"These things all started from consolidating the position of Prince Liu Ju, it seems that this battle for the throne is really untouchable, and even anything that has anything to do with the throne can't be touched!" Huo Guang found that the decline of Wei Huo's relatives began when Huo Qu was sick and sealed the three kings, and it seemed that no matter how powerful the force was, once it was involved in the throne, it would become shaky!

"Now that the choice has been made, these things have to be faced. Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa is as strong as Wu Chu back then, and has the potential to sweep the world, and finally get involved in this kind of competition, not to die and eliminate the country! Huo Quzhi smiled with relief, as if he was ready to face today's events when he decided to consolidate his position for Liu Yi. The Wu State and the Chu State in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion did have the potential to sweep the world, but once they jumped into this battle for the throne, there was no choice at all, there were only two results, either success or death!

Huo Qubing is not a prince or a clan, he can't directly participate in the struggle for imperial power, but Liu Ju is his cousin, so he has to be deeply involved. And at the level of Huo Quai, only these are worth fighting for, even if Huo Guang himself is the same in the future, because if you don't fight for these, then what else is there to fight for in this world?

Huo Guang's current status is still too low, and many things can not be done, after staying in the Hou Mansion for one night, Huo Guang returned to the Sanjueguan military camp, he estimated that the dried paper should be almost dry, and now there are only five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the paper is made, it is to start pasting Kong Ming lanterns, but this process is longer than the time to weave the skeleton of Kong Ming lanterns, originally thought to be a simple thing, but because most people in this era have not touched paper, let alone used paper to paste things, so at the beginning of a lot of mistakes, some soldiers even because of poor grasp of the strength directly broke the paper.

Fortunately, he had an advantage in numbers, and it took Huo Guang two days to finally get 1,700 barely usable Kong Ming lanterns, and at this time, there were exactly two days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, the Weiyang Palace has begun to arrange the matters of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to worship the moon, although the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Western Han Dynasty has not yet formed a festival, but some traditions have gradually emerged, such as the emperor's sacrifice to the moon is one of them.

There is no way to verify when the moon worship began in the middle of autumn, but there must be one in the Western Han Dynasty, because the tradition of the Son of Heaven worshipping the moon is recorded in the "Book of Rites". In ancient times, worshipping the sun and the moon at the four seasons of heaven and earth were also some of the things that every emperor had to do, which could be regarded as the emperor's job.

Huo Guang didn't know how it was arranged in Weiyang Palace, but he had a lot of things to arrange now, first of all, the first thing was to transport the made Kong Ming lanterns to the previously selected release site, because the number to be released was far more than a thousand, so most of the soldiers of the Gate Army each needed to release two Kong Ming lanterns.

When Huo Guang did all these things, the time happened to come to the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, on a mountain not far from the Sanjue Temple, Huo Guang and the Thousand Gate Army were quietly waiting for the night to fall, but so far Huo Guang had not told these soldiers what they were doing these things for, and at the same time, Huo Guang also repeatedly told these soldiers that they would never talk about it after they had done it, and it was best to treat it as if it had not happened at all.

As for whether these soldiers would take Huo Guang's words to heart, he didn't worry too much, because Huo Guang estimated that as soon as this matter was over, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would arrange the whereabouts of these periodist troops, and in short, he would definitely not let them talk nonsense.

The waiting time is often very long, since the afternoon, Huo Guang and the others have been hiding on the mountain, no one talks and even makes a sound, and it is difficult for anyone to come to Shanglin Yuan, their whereabouts are very secret.

Weiyang Palace tonight is much more lively than usual, because the Son of Heaven worships the moon and the important ministers of the court are to attend together, and after the moon worship, the emperor will set up a banquet to entertain the ministers, so it is much more lively than usual, and this kind of banquet is not only attended by the emperor alone, the queen and the prince will also appear, under normal circumstances, important members of the royal family will be present, and the meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion in later generations is almost the same.

"Dongfang Shuo, how is Taichang Temple preparing for the moon sacrifice?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has not yet appeared in the place of worshipping the moon, at this moment he is changing his crown clothes under the service of several palace maids, the worship of the moon is a very formal and important occasion, and there are strict requirements for the dress of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. And Taichang Temple is the institution responsible for the ceremonial sacrifices of the temple, and its chief official Taichang is also one of the nine Qings.

"Back to Your Majesty, someone from Taichang Temple came to tell you just now, everything has been prepared, just wait for Your Majesty, the queen and the crown prince can start." Dongfang Shuo stood in the distance and replied, I don't know why Dongfang Shuo also had the illusion that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seemed to attach special importance to this year's sacrificial month.

Dongfang Shuo has followed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for many years, and he knows some of his habits very well, coupled with his ability to observe words and colors, it is easy to perceive the difference between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the moon sacrifice in previous years. In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a routine for this kind of sacrifice, and he didn't care about it at all, just going through the motions out of etiquette, but this year it seems that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is particularly looking forward to the sacrifice month.

"Okay, let's drive the Moon Worship Altar." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty flicked his sleeves, as if he was going to complete a great feat.

