Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Seventy-six Royal Travel

The emperor’s trip has always been extremely grand. Although this time the emperor and empress are just going out of the palace and going to Ci'en Temple to listen to the Buddhist chants, the etiquette and pomp required are also quite cumbersome and grand. Although it is not as grand as the annual emperor's sacrifice to the sky, but The trip to the palace was also to pour water on the street and block the street.

Zongzheng Temple has always served as a genealogy for the royal family, clan relatives, and relatives, and guarded the royal tombs and temples.

Because Li Shimin once said: "Lao Tzu is the ancestor of the imperial family", Lao Tzu is regarded as the ancestor of the Li family, and Taoism is regarded as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty. Zongzheng Temple has always managed Taoists and monks.

And today is also the busiest time for Zongzheng Temple. Since Yinshi has been busy with Taichang Temple, which holds the ceremonies of Zongzong Temple, Weiwei Temple, which holds guards of honor and tent, and Taipu Temple, which holds chariots and horses, in the royal family.

Of course, the palace was brightly lit early, and the attendants, the guards, the left and right Qianniuwei, the maids, and the eunuchs all started to rush back and forth in the palace for the two protagonists today.

"Liantie, you go...Forget it, if you go, he will listen to you if you don’t see you. Send someone over and urge the prince to stop him from being late. All the people in the East Palace in recent years I am accustomed to him, because of his temperament, today is no better than usual, urging a little bit." Wu Mei sat on a chair with a huge mirror in front of him. The beauty in the mirror watched the palace lady help her hair. Said with some worry.

Lian Tie, who waited respectfully on the side, immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he refused to let him go. If he urged him, he might be beaten out by the sleepy prince.

So I quickly found a palace lady who was usually favored by the prince from the palace ladies around, and motioned her to rush to the east palace to urge the prince to take down the prince.

"You are very smart, and you know to send a court lady who is favored in front of the prince, but it is good, so that the skin monkey will not really get angry." Wu Mei looked in the mirror in front of her. The leaving maid said.

It's no wonder that Wu Mei, as the lord of the harem, is so concerned about the prince. She knows better than anyone that every royal ceremonial activity is the most leisurely in the entire palace.

And he is the most annoying of this kind of thing. That is, the annual spring plowing, starting from the age of four, has experienced spring plowing seven times now, and the skin monkey has suffered headaches or diarrhea on the day of spring plowing six times.

So since being crowned the prince, this spring plowing has participated once. As for other royal ceremonies, the skin monkeys can run and hide, and if they can't hide, they can deal with a scene.

On the other side, Bailu and Xiaoxue are waiting for the prince to bathe and change clothes. Someone with sleepy eyes stands swaying, letting Bailu and Xiaoxue play around.

Bai Chun looked at the arrival of the palace lady, smiled slightly, pointed to the inside and said: "Go back and tell the queen, the prince will wait for your majesty and the queen at the Chengtian Gate on time, no, now I am bathing and changing clothes." /

"Yes, there is Miss Lao Bai." After the court lady saluted timidly, she hurried back.

After Li Hong was waited by Bailu and Xiaoxue, he ran out with a long hair: "Did the queen send someone to urge you?"

"Yes, the queen is uneasy, so I sent someone to urge you." Bai Chun replied with a smile.

Li Hong yawned and sat down on the chair in front of Bai Chun, looked at the unclear sky outside, and said helplessly: "Don't tie your hair too tight, and your scalp hurts."

"It's not right. Today's matter was hosted by the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple. I heard that Yushitai was also followed. If you are like this, the Ministry of Rites and Yushitai will have to trouble you again." Bai Chun is playful. He smiled, stroked Li Hong's long black hair, smelled it and said.

"These two days are really bad luck. Yesterday I was cheated by the old **** Xu Jingzong. Today I have to stay with the Rites and Yushitai who have never dealt with it for one day. Alas... life is really hard." Li Hong let it go. Bai Chun tied his hair and grumbled.

These three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons, and Yushitai. The ones that are most troubled by Li Hong are the Ministry of Rites and Yushitai.

Needless to say, Yushitai, every day every month every year, if the prince is not impeached several times, I always feel that every day every month is not finished, and the past is incomplete, as if something is missing.

While Li Hong and the Ministry of Etiquette have always been displeased by anyone, since Dai Zhide moved to the post of the Minister of Etiquette, he has been fighting with Li Hong even more.

The Ministry of Etiquette has always been in charge of imperial examinations and learning matters, so in Li Hong's unauthorized reform of Chongwenguan, including the reform of Guozijian and Hongwenguan, it is natural to forge a lot of Liangzi with Dai Zhide.

In addition, the Ministry of Rites also handles guest ceremonies, as well as foreign or foreign affairs, and Li Hong has always been a coercive policy towards Waguk, Goryeo, Baekje, or other countries in the Western Regions, and never gives a good face.

This is incompatible with the moral policy that Dai Zhide has always admired, so Dai Zhide and Li Hong will pinch them as long as they meet, without a few words.

