Wen Jingshizi's body stiffened, watching Heng Zhi cry but didn't know how to comfort her.

"Those people are gone, let's go, I won't tell you about your time here. Heng Zhi wiped her tears and stood up.

It was getting late, and it was not suitable for Wen Jing's son to stay here for too long, but Heng Zhi, who was not at ease and was crying, decided to leave after hesitation, and said to Heng Zhi: "Okay, thank you girl for your help, this favor will be returned later." ”

Heng Zhi smiled: "The prince said that the prince laughed, the prince saved me under the persecution of the prince before, and I was already holding the prince for a favor, but now we are not just two clear, the prince does not have to take it to heart." ”

The prince of Wen Jing walked out of the Qinghe Palace, and the matter about him and coming here on the night of the beginning of autumn dispersed with the wind the moment he stepped out of the palace door, and no one knew.

After the beginning of autumn, an autumn festival will be held in the harem, the autumn festival, as the name suggests, the autumn sacrifice, in previous years, every year when there is an important festival in the palace, there will be a sacrifice, the difference is that the autumn festival is very grand both pomp and ceremony.

This world framework agricultural civilization is developed, and the beginning of autumn crops is abundant, and this day is very important for everyone, especially for the emperor. The autumn festival is not to worship the ancestors, but to the heavens.

Worship the heavens, worship the gods in the sky, and pray for the stability of the country and good weather this year. This seems to be a sacrifice, but it has the importance of stabilizing the hearts of the people, and this ceremony is indispensable for the emperor, and it has been prepared since the end of the previous year.

The preparation time is nearly a year, which shows the grandeur and importance of this sacrifice.

After King Rong's death, he was transferred to the prince of Wen Jing to be in charge of the treasury, and he handled the matters of sacrificing to the heavens, which could save a lot of troublesome expenditure calculations, which was what the emperor thought in his heart.

Who knew that when he put forward this opinion, he was opposed by the group of people who supported the prince. felt that Wen Jing had no experience in arranging sacrifices, so it was difficult to take on this great responsibility. The emperor said that if he didn't understand, he could learn, and those ministers didn't agree.

The emperor couldn't, so he had to entrust the matter to the prince, and those who supported the prince did not shout, and reluctantly shut up.

This is the first year to completely take over the arrangement of the autumn festival, in order not to disappoint the emperor and the ministers, the prince has put a lot of effort into it, and arranged the various matters of the autumn festival properly.

On the day of the autumn festival, tens of millions of people in the city gathered under the altar, and on the altar, the emperor led several princes, and the queen stood beside him. And the sun rose, and on the day of the autumn festival, the wind was very strong, and it blew the garments of the people who stood on the altar.

Heng Zhi was dressed in a green palace dress, with a plain yellow yarn on Qianqianyu's arm, and the wind blew the bell on the crown of her head.

She stood with King Huan, who was dressed in a purple and white robe, his hair was all tied up, and he was tied with a purple gold jade crown, and his neat outfit looked quite heroic.

In front of the altar is a red lacquered wooden table about 20 meters long, and in the middle of the wooden table are placed three red candles, the fire of which is whirring but not extinguished by the wind. It is extremely unlucky to extinguish a candle, but the autumn festival is held in the open air.

In order to solve this problem, the Creation Bureau can be said to rack its brains, trying its best to make candles unless they cut off a section directly, otherwise they will never extinguish the candle.

In the middle of the wooden table are cows, sheep, and pigs, and then on both sides of the jade silk, brocade, wine, fruits, and vegetables, all of which have more than 700 pieces.

As a political activity, the sacrifice of heaven and earth is very valued by the emperor, from the emperor to the common people, all attach great importance to the worship of heaven.

Don't look at the more than 700 things on the table, there are many exquisite places to place, and there is no room for a little mistake, and the wrong one is unlucky in their eyes, and it is very good in their eyes.

The status of the ceremonial officer is very high, and the ceremonial official is also much higher than other officials, but the ceremonial official is a position that is not easy to sit on.

Throughout the ages, I don't know how many ceremonial officials have been degraded because of the mistakes in the sacrifices, and if something goes wrong, you better pray that nothing will happen this year, otherwise all the blame will be on you.

At that time, it will not be as simple as debasement, something will happen, but it will be connected to the nine clans, so the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky is very cautious. The civil and military officials and Heng Zhi and Heng Zhi sat next to the altar to watch the ceremony, and today the civil and military officials and the prince all wear court clothes.

The queen and Heng Zhi and other female dependents were dressed in palace clothes. The three six and nine equal divisions in the palace are very clear, the queen wears a phoenix crown, the princess wears a bird crown, and the princess wears a peony crown.

If it weren't for the mandatory regulations in the palace, Heng Zhijue would not have worn such a heavy thing, and she was already reluctant when Du Yu and Sui Qing sent the palace clothes and flower crowns in this morning.

When she came to the altar Heng Zhi found that Princess Xinya's sister Princess Xinyue was also there, presumably such a major event as the sacrifice to the sky was not good and snubbed her, although she scolded the emperor for the death of Princess Xinya before and committed a taboo, but the autumn festival was reasonable, and she should really come over to watch the ceremony.

Today's sacrifice, it is rare for Li Liandie to be so "serious", from Heng Zhi, she didn't look at Heng Zhi from beginning to end, which made her a little surprised, this is rare Li Liandie does not look at herself like a black-eyed chicken.

If it weren't for the heavy clothes in the mountains, it would be a good autumn weather today, Heng Zhi was reluctant, but the autumn festival was a very important sacrifice ceremony, and she had to dress formally. There were many people under the altar, but no one spoke, and there was silence all around.

The sun gradually rose, and the ceremonial officer saw that the hour had come, and presented the jade plaque to the emperor, who took the jade plaque and held it in his heart, looking at the sky reverently, and everyone sitting on the viewing platform stood up.

Heng Zhi looked at the emperor intently, and when he came back to his senses, everyone had already stood up, and then he stood up with hindsight. The Temple of Heaven where the altar is located is built high, and because of the structure of its building, the emperor will have an echo when he speaks, and his voice will increase.

"I am the ninth monarch of the Mu Kingdom, and today is the first day after the beginning of autumn, and I specially brought the people of the city to hold a festival here. ”

The emperor's voice echoed on the altar for a long time, and Heng Zhi, who had never had a good impression of the emperor, suddenly felt admiration in his heart.

"God blesses the Sima Dynasty, which has been prosperous for a long time, but the heavens benefit the people, and the heavens have the way, and the heavens are the only ones. Fuwei God, Xi Fu Xiang in the Three Realms. ”

The prayer to the heavens is particularly lengthy, but the emperor blurted it out without a pause, and the tone is staggered, which is really exciting. The emperor's serious attitude towards sacrifice made Heng Zhi feel that the emperor couldn't do anything other than sacrifice to the sky?

Otherwise, how could he be suppressed by the general for so many years? In the previous dynasty, he was restrained by his courtiers, and the harem still had the elbow and arm trouble of the queen mother.