All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

According to the general etiquette system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the prince's canonization ceremony is usually held in the early morning, and the big wedding is usually held in the evening.

If this is the case, Chu Yan will be appointed as the crown prince first, and then marry Shen Lingxi into the East Palace with the ceremony of the crown prince.

Chu Yan was not willing to do so.

He wanted to experience this ceremony with Shen Lingxi.

So the Queen Mother was invited to come forward to talk about the matter, and after getting the approval of the emperor, the Ministry of Rites revised the ritual system, and then asked the Qin Tianjian to re-calculate the auspicious time, and then the entire ceremony of the wedding and canonization ceremony was set.

In this way, early in the morning, Shen Lingxi, accompanied by Dou Shiyao, the Duke of Ding, his wife Cai, and the patriarch of the Shen family, paid homage to the spirit tablets of the Shen family's grandmother, Mrs. Wang, and Old Man Shen.

When the auspicious time came, the emperor's grandson Chu Yan's Yu Ren arrived, and Chu Yan went to the gate to celebrate the goose laying ceremony. Duke Ding and his wife took the place of Shen Lingxi's biological father and mother.

Shen Lingxi hadn't participated in such a grand ceremony under the attention of thousands of people for a long time.

She is wearing a ruidi and a crown of eighteen flower hairpins on her head. Under the full makeup, her face, which is already pure and beautiful, is incomparably bright.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after dressing up in the morning, Shen Lingxi looked at her own eyebrows and eyes in the bronze mirror, and felt a sense of déjà vu.

Just like her in the previous life, there seems to be a strange connection with her in this life.

Especially under this splendid make-up, her innate noble and noble aura can no longer be concealed, and her facial features are gradually somewhat similar to the "Holy Maiden" in her previous life.

Not only Shen Lingxi has this feeling——

When the phoenix chariot she was riding on slowly stopped in front of the Meridian Gate.

Chu Yan led her lightly by the hand, and walked off the phoenix chariot.

Yun Chong, the first prince of Yun Kingdom, who was dressed as a servant, was hiding in the ranks of officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. When he saw Shen Lingxi, who was wearing the crown of the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he couldn't hide his surprise.

"How can it be so similar..." He rubbed his eyes in disbelief: "It's so similar."

"What does it look like?" In front of him, a handsome-looking man wearing a scarlet python robe and sitting on a wooden wheelchair turned back and asked in a low voice.

Yun Chong bent down and said in a low voice: "Prince Hui Rui, this concubine looks like my poor sister who died early."

The man he called Prince Rui was the ninth son of the late Emperor, Chu Wei.

Since he was born with leg disease and bad for walking, Prince Rui has always lived in seclusion and rarely appeared in front of people.

Today's royal prince's wedding is also the crown prince's canonization ceremony, so it's rare for him to leave the mansion.

This time, Yun Chong was pretending to be his personal servant so that he could mix among the officials.

Prince Rui sighed, "That sister of yours is indeed pitiful. It seems that my imperial nephew really has a deep affection for your sister, so he married such a woman who resembles her."

"That's right." Yun Chong smiled flatteringly, "That's why I'm going to trouble you to come forward this time and introduce him in front of His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun. I also have a big gift here to congratulate him on his wedding."

Prince Rui nodded his head, "Don't worry, you found a genius doctor to heal my leg, such a kindness, I will definitely repay your favor."

Yun Chong smiled and exchanged polite words with him, when suddenly he heard "Boom, Boom, Boom" a mighty drum beating.

Baiguan followed Habayashi Wei into Fengtian Gate.

Yun Chong also personally pushed Prince Rui's wooden wheelchair and walked towards Fengtian Gate.

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Although the ceremony of canonizing the prince and princess is grand, it is very complicated and lengthy.

Inside and outside Fengtian Hall, banners are flying, solemn and solemn.

Shen Lingxi's hand was tightly held by Chu Yan from the beginning to the end. Under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, from Fengtian Gate to Fengtian Hall, he kowtowed to the emperor, the queen, and the empress dowager.

Following the chorus of Nei Zanguan, she and Chu Yan kept on holding each other:
"Bow, bye."

"kneel."

"Fall down, flatten your body."

