As Xu Xun and his wife expected, Zhu Houzhao was indeed very impatient and extremely impatient. Even if he had carefully read the big wedding ceremony presented by the Ministry of Rites before, he only felt that the words were too troublesome when he read them, and when he really did it, he knew that the simple candle night in the cave room was such a maddening and unbearable thing.

He first had to change into a crown dress for the temple, and Zhou Qiniang changed into a dress, and the two of them sat together to the temple of Fengxian Hall and saluted in front of the ancestors and ancestors. Forget about this, just let his father see his daughter-in-law, how can he endure it. But the other emperors also had to kowtow down one by one, and he couldn't help but slander him.

Can't you wait until tomorrow to bring your daughter-in-law to visit you?

However, immediately after returning to Kunning Palace, they had to change their clothes and ascend to their seats, and the female officials and the attendants who listened to the salute were like marionettes, sometimes sitting, sometimes kneeling, sometimes drinking, sometimes eating. Just when his endurance was almost at its extreme, he felt a hand lightly covering the back of his hand, and when he looked sideways, he found that Zhou Qiniang was looking solemnly and solemnly without squinting. Stunned, he lowered his head again, and when he saw that the soft wattle covering the back of his hand was clearly the person next to him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but hold that hand tightly in his hand.

"Together!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how long he had been waiting for this, and at this time he suddenly felt like he had been pardoned. He almost wanted to stand up, but suddenly thought that he was still holding a person in his hand, so he immediately sat down again, coughed lightly and said, "Okay, it's not early, you all stand down, there is no need to be served here." ”

"But, Your Majesty, according to the rules, ......"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager selected Shang Gong was stunned and wanted to object, and several eunuchs and palace maids on the side also looked at each other, Zhu Houzhao's face sank and said: "What rules, what I said is the rules!" If anyone doesn't listen to me, tomorrow I will transfer him to guard the mausoleum, go quickly, leave quickly, and leave quickly, no one will be allowed to stay! ”

Under Zhu Houzhao's roaring and intimidating power, there was no one in the main hall for a moment, and at this time, he proudly pulled up the people around him, and said with a smile: "Come, I will show you the place where you will have to live for the rest of your life in the future!" ”

In the face of Zhu Houzhao's anxious move, Zhou Qiniang's face was like fire, but when she heard such a sentence and felt the heat coming from her hand, she couldn't help but hum softly. Wearing that heavy Yi robe, wearing a heavy crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, and performing countless salutes from here to there, but at this moment, Zhu Houzhao was pulling around the room, listening to him excitedly talk about the origin and purpose of those furnishings, she was strangely not tired at all. Until the West Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace, when he saw the festively decorated and bright wedding room, those red lights were reflected on his face and heart, and he felt warm from head to foot, and the red glow on his face became more gorgeous for a while.

"Seventh sister, are you happy today?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and compared it with his hand, and then grinned: "The time I first saw you, I was about the same height as you, but now I am a head taller than you!" Although you are a little older than me, I will shelter you from the wind and rain after you can, and I will not let you be wronged! At the beginning, I hid it from you for a long time, but now, I have done everything I said! ”

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao was useless, but called himself me, Zhou Qiniang thought of that time when he and Xu Xun bumped around, and found himself and said that he wanted to drink water, but he scuffled with a steward eunuch, and Li Rong was alarmed again, she only felt that those memories seemed to happen yesterday, which was both vivid and cordial. Gently wiping the greasy beads of sweat on Zhu Houzhao's forehead as before, she suddenly asked: "I'm not young, my family background is not good, I'm not beautiful enough, and my temperament is not gentle and obedient enough, why don't you choose so many good women, but choose me?" ”…,

"Why?" Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, immediately frowned, and then said with a big grin, "If Xu Xun's kid is here, he will definitely talk about fate!" I don't learn from him, I like your old age, ordinary family background, caring about people, and reprimanding without mercy...... All in all, I married you, of course, because I like all these things about you! Although my father and mother are blind and dumb after marrying, they are still with He Meimei for a lifetime, but since I have you in my heart, of course I have to marry you back, otherwise I can't stand it at the thought of marrying a woman I haven't seen before, and I hold my breath in my heart! Okay, let's not talk about it so much, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, we have to hurry! ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but pull Zhou Qiniang to the side of the bed, and then clumsily began to dismantle the Nine Dragons and Four Phoenix Crowns. However, the seemingly easy act quickly made him sweat profusely, and he didn't know how much time it took to get rid of those big flower trees, small flower trees and Bao Tian and so on one by one, and liberated Zhou Qiniang's beautiful hair. He hugged the heavy thing and put it on the low table on the side, and when he went to untie the shirt again, he finally couldn't help but shout loudly after a while, almost cramping his fingers.

