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The Spring Festival is not the most solemn festival in Daqin. The festival that Daqin attaches the most importance to is the wax sacrifice of the winter solstice.The ancients said that the winter solstice is: when the cathode arrives, Yang Qi begins to grow, when the sun arrives south, when the sun is short, and when the shadow of the sun arrives, it is called "winter solstice".

Daqin people believe that after the winter solstice, the days are getting longer and the yang energy rises, which is the beginning of a cycle of solar terms and an auspicious day, which should be celebrated.The status of the winter solstice is equivalent to New Year's Day, which is equivalent to the beginning of a new year.

The first day of the Lunar New Year in the 21st century is just the first day of the lunar calendar in the hearts of the people of Daqin.

There is no fixed date for the winter solstice in the lunar calendar. To determine which day is the winter solstice, it is determined by the 24 solar terms.The winter solstice of this year was in the middle of November in the lunar calendar. Because Xihou was seriously ill in Wu State, and Chen Bing in Zhao State was eyeing the northwest throat, the most important festival of the year was presided over by Prince Sheng instead of Xihou.

Both Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui are used to regard the Spring Festival as the most important festival of the year. They want to continue this habit in the country of Wu, and to give the people of the country a new psychological start, they decided to use the beginning of the lunar calendar as the most important festival of the year. The first day is designated as an important festival equivalent to the wax festival. From New Year's Eve, royal court ministers and public officials are given three days off.

Although people in Daqin do not regard the first day of the first lunar month as the beginning of a year, there are still etiquettes for meeting elders on the first day of the lunar calendar.Therefore, on the morning of the first day of the new year, there was an endless stream of people who came to the Prime Minister's Office to meet.

The gate of the Prime Minister's Office usually opens early, that is, at seven o'clock in the morning, but on the first day of the new year, the Prime Minister's Office did not open on time. It was not until nearly eight o'clock that Ma Ren assigned guards to open the gate. The ministers and nobles who will pay New Year's greetings Put them in after batch inspection.

In the Prime Minister's Hall, only Chu Chaohui, who was wearing a dark blue brocade cotton gown and a spring-like face, sat in the middle to accept everyone's greetings.

"Great General! Why don't you see the Prime Minister?" Guo Huben and Guo Si swept their eyes around the hall. His obsession with Zheng Yuming did not change because Zheng Yuming became the third prince of Wu Wang, but became more fanatical.

Generals like Guo Si are under the jurisdiction of Chu Chaohui, and Chu Chaohui hates Guo Si's fascinated expression that fixes his eyes on Zheng Yuming whenever he sees Zheng Yuming. Guo Si sent an errand away from the royal court.Looking at the busy Guo Huben, the ministers of the royal court thought that Chu Chaohui valued this newly knighted general very much.

Guo Si hadn't seen Zheng Yuming for a long time. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to see Zheng Yuming on the first day of the first lunar month, so he waited at the gate of the Prime Minister's Office before seven o'clock. He waited outside the cold gate. It took more than an hour to enter the door, but when he came to the main hall with excitement, Zheng Yuming did not appear, and Chu Chaohui had already made a gesture of seeing off the guests, how could Guo Si be reconciled to this.

The corners of Chu Zhaohui's mouth were slightly raised, and his usually stern face was exceptionally soft today.He was in a good mood today, looking at Guo Si who was looking around, he thought it was a bit cute, not as irritating to his eyes as before.

"The Prime Minister is busy with government affairs all year round. He wakes up every day with cock crowing, and he is never tired. Today is the beginning of the calendar year. It is appropriate for the Prime Minister to have a relaxing day, so everyone should not disturb him today." The real reason is that Zheng Yuming was able to sleep until dawn, and a person who had never snored actually snored loudly. Chu Chaohui woke up after sleeping for more than an hour and decided to let Zheng Yuming have a good sleep. Can make one.

"Oh, that's how it is!" Guo Si was disappointed, and secretly blamed himself for not thinking much about Zheng Yuming's health. It turned out that Zheng Yuming was very busy when he was a council member in Nanbu, and when Yi Ji made trouble and Young Master Guang was poisoned, he was even more busy getting away.

Chu Chaohui's explanation made sense to the nobles and ministers who came to pay New Year's greetings. The busiest people should enjoy the benefits of sleeping late during the New Year.Since then, the country of Wu began to have the custom that the busiest people in the family can sleep in on the first day of the first lunar month. This is similar to the custom in the southern part of the Chinese Dynasty in the 21st century, where the husband cooks breakfast on the first day of the first lunar month.

The three-day spring break passed in a flash. In the early morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Wu Wangsheng was dressed in a black gold silk inlaid dragon and phoenix king's crown, wearing a white jade beaded nine-pronged crown, and sat in a black four-horse horse to marry Tian. Ji Nu, two luxurious four-wheeled carriages followed closely behind her. These two four-wheeled carriages were both black in color. Except for these three carriages, the other waiters and guards rode on horseback or on foot.

The wedding ceremony of Daqin follows the Zhou system, which is also the same three books and six rituals.The carriage used to welcome the bride is different from the big red of later generations, but a black carriage is used to marry the bride. Black is a symbol of the royal family. Qin people think that marriage is not only a lively event, but also a solemn event, so the most noble color should be used .Of course, only the son of heaven and the monarch can use positive black, and others can only use light black.However, only emperors, kings and nobles strictly abide by such cumbersome wedding etiquette. Ordinary civilians have no condition to pay attention to these at all.

