golden scales

The residence arranged by the royal family for the Duan family is not far away, it is on Chang'an Avenue. .Zhu Cilang sat on the high seat, only worried that this new car, which is only 150 years old, would not be able to withstand too long a drive.Looking back at the geese held by the attendants, Zhu Cihong restrained his face, but his mind flew to the issue of troop expansion and military service system.

Although the in-person greeting is cumbersome, but because of the status, there is no need to kneel down so much, and there will be no such situation in later generations that the woman's family blocks the door and refuses to enter.It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, the wedding ceremony of the Tian family was as lively as that of a scholar-bureaucrat's family. This made Zhu Cihong quite grateful for Emperor Gao's unprecedented strengthening of imperial power.

——It would be great if you could register as a marriage!These etiquettes that don't bring any benefits to the Ming revival project are really boring!

While Zhu Cihong was calculating the wedding procedures, he took over the geese from the internal officials, made a memorial ceremony, and saluted like a ritual.

After going through the etiquette, the Crown Princess lifted the sedan chair, and Zhu Cihong lifted the chariot and went back to the palace.When they arrived outside the Meridian Gate, the guards of honor, the guards, the official residence and the army stopped there, and the Crown Princess Duan's guard of honor could enter the gate of Huiji and wait.The internal officials had already knelt down and begged Zhu Cihong to lower the chariot and guide them into the scene.After Mrs. Duan arrived, the internal officials knelt down again and asked the crown prince to lift the curtain and let the crown prince lower the sedan chair.

Then Zhu Cihong walked first, and the deacon of the inner palace used a curtain to support the crown prince and concubine Duan to follow, and they all walked into the Jimen gate.Zhu Cihong changed cars inside the door and went first, and the female officer knelt down to ask the Crown Princess to lift up the sedan chair and go.At the gate of the palace, Zhu Cihong descended again and waited for Duan's arrival. The female officer knelt down to ask the Crown Princess to descend the sedan chair, and performed the wedding ceremony upon entering the curtain.

When Zhu Cihong raised the curtain, he had already seen the face of the Crown Princess Duan, unlike the legendary bride who was covered by a red hijab or bead curtain.Judging from the appearance alone, Duan's appearance cannot be regarded as a natural beauty, but it is absolutely beyond reproach. It completely meets the appearance requirements of the empress of the Ming Dynasty. Even people with great differences in aesthetics cannot say that she is not good-looking.

However, it was such a standard appearance that made her lose the opportunity to be amazing, and she could only develop in a good-looking direction.

Zhu Cihong just glanced at it, and then acted according to the etiquette, and boarded Chengyu first.

Mrs. Duan wears a crown of nine pieces and four phoenixes on her head, and a Zhai robe. Her figure sways slightly, and her jade pendants jingle.She didn't dare to look at the crown prince, and waited until Zhu Cihong was about to turn around before taking a quick glance at her husband, who was rumored to be second only to the emperor in the whole world.

That glance has not been seen clearly yet, what is left to Duan is only a back view with nothing special.

The two went to the gate of the inner palace one after another, and the next time they entered the scene, there were two nobles and two wedding rings on the tables that had been prepared.Under the support of the curtain, Mrs. Duan first entered the curtain to adjust her makeup, and then was guided by the female officer to stand facing the east at the inner hall gate.Only then did she see that the crown prince was standing opposite her, with a well-proportioned figure and a dignified appearance, neither frivolous nor dull, neither the aura of swallowing in a dream nor singing in a fantasy. **.

The young Duan clearly knew that the crown prince was a 17-year-old youth, but looking at it at this moment, he suspected that there was a statue in front of him that looked like a real person, and panic and fear rose in his heart for no reason.

This may be because of the deep prince like the sea, or it may be because of the forbidden palace that never ends.

After the two stood facing each other, the crown prince bowed twice, and the crown princess bowed four times, Zan Yin just sang: "Ascension seat."

Two female officials and deacons came in front of the crown prince and the crown princess with a table. Si Zun took the gold medal and drank wine to enter.

Zhu Cihong and Duan's family each received a drink from the nobles, and the female officials took in the food again.After eating, the female officer will drink and present with a cup of wine. After drinking, she will serve food again.After all these three actions of wine and food, the deacon just removed the food case.

