Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

October [-]th, a day when everything is auspicious, it is advisable to marry Yi'an's family. Just after Yin time, the middle door of the palace opened, and two servants came out carrying a large bundle of firecrackers, and spread them out at the door. Just dimmed.

"It's time, hurry up! Let go of the firecrackers!" Someone inside yelled, and then the servant lit the fuse with a torch. Soon, the sound of "Thunderbolt!" firecrackers resounded in the sky, waking up the sleeping people .

A fast horse was already approaching the door. Frightened by the earth-shattering sound of firecrackers, the horse's hooves were raised high, and its body swayed, trying to throw the person on its back off, so that it could turn around and run.

The young man in black frowned, then let go of the rein, jumped off the horse, and let the terrified horse run away in a panic.

He walked over alone, and saw that the front of the palace was filled with smoke, and the tip of his nose was filled with the smell of gunpowder. When he got closer, several soldiers with weapons suddenly ran out on both sides, with long iron guns standing in front of him.

"Stop! Who's coming, tell me who's coming!" A soldier couldn't see the face of the coming person clearly. The smoke was so thick that he could only be identified by his voice.

The young man in black reached out and pushed away the guns in front of him, and replied in a deep voice, "Mu Lan, the guard of the palace."

The soldiers of this name are naturally heard, and they also know that he went out with Vice General Zhao to suppress the bandits this time, but they haven't heard that Vice General Zhao and the others are back.

"Do you have a token?"

He Zun took out the token and handed it over. After the other party took it, he ran to a place with less smoke and took a look. After confirming, he respectfully returned the token and shouted: "Guard Mu, I have offended you, my lord! Marriage, we are also obeying orders!"

He Zun went through security checks a few times along the way, and he's used to it, and the prince got married, and South Vietnam has been under martial law since the border, so it's not easy to come in.

He Zun strode into the palace, the sound of firecrackers outside the door was endless, and the courtyard was also a busy scene. On the day of the wedding, the prince wanted to worship the ancestors, welcome relatives, and entertain guests. There were so many guests in the palace. Not many, all of them can't wait to have the avatar technique.

Lao Qi was the first to see He Zun, and rushed to greet him, "Lord Mu is back, the prince was still talking about you last night, fortunately you are back, otherwise he wouldn't want to go out to greet his relatives."

The corners of He Zun's mouth hooked up, and he sort of smiled. His face didn't look so scary anymore, and his family got used to seeing it. He said, "Is the lord getting up?"

"Get up, it's time to worship the ancestors in half an hour, so go quickly."

He Zun first went back to his room to take a bath and change clothes. After taking care of himself, he saw a brand new set of clothes on the bed, from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom. There are also a few flowers embroidered on the top, usually, he would definitely not wear such clothes, but today is a big day, so it's better to wear it once.

After putting on his clothes, He Zun walked outside the prince's courtyard, saw Liu Shu running out with something in his hand, and saw him yelling: "Hey, I knew you would look good in this outfit, you're really energetic!"

The corners of He Zun's mouth twitched, his face couldn't look good no matter what he wore, thanks to Liu Shu's exaggeration.

"What are you doing?"

"I just delivered some food to the prince. I will go out to welcome the relatives after the ancestor worship, so I don't have time to eat. I also left a copy for you. It is in the living room on the first floor. Go and eat quickly. The prince has been looking forward to it." I'm waiting for you to come back."

After Liu Shu finished speaking, he ran around him. He Zun shook his head, walked in, and saw Li Xu sitting on the sofa wearing a prince's dress, tapping his fingers on his knees, eyes closed, as if he was thinking matter.

"My lord, this subordinate is back." He Zunkei stepped forward to salute Li Xu.

Li Xu suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes glowed with surprise, "Finally he's back, and if it's a few hours later, you won't be able to watch the prince greet the bride with your own eyes."

He Zun knew who he was going to marry today, and thought to himself: Actually, it's good if you don't see it with your own eyes. Neither he nor Liu Shu approve of the prince marrying a male concubine, but the prince insists, and they have no right to object.

He Zun had an empty stomach, so he ate breakfast first, and then told Li Xu a few words about his trip to suppress the bandits, "Although it was successful, the losses were still quite a lot, with nearly a thousand casualties. This barbarian tribe is very strong. And after what happened last time, they set up many traps in the mountains, we are not familiar with the terrain, most of the casualties were caused by traps."

Li Xu was about to speak, but He Zun came to his senses and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I forgot that today is your big day, I shouldn't have said such things, my lord forgive me."

"It's nothing, it's already a fact, and we'll know sooner or later, but I really don't have time to deal with this matter today, let's discuss the follow-up matters with Kou Xiao tomorrow."

"Don't worry, because the wounded soldiers are not suitable for traveling, the subordinates let them recuperate at the same place, and they will come back in a few days. Zhao Gang probably doesn't want to come back either. This proposal is in his favor."

