I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 276 The Big Wedding
The eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the first year of Shengtai in the State of Chu.

The second son of the Chu family is getting married, and the entire Chaoyang Street has become a sea of ​​red.

Before dawn, Xiao Se in the guest room was awakened by Chu Yang.

"Xiao Se, wake up, get ready and get up."

"So early?"

Xiao Se was a little surprised. It wasn't even daybreak yet and there were guests coming to congratulate him?

"Just in case, this matter should be handled sooner rather than later."

The two of them were in charge of receiving the guests today, and it would be rude if someone arrived early and there was no one to receive them.

Xiao Se quickly turned over and got up, changed his clothes and left the room, only to find that the entire Chu family mansion was already bustling with activity.

The two quickly finished their breakfast and just as they arrived at the main gate, they saw a carriage slowly approaching.

"How could someone come so early?" Xiao Se was a little surprised.

"Some guests left after the Lantern Festival. Those who traveled far away had to travel day and night to get here." Chu Yang smiled and said as he looked at the carriage parked at the door: "The person who came should be your second uncle."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man walked down from the carriage. It was the former second prince of Beili, Prince Qing Xiao Xie.

That year, after Xiao Xie was defeated in battle, he followed Chu Zhao to the State of Chu and stayed in Yuelu City.

It was not until the beginning of last year that their family moved to Langya City because of Yingxian's job transfer.

Xiao Xie is now a housewife who lives off his wife.

Chu Yang was naturally familiar with Xiao Xie's family of five. After greeting them, he pulled Xiao Se over and introduced him, "Xiao Se, my cousin, your nephew."

"Isn't your name Xiao Chuhe?"

"My name is Xiao Chuhe, but when traveling around the world, it's always good to have more than one alias."

Xiao Xie hummed, turned his head and looked at Xiao Se, a trace of reminiscence flashed across his face: "I remember you were a child back then. More than ten years have passed. Do you still remember me?"

"Remember, my nephew has met my second uncle and my second aunt."

Ying Xian smiled and nodded: "I haven't seen you for many years. You are more outstanding now and look more and more like your mother."

"Be like your sister-in-law, but don't be like your father." Xiao Xie took over the conversation and snorted coldly: "Speaking of your father, I am so angry. Lao Jiu treated him so well, and he even forced Lao Jiu to commit suicide to prove his innocence. Your father is really a piece of shit."

Xiao Se: "..."

In Chu's house.

Yue Kang, who had already changed into her bright red wedding dress, looked at Zhao An beside her and couldn't help asking, "Grandpa Zhao, isn't it time yet?"

"It's still early, don't be anxious, Second Prince." Zhao An smiled kindly.

Yue Kang calmed down his excitement, raised his dark eyes and looked into the distance.

The east was about to dawn, and golden light was beginning to appear, with a layer of golden halo spreading out from the other side of the horizon.

The streets and alleys were crowded with people. Many people went out early just to grab a front row seat, to see the wedding of the Second Prince of Chu and to share in the joy.

On both sides of the streets along the way, teams of imperial guards took up their positions one after another and formed a human wall to clear a wide path for the wedding procession.

On the roofs of both sides, uniformed inspectorate personnel flashed by from time to time to ensure that the entire process was foolproof.

The red sun rises, and the road is bright.

In front of the gate of Chu's house.

The auspicious time has arrived. As Zhao An, the former chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, opened his mouth, Yue Kang climbed onto the white divine horse that had been prepared long ago.

"Get up the sedan!"

"Crack, crackle, crackle..."

Amid the blast of firecrackers and the noise of gongs and drums, the hundred-meter-long wedding procession set off in a grand manner.

The three greatest joys in life are getting your name on the list of successful candidates, your wedding night, and meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

White horse, red clothes, young man.

With the sound of horse hooves tapping the ground, the wedding procession had already reached Nanshi Street.

"Brother Kang, happy wedding."

"Second Brother Yue, happy wedding!"

