Chapter 42 Aunt Kong
I have to say that Si Tianjian is a decent person. The day was chosen several months in advance, and the weather was sunny and windy on the day of the canonization.
When Zhao Xing came to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the morning sun was rising. The orange-red sunlight shone down and was very gorgeous after being refracted by the glazed tiles of the buildings around the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
In the center of the square outside the Taimiao Temple, an altar rose from the ground. Civil and military officials stood on the left and right of the altar, leaving an aisle paved with red carpet in the middle.
The official stood in front of the steps of the altar. Zhao Xing stepped on the red carpet step by step to the position in front of the official, stopped, and then knelt on the ground.
The minister of the Ministry of Rites held the imperial edict, came to the front, and read: "The edict says: I will show you the fate of Jun, Cimin, grace and glory, and all roads will be prosperous. The country is the support of the way of heaven, inheriting the rise of the sun and the moon, and the millet and silk. Shengsheng. My eldest son, Zhao Xing, is the first heir of the clan. He is endowed with beautiful talents and noble character. He is destined by God. I hereby abide by the first edict, carry out the ceremony, and obey the public opinion. I sincerely inform the heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the state to confer this treasure. , was established as the crown prince, and was enthroned in the East Palace, with the power of thousands of years, and the intention to spread all over the world. He died young, and according to the rules, there is no order of precedence, so he is the eldest son.
Imperial edicts are generally divided into three types: imperial edicts, regulations, and imperial edicts.
As the name suggests, the imperial edict is to inform the world, usually about important political matters, or the emperor's succession, the canonization of the queen and the prince, etc.
Zhao Xing knelt down and kowtowed nine times. After receiving the prince's canonization edict and the golden seal of the treasure book, he handed them to Sanshui behind him, then turned around and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.
All the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted in unison: "The East Palace is in order. Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the great Song Dynasty will last forever!"
Although the Great Song Dynasty did not like to kneel down, it was still congratulating the crown prince and the emperor. When succeeding to the throne, they must kneel down and worship.
This worship determines the status of monarch and minister.
Although Zhao Xing was a prince before, the prince was still a minister, while the prince was the prince.
Zhao Xing stretched out his hand to make a gesture of support and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!" The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs thanked him and then stood up.
The official looked at Zhao Xing and said with a smile: "Fu'er, follow me to worship the heaven."
"Yes!"
Zhao Xing bowed and responded. , followed his father and climbed onto the altar.
Emperors in ancient times claimed that they received their orders from heaven, so to enthrone a prince naturally required offering sacrifices to heaven.
If the emperor ascends the throne, he will choose a feng shui treasured place outside the city to build an altar early.
But Zhao Xing was just canonizing the prince, so there was no need for such trouble. He just built an altar in the square outside the Ancestral Temple.
Going up to the altar, under the auspices of Si Tianjian Jianzheng, the father and son completed the tedious ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and finally inserted the incense into the big cauldron in the center of the altar.
After offering sacrifices to the heavens, one must also offer sacrifices to the ancestors. In the past, Zhao Xing could only kneel and wait outside the door when offering sacrifices to his ancestors. Now that he has become the prince, he is eligible to enter the main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple with his father.
The main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple is not luxurious, but very simple, with more than ten rankings enshrined.
His father was the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty. He is still alive today. Normally, there are only three emperors.
However, people in ancient times liked to pursue titles. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many ancestors were granted imperial titles.
After offering sacrifices to his ancestors, Zhao Xing, together with his father, offered incense to the queens of the clan in the left and right side halls and the ministers who deserved to enjoy the Ancestral Temple.
By the time everything was finished, it was already past noon.
A banquet has been set up in Jiying Palace. After the banquet, the canonization ceremony was completed.
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After the banquet was over, Zhao Xing returned to Renming Hall, changed his crown clothes, and went to the main hall in his regular clothes.
"My son, I pay homage to my mother!" Zhao Xing saluted.
"The prince is here." Empress Cao looked Zhao Xing up and down, and said with a smile: "People wearing the prince's regular clothes look much more energetic."
"Mother, please stop joking. I’m surrendering,” Zhao Xing said.
"Haha, come and sit." Queen Cao waved.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing stepped forward, and a eunuch moved a soft stool and placed it next to Queen Cao.
