Chapter Eighty-Six: The Ceremony of Sacrificing to the Heavens
On the day of the ceremony, everyone finished cleaning up, gathered together, and came to the altar of the ceremony of worshipping the sky.
At this time, the greeting of the gods had been completed, and after they had done three kneeling and nine prostrations, they came to the first offering.
I saw two tablets placed in front of the table, one tablet was the Zhaotian tablet, which read: The edict is in the position of the gods! One is the ancestral tablet of the Shen family, which says that the edict is given to the ancestors of the Shen family! On the table are also fruit bowls and pigs' heads.
The First Offering Priest (Consul) said aloud, "Kneel! "Kneel in front of the Emperor and guide the Emperor to kneel.
Only to meet the altar, the emperor wears a large crown on his head, and the crown plate is low in front and high in the back, showing his respect for the heavens. He was dressed in a wide-sleeved sacrificial robe, made of fine silk satin, embroidered with a golden dragon pattern with gold thread, and a whole piece of cloth was crossed to form a cross skirt on the lower edge of the front and back plackets, and his waist was tightly bound with a leather belt, and he knelt there in solemn awe with a deacon's wine cup in his hand.
I saw him slowly pour the wine from the deacon's glass on the table. Then, after getting up and kneeling three times and bowing nine times, he put on three sticks of incense.
At this time, under the stone stairs behind him, there were rows of ministers, standing according to their status, and behind the ministers stood rows and rows
Female dependents also stand according to their status.
Ministers and princes above the third rank wore dark purple robes and sacrificial robes, made of purple Dake (Datuanhua) Ayara, with a jade belt hook around their waists, and officials above the fifth rank wore vermilion robes and sacrificial clothes, made of vermilion Xiaoke (Xiaotuanhua) Ayara, with a golden hook of grass at the waist.
Standing at the head of them at this moment was the crown prince, who wore a crown on his head, a dragon sacrifice robe, a long-sleeved robe, and a jade belt hook around his waist.
He was followed by a kneeling family member, wearing a long skirt with wide sleeves and a high bun, who also knelt down. They also embroider different patterns according to their status.
The three princesses were dressed in a long yellow cardigan skirt, a yellow jade belt around their waists, and a hairpin dress, luxurious and respectful. The rest of the women are dressed in plain wide-sleeved long skirts, with a crimson jade belt around the waist, and a little powder, which is luxurious and elegant.
When they saw the emperor kneeling and saluting, all the people also knelt and saluted in unison.
The emperor bowed, the ministers bowed, and the women were ordered.
The princes and ministers held a turtle board in their hands, and four words were written on it, and the edict was issued to the sky. As for the wife, she only needs to prostrate.
After they knelt down and bowed nine times, they all got up.
At this time, Su Miaojing, who was kneeling in the family, looked loveless, and muttered in her heart, when will this end! My knees hurt on my knees, and more importantly, I was pregnant, and my body was already heavy, so kneeling down and getting up, getting up and kneeling down again, wasn't this deliberately tossing myself?
A certain woman thought to herself, knowing this, she found a reason, saying that she was not feeling well, and that she would not come to this ceremony, and now she would suffer from it.
Shen Yunche, who was kneeling in front, turned his head uneasily, looked at her, and saw that her face was not good, a little pale, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart, but he couldn't get up. At this time, Shen Yunche was worried in his heart.
Shen Yunze knelt at the front, he understood that today's ceremony would make Su Miaojing extremely uncomfortable, after all, she was pregnant, and kneeling around like this would really hurt her body.
He deliberately lowered his head and made a pious appearance, but in fact, he secretly glanced at her, and saw that her face was not good, and he was probably tired from kneeling, and his heart was worried.
After kneeling down and bowing three times and nine times to the tablet above, he took out the sacrificial text to be read and began to read it aloud:
The emperor is above, the earth is below, I am born in the future generations, and the people are among the families; When there is a loss of control, the world is divided, it is to take advantage of the autumn of the chaos of the heroes, gather the crowd to use force. I don't seek the virtue of Xuanyuan Yaoshun, but I ask the emperor and queen of heaven to pay tribute, so that the world will be calmed down, the country will be stable, and the people will be rich. The monarch was born in ancient times, followed the heavens and established the pole, and became a democracy; Divine merit and holy virtue, the law has been perpetuated to this day. I Xing the worship of the gods, announced in the sky, the view of the predecessors of the classics, the sacrifice of Lishan, although the admiration in the heart, the foolishness of the life, sometimes ancient and modern, the folk customs are also different, worship the Holy Spirit, the law of the world, the special dispatch of hundreds of officials to lay the shrine and repair the tomb. The Holy Spirit is not ignorant, and it is acceptable! Feasting. ”
The Yaxian official handed the incense to the emperor, and then the emperor walked to the altar, knelt down again, bowed three times and bowed nine times, and put on three incense sticks. Then, he got up and inserted the lighted incense into the four-legged large-eared bronze dome of the altar.
