Chapter 41: The Crowning Ceremony
Today, December 29th. Xiao Qingchen, the prince of Beiliang, made a crown ceremony, and the crown ceremony was held in the Xiao family ancestral hall in the back mountain of the Beiliang Palace.
"Oh, bang, oh" The Huanglu bell on the top of the Beiliang Wangfu was ringed. Xiao Qingchen looked up at the sky, and then walked slowly to the Xiao family ancestral hall accompanied by Liuyu Mowu.
In the ancestral hall, washware, crown clothes, dressing utensils and wine ceremonial vessels have already been arranged. Xiao Bo sat on the side and waited for Xiao Qingchen, today's supporter is Xiao Qingchen's master Jiang Qiansong, and today Jiang Qiansong changed into white clothes and came here early. Qiao Yu walked over and said to Xiao Bo, "Lord Wang, the prince has arrived." Xiao Bo looked at Jiang Qiansong and nodded, "Let's start." “
At this time, the porter allowed the invitees and spectators who were waiting outside to enter. The concierge will report every time it passes.
"Send Yanfei to come to the crown ceremony!"
"Zao Wou-ki, the head of the Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Sect, has come to pay the crown!" The two came to watch the ceremony one after the other.
"The Taoist priest of Qingyun Mountain has come to pay tribute!"
"Liu Bifeng, the head of the Liu family in Qingzhou, came to pay the crown!" This Liu family is the queen's lineage.
"Brother of Marshal Zhang Zhen of Zhendong, Zhang Zhong came to pay the ceremony!" , all of them are famous nobles!
"The king of Xiangnan sent his son Bai Kang to come to the crown ceremony!" The concierge of the Beiliang Wangfu is all in accordance with the order of the invitations handed over, regardless of the high or low. There is no shortage of wealthy nobles and high-rollers in the invitations sent by the Beiliang Palace.
Today's crown ceremony is completely according to the ancient rites, except for some small details, the rest of the requirements are strict.
Xiao Qingchen is now the champion Hou, and he has official uniforms, belts, boots, and wat in the north. Wine pourers and plates are also displayed on the north side of the crown on the table. The heads, hats, crowns, and scarves were to be served on a plate, covered with a cloth, and displayed on a table under the west steps. A deacon stood by the side, Xiao Qingchen was the eldest grandson, and he was seated a little north of the east of the stairs.
Xiao Bo and the others, dressed in full costume, were in place. Xiao Bo was under the stairs, slightly to the east, facing west. Behind him, four of the eight tribes and their servants, lined up, facing west and north as up. Regardless of the woman's identity, Liuyu Mo Wu stood outside the gate, facing west. The crown is double, shirt, silk, and shoes, in the east room, facing south.
The guests who come to watch the ceremony will always have one person next to them, and that is the person who praises the crown. The guests and praisers all dressed outside the gate, facing east. The liker is on the right side of the guest, a little back from the place. The servant entered, informed Xiao Bo, Xiao Bo went out, faced west, and bowed goodbye to Zhengbin. Binda worships Xiao Bo. Xiao Bo saluted the praiser, and the praiser repaid Xiao Bo. Then Xiao Bo and the guests got started. Zhengbin and Praiser followed Xiao Bo to get in, gave way to the bottom of the stairs, and gave in again to climb the stairs. Xiao Bo ascended the steps first, and stood on the east side of the steps, facing west. The main guest ascends the stairs from behind the west stairs and stands on the west stairs, facing east. The praiser washes and wipes his hands, ascends the steps from the west steps, and stands in the middle of the room, facing the west. The feast is set up in the east order, slightly northerly, facing west. Leave the crown out of the room, facing south.
