Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 339 Christmas Rules
October 27th of the lunar calendar is also Zhu Yunying's birthday, which is no small matter.

Sending officials to report to Tiandi and the Ancestral Temple, Zhu Yunying also slowly came to the Huagai Hall to accept the visits of the court deacons, and then went to Fengtian Hall to accept the congratulations of the officials.

The Jiaosi Fang set up Zhonghe Shaole to find things in the hall.Jinyiwei Chen Lubo, guards of honor at Danbi and Danchi, set up bright fans in the hall.
When the drums sounded, officials above the third rank were waiting outside the Meridian Gate in court uniform.When the second drum sounded, the left and right gates opened, and all the civil and military officials and nobles of the clan lined up.

The sound of the drums also ended at this time, and the director of ceremonies played the deacon to salute and give five praises.

Zhu Yunying got up slowly, he was about to be promoted to the palace now.Shang Baosi holds the treasure and goes forward, the driver guides the driver, opens the curtain and puts the treasure on the case.

Civil and military officials paid homage four times, and Li Jinglong was out of duty at this time, "Minister Cao Guogong, I have met His Majesty the Emperor's Christmas day, and I would like to lead the civil and military bureaucrats to pay respects to my long live birthday."

Little Zhu was also in the hall at this time, and Shuangquan cautiously followed beside her.

When Li Jinglong knelt and sang Shanhu, Shuangquan hurriedly reminded in a low voice, "Your Highness, hand in hand to increase the quota."

Little Zhu immediately lay down and shouted, "Long live."

In fact, Xiao Zhu's movements were half a beat slow, but it doesn't matter.Everyone didn't care, Li Jinglong also intentionally waited for Xiao Zhu to get up, and then sang the ceremony.

Celebrating a birthday is still very important.When to enter the hall, when to play what music, are strictly regulated.Although the Ming Dynasty has only been around for more than [-] years, many rules were actually ignored at the beginning.But now slowly, it has become stricter, and the emperors of the Zhu family have become sensitive to many things.

Every move now seems to have a little bit of royal dignity.Even a mud-legged person like Lao Zhu is now slowly beginning to pay attention to these things, and the rules should be continuously established and improved at this time.

Just after the ministers made four obeisances, Lao Zhu strode into Fengtian Hall, he was in a good mood.

"Today is the emperor's Christmas, so we should celebrate it." Old Zhu smiled and walked towards Danbi, and waved to little Zhu, "The prince came to support me, I am too old to walk up."

Little Zhu ran over happily, and helped Lao Zhu onto Danbi.

When old Zhu was sitting on the dragon chair, Zhu Yunying smiled and said to little Zhu, "Come here, prince, and thank the emperor with my father."

Old Zhu was sitting with a smile on his face, looking very complacent.Xiao Zhu led Xiao Xiao Zhu to worship Lao Zhu, this is also because Lao Zhu is now Xiao Zhu's only "blood relative".On the birthday of the emperor Zhu Yunying, he must not forget his ancestors.

"The emperor got up." Lao Zhu said with a smile, looked at Zhu Yunying and said, "This is your birthday, you are the oldest."

Zhu Yunying stood up with a smile, turned to look at His Majesty Dan, "King Wu, Duke Ying, you two also bow down to the Supreme Emperor."

Zhu Yunying is Zhu Yunying's younger brother, Feng Cheng is Zhu Yunying's younger brother-in-law, these two people can be regarded as Zhu Yunying's blood relatives now.On Zhu Yunying's birthday, let these two people pay homage together, which is extra treatment and grace.

Old Zhu laughed out loud, looking at the children and grandchildren below, he was indeed in a happier mood.It can even be said that compared to when I was born, I am in a happier mood now.

Lao Zhu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at his children and grandchildren, and Lao Zhu said slowly, "Even though the son of heaven and the prince are divided into elders and younger children, they must respect the etiquette of emperors and ministers in the court. The position of the emperor is the position of the ancestors! The emperor , stand by my side."

Zhu Yunying, who was dressed in a crown suit, stood up obediently, and Lao Zhu said, "Princes, congratulations!"

This is the 'offensive power', in fact, these sons of Lao Zhu have long been used to this.When Zhu Yunying ascended the throne, they actually paid homage to Zhu Yunying.It's just that on Zhu Yunying's birthday, Lao Zhu came here on purpose, just to make Zhu Yunying's uncles bow their heads again, and to let the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty see clearly that the succession of the throne is orderly.

No matter how reluctant Zhu Yunying's uncles were, they could only bow their heads obediently at this moment.

Of course, the younger brothers Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunqi didn't have any psychological barriers.Once you pray, you will get used to it, really used to it.

Seeing that the clan had finished paying homage, Lao Zhu said, "The clan is stepping down for the time being, and the empress is hosting a banquet in Kunning Palace. You wait and go to the side hall, and we will have a banquet with you later."

Even if the clan is unwilling, they can only leave obediently at this time.

But at the Kunning Palace at this moment, Xu Miaoqing was sitting at the main seat, and Lian Qiongqiong said, "My concubine Lian, congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor."

Zhu Yunying's concubines followed Lian Qiongqiong to worship four times at this time.

With a serious expression, Zhu Xi immediately led the princesses forward, the same as Lian Qiongqiong's etiquette.

