After drinking together, the time is about to come. The two in charge of the harem's etiquette and daily life, Shang Yi, knelt to the north and said: "After the ceremony, Xing."
The Ming Dynasty established a system of female officials in the harem, with a total of six bureaus and one department, namely the Shanggong Bureau, the Shangyi Bureau, the Shangfu Bureau, the Shangshi Bureau, the Shangbei Bureau, the Shanggong Bureau, and the Gongzhengsi Bureau.
These departments are all composed of women, with a total of about three hundred people, who hold high positions in the harem. The most important of them is the Shanggong Bureau, which handles the cashiering of documents and documents in the Palm Palace and the Sixth Bureau; it has four divisions; the two Shanggong are in the fifth rank and are controlled by the queen.
The second most important one is the Shangyi Bureau, which has four divisions and a "Tongshi", which is the sixth rank. The banquet is the order of entering the imperial palace - all the concubines and concubines are in the emperor's palace. Tong Shi Jin wrote about the sun and the moon.
The ones who knelt down to play the emperor's honors and finished the ceremony were the two Shangyi of the Shangyi Bureau, who were in the fifth rank and were in charge of etiquette and daily life. "Xing" means the beginning of the next step, not to "rise" the emperor and empress.
Immediately, Shang Yi led the emperor into the bridal chamber of the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace. The name of Kunning Palace comes from the original text of "Tao Te Ching": "In the past, those who had oneness, the sky had oneness to make it clear, and the earth had to have oneness to make it peaceful..." When the sky got oneness, it became Qianqing; when the earth got oneness, it became Kun rather. Between the two palaces is the Jiaotai Palace - which means that heaven and earth are in harmony and all things come into being.
The entire Kunning Palace is nine rooms wide and three rooms deep. Just now the emperor and the queen were having wine in the main hall; the bridal chamber for the wedding was located in the Dongnuan Pavilion. The entire Forbidden City was decorated with joy today, especially the bridal chamber.
A pair of large palace lanterns with double happiness characters are hung in front of the Dongnuan Pavilion; at the entrance from the main hall to the Dongnuan Pavilion, and in the east aisle outside the bridal chamber, there is a red wooden screen wall inlaid with gold, which means the union of the emperor and the empress.
One of the two ministers from the Shang Gong Bureau serving in Kunning Palace first led Zhu Yijun into the Dongnuang Pavilion bridal chamber. When Zhu Yijun went in to see, Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li had put a lot of thought into the decoration:
Needless to say, gold, jade, and treasures are magnificent. Dongnuan Pavilion has two open rooms. The emperor's throne is set on the east side against the north wall, and a jade ruyi handle with "good luck and good luck" is placed on the right side.
The front eaves are connected to a large Kang. On both sides of the Kang are dragons and phoenixes carved from red sandalwood. There are porcelain bottles, treasures and other furnishings on the Kang table. A pair of Double Happiness table lamps are displayed on the long table on the left side in front of the Kang table. In the northwest corner of Dongnuan Pavilion, there is a sandalwood Babu dragon and phoenix bed. Zhu Yijun visually estimated that this bed is about one foot wide - divided into two rooms, inside and outside.
The wedding bed is covered with a thick red satin quilt with dragon and phoenix double happiness characters, and bedding is placed - a wedding quilt and pillow of stacked ocher yellow satin and vermilion colored satin. The patterns are beautiful, the embroidery is fine, and the wedding is rich and gorgeous. .
Zhu Yijun took a brief look at the furnishings in the bridal chamber, then looked at Shang Gong who had led him here, and asked, "What's the next step?"
The minister's surname was Sun, who was nearly middle-aged. Hearing that the emperor seemed to be impatient, he hurriedly got up and arranged for the palace maids to take off Zhu Yijun's crown clothes and put on regular clothes. After the change was completed, Sun Shanggong patted his palms gently, and the Shangshi Bureau entered the bridal chamber again, and placed two more tables on the big Kang. The dishes were exactly the same as when the wedding ceremony was held in Kunning Palace.
Zhu Yijun touched his belly and asked with a smile: "Where is the queen?" Sun Shanggong pursed his lips and smiled, motioning the emperor to look to the side of the cave owner - the curtains there were lifted, Zhuang Jingjia had removed her phoenix crown and dress, untied her hair, and was only wearing a middle coat Yi walked over under the guidance of the female officer.
It turned out that when Zhu Yijun was introduced into the bridal chamber, Zhang, another palace bureau official, led Zhuang Jingjia into the curtain, took off her crown, untied her hair, washed herself, and then entered the bridal chamber.
Zhu Yijun was pleasantly surprised, glanced at the clock on the kang table, and said with a smile: "Is the queen hungry?" Zhuang Jingjia didn't dare to look at him at all, her face was like a big red cloth, she lowered her head and shook her head.
