female concubine

After the canonization ceremony, the crown prince returned to Heci and took off Zhu Mingyi and put on Caiyi. A minister sent the regular clothes, court clothes and the sacrificial clothes of the past three chapters of the sun, moon and stars to Heci. The prince ascended the stage from the east steps to the front of the imperial court and performed three salutes.

A curtain was set up on the high platform on the north side of the palace, and the two courtiers holding fans folded their fans together in front of the throne. The music outside the hall was hitting the yellow bell, and then the five bells on the right responded. ——The emperor wearing the crown of gun and the queen in yiyi came out of the West Pavilion in a chariot, and the Taichang Temple immediately played the elegant music "The Joy of Qian'an"

The emperor held Xiao Youqing's hand, "I was also crowned at the age of 17. At that time, my parents were still alive but it was not an adult who crowned me..." The emperor lowered his head and laughed at himself.

"The concubine knows it. The concubine was in the palace during the official crowning ceremony. The concubine saw the father's indifference and the elder brother's mockery." Xiao Youqing looked sideways at the emperor, and raised his hand to touch the face of Ge Mian, " Maybe from then on, the concubine felt a bit of distress in her heart."

The emperor was stunned, and then gently raised his hand to cover it, Xiao Youqing said again: "The young man in that painting is really clean and touching, but the concubine still thinks, maybe we started with the crown ceremony, because the people in front of us want to It’s better than the ones in the paintings, you can see and touch it, with your eyes closed and your eyes open.”

"Painting is dead, it can't accompany you to relieve boredom, but I am alive, and I can accompany my sister for a lifetime."

The emperor descended from the chariot and ascended to the seat from the east steps. The sound of the whip stopped. The servants rolled up the curtain in front of the throne. Slowly stepping into the main hall, the Taizhu of Taichang Temple immediately struck the bell, and the Taiyue Bureau and Advocacy Institute under Taichang Temple changed to the elegant music "Su'an Music", and the officials led the crown prince to ascend the stage from the east steps.

Three officials of Taichang Temple held three bamboo vessels, inside which were placed three kinds of crowns for the three rites, and Taichangqing was in charge of the crowns.

"Father, mother." The young man knelt down, Xiao Youqing got up from his seat, picked up the jade comb presented by Yousi to comb the crown prince's hair, "It's been 17 years, mother hopes that your heart is still the same as when you were young."

The young man knelt up straight and looked at the serious-looking emperor on the throne, "My son's heart has not changed," then he looked up at his mother, "I just want to be the child of my father and mother."

Seeing the queen putting down the comb and praising the crown, the gate official of Dongshang Pavilion sang loudly: "As soon as you enter the upper folded towel."

The inner servant brought a basin of clear water to the court servant on the west steps. The emperor got up and opened the wide sleeves of the middle order to wash his hands. He took the folded upper towel from Yousi and said, "It's an auspicious day for Lingyue. Shun Er Cheng De, Shou Kao Wei Qi, Jie Er Jing Fu." Immediately after crowning the crown prince, the emperor's hand froze in front of the crown prince's forehead, and a flash of his own crowning ceremony in the past flashed in his mind, and he remembered the crown prince just now. The words that Shang Gong told inside eased the seriousness in his eyes and lowered his voice: "You asked me to marry you that day, and I know that what you thought in your heart was not intended to anger you, but I just want you to understand that marriage is not a child's play, girl Marrying once in a lifetime, wronging people for no reason is not what I want to see, I...I don't know that you will be angry because of this, if I knew..." The emperor choked up and put the headdress on for the prince, and then slowly lowered his trembling hands, "I hope you don't blame Daddy."

After putting on the headdress, the crown prince raised his wet red eyes, and immediately kowtowed heavily, "My son knows it, my son knows it, daddy."

The newly crowned prince walked down the east steps and entered the east room. He changed into the ordinary clothes corresponding to the Futou and showed it to the public. He immediately took off the folded upper towel and went to the hall.

"Two plus seven beam crowns." The original Cheng'an Music was replaced with "Shun'an Music", and the voice of Ya Le was solemn and resonant, so that even the most reliable officials in charge of the crown could not hear clearly what the family was muttering in private.

For the second crowning, the empress still combs her hair and the emperor praises her for the crown.

The last three crowns are the title crowns, which are also the most important of the three entrance ceremonies. The crown prince returned to Heci and took off all his clothes and hats, and changed into a blue robe, a crimson red silk robe, and a white gauze middle single. It is tied with a jade belt painted with gold and silver hooks, decorated with a pair of Yuyu jade pendants, and the feet are vermilion shoes.

Stepping into the main hall with red shoes, the door and pavilion officials immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Three plus nine crowns!"

The Taiyue Bureau responds to the drums at the same time in the Advocacy Academy. After the fast and orderly rhythm of the drums stops, the musicians wearing Futou kneel and blow the Xun, and the musicians sitting cross-legged play the flute. Pan helps the music, and the musicians sing and sing:

"Enter~"

"Travel~"

"retreat~"

"Travel~"

The red shoes under the red robes are walking steadily, accompanied by the harmony of the qin and zither in "The Music of Zheng'an", and the musicians sing again, "Zai~zhi~qian~qi~" every word and sound, the rhythm fluctuates, and the thick male voice sings every time The sound of a word dragged on for a very long time, "Bu~淡~Yu~Yi~" The sound of the drums was fast and orderly, "Rong~fu~you~he~" The heavy sound of the flute, Xiao, Xunsheng and chime bells and pan pan made the entire hall Majestic and solemn.

The crown prince clasped his blue and white sleeves in front of his belly, walked forward step by step under the watchful eyes of Bai Liao and the empress, climbed the steps with red shoes, and then bowed and knelt down slowly in front of the emperor.

