Outside the city of Luoyang, after the sacrificial ceremony, there are dozens of children dressed in cyan standard dresses on the altar singing "Qingyang" in unison, and then there are two teams of men and women, a total of 64 people appear under the altar, dancing the dance of "Yunqiao".

Sixty-four dancers, both men and women, performed at the same time, and there were eight dancers in the columns. They are wearing cyan standard dresses, among them there are 32 men, all holding shields and Qi, and the other 32 are women, all holding pheasants and gongs, in the solemn dance music, they dance the ceremonial dance that has been handed down, the movements are solemn and uniform, the rhythm is stable, there is no difference between fast and slow, but invisibly, it gives people a sense of heaviness with a long history.

After the dance, Liu Hong nodded slightly to Yuan Yu beside him, and saw Yuan Yu take out the holy decree in his hand and said: "Emperor God, Houtu God...... There is a difference between the civil officials and the following ...... of Situ, "the one who is reinforced, and the silk is also, referring to the double silk cloth, and the holy decree means that the cloth of the hundred officials is different."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward!" Under the altar of the Ming Hall, a large number of people bowed down for a while, and a trivial ceremony came to an end.

After the ceremony, the ministers accompanied the car, and Liu Hong went to the Ming Hall to have fun with the people, similar to the show of later generations, Fuquan was left to lead Yu Linlang at the square altar to protect the queen and her daughters.

A maid dressed in a palace came from a distance, saluted Fuquan and said, "General, the queen is invited, please go and see the general quickly." ”

Fu Quan was stunned for a moment, and then agreed. In order to avoid suspicion, he nodded to Guan Yu and Huang Zhong beside him, and when the two saw Fuquan's movements, they immediately understood Fuquan's meaning.

In an open space in the Ming Hall, Empress Song sat on the pu mat wrapped in Qingyuan, frowning and thinking hard, accompanied by Liu Hua and Liu Jian, as for the other harem concubines, the family members of the public secretary and the family members of the hundred officials were arranged at one end not far away, and the interest on the faces of several people was not high.

Fuquan ordered Guan Yu and the others to be on duty in the distance, walked into a few people alone, and said in a deep voice: "The minister greets the queen." ”

"Up!" Empress Song shouted indifferently, and when Fu Quan got up, she said with a dissatisfied face: "Why is the family so polite? After speaking, he turned his head to Liu Hua and said, "Could it be that all the Hou and his veins have learned to be generous?" If so, how can we be born in the future? ”

Liu Hua knew that this was a joke that Empress Song said, so he took advantage of the situation and squeezed out a smile and said: "If Tan Nu is also a prince with the same temperament, can't he be a colt?" ”

Empress Song was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head, but the wry smile that suddenly appeared on her face showed her psychology at this time, she didn't expect this eldest princess of the first emperor to be so tactful, and with her words, she set herself up. However, this is also good, but it relieves some of the oppressive atmosphere.

Indeed, if Fu Quan is as temperamental as Fu Wan, then he is really a suitable candidate for the royal princess, and he is surrounded by his own words, and sure enough, the princess of the Liu family is not easy to deal with, I really don't know how to say this Liu Hua.

After taking a deep look at Liu Hua, Empress Song said lightly: "The princess said with a smile, Your Majesty has no school-age girls in the first place, so she can't do it." ”

Looking at the invisible confrontation between the two scheming women in front of him, Fu Quan lowered his head and was silent, how did he interject at this time, both of them are his elders, and their identities are noble, so they can't mess with either of them, so it's better to sit and wait for the two of them to deal with it.

Sure enough, Empress Song seemed to remember what was going on with Fu Quan, so she said to him, "Come forward and sit." ”

"No!" Fu Quan bowed and walked to the side of Song Hou, at this time, his own palace maid brought a pu mat for him to sit down, and beside him, there was a woman who had been very close to him recently, she was Liu Jian.

Before Empress Song could speak, Fu Quan saw Liu Jian blink at himself, and then shook his head slightly, his eyes seemed to be sad, Fu Quan's heart sank, it seems that a few people should have encountered something bad, but what is it? Today is Spring Society Day, what can happen?

Then I listened to Empress Song order the guards and eunuchs and palace maids around him to stay away from the distance, and after a while, I heard her say lightly: "Shicai Zhang Rang made a statement to His Majesty, and worshiped Brother He Guiren as Langzhong." "The noble is the Eastern Han Dynasty harem concubine level, since the establishment of Emperor Guangwu, changed the Western Han Dynasty system, to simplify the complex, the title of concubine has four grades: noble, beautiful, palace people, and women. The nobles awarded the gold seal purple ribbon, and the Yulu was dozens of hu, and the beauties, palace people, and maidens did not have titles and Yulu. He Jin's sister was named a nobleman by Liu Hong because she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, so she was called He Guiren.

