Xie Niangniang. The women thanked them again, and then they got into the car.

The car that slipped through the water and lined up for nearly two miles slowly headed towards the sacrificial place in the eastern suburbs.

The place of worship is in the eastern suburbs outside the imperial city, about fifteen miles away from the palace, so many chariots and horses are gathered together, and the action is naturally not fast, and everyone walks on the road for an hour and a quarter of an hour before arriving.

Because of the solemnity and solemnity of the silkworm ceremony, in addition to the queen and the palace concubines, all the relatives of the civil and military officials in Beijing also followed.

In order to ensure safety, Li Shimin first sent 3,000 forbidden troops to the sacrificial place in advance to set up defenses, and then sent 5,000 janissaries to escort them all the way.

When Empress Changsun's chariot came to the place of sacrifice, hundreds of people were already standing here, and the silkworm ceremony did not prohibit the women of the people's house from watching the ceremony and following the sacrifice.

In addition, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is the first time that a silkworm ceremony has been held, so the women in Kyoto are almost moved by the wind.

However, the area of the silkworm altar is limited, and only more than 3,000 people can be put in.

These people were let in after passing the detailed inspection of the forbidden army to ensure that the safety of the queen's concubines and the women on duty would not be jeopardized.

They were arranged to stand around the silkworm altar, and the official road into the silkworm altar was separated, and other people who could not enter could only stand between the mountains and watch.

The people who were put into the silkworm altar saw Feng driving over from a distance, and immediately bowed down and saluted: "The people have seen the queen's mother, and the mother is Sheng'an." ”

When Empress Changsun heard the voice, she lifted the curtain, stretched her face out of the window, and raised her voice to speak to the black crowd not far away: "Today is the day to worship the silkworm god, the protagonist is the silkworm god Niangniang, not the main palace, you don't have to be polite." ”

As these words fell, the car had stopped, and as soon as the car stopped, Empress Changsun got up from the car and continued to speak to everyone: "Everyone, the auspicious time is coming, let me wait to sacrifice to the silkworm god and welcome the silkworm god." ”

As the queen's carriage stopped, the carriages that followed behind also stopped, and the concubines and women got out of the carriage one by one.

The people around slowly straightened up in the queen's voice, raised their eyes, and under this look, everyone was stunned.

There is no shortage of beauties in Kyoto, and there are many women present who are outstanding, and the beauty of several palace concubines is even more unique, and it is very eye-catching to stand together.

But at this moment, all everyone's eyes involuntarily stopped on the body of the eldest grandson queen.

The elegance of the day when the queen was enthroned has long become a great talk in Kyoto, and the common people also talk about it from time to time.

Hearing and seeing are obviously not the same thing, although everyone has heard of the queen's elegance for a long time, and now they have seen it with their own eyes, and the impact of this kind of vision is really unheard of.

Everyone looked at the eldest grandson queen in a daze, and couldn't come back to their senses for a while, they only felt that such a beautiful, such graceful and dignified, but such a kind and gentle woman was simply the embodiment of all beauty, and she was the goddess of the Nine Heavens in everyone's imagination.

Although the distance between each other is a little farther away and the vision is not so clear, at this moment, all the people who saw the Empress Changsun had only one thought in their hearts: no wonder they all spread the queen's virtue and praised her for her unparalleled beauty.

When they had never seen anyone, they couldn't imagine how virtuous and unparalleled the queen was, but at this moment, they suddenly understood.

Such a beautiful woman, as long as you stand in front of you, you will feel that she was born to be the mother of the world, the example of all women, and the existence that people in the world will naturally admire.

The concubines and wives standing behind the queen looked at the expressions of the people, and there was jealousy and admiration in their hearts.

Empress Changsun looked at everyone's expressions and had the heart to say something, but in the end she shook her head, didn't say anything, just retracted her gaze, and walked towards the silkworm altar.

She ascended the silkworm altar, first took the incense from the hands of the female officials serving on the side, and bowed six times, knelt three times, and bowed three times.

The women around the silkworm altar waited until the eldest grandson waited on the silkworm altar and began to salute when they had already woken up, and everyone bowed and bowed together.

The concubines and women under the silkworm altar are the same, worshipping, kneeling, and bowing with the queen, and they greet the silkworm god with their mouths.

After bowing to her, Empress Changsun walked down the silkworm altar and summoned the female official to lead her to pick mulberry.

Not far from the silkworm altar, there is a large mulberry garden, and there are more than a dozen experienced silkworm feeders stationed in the garden, and these people are all called silkworm mothers.

The ceremonial female official took her to the mulberry picking place, and the eldest grandson queen took the hook and basket handed over by the female official of the Xiangyi, but saw that she held the hook in one hand and the basket in the other, and went to the first mulberry tree in the east to pick 1 mulberry, and then went back to the first mulberry tree in the west to pick 2 mulberries.

When she was mining, there were silkworm girls next to her singing mulberry silkworm songs, silkworm mother two people assisted in picking, picking, singing, the eldest grandson queen awarded the hook basket in her hand to the female official, and then went up to the Sangtai throne to watch the mulberry from the mulberry picking.

After the queen finished picking, the next thing was the palace concubine and the wife, each of the palace concubines picked 5 mulberries, and the women picked 9 mulberries, and each had two silkworm women to help pick.

After everyone finished picking mulberry, the mulberry leaves were handed over to the silkworm mother, and the silkworm mother and silkworm woman sent the mulberry leaves picked by the queen and others to the silkworm room to cut them, and the eldest grandson queen followed in and picked up the cut mulberry leaves to feed the silkworms.

"How many silkworms are raised here, and how much silk can be harvested each year?" The eldest grandson asked the female official who was following him while feeding.

"Hui Niangniang, there are about more than 100,000 silkworm babies fed here, as for the amount of silk, it depends on the growth of mulberry leaves, and whether the silkworm babies have been healthy, from the second year of Wude to the present, the number of silkworms we produce every year is different."

"At most, it can produce more than 3,000 catties of silk, when it is less, it is less than 1,000 catties, this year's mulberry leaves are very beautiful, and the silkworm babies look very healthy, and there are mothers who come to worship in person."

"I believe that the silkworm god Niangniang will protect us and all my Datang's sericulture industry, and our Datang's sericulture will definitely have a good harvest this year." The ceremonial lady said with a smile.

"Well, this palace also believes that the silkworm god Niangniang will protect us and protect the Tang Dynasty." The eldest grandson raised his eyes and glanced at the ceremonial female official, and his eyes unconsciously smiled, the sericulture industry is related to the entire textile cloth of the Tang Dynasty, and it is naturally more prosperous and better.

After feeding the silkworms, the eldest grandson queen went to look at the cocoon again, and then returned to the silkworm altar again and bowed to the silkworm god.

After worshipping, he turned around and said to the silkworm mothers, silkworm women, and all the people who came to participate in the sacrifice today: "This is the first time that this palace has presided over the silkworm ceremony. ”

"Thank you for your support and cooperation, so that this ceremony can be completed successfully, this palace is here to thank you, may the silkworm god bless me Tang Guotai and the people, the wind and rain are smooth, the people are blessed, and the sericulture is prosperous......"

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