Chapter 302 - No One Dares to Rob You to be a Son-in-law
The feudal ceremony took place on the 15th day of the first month during the middle of the Chinese Festival. It was a truly joyous day for celebration.
When Teng Yu had ascended to the throne, he had entrusted all kinds of matters to the Ministry of Rites. He did not ask anything, but on the day of the ceremony, he wore a dragon robe and walked in a circle according to procedure.
However, he had taken care of everything during the grand ceremony. He had even seen the names of the guests from the Ministry of Rites. He had chosen the Queen's gown from the inside out.
As there were no precedents, the Internal Affairs Division changed its style to a male style based on the uniform worn by the empress in previous years. The bright red phoenix robe was beautiful, but it was a pity that it was a bit out of the ordinary.
Teng Yu changed the red color into black, the eight colored phoenixes on his robe into five golden dragons, and the peonies into green bamboo and cloud patterns. When the unique phoenix robe was forced out, everyone thought that the person wearing it would definitely have an extraordinary noble aura.
The ministers all protested against the dragon embroidered on the phoenix robe. In all the dynasties, there had never been a queen who dared to embroider a dragon on her clothes. Although there were only five of them, four less than the one embroidered on the dragon robe, the dragon was still the symbol of an emperor.
Teng Yu laughed and said: “You guys have said it yourself, after all, after all these years, there has never been a man before. Since our queen is the strongest, then all of his etiquette and rules will naturally be new.
The officials could not persuade him, and could only make his move towards Yin Xu and Huo Family, but Yin Xu did not care about anything, and directly replied them that he did not care, because all of them had Teng Yu as the leader, and Huo Family people even more so, had no rules. When the family went to the northwest, they could not even make it back to the main ceremony, and so the eldest son, Huo Yiming, laughed about everything, saying that he could not make decisions, and so he fooled them.
The ministers had no choice but to give up.
Very soon, the fifteenth day of the first month arrived. The officials' orders were passed down layer by layer, and the entire area was decorated with lanterns and decorations. Some places did not pay attention to this holiday and were forced to have a festive atmosphere.
The capital city was going to host a flowing water banquet that would last for three days and three nights. The emperor's private funds would be used to pay the bill, and no one would be able to give a reason to refute.
How much money was in the emperor's private treasury was unknown to the rest of the officials as well. It was just that ever since Third Prince Mansion had helped to pay for the disaster that year, many small and large disasters seemed to have taken place because of Third Prince Mansion. Sometimes they had paid directly, sometimes they had given food or clothes.
This was also one of the reasons why the political situation quickly stabilized after Teng Yu had ascended to the top. Other than the days when he was young, and had the determination to be the male empress, Teng Yu couldn't help but make a mistake.
“Esteemed empress, the auspicious hour is approaching. It's time to get up and change clothes.” Chief Minister Qu carefully stood by the bedside.
Yin Xu closed his eyes and sat up, “First let's change your way of addressing me, a man as a young lady must die from listening to you.”
“This... Your Majesty did not give any instructions. ” Chief Minister Qu was in a difficult situation, “Then what should I call you?”
“Go and ask Teng Yu.” Yin Xu jumped off the bed, opening his arms wide for the palace maid to help him put on his formal wear.
The Chief Minister Qu smiled and said, “Your Highness, you should first take a bath before changing.”
Yin Xu swept a glance over him, “I just showered last night, there's no need to wash.”
Seeing the palace maids hesitating, he frowned, “Didn't you say the auspicious hour is approaching? What are you all waiting for? “
With the layers of court uniform covering his body, Yin Xu instantly felt that his shoulders were a lot heavier than before. Luckily it was winter now, otherwise he would definitely get sick from the fever.
“Just who could come up with this idea? Who could possibly be so determined to make the uniform so complicated and so tiring to wear?!” Yin Xu pulled at his belt that was tightly tied up, he felt that it was hard to breathe.
Teng Yu pulled Yin Xu up, looked him up and down, and helped him straighten his hair. “Very good, we have already kowtowed to the empress!”
Yin Xu turned in a circle, raised his chin proudly and walked out of the hall.
“Right, where's Bao`er?” When he woke up in the morning, even the crib was empty. He was indeed the laziest one.
“We had long dressed him up and told Han Sen to go down to feed him. We will be busy in a while, I'm afraid we will starve him.”
With that, Teng Yu ordered his men to carry the crown prince over, and with one arm holding his son and the other holding his queen, he walked towards the largest plaza in the palace.
The officials had been waiting for a long time, and upon seeing the three of them arrive, they quickly knelt down.
“Rise. Today is my wedding day, and all my loved ones are guests. There is no need to be so courteous.”
“Your Majesty is blessed, Empress Jin An!”
“Cough ...” “I forgot to say, since my empress is male, there's no need for this empress to call her ‘Your Highness' in the future. You can just call her ‘Your Highness'.”
“Understood!”
Teng Yu pulled Yin Xu onto the carriage and asked softly: “Are you satisfied?”
Yin Xu sat properly beside Teng Yu, his eyes intersecting with his son's from the corner of his eyes.
“It's not bad, but it's too complicated.” Yin Xu thought: Since I have the time, I might as well sleep for a bit longer.
Teng Yu really wanted to tell him that this was already a simplified procedure. The two of them had to circle around the imperial city today so that the citizens could admire the Empress's glory, and then go to the Ancestral Temple to pay respects to their ancestors. Write the names of the Empress and the crown prince on the clan tree, and then return to the imperial palace for the ceremony of husband and wife.
Teng Yu saved some details in the process. The two adults were still alright, the crown prince was still young, it would be strange if he did not get tired after tormenting himself for an entire day.
Yin Xu laughed at him worrying too much. Not to mention his son being held in someone's arms all day, he didn't even need to move at all. Even if he had to move for an entire day, he wouldn't be tired of it.
Teng Yu did not care about all these, and kissed his son's cheek: “Anyways, my Bao`er is the most precious, Royal Father is willing to pamper her.”
“Humph!” Be careful not to pamper a second generation! “
“How is this possible? Looking at our hearts and abilities, our son won't be much different from him! ” Teng Yu said confidently.
Yin Xu secretly glared at his son, who spat a bubble at him and laughed at him, as if ridiculing his ignorance.
“Did you get the big name?” Yin Xu retracted his gaze and asked.
“Mmm, his name is Teng Fangshuo, and I'm not satisfied with the name that the imperial overseer submitted, so I took one for myself. What do you think?”
“Oh, that's it.” Yin Xu was incapable of naming himself, so he naturally did not have too high of a requirement. Bao'er is still as nice to listen to! “
“Haha ...” You're right! We'll call him Bao Er from now on! ” His Majesty agreed.