Li Xu said with a smirk on his face, "If he knew that the person the king is going to marry today is Kou Xiao, would he regret it and hit the wall?"

He Zun showed a little smile, "Hey, I should be able to. If he knew that today is General Kou's big day, he would definitely rush to see off his relatives, but who told him not to come back?"

The master and servant smiled unkindly, and their mood became much clearer. At this time, Liu Shu ran from outside and shouted before entering the door: "My lord, the auspicious time has come, and it's time to worship the ancestors."

When Li Xu built the palace, he didn't consider building the ancestral temple. Later, he found that during festivals, weddings and funerals, big and small events, the link of ancestor worship was basically unavoidable, so he built an ancestral hall on the back mountain to enshrine the ancestors. Portraits of successive kings of the Yan Dynasty.

The day after the ancestor worship was already bright, Li Xu bathed and changed his clothes again, and changed into a bright red dress. It is said that the colors of people's wedding dresses are all kinds of strange, and there is no uniform color. In the end, Li Xu will definitely use red, after all, red represents It is his deep-rooted view that people should be happy.

The dress had six layers from the inside to the outside, and it felt heavy to wear. When the sun came out, he felt hot all over. Luckily, Liu Shu quickly asked someone to hold up a canopy to shade him, and there were two beautiful maids behind him. Shaking the fan kept him from fainting from the heat.

"It's an auspicious time, let's go out to greet the relatives..." Liu Shu's sharp voice came, and Li Xu raised his head, showing an excited smile, then flicked his wide sleeves, and everyone behind him went out to greet the relatives.

A maroon horse had already been prepared at the door. The horse's hair was shiny and its eyes were calm. Amidst the deafening gongs and drums, it was able to stand peacefully and wait for him. I don't know how long it took to train.

Behind the horse, there is an endless guard of honor of the Kou family army. They are soldiers selected from the big competition the day before yesterday, wearing new military uniforms, soft armor, holding a long halberd, and a long knife hanging on their waists. They stand there majestically, like A sharp knife and gun.

Li Xu jumped on his horse, raised his hand, and the whole team started to move. The road from the Wang Mansion to the Kou Mansion is all cement roads, spacious and flat, and there are cleaners cleaning and rinsing early in the morning, and the clean ones can be placed on it. roll over.

On both sides of the road, there were yamen servants maintaining order. They stretched out their long knives and blocked the crowds outside. These people didn't know when they came. Some of them had wet hair, and some of them were holding colorful flags. When they saw Li Xu When it came over, it waved joyfully, as if welcoming a big-name star.

However, given Li Xu's status in Nanyue, he has indeed attracted countless fans. Even now, there are still people who set up his longevity card at home and offer three sticks of incense every day.

"My lord is very happy... I wish you and my concubine a happy marriage for a hundred years." Someone shouted at Li Xu, and Li Xu followed the sound, and saw a middle-aged man being dragged down by the people on both sides of his mouth, still blowing away in the wind Looking at the words he didn't finish: "Who hit me...uh..."

The people next to him smiled awkwardly but politely. Li Xu knew what they were thinking, thinking that they would be surprised soon, and wondered if they would still be able to say words of blessing.

Thinking of the person he was about to marry, Li Xu's heart was burning, and he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, causing the horse to trot.

Someone in the team behind kept throwing candies to both sides. Originally, Liu Shu had prepared copper coins, but Li Xu replaced them with candies for fear of causing a stampede.

Candy is also a luxury in this era, and a piece of candy is not cheaper than a copper coin, as can be seen from the noise behind it.

Liu Shu caught up and reminded in a low voice: "My lord, don't go too fast, the time is also dependent on the road, if we arrive too early, we won't even be able to enter the door of the Kou Mansion, it's very embarrassing."

Li Xu coughed dryly, tightened the reins slightly, and slowed down, feeling that this short road has not come to an end after a long time.

The Kou Mansion is busy, but orderly. After all, I have married my daughter several times, and the process is too familiar, but a servant asked strangely: "I don't seem to have seen San Niang, but you have?"

"You're stupid, didn't the concubine just gave birth to a baby a month ago, she's just confinement at this time, I heard that she lives in General Kou's courtyard, we must not see it."

"This... is she really confinement in General Kou's yard? Isn't that inappropriate?"

"You're being stupid again, that baby is the prince's child, how could it be confinement in Kou's mansion, I heard that he came back last night."

The person who was bullied was confused and muttered in a low voice: "Really? But I was on duty last night, but I didn't see anyone coming to the door."

"Stop nagging, go to work, the wedding party will be here soon, if you're curious, just wait in the front yard, you'll definitely see the third girl going out."

In the entire Kou mansion, no more than ten people know who is getting married today. Except for the old man and his wife, Mrs. Kou, only their personal servants are left.

