tremble if he picked up a random figure among the officials and merchants.
Zhao Xingwen went to Yayue Pavilion, drank a large sip of tea, and then said back to his master: "Don't give this poor man a chance. Princess Ren came with the Prince Hu to watch the ceremony."
Xie Jiming said calmly from the side: "The Ministry of Rites has only received the news that Prince Hu is coming, and the princess's share will be added later."
Everyone became interested, pointed at Zhao Xingwen, smiled with a naughty look on their faces, and gathered around him.
Forcing Zhao Xingwen to wave his hands repeatedly, Sang smiled when he saw him like this: "Forget it, I think he really doesn't know as much as I do."
The weight of Sang Yi's words was not false at all. Even compared with the intelligence in the palace, it was even worse.
Everyone gathered around and asked Sang Yi to explain clearly. Even Zhao Xingwen didn't know much about his brother, and he looked even more excited than others.
It turned out that during the border turmoil last year, the Hu State suddenly sent troops to Hanyang, but they had always been stationed on the moat and never attacked.
Only this princess who sneaked out of the palace pretended to be a general and led her troops to attack the city many times. The first time, she was captured alive by Zhao Xingwu.
It turned out that it was a female doll, and he sneered, "Is there no one left in Hu State?" Put it back for her.
This went back and forth, many times, and after seven captures and seven attempts, Xiao Mubai rushed over with Hu Zongming. Hu Zongming took back the military power and slipped the sister back.
Who would have thought that after that, she would come to Hanyang every now and then, but she no longer led troops to harass the people, but went to harass Zhao Xingwu alone...
This time Xiao and Liang were married again, and the remaining three kingdoms of Mongolia, Hu, and the Western Regions came to congratulate them with a continuous stream of convoys and gifts.
Just the fact that Hu Zongming and Wugetai went to Chang'an in person, and that the princes of the two countries came to court showed the importance they attached to it.
Although the Western Regions sent Fei Lian as an envoy, the rare treasures, specialties of the Western Regions, and the endless carriages and horses they brought with them made the people of Chang'an lament that half of the Western Regions would have to be evacuated.
Wu Getai and Fei Lian had arrived in Chang'an on the same day. Fei Lian refused the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites and lived in the courtyard next to the Hou Mansion.
Wugetai was different. She had shamelessly gone to the Hou Mansion to stay, and went to the palace every day. On the surface, she said she was going to the East Palace to find Xiao Zimu, but in fact, she stayed in the Yulian Hall every day and could not come out.
As for Hu Zongming, he took the wedding gift and followed Zhao Xingwu's army around, joining King Mo's army and returning to Beijing together.
But he never thought that when he met Zhao Xingwu, he found that his sister had arrived before him and followed Zhao Xingwu.
I couldn't send her back, so I had to take her with me to Xiaoguo to watch the ceremony.
After everyone listened to this episode, they all laughed at Zhao Xingwen. It seemed that good things for his brother were coming soon.
Zhao Xingwen saw them all making a fuss. Usually when they went to court, each of them looked more solemn, but now they were more rude than the other.
He quickly changed the subject and said, "In the blink of an eye, His Highness King Mo has been away from Beijing for more than a year."
Yin Guangbo had the most dissatisfied look on his face when he heard him mention this matter: "Isn't that right? I remember clearly that on the third day of May last year, the golden bell and jade chime just rang in the morning, and before the mountain's shout of "Long Live the Mountain" was finished, there was someone outside the palace. The funeral report of the Marquis came, saying that the young Marquis was dead. At that time, I was dumbfounded. I had been drinking with Bingwen in Mingxiangyuan a few days ago. I hadn’t seen this side yet. Why? Good people die."
Kong Changhui nodded in agreement: "Don't talk about you. No one in the civil and military court was shocked and regretful at that time. Only the emperor had a weird look on his face. In anger, he actually asked the Marquis to roll into the palace immediately."
Shi Zhongfei also complained: "You said this Bingwen is true. You didn't talk to us before leaving. It made me think it was true. You are so scared inside the palace, and the people outside the palace have long been afraid." The news spread, and they all gathered around the Marquis Mansion to express their condolences."
Everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Xingwen. He was the only one who knew the truth about this matter last year.
Zhao Xingwen smiled awkwardly and said, "You can't blame me. I just faked the corpse last year. How can I communicate with you?"
Everyone's faces, which were originally filled with righteous indignation and anger, were amused by his words.
Come to think of it, at the height of summer last year, news suddenly spread from the Hou Mansion that Xia Chu had died suddenly, and there were various rumors in the market.
What came out from the Hou Mansion was that Xia Chu had been weak since he was a child, and was assassinated when he was exiled. The illness was compounded by injuries and he should have gone back to the mountains to recover.
It just so happened that he caught up with the palace coup, fought bloody battles for several days, and then rushed to the frontier. How could his body, which was at the end of its strength, survive such a torment? Within a few days after returning to Beijing, he died.
When the people heard this, they couldn't help but sigh, and the whole city mourned.
This young marquis was ruined all his life because of Xiao Guocai. The young man who was originally handsome and refined and had a bright future passed away like this. It makes people sigh when he thinks about it.
Mr. Hou's body, which was already seriously ill, could no longer bear the pain of losing a child.
It is said that when the emperor summoned the marquis into the palace, he had already burned Xia Chu's body and wanted to turn it into ashes with him. If the guards in the palace had not rushed into the sea of fire and rescued the marquis regardless of their lives, I am afraid that the Xiao Kingdom will no longer have this noble man from the Xiahou Mansion.
But although Mr. Hou was rescued, his heart was already dead.
If I can't afford to be seriously ill, naturally I can't enter the palace as ordered...
(End of chapter)