Chapter 35: Only when you have a country can you have a family.
Chapter 36: Only when we have a country can we have a family.
The reason why the Minister of Rites is so anxious is that today is a very important day.
Since the emperor has entrusted him with such an important task, it represents extremely grand divine grace and trust.
A scholar will die for his confidant, let alone the emperor. The trust given unintentionally is enough to make people risk their lives.
As a sensible person, in the opinion of Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, if Zhaozong could give money to bad people...
In addition.
Although the enthronement ceremony is not as important as the founding ceremony of the country, now the enthronement ceremony and the empress establishment ceremony are held at the same time. This kind of thing is really unprecedented and unprecedented.
Similar to the situation where Li Xingyun negotiated for a queen, I am afraid that there is no example that can be used as a reference in the historical records of previous dynasties.
This kind of thing has never happened before, and it is unlikely to happen in the future. After all, Li Xingyun and Li Maozhen [Empress], they can only say that they met the right person at the right time.
That's why.
Only then would there be a grand occasion where the enthronement ceremony and the empress establishment ceremony were held at the same time. There is no example of this grand occasion dating back to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu Dynasties.
Therefore... Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, does not allow and cannot accept the enthronement ceremony and the empress establishment ceremony, and there are even the slightest mistakes.
Therefore, starting from the Yin Dynasty, hundreds of officials under the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty were too busy to stop.
These are only the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty. If we include those unknown people, there are at least tens of thousands of people in Chang'an City who stayed up all night, working non-stop for the upcoming enthronement ceremony and the establishment of the queen.
[The Yin hour belongs to the tiger, the dragon flies in the sky, and the tiger walks on the ground. Compared with the twenty-four hours, it is about three o'clock in the morning.]
Right now.
A man wearing a brand-new official uniform of the Tang Dynasty came in. After bowing slightly, he respectfully reported the current situation to Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites.
"Master Shangshu, the Ancestral Temple, ancestor worship, treasure writing... all the matters have been arranged. Civil and military officials, vassal kings from various places, and military governors in vassal towns have all been waiting outside at this time.
His Majesty and the Emperor ordered the summons."
"Since midnight last night, Chang'an City has declared martial law and no entry or exit is allowed. Lord Shangguan has completely sealed off the entire Chang'an City and personally led 50,000 forbidden troops to garrison the city to ensure that there will be no accidents during the enthronement ceremony and the Empress-Leading Ceremony." p>
[At the time of Hai, the year of the pig is when the heaven and earth are in chaos, and everything is sleeping peacefully. Compared with the twenty-four hours, it is about nine o'clock in the evening.]
"That's good. With Lord Shangguan here, there should be no problem in terms of safety. In that case, let us inform you that in one hour, that is, at the quarter of Mao hour, the Empress's establishment ceremony will be held on time. You ask the people below to do it now
Prepare."
"After the enthronement ceremony is over, His Majesty Chenshi's enthronement ceremony will be held. I want the people of the Tang Dynasty to know that the orthodox Li Tang royal family of the Tang Dynasty has returned, not the vassal kings who were given surnames, let alone those ambitious ones.
Jiedushi."
Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, spoke solemnly, and every word seemed extremely firm.
At this moment, although his hair is gray and his body is rickety, as if a gust of wind can easily blow him down, but at this time, he is surrounded by an inexplicable aura.
[At Mao hour, the zodiac sign is Rabbit. If you lose Yaoguang, the moon will rise as Rabbit. Compared with 24 hours, it will be about six o'clock in the morning.]
[Chen time belongs to the dragon, the dragon rides on the wind and clouds, the nine-five-year-old, compared with the twenty-four hours, about eight o'clock in the morning.]
"Yes, Lord Shangshu, I will make arrangements right away."
The man wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty bowed slightly, and then walked out of the room quickly.
Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, was not only busy all night but did not sleep, he also did not close his eyes.
But now, it is far from the time to stop and rest.
Tired, he must be tired, but he is willing to be tired.
Thirty years is indeed a long time, but it is not enough for their generation to completely forget the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Empire that has been passed down for more than two hundred years.
About a few minutes later.
Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, stood by the window, facing the howling cold wind, silently looking at the bright lights of Chang'an City outside the window.
He understood that people all over the world were looking forward to the official enthronement of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, and they were all looking forward to the official restoration of Tang Dynasty.
Perhaps the Tang Dynasty today is far different from the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the past, but at least it gave them something to rely on.
What is home and country?
Only the country.
Only when we have a country can we have a home.
In fact, during the past thirty years, the people of the Tang Dynasty had a headache. You are from the Qi Kingdom, I am from the Jin Kingdom, and he is from the Wu Kingdom. The people passing by are from the Shu Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom.