"Ma'am, hurry up and change into your dress, the prince will be here soon." In Mrs. Kou's yard, two strong women urged Mrs. Kou to change her clothes.

Mrs. Kou sat on the bed, her face was pale, her eyes were lifeless, her lips moved slightly, she was muttering something, and she didn't even respond to the two women.

All the original servants in this yard have been transferred to other places, and the rest are found by Kou Xiao. Ever since Li Xu was hired, she has not stepped out of this yard. Under house arrest.

When this matter spread outside, Kou Xiao would inevitably be accused of being unfilial, but Kou Xiao was not filial for a day or two, and it didn't have much influence on him.

Moreover, Kou Xiao is not willing to lock Mrs. Kou like this, after all, they are mother and son, who would want such a bad relationship?

I don't know who went to Kou Xiao to report the matter, and soon he came over, wearing a bright red dress, everyone's eyes widened in surprise as he passed by, and secretly said: People who don't know think they are married today It's General Kou.

Kou Xiao walked into the room, lifted his clothes and sat down on the bed, held Mrs. Kou's hand, and said, "How long are you going to make trouble? Don't you really want to attend the big day?"

When Mrs. Kou saw the gown on him, her eyes were red, she shook off his hand and shouted, "Get lost! Who are you trying to get in the way of? What are you doing dressed like this? Today isn't your sister getting married ?"

"Mother, how can you agree?"

"Unless I go crazy and die, I will never agree!" Mrs. Kou cried and shouted, "You are an unfilial son! I gave birth to you in ten months of pregnancy and raised you to such a big age." , is it for you to marry someone? Where are you going to put the face of the Kou family? Where are you going to put my face? You are killing me!"

"How long has it been since you walked outside?" Kou Xiao asked patiently.

"How dare I go out? When I go out, all I hear are your gossips. You don't think it's shameful, but the whole city knows about it. If I go out, I will be drowned in spit!" Mrs. Kou retorted sharply. .

Kou Xiao sighed, knowing that it wouldn't make sense to her, and she wouldn't understand, he stood up, frowned and asked: "If you don't want to go out, forget it, after today, I won't restrict your freedom, you can go wherever you want where to go."

"Bah! In the end, you are not afraid that I will prevent you from getting married! I would like to ask Li Xu, what is his heart? Will marrying a male concubine be able to meet people? Can he enter the ancestral hall? Will he dare to take you to the capital to meet the emperor in the future? Does he dare to announce to the world that you Kou Xiao is the princess he married? You have to use the name of Kou Sanniang, how can you be upright? It’s just deception!"

How could Kou Xiao not know the difficulty, but they have already picked the best path among the thorns, maybe it is not so perfect, but who cares?

"We all understand what you said. If I'm afraid of this, I won't be with him."

"You dare to say, if you let the emperor know about your affairs, do you know the consequences? He Li Xu is the prince, his own son, what is our Kou family? We are not even a grasshopper. The emperor only needs to give an order. All the Manchu clan will be buried with you!"

"If you think too much, this day won't happen."

Mrs. Kou laughed loudly, "Kou Xiao, Kou Xiao, although you are invincible on the battlefield, you don't understand the imperial court. Those civil servants' mouths and pens are the sharp weapons for killing people. How could the emperor want a male daughter-in-law? Maybe let such a stain fall on the royal family, who will die if you don't die?"

Kou Xiao knew that what she said was reasonable, but the reason why he said that this day would not happen was because he knew that Li Xu would not let the situation go to this day.

He lowered his head and smiled, and said confidently: "Believe it or not, if this day comes, Li Xu would rather give up his status as a prince than let me die. Don't worry."

Mrs. Kou felt that she was really going crazy. How could this stupid son look so shrewd before, so why was he so confused about emotional matters?Even abandoning the status of prince, which man can do this?

She felt that she was extremely sober, and that the crazy person was Kou Xiao, but none of them could convince the other, and the scene fell silent for a while.

After a long time, Mrs. Kou got off the bed and stood in front of Kou Xiao with her head upright, "Okay, I'm going to go out and see how Li Xu cheated and married you, a man, in full view of everyone! "

Kou Xiao took a deep look at her, asked the two women to wait for Mrs. Kou to change her clothes, and replaced all her jewelry with pearl hairpins without edges and corners, and there was not a single hard object on her body, and then led her out. .

As soon as I got out of the yard, I saw the butler rushing over, "General...the wedding party is here, get ready!"

Kou Xiao clasped his hands, and there was a thunderous heartbeat in his chest. He knew that he was nervous. All the tension in his life was probably caused by Li Xu, and all the happiness was also brought by him. From now on In the end, this man who can affect his emotions completely belongs to him.

"Let's go." He took a deep breath and strode forward.