During the year in the Nine Lands, the emperor's sacrifice to the heavens was the most important event, and preparations had to be made months in advance—repairing the palace of Jingshan, the emperor's platform, and the villages of Yiying Street through which the sacrifice passed, making sacrificial vessels, ritual utensils, and musical instruments, raising and selecting livestock for sacrifice, setting up sacrificial grounds, and all the rest, each ministry performed its own duties, and there could be no mistake.

The King of Chunyue is the only person in the Nine Lands who is allowed to worship the heavens except for the emperor, and although the furnishings of the Yushan Wangtai are lower than those of the Imperial Tower, it is enough to show the extraordinary status of the King of Chunyue.

The last time the emperor and King Chunyue sacrificed to heaven together was more than 200 years ago, before the nine lands were pacified. The Li family and the Yu Shu clan have since joined forces, conquered the west and the east, pacified the nine lands, and then married from generation to generation, and the Li family was called the emperor, and Yu Shu was the second respect.

Li Yu, who has been taught by the palace scholars since he was a child, understands this, even if he can't understand it very well, the countless instructions and reminders that have surged into his mind in the past few days are enough for him not to dare to slack off. But even if he understands that no matter how hard he works, this has become a matter that must be studied and judged by the local powers and talked about by the people in the people, whether it is in the court hall or the folk wine shop, and it will always be an extremely boring and helpless task for him. A few days before the sacrifice, he and Yu Shuhuanxiang could only listen to a group of people and other servants, with the mighty team, out of the glazed palace, and then out of the Huangcheng, through the song flower field, climbed the cloud-shrouded Yushan, came to the Yushan Palace, bathed and fasted in the palace, and then ascended to the royal platform at sunrise on the day of the sacrifice, worshiped the gods and gods.

Li Yu is wearing a golden dragon pattern crown dress, Yu Shuhuanxiang is a golden and red phoenix brocade robe, every position, action, and every greeting when the two worship, from welcoming the gods, kneeling and knocking on the gods, and then kneeling to worship the gods of the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, wind and rain, entering the salutes, and finally sending the gods to look at the fire, have already been repeatedly explained and demonstrated by people.

It could be seen that the child Yu Shuhuanxiang was unhappy, but it was only in view of his grandmother's repeated warnings with a tense face, that he had to pout and barely complete the whole process. Li Yu understands the current situation, so he tries to maintain what he can be like an emperor no matter what. And when he ascended to the throne, the ritual music of the "Chapter of Shiping" sounded behind him, and when he finished worshipping, he turned around and looked down at the columns of clans and civil and military under the stage to bow down to him, and there was an inexplicable shock in his heart.

He didn't know the meaning of this shock, but with this feeling that he had never felt before, he once again saw Li Yao in the audience who was proud of Yushu, the princess who was honored by his mother, Li Ni who was gentle and quiet, and even Nangong Ming, who was quiet and cold, although their expressions were almost the same, but he clearly saw the difference, and there was some excitement in his heart, he felt that it was the courage he had always wanted to have, just like the courage he suddenly had in the face of a fierce opponent in the martial arts arena that day.

However, this courage was soon shattered by all kinds of things that he could not control.

On the way back from the sacrifice, the procession passed through the flower field of Linchaoge, which was in the flourishing flowering period, and the princess ordered the camp tent to be placed in the flower field, and invited the emperor, the king of Chunyue and other people to rest and enjoy the flowers in the flower field, so as to suspend the chaos of the war.

In the emperor's tent, Li Yu was told that he couldn't go out to relieve his boredom, and he had to continue to sit in front of the desk and listen to a pre-imperial political discussion.

Li Yao, who was dressed in military uniform, stood tall on one side, and on the side of the case sat the princess, and the Chinese book in a green robe made Nangong Ming stand calmly in front of the three of them, still with a cold expression, and the rest of the officials stood behind him.

Li Yu was sitting on pins and needles, he felt that his mind was about to crack with trouble, but he still tried his best to restrain his restless mood and remained motionless. He really hated the cold and domineering Tsing Yi people, the "rebellious house slave", he scolded in his heart.

