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Chapter 725

After Meng Shu left, Jiang Yuebai began to think about the dangerous links that might occur in the future.

The first is to participate in the Taimiao sacrifice, you have to wear formal clothes, and you can't sit in a wheelchair, you can only walk. Because the formal clothes are too heavy, the skirt and sleeves are too big, you may trip.

The solution is to wear loose, light and appropriate clothing.

The second reason is that he would be with Concubine Xie during the sacrifice. Concubine Xie might use the excuse that she couldn't stand steadily and bump into or push him.

The solution was to propose to Li Beichen that the officials of the Taichang Temple should arrange for her to stand in a row alone, keeping a distance from the second row.

The third is that when the sacrifice is completed and the queen is selected, the crowd will gather and other women may be arranged to come and interfere.

The solution is to be the first to appear and shock the audience with special effects. Then, use the excuse of feeling unwell to retreat and rest. Do not give the opponent a chance to collide.

The fourth is all other force majeure.

The solution was to take pregnancy-preserving pills in advance, arrange for several people including Jiang Xian and Jiang Yu to be on standby at the scene, and conduct security checks in advance.

After Li Beichen came back, Jiang Yuebai communicated these points. However, Li Beichen ate fruit leisurely, saying that he would do everything as instructed, and seemed to be confident and not worried at all.

September 18th soon arrived.

Jiang Yuebai was woken up early in the morning. After washing her face, she put on the clothes prepared for her by her second aunt, which were exquisite, elegant and simple.

A large purple peony is embroidered on the elegant white background, with layers upon layers of rich color variations. The pistil in the center is embellished with gold thread and pearls, which is delicate and gorgeous.

She usually likes to wear jade earrings, but today she wears diamond earrings, which makes her look more noble and elegant.

Li Beichen was wearing a dragon robe and a crown with twelve tassels on his head.

Both of them wore gold rings on their hands.

The first ceremony was the Taimiao sacrifice. At this time, the women who participated in the selection were waiting outside. Only the concubines who had entered the palace could participate in the sacrifice.

Li Beichen stretched out his hand, and Jiang Yuebai was extremely surprised. Li Beichen gestured again, and she slowly put her hand into his palm.

To my surprise, my palms were warm.

They walked side by side towards the Imperial Ancestral Temple, instead of following behind Li Beichen as Jiang Yuebai had expected.

The Taimiao enshrines the emperors of the two dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, the empress, princes and dukes, as well as the ministers who are entitled to be worshipped in the Taimiao.

The voice of the Minister of Taichang Temple was extremely solemn, and he asked the emperor to lead the concubines in the harem to worship the ancestors.

Li Beichen had originally been responsible for leading the civil and military officials in offering sacrifices, but he instead led the concubines in offering sacrifices directly, just to be able to hold Jiang Yuebai's hand and personally take her to the Taimiao.

Then Yuan Jianzheng did not show up, but Xia Mingxian, who was arranged by Li Beichen to work in the Imperial Observatory, took charge.

The girls who were nominated lined up to enter one by one. The solemnity of the Taimiao made no one dare to act rashly.

There is a pot of flowers in front of each person.

Jiang Yuebai was sitting in a wheelchair at this time, with Concubine Xie and Concubine Xia sitting on either side of her.

The emperor granted the seats to the concubines above the rank of concubine, which showed the emperor's grace. This method was more perfect than Jiang Yuebai's, and directly prevented Concubine Xie and Concubine Xia from stumbling due to reasons such as not having eaten in the morning, trembling calves, and the sun being too bright.

If you want to lean, please lean on the chair, don't harm others. If your words and actions are not good, then you are even less worthy of being the queen.

After everything was ready, Xia Mingxian began to announce the ritual.

After burning incense, he first performed a ritual with a sword in a mysterious manner, and then burned a bunch of music sheets to the sky. Probably after communicating with the competent department in the sky, Xia Mingxian announced that the election would begin.

The first stage is that the person chosen by God to be the new queen is virtuous and will bring blessings to all things, so there will be a vision of flowers blooming automatically.

How can this be? ? ?

Everyone was dumbfounded. All the preparations for the birds paying homage to the phoenix and the colorful butterflies flying around were ruined. This was really a forced miracle.

Everyone looked eagerly at the flower in front of them, and shouted in their hearts, "Hurry up, bloom quickly."

In the silence, Xia Mingxian suddenly exclaimed: "Oh my god, the flowers in front of Concubine Ning are blooming, really blooming! Everyone, come and see!"

As he spoke, a eunuch ran over and raised the pot of peonies in front of Jiang Yuebai with both hands.

I saw the big pink peony bud slowly opening, slowly stretching out a petal, and then slowly stretching out another petal.
The light pink petals are like the shy and tender cheeks of a girl, which is amazing.

It is now September in the lunar calendar and October in the solar calendar, while the peony blooms in May or June in the solar calendar.

Everyone was deeply impressed by the scene.

At this moment, the peonies in front of Xie Zhili also began to bloom.

Xie Zhili's gloomy face suddenly brightened up.

"The flowers in front of Concubine Xie are blooming too!"

The eunuch held up the words in front of Concubine Xie and showed them to everyone.

Interestingly, there were also flowers blooming for the girls below. Some were jasmine, some were osmanthus, and some were chrysanthemums. Suddenly, six people had visions, and the atmosphere suddenly became very lively.

In the second level, the person who is chosen as the queen will be surrounded by a hundred birds singing and paying homage to her.

The six of them were arranged to sit in the center in a hexagon, some distance apart from each other.

When the eunuchs around released a bunch of birds from ten cages, because some people had made preparations and put some bird food on their bodies, the birds immediately ran over and pecked at their bodies for food.

The two girls who were attracting the chirping birds to eat showed happy smiles.