It's too chaotic, it's really too chaotic. As long as a military governor and a vassal king have established their own country, the entire land of China has been abruptly divided into so many vassal states.
Although these vassal states still expressed their vassalage to the former Tang Dynasty, Niao Bu Niao stole the mainstay of the Li and Tang royal family's orthodox regime, let alone Zhu Wen and his son.
But when the Tang Dynasty is gone, it is gone after all.
If Li Xingyun had chosen to give up thirty years of hard work as a bad person and give up the good opportunity of Jiao Landian ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor after the death of Zhu Wen and his son.
So...
The ambitions of these Jiedu envoys and vassal kings go far beyond simply occupying a single territory and establishing their own country. They will truly set off a war hymn in troubled times.
By then.
Under the agitation of so many careerists, it is inevitable that all life will be destroyed. Unlike in the past, the land of China will become a real hell on earth this time.
The army slaughtered the city and ate the people,
People are not people, and ghosts are not ghosts.
........
I don’t know how much time passed, but Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, who had been standing silently outside the window, suddenly couldn’t help but laugh, and a heartfelt smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Hahaha... It's unprecedented, it's really unprecedented. I didn't expect that the great China and the mighty Tang Dynasty could one day rise from the ashes."
"Zhao Zong, have you seen it? Today's Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is the master of destiny. I believe that he can lead the Tang Dynasty back to the prosperous age when all nations came to visit."
At the same time.
The Harem of the Tang Dynasty, inside the Daming Palace.
The palace ladies were busy non-stop. Under the command of Zhong Xiaokui, the female official of the Tang Dynasty, the Six Shang Twenty-Fourth Division, the entire Daming Palace gradually became more majestic and solemn.
"Clean it for me, even the corner behind the door. I want to see that there is not a trace of dust on the ground, and it is clean enough to reflect your faces."
Zhong Xiaokui's expression looked very cold. She looked like a girl and was unsmiling, but her eyes were very sharp, and she commanded the female officials and maids of the Tang Dynasty under her in a capable manner.
She didn't mean to embarrass the female officials of the Tang Dynasty and the many palace maids under her. The palace floor tiles were paved with a kind of white warm jade, which can indeed reflect people's faces after being wiped clean.
That's it.
After more than ten minutes passed quietly, a beautiful female official from the Tang Dynasty walked up to Zhong Xiaokui and whispered a word in her ear.
"Lord Zhong, it's less than half an hour until the Empress's Empress's Ceremony. The Ministry of Rites is urging her very urgently. I wonder how the Empress is preparing now."
"I understand, you can go down." Zhong Xiaokui waved his hand casually.
"Yes, Master Zhong." This beautiful female official of the Tang Dynasty said respectfully.
At this time, the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Li Maozhen [Empress], looked at Li Xingyun in front of her, frowned her beautiful brows, and straightened the man's body again.
"I...I tell you, it's been an hour, it's been a full hour, don't go too far!" Li Xingyun said with an unnatural expression.
At this time, he was wearing a majestic dragon robe, sitting dignifiedly on the dragon chair, looking a little unnatural.
And Li Maozhen [Empress] wearing a phoenix crown and harem was standing in front of him at this time.
"Don't move your body, you will be fine soon." Li Maozhen [Empress] said with a focused expression.
She held a delicate paintbrush in her hand and sketched Li Xingyun's face on pure white rice paper. Although she had not picked it up for many years, she still did not forget her superb painting skills.
Li Xingyun on the rice paper is very young, handsome, and at the same time has an invisible imperial majesty. Under her careful depiction, even the number of hairs between his eyebrows is clearly visible.
This is her first man and also her last man, so she wants to use her painting skills to draw her man Li Xingyun, who is also the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
"Hey, why are you drawing this so early in the morning? Why don't you let me sleep a little longer?" Li Xingyun said helplessly.
Perhaps it’s because I suffered a lot when I was young, wandering on the streets fighting for food with wild dogs, being the humblest beggar, and making the same mistakes over and over again due to wrong choices in my previous life.
For this reason.
In front of some of the people who are closer to him, he is always unable to call me naturally.
However, he is too lazy to change this habit and does not want to deliberately distance himself from each other.
"My Majesty, why did you have to sleep for so long while you were alive? You will sleep forever after you die."
Li Maozhen [Empress] pinched Li Xingyun's face and measured the width of his forehead with her hand. At the same time, her other hand, as white as jade, drew the last stroke on the rice paper.
"You are very courageous. You are the first woman to curse me and the first woman to dare to blatantly curse the Emperor of Tang Dynasty."
Li Xingyun noticed that after Li Maozhen [Empress] finished painting, he breathed a sigh of relief and slumped on the dragon chair without any thought of moving.
