Outside the Beitian Gate, the civil and military officials waiting to participate in the sacrifice gathered together in twos and threes, and the topics ranged from what they ate for breakfast to the newly married concubines of so-and-so.

"The hour is near." Some people couldn't help but wonder: "Why haven't you seen Banzai yet?" ”

"The day of the festival is a great event, if the time is missed..."

"Be careful." A low, majestic voice came from behind him, and the gossiping person was so frightened that he quickly shut up.

"Elder Yin Ge, why bother with these juniors." Wei Xian smiled and arched his hand: "Let them plant a few more heels and they will talk." ”

Yin Zhizeng stroked his gray beard and looked kind: "Liangwen, Liangwen, you can still speak well as always." ”

Wei Xian helped Yin Zhizeng and whispered: "Listen to the palace people, long live today will not come." ”

"Is this reliable?" Yin Zhizeng lowered his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"Nature is reliable."

The news that Emperor Qingwen would not come to participate in the sacrifice for the time being has reached the Gufu Palace, and the little prince's face is cloudy.

"Long live that I can't come if I have an urgent matter, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive me." Cao Alcohol bowed his hand slightly.

Emperor Qingwen sent Cao Alcohol to convey the news, in order to appease the prince and show his importance to this matter.

"What else did Father say?" The little prince was a little uneasy, the festival was about to start, and his father said that he would not come if he didn't come, which made his originally high mood instantly fall into a trough.

"This—" Cao Yu feigned hesitation.

"Cao Changgong said that it doesn't matter, this palace won't blame you." The little prince spoke.

Cao Yu hesitated and said: "Long live today was supposed to get up when I was in Yin, but Concubine Hui's miscarriage happened suddenly... Banzai decided to stay in the palace to appease. ”

Hearing this, the little prince was silent for a long time, he tightly pinched the wide sleeves of the sacrificial robe, and forced a smile on his face: "Since my father has something important, it would be good if the festival was held as usual." ”

"Your Highness the Sage." Cao Yu bowed his hand.

*

Hao Hao Tang Tang's sacrificial procession from the North Heavenly Gate to the Temple of the Sun, the civil and military officials are separated on both sides according to the rank of civil and military, the huge Temple of the Sun is silent, the deacon of the Honglu Temple tends to the prince to prelude to the prince, and then the brocade guard passes the whip, leads people to the prelude, and teaches the workshop to make music.

The sun slowly rose from the east with the music, the glow sprinkled on the altar, the crimson glazed brick altar emitted an eye-catching light, and the little prince in a red sacrificial dress knelt in front of the altar with a blessing board in his hand, and he was crossed by the morning sun with a layer of golden light.

Lay jade silk, three offerings, seven music, eight dances.

After the whole process, the little prince made no mistakes, and his demeanor and posture were impeccable.

"Kneel." The officials of Honglu Temple spread in the first praise of the outside, and the civil and military officials have bowed three times and bowed nine times to the Temple of the Sun.

A group of people in the hula leaned down and bowed, and the scene was very spectacular.

Jiang Banxia got up with everyone, and at a glance she saw Cao Alcohol standing on the side of the ceremony, and was immediately shocked, how could Cao Alcohol's old fox be here?

Until the end of the festival, all she thought about was why Cao Alcohol came?

...

"His Royal Highness, it's not good, it's not good." The chamberlain hurriedly rushed to the eldest prince.

"Panic." The emperor flicked the dust on his clothes: "What can be a big deal." ”

The eldest prince perfectly inherited the height of Emperor Qingwen, seventeen or eighteen years old was enough to be eight feet tall, but he was very thin, his clothes hung loosely on his body, his eyes were slender into the sideburns, his face was gentle and polite, but the glittering light in his eyes revealed his ambition.

"All of us... All of them..."The waiter's mouth was like a walnut stuffed, and Bara couldn't say it for a long time.

That's really... It's so hard to talk about.

"Slurring and spitting." The eldest prince played with the jade wrench on his thumb: "Say it and let me hear it, what is a rare thing." ”

The chamberlain spoke in an indescribable tone, "The attendants... The entourage all had unbearable abdominal pain! I can't go. ”

The eldest prince sneered: "It's just abdominal pain, how can you not walk?" I'd like to see how much it hurts! ”

"Your Highness, it's better not to go." The chamberlain wiped the sweat from his head, his expression very tangled.

"Why not?" The eldest prince didn't believe in evil, so he strode away from the inner servant and walked straight to the outside of the north altar where the entourage was staying.

Before it was approaching, a smell of mixed with the smell of sour rot hit his face, and the eldest prince's face turned green in an instant, and he even retched a few times.

"Your Highness." The attendant who followed closely behind hurriedly handed over the hand towel.

The eldest prince pulled the handkerchief and covered his nose, and his frowning brows all showed that he was in a very bad mood at this time.

"What's going on?"

"Your Highness, it seems that there is a problem with the morning food offered by Guanglu Temple this morning."

"It seems? What do you call it seems! The eldest prince reprimanded: "There must be something wrong with the morning food in Guanglu Temple!" Otherwise, can people be like this? ”

The chamberlain said in fear: "Your Highness is angry. ”

"Go and tell the people from Guanglu Temple to get over!"

Immediately, someone received the order to invite the people of Guanglu Temple.

"Good things you did." Cao Yu, who was standing under the wall, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked at the angry prince with a playful look.

"Banxia thought that since the godfather wanted to make the eldest prince ugly, why not use it on his people, so that the effect would be more obvious." Jiang Banxia said nonsense.

"Don't play tricks in front of our family." Cao Yu smiled unabated: "Our family still doesn't know about your." ”

Originally, after the festival, Jiang Banxia, as the prince's close attendant, was going back to the city with him, but I didn't know what the old fox and the little prince said about Cao Yu, so she was left behind.

The reason given is also very sufficient, and the prince burns sacrifices to honor the great god of the gods.

"Since our family recognizes you as a goddaughter, you are a relative, why do you hide your head and tail when you speak in front of our family." Cao Yu said: "Your parents and family are newly dead, you will be a person in the future, and our family is also a eunuch with six incomplete roots, and we will rely on your children to support the elderly in the future. ”

Jiang Banxia replied in a low voice: "Banxia understands what his godfather means. ”

"We're the closest people." Cao Yu said earnestly.

The relationship between her and Cao Alcohol is clearly to buy and sell, but now that Cao Alcohol says this, she has the absurd illusion of disobeying her father and being a rebel.

"Godfather, please palm." Jiang Banxia took out a tooth card from his arms, which was brushed with tung oil dyed red by Su wood, the color was fiery red, if you look closely, you will find that this is the tooth card that Wei Liao threw into the lake.

Cao Ol took it, took it in his hand and looked left and right, he raised his eyes and asked, "Where did you get it from?" ”

"This tooth tag was obtained from the person who chased Wei Liao." Jiang Banxia told the story of the painting boat that day in a short language.

"You're suspicious, I sent the man." Cao Yu used an affirmative sentence, and he tapped his teeth with his fingers: "Although our family is also surnamed Cao, there is no need to kill Wei Liao." ”

"Who is going to kill Wei Liao?" Jiang Banxia wondered.

Cao Yu rubbed the tooth card, thought for a long time, and then he spoke: "Come and think, it's only him." ”