October 18 of the first year of Zhengde.

The emperor sent the British Duke Zhang Mao as the chief envoy, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Lin Han, and the concubine Commander Cui Yuan as the deputy envoy, and accompanied by them, the temple of heaven and earth was sacrificed, and the queen was selected and the date of the wedding.

The next day, the emperor received the congratulations of hundreds of officials in the Fengtian Palace, and the chief and deputy envoys bowed to the emperor four times.

The emperor wore a crown robe, gave him a book, and wrote: The daughter of Xia Ru, the chief bookkeeper of Daxing County, is hereby selected as the queen, and the secretary of the Qing Dynasty is ordered to hold the festival and ask for the name ceremony.

These are the first two procedures in the "Six Rites" (Nacai, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, Annunciation, and Greeting).

During the orthodox years, the etiquette of how the emperor would marry had already been set, and when it came to Zhu Houzhao, he only had to follow it. He is also reluctant to use his brains to change this kind of thing, because no matter how he changes it, it is very cumbersome.

After Zhang Mao, Lin Han, and Cui Yuan were ordered, they set off from the main gate of the palace with their attachés and gifts.

At this time, the queen's house was also very busy.

The main book of a county, really not a big official, and it is still a matter of marrying the emperor, there is no model within a radius of hundreds of miles, even if there is a long time to prepare, it is inevitable that there will be panic, fortunately, there will be the etiquette officials of the Ministry of Rites who said it one by one.

Outside the gate, there are lanterns and lanterns hanging high, which naturally goes without saying.

After the entrance, there are bookcases in the courtyard, and gifts are displayed in the main hall.

Xia Ru was a little nervous and waited at home, at this time he also knew that his daughter was not an official queen, but it was a matter of the past few days, so some etiquette was stricter than the requirements in the palace.

For example, he doesn't look at it himself, and he doesn't ask others to come near at will.

It's closer, and it's impossible to say who will kowtow to whom.

After waiting for some time, the honor guard in the palace arrived.

By this time, all the actions of both sides are stipulated and discussed, and who does what, what they say, and even what direction and order they stand in, all must not be wrong or chaotic.

First of all, the ceremonial officer came first, shouting:

After the establishment of the system, the dispatch will be carried out to ask for the name of the gift!

Later, the envoy appointed by the emperor said in the courtyard: "The British Gong Zhang Mao is under the control of Nacai!"

Xia Ru replied according to the regulations:

Meng was restrained to visit, and Chen Xia Ru did not dare to resign!

Then, the ceremonial official will lead Xia Ru out of the main hall to greet the emperor's chief and deputy envoys, and the two sides will greet each other.

Then everyone, including the attaché, entered the main hall.

After that, the deputy envoy reads out the book and hands it over to the bride price.

Xia Ru wrote a book-making reply and accepted a generous gift.

This is the so-called Nacai.

The whole process is very complex and tedious.

And then the name questioning is to ask the woman's birthday. There is also a process for this, after all, it is 'asking for names'.

In fact, it was already clear before, that is, after calculating the eight characters of the birthday, I thought it was appropriate, and I chose you as the queen.

It's just a formality here.

After completing the process of 'asking for names', the main and deputy envoys will return to the palace to play.

The emperor would then pass it on to the divination officer.

In this way, the result of such a divination must be auspicious, and then the ceremony is held after a few days, which is called najib, which involves telling the woman the result of the divination.

In this way, the payment ceremony is officially presented to the woman.

After accepting the ceremony, the chief and deputy envoys sent by the emperor went to the woman's house to perform the 'announcement ceremony', that is, to inform the woman of the wedding day.

Each process has a grand and elaborate ceremony, and among the six ceremonies, the last one is 'personal welcome'.

Generally speaking, marrying a daughter-in-law in the folk is when the man goes to the woman's home and welcomes the daughter-in-law back.

But the royal family is different, because of the honorable status, it will only send a minister with children and daughters to welcome the relatives.

Needless to say, the lively and grand scene in this is not to mention.

And the day of the official wedding is also the most exhausting time for Zhu Houzhao.

Before dawn, he had already risen from the service of the eunuchs and the palace maids.

Qiuyun probably knew that he would not be easy today, so when he came over, he brought two pieces of ginseng slices and said, "Your Majesty, put this in your mouth, and chew two bites when you are tired." ”

"Will it work?"

Outside the room, there was some fish belly white in the east, and people could only grope their way in the fading darkness. It's very busy outside, and you need to prepare the throne, make a case, make a case, make a case, and so on.

"It works, this is the slave maid who went to the two doctors to ask."

She should be talking about Xin Hui and Kui'er in the Yongshou Palace.

"It's a lot of work."

"Your Majesty is very happy today, and the slaves and maids are happy for Your Majesty."

"Okay," Zhu Houzhao sighed, opening his arms as if he was letting Jun do something, "Let's change clothes." ”

The reason why he took a lot of time to prepare in advance was because in fact, the time was very tight, and it would take a long time just to get dressed and get to the place, and then he would wear a crown and drive to the main hall, with guards standing around him.

At the same time, the chief and deputy envoys sent by the emperor had gone to the woman's house to welcome the empress.

The civil and military officials were all dressed in court clothes, standing outside the Chengtian Gate,

Until the queen's color enters the palace from here, and then passes the noon gate, and then the bells and drums sound in unison, and the halogen book ends. Under the leadership of the celebrant and the palace maid, the queen re-entered the inner court from Fengtianmen to Kunning Palace, and as for the palace, it has already been covered with flags and sun, and there is joy everywhere.

