Time flies by and the crowning ceremony has been completed!
Under the system of the Qin Dynasty, the king got married when he was twenty years old. After the wedding, he became the pro-in-law.
As the saying goes, start a family and start a career.
A wedding is the beginning of a family and the beginning of a marriage.
In order to prepare for the king's marriage, Xianyang City has been engaged in major events, especially the Qutai Palace, the main bedroom, the Liuying Palace, and all the courtyards of the palace. Almost all of them have been re-decorated. Many palace buildings, furnishings, etc. are imitated after the Chu Dynasty.
National Palace.
Marrying a maiden, the wedding date, the color of pajamas, the banquet for guests, these trivial matters are not of concern to him as the king. The Queen Mother Huayang will arrange everything.
In October, there was a huge crowd outside the south gate of Xianyang City. Princess Mirou of Chu State married the king, so the king came out of the city to welcome him in person. Adhering to the usual splendor of the Chu people, even the carriages used by the servants were extremely gorgeous, far superior to
An unpretentious Qin carriage.
As in later generations, the man had to go to the woman's home to marry her. These were all etiquette. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the king did not have to go to other countries to marry her in person. He could just do it outside the capital.
Liu Xiu stood in the suburbs, looking bright and cheerful, with a vague smile hanging on the corner of his mouth. Beside him were the Queen Mother Huayang and Queen Mother Zhao Ji, as well as officials from the Qin State's office and the Qin court. Behind these people were countless temples.
Behind the soldiers and palace maids, besides the eunuchs and palace maids, were the people of Xianyang City who were crowded with people to welcome him.
Soon after, the Chu State's motorcade arrived and welcomed them into the city.
The wedding was at dusk, it was dusk, and the palace suddenly became brightly lit.
Then, there’s the wedding!
After the wedding, it’s time to go to the temple!
According to the customs of the pre-Qin Dynasty, a wedding is not considered a marriage, and a real marriage can only be considered after a marriage ceremony. If you don’t have a marriage ceremony, you can go back to your parents’ home and continue to marry. In an age without chastity, sex is free, as long as you choose the right girl.
Now, you can take her to a wild game in the woods. This is how Confucius was born. Because of this, you cannot have sex after the wedding, but have to live in poverty. After three months, you have to report to the temple to perform the ceremony of sleeping together. Only in this way can you
Avoid becoming a father.
He is open to the relationship between men and women, but not to the blood of his children.
The examination of blood heirs is extremely strict.
It is very difficult and almost impossible to pass the various royal inspections and make a king happy to be your father.
Three months later, after reporting to the temple, they slept in the same bed.
Soon after, Lord Changping became the left prime minister to check Lu Buwei's power; he also asked Lord Changwen to take over part of the Imperial Guard.
"It's time to take action against Lu Buwei, but first we have to take action against Marquis Changxin!" Liu Xiu thought.
Lu Buwei is a powerful minister and a loyal minister. He will not rebel, but is loyal to him... But Liu Xiu doesn't want to wait anymore and wants to control power. How can it be as satisfying to control power by relying on others to control it personally.
A strong king does not need powerful ministers, even if the powerful ministers are loyal.
You can't attack Lu Buwei directly, you can only attack Lao Ai first, knock the mountain to shake the tiger, and attack step by step. After all, the emperor cannot act arbitrarily and must abide by some rules.
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Half a year later, a courtier informed Marquis Changxin that he had committed adultery with the Queen Mother and had committed an act of misconduct.
Chang Xin Hou is in great fear!
This move immediately made some scheming people see something fishy.
Although it is popular in the Qin State to report rape, almost everyone reports it, but it also depends on the person.
Soon after, Lao Ai came to plead guilty and was received by Liu Xiu.
"When the Empress Dowager Xuan was a widow, she was accompanied by Wei Choufu; the Empress Dowager Zhao was a widow for many years, and she was accompanied by the Marquis Changxing to relieve her loneliness! I am not an unreasonable person, but Xianyang is not suitable to stay. Stay away from Xianyang, Qinyi has a palace that is just right for you
live!"
Liu Xiu said.
According to historical records, Lao Ai was entrusted by Lu Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin State, to enter the palace pretending to be a eunuch, and had an affair with the Queen Mother Zhao Ji, the mother of King Yingzheng of Qin. She was favored by the Queen Mother and was named Changxinhou. She had two illegitimate sons with the Queen Mother.
It's a eunuch.
But in fact, it’s wrong!
During the Warring States Period, many eunuchs did not need to be castrated. Only during the Eastern Han Dynasty, all eunuchs had to be castrated.
Lao Ai was not born as a eunuch, and she did not need a fake eunuch to contact Zhao Ji. Because Lao Ai had outstanding appearance and Zhao Ji had been a widow for many years, they lived together and had two children.
This was the Warring States Period, not the later Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian era. For a queen mother or a princess to have a lover and live together with each other was nothing at all, and it was not a secret. Almost all civil and military officials in the dynasty knew the inside story, and it was almost semi-public.
In this era when a man and a woman fell in love with each other, they could sneak into the woods at will, have sex, and give birth to Confucius. This trivial matter between the Queen Mother and her lover was not a big deal at all, and it was not as serious or rebellious as later generations imagined.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lao Ai knelt down and said.
"Marquis Changxin, do you want to be the Lord of Yiqu, or the Choufu of Wei?" Liu Xiu said suddenly.
Later history books say that Empress Dowager Xuan used her position as the empress of the mother to have an affair with King Yiqu at the expense of her beauty. She continued to use her beauty to corrupt him, and then planned to kill him. In one fell swoop, Queen Mother Xuan destroyed Yiqu, a major problem in the west of the Qin State, so that the Qin State could now
Heading eastward, she no longer has any worries. Her achievements are no less than those of Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo who captured Bashu. She wrote about the Empress Dowager Xuan and became Xi Shi.
In ancient times, Xishi destroyed Wu, and now Empress Dowager Xuan destroyed Yiqu.
In fact, under Qin's military attack, Yiqu had already surrendered to Qin. At that time, Lord Yiqu was in his twenties and just a young man; at that time, Queen Mother Xuan was already in her forties.
It belongs to the old woman. Lord Yiqu used a beauty trick for the sake of the country, so the old cow began to eat young grass.
The two have been together for more than thirty years.
Lord Yiqu often traveled between Yiqu and Xianyang, and the two had a son.
King Qin Zhaoxiang also learned about this matter, but he just thought that it would be difficult for his mother to be widowed, so he did not interfere too much.
Empress Dowager Xuan was also obsessed with love. After she let the water go, the Qin State did not launch a military attack on Yiqu for thirty years, allowing Yiqu to regain its military strength.
At this time, Yiqu planned to attack Qin, but the news was exposed and Queen Mother Xuan learned about it.
Empress Dowager Xuan was furious. Men are just big pigs. I love you deeply, but you want to trick me. So, in anger, Empress Dowager Xuan killed Lord Yiqu and his two sons.
Then he sent troops to destroy Yiqu and turned it into a county of Qin State.
At that time, Yiqu could exist not because the Qin State could not destroy him, but because the Queen Mother Xuan took care of her old lover.
Later, Empress Dowager Xuan met another lover, Wei Choufu, who treated her wholeheartedly and was much better than the big pig hoof in front of her.
Liu Xiu's words have a clear goal. It's okay to be the Queen Mother's lover, but don't do too much.
Lao Ai said: "Of course I want to be Wei Chou's husband!"
Liu Xiudao: "I hope that the Marquis of Changxin will live up to his words!"