Today is the annual sacrificial ceremony. The sky is dark, and the weather seems to be gloomy as appropriate. It is not like the bright sun shining brightly in the previous two days.
She doesn't understand the ancient sacrifices. In modern Qingming, it is the so-called sacrifice in ancient times. She understands this. What she doesn't understand is...why Qingming, which is April in modern times, became September in ancient times?
Forget it, here, in this imaginary era, she doesn’t understand too much, there’s no need to waste her brain thinking about it, she can’t figure it out anyway, so why not just let things take their own course!
Just like a few days ago, after the Queen Mother's family banquet, she stayed in the palace, no one disturbed her, and she felt at ease!
This morning, someone came to deliver the message and disturbed her peace!
She still remembered the words of the palace servants who were ordered to pass on oral instructions: As the mother of a country, the Queen Mother personally handles all annual sacrifices. The Queen Mother is old and not feeling well. Concubine Han is knowledgeable, sensible, virtuous and pleasant. The Queen Mother has just entered the throne.
I don't understand the etiquette of the palace, so I won't care about it, but today's sacrifice must be done with filial piety, and as an emperor and empress, we must go together!
Just like that, in a dazed and startled state, without even having time to change her clothes, and without even being able to take Qingcheng with her, she was rushed out of the palace by the anxious palace man.
At this moment, she was sitting in a sedan chair walking towards the imperial mausoleum. She thought it was funny to think of the palace man there, like a piece of wood, screaming and chanting sutras!
Sacrifice, worship the ancestors, you have been blessed, everyone should be filial and filial, and never forget the ancestral system throughout your life! It has only been a few days since the Queen Mother's family banquet. It is such an important event, and when I travel today, I think of her, an empress with no real power.
My Majesty, when delivering the oral instructions, she never forgot to ridicule her in her holy will. Thinking of this, she felt funny again. While that person was embarrassing her, he never forgot to praise Concubine Han. Since Concubine Han is so good,
He loves Concubine Han so much, why not abolish her and make Concubine Han his queen?
As she was thinking about it, the sedan chair stopped before she knew it. A reminder from a palace maid interrupted her thoughts, and she heard the palace servant calmly say: "Empress, you can get off the sedan chair."
She was surprised that the imperial mausoleum arrived so quickly?
After thinking about it, she still stroked the sedan curtain and looked up outside. Her hands were frozen on the sedan curtain. She never knew that there would be so many people accompanying them, including people on horses, courtiers, and guards with swords.
, forbidden troops with guns, palace people, palace maids, sedan chairs, etc., and the most eye-catching bright yellow dragon in the middle, that person should be in there, right?
I can't help but wonder, will his favorite Concubine Han also chase him away?
He couldn't help but laugh at himself and shook his head lightly: Everything between him and her has nothing to do with her. What does she want to do?
After being stunned for a long time, these people did not stop, but continued to move forward, leaving her far behind.
She turned to look at the palace maid outside the sedan with confusion. Waiting for her answer, she knew that there would be more to come...
Sure enough, the palace maid received her doubtful look, and her calm voice sounded again, "Your Majesty has spoken and the ancestors have ordered that the emperors and empresses of all dynasties pay their respects to their ancestors for the first time. They must walk here to the imperial mausoleum to show their filial piety."
She was shocked on the spot. Not to mention whether the ancestral decree was true or false, there was no problem just letting her walk on foot. The question was how far away would the imperial mausoleum be? Would it be late for the worship time?
As the empress, she is extremely disrespectful to the ancestors and has an excuse to make people angry!
"Empress and Empress, if you don't set off, the sacrificial ceremony will be delayed. Your Majesty, your empresses, and all the civil and military officials are still waiting." The palace maid warned.
"Let's go." After a second thought, she didn't want to guess what that person was thinking. She only knew that he hated her and she couldn't hide from him!
After stepping off the sedan chair, the palace maid gently supported her with her hand, and Xiaofeng whispered: "Thank you."
The palace maid was obviously startled, and she saw Xiaofeng passing by her and walking forward.
The figure is proud, and there is a cold aura emanating from it, making people want to get closer, but they don't dare to get close!
Imperial Tomb
The imperial concubines, civil and military officials, guards, imperial guards, palace people, and maids knelt on the ground, shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The sound echoed all around, and the birds were so startled that they burst out of the forest,
Flapping its wings and running around.
A man in a black robe with dragon patterns stood beside the sacrificial altar, with one hand hanging by his side and the other attached to the back of his waist. He had a pair of phoenix eyes, as deep as obsidian, and glanced at the people under his eyes. There was a touch of laziness in the flowing light.
Cool.
It wasn't until he said calmly: "Let's all get back together." The shouts of long live were silenced. Everyone thanked him and stood up.
At this time, an official, about sixty years old, stood up, stepped forward, nodded to His Majesty, and respectfully reminded: "Your Majesty, the time has come, can the sacrificial ceremony begin?"
The grand sacrificial ceremony requires His Majesty and the Empress to offer sacrificial words, offer incense, make vows, and finally lead the ministers and concubines to worship the ancestors and seek protection for the dynasty!
"Hey, where is the Empress?" Someone exclaimed, and everyone realized that at such an important ceremony, the Empress was not there.
Everyone was whispering and discussing...
She was notified at short notice. Before boarding the sedan, the procession had already started, so she was always at the end of the procession. On such an important day, no one noticed anyone else. In addition, no one expected that the procession was too ordinary.