Sun Shanggong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if you and the queen don't eat, please give it to me." Zhu Yijun suddenly remembered that the last etiquette was for the emperor and the queen to give rice to those around them, so he nodded and said: "Well, I'll give it to you. Eat, it’s been hard on you today.”
Although Sun Shanggong was in the harem before, he had never seen the emperor before. Occasionally, they met in the Queen Mother's palace. They were all kneeling on the ground and could only see a corner of the dragon robe.
At this time, I saw that the emperor's words were gentle and he also showed concern for them. Sun Shanggong's eyes were slightly red and he quickly knelt down to express his gratitude. After getting up, he ordered people to take out two insulated food boxes inlaid with gold and jade, put some vegetables, rice and snacks on the table, and put them next to the warming cage.
Before Sun Shanggong resigned, Zhuang Jingjia suppressed his shyness and ordered: "I will give my table to the Wei Dynasty and others; I will give you the emperor's table." After hearing this, Sun Shanggong and the others knelt down to express their gratitude: "Thank you for the reward, Your Highness."
It turns out that the last etiquette before entering the bridal chamber is that the people serving the emperor and the queen must share the emperor's and the queen's food - that is, "the queen's attendants will eat the emperor's food, and the emperor's waiters will eat the queen's food." Zhu Yijun had been busy all day and had already forgotten about the cross-banquet, so Zhuang Jingjia made the arrangements.
Because Zhu Yijun was in a hurry to get married, this last ritual was simplified, and neither the emperor nor the empress stopped eating this ceremonial meal. Sun Shanggong was considerate and used the food box to symbolize that the emperor and queen had eaten, which was equivalent to leaving a midnight snack for the young couple. Then he and all the attendants exited the bridal chamber.
Zhu Yijun saw that the doors of Dongnuan Pavilion were closed, and he and Zhuang Jingjia were the only two people left in the entire wedding room. He lowered his waist and picked up Zhuang Jingjia and walked towards the wedding bed. Zhuang Jing let out a loud cry and buried her head in the emperor's arms, not daring to raise her head.
Zhu Yijun was not a person who sang among flowers, burned harps and boiled cranes, but when he hugged Zhuang Jingjia and saw her stunning beauty after washing off the beauty, and smelled the vague fragrance of virginity on her body, how could he bear it? live.
After getting on the bed, Zhuang Jingjia pushed him hard several times before Zhu Yijun calmed down. At this point, Zhuang Jingjia was no longer shy. She lowered her head and saluted in a low voice: "I am a newbie in human affairs, so please show mercy to the emperor."
Zhu Yijun was startled and said completely calmly: "I remember your birthday is the 28th of this month?" He beat a drum in his heart and said: "This... this is illegal." Then he changed his mind and said: "I That’s the Dharma!”
Zhuang Jingjia was very happy to see that the emperor remembered her birthday. He nodded and said, "My concubine's birthday is on the 28th of this month." After saying that, he turned around and rummaged in the treasure pavilion beside the bed.
Zhu Yijun asked curiously: "What are you looking for?" Zhuang Jingjia blushed and said: "Zhang Shanggong said that the white cloth is in this drawer, so I asked my concubine to lay it down first." After saying that, he took out a piece of white cloth from the drawer.
Zhu Yijun laughed and said, "There are too many rules today." Zhuang Jingjia nodded in agreement. Zhu Yijun said: "Although the spring night is short, there is no hurry. We, husband and wife, will lie down and talk first."
Zhuang Jingjia's nervous heart was like beating a drum. Just now the emperor was so anxious that she felt like her heart was going to jump out of her chest. Now that the emperor has calmed down, she has some "you don't appreciate my beauty" meaning - it's so contradictory. But the emperor's words "We are husband and wife" immediately melted her bones and flesh into a puddle of water.
While talking to her, Zhu Yijun gently stroked her hair; while slowly unbuttoning his shirt, he helped her undress; while talking, he kissed her forehead, and then looked at the girl and kissed her gently. lips.
The queen was not Zhu Yijun's rival in two lifetimes, but for a moment, both of them were naked, facing each other.
The following time, for Zhu Yijun, was like "bringing out the red bird, holding the red coat, lifting the bare feet, caressing the jade buttocks... However, it became a couple, the so-called harmony of yin and yang."
Zhuang Jingjia was taken down by the emperor in a daze. The feeling of the whole process was probably like this: "The embroidered curtain is hanging down, covering the cloud screen, and my thoughts are full of thoughts. The double pillow of coral is infinite, and the green hairpin is horizontal. I can see the slightest movement, and hear every detail. Sweet voice..."
The internal officials and maids on duty outside Kunning Palace probably felt like this: "Ask me how much sorrow I can have, it's just like a river of spring water flowing eastward..."
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