Chapter 6: The Ceremony of Wax Sacrifice
At sunset, the snow does not stop, but it is getting bigger and bigger!
In Qiyun Palace, Zhao Lingxin knelt in front of the hall in disheveled clothes and cried pear blossoms with rain, and repeatedly reprimanded Qiao Xiaoqiao, who was of unknown origin, for how rude and unreasonable she was rude and unreasonable, and she was disrespectful to her for a dress in Bicui Garden! She had no choice but to let the guards teach her a few lessons, and she took advantage of the situation to lie on the ground and pretend to be deadγγγγ Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Long Xi stood behind the case, the hand holding the bamboo slip trembled slightly because of anger, he looked coldly at Zhao Lingxin who was crying in front of him, he didn't understand, such a beautiful woman still had such a vicious heart!
He had just come back from the National Teacher's Mansion, and the child had been tortured and lost his appearance, lying on the bed and dying, and even the imperial doctor said that whether he lived or died could only rely on her own creation!
At that moment, his heart was like a knife.
He wanted to immediately invite Zhao Lingxin to ask her about her guilt! It was Jiang Li who stopped him, and Jiang Li said, "Your Highness! Don't be reckless in this matter! Even if Zhao Lingxin is brutal and vicious, if no one instructs her, she won't dare to be so ruthless to Xiao Qiao! Just think about it! Besides, Xiao Qiao's identity is not even a palace maid at the moment, if His Royal Highness wants to punish Zhao Lingxin, I am afraid that he will be caught by others again! He thought about it again and again, and felt that what Jiang Li said made sense, some things are not not reported, but the time has not yet come!
He didn't expect Zhao Lingxin to act in a play of "the wicked sue first"! Since it's a play, let's watch her act for the time being.
"Get up! The king knows about it! β
"But Your Highness! Qiao Xiaoqiao's girl is rough and savage! actually tore Xin'er's clothes in front of everyone! also humiliated Xin'er in public, this matter, the palace maids who have been to Bicui Garden today and the proprietress of Bicui Yuan can testify for Xin'er! His Royal Highness the Prince! You've got to call the shots for Xin'er! Otherwise, if this matter spreads, Xin'er will really have no face to live! β
"Hmmm! It's not too early, you go down first! β
Out of Qiyun Palace, Zhao Lingxin showed a smug smile! The queen is really like a god! Looking at the prince's expression, he knew that if he hadn't thought of this trick in advance, today's incident would have been bumped into by Namu Qingyun and Xuan Tie, and he really didn't know how to explain it to His Royal Highness the Prince.
In the Ling Xuan Pavilion, Feng Ling Xuan leaned back in his chair, pursing his lips and staring at the little fluffy thing lying on the ground in a daze.
After a moment, he tilted his head and glanced at the big black man behind him: "Black wind!" Have you found out where the girl came from? β
"Lord Wang! Still no progress! But I heard that the girl now lives in the National Teacher's Mansion, and it is said that she has a very close relationship with the National Teacher! Will it be γγγ?"
"Probably not! But you still have to keep an eye on it! I'm curious as to why she's in the Captain's Mansion? And it was the day of Zhao Wei's banquet? β
"Don't worry! Black Wind will investigate the matter thoroughly. But the prince! Black Wind still has something unknown! You gave the girl a personal jade pendant today, this jade pendant was given to you by the emperor, and I have been with you for 20 years! You gave that girl so easily! Wouldn't this be too grand? β
"I said it! Anyone who is an enemy of Zhao Wei may become my friend Feng Lingxuan! This time I have a hunch! This girl will be of great use to us in the future! β?
"Oh, yes! Is there going to be a ceremony tomorrow? You go and get ready, and let's go and join in the fun tomorrow! β
"Lord Wang! We haven't been in the palace for almost two years! A while ago, the emperor sent someone to send a post, but you refused! β
"Huh! This time and that time! Just get ready! β
"Yes! Rajah! β
After Hei Feng left, Feng Lingxuan continued to stare at Xiao Tuanzi in a daze, thinking about a question in his mind repeatedly, "What is the origin of this girl?" Is it friend or foe? β
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a dark shadow flashed in and whispered a few words in Feng Lingxuan's ear.
Feng Lingxuan's face changed greatly after hearing this: "What? Where are people now? β
"I've already returned to the palace! It is said that the injury is very serious! β
"Who did it?"
"It's Zhao Lingxin, the daughter of Zhao Xuan!"
"What a vicious Zhao Lingxin!" A hint of gloom flashed in Feng Lingxuan's eyes.
In Qiyun Palace, the dragon rhino kept pacing back and forth in the room, and Mu Qingyun and Xuan Tie stared at each other with big eyes.
