Chapter 22: The Full Moon Festival of the Princesses

Yan Moyu glanced at Zhan Li in confusion, Zhan Li understood his own thoughts, how could he agree.

"The great priests have agreed, so let's do it, His Royal Highness King Kang is good"?

"Hmm..."Yan Moyu had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Okay, I'll arrange for the priest's office to prepare," Bai Qi said, and the three of them walked out of the palace together.

Yan Moyu and Yan Li walked on the corridor of the palace one after the other, Yan Li wanted to explain something, but he didn't know where to speak, if he told him that he had seen Xiao Yue'er's eyebrows flashed with flame marks, I am afraid that he would not believe it, and directly told him that he was to declare the noble identity of the princess to Xiao Yue'er to the world, in order to have the qualification to become a princess in the future, I am afraid that it will make him even more angry, and said that he does not care about the name or the throne, just to protect Qing Feixue, he does not want too many people to pay attention to Xiao Yue'er. After thinking about it for a long time, I made up my mind and just found an excuse for the crown.

"Aren't you going to explain"? Yan Moyu was bored for a long time and still asked.

"What"?

"Don't pretend, why do you agree to worship Xiao Yue'er and the two princesses together?"

"What's the matter, Xiao Yue'er is also the princess of the royal family, she has this qualification."

"I know, but is it really necessary", Yan Moyu thought for a while, and a thought flashed in his mind: "Li, you don't want Xiao Yue'er to compete with the two princesses for the throne in the future."

Yan Li was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Yan Moyu to be able to guess this layer, but he still naturally concealed his emotions, and pretended to be surprised and said: "Where do you want to go, how can I..." Halfway through his words, he looked at Yan Moyu fixedly, and asked, "Do you think I will?"

"You'd better not think so... Otherwise...", Yan Moyu was a little skeptical, but he still felt that the Yan Li he knew would never do that.

Yan Li moved the corners of his mouth and walked away with a soft voice. Yan Moyu didn't say anything anymore, and the two of them left the palace.

After Yan Moyu returned home, he told Qing Feixue about the Full Moon Festival, and Qing Feixue was silent. Of course, Yan Moyu knew that the women of the Fire Phoenix Country were raised, and the princess was full moon sacrifice, and the mother-in-law had to be present.

"Mo Yu, I'm not feeling well, so I won't go."

"Xue'er...", Yan Moyu naturally knew Qing Feixue's thoughts, so he said: "Xue'er, don't be afraid, I've already arranged it, don't worry, there will be no problem, my Xue'er will be the most beautiful at all times."

Qing Feixue looked at Yan Moyu with a confident look, a little puzzled.

On the seventh day of the eighth month of the 758th year of the Fire Phoenix Kingdom, early in the morning, before the sky was bright, the guard of honor of the phoenix chariot according to the rules of the princess was already waiting at the gate of the palace, showing the dignity and authority of the royal family everywhere.

King Kang's Mansion, Yan Moyu arranged for someone to dress up for Qing Feixue, three thousand silver filaments have been dyed into ink black, which is extracted from all kinds of pure natural black plants, after hundreds of tests have been successful recently, it is not easy to fade and soft and luster, Yan Moyu specially took it to today, and the effect is excellent, the hair is more abundant and elegant than before, dressed in gorgeous clothes, golden hairpins are shaking, pearl and green earrings, skin is white and snowy, vermilion is full, eyebrows and eyes are clear, and the whole body is full of dignified and elegant rhyme, and Yan Moyu is stunned.

Qing Feixue saw Yan Mo Yu's stupid appearance, pursed her lips and smiled, charming and moving.

"Xue'er, you are so beautiful..."Yan Moyu stretched out his hand to hold Qingfeixue's tender little hand, and slowly walked on the luan, while the nurse took Xiao Yue'er to follow behind, and went straight to the palace gate.

Outside the palace gate, the great priest saw the carriage of King Kang's mansion from a distance, and when he got closer, he and Yan Moyu looked at each other and nodded and saluted, and then joined the team, and went with the team in the direction of the capital gate. The people in Fengdu watched from the road, crowded to the water, the front guard of honor walked very slowly, the law of the great sacrifice followed closely after the guard of honor, and from time to time lifted the curtain to look, followed by the golden chariot of the Marquis of Qi, followed by the Luan of the two princesses, and then the jade chariot of Xiao Yue'er and the Luan of King Kang, and then the foot of the important ministers of the court and the opposition, on both sides were the guards of the hundred-man regiment led by Luo Feng, the captain of the Praetorian Guard, vigilantly watching the actions of all the onlookers to ensure that nothing went wrong.

