It would be a lie to say that I was not excited or looking forward to it. Although some things had been determined long ago, they were not really settled. That was the throne, the most dazzling position in this land, and no one did not care about these things. Even the crown prince would have infinite obsession and expectations for that seat.

When Zhu Yunhuan returned to the East Palace, he asked, "Miao Jin, have your crown and robes been delivered?"

Xu Miaojin smiled and replied, "It has been delivered. The Shangyiguan sent it this morning."

Zhu Yunxun then asked, "What about my crown and robes? They should have been delivered together, right?"

Xu Miaojin said with a smile, "It hasn't been delivered yet. The eunuch who holds the seal has to deliver it to His Highness personally. These people have a lot of thoughts on their minds right now."

Zhu Yunhuan thought about it and felt that it made sense. "That's true. I'm not very familiar with these eunuchs. Now that I have the opportunity to show my face, I naturally have to perform well."

Everyone understands the reason. Although it is okay to send the dragon robe over, it is also okay to give it to the Crown Prince's wife. However, for the eunuch in charge of the Shangyi Bureau, he must do everything in full to make the Crown Prince remember!
Zhu Yunhuan lazily leaned back in his chair and said, "Put on your clothes, and let me see if this new crown and robes fit me."

Xu Miaojin quickly said, "Your Highness, how can you try it on at this time? The craftsmanship of the Imperial Clothing Department is well known, so it will naturally be the most suitable one."

Normally, when you get new clothes, you must try them on to know whether they fit you well and whether they look good and comfortable when you wear them.

However, this is not an absolute thing. After all, in this era, clothes are strictly classified. Even if you wear them privately, as long as they exceed your class, you will be guilty.

Members of the royal family certainly cannot wear the five-clawed dragon robe, and the Crown Prince's wife cannot wear the empress's crown. Some merchants in the Ming Dynasty may wear silk in their inner homes, but they must wear a coarse cloth garment on the outside when they go out.

The reason is naturally very simple. It all comes down to the inappropriate identity. Freedom of clothing is impossible in any feudal dynasty, let alone the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunhuan naturally understood this truth and said with a smile, "It's okay, just try it on here and don't go out."

After saying this, Zhu Yunhuan said to the maids on his left and right, "Don't be idle, help the Crown Princess put on her crown and robes."

Xu Miaojin was naturally looking forward to it. When the queen's crown and daily clothes were delivered, she admired them countless times. She just suppressed her excitement and didn't try them on.

At this critical moment, it is the worst thing to do to make a fool of yourself or go beyond your rights by trying on clothes. At such a moment, you need to overcome your impulses.

Zhu Yunhuan didn't care much about it, of course, he didn't care about it very much now. In the past few days, he had been trying hard to restrain his words and deeds so as not to make people feel that he was too ostentatious and complacent.

These can also be regarded as one of the basic qualities. We should remain calm when facing major events and not get angry over trivial matters. That is obviously not good.

In fact, the queen also has two sets of clothes, one is formal wear and the other is casual wear. There are fewer sets of clothes than the emperor, but it is enough.

The empress wore formal attire when receiving the imperial decree, visiting temples, and attending court meetings. Today, the empress's formal attire is a nine-dragon and four-phoenix crown, a phoenix robe, and a fu-collared middle single. This has changed somewhat. At the beginning of the founding of the country, she wore a 袆衣, a nine-dragon and four-phoenix crown, etc.

In other words, the queen's dress that Xu Miaojin is about to wear is actually different from the dress worn by Queen Ma back then in details.

Zhu Yunxun waited patiently for almost half an hour before Xu Miaojin appeared.

She wore a dragon and phoenix pearl and jade crown on her head, a red wide-sleeved dress, a shawl on top, a red silk long skirt, a red jacket, a dragon and phoenix ornaments on her head bun, and her clothes were embroidered with gold-woven dragon and phoenix patterns, plus embroidery.

The phoenix crown is a ceremonial crown made of metal mesh, decorated with phoenixes inlaid with kingfisher feathers and hung with jeweled tassels. It is decorated with nine dragons, four phoenixes, and twelve large and small flowers.

Zhu Yunxun couldn't help but laugh, "Are you still wearing casual clothes? I wanted to see you in a formal dress, which would be more elegant."