Outside the hall, the wives were also on duty, Mrs. Zhongshan's wife, Mrs. Li, had a solemn expression.Neizan took him to the hall, where Li and all the wives knelt down.

"Congratulations from Mrs. Zhongshan's concubine Li Shi and others."

Xu Miaoqing was meticulous, and said, "Christmas is celebrated with Madam!"

The etiquette of the harem is actually more 'rigorous' than that of the previous dynasty.The main reason is that the two generations of emperors, Lao Zhu and Xiao Zhu, sometimes didn't follow the rules very much, but in Daming's harem, there were a lot of rules.

Needless to say, the former Empress Ma was the real mother of the world.After Empress Ma was gone, concubine Li Shu and others who took charge of the harem were extraordinarily polite, on the one hand for fear of being picked on, and on the other hand to show their majesty.

Before that, the Lu family was also in charge of the East Palace. As the daughter of civil servants, she "observed women's morals" and was very polite.

In fact, after all these years, when the new emperor Zhu Yunying ascended the throne, Daming once again ushered in the empress of the world.Xu Miaoqing began to talk about the rules at this time, and everyone naturally paid special attention to it, and did not dare to be sloppy.

The wives don't think such rules are cumbersome, and countless people are envious of being able to have such a cumbersome treatment.Just like those civil and military ministers in the previous dynasty, they couldn't sleep at night and worried about being liquidated by the emperor, but they still ran to the court one by one.

It is for this kind of scenery, for the sake of holding great power and leaving a name in history.

Just like the Kunning Palace, in fact, there have been no people living in the Kunning Palace for so many years.Even if Zhu Yunying is now enthroned and proclaimed emperor, he is only in the 'East Palace', only in the Hall of Spring Harmony. After all, it is not easy to drive Lao Zhu out of the palace.

It is also orthodox that Xu Miaoqing will summon his wife in Kunning Palace when some major events are encountered.

All civil and military officials left Fengtian Hall, and Lao Zhu led Zhu Yunying towards Fengxian Hall.Little Zhu followed along bouncingly. It is estimated that the queen is also waiting in Fengxian Hall at this time, which means they are eligible to enter Fengxian Hall at this time.

When we arrived at Fengxian Hall and in front of the hall, Lao Zhu said, "Ying'er, you should be 23 too."

"It will be 24 at the beginning of the new year." Zhu Yunying laughed and said, "At this age, my grandson will be the emperor."

Old Zhu smiled, and said to Zhu Yunying, "Our Yinger is also suffering, and we haven't done many things well."

Zhu Yunying couldn't understand, and Lao Zhu said with some self-blame, "When our Yinger was not born, we were tinkering with the "Ancestral Precepts" and gave you a name for many years, and even changed it. Your grandmother knew I will definitely say us. Our grandson's Yuanfu ceremony was delayed because we were too busy at that time."

The ceremony of Yuanfu is actually a crown ceremony.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had crown ceremonies, and the old Zhu Hongwu decided in three years that the emperor's crown ceremonies should be the four additions of the emperor.It's just that at that time, Lao Zhu didn't need to perform the crowning ceremony.At that time, the crown prince's crown ceremony was also as close as twelve and as far as fifteen.Compared with ordinary people, it is slightly earlier.

Zhu Yunying laughed and said, "We remember that when we were crowned grandson, it was the crowning ceremony."

Looking at the memorial tablet, Lao Zhu said, "We didn't let you perform the crowning ceremony at that time, even if your grandmother was not here, and your mother was not here. When we grow up, you can't miss these etiquette. We are the emperor, we It’s mud legs, if we don’t talk about it, that’s all, our descendants will not succeed. You should also improve and have the rules you should have.”

Zhu Yunying nodded with a smile and said, "Grandson remembers, there must be proper etiquette."

Some things take some time.The so-called three generations of nobles are justified, and many things cannot be produced immediately.

Lao Zhu and Xiao Zhu are not aristocrats in their bones, and sometimes they really don't pay much attention to certain things.Their understanding of the rules is that other people must abide by them, and emperors like them don't necessarily need to pay attention to these rules.

This may be a good thing, but it may not be a good thing, and of course it needs a little attention.

Xu Miaoqing didn't say much at this time, but took little Zhu to offer incense to the ancestors one by one, which was what she and little Zhu should do.

Looking at these memorial tablets, Zhu Yunying said with a smile, "Grandfather, you said that we are so promising now, are our parents happy when they see it? We are so capable now, our parents must be proud too."

Old Zhu nodded again and again, and said with certainty, "I don't know about others, but seeing our Ying'er being so successful, we are proud of ourselves. We know that our Ying'er is capable, but we didn't expect our Ying'er to be so capable! "

Zhu Yunying laughed, and said with great certainty, "That's good, what we're doing is not bad, but we know we can do better!"

Now Zhu Yunying is quite promising, but he also feels that he can do better.He is still a bit promising now, he is still a promising and wise emperor, but he also feels that this is not enough, he can do better.

It is more important to talk to your ancestors in Fengxian Hall. This is the real ancestral temple, not a place like the Temple of Heaven for etiquette.

Some things are like this, it is better to talk to your family.What I really care about is my family.And some things, some actions, are actually done for the world to see.

After all, he is the emperor, so he must set an example.

(End of this chapter)