According to the Han system, the wedding of the Son of Heaven is divided into six steps: Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, invitation, greeting and wedding.

Before today, the first five steps have been completed, so only the two steps of welcoming and wedding are left.

If it is in the ordinary people's house in the northern city of Chang'an, the man must personally lead the wedding party to the woman's house to marry the bride.

Due to the respected status of the Son of Heaven, it was naturally impossible to greet the relatives in person, so a courtier with both children led the queen's chariot and honor guard to greet the relatives.

Of course, the one who bears this important task is the head of the clan, Liu De, who is the head of the dynasty.

The day before, Weiyang Palace was already full of lights, although the Jiaofang Palace was not rebuilt, but it has also been cleaned, and all the utensils and utensils have been replaced.

Everything in Weiyang Palace was ready, and he was quietly waiting for his other master to arrive.

……

October 30 of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, the sky was clear, and it was the best sunny day in the past few months.

And this day is the auspicious day for the queen to enter the palace.

Yin Zheng and hundreds of officials and ministers came to Weiyang Palace one after another, and lined up on the Danqi in the front hall to prepare to participate in the wedding ceremony of the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning of Mao, the queen's chariot guard, honor guard, and drum music were escorted by Changyi Lang, led by Liu De to leave Weiyang Palace, and the bells and drums sounded all the way to the outside of the general's mansion.

Mao Zheng, Huo Chengjun changed into the queen's crown and robe, said goodbye to his parents, got on the queen's car, and returned to Weiyang Palace again in the sound of drums.

At the beginning of the morning, the Son of Heaven came to the front hall and waited in the temple; The queen's chariot drove into Weiyang Palace from the east gate and arrived at the front hall under the Danqi.

Chenzheng, the queen slowly walked up the stairs to the top of the Danqi, and came to the front hall under the escort of the Taichang subordinate officials and palace maids.

……

This is the first time Huo Chengjun has come to the front hall, when she was a child who was ignorant of the world, she had heard her father tell her about what it was like here.

At that time, my father was still very young, and although he was already a general, I could still see his smiling face from time to time.

Unlike at this moment, my father was standing at the forefront of the hundred officials and ministers, but he indifferently put his hands on his chest, without saying a word, as cold as ice.

Just now, when Huo Chengjun said goodbye to them at home, Huo Guang was expressionless, and Huo Xian was overjoyed - they all made Huo Chengjun inclose.

"Daddy, where are you going today?"

"Daddy is going to the front hall to go to the court."

"The front hall, where is the front hall?"

"The front hall is the highest palace in Chang'an City, and standing there, you can see the outer wall of the East City at a glance."

"Is there anyone else in the front hall?"

"Of course there is, the emperor is in the front hall."

"What does Daddy's front hall look like?"

"The front hall has tall pillars and thick beams, and the dragon pattern and moire can be seen everywhere, and the roof cannot be seen at a glance......"

"Then one day, I will also accompany my father to the front hall to see the Son of Heaven!"

"Good!"

Now, more than ten years have passed, and Huo Chengjun has never remembered this matter, but now he thinks about it.

Unexpectedly, one day, he really came to the front hall as a queen.

"The queen bows to the emperor!"

Tai Changcheng, who was standing on the side, shouted loudly, pulling Huo Chengjun's thoughts back to the present.

She glanced up at the Son of Heaven, carried her heavy and gorgeous robes, slowly knelt down, and bowed deeply to the distant Son of Heaven.

"The emperor greets the empress!"

Liu He stood up, walked down the jade steps steadily, came to Huo Chengjun's face, lightly held Huo Chengjun's hand, and lifted him up from the ground.

glanced at each other, exchanged the shyness in their eyes, walked hand in hand, climbed the jade steps, and sat down on the imperial couch one left and one right.

"The ministers worship the emperor and empress!"

Ministers pay homage; up, goodbye; Rise again, three worships!

……

The wedding ceremony of the Son of Heaven is naturally extremely cumbersome, and there are many steps after that.

from the hour to noon, and from the noon hour to the unitary hour; From the Yang Palace to the High Temple, and from the High Temple to the Weiyang Palace.

It took a whole day of tossing and turning before it came to an end.

The emperor and empress were already very tired, and the faces of the hundred officials and ministers were already stiff.

