Chapter 381: The Customs of Keeping the New Year

Listening to Xiao Qiao's arrangement, Liu Qi couldn't help but nod approvingly, because such an arrangement was exactly what he wanted, Kuai Ruyu was the biggest, so he naturally had to make arrangements first, and Huang Yueying couldn't be left out because she couldn't have children, so it was natural to put the two of them in front, which also proved that Xiao Qiao was a good woman who was empathetic.

Immediately afterwards, his son Liu Yi was also called in, and the dinner party was carried out in harmony, although it was forbidden to drink, but it was still okay to drink alcohol, the degree of alcohol was very low, and it was the most common drink besides water.

Drinking liquor, eating stir-fried dishes that originated with Liu Qi and spread all over the world, and admiring the full spring color, Liu Qi is now not drunk and everyone is drunk.

After a pleasant interaction, the dinner party ended in reluctance, and Liu Qi, who was extremely satisfied, also came to the room of the eldest woman Kuai Ruyu under the extremely eager eyes of the women.

The so-called Xiao Biesheng is newly married, the two of them have been separated for a few months, and they are in the prime of life, naturally they are dry firewood, just one point, and they have already given birth to a son, and they have already established their biggest advantages, so they have no worries, Liu Qi is naturally willful. That night, the two of them reversed Luanfeng, passionate, climaxing, until the first rooster crowed, they hugged each other and slept in reluctance.

The next day was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, because Jia Xu and others were preparing for the enthronement ceremony of the king of Chu.

There were thirteen Chu kings in the whole Han Dynasty, to Wang Mang's time, there was only one king with a different surname, that is, Han Xin, one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, in the first month of the spring of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, with Qin County Donghai, Huiji, Surabaya, Xue County, Chen County placed Chu State to seal the late Qi King Han Xin, all under Pi. In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, there were seven kingdoms with different surnames, and the Chu State was the largest, including almost the entire southeastern region of the Han Dynasty.

In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin, the king of Chu, was killed. In addition to the country, Chu is divided into three: Donghai County (the Huaibei part of the original Qin Donghai County, also known as Tan County), Xue County, and Pengcheng County (so Surabaya County) established Liu Jiao as the king of Chu, and the capital is Pengcheng; Dongyang County (Huainan part), Yan County (divided into the western part of Qin Huiji County), Wu County (Huiji County was also called Wu County after being separated from Yan County) established Liu Jia as the king of Jing, and the capital was Wu County; Chen County was taken back by the imperial court, and later Liu You was appointed as the king of Huaiyang by Chen County and Yingchuan County.

And three years before Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. Liu Wu, the king of Chu, as the main force of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, failed in the uprising, died, and the country was eliminated. Liu Jiao Chu State is divided into four: one is Liu Li's Chu State, which is governed in Pengcheng County, at this time Pengcheng County is already the back of the original Pengcheng County, and the south is another Pei County, the capital Pengcheng; The second is Liu Yu's Lu State, and Xue County replaces the Lu State. Liu Yu, the king of Huaiyang, is the king of Lu, Dulu County, this Liu Yu is Liu Qi's ancestor King Lu Gong, so Liu Qi is also the king of Chu. the third is Pei County, including Linhuai County, which was later separated from it; The fourth is Donghai County.

The kings of Chu after Liu Wu were only food, clothing, rent and taxes, and had no military and political power, and Liu Qi's current Liu Qi, the king of Chu, is obviously different from them, because Liu Qi, the king of Chu, opened the palace. In the country, he is the lord of one side and enjoys all power. In addition, Liu Qi also concurrently serves as Jingzhou Mu, Yizhou Mu, Jiaozhou Mu, Yangzhou Mu, Liangzhou Mu, Xuzhou Mu, etc., and has absolute control over Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Liangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and also has partial control over the Sili School Captain Department and Bingzhou. Even compared to the Han Xin Chu State in the early Han Dynasty, it was larger, and the economically prosperous Cheng DΓΉ was even more incomparable.

As the only prince with military leadership among the Han clansmen, and as a prince who could even be fully suppressed by Cao Cao, the king of Wei, his enthronement ceremony was naturally beautiful, and generals, village elders, and celebrities from all over the country attended the meeting. At that time, five temples will be built for sacrifices, so there will be a lot of red tape in the middle, and Liu Qi will be enthroned on the first day of the new year, and the time is also very tight.

Therefore, the whole of Xiangyang has fallen into unprecedented busyness, ordinary soldiers and officials have begun to prepare for vacation, but those civil and military officials in the country, even including Liu Qi's personal soldiers, their vacations can only be canceled because of Liu Qi's throne enthronement ceremony, and even a large number of people are busier than usual.

But they did not complain at all, because their lord was appointed as the prince, which was a great boost for all the rulers of the king of Chu.

