After being struck by lightning and being in the world of women

Fu Chun finally spoke, and was so fond of Zhong Ruhuang that he hugged her for a long time and praised Shishu a few words.

To be honest, after Shishu raised Fuchun, she basically lived in seclusion, taking care of Fuchun all the time and rarely coming out.

In response to Zhong Ruhuang's praise, the secretary just smiled implicitly.

After meeting the men in the backyard, Zhong Ruhuang asked them to go back and clean up.

She took Zhong Yaoye's hand and walked into the main hall of Wohuang Palace, and told her about her next arrangements.

"Rest for the night, and let them go to mourn for their mother tomorrow. Except for the five little ones, Fushou and the others also go to mourn for their grandmother every day. It doesn't take all day, just half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon."

"You and Yu don't need to cry at the funeral. You are both months old. Don't hurt the baby."

Zhong Ruhuang hasn't conferred titles on the harem yet. This matter must at least wait until Emperor Showa is buried.

After listening to Zhong Ruhuang's arrangements, Zhong Yaoye had an idea in his mind.

Zhong Ruhuang finished what she needed to say, then accompanied Zhong Yaoye for a light dinner and left.

She was busy, and it would take more than a month for her to become familiar with the court affairs.

The next day, after Zhong Ruhuang dealt with the memorial, she took Zhong Yaoye with her to the mourning hall and asked Zhang Rufeng and others to mourn for the deceased.

She took Zhong Yaoyang, lit a stick of incense, and left.

Zhong Yaoye was pregnant with a big belly and was not idle either. She had to start managing the harem and arrange for the emperor's maids who had not given birth to children to become nuns in the royal temple.

He also has to deal with various trivial matters.

Zhong Ruhuang temporarily had Hou Songlin to help her, so Fan Yu was also sent to Zhong Yaoye to assist her.

In this way, the mourning continued until July 26th, completing the 49th day.

Emperor Showa's coffin could finally be taken to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

The huge funeral procession, like a long snow-white dragon, started from the imperial palace and spread to the outer city of Chaotian City.

Zhong Ruhuang, dressed in a plain white robe with a phoenix pattern, stood on the palace wall and watched the funeral procession leave.

At this point, Emperor Showa's funeral was over, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

What followed was her coronation ceremony.

The coronation ceremony had been prepared for more than a month and was ready. The date had also been set by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, which was the first day of August, an extremely good day.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Zhong Ruhuang, dressed in a golden imperial robe with a phoenix pattern, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and to his ancestors, and officially changed the reign title to Zhengtong, which is known in history as the first year of Zhengtong.

This is all routine operation.

Every empress who comes to the throne must change the reign title.

Emperor Showa's reign title was Yuan Jing.

Zhong Ruhuang's reign title was Zhengtong.

She chose these two words herself, which meant formal unification and also declared her ambition.

She had long been eyeing the territories of the Pingning Dynasty and the Shengyun Dynasty.

Those were all her territory, she just let them keep it temporarily.

Under the gaze of civil and military officials, Zhong Ruhuang sat on the throne.

The matron of ceremonies shouted.

"kneel!"

All the civil and military officials knelt down.

"Long live my emperor."

"Long live my emperor."

"Long live my emperor."

"Everyone, I love you."

Zhong Ruhuang said in a calm tone.

There was a hint of inner strength in her voice, so everyone could hear her voice, as if it was ringing in their ears.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

All the officials stood up with solemn expressions.

They understand very well that a new emperor appoints new ministers.

I know that Zhong Ruhuang’s world is now his.

So everyone was very careful, for fear of offending Zhong Ruhuang.

After Zhong Ruhuang officially ascended the throne, he issued several imperial edicts in succession.

The first imperial decree was to posthumously confer the title of Hexian Huangtaifu on her biological father, Li, and to move him out of the Junling Mausoleum and bury him in the Mausoleum of Emperor Showa, together with Emperor Showa.

This is all normal rules.

Zhong Ruhuang's biological father had passed away many years ago, so it would be enough to just posthumously confer the title.

