"The Book of Rites" says: "The Son of Heaven is in spring, and the moon is in autumn." The morning of the sun, the evening of the setting moon. ”

Since the pre-Qin period, the past dynasties have had the custom of autumn and twilight and the sunset, that is, to worship the moon god. The moon worship ceremony is an ancient sacrificial ritual that expresses people's good wishes for the moon god to bless the world.

In ancient times, the moon festival was included in the royal ceremony as a seasonal ritual ceremony, and the gods of heaven and earth, such as the sun and the moon, which represented yin and yang, could only be communicated with by the royal family, and the moon worship became the royal patent.

The moon worship ceremony is divided into three steps, one is divided, two are feasted, and three are moon appreciation. Xu Xianzhi presided over the ceremony as a tribute.

The moon festival is arranged to be held at the observation deck outside the gate of the ancestral hall of Taizong, which has a wide area and a wide field of vision, and can set up more than 200 seats.

In the center of the lookout, there is a moon worship altar, which is cast by bronze, into a square, four-legged tripod, divided into left and right ears, and the green dragon arches the moon.

Near the moon worship altar, there is also a small square table, which should be equipped with incense, candles, melons and fruits.

A white silk cloth spreads from the main seat to the bottom of the moon altar, which is the path of the priest.

The sacrificial materials were in place, Xu Xianzhi finally settled down, raised his eyes to the sky, the slanting sun was dim, and there were occasional dots.

"Worship the moon every year, and now this moon god is really going to appear!" Xu Xianzhi shook his head and sighed, and left the Moon Worship Altar with a heavy sleeve.

Everything is ready, just wait for the hour to come, and the host and guest will be seated.

At this time, the Zhaoyang Hall was also busy, and the girls were busy preparing bathing and changing clothes, rouge gouache, and gorgeous crown clothes for the noble concubine Lin Yunrou. The things used are the most in the harem.

Lin Yunrou's status today, although she does not have the status of a queen, she has the pomp and circumstance of a queen.

The queen mother was afraid of the resentment of the people, so she did not dare to abolish the title of the queen of Huashu, and he was given another title, and the emperor Liu Yifu did not care about Lin Yunrou at all, and did not listen to her words at all, so Lin Yunrou's dream of being the queen was also delayed.

Although Lin Yunrou is unwilling, in the eternal alley of the harem, except for the queen mother, she is the only one, and her life is leisurely, and her desire to compete for the queen's throne is not so strong.

Outside the backyard door of Zhaoyang Palace, a large group of maids waited for the concubine to change their clothes after bathing. They all held the clothes of the concubine in their hands, standing majestically, and did not dare to make the slightest transgression, for fear that if they moved, they would damage the priceless jewelry.

The tall, thin maid at the end stood out in the crowd, and she was obviously aware of it, so she tried her best to keep her body down, trying to blend in with her companions.

"You're new here?" The maid next to her still noticed an unfamiliar face, and asked in a low voice.

Sheng Lan slowly raised her head from under the wooden tray held high, and saw that the maid who spoke was wearing a jade plaque with the word deputy written on it, so she knew that she had some identity, and said with a sweet and lovely smile: "Back to my sister, my sister has just arrived, and I ask my sister to take care of me." The soft voice couldn't help but give Shenglan goosebumps himself.

As he spoke, Sheng Lan easily stuffed a small piece of broken silver into the girl's belt.

The maid was naturally happy, didn't think much about it, hid the broken silver tightly, raised her head and said with a slightly smug expression: "Fortunately, you met me, if you work under Zhuqing, you won't be as kind as me." ”

"Yes, my sister has long admired her sister's talent, and now she can realize her dream." Sheng Lan said obediently.

As everyone knows, the attendant named Zhuqing has already been secretly locked in the firewood room by her.

The deputy attendant became more and more proud when he heard this, "Even if you know people, what is your name?" Follow me in the future! ”

"It's good for my sister to call me Xiaolan." Shenglan bowed his head.

The two were talking quietly, the door of the dormitory opened, and the maid at the head roared in her throat and said loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you change the clothes of the concubine quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

A large group of maids approached Lin Yunrou's dormitory in an orderly manner.

In the dormitory, Lin Yunrou was wrapped in a bathrobe, leaning on the beauty couch, half-asleep and half-awake, leaving everything to the maids.

Sheng Lan held Lin Yunrou's official uniform, stood far away at the back of the crowd, and quietly floated a few glances to the beauty couch, only then did she take a closer look at her appearance.

I saw that she had willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, jade and fair-skinned, and a rich body, which was a little more arrogant than when she was in the Forgotten Dust Building before, but this posture was only created with vulgar money, which was greasy and shallow.

"It's the second Mrs. Zhang again!" Sheng Lan muttered to himself in his heart.

"Official uniform! Where's the official uniform?! The chief maid shouted in a rough voice.

Lin Yunrou was closing her eyes to recuperate, when she suddenly heard a sound, her thin eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and her jade mouth opened lightly, "Who is making a noise?" ”

The chief maid thought that the concubine Niangniang was the one who blamed the official uniform, and she didn't wake up until someone else mentioned it, and knelt down tremblingly, "The maid knows that she is wrong, the concubine Niangniang forgives the maid......"

Lin Yunrou opened her eyes slightly, glanced at the maid, and then closed her eyes again; "Sui'er, how long have you been with Hongu?"

"Hui Niangniang, it's been two years......" Sui'er replied unhurriedly. She is confident that the concubine will remember the past feelings and will not blame her.

"Then you should know that when the palace is resting, it doesn't like to be noisy the most. So, did you knowingly commit it? Lin Yunrou said slowly.

When Sui'er heard that the concubine's tone was wrong, she panicked a little, "The maid is guilty, the maid is guilty, and the maid is guilty......"

