Since ancient times, the worship of heaven has only become more and more cumbersome, and the monarchs of the past have used countless manpower and material resources to flatter the eternally silent and indifferent heaven, in order to prove that they hold the power of the world because of the favor of the heavens.

Standing in front of the blessing case of the mound altar, surrounded by azure satin, under it is the tablet of Haotian God, the ancestors and the ancestors, the sun, the moon and the stars, the clouds, rain, wind and thunder, Shen Shiqing slowly bowed down with the congratulations.

Her expression was solemn, but she silently recited in her heart:

"The gods are above, are you here or not? Is it love to the world, or is it tyrannical? If you really have a spirit, a knowledge, and a heart, why do you suffer so much? If you are spiritless, ignorant and mindless, who is hiding behind you?

"That's it, Zi is silent, strange and confused, you are there or not, I don't care anymore. Stealing this body with a woman's soul and not being punished by heaven, I only think you can be this emperor. Self-deception, from the three emperors and five emperors to today, I don't think much of a woman like me is too much."

Kneel down three times and bow nine times, and get up.

Lay the jade silk and enter the sacrifice.

Accompanied by Yale's "Fengping Chapter" and the sacrificial "Dance of Dry Relatives", she walked to the Haotian God tablet due north with the wine jue.

Standing closest to God, she smiled and whispered:

"In that case, you're welcome."

The wind blows, the snow scatters, and the tablet is carved from wood, and it is silent.

The chimes sound, the musicians beat the chimes, the calves are burned in the southeast, the sky lanterns are hung in the southwest, and what stands in front of the gods is the biggest lie in the world.

The lie stood there, as if it were incomparably religious.

After the winter solstice sacrifice, the ministers do not have to go back to the official office, and after sending the holy car back to the palace, they can go home to reunite with their families and worship their ancestors.

As soon as Li Congyuan returned home, his wife, Mi Shi, immediately asked someone to come in with a basin filled with hot water.

"Oops, ma'am, ma'am! Lighter!"

"Does it work if it's light? After walking dozens of miles on such a cold day, your boots were soaked with snow, and you refused to put two more layers in your boots, thinking you were young?"

Mi Shi held a handkerchief in his hand and rubbed it heavily on Li Congyuan's leg, and he could hear him wail again.

His wife is usually very good at talking, but the more such a person is angry, the more others dare not provoke.

Li Congyuan put his two hands in front of him, and he didn't dare to push, and he didn't dare to accept it, like an old duck who was put in the pot and was scalded clean by his wife's legs.

"Madame, don't forget to keep a copy of the sacrifice I brought back."

Mi Shi glared at him, and threw the warm handkerchief back into the hot water basin: "There is a sacrifice that is reserved for the Shen family's brothers and sisters-in-law, every year, where do you still need to instruct?"

Li Congyuan was silent for a moment, then sighed, raised his head, and smiled again:

"This year, Yuan Ze was recalled by His Majesty to the court, the southwest road is far away, how did he arrive a year ago. Xuan Chen has been with him all these years, and most of them will come back, if he also returns to the court as an official, we can go to his grave together on the day of his death next year."

"Don't be too happy, you used to think that Your Majesty was playful, but now Your Majesty is not playful, and you have changed the way to toss your old bones. You guys, think about your brother Hua Nian when you want to work hard, you were earlier than you when you were the champion, your career was smoother than you, and your talent was higher than you, what is happening now? Obviously, so many people saw that he fell into the river to save Prince Duansheng, and the first emperor refused to even give him a posthumous gift, if you people didn't come forward, I am afraid that you would be questioned." ….

Speaking of the past, Mi Xinlan's heart is still full of anger, she is straightforward, otherwise she would not be friendly with Shen Shao's wife Qin, and it is precisely because of her straightforwardness that she never hides some words.

The first emperor sat on the country, but he was unkind to the meritorious heroes, mean to the good ministers, and did not know how to forge ahead, but used various methods to hook the party and the central government to fight each other, and finally let the villain control the government.

The little one in the back is only slightly better, but he treats the court as a child's play, even if he seems to be a little serious now, Mi Xinlan doesn't think he can really change the dirty eyes of the Zhao family.

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By the way, madam, have you gotten any news of the Shen family's niece from the Liu family?"

Mi Xinlan sat up straight and threw clean pants and shoes and socks on Li Congyuan's lap for him to change into.

"Since the accident in the British government, there have been fewer banquets everywhere, and now it is winter...... I haven't seen the Liu family for a few months, I said before that the niece of the Shen family is on the Xie family's Zhuangzi, I sent someone to see it from afar a few times, the Zhuangzi is very lively, and the maids around the niece often come in and out, and I don't think about it being implicated in the Xie family's affairs."

Li Congyuan got dressed, hugged the dirty clothes he had changed, walked to the door with clogs, and said as he walked: "Xie Wenyuan is a villain who is ambitious and talented, and he has nothing to gain from all these years by pressing him to make him gob, just because I am afraid that he will cause trouble and affect my niece, but I didn't expect ......."

"Leave your clothes at the door, and when Mama has packed up the offerings, she will come and get them."

Li Congyuan did as he was told, and he didn't forget to fold it neatly.

Mi Xinlan put his official robe on the smoker, and drove him to lie down on the couch to rest, took the book and sat next to him, and said:

"Speaking of Xie Wenyuan, this time to worship the heavens, Your Majesty didn't let the prince of Yingjun come out?"