Tai Changqing presented the nine-pronged crown, and the emperor took the crown, "With the righteousness of the year, with the order of the month, Xianjiaer is served, and the brothers are present, so that Juede can be achieved, and Huang Lao has no boundaries."

Before the crown was put on, the crown prince suddenly bowed his head, "I don't want to be a prince. If the second crown will cause my father's suspicion and even something that my son can't predict in the future, then I would rather just be the son of my father and mother."

The emperor bowed his waist to help the crown prince up, and said with some distress: "It should belong to you, you are the eldest son of daddy, and no one can shake it." The crown prince raised his head, looked at the emperor's nod and the kindness in his eyes, and then knelt down straighten up.

The general manager on one side took out his order and faced the crown prince and declared: "The years are auspicious, when the majesty is Kongshi, the word Jue is announced, the gentleman is suitable, he is obedient and Chengde, he will always protect him, the eldest son Xu, benevolent, filial and honest , Bingshu adult, enshrined in the word Xuanming." The imperial order of Biaozi was announced, and the emperor put the rhinoceros hairpin nine-pointed crown on it.

After accepting the crown, the emperor lifted him up, patted his arm lightly and took a step to the side, Xiao Youqing stepped forward and raised his hand, gently tied Zhuying on the crown hanging on his chest for the crown prince, and straightened his body The boy who stood up was already half a head taller than her, "My Dalang has grown up," then he covered his face and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "From now on, I can no longer hide like a child." Wept in my mother's arms."

The crown prince touched his tears and then knelt down again, crying tremblingly: "The son will always be with his mother, serving by her side and not going anywhere."

Xiao Youqing helped the crown prince up, "You are always filial and a good boy, both mother and your father know that." Immediately, he and the emperor brought him to the railing of the palace steps.

After the sound of the elegant music stopped, all the ministers went to the center of the main hall and knelt down, "I wish your Majesty the best wishes, Your Royal Highness the Empress, and Your Highness the Crown Prince."

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After the crowning ceremony of the crown prince, the officials went to the inner east gate to congratulate the empress dowager, and the emperor gave food to the court hall, and the officials did not disperse until the afternoon.

Jiang Luochuan came back from the palace and even before taking off the Haechi crown, he wore court clothes and went to the main room where his father lived. Looking at his father lying on the sickbed, Jiang Luochuan stepped forward and bowed, "My lord."

The retired old man struggled to get up, and Jiang Luochuan stepped forward to support him, "The emperor today appointed the King of Han as the crown prince."

"Your only way out is to resign, by means of the emperor..."

"Father." Jiang Luochuan called out, "Weng Weng once said that in his position, he should do whatever he wants to do when he is in charge of politics. If I leave, there will be no one who can tell the truth. Your Highness is selfish. The emperor may not even want his own relatives for him, Weng Weng spent his whole life for this country, but now, the current court is controlled by a woman, and all the officials are flattering and flattering, and she enters the Imperial Academy as a woman as a bachelor Interfering in the government, the imperial edicts of the world are all from the hands of women..."

——Boom! ——The door was knocked by the house boy.

Jiang Luochuan turned his head, "What's the matter?"

"Master, the young prince of Zhan Shi's mansion, Zhan Shi, is coming to visit."

Jiang Luochuan got up in surprise, "East Palace?" Immediately, the old man grabbed his sleeve, and Jiang Luochuan gently pushed it away, "My son will come as soon as he goes."

Seeing the back of his son leaving, the old man lay alone on the couch with his old and feeble eyes wide open and lowered his hands, "Others don't hesitate to let their wives stop it, the man has no way to cross the river, the tiger can fight, the river is difficult to cross, the man's fruit drowns in the sea Mae." Immediately trembling with remorse, "I didn't cross the river, but I crossed the river! I fell into the river and died, what will I do!"

Jiang Luochuan walked into the middle hall, squinted his eyes and hesitated for a while, then stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Let's talk about Zhan."

Prince Shao Zhan Shi also bowed to him, "Jiang Yushi."

"I don't know why Shao Zhan came to the door, why did you find the next official?"

"After the coronation ceremony, the crown prince stayed in Da Nei, but His Royal Highness specially ordered the visitor from Zuo Chun Fang to inform me to come and give imperial wine to Jiang Yushi."

The servant bowed forward with a jug of wine, and when Jiang Luochuan was about to receive the wine, the prince Shao Zhan Shi stretched out his hand and stopped him, "What does Shao Zhan Shi mean?"

Prince Shao Zhan Shi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It is a serious crime for the crown prince to have private meetings with foreign ministers as the second crown prince, so this reward is given to uncle by His Royal Highness as the grandson of the Jiang family."

Jiang Luochuan lowered his hand, "Why did Your Highness give wine suddenly..."

Prince Shao Zhan put his hands back into his sleeves, "Then I have to ask Yushi yourself about this. Your Highness said that this is the imperial wine of the inner court. I hope Jiang Yushi will not waste it, but don't be greedy."

Jiang Luochuan took the gift of wine, bowed towards him, closed his eyes and said, "Please trouble Shao Zhan to tell His Highness on my behalf, I would like to obey His Highness the Crown Prince's order."

Prince Shao Zhanshi just lowered his head and smiled, then turned around with his hands folded, "Farewell."

Jiang Luochuan lifted the red silk from the wooden plate, picked up the wine jug, but found that the weight seemed wrong, and his brows gradually sank after opening the wine lid.

"Master, is there something wrong with this wine?"

Turning Luo Chuan upside down, large and small pearls fell into the plate from inside, and then he let go and laughed, "It really is father and son..."

The attendant was very puzzled and said: "Didn't the Shicai Shao Zhan Shi say that the Royal Wine was given by His Highness, why did it become a pearl..."