On the other side of the Chengqian Palace, Ling Ruo saw the Guarjia family coming in and hurriedly ordered the palace people to twist the face towels. Now that the amount of ice in the palace has dropped sharply, the Chengqian Palace is determined not to use any of it, so at this time,
It was really hot in the palace. Mo'er and An'er took turns fanning Lingruo, but the wind coming out was also hot.
After Guarjia wiped her face, Ling Ruo asked softly: "I seemed to hear my sister talking to someone inside just now?"
Guarjia smiled with a smile and said: "You have good ears, aren't you that Wu family? A small nobleman actually speaks arrogantly and makes irresponsible remarks about a concubine who has a higher status than her. She really doesn't know what's good or bad. It's just right.
When I caught her, I gave her a small lesson so that she would remember it for a long time and stop talking nonsense."
After listening to Guarjia tell the whole story, Ling Ruo smiled calmly and said: "Let them speak if they want to. There are thousands of mouths in the palace, and there is no way to control it."
"I don't care if I don't hear it. If I hear it, I have no reason to ignore it. Besides, they still have a few pieces of ice to use, but your place is the same as Yangxin Hall, there is no one. What else do they have to be dissatisfied with?
." Guarjia said angrily while shaking her round fan, the apricot-colored tassels under the fan handle coming together and dispersing with the movements of her hands.
"I told them to leave it to them, but my sister insists on getting angry with those people, so why bother?" Seeing that Guarjia was so angry, Ling Ruo was moved in her heart, but she couldn't help but comfort her.
Guarjia stared at her for a long time, staring at Ling Ruo in confusion, stroking her face and saying, "Sister, why are you looking at me like this? Is there something dirty somewhere?"
Mr. Guarjia smiled, shook his head and said, "I don't know why. Anyway, you are very unhappy when you hear people talking about it. The emperor is really not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. It's funny even thinking about it."
"I know it's because my sister cares about me." Ling Ruo was moved, but she didn't say any polite words. With the relationship between her and the Guarjia family, they were not needed.
"Just don't think I'm nosy." Just as she was smiling, Shui Xiu brought up the cut watermelon, but it was a pity that it was served in an ordinary porcelain bowl instead of the usual ice bowl. Thinking about the taste, she felt...
Lost a lot.
Seeing that Ling Ruo really didn't use any ice, Guarjia said heartbrokenly: "Why don't I give you half of my ice, otherwise how will you survive this long summer!"
Ling Ruo smiled nonchalantly, took the porcelain bowl and said, "Look at what my sister said, as if I'm pitiful. In fact, I can still live my life like this, but it's just a little harder. It's okay. Sister, don't worry about me. You'd better eat quickly."
Watermelon."
"But..." Before Guarjia could say anything, Shuixiu had already handed her a bowl and said, "My dear concubine, this watermelon has been chilled in well water before cutting. Although it is not as cool as ice, it is still crispy.
It’s refreshing, if you don’t believe me, try it.”
Guarjia took a bite as told, and it was indeed a bit cool, which relieved a lot of the heat. After eating a few pieces, she said with emotion: "Anyway, it is indeed a good idea for you to propose this to the emperor."
It has benefited many people."
Unexpectedly, Ling Ruo sighed after hearing her words: "Compared with this matter, I have a bigger headache over Hong Sheng. Alas, I really don't know what to do with him. It's not good to lock him up for a long time, but it's easy not to lock him up."
make trouble."
When talking about this, the Guarjia family also fell silent. Hong Sheng is a prince, and he is no easier to deal with than those eunuchs and maids. A little carelessness will bring endless disasters.
She thought about it and came up with an idea: "Although the Queen is now claiming to be ill and unable to take care of Hong Sheng, she can't keep pretending. As soon as her 'illness' recovers, you should immediately inform the Emperor to send Hong Sheng back, and get rid of this hot hand as soon as possible."
Throw the potato back to her to save her from being so comfortable."
"That's the only way." Ling Ruo nodded helplessly, and after a while, Guarjia said: "I heard that the Qintian Prison has already planned the time and direction for the emperor to pray for rain tomorrow?"
Ling Ruozhen cheered up and said: "Yes, it is said to be the most conducive to praying for rain. I hope the emperor can pray for rain and alleviate the drought in the capital."
"Yes, if I don't let God sweat anymore, I'm afraid I won't even be able to drink water in the palace." Looking at the scorching weather, Guarjia was unspeakably worried.
On the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, Yinzhen wore bright yellow and five-color golden dragon auspicious clothes, a red tasseled crown with gold silk cotton, a hollow golden Buddha on the front eaves, and fifteen east beads on the top. He led the civil and military officials to the Temple of Heaven located in the southeast of the Forbidden City to pray for rain.
Zhen Ding
The scorching sun, which is enough to make people get married, climbed up hundreds of steps step by step. The ministers lined up on both sides and followed behind. At the top of the list were Yunxiang and Zhang Tingyu. They were also closest to the center of imperial power.
The minister of the humerus.
On the Temple of Heaven, palace officials had already filled it with offerings for praying for rain. There were also dragon statues painted with gold, silver, and vermilion, with water waves underneath, and a turtle looking to its left, breathing black air like a thread. Dongfang Min Taiyin, who was the Imperial Heavenly Supervisor at that time,
When Zhen stepped onto the last step, he handed over the willow branch placed in the net bottle. Yinzhen poured the willow branch wine on the dragon, and then clasped his hands on his chest.
Before, he sincerely prayed to heaven, "The emperor is above, the thick soil is below, and the emperor in the lower realm is Aisin Gioro." Yinzhen sincerely prays to God to have mercy on all living beings, to send rain to relieve the drought, and to prevent the people from suffering from drought. If there is any disrespect to God in the lower realm,
I also ask God to punish Yinzhen alone and not let the people suffer more."
After praying like this, Yinzhen held up the incense and offered it up, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. After getting up, he kept looking at the sky expectantly. But he waited until all the three sticks of incense were burned out. The sun was still blazing in the sky, and there was no trace of it at all.
It has a negative meaning, not to mention that it means rain.
Sweat dripped down drop by drop, and the salty sweat fell into the eyes, making it difficult to open them. As for the clothes on the body, they were wet and dry, and dry and wet again. Sweat was coming out one after another. In contrast, the throat was burning with dryness.
thirsty.
Dongfang Min wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, the rain won't come down so quickly for a while. How about I help you get down from the Temple of Heaven to take a rest in the shade?"
Yinzhen shook his head and ignored his persuasion. Dongfang Min had no choice but to turn his attention to Yunxiang and the other two who came up with Yinzhen, hoping that they could help with some advice, otherwise he would suffer from heatstroke if he kept waiting like this.
.
"Your Majesty, there is no rush to pray for rain. You'd better go back and rest first, in case you get injured or suffer from heat stroke." Zhang Tingyu stepped forward to persuade, and Yunxiang also followed his advice.
"I'm just waiting here." Yinzhen refused, his voice was already dry, his face was abnormally red, and his breathing was a little short.
"Your Majesty!" Yunxiang called out somewhat eagerly. Before he could continue, Yinzhen raised his hand and said, "I said I would wait here. If you feel it's too hot, go back first."
[Author's digression]: There is a mistake in the front of the chapter number, so this chapter should really start from this number. Don't be surprised. In addition, the writing is relatively smooth today, so I have updated five chapters, and there are four more chapters to come. Thank you for your continued support.