National Division

When the first emperor died, the whole country and people were all in mourning.

However, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and the emperor keeps his filial piety and replaces the moon with the day. It was only more than a month later, and the news of the death of the emperor had just spread to all corners of the land of the prosperous dynasty. The people in the capital had already taken off their plain clothes and began to prepare for the new celebration The emperor ascended the throne.

On the square paved with white marble outside the Taiji Hall, hundreds of civil and military officials lined up in court uniforms, although there were hundreds of people, they were silent.The officials of the Ministry of Rites read a lengthy article in front, paralleling four Liliu, and the meaning to be expressed can be summed up in only [-] words: auspicious day for the auspicious day, the new emperor ascends the throne, the destiny belongs to the world, and the world is salty.

Bells and drums were ringing in the distance, cigarettes were lingering around, and all the officials lowered their heads cautiously, as if they were really overwhelmed by the solemn atmosphere.The sound of silk and bamboo approached, and the officials shouted: "All officials kneel to welcome the new king."

Crashing and falling to their knees, all the people prostrated themselves on the ground, watching the crimson clothes embroidered with five-color auspicious clouds pass by their eyes. If they knelt close, they could still see the tail of a half golden dragon.

That's right, the robes of the new emperor are crimson.As early as a few days ago, when Qin Tianjian chose the auspicious day of the zodiac, the Ministry of Rites had already issued a notice, changing the year name to Zhengye, changing Shangshuide to Shanghuode, and changing Xuan to Zhu.

Although the saints have said: three years without changing the way of the father, it can be called filial piety.But everyone knows that if the new emperor is as good at taking golden elixir to support Buddhism and Taoism like the previous emperor, then it will definitely not be a good thing.Since this can be changed, why can't others be changed?Of course, some old-fashioned members of the Ministry of Rites did raise objections, but the new emperor's answer is irrefutable: the first emperor died in water, if the virtue of water is respected, why did the first emperor die?Yaodao Zhenmingzi was hit by thunder and fire. If he didn't honor fire virtue, how could he repay it to heaven?These two questions, not to mention the Ministry of Rites, even the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty, did not dare to answer them, so all changes were logical.

Zhibai stood in front of the civilian team, raised his head and looked at Qi Jun who was walking slowly with a smile.Among the hundreds of people, he was the only one who never knelt down. Originally, he was going to kneel, but was stopped by the officials next to him in a low voice.

Qi Jun saw him from a distance, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.In the past, when he was wearing the black prince's clothes, although he looked stable, he always felt a little gloomy and gloomy. Now that he has changed into the dark red clothes, he has a completely new look.The new dress is slightly shorter than the old one, and the hem no longer drags on the floor, but only reaches the feet, the sleeves are narrowed, and a jade belt is added at the waist, making it more lean and neat.The hem and cuffs are embroidered with five-color auspicious clouds. There are double dragons on the chest and back, one dragon around the waist, and four other dragons swimming on the hem. The nine dragons are all embroidered with two-color gold thread, and they flicker with the slight shaking of the hem. With a little golden light.

The court crown worn by Qi Jun is similar to Emperor Jing'an's nine-bead court crown. It is also a red gold dragon coiled on the crown, with its head and tail intersecting, but the court crown is no longer inlaid with black beads, but nine different sizes. The best ruby ​​is like a burning flame in the sun.Qi Jun's whole person is like a phoenix on fire, full of heroic spirit, which makes people dare not look at him directly.Even after he walked over, the officials who stood up were forced by his aura and did not dare to look up at will.

The official of etiquette finally finished reading the article, and said loudly: "All officials pay homage to the new emperor, kneel—"

Immediately, the eight tones played in unison, and the majestic bell echoed in the palace. The officials who had just stood up turned to the direction in front of the gate of the Taiji Hall. Following the voice of the ceremony officials, they knelt, bowed, and rose. After three bows and nine knocks, the ceremony was considered to be over. a paragraph.The next step is for the new emperor to move to the Zhaoming Hall. The portrait of Emperor Jing'an has already been sent to the inner hall on the day of the funeral. The new emperor is going to worship his ancestors and declare that he has succeeded to the throne.This step is regarded as a "family matter", and the officials will have no chance to watch the ceremony. They should retreat first and wait for the new king to pay homage to the ancestral temple before coming to congratulate him.