Here, Zhu Houzhao will meet his queen. She wears a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, and a red cardigan with large sleeves. Its solemnity is the most Zhu Houzhao has seen in his two lifetimes.

Empress......

This is his wife.

In the middle of his thoughts, Zhang Mao's voice woke him up,

"I inherit the order of the heavens, and Qin Shao Hongtu. The way of the country, the right family-oriented. The love of husband and wife, the righteousness of Qiankun..."

This is equivalent to a marriage vow,

Zhu Houzhao didn't know which one from the Ministry of Rites wrote it, anyway, it was obscure and verbose, and his head was a little dizzy when he heard it, and he was thinking, I don't know what the little girl under the red gauze would be like.

In fact, after performing the big salute here, they have to change their clothes and change into ceremonial clothes, and then go to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the emperor's family temple, and then they can return to Kunning Palace.

When I came back to the cave room, I had to change my clothes...... Then drink a glass of wine, which is also a tedious process, first the deacon presents the table...... Drink wine with a golden jue...... After drinking, eat the dishes on the table, drink after eating, and eat the staple food after drinking...... Drink together after eating......

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Zhu Houzhao was already a numb person in the later period.

is in a state of 'you are casual', and he will do whatever the official says. He just had one thought: it would be over soon.

Syllable!

I don't know how long it took, anyway, from dark to dawn, and then from dawn to dark, when the ceremonial officer finally 'let go' him and closed the door.

Zhu Houzhao sat directly on the soft stool, and his upper body was also lying on the table, not wanting to move at all.

But he didn't forget his wife, who lay there, tilting his head to look at the thin figure sitting straight under the red veil.

If you want to say tired, she is tired together, and there are a lot of processes in each process.

And comparatively speaking, men's physical strength and physique are better.

In the room, the red candles flickered, and the red figure flickered and dimmed.

It's got to this.

He is a big man who will not cooperate with such a day, and when he arrives in the house, he does not cooperate with his queen, how much ability can he have to bully such a little girl.

So he endured his exhaustion and moved the stool to the side of the bed, thinking that he would have to finish all the processes after all.

The girl knew he was approaching, and the hands that were crossed in front of her squeezed nervously.

This detail was seen by Zhu Houzhao, and it was a pair of thin white slender hands.

"I'm going to uncover it."

Red Tent, little girl. In front of him sat the big bad wolf.

"Hmm."

People who have been screened through layers even have beautiful voices.

Anyway, this is also an exciting moment, Zhu Houzhao did not reach the point of escaping from the red dust, a soft girl followed him from then on, this scene of formal meeting, although there is less so-called love nourishment, but there will also be a special feeling.

When the four eyes met, Zhu Hou looked at the delicate face and lost his mind slightly, this is a slightly three-dimensional, eyes like a phoenix, Qiong's nose is straight, and there is no flaw at all.

Probably noticing that the emperor was looking at her, Xia was a little shy, his eyes were tilted to the left, but he still mustered up the courage to say, "Your Majesty...... Let the concubines serve you. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled, "That's not in a hurry." Let's talk for a while. Are you hungry? ”

Xia shook his head lightly with doubt,

"Not hungry?"

Zhu Houzhao felt that she was telling lies, how could she not be hungry for such a day, probably because she didn't dare to let go in front of him, the emperor.

However, if you have to be too enthusiastic about an introvert, that's not good.

"I'm a little hungry, so I'll have something to eat first."

Xia wasn't sure if there was such a thing as etiquette, but she didn't have the guts to question the emperor, so she could only watch him do it.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't care so much, no matter how many rules there are in the court, do you want to care about me when the door is closed?

And, indeed, he was hungry too.

There are somen noodles on the table in the room, after all, it is a palace dish, even this simple thing is made fresh and delicious, the noodles are soft and tender, and the stomach is hungry, and it really feels like a delicious taste in the world.

"What do your parents call you when you're at home?"

The emperor didn't have a title in his words, but he also said it to her when he heard it.

Xia replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at home, my mother usually calls her concubine Ya'er. ”

"It's not bad. Are you tired today? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, don't be tired."

"I don't know if I'm hungry and I don't know if I'm ......tired," Zhu Houzhao's cheeks were bulging, and he returned to her and sat down, "Are you a fairy in the sky?" ”

"Concubine...... Where is the fairy, the concubine's status is low, and it is all stained with the emperor's light. The emperor chose a concubine, so he could come to the palace and protect the emperor day and night, this is ...... This is a great blessing for concubines. ”

Zhu Houzhao said in his heart that he had a good back.

He understood, understood that a queen was taught to observe various etiquette.

The Xia family has always tried to maintain the posture of a mother, and may not have the courage to do anything out of the ordinary.

"Ya'er, are you sure you don't want to eat something? I allow you to eat. ”

Xia shook his head.

Zhu Houzhao was also helpless, "Okay, then let's go to bed." ”

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, let the concubines come and dress your Majesty."

"Okay."

At this point, the queen seemed to become familiar with the way, she stood up and untied her clothes, took off her dress and tidied it up and hung it aside, "Your Majesty, sit down, and the concubine will help you take off your boots." ”

The process of formatting in this way is inevitably a little boring, but Zhu Houzhao still finished it.

In the end, she blew out the lights, took off the last of her clothes, and felt the side of the bed and got into the quilt.

At that moment, Zhu Houzhao only felt that nephrite was in his arms, gentle and infinite.

(End of chapter)