"God, how could it be so difficult to unravel! No, I'm going to find the scissors! ”

Zhou Qiniang was a little stiff under Zhu Houzhao's actions, but at this moment, she was angry and funny: "Your Majesty, you can't use scissors in the new house, it's unlucky."

Let's call someone in! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly showed a cloudy and uncertain expression, and after a while, he said ruthlessly: "Don't call them!" I drove them out, and then called people in to undress, does it make people laugh at me? I don't believe that I can manage the Ming Dynasty's rivers and mountains, but I still can't untie a piece of clothing! ”

Zhu Houzhao rolled up his sleeves as he spoke, bent down and fiddled with the jade belt intently, and finally, he successfully unfastened the spring and unloaded the thing, and then said triumphantly: "I just said, there is nothing in this world that I can't do, everything is difficult at the beginning, and then it is easy!" ”

The candle night in the cave room, which should have been shy and mysterious, became like this, and Zhou Qiniang didn't know whether to be relieved or sigh. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was happy enough, she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't forget, in addition to my clothes, you also have one on your body." According to what I learned before, there should have been female officials to serve and change clothes after the merger, so I haven't learned this, I'm afraid that taking off these things is not as good as the emperor. ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a while, and then showed a vicious expression on his face, Zhou Qiniang immediately guessed his idea, and immediately rushed ahead of him and said: "Your Majesty, these clothes are all woven by thousands of needles and threads from the embroidery girls in Jiangnan, and they are worth 10,000 gold, and they can't be damaged casually, otherwise they will have to spend the treasury money to do it." Since the emperor was able to listen to me at the beginning, the Wenhua Palace gave the minister tea and soft towels during the summer day discussion, if he was brutal tonight, it would not work! ”

Faced with this kind of situation that he didn't expect before driving people, Zhu Houzhao finally lowered his head, and then clenched his fists and said: "Okay, I promise you, I have to take off this outfit well!" ”

"Thank you for listening to the emperor." Zhou Qiniang pursed her lips and smiled, and then motioned for Zhu Houzhao to sit down, but she carefully began to remove the crown of twelve before and after for him. Although it was the first time she had done this kind of thing, she was much stronger than the clumsy Zhu Houzhao, and she quickly found the trick. And when she finally put the crown on the side of the table, she saw Zhu Houzhao twist his neck, let out a long sigh of relief, and then clenched his fist and waved. …,

"Okay, let's work together to get rid of all these obstructive things as soon as possible!"

Something in the way...... Zhou Qiniang couldn't wait to clench her fists and knock that head hard as before, but now that she knows that it is the son of heaven of a country, she can't be the same as before. So, she could only give Zhu Houzhao a roll of her eyes and continue to concentrate on dealing with those clothes. The crown of the Son of Heaven is similar to the queen's clothes, but it is more solemn. Xuanyi Dress, White Luo Big Belt, Red Luo Knee Cover, Jade Leather Belt, Jade Pendant, Big Ribbon Small Ribbon, Plain Yarn Medium Single, Black Collar, Qingyuan Skirt, Zhu Socks Zhu Yuan...... All kinds of clothes were told to her by the female officials when they were teaching etiquette, but now that several people were serving and wearing them, she had to carefully remove them by herself, but after a while, fine beads of sweat broke out.

However, she knew how those colorful dragon patterns and gold embroidered clothes came from, so she didn't have the slightest impatience in her movements, even Zhu Houzhao, who was impatient before, saw her doing these carefully, and her mood calmed down unconsciously. It wasn't until there was only a plain yarn middle single and a red luo covering his knees that he couldn't help but grab Zhou Qiniang's hand.

"Seventh Sister ......"

"Don't worry, it's fine!"