"..."

A group of children of officials and former classmates would naturally not miss Yue Kang's wedding. They left home early and waited for the wedding procession on both sides of the streets in Nanshi. They all expressed their congratulations.

Afterwards, he joined the wedding procession on his own, and the original wedding procession of over a hundred people grew again.

The wedding procession needs to go around the city to the Gu family in Yuelu Academy. Along the way, there will be flower girls responsible for scattering wedding candies and money to let the people in the city share in the joy.

As for why it was the Gu family, we have to mention the moon falling.

Originally, after Yue Kang heard what Chu Zhao said, he had no intention of finding a goddaughter for Yue Ji. However, after he brought Yue Ji back to Yuelu, Yue Luo took the initiative to accept Yue Ji as his adopted daughter.

They even say that they all have the surname Yue and were from the same family a hundred years ago.

The wedding procession continued to move forward to the North City, where most of the common people in the city lived. However, they were not unfamiliar with the Second Prince Yue Kang. To be precise, they were familiar with all the princes. After all, in the early years, His Majesty often asked several princes to visit the streets.

The crowd was so excited that the sounds of congratulations even drowned out the music of the wedding procession.

Yue Kang, riding on a horse, smiled and nodded, looking very happy and in high spirits.

Yuelu Academy, Gu's family quarters.

Yue Ji, dressed in a gorgeous wedding dress, looked even more graceful and elegant, with an irrepressible smile on her flawless face.

All kinds of wonderful emotions lingered in Yueji's heart, and this day came like a dream.

If it was a dream, she would rather not wake up for the rest of her life.

Beside her, there were maids reciting instructions for women, and other maids explaining various things about how to serve the husband, respect the parents-in-law, etc. after marriage.

Yue Ji didn't hear a word he said. Today was her wedding day, and her heart was so happy that it almost jumped out of her chest.

After a long wait, I finally got what I wanted today. No one can understand the joy I feel.

After six years of knowing each other, we finally got married.

After the maid finished reciting the women's training and talking about how to be filial to one's parents-in-law, serve one's husband, etc., the people in the room slowly left, leaving only Yueluo and Yueji.

Yueluo covered Yueji with a veil. Once the red veil was put on, only her husband was qualified to lift it up.

Once the red veil is put on, only her husband is qualified to lift it up.

Yueji is an orphan without parents, but fortunately she has her stepmother Yueluo who accompanies her and chats with her in private while waiting for the groom to come and greet her.

Outside the house, Gu Luo, the son of Gu Chen and Yue Luo, kept pacing in the yard, making Gu Chen a little nervous.

I don’t know how long it took, the sound of gongs and drums came from far away, and the sudden sound of firecrackers made Gu Luo stop in his tracks.

"coming!"

Gu Chen glanced at him and said helplessly: "It's not your wedding, why are you so nervous? Don't make any mistakes."

"Don't worry, Dad. Nothing will go wrong." Gu Luo smiled and ran out the door, shouting, "Dad, I'm going to go out and take a look. Don't let those guys stop Yue Lao Er outside the door."

Outside the family quarters of Yuelu Academy, Yue Kang dismounted and took a deep breath. He had been here so many times before, but he felt inexplicably nervous this time.

No matter what, it’s important to get a wife, and that’s it for being reckless!

After Yue Kang gave himself enough energy, he shouted "Charge!" and the escort who followed him rushed in. He also successfully stepped into the family area.

Everything went more smoothly than he had imagined. At least he didn't get beaten, so he entered the Gu family and completed all the procedures smoothly.

"Get up the sedan!"

Just as the wedding procession began to return, a voice came from high above Yuelu City.

"Junior Brother Yue, I don't have anything good to give you. This city-wide flower lunchbox is probably my gift."

Zhao Yuzhen danced in the air, holding a peach blossom sword in her hand. A breeze blew across the city, and the whole city looked like blooming spring flowers.