Then, the priest stepped forward, held the jade silk brocade in front of him, knelt down three times and bowed nine times, and threw the jade silk into the big ding.
Then, he handed the jade silk to the emperor, and the emperor knelt down, knelt three times, knocked his head nine times, stood up, and put on three sticks of incense.
Another priest of the final offering came up and threw the sheep's head and pig's head into the burning ding, and the emperor then knelt three times and bowed nine times, and put on three sticks of incense.
After the final offering, the emperor made a blessing and received a salute. Do three kneels and nine knocks. The consul pours the blessing wine, and the official holds the meat (meat), and kneels three times and knocks nine times. The emperor received the knighthood and the emperor, and led the ministers to kneel three times and bow nine times, and withdraw the food to send it to the gods.
When all this is over, the ceremony is over.
When it was over, Su Miaojing's face finally showed a relieved color.
When she saw that the emperor was up, she immediately stood up. Her legs were numb on her knees, and she was still a little stiff and couldn't hold up.
Fortunately, a woman in front of her helped her, and when she looked up, it turned out to be the third princess.
After Su Miaojing stood up, she was full of smiles, like a spring breeze, and thanked politely and politely, "Thank you!" ”
The third princess shook her head, with a kind and submissive gaze, "The fifth imperial sister-in-law doesn't have to be polite!" The tone was so modest.
She was thinking in her heart, her brother always said in front of her that the fifth sister-in-law was approachable, without any pretensions, and there was no distinction between high and low in her heart, and it seems that today it is really the case.
She looked at herself, without the slightest fluctuation in her eyes, not deliberately close because she was a princess, nor deliberately distant because she was a princess, just like treating an ordinary person.
In her heart, the five emperor sisters-in-law in front of her suddenly changed. It is rumored in the world that the five emperors' sisters-in-law are fierce women and poisonous women, but if you take a closer look today, it is clear that she is not, but a charming and beautiful woman who is stunning in the city.
Su Miaojing talked to the three princesses for the first time, and found that she was supple and delicate, considerate and gentle, without the slightest princess domineering, how could she be like the two princesses, flying and domineering, arrogant, or the woman in front of her looked comfortable.
After Shen Yunche got up, he immediately came to Su Miaojing's side, held her hands with both hands, looked left and right, and saw that she was fine, so he put down the big stone in his heart.
Shen Yunying saw that his Fifth Emperor Brother was so nervous and worried about the Fifth Emperor Sister-in-law, and suddenly felt a little envy in his heart. When will she be able to find a lover who treats her so sincerely?
Su Miaojing seemed to see her thoughts, because her thoughts were written on her face.
She pushed Shen Yunche away a little, then walked over and whispered in her ear, "You ......" The words made Shen Yunying's pretty face like a ripe cherry, delicate and delicate.
Shen Yunying's coquettish voice said, "Fifth Emperor Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. ”
Shen Yunying whispered in her heart, the Fifth Emperor's sister-in-law is really open-mouthed, can she say it casually? What is called that one day, I will also find a satisfactory Lang Jun to accompany me for the rest of my life.
Su Miaojing saw that she was so shy, she couldn't help but tease her I saw her lightly hook her slender chin, and blurted out flirtatious words, "Xiaoying, or don't find someone else, marry me!" These words made Shen Yunying even more embarrassed.
"Fifth Emperor Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense."
Shen Yunche, who was in the distance, was displeased when he heard Jing'er tease the other party so much. Although the other party is a woman and his sister, he still doesn't like it.
Shen Yunche reproached her with a hint of taste, "Jing'er, I didn't say that you don't have that face. ”
Su Miaojing rolled her eyes, she didn't hear it, she still looked teasing, "If Xiaoying changes her mind at any time, she can come to me at any time, and I will definitely live up to my promise and marry you home." ”
Shen Yunying saw her Fifth Emperor Brother's angry gaze, she was extremely frightened in her heart, and immediately said, "Little sister will go first!" Then he ran away from them.
His Fifth Emperor Brother's face was too terrifying, his face was dark, his eyes were deep, and he exuded a chill that was too strong, and she really couldn't stand it.
