inspire-indiana Chapter 194 Unique Dowry
Chapter 194 Unique Dowry
Ji Cheng left angrily, and the cunning little eunuch followed him. When Chi Ming realized that the man had left, he shook his robe without hesitation, stood up, and helped Wen Ning up.
"A Ming, it's not dark yet!"
Wen Ning was pulled up, still thinking about Ji Cheng's anger, and wanted to kneel down, but was hugged by Chi Ming.
"It's okay. He's just doing it for show. Let's go back to the room and talk."
Chi Ming brought Wen Ning into the room, looked around carefully, and said cautiously:
"Someone in the harem is watching the king. He must be here today for something important, but at the moment, he seems to have some concerns. But don't worry. I will help him."
"You... don't hate him?"
"Ning'er, even for you, I won't be his enemy. But I don't mind if he suffers a little."
Chi Ming had a smile on his face and a wicked look in his eyes, and he seemed to have already thought of how to teach Ji Cheng a lesson.
At night, Wen Ning's Jinxiu Palace welcomed a eunuch who was delivering the imperial eunuch's orders. It was not Fulin, but a newly promoted young eunuch. The young eunuch was a little arrogant and didn't treat everyone in Jinxiu Palace very well, but he was quite respectful to Wen Ning.
Ji Cheng's intention was very simple, which was to let Wen Ning accompany him to participate in the sea sacrifice. The emperor and his concubine going out to sacrifice the sea was a good story in Da Chong, and it also showed King Da Chongming's infinite respect for the sea god.
The rituals for the sea sacrifice are complicated. In addition to the emperor and his concubines, most of the civil and military officials of the court have to accompany them. The coastal palaces also have to be repaired, so the project is huge.
Although Da Chong was not short of money, such a waste of money and labor still caused unrest in Da Chong. Therefore, King Jing wrote a letter to advise against it, stating the ten taboos of the sea sacrifice, and threatening that this was a move that would destroy the foundation of Da Chong and hurt the people.
Following Prince Jing, many officials wrote letters to persuade him, but Ji Cheng still insisted on arranging all matters concerning the sea sacrifice. He also scolded Prince Jing and ordered him to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion in Prince Jing's mansion.
Ji Cheng scheduled the time for the sea sacrifice at the beginning of spring, and Zhang Qiong also arranged important matters at the beginning of spring.
He planned to prepare for his wedding with Yun Yiduo after he recovered. It would be best to set a date for the wedding as soon as possible, and then he would concentrate on preparing to marry his young wife.
With Yun Yiduo's company and treatment, Zhang Qiong's health got better and better. During the Chinese New Year, because they were a young couple who were about to get married and there were not so many rules in the martial arts world, Yun Yiduo naturally spent time with Zhang Qiong in Liuyun Sect.
During Yun Yido's time in Liuyun Sect, although Zhang Qiong was sick and blind, he was always happy in his heart. He even thought every day about how happy he and his young wife would be after their marriage.
All the elders of Liuyun Sect saw his happiness and joy. They were very satisfied with the future headmaster's wife. After all, Yun Yiduo not only managed the Liuyun Sect's industry in an orderly manner, with increasing profits, but also had excellent medical skills, was considerate, and took great care of Zhang Qiong.
Therefore, when Zhang Qiong mentioned the need to prepare the Three Books and Six Ceremonies, everyone in Liuyun Sect immediately took action.
In just two months, everything was ready, the elders of both sides met, and the wedding date was set. The wedding date was set on May 28, the 18th year of Zhangde, a date that Yun Yiduo had not expected.
Because this was the time when she married Ji Cheng in her previous life. Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, she would still get married on this day, but this time she was no longer marrying Ji Cheng, but Zhang Qiong.
When she learned that Yun Yiduo had to get married before she turned seventeen, her aunt Yun Ling shook her head. Although she did not object, she still sighed.
"According to the rules of the Yun Clan, girls are not allowed to marry before they are eighteen years old. But Duoduo has not been in the Yun Clan for a long time, so she can get married if she wants! However, the Yun Clan will still prepare a unique dowry for Duoduo."
So, just when Zhang Qiong's eyes were about to recover, Yun Yido was called by her aunt to Yueyin Villa, and received a unique dowry, a wedding dress that was rarely seen in the world - a soft and light red gauze skirt.
This soft and light gauze skirt is the wedding dress worn by the bride of the Yun tribe during their wedding. However, in the Yun tribe, wedding dresses are all white. Only Yun tribe women who marry outside the tribe will wear soft and light red gauze skirts.
A soft and light red gauze skirt is not easy to make. Yun Yido had been preparing for this one since the day she got engaged, and it took nearly two years to finally be completed.
When she saw the gauze dress her aunt gave her, Yun Yiduo couldn't take her eyes off it. In her previous life, she got married in a princess's bright red wedding gown, and it didn't matter whether she liked it or not, she just did it to cope with it.
And this time, looking at the soft and light red gauze, she suddenly wanted to go to the Yun Clan to take a look. It must be a very, very good place, otherwise, how could such a perfect little aunt be born, and such a mysterious second aunt be missed by so many people.
After getting the wedding dress from the Yun Clan, Yun Yiduo returned to the Muyun Hongxue Garden. Because the wedding date had been set, she was asked by the elders to stay in the garden and wait for her wedding.
Thinking of the late spring cold snap in her previous life, she wrote a letter to Princess Jian'an, asking her to tell His Majesty to pay attention to weather changes.
The emperor still trusted Yun Yiduo very much, so he issued an imperial decree, asking all places not to rush to plant in the spring and postpone the time of planting grain. Although there was an imperial decree, the climate in different places was different, and many areas could not wait to plant grain.
Soon, the chilly spring brought several late spring cold spells, pushing the Central Plains into another crisis. Many areas that had planted grain early suffered heavy losses. Even if they replanted later, the harvest would be greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the war in the north has ended, and the Central Plains has not been hit by internal and external troubles. However, Yun Yido knows that this crisis will still cause a considerable blow to the Central Plains.
After two years of war, the Central Plains treasury was already empty, and coupled with the previous chaos of the Lin family, the Lin family's business was also hit hard, and it seemed that they could not help much.
Just when she was worried about the current situation of the Central Plains in Muyun Hongxue Garden, Ji Cheng brought his Concubine Ning and all the civil and military officials to Haichaowan in Yanhai Town.
The sea sacrifice ceremony was held in Haichao Bay, because there was a very spacious sea observation deck built there. The observation deck was flat on the sea, with an area as large as a racecourse, and could accommodate about 10,000 people.
A large altar had already been built at the location of the lookout tower closest to the sea surface, and countless Da Chong soldiers surrounded the altar, standing ready, waiting for their king to come and offer sacrifices to the sea.
When the rising sun jumped out of the sea, the sound of rolling waves could be heard from the silent sea. Ji Cheng, holding Wen Ning's arm, wearing the Ming King's crown, came to the altar solemnly.
Upon seeing this, the ceremonial officer came to the altar, watched Ji Cheng and Wen Ning take the incense from the palace servant, and sang loudly in unison:
"Feast!"
As the ceremonial officer's voice fell, Ji Cheng raised the incense and candles and prepared to kneel down, but he didn't expect that the lit incense and candles suddenly broke and fell to the ground.