There are three main preparations for the royal festival.

The first is to check the royal family roster in the Zongren Mansion, the second is the auspicious time of the Qin Heavenly Eunuch's divination, and the third is to finalize the relevant needs of the Great Sacrifice by the Ministry of Rites. ”

But in addition to these three, there is also a three-month process within the royal family.

- Pray for the heavens.

This method of fasting is the highest standard of the various fasting methods that have been passed down for a long time, and can only be used by the status of your family or above.

Specifically, the prayer is made up of three parts.

The first part, no eating, no drinking.

From the beginning of fasting to the day of the festival, the celebrant is not allowed to eat a grain of rice or drink a drop of water.

The second, bathing, burning incense.

Every day, the celebrant cleanses his body in the morning and evening, burns incense and meditates.

The third is to give orders and make vows.

This is a special one that is done by the relatives of the officiating priest and the officiating priest.

To put it simply, it means that the relatives carry the prepared willow branches and sprinkle the freshest heavenly dew on the main priest.

To give an order is to recognize the presiding priest to pray for blessings on his behalf.

Passing on a vow is to convey the content of one's prayer to the presiding priest.

This kind of large-scale sacrifice was placed in the homes of prominent families, and the officiating priest was usually the head of the family.

And the royal sacrifice, the main priest is naturally the emperor.

In other words, during this three-month preparation period, there will be a large number of members of the royal family who need to carry willow branches into the apse of the Tianji Hall to complete part of the prayer for heaven.

Lou Youzhi and King Qian, of course, also noticed this.

also knows that this traditional ritual of praying for heaven may allow Emperor Yongtai to spread more demon seeds.

They didn't mind that, though.

After all, it is impossible for the vast majority of royals to believe in Emperor Yongtai.

Even if they are planted with a demon seed, this demon seed is most likely to be eliminated by Xu Chong's method.

Other than that.

Although Emperor Yongtai contributed to the advance of the festival, he still gave the festival three months to prepare.

This is the same as in previous years.

Therefore, including Lou Youzhi, Dou Tianyuan, and those who opposed the royal family, everyone thought that Emperor Yongtai really wanted to hold a big sacrifice.

Even if you do something, it will only be revealed at the time of the festival.

And immediately afterwards, those royal families who entered the apse, coming out of it intact, also proved this from the side.

Even, King Qianwang secretly found a few royal families who were also not interested in Emperor Yongtai and tried it, and found that they were not controlled by the demon seed.

So, Lou Youzhi and the others temporarily let down their guard and secretly tried their best to prepare for possible changes at the big sacrifice.

Time passed day by day.

The capital is as tranquil as ever.

But this tranquility, when put together with the preparations for the festival in full swing, seems so unusual.

Until three months later.

Knock –

Knock –

Knock –

Boom......

The sky is not clear, and twelve grand bells rang in a row, resounding throughout Dingtianfu.

The inside and outside of the Tianji Hall were already full of people.

Except for some court officials who assisted in the ceremonies of the Great Festival, the rest were representatives of the imperial family.

Of course, the rest of the royal family also need to participate in the big festival.

It's just that there are not so many people standing outside the Tianji Palace, and they can only wait for the chief priest to go to the place of sacrifice, and then come out of the inner garden cave one after another and follow them.

"Salute!"

The Ministry of Rites sang loudly, "The main priest moves to the rooftop!" ”

In an instant, all eyes pierced the Heavenly Pole Palace.

To be precise, it should be the golden curtain in the Heavenly Pole Palace.

Even if it is similar to King Qian, those who are not interested in this generation of emperors have the same reaction.

Although they had already seen Emperor Yongtai in the apse in the process of praying for heaven, they still had some doubts about whether Emperor Yongtai could come out of the apse.

In this way, under the gaze of countless eyes, after the work of tea, the golden curtain was finally lifted.

First, an old face was revealed.

The celebrant seals the great eunuch, Yan Zhong.

"Your Majesty is in poor health and cannot walk."

Yan Zhong looked at the two main auxiliary personnel in the imperial family festival, King Qian, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Can't walk?

Many royal families and officials are slightly moved in their hearts.

Sure enough, you still can't get out of the apse?

Lou Youzhi was standing in a more remote position in the hall at this time, and when he heard this, he felt inexplicably relieved.

Dou Tianyuan, who was standing with him, also had this reaction.

However.

"However, the great sacrifice has been set and cannot be changed."

Yan Zhong glanced around, his eyes were inexplicable, and he suddenly shouted: "Please move Your Majesty!" ”

！！！

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all stared at the open curtain.