About an hour and a half, the whole team left Fengdu City, and then the road was smooth, and they walked faster, just at noon, they had already arrived at the main altar, and when a group of people boarded the altar, all the master of ceremonies and sacrifices had been prepared. The three thousand ceremonial officials started from the arc-shaped altar on the first floor of the Great Altar to the crescent-shaped altar on the nineteenth floor, distributed according to the star map of the fire phoenix tail, and held the law in their hands, with a total of seventy-seven kinds, towards the nineteenth layer of the String Moon Altar. The seventh layer began to go straight up to the sixteenth floor, the middle layer of jade steps is the position of a cadre of courtiers according to the size of the official position to participate in the sacrifice, the seventeenth layer of the altar in the middle of the jade steps is the general Hou Nangong Yuan and the prime minister Bai Lu and their descendants, the stone steps on both sides are nine ceremonial officials, the eighteenth layer of the middle of the altar on the jade steps is Kang Wang Yan Moyu and the princess and the Marquis of Qi, on the stone steps on both sides there are six ceremonial officials, the nineteenth layer of the altar of the high priest is holding the fire phoenix scepter, is walking through the passage of the full moon deep pool, the fire phoenix scepter into the high square platform, On the outer side of the full moon pool, there are three ceremonial officials on each side, and in the middle are three priests holding the princess in their arms. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the high priest finished reciting the edict of the gods, and the three thousand ceremonial officials shouted in unison, "Kneel, bow, prostrate, prostrate, prostrate, rise; Kneel, bow to the ,...", all those who participated in the sacrifice except the high priest bowed their heads and bowed, and the priests always held the princesses high and performed three bows and nine bows to the heavens. The sun's rays converged on the top of the red crystal of the scepter, and in an instant, the red light of the fire phoenix scepter shone, and the deep pool of the full moon began to boil, and the water column dozens of meters high rose into the sky. The high priest looked at the figure of Princess Ziyue reflected in the red crystal ball, and when he turned around, he saw that she was surrounded by red light, echoing with the fire phoenix scepter, and his heart was clear, and he couldn't help but be worried at the same time. When the sacrifice was completed, the red light suddenly disappeared, and the water column that had lasted for several days fell back into the deep pool, instantly forming a downward vortex in the deep pool, and after a while, it began to slowly recover, just like a mirror.

After the high priest announced the completion of the ceremony, he retrieved the fire phoenix scepter, and suddenly his heart became up, and he held the scepter above his head with both hands and said: "Fengtian oracle, Nirvana is reborn, the Tao is natural, the one who has been given the power of the fire phoenix is the king, and he can change his life against the sky to ensure the health of all generations", Zhan Li paused for a moment, saw that everyone below was confused, and his face was at a loss, and he explained solemnly: "The scepter of the fire phoenix was given to this sacrificial oracle, saying that there may be a disaster in the Heding continent, and the fire phoenix divine beast will choose a destined person among the fire phoenix clan as the princess of the fire phoenix country, And will give her the magical spiritual power of the fire phoenix, which can change her life against the sky, resolve disasters, and protect the people of my Heding Continent for eternal health."

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered and bowed one after another, and the five bodies were extremely pious, although Yan Mo Yu did not say anything in public, but looked at Yan Li with a puzzled face, seeing him so solemn, could it be that there was really an oracle just now, it is unlikely, but if it is fake, I don't know why he said this, it is not that he already knows who the woman in the omen is.

"May I ask the high priest, does the oracle say who is the princess chosen by the Fire Phoenix Divine Beast", Prime Minister Bai Lu asked loudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at her, and then at the high priest.

"Uh-huh..., this is not explicitly stated by the oracle, but it is implied that the princess must be one of the three princesses."

"Then how do you know which one it is," General Hou Nangong Yuan asked.

"Since this sacrifice is fortunate to receive the oracle, we should try our best to find the destined fire phoenix princess, and after the three princesses are fifteen years old, they will participate in the trial together, and the fire phoenix beast will personally select the princess, and I believe that there will be a providential arrangement at that time."

Everyone was convinced when they heard it, and they were worthy of being the high priest of the Fire Phoenix Country, and they could be good at the grace of God.

Bai Qi looked at the high priest Zhan Li, although King Kang's heir naturally has the qualifications for the princess to be a princess, but he still can't accept it for a while to participate in the princess trial with the princess of His Royal Highness's relatives.

Yan Moyu had already understood Yan Li's intentions at this moment, and he was a little indignant in his heart, and he couldn't wait to question him immediately. Qing Feixue listened with a worried face, and she didn't want Xiao Yue'er to become a candidate for the princess, let alone participate in the trial.

Yan Li glanced at Yan Moyu's reproachful eyes, of course he knew what he was feeling at the moment, and he couldn't explain it for the time being, but he really had to do it, as long as he recalled the tragic scene presented by the omen of the Fire Phoenix Scepter, his heart ached, that was the responsibility of the high priest, he couldn't ignore the subjects of the Fire Phoenix Country, he couldn't ignore the thousands of living beings, he really couldn't do it.

After the full moon festival is over, the team will return to the city in full gear, and it will be almost time to return to Fengdu. The matter of Fengtian's sacrifice has long been reported back to the city, and at this time, I am afraid that the entire Fire Phoenix Country has already left, perhaps the people of the entire Heding Continent know a thing or two. After the ceremonial guard returned to the city, it was surrounded by the people again, and the bustling crowd was everywhere, and the audience was more blocked than when they went, and they moved step by step, and when they returned to the palace, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and the group returned to their homes after making proper arrangements.

Yan Moyu didn't say a word on the way back, his face was gloomy, his brows were tightly locked, and after returning home, he asked Qing Feixue to go back to the room to rest first, and he went to the study.

After leaving the Great Si Ming Palace, he had been very uneasy in his heart, and wanted to go to King Kang's Mansion to explain to Yan Moyu, but he was afraid that he would not be able to convince him, maybe he didn't want to see him at the moment, and sure enough, this time it really made him angry.

It was not only these two people who had no intention of sleeping this night, but also Bai Qi, who couldn't sleep, the more he thought about it, the more he was skeptical, would there really be a disaster, in normal times, this kind of thing would definitely be suppressed first, at least discuss it with King Kang, looking at King Kang's reaction at the time, it was not like he knew it in advance, and he couldn't figure out the mind of the great sacrifice.

After Nangong Yuan returned to the house, he entered the study and closed the door, thinking that he and His Royal Highness King Kang fought together on the battlefield and intersected with life and death, not only the grace of the monarch and the minister, but also the love of the master and servant. If King Kang intends to let Princess Ziyue inherit the throne, he will give his full support, but looking at the face of His Royal Highness King Kang today, didn't the great priest discuss with His Royal Highness King Kang in advance? How is it possible to have a relationship with King Kang with the Great Sacrifice?