Zhengbin bowed to Xiao Qingchen. Xiao Qingchen went out of the room and stood on the right side of the seat, facing the seat. The praiser takes the plunder, puts it on the left side of the seat, Xing, and stands on the left side of Xiao Qingchen. Zhengbin shook Xiao Qingchen and knelt on the spot. The praiser is improvised, such as the guest kneeling, entering for it, merging, and plundering. Bin down the step, Xiao Bo also down the step, Bin wash, Xiao Bo Bin Bin and reset. The deacon enters with a crown scarf, and the guest goes down a step down, takes the crown, holds it, and is upright, and goes to the front of the crown, and wishes to the general: "The auspicious moon and the day, the beginning of the Jiayuan service, the abandonment of Youzhi, Shun Er Chengde, Shou Kao Weiqi, to introduce Bifu." Then he knelt down and put on the crown of the crowned one. The praiser knelt in with a scarf, and the guest took it, plus, Xing, reset, and crowned the one. The crown goes to the east room, takes off the four (next to the clothes) shirt, changes into a deep coat, enlarges the belt, accepts shoes, goes out of the room, is positive, south-facing, and stands for a long time.
Zhengbin waved Xiao Qingchen, Xiao Qingchen impromptu and knelt. Jiang Qiansong entered with a hat, Zhengbin took it down two steps, held the hat in front of Xiao Qingchen, and wished him to say: "Jiyue Lingchen, Nai Shen Erfu, Jiner Weiyi, Shushun Erde, Meishou Yongnian, enjoy Hu Fu." "Kneel, plus, rejuvenation, reset, crown. Xiao Qingchen went to the east room, took off his deep clothes, changed into a soap shirt and leather belt, tied his shoes, and stood out of the room.
If the etiquette is added, but Jiang Qiansong enters with a head, and the guest descends three steps to accept, and the congratulatory speech says: "With the righteousness of the year, with the order of the month, the salty gar is served, the brothers are there, and the virtue is to become a virtue, and the astragalus is boundless, and it is celebrated by the sky." The praiser took off his hat for Xiao Qingchen and bowed his head. Jiang Qiansong took the hat, withdrew the canopy, and entered the room.
Qiao Yu set up a Jiao mat in the west-middle center, facing south. The praiser drank wine in the east wing, went out of the room, and stood on the left side of Xiao Qingchen. The guests greeted Xiao Qingchen, and Xiao Qingchen returned the salute. Xiao Qingchen sat on the right side of the mat, facing south. Zhengbin took the wine in order to the front of the banquet and recited the greetings to the north and said: "The wine is clear, recommend Lingfang, worship and accept the sacrifice, to set the auspiciousness, inherit the rest of the sky, and never forget the longevity test." Xiao Qingchen bowed to Zhengbin again, straightened up, faced south, and took the wine cup. Zhengbin returned to his seat and bowed to the east. Xiao Qingchen, kneeling and sacrificing wine, straightening up, at the end of the seat, kneeling, drinking, and then handing the lamp to the praiser, facing south, and bowing again. Bin looked east and said goodbye. Xiao Qingchen's admirer. The praiser is a little behind the guest, facing east.
Zhengbin descends from the west steps, facing east. Xiao Bo descended from the stairs, facing west. Xiao Qingchen descended from the west steps, standing to the east, facing south. Jiang Qiansong stood aside and said: "The etiquette is prepared, the moon is auspicious, the word Er, the word Kongjia, the fashionable person is appropriate, it is appropriate to be in it, and it will always be protected." Xiao is uncertain". Xiao Qingchen said: "Although you are not sensitive, you dare not come at night." Bin could also make another congratulatory speech, but at this moment, no one spoke, they knew that this was just a ceremony, this ceremony was not important, what was important was Xiao Qingchen.
At this time, the guest asks to leave. Xiao Bo invited the concierge, and the guests agreed and waited at the changing room. These are all etiquette, and you still have to make a show no matter what.
Xiao Bo stood in front of the incense table in the ancestral hall and said goodbye: "Bo's grandson Qingchen, if Luotu's son Qingluo is Qingchen, today's crown is over, dare to see it." Xiao Qingchen stood between the two steps and said goodbye.