The second imperial decree was to enthrone Zhong Yaoye as her imperial husband. He officially entered the palace and lived in the new Yan Palace, where only the imperial husband could live. The date for the ceremony was also set.

The New Yan Palace is the palace where the queen and her husband live, and it has been sealed for more than 20 years.

Fortunately, Zhong Ruhuang had someone clean up the house in advance, and the furnishings inside had also been replaced according to Zhong Yaoye's preferences.

The third imperial edict was a posthumous one, which conferred the title of Xiaochun Emperor Fu on Xiao Ziran and began construction of the Emperor Shengwu's Mausoleum. After the mausoleum was completed, his coffin was moved into the mausoleum.

The fourth imperial edict was to grant the Xiao family the title of third-class earl.

Over the years, Patriarch Xiao has been diligently helping her, and he deserves to be given the title of earl.

After receiving the imperial edict, the head of the Xiao family couldn't stop smiling, and felt that everything was worth it.

Her son-in-law is so good to her.

The title of third-class earl was too high for the Xiao family head. She thought Zhong Ruhuang would give her the title of fourth-class second-class duke, or fifth-class female duke.

Xiao Zigu also thought it was very good.

She herself was promoted and is now a fourth-rank prefect, succeeding Mu Haoxue as the prefect of Chaotian Pass.

As for Mu Haoxue, he was transferred back to Chaotian City by Zhong Ruhuang and became the prefect of Chaotian City, which was considered a lateral transfer.

But this was enough of a surprise for Mu Haoxue.

After all, she was a person of integrity and incorruptibility, otherwise she would not have been sent to Chaotian Pass to serve as the prefect.

The fifth imperial edict was the one that conferred titles on Zhong Ruhuang’s concubines.

The sixth imperial edict was an edict to reward the Zhong family.

Zhong Wuwen was already the Prince of Chang County and was in charge of the Jingji Camp, so Zhong Ruhuang only gave him rewards and did not promote her title.

The next promotion is to the title of prince.

This requires some caution. Unless Zhong Wuwen can make extraordinary military achievements, she can be promoted to the title of prince. Otherwise, she will not be promoted.

Zhong Wuwen also understood Zhong Ruhuang's meaning and happily accepted the reward.

Her husband is already the emperor's husband. As long as her position is stable and enough to protect Prince Chang's Mansion, she will be very content.

I have to say, as time goes by, Zhong Wuwen becomes more shrewd and his views are very accurate.

……

The harem had been vacated, and those of Emperor Showa's eunuchs who had no children had gone to the royal temple to become nuns.

Those who had children, including the Empress Dowager Xiao Jin, all moved into Shou'an Palace to live out their retirement years.

Xiao Jin was only the Imperial Noble Consort before, not the Imperial Consort, so Zhong Ruhuang naturally didn't need to respect him as the Imperial Dowager Consort.

Zhong Ruhuang did not re-ennoble them just because they were the widows of the previous emperor.

Xiao Jin and her friends moved into Shou'an Palace according to their status.

In fact, there were not many men who had children and were still alive during Emperor Showa's reign.

Xiao Jin had six princesses, so she was able to live in Shou'an Palace.

The father of the eldest and fourth princesses, Empress Zhaoxian, had passed away long ago.

The second princess rebelled and Zhao Guifu was also executed by Emperor Showa.

The father of the third princess was Zhang Xianfu, now Tai Xianfu.

The fifth princess is Zhong Ruhuang, and her father died long ago.

The seventh princess’ father was Lord Bai Guijun, now Lord Tai Guijun, and he also lives in Shou’an Palace.

The father of the eighth princess Zhong Zhenhuang was Yan Shijun, who is now dead.

The father of the Ninth Princess Zhong Wenhuang was Jin Xiantai, and now he is the Grand Lord Shijun and has also moved into Shou'an Palace.

There were only four of them left, so Shou'an Palace was still quite spacious.

