On the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, in order to prepare for the enthronement ceremony the next day, Liu Yu together with Han Sheng and the president of the Imperial Forest Army led Qu Zhu, as well as several officials of the Ministry of Rites to the "Temple of Heaven" in the south of the city to make an inspection, this is also the first time Liu Yu climbed the altar called "round mound", rising from the ground more than ten meters, a total of four layers of round mound body piled up, from the bottom to the top edge of the stone ladder up.

There are two altars in Chang'an City, one is under the Great Ci'en Temple in Jinchangfang, which is a "sacrifice" altar, and all the annual sacrificial activities are held in the altar. However, if the Shun Dynasty has a change of day, when the new emperor ascends the throne and other major events, it is necessary to sacrifice to the ancestors in the Yuanqiu Altar, and the temple of the Shun Dynasty is on the side of the Yuanqiu Altar Liuying Palace, in the Liuying Palace, the founding emperor of the Su family and the four ancestors on it are worshipped.

According to the process of the emperor's enthronement ceremony, on the day of the ceremony, the emperor should bring the civil and military officials to the altar of the round mound in court clothes, the Son of Heaven burns incense to the sky, the first worship and then rises to the second layer, the second worship and then rises to the third layer, and then carries out the most solemn third worship of the ceremony, the main activities of the sacrifice are also held in the third layer of the round mound, the emperor tells the sky to read the sacrificial text, announces the change of the yuan, etc., after the hundred officials kowtow to welcome the Son of Heaven back to the court, the emperor is officially effective.

There is basically an unwritten rule for holding the Yuanqiu altar sacrifice, and the Son of Heaven can only be held three years after he ascends the throne, that is, after serving three years of filial piety for the emperor, so Su Yan did not enjoy the treatment of the Yuanqiu altar sacrifice to heaven when he ascended the throne. And after Liu Zheng's military coup this time, in order to establish the fact that Qi'er is the royal orthodoxy as soon as possible, less than a month after ascending the throne, the enthronement ceremony has been prepared.

On the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the sky was not very good, Liu Yu climbed the round mound altar and looked down. Except for a square-shaped square under the altar. The surrounding forests are leafy. They are all evergreen trees, and the dense swinging of the branches with snow is easy to make Liu Yue feel that the grass and trees are all soldiers.

"Little Brother Liu, Honglu Temple just sent someone over to say that tomorrow will be fine, and it shouldn't hinder the ceremony." Han Sheng saw that Liu Yu was in a bad mood, and thought that Liu Yue was worried about the smooth holding of the enthronement ceremony the next day, and then reminded, "The arrangements of the Ministry of Rites have been put in place. But do you need to send more people? ”

Liu Yu shook his head lightly, this enthronement ceremony was nominally in charge of the former Zuo Xiang Lan He, but after Lan He's dismissal, the real preparations were all Han Sheng's hard work, and these days' preparations are also in place, and the colorful flags have been planted under the Yuanqiu altar, which is the decoration of the enthronement ceremony held the next day, and the red carpet will be rolled out from the afternoon of the 19th, and the people from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites are in charge.

"No problem, let's go back to the palace first." Liu Yu said, "The weather is still a little cold outside. Hopefully tomorrow it's a little warmer. ”

Because the sacrificial ceremony is generally held for one or two hours, it must be held in the open-air round mound altar. If the weather is too cold, the civil and military officials below may be able to bear it, but Qi'er and those female officials who stand on the highest altars and are a little windy may not be able to support it. Liu Yu thought to himself that he should let Qi'er wear more in her clothes tomorrow, so as not to freeze.

Liu Yu returned to the palace and instructed Qu Zhu about the next day's enthronement ceremony and security matters along the way, and there was nothing to do. And he originally had a military meeting to be held, and the participants were all the heroes of this military coup, including Qi Fang, Zhang Wuzhu, Hua Ji'an, Huo Yi and other senior military generals, but because the meeting was held at dusk, Liu Yu got some free time in advance.

After seeing the specific environment of the round hill altar, he always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't tell why, so he remembered to meet the old god Wu You. Usually this kind of feudal superstition involving the sacrifice of heaven, Liu Yu can always think of Wu You, a half-immortal.

When Liu Yu arrived at the Wu You Astronomical Institute, it was still early, and he couldn't see a single figure when he entered the door, so he walked inside to Wu You's "office", only to see Wu You sewing something there with a needle and thread, and Wu Shuo, a little stammer, was standing next to Wu You, as if he was also helping.

"Hmmm! Well! ”

Liu Yu cleared his throat, Wu You and Wu Shuo raised their heads at the same time, only then did they realize Liu Yu's arrival. And the thing in Wu You's hand seemed to have been sewn up, and the thread was bitten off, Wu Shuo picked up the sewn thing like a cloth bag, and happily wanted to go out.

"Stop, little stammer, what's in your hand?"

"Humph!" Wu Shuo glanced at Liu Yu and said dissatisfiedly, "You can use it?" ”

"No matter if it's not okay anymore, you little stutter now there are no rules for going in and out of the palace, if you take a bomb and go to the inner court, won't there be a mess?"

Liu Yu snatched the cloth bag from Wu Shuo's hand, and felt warm in his hand, Liu Yue wanted to open it to see what was inside, Wu Shuo said unhappily: "Don't don't move!" ”

"What, there's something unspeakable in there?"

"Cause...... Because ......"