Six eunuchs, carrying a huge golden dragon couch, slowly walked out from behind the curtain.

After they bypassed the dragon chair, a man who was far older than Yan Zhong and even King Qian, appeared in front of everyone.

How old are you?

He was thin and shriveled, his face was wrinkled, and his teeth and beards were all gone.

It is His Majesty today, Emperor Yongtai!

It's out!

He's really out!

Someone was excited, his eyes moist.

Some were terrified, and their hearts were shaken.

"Weichen, see Your Majesty!"

“…… Wechen, see Your Majesty. ”

I don't know who took the lead, and after a short pause, the sound of worship shook the sky.

"Everyone, please."

Emperor Yongtai stretched out his hand and raised it falsely.

However, it was such a simple action, but Emperor Yongtai slammed down on the edge of the bed and gasped for breath.

"Your Majesty!"

An officer couldn't help but take a step forward, "Your body ......"

The rest of the people also straightened up, looking inexplicable.

"No problem."

Emperor Yongtai shook his head slightly, "It shouldn't be a problem to survive the first ceremony. ”

The first one?

Lou Youzhi's pupils shrank suddenly.

The royal family festival takes three months to prepare, and the entire sacrificial process also takes more than three months, with a total of one hundred and eight ceremonies.

As the chief priest, he needs to preside over all nine major ceremonies.

The span of these nine games is also three months.

But His Majesty said that he could only support the first one?

What do you mean?

The first one is today.

Could it be that after today, Your Majesty will ......

Lou Youzhi was a little dazed.

You must know that Emperor Yongtai appeared in this posture, and he had already overturned most of his previous assertions.

The apse cave sky, natural disasters prolong life...... And so on and so forth.

And if Emperor Yongtai would die after the first great sacrifice ceremony, it would undoubtedly be a complete proof of this.

This made Lou Youzhi a little confused.

Not to mention others.

There was even a royal family choked up, and asked for a great sacrifice on behalf of Emperor Yongtai to return to the apse to recuperate.

"Needless to say, I've made up my mind."

Emperor Yongtai said lightly, "Let's hurry up and set off, don't miss the auspicious time." ”

So, with all kinds of complicated feelings, everyone left the Tianji Hall with the golden dragon couch.

Gongs and drums, trumpets, singing......

Red carpets, flowers, flags......

The entire capital came alive at this moment.

There are constantly members of the royal family, coming out of the inner garden cave, merging into the procession, and leaving the city in a mighty way.

The team's destination was in the center of Qingling, more than 20 miles east of the capital.

In order to show enough piety, the whole team only had to travel on foot, with the exception of Emperor Yongtai.

In fact, according to the rules, even Emperor Yongtai needed to walk through the sixty miles on foot.

It's just that Emperor Yongtai looks like he is about to die and will swallow his breath at any time, even those thorny officials have chosen to remain silent on this point.

However, in the process, many people noticed the difference from the last festival...... There are very few people who are sent to each other.

Only the miles were discharged, and then they began to gradually decrease until they were gone.

This is a little too cold compared to the scene when the last festival was full of human heads all over the mountains and fields, and it didn't stop until it stretched for sixty miles.

A forgotten person appeared in everyone's minds at this time.

Waste prince, Jiang Xinghe.

It turns out that Jiang Xinghe's actions have shaken the people's hearts to this extent......

The whole team, in contrast to the bustle of the band, seemed more and more silent.

Two hours later, Qingling arrived.

The vast mausoleum complex is almost connected to the mountains, and the wide area vacated in the center has a tall altar.

It is the Qi Tiantai used for sacrifices.

When the dragon couch stopped in front of Qi Tiantai, everyone's eyes involuntarily looked at Emperor Yongtai on the couch.

Qi Tiantai is 19 zhang high, with 333 steps.

These 333 steps require the presiding priest to recite the sacrificial words while walking up the steps.

In previous years, almost no one paid attention to this step, after all, even an ordinary person could successfully reach the top of the stage, at most, it was just a slight pause and rest, let alone the Daqing Emperor who was so powerful that he couldn't judge?

But now, if even this step is to sit on the couch and be carried to the rooftop......

Solemnity turns to comical.

The fundamental meaning of the Great Sacrifice will be lost from the beginning.

But then again, if this is not the case, with the physical condition of Emperor Yongtai, can he successfully take the stage?

Under the gaze of everyone, Emperor Yongtai spoke.

"Yan Zhong, help me down."

"Yes."

The dragon couch fell to the ground, and Emperor Yongtai, supported by Yan Zhong, slowly got down from the couch.

