female concubine

After lunch, in the side room of Zhaohua Pavilion, the boy was lying on a chair, while the servant beside him was frying tea.

"This time in the Wende Palace, we made an exception to let the young ladies who have not left the pavilion above the fifth rank of each family enter the palace. Is this to let the prince marry a concubine?"

"That's right..." Wei Huan reached out and touched the incense burner hanging on the table, "It seems that what my sister said is right, this wedding crown is indeed together."

Not long after chatting, someone shouted from far away from the door, "Miss Defei!"

The young man sat up, "Mother, is eldest sister gone?"

Concubine De nodded and waved away all the palace people, "Without a will, she cannot stay in the palace."

"It's good not to stay in this suffocating place. I'll go to the son-in-law's mansion to visit Eldest Sister someday."

Concubine De took the boy to sit down, and stared at her intently, "Your marriage..."

"Mother doesn't need to worry, son has his own way to deal with it."

"Do you still remember that your uncle has a daughter who is the same age as you?"

"Cousin?" The young man smiled happily, "How can you not remember that after leaving the cabinet, the mansion was not completed yet, and she stayed at my uncle's house for a year. I haven't seen her for so many years. She should grow up to be a big girl, mother mentioned?"

"It was your birth that saved the lives of your uncle's family, but now you are in trouble..." Concubine De looked at her meaningfully.

The boy immediately frowned, "Mother... wants me to marry my cousin?"

"In the past, your aunt was imprisoned when she was pregnant with her. You saved her life, and I heard that she was interested in you."

"But my cousin doesn't know about it. Wouldn't this ruin her innocence in the future?"

"Mother knows that you are kind, but at this point, what else can you do? In the future, you marry in and treat others well."

This is the best way at the moment, but the young man is still hesitant, "Aren't you afraid that my cousin will resent me for this?"

"She shouldn't have any grievances, and she can't have any!" Concubine De's kindness suddenly became indifferent, "This is their family, and I owe it to you. You should have been able to be like your elder sister..."

"Mother." The boy got up, squatted beside Concubine De, and crawled down, "I know, I don't blame Mother."

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On the pavilion of the flying bridge, most of the sunlight is blocked by the cornices.

"According to the weekly system, men hold the crowning ceremony at the age of 20. However, in order to take charge of the state affairs as soon as possible, the emperors and princes bowed earlier. When the Crown Prince held the crowning ceremony, he was also 17 years old. My lord, although the king of Chu has no intentions, it does not mean that others are too. , you still need to be more careful, be careful."

On the day of the coronation ceremony, the servants and ministers were ordered to go to Jingling Palace to report to heaven, earth and ancestors.

Inside the Wende Hall, civil and military officials stood in court order in court uniforms, and on both sides of the hundred officials were high-ranking officials and female relatives who stood in line with their parents' official positions.

This move had attracted all the officials of the Ministry of Rites to oppose it, and the officials on the imperial censor's platform were all suppressed by the emperor. With the help of a group of ministers from the Zhengshitang, it was decided like this.

The sound of drums came from the bell and drum tower outside the main hall, and then Li Zhiguan, Tongshi Sheren, Taichangqing and the door cabinet officials took their seats one by one.

The crown ceremony follows the old rituals referenced by Taichang Temple, and the "three entrances" are carried out according to the ancient rituals

There is the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Zhaohua Hall, and the 24th Division of the Sixth Bureau of the Inner Ministry and other palace officials are waiting for emergencies.

The young man stood in the bedroom, even with the bronze mirror in front of him, he still closed his eyes and said nothing.

The door pavilion official praised: "As soon as you enter, you fold the towel."

"Two plus seven crowns."

"Three plus nine crowns."

After the three entrance ceremonies, Concubine De looked at the young man wearing the crown, with mixed feelings in her heart, but she still forced herself to smile in front of everyone, "My son wears this crown, it looks really good." Only this is not too gorgeous The rhetoric is a compliment from the heart.

"But my son just feels heavy." He hasn't returned to Beijing for three years, and the size of the crown is just right. The boy smiled and bowed to his biological mother, the nine pins on the crown shook slightly, "My son is gone."

The Imperial City Division and the Dianqian Division were on alert, and the young man entered the east room of the Wende Palace, changed into court clothes and waited.

The palace people came forward again with bronze mirrors in their hands, "Ah Lang is really handsome in this court dress and this nine-pronged crown."

She glanced at herself in the mirror, as if she was still childish, she said to Little Six: "After the crowning ceremony is over, you don't have to stay in the palace anymore, where are you going to play today?"

Unexpectedly, the person who had been bored for a long time suddenly uttered such a sentence, and the valet turned pale in fright. Everyone knew that today is the day of the boy's big gift, "This..."

Those words were heard by all the palace people nearby, and there was faintly suppressed laughter.

The female officer of the Shangyi Bureau stepped forward, "After the crowning ceremony, the six kings will become adults, and this playful temperament should be put away from now on."

The young man laughed for it, "I'm not thinking about it at all, and it's not like Sun Shangyi doesn't know."

"Three years have passed, and the Six Kings are still the same as before, no, more handsome than before."