Su Miaojing saw that the character she was teasing ran away, and looked angry, "Shen Yunche, can you soften your expression, don't look like someone else owes you money all day long, which makes people uncomfortable." ”
After Su Miaojing finished speaking, she left the place, and Shen Yunche followed behind her.
In the evening of that evening, the sky was overcast, and occasionally a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and a deafening thunderclap sounded. Soon after, the sky was bustling with raindrops, and the rain became heavier and denser.
Su Miaojing stayed in the room bored, staring at the lamp on the table all the time. On the table was a plate of snacks and a mention of crystal grapes. Since that incident happened yesterday afternoon, Shen Yunche didn't let himself go out.
She begged Xuanzhu to let her go out to play for a while, but the guy was also scared by yesterday's events and didn't want me to go out.
Su Miaojing pulled a grape and threw it into her mouth, and suddenly, a hand behind her gently tapped her back twice, and she suddenly couldn't speak or move.
Su Miaojing was extremely panicked in her heart, this person was able to avoid the secret guards in the dark, and he could also keep the Xuanzhu in front of the door from being discovered, then this person's martial arts skills were definitely extremely high, maybe even higher than he thought.
The person moved lightly in front of her, Su Miaojing saw that he was wearing a black cloth scarf and a black turban on his head, only revealing those familiar eyes, but Su Miaojing couldn't remember who he was?
I saw that the other party stretched out a hand and gently stroked her face, and his eyes were full of distress and admiration.
Su Miaojing stared at his eyes, looking like she was thinking about something, there was a hint of stubbornness in her eyes, and she had to think of the stubbornness of who the other party was.
Su Miaojing saw that there was love in his eyes, and stared at her without blinking.
Su Miaojing whispered in her heart, this person won't like herself! No, no, she doesn't even know who the other party is, how can she like herself?
The masked man tapped her sleeping hole lightly, and she fell into a coma.
At this time, the masked man picked her up and put her on the bed.
He unveiled the face scarf, revealing that elegant and modest handsome face, he was Shen Yunze.
He really couldn't help it, he missed her, crazy to love her, seeing her during the day today, his face was not good, and he was very worried in his heart, at that time he had an impulse, rushed over to hug her, but he couldn't, he suppressed the momentum in his heart, and at night, he heard that the fifth brother was called by his father, and he couldn't help the crazy thoughts in his heart anymore, so he took advantage of the rainy night to sneak into Taoxuan.
Those secret guards in the secret, although their martial arts are very high, but compared to themselves, they are too much worse, unless they are the fifth brother, they may be able to compete with themselves.
Shen Yunze looked at her beautiful face, Shen Yunze stretched out his right hand and stroked her forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, high nose, and lips.
His fingers rested on her lips, and there was a bit of a thought in his heart, wanting to get her evil thoughts. Seeing her so quiet, his face was filled with joy, and he whispered in his heart, Miao'er, you look so good when you are asleep! I want to keep looking at you like this.
Shen Yunze couldn't help but want to kiss her, Shen Yunze lowered his head, his eyes were like water and tenderness, and kissed her crimson pink lips lightly.
The impulse in his heart was completely provoked by this kiss, and the evil thoughts of wanting to occupy her were even more crazy.
He knew he shouldn't have done it, he should have stopped his evil thoughts, but he couldn't. It's like a glass of rich and mellow wine, if you drink it the first time, if you don't try it a second time, you will keep thinking about it.
There is still poison in this wine, but you still can't help but pick her up and get close to her, even if you know that there is poisoned wine in the cup, you still have to drink it, and you can't extricate yourself.
Shen Yunze kissed her lips and refused to let go again. Between her lips and teeth, there is a sweet taste, like candy, and like the smell of grapes, which makes people want to stop.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside the door, he knew that it was Shen Yunche who was back, he immediately stood up, lightly tapped her with his right hand, unlocked her acupoint, looked at it again, and disappeared in an instant.
Su Miaojing gradually woke up, Shen Yunche just opened the door, and saw her looking around blankly, as if she was looking for someone or something.
Shen Yunche looked vigilant, the cold was pressing, he looked around, and found that there was something unusual, he checked it, but he didn't see anything, he thought he was wrong.
Shen Yunche looked at Jing'er and asked worriedly, "Jing'er, did anything happen just now?" ”
In order not to cause trouble and panic, Su Miaojing shook her head with a smile and said no, "Nothing happened!" What happened to you? ”
She also deliberately asked him, and Shen Yunche was relieved to see that she was fine.