The carriage prepared by Zhou Chuchu is still more luxurious than imagined, and the carriage curtain woven by colorful Shu brocade is opened, and it is magnificent, the cloud brocade soft pillow mat, the red sandalwood case, and even the carpet are all Persian tribute, all of which are so exquisite that the nobles in the palace who are accustomed to seeing the wealth are amazed.

Princess Anping was fresh for a while, then she lost interest, and lay sullenly by the carriage window thinking about her thoughts, Gu Mingzhu knew that she was in a bad mood for the matter of the prince and the queen of heaven, but she didn't persuade her, just took the scroll and looked at it and sat with her.

After all, the queen did not show up, and when she set off again, the curtain of Fengluan's car was still hanging low, and there was no sound at all, but she found that the judge of the Imperial Medical Department Lu Yuan was quietly following the car with a medicine box, whispering through the curtain, and only retreated after a while, but she frowned and looked depressed.

speculated and followed everyone all the way, until they entered the wide mausoleum road of the emperor's mausoleum, everyone's thoughts returned to the worship, and they ordered the servants to pack up and prepare to follow the holy car to worship on foot.

Only the carriage stopped, the nobles and the ladies did not have time to tidy up their appearance and get off the car, from the front of the Fengluan car came to the news again, this time the worship by the concubine led by the concubines and concubines inside and outside the women to perform the sacrifice, the queen of heaven because of the carriage and horses, the body is not good, only with the saint to worship the first emperor and then go back to the carriage to rest.

This news made the already suspicious crowd completely exploded, and people talked about it, with different faces, but they all guessed that the queen of heaven was only afraid that she was already extremely sick, otherwise how could she go to the emperor's mausoleum, but let Concubine De lead the sacrifice, but the sacrifice can only be done by the queen of the middle palace, but now she has to teach it to others.

And people's eyes on Concubine De became even more eager, and many princes and concubines and their wives were even more enthusiastic to accompany Concubine De, and the words were all warm and warm that was rarely seen before.

Just because there are not many concubines and nobles in the six palaces now, and there is only one concubine in the concubine position, the most favored Sun Baolin has no body, if the queen of heaven is seriously ill, then it is conceivable who will be in the inner palace.

What's more, the Queen of Heaven even handed over the major events of the emperor's mausoleum sacrifice to Concubine De, and now she is even asked to receive the sacrifice, and the implication is no longer clear.

Surrounded by everyone, Concubine De was not happy at all, and sighed again and again: "I should have thought of it before, this trip to the emperor's tomb is tiring, where can Niangniang's body withstand it, and how can it be good now?" ”

She ordered one after another: "Go and ask the Lu Yuan to judge, let him tell me how the mother is and what decoction to use, and I will let people prepare." ”

She even got up: "The sacrificial ceremony, the mother is not in good health, how dare I go beyond the rules, so I will go to the mother to serve." ”

Or a few princesses persuaded her: "The queen of heaven is afraid that she is resting, and she ordered the mother to receive the sacrifice on her behalf, how can this sacrifice be delayed, the mother still focuses on the overall situation, and leads you to perform the sacrifice first, and then it is not too late to ask the queen of heaven to say goodbye." ”

Concubine De was persuaded by them, so she had to agree, and carefully told the palace maids who were waiting around the queen of heaven to say a few words, and then straightened her dress, and first took the nobles of the clan to follow the saint's side and go towards the emperor's mausoleum.

Gu Mingzhu is not very senior in the clan, and Zhou Chuchu and Zhou Chuchu followed behind several elderly county lords, holding sacrifices in three steps, one salute, nine steps and one bow, and saluted towards the mausoleum of the first emperor.

The offerings in the lacquered wooden tray are also very surprising, originally most of the sacrifices were placed on the jujube pear cake bait and other ordinary fruit cakes, but now everyone is holding these in their hands, but a plate of delicious and watery peaches and crystal clear cherries, the fragrance is fragrant, so that the people holding the sacrifices can't help but salivate.

It's just that this is really surprising, it's late autumn now, but I don't know where to send such a fresh and rare peach, which is not available in ordinary noble mansions, and so many are prepared to be sent as sacrifices, which makes people can't believe it.

A few ladies whispered: "How can there be peaches, even in the summer in Chang'an, I have never seen such a good one." ”

The other stared at the peach and shook his head: "This is prepared by the county lord of Changping again, no wonder I heard some time ago that there are more than a dozen carriages galloping from Jiangxia all the way from Jiangxia in the Yuancheng Princess's Mansion day and night, and I don't know how many good horses died on the road, so I rushed from Jiangxia to Chang'an within ten days." ”

"That's too late, this peach is still so bright, I'm afraid it uses ice, but there are so many peaches, I don't know how much ice to use."

Talking about this, the ladies who followed the worship on the side couldn't help but smack their tongues when they heard it, and the Yuancheng Princess's Mansion didn't know how much effort and money it took to prepare these in order to use these valuable things in the ceremony.

Zhou Chuchu, who was beside Gu Mingzhu, naturally heard the discussion behind him, and couldn't help but straighten his already straight body, glanced at Gu Mingzhu, and sneered contemptuously.

Gu Mingzhu looked ordinary, looked at the peaches on the plate, smiled lightly, and his eyes fell on Concubine De who was receiving the sacrifice not far in front, these sacrifices were all prepared by Zhou Chuchu, and he spent so much money and silver, but he didn't know if Concubine De knew it.

“…… One kowtow, sacrifice to the emperor and the queen of heaven, two kowtow, worship the ancestors and sages, three kowtows, sacrifice the first emperor and the heroic spirit......" The ceremonial officer sang loudly, and the saint took the concubine to bow down on the head, and the courtiers and nobles of the clan behind them also followed the brush and bowed.

Gu Mingzhu saluted, stood up with the crowd, and looked at Concubine De, who was dignified and demure on the upper position, she was following the saint to offer incense to the first emperor, as if she was virtuous.

And that should have been done by the queen of heaven, but she did it like to do it this time, and few of the ministers on the side felt that there was anything wrong, even the virtuous king Li Yu stepped forward to salute her, smiling and talking.

Looking at Li Yu's warm and polite smile at Concubine De, Gu Mingzhu's gaze became more and more cold, it seems that the illness of the queen of heaven and the injury of the crown prince have shaken not only the hearts of the people in the palace, but even the previous dynasty is already ready to move.

Even King Xian has begun to plan the next step, so what will happen to the courtiers?

Her eyes swept over the group of well-dressed courtiers, her heart was full of coldness, in the past they were both respectful and afraid of the queen of heaven, but at this moment they finally began to show their thoughts, but they didn't know what would happen next.

Suddenly, her gaze stopped, and the coldness on her face froze.

In the crowd, a jade-colored robe with a jade-like face was looking at her, with a hint of warmth in his eyes, which melted away all the coldness on her face.

That's Cui Lin.