After sitting down, Zhao Xing cupped his hands and said: "Empress, my son will be moving to Yongning Palace in the near future." Empress Cao said with some reluctance: "Are you in such a hurry to move away? Although I am not you My biological mother, I have always treated you as if I were my own child. Are you so cruel?"
She has never had a child in her life. Zhao Xing has been raising her by her side for many years. She loves Zhao from the bottom of her heart. Xing regarded him as his own son.
"The queen mother and the son are getting older and it is not suitable to continue to live in the harem. The queen mother's kindness to the son is known to the son. In the son's heart, there is no difference between the queen and the son's biological mother." Zhao Xing said.
This sentence is not a mere statement. People's hearts are made of flesh. How could he not feel that Empress Cao treated him as her own child.
If nothing else, the Cao family also has girls of the right age, but Empress Cao never mentioned that she would like him to have a daughter from the Cao family.
Zhao Xing accidentally learned that Cao An's wife, Xin, had mentioned when she went to the palace to meet Queen Cao that she wanted a daughter from the Cao family to be Zhao Xing's concubine, but Queen Cao refused.
If a girl from the Cao family becomes a concubine, with Empress Cao as her aunt, she can compete with the crown princess.
Queen Cao refused because she was worried about this aspect.
For Zhao Xing, she completely gave up the interests of the Cao family, how could Zhao Xing not be moved.
"The Queen Mother also understands what you said, but when you move to Yongning Palace, you are still in the palace. You must wake up and wake up in the morning and dusk. Otherwise, don't blame the Queen Mother for having someone capture you." Empress Cao smiled.
She also knew that Zhao Xing was getting older and could not stay with her forever, but women would inevitably be a little emotional at this time.
But she is the queen after all and knows the importance.
"Don't worry, mother, my son will not only wake up and sleep well in the morning and night, but he will also come to talk to the mother from time to time when he is sleeping, just because he is afraid that the mother will be bored by then." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"You are just sweet-mouthed. If that's true, I'd love it."
Empress Cao cursed with a smile, looked at Zhu Neiguan aside, and said, "Call people in. "
"Yes!"
Zhu Neiguan responded and gestured to a young eunuch. Hearing this, the young eunuch hurried out of the side door and soon received a man who looked like he was in his fifties. The old lady came in.
"Greetings to the eldest empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" the old mama saluted.
"No courtesy!"
Queen Cao waved her hand, looked at Zhao Xing and said: "This is Aunt Kong, a female official in the palace. In the early years, she was responsible for teaching new entrants to the palace. The maids in the palace should follow the rules and etiquette, and later they would teach the maidens chosen to be in the palace to follow the rules and etiquette. When you move to Yongning Hall, you have to have someone to take care of everything. Aunt Feng is good at managing food and clothing, but she is not good at other aspects. Auntie is the most important person and she handles things in a very orderly manner. If you let her take care of things for you, I can rest assured."
Zhao Xing was startled when he heard this. Isn't this the same Aunt Kong who taught Sanlan of the Sheng family the rules.
However, according to the original plot, it is still many years before she leaves the palace. It is normal for Queen Cao to arrange for her to help Zhao Xing manage the palace maids and eunuchs.
Zhao Xing moved out of Renming Palace and started his own business. The maids and eunuchs needed to be managed by someone. Since he was not married, he naturally needed a mature and prudent person to take care of him.
Palace maids and eunuchs also talk about seniority. Grandma Kong was a female official during the reign of the late empress. She was also responsible for the training of palace maids and the training of show girls, so she was also a senior member of the palace.
"Thank you, Queen Mother!"
Zhao Xing looked at Aunt Kong and said, "I will have to work hard for Aunt Kong in the future."
"His Royal Highness, you have broken this slave. "Mother Kong saluted and said: "These are what slaves should do."
"You can bring all the people who served you, Aunt Feng and Eunuch Li, with you. I will also have twenty maids and ten young eunuchs selected to serve you." Empress Cao said.
Mother Feng and Eunuch Li were both elderly people around Empress Cao. After Zhao Xing moved here, two of them were in charge of serving the maids.
In addition, Zhao Xing also had fifteen palace maids and five eunuchs to serve him.
This is because living in Renming Palace, these seventeen people are only responsible for taking care of his daily life, and there are others who do other things.
Now that Zhao Xing has moved away, the number of people serving him will naturally increase.
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