On the 16th day of the fourth lunar month of the 18th year of Taihe, the day of the sacrifice.

On this morning, at the beginning of Yinzheng, Yuan Hong got up early, and after washing and changing, he was served by the eunuch Sanbao for breakfast.

Because of the ritual of the sacrifice, Yuan Hong has been bathing and fasting for three days, and at this time, seeing that Sanbao presented a bowl of buttermilk to himself, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said: "I am in the fasting period, and this buttermilk is also made of goat's milk, why are you so confused?" ”

San Bao smiled: "Your Majesty, this buttermilk is not made from goat's milk. ”

Seeing Yuan Hong's suspicious face, Sanbao hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty has been fasting and taboo these days, Zhaoyi is afraid that Your Majesty's sacrifice today will consume your energy and energy, and it will be difficult for a vegetarian to support your strength, so she grinds soybean pulp, and then points brine, supplemented by nuts and honey, to make this bean cheese for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty eats it while it is hot." ”

Yuan Hong was happy in his heart when he heard this, picked up the bowl and ate the next bite, savored it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Zhaoyi Lan has a good heart, the cheese made here is soft and smooth in the mouth, and it is really a good delicacy." ”

Sanbao said with a smile: "Zhaoyi treats His Majesty with all his heart, Zhaoyi said that although this bean cheese is a common food for the people, it can grow the skin, benefit the color, fill the bone marrow, and increase the strength, and eating it is very beneficial to His Majesty's dragon body." ”

When Yuan Hong heard this, he smiled and said, "In this case, I want to eat more of this cheese." At that moment, he ate all the beans and cheese in the bowl, refilled another bowl, and ate others, and waited for the imperial doctor to order Liang Shiqing to come to ask for a pulse, and then the waiter removed the bowl and chopsticks, and got up to leave the table.

At the beginning of Chenzheng, Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong led the civil and military ministers to move the capital in front of the Taiji Palace.

In front of the Taiji Hall is a huge copper cast burnt wood stove, and various prayer flags on both sides flutter in the wind.

When Yuan Hong reached the center, the deacon lit the firewood in the furnace to meet the god of heaven. The fire in the furnace soared to the sky, Yuan Hong went to the tablet of Haotian God to lead the ministers to kneel and worship, and then got up and held incense in the south, north, east and west to the gods of heaven to perform three kneels and nine bows.

To be bowed, Taichangqing Wang Youqing approached to guide Yuan Hong to the gods and ancestors to offer jade, silk, and then again, to stop, everyone knelt together.

Wang Youqing took the inner servant to bring the gold washbasin to Yuanhong, signaled Yuanhong to clean his hands, and then led the deacon to enter Yuanhong with wine. Yuan Hong held the wine lord with both hands and knelt on the incense table, and then took the incense presented by the guide, personally inserted the burned incense into the incense burner, and knelt on the ground, bowing three times and nine bows to perform the incense ceremony.

When Yuan Hong went to the incense, a deacon knelt beside Yuan Hong and recited a blessing prayer. After the end, Wang Youqing guided Yuan Hong to offer a gift and a final offering, and then drank the blessing and received the gift, and then the priest cut the grub to send the gods. Yuan Hong went to the burnt wood stove with the priest in charge, and burned the sacrifices into the furnace with his own hands.

Everything has been settled, and it is already the second moment of the first month.

According to the Zhou ceremony, the ritual of the resignation ceremony needs to be given to the harem concubines and clan relatives with the flesh, so the three treasures led the servants to the inner palace.

Because of the emperor's sacrifice in front of the Taiji Palace, the Empress Feng led the concubines to perform the internal sacrifice in the Huiyou Hall according to the ancestral system.

This Huiyou hall is also one of the main halls, the front of the hall is built with a huge lotus pond, 50 steps from east to west, 40 steps from north to south, although the golden lotus in the pond is not in full bloom, but it has been green leaves even the pond, it is not a scene.

