Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-Three The Grand Ceremony
Under the much-anticipated expectation, the city of Nanjing finally welcomed its hostess's conferment ceremony.
The day was chosen by Qin Tian Jian a long time ago, and it is said to be an auspicious day that only happens once in a hundred years. Lin Chong had reservations about his words. When he calculated the days to go to worship, the Qin Tian Jian also followed the same path.
What he said is that he doesn’t know how many auspicious days there have been in the past few years that are rare in a hundred years. Just listen to what he said and don’t take it seriously.
Originally, the envoys selected by the emperor should have come forward to salute, but Lin Chong felt that this selection process was too troublesome, so he directly brought Mu Xi and Mu Xi to make up the numbers.
So before noon, the two people respectfully came to the gate of Taiqing Palace, listened to the official announcement of the emperor's order to "accept gifts with courtesy", then knelt three times and kowtowed, and accepted the invitation from the great scholar, Qian Qianyi.
The golden festival received.
Afterwards, the two of them took the ceremonial guard and the gifts and set off for the queen's residence.
Speaking of this, I have to mention an interesting thing. Due to Yuan Qingfang's special status, she definitely has no family in Nanjing. So where is the best place to welcome her into the palace?
When this matter was mentioned at that time, both Lu Qinghuan and Dong Xiaowan expressed their willingness to be her natal family and let her marry from their own family. Of course, it must be an extremely honorable thing to allow the queen to marry from their own family.
However, both Lu Qinghuan and Dong Xiaowan were concerned about Yuan Qingfang's psychology, so they made it more lively to prevent her from feeling uncomfortable. Of course, Yuan Qingfang also understood their thoughts, so she was particularly moved.
In the end, it was because after all, Gu Qinghuan and Yuan Qingfang had been "sisters" for a period of time before, so they were quite destined. In addition, Wei Changqing was not afraid of spending money on a major renovation. Naturally, Mao Pijiang, who had always been honest, could not compete with him.
Worthy.
Because of this, Mao Yushi hated him so much that he secretly made up his mind that after the ceremony, he would take time to check Wei Changqing's accounts carefully and find out some problems.
Gu Yanwu did not expect that his daughter would cause such a big trouble for the family this time, so he quickly prepared with the whole family and knelt down to welcome the envoy. Gu Yanwu took over the role of Yuan Qingfang's father and listened carefully to the stories of Lin Fei and Mu Xi.
system.
In order to express his gratitude to the Gu family for taking in Yuan Qingfang, and of course to express his gratitude to Wei Changqing for spending so much effort, Lin Chong brought a lot of various gifts. These gifts were kept as gifts for the Queen's natal family.
At the Gu family.
In the evening of the same day, that is, after the Nacai officially ended, the Queen's natal family still needed to decorate with lights and hold a grand Nacai banquet. However, this was not a banquet hosted by the Gu family to entertain the envoys, but Lin Chong specially ordered the Minister of Internal Affairs of the second rank or above
The officials entertained the Gu family at a banquet.
At the same time, the queen's natal family, that is, the female relatives of the Gu family, were given 20 cake tables, 20 wine banquet tables, 20 sheep, and 20 bottles of wine to celebrate. After the banquet, all the officials attending the banquet, headed by Gu Yanwu, had to pay homage.
They knelt three times and kowtowed nine times in the direction of the palace to thank the emperor for the gift of food and to celebrate the wedding of the emperor and the queen.
The wedding ceremony was divided into the registration ceremony, the reception ceremony, the marriage ceremony and the ceremony of worshiping the gods. Lin Chong needed to be present. He had already spent all his sleep and food in order to get the hairpin out before the wedding.
The enthronement ceremony was relatively simple, that is, Lin Chong was asked to hand over the golden book and treasures that symbolized the identity of the harem master to the queen. When he picked up this thing, Lin Chong remembered the letter that Queen Zhou had asked him to deliver to Emperor Chongzhen.