Lin Yunrou flicked her hand outward, "Take it down." ”

Sui'er raised her head incredulously, "Niangniang! Forgive the maidservant! Mother......

Before she could finish speaking, the person had already been dragged away.

The deputy attendant pushed Sheng Lan forward with his elbow and said softly, "Don't go quickly!" ”

Sheng Lan reacted at this time, took Lin Yunrou's official uniform, and stepped forward carefully.

There is a precedent for the chief maid, and everyone does not dare to act rashly, and no one dares to take the official uniform.

Sheng Lan lowered her head and waited for a long time, seeing that no one came to collect it, and the concubine did not speak, so she walked behind Lin Yunrou by herself, lifted the official uniform and spread it out, and called out: "Niangniang, please stand up and let the maid change your clothes." ”

Everyone couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, and secretly felt pity for this girl who didn't know the world.

Lin Yunrou remained motionless, as if she had never heard it.

Shenglan was fearless and continued: "The maid knows that Niangniang loves the fragrance of peony flowers, so she picked the highest bunch of peony flowers in the garden, pickled them into incense, and used this incense to infect this official uniform for three days and three nights. Therefore, this dress also has a peculiarity. ”

These words really aroused Lin Yunrou's interest, she slowly opened her eyes and asked, "What's so strange?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, as long as this dress is hot for a while, the rich fragrance can be sprinkled for thousands of miles in an instant, Niangniang is interested in trying it on?" Sheng Lan said respectfully.

"Oh? Is it really magical? What if it doesn't work out what you're talking about? ”

"If there is a lie, the slave is willing to deal with it."

Lin Yunrou raised her eyebrows and smiled, but stood up from the beauty couch and gently opened her arms.

But everyone couldn't help but look dumbfounded.

Sheng Lan unhurriedly finished changing her clothes three or two times, and quietly took Lin Yunrou's old clothes and retreated to the back of the crowd.

After Lin Yunrou finished changing her clothes, she glanced at Sheng Lan, and then walked towards the ancestral hall with a smile.

Sheng Lan lowered her head and still followed the group of maids behind the change of clothes towards the Huanyi Bureau, but she had just left the Zhaoyang Palace, but she quietly jumped into the imperial garden on the side of the road.

She hurriedly rummaged back and forth from the pile of clothes that Lin Yunrou had changed.

In the dark night, a small piece of green light gradually appeared, Sheng Lan's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the jade plaque hidden in the thin satin brocade bag.

This jade plaque engraved with the flower pattern of the other side is the Taoyuan token that Lin Yunrou took from Xinqiao. Shenglan's purpose of entering the palace disguised as a maid is precisely for this.

"Xinqiao, you wait for me, I will definitely avenge you!" Sheng Lan clenched the jade plate tightly and muttered to himself.

"Who's there!" A rough scolding suddenly came from outside the rockery.

Sheng Lan flashed of alarm and hid behind the tree.

As the sound of footsteps on broken leaves approached, a man's figure appeared on the mountain wall.

Sheng Lan hid behind a tree, took a closer look, and felt a pang in his heart, "General Nie? ”

Although she wanted to show up, even if it was only to say a word to him, she would be satisfied, but she didn't do it.

In order to avoid causing trouble to the painting, Shenglan resolutely turned around and quietly retreated to the sparsely populated land.

Nie Feng searched left and right to no avail, and suddenly saw that in the darkness, there was a green light moving quickly, and he was sensitive, and immediately chased in the direction of the light source.

"Who?!" Nie Feng somersaulted in front of Sheng Lan.

Sheng Lan was stunned for a while, seeing that he didn't recognize himself, he was about to escape into the depths, but he was grabbed by Nie Feng's wrist and couldn't move.

Sheng Lan heard that more and more people were approaching around him, and hurriedly said, "General Nie, it's me, Sheng Lan!" ”

"How are you?!" Nie Feng exclaimed in surprise and quickly let go of his hand.

He pushed Shenglan into the rockery, turned to the group of soldiers who had just arrived, and said, "It's okay here, you all go back!" ”

"Yes!" The soldier didn't ask too much questions and consciously retreated.

"How did you, how did you get into the palace? Why did you enter the palace? Since you're gone, there's no news, why do you want to come back? Nie Feng asked sideways.

Sheng Lan walked out of the deep darkness, lowered his head and smiled, "The general is okay. ”

"Answer my question." Nie Feng still had his back to his body and asked in a low voice.

"I'm just here to get back what belongs to the painter, the general doesn't have to worry, I'll leave immediately." Sheng Lan suppressed her smile and said lightly, about to leave.

Nie Feng turned around, grabbed Sheng Lan's hand, put it down embarrassedly, and said coldly: "So, Huayan is also back?" She also entered the palace? ”

Sheng Lan was silent.

"Did you know that it's dangerous for you to do this?! Today's palace is different from the past, and the 50,000 forbidden troops are specially trained for Taoyuan! Nie Feng said with a little excitement.

I haven't seen him for a long time, Sheng Lan thought that he could say some soft words, but he heard his reproach covering his face, and he was unhappy, so he turned around and left.

Nie Feng wanted to stretch out his hand to hold on, but was split by Sheng Lan's palm, "If you don't worry about General Lao, I will leave the palace." Rest assured, General, I will not cause any further trouble to the General. ”

After speaking, Sheng Lan stepped on the small mountain stone and gently jumped to the rockery and disappeared without a trace.

"Remember to keep going out to the road of Flower Lane, and I will support the forbidden army for you!" Nie Feng followed after a few steps and said abruptly.

Sheng Lan looked back suddenly, his heart warmed, and he looked at the flower alley in front of him, "General Nie, I'm sorry." As he spoke, he turned around and ran in the direction of Yonghua Palace.