The emperor's enthronement ceremony is very complicated. The emperor and his ministers are required to fast, choose a good and auspicious day to go to the Circular Mound to offer sacrifices to heaven; then they offer sacrifices to their ancestors and the country, and receive congratulations; after that, they sit in the palace and enthrone, with various ceremonial guards, propaganda, and congratulations from officials.
Long Chen was impatient with these red tapes and asked the Ministry of Rites to keep everything simple, retaining only three parts: worshiping heaven, worshiping ancestors, and sitting in the palace!
"The enthronement ceremony officially begins!"
The Minister of Rites shouted loudly, drums were beaten, trumpets were blown, civil and military officials lined up, and the army formed an array.
Long Chen came out of Wude Hall, and a nine-horse golden carriage was ready.
Long Chen got on the carriage, and Meng Yidao personally opened the way, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials.
As he slowly left the palace gate and headed south, people on the street watched and cheered.
Yan Shuangyu and the others were watching from upstairs. They had special status and were not suitable to participate, so they could only watch from the road.
"My husband is born with an imperial temperament."
The embroiderer was very happy.
Yan Shuangyu agreed: "A born emperor!"
The carriage slowly passed the main street and exited the south gate. A huge circular altar was built, with firewood piled on top.
The carriage stopped and Long Chen got off the carriage. Ten thousand elite Long family troops formed an array. Wu Jian, Meng Yidao, Bai Tingting, Dugu Jiali and other military generals, and six civil servants stood under the altar in court uniforms.
Long Chen slowly climbed onto the high altar, and the Minister of Rites handed over the torch. Long Chen took it and lit the firewood.
Thick black smoke rises, which means communicating with God and telling God that he has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor today.
The Ministry of Rites took out the Heavenly Sacrifice Book again, Long Chen took it and read loudly:
The God of the Emperor and Heaven, the God of the Later Earth! With your favor and destiny, I am the commander-in-chief of Li Yuan and the father and mother of the people. I dare not take this responsibility!
All the officials in the imperial court and the common people in the world all agreed and asked to be crowned emperor.
Said: The world is divided into three parts, use force to show off your power, destroy the Xia Yiliang, and unify the universe! Attack the ghost clan in the north and kill the culprit! Ping Zhao people in the south, conquer the foreign countries in the west! Peace the world, receive favor in the sea! God's destiny, Yuan Yuan returns to his heart!
The prophecy says: When the dragon rises in the wilderness, the world will be united!
The emperor has a destiny, how dare you not honor it!
After reciting, the heaven-sacrifice script was thrown into the fire, burned into ashes, and then rose up together.
Looking at the rising smoke and slowly drifting into the sky, Long Chen secretly thought in his heart: I don't know if there is any god in the sky.
After offering sacrifices to heaven, Long Chen walked down from the altar, rode on a golden carriage, and led all the civil and military officials into the Ancestral Temple.
This Ancestral Temple was also built in a hurry, and the tablets of the ancestors of the Long family and the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty were placed together.
Long Chen led hundreds of civil and military officials to pay homage to the ancestors' tablets.
Wu Jian looked at Long Ye's memorial tablet behind him, tears fell on the ground, and he prayed silently in his heart: Old general, young general ascended the throne today, please continue to bless the Long family forever!
After worshiping his ancestors, Long Chen entered the Daming Palace and sat on the dragon chair.
The Empress is a woman, and it used to be a chair carved with a phoenix. Long Chen is a man, so it was replaced by a dragon chair.
Su Yourong was wearing the clothes of a female official. She was appointed by Long Chen as the manager of the harem.
Because Long Chen himself was a fake eunuch, all the eunuchs in the harem were eliminated, and only maids were used instead of eunuchs.
When he went to court, Su Yourong was also with him.
"The new emperor accepts the congratulations from all officials!"
Su Yourong shouted loudly.
All the civil and military officials followed and worshiped: "I am waiting to worship you."
See you, Your Majesty, long live your Majesty. May the great Zhou Dynasty be forever solid, and may you live a long and prosperous life!"
Long Chen slowly spoke: "Everyone, I love you!"
All civil and military officials returned to stand in line.
Long Chen was sitting high on the dragon chair, looking at the civil and military officials in the hall, and said: "I have gone through many hardships, and thanks to the great kindness of my mother, I am able to conquer the world. It is also because of the concerted efforts of all my beloved ministers to help me pacify the world.
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"I have ascended to the ninth-five-year-old position and am in command of thousands of miles of land. I have loyal ministers on the outside and virtuous and virtuous people on the inside!"
"I designate the eldest princess Di Yuwei as the Queen of the East Palace, the second princess Di Xingwan as the Queen of the North Palace, the third princess Di Lingyi as the Queen of the South Palace, and the fourth princess Di Luo Xi as the Queen of the West Palace!"
"Female Wu Jian as the General of Soldiers and Horses, Meng Yidao as the General of Breaking the Army, Han Ziping as the General of Bows and Crossbows, Tang Heizi as the General of Hussars, and Mo Lin as the General of Transport."
Long Chen rewarded the meritorious ministers one by one. Everyone in the hall listened, but the female general of the palace was not awarded the title.
"Why didn't General Zhang and the others give him a title?"
"Hehe, sooner or later she will be accepted as a concubine, why bother giving her a gift?"
After the conferment of the title was completed, all the generals and ministers came out to express their gratitude.
"I have newly ascended the throne, and all of you dear friends should assist me with all your heart!"
"I will do my best to assist the Emperor!"
After sitting in the hall, the banquet began.
The commotion lasted until evening before the ceremony was completed.
When Long Chen was in the previous dynasty, the four sisters Di Yuwei lived in the fourth palace respectively.
The empress entertained the maids and officials in the harem.
The people of the capital all gave wine and meat to celebrate together.
The capital was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Back at Wude Hall, Su Yourong untied Long Chen and was all wet with sweat.
"Your Majesty, you are going to Fengming Palace to meet the Queen Mother tonight, and you are also going to have a banquet for the people in the harem."
Long Chen smiled and said: "From now on, all the maids in the palace will have to be controlled by my aunt."
Su Yourong immediately smiled and said, "It's all thanks to the Emperor's praise. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Long Chen hugged Su Yourong and said with a smile, "Auntie's is the softest."
Su Yourong whispered: "The emperor will accompany the princess tonight. No, now he is accompanying the queen. He still has the energy to make trouble with me."
Also, if the amount is too small, Di Luoxi will definitely get into trouble.
After changing clothes, we arrived at Fengming Palace, where the empress and the four queens were drinking happily.
Without the burden of the emperor, the empress drank happily.
"The Emperor is here, sit down and drink together."
The empress waved, and Long Chen sat down next to Di Yuwei.
Di Luoxi poured a bowl of wine over and said, "Drink more tonight, and you stay with me."
Di Lingyi refused: "I should go first!"
Emperor Xingwan said nothing. Logically speaking, it should be her turn. She is the second princess.
The empress frowned and said, "Okay, let's fight for this at the palace banquet. Are you ashamed?"
The two queens did not speak.
Long Chen smiled and toasted the empress: "I wish my mother good health and everything goes well."
The empress snorted coldly: "Whether I am happy or not depends on how you are living."
Long Chen smiled and said: "We must make Luo Xi and the others live a good life!"
The empress drank wine, and the maids toasted together until very late.