"Your Highness! It's not too early! Rest early! I'm going to attend the Lap Festival tomorrow! β
"I can't sleep! Darksteel! Bring me my cape! I want to go out and walk! β
"Your Highness! It's so late, where are you going? The snow hasn't stopped yet! If you're really bored, I'll go with you! β
Long Rhino waved his hand: "You two rest early!" No one is allowed to come with you! I want to be alone! β
Xuantie Mu Qingyun glanced at each other, and could only watch the dragon rhino walk into the wind and snow.
"Wood! Have you noticed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been a little strange lately? Especially after Xiao Qiao was injured today, have you noticed His Highness's expression? Anyway, that kind of deep sadness, I only saw it once before the day Yun Niangniang died! You say, Your Highness won't like Xiao Qiao, right? β
"What's so good about that girl? Where is there a girl who is reckless all day long? Will Her Highness like her? I don't even believe it! β
"Humph! You're a duplicitous guy! I like to find fault with Xiao Qiao every day, but when I heard that someone was injured, he ran faster than anyone else! β
"You! YouγγNonsense! How can I have! Never mind! Too lazy to reason with you! I went to sleep!. β
Jiang Li sat in front of the bed and held Qiao Xiaoqiao's hand, watching this child like his granddaughter being tortured like this, the distressed old tears were rampant, he hesitated to wait for her to wake up, should he tell her about the bronze mirror?
In the middle of the night, the city of Yanlan was silent, and suddenly, a woman's desperate howl pierced the night sky.
"It's on fire! Come on! β
The neighbors who were awakened hurriedly rushed out of the house, and it turned out that the best ready-to-wear store in Yanlan City, "Bicui Yuan", was on fire, and the snow was wrapped in the sudden flames that dyed half the street! The proprietress knelt at the door, beating her chest and almost fainting.
On the corner of the street, a dark shadow looked at the rising flames, tugged at the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, and then flew up and disappeared into the boundless wind and snow in three or two clicks.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the sky was blue and cloudless, and the thick snow reflected a dazzling light.
Chitose Mountain on the outskirts of Yanlan City, the people of ten miles and eight towns have already surrounded this place.
Mt. Chitose is named after a thousand mountains! It is a good royal garden, which is only open to the public on the 28th day of the lunar month every year, and it is a good place to escape the heat in summer and hunt in winter!
In the big tent, Emperor Yan sits in it! Behind him stood the crown prince Long Xi and the prince Zhao Xu, and hundreds of civil and military officials stood outside the tent.
Outside the tent, the altar has already been erected, and the towering flagpole is inserted in the center of the altar! At the top of the flagpole is a large flag embroidered with the yellow character "Yan", grinning in the wind.
Gonggong Li, the chief manager of the Inner Palace, presented the selection manual for today's competition to Emperor Yan, and Emperor Yan roughly browsed it, "There are really a lot of people participating in today's competition!" β
Then he suddenly said "huh"!
"The seventh brother is here today, too?"
"Back to the emperor! The Seventh Prince is also here today! Waiting outside the temple! β
"Come in!"
A moment later, Feng Lingxuan walked in from outside the tent, he was wearing a royal blue robe today, a pair of dark red riding boots on his feet, a pair of thick eyebrows on his fair face were slightly raised, and his dark and deep eyes revealed a hint of wildness and unruliness.
"Brother Huang! Don't come unharmed! β
Feng Lingxuan bowed and clenched his fists, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Emperor Yan stood up from his chair and walked quickly to Feng Lingxuan's side, "Seventh brother! It's been a long time since I've seen you, you've grown so big! β
"Huh! Oh, yes! Without the care of the royal brother, the courtier brother has grown up! And the royal brother is getting older and older! You see! Even the invincible Taiwei Zhao has grown a white beard! Feng Lingxuan pointed at Zhao Zhen behind Emperor Yan and hooked the corners of his mouth.
Yan Huang and Zhao Wei were very embarrassed by Feng Lingxuan's nonsensical attitude, and Zhao Zhen was even more unhappy, thinking in his heart: "This kid is really rampant!" It's only to blame that I couldn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots back then! Now is there such a trouble. β
Zhao Xuan is an old fox in the end, even if there are ten thousand unhappy in his heart, he can still squeeze out a smile on his face, he hugged his fist at Feng Ling Xuan: "I haven't seen you for many years, the seventh prince is really more and more handsome!" It's no longer the crying hairy kid of the past! β
Feng Lingxuan rolled his eyes and didn't answer Zhao Xuan's words, but locked his gaze on Long Xi's face, "His Royal Highness the Prince!" How's it going? β
Zhao Zhen was hung aside, so angry that he was about to vomit blood!
