Because Samis entered the palace, Liu Chan took the opportunity to make adjustments to the hierarchical system of concubines in the harem, which he had wanted to do for a long time.
Before this, although the Han Dynasty's concubine hierarchy followed the Eastern Han Dynasty system, because there were not many concubines in Liu Chan's harem, there were only six in total.
Except for the queen, the other five of them are all at the same level.
After Liu Chan's adjustment this time, the concubines who were originally on the same level now have different levels.
For example, when the Han and Wei Dynasties got married, Princess Cao Ling of Dongxiang of Cao Wei, she and Wang Yuanji were married to the Han Dynasty together.
The titles Liu Chan gave them are all noble people,
They are just one level below the queen.
But things are different now. Wang Yuanji was named Imperial Concubine, the second level after the Queen, while Cao Ling was named Imperial Concubine. According to the new hierarchy, Cao Ling was directly downgraded from the original second level.
Level 4.
"Concubine Cao, please say hello to my sister!"
Early the next morning, after Cao Ling paid her respects to Queen Zhang Yang, she came to Lanlin Palace again. Although she was somewhat reluctant, according to the hierarchy, she was now below Wang Yuanji, so she had to be addressed as sister.
"Princess, please forgive me!" Wang Yuanji hurriedly helped Cao Ling up. She didn't care about improving her rank. Over the years in Weiyang Palace, she had always addressed Cao Ling as princess, even though she was now promoted to the rank of emperor, second only to the queen.
Concubine, she is still like this.
"Sister,
"Cao Ling said: "This is the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty.
You and I are both His Majesty's imperial concubines. In Luoyang, I am a concubine, but in Weiyang Palace, my sister is the imperial concubine. My sister should not be called princess concubine in the future."
Wang Yuanji paused for a moment. She knew that Cao Ling was unhappy, so she said kindly: "Yuanji is originally the daughter of Wei, and a princess will always be a princess." Then she helped Cao Ling sit down and said with a smile: "Now
We serve His Majesty together, we don’t need to care too much about these identities, the princess will always be Yuanji’s princess.”
"Thank you, sister." Cao Ling said politely.
Calculating age, Wang Yuanji is one year younger than Cao Ling, but now she has to call Wang Yuanji sister. Although Wang Yuanji is very polite, Cao Ling knows very well that in this Weiyang Palace, except for Queen Zhang Yang, words work.
That person is Wang Yuanji.
And more importantly,
After the emperor discovered the spies of the Wei Dynasty,
Liu Chan has not been to her Zhaoyang Palace for some days. If it was just for herself, she actually didn't care that much.
But, she is different now, she also has a son.
"From now on, my sister and Rui'er will have to rely on my sister to take care of them." Cao Ling finally said what was in her heart. Wang Yuanji laughed and said, "What are you talking about, princess? In this Weiyang Palace, we sisters only need to unite as one."
, Serve Your Majesty with all your heart, neither Rui'er nor other princes and princesses need to rely on anyone."
Wang Yuanji actually saw some clues. There was actually a reason why Cao Ling said these words at this time.
In the past, the imperial concubines in the harem were of the same rank, and now the Han Dynasty is surrounded by powerful enemies. Under Zhang Yuan's management, the imperial concubines are living in peace and harmony, and they do not dare to cause trouble.
Now, it seems a little different.
First of all, the Han Dynasty is now the most powerful country among the Three Kingdoms. Its territory has far exceeded that of Wei and Wu combined. Moreover, Emperor Liu Chan has great ambitions, and it is only a matter of time before he unifies the world.
And at this moment, the emperor didn't know what was going on, and he actually caused several concubines in the harem to appear in different levels.
For example, this Cao Ling, she will definitely not be reconciled.
But, so what?
The emperor's decision was made in front of the civil and military officials of the court. Now she wanted to persuade her, but it seemed to have no meaning. The only thing she could do was to appease Cao Ling and the others, especially Cao Ling.
Because Wang Yuanji knew very well that sooner or later a war would break out between the Han and the Wei, and Cao Ling was the royal family of Cao Wei. Even though she was now the imperial concubine of the Han, she was actually the most miserable every time she saw the war between the Han and the Wei.
.
As the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty, she should be happy when the Han Dynasty wins; but at the same time, she cannot be happy because it is her natal family who was defeated. She said that during the battle of Jinzhong last year, whenever the news of victory came back to Chang'an
, other members of the royal family were inexplicably excited, only Cao Ling had mixed emotions.
