Different from the Zhao State with the summer calendar, the Yan State uses the Zhou calendar, and after the beginning of winter, it is the new year, but although the calendar is different, the general festivals are almost the same, and the most important day in mid-December is the Wax Sacrifice Day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Wax, hunting, because of the hunting of beasts to sacrifice ancestors", "wax" is hunting, from three generations, the ancestors in the last month of the year to hunt all kinds of beasts, for the sacrifice of the gods, in order to pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year, family safety, auspicious, called "wax sacrifice". Nowadays, the cities are everywhere, the population breeds, and hunting is not so easy, so the people use pickled pigs, cattle, and mutton to sacrifice, and hang them to dry in cold weather, which is called "bacon".

Hundreds of years ago, the Yan country was sealed in the north, its people are from the land, inherited the tradition of the land, before the festival, they want to make wine, make fire, smoke away mice, clean up the garbage, in Mingyue's view, and the people of later generations before the preparation of New Year's goods, cleaning is almost the same. On the day of the wax festival, Jicheng, which seems to be frozen by ice and snow, has resumed its liveliness again, and people "enjoy the wine, kill the lamb every day, enter the public hall of the other, call him the other, and live forever", how similar is the atmosphere of the New Year.

Mingyue nested in the hall, he could still feel the cheerful and lively atmosphere of the New Year outside, and he couldn't help but sigh when he experienced this ancient New Year's festival for the first time: "No wonder Zigong once witnessed the grand occasion of the lap festival and said that the people of a country are like crazy ......."

The people are like this, and the court cannot be lazy, not only must there be some activities similar to the people, but also to sacrifice the ancestors and the five rituals. The ancestors are the ancestors and kings of the past dynasties, because women cannot enter the ancestral temple, this is naturally the work of men, and King Yan took the eldest son who has become an adult and the second son who has become sensible early in the morning.

As for the five rituals, it is the door, the household, the well, the stove, the middle slip, this sacrifice is the harvest of the coming year, the palace portal well stove is very much, this is the lord of the harem to organize the sacrifice.

Because of the miscarriage of the queen of Yan, in the past few months, Su Ji, who has been second only to her status, has been managing the internal affairs of the palace, originally everyone thought that the same was true of the wax sacrifice, but on this day, the maids and temple people in the palace of the king of Yan were surprised to find that the mill hall that had been closed for many days finally opened the door, and the queen of Yan was dressed spotlessly, almost blending with the snow fox fur, and walked out with luxurious makeup, and from her reinvigorated face, the sadness of losing the child could not be seen.

Although Empress Yan was not favored by King Yan, she was of noble birth, and when she was a child, she was influenced by her mother, the Empress Dowager Zhao, and she also learned some court methods, whether it was a combination of grace and power, or to win people's hearts, she did it in an orderly manner. On this day of the Lap Festival, she actually took back the power stolen by Su Ji one by one as if she had recovered the lost territory, whether it was to distribute the harem moon or punish the slaves and maids who made mistakes, she had to report to her for her choice.

This is obviously Empress Yan announcing to the entire harem: The queen who said nothing in the palace is back!

Although Su Ji is favored and has an older brother who is Shangqing, Empress Yan is justified, and today's ambush battle has caused her to retreat.

The mother who just lost her child is the most terrible, and Zhao Guogang won the Yan Kingdom, and the King of Yan can only respect Yan Hou in order to invite peace, and Su Ji can also avoid it, and dare not face it head-on.

Under the frightened and unknown gaze of everyone, Empress Yan took the ladies and the side room to worship the five rituals, and then asked about the current situation of the third son, who is only one and a half years old now, but he lost his mother not long ago, a weak eighth son.

Fu Mu told Empress Yan that the third son had just been weaned and had a nurse to take care of him, so he didn't worry about what he hadn't eaten, but he cried all day long and was looking for his mother.

"That crying is really heartbreaking......"

Yan Hou, who was not concerned about the loss of his mother because he was waiting to give birth, seemed to have changed today, and after hearing this, he actually went to visit him in the pepper room in person.