It's just that the ceremonial officer didn't immediately let all the officials back down, but stood there without moving.The officials below looked at each other a few times. Although no one dared to whisper to each other, they couldn't help expressing surprise to each other with their eyes.After a while, there was a slight commotion from the end of the line, and everyone turned their heads cautiously to look back, only to see two middle-aged men walking up with a robe.

The robe was scarlet, brighter than the robe on Qi Jun's body. The two middlemen unfolded it, and saw flying cranes embroidered on it, with different postures, and there were nine in total.The combination of red and white makes it even more bright and abnormal. The red top on the crane's head uses some special silk thread and embroidery method. Even against the vermilion background, it is bright and eye-catching, as if nine gemstones are inlaid on it. of.

There was an unstoppable murmur of discussion in the square.This robe is not for the new empress, otherwise it should be embroidered with phoenixes instead of embroidered cranes, but nine is the number of ninety-five. Except for the empress, even the empress can't use it. Who is this robe for? ?

The two middlemen walked up to Zhibai, and bowed at the same time: "The immortal teacher, please wear the clothes, and perform the canonization ceremony of the national teacher."

With a coaxing sound, the discussion was louder.Zhen Mingzi was also canonized before. Emperor Jing'an believed in Buddhism and Taoism. The ceremony for the canonization of the national teacher was also extremely grand. First, a Taoist temple was built, and then a pill furnace was built. The rest of the expenses are said to be no less than building a palace. .He also prepared a gold book of national teachers for Zhen Mingzi. According to people who have seen it, it is actually made of real silver foil, and the words are drawn with gold silk. The cover is made of gold, and the characters on it are carved from white jade. It is inlaid on it, and the four sides are decorated with pearl coral, which is really extremely luxurious.There is also the seal of the State Teacher, which is also carved from suet white jade, with a crane button on it. Even the gold book of the Queen's seal is not as luxurious as the State Teacher's.As for the national teacher's uniform that Zhen Mingzi wore that time, it was embroidered with five-color auspicious clouds on the black satin, and the gold and silver auspicious clouds were made of thin threads made of real gold and silver, and its workmanship was no less than that of Emperor Jing'an gown.

If you look at it this way, Zhibai's robe is actually nothing, at least it is made of silk thread, and there is no gold or silver; and when Zhen Mingzi was canonized, Emperor Jing'an specially asked Qin Tianjian to choose it. On the auspicious day of the zodiac, holding the canonization ceremony for Ma Mingzi alone seems to be more grand than the canonization ceremony of Zhibai today.

But—the officials below didn't think so.The robes are indeed not as gorgeous as before, and the ceremony is indeed not as grand as before, but what day is today?Today is the enthronement of the new emperor!Is there a better auspicious day for the zodiac than the ascension of the new emperor?What is the purpose of the new emperor being canonized as a national teacher on the day he ascended the throne?It should be noted that even the queen has not yet waited for her canonization ceremony at this moment!

Qi Jun stood on the steps and looked down.Zhibai had already taken off the light blue Taoist robe on his body, and put on the national teacher's robe under the service of two middlemen.The combination of red and white is bright and bright. If it is worn on other people, it will be a bit light, but when worn in white, it will only feel handsome and elegant, and it will shine brightly.The hem of his robe is longer, with wide sleeves, and the waist is only tied with a sandalwood silk ribbon, showing a narrow waist. When a gust of wind blows, the hem of the robe sways slightly, as if the nine cranes are flying When he got up, it seemed that he would be entrusted to the sky.

Shocked to heaven.Qi Jun suddenly thought of such a word.He has always known that Zhibai has a good appearance, but this kid has always looked like a rogue and lazy, standing or sitting, and never paying attention to clothes, always wearing blue, gray and brown. The color seems to be deliberately not to be noticed.It's just that today he is wearing such bright and warm colors, as if the dusty pearls have been washed and wiped clean suddenly, people can't help being dazzled.The corners of Qi Jun's lips curled up involuntarily, and he stretched out his hand to Zhibai.

The officials were silent.Countless pairs of eyes were watching Zhibai, watching him lift up a little hem of his clothes, walk up the long steps towards Xindi, until he put his hand into Xindi's, then turned around, stood side by side with Xindi, standing on the top steps.

