When the gongs and drums were beating inside the palace, there was actually no idle outside the palace.

What Gu Zuo has been preparing for is to let the city that never sleeps open in the near future.

To this end, Shaofu has united all the merchants stationed in the city that never sleeps to carry out reward activities.

And on the night of the wedding, there is no curfew here, and the real city that never sleeps will be realized!

So when the other officials have gone home,

Shaofu descended from him, and Jinyiwei was under Mao's language, and there were still hundreds of people sticking to this vicinity.

The fireworks in the palace rose one after another,

Outside the palace, there is also a small one.

In the city that never sleeps, there are countless lanterns along the street, restaurants, inns, gardens, gambling houses, snacks, acrobatics...... All kinds of shops burst into enthusiasm on this night.

The happiest person is a person like Ding Liquan, who has just won the Jinshi and has some money in his hand, and when he arrives at Baihuayuan, there is a girl on the left and right, and she keeps drinking wine.

And there are many people playing the piano in the garden, and for a while, the beautiful sound is continuous, and it is really a paradise on earth.

"Brother Mei, Brother Mei......" Ding Liquan drank halfway and went to hook up with Mei Huaigu, "Look over there, look over there,"

Mei Huaigu followed the direction of his finger, it was on the first floor, and there was a person, and it was a person who was in Yuezhuang two days ago.

"This is a person who pretends to be a gentleman, his mouth is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and at night, don't you still come to the garden like us?"

Mei Huaigu couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene, "Ridiculous person." ”

"Ridiculous people, then let's laugh."

Burst! Burst!

In the city that never sleeps, two gorgeous fireworks are raised out of nowhere, and the light of the fireworks shines on the faces of the people on the street, reflecting a lot of joy.

"The prosperity is really intoxicating."

Gu Zuo turned around and found that it was the Household Department Shangshu Han Wen and the Criminal Department Shangshu Min Qi,

These two are his old-timers, and they have helped him a lot.

"Da Situ, Da Sikou, why are you here?"

This is a high ground, open tonight, no basket can be out, Gu Zuo can't sleep, so he keeps looking down on this floor.

As for Han Wen and Min Jue, they came all the way, and no one should dare to really stop them.

"It's been more than a year since the city that never sleeps was built to today, and Your Majesty has been planning for a long time, how can we not come and see it tonight?"

Min Jue also walked to the railing and looked down,

In the eye, there are brilliant lights, a sea of people, and a prosperous scene just mentioned......

"If only there were people who are good at painting."

Han Wen already had a tacit understanding with him, and immediately thought, "Chaoying wants me to be a picture of the Qingming Riverside in the Ming Dynasty." ”

"No, no. If it's not called Qingming Shanghe Tu, it's called the city that never sleeps. At the end of the sentence, there were a few points emphasized.

Gu Zuo said: "What's so difficult about this? There are masters in painting in my young mansion, so I will summon someone to send it. ”

"Can it work?"

"Why not?"

Gu Zuo took it down, and immediately ordered someone to call Song Heng's cousin Song Yue. The planning map of the Beijing division was made by him, and later he successively drew some partial drawings, practice makes perfect.

Nowadays, at least in terms of realism in life, his painting work is a bit hot.

"After the painting is completed, Liqing can present it to His Majesty." Han Wen stroked his beard and suggested.

This is actually helping Gu Zuo.

The emperor is most concerned about the livelihood of the people, and he is naturally happy to see this painting.

"Good. Thank you here. ”

"Why do we need to talk more between us?"

Han Wenxin said that one day in the future, this life may have to count on the person in front of him.

……

……

Early in the morning.

Zhu Houzhao's eunuch woke up to the call, the days are short and the nights are long in winter, and it is still a little dark outside.

But he couldn't sleep anymore.

According to the rules, he had to take his daughter-in-law, who had just passed the door, to visit his old mother.

And strictly speaking, the emperor's wedding ceremony is not the end here.

The day after the wedding, the emperor and empress would wear a ceremonial dress to meet the queen mother;

On the third day, the emperor will wear a crown dress, and the queen will still wear a dress to visit the queen mother again, and make eight bows;

On the fourth day, the emperor needs to wear a crown to the Huagai Palace, the prince worships eight times, the official in charge of the wedding worships five times, and then goes to the Fengtian Palace, where the civil and military officials congratulate the table and make a celebration gift;

On the fifth day, the Emperor and Empress perform the "Offering of Gifts" (serving His Holiness to wash and eat). At this point, it is officially over.

The only thing that comforted Zhu Houzhao was that in addition to the queen, he didn't have to go through this process one by one when he married three others.

It's like a folk concubine, just get a small sedan chair and carry it in.

In the palace, the next decree will be given a name.

Emperor Jiajing once recruited 9 concubines into the palace at one time, which is famous, and there are more unnamed.

Zhu Houzhao here, in addition to Queen Xia,

There are also concubines Chen, Shen, and the fourth daughter who is also like him.

The Chen family was named a virtuous concubine, and the Shen family was named a concubine, and the concubine was named Shun.

Zhu Yuanzhang strictly set the order of concubines in the palace, the queen is the largest, followed by the imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, concubine, and then Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauty, talent, noble, and waiter.

Speaking of which, Huaixiao and Huaiyan have made great contributions because they are pregnant with dragon seeds, so the names of nobles should not be worn for long. Previously, because it was a miscarriage, I was more conservative in my actions to avoid further changes.

