The courtiers quickly lost interest in Song Nan, who was the chairman of Zhang Lun, and recently their eyes were focused on another matter, which was a major event in the Ming Zhengde Dynasty, and that was the wedding gift of Zhengde.

Adhering to the rules of the queen's self-selection from the people, the vigorous draft was carried out for several months, and by the end of October, the dust had basically settled; Ten women selected by thousands of women were determined to enter the harem as concubines, and around who was the queen's candidate, the ministers of the court and the central government argued with their own opinions, in fact, everyone knew that the dispute was not who was more suitable to be the queen's candidate, if the person he supported became the queen, the queen would naturally be regarded as a confidant in the future; Everyone is fighting for the future.

Xia Ru, the editor of the embassy, never thought that this glory would fall on the Xia family. The Xia family has been poor for several lifetimes, although their ancestors are all scholars, but they have never been an official above the fifth grade, and in their own life, they are just a six-grade editor, and their wife is not angry, and they gave birth to a daughter after ten days of marriage. However, it was his own daughter, who was silent all day long, who was selected all of a sudden and became the hand-picked queen, Xia Ru almost vomited blood without excitement.

As for the process of how the women of the Xia family became the queen's candidates, many people are also a little puzzled, among the ten women selected, Miss Xia is not outstanding, in fact, when participating in the selection, she was almost brushed down several times, but every time she reported the list of elimination, Zhang Yong, the master of ceremonies, would order someone to add Xia's name, and in this way, she passed all the way to the end.

It is said that in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace at that time, the emperor and Princess Kangning's brothers and sisters had a lot of questions to ask these show girls, and this Miss Xia answered decently and generously, and captured the emperor's heart at once.

The reason why the Xia family can become the queen is not that Zhang Yong was brought all the way by Kang Ning's order, in fact, the emperor didn't take it seriously when he chose, he just respected Kang Ning's opinion, casually pointed at Miss Xia and turned away, without even looking at Miss Xia.

When Song Nan secretly entered Shouning Palace to have a tryst with the princess, when the two were wrapped in the quilt after making love, Kang Ning was still indignant when he talked about this scene, worried about the emperor. In the future, it will not be good for Miss Xia; Later, Song Nan also secretly glanced at the woman of the Xia family, and immediately understood why Zhengde was not interested in her.

This girl from the Xia family was born in the middle and upper ranks, her figure is not angry, her breasts are flat, and her buttocks are not plump enough, although her temperament is noble and her body exudes a spirit of beauty, but it is not the type that Zhengde likes. Zhengde likes the type of coquettishness, big breasts and fat hips, and coquettish speech, and Miss Xia Jia does not meet it at all; For Zhengde, the so-called big wedding to the queen is just a thing that must be done in order to comply with the opinions of the ministers, and it is not taken seriously at all.

In any case, after the queen is decided, it is time to prepare for the wedding; The vassal kings from all over the country also rushed to the capital one after another, and many officials with status in other places also rushed to the capital, and the emperor came to congratulate and watch the ceremony when he got married; The capital was also lively all of a sudden.

The emperor's wedding in the Ming Dynasty is actually roughly similar to the wedding ceremony performed by the people, and it also has to go through the steps of Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, announcing the date, and welcoming in person, but the difference is that many things do not need to be done by the emperor himself, but are performed by close ministers and nobles.

November 18 is the day set by the Qin Tianjian to ask for the name, get up early in the morning, the ministers go to the Qianqing Palace to watch the ceremony, under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, even the first assistant of the cabinet Yang Tinghe and a cadre of princes and nobles must stand respectfully in the designated area. The officials of the Rite Department of the Honglu Temple of Qintianjian are not treated well at all on weekdays, but at this time, they are a person with five people and six fingers, showing their faces.

Two large tables were placed in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the table was covered with an apricot yellow satin tablecloth, and the "section" was placed on one table, and the edict of "asking the name" was placed on the other table. The gold and silver utensils and gifts that were prepared to be sent to Qian Shangshu's house were also displayed in broad daylight.

Song Nan stood in the ranks of ordinary ministers and straightened his neck to watch the excitement, for this kind of ceremonial scene of the emperor's wedding, Song Nan still watched it for the first time in two lives, so it was also very novel. Soon after, the Supervisor of Qintian shouted, "The auspicious time has come." After the curtains on both sides of the hall suddenly the silk and bamboo melodious, accompanied by the music, Zhengde was expressionless and walked into the main hall of the Qianqing Palace under the support of a general of the Han Dynasty and the eunuchs of the inner court.

