Chapter 159: Ancestor Worship Ceremony
"What, aren't you happy?"
Pinching the beautiful butler's slightly round chin, Zhou Xingyun asked with a smile.
He doesn't like to force people, especially beautiful women.
"No, I'm happy."
Hearing Shizi's question, Zhou Shuqing hurriedly replied, for fear that Shizi would be unhappy.
Since he was three years old, Zhou Shuqing has been instilled with the concept of serving the prince first.
She has been excellent in learning since she was a child, and with her beautiful appearance, she was favored by her great-grandfather and specially focused on training.
Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, female red, management, economy, culture, politics, and politics......
Zhou Shuqing didn't know how much she had learned, but she knew that her highest pursuit in life was to serve the world, which was her supreme glory and the most important mission in her life.
Even in her heart, the son of the world has already become all she has, even if she goes to various countries to study, she has never looked at those so-called outstanding elites.
No matter how good the suitors are, how can they compare to the world, and how can they compare to the obsession in her heart for more than ten years.
Now, she has become the concubine chosen by the prince as she wished, and her mood is really indescribable.
But she knew that it was not only her glory, but also the glory of her family.
"Yes."
With a wicked smile on his mouth, Zhou Xingyun pulled the beautiful housekeeper into his arms and kissed him directly.
The red silk soft tent, the jade furnace is fragrant, and in a soft hum, another beauty has completed the most important transition in her life. Нёǐуапge.сОМ
Holding the beautiful butler who was overwhelmed by the conquest and fell asleep, Zhou Xingyun's eyes were unusually bright.
The moment he promised the chief, Zhou Xingyun knew that he couldn't hide.
If he refuses, it will not only hurt the hearts of the Zhou clan, but also make the Zhou clan a little more unfair.
Although Liang Guogong's reputation is resounding all over the world, there are many hidden dangers behind that brilliance. Just like the news he learned from Liu Kui earlier, there were traitors in the upper echelons of the Zhou clan who had a feud with Jianwen.
Who knows how many shadows have been buried within the Zhou clan in the Jianwen lineage, which has survived for more than 600 years, not to mention other enemies hidden in the shadows.
As a thousand-year-old family, there will not be only one or two enemies, if the Zhou family is full of contradictions, how to deal with the wind and waves.
Since he is going to choose a concubine, Zhou Xingyun naturally wants to choose a beautiful housekeeper who knows the roots.
What's more, the beautiful housekeeper is from the great elder Zhou Zhengyu, who has presided over the affairs of the clan for many years, first, to rest assured, and second, to win over this great elder, no matter how it is calculated, it is not a loss.
Of course, the most important thing is that whether it is appearance or figure, the beautiful housekeeper is very suitable for Zhou Xingyun's eyes.
If these two do not match, all the conditions are in vain.
As for whether he will live up to the beautiful senior sister, the moment he ate the pretty eyebrows, Zhou Xingyun knew that he had no way out.
Anyway, eating one is a betrayal, and eating two is also a betrayal, once he embarks on this road, Zhou Xingyun's psychological pressure is much less.
Maybe men are like this, but Zhou Xingyun will not let go of the hand of the beautiful senior sister lightly, and he still tries to hide it when he can. After all, the pretty cutie is the obsession of the otaku 'Zhou Xingyun', so the beautiful senior sister is his obsession with his previous life, just like that beautiful first love.
Saying that he is a scumbag or not, Zhou Xingyun will not allow the woman he likes to lie on someone else's body. That kind of pain and powerlessness, as humble as he was in his previous life, he could only stand silently in the distance and watch the goddess in his heart marry those rich and handsome, in this life, with the ability, he will never repeat the mistakes of the past.
At that time, if he can't get the beautiful senior sister, then he can only be regarded as incapable.
However, the boat is naturally straight to the bridgehead.
The sunlight came in through the window, Zhou Xingyun's hand moved slightly, and the beautiful woman in his arms woke up immediately.
"Shizi."
Quickly getting up and feeling the pain in his body, Zhou Shuqing couldn't help frowning.
"You can rest again."
Just as he was about to let the beautiful housekeeper lie down and rest, Zhou Xingyun saw the beautiful housekeeper stand up in a thin veil, open the door, and a group of maids waiting outside rushed in.
