Chapter 17 (2/2)

A prince behind Li Zhi and Wu Mei was drowsy after the lengthy memorial ceremony, while others were full of energy and absorbed in listening to the ”Lullaby”.

The imperial edict was written yesterday. Today, it was read in the morning court. The courtiers, dressed in ceremonious gowns and holding no boards in their hands, stood there listening attentively, shaking their heads and shaking their heads with the loud voice of the ceremonial officials from time to time to make an immersive and joyful enjoyment.

Li Hong kneels behind Li Zhong with other princes and princesses, and looks at the faces of all living beings in the court. The eldest sun Wuji has no expression. Now everything in the court is a scene that the Guanlong group headed by him does not want to see.

After Li Zhili was established, he no longer considered the opinions of his group of old ministers, but also conveyed to them that Li Zhi wanted to monopolize power, did not want to take their will as the governing philosophy, but had his own idea.

After the imperial edict was read out, the ritual officer took out the Phoenix seal from the jade plate, and then slowly walked to Wu Mei, who knelt on the court, and handed it to Wu Mei respectfully and solemnly.

Wu Mei is dressed in a grand Phoenix dress with colorful light. She is noble and elegant, gentle and solemn. The bright eyes looked at the Phoenix seal in the hand of the ritual officer, slowly took it over, and then put it into the wooden box that the maiden had been preparing for a long time.

Li Zhixi smiles and opens his face. The whole person is extremely energetic. His eyes are burning and he is watching Wu Mei's every move. He has been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

Courtiers and concubines salute and kneel down, while envoys and princes of various countries kneel down to congratulate. The ritual official records were recorded in the ancestral temple, and the imperial edict Wu Mei was changed to Queen.

Then all the people went to the lakeside hall to hold a banquet and drink. Naturally, singing and dancing were indispensable, and envoys from various countries showed gifts to the queen of the Tang Dynasty.

The lakeside hall is a part of Daming Palace. Since the construction of Daming Palace has not been completed, Taizong ordered to stop the construction after the death of Emperor Li Yuan. But now, Li Zhi has no energy and time to continue to build. He has only perfected several palaces, such as the lakeside hall, which is next to the Taiji palace.

The emperor and the queen sat at the top of the table, followed by the crown prince and his courtiers. Shaporo of the West Turks sent his own little Khan to congratulate the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he also asked the Tang Dynasty to stop using troops against the West Turks.

Koryo, Silla, Baiji and other countries also sent envoys. It was not so much to celebrate the establishment of the empress of the Tang Dynasty, but to fight a lawsuit and let the Tang Dynasty take charge of them, or even to rescue the soldiers.

The special envoys of the state of Hetuo and Luozi came to visit Huoshi.

One of the largest lineup is the Japanese. After all, they sent a large number of envoys to study in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they also brought very precious gifts to the ceremony of conferring empress in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Hong and other princes, in such a great ceremony, are naturally soy sauce players. They can only sit in a humble corner with princes of other countries or little Khan.

Elegant music, like a drizzle moistening everything, rings slowly in the lakeside hall. The sound is like cotton but not soft, and it is introduced into people's ears. The banquet began after Lizhi said something about the scene.

Li Hong began to talk to Li Zhi and began to take action on the food on the case table, which attracted a burst of contempt from the small Khan ashnu of the West Turk not far away.

After disdaining Li Hong, a Shi Nu was attracted by the beauty of Yi Yang beside Li Hong. Today, Yi Yang even specially combed a double flat bun with two bright gold hairpins on each side of the top of his head.

Yiyang looked at Li Hongda and ate it quickly. He murmured in annoyance: ”Hey, can you wait a little while? It's really disgraceful of the royal family.”

”I'm hungry. My mother and empress transferred all my maids away early this morning. No one gave me food to eat. What are you waiting for now if you don't eat?” Li Hong swallowed a piece of meat and said.

”The food is too bad for you.” Yiyang said, while noticing that someone was looking at her, she saw that someone she didn't know was staring at him, so he gave a threatening stare.

I don't want to, but he didn't restrain his eyes. Instead, he gave her a smile and looked at her more unscrupulously.

He said, ”who's pulling the sleeve? It's more impolite than you. Keep staring at me and warning him that he's still watching. ”

”Who makes you look so beautiful today is going to steal the spotlight of the empress mother.” Li Hong ignores, looks at everybody already to have a banquet, the voice also changed loud.

”Hey, that guy is still helping me.” Yi Yang is not comfortable with the sight of a Shi Nu, grabs the meat in Li Hong's hand and says.