There are some differences between the ceremonial crown and the phoenix crown worn daily, and even the color of the formal dress is slightly different from that of everyday clothes. The formal dress is more solemn, while everyday clothes are brighter.

Xu Miaojin said awkwardly, "Your Highness, how can you wear a formal dress? Now that you are wearing this, I feel a little uneasy. It is really too rude."

Zhu Yunhuan then smiled and took out the tablet from his waist and handed it to Xu Miaojin, "Grandfather has been keeping it and not willing to give it to you. Today, he finally decided to take it out."

Xu Miaojin knelt down quickly. No wonder the Grand Duke insisted that she change into the Queen's service. The princes and ministers had a tablet, the Emperor also had a large jade tablet, and the Queen actually had the same.

In formal occasions, Xu Miaojin will need to sit on a phoenix sedan chair, wear the queen's dress, and hold a jade sceptre in her hand. This is in accordance with etiquette.

After respectfully receiving the jade sceptre with both hands, Xu Miaojin asked, "Your Highness, isn't it a little early? I originally wanted to wait until that day when Your Highness canonize me before I can be awarded the sceptre."

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but laugh, "Grandfather will definitely not want to interfere, so he will personally bestow the Great Sceptre on me. You just watch the ceremony first, and after the canonization, take Wen Yao to express gratitude."

Hearing Zhu Yunhuan say this, Xu Miaojin knew what was going on. "That's good. I was just afraid that Grandfather and His Highness would think that I am frivolous and do not know etiquette."

"It's your son who doesn't know etiquette!" Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but stretch out his hand and said, "Look, look, your good son almost bit me to the point of bleeding. I took him out to play but he was not happy and had to bite me."

Nervous Xu Miaojin quickly looked at Zhu Yunhuan's hand. Besides being worried that he might get hurt, she was also worried that Zhu Wenyao might be unhappy because of these things.

After watching for a long time, Xu Miaojin asked carefully, "Your Highness, Wen Yao has only been teething for a short time, I'm afraid he hurt Your Highness, right?"

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but look at his hand, and suddenly he was happy, "There was a little pressure at the beginning, but it's gone now. That child is just very temperamental, and he needs to be coaxed during the ceremony."

Xu Miaojin certainly knew what her son was like. Even though she sometimes felt that her child was too spoiled, she only dared to think about these things in her heart.

In the final analysis, Zhu Wenyao is now being led and taught by the emperor. Not to mention Xu Miaojin, even Zhu Yunhuan does not have much say in this matter. If anyone dares to deny some of Zhu's educational methods, then he will definitely jump up and down, and then it will be a thunderous rage. The court will not be in turmoil, but the family law will obviously be inevitable.

Old Zhu is now the family rule, and sometimes he makes the decisions directly. Everyone is actually aware of this.

Xu Miaojin tried on the queen's clothes, and then changed back to the clothes of the Crown Prince's Consort. Even if she wanted to wear the queen's clothes, there was no rush now. There would be plenty of time to wear them in the future, and she could even wear them every day.

Don't think too much about those things now. You need to be more careful with your words and actions at this time. It is really not a good time to overstep your boundaries. You need to abide by the rules when it is time to do so.

When Xu Miaojin appeared again, Zhu Yunhuan said, "I won't make a big fuss about my birthday. Just have the people in the palace come to see me. Don't let the ladies of honor enter the palace."

Xu Miaojin knew what was going on, and said in agreement, "I think so too. The grand ceremony is approaching, and it would be too cramped to do two things at the same time."

This is really the case. His birthday comes right before his ascension to the throne. These are big events. Logically, they must be celebrated well. No one would think of taking it easy on these things.

What's more, the coronation ceremony is the real big event. This matter must be treated with extreme caution and there must not be any negligence.

As for his birthday, Zhu Yunhuan was only the crown prince, and thus the heir to the throne. There were some essential differences between his birthday and that of the emperor.

Therefore, there is no harm in being a little more relaxed, and Zhu Yunhuan’s birthday will be kept low-key. Everyone’s attention will still be focused on his coronation ceremony after his birthday, and everyone is looking forward to it.

Zhu Yunhuan also continued, "Some of the preparations in the palace still have to be handled by you. There are many things in the court, and my grandfather and I have to be busy with these things, so we really have no time to take care of other things."