Wu Shuo looked anxious, her face was flushed, the more anxious she was, the more unclear she was, she had to look at Wu You for help, Wu You took a bite of something, and said with a leisurely look: "Xiaoya wants to say, if you dismantle it, this thing will not be hot." ”

"Oh." Liu Yu nodded, feeling interesting in his heart, he had thought about not letting Qi'er freeze tomorrow, but now it seems that there is actually a ready-made warm device.

"Warm baby? It's interesting.,Oh.,Here you go.,Hurry up and give it to Qi'er.,But if it's starting to heat now.,It should be cold by tomorrow, right? ”

"Use ...... Use your care, bad bad bad guy! ”

Wu Shuo said a word and quickly went out with a warm bag.

Wu You said on the other side: "It's okay, just make a sample for Your Majesty to see, oh, it's for you kid to see, if it's suitable, make one or two more tonight, it's not troublesome." ”

Liu Yu looked at some chemical-like powders on the table, and knew that it should be something like slaked lime. I felt that Wu You was taking Qi'er as the experiencer of his invention and test products, and he felt that it was not good, but it was rare that this pair of ancestors and grandchildren was also thinking about Qi'er, and it was not appropriate to blame.

"What's the matter? You're usually fine, kid, and you don't come over to take a look. I'm afraid something bad has happened again, right? ”

Wu You seems to be able to see through what Liu Yu thinks, Liu Yu is really as Wu You said, nothing to do without going to the Three Treasures Palace, he came this time, mainly because he always felt that the enthronement ceremony the next day would not be too smooth.

"It's about the enthronement ceremony, and I can't say why, I always feel like something is going to happen."

Wu You scooped out some water into the wooden basin with a water scoop, washed his hands, and said with a smile: "You kid, you are quite vigilant." You came this time just to ask Xiao Lao'er, where did your uneasy psychology come from? ”

"I know that if you ask, you will ask in vain."

Wu You was dissatisfied: "Zhilu Daobai asked you to come again?" You stinky boy, isn't it unappreciated to ask someone for help? Let's just tell you this, Xiao Lao'er pinched his fingers, tomorrow's enthronement ceremony will never go well. ”

Liu Yue became serious and asked, "Why?" ”

"As for why, the little old man can't grasp the opportunity. But even if the new emperor ascends the throne and announces the sky, it should not be tomorrow. Wu You pinched his fingers again and calculated, "At least a few months later, maybe a year, maybe." ”

Liu Yue smiled dumbly, this Wu You is pretending to be a ghost more and more. He said that tomorrow's enthronement ceremony will not go smoothly, so the enthronement ceremony should not be held? The imperial court obviously will not change the original intention of holding the enthronement ceremony because of Wu You's words, and the current Chang'an City urgently needs such a ceremony to calm people's hearts and let the people and people in the court know who is the current lord of the world.

"Can you be specific?" Liu Yu sometimes has to admire Wu You, many of the things he predicted have actually come true after the end, this time since he reminded him, he always had to ask clearly.

"The secret of heaven must not be leaked, it must not be leaked! The only thing I can remind you is that you can sail carefully for a thousand years, and sometimes the result of being in a hurry is that it backfires, and you kid has to go through this hurdle. ”

Liu Yu heard Wu You use "Kan" to describe tomorrow's sacrifice ceremony, and he had a little doubt, but also a little more vigilant. In fact, what Wu You said was almost right with what he was worried about, and the worry in Liu Yu's heart was because Chang'an City had been too calm recently, and the calm made people feel surprising, it stands to reason that the change of the Son of Heaven was completed under the situation of a military coup, and Liu Yu was not the monarch who was pushed to the throne, even if the ministers in the court were timid and afraid, wouldn't they launch any resistance?

Even with just a little resistance, the students of Tai Academy meditated at the gate of the palace, which was easily solved, and it was easy for Liu Yu to feel that everything was decided.

The more this happens, the more likely it is that a major storm is brewing.

"Be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years", Wu You's words can be regarded as a slap in the face for Liu Yu.

"Wu Lao'er, thank you very much, I'm leaving!" After Liu Yu finished speaking, he had already arrived at the door.

Wu You said disdainfully: "Just say a word and leave, it's still very rude, and the little old man won't send it!" ”

Liu Yucai didn't care about Wu You's muttering about these polite and impolite questions, he took the guards all the way out of the palace gate, got on the horse and rushed straight to the temporary office of the new army in Chang'an City.

Since Liu Yu can't predict the occurrence of some things now, then everything is careful and the precautions are done thoroughly, and any difficulties and dangers can be easily solved. After Liu Yu had a not-so-long meeting with Hua Ji'an, Qi Fang and others, he immediately returned to the palace, and at the main gate, he met Cai Yingnu, the captain of the female army guard, who entered the palace from the Forward General's Mansion and changed shifts with Lu Chuer.

"General."

Because he couldn't ride a horse in the palace, Liu Yu dismounted at the palace gate, and Cai Yingnu took the initiative to greet him.

"Something?" Liu Yu took the reins of the horse and handed the reins to the guards on the side.

"General, someone went to the Forward General's Mansion today and said that it was inconvenient for someone to meet him, and asked his subordinates to forward this letter. The subordinates checked it, and this letter was just an ordinary letter, and there was nothing strange about it. ”

Liu Yue couldn't think of who was so mysterious, but since someone gave it to him, it didn't hurt to take a look. Liu Yue opened it, and there were only a few juanxiu fonts with a bit of heroism on it, and Liu Yu immediately thought that this was Liu Liniang's words.

"I wish you well, the sky will change."

Liu Yu's hand holding the letter paper couldn't help but tremble, even if Liu Liniang didn't come to see him, she still gave him a great piece of information. (To be continued......)