March is the beginning of spring, and it is the season when grass grows and birds sing.
The imperial city stands majestically, with red walls and the sunlight shining on the glazed tiles.
It was a rare day with good weather.
It is also a good day for the emperor and empress to get married.
Preparations for the wedding began a month ago. Just after the Spring Festival, His Majesty ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to begin preparations.
He wanted a sedan chair carried by eight people to marry Shen Fu.
The entire imperial city was decorated with joy and celebration, and lanterns and red silks had already covered the entire city.
Palace lanterns and red candles were hung outside the palace.
Big red wedding characters and couplets were plastered all over Bauhinia City.
Early in the morning, before daybreak, the servants from the Imperial Household Department came to prepare.
The Hehuan Hall was extremely festive, with fresh peonies placed all around.
It is only March now, but His Majesty has already ripened a batch of peonies to prepare for the wedding.
Chen Fu also got up early, sat in front of the bronze mirror, and dressed up.
"Are you done?" Chen Fu closed her eyes and dozed off because she was so sleepy.
Last night, His Majesty insisted on pestering her to write a letter. It is said that there is a folk rule that couples cannot meet before marriage.
Let her write if she has something to write.
The Hehuan Hall was only an incense stick's distance away from the Qianqing Palace. In just such a short period of time, the Emperor wrote more than a dozen letters.
Chen Fu was so sleepy that she kept dozing off: "Yu Gong is really sleepy."
"Empress." The maid who was doing her makeup was so frightened that she dropped her comb.
"This is a lucky day for you, but you must never say the word death."
When Shen Fu heard this, she couldn't help but say, "Not married yet."
"The concubine is still the Imperial Concubine."
As he was speaking, Zi Su came in from behind holding a phoenix coronet and bridal bridal robe.
On the tray, the phoenix crown was shining brightly.
This phoenix crown was prepared by His Majesty long ago and is extremely exquisite.㳎Nine phoenixes carved from gold, surrounded by inlaid gems and South China pearls.
The entire crown is made of a total of 108 South China pearls, the most important one is the one in the middle, which is as big as a pigeon egg.
Wearing it on the head, the whole person looks like a fairy from heaven descending to earth.
The moment Shen Fu put on her clothes and the crown, people could hear gasps one after another all around.
"May the Queen be blessed with good health."
All the servants in the room knelt down instantly, and Shen Fu hadn't even opened her mouth to call them up.
She was covered with a veil and led out.
His Majesty was waiting for her at the door.
At the door, Xiao Yu was wearing a wedding gown and standing at the door of the Hehuan Palace.
The dark dragon robe was changed to bright red, and the golden dragon embroidered on it was lifelike. His Majesty wears a jade crown and dragon boots.
The guards surrounded the room tightly, but even the emperor still felt a little nervous when he saw the person coming out of the door.
"Help the Queen get on the wedding sedan." Beside the phoenix sedan, Lin An, dressed in red, shouted in a hoarse voice.
Xiao Baozi bent down and immediately helped Chen Fu onto the Phoenix Chariot.
This was not an ordinary wedding sedan, but the queen's sedan chair.
When Chen Fu sat inside, she was still a little confused.
"Where are we going?"
No one answered her, Feng Ni got up, and Shen Fu then lifted the curtain and looked outside.
His Majesty was sitting on a white horse, wearing wedding clothes. Compared with his solemn and cold face in the past, the eyes of His Majesty today showed joy.
This doesn't look like an emperor, but just like an ordinary man.
Chen Fu took a dazed look and saw that they had already reached the palace gate.
The Xuanwu Gate was wide open and red silk was spread on the ground. The wedding procession was heading towards the door, and Shen Fu didn't react until they were outside the palace.
I have left the palace.
She secretly lifted her veil and looked towards the door, and was stunned at the first glance.
The edge of the imperial city was filled with people.
Behind the wedding procession, a dozen pairs of young eunuchs carried bamboo baskets filled with copper coins, wedding cakes, and lotus seeds, which they scattered along the way.
The common people knelt on the ground, holding copper coins and shouting "Your Highness" or "Her Majesty" instead of "Long Live the Emperor" or "Her Majesty".
Instead, it is: "May you have a baby soon, safe and healthy."
Chen Fu had heard Guo Ting all along the way, so she couldn't help but ask, "What is Your Majesty doing?"
Lin An, who was serving beside the sedan chair, was startled. When he heard the Queen's voice, he said, "The Emperor said that he wants a sedan chair with eight bearers to marry you, the Queen."
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