I had forgotten that letter before, and now I have no chance to hand it over to him even if I wanted to. In this situation, it is probably impossible for Zheng Chenggong to come over and make a fuss. He is probably hiding somewhere and sulking.
When Lin Chong thought of that scene, he couldn't help but want to laugh. It wasn't that he was so mischievous in his heart, but he didn't know what was going on in his heart when he thought that the real emperor saw himself, the fake emperor, holding the ceremony of enthroning the emperor outside.
Taste.
Thinking about it this way, the breath he had been holding back some time ago was relieved a lot, and his whole person felt refreshed.
After the enthronement ceremony, Lin Chong sent officials to offer sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the Fengxian Hall in accordance with the regulations. He should have informed the Queen Mother to marry the bride, but Lin Chong was now considered to be alone. Even if there was a Queen Mother, let alone the Queen Mother, then
She's not his biological mother either, so there's nothing to say.
At the same time, the ceremony arrangements in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were in full swing. After the memorial ceremony, Lin Chong came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to view the gold book and treasures in person, and then asked Mu Xi to hold the Golden Festival to welcome the queen. Mu Xi accepted the Golden Festival and then left.
After coming down, Lin Chong only needed to return to the Inner Palace of Qianqing to wait for the Queen's arrival.
At this time, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was already full of splendor and splendor. The festival case was placed in the south direction of the center of the hall, the gold book case was placed in the west direction, and the gold treasure case was placed in the east direction.
In front of the hall, there is also a record of the emperor's legal driving, and under the east and west eaves, there are Zhonghe Shaole, and war horses are displayed on the left and right sides of the middle road of Danqi.
In addition to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Gate of Taihe and the Meridian Gate, which the Queen's phoenix chariot will pass through, are also heavily decorated. There is a Danbi Music Festival in the Gate of Taihe, and the Queen will ride under the steps of the Gate of Taihe until noon.
outside the door.
When Yuan Qingfang entered the palace wearing a tailor-made dragon and phoenix robe, she still felt a little unreal. Her face was also very hot, and she didn't look like herself at all. It should be said that since she learned about this ceremony, her whole person
He becomes less like himself.
Since the accident in the Yuan family, she has become accustomed to living alone for so many years, and the people she occasionally meets are just passers-by. Thinking about it, she will have to entrust her whole life to another person. Although
Nervous, but more importantly, indescribable joy and excitement.
What's more, her husband is such an outstanding person, how can he not make people envious and jealous? This must be the blessing she gained from her previous life!
After a whole day, the sealing ceremony finally came to an end, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This is a major event of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no room for accidents.
Fortunately, today is really an auspicious day. Not only are there no murderers blocking the road, there are not even any thieves. The people from the Punishment Department and Dali Temple can finally relax after being on tenterhooks all day.
For them, the ceremony of sealing the queen may have come to an end, but for Lin Chong, it has just begun.
Naturally, there is no need to mention the betrothal gifts prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Not to mention the whole of Nanjing, even the entire Ming Dynasty is the best. It is obvious that they are not like ordinary newlyweds. They got into the sedan chair before even meeting each other.
into the bridal chamber.
They have experienced quite a lot together, and their understanding of each other can be considered "from the inside out", completely. But it was not until today that Lin Chong felt that his heart was so high after actually preparing for this ceremony. High.
In fact, this was the first time he saw Yuan Qingfang dressed up. She usually doesn't like too heavy makeup, nor does she like too colorful clothes. But today is a big day after all, how can the makeup not be exquisite, how can the clothes not be gorgeous.
Coupled with the nervousness, the little person in front of me is really beautiful, with a charming smile. A pair of curved willow-shaped eyebrows, a pair of big and affectionate eyes that are watery, and her cheeks are slightly red. The whole thing. People have shed their usually cold and sharp outer shell, revealing the softest and gentlest inside.
Although he really wanted to do something now, Lin Chong did have a finale to watch with his newlywed wife, so he had to endure it for the time being.