In fact, if you really give birth to a prince, then it is possible to be promoted to Zhaoyi and Jieyu.

For now, Zhu Houzhao gets up and goes to Cining Palace, which is part of the wedding, so the three concubines will not participate, they will be led to the palace by a special person and arranged to stay.

Although it is said that there is less work, it is also less than the warmth that the Xia family has.

The voice outside not only woke up the emperor, but also woke her up, seeing that the emperor woke up before herself, she was a little 'frightened', and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, and the concubine will wait for you to change your clothes!" ”

"Huh? There is no hurry. Zhu Houzhao hugged the jade man in his arms, "Although the time is very tight, it's okay for us to delay for a while, Ya'er don't move, let me hold for a while." ”

The warm little hand under his armpit was first rebounded and did not dare to touch, and then slowly fell.

I didn't feel it when I fell asleep, but when I woke up at this time, Xia Shi only felt very shy.

No matter how full the name is and how complete the process is, the man holding her is someone who has just met for a short time after all.

But now he was naked, and even his hand was still on the back of the bulge.

There was a hot panting sound in her ears, and the heat seemed to cause numbness, making her whole body tickle.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......? ”

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"Isn't it...... Time to get up? ”

Zhu Houzhao opened his eyes, and on his arm was that delicate face like a carving.

Actually, it didn't happen last night.

First, he worked from dark to dark, he was really tired, but tiredness is never a reason, sometimes some things can forget tiredness, the most important thing is that the person in his arms trembles when he touches it, and at the same time he is too serious, as if he endures it very much.

This reaction......

In addition, for a certain moment, he suddenly thought that he was only sixteen......

So in an instant, it was like a basin of cold water poured on my heart.

Never mind......

As for Xia, although she doesn't particularly understand, she doesn't know all the processes, so she always knows. After all, it's not the same as teaching.

Therefore, she was always a little worried in her heart, afraid that the emperor would be dissatisfied with her.

As a matter of fact...... Of course not.

And Zhu Hou looked at her innocent feeling in the morning, and his mind began to break again, so he couldn't help but lean over and peck on her soft lips.

Xia's eyes widened and he shrank his head slightly, a little ashamed.

"Queen, there are some things I didn't have time to say last night. Let's talk about it this morning. ”

“…… Yes, the concubine listened. ”

"As for this person, I say that the rules are big and big, and the rules are small, but they are actually small. You are in the harem, and you are the head of the harem, so there are only two things that matter. First, manage the harem well, I don't know what your temperament is, but in short, don't be too weak, you have to be able to control people, otherwise it will be bad for you and others. Anyway, everything has me, as long as you are upright and reasonable, I will not fail to defend you as a queen.

Second, manage your mother's family well. The latter is more difficult than the previous one. As a human woman, you always have to respect some filial piety, and even have older brothers, younger brothers, sisters and sisters to take care of. But according to the rules of the imperial court, they are all relatives of the emperor, and they will not be bad in any aspect. I will treat them like family. There is one point, you can't rely on your daughter to be the queen in the palace to bully men and women, and cross the township. ”

Heavy talk, just say the last small short sentence.

Don't talk about the superfluous, today is a great joy.

And if you don't know how to talk about it, if you don't understand it, you have to use things to educate.

It was the first time that the Xia clan had heard the emperor say such a long sentence, "Your Majesty's teachings and concubines have all been recorded." One is to be a good queen, and the other is to be a good daughter. ”

"I knew you were studying, but now it seems that you are really smart. Alright, let's wait for me to change my clothes. ”

"Okay."

It should be called Queen Xia now.

Queen Xia is not tall, the royal family chooses people, and will not choose people like bamboo poles, but she will not be too short, otherwise there will be no momentum. Basically, he is half a head shorter than Zhu Houzhao, and his body is not fat or thin, and the two stand together, and they feel very compatible.

All the maids outside the house also came in, rinsed their mouths, cleaned their faces, and dressed......

On the way to Cining Palace,

Zhu Houzhao said: "It will take about a few days for such a ceremony, and after that, the queen can rest." ”

"Your Majesty is in charge of state affairs, how dare the concubines have the idea of taking a break?"

Zhu Houzhao had to smile,

If you want to tell the queen to let go of that strength, it will take a while.

When I arrived at Cining Palace, I first visited,

Then Empress Dowager Zhang pulled Xia and said a few words,

It's basically how to be a queen and give birth to a prince as soon as possible.

Born to the queen, as long as it is a son, no matter what the situation of Yongshou Palace is, the eldest son will only be here.

The rest is homely.

Zhu Houzhao didn't have anything to say, he was much more comfortable, so he had a good appetite and patronized it and ate in Cining Palace.

About an hour later, the two left and returned to Kunning Palace, because it was very inconvenient to wear a dress, so the first thing to do when they went back was to change back into regular clothes.

Zhu Houzhao raised his arm, asked people to tidy up, and asked Liu Jin: "Go to the Qianqing Palace and ask if there is anything wrong." ”

He hadn't been down to business for about three days.

As a result, Liu Jin came back and replied: "Your Majesty, there is no one in the attendant room to deliver a note. If you want to come to Guotai Min'an and the four seas to promote peace, it's not a big deal. ”

This is not true, probably because the courtiers also know that the emperor is doing a big wedding, and if it is not really important, they will not bother.

In fact, the first year of Zhengde is nearing the end. The biggest thing is actually the wedding itself.

But in the second year of Zhengde, this was not the case.