When the sun set in the west, the hundred officials and ministers were able to leave the Weiyang Palace.

However, the emperor and empress could not rest yet, the procedures of the court had been completed, and there were still many rules in the palace.

Under the guidance of those maidservants and female officials in Weiyang Palace, the two of them experienced a lot of cumbersome and useless etiquette.

These etiquettes are unknown, and many of them just take an auspicious homonym, but the solemn appearance of those big maids and female officials is no different from the important ministers of the previous dynasty.

This forced the emperor and empress to hold the shelves, like marionettes, and let them fiddle with them.

It wasn't until after the end of the day that the Jiaofang Palace, together with the Weiyang Palace, finally quieted down.

In the somewhat empty dormitory of Jiaofang Palace, only Liu He and Huo Chengjun remained.

In the wedding ceremony just now, there was a step of bathing and changing clothes, so they had already changed out of the grand and gorgeous crown robe and put on the bed robe, which was a little relaxed.

The lights flickered, and the swaying hearts of the two people in the temple were also engraved.

In the eyes of outsiders, they are the two people at the highest level of the Han Empire, but in fact, they are just teenagers and girls.

During the day, there were too many outsiders, so they didn't feel the throbbing of the wedding.

And at this moment, the outsiders have dispersed.

The tension, impulsiveness, and panic in my heart became stronger and stronger, as if I wanted to swallow them whole.

The sleeping couch in the dormitory is very large, larger than that in the greenhouse hall and the Xuanshu hall, and the red and black gilded bedding on it is very well spread, and it is very soft and warm at first glance.

At this time, the fire wall of the Jiaofang Hall was very hot, which made the two young people who were a foot away a little hot.

Quiet, incredibly quiet.

They could even hear the footsteps of the slaves and maids outside the temple, walking back and forth, interspersed with a few inscible whispers.

This only exacerbated their nervousness.

Finally, in this seemingly endless stalemate and confrontation, Liu He was the first to lose, he coughed lightly and stood up.

His action made Huo Chengjun, who was also nervous, a little frightened, and couldn't help but stand up.

"Chengjun, do you want to have a glass of wine with me?" Liu He said with some nervousness.

"Didn't you already drink the wedding wine just now?" Huo Chengjun asked shyly.

"Would you like to talk to me?"

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Chengjun nodded and said softly, "Yes." ”

Liu He was bold, walked up to Huo Chengjun, brought her to the couch, and the husband and wife sat down against each other.

The case was lined with wedding wine, fruits and vegetables, and some festive pastries...... There is a slight hint of complex aroma.

Huo Chengjun poured Liu He a glass of wine, and Liu He drank it all, because he drank too quickly and panicked, and was so spicy that he grinned - he invented Xuanjiu, but the amount of alcohol was not good.

This embarrassed appearance made Huo Chengjun cover his mouth and smile, and this pleasant laughter was like the song of a good bird.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere loosened a bit.

"Chengjun, you look good when you laugh like this." Liu He smiled a little sneeringly.

"Husband, are you going to say what Meng Lang is going to say again?" Huo Chengjun said angrily.

"I praise my wife for being good-looking, I'm afraid this doesn't violate the laws of the Han Dynasty, and Duke Zhou can't blame me when he comes!" Liu He said with a smile.

"There are hundreds of laws and decrees of the Great Han, how can the husband know that he has not violated them?" Huo Chengjun asked playfully.

Although she was already a little tired, after today, she seemed to have regained her lively and agile appearance.

"Then I'll let Tingwei change that law, I'm the son of the Han Dynasty, I can do whatever I want!" Liu He pretended to be disdainful.

"In this way, I am afraid that the husband will soon become a faint king like the king of Xu."

"Will you ever be my Daji?"

"Hmph, I can guess that my husband is going to start Meng Lang again." Huo Chengjun pretended to be angry.

"So I'm going to tell you something interesting about what I'm going to do in the future?" Liu He asked with some excitement.

Huo Chengjun laughed happily when he heard this, and immediately nodded again and again, like a few days ago, with his hands on his cheeks, looking at Liu He with burning eyes.

Then, Liu He talked endlessly, and said many things in his heart to do in the future.