And the moment his feet touched the ground, he bent violently.

If it weren't for Yan Zhong's quick reaction, Emperor Yongtai would have fallen in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty......"

Yan Zhong couldn't bear it, and said, "The old slave carried you up, right?" ”

"Nonsense."

Emperor Yongtai reprimanded lightly, "I know it in my heart. ”

After speaking, he broke free from the support.

"Your Majesty, the words of sacrifice are here."

The Ministry of Rites bowed over a scroll with both hands.

"No, this time, I want to say something different."

Emperor Yongtai didn't even glance at the scroll, and directly crossed the Book of Rites and began to climb the steps.

Not the same?

King Qian, Lou Youzhi, and Dou Tianyuan exchanged a look with each other.

They knew the big play was coming.

Why did Emperor Yongtai advance the Great Sacrifice, and what changes could the Great Sacrifice bring to Emperor Yongtai.

Everything will be revealed at this time.

However, they never expected that just the first sentence would be like a thunderbolt from the sky, completely shocking them.

"You should have all remembered what Du Qianchuan said, right? I can tell you...... What he said was true. ”

！！！

Except for the royal family, whose entire body and mind are completely controlled, everyone is terrified!

What did Du Qianchuan say?

has lived for so long in his life, in private, on the surface, he must have said many, many things.

But the only one that is well-known to everyone is that time, the impeachment of the first emperor.

Impeachment or not impeachment is secondary, and no one really cares.

What really makes people remember is the remark around 'there is no relief in case of disaster'.

Although at this moment, everyone has already believed that remark, no matter how much they believe it, it is all Du Qianchuan said.

Hearing Emperor Yongtai admit it with his own ears is far from a concept.

"The spring of the forty-second year of Wenchang."

Emperor Yongtai slowly spoke while taking the stage.

Obviously crumbling, but his steps are always unwavering.

"I gossiped with the first emperor, mentioning that Yuan Shouyi left Beijing to visit relatives."

"The next day, the first emperor ordered me to write a letter, proposing to advance the great sacrifice."

"The natural disaster broke out, and the state mourned all over the country."

"Eighty percent of the people who should have died in the disaster were saved by the divine pen of Lou Youzhi."

"It wasn't until the disaster was alleviated that I realized that someone was secretly curbing the disaster relief."

"So, I struck first and killed the minions who disguised themselves as refugees and wanted to sue Lou Youzhi."

"Immediately afterwards, he entered the palace overnight to meet him and told the first emperor about it."

"Hehe......"

"I never expected that it was this audience that made me an executioner."

"An executioner who had to take advantage of the natural disaster to kill his people."

Having said this, Lou Youzhi was not only not moved, but his eyes were a little more awe-inspiring.

Perhaps.

Perhaps before the drought in Bingzhou, Emperor Yongtai was still the good prince who had the world in his heart.

But what kind of reason can make Emperor Yongtai choose the same approach as Emperor Wenchang?

Isn't this reason Shouyuan?

Lou Youzhi just thought of this, and Emperor Yongtai gave the answer.

"Lou Youzhi, you must be suspicious, whether it is the first emperor or me, they are all using natural disasters to prolong their lives, right?"

Emperor Yongtai didn't look back, and continued to take the stage, "Whether you believe it or not, I tell you...... No. ”

"With the blood of Taizu, it represents the incompleteness of the Purple Mansion."

"While not being able to plant the Purple Mansion, it is also destined to be short-lived, even if there is always no disaster and no disease, self-cultivation, our longevity is less than ordinary people."

"If you want to prolong your life, you can't do the Lu family's side surgery, and you can't do the rules of longevity."

"Unless the Purple Mansion can be repaired, otherwise, how much Shouyuan should be, it will be as much, and there is nothing to change."

"Now you must be thinking, since Shouyuan is unchangeable, why do the first emperors and I use natural disasters?"

Speaking of this, Emperor Yongtai stopped and stood quietly for a while, as if recovering his strength.

After a while, he smiled and continued to speak.

"Hehe......"

"Those people, those refugees, are they innocent?"

"Surely innocent."

"You may not know that I have been there to the drought in the state of Bingzhou."

"I have seen with my own eyes how people who should have lived well have gradually lost their humanity under natural disasters and become livestock that only know how to eat."

"But, I didn't choose."

"They didn't have a choice."

"Because ......"

"If you don't die in a province, the world will die!"

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Why is this time of update pulled again?

Because the author began to have to lie on his stomach again, wailing and coding words on his mobile phone......

T_T

Crying and apologizing......

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