Ganye Temple and his party.

Su Mingzhe felt that he had gained a lot.

Before leaving the next day, Su Mingzhe summoned a female official responsible for managing Ganye Temple.

The female official in charge of Ganye Temple was not someone else, but Concubine Yang Jie, the leader of the 27th generation of women in the harem.

Concubine Yang is the cousin of Yang Concubine Yang, the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui. She is the cousin of Daiji, and the cousin of Yan Concubine Yan.

Two of the four concubines in the harem were related to her.

With such prominent connections, Concubine Yang was the leader of the 27th generation of women, in charge of sacrifices, guests, and crimes.

Because he wanted to preside over the sacrifice, Yang Jieyu came to Ganye Temple three days in advance.

Because she lived in Ganye Temple, in the past few days, Yang Jieyu has been facing the sky with no makeup on her cheeks. She has black hairpin and only has a green jade hairpin on her head. Her dress has been replaced with silk black clothes without a belt.

Black clothes, that is, black clothes.

The Tang Dynasty was a water virtue, and it was originally a dark person.

However, the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui Dynasty, which was Jinde.

Jinde, Shangbai.

Women from the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty like to wear white dresses when they are old.

Now that Concubine Yang heard that she was summoned, she hurried over:

"His Majesty."

"The beloved concubine doesn't have to be too polite."

When Su Mingzhe saw Concubine Yang, his eyes lit up.

The other women were all dressed in white, but Yang Jieyu was wearing a silk black robe. She was twenty-eight or nine years old, and it was the season when the peaches were ripe.

The swaying look is a perfect temptation to the ancient costume version of the uniform.

After just three days of fasting, Su Mingzhe saw Yang Jieyu so attractive, so his index finger moved, guessing the spring scenery inside his black robes, and wished he could immediately come forward and rectify her on the spot.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing that the emperor was staring at her, Concubine Yang felt very proud, but this kind of occasion was not suitable after all, so she could only remind her again.

Su Mingzhe received a reminder, then he coughed lightly to relieve his inner embarrassment. Then he pointed to the shy little master behind him and smiled:

"This little master of Fadeng is very good. I want her to return to secular life and become a female official in Hanyuan Palace. Please help her with your beloved concubine."

When Concubine Yang heard this, the man called him over and helped another woman enter the palace, and she was immediately displeased.

However, this was the emperor's order.

Concubine Yang knew that if she didn't help, the emperor would probably find other women to do it on his behalf.

So, at this time, Concubine Yang could only hold back her temper and smiled:

"Since Your Majesty likes this little master, I will help this little master return to secular life later. Please stay for two days."

"Thank you for your hard work in my beloved concubine."

Seeing Yang Jieyu agreeing with a smile, Su Mingzhe was also happy and couldn't help but speak again:

"My beloved looks pretty in black clothes today. Tonight, I will go to Shujing Palace to bed."

Although Concubine Yang Jie was the leader of the worldly wife, she was just a worldly wife.

The harem was headed by the four concubines, followed by the nine concubines.

The ninth concubine is the 27th generation wife.

The 27th generation of women are divided into nine concubines, nine beauties, and nine talented people.

This 27th-generation woman belongs to a class that is neither superior nor inferior in the harem. She has no separate palace and can only live in a mixed place.

Concubine Yang is the cousin of Concubine Yang, so after entering the palace, she relied on Concubine Yang and lived in Shujing Palace.

When Concubine Yang heard that the emperor was about to come to Shujing Palace, she immediately became furious and responded repeatedly.

After the emperor left, Concubine Yang lowered her head slightly, trying to check herself and see what the difference was in the skirt she wore today.

However, after she lowered her head, she did not notice anything abnormal, and it was still the same as before.

Forget it.

Since the emperor likes it, I will wear this skirt to bed at night.

Then, Su Mingzhe completed the prayer and sacrifice at Ganye Temple, and then took the guard of honor to set off again to the Circular Mound.