It is necessary to build huge canals, to build sailing ships that can sail to the Wa Kingdom, to build a few large cities in the south of the great river, and to build a few fortresses in the Western Regions......

Liu He kept talking, Huo Chengjun listened carefully, and from time to time he had to interject and ask a few questions.

The fatigue of the two magically subsided.

"One day, I will take you out of Chang'an City and go to the splendid country of Dahan to have a look."

"Okay."

After saying these few words, there was a sudden silence between the two, they looked at each other, the autumn waves flowed, and some feelings slowly grew around them.

Liu He hesitated for a long time, was apprehensive for a long time, and remembered his previous preparations...... In the end, he mustered up the courage and said, "Chengjun, it's not too early, let's rest?" ”

Huo Chengjun's face turned red suddenly and lowered his head.

After a while, she nodded lightly and whispered, "Husband, then put out the lights first...... Let the slaves and maidservants of the front hall go out again......"

The slaves and maids came out one after another, covering the layers of palace doors, and then the palace lights in the dormitory of the Jiaofang Hall were extinguished one by one.

The Changyi Lang who were guarding under the verandah of the courtyard just glanced at the window lattices that had darkened, and immediately withdrew their gaze.

The two chiefs who were standing outside the Jiaofang Hall gathered together and whispered.

"You say, in the autumn of next year, will there be one more prince and princess in this Jiaofang Palace?" Shi Chang said disrespectfully and playfully.

"I don't know." Shi Chang Badger shook his head and smiled.

"I see that the county officials are heroic, maybe there will be a pair of twins in the coming year!" Said irreverently

The queen gave birth to twin sons, which is not necessarily a good thing, but the two Changyi Lang did not think too deeply.

"I'm afraid it won't be that early, maybe another two years." The badger remembered something that the Son of Heaven had asked him to find a few months ago, and said meaningfully and maliciously.

"Then you dare to make a bet with me?" Disrespectfully shook the money bag on his waist and made some nice sounds of five baht coins colliding with each other.

"Why don't you dare, a month's worth of money?" The badger asked rhetorically.

"It's too little, if you want to Bo, you will have three months of money and food!" Disrespectfully shook his head.

"Yes!" The two high-fived the matter and settled the matter.

At this point, the wind suddenly picks up.

The veil-like clouds in the sky seemed to be gently lifted by a hand, and the bright moon poked its head out of it......

I don't know if it's too windy or the clouds are too scattered, and the moon seems to be trembling slightly.

After about a quarter of an hour, a thief's heart flashed out of the darkness of the sky, and it came menacingly, dragging a sparse stream of light across the moon, leaving a cold and shattered light.

Immediately, everything fell silent.

……

The next day, Liu He woke up from the warm couch in the Jiaofang Palace.

Huo Chengjun, who had not yet woken up, had a peachy face, charming and cute, and was sleeping soundly on his arm, which made Liu He feel a little restless in his heart.

Liu He gently pulled out his arm, pulled the brocade quilt, covered Huo Chengjun's half-exposed shoulders, and was ready to get up.

Unexpectedly, he still alarmed Huo Chengjun, who opened his sleepy eyes.

"Husband...... Where are you going......" Huo Chengjun asked a little lazily, and naturally held Liu He's hand.

"Today, there is a discussion of the government and politics, I want to go to the greenhouse hall first." Liu He said softly.

"Isn't there no court today?" Huo Chengjun asked ignorantly.

"Although there is no court meeting today, but there is a court government every day, I want to meet a few courtiers, you rest first, I will come to have lunch with you at noon."

"Then you're going to have to talk." Huo Chengjun muttered before letting go of Liu He's hand.

"I'm going to be the talker." Liu He said with a smile.

After Liu He finished freshening up in the front hall of Jiaofang Palace, he walked to the courtyard with Fan Ke.

The Changyi Langs on duty have not yet rotated, but they are still very full of spirits, and they don't seem to be a little tired.

They escorted the Son of Heaven back to the Greenhouse Palace, and they could go on a mission.

"Go to the Conservatory Hall." Liu He said.

"Yui!" The Changyi Lang were as ready as usual, but there seemed to be some excitement today.

Especially those who had been "evil slaves" in Changyi Palace, and the Wu Chiefs were bold enough to squeeze their eyebrows behind the Son of Heaven.