"It's fine!" Long Xi replied lightly, although this imperial uncle is as old as himself, he has a very strange temperament, which he knows very well.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Three drums outside the tent! Gonggong Li read aloud: The time is coming! Hunters get ready!
After hearing the order, more than 100 hunters lined up and stepped on their horses, and Long Xi, Feng Lingxuan, and Zhao Zhen also walked out of the tent and came to their horses.
"The time has come! The hunt is now on! β
Gonggong Li gave an order! More than 100 horses rushed across the line and ran towards the depths of the Chitose Mountain! The snow and dust raised by the horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun, and the scene was so spectacular that the crowd of onlookers was boiling.
There is an inward path under each mountain in the Chitose Mountains, because the hunting time is only a short hour, and all the hunters are racing against time to get into the nearby mountains.
The dragon rhino straddled his white steed and ran towards the depths of the Chitose Mountain, and finally found a path where no one was around, and when he was about to enter, a red horse rushed over quickly, and stopped not far in front of his head.
Feng Lingxuan stood on the back of the horse with the reins in his hand, and winked at the dragon rhino with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a bad mood today!" Isn't there something bothering you? β
Long Xi smiled indifferently: "Why did Uncle Huang suddenly care about the emotions of this king?" β
"I can't talk about care! Just curious about what could make the prince so unhappy? β
"Oh? Then the king is also curious, what is it that makes the imperial uncle so happy? β
"Haha! Sure enough, it hasn't changed! It's still that dragon rhino! So, let's find a time for the two of us to talk again? β
"It's been several years since this king didn't practice martial arts! If Uncle Huang wants to learn, he can only find someone else! β
Feng Lingxuan tilted his head and looked at the dragon rhino from head to toe: "Don't practice martial arts anymore?" I don't think so! β
After speaking, without waiting for Long Xi to answer, he turned his horse's head and ran into the depths, "I want this mountain!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should find another place! β
The dragon rhino was speechless.
An hour has passed in the blink of an eye, and the hunt has ended, and some people have returned with a full load, and some people have found nothing!
Father-in-law Li was busy counting the types of prey.
"Han Yushi! Hunt a hare! β
"Mrs. Xu! Hunt a hare! β
"Tan Gongzi! Hunt a pheasant! β
"Captain Zhao! Hunt a white fox! β
There was a commotion in the crowd! People began to talk to each other, "This year's sacrifice must be the white fox hunted by Taiwei Zhao!" Last year's sacrifice was a white fox hunted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! β
Someone else accosted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has somehow happened this year?" I didn't even hunt a pheasant! β
Zhao Wei placed the white fox in the center of the altar, and then looked around at everyone with a smug look.
"Where is the seventh brother?" Emperor Yan asked in a low voice.
Gonggong Li bowed his head and whispered: "Your Majesty! The Seventh Prince has always been used to being casual, and the auspicious time will come soon! If you wait, I'm afraid you'll miss the hour! β
As soon as Gonggong Li's words fell, Feng Lingxuan rushed from a distance like a gust of wind, and came to the altar in the blink of an eye.
With a lift of his hand, he threw an object on the altar.
Another commotion in the crowd!
"Wow! Sika deer! It's a sika deer! The Seventh Prince actually hunted a sika deer! β
An old man muttered excitedly: "The old man lived to be seventy years old! This is the second time I've seen a sika deer! The last time was twenty years ago, and that time was hunted by General Mu! That year, the wind and rain were good, and people said that it was related to the sika deer! This time, the Seventh Prince has hunted sika deer again, and it seems that my Dayan has another bumper harvest year! βγ
Emperor Yan was also excited and praised again and again!
Grandpa Li shouted: "Noon has come!" The festival begins! β
The civil and military officials and all the people in the audience fell to their knees!
Emperor Yan walked up to the altar and sprinkled the blood of the deer with his own hands to the banner with the word "Yan" above his head! After the deer's blood stained the flag, he knelt on his knees and bowed three times to the east.
"The original heavens bless me Dayan, and the coming year will be smooth! Guotai Min'an! Prosperity! β
The civil and military officials echoed in unison: "The original heavens bless me Dayan with good weather in the coming year!" Guotai Min'an! Prosperity! β
After the ceremony, Emperor Yan called Feng Lingxuan to his side.
"Seventh brother! The sika deer is the most auspicious sacrifice! Today, you have made a meritorious contribution to my Dayan's blessing! Tell me, what reward do you want? Fertile land or gold and silver? β
"What's this?"
Feng Lingxuan scratched his head, and then hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly: "Brother Huang! Brothers, don't want good land, don't want gold and silver! The royal brother might as well give up the throne to the younger brother! How is it??? β
As soon as this statement comes out! Shocking to all!