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Chapter 8 Double Happiness
First of all, the chief minister of the dynasty led the cabinet to the East Palace to pay congratulations, and at the same time stamped the treasure book with the prince's seal, and then took it to the Meridian Gate to read it to all civil and military officials. Only then was the canonization of the prince successful.

The next day, the new crown prince will enter the palace to pay his respects to the current empress. Regardless of whether she is his biological mother, he must honor her as his biological mother and thank her and the emperor for leaving the inheritance to him. The ceremony is still not simple.

The next day, I have to go to the Renshou Palace to go through this ritual again, but I am not facing the Empress but the Empress Dowager.This time I will bring the queen and biological mother to thank the old lady together.

It’s been three times... Don’t worry, it’s not over yet.Choosing the nearest auspicious day, the prince led everyone in the East Palace to the left temple and right shrine to pay respects to the ancestors and worship heaven and earth. It is not clear what the process is, and they have to wait for the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette to report.

Anyway, no matter how simplified it is, it will never be too simple. It takes a whole day to do it, and the worst is the knees and waist.They are all five or even eight prayers. Lords with high blood pressure and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will easily die directly.

See, you have to be in good health first for everything you do, otherwise even if you become the prince, you will leave first without waiting for your father to be sent away.After more than ten years of being a big target who could be killed or scrapped by competitors at any time, I still can’t get the inheritance in the end. How unfair!
By the way, you can't relax after the canonization ceremony. Didn't you listen to Wang An? Now both the internal and external courts are busy choosing the crown prince for themselves.The ceremony of the crown prince's wedding is probably not much simpler than the canonization, and even more complicated if the protection is not complete.

The most troublesome thing is that after the wedding, I am no longer alone in the East Palace. I have to add a woman who is both strange and close, and I have to be on guard.If you want to ask what the highest level of disguise is, it must be 24 hours a day, and you can pretend for several years or more than ten years. It is too difficult, and it also tests your mind and endurance.

Facing a series of tests, Hong Tao couldn't help but extend his middle finger to the roof.It's so wicked. So far, none of my time travels have been satisfactory. I'm either too poor, too busy, or too dangerous. I'm tormenting people in different ways!

"Oh, the word "forbearance" has a knife on my head. The ancients will not deceive me!" But if the emperor can't offend him, how can aliens be able to offend him?If you want to save your life and make life easier in the future, you must grit your teeth and endure these difficulties now. There is no other way!

However, Hong Tao still underestimated the harem's enthusiasm for the prince's marriage. He thought it would take a year and a half to hold the wedding, but it was settled in less than a month.In fact, since the canonization of the crown prince was approved by the emperor, the work of selecting the crown prince also started, but he didn't know it.

The first wife chosen by the queen for the prince was named Guo and named Shuyi. She was from Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili.It seems quite fateful that the soul in the prince's body is from the capital city, and after traveling through hundreds of years, he married a wife from the same hometown!

The Guo family inherited the position of commander of Jinyiwei, and his father worked in Jinyiwei, and his life was pretty good.She is well-educated and well-versed in calligraphy, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is relatively pretty and behaves well. Generally speaking, she is pretty good.

Of course, it was true according to Ming Dynasty standards. If Hong Tao were to comment, he could only say that the little girl hadn't opened her mouth yet.After all, she is not yet 15 years old. In future generations, she will be a junior high school student. No matter how developed she is, she cannot be judged according to the standards of a woman.

In fact, more than one Guo family was sent to the East Palace. She was the crown prince who was being married by the Ming Dynasty and was canonized. Along with her, there were two selected attendants of the same age.They all come from good families, one is named Wang and the other is Liu, and they are also from Shuntian Mansion.

This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty's prince's wedding. He does not just marry a daughter-in-law, but marries a prince concubine and two selected attendants, one wife and two concubines... This evil old society must be understood carefully before making any efforts. criticism!

No matter how many people he marries, as the crown prince, he can still only passively accept it. Not to mention resisting, no one even listens to the objections.Hong Tao continued to pretend to be weak and dull, and was manipulated like a puppet for a month. Finally, in the spring of the 30th year of Wanli, he completed the most important event in his life, getting married.Although most of the process was helpless and boring, in line with the principle that everything has two sides, I also found some fun in the boredom to enlighten myself.For example, don't be unhappy if you experience the royal wedding process in person. This thing is really out of the reach of ordinary people, so it can barely be considered a gain.

What was the process of getting married for a prince of the Ming Dynasty (emperors too)?Two words, complicated!

The first step is of course to select the person, which is usually the responsibility of the queen and the harem officials will handle the details.

The general meaning is to inform the whole country that the crown prince wants to choose a daughter-in-law, and the officials from various places will recommend her, and finally bring it to the internal officials for preliminary screening.The candidates who enter the semi-final stage are handed over to several officials for review, and the list of candidates who enter the final stage is determined. The Queen finally makes the decision.

After choosing the right person, the next step is to accept the color.The internal official serves as the best man, that is, the messenger, and brings a live goose to the woman's home to propose marriage.At this time, the girl's parents couldn't agree immediately. They had to pretend to be polite, saying that their daughter was a crooked melon and a jujube, and she didn't dare to enter the palace to serve the prince, etc. They reluctantly agreed after the best man insisted again and again.

At this time, we entered the third step, asking for names.Listen, the ancients were quite interesting when they came to propose marriage without even knowing their names.In addition to the name, there are also birth dates and horoscopes.Come back and find various immortals to calculate, hey, the horoscopes do not conflict, this is the fourth step, Najib.

The wedding has only entered the main theme at this point, from retreat to pragmatism. The next step is to send the betrothal gift.What should be given has to be decided by the Ministry of Rites and the internal officials according to the rules. It doesn't matter if it is too much or too little. This step is called collecting.Once the woman has been recruited, she cannot go back on her word, otherwise it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.

Accepting the betrothal gift means that the parents of both parties should think about the day when they will get married.Different from ordinary people, those who marry the royal family will be deprived of many rights. For example, the royal family has the final say on the date of engagement. This step is called the request period.

When his son gets married, no matter how unhappy the father is, he cannot be completely relieved. The next step is for him to appear in person, which is called dipping, which is the same as standing on the street.

On a chosen day, Emperor Wanli sat in the Huangji Hall with an impatient expression on his face, looking very serious.The prince stood cautiously and tremblingly on Danbi, surrounded by a bunch of internal officials and officials.

First, they offered wine to worship the gods, and then listened to the emperor rambling on a few words of advice from his elders. The time spent talking was less than one-tenth of the time spent on ostentation.Hong Tao didn't even hear what the emperor said during the drum music. He just stared at the eyes of the salute officer, kneeling down and getting up when he was asked, as confused as a walking zombie.

Of course, this crime was not in vain. In the end, she received another golden book, marking the completion of the crown princess's canonization. Not only did she have an official title, she also had to earn a salary.

(End of this chapter)