Their lord will be king in the south from now on, and since he is going to be king, is it far from being king?

The family members in the palace are also busy with the upcoming enthronement ceremony, because with Liu Qi being canonized as the king of Chu, several of his wives and concubines will be canonized as queens and princesses, and the only son, and the eldest son Liu Yi will be canonized as the crown prince, for them, there are a lot of etiquette systems to master, they are specialized in etiquette system Song Zhen, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and those teachers they selected and cultivated such as Xin Xianying, step trainer, Guo Huan and others under the guidance of Song Zhen, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and those who they selected and cultivated, I practiced various rules over and over again.

Huang Yueying was even more distressed, although she was born in a big family, but she hated red tape the most in her life, and now she was bound by various etiquette systems, and she was already a little irritable in her heart, and she was even more worried when she saw that the eldest sister Kuai Ruyu was trained by someone on another battlefield last night and looked tired: "I can't have children, isn't this guy even more arrogant and arrogant, putting me like eighteen?" How tired will I be tomorrow? This hateful creature told us this morning about other things to be crowned king, so we didn't even have time to prepare. ”

Liu Qi didn't care about the distress on everyone's faces, he was tired of it, and he operated according to Song Zhen's requirements over and over again, and he was so attentive to these etiquette systems, he quickly mastered the action process, if it weren't for the fact that he was extremely familiar with Liu Qi, Huang Yueying even doubted that this guy had rehearsed it in advance?

In fact, this is not to blame Liu Qi, because after the death of his father Liu Biao, because of nostalgia, he often looked at the Confucian classics left by his father, and slowly became an expert, and he can memorize many things, especially in the etiquette system, plus he also popularized a lot of etiquette knowledge at the wedding before, and the guide is now very easy to learn.

What especially makes Huang Yueying angry is that this guy sometimes takes time to come to the inner house and looks at her with a malicious gaze, which makes her feel even more nervous......

After a whole day of practice, Huang Yueying was exhausted, but after dinner, Liu Qi followed her to the room.

"Husband, husband, you will spare the concubine, will you be okay tomorrow?" Huang Yueying, who has always been favored by someone, now has a bitter face and says as if begging for mercy.

"That's not good, according to the arrangement, tomorrow will be Ying'er, hehe, Ying'er, if you miss this day, you will have to wait until next year, are you willing to wait until next year because of this?"

"I ......"

"What am I? Even if you want to, I don't. ”

Liu Qi let out a cruel laugh, and without waiting for Huang Yueying to react, he pounced like a hungry wolf......

"Wait, people still have to bathe ......"

"Don't wait, let's take a mandarin duck bath together."

"The door isn't closed yet."

"No need to close, it's more quiet, who will bother us?"

"The lights are not extinguished."

"It's just right to enjoy the beauty under the lamp."

"Hmm......" Next, Huang Yueying was speechless, because her small mouth had been blocked by someone's big mouth.

An unprecedentedly fierce battle was staged again.

Ahem, five thousand words are omitted here.

Early the next morning, Liu Qi, who was alive and more energetic, got up from the bed and went to the palace to deal with official business energetically, but Huang Yueying was sad, after a night of tossing, her bones were almost scattered, and even the movement was a little difficult, but she was still pulled by the expressionless teacher to perform again.......

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, in addition to preparing for tomorrow's enthronement ceremony, but also to prepare for the evening with the people to enjoy the state banquet, today's busyness is extraordinary, the whole Xiangyang is immersed in a strong celebration, how many years, the people here have never encountered such a happy event, or rather, this should be the first time in the history of Xiangyang such a grand event. How proud should they be to have experienced such a grand event?

It wasn't until decades later that some gray-haired old people talked about such a grand event that happened in Xiangyang that year, with a deep pride on their faces: "The Holy Ancestor Emperor is the king of his old man's family, and our Xiangyang is his most important foundation, you can never imagine what a grand scene it is?" ”

In the evening of the same day, the night has just fallen, in the city of Xiangyang City, a huge banquet hall was temporarily set up, more than 100,000 people poured into this not too big city from all over the world, to participate in the New Year's dinner held by the King of Chu, the whole city is like a city that never sleeps, the fire trees and silver flowers never sleep, and the lights shine like day and peace.

In addition to all kinds of delicacies, there are also entertainment programs such as Keju, Haiyu opera, Chu Ge and dance, which make people look dazzling and lively.

Tonight, the king of Chu deliberately canceled the curfew and ordered the people in the city to revel all night without taboos. So the city was full of jubilation, everyone rejoiced, and a prosperous scene was displayed.

Later, in order to commemorate the carnival of this night, the people stayed up late every Chinese New Year's Eve without sleeping, and since then the tradition of keeping the New Year has been formed. This is the origin of the custom of keeping the New Year. (To be continued......)