The sacrifice to the Ganye Temple was Empress Taimu. The targets of the sacrifice to the Circular Mound were the ancestors of Li and Huangdi.

National affairs are in sacrifice and war.

Sacrifice means sacrifice.

Rong means war and war.

In the Tang Dynasty, sacrifices were divided into many types.

Among them is the moon festival, which is a trivial matter.

It is usually left to the Zongzheng Temple and the harem maids to complete it.

There is also a four-season festival. The emperor will participate when he has time. If he has no time, he can give it to the prince instead.

What the emperor must participate in is the sacrificial activities on important festivals such as Qingming Festival and New Year's Day.

These sacrificial activities are very important.

Because every major sacrifice, the emperor needs to go to the Taimiao to worship, pray, pray, and offer incense, fire, and blood food.

The people worshipped in the Taimiao include Huangdi and the ancestors of the Li family, and the heroes and sages who enjoyed the Taimiao.

In ancient times, civil and military ministers all regarded the highest honor of enjoying the Taimiao, which was not without reason.

Because of the Taimiao, it means that future emperors will kowtow to sacrifice to themselves.

Just when Su Mingzhe was worshiping his ancestors, something big happened in Chang'an City.

Duke Qin Qiong of Yiguo suddenly vomited blood and fainted at home.

Fortunately, the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion was very close to the imperial city, so he quickly hired an imperial physician to treat him, and then he was rescued.

However, looking at the depressed and confused look, it seems that there is not much time left.

After Su Mingzhe finished the sacrifice, he received the news and did not bother to return to the palace and rushed to the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion.

Before entering the door, I saw that there were tall horses and noble guards in front of the Duke of Yiguo’s mansion.

At this time, Su Mingzhe didn't care about seeing these people, so he walked in. When he saw Qin Qiong's eldest son Qin Huaiyu, he said anxiously:

"How is Uncle Bao?"

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Doctor said that he is powerless to turn the world back!"

Qin Huaiyu was inexplicably sad, but he had to tell the emperor.

Qin Qiong learned that the emperor came to see him and wanted to sit up, but was held down by Cheng Yaojin, who had been guarding him:

"Shubao, you're like this, why are you still so hard?"

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were both from Wagang Village and defected to Li Yuan together. Later, they were assigned to Li Shimin to unify the Central Plains and make great military achievements.

Even Li Shimin and Li Yuan and his son admitted that in the war when the Tang Dynasty unified the world, Qin Qiong led the way and made the greatest achievements.

Unfortunately, such a general with outstanding military achievements is now old and has not had much time left.

After Su Mingzhe came in, he saw Qin Qiong's face as golden as yellow, his lips as purple as sauce, and his breath as faint as it was. It was already the end of the day.

"Uncle Bao, I'll come to see you."

Su Mingzhe has a very good impression of Qin Qiong, the protagonist of "Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties".

Seeing a generation of heroes who were about to die of illness, it was naturally hard to hide their grief in my heart.

Memories surged, and for a moment, many tears shed in Su Mingzhe's eyes.

This scene was seen by all the generals present, and they were all excited.

The King of Qin was still there, and I still remember everyone’s friendship.

Qin Qiong was already looking back at this moment. When he saw the emperor crying for him, he was moved in his heart. However, he knew that his deadline had come, so he still had to say what he should say.

Thinking of the matter, Qin Qiong waved and called his three sons.

Qin Huaiyu, Qin Huaiyi, and Qin Huaidao all knelt in front of the bed, with sad expressions on his face, allowing his father to entrust his orphan to the emperor.

Su Mingzhe immediately agreed to let his eldest son Qin Huaiyu inherit the title of Duke Yi. Qin Huaiyi and Qin Huaidao both arranged to go to the Prince's East Palace to serve as generals, and finally agreed to marry one of his princesses to Qin Huaidao.

Qin Qiong had received so much guarantee from the emperor that he let out his last breath.

Many of the generals present looked at Qin Qiong who died enviously.

Qin Qiong died before the relegation system was implemented, and his son retained the title of Duke of Yi.
To be continued...