Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 445 The Canonization Ceremony (1)
The whole residence of Marquis Lingbi was full of joy. Even after Marquis Lingbi came back, he drank two jugs of wine.

Dingyuan Hou's Mansion is also very happy, who made them have a good relationship with Mrs. Chu!
Especially Mrs. Dingyuanhou, she told the juniors bluntly and joyfully that she has long seen that Mrs. Chu is a great fortune, and now it seems that she is so.

Everyone flattered her, which made Mrs. Dingyuan Hou Tai even happier.

Mrs. Hou Tai of Dingyuan specially kept Chen Yaqin behind, and told her to visit Mrs. Chu again, and she must not be alienated from her.

Chen Yaqin treats Su Wan sincerely, absolutely without any interest involved.

Hearing Mrs. Tai's advice, I was a little uncomfortable, because Mrs. Tai's purpose was not pure, but she didn't refute anything, which was not contrary to her original intention, so she agreed.

At the same time, she also secretly made up her mind that she would never speak to Su Wan unless she was forced to, and she would not use her to seek benefits and make things difficult for her.

Empress Ning is probably the one who feels the most embarrassing, even embarrassing, about the establishment of an imperial concubine.

Originally, her seat was unique, even the noble concubine could not be compared with her at all, only she was the only one who could sit on an equal footing with the emperor.

However, after the imperial concubine was registered, her unique status suddenly became precarious.

But to control the Six Palaces and be congratulated by foreign wives, if these imperial concubines can do it, what do you want her, a queen, to do?
Not to mention, she is still very favored as an imperial concubine, and she, a queen, will be completely reduced to an empty shelf.

If Su Wan was canonized as a virtuous concubine, she could barely accept it, and she was even sure that she could control her. At least the two of them could live in peace on the surface, but now, it can't.

The identity of the imperial concubine made her feel too threatened. It made her feel like a thorn in her throat and a thorn in her heart, and she was restless day and night.

She couldn't ignore her identity, she couldn't persuade herself to accept it calmly, and she couldn't calmly get along with a woman who was ready to replace her at any time.

Even if she doesn't think about herself, she also needs to think about her two children.

Mrs. Chu already had such favors before she was pregnant. If she gave birth to a child, the honor would only be even greater. At that time, who would remember her pair of children?
Her original plan was to get the second prince to be canonized as a crown prince before she died, and to choose a good son-in-law for the fifth princess, but now it seems that this goal is getting farther and farther away from her.

All of this was brought to her by Mrs. Chu.

How does this make her not hate her?

Fortunately, Mrs. Chu has not been canonized as imperial concubine, she still has a chance to operate.

Empress Ning had a little luck in her heart.Unfortunately, the last trace of luck in her heart was broken after all.

Three days later, the "Edict" in which Mrs. Chu was canonized as an imperial concubine came down, and it was announced to all subjects in the world, and the whole world celebrated together.

Because the imperial concubine is the deputy empress, the canonization of the imperial concubine is a major event for the royal family, and a grand canonization ceremony should be held, which is no less than the canonization ceremony when Empress Li Ning was born.

Before holding the canon ceremony, Emperor Xiande issued an edict, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites went to the cabinet to undertake the selection of an auspicious day, and informed the relevant departments to make various preparations. Wen, and asked the emperor to learn a little bit, one minister, one person to fill the book and stand upright, and one deputy canonized envoy.

When Empress Ning was appointed, the principal and deputy envoys were university scholars and monks. Su Wan was slightly inferior to her standard, and the rest were basically the same.

The auspicious day for Su Wan to be conferred the title of imperial concubine was the fourth day of August.

On the day before the canonization, that is, on the third day of the eighth lunar month, Emperor Xiande sent officials to offer sacrifices to Heaven, Earth, and Taimiao, and personally went to the family temple to offer sacrifices to the Xiandian Hall, and announced the establishment of the canon.

Because the whole world wants to celebrate together, the capital city and even the whole country must wear red and green, and dress up more festively and lively.

Although it was only a canonization ceremony, the palace was also decorated with joy. Thick red carpets were laid on the royal roads in the palace. The palace and Su Wan’s bedroom—Yongning Palace (Chengqian Palace), were hung with colored silk for Double Happiness, and the palace still sent people out of the palace to distribute wedding cakes in the civilian area. .

In addition to the Ministry of Rites, officials from the Cabinet, Luanyiwei, Honghe Temple, and Qintianjian were responsible for holding various ceremonies, and all princes, nobles, and civil and military officials came to participate.

On the day of canonization, Emperor Xiande, under the guidance of the Minister of Rites, and his imperial guards, dressed in formal attire, went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to hold the canonization ceremony. In Zhonghe Shaole, the princes, nobles, civil and military officials were established in order, and the book was established, and the deputy envoy was established, Your Majesty Dan.

On the left side of the middle door of the Xuanzhi official hall, Xuanzhi said: "On the fourth day of August in the ninth year of Xiande, Mrs. Su, the wife of the state of Chu, was registered as the imperial concubine, and the ministers were ordered to perform rituals."

Afterwards, the chief and deputy envoys went out of the Xiehe Gate with the Book Treasure Pavilion, and went to the Jingyun Gate.After the salute, the inner prison came out, and the envoy was returned, and the envoy returned to Emperor Xiande.

After receiving the book treasure, Su Wan was led back to Yongning Palace by Gong Gong, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She used to think that it would not be so troublesome to register an imperial concubine, it was just a matter of an edict, and it would be over after reading the edict again, but she did not expect that there were so many red tapes, it was exhausting.Some time ago, she had been studying palace etiquette and getting familiar with the process of registering an imperial concubine, so she never had a moment to spare. Fortunately, she persisted.

Now, the ceremony of registering the imperial concubine is finally almost completed.Just wait until tomorrow to accept the congratulatory gifts from the concubines, princesses, and emissaries above the third rank, and then lead them to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to salute the Empress Dowager.Finally, Emperor Xiande was congratulated by civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then issued an imperial edict to announce to the world.

Empress Dowager Yu also barely "recovered" because of Su Wan's appointment as imperial concubine. Even Hu Guifei and others were temporarily released.

Su Wan is pregnant at the moment, and she is still wearing a heavy imperial concubine dress. After a complete set of canonization etiquette, she is too tired to walk.

After returning to Yongning Palace, Mama Qiu immediately asked Su Wan to remove the nine dragons and four phoenix crowns on her head, the Zhai clothes and Fu collar singles, etc., and changed into simple and comfortable home-made clothes, and ate Li Nanny again. Specially made medicated porridge, went to bed early and rested.

Those old clothes no longer suit her, they are all newly made.

In addition to those imperial concubine dresses and regular clothes, there are also light clothes that are usually worn, but the colors and patterns on the clothes are quite different from before, showing the dignity and uniqueness of the imperial concubine.

(End of this chapter)