The marriage between King Qi and the princess was handled by the first assistant Guo Zhiqi, and the wedding date was set on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, that is, three days later. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since ancient times, princes or princes of all dynasties and generations, before getting married, the royal family must send someone to teach humanity, only in this way can they be competent to "go up to the temple and continue the burden of future generations".

The person who is responsible for teaching the way of human ethics is usually the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but this time it is not the prince or the prince who is married, but the princess, so naturally it is not possible for officials from foreign dynasties to teach human ethics.

The princess has no mother-in-law, nor does she have a mother-in-law, and the only relatives in this world are Dingwu's uncle and cousin King Yongxing. Therefore, such unspeakable things as teaching Renlun can only be done by Empress Chen, an aunt.

In fact, according to the system, the queen does not need to teach the princess herself, but the palace people in the palace can teach it on her behalf, or the lady of the noble relative's family will do this. It's just that since the return of Dingwu to the capital, all the rituals have been set up, and the palace people either have no experience in this area, or they are old and lonely, and it is not suitable to take on this heavy responsibility.

Xun Qi's side was all raided, and where did he find someone to teach the princess the way of humanity. There are quite a few wives among the officials of the foreign courts, but this matter is a family affair of the emperor, and they cannot be found according to the system.

In addition, whether it is a man or a woman, they all hope that this marriage will be done simply, not to alarm too many people, and make too much pomp and circumstance. After all, the country has not yet been reunified, and the people's livelihood is withered and broken, so it is really not suitable to operate it on a large scale. And neither Emperor Dingwu nor Empress Chen has ever received an education in orthodox royal etiquette, so the emperor and queen can't think too much about the princess's marriage.

Queen Chen was entrusted by her husband, and she had no children, and she also loved the princess, and regarded her as a concubine, so she instinctively taught the princess the way of humanity by her aunt, just like the people.

Although Queen Chen is a person from the past, the way of humanity is the privacy of husband and wife after all, and it is embarrassing to say it. Therefore, Queen Chen specially asked the palace people to write the way of humanity on a thin silk, and then she handed it to the princess. At that time, she only needs to say a few symbolic words, so that she can accomplish her mission, let the princess know what is going to happen and how to do it, and avoid being too embarrassed, so as to get the best of both worlds.

When Empress Chen arrived at the princess's dormitory, several palace people and a director of the Ministry of Rites were telling the princess about the matters that need to be paid attention to when getting married.

Although it is simple, it is still a princess who marries, and she is still married to a prince, the actual controller of the Ming Dynasty, and there are still a lot of rules. Fortunately, King Qi's parents were not there, and there were no brothers and sisters, which saved a lot of trouble, but Rao was like this, and there were still a lot of things to tell the princess to know, and the princess only heard that her head was swollen.

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Seeing the arrival of the queen's mother, Zhu Shuyi greeted her like a bird in a cage, and the things taught by those people made her listen to them with a big head, just like a lecture by a bachelor, very boring.

"I've seen the Queen Mother!"

The palace man and the chief stepped forward to salute Empress Chen, and Empress Chen asked them to retreat first.

It can be seen that the princess is in a good mood, and Queen Chen knows that this niece really likes Zhou Shixiang, otherwise she would not have been so anxious to go to Zhenjiang regardless of her identity as soon as she heard that Zhou Shixiang was injured, and took care of Zhou Shixiang for three months like a wife. If it weren't for Zhou Shixiang's power to the opposition, and the princess was her fiancée, she didn't know how much gossip would be said outside.

But thinking of the rumors that Zhou Shixiang was going to usurp the throne and the things that her husband had told Pan's father-in-law to do, she was nervous, afraid that there would be a scene of blood-stained court. She can't stop her husband, and now she can only hope that after the princess gets married, she can let Zhou Shixiang show mercy to her subordinates in the future and not hurt the princess's heart.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that the queen seemed to have something on her mind, Shuyi couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"No, nothing."

Queen Chen cheered up, she didn't want the princess to know these things, and she didn't want the princess who was about to marry her beloved to be sad because of these things. So she forced a smile, pulled the princess aside and sat down, thought for a moment, and said to her, "Shuyi, why don't I tell you a story." ”

"Niang Niang can tell stories?" Zhu Shuyi was very curious.

