The Wangsun Festival of the Great Wei is between the small summer and the great heat in the 24 solar terms, and this time is also the time when the new calendar is formulated.

The revision and compilation of the calendar is also to sacrifice to heaven and earth, but after the new calendar is formulated, it is not here to worship the gods, because the sun and moon altar is only used during the sun worship and moon worship, and it is usually closed. It is said that there was once a heavenly fire that burned most of this place, so not only were many officials convicted at that time, but the Sun Moon Temple was also rebuilt.

After the reconstruction, hydrangeas were planted all over the area, which changed in color from white at first to purple blue or pink. These flowers are planted not because they change color or its meaning, but because the ancestor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Kaiyang Jun, is named Ziyang, which is the same as the hydrangea and is only one word different.

When Sheng Mingzhu admired these hydrangeas like hydrangeas, the prince and the accompanying officials were still talking, and the topic guided Guan Ping, the Marquis of Dingguo.

"I don't know if the Marquis of Dingguo is still satisfied with the birthday gift sent by Lonely? The beauty of this continuation of the frontier is only understood by the Marquis of Dingguo hahaha...... "The prince also got the news that the Marquis of Dingguo is increasingly fond of Aunt Lin, who has just entered the mansion, and the big stone in his heart has finally fallen to the ground, and he is more and more proud of his plan.

Guan Ping pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, but he didn't save the prince's face.

However, a few old ministers next to him didn't know how solemn the prince was in a place like the Sun Moon Altar, and some of them couldn't see it, so they coughed a few times.

The crown prince looked at the faces of several old ministers and his face froze, but he restrained a little, and led the hundred officials towards the altar in the center of the Sun and Moon Altar in a proper manner.

The altars in this Sun Moon Altar are all nine dragon pillars, similar to the round altar of the sun wheel and the full moon, on which an incense table will be arranged, and the incense table will be placed on the three animal prisons, and the first offering is generally the Son of Heaven.

Because of this, the crown prince was not happy to receive the first offering.

Besides, Sheng Mingzhu followed the big salute and finished the lengthy ceremony, her legs were numb, her waist was sore, and she was dizzy. At this time, a small yellow door trotted all the way over, and made a big salute to the prince, and reported with joy on his face: "Your Highness, auspicious rain from the sky!" ”

Since ancient times, the holy monarch is alive or the person who has returned from the mandate of heaven will have auspicious things from heaven, and the emperor is also willing to use these auspicious fortunes to show that he is ordered by heaven, so local officials often like to report auspicious rui to win the favor of the emperor and get a credit.

The prince listened to the rejoicing, but he didn't notice that the seventh prince Wei Ci and the eldest princess glanced at each other, looking like a good show.

Waiting for the little yellow door to offer the so-called auspicious rui, Sheng Mingzhu looked carefully at the two big cages covered with red cloth, and he didn't know what was inside. And the prince couldn't wait to trot forward and lift the red cloth of one of them.

Everyone saw that it was a white deer, but it was a dead white deer, covered in blood.

The prince's face turned blue instantly, and Xiao Huangmen was so frightened that he sat on the ground, trembling like chaff. The Seventh Prince didn't speak, but the eldest princess exclaimed first: "This, this is a great omen!" The crown prince has just made his first sacrifice and this kind of thing happened, I'm afraid it's ......"

Xiao Huangmen sat on the ground and trembled for a long time, as if she reacted after listening to the eldest princess's mention of the great omen, she immediately remedied: "No, no, no, there is another one, it is really auspicious, auspicious!" ”

With that, the little yellow door hurried to the other cage and lifted the red cloth. But it's a soft-shelled turtle or a turtle. Seeing that everyone had seen it, the little yellow door added: "It's a spirit turtle!" The prince looked at the lively "spirit turtle" and then eased his face, and echoed: "There are ancient spirit turtles offering books, and this spirit turtle ......."

The eldest princess couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Ouch, my good nephew, you don't divide the grains, you don't know the grains, what kind of spirit turtle is this, isn't it just an old turtle?" In ancient times, a deer was referred to as a horse, and now I have seen a turtle as a turtle. ”

The crown prince was made blue and white for a while by the eldest princess's words, and before he was angry, someone hurriedly came over to report: "Your Royal Highness the prince, it's not good, a large number of hydrangeas in the Sun Moon Altar have died." ”

After hearing this, Guo Xun, who was originally calm, already panicked. After he came out of the ranks, he knelt down and pleaded guilty, in a vain attempt to exonerate himself from this crime. And this Guo Xun is one of the prince's henchmen, responsible for preparing for the Wangsun Festival and managing the affairs of the Sun Moon Altar.

"Minister, the guilty minister deserves to die, please punish the prince!" He kowtowed vigorously, looking at the prince's face from time to time. As for the prince, the first sacrifice made him lose face, and now he can't wait to kill, looking at Guo Xun, who is not doing well, he doesn't give the other party a good face at all.

The more he thought about it, the more angry the prince raised his foot and kicked it, but Guo Xun was kicked on his back, and he didn't dare to squeak when he fell to the ground. The prince even kicked a few times and still couldn't understand his hatred, and scolded in his mouth: "Bastard thing, you can't do anything, what use do you want!" ”

Guo Xun dared to reply, he could only take the fault on himself.

