Chapter 69 Jade Seat Bead Curtain (22-2)

Early the next morning, officials of all yamen, big and small, rushed into the palace to watch the excitement.On this day, the hall official of the Ministry of Rites led the officers to practice the grand wedding ceremony, and all the officials of the yamen were allowed to look up at the grand ceremony.Peng Yulin also arrived in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony early. The ceremony on this day was mainly about arranging for the shift of hundreds of officials to pay their respects. It was too messy to look at, but Peng Yulin was reluctant to leave. It was the first time in his life that he had come to Beijing, and naturally it was also the first time to pay his respects to the Nine Palaces.Looking up at the two-foot-high hall foundation, the eleven-column-wide and five-column-deep Hall of Supreme Harmony, I have infinite thoughts in my heart, what is it to build a tooth, open a mansion, and live in eight seats?If you don't come here, you don't know what wealth is in the world?Thinking about it like this, the more I feel the insignificance of this body, and the more insignificant my fame is.

At this moment, a "Sula" rushed over out of breath. Peng Yulin met yesterday and knew that he was on duty at Longzongmen, and that he was responsible for running errands from the Military Aircraft Department and the South Study Room.It seemed that it was directed at me, so I watched it intently. Sure enough, Nasura came before her, took a long breath, and then said: "Congratulations, Mr. Peng!" Then he greeted her, took out a piece of paper from the boot leaf, and handed it over: "Mr. Shen called me delivered." "Oh, thank you very much!" Peng Yulin took the paper and looked at it, and there was a copy of an edict on it:

"Peng Yulin acted as the right servant of the Ministry of War, and Tong Hua did not need to act concurrently. According to Peng Yulin's petition, he returned to his hometown to recuperate his illness. When he was summoned this time, he repeated his feelings. The illness has recovered, and the spirit is also healthy, so I am specially ordered to stay in Beijing to serve, to show that the imperial court relies heavily on it. Don't insist on resigning!" "Lord Shen is still taking care of me. Please, Master Peng, come to the military plane right now. The sixth prince is waiting to meet you."

"Okay, I'll go now." So along the high colorful shed along the way, enter the rear right door from the middle right door, cross the three main halls and enter the Long Zongmen to the military plane, wait for the notification to enter, and immediately send a message: "Master Peng, please sit in the east room." After sitting for half an hour, I saw Prince Gong, and when I met him, I cupped my hands repeatedly: "Offended, offended!" Then he was invited to "raise the kang", with a very modest attitude. Peng Yulin knew that he was very busy, and it was a great honor to take time out of this moment to meet him, so he asked bluntly without being polite, "Your Majesty has summoned you, do you have any orders?"

"The meaning of the superior was conveyed by Sheng yesterday, and the edict came down. I wonder if you have seen it?" "Yes!" Peng Yulin said, "Thanks to His Majesty's grace, I'm afraid..." "Xue Weng!" Prince Gong hurriedly said, "You always have to do what you can! It's just that the lack of points is too wronged, let's make do with it first, and after the pro-government ceremony next year, I will definitely find a way to move Xue Weng." "Thank you, my lord, for your cultivation. Just to tell you the truth, I have three difficulties, and I want to ask your lord to be considerate. First, I am not talented enough, and I am weak and sick, so it is difficult to take on important tasks; second, I am stupid by nature and not suitable for going to the temple; I have never been an official in the capital, and I am not familiar with rituals and notes, and I am restrained everywhere. I always ask the prince to make a tactful report on his behalf, and release him to the field. If there is something I can repay in the future, I will die."

King Gong listened to his words and kept nodding his head, but his brows were tightly frowned, he paused for a moment, and replied: "I can't talk about it right now. After the celebration, we will discuss it in the long run. But, Xue Weng, the higher-ups have very earnest intentions, you must not disappoint. " "Don't dare!" "Peng Yulin quickly stood up and said: "Only the emperor does not abandon his talents. I dare not talk about being an official, but only about doing things.If it is beneficial to the overall situation, I am willing to go through fire and water, and I don’t need to be a scholar to serve the country! "

Prince Gong nodded again: "I understand what you mean!" Then, Prince Gong told Peng Yulin that the mission of "repressing ministers at the palace gate" was entirely for the convenience of him watching the ceremony.If you are mentally ill, you don't need to be on errands.He also said that the big wedding ceremony is a rare event in a hundred years, and it coincides with its grand occasion, so it should not be missed.The words were warm and kind, and when Peng Yulin said goodbye, he delivered them to the hall door in person, and he did not see the arrogance of the relatives and nobles at all, which reminded Peng Yulin of the indiscriminate arrogance of those naval and army generals. Fu, the more I feel disgusted.

