Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 657
Seeing that Pu De has reached the age of the crown ceremony, it would be too late if the old system was followed. In the past, the world war was fought in a dark and dark world, so this matter was put on hold and has been delayed until now.Empress Jingfen was in charge. After the third day of March, Guan Xuqing summoned a group of princes, ministers, and concubines from the harem to discuss the marriage.The emperor has not established a reserve position yet, but the elder brother Pu Yin who is leaving is not close to Longze, and he is devoted to tinkering with those scientific experiments, so the reserve position will naturally fall on the head of the second elder brother Pu De.Although Pu De was a concubine of a noble concubine, he was well-read in poetry and books, gentle and respectful, and handsome in appearance, and was quite loved by the emperor.Therefore, the Fujin Bao Buqi chosen for Pu De this time is the future queen.

Everyone has their own plans, and they have their own plans for the future queen candidate.

Two uncles, Zaifeng and Zaixun, one emphasized the navy and the other emphasized the army. They blushed in front of the emperor and their necks were thick.In order to do a good job as a matchmaker, the two uncles spent days on the Beijing-Tianjin Road, rushing in and out of the Yonghe Palace and Taiji Hall.

For this reason, Guan Xuqing couldn't sleep, so he personally drew up a list and handed it over to the harem for selection.Jingfen advocates following the old system, which is to find all the candidates, stand in a row, and let Pu De pick them face to face, and hand the selected ones to the favorite girls.

Concubine De said that this method is too old and takes a lot of trouble, so it is better to get the photos of these girls and let Pu De choose from them, and mark the ones he likes on the photos.In the end, Jingfen was courteous and followed Concubine De's advice on this matter.

All of a sudden, well-known photographers in the capital gathered in the four houses of Liu Buchan, Wu Peifu, Minister of the Interior Duan Gong, and Prime Minister Liang Qichao. Take jade photos.The photos were sent to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a total of four.From Pu De's point of view, the beautiful looks of these four girls all have the same appearance. Each of them has a figure like paper, and a small face. We can only compare whose cheongsams are more special.After thinking about it for a long time, Pu De drew a circle with a pencil on a photo that seemed to be more pleasing to the eye.

This is Liang Qichao's daughter, her boudoir name is Lingxian, and she is three years younger than Pude.When this photo was sent to the queen, Jingfen was very happy in her heart, she had searched for it beforehand, Lingxian was dignified, well-versed in poetry and calligraphy, good at Western learning, gentle and polite.But Concubine De was not very happy, so she asked the princes to persuade Pu De to re-elect, saying that Ling Xian was restless and dragged a bunch of maids to dance in the mansion all day long, making it a mess.Her favorite is Duan Gong's daughter, the Minister of Internal Affairs, whose maiden name is Wenxiu, who is the same age as Pu Dewo.

Jingfen was a little annoyed by this, and called the princes and concubines together for a discussion, Jingfen said in the middle: "This is in accordance with the established rules in the palace, and the rules are also set by the emperor. The reason for the calculation? Does it still have the face of the royal family? According to me, it’s a deal if it’s settled, and I’ll find a fortune teller to figure it out tomorrow and send a post to the Liang Manor.”

Concubine De actually didn't want to let it go this time, she pinched her handkerchief, sipped her Beijing film and said: "Imperial affairs are never a joke, the emperor said it's up to the discretion, it doesn't matter if you don't choose the right one again."

The princes, ministers and concubines were also talking about it, some were against the empress, and some were against the concubine De, and the fight was a mess for a while, and everyone was ashamed.Just as there was a lot of trouble, Wang Shang sent an oral order from the emperor, asking the prince Pude to make his own decisions.No one had any words to say this time, Pu De shut the door for a long while, and still chose Ling Xian.Jing Fen beamed with joy and kept praising Pu De for his eyesight.Concubine De poked Pu De's spine and cursed: "It's a worthless thing, thanks to me raising you all these years."

The seventeenth of March in the lunar calendar.The patriarchal residence performed the ceremony for the prince Pude. Guan Xuqing, the princes and ministers, and concubines in the harem watched the ceremony. They saw Zongzheng of the patriarchal residence wearing a certain "Tiantian Crown" for Pude. The emperor sent a congratulatory message.Afterwards, Zongzheng took Pude to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to his ancestors. Pude lit three incense sticks, solemnly recited his prayers, and then returned to the palace.

Back in the palace, Guo Zengxin, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, was waiting for him. He had already set up the incense case, and called his elder brother a thousand sons. Pu De knocked out all kinds of meat and eight vegetables.Then, follow Guo Zengxin into the palace.Everyone else stayed outside the hall and waited. The eunuch who served him knew that he was going to give elder brother a lesson in human relations, so he made fun of it with a smirk and put his head together to make jokes.

"Hi Eunuch"

"Hey, what's the matter, Eunuch Qing."

"Have you selected your bedroom?"

"The choice is made. Who dares to play tricks on the matter that the empress empress has handed down, all of them are to the bone, and they are trying their best to serve elder brother well."

"Who doesn't want to do this job as a bachelor. There may be a lot of red envelopes handed out in private. This time you have to make a small fortune."

"It's nothing, don't be kidding, I have carefully selected the bedroom secretary, and they have all gone to the empress's place to fight, who dares to cheat."