"Three days later, we will go north to fight the Fuso rebels. In this battle, the Chunyue soldiers and ministers were worried about the safety of His Majesty the Emperor at first, and I was entrusted to ask Your Majesty to stay in Chunyue to preserve the dragon body and wait for the good news," Nangong Ming said with a raised arc at the corner of his mouth, but his tone was a little colder, "But no matter what the military spirit is, His Majesty the Emperor has made a decision to conquer the Holy Will, and we can no longer force it." It's just that His Majesty insisted on accompanying the army to conquer in person, firstly, the war is changing rapidly, and there should be the worst plan and countermeasures, and secondly, it is also for the sympathy of the soldiers and the ministers to protect the lord's heart, so as not to make them chill again, and the ministers will ask our emperor to give a marriage contract to the king of Chunyue and His Royal Highness the eldest princess according to the ancestral system of the royal family, and ask the eldest princess to live in peace in Chaohuang, and wait for the eldest princess and Lu Nianhua, so that the two highnesses will be married, so as to show my Chunyue soldiers and people the meaning of the eternal alliance between the royal family and the Yushu clan, the emperor and the Chunyue. ”

As soon as Nangong's voice fell, he led many officials to bow down, and said in unison: "The ministers ask our emperor to give a marriage contract, and ask the eldest princess to live in Chaohuang to show the meaning of eternal alliance!"

The rest of the tent was in an uproar.

"No, the eldest princess will also go back to the Northland with us!" the panicked Li Yu couldn't help but blurt out.

Lu Qiufeng and other old ministers also admonished again to stop: "First I want my emperor to stay, and now I want to imprison the eldest princess here, what do the Nangong party people want?"

"Bastard! 100,000 Chunyue soldiers will shed their blood and sacrifice their lives for the dynasty," Nangong Ming, who was kneeling, turned his head and scolded, a smile on his face, "I just want to give my king and the eldest princess a marriage contract according to the ancestral system, so that the eldest princess can live in peace and dispel her doubts to show the emperor's favor, how can I talk about 'imprisonment'!" He turned his head and looked at Li Yu coldly, "If our emperor's defense soldiers are like thieves, I am afraid that they will feel that our emperor has a gap in the land of Chunyue, and the army's heart is disordered and uneasy, and the ministers will be difficult to ensure the development of the war situation, and it will be empty talk to subdue the lost land and eliminate the rebels!"

"Yes, yes, it's hard to protect the situation!"

"Please ask for the grace of my emperor and the princess!"

The crowd chimed in.

"You're blackmailing!"

"The success or failure of the rebellion can not be determined by the eldest princess alone!"

There was a lot of noise in the big tent.

Li Yu shouted in his heart, but he didn't know what to say, he had to look sideways for help, but he saw Li Yao's gloomy expression, and the princess and princess were also silent, and he felt bad in his heart.

His uncle Wang was expressionless, and finally opened his mouth to suppress the dispute, "Your Majesty's intention to drive the north has been decided, and the soldiers cannot be disobedient, but they will give the king of Chunyue and the eldest princess a marriage contract, and the eldest princess will temporarily live in the palace of Chunyue before recovering the emperor's hand, please write to convey the will of our emperor, so that the soldiers of Chunyue can kill the enemy with peace of mind and swear to defend the country!"

"Uncle Wang!" Li Yu turned his head to look at Li Yao in surprise, but he raised his hand and pressed his shoulder lightly.

"In that case," the silent princess also agreed, her voice hoarse but powerful, "My emperor, King Yao, and the eldest princess's living and safety in Chunyue are in charge of the old body, and the old body will do his best." ”

Li Yu looked at Li Yao anxiously, and wanted to argue something, but felt that his hand on his shoulder was firm and strong.

"Okay! The minister must convey the holy will to the officers and men of the whole army. After Nangong Ming finished speaking, his face was expressionless and he bowed again.