Children of Loulan

Chapter 161 Marriage

However, once the dowry was collected, it became unstoppable. All the concubines in the palace, regardless of their status, came to offer dowry gifts. Only those concubines of low status and financial difficulties did not show up. Despite this, Hanguli was still busy for nearly two hours before accepting all the dowry gifts.

When the last group of people left, Dar checked the time and hurriedly reminded, "Miss, we should go put on makeup and change clothes now. If we delay any longer, it might be too late!"

Hanguli, who originally planned to take a short rest, had to drag her exhausted body into the bedroom again with Dal. She let Dal dress her up carefully and put on the gorgeous wedding gown. The bright red wedding gown was embroidered with colorful mandarin duck patterns, and the nanny meticulously put on exquisite makeup for her, making Hanguli look as beautiful as a fairy, breathtaking.

As the auspicious time approached, the eunuch Aishan beside the king and the aunt Mulian beside the queen also came to Ningxiang Hall in person. They brought a big red wedding sedan chair carried by sixteen people, which undoubtedly added to the festive atmosphere. When everything was ready, the wedding team slowly set out from Ningxiang Hall.

However, today the king not only issued an imperial decree to Hanguli, but also issued an imperial decree to the Xuanwang Mansion and the people of Loulan. Regarding this special situation of the concubine marrying her son again, the king explained: Hanguli was actually just an insignificant little palace maid. In order to bring good luck to the eldest prince, she was temporarily canonized as a little lady a few hours before her wedding, and she was not an official concubine!

The reason for explaining it this way is that he is worried that some ordinary people cannot accept the situation of "marrying a son with a mother". Although she is a stepmother, she is still a mother, so there will be unnecessary trouble in the future. At the same time, he is also afraid that some people will take this opportunity to harm the eldest prince in the future.

Moreover, since Hanguli entered the palace three years ago, she was sent to Yuexiju to recuperate soon after, so many new palace maids and eunuchs in the palace did not know the existence of such a person.

Therefore, the king’s decree is not only to tell those who are not aware of the situation, but also to warn those who are aware of the situation to shut up!

The wedding procession walked from Ningxiang Palace to the palace gate, and then from the palace gate to Xuanwang Mansion. After entering the mansion gate and getting off the bridal sedan, Hanguli found that the place was simply crowded with people. And seeing that they were all dressed in rich or noble clothes, they must be officials in the court. She sighed in her heart: "This Xuanwang repaired the foundation of West City, his contribution is really extraordinary!"

Although Hanguli thought so in her heart, she did not show it, but continued to follow the team. Along the way, she saw many people looking at her, with blessings, jokes, pity, and ridicule!

But she didn't take those people seriously, and followed the nanny's support into the hall. The king and queen were already sitting at the top of the table. At this time, the national teacher shouted: "The auspicious time has arrived, and the wedding begins!"

At this time, Hanguli found that a man dressed like a servant was standing next to her with a rooster in his arms! Just when she was confused, the national teacher suddenly explained to the king and queen: "Your Majesty, Queen, this custom of rushing to get married is a custom that only exists in the Tang Dynasty. We have never had it in Loulan, so I followed the customs of rushing to get married in the Tang Dynasty. The groom was seriously injured and could not attend, so I dripped a drop of his blood on the rooster's head, so that the rooster can perform the wedding ceremony on behalf of the groom!"

After hearing this, the king said, "No problem, let the Imperial Master take charge of everything!"

But Hanguli's heart tightened. So she was marrying a rooster? How absurd, it was unheard of. Although she was very resistant, she could only obey the arrangements of the national teacher because the king and the queen were in front of her. If she acted on her impulse, not only she and Dalbaier would die, but also her parents, her brother, and dozens of people in the Ku Mansion would all be executed!

She tried hard to suppress the unhappiness in her heart, and did not hear what the Imperial Master said. She only felt that Dal, who was holding her hand, asked her to kneel down, and then asked her to kowtow. After repeating this several times, she heard the Imperial Master shout: "The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber!"

Only then did Kehanguli come to her senses. When she turned around and prepared to go to the bridal chamber with Dalbaier, she found that the bustling scene just now was crowded with people, but now no one was there. There were only the king, queen, imperial teacher and a few servants!

With such doubts, the three of them walked towards the bridal chamber, which was filled with red silk and red candles, but there was no smile on anyone's face. Hanguli knew that this was because their master was still in a coma!

After entering the bridal chamber, Hanguli asked Dal to help her get some food, while Bayer gave some wedding money to the servants in the house so that they could be sent out to guard the bridal chamber. He took off the flower hat on his head, rubbed his sore neck, and then slowly walked into the inner room.

She was really tired today! She hadn't slept since the Imperial Master knocked on the door last night. First the Imperial Master came in, then the King's first imperial decree, and then she was taken to Ningxiang Palace by the nanny to take a bath. At this time, the King's second imperial decree came again, asking her to marry King Xuan. Next, the Queen Mother and the Queen added makeup, and because they all gave it, the other concubines in the harem followed suit. Finally, it was the marriage.

Hanguli felt exhausted and needed to rest. So she decided to lie down on the marriage bed and wait for Dar to bring food before getting up to eat. But when she walked to the bed, she suddenly found that there was another person lying on the bed.

Hanguli was startled and almost cried out. She looked carefully and found that the man was King Xuan, who was lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Hanguli looked at the man lying in front of her. Although she hadn't seen him for three years, she recognized him at a glance. He looked pale, his eyes were closed, and his lips were purple. He looked like he was poisoned.

Even so, he was still handsome, just darker and stronger than three years ago, and less immature. But she always felt something was strange about the Xuan Wang, but she couldn't tell what was strange.

After being stunned for a moment, Hanguli subconsciously left the inner room. At this time, Bayer had just sent the servant away, and when he turned around, he saw Hanguli coming out of the inner room again. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Miss, why did you come out? You are tired all day today, why don't you lie down in the inner room for a while?"

Hanguli grabbed Baier and walked to the outer room together. She lowered her voice and said, "King Xuan is lying inside. I will sit outside for a while."

Bayer looked at Hanguli in astonishment and said in surprise: "Ah? King Xuan is in there? Wasn't he seriously injured? How could he be here?"

Hanguli frowned thoughtfully, and after thinking for a moment, she replied, "We got married to bring him happiness, so it's only natural for him to be here."

When Bayer heard this, he immediately became anxious and asked hurriedly, "But now he is lying in there with serious injuries, and we don't know where his injuries are. What if you accidentally turn over and touch his wound? Then how are you going to sleep tonight, young lady?"