When the three treasures entered the Huiyou Palace, everyone had already completed the ceremony and was talking in the hall.

Sanbao knelt on the ground and said to Feng: "Empress, according to Tai Changqing's instructions, the slave will present this gizzard meat to the empress, and you will give it to the palaces to enjoy." ”

Previously, although the Feng family was taken over by Yuan Hong to govern the palace, this time the palace needs to be sacrificed, and no one else can replace him. When Feng heard the words of the Three Treasures, he was happy in his heart, and motioned for the Three Treasures to get up, and Feng said: "There is a labor eunuch, this blessing is to be given to all the sisters, and it can also make everyone in the palace be blessed by the heavens." ”

After saying that, Feng Shi looked around at everyone and said, "This blessing should have been given to each palace according to the grade of the ancestral system, but now except for Ziyue and Ziyi, the rest of the princes and princesses have grown up, so they must not be left without blessings to eat." ”

Looking through the records of Fu Yin, Feng continued: "There are Zi Ke, Zi Huai and Nu Ying in the Zhaoyi Yonghe Palace, and they will give them two catties and four taels; Mrs. Luo Yujing Hall has Ziyi and Nu Jue, giving one catty and two taels; Mrs. Yuan Qingyang has Ziyu in the palace, and she is given fourteen taels. ”

Squinted at the noble concubine Mrs. Li, Feng then said: "The rest of the halls, according to the lady six taels, the concubine four taels, the wife two taels, the princess four taels, give it." ”

When Li heard Feng's words, he hated himself in his heart, but Li had always shown kindness, and at this time, he responded in unison with everyone.

When everything was in order, everyone knelt down in front of the Huiyou Hall to send Feng off before leaving.

In the Changxia Palace, the Li family sat with Zheng Concubine and Lu Concubine.

While cooking tea with a small stove with his own hands, Li said leisurely: "After standing in the Huiyou Hall for two hours, the two sisters might as well drink tea first to relieve fatigue." ”

Zheng Shi looked displeased, and said: "Madam, you are really a good person, this queen's talented behavior is too deceitful, how can you swallow this breath raw." ”

Lu Shi also said: "Madam, you are now in charge of the harem, and the queen will do this thing according to the ancestral system, and you should also discuss it with you." ”

Li scooped the tea into the cups of the two of them, and then said slowly: "Don't say that the chief eunuch said that it was given by the queen, but he didn't mention it, then the queen is the lord of the middle palace and the wife of His Majesty, and she should also give it to everyone, what can I do?" ”

Looking at the two of them, Li said again: "It doesn't hurt if I don't accept this blessing, but although my son is young, it is His Majesty's blood and bones, I know that the queen's move is to take revenge on me, and I feel ashamed of Zheng Amei and Yi'er." ”

The Zheng family was already resentful of the queen's actions, and when they heard Li's words, they hated and said: "The queen deceives people too much!" Although the concubine is only a concubine, my Xingyang Zheng family is also a famous family, and it is by no means inferior to its Feng family. The queen only has the position of the middle palace under the shade of the first empress dowager, and now the empress dowager has ended, and the concubine wants to see how long she can be on this throne! ”

The Li family was secretly happy in his heart when he heard Zheng's words, but he quietly pretended to persuade him: "Sister Zheng should not be angry, if she is angry, who will take care of Yi'er?" ”

The Lu family lived in the same palace with the two of them, and today when they saw the queen treating the Zheng family so harshly, they also hurt their hearts, so they hated: "The first empress dowager has been alive for more than three years, but His Majesty has not raised the prince under the queen's knees. ”

Lu's words made Zheng's heart epiphany, and said: "Yes, now that Buck'er has become the right son, if she can win the favor of the prince, become the crown princess, and then give birth to the eldest son for the prince, at that time, how can she Feng be within reach." ”

Li snorted coldly in his heart, but he smiled and said nothing, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

The mouth of the green bamboo snake and the needle on the tail of the wasp.

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