Due to the urgency of the emperor, the conferring ceremony was organized in just half a month. The traditions of the Jiuli and Han nationalities were mixed together for restructuring, which was more solemn and lengthy than the conferring ceremony of any country in the past.
Three days before the wedding, the queen had to fast and bathe. On this day, Mr. Zhong and Mrs. Zuo, who had been traveling all the way to the north, finally arrived in Yanjing to marry their granddaughter. In the boudoir covered with big red emblems, Mrs. Zuo was twisting noodles for her granddaughter, while Mrs. Zhong was wiping her tears and mixing up the powder, planning to dress up her daughter beautifully and go out. Several palace maids were driven outside the door, helplessly sighing.
"I always urge your grandfather to go quickly, so that you can accompany Yiyi more when you get to the capital. Your grandfather wants to take a detour, saying that he has to collect rice seeds from all over the world and cultivate good products. Now it's good, we just entered the city gate and heard that Yiyi is about to get married, and her husband is still a saint today. As the saying goes, once you enter the palace gate as deep as the sea, it will not be easy to see Yiyi in the future." Madam Zuo sighed in a low voice.
Guan Suyi's eyes were slightly red, and she held her grandmother's hand and said, "Then you and your grandfather don't go away, just stay in the capital. You can pass a sign to the palace when you want me, and you can see if you want to see me. I’m still running around like in the past, I can’t go far, where should I go to find you?”
"Yes, mother, you and your father should stay in the capital." Zhongshi persuaded.
"The old man can't stay. He only thinks about how to farm the land and how to control the water. How can I manage him?" Mrs. Zuo spread out the red phoenix robe and put it on her granddaughter layer by layer. In the palace, it is more dignified and virtuous than marrying into an ordinary family. The emperor is also an extraordinary man. When you get along with him, you must take a good measure. You must not be too close or too distant. Too intimate can easily lose your heart, and too far away can easily be rude. Don't be attentive or rude. You still need to find out the truth. If he loves you, you should be grateful; if he neglects you, you should also treat it with indifference. The so-called raising eyebrows and respecting each other like a guest means treating your husband as a guest. When he comes, you sweep the couch to greet him; when he leaves, you bow to see him off, come and go as he wishes."
Guan Suyi nodded tearfully. She understands that most men in the world are like this. When they are in love, they treat you like fire, warm and sincere; when the flames are burned, only ashes are left. She only hoped that the fire would burn slower and longer, even if it left ashes, there would still be a little residual warmth, and she wouldn't be completely cold before she died of old age.
She is willing to believe the present Kunal, but who knows what will happen in the future? He is an emperor, and he has three thousand beauties in the harem. When she is old and fading, there will always be a more beautiful and fresh woman to take her place. The so-called "holding the hand of the son and growing old together with the son" has never described the love of husband and wife.
Forcing himself to think of some happy clips, he resisted the urge to cry, Guan Suyi said goodbye to his family, boarded the phoenix, and walked toward the palace surrounded by the guard of honor. Both sides of the street were full of people watching the excitement, but across the heavy bead curtains, they couldn't see the Queen's appearance at all, but their eyes were full of festive fire red, with lanterns and gongs and drums everywhere.
When Feng Huo entered the palace gate, the queen had to step on the long red carpet to go to the altar to mourn the ancestors. At the end, she went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to receive the canonization, and then went to the Hall of Golden Luan with the emperor to accept courtiers and ordered women to pay homage. This is an extremely long journey, walking for a period of time and praying for a period of time. And the queen's court dress plus the phoenix crown on her head, at least twenty kilograms, if you insist on the ceremony, you will have to lose half your life.
Guan Suyi deliberately wore a pair of soft-soled shoes and was ready to suffer, but when she opened the bead curtain and saw the civil and military ministers and court wives kneeling all over the ground, she suddenly felt that the weight was not only from the clothes. Also comes from responsibility. If you don't really stand at a high place and see the sight of thousands of people bowing down and returning like water, you will never be able to comprehend the four words "the mother of a country".
At this moment, she suddenly retreated, deeply doubting whether she could bear this burden. She had a new life, she originally just wanted to live a more comfortable and happier life. When she couldn't help but take a small step back, a large hand suddenly stretched out in front of her, palm up, as if waiting to hold a bond.
"Hunnar." She whispered, and only then did she realize that the man who was supposed to be sitting in the hall was already standing under the phoenix.
"Let's go, Madam." His deep voice was covered up by the sound of the bell, and only Guan Suyi, who was close at hand, could hear it.
"Why are you here?" How should the grand ceremony be carried out? Grandfather and father have told her many times these days, but she didn't expect to be disrupted at the beginning. But this change did not make Guan Suyi panic, on the contrary, she quickly returned to normal. With a dignified and bright smile on her face, she clenched Kunal's hand and walked forward slowly.
"I don't want to sit in the hall and wait for Madam." Emperor Shengyuan looked down at her and chuckled, "It's been so long, but now it only takes half an hour, but it seems unbearable. Besides, I said it before. , in the future, I will take my wife with me."