Zan Yin then asked the crown prince and the princess to bow to each other, and the two bows to each other were the same as the previous etiquette.

After the ceremony, the servants of the crown prince will eat—that is, share the food—the remaining food of the crown princess, and the servants of the crown prince will eat the food of the crown prince.Only then did Zhu Cihong enter the palace to change into the gown, and Duan followed the female officials into the palace to change into ordinary clothes.

——Is this a bridal chamber?

In ancient times, there were seven ceremonies for marriage. When Duan was at home, he had already studied the first six rites in authoritative textbooks such as "Etiquette", "Ji Li", and "Hui Dian", that is, the end of the wedding.The Seventh Ritual is the dunlun ceremony of husband and wife, which was deleted by Confucius on the grounds that it was out of date, and women would only be taught privately by their mothers before they got married.

However, my mother said it in a cloudy way, basically meaning: "Just listen to your husband, he knows what to do."

"What if he doesn't know?" Duan asked worriedly at that time.

"A court lady taught him a long time ago." The mother said with certainty.

Because of her mother's misleading, Duan really thought that this kind of thing was enlightened by the maids, but when she arrived at Zhongcui Palace, she found that the maids here were either thick and ugly, or old and pale. Most of them are also in their thirties or forties.These... don't say they are useful, they are a bit unsightly!

——Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes Nanfeng?

Duan cast her eyes on a few servants, but found that they were all mature and prudent, with gray temples, and there was no juvenile flirtatiousness among them.

——Could it be that the crown prince didn't learn?

Duan became nervous, and as the leading female officer exited the room, the palms of her hands were sweating, and she gently wiped them on the mattress.

After a while, Zhu Cihong was finally able to return to his bedroom. After entering the door, he found that the red candles were burning very brightly. The books on the desk were all arranged on the bookshelves. There was an extra person sitting in the bed in the room. Seeing himself coming in Unable to stand up and salute... I'm really not used to it.

——Why is he looking at me like that?Do you want me to stand up and greet you?But just now the female officer said I can't move...

Duan became more and more tense, this time even the tip of her nose leaked a little bit of oil, and under the reflection of the candlelight, it looked like a piece of oily jade.

"Uh, you sit down and don't worry about me." Zhu Cihong finally choked out a sentence after deliberation, and felt that this sentence was a bit inappropriate after speaking.

But what else can be said?

Could it be that ** smiled and stepped forward to lift the crown princess's chin: "Little lady, Xiaosheng is so rude, hehehehehe~"

Just thinking about it made Zhu Cihuang feel goosebumps all over his body.

Sitting on the bed, Duan's toes were pointing on the pedals, and she didn't know how to speak, and even the title was a bit vague.

——Do you want to take off your clothes and have sex now, or talk about something first?

Zhu Cihong was a workaholic in her previous life, and her understanding of women was very shallow, and now thinking about it, she feels even more distant.When I was trying to find a topic, I finally remembered: ask the name first!

"What's your name?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The concubine's name is Qianqian." Duan replied.

"Oh." Zhu Cihong said and tried to read it, and felt that the repeated words were not easy to read, and it was too frivolous.He said, "I'll call you Xiaoqian in the future."

"Thank you husband for giving me the words."

"You're welcome." Zhu Cihong sat next to Duan Shi and said, "How many brothers and sisters do you have?"

Duan is quite strange, why doesn't the crown prince know anything about him?But she still replied softly: "I also have a younger sister, who is three years younger than the concubine."

Zhu Cihong nodded. "Both parents, no brothers" This is the best situation in the selection criteria for the princess.Because sisters always get married, they are members of other families, there are no relatives, and brothers are the relatives who are most likely to cause trouble.

"Well, I have two younger brothers and one younger sister." Zhu Cihong said.

Duan couldn't help covering her mouth with a smile and said: "The concubine knows, everyone in the world knows."

"Well, that's good." Zhu Cihong tapped her foot lightly.

Duan really didn't understand, what's so good about this?

"Now that we all know each other so well, let's get started."

So, that's how it started.

So, it's over.

Early the next morning, the Crown Prince Mianfu and the Crown Princess Zhai Yi met with the Empress and Aunt Huang.