"Your Majesty canonized the immortal teacher as the national teacher?" Zhao Yue's eyes were still looking at her queen's dress, and she couldn't hear what the little palace man reported in her ears at all, "Isn't that something that was settled a long time ago?" ? The first emperor wanted to confer the title of Immortal Master when he was still alive."

The two concubine Liang and Wenxiu stood aside, and everyone's eyes fell on the dress.The real red soft satin is as bright as the morning glow in the sky, and the nine colorful phoenixes are embroidered lifelike. The colorful feathers are actually embroidered with real bird feather twisted thread, and the color is more vivid than ordinary silk thread.Zhao Yue stretched out her arms impatiently: "Put it on for Bengong."

The eyes of the two Liangdi showed envy.Zhao Yue was tall and fit, and she was as enthusiastic as a ball of fire when she put on this toga and long-sleeved dress.It has to be said that vermilion is indeed more suitable for the new emperor and empress than black. Such a bright color makes people unable to turn their eyes away.

"Your Majesty's dress is really beautiful..." Shu Liangdi said in a soft voice.The nanny of the sixth bureau in the palace also brought her a dress, and the emperor was going to make her a virtuous concubine.Speaking of which, as the crown prince's concubine in the East Palace, although she has only entered the palace for more than a year, she is much older than the rookies who will be drafted in the future, so one letter is the concubine, although she is the last of the four concubines, But compared to Wen Liangdi who only had Zhao Rong, she was already considered excellent.The concubine's gown was embroidered with seven luan birds. Although it was also colorful, it only used silk thread, which was far less colorful than the queen's gown.Shu Liangdi lowered her head slightly, the emperor made her higher than Wen Liangdi, which is enough to prove that the emperor still loves her, but it's a pity that she has nothing under her knees, if she can give birth to a son and a half for the emperor, she will definitely be able to go further.

Wen Liangdi stood there biting her lip tightly.The same is Liang Di, Shu's concubine, but she is only conferred as one of the nine concubines, and the dress she sent is embroidered with blue sparrows.This is simply a great shame!In terms of background, in terms of appearance, how could she be inferior to the Shu family?If it wasn't for a wrong sentence at the beginning, why did it come to this?Even the queen, if it wasn't for having a father who is good at fighting, how could she be better than herself?

"Your Majesty, today is His Majesty's enthronement day. Your Majesty has not yet held the canonization ceremony, but she has been canonized as a national teacher first..." Wen Liangdi's voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, but it happened to reach Zhao Yue's ears.

The brightly colored queen's robe was like a ball of fire, which suddenly burned her eyes.Zhao Yue stood in front of the bronze mirror maintaining the posture just now, as if she was still staring at her figure, but her hands were tightly clenched in the wide cuffs.That's right, she is the lord of the harem, her mother respects the world, and she is a husband and wife who sit on an equal footing with Qi Jun, so she can't salute on the same day as Qi Jun, why can Zhibai?It was his father who helped the emperor to pacify the Northwest. His achievements were all made by fighting with a knife and a gun. After many years of fighting, the number of scars on his body is countless.And Zhibai, at a young age, became an extremely human minister only by pretending to be gods and ghosts.As for how to move the rain clouds, her father once told her that the heavy rain in the northwest also smashed the things left by Zhibai. It might be said that the heavy rain was brought by Zhibai, but now he is a good person on his own.Fortunately, Emperor Jing'an has gone now. When Emperor Jing'an was seriously ill, her legs trembled when she mentioned Zhibai. If Emperor Jing'an lived a few more years, she might be scared to death.But in the end, she also got a trick to disturb the fairy master's practice, so that Qi Jun never stayed in her room since that day.Until the decree of canonization was passed to the East Palace, she was afraid that Qi Jun would not make her queen.Aren't these all thanks to that immortal master?

"Wen Liangdi be careful." Wenxiu looked on coldly, took a full look at Zhao Yue's face, and then said slowly, "The national teacher is an outsider, how can he be judged by common etiquette? The emperor respects the immortal teacher very much, The canonization ceremony is arranged for today. It is really inappropriate for Liang Di to lie like this."