Xu Miaojin also knew this and said, "Your Highness has trusted me so much that I dare not slack off. I have been checking these days and the preparations in the palace are basically fine. Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared."

Zhu Yunhuan believed Xu Miaojin's words very much. He knew that Xu Miaojin was very capable. When it came to managing the harem, the things this virtuous wife did seemed insignificant, but they were definitely of great use.

There is indeed a lot of preparatory work that needs to be done in the palace, and there are actually a lot of tedious tasks.

Xu Miaojin continued, "I originally wanted to reward the palace with new clothes on your birthday."

Zhu Yunxun said in agreement, "This is naturally the most appropriate way to do it. If you really have to wait until after my birthday to arrange this, it would seem a bit deliberate."

The eunuchs and maids in the palace also need rewards. In addition to salaries, they sometimes also need rewards such as clothes and supplies, especially when there are happy events.

Of course, what Zhu Yunhuan called "deliberate" was just an attempt to cover up one's own faults. Everyone knew that new clothes and other items were rewarded at this time, and new clothes were not always rewarded on the emperor's birthday.

The purpose of bestowing rewards at this time is indeed to make preparations for the coronation ceremony after Zhu Yunhuan's birthday. All of this is also to make the palace look joyous and more prosperous.

We must do what we should do, and these are indeed big things. What is more important now are actually some of the details.

After all, the relevant government offices are working hard to do some big things, and they are well aware of the entire process, etc., and dare not make any omissions at this time.

But those things are most likely just external and superficial. They naturally care about the details, but they are not laid out in the open, so it seems that there is no need to be particularly anxious.

After chatting carefully with Xu Miaojin about some of the preparations in the palace, Zhu Yunhuan felt relatively at ease. It seemed that everything was well prepared.

Although he, the Crown Prince, does not seem to be particularly anxious, does not seem to be particularly obsessed or serious about his coronation ceremony, his mentality seems to be extremely peaceful, and he does not seem to have anything to worry about at all.

But in private, the people in the government office were very busy. Old Zhu and Xu Miaojin were also helping. They seemed to care about and attach more importance to the preparations for the coronation ceremony than Zhu Yunhuan himself.

It's not that you have to do everything yourself or take charge of everything, but it's okay to keep an eye on the progress of some things.

So it's just that Zhu Yunhuan doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but others should still be anxious. There are many people who can make decisions, and they are working hard in all aspects.

Zhu Yunhuan, who seemed to have nothing to do with the matter, got up early and walked towards the Wuying Palace leisurely. He had to go to court as usual and deal with some matters as usual.

"It's a bit cold today." Zhu Yunhuan said to Zhang Fusheng, "Look at the arrangements and pay attention to cleaning up the palace."

Zhang Fusheng quickly glanced around and felt a little dissatisfied. He thought the cleaning was not done carefully enough. This would cause important mistakes. Such things could not be tolerated.

Even if Zhang Fusheng didn't need to worry about the cleaning, it was not within his scope of responsibility. But now that the crown prince had brought it up, it naturally meant that Zhang Fusheng had to remember this matter and find whoever he should contact!
When His Highness ascends the throne, he will not tie silk and colorful satin on the trees to make them look rich, but there should not be too many fallen leaves either.

Even though some fallen leaves are inevitable in this season, if they are cleaned up in time, it will not look messy. How can the ascension of a new emperor to the throne look so bleak in the autumn wind?
After looking at Zhang Fusheng, Zhu Yunhuan said nothing more. A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. For some things, he just needs to express his meaning slightly, and Zhang Fusheng and others will get things done.

With a smile, Zhu Yunhuan continued to worry about the important things he needed to do. Those were the things he should care about.

As for these details, naturally someone will take care of them, and he doesn't need to worry too much about them. There are many people to help with the finishing touches, and everyone just needs to do what they are supposed to do.

Although it seems to be abiding by the rules, it is not necessarily absolute. Zhu Yunhuan just nodded slightly outside the Fengtian Gate, and immediately a eunuch cracked his whip, and all the officials followed him into the palace.

Even if it's just a formality and a little superficial work, everyone knows it and no one seems to think there is any problem.

In the final analysis, as the Grand Ceremony draws closer, some things can be pretended a little, but some things really don’t need to be pretended any more. (End of this chapter)