Alas——
Let’s end this troubled world as soon as possible.
As the emperor, Liu Chan was not aware of the fluctuations among the concubines. From the time the concubine hierarchy was changed, he mainly stayed in the Yuanyang Palace of Queen Zhang Yang for several days and only visited the new concubine once.
Changning Palace in Samis.
"Your Majesty!"
"You have been here with Yang'er these past few days;" Zhang Yang slowly stood up from Liu Chan's arms and said with some worry: "Your Majesty, please go and see the other sisters."
"???" Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, frowned and said: "Yang'er, do you dislike me?"
In the past, when Zhang Yuan was alive, whenever Liu Chan stayed in her Jiaofang Palace for too long, Zhang Yuan would urge her to visit several imperial concubines, sometimes with a commanding tone, such as: Today, Your Majesty, you should go to Zhaofang Palace.
Yangdian, you have to go to Lanlin Hall tomorrow and wait.
At that time, Zhang Yang was never like this.
She is Liu Chan's imperial concubine, and she is also Liu Chan's sister-in-law. Every time Liu Chan goes to Yuanyang Palace, this little girl wishes Liu Chan could stay there all the time. In addition, this girl has been very well-behaved since she was a child, so Liu Chan loves her very much.
But now, she has become a queen.
How many days has it been?
"Oh! Mr. Zhang's tutoring is really good." Liu Chan secretly praised Zhang Yang. As the queen, Zhang Yang quickly fell into the role. Just like her sister, she knew that there were many concubines in the harem. If the emperor favored only one person, it would be very difficult.
It is easy to cause discord between the concubines.
"Yang'er is right, I listen to Yang'er;" Liu Chan dragged her back to the bed again and said affectionately: "After the ceremony, I will make sure to catch the rain and dew, okay?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Yang nodded slightly.
December 30, the 17th year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (AD 239).
The city of Chang'an was solemn and solemn.
After three morning drums sounded, the originally quiet Imperial City Street was broken by heavily armed guards.
The guards looked serious, starting from the Nangong Gate of Wuyang Palace and continuing to Huangcheng Street, passing through Jiawuzi Lane, Songbai Long Street, and then merged into Xuanwu Street, which ran from east to west. Guards stood guard on both sides of the street.
The entire street was completely isolated. The streets that used to be bustling with activity were now deserted. The people on both sides of the street had solemn expressions. There were some elderly women who secretly wiped the corners of their eyes from time to time.
The first moment of the hour.
The south gate of Weiyang Palace slowly opened, and hundreds of female attendants opened the way. These female attendants were all composed of family members of hundreds of civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty. Behind them was the soul chariot of Empress Jingxian of the Han Dynasty.
Today is the day of the funeral of Queen Jingxian of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yuan. Mrs. Qin, the wife of Xu Shu, the imperial censor, drove the queen's soul chariot slowly out of the Weiyang Palace. On top of the soul chariot, parked was the funeral of Queen Jingxian Zhang Yuan.
Next to the coffin is Huang, the wife of Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
When the soul chariot just walked out of Weiyang Palace, on the Imperial City Street a hundred steps away, the Chang'an people who had been waiting here knelt down neatly on the ground almost at the same time.
"Queen!"
"Queen!"
"…"
As soon as the common people knelt down, they all burst into tears and kept shouting for the queen. When they heard the cries of the common people, the team of maids composed of the officials and their relatives who were attending the funeral couldn't help but burst into tears.
Behind his soul chariot are hundreds of palace servants from Weiyang Palace, and behind the palace servants are the princes, princesses, and concubines from the harem.
After the concubines, there were hundreds of civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Yuan had passed away several months ago. Due to the construction of the mausoleum, her funeral could not be held until the last day of the seventeenth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty.
The funeral procession was carried out in accordance with the strict regulations of the emperors and empresses of the Han Dynasty. As the current emperor, Liu Chan wanted to leave the palace to see off his favorite queen. However, according to the Han etiquette system, unless it was the funeral of the late emperor or the empress dowager, or the empress dowager,
Only then did the emperor need to attend the funeral in person.
As for the queen's funeral, although the etiquette specifications are the same as those of the emperor's funeral, there are some differences. For example, the funeral procession first consists of relatives of all officials, and both the driver and the participants need to be the wives of the ministers of the dynasty.
The person driving Zhang Yuan today is Qin, the wife of Xu Shu, the imperial censor in charge of internal affairs, while Huang, the wife of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister in charge of military affairs, is taking the seat.
