It's a clear day.

Although he was in the Yecheng Palace, far away from the Pingcheng Imperial Mausoleum, Yuan Hong did not dare to neglect the Qingming Festival and got up early.

Because He suffered an accidental tire slippage yesterday, and was told by Yuan Yu that his mother had a dream, Yuan Hong stayed awake all night.

When Sanbao heard the sound and entered, Yuan Hong had already collapsed.

Sanbao hurriedly summoned the attendants to enter and waited for Yuanhong to wash and change clothes.

Yuan Hong asked Sanbao while putting on his boots: "How was Zhaoyi last night?" ”

Hearing Yuanhong's inquiry, Sanbao hurriedly replied: "I was enslaved by the servant of Yide Garden, and I came to report every half an hour last night. Fang Cainu will get the news, Dao Zhaoyi is fine, and he has not woken up at this time. ”

Yuan Hong nodded, feeling a little comforted in his heart.

Heisei West Palace, Yuan Sui Chou was awakened by the inner servant at the second moment.

Even though he was unwilling in his heart, Yuan Sui had to get up.

Cheng Liang led the attendants to wash and change clothes for Yuan Sui.

In the morning, the attendants would put a little paste made of crushed fine salt, honeysuckle, herbs, and poria into the jade plate, and present it together with warm water for gargling.

Today, because of the Qingming Festival, the waiter will soak the willow branches in the water and present them to the Yuan.

Seeing that he was gargling with this thing today, Yuan Sui was puzzled: "Why did you order me to clean my teeth with willow branches?" ”

Cheng Liang heard Yuan's words, and hurriedly replied with a smile: "Prince, this Qingming sacrifice is the first of all sacrifices, whether in the palace or among the people, since the day of the cold food, every household needs to be inserted with willow branches. Before the emperor performed the sacrifice, he cleaned his teeth with willows, which meant that the grains were left in the teeth, and the people did not worry about food. ”

Glancing at Yuan Sui and seeing that he had listened carefully, Cheng Liang continued: "The ancestors of the old year were all worshiped by His Majesty himself, and the prince did not accompany him, so I don't know." ”

Yuan Sui had never cleaned his teeth with a willow branch, but he was in a hurry, so he hurriedly picked up the willow branch and wanted to put it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Cheng Liang hurriedly stopped and said: "Prince, at the entrance of this willow branch, you need to bite the willow branch with your teeth first, and the things inside it can come out, like a thin and soft grate, so that you can..."

Yuan Sui didn't wait for Cheng Liangyan to speak, so he bit the willow branch in one bite, because of the excessive force, the juice went down the swallow, and the bitter taste immediately entered the throat.

Yuan Sui immediately quenched it out, raised his hand and slapped it on the face of Cheng Liunei, and seemed to be puzzled by the anger in his heart, and his backhand was another blow.

Cheng Liang was timid on the side, but he didn't dare to plead for him.

The cheeks of the little chamberlain that Yuan Sui hit directly were swollen, and he stopped.

Just as he was about to reprimand him, an attendant came to report: "Prince, King Ren Cheng, the Taishi, and the Taifu are waiting outside the Zhu Ming Gate of Anchang Palace." Ren Cheng Wang Yan, please don't miss the auspicious time of departure. ”

Yuan Sui was angry, and he was even more displeased when he heard the words, so he raised his foot and glared at the inner servant to the ground, Fang Leng snorted and walked out of the inner room.

Although the Son of Heaven can only drive six horses, this time Yuan Sui performed the sacrifice on behalf of his father as a prince, so all the ceremonial guards are the system of the emperor.

Due to the rain last night, the road was quite muddy, and under the bumps, Yuan Sui fell asleep in the car, and woke up in his sleep when the car drove to Shengle Jinling.

Yuan Sui got the royal car, and there were internal servants to lead him to the door of the mausoleum.

There is an altar outside the mausoleum, and all kinds of sacrifices are displayed on it. The high priest stands in the center, and the Yuan Sui is guided by the deacon, and the deacon leads the way before the incense case.

At the beginning of noon, the ceremonial officer said loudly: "Beginning! Then the deacon led the people to put on the incense, and then to retreat, and then to go up, and then to retreat, and then to make the people kneel before the incense.

The ceremonial officer offered the silk and made the first gift. Then it was praised by the high priest, and then the ceremonial officer performed the sub-offering, and then the Yuan Sui was led to the altar by the deacon, and the deacon sprinkled wine and made the final offering. After all the rituals are done, everyone bows, prostrates, rises, and flattens, and then bows four times, so that the salute is finished.