The parents of the original champion sat in the hall facing south, the uncles and brothers in the east order, the uncles facing the south, the brothers facing the west, the women in the west order, the uncles and aunts facing the south, and the sisters and sisters-in-law facing the east. But Beiliang said that Xiao Qingchen's lineage is scarce, and Xiao Qingchen's parents also died early, so Xiao Qingchen's salutes are fewer. Xiao Qingchen faced north to bow to the tablet of his father Luo Tu and his mother Qingluo, and Jiang Qiansong received the salute and helped him up. If there is a venerable person who lives together, then Jiang Qiansong takes the crown to his room to worship him, respects the elder, and holds up the crown. Return to the east-west order, bow to each column of relatives and friends, and relatives and friends all bow down.
Xiao Bo is a concierge and praiser with wine and food. Give thanks with gold ingots, thank you. Of course, there is a difference between the guest and the liker. Although there is no shortage of gold for anyone who comes here, it is a rite of etiquette.
After doing this, Xiao Qingchen was taken outside the ancestral hall by Xiao Bo and bowed to the spectators.
When he finished doing this, Xiao Qingchen exhaled softly, it was too cumbersome. Cha Yanfei looked at Xiao Qingchen, who had finished the crown ceremony, in the ancestral hall, his face was relieved, in this guest court, Xiao Luohe was entertaining the one hundred and eighty guests here, there were many old people here, when they saw Jiang Qiansong dressed in white, they were all shocked. I didn't expect that he would be in the Beiliang Palace, and his status was not low! Otherwise, I won't be a host.
Zao Wou-Ki walked behind Cha Yanfei and said, "What will you do in the future?" Cha Yanfei heard his voice and said, "What else can I do?" Back then, my Treasure Pavilion was destroyed by Bai Xuan, leaving only me and an old servant, and I was spared under the protection of Luo Tu. I've long considered this my home. ”
Zao Wou-Ki said, "You want revenge, I know this." So I take revenge with you. "You're not afraid that your Dragon and Tiger Gate will be destroyed by Bai Xuan?" Zao Wou-Ki chuckled and said, "Extinguish it, I'm the only one left in my Zhao family now." The rest of the people are a bunch of outlaws, so it's better to disperse. ”
"The way of heaven is not constant, and it cannot be extinguished." At this time, an old Taoist priest in Xuanyi came over and said. He was holding a whisk in his hand, and at a glance he looked like an ordinary Taoist priest. Who would associate it with the second place on the heavenly list. After hearing this, he knew who it was, turned around and said, "I've seen the Taoist." ”
The Taoist priest said, "Miss Yanfei doesn't have to be polite, this time, I calculated a hexagram when I went out, and the number of cool air in the north is uncertain, and you can live or die." It is estimated that this variable appears in the hands of this uncertain. He, a Taoist priest, couldn't talk to those people, and finally came to see the old man. At that time, Cha Yanfei had lived in Qingyun Mountain for a few days, and the light side dishes fried in her hands also made the Taoist priest drool.
"I don't know if you know the girl in purple just now?" Cha Yanfei has been paying attention to the Liuyu Ink Dance, she has never talked about the Liuyu Ink Dance, but the first feeling that the Liuyu Ink Dance gives her is that she can't tell herself.
"Yes, I have never seen or heard of that girl, and I see that girl's breath is long, Shenhua is restrained, and her skills are not even weaker than ours." Zao Wou-Ki said in a deep voice.
The Taoist priest held his long beard with his hand and said, "I just heard that she is the young lady of this Beiliang Palace." And living with the prince, even the Chenlin Pavilion where the prince lived was changed to the Ink Rain Pavilion. And her name is Liuyu Ink Dance. After saying that, he seemed to remember something.
"Moreover, there have been several times when the son of the world came to my Qingyun Mountain, and the girl was also together. Shizi didn't seem to have the slightest majesty in front of her, but the relationship between the two of them was still very good. "Daoist Dao.
Cha Yan frowned, according to what Zao Wou-Ki and the Taoist priest said, the girl in purple was not ordinary. The Taoist priest saw the problem in Cha Yanshou's heart and smiled, "Don't worry, the white-clothed deacon just now, do you know who it is?" ”
Cha Yanfei and Zao Wou-Ki both shook their heads, and the Taoist priest said in a deep voice, "His name is Jiang Qiansong, and he is as famous as Bai Xiaosheng in the rivers and lakes!" ”