688 Sacrifice to Heaven, I am the emperor, who am I afraid of?
At dawn, civil and military officials appeared at the east gate, and when the time came, they went to the main hall to attend the morning ceremony.
Snowflakes fell on the frame, and soon melted, and then another snowflake fell. Although the snow was much smaller, it seemed that this momentum would not stop in a short time.
"This damn heavy snow, I don't know when it will stop." A lean official raised the car curtain and stretched out his head. The snowflakes fell on the tip of his nose. He shivered from the cold and shivered.
Still he got out of the carriage obediently.
It is said that the officials in the capital are good, but who knows the hardships of the officials in the capital? If nothing else, let’s just say that it is a good thing for the emperor to be diligent in his duties during the early dynasty, but going to court every day is really not a life for people.
"Who says it isn't? It's been snowing for half a month. It's really strange. The snow won't stop no matter what. If it continues like this, let alone the people, even we will freeze to death and starve to death."
A neighboring official also got out of the carriage after hearing this, and the two of them walked together and walked forward while talking.
At this time, when everyone gets together, it’s safest to say heavy snow just means heavy snow.
"Well, they say that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, but the snow is so heavy, there are no traces of auspicious snow." The person who made this sigh was an official in charge of farming. Originally, he was not taken seriously, but due to the snow disaster and the shortage of food, he, the official in charge of farming,
Officials also fell in love with the rising tide.
Speaking of the snow disaster, everyone had endless topics to talk about. They chatted together non-stop while walking, keeping in touch with each other. Because it was a morning meeting, everyone was more casual, but...
What shocked them was that when the morning service was about to begin, two people who shouldn't have appeared suddenly appeared.
The palace people sang loudly: "Uncle Nine Emperors has arrived, Prince Su has arrived."
Huh? All the officials were stunned for a moment. Emperor Qinzheng has a small court meeting every day. There is a big court meeting every three days. Prince Su and Nine Emperors Uncles will only come during the big court meeting. Today is the day of the small court meeting. Why did these two Buddhas appear?
.
Did something happen?
All the officials were puzzled and worried. After all, none of them were clean.
But at this time, they couldn't allow them to think too much, so they all hurriedly silenced themselves, lined up their robes in two rows in order of size, cleared the way in the middle, and paid greetings to the two adults at the same time.
"I've met Uncle Nine Emperors."
"I've met Prince Su."
"Yes." Uncle Nine Emperors was dressed in a black brocade suit with a prince-level dragon embroidered with gold thread. The sleeves and collar were also outlined with gold thread. The golden light was extremely eye-catching in this snowy day.
But what is even more eye-catching is the Nine Emperors Uncle's attitude of rejecting others from thousands of miles away.
Jiuhuangshu came all the way without even batting an eye at the ministers, enjoying their way and saying hello as a matter of course. It seems that the emperor imprisoned Jiuhuangshu for a month, which not only failed to smoothen Jiuhuangshu's temperament, but actually
Sharper.
He is much better than the Nine Emperors Uncle and Prince Su. Although he is strict, he is at least a little more popular than the Nine Emperors Uncle. When facing all the officials, the Nine Emperors Uncle salutes. Apart from humming, the Nine Emperors Uncle does not even look at the officials. He is solemn.
The prince would at least say: "No courtesy."
The two of them walked to the front as if there was no one around. To show respect for Prince Su, Uncle Nine Emperors kept half a step behind. When the two stood at the front, Uncle Nine Emperors still had a cold face and stood there motionless.
Like a statue.
In fact, Uncle Nine Emperors usually looks like this, less like a person and more like a clay statue.
"What's wrong with you kid?" Prince Su felt that the coldness on Uncle Nine Emperors' body seemed to be getting stronger again. Who could have offended him?
Even the emperor is holding back at his hands, and there are still people in Dongling who dare to make him angry. He is tired of living.
Uncle Nine Emperors looked at Prince Su expressionlessly and shook his head: "It's okay." When did Prince Su become such a nosy? He doesn't like to meddle in other people's business.
"Some time ago, I saw that you had gained a bit of popularity and were willing to talk more. Why are you back to the way you were before? Are you stimulated by something?" It's not surprising that Prince Su thought this way. Since Uncle Nine Emperors was imprisoned, this is
Prince Su met him for the first time.
"No, to avoid suspicion." He was not provoked and did not want to talk to the civil and military officials just to avoid suspicion. Regardless of whether he was willing or not, he had to give an explanation to the emperor in order to save his face. This time, the power he showed was enough to make the emperor guard against him.
If he wants to make friends with ministers again, the emperor may not be able to sit still.
He was about to go to Xuanxiao Palace and he didn't want to have any accidents.
He would not explain these to Prince Su. As for what Prince Su wanted to do, it had nothing to do with him. Uncle Nine Emperors looked at his nose with his eyes, and his nose looked at his heart.
As a result, as Uncle Nine Emperors wanted, Prince Su thought wrongly: "You boy, you are really... you are worried about Feng Qingchen, right? Don't worry, for Feng Zhan's sake, I will also take care of her.
, If outsiders want to bully her, I will definitely come forward." What others didn't know was that as Zhai Dongming's grandfather, Prince Su knew about the appearance of Feng Qingchen's fiancé.