As soon as the words fell, Fu Quan's face changed, and then he glanced at a few people, and when he saw their gloomy faces, he understood that this matter must be true, and then said, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"Yes!"

The words in Song Hou's mouth were not big, and they were only one word, but they had a huge impact on Fuquan.

Why?

Because He entered the court as an official, it is not good news for the entire Song family and the Fu family, after all, He Jin's sister gave birth to the eldest son of Emperor Liu Hong, and his entry into the court will undoubtedly have a great impact on the entire court.

First of all, the He family has an emperor's eldest son, and there should be many scholars in the outer dynasties who take refuge in him, after all, there are many people in the past dynasties who want to mix up the merits of the dragon. Moreover, with the identity of Emperor He Jin's protégé Yang Ci, coupled with the special connection between the He family and the Yuan family, and with the influence of the two political gate lords of Hongnong Yang and Runan Yuan, with the full support, there is no doubt that he will join the court.

Coupled with the special relationship between the He family and the eunuch group of the Inner Dynasty, it can be said that at this moment, when the Song family's relatives maintained the throne of the Song Dynasty with military merits, He Jin's entry into the court would perfectly integrate the entire court with several major forces that were against the Song family, which was a dangerous challenge to the status of the Song family's relatives.

Think about it, once the outer and inner dynasties are inclined to He Jin, in the environment of the Song Dynasty and no heirs, ask Liu Hong to become the prince, should Liu Hong agree or not?

There was no one in the He family in the court before, and it was okay for Liu Hong to refuse, but if He Jin controlled the high position, could Liu Hong refuse?

I'm afraid no one can guarantee that Liu Hong will care about the Song family's face and refuse to make a prince. In the final analysis, there are still no children after the Song Dynasty, if there is a prince, why should you be afraid of the people of the He family?

Thinking of this, Fu Quan glanced at Song and waited for his follow-up. If this is the case, my aunt will not let her come for no reason, after all, it is a foregone conclusion that He will enter the court, even if he does not inform himself at this time, he will know from other places.

After a while, Song Houguo said: "I live in the North Palace, it is difficult to travel, and everything of the He family is entrusted to you." Before I give birth, no matter how much I do, I can't make the He family rise above the court. ”

Childbirth?

Fu Quan was taken aback, and then looked at the Song family, whose face was indifferent at this time, was she happy? At this time, not only Fuquan, but even Liu Hua and Liu Jian on the side were wide-eyed, they were called by Queen Song to accompany them, and they didn't know about it in advance.

The three people in the venue were all unbelievable, after all, the emperor didn't like the queen's palace, and it had already spread all over the palace, how could the queen be happy at this time?

Empress Song looked at everyone's surprised eyes, looked at Fu Quan and said with a slight smile: "After Tan Nu broke Xianbei before, His Majesty got good news, and he was happy in his heart, and he rested in the Changqiu Palace for a few days......

After saying a word, everyone knew what it meant, it must be Liu Hong who got good news, and he stayed in the Changqiu Palace for several days in a row, and the Queen of Song was also blessed and pregnant, which is really good news.

At this time, Liu Hua suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Since the queen is more than a month pregnant, why didn't she inform the palace earlier?" Let us prepare as soon as possible. ”

Fu Quan was stunned, indeed, it stands to reason that Empress Song knew that she was pregnant, at least for a long time, how could she keep hiding and not saying anything?

"The He family is very powerful in the palace, I am alone in the palace, how can I not guard against it? If it is said, it may cause trouble. Empress Song's face sank and said.

Everyone was shocked at first, and then suddenly, secretly said that this queen had really stayed in the harem for a long time and was well versed in the insidious things of the harem. Indeed, if it were revealed that he was pregnant now, it would be impossible to say that the He family and the eunuchs were red-eyed and sent someone to destroy the queen's abdomen. It is necessary to know that in the harem, the eunuchs are dominant, and if they are determined to assassinate someone, there are ways to make you suffer, which can be said to be impossible to prevent.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" Before he could speak, there was a shout of treachery from afar, and when he saw Liu Hong, he came with the ministers and hundreds of officials in the shouts of the eunuchs.

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Liu Hong should be tired, after everyone saluted, he roughly asked why Fu Quan was called by the queen, and after Fu Quan casually found a few lies and prevaricated, he didn't ask, and then ordered the convoy to return.

At this time, it was already afternoon, there were many people outside the Ming Hall, after the northern army cleaned up, the convoy returned to the city of Luoyang under the welcome of the people, and went straight to the gate of Pingcheng.

