Chapter 549: Moon Sacrifice Ceremony
The palace banquet was held in the Chenghui Palace, and the night pearl and the thick candle flame of the child in the hall were bright, and the hall was illuminated to the slightest.
When Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting arrived, they had almost arrived.
Although today's Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet is a family banquet, the royal family has always been flourishing, even if the people who are qualified to attend the banquet today are relatively close royal relatives, but the number of people is also considerable.
In the huge hall, there is a lot of people.
Gu Xueting and Shen Yizhi led the three babies to their positions.
Along the way, from time to time, clan relatives came to say hello or tease Qingbao three.
At this time, the banquet had not yet begun, and everyone in the hall did not sit in their places in a regular manner, but walked around, gathering together in twos and threes to exchange feelings.
At 6 o'clock, a bright moon rose to the sky, and the Queen Mother walked down from the phoenix seat above.
"Everyone, let's go to the Zixiao Hall with the palace to perform the moon sacrifice ceremony."
The emperor and queen followed first, and the others followed.
Shen Yizhi hurriedly called back the three Qingbao who were playing around the temple pillar, and walked out with Gu Xueting and them.
Qingbao asked, "Daddy, what is the moon sacrifice ceremony?" ”
"It is a ritual to worship the god of the night, the god of the night is also the god of the moon, praying that the god of the night will bless us with peace and reunion."
"Oh, who is the night god? Has Daddy seen it? He's very good at making mooncakes? Qingbao continued to ask three questions.
Gu Xueting was stuck, and said: "You are so stupid, didn't Uncle Gu say it, the night god is the moon god, and the moon god must be the immortal who lives in the moon palace." The gods in the sky, Uncle Gu shouldn't be able to see them, right? ”
"Nian Nian is right, we can't see the gods in the sky."
As for the night god, is he very good at making mooncakes?
Shen Yizhi: "The gods don't need to eat because of their meals, so the night gods don't know how to make moon cakes." "Right?
"And where did the mooncakes come from?"
This question has a long history, and it just so happened that Zixiao Hall had also arrived, Shen Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll tell you when I go back, Zixiao Hall has arrived, we have to keep quiet, and we can't be noisy in front of the gods." ”
In front of the Zixiao Palace, there is a huge osmanthus tree, which is more than ten meters high, with a crown like a cloud, and the fragrance is fragrant.
And under this tall osmanthus tree, a silver-white brocade satin gold-topped cloud dragon with a height of more than ten meters has already been erected, which is for the "night bright hoove", and the moon sacrifice ceremony is held in this night bright hoove.
In the center of the big hoof, there is a long case of nine dragons hollow ink jade, on which the shrine enshrines the "position of the night light", as well as a pagoda-style large moon cake, the bottom one is the size of a grinding plate, a total of nine layers, and there are several delicate dim sum and a red Dongting red Dafu orange next to it.
The snow-colored silk is hung around the hooves and the ceiling, fluttering in the wind, extremely elegant, the moonlight shines down from the top, everything in the hooves looks clear, so that the people who step in are like being in the vast cold fairyland.
After the queen mother led everyone to worship, she cut the moon cakes that had been sacrificed on the case into small pieces and distributed them to everyone.
Cakes and fruits that have been sacrificed to the gods are generally considered to be blessed, and they can also be blessed by the gods after eating.
When the palace people came over with moon cakes, Gu Xueting suddenly noticed a trace of demonic energy.
It's a pity that this trace of demonic energy is too weak, and there is no trace of him to be traced.
Qingbao and the three of them had been waiting for the moon cakes for a long time, and when they saw the palace people coming, they spread out their little hands first.
The palace man smiled and picked up the moon cakes cut into small pieces with chopsticks, put them in the palms of the three of them one by one, and said a few words of pleasing blessings.
Qingbao and the three of them were about to send the moon cakes they had distributed to their mouths, but they were stopped by Gu Xueting: "There will be a lot of delicious things later, eating moon cakes is easy to occupy your stomach, Daddy will help you put them away first, and then eat them when you go back, okay?" ”
Qingbao They were more curious about this moon cake, but they didn't have to eat it, so they obediently handed him the moon cake when they heard him say this.
As soon as Gu Xueting's palm closed, the mooncake in his palm was gone.
Shen Yizhi sent him a message: "What's wrong with this moon cake?" ”
Gu Xueting: "I noticed a trace of demonic energy just now, but I couldn't find the specific source of demonic energy, so it's better not to eat this mooncake." ”
Shen Yizhi's heart sank.
The palace is shrouded in dragon qi all the year round, and ordinary demons can't get close at all, and once they get close, they will be shattered by dragon qi, and now the demon qi actually mixed into the palace?
It can only be said that the monster is extraordinarily powerful.
Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting glanced at each other, and both of them secretly raised their vigilance.
After the ceremony, everyone returned to the Chenghui Palace, and the banquet officially began.
The price of dishes is presented, and various programs such as music and dance are arranged, and the atmosphere in the hall is getting more and more high.
As time passed, the moon in the sky became more and more round and bright.
It just so happens that everyone has eaten almost enough, and they need to go out for a walk to eliminate their food, or blow the wind to disperse the smell of alcohol.
What's more, it's better to go outside to admire the moon.
The moon on the night of August 15 is probably the roundest and brightest of the year, and it would be a pity if it was not easy to enjoy it.
There is a platform in the palace, which is built for the moon viewing, several meters high, which is the tallest building in the entire palace, and from this point, the entire imperial city can be seen.
Under the platform, there is a meandering Qing River, on the river surface painted boats are swinging waves, the boat is hung with silver ornaments and various palace lights, the palace people play the performance on the boat, and the clear sound ripples on the river surface.
On the riverbank, the palace people put fireworks and river lanterns along the river, and the sky and the river were full of brightness.
In this grand scene, the bright moon in the sky became more and more cold.
At that moment, a man appeared in the moon!
"Look! Someone is dancing in the middle of the moon! Someone exclaimed.
The others looked up.
"Isn't that Chang'e in the Guanghan Palace?" Someone said stupidly.
The "fairy" in the moon flicked his water sleeves and flew down from the air, his clothes fluttering, like an immortal coming in the wind.
Everyone watched with fascination, with dreamy expressions on their faces, as if they had fallen into an extremely beautiful dream.
Only Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting remained awake, and she quickly fed each of the three children a Pure Heart Pill to keep them sane.
Finally, the dancing person landed at a certain height, and Shen Yizhi recognized her identity.
Zhao Fulan.
She was wearing a fluttering white dress cut like the moon, exuding fairy energy, and a bell on each of her wrists and ankles, making a crisp and pleasant sound with her movements.
When she landed on the platform and saluted the queen mother and the emperor, everyone woke up like a dream.
"Fulan is ugly." Zhao Fulan lowered her head gracefully, revealing a slender neck like white jade.
The emperor was still a little immersed in the amazing afterglow of the dance just now, and laughed when he heard this: "Fulan, you are too modest, if this is all an ugly sacrifice, how can you still live the dancers in the orchestra bureau?" By the way, what's the name of this dance? ”