Empress Chen smiled and said slowly: "Once upon a time, there was a mouse's daughter who reached the age of marriage, so she went to ask her mother, what kind of husband do you want to find to be happy? The mother mouse said, "You have to find the best husband to be happy." ”

"And then?"

"Then the rat girl listened to her mother's words, and went out to find her husband, but she did not know who was the most powerful in the world. So he went and asked for the rain. The rain told him that the sun was the strongest, and that as soon as the sun came out, he had to run. The mouse girl went to find the sun. The sun said, I'm not the best. More powerful than me are the clouds, and the clouds can block my light. ”

"Did the rat girl find Yun to be her husband?" The princess found the story strange.

After listening to what the sun said, the mouse girl went to look for the clouds, but the clouds said, I am not the most powerful, but the wind is more powerful than me, and the wind can away. The rat girl went to look for the wind. The wind said, I'm not the most powerful, it's the wall that is more powerful than me, and the wall can block the wind. The rat girl went to the wall, and the wall said, "I'm not the best, but the rat is better than me, and the rat can make holes in me." The rat girl went to look for the rat. ”

"Ha, so in the end, the mouse still married the mouse?" Zhu Shuyi is very funny, going around, or the strongest mouse.

Queen Chen shook her head: "No, because the mouse said, I am not the most powerful, more powerful than me is the cat, cats can eat mice, so ah, the mouse girl found a cat as a husband." After speaking, he stared at the princess with a smile.

The princess blushed and said angrily: "Niangniang is really, how can you make fun of me for marrying a cat." ”

"You didn't marry a cat, because he was the most powerful person in our Ming Dynasty, you know, your uncle is also afraid..."

Empress Chen suddenly woke up, realizing that she shouldn't have said this now. Fortunately, at this time, several palace people moved a box into the palace, and the princess was attracted by the box, but she didn't pay attention to Queen Chen's words.

The box seemed to contain very heavy objects, and several palace people struggled to carry it, and carried the box to the inner hall at the back step by step.

Shuyi turned around and asked Queen Chen, "Niangniang, what's in the box?" ”

"You'll find out later."

Empress Chen smiled without saying a word, then got up and told the princess with a straight face that she wanted to teach her the way of humanity and asked the princess to follow her into the inner hall.

Shuyi was not clear at first, but it can be seen that Queen Chen was so solemn that she did not dare to slack off, and followed to the inner hall, and saw that the palace people had already placed the incense case, and there was a strange Buddha statue on the incense case. Shuyi didn't think much about it, thinking that it was a necessary etiquette for marriage, so she stepped forward to burn incense, make offerings, and bow.

After the princess finished the ceremony, Queen Chen took out a fine silk from her sleeve, handed it to Shuyi, and said with a straight face: "What is written on it, you take a closer look." ”

"What is it?"

Shuyi opened the fine silk with some confusion, and her face couldn't help but blush, because many of the things mentioned above were very embarrassing.

When the palace people around saw this scene, they showed a knowing smile.

Empress Chen didn't dare to look at the fine silk when she saw that the princess was blushing, so she said, "You put the things away, and look at them when no one is around." ”

"Hmm."

Shuyi whispered yes, Empress Chen nodded, and then solemnly instructed her: "Okay, you go and touch the Buddha's body." ”

"Buddha body?"

Shuyi followed Empress Chen's gaze and saw that it was a strange-looking Buddha statue enshrined on the incense table.

Empress Chen pointed to the Buddha statue and reminded the princess in a low voice: "This Buddha is called the Buddha of Joy, it contains organs, and the way in and out is consistent with what I said on the fine silk I gave you. After speaking, he paused, his face was a little unnatural, "If there is anything unclear, ask me again." ”

The Buddha statue is very strange, there are two statues of men and women in it, and it doesn't look like a serious god or Buddha. But the queen said that this thing has yin and yang, so that the princess must touch and observe. The princess was beating a drum in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey Queen Chen's intentions, so she had to carefully step forward and touch it, not wanting to press anything, and the Buddha statue suddenly came with a mechanical sound.

The princess was startled, thinking that she had broken something, but when she looked carefully, she immediately blushed with shame and ran out of the inner hall.

The reason why Zhu Shuyi fled in fright was that a long stick suddenly came out from under the male Buddha statue and inserted it into the body of the other half of the female statue with a "plop".