Yesterday, after Li Hong was named the Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, some officials joked with Dai Zhide after the next court, "Dai Shangshu, your Majesty, is it not too addictive to see you two in private? Get to the court, so you can pinch him openly?"

"Dai Shangshu, you are in your fifties. What do you think you care about with a child? Haven't you taken the Guozijian and Hongwenguan operations? Besides, Yang Sijian is not in a hurry, you Why are you in a hurry?"

Faced with these jokes, Dai Zhide naturally wouldn't care. His old face was black and he said: "The old man is not afraid that he is the prince."

As long as he thinks of students studying, not learning ancient books from sages, but playing with those messy things, he feels that he has a responsibility to defend the next generation of students in the Tang Dynasty and the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty.

Although there are many jokes among the court officials, everyone is still looking forward to how the two high-ranking Shangshu will confront each other in the court.

Think about the red-faced scene of an old man and a young man in the courtroom, each arguing and arguing, which makes them look forward to it.

"You only need to say a few words less, so why bother, this Guozijian and Hongwenguan, didn't your majesty do what you want?" Bai Chun said while helping him tie his hair.

"Oh, that's different. Dai Zhide now feels a bit like Wei Zheng, not staid." Li Hong couldn't help but shook his head thinking of Dai Zhide.

"Don't move, you just got your hair done." Bai Chun reminded softly: "Then you won't keep arguing with him. Some time ago, the quarrel between you two in front of the Imperial College would attract one A large number of people came to see it, and now it’s something that everyone knows about."

"Forget it, don't tell me, today I will be honest, just don't give him a handle. By the way, who is going to Yushitai? Don't tell me it is Wang Yifang!"

Li Hong finished putting his crown on, wearing bright yellow prince costumes, and the dragon-shaped jade pendant on his waist was radiant under the light. The whole person looked much more energetic and handsome than usual.

Of course, except for the slight smirk at the corner of the mouth, which seemed to be a sign, it was still hanging on his lips, even when Bai Chun saw it at the moment, there was a kind of idea whether this guy stabbed Louzi again, no wonder every time the queen saw it His smirk made him want to beat him involuntarily.

"It's almost the hour, wait at Chengtian Gate, this royal standard etiquette is really dying." Li Hong mumbled dissatisfiedly, Xia Zhi and Xiao Han who had been waiting at the gate were already there.

The edge of the eastern horizon lit up slightly and the fish belly was white. Before the emperor and the queen came out, the crown prince’s car had already stopped at the door, and the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple were already waiting in line at this moment.

Dai Zhide and Qing Zongzheng were waiting in the palace. Li Hong got out of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage after hearing Bai Chun's signal that the people at Yushitai and the Ministry of Rites were no one. Anyway, I have to give the father and the queen peace, and it will be fine if I get down early.

The entire royal travel team is much simpler than the royal ceremonial sacrifices to heaven and other activities, but in Li Hong's eyes, this is already a ritual that makes him feel headache.

For him, every time he participates in this kind of activity, there is an impulse to possess a ghost~IndoMTL.com~In addition to his strange identity of the Ninth Reincarnation, he was originally atheist. Becoming a little in awe.

On both sides of Chengtianmen, Qianniu Weisu, wearing a bright light armor, stood beside him. The horizontal swords around his waist had not been out of the sheath, and the ceremonial guard horses in his hands reflected a compelling cold light.

Suddenly, the sound of ritual music came to mind in Chengtianmen. First, six leads and twelve banners came out, and the magistrates of the two counties of Chang'an were mixed. Then the Qing You team held a crossbow and a horse, and cleared the road for the last time. Banners such as wind, rain, thunder, lightning, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, etc. led the Ministry of Rites, Zongzheng Temple and other temples and ministers to clear the way.

The twelve-level ceremonies of leading the driver were omitted, and then the emperor’s dragon and the queen’s phoenix filed out. Naturally, Qianniuwei's strict protection was indispensable. Behind the two carriages, there are naturally music and various fan screens, small group fans, peacock fans, square fans and yellow wing screens, which are dazzling.

The royal and majestic guard of honor stopped for a while at the gate of Chengtian, and Shangshu Dai Zhide of the Ministry of Rites ran to the forefront, uttering a long speech.

At this time, it was also Li Hong hurriedly marching from the carriage, accompanied by officials at all levels in the Prince's Mansion, to the emperor’s dragon nun to salute and bow down, followed by the queen’s phoenix nun, one by one, kneeling and standing beside Next, wait for the emperor's car to start moving before returning to his car and follow closely.

Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, the Third Division of Shangguanyi, and the Third Master of the Prince's Mansion, followed the prince’s greetings. After the salute, Li Hong looked at Xu Jingzong next to him and whispered: "Why are you running here? Away from me today A little bit, I will be angry when I see you, you know the reason!"

Wu Mei looked through the window and watched Li Hong bite his ears with Xu Jingzong, knowing that this kid, she must not take this trip to Ci'en Temple seriously, but see if there is no one yawning to die or not. Looks like, there is still some comfort in my heart.