Chapter 24 Wedding 2
The next day, Ma Jin woke up and it was already dawn. First, he was very tired after working hard for a day in his wedding yesterday, and second, he fought too late at night. Of course, Ma Jin's physical condition is only sixteen years old, he recovers very quickly, and he became lively again in the night. Looking at Zhou Ehuang lying beside him, he had only met him in a hurry a few days ago, but he didn't expect to get married so soon. However, he thought that he was the popular person who got married first and then fell in love in ancient times. Even if Zhou Ehuang has now become his wife, he actually doesn't know much about each other. Ma Jin only knew that she was the granddaughter of the late Marquis of Lanling Zhou Lian, and the eldest daughter of Lanling Bo Zhou Guoji, and the others were blank.
Ma Jin couldn't help but look at Zhou Ehuang lying beside him, and couldn't help but sigh in secret that Zhou Ehuang was indeed very beautiful, with her icy skin and jade bones and skin as cream. She was not just talking about it. I remember that Zhou Ehuang's horoscope was only fifteen years old, maybe because girls developed earlier than boys. At this time, Zhou Ehuang's figure had developed extremely well, and her face was not the charming beauty but a dignified and gorgeous beauty, just like what people often say about the beauty of the country, the sky, the beauty of falling fish and geese.
Ma Jin looked at Zhou Ehuang while thinking that this woman would be her wife in the future and would be her wife who would be with her for the rest of her life. As Ma Jin thought about it, he hugged her from behind Zhou Ehuang. Smelling the faint fragrance of Zhou Ehuang's body, a ripples appeared.
In fact, Zhou Ehuang had already woken up, but feeling Ma Jin was silently watching her make her feel a little panicked and shy, and there was something she didn't know about, which made her a little dazed. At this time, she suddenly was hugged by Ma Jin and then she woke up completely. But she didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only close her eyes and pretend to be asleep.
Zhou Ehuang had already changed from a girl to a woman yesterday, and was still the emperor's woman. She was slowly accepting this fact for a while. Just as she recalled the shyness of last night, she obviously felt that somewhere in Ma Jin's body began to change. She couldn't continue to pretend to be asleep. She opened her eyes and said shyly in her words, "Your Majesty!" Ma Jin hugged Zhou Ehuang's body, and now Zhou Ehuang's shy greeting made Ma Jin's heart even more angry. The already burning fire exploded, allowing him and Zhou Ehuang to go to Wushan Clouds and Rain again...
After the clouds cleared and the mist dissipated, Ma Jin hugged Zhou Ehuang, "Your Majesty, it's time to get up. Today, there are still many etiquettes to be held." Zhou Ehuang was naturally very happy in his heart. However, the female officials in the palace had an explanation before that they could not have too many times, and it was easy to destroy the dragon body and let her persuade the emperor to control it. Moreover, the wedding ceremony was indeed not over yet.
Hearing Zhou Ehuang's words, Ma Jin also thought that there were still many ceremonies to be held today. So he sat up first, and then helped Zhou Ehuang to sit up too. Because Zhou Ehuang was too many times last night, Ma Jin helped her to adapt.
After Ma Jin got up, he looked at Zhou Ehuang sitting beside the bed, and he lowered his head and kissed Zhou Ehuang's forehead by a devil. The two couldn't help but smile. After a while, Ma Jin ordered the palace maids to serve the two of them in bathing and changing clothes.
After changing clothes, Ma Jin and Zhou Ehuang had breakfast in Fengming Palace and left the palace to go to Taimiao to worship their ancestors. In ancient China, ancestors were highly valued. Although men had three wives and four concubines, concubines could not pay homage to their ancestors or enter the ancestral hall. This is also a very important matter for couples to pay homage to their ancestors, which is equivalent to telling their ancestors that this woman will be a member of our family in the future. The etiquette of worshiping their ancestors is grand and cumbersome.
After worshiping the Taimiao, we had to go to see the Empress Dowager according to etiquette. After meeting with Empress Dowager Xiao, we had lunch together in Cining Palace for a while. It was already afternoon when the two of us returned to Fengming Palace. The two took off their dresses and changed into regular clothes. Ma Jin accompanied Zhou Ehuang to say something, and then went back to Yangxin Palace to deal with the government affairs.
Ma Jin, who had been busy for several days, finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, although his marriage to Zhang Yan was over, there were still many follow-up things to do. What he had to do next was to confer four other beautiful women as concubines. Ma Jin immediately issued an imperial edict, conferring Wang as concubine Xian, Duan as concubine Liang, Ning as concubine Shu, and Lan as concubine De.
According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the four imperial concubines entered the palace every day in the order of the imperial edicts, starting from the day when the imperial edict was issued, starting from the entry of the imperial edicts, and ending from the entry of the imperial edicts. Although the imperial concubine was second only to the queen, the imperial concubine was different from the queen after all, and the status was much worse than that of the queen. The most direct manifestation was in etiquette. The queen was a regular marriage between the Ming media, and the sedan chair was carried from the Shenwu Gate and the Danfeng Gate all the way into the palace from the main gate; marrying the imperial concubine was different. The four concubines were all carried into the palace from the Xuanwu Gate, the side gate of the palace. Compared with the etiquette of enthroning the imperial concubine, the empress was also relatively simple. There was no need to worship the heaven and earth or the elders, and there was no need to worship the Taimiao.
After several consecutive days of visiting the imperial concubine, Ma Jin once a day, enjoying the blessings of the people of Qi. Even he himself had to sigh that it was good in ancient times, with three wives and four concubines, and the emperor had three palaces and six courtyards. No wonder everyone had a dream of an emperor.
On the ninth day of the sixth month, Ma Jin held a ceremony to enthrone the concubines in Hanyuan Palace and sent his residence to report to the world. The emperor's marriage was completely over. After the matter was over, the people who had made meritorious were rewarded as usual. First, the ministers were rewarded, especially matchmakers Changsun Wuji, Xie Xuan, etc., and again, the officials of the Ministry of Rites responsible for handling this matter.
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Inside the Tai Chi Palace Yangxin Palace
Ma Jin lay on the imperial case, thinking that his throne was now stable, and his wife had five at once. It was time to implement his plan. He was a destiny son with a systematic body, so he didn't want to be a salted fish. Moreover, after so long, the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, it had already decayed. In fact, Ma Jin had only controlled Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou where Shendu was located. Ma Jin did not know much about the rest of the Jiuzhou. In fact, the four states he could control now were blank for him. However, after two great victories in the Great Zhou Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were in hand, no one dared to move.
He summoned seven people from Yang Zaixing, Wang Cheng'en, Lu Bing, Xie Xuan, Liu Laozhi, Wang Zhen'e, Tan Daoji, and later summoned Taoist chief Sun Wuji, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, Li Bao, and Yue Yun. When he quelled the rebellion, Ma Jin summoned twice, but his luck broke out, and he won the No. 1 strong general of the Five Dynasties and Kou Zhun, a famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. Now he has many famous generals, but there are not many civil officials, so Xie Xuan, Changsun Wuji and Kou Zhun. It is hard to cook without rice. He is now confident to catch all the officials of the Great Zhou in one go. No one can be used, so he insists on enrolling imperial examinations again and again.
Chapter completed!