Chapter 473: Heavenly General Xiangrui
It seemed that her face was breezy and light, but her lips were tightly pursed, showing her nervousness.
She tensed all over, lest something go wrong.
She was nervous, and Zhou Yuanzheng was no better.
Although he tried to appear very calm, his palms were still slightly sweaty.
On such a grand occasion and a moment of great attention, it would be false to say that you are not nervous.
Fortunately, both of them were nervous, but neither of them made any over-the-top movements, and everything was in order.
The two finally reached the top of the Temple of Heaven, and a little eunuch came forward and knelt on the ground, raising his hands above his head, and Zhou Yuanzheng put the edict of the Son of Heaven in his hand.
The edict then reached the hands of an older eunuch, who read it aloud in a sharp voice.
As soon as the four words of his edict of the Son of Heaven were read, the people standing on the steps and at the bottom of the steps knelt down in a hula.
Regardless of whether the Son of Heaven is now left with an empty shell, he still kneels down after receiving his edict.
Even Zhou Yuanzheng knelt down, and the Son of Heaven represented God.
In the edict of the Son of Heaven, the former king of Liang was sentenced for various crimes, and Zhou Yuanzheng's benevolence was praised, and he was recognized as the king.
The edict was read for a long time, and Zhou Yuanzheng accepted the edict and handed it over to Xiao Haitang.
Xiao Haitang handed it over to the little eunuch on the side.
The little eunuch hurriedly held the edict and retreated.
After the edict was announced, Zhou Yuanzheng began to offer incense and worship heaven and earth.
This worship of heaven and earth is not the worship of heaven and earth for marriage, but when the king ascends the throne, he must go up to the sky and play the earth, which is a big thing.
Therefore, he took the incense and listened to the master of ceremonies "knock ~ up ~ knock ~ up".
Xiao Haitang followed him to "knock ~ get up ~ knock ~ up", she had forgotten how many kowtows they had.
In the end, Zhou Yuanzheng hummed imperceptibly, and Xiao Haitang helped him up in a daze.
Zhou Yuanzheng handed over the incense to Xiao Haitang, who stepped forward to insert the incense into the incense burner.
After she inserted the incense, the master of ceremonies asked Zhou Yuan to stand on the table facing east.
Xiao Haitang hurriedly stepped forward to help him and walked towards the straw mat spread on the ground.
When she went to help him, Zhou Yuanzheng took the opportunity to grab her hand, and a damp heat came from his palm.
Xiao Haitang found out that Zhou Yuanzheng was also quite nervous.
She moved her fingers lightly in the palm of his hand, and he gently shook her back, as a response to her.
Although the two did not look at each other, they knew that they were encouraging each other.
Xiao Haitang felt that the whole person was a lot more relaxed, and she was always afraid that she had missed something, but now she is obviously not as nervous as she was at the beginning.
She breathed a sigh of relief and led him to the table to stand.
Several palace ladies held wooden trays with black robes on top of them, and a brilliant crown on another wooden tray.
It's time to start the coronation.
Sure enough, as soon as the master of ceremonies added, two eunuchs came over and put the black python robe embroidered with gold thread on the outside of his gorgeous clothes.
The costume symbolizes nobility, and the python robe that is put on outside the costume symbolizes power and status.
Then he started to add two more, and someone put a crown on his head.
The crown is bright and gorgeous, the crown is inlaid with red gemstones, and the crown is also a gemstone, under the sunlight, it looks particularly dazzling, so that people dare not look directly.
The crown on his head swayed slightly with his movements, and the reflected light became more dazzling.
As soon as the crown was put on here, auspicious clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, and all the people looked up to the sky and saw a cloud of auspicious clouds above them.
And that auspicious cloud fell from the sky, like a breath of fairy breath spit from the heavens, and it happened to be spit on the Temple of Heaven.
All the people were shrouded in auspicious clouds.
It was as if God had come forward to testify that this was the chosen one.
Who has ever seen such a scene, young or old?
This scene only Chen Dashan felt familiar, as if there were auspicious clouds in the sky when Xiao Haitang was born.
He reacted and knelt down first, and the other civil and military officials hurriedly bowed.
"Auspicious from the sky, auspicious from the sky." Qin Tianjian shouted loudly and excitedly, and everyone who heard it was excited.
The little begonia was also very excited, and some couldn't help but want to touch the auspicious rui visible to the naked eye.
After touching a cup of tea, the auspicious rui dispersed.
Zhou Yuanzheng began to take the oath aloud.
He swore to heaven that he would be a good king, so that all the people of the world could live and work in peace and contentment, that the poor would have a home, that abandoned babies would be sheltered, and that widows and old people would have something to rely on.
His words hit Xiao Haitang's heart every word.
The prosperous world she wants, he will definitely build it for her.
After the ceremony, Zhou Yuanzheng and the others returned to the palace to receive congratulatory gifts from foreign envoys.
He sat on the throne, and the little begonia stood next to him, and together they received the worship of the people again.
When the new king ascends the throne, those who come to give gifts, whether they are tempted or really want to make friends, will be happy to give gifts at this time.
Some people give rare treasures of silk and satin, and some people give dozens of beauties, all of whom are beautiful and beautiful.
Xiao Haitang saw those foreign envoys giving beauties, lowered his eyes, and secretly remembered Lu Guo in his heart.
When the envoys of the Song State gave gifts, they not only gave some rare treasures, but also gave a person, who was Sima Ji, the traitor who Zhou Yuanzheng ordered to be arrested.
Sima Ji is still imprisoned in the Tianxia Pavilion, Zhou Yuanzheng was very happy when he saw this post, and immediately handed over the post to Li Jia, and asked Li Jia to transfer it to Gu Yuanzheng.
Gu Yuanzheng hurriedly put it away, thinking that he would wait until the envoy left before dealing with this villain.
After the gifts, it's time for dinner.
It took them almost a whole day from the morning to the end of the whole ceremony.
Everyone was hungry at noon, but fortunately the meal was opened.
Little Begonia still stood by his side and served.
She also got up before dawn, and she didn't dare to eat or drink, lest she have to go to the thatched house halfway.
Not to mention the opening of the banquet, she forgot about her hunger, and when she said that the banquet was open, her stomach was rumbling at this time.
Although she was tired, she was still very happy, her brother Zhou was the chosen son.
If everyone knew that he was the chosen one, then no one would have any bad ideas in the future, and he could devote himself wholeheartedly to the great cause of serving the country and the people, instead of spending all his energy on protecting the throne.
It's time to pass the meal, and the singers and dancers have also appeared one after another.
Zhou Yuanzheng heard Xiao Haitang's stomach growling, so he raised his hand to greet her.
Little Begonia bent down to him, but heard him say, "You sit down." ”
Xiao Haitang was a little embarrassed, where was the little eunuch who was waiting close to him qualified to sit next to him?
"Let you sit, and you will sit."
Little Begonia had no choice but to take the mat and kneel down beside his right hand.