The concubines in the Yan Palace had their own thoughts, and followed the queen of Yan, the pepper room was very warm, and the third prince was tired of crying, and was wrapped in swaddling clothes, choking and falling asleep.

As soon as she saw the small and cute boy in the swaddling clothes, Queen Yan, who was still pretending to be reserved, was not calm all of a sudden, as if out of instinct, she walked over with light steps, gently picked up the little boy, and hugged him with great pity, her eyes were gentle.

"What a pink-carved son, why did he suddenly lose his mother? It's pathetic, pathetic, pathetic......"

After saying three "pitiful" in a row, Empress Yan seemed to think of her unborn child, and was stunned for a while, and after returning the third prince to Fu Mu in a hurry, she actually covered her face with her sleeves and cried.

The beauties of the harem didn't dare to come out, they only dared to watch Queen Yan cry alone, and they had a good relationship with her, so they cried and cried, like Su Ji and others, they watched coldly, and thought proudly in their hearts: "Zhao Biren, just cry, anyway, it's a life that can't give birth to a son!" ”

She is well-informed, and she already knows the news that Queen Yan can no longer have children because of two miscarriages before and after, which is equivalent to eliminating the possibility of her regaining favor from the king, and also makes Su Ji have more thoughts: In the current situation, the king does not dare to offend Zhao Guo, and it is a little difficult to squeeze Queen Yan out of the throne, but since the king has no son-in-law, it is necessary to choose one from the concubine to succeed to the throne, although the eldest prince is older, and he has added an eldest grandson to King Yan, but his mother is a orchid, with a low status, and his son is almost ten years old, If you ask your brother Shangqing to work hard, you have a good chance of becoming the crown prince......

Su Ji was still proudly calculating her advantage here, but unexpectedly, after Yan Hou wiped away her tears, she raised her head and glanced at her, only this one glance, cold, like a tigress, staring at the intruder who broke into her lair, Su Ji looked creepy, and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at her, although she could rely on her posture to make Yan Wang love her for a while, but in terms of momentum, she was far worse than Yan Hou.

"When my son becomes the crown prince and succeeds to the throne, I will definitely make you better!" Su Ji wrung the towel in her hand and thought so hatefully.

However, Empress Yan's main target today was not Su Ji, and after sighing and regretting the mother of the third son, she suddenly made a request.

"This son lost his mother at a young age, I pity him very much, although this pepper room is warm, after all, it is far away, and there is not enough manpower. Today, I will take the third prince to live in my dormitory, and I will take care of it myself. ”

Empress Yan gently stroked the boy's soft fur and said with a smile: "After all, I am his mother-in-law, and I just did my duty......"

For Empress Yan's order, the palace people did not dare to slack off, and immediately followed it, and the other concubines looked at each other, and did not think too much, after all, Empress Yan had just lost her son, and when she saw a child, how could she not like it? This is reasonable, and it is all right.

After the third prince went to the mill room, he never returned to the pepper room, and in the next few days, Queen Yan took him with him, personally fed him gruel, and followed him everywhere to crawl on the floor of the warm dragon in the hall, and the long-lost laughter sounded in the mill hall that had been cold for a long time.

When King Yan learned of this and came to visit the "orphans and widows", he was surprised to find that Queen Yan could no longer leave the third son, and held him all day long, his eyes were full of love, as if this was his own son. And the third son stopped crying and asking for his mother, snuggled in Queen Yan's arms, fell asleep peacefully, and his tender little hands held Queen Yan's fingers, refusing to let go for a moment, as if he had found his biological mother......

This situation of harmony between mother and son, even King Yan was stunned, after all, it was his own son, and the mother of the third prince was also the most favored, originally because of Zhao Guo's defeat of Yan and hated the house and Wu, and the fear and disgust of Queen Yan was also much less.

Everything was so logical, so Empress Yan also confided in King Yan logically, telling her despair of having two miscarriages and not being able to give birth again, and at the same time put forward a "reluctant request".

She cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, and choked up emotionally: "King, it is impossible for the concubine to have any more children, and now the third son has also lost his mother, he has the pain of losing his mother, and the concubine has the regret of losing his son, isn't it providential?" The concubine wants to raise her to grow up, and she hopes that the king will be favorable! ”

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