Zhou Qiniang, who was untying the red Luo knees, looked up at Zhu Houzhao, and saw that after all his luxurious and majestic decorations were removed, what was presented in front of him was still a young man like a younger brother next door, and his heart involuntarily softened. Although she had never considered the possibility of becoming a queen in her previous ten years of life, now that she had really gone through this step, those trembling and sincere fears were all gone unconsciously. When she found that Zhu Houzhao's hand was easily opened, she immediately hugged her into her arms, and she only felt an indescribable warmth in her heart.

"Alright, I'll get rid of this robe for you!"

Looking at Zhou Qiniang's clothes that had not yet had time to move, Zhu Houzhao finally let go of his embrace, and then rolled up his sleeves. However, when his hands touched his beloved's skin again and again, he had a thought in his heart that did not bother at all.

I heard that the crown of the Son of Heaven has been changed several times since the beginning of Hongwu, and when he turns around, he has to ask the Ministry of Rites to take a good look at it, and then change these clothes well, what a fucking toss!

It's just that Zhu Houzhao didn't think about it anyway, whether it was Emperor Taizu Hongwu, who changed the crown of the Son of Heaven twice, or Emperor Yongle who changed the crown of the Son of Heaven once after he ascended the throne, he was by no means a lazy person like him, every change made the already complicated clothes more complex and solemn, enough to make the subjects daunted at first sight!

It is said that the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, but on this night, whether it is the Empress Dowager Wang in Qingning Palace or the Empress Dowager Zhang in Renshou Palace, the two of them are all tossing and turning. Although both of them are from the queen and the queen mother, their experiences are completely different. When the Wang family entered the palace, the former queen had just been sent to the cold palace because she offended Concubine Wan, so although the ceremony of the queen was not hasty, but the cold reception of Emperor Chenghua was obvious, therefore, when she thought that Zhu Houzhao almost had a conflict with Empress Zhang because of Empress Yingli, she couldn't help but be a little stunned. For Empress Dowager Zhang, when she thought of her husband's early death, and now her son is no longer her own, but belongs to another woman, she can't sleep over and over.

Tossing and turning overnight, early the next morning, whether it is the Empress Dowager Wang or the Empress Dowager Zhang, when they get up and make up, they all make up a thick layer of fat powder under their eyes to cover the dark circles left by almost not sleeping well last night.

When the emperor and queen arrived at Qingning Palace, the Wang family only showed the kindness of her grandmother, smiled and left the two to talk, but rewarded the queen with a pair of jade bracelets that had been treasured for many years, accepted the queen's four-color needlework, and watched the two resign with a smile. In Renshou Palace, when Empress Dowager Zhang saw that the two had finished their salutes, she stared at the queen critically for a long time, and then her eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao. …,

"Houzhao, what's the matter with your dark circles?" Although she was in a similar situation, seeing that her son was the same, Empress Dowager Zhang was a little unacceptable, and immediately frowned and admonished, "Now that you have become a family, you should put your body first and the country's society as your priority, how can you be so depressed?" ”

The wedding of the Son of Heaven began on the day of the Empress Fengying, and it was not until the third day that the edict was issued in the Imperial Fengtian Temple of the Early Dynasty, and the early dynasty officially continued. However, since Zhu Houzhao saved Chang Chao, he didn't have so much trouble getting up early. He was presumptuous in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and at this time he couldn't help but yawn lazily, and then said angrily: "Queen Mother, it's all the sons and daughters who miscalculated, who knew that the crown and the clothes were so difficult to take off...,,"

"Ahem!"

Two heavy coughs almost in no particular order interrupted Zhu Houzhao's complaints, and Empress Dowager Zhang saw Zhou Qiniang's face crimson, and when she thought of what kind of character her son was, her annoyance was dissipated a lot, and then she said with a straight face: "They are already the people who have established the queen, and they have to look like an emperor when they speak and act!" Queen, in the future, you will be with you, remember to remind him all the time, don't let him look like this in front of outsiders! ”

"Yes, the son obeys the will of the queen mother."

Zhou Qiniang hurriedly got up and bowed down, and after sitting down, her eyes couldn't help but glance sideways at Zhu Houzhao's face. After Zhu Houzhao put down the tent last night, he mysteriously took out a secret spring palace map and invited her to refer to it together, and shouted that it was specially borrowed from the Pingbei Hou Mansion, and it was absolutely Tang Jieyuan's authentic handiwork, but the two of them almost couldn't get out of bed today! . ）