Then, all the petals fell off the branches, flew up in the wind, and formed a colorful river of flowers that flowed around the city. Everyone in the city looked up in amazement. This wonderland made up of thousands of petals was simply too beautiful to describe.

"go with!"

Zhao Yuzhen thrust out a sword, and a peach blossom carrying all the flowers in the city floated towards the wedding procession.

"The prince of my Chu country is getting married, and we should celebrate with the national flower." Gu Chen laughed and jumped up.

The national flower he mentioned is the flower of the Phoenix tree, the national tree of Western Chu.

Although the Phoenix tree is almost extinct nowadays and there is none in Yuelu City, Gu Chen is good at illusion.

A sky full of phoenix flowers appeared out of thin air, merging tacitly with the river of flowers condensed by Zhao Yuzhen, and slowly fell from the sky above Yuelu City.

As the breeze blows, flowers have fallen all over the city.

Such a wonderful sight stunned everyone in the city.

"Hahaha, it's not enough, not enough!"

A woman's laughter came from the city gate, and her voice was full of boldness: "Xiao Kangzi, I don't have anything to give you. Today, I will give you and your wife a dragon and a phoenix as a gift. Take it as a gift from your teacher."

A blade energy shot up into the sky, and a strong wind arose along with it. The petals that had been falling were blown away by the wind again, and above Yuelu City, they condensed into a colorful dragon and phoenix.

It flew and paraded above the returning wedding procession.

The sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes singing were endless, full of joy.

When the wedding procession returned to the Chu family mansion on Chaoyang Street, the dragon and the phoenix roared together, entwined themselves and rushed into the sky, and finally exploded suddenly.

The red silk stretches for three thousand miles, and the city is filled with flowers.

Yue Kang turned over and got off the horse, stretched out his hand to catch a petal, looked at the middle-aged woman in tight clothes at the door, and sighed helplessly: "Master, can you please stop calling me Xiao Kangzi? It sounds like a eunuch."

The middle-aged woman smiled and nodded: "Well, I won't do that next time."

"That's what you said last time."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Tang Lian at the door suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.

Besides that, he felt somewhat fortunate.

Fortunately, Sikong Changfeng did not add the word "zi" when he called him, so at least he didn't sound like a eunuch.

Yue Kang led Yue Ji down from the sedan chair, led her to the middle-aged woman, and said with a smile: "Master, my wife Yue Ji."

After that, he said to Yue Ji: "This is my master, Yan Lingxia."

That’s right, the middle-aged woman was the former top master of the Southern Championship, the Sword Fairy Yan Lingxia.

Although Yue Kang is famous for his sword, his specialty is actually the knife.

He is better at using a knife than a sword.

As for why Yan Lingxia became Yue Kang's master, we have to mention Chu Zhao.

When Chu Zhao fled to the South, not only Yu Shengmo was impressed by his talent, but Yan Lingxia was also impressed by his talent. However, he did not like using the sword, so he did not practice sword with Yan Lingxia.

Yan Lingxia had always felt resentful about this, and as she had not found a suitable disciple to inherit her skills, she later accepted Yue Kang as her disciple. She did not return to Nanjue from Yuelu until Yue Kang went to Tianwaitian at the age of sixteen.

Wearing a red veil, Yue Ji bowed and was about to speak when she heard Yue Kang say with a smile, "It's getting late now. After we have finished the ceremony, I will introduce you to each other. Let's go through the wedding process first."

The red carpet extended from the main entrance to the auditorium. After the couple finished the door-to-door ceremony, Yue Kang and Yue Ji walked hand in hand under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

It was past noon.

The banquet has been set up in the mansion and the guests have arrived one after another. Those who have not arrived yet are estimated to not come, so Xiao Se and Chu Yang, who are responsible for welcoming guests today, also walked in.

In the Chu family auditorium, Beili National Master Qi Tianchen stood silently, holding a whisk.

Many people noticed where he was standing and were stunned, because that was the position for the attendant.