Feast.

Said again, Crown Princess Zhai Yi served the Empress and Aunt Huang to eat—just took the meal from Shang Shi and put it on the table.This is the gift of washing and giving in the folk family "enter the kitchen three days, wash your hands and make soup".Because it wasn't made by Duan himself, and there was no need to consider whether Zhou Hou or Zhang Hou would like it, naturally there was no need to find Kunxing to taste it.

On the fourth day, it is the temple meeting.

Only when she worships the gods of her ancestors in the Taimiao, can the bride truly become a member of the Zhu family.

When Duan woke up early in the morning, there was nothing around her. For the past few days, the crown prince had shared the bed with her, but it seemed that the two of them hadn't spoken a few words from morning till night.Recalling that when I was at home, my parents were always chatting and laughing, my younger sister was also a cheerful and ghostly person, and I seemed to be always laughing and giggling... Life in the palace was really boring to the extreme.

Although the wedding still had a temple meeting and acceptance of congratulatory gifts, Zhu Cihong had already ended the marriage early and started various civil affairs work, especially the review of sample banknotes, planning and consultation on the naming and system of banks.A person's energy is limited, meeting with several ministers every day, and thinking about it, how can he have the energy to chat with a little girl who can't talk to go together at all?

It wasn't until Zhu Cihong saw the obviously depressed look on the brows of his newlywed wife early in the morning that he realized that he seemed a little not gentle and considerate enough.However, this kind of 17-year-old girl had not been in contact with Zhu Cihong for many years in her previous life, and now it has been more than ten years, and she is even more unable to communicate.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong used an old-fashioned but effective method.

"Today we're going to the temple to meet our ancestors. I'll tell you a story while I'm free," Zhu Cihong said.

After being "lonely and helpless" for two or three days, Duan finally received tender love and care, and suddenly felt a sense of happiness, almost tears filled her eyes, and listened attentively to the story her husband told her.

"I'm afraid you don't know. My family's Taimiao system is so chaotic that it may rank first in all dynasties. First, Emperor Taizu Gao set up the Fengxian Hall in the inner court as a royal private temple to worship ancestors. Then Chengzu moved his capital to Yanjing and built a temple similar to Nanjing. The same Taimiao, the result is one country, two temples. It was not until the Nanjing Taimiao fire in the Jiajing period that it was classified as one temple. Speaking of which, the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty were also allowed to build temples, but the vassal kings of our dynasty were not allowed.

"Speaking of vassal kings, after Shimiao succeeded Datong, he fought with civil servants for 20 years in order to send the Benshenghuang Kaorui Temple into Taimiao. [-]. Chengzu's same hall and different rooms were changed into the Nine Temples of the Capital Palace, and he insisted on moving the Rui Temple in to worship with the Xiao Temple. Later, a fire broke out and the Nine Temples were burned down. As a result, the court officials refused to pay for repairs, and they were changed back to the same hall and different rooms. As a result, Ruimiao naturally stayed with Zhaomu.

"You know Zhaomu, right? Yes, father Zhaomu and son Mu are arranged in sequence. Oh! By the way, there was a lot of excitement at the ceremony at the Shimiao, and there are still fun things to do later. Shimiao is worried that after his success, the courtiers They also moved Ruizong's god master out of the Taimiao, so they even let Empress Xiaolie, who was one step ahead, enter the Taimiao to occupy a place for him-the queen was originally enshrined in the Fengxian Hall first, and sacrificed together when Emperor Daxing entered the temple.

"Shimiao wants to take advantage of Empress Xiaolie to occupy a good position and move Renzong out while he is alive, so that after his success, even if the courtiers want to move Ruizong away, they will not be able to do so.

"Our lineage is after Ruizong. The heart of respecting ancestors and the heart of worshiping fathers in Shimiao are one. Of course, we will not move to Ruizong. Therefore, after Mu Temple, the temples of Xuan, Ying, Xian, and Xiao are moved in turn. When Rui Zong moved to the palace, it had to be...well, it happened that I entered the temple after my death—of course, the premise was that I had to live to become emperor. Hehe, isn’t it fun?”

Duan lowered his head, and said two words with difficulty: "It's fun." (To be continued.)