Chapter 122
Like all wedding ceremonies, the most solemn and complicated one of the emperor's weddings is welcome.
On the day of marriage, the bride, the Queen must abide by only a few more etiquettes and rules than those of the brides in the folk. Every step from dressing up from morning to getting on the sedan chair must be strictly followed by the auspicious time measured by the Imperial Heaven Supervision.
After washing up, Gu Xizhao sat in her boudoir for a moment. When the sound of rituals and music came from outside, Princess Mingzhao, who had been waiting inside, picked up the red veil to cover it. Before sending the person to the wedding sedan chair, Princess Mingzhao also put a golden ruyi into the wedding sedan chair, which means good luck and luck.
When the ritual officials outside report the auspicious time again, except for the Changping Hou couple, there is no need to kneel down, everyone else will kneel down and send the queen to the sedan chair.
Although the queen has a noble status, she also has to bow to her parents before getting married.
Gu Xizhao was not an emotional person. After kneeling down and kowtowed to the Changping Hou couple three times, she felt a little sad when she heard the more swallowing advice from the Changping Hou Madam, but she only said a simple sentence, "Father, mother, take care of yourself."
As she joined forces, Mrs. Changping Hou also quickly got up to help her, holding her hand, "Ah... Empress, take care of yourself."
Gu Xizhao patted her hands, and the heavy phoenix crown pressed on her head. It was very difficult for her to nod. She had to say, "Well. My daughter will take care of herself."
Unlike the reluctance that Mrs. Changping Hou was so reluctant to leave, the Changping Hou still had the serious and serious face he usually said, "After the father at home and his husband after marriage, I hope that the Empress can always remember her identity in the future, manage the six palaces for the Emperor, share worries and problems, and be a wise man, and set a good example for women in the world."
Gu Xizhao under the red veil gently pursed her lower lips, "Don't worry, my daughter must keep your advice in mind."
After the words came, the ritual official sang again, "The auspicious time has come", and the ritual music started again, and the curtain of the wedding sedan chair had been lifted. In the loud "The Queen and the Queen", Gu Xizhao sat firmly in the wedding sedan chair.
As the ritual officer's loud voice "started", the red sedan chair turned towards the palace step by step.
Gu Xizhao raised a corner of the red veil, and although the gap between the curtains that was thrown away was small and short, she still felt her marriage and her supreme glory as the queen from the red and noisy outside.
She thought that children like her who were not particular about things would not care about these things that were fun for others to watch. The current sixteenth carriage and the eighth carriage of Zhao Jin back then were all right.
However, there was a difference between the joy that flourished in her heart and the trembling caused by excessive tension and excitement.
She was happy.
Huanxi can marry her lover so gloriously and justly, and Huanxi can get such a unique scene that is envied by all women in the world.
It turns out that only by truly feeling the joy of the world can we know that those so-called desirelessness and no desire are deceiving themselves.
Yes. When the woman first started to fall in love, she never fantasized about the scene when she married her lover in glory?
She never imagined that she probably understood the promise she promised back then and knew that there would be no possibility of such glory in her life in the future.
However, the little fool fulfilled her, fulfilled all her regrets as a woman, fulfilled all her fantasies as a woman, and fulfilled her extravagant hopes that she dared not think about.
How lucky.
The person she likes also likes her.
How lucky.
The person who likes her is an emperor who is willing to give her the whole world.
Those endless joy and touching gathered in her heart. Gu Xizhao's eyes suddenly turned red. She quickly raised her head a little and pressed her tears back. Today's makeup was as delicate as the phoenix robe with golden silk sleeves on her body, and she could not tolerate any mistakes. And she didn't want to go on a business trip. It was said that the bride was the most beautiful time in her life. At this time, she could not let the little fool miss it.
After the emotions came over, Gu Xizhao chuckled softly and then sat upright in the sedan chair. She knew that the road was still long, and it would not be like many years ago that the sedan chair rushed through the back door and rushed straight into Chunhegong.
Today, the sixteen-carrying wedding sedan chairs must enter steadily through the main gate, walk through one gate after another, and finally stop at Changning Palace.
"Little fool..." Gu Xizhao murmured unconsciously when she lowered her red veil. When she realized her feelings, she blushed and pursed her lips and smiled for a moment - the new bride was looking forward to her husband, and there was nothing to be ashamed of.
Gu Xizhao is a person who is so calm, and she is still like this.
It is conceivable what the uneasy little emperor in the palace looked like.
The harem had no elders who could manage the affairs. After the Mao period, Li Zhongxian, the chief general, rushed to Changping Hou Mansion to give a note. Princess Mingzhao, the emperor's sister, also led a noble wife in the capital to the Gu Mansion to welcome the bride. At present, all the trivial matters in the palace were distributed to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and some of the arrangements for the palace were handed over to Xiaoliuzi.
With his godfather not around, Xiao Liuzi is like taking the lead alone. While he is excited, he is more nervous and dare not even show his respect.
What he was afraid of was not because the palace ladies were wrong, but because he did not dare to forget his godfather's teachings. On the wedding day, don't worry about anything else, you must take a closer look at the emperor. You might have thought about the emperor's temperament. At that time, she would be excited and do something earth-shaking. We are afraid that we will lose our heads.