Li Congyuan raised his hand and grabbed the broken hair on the back of his wife's head, and sighed, "No."

Mi Xinlan held the book and didn't move for a long time.

Li Congyuan yawned and almost fell asleep, but he heard his wife say:

"Within a few months of seclusion, Your Majesty has taken the prince of Yingjun as a proton."

Li Congyuan was startled and quickly sat up:

"Madam, don't talk nonsense!"

Mi Xinlan smiled: "I'm talking at home as a woman, is it nonsense or what you men say?"

Li Congyuan closed his mouth and looked at his wife.

Mi Xinlan is slightly older than Li Congyuan is two years old, the scholars of the Dayong Dynasty are waiting to marry a beautiful girl after becoming famous, even Shen Shao met Qin Tongxi when he entered Beijing to take the exam, and then met Qin Shu who accompanied Qin Tongxi to study in Beijing, Li Congyuan is different, Mi Xinlan is the daughter of his teacher, when the two met at the age of ten, he called Sister Mi Xinlan, he was sixteen years old before the provincial examination had a teacher to decide the marriage of the two, and after he was in high school, he was even the same as Dengke without delay.

The companionship of youth has long since become a family member, and Li Congyuan also knows that Mi Xinlan rarely makes comments on court politics, but since she has opened her mouth, she is somewhat sure.

"Madam, do you mean that Your Majesty thinks that King Yingjun wants to rebel?"

Mi Xinlan smiled and turned a page of the book:

"I made a rough calculation, Your Majesty has checked the Taifu Temple so far, and at least he has made three or five million taels of silver, plus the one that was copied from the henchmen who played with Zhang in the past, it is enough to hit the headquarters of Duer...... Your Majesty hasn't mentioned the Western Expedition for a long time, has it?" ….

Li Congyuan was silent, the British public plan to provoke the infighting between the two departments in the northwest, this matter is a national secret, he can't tell Mi Xinlan, but from then on he can also sense that His Majesty has lost interest in the westward expedition.

No, it should be said that Your Majesty has found something more interesting.

Thinking about the Metropolitan Procuratorate that has now become the target of everyone, as well as the female officials who stand on the side every morning, Li Congyuan slowly spoke:

"Madame is saying that the money Your Majesty is raising now is to prevent the rebellion of King Yingjun?"

Seeing that her husband was so anxious that she wanted to jump up, Mi Xinlan lowered her head and continued to read:

"Yes or no, what does it have to do with me as a woman?"

Li Congyuan was already standing on the ground wearing only socks, and the beard on his face floated up:

"The king of Yingjun lived in Jiangxi, and Jiangxi had little to do with the tributaries, but His Majesty transferred Yao Qian to Jiangxi to do the imperial history, and asked him to investigate Jiangxi's tea tribute and taxes...... I see, I see! Xie Wenyuan's mother is the aunt of the king of Yingjun, this relationship is not close, it is not far away, if the king of Yingjun is really opposed, but he is willing to send the prince into Beijing at the request of the county lord of Huaiyuan, either the county lord of Huaiyuan is very colluded with him to rebel, or, it is the prince of Yingjun who has a great plan to enter Beijing! Because of this, His Majesty has locked up the prince of Yingjun in the Xie family, waiting for him to act!

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After figuring out the trick, Li Congyuan took a handful of his beard, and he didn't have the calm appearance he usually had at all.

"Madam, we have to get Niece Shen out of the Xie family...... Xie Wenyuan! It's all wasted to this point, and you dare to be involved in the rebellion! It's, it's ......."

"It's really a cricket helping a mouse fight a cat, not enough to serve as a dish for people." Mi Xinlan was still looking down at the book, and her tone was not in a hurry at all, "You just have to rest assured, our niece is a successful one."

As she spoke, she casually inserted a bookmark between the pages of the other book, and on that bookmark there were some sinuous notes, as if they were words, but they were not recognized.

After a while, Mi Xinlan raised her eyes and looked at her husband, who was in a hurry, smiled, and lowered her head again.

pretending to be in his heart, Li Congyuan didn't sleep well all night.

On the second day, the court meeting was exempted, and His Majesty's morning class was also attended by Yang Shen, and Li Congyuan still arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion early.

As soon as he sat down, he saw a woman wearing a plum blossom official hat walking in.

"Li Shangshu, at the behest of His Majesty, the lower officials have come to retrieve the case files that have been concluded in Dali Temple this year, and I would like to ask the cabinet to use the seal."

"Dossier?"

Li Congyuan was a little puzzled: "This year's file is said to be reviewed and sealed next month, senior female official, Your Majesty wants the file now, and Dali Temple is only afraid of ......."

"Li Shangshu doesn't have to worry, the lower officials took the female officials to Dali Temple together, and in accordance with His Majesty's will, he will collect the files of the case of the woman's victimization and the woman's victimization."

His Majesty wants to retrieve the file, and the cabinet's use of the seal is just a formality, of course Li Congyuan will not stop it, watching the senior female official with two columns of female officials stepping on the morning breeze, Li Congyuan's heart suddenly moved.

After the niece of the Shen family gets out of the Xie family, she can also come to be a female official, at least she has an official body and a good fortune, and she doesn't have to rely on others anymore.

Thinking so, Li Congyuan turned around and looked at the seat of the Ministry of Rites, which also contained various clerks for the selection of female officials.

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