After washing and changing, Zhou Xingyun looked at today's clothes and suddenly felt a lot more handsome.
The whole body is covered with purple shading, a handsome unicorn is embroidered on the sleeves and chest, a purple three-bead jade crown on the head, a white jade belt is tightly tied around the waist, and soft and comfortable purple boots are matched.
This shape can't be handsome if you don't want to.
Well, is the first lady's costume still quite handsome?
After thinking about it all night, Zhou Xingyun's spirit was very good, and he was even more handsome.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Zhou family will hold a ceremony to worship their ancestors, and the person who presides over the memorial is naturally the person who is the descendant of the Duke of Liang.
As Liang Guogong's father, this burden naturally fell on Zhou Xingyun, who was the son of the world. The most important responsibility for him to return to his hometown for the New Year is to preside over this annual ancestor worship ceremony.
As for Zhou Xingyun, the son of the world, wearing the clothes of the prince of the country, whether he will trespass, even the supervision yamen will not take care of this kind of thing.
In these years, even the common people's homes will be placed with one or two dragon and phoenix auspicious carvings, and this kind of thing has long been excluded from the scope of supervision by the supervision yamen.
Since the Great Reform more than 100 years ago, the crime of trespassing has disappeared in the Great Ming Law.
It was also the beginning of the modernization of the Ming Kingdom, with high-rise buildings and ancient cities gradually replaced by steel forests. Otherwise, the tall buildings will exceed the height of the palace, and I don't know how many people will be sent to prison on that ridiculous charge.
As soon as they walked out of the gate of the main house, the guards on both sides of the avenue knelt neatly.
They were dressed in black brocade robes, with long knives at their waists, and an eagle embroidered on their chests.
This is the personal guard of the old Zhou family, the Eagle Guard.
They are also the strongest private armed forces in the entire Ming Kingdom, and each of them has experienced a hundred battles and comes from the ace retired soldiers in the Southern Xinjiang Army.
Two kilometers from the main house to the ancestral hall, there are 1,000 Eagle Guards guarding both sides of the street, and 16 helicopter gunships are constantly patrolling the sky.
This momentum is not far behind the royal family's worship ceremony during the National Day ceremony.
It is still a man's scene, although it has been more than a hundred years since the first lady shouted the slogan of equality between men and women, and there is no gender discrimination in daily life, but in the Zhou family, a thousand-year-old family where women are not included in the family tree, the difference between the status of men and women is still very large.
After nearly a thousand years of development, there are nearly 60,000 existing clansmen in the Langya Zhou clan, but only 10,000 people are really included in the genealogy, and only 2,000 people are present.
Now, almost all of the two thousand people are standing in front of the open space in front of the ancestral hall, all dressed in traditional crown robes, looking full of momentum.
The annual ancestor worship ceremony is the most important activity of the Zhou family.
Almost all the clansmen who were lucky enough to participate in the ceremony rushed over, how could they be absent, and no matter how important things were, they had to postpone them.
The opportunity to see Grandpa Guo may be like this once a year.
What's more, the same clansmen of the Zhou family, everyone has a meal and chats together, and I don't know how many business opportunities will appear.
"Huanghuang Great Zhou ......"
Holding a scroll of purple silk with sacrificial texts, Zhou Xingyun read a somewhat awkward classical Chinese, declaring the glorious resume of the old Zhou family.
From the Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago to the title of Liang Guogong, after reading the resume of the old Zhou family, Zhou Xingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief and entered an agenda.
It took more than two hours to recite the sacrificial text, sacrifice heaven and earth, thank Yingling, and worship ancestors.
The rest of the people were standing in the square on the side of the steps, at least with the crowd to cover it, so that it was not too cold.
But Zhou Xingyun was standing alone on the high platform, except for the ancestral hall, the other three sides were very ventilated, especially the ancestral hall was located at the highest point in the entire Langya Village.
The wind blows, it's really a cool word.
No wonder that unscrupulous old man refuses to come back for the New Year, where is this happiness, it is simply a crime.
Zhou Xingyun, who was shivering in the cold wind, finally unloaded his burden, and immediately lay down in the bath when he returned to the main house, enjoying the gentle service of the beautiful housekeeper.
As for what else there is, it is not enough for outsiders.