When a queen marries an emperor, she has to enter a "bridal chamber", but it is different from the custom of a folk bridal chamber. The bridal chamber where the queen married the emperor was not in the emperor's original bedroom, and there was no fixed bridal chamber. Generally, the place where the ceremony is held is regarded as the bridal chamber on the wedding night.
The marriage of emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties was generally held in Kunning Palace. Kunning Palace is the third of the last three palaces in the Forbidden City. In the Ming dynasty, this was the queen's bedroom. In the Qing Dynasty, two rooms in the east were designated as the wedding rooms of the emperor, and five rooms in the west were changed into shrines of shamanism. The wedding etiquette of the Qing emperor to marry the queen is quite grand and very particular. The new queen will be carried in from the Qing Gate, past Tiananmen Square, Wumen Gate and finally to the harem. Generally, when concubines enter the palace, they can only take the Shenwumen at the back door of the Forbidden City.
The new houses of the Empress and the Emperor are much more luxurious than ordinary people's houses, but they should also be pasted with double happiness couplets and festive couplets. The theme of the bridal chamber is also big red, forming a beaming and jubilant atmosphere. There will be a "hundred quilts" in front of the bed, covered with "hundred quilts", that is, curtains and quilts embroidered by 100 children with different expressions; There are curtains embroidered with red silk and dragons and phoenixes on the bedside, and the royal family also hopes that "many children will be blessed". During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the bridal chamber in the palace should not only be carpeted, but also set up multiple barriers. There are curtains around the Longfeng bed, which shows that the privacy of the bridal chamber was very good at that time. There is no custom of wedding for the queen and the emperor, but etiquette is indispensable. What should the queen and emperor do first when they enter the bridal chamber? Empress and emperor have no choice but to complete a full set of activities in the Spring Festival Evening.
Among them, the so-called "wedding ceremony" is essential, which is what the folks call "drinking a glass of wine". After the ceremony, it's time to go to bed. But when the emperor is the groom's official, you can't just go to bed. It should be no problem. The queen of Emperor Taizong went to bed like this: Shang Yi knelt to the north and said, "After the ceremony, Xing." Both the emperor and the queen are prosperous. Go to the palace to introduce the emperor into the East Room, issue a coronation suit, and serve the royal suit; Go to the palace to lead the queen into the country and take off her clothes. Go to the palace to attract the emperor into the palace. I still have a thorough meal. It's located in the East Room, just like before. The queen followed the emperor, and the emperor's waiter cooked for the queen.
In the Qing Dynasty, shortly after the queen entered the bridal chamber, the emperor also wore robes and auspicious clothes, and was sent to Kunning Palace by a prince in Gan Qing Palace. After the towel on the queen's head was removed, the emperor and the queen sat on the bed where the dragon and the phoenix were auspicious, and the female officer of the internal affairs office put a copper pot on the bed, holding the "children's treasure" in a round box. This kind of "children's cake" is a kind of pasta, which is a special kind of small dumplings. Then the mattress and banquet were set, and the princess and the female official respectfully invited the emperor to sit opposite each other, and Fujin attended the wedding banquet. At the wedding reception, the emperor and the queen exchanged drinks and made a toast. At this time, in front of the window outside the temple, a couple of guards sang "Song of Congratulations" in Manchu. Get married and pay the bill. In the evening, Fujin, a female official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc. Serve the emperor and then eat longevity noodles. After eating noodles, the queen undressed and went to bed according to the rules, and then the emperor undressed and went to bed, so that the queen and the emperor could begin to enjoy sex between men and women.
On my wedding night, when I was going to beno. 1, I met the long-lost rain and met an old friend in a foreign country. These are the four great pleasures of life. But for the queen, the big wedding is often a political marriage, sometimes it is very painful and helpless, and the sex on the wedding night is difficult to understand.