"China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called Hua. (The origin of the Chinese word has been 3,000 years old) the Chinese nation can stand in the world and continue to extinction, in addition to the favorable time, place and people, and the development of the etiquette system is not unrelated, in the place where the law can not be constrained, the etiquette system gives people a gentle inhibition. (Personal opinion) Chinese etiquette is the most Zhou, so subsequent dynasties generally implement Zhou etiquette, and Huaguo is naturally no exception.

Today, Concubine Zhen enters the genealogy of the temple and worships the ancestors, which is an auspicious ceremony.

Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian sat on the golden peacock sedan chair, and the eight eunuchs below kept walking at a fixed frequency, so that the nobles who were riding in the sedan chair would not be uncomfortable.

The sedan chair passed by one arch after another, the brilliant sunlight shone on the earth, the gilded tiles reflected the brilliant golden light, and the clouds in the sky moved slowly with the breeze, as if they were also following Concubine Zhen to participate in his ceremony. After walking in the palace for a quarter of an hour, the eunuchs finally carried the sedan chair to the ancestral worship square in the northeast corner of the palace.

Ancestor worship square is the earliest ancestral hall of the Jing family of Huaguo, enshrined the ancestors of the Jing family, with the Jing family through the jade seal of the country to get the righteousness of the world, the founding emperor of the Chinese country Jing Shiqi in Hua'an City enthroned as the emperor, the ancestral shrine of the Jing family has naturally changed.

In the construction of the current Dahua Palace based on the former princes' palaces of the Jing family, the location of the ancestral shrine has not changed, and it is directly built in the palace, implying that the ancestors of the Jing family will protect their descendants.

The sedan chair walked slowly and steadily to the outside of the ancestral temple square, Jing Zetian lifted the window screen with his hand, his head was exposed outside the sedan chair, and the first thing he saw was eight eunuchs carrying the sedan chair with fine sweat on their heads, and sighed in his heart, no wonder the eunuchs were used in the palace, these physical work, the palace maid really couldn't do it.

Jing Zetian looked ahead, the ancestor worship square he basically every year during the New Year, the entire royal family of the palace has to come here to worship the ancestors, the prince of the king from other places also has to come back every few years to worship the ancestors, the entire ancestor worship square, for all the royal family, is the most sacred and solemn place.

Covering an area of fifteen acres, the ancestral square is the largest building in the imperial palace, around the rectangular ancestral square, every distance of one zhang away, there is a forbidden army with a spear standing there, wearing black armor, wearing a black white feather helmet of the forbidden army, to the entire ancestral square brings a sense of majesty and coldness.

"Get off the sedan car!" The great eunuch Chang An shouted.

With a slight tremor, the sedan chair was gently placed on the ground, Chang An immediately took down the small wooden pier from the sedan chair and put it on the ground, and Concubine Zhen, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, led Jing Zetian down the sedan chair.

Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian stood straight outside the entrance of the square, and the marble floor at the entrance was covered with an eight-foot-wide red silk carpet, which was specially laid for Concubine Zhen today, and Concubine Zhen was the only protagonist today.

Jing Zetian secretly thought in his heart that it was quite fashionable in ancient times, and there was even a project of walking the red carpet.

Not far from both sides of the red carpet, there were two columns of forbidden troops, which stretched to the end of the red carpet.

Concubine Zhen took Jing Zetian's little hand, walked along the red carpet to the middle of the square, and after walking hundreds of steps, she walked to the middle of the square, the entire square was paved with white marble, Jing Zetian couldn't help but admire the luxury of the ancient royal family in sacrificing ancestors.

There is a huge bronze tripod in the middle of the square, the bronze giant tripod is burning three pillars of huge incense, at this moment, the Dahua Emperor Jing Kaige and the empress Zhao Liwan are leading the people of the royal family and civil and military officials to bow to this big tripod, so many people stand in the square, it does not seem crowded, Li Yuanshang is just standing in the northeast of the queue of people, with his palms against the backs of his hands upright in front of his small belly and standing upright.

When Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian arrived in the middle of the square, the emperor who was bowing to Dading had just finished worshipping.

Li Yuanshang, who was standing on the side, shouted loudly: "The incense ceremony is completed, the emperor, the queen, the people of the imperial family, and the ministers on both sides of the red road will welcome Concubine Zhen, and the six princes will perform the incense ceremony." ”

As soon as Li Yuanshang's voice fell, the emperor and everyone stood neatly and quickly at both ends of the red silk road as if they had rehearsed before, and the emperor and empress stood opposite each other at the forefront.

Jing Zetian had just arrived at Concubine Zhen, who was dragging her little hand, and her hands were sweating in the unhot weather, it seemed that her mother was very nervous, Jing Zetian thought. He wasn't too nervous himself, but he was just a little excited, and he took a lot of credit for his mother's concubine to have this kind of treatment.

Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian walked to the bronze giant dome burning with three pillars of huge incense, clasped their hands together, and bowed deeply three times.

"Licheng." Li Yuanshang's voice sounded again.

Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian stopped bowing with Li Yuanshang's voice, and Jing Zetian only looked at the people around him at this time, it is rare for so many people to gather together.

"The people of the royal family continue to worship their ancestors, and the civil and military officials are waiting here." Li Yuanshang shouted loudly again, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he became the ancient version of the master of ceremonies at this time.

Emperor Jing Kaige took Concubine Zhen's hand and continued to walk towards the north of the square, where there is a majestic building, which is the ancestral shrine of the Jing family. Jing Zetian's hand was led by the queen and also walked towards the ancestral hall, followed by the royal family led by Concubine Li. The prime ministers on the left and right and other officials and the generals standing at the end were all waiting quietly in place.

Under the leadership of Jing Kaige, after walking a few hundred steps, we arrived at the ancestral shrine of the Jing family, there is a three-zhang high marble tablet outside the ancestral hall, the stone tablet stands on the huge staircase, the marble staircase is carved with many pictures, which is painted on the image of the ancestors of the Jing family, and the stele is also recorded with complex inscriptions.

Jing Kaige and the others bowed deeply to this stone monument.

Outside the ancestral hall, Li Yuanshang shouted loudly: "The royal family Zongzheng Temple Zongzheng Jing Shiying went out of the family tree and entered the clan ceremony. ”

After Li Yuanshang finished speaking, an old man with gray hair walked out of the ancestral hall, this old man was the third master of Emperor Jing Kaige, and the third brother of Jing Shiqi, the founding emperor of Huaguo.

In the case of the concentration of imperial power in Huaguo, the influence of Zongzheng Temple on the emperor is minimal, and it can only cooperate with the emperor, so now the Zongzheng Temple in Huaguo is basically a yamen for the elderly and the maintenance of family inheritance.

Jing Zetian rarely saw this Zongzheng, this old man had gray hair, a cane in one hand, a gray goatee in the other, wearing a white robe, a feeling of fairy wind and bones, Jing Zetian thought with envy in his heart, this is the realm I once pursued, and lived to ninety-nine leisurely.

"Ahem." Jing Shiying cleared his throat, holding a bundle of rolled yellow bamboo slips in his trembling hands, Jing Zetian looked at this scene, and couldn't help but worry about whether this Zongzheng would shake the bamboo slips away, this bamboo slip looked like it was quite old.

"Concubine Zhen Caier, since entering the palace as a concubine, abide by women's morals, for the continuation of the incense of my Jing family, and make contributions, her son Jing Zetian, young, but made great contributions to my Dahua, thanks to the teaching of Concubine Zhen. Today, Ben Zongzheng, on behalf of my royal family, promoted Concubine Zhen to a noble lady and entered my Jing family tree. Jing Shiying said, and Li Yuanshang, who was on the side, took out a carving knife from his long sleeves and handed it to Jing Shiying.

Jing Shiying opened the yellow bamboo slips, spread them on the table, and engraved Concubine Zhen's name on them with trembling hands.

"Licheng, Concubine Zhen and the six royal families entered the ancestral shrine to worship the ancestors." Li Yuanshang said immediately after seeing Jing Shiying finish writing.

Concubine Zhen took Jing Zetian into the ancestral shrine, Jing Zetian in the ancestral shrine is still the first time to come in, usually the identity is not enough, can only worship outside, there are many spirit cards placed in the ancestral shrine, the middle is naturally the founding emperor of Dahua Jing Shiqi, the ancestral shrine is not as atmospheric as imagined, very simple and generous, and the ancestral shrine of the usual family is no different, which makes Jing Zetian a little surprised.

After Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian bowed down to the ancestral shrine, this ceremony of entering the temple was over.

Such a cumbersome, such a large formation, in the entire royal family, only the new emperor ascended the throne, crowned the queen, established the prince, and worshiped the ancestors These can surpass the specifications of the noble lady, in the harem of Huaguo, the noble lady is no less than the queen, the queen died early or was abolished, and the candidate for the queen can only be chosen from the noble lady.

"Libi, the children of the royal family and the minister of civil and military affairs, see Mrs. Zhen!" After Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian walked out of the ancestral hall, Li Yuanshang shouted loudly.

"See your lady!" In addition to the emperor and queen and Concubine Li, the civil and military officials of the imperial court and those of the imperial family whose grade is not as good as Concubine Zhen all bowed.

Because of Jing Zetian's meritorious service, Concubine Zhen was directly promoted to Mrs. Zhen, which made all the concubines in the harem envious and jealous.

This is also the effect that Jing Kaige wants, he is not afraid that his children are excellent, only if his descendants are strong enough, his country can continue, this is also what his father Jing Shiqi told him, Jing Kaige thought so.