The so-called ceremonial person is the wedding host.

Could it be that……

hiss……

Beili National Master is the attendant, which is an absolutely stunning presence in the whole world!

Many people felt a sharp pain in their hearts, especially those who were from Beili, such as Sikong Changfeng, Xiao Xie, Xiao Lingchen and so on.

But considering Chu Zhao's identity and his relationship with the Imperial Master, it seems normal.

Noticing everyone's gazes, Qi Tianchen sighed inwardly. It was his first time to serve as a hostess. He hoped that everything would go smoothly.

Just as I was thinking about it, Yue Kang and Yue Ji stepped into the auditorium.

Qi Tianchen looked at the two of them with a smile on his face.

Yue Kang also had a smile on his face, and he expressed his gratitude to Qi Tianchen through his internal energy.

After a brief exchange between the two, the wedding ceremony began.

Soon, the tedious wedding ceremony was over, and Yue Kang directly lifted Yue Ji's veil.

This practice of lifting the veil directly after the wedding ceremony has been passed down since the Chu Zhao period.

When the eldest brother Chu An got married, he held a wedding that combined Chinese and Western styles.

Now in the whole Chu State, there is no custom that requires the bride to wait in the bridal chamber. Most of the time, after the ceremony, the veil is lifted directly, and the couple entertains the guests together.

Not to mention the bad habits such as the so-called thorn in the flesh that are said to bless the prosperity of descendants, which have long been banned.

After the two of them finished their wedding ceremony, Yue Kang led Yue Ji to entertain the guests and also to recognize people.

After all, although Yueji has been in Yuelu for quite some time, many people still don't know her.

For example: Mu Yumo, who previously worked away from home.

For example: the Wen family who moved to Lingnan, the Baili Chengfeng family who served as officials in Lausanne City, and so on.

As the son-in-law who was warming the pot of wine, Chu An naturally sat there with them.

Seeing Yue Kang and his wife coming over, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, second brother. Did you see the auspicious dragon and phoenix just now?"

Yue Ji's heart suddenly tightened. After all, the dragon and the phoenix have always represented the emperor and empress, and the current emperor of Chu is the eldest brother Chu An.

Yue Kang, on the other hand, didn't seem to care: "I saw it, what's wrong?"

"I don't need to tell you what the dragon and the phoenix represent. The appearance of the dragon and the phoenix just now is the best proof. You are the one chosen by God, and the throne should be yours."

"Brother, stop making trouble!"

Yue Kang didn't even toast to the people at the table and was about to pull Yue Ji away.

Chu An quickly grabbed him and said, "Don't go, let's discuss this."

"There's no room for negotiation. You want to pass the burden to me? It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Yue Kang broke free from his elder brother and fled away from the table with his wife.

Yue Ji lost her balance and staggered, causing a lot of wine in the glass to spill out.

There was no way, she was completely confused just now.

You know, that is the throne, the supreme position in a country, and everyone wants to sit on it.

But what did she see? She saw that the two brothers didn't want to sit on the throne. The throne seemed like a hot potato, and she wanted to throw it away? !
Yue Kang looked back at her and asked, "Are you surprised that my brother wants to give the throne to me?"

Yue Ji hummed, she was indeed surprised.

"Being an emperor is just a job, not as good as everyone thinks." Yue Kang shook his head and smiled, "If I want, I can sit on the throne at any time. I'm afraid my elder brother and sister-in-law can't wait to let me sit on it. Of course, it's the same for the mistresses."

If this had been said before today, Yue Ji would never have believed it, but now she believes it.

Because she could feel that her elder brother really wanted to throw the throne to his own man, as if that position was too hot.

"why?"

"Because being an emperor is hard and tiring. As our father said, if possible, I would rather be a peaceful dog than an emperor." Yue Kang laughed and said, "In short, dogs don't want to be emperors!"

Yue Ji: “…”

(End of this chapter)