When we returned to Songyun Nunnery, an official came to pay homage immediately. He was a popular person in front of Cixi in recent years.Peng Yulin had heard his name for a long time, so he naturally wanted to meet him. He came out and was very surprised. Rong Lu seemed to be less than thirty years old, and he was born like a jade tree facing the wind. Enviable. Rong Lu, who was smiling and staring at Peng Yulin, first made a bow to greet Peng Yulin, greeted him at the door, and gave way to a promotion. When he formally greeted him, he invited a very beautiful Ann, called the host "old senior", and exchanged respectful greetings. Only then did he explain why he came, saying that he had received a notice from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that Peng Yulin was the "Minister of the Palace Suppression", and he was responsible for the suppression of the wedding ceremony and the maintenance of order, so he "specially came to serve the old seniors on errands".

"Don't dare, dare not!" Peng Yulin was also very straightforward, telling Rong Lu the original intention of being sent on this mission. "The superiors are sympathetic to the seniors, but to be honest, Wansheng wants to borrow the prestige of the seniors." Rong Lu looked very earnest, "The wedding ceremony has long been a sensation everywhere, and this month, there will always be more people in the capital. Two or three hundred thousand people were recruited, and teahouses, wine shops, and inns, big and small, all made a big profit. Of course, some of them took this opportunity to find extra money. Yesterday, hundreds of pickpockets were caught. The so-called "gold, leather, Cai, hang', three teachings and nine streams, heroes from all walks of life, I don’t know how many have come! Everything else is easy to handle, but there are some stragglers who are late-born and can’t be provoked!”

"What's the matter?" Peng Yulin asked strangely, "Scattered soldiers are provoking trouble, even if they are arrested and brought to justice. Why do you say they can't be provoked?" "To tell you the truth, old man, like this morning at the ceremony, there was a noble fellow from the same village, wearing a shabby rented flowered dress with a red hat on his head, he rushed into the palace in a daze. Those who have been rewarded with the second-rank Dingdai." Rong Lu said with full sympathy and helplessness, "Please think about it, seniors, they are all people who have done their best for the imperial court and made meritorious deeds. What can I do? Naturally, I can only use good words to perfunctory, and that’s all. I’m afraid that some complainers will become more and more drunk, and make a scene in front of the palace gate, in full view of everyone. Wouldn’t it be a disgrace?”

"So that's how it is!" Peng Yulin thought to himself, the abolished Hunan Army has a lot of people with grievances, if they abuse the common people, I have to ask, otherwise I don't have to meddle in this nosy matter, but since Rong Lu is humbly asking for advice, it seems inconvenient Rejection.After pondering like this for a while, he came up with an idea, "Brother Zhonghua," he said, "Since I realize that those people have made great efforts and achievements, I should also realize that they are now destitute and full of complaints. I heard that this big wedding cost 10 to 20 million silver, and those who profited from it don't know how many people, so why not think about other people's sufferings, make some arrangements in advance, and calm them down, wouldn't it be an invisible disaster best policy?" "Yes, yes!" Rong Lu was reminded, and he bowed his hands again and again to express his gratitude: "The old man has taught you very well, and he is very grateful. The late student will immediately send someone to do it separately, so as to comfort him. However, I have to rely on the old man these days. His prestige, sit at the gate of the palace." In the end, this was also his own errand, Peng Yulin readily agreed to resign because it was inconvenient for him to resign. So Rong Lu expressed his deep gratitude and said goodbye to Yamen.On the one hand, they selected officers from the Shenji Battalion who were used to scouting things, and went to the small inns in Xiheyan, Grinding Factory, etc. to inquire about the poor and boring Hunan Army and Huai Army who came to blackmail and seek trouble. People, eat out, make friends, send a sum of money, and buy peace.On the one hand, he sent an infantry academy under the banner of the Han army to lead sixteen soldiers to Songyun nunnery for Peng Yulin's dispatch. The next day is the day when the queen’s dowry enters the palace. According to Manchurian weddings, the dowry is distributed on the day before the auspicious date. There are only 360 pieces of dowry for the queen, and they are distributed for four consecutive days, so it starts early.This day is the Double Ninth Festival, but there is no wind or rain, after eating flower cakes, they don't choose high places to climb, they all crowded into the street to see the first dowry in the world.Naturally, the route has been inquired a long time ago. The queen's dowry enters the Daqing Gate, exits the left gate of Chang'an, turns east and goes north, enters the Dong'an Gate, and then enters the palace through the Donghua Gate.The Daqing Gate with empty eaves and wings is the main gate of the imperial city. The open space in front of the gate is square, surrounded by stone railings, shaped like a chessboard, so it is called Qipan Street, also known as Tianjie.At this