Honglu Siqing stood on the east side of the Dan Majesty, holding the edict and began to read it, after some nonsense, began to select the three main and deputy angels of the tens of millions of Xia Confucian mansions to ask for the name. The principal and deputy angels confirmed today will be responsible for all matters related to the Xia family during the emperor's wedding, and they also represent the emperor's identity.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after the emperor raised yì, the position of the angel is held by Prince Ning, who came to Beijing to watch the ceremony, and the two deputy envoys are held by the old man Xu of Dingguo and Song Nan of Yongguanhou, do you have any objections?" Honglu Siqing's words fell, and even Song Nan himself was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to name himself to be this deputy angel.

Immediately, there was a humane: "It is extremely appropriate for Prince Ning to be the envoy, and it is also appropriate for the deputy angel to choose the Duke of Dingguo, but the identity of the Marquis of Song is not very suitable, he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the emperor must be responsible for the security inside and outside the city together with the Beijing camp during the wedding, why not use the ready-made British Gongzhang Old Man?" ”

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "The British public sleeper is sick in bed and can't get up, and he has already thanked him." ”

"Then it's not Song Nan's turn, isn't the little grandfather Zhang Lun the best candidate? Besides, there are many princes present, and the princes are also suitable. ”

Zhengde said unhappily: "It's just an angel who salutes on my behalf, is there so much attention?" I'm really annoyed by you, and I'm going to make trouble for a while, and if I want to make trouble again, I won't do this big wedding. ”

The white eyes of the ministers rolled to the ground, and they actually said such things at this time, the emperor was taking the big wedding as a child's play.

Song Nan hurriedly said: "Don't worry about the emperor, this angel job can be done by someone else, and the emperor doesn't have to worry about this little thing; Little grandfather, all the princes here are competent. ”

Zhengde frowned and said, "I think you are suitable, can't I ask you to be an angel?" But there was so much opposition again; I also wondered, it's my wedding, it's not your wedding, what are you pointing fingers at? It's my private business, isn't it? ”

"The emperor's wedding is not only a private matter of the emperor, but also a major event of the courtiers and people of the world. An old minister who still couldn't figure out the situation stalked his neck and bumped into himself.

Zhengdeqi's face turned pale and he was about to get up and leave his seat, when a person came out and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Song is very suitable, why do you think it is not suitable?" A Song lord has a dignified appearance and good manners, and he is also an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he was awarded the title of marquis, which one can't be the position of this angel? You guys, it's also a big fuss, the emperor just needs to be happy, but you don't know how to be interested, although the king is far away in Jiangxi, I have heard that some people in the court are just serious and nosy, and today is considered to be a teacher. ”

The person who spoke was more than thirty people, with a face like a crown of jade, a long body standing jade, wearing a golden piping python robe, a purple and gold crown on his head, and a dignified appearance, this person was Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning.

These words were not light, they were equivalent to a face-to-face reprimand, and Song Nan suddenly had a little good impression of this Ning Wangye. After he said this, everyone really felt that it was a bit of a fuss, but it was just a messenger of the emperor's wedding, what was the point of opposing for the sake of opposition?

Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "What Prince Ning said is that Marquis Song is naturally competent, and the time is not too early, the emperor asks for an appointment and allows the three angels to go to the Xia Mansion to perform rituals, don't miss a good time." ”

Zhengde turned his anger into joy, and immediately ordered someone to read the decree, appointed the position of the chief and deputy angels, and awarded the holy decree scepter to the three angels, and then the ministers bowed, and Zhengde withdrew from the temple.

The civil and military officials were buzzing and talking about leaving the Qianqing Palace, Song Nan, Zhu Chenhao and Xu Guangzuo stayed, and Zhu Chenhao ordered loudly: "Immediately organize the honor guard, carry the gifts, play the drums, and go out of the palace to the Xia Mansion." ”

A cadre of guards and eunuchs and miscellaneous servants immediately got busy, and soon after, the mighty procession of red and green came out of the palace gate and headed towards Nanxunfang, where the Xia Mansion was located. Zhu Chenhao, Song Nan and Xu Guangzuo walked in front of the team on a tall horse with a scepter and a holy decree, and the firecrackers shook the sky along the way, and the people on both sides of the street surrounded the crowd to watch.