Soon after the concubine, it was the day of the silkworm ceremony.

The first silkworm ceremony is the most magnificent and solemn festival represented by women in ancient China, usually presided over by the queen, leading the palace concubine and a woman in Kyoto to worship the silkworm god Xiling clan, and perform the ritual of pro-mulberry, in order to exhort the silkworm mulberry.

Both the worshippers and the sacrificed figures of the silkworm ceremony are women. On the auspicious day of the spring (March of the lunar calendar) every year, the queen personally sacrifices or sends people to sacrifice to the silkworm god, and there are three parts of sacrificing silkworms, bowing mulberry, and offering cocoon reeling silk.

During the Wude period, in view of the fact that there was no imperial palace in the Middle Palace, the silkworm ceremony was not held once.

Now that Li Shimin has ascended the throne, the middle palace is in the right place, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, and this silkworm ceremony can no longer be held no matter what.

As early as the beginning of February, Empress Changsun discussed the silkworm sacrifice with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also knew the importance of the silkworm ceremony, but in view of the rules of this ceremony, men should not interfere too much.

After listening to the eldest grandson's suggestion, he only opened his mouth and said: "Queen, the silkworm ceremony is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people.

"Now that you are in the middle palace, this matter naturally cannot be delayed any longer, I am a man, it is not good to meddle in this matter, you can preside over the affairs of the affairs, if there is anything that needs my cooperation, you can tell me, as for the auspicious day of the sacrifice, I will ask Qin Tianjian to help you choose it in advance."

"The concubine thanked Your Majesty." Empress Eldest Sun smiled slightly and calmly took the matter.

Although she has been in the middle palace for less than a year, she has never had the experience of sacrifice before this, and not only that, but the court of the Great Tang Dynasty cannot find anyone with experience in sacrificing silkworms.

But this is not difficult for her, she has read history books, and the records of silkworm rituals in ancient books are very detailed, and she only needs to do it according to the regulations.

With Li Shimin's permission, Empress Changsun arranged all the matters that needed to be prepared for the sacrifice early.

Just wait for the auspicious day to be chosen, and then bring a palace concubine and the relatives of Kyoto's civil and military officials to the suburbs of Beijing to worship.

The silkworm ceremony is to sacrifice to the silkworm god, and the silkworm is usually the woman is responsible, for this reason, the silkworm ceremony represents the women of the world, on the day of the sacrifice, in addition to the sacrifice of people, there will be many women from the people's homes to the place of sacrifice to watch the sacrifice together.

The silkworm ceremony is usually held in March, and the day of the Qintian election is the tenth day of the third month, which happens to be the fourth day after the concubine.

Regarding the silkworm ceremony to be held this year, the eldest grandson notified it as early as half a month ago, and after the day of the sacrifice is set, it is enough to notify everyone.

On the morning of the eleventh day of the first month of March, in Chang'an City, whether it is the palace nobles or the homes of ordinary people, most of the female groups who can run and walk get up early, one by one they are busy bathing and changing clothes, preparing to go to the sacrifice site to welcome the god of sericulture.

Empress Changsun is no exception, she got up as soon as it was dark, first eat, then rinse, then bathed and changed, and changed into a bow dress for the silkworm ceremony.

Dressed properly, seeing that the time was up, she instructed Qinglan: "Qinglan, you go to the palaces to see if you are ready, before the fourth quarter of the hour, we must set off." ”

"Yes, sissy." Qing Lan took the order and left, Qing Lan is now a first-class female official next to the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson will not send her forward in general matters, but the etiquette of silkworm affairs is really the most important thing, and there is no room for any mistakes in all kinds of regulations.

The eldest grandson was afraid that the newly enshrined concubines would give birth to some moths temporarily, and ordinary people couldn't call them, so he pointed to Qinglan.

Not long after Qinglan left, Empress Sun's daughter Li Lizhi suddenly ran over.

This little girl heard last night that the queen mother was going to sacrifice to the silkworm god today, and she woke up early in the morning, and after getting up, she didn't even have breakfast, so she ran to the eldest grandson.

She staggered to the eldest grandson, raised a little face like pink makeup, and looked at the eldest grandson expectantly: "Queen Mother, is it okay to go with you to worship the silkworm god?" Lizhi also wants to raise silkworms. ”

"No, you are still young, you can't go, the queen mother is very busy today, and you don't have the time to take care of it, you want to participate in the silkworm sacrifice, wait until you are older." Empress Eldest Sun reached out and pinched her daughter's pretty little face, and shook her head.

"The Queen Mother." Li Li dragged the corner of her eldest grandson's clothes and coquettishly dragged her.

"If the queen mother says no, it won't work, Lizhi, you are five years old, you have to be sensible and obedient, Dongjin, take Lizhi down." The eldest grandson queen has a flat face.

Li Li saw that her mother had a straight face, and she didn't dare to make any more trouble, so she could only purse her mouth aggrievedly and leave with the palace maid step by step.

After this episode passed, Concubine Wei, Concubine Yang Shu, Concubine Yin De, Concubine Yan Xian and others came over one after another.

These people are quite sensible, they know what day it is, no one is playing temper at this time, and around two o'clock, all the palace concubines are here.

"Sisters, today is the first time since the founding of my dynasty to hold a silkworm ceremony, the place of sacrifice, in addition to us, a woman in Kyoto, there are countless people to watch the ceremony and sacrifice, how should you behave in this palace I believe you all know in your hearts."

"I don't talk much nonsense in this palace, I just hope that everyone always remembers their identities, be cautious in their words and deeds, the time is almost now, and everyone has arrived, let's go." The eldest grandson's gaze fell on everyone and said slowly.

All the concubines are wearing high-grade makeup, with decent makeup on their faces, looking bright and not vulgar, solemn and not alienated, and the eldest grandson is very satisfied.

While the eldest grandson was looking at them, they were also quietly looking at the eldest grandson, the queen's hair was high, wearing a phoenix crown and hairpin ring, and the bow clothes on her body were basically the same except for the different colors and no pheasant tops.

Ju clothes are mainly Huang Luo, large wide sleeves, the flowers and birds on the clothes are consistent with the background color, because the color is not as solemn and solemn as the Yiyi, it looks fresh and rich, and the eldest grandson queen wears it, which is more and more radiant and graceful.

Rao is concubine has seen the unparalleled elegance of the queen when she is wearing big makeup on the day after the seal, and when she sees her again, a trace of jealousy involuntarily rises in her heart.

Even Wei Guifei, looking at such an eldest grandson, unconsciously felt a faint jealousy in her heart, and she only felt that God really loved the woman in front of her.

Empress Eldest Sun took in everyone's expressions, and shook her head helplessly, if she had a choice, she didn't want to be so high-profile.

However, the silkworm ceremony is the highest ritual in the women's festival, and the words and deeds of the chief priest, every move, and even the dress must be in accordance with the rules and regulations.

She shook off her happiness, led a concubine out of the palace, boarded the Chengyu, and left the palace from the Xuanwu Gate.

Dafan got the order of the women to wait outside the palace gate one step earlier than the queen, and saw the phoenix driving from a distance, everyone bowed down and saluted the queen: "The courtiers have seen the queen's mother, the palace mother, the mother's mother." ”

"No need to be polite, in order not to miss the hour, the palace will not greet you, everyone get in the car and go." The Queen's soft voice reached the ears of everyone present through the curtain.

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