The remaining mourners were mainly concubines, princes and princesses, as well as civil and military officials. The female family members drove to the funeral in order to demonstrate the queen's motherly duties to the world and regulate and order women in the world.
Zhang Yuan's coffin has left Weiyang Palace. In the Jiaofang Palace, Liu Chan looked at this huge palace and pavilion in despair. This palace has too many memories of him and Queen Zhang Yuan, and today Zhang Yuan will leave completely.
Weiyang Palace, leaving Jiaofang Palace.
"Yuan'er!"
Liu Chan slumped down on the wooden chair, looking at everything in the room and crying.
On the other side, the funeral procession came all the way from Wuyang Palace, and the people along the way were in admiration and weeping. Although many of them had never seen the queen, they were all familiar with the queen's deeds over the years.
Gu Ji
Zhang Yuan, the wise queen of the Han Dynasty.
Now that the queen passed away due to smallpox, how could they not feel sad?
Because of the grief and regret of the people, not long after the funeral procession left Jiawuzi Lane, people kept blocking the road and crying, causing the funeral procession to move slowly.
The people couldn't bear to leave the queen, so even if some people rushed out of the guards, the soldiers of the guards did not force them to leave except for persuading them kindly.
Normally, it takes half an hour to get out of Chang'an City, but it took a full two hours for Zhang Yuan's hearse to leave the west gate of Chang'an and head towards Tailing.
Tailing is located to the west of Chang'an, eighty miles away from Chang'an, on Mount Liang. This is the location of the mausoleum designated by Emperor Liu Chan himself a few months ago. After several months of construction, the first phase of Tailing has been completed. It is ten feet wide and three feet long.
A ten-foot-long underground palace has been built.
The floor, walls, and dome of the underground palace are all repaired with cement bricks. Under the ground of the underground palace, nine feet of concrete are poured. Outside the walls and dome of the underground palace, nine feet of concrete are also poured.
Because it was popular in the Han Dynasty to bury emperors and empresses together, and now the empress has passed away, but the emperor is still alive, in order for the emperor to be buried with the empress a hundred years later, concrete was poured outside the underground palace. Only the west, south, and north sides were poured, leaving the east side empty.
It was left out, and construction is still continuing on the east side at this time, which is continuing to build the underground palace, which will be the underground palace of Emperor Liu Chan's mausoleum in the future.
After a journey of more than eighty miles and two days, Zhang Yuan's coffin arrived at Liangshan Mountain.
"Queen Mother!"
"Queen Mother!"
Prince Liu Chen almost fainted from crying before the queen's coffin entered the underground palace. The eldest princess of Hanyang on the side seemed to have dried up her tears at this time, and just looked blankly at the coffin that slowly entered the underground palace.
The Han Dynasty advocated thick burials. Liu Chan was a time traveler. In fact, he was more willing to support thin burials. However, Zhang Yuan was his queen and he did not want his queen to be wronged, so whether it was this huge underground palace, he carefully selected it for her.
He was not stingy with the funeral items.
Gold-studded jade clothing was the standard accessory for emperors and empresses of the Han Dynasty. As for gold and silver jewelry, there were countless of them. Anyway, the Han Dynasty is not short of money now. After these years of development, the most important thing for the Han Dynasty is these gold and silver jewelry.
The queen's funeral was very complicated. It took more than three hours from the time the coffin entered the underground palace to the official closing of the underground palace door, and it took a whole day to complete the entire funeral.
By the time the funeral procession returned to Chang'an, it was already the eighth day of the first lunar month of the first year of the Han Dynasty (AD 240).
Because the queen passed away, all the subjects of the Han Dynasty had to mourn for the queen. However, because the world was not peaceful, the mourning time was reduced to three months for common people and one month for heirs.
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Although Liu Chan cares about Zhang Yuan very much, compared to the entire Han Dynasty, time is very precious. Even if Zhang Yuan is still alive, she will support Liu Chan's approach.
The eighth day of the third month of the first year of the Han Dynasty (AD 240).
After mourning the queen, the Han Dynasty also needed a grand ceremony to celebrate.
Boom, boom, boom!
After the three-way drum sounds.
Weiyang Palace suddenly sounded with drums and music.
"Kneel down!"
Outside the main hall, the muezzin sang loudly and shouted. Hundreds of civil and military officials and the imperial guards from south to north were on the square outside the hall, kneeling on the ground on both sides of the square.