After all, the Son of Heaven is finally an "adult".

……

After a short time, Liu He returned to the greenhouse hall.

The warm walls of the greenhouse hall were also burning all night, and the temperature was just right.

But for some reason, Liu He felt a little lonely - less aroma, less gentleness.

Recalling all the circumstances of last night, Liu He's heart had some ripples.

"Your Majesty, will you have breakfast now?" Fan Ke walked in and said.

"Zhang Anshi, where have they been?"

"They've just arrived at the side hall."

"Who are here?"

"The people that His Majesty told him to summon yesterday have already arrived."

"Then let them come in at once, and I will eat breakfast as I meet them."

"No."

It didn't take long for breakfast to arrive, and so did the courtiers.

There were less than ten people who came, namely Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Liu De, Wei Xiang, Xiao Wangzhi, Wang Ji, Wei Xuancheng, Huang Ba and Wang Shi.

are all people that Liu He can trust.

"All Aiqing sat down first, I got up late today, and I didn't have time to eat yet, so I can only do two things at the same time, I forgive you." Liu He said while chewing on the will.

The Son of Heaven only completed his wedding yesterday, and he must have worked hard.

But to be able to rise up and summon them so early today is already a rare diligence, and what can they, as courtiers, say more, so they praise the Son of Heaven again and again.

After everyone sat down, they congratulated the Son of Heaven separately, and after a circle of auspicious words, Liu He's breakfast was also hurriedly eaten.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Liu He swept the faces of these most trusted courtiers one by one, and saw some words and stopped.

Among them, the one with the most worried expression on his face is Guangluxun Zhang Anshi.

Of course, Liu He understands the reason, because there is also a person in his family who wants to enter the palace - Zhang Anjun.

Although it is reasonable for the queen to enter the palace first and can't find any fault, he may inevitably have some worries - the queen is Huo Guang's daughter.

"The queen's entry into the palace will not have an impact on the matter of cutting Huo, and if the queen does not enter the palace, I am afraid that my middle father will not let me govern so early." Liu He explained.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The crowd said.

Liu He saw that Zhang Anshi's worries had not completely subsided, and originally wanted to explain and exhort him again, but in the end he gave up.

He is the Son of Heaven, their courtier.

Why explain everything to them?

The situation is very different now than it was a few months ago.

At that time, there were very few people available around Liu He, so in order to let these people accurately understand their intentions and not make mistakes in their busyness, Liu He of course had to explain in detail.

But now, there are more and more people under Liu He's command, and it is impossible for him to "put his heart in his heart" to everyone.

I can't have some displeasure in Zhang Anshi, and I have to exhort myself; Wang Ji and Gong Sui have grievances, and they have to enlighten themselves well......

In this way, Liu He would not have to do anything else, and it would take all the time just to talk to these courtiers.

As courtiers, even if Zhang Anshi has some grievances and dissatisfaction, they can only endure it.

Liu He wanted to be a benevolent monarch, so he was very tolerant and open-minded towards courtiers.

Changed to Emperor Xiaowu, the resentment on Zhang Anshi's face was already qualified to go to prison.

"All of you Aiqing are my shares, and now that I am in power, I will discuss the matter of changing the yuan next year."

In more than a month, the New Year will be celebrated, and after the New Year, it will be a new year. Today's era name is still Yuanfeng, and it will be a little out of place to use it again next year.

The first emperors of the Han Dynasty all had era names, and there was more than one, and Emperor Xiaowu changed the era name a total of eleven times before and after.

There are various reasons, but in general, they are all for an auspicious meaning.

The change of the yuan seems small, but there is also a layer of replacement of the old and the new.

Once the Yuan is changed, the Emperor Xiaozhao of Daxing will further disappear from people's field of vision, and Liu He's image will be clearer in the eyes of the world.

Liu He already had some ideas about the era name, but he still handed over the matter to Wang Shi in front of everyone, and asked him to take the doctors and officials to discuss a few options first, and then discuss it.

Among these courtiers who came today, Wang Shi had the lowest rank, but Zhang Anshi and others respected him very much, after all, he was once the mentor of the Son of Heaven.

Changing the yuan is an important thing, but this is just an appetizer that Liu He prepared for everyone.

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