back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 501
After the New Year's Eve, the important court officials who stayed up all night "keeping watch" are about to go to court again.This time is different, it is the Great Court Gathering Ceremony, which only happens once a year.According to the usual practice, after the great dynasty, the imperial court will start to have a holiday until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

This is why these high officials dare to "keep the year old", and they can go back to catch up on sleep after a morning. Moreover, although this grand dynasty is complicated, it is also a formality.It is nothing more than to demonstrate the justice and legitimacy of Dashun's founding of the country, and to pray for good weather in the coming year.

Before Mao, all civil and military officials had already been crowned with court clothes and were waiting outside the Daqing Hall.At this time, among the officials who are familiar with each other, it is inevitable to greet each other with joy and say auspicious words.

And a group of foreign envoys also consciously lined up on the sidelines according to the strength of the country.Because of the language barrier, they communicate with each other in Chinese.Seeing this scene in Yeluren's eyes, he couldn't help frowning.The revival of Dashun, I am afraid the last thing I want to see is the Liao Kingdom.The grievances between Shun and Liao have continued since the establishment of the Dashun Dynasty until now. No one can tell who has the upper hand because of the entanglement of grievances.Over the years, the Liao Kingdom seemed to be stronger, but the battle under the city of Youzhou shattered the Liao Kingdom's self-confidence.

It was a quarter before Maoshi, and there were already strong servants ready to drive, set up Huang Huizhang with 350 [-] people, and used the Taichang Yale Palace to sing songs.Then they saw the imperial chariot of Lu Chengqi and Empress Zhou Zhiruo slowly approaching.

After getting out of the car, Lu Chengqi, the son of Dashun, was dressed in a crimson gauze robe, a crown of heaven on his head, black shoes on his feet, and Zhou Zhiruo, who was dressed in a gown and had pearls on his face, burned incense and worshiped heaven together in front of the Daqing Hall. , This move is "pray for the common people to have a hundred valleys in the sky".After Feng Chengping, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, read the lengthy speech, the sacrifice to heaven was considered to be over.

Afterwards, Lu Chengqi and Queen Zhou Zhiruo walked into the Daqing Palace together.After the emperor and empress entered the Daqing Hall, there were four imperial bodyguards dressed in Jiezhou standing at the corners of the four halls. These were temporary positions, and they had a nice name, General Zhendian.Once the court meeting is over, this position will be gone.But this kind of honor is beyond the expectation of many people.

In the Daqing Palace, the Dharma Driving Ritual Staff has already been set up in the hall.First, the envoys from various countries came to congratulate them according to their national strength, and Lu Chengqi also gave them a lot of face and rewarded them with a lot of property one by one, but most of them were embroidery and Shu brocade.

Afterwards, all the officials wore crowns and court uniforms, and even all the people from all walks of life unbuttoned their heads, all dressed in scholar's green shirts and stood in their seats.These scholars, wearing two crowns on their heads, white robes and green inner shirts, and wearing cloud shoes on their feet, can be regarded as the highest standard that a scholar can wear.

Lu Chengqi and Zhou Zhiruo sat at the head of the Daqing Palace, and all the civil and military officials took their seats one by one and congratulated the emperor.This is a cumbersome matter. Civil and military officials say that there are hundreds of officials, but in fact the number is far more than one hundred, at least three hundred.By the time they finished their congratulations, half of the time had passed.

Immediately afterwards, the Zhongshuling played to Lu Chengqi the list of orders from various state capitals, which was actually a list of gifts.Lu Chengqi sneered in his heart when the servant under the door played the auspicious watch. These officials are so overjoyed, such as the appearance of the unicorn, the appearance of the phoenix and the appearance of the yellow dragon, etc.In their view, the giraffe is a unicorn, and when they see a mutated peacock, they say it is a phoenix. As for the yellow dragon, it is just a Chinese sturgeon.

Although Lu Chengqi disdained it, he remained expressionless on the surface, and said, "Since there are so many auspicious signs, let it benefit one side. I just need to hear about it."

As soon as this sentence came out, the servant boy stuttered and spoke incoherently.He was also quick-witted, obviously there were still a lot of auspicious signs on the list, but he immediately stopped talking and didn't go into details.