If Xiao Jin was the emperor's husband, he could live in the Cining Palace by himself. Unfortunately, he was not, so he could only squeeze with Taixianfu and others.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Qingli, who was pregnant with Zhong Huaiqi's illegitimate child, was found and poisoned by Emperor Showa on the night that Emperor Showa was poisoned. No one knew where her body was thrown.

Even Xu Qingli's mother was reprimanded by Emperor Showa.

If the other party is not loyal, it would not be a rebuke but a denunciation.

……

Zhong Ruhuang conferred titles on the harem, and Zhang Rufeng and the others were able to move out of the Wohuang Palace and officially live in the harem.

Assigning positions to the harem is also one of the rights of the emperor.

So before Zhong Ruhuang appointed concubines in her harem, Zhong Yaoye took the list of positions he had written and asked Zhong Ruhuang to look it over.

He is a virtuous man, so he is impartial when it comes to determining one's position.

Originally, according to Zhong Yaoye's generosity, the man who fathered a princess would be ranked as the fourth virtuous husband, which was the second rank, but Zhong Ruhuang did not agree.

In her opinion, the position was too high.

Zhong Yaoye even wanted to give the position of noble husband to Mo Ruxian, who had the most children, but Zhong Ruhuang also disagreed.

This person is virtuous, but too generous.

If she gave them such a high position, how could she further promote them later?

So she suppressed her status, basically downgraded it to a lower level.

According to the harem position.

The Emperor’s Husband (superb), one.

Imperial Noble Husband (First Rank), one.

Two noble husbands (first rank).

Wise husband, good husband, virtuous husband, virtuous husband (second grade), the four positions.

Noble Lord (second rank), fourth.

Shangjun (third rank), fourth position.

Cejun (third rank), fourth position.

Shijun (fourth rank), six positions.

The second emperor (from the fourth rank) has six positions.

Zijun (fifth rank), eighth position.

The last emperor (fifth rank), the number is uncertain.

Xiao Shi (sixth rank), the number is not fixed.

The number of maids in the same room (rank 6) is not fixed.

Palace man (not of rank, no grade).

Since Zhong Ruhuang already had a royal husband, she would not be given the title of Imperial Noble Husband.

Unless Zhong Yaoye is no longer around one day and she doesn't want to appoint a new emperor husband, she will enthrone the Imperial Noble Consort.

There were two noble husbands under the imperial husband, and Zhong Ruhuang also did not have one. To be honest, there were not many concubines in her harem who had outstanding family backgrounds.

Therefore, the status of the men in her harem was basically like this. While conferring the position, their family background was also taken into consideration.

Sun Pannu and Zhang Rufeng were both Zhong Ruhuang's concubines in the past, one was Xuan and the other was Hui.

However, both of them gave birth to boys, and they were not favored by Zhong Ruhuang, so they were both noble princes of the second rank, and their titles continued their previous titles, one was Noble Prince Xuan and the other was Noble Prince Hui.

Sun Pannu and the second prince Manman (Zhong Juanning) moved into the main hall of Qianhu Palace in the northwest corner of the West Six Palaces.

Before the princes got married, they lived with their biological fathers. There were no separate residences for the princes. Only the princesses had a special princess residence. When they turned five years old, they had to move into the princess residence and officially go to the Qinshufang to study.

Zhang Rufeng and the sixth prince Lili (Zhong Lining) moved into the main hall of Qingcui Palace in the northeast corner of the East Six Palaces.

When Bai Songying and Mo Ruxian were in the palace, one was a concubine because of his family background, and the other became a concubine because of his many children. In addition, both of them had daughters, so they were considered to be equally matched.

So each of them occupied a position among the four husbands.

Bai Songying was canonized as the second-rank Bai Liangfu and moved into the main hall of Nuanshu Palace.

His second princess, Fu'an (Zhong Huaiyu), is already nine years old and has already moved to the princess residence.

Anyway, she moved out when she was five years old, so she didn't find it difficult to get used to it.

Mo Ruxian was canonized as Mo Shufu, and moved into the main hall of Suirong Palace, the head of the six western palaces, with his daughter Fupei (Zhong Huaiyao), the third prince Kuai Kuai (Zhong Xingning), the fourth prince Lele (Zhong Shaoning), the fifth prince Shun Shun (Zhong Tangning), and the seventh prince He He (Zhong Kening).

