"Ji Le, take a look, how are my clothes today?"

In the main room of Yongle Palace, Yuan Xi was wearing a bright yellow phoenix robe, and he deftly rotated in front of Ji Le.

The Harvest Festival, a celebration that Ji Raku had decided to prepare for the goddess Motoki a long time ago. In the autumn of the first year of the Jiazi calendar, the harvest festival finally entered the world stage.

This harvest festival is extremely important to Motohee. Early in the morning, before the celebration began, Yuan Xi led the eight shrine maidens in his temple with more than a dozen sets of pre-ordered clothes for Ji Le to watch one by one.

The current set is a phoenix robe similar to the dress of Queen Xia. The corners of the luxurious palace clothes are embroidered with pale yellow peonies, and in the center there is a five-virtue phoenix soaring with wings. As for the top of Yuan Xi's head, it is full of delicate and beautiful golden hairpins.

"It's ok. ”

"What about this set?" Yuan Xi was a little dissatisfied with himself, and took out another set of colorful club clothes. The sacrificial meaning of this set of clothes is stronger, the clothes are embroidered with patterns such as insects, fire, clouds, etc., with blue, red, yellow, white and black as the main colors, symbolizing the rotation of the five elements of the earth, and the wind and rain of the society. Accompanying this outfit are a pair of serpentine earrings, a dragon-patterned jade crown, and a Pixiu necklace.

Ji Le tilted his head to look at it, and he was also choosing his own dress under the service of the shrine maidens. "It's not bad, it highlights the divinity of the harvest god who protects the sheji. ”

Yuan Xi stared at Ji Le, who was wearing a dark robe today. On the black royal robe, there is a fire pattern dragon with teeth and claws.

Summer is the fire virtue, and the red dragon is the inheritance.

The colorful society clothes don't match this set of Xuanlong clothes.

After thinking about it, Yuan Xi changed his clothes again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Le said to Nangong Qingyan, the queen who was in charge of changing clothes on the other side: "Yang Ke is done with the work over there, why don't you help him get it?"

"Yesterday, the royal court was ready. Today, he went to the temple outside the city in advance in his royal robes, and asked me to come over to help, and brought Mao'er with him by the way. ”

"Mao'er?" Ji Le frowned: "Such a young child, bring it over so early? According to my wishes, let him show up at the ceremony and announce that there is a successor to the kingdom." ”

This is also the idea of the Nangong clan: "But those old ministers ......"

"Xiao Mao is too young, and those courtiers don't listen to them. When I turned around, I said that it meant the main hall, what if my son was blown by the wind outside?

Later, when you go to celebrate outside the city, you can take Mao'er to the Harvest Temple to rest, and when the ceremony begins, you can take him to show his face. ”

"Yes. ”

Nangong Qingyan regarded Ji Le as Yang Mao as a "parent-child", and she was very determined. In this way, I can go back to Damu, and I can rest assured.

Before her death, the pregnant woman left Nangong Qingyan a lot of foreign estates. The Nangong clan planned to find an opportunity to go abroad to inspect the manor, and by the way, establish the embassy base and intelligence network of the Xia Kingdom in various countries.

Suddenly, Nangong Qingyan saw the folds on Ji Le's dress. Next to her, Su Yu was sorting out the crown, so the queen personally stepped forward to help Ji Le smooth out the wrinkles and tidy up the placket.

Ji Le looked helpless: "I'll do this little thing myself, you take care of me so carefully." One day it really raised me to be a waste. ”

From this morning, the women led by Su Yu and Nangong Qingyan came to help him change his clothes in person. Ji Le felt like a hanger, at their mercy.

"Your Highness's body of all saints, the sisters of the Spirit Palace take care of Your Highness, all of them are willing. Nangong pursed his lips and smiled: "Your Highness has done her best for the country, and my sisters all regard His Highness as the supreme god to serve." ”

"But you know, I don't want that—"

"Ji Le-" Yuan Xi suddenly interjected into the chat between the two. Now she wears a golden robe.

Seeing Yuanxi intervening, the Nangong clan silently stepped back and let the goddess Yuanxi stand in front of Ji Le.

Seeing this golden dress, Ji Le's eyes lit up: "This dress ...... It's like the golden robe His Highness wore on the first day we met. ”

The waist-cinching dress was tightly tied up with a belt patterned with a grain ear pattern, and seemed to be an imitation of the golden belt of the harvest. The corners of the light gold dress are trimmed with silver, and the long sleeves and long skirts are embroidered with various patterns related to grains and fruits.

"Do you remember what I was wearing?"

