Of course, Li Tao is not happy and sad, let alone physically exhausted, he just wants to shirk the status of Yaxian by pretending to be sick. But he didn't expect that Li Xian and the queen made a special trip to the house to visit the patient, and there were three imperial doctors who came with Zhongzong and the queen.

When the imperial doctor called for his pulse, Li Tao's eyes rolled, and he closed his eyes.

Li Xian saw that the imperial doctor's brows were furrowed, his heart tightened, and he asked eagerly, "How is it?" Tao'er doesn't matter, right? ”

The imperial physician had a strange expression on his face, and said uneasily: "Your Majesty, the pulse of the King of Lantian is scattered, and Weichen has never seen such a strange pulse in his decades of practicing medicine. ”

Li Xian became even more flustered when he heard this, and pointed to the other two imperial doctors and said, "You guys go to the pulse!" ”

The two physicians' diagnoses were the same as before.

"You quacks, if Tao'er has three longs and two shorts, I will let you be buried!" Li Xian, who has always been known as a good man, was angry.

Li Tao was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that the imperial doctor would definitely not be able to diagnose his pulse, his internal strength and mental method had been perfected, and it was easy to fool these imperial doctors. Seeing that Li Xian was so concerned about himself, Li Tao couldn't bear to go too far, opened his eyes and pretended to be weak, and said, "Ah Weng, you don't have to blame them, I'm just a little unwell, and I'll be fine after a few days of rest!" ”

"Get out of here!" Li Xian said to the Imperial Doctor hatefully.

After the imperial doctor resigned, Li Xian sighed and said: "Tao'er, the day after tomorrow is the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, this is a big event, how can you, as a person of Yaxian, be absent?" ”

Li Tao glanced at Empress Wei, who was silent beside Li Xian, and said to Li Xian: "Ah Weng." Tao'er has failed your trust, I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the ceremony, so it's better to let the queen be the person who sacrifices to the sky! ”

"This ......" Li Xian hesitated.

"Awn. The queen mother is also Ah Weng's closest relatives, and there is nothing inappropriate to be a person who is a person who dedicates this sub-sacrifice! Li Tao sincerely persuaded.

"That'...... That's the only way, it's just that the procedures of the festival are cumbersome, and the Ministry of Rites has already drawn up the agenda, and now it is suddenly replaced, and there is only one day left to prepare, I don't know if it's too late? Li Xian was a little worried.

Li Tao punned on Empress Wei: "If it's because of Tao'er's fault." If you miss a big thing, then Tao'er will regret it for life! But now, Ah Weng is not in good health. I am also sick, if the queen can personally go out and personally urge the Ministry of Rites to remedy it in time, I think it should be too late. I wonder what the queen thinks? ”

Li Tao said this very clearly: I have given you the opportunity. As for how to operate it, that's your business, if it's because you don't care about it, then don't do my business.

Empress Wei also punned: "It's rare for Tao'er to be filial, if I don't do my best, won't I be too disappointed by him?" Your Majesty, this matter is covered by the concubine! ”

……

On the day of the Cold Food Festival, just after the hour, the deacons and ministers of the Ministry of Rites announced that "His Majesty the Emperor is driving". The sacrificial ceremony officially began. The red carpet is rolled out all the way to the altar. On both sides of the carpet, soldiers are guarded every few meters.

Zhongzong and Empress Wei were surrounded by the ministers. Burn three pillars of incense in the Imperial Incense Pavilion and ascend to the altar. A yellow cloth altar is placed in the middle of the altar, and bells and chimes are placed on both sides of the altar. Five grains, pigs, cattle, and sheep, three cups of sacrificial wine, and three long incense sticks were placed on the altar in turn. Zhongzong stood in front of the altar, the inner servants were in the back, and the civil and military ministers were on both sides to watch the entire sacrificial ceremony.

"Please offer incense to His Majesty the Emperor." With the guidance of the deacons and ministers, Zhongzong took off his yellow robe and handed it to the attendants, and the attendants offered incense, and Zhongzong inserted the incense burner after worshipping the incense. After three incense offerings, the deacon guides the "emperor" through the sacrificial ceremony.

"A sacrificial wine, a glass of wine to the emperor."

The attendant offered the sacrificial wine, Zhongzong turned around, knelt three times and bowed nine times and then offered wine in front of the ding.

"Two sacrificial wines, two glasses of wine to the earth."

Zhongzong received the wine, bowed to both sides and offered wine in front of the ding.

"Three sacrificial wines, three cups of wine to the gods."

After Zhongzong knelt down, he went around the Ding for a week to sacrifice wine.

After the first dedication of Zhongzong, it was the second dedication of Empress Wei.

Li Longji stood in the crowd and watched all this silently. In the heavenly sacrifice activity, the emperor is the first to offer sacrifices to the gods; The second was the offering, and the second was the sacrifice to heaven. This is quite an important political identity. Back then, in order to improve his political status, Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong enshrined Mount Tai together, and also served as a sub-offering, and now Empress Wei is doing the same, Li Longji can't help but feel cold. Does she also want to be Wu Zetian's second?

Thinking of this, Li Longji seemed to grasp something, and Li Tao's original promise to him seemed to be clearer, could it be that Li Tao had already expected this day?

At the end of the sacrificial wine, the court's scholar recited the sacrificial text: "...... The emperor of the Tang Dynasty bowed his head and Yu Shun was sealed. Xiuhan Biang, Xiongzhen Jiping. Mighty gods, yin and yang are ......"

After the recitation, as the deacons and ministers announced that "the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony is over", Zhongzong and the civil and military ministers left, and the sacrificial ceremony was all over.

……

Just when Zhongzong and his ministers were carrying out the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, a person quietly came to visit Li Tao, who was sick.

"Shangguan Zhaoyi has a heart, and I am grateful!" Since you are sick, you have to look sick, Li Tao said weakly while lying on the bed.

"King Lantian, everyone is a smart person, do you think it's interesting to be so pretentious in front of me?" Shangguan Wan'er smiled.

"What does Shangguan Zhaoyi mean by this?" Li Tao pretended to be puzzled.

"If there is still one person in this world who can see that King Lantian is pretending to be sick at this time, there will be no one else except me Shangguan Wan'er." Shangguan Wan'er said confidently.

Li Tao blinked his eyes and did not speak.

Shangguan Wan'er sighed and said: "If the queen mother had half of the scheming of King Lantian, she would definitely not accept this offering, but she accepted it, and by the way, she owed King Lantian a favor." As everyone knows, when she was in the infinite scenery on the altar, how many people had already been vigilant, and King Lantian's killing plan had made the rope around Queen Wei's neck already tie a dead knot. ”

Li Tao remained silent.

"I know you're still haunted by your father's death, and speaking of which, I can't get out of it with your father's death......"

Li Tao suddenly interjected: "Shangguan Zhaoyi, you are wrong, I don't blame you at all for my father's death!" ”

"Huh?" Shangguan Wan'er was stunned.

"Even if it weren't for you at that time, he would have died at the hands of someone else, and to be honest, although he was my father, I didn't approve of his way of doing things. Besides, you were trying to protect yourself, and if it were me, I would do the same! ”

Shangguan Wan'er was stunned by Li Tao's words, and she muttered, "Why do you think so? Isn't he your father? (To be continued......)