After the minister under the door finished speaking, the Minister of the Household Department played the tributes of the states in Linzhen, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites Feng Chengping played the tributes of the vassal states.Originally there was Tai Shi Ling Zou Yunwu Xiangrui, but seeing Lu Chengqi's expression, he knew that there was no need for him to come out and speak.When Lu Chengqi saw that they had finished playing the table, he said: "The honorable guests have worked hard, let's retreat."

His personal eunuch said quickly: "I invite all the officials to come and wait for a while, and live in the Chongyuan Hall."

Lu Chengqi held Zhou Zhiruo's hand, and after leaving Donghe, the officials withdrew and went to Chongyuan Hall.At this time, Lu Chengqi and Zhou Zhiruo were going to Jingfu Hall to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager Zunci.It's just that everything has to be done in one morning, so this New Year's greeting seems to be a formality.According to the etiquette system, Lu Chengqi said to the Empress Dowager Liu: "Yuanzheng Qizuo, all things are new. Your Majesty the Empress Dowager Fu Wei, I will be blessed by the time and rest with the sky." The Empress Dowager Liu also replied according to the etiquette : "The blessing of taking on the new role is the same as that of the emperor."

After all, Lu Chengqi said with some embarrassment: "Queen Dowager, I'm going to Chongyuan Hall, and I'll come here with Zi Tong later to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother."

Mrs. Liu has long been familiar with the court system, and said with a smile: "My son is busy today, so he doesn't need to come to Jingfu Hall. It is enough for the Ai family to know that my son has this kind of heart."

Lu Chengqi booed and asked again, then left in a hurry.In the Chongyuan Hall, Yousi had already completed the decoration, and all the officials were already in place.After the emperor Lu Chengqi came out and took the throne, the ministers bowed and said long live three times: "Yuanzheng Ling Festival cannot be celebrated in Daqing, and I would like to live a thousand years." This is called "Shangshou", which means that Lu Chengqi can live a long life.

Lu Chengqi returned the gift and said: "The luck of taking up the new post is the same as that of the public."

At this time, the eunuch in the palace began to pour wine for Lu Chengqi.The banquet began, which can be regarded as a Chinese characteristic. No conference can be separated from eating and drinking.Of course, considering that Lu Chengqi was too strong to drink, the wine that the personal eunuch poured for Lu Chengqi was actually just a glass of warm water.At this time, the Grand Master Yang Daoqi, who was invited to be on the list, ordered all the officials to pour wine at the same time to respect the emperor, in his respected status.After toasting four cups of wine in this way, Taiguan and Shangshi (the classification of imperial chefs, originally Taiguan Department and Shangshi Department, and their imperial chefs were called Yongguan's signature) began to serve food for all officials.There are also song and dance performances in the middle, all of which are singers raised by the court, which is different from the folks.After drinking nine cups of wine, the birthday ceremony is considered to be over.Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "Finally, today's task has been completed."

Seeing the little emperor get up to leave, all the officials also stood up and sent them off respectfully: "His Majesty, Sheng An!"

Back in the Hall of Renming, Lu Chengqi didn't wait for Gao Gao to sing the promise "The Emperor is here", and yelled loudly before entering the door: "This court meeting is too tiring!"

Zhou Zhiruo heard his voice, and hurriedly greeted him, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Lu Chengqi waved back to the left and right, returned to the inner hall with Zhou Zhiruo in his arms, and sat down at the dragon and phoenix table together.Lu Chengqi was so hungry that he grabbed the cakes on the table and ate them indiscriminately, complaining inarticulately while eating: "Zitong, do you think the imperial dining room is stupid? The whole banquet is not good, but I want to put it on the table. Can people starve to death?"

Zhou Zhiruo laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you should have made preparations long ago. If you are hungry, the concubine will call someone to the imperial dining room to cook some food."

Lu Chengqi took her hand, swallowed a mouthful of pastries, and said with a full belch, "No, I'm [-]% full. Let's catch up on sleep first, it really hurts to stay up late!"

Zhou Zhiruo obediently undressed him and helped him fall asleep on the bed.Lu Chengqi was really tired. Last night he "watched the year" and rubbed hands with Zhou Zhiruo, but he made no real progress. No wonder he was so tired today.Not physically tired, but mentally tired!Zhou Zhiruo didn't even know how attractive she was!
Seeing Lu Chengqi who was sleeping soundly like a baby, Zhou Zhiruo also lay down gently, lest she wake him up...

(End of this chapter)