Chapter 10: The Crown Princess
And the crown princess was elected, and in this way, it was followed by the state wedding, and Qin Tianjian selected a good day on the eighth day of the fourth month as the day of the state wedding.
Soon it was the day of the state wedding, and on the eighth day of the fourth month, the palace was lit up and down, and the red silk curtains were hung up and down, and the entire palace and the east palace were immersed in the intense vermilion flames. It was the grandest wedding event of the dynasty, the marriage of the crown prince Li Chun, symbolizing the arrival of the new mistress of the East Palace, and also symbolizing the establishment of the next queen of the dynasty.
The situation in the East Palace has been clear since then.
The crown princess's guard of honor entered from the left gate of the palace, followed by a bright yellow four-headed golden phoenix and a whole street of palace maids and internal supervisors. The crown princess Wang Yanying sat in it, wearing gold makeup, wearing a crown of nine Zhai, four phoenixes and eight treasures, and wearing a royal blue gold and silver thread makeup and colorful satin kingfisher Zhai clothes. It was a dress that only one of the noblest women of the dynasty could have, and it was a good situation that everyone envied.
As soon as the crown guard of honor arrived, Li Chun personally stepped forward to open the sedan curtain, personally helped the crown princess Wang Yuying to get off the sedan chair, and saluted the princess to show respect for his wife.
After saluting, Li Chun took the hand of the princess and personally changed his shoulders to go up, after the princess sat down, Li Chun made his own sedan chair.
The two ceremonial guards walked slowly in the palace for more than half an hour, and accepted the bows of the palace people along the way, so they arrived at the Tongming Hall where the ceremony was held, and the empress dowager and the empress and some royal relatives with a good face waited there in solemn dresses early in the morning. Li Chun and the crown princess slowly entered the main hall together, and knelt three times and bowed nine times to the empress dowager and the empress, and the empress dowager gave the golden book and gold treasure to the crown princess, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites read the emperor's holy decree to the rest of the people in front of the Ming Hall.
A group of royal relatives saluted the crown prince and the crown princess again, "Congratulations to the Empress Dowager, congratulations to Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose, the Crown Princess Niang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose, congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess be affectionate and beautiful, and enjoy eternal blessings, so that it can be regarded as the first decision of the ceremony.
After paying homage, it is to enter the East Palace, and the princess changed into a coat in the palace, got on the sedan chair again, and waited for the honor guard to enter the East Palace.
And in this compartment, because the crown princess entered the palace, Concubine Sheng Xuan led the concubines and concubines of the East Palace to make up according to the products and knelt outside the door of the inner hall of the East Palace early in the morning. When the princess's sedan chair entered the door of the East Palace, all the concubines shouted together: "The concubine is waiting to welcome the princess, and I wish the princess a blessed life." β
According to the etiquette system, the crown princess Wang Yuying didn't need to pay attention to these concubines, just let the maid help herself into her own Fengyi Palace, who knew that the princess did not act according to the etiquette system, but after she got off the sedan chair, she personally stepped forward to help up the concubine Sheng Xuan, who was kneeling at the head of the concubine, and said softly: "Sisters, please get up, I can't afford these courtesies." β
Concubine Qi was originally courteous, kneeling at the door, originally did not think that the new princess would pay attention to her lowly "concubine room", and because she was responsible for presiding over the banquet and ceremony in the East Palace for several days, she was even more tired, and she was just waiting for the princess to enter the house quickly, and she could sleep peacefully.
But to be honest, he was dressed in Zhai clothes and knelt at the head of the concubines, although it was a beautiful scenery, but the concubine room was a concubine room after all. Even if he wears such glory as Zhai Yi, which only the queen and the crown princess can wear, in the final analysis, it is not a taste in his heart after all.
That position should obviously be his own.
It's just that the moment the crown princess and concubine Nai Ying helped herself up, Concubine Qi was taken aback, she looked at the crown princess Wang Nao Ying, who was slightly bowed, with a delicate face, that was the first-class appearance in Pingjing City, although such a appearance was not uncommon in Pingjing City.
But that kind of face, with the pearl powder Luodian that only the queen and princess can paint, is actually so incomparable in momentum and majesty, as if there are not too many words and actions, that is the original hostess of the East Palace, and the future mother of the country.
But that face was smiling, and it was not difficult to see that Wang Yuying was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and there were even traces of childishness on her face. In front of his own charm, he was completely a child. But it is also this child, who needs to bow respectfully, and even kneel down to greet him.
It turns out that this is the name.
Concubine Qi's hand was held by the crown princess Nao Ying, and she didn't know whether she should get up or continue to kneelβthis was not mentioned in the etiquette of the previous dynasty. For a moment, she didn't know what to do.