In the main hall, on both sides were civil and military officials of the third rank or above of the Han Dynasty. In front of the civil and military officials were five concubines of the Han Dynasty, and seven princes and princesses. When they heard the muezzin singing and drinking, they were also in order
Kneel on the ground.
At this moment, the muezzin shouted again: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, is here to greet you!"
Liu Chan, who had been waiting for a long time, slowly walked into the main hall and ascended the throne surrounded by the palace maids and eunuchs. After Liu Chan sat down, all the officials shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"<
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"Everyone is safe!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After all the officials paid their thanks, the muezzin outside the hall shouted again: "I respectfully invite you, Mr. Zhang, to enter the hall!"
After the muezzin finished singing and cheering, ritual music followed one after another. Accompanied by the music, Zhang Yang, dressed in bright red attire, surrounded by dozens of palace maids, walked slowly from the red carpet on the square of the main hall.
Walk towards the main hall.
Zhang Yang was not happy, her face was heavy.
The last time the Queen's Conferment Hall was held, it was in Chengdu. She was only eight years old at the time, and she witnessed a canonization ceremony that was much lower-key than today's Conferment Hall.
That was the ceremony for my sister Zhang Yuan to be crowned queen.
She never dreamed that one day she would become the protagonist of the Queen's Ceremony.
The steps in front of her were not high and there were not many, but every step she took seemed so heavy. With every step she took, she could recall her sister's love for her over the years.
‘Sister, Yang’er will not let you down!’
‘Sister, Yang’er will definitely serve His Majesty well!’
‘Sister, Yang’er will definitely take care of Chen’er and his sister!’
'Sister...'
As she walked forward slowly, she silently said what she wanted to say to her sister. She firmly believed that her sister must be looking at her, happy for her, and wanted to hear what she said.
She seemed to have a lot to say to her sister, but until she walked into the front hall of Weiyang Palace, it seemed that she had not finished speaking.
"Kneel down!"
Zhang Yang's thoughts were interrupted by the muezzin's shout. She lifted her clothes lightly and slowly bowed to the ground.
At this time, the muezzin officially read out the canonization edict: "The queen's honor is equal to that of the emperor, worshiping heaven and earth. She only inherits the ancestral temple, and her mother comes to the world. Therefore, Cui Xing Yin, Jiang Ren's mother Zhou, and the second generation of Long
, built with inner virtue, the emperor's heirs are long, the katydid is flourishing, and the noble Zhang family is now respectful and modest, benevolent and kind, not self-proclaimed for being noble, adhering to Shuyuan's Yi, embodying the righteousness of rivers and mountains, there is a secretary to report,
It is appropriate to call it the Fu group, to use the mother to signify the people, and now the noble Zhang Yang is established as the empress of the Han Dynasty, and will be blessed forever."
When the muezzin sang, Zhang Yang bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
After struggling for so long, Liu Chan also felt a little sorry for Zhang Yuan. He hurriedly raised his hand and said with a smile: "The queen is flat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Yuan stood up after thanking him, and then the queen awarded the seal. The etiquette was relatively simple. A eunuch brought the queen's gold seal to Zhang Yang, and then she took it over, and the ceremony was completed.
Holding such a familiar golden seal, Zhang Yang knew that she was no longer the little girl she used to be. Now her words and deeds would represent the entire Han Dynasty and an empire.
After Zhang Yang slowly walked up to the imperial stage and sat down next to Liu Chan, the five imperial concubines in the hall, led by Wang Yuanji, knelt down to Zhang Yang and sang and shouted: "Meet the Queen!"
As soon as the imperial concubines finished paying their respects, the seven princes and princesses also saluted and said: "Meet the Queen Mother!"
Finally, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty saluted Zhang Yang: "Meet the Queen!"
"Your Majesty, no courtesy!" Zhang Yang raised his hand slightly.
Although Liu Chan had publicly announced the imperial title to Zhang Yang as early as a year ago, it was not until this moment that she officially became the second queen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Chan.
The concubine ceremony for Zhang Yang is over, and of course the conferrals for several other concubines, including Wang Yuanji’s imperial concubine, need to be officially announced to the public!
On the last day of the year last year, Liu Chan's first queen Zhang Yuan was sent away, and today the Han Dynasty welcomed a new queen Zhang Yuan. Liu Chan announced on the spot that he would change the Yuan Dynasty and change the beginning of the year and grant amnesty to the world.
Because in the past year or so, the Han Dynasty has experienced too much.
Starting today, the Han Dynasty will usher in a new great change.
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