The Ministry of Rites dispatched a festive music band, holding their trumpets and suonas, waiting cheerfully at the entrance of the Royal Palace. Today King Qin was making a marriage proposal, and surely the reward money they'd receive later wouldn't be meager, with a feast waiting for them at noon!
The housekeeper, along with several accountants, distributed celebration money and sweets to a group of little boys, reminding them of the precautions they needed to take when handing out the money and sweets...
The auspicious time had arrived.
King Qin, Nangong Yi, rode a high-headed big horse, leading the marriage proposal procession mightily from King Qin's Mansion all the way to the suburban manor.
At the front of the procession was the Ministry of Rites' music band, all dressed in bright red wedding clothes, playing their instruments and attracting a large crowd of townsfolk who came to watch and speculate.