"Come on, who doesn't know that your father-in-law Xi is a famous geese plucking hair. If you have children and grandchildren, you can't wait to try it yourself first."

"Those who work in our line of business are half-male and not female, so we can only think about it. The five elements are incomplete."

In the main hall, Guo Zengxin shook his head and recited "Zhu Zi's Family Instructions": three aunts and six women are real matchmakers for silver robbers;Boys and servants should not be handsome, and wives and concubines should not use colorful makeup.Although the ancestors are far away, the sacrifices must be sincere; although the descendants are stupid, they must read the scriptures.Living in the body is expected to be simple, and the godson must have righteous prescriptions.Don't be greedy for windfall, and don't drink too much alcohol.

Pu De got tired of listening, half-closed his eyes, was drowsy, and his head froze.

It was so easy to memorize this tedious article, two eunuchs carefully brought the Huanxi Buddha from the Great Happiness Hall, and put it on the desk. The Huanxi Buddha is a male and female Buddha statue, embracing each other. , Press the mechanism, and the Buddha will make a copulation, so as to tell the viewers the great gift of human relations at a glance.After Guo Zengxin told Pu De that he wanted a lesson on human ethics, he didn't understand at first, but after playing with the Huanxi Buddha a few times, and listening to Guo Zengxin's hazy explanation, he understood three points, with a handsome face I blushed first.

"Your Highness, did you understand what I just said?" Guo Zengxin closed the booklet in his hand, and asked Pu De in a serious manner.

"Well, I understand somewhat, but not thoroughly." Pu De replied in a daze.

Pu De glanced at the brochure in Guo Zengxin's hand. In fact, he half-understood. What Guo Zengxin said was too serious. It's not the "erotic book", but the emperor's "big letter". The prince said that he understood a little bit, and Guo Zengxin didn't ask. He has always been serious. It's such a shameful thing to say, I wish it would be over as soon as possible, how can I think about whether the student in front of me understands or doesn't understand.Besides, this thing is born, even if you don't teach you, you will feel it yourself when you get into bed, the left and right are just holes.If I explain this to you too thoroughly, how will we meet before the court in the future.If it weren't for the etiquette of the country, wouldn't it be more clear to learn this kind of teaching directly in the folk academy.

"Well, Your Highness, please touch the body of the Buddha." Guo Zengxin pointed to the Huanxi Buddha enshrined in the hall and reminded Pu De in a low voice: "This Buddha is called Huanxi Buddha, and it contains organs. The way of entering and exiting is consistent with what I just said. , Your Highness can explore it by himself, if there is anything unclear, then ask Weichen."

"Yes."

Pu De picked up the Huanxi Buddha and fiddled with it for a while, but he didn't know where he came across. He only heard the sound of "Gaba", a stick suddenly protruded from under the Buddha statue, and inserted it into half of the lower body of the female statue impartially. Trembling, Huanxi Buddha fell to the ground, and he was already flushed with shame.

In human relations class, teachers and students must be dignified and serious, not to be trifling with, so seeing Pu De's shy look, Guo Zengxin was amused in his heart, but his face was solemn, pointing to the objects under the Huanxi Buddha that kept coming in and out of the mechanism and continued to teach stand up.It's a pity that no matter what he said, it seemed that he was talking about the emperor's great edict. Pu De, who was already blushing, listened to it with awe, as if he was listening to the hadith.Guo Zengxin finally finished speaking patiently, then asked the prince "Do you understand?" Pu De just nodded and remained silent.Guo Zengxin let out a long breath, and this human relations class came to an end.

When it was time to light the lanterns, the internal officials sent eight pretty and elderly ministers to Pude's bedroom to teach the prince the etiquette of Zhou Gong. Although this matter was kept secret in the palace, it was also related to court rituals and could not be neglected.Under the curtain, Pu De embraced the warm and fragrant nephrite, and looked at him with charming eyes like silk. For a moment, his eyes were blurred, and his hands, which were accustomed to touching poetry and books, were placed on his satin-like delicate body. I forgot where I was, Yefeiye in the flickering candle shadow?
Early the next morning, the fortune-tellers in the capital sent the divination posts to the harem. The fortune-tellers only gave birth to one head, and they naturally offered "good luck and great fortune". Not seen." Having won the prize, Jingfen ordered the angel to go to Liang's mansion to hire, and set up a place in the palace to pray, and then the angel took the festival and went to the official school alley with gifts.

Under the eaves, the ceremonial and music officials shouted and played "Zhonghe Shaoyue", and the guard of honor for marrying Fujin was already lined up outside the gate of Qianqing.The first is the infantry leading the Yamen cavalry, followed by the Beijing Police Department cavalry, security cavalry and military band, followed by a yellow satin and silver-topped sedan chair and three yellow satin and silver-roofed chariots.Then there are 72 deacon teams holding colorful flags and parasols, and there are four yellow pavilions carried by many bearers.

Then there were sixty eunuchs carrying palace lanterns, followed by the princes and ministers, and behind them were the highest officials in charge of the wedding procession: the official angel Prince Zaifeng holding the "holy festival" and the deputy angel holding the "imperial decree" King Zaiyi of Duanjun, eight imperial guards were on the left and right of the chief and deputy envoys, and there was someone behind him holding an incense burner with four sticks of incense on it, and a wisp of light smoke swirled into Xiaohan.

(End of this chapter)