Tai Changqing and the door cabinet officials entered the east room, "Jun Wang."

"Fourth Uncle." The boy nodded slightly.

Sun Shangyi took off the crown from the young man's head and handed it to Tai Changqing to hold the crown.

The door cabinet official stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The one who will crown the prince this time is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The young man was taken aback by the words of the door cabinet official, and she stared at the fourth uncle who served as Taichangqing, King Cheng.

King Cheng nodded.

"Holy One!"

"Your Majesty is safe."

Everything was ready, the drums sounded three times, and the ceremony and music stopped. Li Zhiguan, Tongshi Sheren and Tai Changqing walked to the front of the hundred officials, where the prince was standing, and then the crown prince wearing a royal uniform appeared in front of him. In front of all the officials, he walked up to Tai Changqing majestically.

The expressions on the faces of the ministers were different, but no one said much, but Qi bowed to the crown prince, "Your Highness Qianqiu."

After the crown prince nodded, all the officials faced east and held the wat in their hands.

The ceremony officer went in to signal the young man, and she came out from the east room, walked to the throne of Wende Hall, and looked up for a while.

The prince smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, I am not only the crown prince, but also your elder brother. The elder brother is like a father, so I asked His Majesty for this crowning order."

The boy didn't say anything, just knelt down slowly.

Li Zhiguan received the imperial decree, and Tongshisheren took over and read it out, "The years are auspicious, the majestic and dignified, the word Jue is announced, the gentleman is suitable, and Chengde is obedient, and he will protect it forever, and the word is hidden under the imperial edict."

The door cabinet official shouted loudly, "Crown!"

The crown prince took the crown from Tai Changqing and bowed to wear it for him.

When wearing the crown, the prince said in a very low voice: "The crown ceremony was supposed to be held when the sixth brother left the cabinet, but because the country has no money in the treasury for years of war, your majesty missed you when you were young, so it was postponed to today."

The boy remained silent.

All the ministers knelt down to congratulate him, and the coronation ceremony was over. During the coronation ceremony for the crown prince, the emperor personally wore the crown. Last year, the emperor personally praised him at the crown ceremony of Zhao Wang. At first, all the ministers thought that the emperor thought of the relationship between father and son, but now it seems that he is not.

"Look, our county king is such a handsome young man."

"It is said that we are fortunate to stand here this time because the officials want to choose a concubine for the county king."

"My father said that last year the Zhao Crown Ceremony was presided over by the officials, but this year..."

"To be able to marry such a handsome young man and still be a prince, so what if he is not favored."

"But I heard that King Zhao is also going to choose a concubine."

The female relatives stood so far away that they couldn't even see the face of the person receiving the crown clearly, but they spoke nonsense here.

"King Zhao, don't think about it anymore. Isn't the candidate for Princess Zhao already decided?" After finishing speaking, the woman turned her eyes to the front row, a cold back, staring intently at Shou Guan, who is directly in front of Wende Hall. man of.

"I heard that it was because their family offended the prince that they turned around and joined King Zhao. If it wasn't for the military power, how could King Zhao..."

"Don't talk about it, when she becomes Concubine Zhao in the future, I will take revenge on you carefully!"

After the coronation ceremony was over, the emperor left first, and all the ministers just waited for the crown prince and the person receiving the crown to leave.

But it seemed that the prince had no intention of leaving, and seemed to be waiting for something.

"All ministers, please wait a moment, Your Majesty has another imperial edict." Tong Shisheren picked up another imperial edict.

"Under the sect, the six sons of the emperor are now adults. They have been in office for three years. They have both ability and political integrity. They abide by the way of ministers and serve their fathers loyally. They entered the king of Chu, gave them names, and handed them over to Taichang Temple and Zongzheng Temple."

It was no surprise that the young man became a prince and was promoted to a prince, but she was surprised even by being given a single name, because no one had informed her of this matter before.

After the coronation ceremony was over, the officials watched the prince and the king of Chu leave, and immediately left the hall one after another. Today was the day of Xunxiu, and the officials who had nothing to do took their families home.

On the way from the Wende Hall to the Bell and Drum Tower, many officials walked together to discuss today's coronation ceremony, and figure out who will get the wreath of Princess Chu in the future.

"Congratulations to the King of Chu, congratulations to the King of Chu."

"It's just His Majesty's grace, Xiao Wang has to go to thank His Majesty, all the servants, go slowly."

The young man surrounded by the ministers came out of the crowd, the official saw that his daughter was in a daze, and reminded: "Go home first."

"Yes."

In front of the founding mansion, servants stepped forward to hold the horses, while female envoys carefully helped their girls get off the carriage.

"Third Niang is back!"

"elder brother."

When Xiao Yunze saw his father behind his younger sister, he put away his playful face, "Daddy."

Xiao Xianrong didn't look at his son, but said to his daughter: "Go to the study and wait for me first."

"Yes."

In the study room, Xiao Yunze, who was the only son in the family, behaved extremely well-behaved, Xiao Xianrong changed into casual clothes and came over.

"Sanniang thinks, what about this King of Chu?"

"He has a good-looking skin, but I heard people tell him that he is not easy to learn, and he is the most disliked among the princes."

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