Then Dongfang Shuo and an attendant surrounded Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and walked towards the place of worshipping the moon, and on the way to the moon worship altar, the queen Wei Zifu and the crown prince Liu Ju also joined the team of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the queen and the prince were also dressed up to attend today.

"Meet Your Majesty, Queen, Prince!" When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and his entourage came to the Moon Worship Altar, the courtiers who attended the event were all waiting here early, and without exception, they were all dressed in full costumes. The ministers bowed to the emperor, empress and the crown prince, and then gave way to a passage, and at the end of the passage was the moon worship altar where Emperor Wu of Han led his ministers to worship the moon.

Although the Western Han Dynasty did not build any buildings like the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth as in later generations, there were still some commonly used altars, but they were not particularly grandiose, and altars like the Moon Worship Altar were just an open-air altar made of regular stones, and the direction of the altar was to the east, because the moon also rose from the east.

Huo Guang stood upright, looking in the direction of Chang'an City. Huo Guangxuan's location is quite good, just enough to see the entire Chang'an City. However, there are no street lamps or anything during this period, so there is no night scene, only some palace lamps in Weiyang Palace emit a faint light, so that people can barely see the outline of Chang'an City at night.

At first, Huo Guang was also very worried in his heart, because no matter how perfect the plan is, there may be accidents, Huo Guang is most worried about what he is most worried about is that if the weather is bad tonight, the moon does not come out or it rains or something, it will be troublesome, and if it rains, then the Kong Ming lantern will be in vain. However, now it seems that both Emperor Wu of Han and Huo Guang's luck is not bad, and the weather tonight is unusually good.

When a bright full moon appeared in the eastern sky, the soft moonlight made Chang'an City also covered with a soft light curtain. There is no strict time regulation for the moon sacrifice, so Huo Guang doesn't know when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will start to worship the moon, which makes him a little difficult to know when to set off Kong Ming lanterns.

It was for this reason that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was sweated at the beginning.

When Taichangqing announced the beginning of the moon sacrifice, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led his ministers and began to worship according to the established etiquette, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has always put his mind on the place beyond the moon, how he looked forward to the countless fires floating and reflecting Chang'an at this time, but unfortunately Huo Guang did not know that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had already started.

In fact, when night fell, Huo Guang was already aware of this problem, but at this time, it was impossible for him to discuss with Emperor Wu of Han, at least he couldn't enter the Chang'an City Gate.

"Oops...... I don't know when the sacrifice will start, if the sacrifice hasn't started yet, I'll release the Kong Ming lantern, I'm afraid the effect will not be ideal, it seems that I can only wait a little longer, even if the sacrifice is over, as long as the courtiers haven't dispersed, it's not too late! Huo Guang thought about it for a moment in his heart, he felt that the time of the fireworks should be late rather than early, because if it was too early, it would be impossible to tell whether it was auspicious or evil, as long as the moon worship was completed, the vision would naturally appear and it would be the result of the moon worship, no matter who would think that this was the instruction of the moon god to the big man.

Therefore, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed a series of moon worship rituals, he did not see a vision in the sky for a long time, which made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty a little apprehensive. It's not that he doesn't believe Huo Guang, but Emperor Wu of Han really has too much expectations for tonight's events, and he won't be sure if he doesn't show up for a moment.

When the banquet had already begun according to the procedure, Emperor Wu of Han was still kneeling absentmindedly, looking at the sky with his head tilted.

"What is Your Majesty looking at? The concubine feels that the moon tonight seems to be particularly bright than in previous years, and I think this is also a portrayal of my Han Dynasty! Empress Wei Zifu was the closest person to Emperor Wu of Han, and she had long been aware of Emperor Wu of Han's abnormality, so she spoke. Wei Zifu has been a queen for more than ten years, and there is no longer the shadow of the maid of the princess's mansion in the past, and some are just graceful and luxurious mothers.

"Well, I also think that the moonlight is bright and full tonight, which is a good sign!" Emperor Wu of Han said a little perfunctorily, now he has no mind to be idle, all his energy is spent on observing the night sky.

However, the so-called speaker has no intention of listening, especially the emperor's words are easy for people to figure out, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's words fell, and those sharp-eyed courtiers heard the words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and they all hurriedly looked up at the moon, and their mouths were also full of all kinds of praise, which was nothing more than praising the moonlight and praising the Han.

I don't know if Emperor Wu of Han was really lucky, or if Huo Guang was right. Just as the ministers raised their heads, Huo Guang also turned around and said, "Pass the order, light the fire and put the lamp!" ”

Huo Guang gave an order, and in an instant, a dense dense array of Kong Ming lanterns slowly rose from the side of the Three Jue Pavilion. 1,700 Kong Ming lanterns all rose into the night sky in about a minute, because there was no problem of light pollution in this era, so 1,700 Kong Ming lanterns appeared in the night sky, and their magnificence was also greatly beyond Huo Guang's imagination, although he was not in Weiyang Palace, but Huo Guang could already imagine how surprised the Manchu Dynasty civil and military would be when they saw this firelight.