And the concubines kneeling behind Concubine Qi were also surprised, the crown princess's move was really an unprecedented move in the etiquette, even after more than 200 years, there had never been such a move.
As for why the crown princess did this, everyone also began to speculate in their hearts, some said that it was because the crown princess and Concubine Qi were both from the Kansai Party, some said that the crown princess was afraid of Concubine Qi's grace and status and had to do it, and some speculated that the princess was an easy-going person, and this move was just a matter of temperament.
"Sister Qi, let's hurry up, do you still want to teach you that I can't do this all the time?" The crown princess said with a smile to the side concubine.
At this time, Concubine Qi had no choice but to stand up respectfully and said, "Thank you for the princess." β
The smile of the crown princess is very beautiful and bright, just like a blooming begonia flower, very bright and lovely, and a pair of faces that have not fully grown add to the girlish atmosphere on her body. That teaching people have to admire, being at the right age and in a high position, that is really a blessing.
And the one kneeling behind Concubine Qi was Li Liangdi Shiwei, and everyone thought that according to this, it should be the princess who would help Li Liangdi according to her position, who knew that the princess turned her eyes and had a bright and innocent smile, but she turned her head to Xu Changzai Huirong, who was kneeling behind Li Liangdi, and lowered her body to help her up.
"This is Sister Xu, hurry up. I can't afford it. β
As soon as this move came out, there were all expressions of surprise.
Who in Pingjing City doesn't know that in the East Palace of the crown prince Li Chun, Concubine Qi has always been in charge of things, Li Chun respects him very much, and the emperor and queen in the palace also treat him as a princess. And Li Chun's favorite is Liangdi Li Shiwei, whose position is only below Concubine Qi, and she is also the daughter of Li Yao, the first assistant of the cabinet, who is very proud of the six palaces in the East Palace, and does not take all the concubines in his eyes.
And after Xu Chang is in Huirong, it is Lu Chang in Shunyu, Zhu Xiaoyuan in Zhenyun, and Qingyi at the end, and the princess is also up.
Naturally, it is also because the crown princess Nao Sakura and Qingyi are familiar with each other for a long time.
When the crown princess Nao Ying's hand lifted Qingyi, Qingyi could clearly feel that the crown princess Naoying's hands were warm and powerful, and it was not a false support in the royal etiquette, but a real desire to help Qingyi.
Qingyi looked at the face of the crown princess again, and saw that the face of the crown princess Na Ying was more bright than Fang Cai's, which was mixed with a hint of playfulness, and Nao Ying gently winked at Qingyi again, and said softly in a voice that only two people could hear: "Good sister." β
"Sister, get up, I can't stand it." These are the words that are spoken in front of everyone.
"Thank you, Crown Princess. The concubine was grateful. Although they were just nice words, the two sisters had a clear distinction in each other's hearts, which contained the true feelings of friendship between the two people, and the weight in the words of others was different.
And Qingyi was helped up by the crown princess Naoying, but Li Liangdi Shiwei kept kneeling there, only to see that Li Liangdi's face was already blue and black, and she was the most charming and charming in Pingsuli, and she had lost a lot of elegance because of her own black face at the moment.
Everyone is also waiting to see the good show here.
The crown princess and concubine Nao Ying also smiled provocatively, and slowly retreated, as if she had not seen Li Liangdi, she slowly walked towards the main hall where she lived with Zhou Zheng's steps, as if the scene just now had never happened.
Who knew that Li Liangdi sneered, and stood up alone as soon as she landed on the ground, "Concubine Liangdi Li, meet the crown princess, the crown princess is blessed." β
The crown princess was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't expect such a situation, and there was a trace of anger between her eyebrows, and then she hid this anger into a more tranquil and soft smile, just said "oh" softly, and then walked towards the Fengyi Hall by herself. Leaving the East Palace, the concubines looked at each other on the ground, not knowing what the new little princess Wang meant.
When the crown princess completely entered the Fengyi Palace, Concubine Qi slowly took a breath and said to the ladies: "That's it, since the crown princess has entered the palace today, we should also go back, sisters......"
Before Concubine Qi finished speaking, Li Liangdi Shiwei "hummed" and walked away holding the hand of the maid Qianyi, leaving Concubine Qi standing there a little embarrassed.
"Mrs. Li, the side concubine hasn't spoken yet, you are like this, it is not in accordance with the rules!" Lu Shunyu, who was in the back, said.
Li Liangdi didn't pay attention to Lu Changzai, but walked faster. Concubine Qi only waved her hand lightly at Lu Chang Zai and said, "That's it!" After that, he gently instructed the ladies of the East Palace: "Today, all the sisters are also tired, and they all go back to rest, and they will come to greet the crown princess tomorrow morning!" β