Thinking of the fact that Uncle Nine Emperors had ignored the censor's impeachment and insisted on interacting with Feng Qingchen despite everyone's accusations that his uncle had taken possession of his nephew's wife, Prince Su said that he understood why Uncle Nine Emperors had returned to his original self-admiring self.
Uh...Prince Su, this is your logic.
The Nine Emperors Uncle silently moved his head and looked at the doorpost in front of him without replying. In the eyes of Prince Su, this move was an acquiescence. Looking at the Nine Emperors Uncle's eyes, he felt more distressed.
He had watched this child grow up, and he had never seen anything he wanted since he was a child. It was rare to meet a lovely woman, but... she was really ill-fated.
Prince Su was filled with emotions, but Uncle Nine Emperors said silently in his heart: He was wrong. He thought Prince Su was smarter than Zhai Dongming. It turned out that they were both the same. He didn't say anything. Prince Su just took care of himself.
, I didn’t even give him a chance to speak.
Sure enough, silence is the best weapon.
Looking at the prince and others walking towards them, Uncle Nine Emperors stopped thinking and waited for the emperor to make a move.
"Prince Su, Uncle Nine Emperors." Headed by the prince, all the princes appeared together, and the civil and military officials were even more shocked.
What is going on? How come the prince and the princes are here and come out to greet Uncle Nine Emperors and Prince Su in person? What happened? All the ministers looked at each other with uneasiness, but no one
Dare to ask.
"The prince is so polite." The prince is the king and the heir apparent. Prince Su and Uncle Nine Emperors are still ministers no matter how high they are, but these two people did not move to accept the prince's courtesy.
The prince accepted all the courtesy, not to mention the princes behind him. In order to show the difference in treatment, Prince Su, like the Nine Emperors Uncle, only said "hmm" to all the princes in return.
The prince always had a graceful smile on his face. Sensing the attitude of Prince Su and Uncle Nine Emperors, the prince's smile reached his eyes, and he said respectfully but without losing the prince's demeanor: "Prince Su, Uncle Nine Emperors, my lords,
My father has issued an order to cancel today's morning court. My father will worship the heaven at the shrine and pray to God to bless our Dongling country and the people, and that the heavy snow will stop as soon as possible."
Of course the emperor is praying for blessings from heaven, but he doesn't dare to say it too fully. The previous sentence "Bless my Dongling country and the people" will look good on the emperor's face even if the snow has not stopped.
Of course, Prince Su and Uncle Nine Emperors knew about this, so they showed up today. After hearing what the prince said, they nodded and followed the prince towards the altar. The civil and military officials were not calm.
Sacrifice to the heaven? What kind of heaven did the emperor offer sacrifices to? And it happened so suddenly without any news coming out. What did the emperor want to do?
What a nonsense! What a nonsense!
This is governing the country, not a child's game. How can the emperor do such nonsense? Several old censors have already begun to think in their hearts about how to write the impeachment report and what saints' words to quote.
What are you talking about? Impeaching the emperor is treasonous? Tsk... They will impeach the emperor even if he has done something wrong. Otherwise, how can they be famous in history and lose their lives if they don't impeach the emperor?
It’s worth exchanging one life for a thousand years of celebrity!
Of course, although these die-hards are dissatisfied with the emperor's nonsense, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven has been laid out. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will not say it to his face, so as not to disrespect the gods. They will wait until the offering of sacrifices to heaven is over before adding the details. Please
Your Majesty, please don't act like this next time. Your Majesty is an emperor, and you are responsible for the future of the people of Dongling. How can you act foolishly?
The group of people walked towards the shrine in a mighty manner. Although the shrine was also in the palace, it was completely opposite to the place where they had gone to court in the morning. As they walked along this section, the pampered officials were so tired that they were all panting. The prince's face looked
It's also a bit unsightly.
Sigh... A good body is the foundation of being an official. Being an official is a physical job. Without a healthy body, there is really no way to get along in the officialdom.
Fortunately... when the prince was about to reach his limit, the altar arrived.
The prince barely suppressed his rapid breathing and took the lead in saluting the emperor who was kneeling on the altar.
Yes, the emperor is kneeling down, who can still stand at this time?
Sacrifice to heaven is a very cumbersome matter. If you follow the rules, it will be done from morning to night. Of course the emperor knows that. In addition, due to the rush of preparations, many sacrificial utensils are not ready, so the emperor ordered
Keep everything simple.
No matter how simple it was, it took all the ministers an hour and a half to torment, and it was only at this moment that the ministers stood up under the leadership of the emperor. At this time... the emperor stood on the sacrificial platform and began to read out the edict of sin.
Yes, the emperor's move today was not ordinary. First he offered sacrifices and prayed for blessings, and then he blamed himself. The emperor gave himself twelve sins and edicts. Each of them was clearly wrong, but in fact he was praising himself.
of merit.
The so-called sinner seems to be asking God to apologize, but in fact he is telling the ministers present that I have myself to blame for what happened today, so please stop making excuses and accuse me of not observing etiquette.
The emperor blamed himself, he was too diligent in governing the country, he was too diligent in governing, he was too... In short, he was such a good emperor, why would God be dissatisfied? In the end, the emperor even said tragically to the sky: "Oh God, if you are dissatisfied, you must
If you want to punish me, punish me, don’t punish my people! I am willing to bear the wrath of God with all my strength, I just ask you to let my people go!"
It was exactly three o'clock when the last word fell!