"Your Highness is outstanding and unforgettable. Ji Le carefully observed the clothes and commented: "Yes, this dress is good, it fits the theme of the harvest festival." It would be nice if the tiara had a little more character. Ji Le closed his eyes, thought for a while, and instructed Su Yu: "I remember that some time ago, Deng Kai sent a three-headed iron snake crown and went to get it. ”

The three iron snake crowns are imitations of the "Huang Teng" artifact. With a three-headed snake as the main body, it forms a black coiled snake crown. But the snake scales sparkle because they are coated with silver powder, and the snake eyes are set with three pairs of rubies with a different kind of mystery and luxury in the low-key.

After Su Yu took the crown, Ji Le personally brought it for Goddess Yuanxi, and took out a set of red jade jewelry for her.

The faint flickering flames in the translucent red jade were immortal artifacts sent by Zhao Zhiwen not long ago.

"That's it, let's get ready, let's go to the venue outside the city first. ”

......

Outside the city, in front of the Harvest Temple.

With the careful preparation of Xia Guo, this place has become an exposition about crops.

The people used the tied wheat straw as a three-foot-high wall brick, and the harvest temple was the center to form a huge square with a length and width of one mile. At the four corners of the square, there are warehouses made of five grains, five beans, five vegetables, and five fruits, as well as various crops prepared by Xia Guo this year. However, special and valuable crops such as sugarcane and golden rice are exhibited in the central exhibition hall.

At the same time, the square is stacked with wheat stacks to form areas according to the structure of the city. Each region belongs to one country. Crops from Tumu, Doya, Bado and other countries are exhibited here.

Food is related to the life and death of the people, and agriculture can be said to be the industry most closely related to life. The status of the harvest gods is also the most beloved among mortals among the many gods.

Among the crops exhibited in various countries, you can see the statues of harvest gods brought out by various countries. Almost every city-state has its own god of harvest. And the Tumu Dynasty even posed seven statues of gods in one go. As the most powerful dynasty on the mainland, they directly occupied the two venue booths, and together they built a agricultural temple with pumpkins. Seven idols are laid out one by one, and each idol has its own crop in front of it.

For example, in front of the statue of Luoya, the goddess of grains in the middle, there is a pile of golden rice. And in front of the goddess of wind and life, there are several large pumpkins with yellow, orange and orange. In front of the goddess of spring is a pile of yellow buds. In front of Tarn, the god of wine, are clusters of purple grapes......

Around the temple of agriculture, there are hundreds of crops planted by Tumu.

In comparison, the Bado Kingdom only took out five crops, which can already be said to be the most shabby in the kingdom.

Yang Ke and Xun An and others silently observed in the lounge.

"It seems that Da Mu is really strong and strong. Their agricultural development is the strongest among the nations. ”

Xun An: "But the sugar extraction technology and golden rice are currently only available in China. In this harvest festival, it is possible to try to sign treaties with various countries, which is more conducive to the struggle for continental sovereignty. ”

Everyone didn't wait long, and when Ji Le and the others arrived, Yang Ke took the stage to preside over the ceremony.

"This celebration organized by our Xia Kingdom is very simple, and there is only one purpose, that is, to celebrate the harvest of all the countries of the earth. ”

"Mortals cannot do without food, without the abundance of agriculture. And this is the gift of the earth to us. ”

Therefore, under the initiative of the lord god and protector god of the country, Xia Guo chose to hold a harvest festival every year. Thank you for the blessings of the earth and for the help of all things in agriculture. ”

"In addition, at the festival, we encourage countries to exchange agricultural technologies and exchange grains and vegetables to improve the efficiency of agricultural products and industries. ”

......

Xun An prepared a manuscript for Yang Ke in advance, and after reciting it on the spot, he slapped his hands, and brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.

"I announce that the harvest festival has officially begun!"

With Yang Ke's voice, a golden light rushed into the sky in the direction of the temple. Goddess Yuanxi, who was wearing the golden wheat robe, flew into the air, and her hands urged the kamikaze to tear out wisps of multicolored glow in the sky.

At the same time, Ji Le also appeared in the air. He lifted the pen to paint in the sky, and the dragon and phoenix auspicious rui flew in the clouds, making the dragon and phoenix auspicious.

The two highnesses loomed in the clouds, and the golden light sprinkled on the two of them, adding a bit of sacredness and dignity. And with the divinity of Mother Earth as a guide, use this celebration to call on the divine power of Mother Earth Goddess to protect it.

Soon, the earth came back in return. The pale golden aura emerges in the "city" composed of wheat stacks, allowing many crops to emerge with a special life aura. Among them, the aura of golden rice was the most intense, like a pile of shining gold shining on all the people in the venue.