time, it is the first good place to watch the excitement. Early in the morning, the infantry commanded the Yamen, the Three Banners Guarding Army Battalion and the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs belonging to the Imperial Army, as well as the inlaid white flag in the Chaoyang Gate and the Zhenglan Banner in the Chongwen Gate in the area under its control. To maintain order, the guards in Daxing and Wanping counties, of course, did not dare to neglect.It’s just that you can hold a whip on weekdays and try your best to intimidate, and if you are disobedient, you can also whip two whips, but this time is a big happy event.Therefore, those servants who wore brand-new blue satin gowns, thin-soled quick boots, and red tasseled caps had a hard time.Trying my best to push back the turbulent crowd as much as possible, shouting in my mouth: "Excuse me, excuse me!" Everyone hoarse their throats and sweat profusely from exhaustion before they can vacate two squares in the center of Tianjie. A passage that is ten feet wide. It was almost mid-day, and finally heard the sound of drum music, but saw the endless stretches of yellow satin, meandering, the jewelry, Wenwan, clothes, boots and hats in the colorful pavilion, I couldn't see clearly, the good-looking ones were still The guard of honor, the school captain carrying the dowry, and the red satin embroidered jacket are as bright as clouds.Only then did everyone know why the weaving yamen in Jiangning and Suzhou cost millions of dollars? After fifty or sixty yellow satin colored pavilions, there are dozens of wooden utensils.This is the difference between Ruilin, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Chongli, the supervisor of the Guangdong Customs. The tables and chairs are all made of red sandalwood, polished and smooth, without lacquer. .It's just that among the wooden utensils, only one bed is missing. Some people can't help but be disappointed, because there has long been a legend that the queen's dowry is an eight-treasure ivory bed, and there is nothing wrong with it.But the empress and the emperor get together, don't they even need a bed? Of course there were beds, and at the moment when the dowry was being distributed, the four specially selected "marriage wives" were laying out the wedding beds in the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace.The bed was installed long ago when the palace was built. It was installed between two large vermilion pillars that embrace each other. Everything you need inside can be hidden inside.The tents were originally made of yellow satin, but now they are replaced with red. That "bed" could also be called a couch room, so there was no bed top, only a carved lintel, and a plaque with black characters on a red background hung with four big characters "Sun rises and moon perseveres".Under the large vermilion pillar on the west side, there is a large cloisonne smoker. Beside the pillar on the east side, there is a snow-white powder wall, with a large banner hanging "upright to the sky", depicting peonies "full of gold and jade".There is a red sandalwood tea table under it, and a pair of oil lamps on it, and honey is added to the oil, hoping that the emperor and queen will be as good as "honey mixed with oil". The four wives who "make the bed" are headed by the wife of Belle Yikuang who, like Ronglu, has only become popular in the past one or two years. Follow the story.The four wives each stood in a corner, laying out layers of brand-new brocade mattresses neatly, and then took four inlaid jade ruyis from the female officer, and pressed them on the corners of the four beds.Then, the four female officials brought in a "Dragon and Phoenix Harmony" gown, a red satin hijab with the pattern of "Hundred Sons and Nine Phoenixes" on one side, and pearl and jade headdresses in the shape of dragon and phoenix, double happiness, and wishful thinking, all wrapped neatly with square embroidered phoenix and yellow bundles Neat and tidy, this is to be sent to the Houdi, and the queen will be dressed in Shangfengyu on the auspicious day.The etiquette of the four wives making their beds came to an end.On the thirteenth day, after the dowry is distributed, the queen has to prepare to be a bride.Although the auspicious date was selected on the fifteenth day of the ninth month, the ceremony started at midnight on the thirteenth day. In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there was a full set of halogen booklets.At the beginning of the Fourteenth Yin Dynasty, the emperor’s royal palace read the treasures in person, and the imperial edict for the canonization of the empress was written by the cabinet. A majestic four or six characters were cast into gold characters and affixed to the jade plate, which was contracted by the Ministry of Industry. , Reimbursed more than a thousand taels of gold. The "Queen's Treasure" is also cast in red gold, four inches four inches high, one inch two inches square, handed in Longniu, Manchu and Chinese, under the order of the Ministry of Rites, and reimbursed more than one thousand taels of gold. The canonized envoys were still Linggui and Xu Tong, who had already been on standby in the east of Danchi. After hearing the announcement from the Honglu Temple's praise officer, they ascended the hall from the east steps, performed the big ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking nine times. Listen to the propaganda system and the official transmission system.Any imperial envoy must be called "the minister" in the imperial edict, and