Many birds also flew towards the girls who failed the election because they smelled so good, like food~
Jiang Yuebai spread out his palms and stretched out his hands towards the air, as if to welcome the arrival of the bird.

In just a moment, almost all the birds flew towards Jiang Yuebai. They were not looking for food on her clothes, but just chirping around her. Some birds even rested in her palms, letting her stroke them.

She calmly accepted the crowd's gazes. She didn't feel the pleasure of pretending, and just wanted to finish it quickly. Because she was a little urgent to pee. This was the reward for being promoted to the Imperial Concubine. It was mainly used for pretending. After all, an Imperial Concubine who didn't want to be the Queen was not a good Imperial Concubine.

Among these gazes, there is also jealousy and resentment.

For example, Concubine Xie. She looked at all this unconvinced. From the moment Yuan Jianzheng was suddenly replaced, she knew that she had lost today. Although she didn't know why she passed the first round of blooming. She thought, maybe she still had a little bit of luck, although it was not much.

Then, Xia Mingxian announced that Jiang Yuebai and the two newly selected girls would enter the third round. Xie Fei was eliminated in this round.

Both girls showed surprised expressions, but one was more reserved and quiet, while the other was more lively and cheerful.

Concubine Xie stood up angrily and said, "They put bird food on their clothes in advance to attract birds! It's not really God's choice!"

Xia Mingxian said calmly, "Thank you, Madam Concubine, that's wrong. Anyone can make preparations in advance. If the preparations are useful, it must be God's will! Otherwise, there were so many bird food prepared on site, why were they the only ones who chose it?"

All exams are open-book and transparent. If you fail the exam, you cannot suspect that someone hired a ghostwriter, or blame others for attending tutoring classes or buying test-taking tips.

Xia Mingxian bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Thank you, Madam Concubine~"

Concubine Xie stomped her feet in anger, glared at Jiang Yuebai fiercely, and then left the scene angrily.

In the third stage, the chosen queen will appear as the mother of the country, with auspicious signs of spiritual light shining everywhere.

Xia Mingxian solemnly announced: "Please come forward, burn incense, and pray to the heavens. If your wishes are recognized by the heavens, auras will appear on your bodies."

There was no doubt that he would pass this level, so Jiang Yuebai still burned incense and made a wish in a proper manner:
"May the country be peaceful and prosperous, and may I be able to safely give birth to an heir to the royal family."

After making a wish, he lowered his eyes and stood respectfully in front of the altar, turning on the preset protagonist halo special effects, still choosing the soft warm light with a transparency of 40%.

"Aura! Aura!"

"The Imperial Concubine really had a flash of inspiration!"

"Look at the aura!"

After screams one after another, everyone knelt down, including the girls standing on both sides of Jiang Yuebai, and Xia Mingxian who presided over the ceremony.

The two girls at her feet raised their heads and looked up at the woman in front of them. The peonies on her horse-faced skirt seemed to come alive, and even emitted a faint fragrance. She smiled, with a soft and sacred aura shrouding her back, and her face was compassionate and solemn.

In the midst of all the kneeling, Li Beichen slowly walked towards Jiang Yuebai, looked at her affectionately, and said to her in lip language, "Jiaojiao, I love you."

He took her hand and said, "My Lady, it turns out that you are the queen chosen by God for me."

Jiang Yuebai also looked at him with a smile on her face, and knelt down to salute, "Thank you, Your Majesty. It is my honor."

Li Beichen looked at Xia Mingxian, "Deputy Supervisor Xia, why don't you announce the results quickly?"

Xia Mingxian quickly got up from the ground and announced in a beaming tone, "After four steps of offering sacrifices to heaven, submitting petitions, being chosen by heaven, and examining one's conscience, Jiang from Suzhou Prefecture was chosen by heaven to be the new queen, Queen Ning.

The three auspicious signs of flowers blooming, birds paying homage to the phoenix, and spiritual light shining everywhere indicate that Empress Ning will bring prosperity and well-being to the Ming Dynasty, prosperity and peace to the royal family, and blessings to the world and the hearts of all people! "

Then he announced, "Your Majesty, the vacancy of the throne has caused many disasters. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory observed the celestial phenomena at night and today is an auspicious day. It is appropriate to hold the enthronement ceremony to rectify the way of heaven and earth and calm the people's hearts."

Li Beichen nodded: "Allowed."

Next, the Minister of the Imperial Household announced that the emperor and the empress would pay homage to their ancestors. Then, the Imperial Household Minister took out the Jade Book and wrote Empress Ning Jiang after Li Beichen's name.

Then, Li Beichen handed the treasure box containing the Queen's seal to Jiang Yuebai.

From then on, it meant that Li Beichen recorded Jiang Yuebai in the family tree as Empress Yuan, and Jiang Yuebai truly became his wife.

This is against etiquette, very against etiquette.

Since ancient times, there has never been a ceremony held immediately after the selection of a queen.

A series of tedious preparations needed to be made, including the need to select an auspicious date by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, prepare the queen's dress, discuss etiquette and rituals, etc.

But the Ministry of Rites and the Taichang Temple were all the emperor's people. With more than a dozen concubines dying in the harem one after another, they all agreed from the bottom of their hearts that a queen should be appointed as soon as possible. After giving symbolic advice, they carefully arranged today's enthronement ceremony.

The ministers had ideas but not many.

Because Jiang Yuebai met all the requirements to be a queen except for her poor family background: she was dignified, virtuous, well-educated, kind, and pregnant with an heir. In particular, the auspicious signs that appeared one after another made the ministers more willing to submit.

Besides, the emperor had already given them some chicken soup a few days ago. After the establishment of the new dynasty, it became a consensus to revive the harem and the government.