Guan Suyi completely forgot the hesitation and fear before, and shook the arms of the two interlaced fingers invisibly, and said in a low voice, "Fortunately you came, if you didn't come, I almost went back to Feng Chau."
"Will Madam be afraid too?" Emperor Shengyuan was a little surprised.
"I'm human, so of course I'm afraid. I'm afraid that I can't take on the important responsibility of being the mother of a country, that I'm afraid of embarrassing you and discrediting the Guan family. I've never been a queen, and I can't enjoy the feeling of everyone kneeling at their feet. That The dignified yet majestic atmosphere piled up layer by layer, making me breathless. If you don't come, I may be able to persevere and finish this journey, but it will never be easy."
So lucky you are here. She didn't say the last sentence, but glanced at Kunal with gratitude and emotion in her eyes. Under the advice of her grandmother, she had strengthened her defenses over and over again, but the moment she saw this person, she vanished.
Emperor Sheng Yuan gently shook her fingertips and sighed, "Fortunately, I'm here, otherwise how would Madam hesitate. No one is born to be an emperor or queen, and he has never seen such a grand scene. It is true to feel panic. It's normal. When I ascended the throne, I was in the same mood as my wife. I didn't know what to say, what to do, or even where to put my hands and feet. It was Bai Fu who accompanied me to practice over and over again, and I managed to survive. I couldn't let it go. Outsiders saw the helplessness and fear in my heart, so I could only keep my face expressionless throughout the whole process. When the enthronement ceremony was over and I returned to the Weiyang Palace alone, I found that my face had stiffened and lost consciousness."
He suddenly laughed softly, "Even now, I still feel terrified, because the treasures that I have longed for for too long finally fall into the palm of my hand, and I am more and more worried about gains and losses."
Guan Suyi glanced at him and whispered, "Then let's walk together holding hands. It's better than walking alone."
"I feel very at ease now." The two said as they climbed the steps and walked towards the altar. The courtiers, wives, concubines and concubines along the road bowed down one by one, and the mountains shouted long live and thousand years.
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After the ceremony, Guan Suyi was exhausted. With the help of Jin Zi and Ming Lan, she removed the phoenix crown and phoenix robe, and she felt relieved.
"I never expected the phoenix crown to be so heavy. After wearing it all day, the neck will break. Do you have to wear it every time in the future?" jewelry. It is really not easy to marry a woman in the palace, especially the queen.
"I don't wear it every time, but foreign guests always have to dress up during festivals or big banquets." Jin Ziren smiled, "Madame, you can train your wrists to be so strong that you can wear this phoenix crown every day. Neck strength training."
"Why do I practice that? Iron head kung fu?" As soon as the voice fell, the three masters and servants covered their mouths and laughed softly, most of their exhaustion dissipated.
"Niangniang, please eat something to pamper your stomach first, the emperor will come soon." After changing into a lighter dress and putting on a table of wine and vegetables, Jin Zi and Ming Lan quietly exited the inner hall.
On the night of the bridal chamber, Emperor Shengyuan dared to get drunk. After three rounds of drinking, he hurriedly turned around. Seeing his wife sitting under the dragon and phoenix candles waiting for him, he couldn't help feeling warm. Guan Suyi's cheeks were reddened by him, she pointed to the stool beside her and said, "Sit down, have you eaten?"
"Eat, what about you?" The two sat silently at each other, obviously they had something to say to their stomachs, but they didn't know how to say it when they came to their mouths.
The atmosphere was indescribably embarrassing. After being silent for a long time, Guan Suyi bit the bullet and said, "I ate it too. Shall we have a glass of wine?"
"Drink." Emperor Shengyuan's cheeks flushed, and he poured two glasses of wine, but he didn't dare to move. The so-called "proximity and timidity" is nothing but that, the sooner you get the baby, the less you dare to touch it.
Guan Suyi also held up a glass of wine and waited for him to wrap her arms around her. The two stood opposite each other. Look at me, I look at you. Their cheeks were redder than the other, and they seemed to be drunk. To entangle each other, but because of panic, they bumped the wine glass and spilled the wine all over the place.
"Pfft." Guan Suyi couldn't help laughing.
Emperor Shengyuan put down the glass and said helplessly, "Madam, let's do it again?"
Once again, the two finally drank the wine smoothly, and Emperor Shengyuan didn't talk nonsense. He bent down and picked him up, and walked straight to the wedding couch. Feeling the lady trembling in her arms, she couldn't help but stop, "Mrs. , are you afraid?"
Guan Suyi clearly didn't want to recall those bad past events, but her nerves were stinged by being too intimate. The matter of husband and wife is equivalent to a disaster for her. Apart from humiliation and despair, there is almost nothing good left behind. Her mind told herself that this was the growth every woman had to go through, but her body resisted subconsciously, not only trembling, but also having the urge to run away.
Emperor Sheng Yuan put her on the edge of the bed and said softly, "My lady doesn't know anything, but I'm actually scared too."
"What are you afraid of?" Guan Suyi's attention was instantly pulled away by him. What is a man to be afraid of? Isn't it all women who suffer