The Sun and the Lion

Three weeks later, Ibrahim and the bowmen returned to Tabriz with a huge amount of loot. Thomas personally led the officials of the Ministry of Finance to register the loot into the warehouse.

The bow-holders also returned to the military camp outside the city under the leadership of Hashayar, leaving only three centurions to guard the palace and Ibrahim.

Returning to the palace and looking at the brand new interior decoration, Ibrahim admired it while walking and deliberately slowed down for this reason. However, Ibrahim has no feeling for art or anything like that. He couldn't appreciate anything after watching it for a long time. He didn't have any vocabulary except that it looked good.

Anna, who followed Ibrahim, observed carefully. Although she was very curious, the strict training allowed her to hide and suppress herself well, and become a well-behaved and obedient qualified slave girl.

Soon after, Ibrahim and the waiters walked to his room.

After the waiters prepared snacks and drinks, they exited the room at Ibrahim's instruction. Ibrahim had a casual drink and then rested.

The next day, early in the morning, someone came to ask for an audience with the King of Kings.

"Your Majesty, your Lale, the Great Emir Hussein would like to see you." The person beside the pillow conveyed the report of the guard outside the door to Ibrahim.

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"Your Majesty?" After a while, when Ibrahim didn't respond, Anna whispered into Ibrahim's ear again.

"Hey." Ibrahim, who still wanted to stay in bed, struggled for a while, chose to open his eyes, then stood up and dressed himself under the service of the slave girl.

After a while, Hussein, who was waiting in the study, finally saw Ibrahim. He first gave a routine greeting, and then joked: "Your Majesty is really energetic."

Ibrahim waved his hand, intending to ignore this topic: "What are you here for? Is there a rebellion or..."

"Your Majesty, I am not here today as the Great Emir." Hussein stroked his beard. "You are the son-in-law of Governor Ali. Your Majesty, it's time to prepare for your wedding."

"That's it."

Then Ibrahim roughly understood the steps of the wedding. The engagement ceremony before the wedding had been skipped, and all he wanted to complete was the wedding step.

However, these little things that Shahan Shah should not worry about will be taken care of by the servants. He and the bride only need to complete the ceremony and spend a beautiful day.

"How long does it take to prepare for the wedding?" Ibrahim asked.

"Your Majesty, if you don't mind, it will be tomorrow."

"So fast?" Ibrahim was a little surprised. He had only been back for less than a day, and then he was told that he could have a meal the next day, and it would be his own meal.

But Governor Ali put a lot of effort into his marriage with the Safavid family. Although the Qakia family that rules Gilan is the sponsor of the Safavid order, the connection between the two families is not close. You must know that in addition to the relationship between monarch and minister and the relationship within the religious order, the Safavid family and the Red-headed tribe also have intricate blood relationships.

However, after the establishment of the Safavid state, in order to reduce the influence of these "pillars of the country", future generations of Shahs began to use female slaves without strong natal family power to reproduce their offspring.

It is not surprising that the Kakia family chose to give away their daughter in order to enhance their status in the country.

Ali, Hussein and other religious leaders had purchased all the supplies needed for the wedding in the past few weeks.

Seeing that everyone was so concerned about his wedding, Ibrahim went fishing with peace of mind and could wait until tomorrow to discuss the matter.

I caught fish with Kamran's help, then ate and drank with Anna's service, and then went to the polo field in the city for some exercise. The day passed like this. The servants, ranging from the servants to the high-ranking officials, were busy preparing for tomorrow's feast.

The wedding was about to be held in the hall the next day. Senior officials, emirs and priests who were qualified to have a feast also gathered here to watch their King of Kings get married. The city's largest square was also cleared for celebrations that lasted for several days.

On the main road of Tabriz, the bride sat in a sedan decorated with gold embroidery, and a richly decorated canopy covered her head. Where the sedan passed by, the servants threw silver coins on the road for the onlookers on both sides to pick up at will.

The veil covered her face, and she had no intention of admiring the street scene of Tabriz at the moment. She didn't know what she was thinking about when her father's property was about to be transformed into her husband's property.

Silk carpets were spread at the entrance to the palace and all the way to the entrance to the hall.

The hall was surrounded by high-ranking officials, emirs and priests, and the tiles in the middle were also covered with carpets.

Placed on the carpet are two candlesticks (representing the bride and groom and their bright future), a mirror (fate), scriptures and poetry (blessings from Huda), a bowl of coins (wealth and prosperity), seven herbs and Platters of spices as well as several plates of fruits, pastries and other items. (Decorated eggs, decorated almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts represent fertility, pomegranates and apples represent a happy future, and a bottle of rose water)

Ibrahim knelt in front of the mirror and admired his heroic face. Mira Kakia, who was wearing a veil, was guided into the room by the attendants, and then knelt down next to Ibrahim.

The veil was removed and Ibrahim saw her face in the mirror. Maybe all time travellers are lucky, even if it is an arranged marriage like drawing a blind box, the wife they get will not be bad.

She wears a gorgeous long dress with a vermilion base, decorated with pearls from Hormuz and gemstones from Hindustan. The gold and silver jewelry made by Iranian craftsmen are also very exquisite. But these accessories are just to set off the beauty in the dress. According to Ibrahim's visual inspection, the girl is about 1.6 meters tall, shorter than Anna, with fair skin, delicate facial features, and long black hair draped over her shoulders. back.

Mira looked at Ibrahim. Today's Shahanshah's dress is incompatible with the simplicity of the past. The silk white turban is fastened with a gold brooch inlaid with red gemstones and paired with a black pendant feather. The bright silk robe is decorated with gold and silver threads, and the buttons are made of silver.

The shawl made of silk was held over the heads of the two people by the bridesmaids. After a few sessions, Ibrahim watched the bridesmaids pick up two sugar cones, then grind them on the heads of the two people, letting them bathe in it. In sweetness. All these pieces of candy fell on the shawl. (represents sweet life)

After these and other sessions that impressed Ibrahim, the banquet began. The remaining portions of pastries and special bread used by the two during the ceremony were also placed on the table for the guests.

Ibrahim circulated around the tables, accepting the blessings of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, Huda wishes you a bright future!"

“Shaykh, Huda bless your life!”

The toasts and compliments of the officials made Ibrahim feel dizzy. With flattering smiles on their faces, they exported compliments like wholesale.

After looking for the civil servants and priests, the King of Kings came to the red heads again and drank with these Turkmen emirs. Because he was not drunk enough, Ibrahim had to drink a few token drinks and then "ran away".

After doing this, Ibrahim and Khanum (Khanum, the feminine expression of Khan, used for royal women) Mira went to the bedroom to do business, deepened their relationship, and then fell asleep.