In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. Both Changle and Ye Zhen received documents from Grand Commander Zuo of the Grand Minister's Office.
By ritual law, before a Great Zhou princess married, she had to inform the ancestors of the Ji Clan and pay respects at the Ji Clan's Ancestral Temple.
The Great Zhou's Ji Clan ancestors were one and the same, yet there were two places where the imperial clan solemnly offered worship.
One was naturally Luoyi's Ancestral Temple and Great Zhou's Ancestral God Hall.
However, Luoyi's Ancestral Temple and Great Zhou's Ancestral God Hall were public institutions. They were generally only visited for worship in matters concerning the state.
Princess Changle's marriage, on the other hand, was an internal affair of the Great Zhou Imperial Clan. The place she would visit was the ancestral land of the Great Zhou's Ji Clan.
Great Zhou's birthplace was Yuan County, the ancestral land of the Great Zhou Imperial Clan's Ji Clan. After Great Zhou was founded, Yuan County, originally a lower county, had repeatedly expanded and risen in rank. Coupled with the imperial clan's deliberate patronage, it had become exceptionally prosperous.
It was now Yuan City Prefecture.
The Ji Clan's Ancestral Temple was enshrined in Yuan City Prefecture.
Every three years, the Emperor personally traveled to Yuan City Prefecture to worship the ancestors.
According to the document sent by the Grand Minister's Office, in two days, a Junior Grand Commander from the Grand Minister's Office would escort Princess Changle and Ye Zhen to Yuan City Prefecture, where they would announce the marriage to the Ji Clan ancestors and pay respects at the Ancestral Temple.
By ritual law, Ye Zhen and Princess Changle's entourages had to travel in two separate processions, and the journey would take around