"Bow, book ceremony."

"The chief nephew Chu Yan is the crown prince, and the family Shen is the crown prince."

"Certificate."

"Reset..."

In the majestic hall, the purple smoke is lingering, and the drums and music are playing outside the hall.

For Shen Lingxi, this was a completely unfamiliar experience.

In her previous life in Yun Country, she was always alone, facing the worship of civil and military officials and common people.

This is the first time, at such a moment, there is someone standing beside her, firmly holding her hand.

It made her feel a little less lonely and lonely in her previous life.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the sun was rising in the east, and until the canonization ceremony was completely over, the two received the congratulations from the people on the city tower, and then entered the East Palace, where the officials bowed down again, and it was almost dusk.

If it weren't for Shen Lingxi's skill, she would have been accustomed to such scenes in her previous life.

Otherwise, just take the flower hairpin crown on the head as an example, after a whole day of tossing around like this, the neck is about to be broken.

Finally, when the night fell and the wedding was auspicious, they entered the bridal chamber of the inner hall, where Qiao Xing and the ladies waited for Shen Lingxi to remove her crown and change her clothes.

Without the heavy restraints of clothes, Shen Lingxi finally relaxed, and her eyelids were fighting with exhaustion.

"Crown princess, there is still a bridal chamber wedding ceremony, please hold on for a while longer." The female officer reminded in a low voice.

Only then did Shen Lingxi cheer up, "Well, good."

Although he agreed, his head had already started to tap lightly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Chu Yan changed his clothes and walked into the inner hall, and saw his bride, who was so tired that she was stumbling around, with a precarious appearance.

A faint smile curled up on the corner of his lips, and he waved to everyone, "Okay, you all stand back."

The female officials looked at each other, they all backed out without daring to disobey the prince's words.

Chu Yan walked up to Shen Lingxi, and his slender hands supported her lightly chin at the right time.

Perhaps because he had just washed and washed, his slightly calloused fingertips felt cool.

The unfamiliar touch made Shen Lingxi tremble, and finally opened her eyes.

Chu Yan was leaning down towards her, his handsome and deep face magnified in front of her eyes.

He changed into a scarlet nightgown with wide sleeves and a narrow waist. His black hair was tied loosely with white jade hairpins. The slightly open neckline revealed a clear and elegant collarbone inadvertently.

"Tired?" He asked with lowered eyes.

Shen Lingxi hurriedly looked away, sat up straight, and kept a safe distance from him, "I'm not tired, I'm not tired, is there still a journey to finish?"

As she spoke, she saw a pair of water ladles tied with a red thread in front of the dragon and phoenix candlestick, and she looked curious, "Why is there this in the room?"

It's no wonder that Shen Lingxi has never seen this kind of thing, it's just that she has always done trivial things for others, avoiding wedding banquets if she can, and never going to the bridal chamber, for fear of being taboo.

Shen Lingxi has only entered the bridal chamber of the Li family.

At that time, I was busy with "business" and didn't have the time to observe these things.

Seeing this, Chu Yan walked to the pair of water ladles and poured the wine from the white jade pot into the ladles.

"This is the wine vessel used for Hebei wine. A 卺 is broken into two halves, each of which holds wine. On the night of the bridal chamber, you and I each drink a 卺. The paw melon is divided into two, which symbolizes that you and I are two bodies, and the handle is connected with a thread, which symbolizes that the wedding will connect you and me into one body.

"The 卺 is bitter and the wine is also bitter. Drinking the bitter wine in the 卺 indicates that after marriage, you and I will share joys and sorrows and share weal and woe. At the same time, it also symbolizes that the two of us, like this 卺, become one and are tightly bound together."

Shen Lingxi's heart was beating wildly for no reason when she was told "you and mine", what "husband and wife", what "two people", and what "unity" said.

Seeing that Chu Yan handed the ladle full of wine to her with his own hands.

Shen Lingxi's eyes flickered, she raised her eyelids and smiled at him, and discussed with him in a good voice, "Now there is no one around, not even a ghost, this kind of 'true' etiquette, we don't have to do this fake show..."

The relevant source of Hejiu wine is Baidu, and some ceremonial clothes can be found in the Ming Dynasty.