Wu Wangsheng's car drove all the way to the mansion where the Tian family lived. Wu Wangsheng got off the car himself, and first gave the Tian family the geese he carried with him as a gift.Not long after the Tian family picked up the wild geese, Tian Ji, who was dressed in black and deep clothes, stepped out of the mansion with the help of a maid. At this time, the bride did not have the custom of covering her head, but only had heavy makeup on her face.The well-dressed Tian Ji got on Wu Wangsheng's car first. Wu Wangsheng did not ride in the same car with his bride, but sat in the driver's seat. With the help of the driver, he drove the wheels three times on the spot.

The groom drives the wheel three times, which is a symbol of the man at the helm and the woman "marrying with her husband" in the patriarchal era.

After Wu Wangsheng finished his circle, Tian Jinu got off and got into the black carriage behind her.Wu Wangsheng sat back in his own car and went back to the palace first, and greeted him at the gate of the palace wall.After Wu Wangsheng received the bride at the gate of the palace wall, he had to take the bride to worship the ancestors first, and told the ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth that he had married a bride. Return to their new home palace for the final step - the bridal chamber.

"Ma'am, come and have some snacks! This is a good food from Ming, and you can't get it elsewhere." Although Wu Wangsheng's wedding was much simpler because of his filial piety, it was a king's wedding after all, and the wedding procedure was as follows: There is no reduction at all. Wu Wangsheng got up before dawn to take a shower and change clothes. He only ate breakfast and kept busy until dark. When he entered the new house, his eyes almost turned green when he saw the snacks on the table.

"Ming is Mr. Ming?" Queen Tian's voice was very gentle, and the facial features were also soft.

"Mmm! Mmm!" Wu Wangsheng was very hungry, but under the gaze of the court etiquette officer, he had already given up the habit of grabbing food with his hands. He stuffed a piece of mung bean cake into his mouth. It felt very delicious, and he quickly picked up a plate Pass it to Queen Tian.

"Your Majesty, this..." Queen Tian's face flushed slightly, and Wu Wangsheng treated her like nothing.

Xihou sent someone to her house to find out that it was an open secret among the feudal nobles that Shi Zisheng's head was more elm.Although Shi Zisheng has an elm head, the nobles in the fief still hope to marry their daughter Ji into the Xihou Mansion, because Shi Zisheng is the only heir to the Xihou fief.

When such a good thing happened to the Tian family, the Tian family was of course overjoyed. The status of the Tian family in the fief was immediately improved. With the generous dowry from the Xihou Mansion, the quality of life of the Tian family was also greatly improved.

Queen Tian is the eldest daughter of the family. She helped the adults with housework at a young age, and she is more sensible than girls of the same age around her. Xihou's fief is a relatively barren land. Although the Tian family is considered aristocratic, their family situation is only a little better than that of ordinary people.As the eldest daughter, Queen Tian has suffered a lot since childhood.I am grateful for the marriage that changed the conditions of my family.Especially last fall when Xi Sima soldiers suppressed the fief, Xi Hou personally led the troops to buy time for the evacuated people, and the scene of saying goodbye to his son Yiyi before leaving made Queen Tian feel sad when thinking about it. At that time, she swore secretly in her heart, Marrying a son, you must serve your husband with all your heart.

Because Wu Wangsheng's IQ is equivalent to that of a child, Queen Tian imagined Wu Wangsheng as a child.Sheng, who didn't want to be dressed in a king's clothes, showed a kind of royal power. Under the guidance of the court etiquette officer, the wedding ceremony was successfully completed.This kind of Wu Wangsheng gave Queen Tian the illusion that his husband was a wise and mighty king.

The taste of mung bean cake is Suzhou style, which is the taste of Zheng Yuming's hometown. Honey and oil are added during making, and the taste is soft and delicate.Queen Tian fell in love with this dim sum immediately after she tasted it.

"My lord! There are more here." Seeing that Wang Sheng Wu had finished eating a plate of dim sum, Queen Tian hurriedly handed over the plate in her hand.

Wu Wangsheng stared at the plate for a while, then shook his head reluctantly: "No, I can't eat it. I made an agreement with Gu that I will only eat one plate of sweets a day."

Queen Tian was taken aback, and looked down at the dim sum: "Is this kind of dim sum difficult to make? So the young master asked the king to restrain it?" In Queen Tian's consciousness, only precious and scarce things can the king not enjoy to his heart's content.

"You must eat in moderation, the lonely lady will get fat, and you can't eat too much sweet things." Wu Wangsheng stared at the plate and swallowed his saliva. He hoped that the bride would offer desserts again. Eat as much as you can. "Since Mr. Ming said so, the concubine will not be dedicated to the king." Queen Tian didn't see the longing in Wu Wangsheng's eyes, she just brought the plate back and ate up the snacks in small bites.

"..." Wu Wangsheng blinked his eyes twice, and watched helplessly as the last bit of mung bean cake entered Queen Tian's mouth.

Queen Tian finished eating the mung bean cake, and when she looked up and saw her husband's eager eyes, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.

Wu Wangsheng's disappointment didn't last long, and the waiter and maid served dinner to the newlyweds.Now the kitchen in the palace is managed by Su Fu, and the recipes are also formulated by Su Fu. Many of the delicacies served for dinner are made in fancy ways that Queen Tian has never seen before.When Queen Tian had dinner, she paid attention to Wu Wangsheng's preferences while eating.

After Wu Wangsheng had dinner, he felt drowsy and staggered onto the bed, falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.Queen Tian stood beside the bed for a while, then lightly helped Wu Wangsheng take off his coat, and she also took off her coat and lay down next to her husband.Even if her husband is a fool, he is her most powerful support in this strange palace.

Around the Lantern Festival, Cangcheng, the capital of the King of Wu, was more lively than the Spring Festival. People of insight who got the news of the February [-] promotion examination came here from all directions.