At this time, at the gate of Pingcheng Gate, today is the Spring Society Day, there are spring shrine sacrifice activities outside the city, but not everyone goes to the Ming Hall early, and the number of people who go out of the city in the afternoon is also quite a lot, just like the Qingming Dynasty in later generations, the ancestors are sacrificed in the morning, there are day sacrifices, and there are night sacrifices.

At the gate of the city, many rich and noble families in the city who were just about to go out drove horse-drawn carriages and ox carts to the outside of the city, and some city residents who did not have mounts or chariots also formed groups in groups of threes and threes, preparing to go to the Ming Hall outside the city to participate in the sacrifice to the shrine god.

There are more people inside and outside the city, and the guards at the city gate who inspect also feel cumbersome and become slack, if it weren't for the city, there are still the guards on duty watching, I'm afraid they would have taken the opportunity to be lazy.

But at the moment, although they are lazy, but their routine inspection is also very casual, just take a look, wave your hand and let go, there are female dependents in the car of the rich and noble, as long as you give a dozen or five baht money, the leader is also very good at being a person, and he will release the person out of the city without inspection.

For them, the soldiers who are on duty at the city gate every day, such a big festival that needs to go out of the city is their favorite. Why? Of course, it's just because you can take advantage of this opportunity to get more money.

Just like today, because it is the Spring Festival Day, there are more people coming and going in and out of the city gate, and there is a little more oil and water drawn from it. Feeling the heavy weight of the copper coin in his arms, the leader Shi Chang was thinking, where to take this extra money tonight, where to find some fun, it is said that the female Lu in the north of the city, a few new Yandi women, beautiful and abnormal, this time I got this lot of money just to go for a pastime.

While the chief was still planning what to do with the windfall, a knight came quickly and shouted, "Your Majesty is back to the city, and the gates of the city are quickly cleared." ”

Immediately afterwards, the distant trumpets and drums hurriedly remembered, pulling Shi Chang, who had not come back to his senses for a while, back to reality, and looked forward to see the imperial court sacrificial convoy returning to the city, and hurriedly shocked. Because the sacrificial convoy came out from the east of the city in the morning, it was because of them, the soldiers guarding the south of the city, who could not be prepared to estimate the specific time of the emperor's return.

The generals on the city gate were also surprised to hear the sound of trumpets and drums, but the middle officers were stronger than the junior officers, and they could deal with each other in a short time. I saw that he quickly led people to run down the city gate, and then slowly cleaned up the chaotic city gate little by little, if there is any disobedience, even if the knife is shown, no matter who you are, you must now follow the order to disperse.

"How dare you do that? How can you be so presumptuous in the capital of the capital? An old man beside the city gate reprimanded these barbarian soldiers who received money and were so domineering, if Guan Yu was here, he would definitely recognize who everyone was, and this old man was Han Lin who caused him to flee.

The general was indifferent to the old man's words, pulled out the long knife in his hand and said: "The holy car is coming soon, if the old thief does not listen to the order, it is no wonder that I will do it." After speaking, he glanced left and right, and the other soldiers also immediately took out their weapons and looked at Han Lindao coldly.

"You, you ......" Han Lin didn't think that the defenders of the Beijing division were so domineering, and he was so angry that he couldn't say a word, thinking that this time he entered Beijing to run for officials, if something went wrong now, wouldn't it be a loss, he took a deep breath, endured it, and took a few entourages to line up at one end of the city gate according to the requirements of the soldiers.

In the welcome of the people on both sides, the emperor and empress, the ministers and hundreds of officials ended the day's tedious sacrificial rituals and finally returned to Luoyang.

Back in the palace, it was a boring guard, since he brought people to guard the palace, Fu Quan had long hated this boring life in the many days of duty. He thought more than once that if he could return to Liucheng and be the marquis of a hundred miles, it would be much better than the Zhonglang general who was squatting in the forbidden place every day.

It was not early, the sunset reflected the time to change the shift, Fu Quan and a replacement of the lieutenant general after the handover, then went out of the palace gate, rode straight to the general's mansion.

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On the day of the beginning of spring, welcome spring in the eastern suburbs and sacrifice Emperor Qingmang. The flags and costumes are all green. The song "Qingyang", the dance of the Eight Hundred Dance "Yunqiao". and because of the civil officials, the Taifu and the Situ are different. Excerpt from "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Etiquette Chronicles"

Eight Hundred Dance: also known as "Eight Overflows" and "Eight Feathers", a kind of music and dance used by the Son of Heaven in ancient times, it is the highest standard sacrificial dance in ancient China. 佾: The dance column also refers to the fact that there are eight dancers in both vertical and horizontal directions, a total of 64 people.

Qi: Ancient weapons are like axes.

Pheasant Zhai: Pheasant feathers used in ancient music and dance

Gong: An ancient Chinese wind instrument, shaped like a pipe, shaped like a flute.