Wen Liangdi was shocked, and cast a sharp glance at Wenxiu from the corner of her eye.She naturally knew that Qi Jun attached great importance to Zhibai, so she spoke out to provoke Zhao Yue, why did she forget that there was Wenxiu beside her.This Wenxiu is the emperor's personal palace maid, and her face is bigger than those unfavored little concubines. If today's words are passed to the emperor's ears, how can there be any good fruit to eat?

Zhao Yue also pursed her lips tightly.The word "extra" in Wenxiu's words hurt her even more. If there is knowledge, where should she be placed as a queen?

Wenxiu backed away without showing a trace, and lowered her head again, so that everyone could not see the faint smile in her eyes—a group of idiots!So what if the emperor favors and trusts the immortal master?Even if he was appointed as a national teacher on the day he ascended the throne, would it still be possible for a man to give birth to heirs?In order to gain a foothold in the harem, the emperor's favor is important, but more important is the heirs!For this alone, Zhibai is far behind these women.Although he does have some magical skills, unless he can maintain his face, he will be old and faded in the future and have no heirs.Instead of staring at Zhibai and competing, it is better to get pregnant with a dragon fetus as soon as possible.Wen Liangdi thought she was smart and wanted to pick Zhao Yue and Zhibai to fight, but she didn't want to think that His Majesty was tired of her scheming, even if the queen fell, she thought she would be able to go up?

Your Majesty was born in the Central Palace, and suffered a lot from Concubine Ye Gui when he was young, how could he like a concubine who was spying on the Central Palace?If not, according to Zhao Yue's stupidity, it may be difficult to successfully seal the empress.Wen Liangdi jumps up and down here, and doesn't think about the lessons learned from the past—Concubine Ye Gui was given a white silk on the second day after Emperor Jing'an died. Shen pushed the emperor off the boat and committed suicide in fear of crime, but none of the smarter concubines knew that the death of Concubine Ye Gui was clearly because she planted poison on the empress in the past.If not, how come the concubine Xian, who also has a son and a high position, is safe and sound, and there are rumors that the concubine Xian also wanted to commit suicide but was persuaded by the empress herself, which really earned her a good reputation.

Wenxiu was well-informed, knowing that the third prince would also be crowned king in a few days, so if the feudal queen was safe, she would still be able to take the virtuous concubine out to support her.The fourth prince of Concubine Ye Gui is young, and Qi Jun plans to seal him a feudal land near the capital, while he himself stays in the palace, saying that he is raising him, but in fact he is just being a hostage, and always reminds King Ping and the southeast who are far away in Shu. General Ye.A noble concubine and a virtuous concubine, when they were alive, the former was glamorous and the latter was silent. Now that the glamorous one is dead, the silent one loses its benefits. Why is there such a difference?It's all because of their different attitudes towards Zhonggong when they were alive.

Besides, Zhou Cairen was born prematurely when he was crying. Because the fetus was too big and Zhou Cairen's body was slender, it was very difficult to give birth, which caused blood collapse and died.A woman's childbirth is a journey through the gates of hell, not to mention that the dragon fetus is the most important thing in the palace, and no one dares to say that there is nothing wrong with sacrificing a concubine in order to protect the child.As for whether Zhou Cairen died because the fetus was too large, who would ask?

As for the childless concubines in the harem, no matter how old they are, they have to go to the royal temple to clean up and spend the rest of their lives in the ancient Buddha with green lamps. Only Meng Jieyu was kept by the queen mother, saying that she is virtuous and wants to stay by her side to talk relieve boredom.Comparing this way, isn't the attitude of the queen mother and the emperor clear at a glance?Only Wen Liangdi, a smart idiot, is still jumping up and down. If what she said today really reaches the emperor's ears, she can't even keep Zhao Rong.

Do you want to pass this word to the emperor?Wenxiu lowered her head and thought.If you don't say it, it's still useful to keep this Wen family to provoke the queen, but if this news is passed on to the emperor, she, the big court lady who was specially sent to "serve" the queen, will lose the trust in the emperor's heart.Wenxiu sighed softly, she wanted to stay by the emperor's side for a long time, to keep the emperor's heart, so she couldn't do such a stupid thing, Wen Shi, it's bad luck for her.