Honestly.
In the past, Li Xingyun would have been very angry at such unlucky words, but in the past two months, the relationship between the two has gradually become better.
That is to say, Li Xingyun received a fat beating from her that day, but Li Maozhen [the Empress] was still very kind to Li Xingyun later, which also caused him to slowly forget his past unhappiness.
Say it again.
Now Li Maozhen [Empress] is the empress of the Tang Dynasty, and she is the only official wife of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
It doesn’t matter whether she said she was doing it for Qi Guo or whether she was doing it for herself, but she really didn’t say anything to Li Xingyun.
These days.
Li Maozhen [the empress] has been teaching Li Xingyun how to be a king, and imparting her more than ten years of experience as King Qi, which has made the emperor of the Tang Dynasty grow a lot.
At the same time.
In order to show that she was not a jealous woman, she gave Li Xingyun all the remaining Nine Heavens Saints from Huanyinfang.
Li Xingyun did not refuse, why should he refuse?
All the Jiutian Shengji are talented people. No matter how strong they are, they can still sing very well. They are proficient in music, singing and dancing.
If you have too many lice, you won’t be itchy, and if you have too many debts, you won’t have to worry.
The reality is already like this, and everything is irreversible.
Li Xingyun no longer wants to think about so many things. If she is willing to give, she will accept it. There is no need to affect the relationship between husband and wife because of these small things.
Although Li Xingyun didn't want to, he had to admit that now Li Maozhen [the empress] was his wife, and Ji Ruxue, the beloved in his heart, could only be regarded as a concubine.
"Really? I am very honored to be the first person in His Majesty's eyes."
Li Maozhen [Empress] picked up Li Xingyun on the rice paper and looked at it, then handed it to Miao Chengtian, who was silent at the side, and asked him to put away this painting that would be worth tens of thousands of gold in the future.
"Your queen-establishment ceremony is about to begin. There's no rush, right?"
Li Xingyun rolled his eyes. This woman is really thick-skinned. Does she think she is complimenting her?
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, let me draw my eyebrows."
Li Maozhen [Empress] sat in Li Xingyun's arms, a pair of slender arms also wrapped around his neck, and his face was reflected in the dark pupils.
Two months.
Both of them have undergone great changes. Under her selfless guidance, Li Xingyun has become more and more like a qualified emperor, and she has gradually adapted to her noble status as empress of the Tang Dynasty.
The right time, the right person, and the right choice made each other perfect, a King Qi who regained his daughter's body, and an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who slowly learned the way of a king.
This was also the real reason why Ji Ruxue took the initiative to give up the title of Empress of the Tang Dynasty. She understood that in these aspects, her humble status could not help Li Xingyun at all.
Only Li Maozhen [the Empress], who has been King Qi for more than ten years, can teach Li Xingyun how to be an emperor and truly control all aspects of the Tang Dynasty.
"I can't draw..."
"I don't know how to study."
"How can you learn this in a hurry?"
"I will teach your Majesty step by step."
"Hand in hand?"
"Don't be stunned, stretch out your hand!"
Under the guidance of Li Maozhen [the Empress], Li Xingyun awkwardly drew her eyebrows. Finally, she repaired them a little, and a very noble Empress of the Tang Dynasty appeared.
I have to say.
Li Maozhen [Empress], who has recovered her daughter's body, is very beautiful, just like a goddess walking out of a painting.
The slightly exposed skin on the chest under the neck is as white as jade, and the collarbone is as delicate as jade. It is crystal clear but makes people dare not touch it easily.
The clavicle is exquisite, crystal clear, and the skin is like gelatin. Looking further down, you can see a pair of plump and towering peaks, which support the graceful arc of the phoenix crown.
Those eyes are as bright as stars, the cheeks are peach-white, and the lips are plump and delicate. The whole person is incomparably beautiful.
Just when Li Xingyun was a little stunned, a voice with no emotional fluctuations in his ears brought his consciousness back to the real world.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor and Empress, the Mao hour is coming, and the ceremony of establishing the Empress is about to begin." Zhong Xiaokui knelt down on one knee.
Hear the words.
Li Maozhen [Empress] glanced at Zhong Xiaokui but did not answer. Then she slowly stood up from Li Xingyun's lap and adjusted her long skirt.
"Your Majesty..." Zhong Xiaokui hesitated, as time was running out.
"I understand, you go down and prepare first." Li Xingyun said calmly.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhong Xiaokui stood up from the ground, and then stepped back respectfully.
"Your Majesty?" Li Maozhen [Empress] took the initiative to extend her hand.
"Well, let's go." Li Xingyun held her hand.
He is the emperor, she is the emperor and empress, and they are also husband and wife.