only such an envoy should be called very politely: "Qing and others canonize with rites."When envoy Linggui and deputy envoy Xu Tong were ordered to come down to the palace, the Longting, where the jade books and gold treasures were enshrined, was carried out of the Taihe Gate by the advocacy, followed by the canonized special envoy, and then followed by the school captain. The two horses have to go outside the gate of the Qing Dynasty, and the special envoy can ride them, and they go straight to the Houdi. At this time, the Chong family was brightly lit inside and outside, people were buzzing outside the door, the queen's full guard of honor was lined up at the two alleys, and Rong Quan, the chief executive of the wedding, was rushing in and out, sweating profusely.As soon as the chief and deputy envoys entered the alley, he announced, "Please drive by the queen!" Of course, Chongqi had already led his father and nephews, waiting at the door, amidst the noise of drumming, the Cebaolong Pavilion stopped, The envoys and deputy envoys, one with a book and one with a treasure, walked slowly into the gate. At the main gate, Chongqi led the whole family and knelt to meet them. In the middle of the second gate, Mrs. Chongqi led the children and women to kneel to meet them. After the book treasure was placed in the hall, the queen came out and knelt down in the middle to the north, listening to Xu Tong. Read the booklet.Parallel, Four Li, and Six articles mostly use allusions from the "Shangshu", and there are so many places to look up, it seems to be very difficult, so that Xu Tong recited non-stop sentences, and also read several other characters, which took a lot of effort. finish reading. So Linggui handed the jade book to the lady on the left, took it on her knees, and passed it on to the queen, who took it from the left and handed it out to the right, another lady took it and put it on the table.Jinbao also has such a set of procedures for granting and accepting.The grand ceremony was set up, and it was completed here. Linggui and Xu Tong returned to the palace immediately to return to their orders. This is the time to be flattered.After lunch, all civil and military officials entered the palace one after another, and were arranged according to their ranks in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.At the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, the emperor came to the palace, first received congratulations from all the officials, and then issued an order to send Fengyu, which was displayed inside the Duanmen Gate and outside the Meridian Gate, to welcome the queen.The special envoys to please are two Fujin and eight life wives.The two Fujins are the emperor's aunts, King Dun and King Gong Fujin, and the eight wives should all be first-rank wives, but they have to have hair and children, and they must not be too old, so they have to use second-rank wives to make up the number. When dispatching Fengyu, there is another very important ritual note.The rituals of the big wedding were originally Manchu and Han joint participation, but the most important of the "six rituals" is the personal welcome. Compared with the heaven and the earth, the emperor and the empress are also enemies.But if you really welcome them in person, not only will there be troubles that cannot be compromised in terms of rituals, but the emperor and empress are different after all. When you come to the imperial court, the empress who has just become a bride has to kneel to receive her. Naturally, there is no such reason in the world, so I came up with a alternative. This method is to use a dragon-shaped Ruyi instead. When King Dun and King Gong’s Fujin led the eight wives to welcome the queen, they knelt into the Zhubi, and the emperor wrote the word "Dragon" in the middle of Ruyi, and then put the handle If you put Ruyi on the sedan chair in Fengyu, it is a sign of "as if I am here in person", as a substitute for a personal welcome. The etiquette of welcome is mainly based on the customs of Manchuria.Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, between the white mountains and the black waters, Manchurians, men, women, young and old, all knew how to ride horses. The same was true for wedding receptions. The bride rode a horse to her husband's house.Naturally, the empress could not enter the palace on horseback, but the two Fujin and the eighth-life wives who greeted their relatives had to ride horses, as was the case during the Kangxi period.At that time, it was not long after entering the customs, and the old customs were not abolished. It was not surprising that the princes and their families rode back and forth. After two hundred years, the nobles and wives of Fujin and their wives all sat in sedan chairs, especially Prince Gong Fujin, who followed her long-term governor's father. Guiliang, from east to west, lives in a daily life, just like a Han lady, not to mention riding a horse, and has never even touched the saddle.At this time, he suddenly said that he wanted to ride a horse, and he was ostentatiously passing through the market under the watchful eyes of thousands of people in the empty alley. Neither of these requirements can be fulfilled.At the grand wedding ceremony, the envoys sent by the empress dowagers of the two palaces are still a great grace, and they have to be ignorant of flattery and ask for an exemption.If it is said to change the old rules, not only the ritual system has been established earlier, but it cannot be changed, even if it is possible, King Gong would