The crown prince's side was angry, but the eldest princess and the seventh prince didn't just come to see the excitement. Naturally, the eldest princess took the lead in this matter, she glanced at Guo Xun, who was pleading guilty, frowned and said: "After all, it is Kaiyang Jun's hydrangea, and it is better to deal with it seriously." I don't think this unfavorable crime can be escaped, the prince is fully responsible for the Wangri Festival, and such a thing happened, and there must be no small punishment and big commandment to block the mouth of the people. ”

The eldest princess's words made it clear that someone should be held responsible, and pointed out that the prince's faction was fully responsible. Now in front of the crown prince is to put someone in charge, either himself or his henchmen.

It is true that the commander can retreat with his whole body if he loses the car, but after this incident, not to mention the prestige of the prince will decline again, and his subordinates will also be chilled. This is the purpose of the eldest princess and the seventh prince, to make everyone realize that their prince is a straw bag coward, unworthy of the throne.

And the eldest princess and the seventh prince have already planned it, no matter how the prince chooses, they have prepared a way to deal with it. I didn't expect that the prince would suddenly be smart again today, although only on the surface.

"Since this matter is not good for the lonely person, and the lonely person must avoid suspicion, the matter will be handed over to the Marquis of Dingguo to deal with." Seeing that the situation was not good, the prince immediately threw off the pot, he also thought that Guan Ping loved Lin Qingyan, how could he help him, so he could be regarded as repaying his gift.

Seeing that the prince and the seventh prince were tearing each other apart, they were affected by Guan Ping, the Marquis of Dingguo, and when he looked down again, he saw Guo Xun's triangular eyes looking at him, and he couldn't wait to pounce and call his ancestors.

That night, Guan Ping, who had been forced into an errand, had just returned home with Sheng Mingzhu when he heard that Guo Xun's wife had come to visit with a heavy gift, and Aunt Lin had already received a heavy gift from others.

Guan Ping's face sank when he listened to the housekeeper's report on the heavy gifts, and said to Sheng Mingzhu: "I'm afraid that the family has a bigger handle, and I can't get off the thief ship now." ”

Guo Xun's hometown is in Hengyang County, which is a rich place with many businessmen. Guo Xun himself doesn't have much money, but he took out so many expensive gifts, what other explanation is there besides greed?

Guan Ping still wanted to explain something to Sheng Mingzhu, but saw Lin Qingyan walking over with the support of the maid, with a smile on his face: "Master Hou is back, Mrs. Guo came to talk to me, and I cried when I talked about Lord Guo. ”

Guan Pingpi smiled but didn't smile: "Yes, it's really a big gift." ”

Without waiting for Lin Qingyan to continue speaking, Guan Ping brushed his sleeves away. Lin Qingyan was there like a wooden stake, and he didn't know which sentence he said wrongly, which made Guan Ping unhappy.

This Sheng Mingzhu followed Guan Ping back to the main room, the two of them retreated, even the golden branch retreated, and the husband and wife talked a lot before stopping.

On the second day, there was a sun-looking banquet, Sheng Mingzhu was in charge of the preparations, and Lin Qingyan asked on the side: "Madam, did I say something wrong yesterday and touch the moldy head of the Hou Ye?" Today's Sun Banquet, Mrs. Guo came again, and said that she wanted to meet Mrs. Guo, and the concubine thought, is it a reason to send it away? ”

Sheng Mingzhu sneered, thinking in his heart, it is easy to invite God to send God, and it is even more difficult to return the gift after receiving other people's gifts, then Mrs. Guo heard that when she was a girl, she was a bad person, which is a good person, Guo Xun does not dare to take a concubine now, not because she has a powerful lady.

Sheng Mingzhu didn't speak, but Shen Rong, who came to help, sneered: "Aunt Lin is so capable, she still needs to ask her wife, and she will be the master first." ”

Lin Qingyan was stabbed faceless, and she could only accompany her smiling face, her momentum came from Guan Ping, if Guan Ping ignored her, in this mansion, she could only be more difficult than Sheng Mingzhu.

When everything was ready, the guests were almost there. Sheng Mingzhu was about to entertain the ladies from various provinces, when a woman rushed over, and the landlord slapped Sheng Mingzhu's thigh, crying and mourning: "Mrs. Dingguohou can be regarded as seeing you, our family has sent a big box of gifts, my lord is a stupid person to do a stupid thing, Mrs. Dingguohou, you are merciful, save my lord." ”

The woman was almost playing tricks, as if she was eager to make a big deal and attract all the female relatives to look at her.

Sheng Mingzhu could still hear the whispers around him, saying that the Dingguo Marquis Mansion had received a generous gift from Guo Xun. The family members blocked the door to explain the law, but they didn't expect that the Marquis of Dingguo was also greedy, and he asked for a heavy gift but didn't do anything.

Lin Qingyan, who was following Sheng Mingzhu, naturally saw Mrs. Guo as well, but now she couldn't wait to shrink herself into a partridge, and let others block the wind and rain.

Sheng Mingzhu was held by Mrs. Guo's leg and couldn't move a step. Looking at this posture, if this matter cannot be solved today, I don't know what will happen outside.

Splash the skin and settle down, right? Mrs. Ben naturally has a way to rectify you. Sheng Mingzhu thought of a way, and said to Mrs. Guo with a pleasant face: "Mrs. Guo, please get up, you are pestering me like this, and I can't make the decision for my lord, since Mrs. Guo brought the box of gifts, I will call the account room to come over, Mrs. looked at it, and checked it one by one." ”

Mrs. Guo heard Sheng Mingzhu say this, and she couldn't figure out what medicine was bought in the gourd of Mrs. Dingguohou.