Lixia said that Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian led members of the royal family in Luoyang, as well as civil and military officials above the fifth grade to the southern suburbs of Luoshui to welcome the summer, in order to express their hope for a bumper crop harvest this year.

The scale of the summer ceremony was very large, there were hundreds of officials who participated, and the number of guards and soldiers was also huge, including thousands of people from almost all the Praetorian Guards who came to Luoyang with the emperor's imperial car, including the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Jinwuwei, and the left and right Qianniuwei, all participated in the escort.

Liu Yi, who basically had to avoid such a scene, was also asked to participate in the escort.

Strictly speaking, this is not a festive celebration, and Liu Yi, who is filial piety, can participate.

For some reason, before this escort, Liu Yi had not been on duty for a long time, and Liu Yi had received an order from Shangguan because of his outstanding performance in the martial arts competition in the palace and the polo game, and he was granted a leave of absence for half a month. Although Liu Yi was a little skeptical of the reason Shangguan said, he was also happy to be idle, did not ask in detail, stayed in his house every day, commanded the people to clean the yard, fiddle with the house, and assigned the servants to buy some wood in the market, and used it to make some chairs himself.

Liu Yi is very puzzled by the appearance of the chair nowadays, in this era, most of them are kneeling on the couch, or on the ground with a blanket, Liu Yi does not like it very much, often kneeling hurts, he prefers to sit on a stool or chair. There are a few stools in the house, but Liu Yi still likes to sit on a chair with a backrest in his spare time, which is labor-saving and comfortable.

Now that he didn't see this thing, Liu Yi gave full play to the advantages of crossing people, did it himself, and guided his family to do it.

The process of making chairs out of wood is still quite simple, after Liu Yi's guidance, the servants basically know, a few days of hard work, Liu Yi's house also added a few chairs with good workmanship, and also painted, Liu Yi originally hoped that Shangguan Wan'er would come to his house, to show off, and also to understand some palace affairs by the way, who knew that since Bishan came back, Shangguan Wan'er has never been to the house once.

Liu Yi didn't have a task on duty, and he didn't bother to go into the palace, and even if he went to the palace, he might not be able to see Shangguan Wan'er.

During this summer ceremony, Liu Yi received a letter from Zhang Renyuan to let him enter the palace, and when Liu Yi accompanied Tang Xiujing to the Xianju Hall to greet Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, he saw Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er was on the edge of Wu Zetian, just glancing at him a few times when no one was paying attention, which made Liu Yi want to laugh a little.

Liu Yi can only guess that Shangguan Wan'er is afraid that her eyes will still show somewhere, and she will be seen by others and cause trouble, so she put on such a shelf, thinking of this, Liu Yi also put on a diligent look, not squinting, and carrying out his own tasks.

The summer ceremony was very lively, and Liu Yi also saw the grandeur of this festival for the first time, which no longer existed in later generations.

According to Li Yifeng, who was on a mission, every year on the summer solstice, Huang Yanjing would personally preside over the ceremony, and the ceremony was very grand, and all the participants had to wear vermilion clothes, with vermilion jade pendants, and even horses, chariots, and flags should be vermilion.

Ancient rites have clouds: the beginning of summer said, the Son of Heaven personally handsome three princes and nine Qing doctors, in order to welcome summer in the southern suburbs, all the products, should be red...

Liu Yi followed Tang Xiujing to escort Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, who were present at the ceremony, and he also saw Princess Taiping, whom he had not seen for more than ten days since that polo match.

Princess Taiping still followed Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, but this time she did not follow Li Zhi and Wu Zetian together, but another team of Qianniuwei sergeants escorted her, Liu Yi also recognized it, it was a sergeant led by Guo Qizong, the general of the right Qianniu Wei, most of them he knew or was familiar with, but there was a good-looking young man, and it was the first time he saw it.

There are only a few hundred people in total on the left and right, and after a few contacts, Liu Yizi can basically remember their faces, this young man with a good face must have just come, otherwise he would not be impressed.

However, this person's identity seems to be a little special, and during the entire ceremony, he stood beside Princess Taiping, which made Liu Yi feel a little weird, but he couldn't say why he came.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the Lixia Festival, I and the Queen of Heaven are trying to ask God to bless my Tang Dynasty, the wind and rain are smooth every year, and the people live and work in peace and contentment..." After Li Zhi finished speaking, Wu Zetian also stood up and said some similar words, praying for a good harvest of crops this year.

Then there was the ice opening ceremony, where many palace attendants and eunuchs, under the guidance of the officials in charge of the ice administration, took out the ice cubes collected in the palace in winter, cut them apart, and distributed them to the civil and military officials present by the emperor.

After all the etiquette was over, the ceremony was almost over, and some people were visibly relieved that attending such a long ceremony was a physical task, and not everyone could afford it.

Liu Yi also inadvertently saw Shangguan Wan'er, who was waiting beside Wu Zetian, cast a few glances at him, and seemed to be afraid that someone would find something, after glancing at Liu Yi, he quickly turned around, and after a while, he looked at it again while people were not paying attention, such a move like wanting to cover up made Liu Yi feel a little funny, this beauty still couldn't hide that feeling... He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to this beauty after the ceremony, so that she could find an opportunity to visit his house and show off her skills.

Liu Yiting wanted to know what was going on around Wu Zetian these days, so he had to ask Shangguan Wan'er.

At the end of the ceremony, when Liu Yi and other guards went up to greet him, Liu Yi also picked up an opportunity to whisper a few words with Shangguan Wan'er, giving her the opportunity to come to her house, Shangguan Wan'er didn't answer, just nodded slightly. The sergeants of Qianniuwei escorted the emperor and empress back to the palace, and after the mission was over, Liu Yi and other Qianniu were prepared to return to the guard under the leadership of Tang Xiujing.

How do you know that Liu Yi and his party just walked to the vicinity of the Mingyi Palace, but they were stopped.

After seeing who the blocker was, Tang Xiujing and the others all saluted respectfully, and after giving Liu Yi a look of self-begging, they all left.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Liu Yi saluted Princess Taiping, who was full of unhappiness.

Today, there are several sergeants of the Right Qianniu Guard behind Princess Taiping, and one of them is a handsome newcomer who Liu Yi has never seen.

Princess Taiping put her hands on her waist, ignoring that there were other people on the side, and said angrily to Liu Yi: "Liu Yi, where have you been during this time?" I don't see you in the palace, and I can't find you in the palace!"

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, the lowly position is on vacation these days, and she has not entered the palace, so the princess can't see the lowly position!" Because there were other people around, Liu Yi didn't dare to make a mistake, and replied very respectfully.

This demon girl is still quite a headache, and she questioned him in front of the other Qianniuwei soldiers on the side, which is a bit of a loss of face...

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