With his godfather's advice in front of him, Xiao Liuzi really didn't dare to relax at all. Now that he saw Zhao Sansi asking the queen's ceremonial guard three times, he had a headache, "Your Majesty, it's only the end of the year. According to the auspicious day given by Lord Yan, the empress's wedding sedan was probably just set off from the Changping Marquis' Mansion, and it's still too early."
Zhao Sansi immediately felt bitter, "I have done so many things today, why did it be until the end of Chen Shi? I would have known that I would go to welcome the bride in person."
For Zhao Sansi, who was like a three-year-old autumn trip, if Cai Jun and others had not been reminded a few days ago that she would have been to welcome the etiquette today, she would have been to welcome the bride in person, and the emperor would have been the first to marry the queen in person.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Liuzi's heart seemed to jump into her throat, afraid that she would think it would be said, "Your Majesty, this is impossible, it's absolutely impossible."
"How can it be done?" Zhao Sansi curled his lips, "Everyone in the world has to go to welcome his wife in person. Why can't he be here when he gets here? The rules of the ancestors are not allowed. Look, my own queen has to let others go to welcome him."
Xiao Liuzi's tongue was so nervous that he had a big tongue, "The Emperor... The Emperor is the king of a country... Of course, he is different from the men in the world."
Zhao Sansi touched his nose with some guilt and muttered, "It's true that I am different from the men in the world."
Who said I was not a man at all?
Xiao Liuzi didn't understand, but he was eager to turn this over. He responded in a vague way, then looked at the sun outside, remembering the problem that Zhao Sansi had been worried about in the morning, and decided to say something else to change the topic. "Your Majesty looks at this bright sun, it seems that Lord Yan is still a bit talented and knowledgeable. It's really a sunny day today."
Zhao Sansi followed his words and snorted: "No, he has real talent and knowledge. Today, he is like a scorching sun, it is clearly because the queen is a generous and virtuous person."
"..." Xiao Liuzi was stunned for a moment and quickly shaved himself, "Look at the mouth of me... Yes, yes, it's the empress's generous and virtuous, and this genius is so sunny today."
Zhao Sansi hummed, but was happy for a moment, and his face became bitter again. Xiao Liuzi was so scared that he quickly became nervous, "Master?"
"It will take half an hour to ride a carriage from Changping Hou Mansion to Changning Palace. Today's wedding sedan will probably take at least one hour. What if the queen gets hot with such a big sun?"
Xiao Liuzi: "...Prince, you are so considerate to the Empress..."
Zhao Sansi glared at him, "I'm not caring for the queen, am I caring for you?"
Xiao Liuzi's legs weakened and knelt down, "I dare not, I dare not, I dare not."
Zhao Sansi glanced at him, "The dog can't spit out ivory, get up."
"Yes, the emperor said yes, a slave is just a dog who can't spit out ivory..." Xiao Liuzi stood up as he said.
Zhao Sansi was unsatisfied and waved his hand, making him say less nonsense, "When it became hot in front, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared ice. You can arrange someone to prepare an ice bucket and put it in the queen's wedding sedan. Today's dress is also cumbersome, so you can't let the queen suffer from heatstroke."
Xiao Liuzi blinked, "Now?"
"How many times do you want the queen to sit in the wedding sedan?"
Xiao Liuzi quickly shaved himself, "I'm stupid, but I'm afraid I'm afraid... Isn't it good to do this?"
Zhao Sansi was so angry that he kicked him, "No, why is it not good? Just make the queen hot?"
Xiao Liuzi saw that Shen Yi came over, and stopped talking and quickly responded, "I will go and arrange it now."
Therefore, in the beautiful scenery on the wedding day, in addition to discussing the anecdotes of Gu Xizhao's second marriage to the palace, people also talked about the ice bucket halfway.
As for the person involved in the ice bucket, it was not surprising at all. When it comes to pampering her, there is only love that people cannot imagine, and nothing a little fool cannot do.
Under the increasingly fierce sun, the wedding sedan chair finally arrived at Jingtai Palace, and Zhao Sansi was waiting for her queen here.
Zhao Sansi didn't have to greet the bride in person, so naturally she didn't have to open the curtain of the sedan chair and carry someone out of the sedan chair. After the wedding sedan chair was stopped, Princess Ming Zhao led the female official to open the curtain of the sedan chair, helped Gu Xizhao down, and took off the two small locks she tied on the collar, one was called auspiciousness and the other was called Ruyi. After removing the lock, she wanted to hold a small treasure bottle with both hands, which contained gold, silver, jewelry and wheat and rice ears.
Like all the folk brides, they have to cross the brazier when they enter their husband's house and get off the sedan chair. This means that the days after marriage will flourish.
The enthronement ceremony was held at the Jingtai Palace.
After the enthronement ceremony, Princess Mingzhao took her wife to the west hall of Changning Palace. As the central palace, the scale of Changning Palace is naturally incomparable to other palaces. This is not only the residence of the queen, but also the West Hall is a place for the emperor and empress to have a wedding night.
Of course, no one dared to make a fuss about the emperor's wedding night.
Chapter completed!