not do it, because it will cause ridicule, and even participate in the impeachment at the speech officer meeting, and install a "favoritism and disorder of the law" The charges, maybe they will be disgraced again. Extremely helpless, I had no choice but to learn now.Fortunately, her eldest son, Zaichen, is the best at riding and shooting among young relatives. Two Fujins and eight wives learned to ride, and he taught them all.Zai Cheng personally selected ten of the most tame bay red horses in the Shangsi Courtyard, and asked his cousin Zai Yi and others to help him. He taught his mother for a whole month in the back garden of Prince Kung's Mansion. Dare to be at ease and bold, riding on the street. At this moment of flattery, Prince Gong Fujin realized that this month's suffering was really not in vain.Going out of the Meridian Gate to get on the horse, wait for Longting to lead and Fengyu to follow, she and her fifth sister-in-law will drive side by side, let Zaichen's most powerful "horse handle style", put on the costume of Luanyiwei Xiaowei, and lead the horse. Walking, passing through Tian'anmen from Duanmen, passing through Tianjie, and going straight out of Daqingmen in a safe and sound way, I saw the common people gathered in the road, pointing, looking at each other in amazement, thinking very proudly: This trip is the limelight. That's enough! When they arrived at the Hou Mansion, Chongqi's family still had a kneeling reception ceremony. After Fengyu was settled in the lobby, ten Fujin wives went to the main room to meet the Queen, and then waited for her to dress up.It had been agreed in advance that this mission would be undertaken by Chonghou's wife, and she also made up her mind to take this mission well, and there were a few items that had never been used outside.The face powder that Chonghou brought back from his mission to France is gouache powder, which is different from the goose egg powder in the south of the Yangtze River. When it is applied on the face, it will dry in a short time, and it will be white, smooth and even.Then I combed my hair with a double phoenix bun, and inserted a double happiness jade hairpin on one side. Inside, she was quietly dressing up, but outside, there was another announcement of good news.This is the third time that Chongqi has been honored since her eldest daughter became queen.At first, he was conferred the title of third-class Duke Chengen. As usual, the duke should have a job in the inner court, or as a follower of ceremonies, so he was awarded the title of Sanzhi Minister for the second time. There is no need to be on the job, and the word "minister" sounds nice. At this moment, the third grant of kindness is quite affordable for Chongqi. The imperial edict issued by the cabinet is: "Minister Cheng Engong, the third-class minister of Sanzhi, and Chongqi as a cabinet bachelor candidate." Grade official, this time you will be promoted to three ranks in a row, and the cabinet bachelor is the second grade. As usual, you can also serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. If you are released to the outside, you must be the governor. "Doctor".This decree of grace is equivalent to ten years of experience, Chongqi is naturally grateful for the grace. In addition to Chongqi, there is also Fengxiu, who was a fourth-rank Jingtang candidate in the same favor, and in a blink of an eye, she was also among the "Xiao Jiuqing" and could participate in the "court discussion".The bustle of his house at this time is not inferior to that of Chong's house.But Yingmen Heke has a very different idea. One is because his family is also a Manchurian family, and the friendship between the last two lives is still there. They act purely according to secular etiquette, which is an ordinary entertainment.One is because Fengxiu's daughter, who was supposed to be in the middle palace, was downgraded to concubine aggrievedly, so she came here to congratulate her at this moment, and it also meant to comfort her distress.There is another kind of sharp eyes. From the cracks, it can be seen that Concubine Hui is a concubine. One is the Empress Dowager Cixi. You have to follow what you say", and Concubine Hui can speak eloquently in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, so this is a very good way.Furthermore, Concubine Hui's beauty cannot be denied by the empress. The emperor has listened to the Empress Dowager Ci'an's words and appointed Alu Te as his queen, but Concubine Hui will definitely be favored in the future.If the Mongol empress does not live forever, Concubine Hui will naturally succeed to the middle palace, and Fengxiu will still have time to be duke, so it will be too late to try to curry favor at that time. However, even though Concubine Hui was also appointed by the imperial ministers as chief envoys, deputy envoys, and festival-holders, the ceremony to welcome her was different.Concubine Hui had no more than eight pairs of palace lanterns and a yellow sedan chair, which were carried into the palace by the Donghua Gate. When the empress entered the palace, there were three hundred pairs of palace lanterns alone, held by the school captain wearing red satin embroidered gown, shining brightly. It is as bright as the day, so that the full moon on September 14 is overshadowed. Fengyu came out of the back mansion at the first moment of Zichu, and the "Guidezi" had set off as early as Xushi, dressed in the guard of honor of the empress, palace fans with flags, flat golden embroidered phoenixes, shining among three hundred pairs of palace