Then he went to the Yonggu Mausoleum and performed the sacrificial ceremony again.

Yuan Hong treated the former Empress Dowager Feng to filial piety, and once dropped out of the dynasty for seven days when the former Empress Dowager died, and did not eat grain of rice for three days, in order to show his grief.

Although today's Qingming Festival can not return to Pingcheng in person, it is also early to go to the Buddha Hall to chant Buddhist scriptures for the former Empress Dowager and her biological mother Empress Dowager Li.

Then Yuan Hong entered the resting hall where the ancestors' spiritual thrones were placed, lit incense with his own hands, and then bowed three times, then knelt in front of the spiritual throne and chanted scriptures.

I don't know when, Yuan Yu came in, and knelt half a step away from Yuan Hong's right back.

After Yuan Hong recited the scriptures, Fang turned around and glanced at Yuan Yu, and said: "Since you entered the palace to sacrifice for the imperial grandmother and grandmother, you will personally burn incense for the imperial grandmother and grandmother, and you can also let the two of them know your filial piety." ”

When Yuan Yu heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and approached, lit incense, inserted it in the incense burner, folded his hands together, looked at the spiritual position, and said softly: "The emperor's grandmother and grandmother have spirits in the sky, protect the Great Wei rivers and mountains forever, and the wind and rain are smooth." ”

After kowtowing, Yuan Yu continued: "Mother, now that the Mo Luo has been removed, you will be fine in the kingdom of heaven as usual." ”

Yuan Hong heard Yuan Yu's words, frowned slightly, that is, Yuan Hong believed that what Yuan Yu said was true, Ran He was the person at the top of his heart, and what he lost was the blood of his closest relatives.

Yuan Hong only bowed to the spiritual seat three times, and without making a sound, he left the rest hall, leaving Yuan Yu alone to sit on the ground.

In the palace of the noble concubine and the Li family, Huandan burned the newly made incense of the Li family a few days ago, and while waiting for the Li family's dressing, she smiled and said to the Li family: "Madam, you were tired last night, and you rested when you returned to the palace, and the slave has not had time to congratulate you." ”

I chose a golden phoenix shake with emerald inlaid jewelry for the Li family, and Huan Dan inserted it for the Li family, and continued: "Now that the queen is grounded, and you have the power of the harem, this golden step shake is in line with your noble body." ”

Li raised his eyes, glanced at it in the mirror, immediately lowered his face, and said, "Hurry up and take it down!" ”

Huan Dan didn't know why, but when he saw Li's expression, he hurriedly shook this step down.

Li Shi looked at himself in the mirror and said coldly: "Today is the sacrifice of Qingming, Your Majesty is also wearing plain clothes, how dare I wear gorgeous clothes." Besides, yesterday Zhaoyi slipped and lost his child, if I had a gold head and a silver face at this time, wouldn't it disgust Your Majesty? ”

When Huan Dan heard Li's words, he hurriedly took off the golden step on Li's bun, and said in fear: "It's the slave who sees that he is in danger of trapping Mrs. in injustice, and I hope Mrs. will forgive her sins." ”

Li Shi waved his hand and said, "That's it, how can I care about you." Go to the palace gate to find a willow branch, and I will plug it in. ”

After listening to Li's words, Huan Dan hesitated: "Madam, although there is such a custom among the people, there has never been a concubine in the palace for many years. ”

The Li family turned around, confronted Huan Dan, and said, "In the past, when the queen presided over the harem, she relied on the Feng family to rely on, and she never wanted to think about such trivial matters. But she didn't know that Your Majesty was diligent in government and loved the people, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were filial piety in advance. ”

Huan Dan suddenly realized, and hurriedly replied: "Madame is clever, and the slave acts according to Madame's orders." ”

Li sneered and said, "This is a matter of fur, so it's worth mentioning." Huandan, you said, if the princess dreams of the first queen mother again tonight, and is told by her, because Zhaoyi pretended to enter the palace as a Feng girl, the opportunity for the queen mother to ascend to immortal is ruined, I don't know what the princess should do? ”

When Huan Dan heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and when he saw that the Li family had a look of victory, he didn't dare to say anything else.

After everything was in order, after breakfast, Li said to Huandan: "Counting the hour, it is time for Your Majesty to perform the sacrificial ceremony." Let's go, it's time for us to serve Zhaoyi. ”

Huandan will know, and people are preparing the sedan chair at the moment. Li ascended and went to Yide Garden.