The twins he gave birth to, Fupei and Hehe, are only ten months old now. They only have nicknames but no real names.

But Emperor Zhaohe had already chosen a name in advance. In addition, since they were the first pair of twins in the royal family, the name of the seventh prince He He was rather special. He took the character "Xin" from his generation name, and not "Huai". Instead, he took the character "Ke" which had the same radical, so he was called Zhong Kening.

In addition, the other granddaughters of Emperor Showa, even if they are not yet one year old, have all been given names and can use them.

Although Su Wu gave birth to the eldest princess Fu Shou (Zhong Huaijin), and even though he was Sun Pannu's dowry maid, he was still from a poor family with humble background.

Fortunately, because of his father's status as a daughter and the fact that he gave birth to an imperial daughter, Zhong Ruhuang canonized him as Su Shangjun, a third-rank official, and he lived in the main hall of Xiufang Palace in the East Six Palaces.

Shishu was on equal footing with him and became Shu Shangjun. By virtue of raising the third princess Fuchun (Zhong Huaiqiong), the legitimate daughter of Emperor Xiaochun, she moved into the main hall of Baiyang Palace in the West Six Palaces.

As the first man to give birth to a child in the Prince Wu's Palace, Nanyue was also canonized as a concubine of the third rank, Jade Concubine, thanks to the eldest prince Yuanyuan (Zhong Taoning), and lived in the main hall of the East Six Palaces, Zhuochun Palace.

Yu Qiucao was pregnant, and had served Zhong Ruhuang for many years, so she was canonized as Zijun of the fifth rank and lived in the side hall of Yuanfang Palace in the northeast corner of the imperial palace.

Xiao Zihe, Jiang Zhixin, An Jinse, and An Qinse, the four of them had no children and had served for a short time, so they were all canonized as the last emperor of the fifth rank.

They are Xiao Mojun, Jiang Mojun, Jin Mojun and Qin Mojun.

An Jinse and An Qinse both moved into the back hall of the Yulan Palace in the West Six Palaces.

Xiao Zihe lived in the rear hall of Wenxiang Palace in the West Six Palaces.

Jiang Zhixin lived in the rear hall of Wenfang Palace in the northeast corner of the imperial palace.

As for Qingxiao and Qingmian, the two who had only served Zhong Ruhuang for a short time, were both sixth-rank maids. One was called Qing Tongfang and the other was called Mian Tongfang. The two brothers lived together in the back hall of Yunfang Palace in the northeast corner of the imperial palace.

At this point, Zhong Ruhuang's harem was completely arranged.

It looked like a lot in the prince's mansion, but after being allocated to the imperial palace, it looked like very few.

The emperor has always used months instead of years when observing mourning.

The same applies to Zhong Ruhuang. She has to observe mourning from July 26th to October 26th, which is just three months.

After Zhong Ruhuang's coronation ceremony, it was Zhong Yaoye's husband-making ceremony. After all, he was about to give birth, so it had to be held as soon as possible so that he could be more legitimate.

So on the fifteenth day of August, half a month after Zhong Ruhuang's coronation ceremony, a grand ceremony to confer the title of husband was held.

In order to take care of Zhong Yaoye, the pregnant husband, some etiquette has been simplified to avoid tiring him out.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, Zhong Ruhuang handed the golden book and golden seal representing the emperor's husband to him.

All the civil and military officials knelt down and cheered.

"Long live my emperor."

"Long live the emperor, my Lord."

Zhong Ruhuang held Zhong Yaoye's hand and said, "Everyone, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Yufeng and the others also knelt down to greet Zhong Yaoye.

"I've met the royal husband."

Zhong Yaoye glanced at Zhong Ruhuang with sparkling eyes and said with a smile: "Everyone, get up."

"Thank you, my Lord."

At this point, the ceremony of conferring the title of husband ended.

Zhong Ruhuang began a three-month mourning period.