lanterns and countless lanterns with happy characters The dazzling splendor of people, and then there is Feng Yu, the imperial guard supporting the sedan chair, followed by countless horses, and after the two Fu Jin and eight wives, are the princes and ministers who follow.In the entire silent procession, only this part of the horseshoes is in chaos, occasionally mixed with the sound of horse neighing and snorting, just like the realm of "Birdsong Mountain is more secluded". With these sounds, it looks more solemn and solemn . At this time when all the people were intoxicated and dazzled, the emperor was idling in the Qianqing Palace and panicked. Maybe it was because he was impatient to wait, maybe he was just like the bridegroom in the world, he must have this kind of uneasy mood.Anyway, the emperor just felt that time passed too slowly. "What time is it?" He asked Xiao Li. Before Xiao Li could answer, he only heard the generous and melodious sound of the chiming bell. After a look, the long and short needles intersected in the middle. Xiao Li smiled and knelt down and said loudly: "At this moment, it's the right time. September 15th is the auspicious time for Long Live God!" The eight young relatives and nobles who were waiting outside the palace, headed by Zai Li, entered the palace to congratulate them on the first day of September 15th, and at the same time reported a news that Concubine Hui had entered the palace and was placed in Changchun Palace. The Xianfu Palace in the back. The emperor didn't say anything, he was still paying attention to the moment when the queen entered the palace, and when he was about to ask a question, he only heard the bells and drums of the Wufeng Tower on the Meridian Gate tower, which meant that the queen, who was the mother of the world, had entered through the Daqing Gate. palace. "It's time!" Zai Li greeted him and said, "Please set off." "Okay, let's go!" The emperor nodded and said. So a decree was sent to lead the minister of the guards, Boyan Nemo, to prepare to drive to Kunning Palace as a sign of welcoming the queen.In front of the soft sedan chair used by the emperor, the eight young relatives and nobles were guiding the palace lanterns, followed by the imperial ministers and imperial guards, under the care of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.The emperor went out of Qianqing Gate, then turned back to Dongyi Chang Street, entered Jinghe Gate, entered Kunning Palace, and rested in the front hall of Dongnuange, the wedding room. At this time, the queen's phoenix had already arrived at the gate of Qianqing from the royal road, carried a pot of extremely prosperous charcoal fire, and stopped in an even and stable manner. Holding an apple in one hand, a female officer immediately took it. At the same time, Dun Wang Fujin held a golden lacquered wooden bottle sealed with red silk, and handed it to the queen, which contained the specially cast "Tongzhi Tongbao" gold and silver thread and small gold. Silver ingots, golden jade ruyis, rubies, and miscellaneous grains and rice are called "treasure vases". After the queen holds the "treasure vase" firmly, the Dragon Pavilion where the treasure is placed can be left, along the imperial road, passing through the passage between the Qianqing Palace and the Zhaoren Palace, and entering the Jiaotai Palace between the Qianqing Palace and the Kun Palace.This hall can't live in people, and it has only two purposes, one is "heaven and earth reconciliation" as a place for the emperor's wedding ceremony, and the other is to store imperial treasures.This evening, it served both purposes.The hall officials of the Ministry of Rites first presented the queen's book of treasures to the collection, and then made another arrangement in front of the hall gate, placing a vermilion lacquer saddle horizontally, and two apples under the saddle—the two that were taken from the queen's hand, and on top of them were placed two apples. Roll out a red carpet. Six pairs of Tibetan incense burners guide the queen to step over the "peace and peace" apple saddle, and are guided to the west head to stand still. This is the time to worship heaven and earth.The emperor's side also counted the time. When the empress had just stood up, the emperor also arrived from the Kunning Palace, and stood facing the empress facing the east. Amidst the extremely dense drumming, they bowed down together, and the nine kowtows were completed. , become "knot hair". After worshiping the heaven and the earth, worship the birthday star, and after worshiping the birthday star, worship the Kitchen God.Zao Jun is in the main hall of Kunning Palace, and the main hall of Kunning Palace is like the kitchen of "Shaguoju" in Gangwa City, where two pigs are cooked every day.This is not only a kitchen, but also a slaughterhouse for slaughtering animals. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a large wooden table covered with iron sheets. The floor is covered with oilcloth that can withstand blood stains. There are two huge iron pots on the stove, each of which can cook a whole pig. The soup in the pot has not been changed since the stove was built, and the aftertaste of more than two hundred years ago is still preserved. This is the royal family's legacy of "Sacrifice must be held in the inner chamber" in Manchuria. Among all the palaces, only the Kunning Palace is regulated, which is completely different from the previous generation.In addition to the Zuan pot stove, shrines are set up on the west and north sides of the hall. The shrine in the west of the hall hangs a yellow mantle, and the god it offers is Guan Shengdijun, who enjoys court sacrifices. The shrine in the north of the hall hangs a green mantle. The god, named "Mulihan", enjoys the evening sacrifice. According to the rules, no matter morning sacrifice or evening sacrifice, the emperor and empress should come to salute in person. However, after a long time, it became a fiction. Except for the grand sacrifice, the day sacrifice was performed by eunuchs. The eunuchs were divided into Sixiang, Sizu, and Sizhu. Butchering pigs is Si Zu's duty. Regardless of whether it is sunny, rainy, cold or hot, every midnight, there must be a mule cart surrounded by a green cloth, which is parked outside the Donghua Gate.As soon as the door opened, this car was the first to enter the palace. When it arrived in front of Kunning Palace, it unloaded two pigs. Spices are added without salt, cooked and sacrificed to the gods.Unless it is the first day of February, the princes and ministers are given to eat meat. On ordinary days, these blessings are enjoyed by the guards of the Qianqing Gate as usual. The Kunning Palace is the queen's official bedroom, and it is the bounden duty of the housewife to preside over the banquet. Therefore, only the queen salutes the kitchen god.At the same time, the deacons of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple and other outer courts paid respects to the grand ceremony, and this is the end.The red tape in the Kunning Palace has nothing to do with these people, so they can step back. Kowtow three times to pay homage to the Kitchen God, and the emperor and empress sat in the tent ceremony in the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace and ate dumplings called "children's pastry".It was Li Wang Fujin who cooked the dumplings, and he had to pick them up once they were out of the pot. After they were presented to God, the dumplings were still raw, but they couldn't be said to be raw. They spit them out after a bite and hid them under the mattress. They said that in this way, they could "give birth" to the prince. . So the emperor temporarily rested in the front hall, waiting for Fujin to order his wife to be the empress.This is still Mrs. Chonghou's job. In Manchuria, it is called "opening the face". She uses cotton thread to wring out the fine hair and short hair on the face, then peels the shell with boiled chicken, pushes it over the face, and immediately appears. The colors of the radiant woman.This kind of kung fu pays attention to the distinction between black and white between the skin and hair, as if cut by a sharp knife, which is called "four sideburns cutting". Then there is re-comb hair.The double phoenix bun is just a young girl's attire. Now it has been changed to a flat back, which does not hinder the "swallow tail" on the pillow. The double happiness hairpin is still inserted, and a red velvet flower is inserted.Dressed up like this, Fang Shi carried it to the dining table to have a feast called "Reunion Dinner" in the palace. At this time, the emperor had only eunuchs to take care of him.Xiao Li introduced the royal driver, and the two Fujins and the eighth wives greeted him together. The emperor blushed violently, he didn't know whether it was joy or embarrassment. "Fifth Aunt, Sixth Aunt, you have been exhausted these days." "By taking advantage of the emperor's joy, I'm not tired at all." Dun Wang Fujin looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Let's kneel down!" Dun Wang Fujin's two sisters-in-law led Mrs. Chonghou and the others to kneel and retreat, but they never went far, staring at the front of the hall.Soon, seeing that the eunuchs and female officials also retreated, the fan of the East Nuan Pavilion was gently closed. So a pair of guards with knotted hair stood on the porch in front of the hall, beating the sandalwood board and singing the "Song of Hehe" in Manchurian.The pair of "Hundred Sons Double Happiness Fragrant Oil Lamps" that "mix oil in honey" rippled a sweet glow on the snow-white window paper, and then the queen seemed to be singing something. "Listen!" Dun Wang Fujin was surprised, "What are you doing?" Prince Gong Fujin listened intently, just in time the pair of "guards with knotted hair" had finished singing the "Song of Hegemony", and the queen's voice became very clear when they calmed down. "...The mansions of princes and marquises are all new owners, and their civil and military clothes are different from those of the past; the golden drums vibrate in the mountains directly to the north, and the chariots and horses to the west are late. The fish and dragons are lonely, the autumn river is cold, and the old country is full of thoughts!" Pause for a while, and then I can hear the clear and long chant: "Penglai Palace faces Nanshan, Chenglu Jinshou Xiaohan,..." Prince Gong Fujin didn't know that it was Du Fu's "Eight Poems of Autumn Prosperity", but he could hear it when he was reciting poems, so he covered his mouth and smiled, pushed her fifth sister-in-law, and said softly: "The emperor is testing the queen. !" Everyone understands this, "Thankfully, it's the lady from the champion's family!" Dun Wang Fujin pointed to the west side, and lowered his voice, "If the one on the other side is changed, the bridal chamber flowers and candles will be ugly. !" This refers to Concubine Hui.Just because she lost a game at the beginning, the brilliance of the day was taken away by the "Miss Number One Scholar", so she naturally felt wronged, but she can also think about it, compared to another lady in the Chong family - the Queen's aunt, she I think it should be enough.She was especially comforted, and even proud that she met her "mother-in-law" before the queen. This "mother-in-law" is naturally the Empress Dowager Cixi.According to the big wedding ceremony of Manchu and Han joint participation in the past, the queen entered the palace and worshiped the heaven and the earth.But concubines don't pay much attention to these things. Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi waited for Concubine Hui to enter the palace, gave her a wedding feast, and then passed Yi's decree to summon her. However, she did this not because there are no clear rules in the etiquette law, and she can act flexibly. There are several reasons for doing this, but she never thought of whether it is in accordance with the etiquette law!In order to comfort Concubine Hui, and also to love Concubine Hui, of course he couldn't wait to take a look at her, but the most important thing was to gamble with Empress Dowager Ci'an and fight for her own origin in the West Palace. Therefore, when Concubine Hui, who was dressed up in costume, first bowed three times and bowed nine times, she pretended to say, "Okay, okay! Just kowtow once." Then she ordered the maid: "Help Concubine Hui stand up!" After helping her up, Concubine Hui greeted her again, and said gratefully: "The Empress Dowager's kindness is beyond my servants to repay!" "Okay, there is no need to salute anymore. Come here, let me see you!" Concubine Hui walked up to Empress Dowager Cixi very steadily, and stood there respectfully.Empress Dowager Cixi stretched out her hand to hold her, tilted her head, smiled, and looked at herself, she really looked like a kind mother-in-law. After watching for a long time, Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly turned around and asked, "Where is Qin Xiang?" Qin Xiang is an old eunuch of the Changchun Palace. He has been managing the money accounts for the Empress Dowager Cixi. When Qin Xiang was found, Empress Dowager Cixi asked, "Qin Xiang, who do you think Concubine Hui looks like?" Qin Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and looked at Concubine Hui with a serious expression. After watching for a while, he kowtowed and replied, "I dare not say it." "It doesn't matter! What are you afraid of?" "Then, the slave will be daring!" Qin Xiang replied, "Concubine Hui is a bit like the master back then." Hearing this, Concubine Hui hurriedly knelt down, "How dare a slave compare himself to his master!" she said fearfully. This time it was the Empress Dowager Cixi who helped Concubine Hui up with her own hands, and taught her to sit on a low stool, and she couldn't salute without teaching her to thank her, because one hand was always held by the Empress Dowager Cixi.When the low stool came, he sat down next to the throne, just like "Yiyi's knees". The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't speak, looking at the lights inside and outside, she felt an unexplained desolation in her heart, thinking of her son, it seemed that she was very, very far away, and only saw a vague shadow.And that vague shadow took away her power!Now empty-handed, what else? Turning to this thought, she held Concubine Hui's hand even tighter.Concubine Hui was terrified, her eyes were fixed, her palms were sweaty, what happened to the Empress Dowager? Just at this moment of hesitation, when she looked intently again, the Empress Dowager Cixi's expression changed again, and she became very calm. She relaxed her hand, looked at her and asked, "Have you ever been a foreign official?" "If you go back to the Queen Mother, the servant's father has been working in Beijing." "No wonder!" Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Your Beijing dialect hasn't changed at all." This is a compliment, and Concubine Hui didn't know how to answer it, but she had been taught at home that the empress dowager and the emperor had to answer, so she lowered her head and replied softly: "Yes!" Then, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked her if she had any brothers, etc., and kept chatting, which surprised Concubine Hui. I don't know why she was so interested in chatting?What made Concubine Hui especially confused was that the drumbeats from the east were constantly blowing in with the wind, such a happy event seemed to have nothing to do with her, isn't it strange? After three years of preparation, the grand wedding ceremony that cost 10 to 20 million silver was finally completed.In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, Pu Peien Shi, from King Dun rewarding the four-person sedan chair in the Forbidden City, King Gong restored the "hereditary non-replacement", King Jin was named Prince, and the school captain who carried the sedan chair rewarded silver taels, regardless of size. As long as there is something close to the word "big marriage", everyone will be gracious.Even like Zhang Zhidong, he was rewarded with the title of "servant reading" for his job of editing and composing music in the Imperial Academy.But for the emperor, the best thing is that he was able to summon Zai Cheng and rewarded him with the mission of "walking in front of the imperial court". While everyone was happy, the yamen gradually returned to normal.The emperor also turned over the books that had been lost for a long time. The homework in the Hongde Hall remained the same. Even after taking office on the 26th day of the first lunar month next year, he still had to go to the study room.