mousepad-d2 Chapter 86 Royal Ancestor Worship
Chapter 86 Royal Ancestor Worship
Seeing that it was almost the end of the new year, the Palace of Duan Wang was filled with festive lanterns and festoons.Since the year Zhao Xiyan got married, he hasn't spent the New Year in Beijing for several years.Whenever there is no master in the house during the Chinese New Year, it will inevitably be deserted.This year is completely different, the master is back, and a little princess has been added to the mansion.Xiangyun led the servants in the mansion to rush up and down to buy new year's goods, ranging from the red paper for the prince to wrap the new year's money, to the new clothes and jewelry of the masters in the mansion.Since Xia Shuning had a baby, she didn't have so much time to study medicinal herbs, but she took the time to make some beautiful new clothes for Zhao Muning, and also made a thick robe and a thick hat for Zhao Xiyan.
Zhao Xiyan was very happy to get new clothes and a new hat, so he put them on immediately.Because of ancestor worship, although he only had to go along, he also had his errands and was very busy all the time. He changed into the robe Xia Shuning made by himself, took a sip of Xia Shuning's fragrance, and happily went to run his errands.Seeing that he was already a parent, Xia Shuning looked more childish than before, and laughed as she saw his back going away.Su Qingshu was the mistress of the palace, and Zhao Xiyan didn't often ask about the affairs of the palace, so Su Qingshu provoked the big beam and ordered the servants to clean and decorate.
Zhao Qichen was taught by Zhao Xiyan, and Zhao Xiyan often took him to the school yard to ride horses and shoot arrows when he was free, and he couldn't improve a lot.Zhao Xiyan was also happy. In the past, Zhao Xiyan's arm strength and riding and shooting were better than his own. If he hadn't been younger than himself, it would not have been his turn to take the lead.Zhao Xiyan was even more happy to see that Zhao Qichen had some of the demeanor of Zhao Xiyan back then.Zhao Qichen has never been alone with his father, but now he is often guided by his father, leading him to hunt for plums in the snow, and to shoot prey, which is a treatment that no one else has.Zhao Qichen is even more proud of her admiration and love for Zhao Xiyan. She is no longer restrained like before, and comes to look for Zhao Xiyan every day when she has free time.Xia Shuning also likes this energetic child, and always gives him some pastries and sweet honey water that can only be found in Changxia Garden.After all, he is a child, he likes sweets very much, and he has become close to Xia Shuning.Every time Xia Shuning saw Zhao Qichen, she would think of Zhao Xiyan's son who was not born yet.Her mother also often came to the mansion to tell her that she wanted to take care of her body quickly and give Zhao Muning a younger brother as soon as possible.But it wasn't long after she gave birth, Zhao Muning was still young and needed to devote a lot of energy to take care of the child, so what if she was pregnant at this time.Xia Shuning always blushed and said that the child was still young, but after two years, she had an idea in her heart.But Xia Shuning didn't know if two women could give birth to a boy, what if they could only give birth to a girl?
How could Zhao Xiyan know Xia Shuning's petty thoughts, and was so busy with the previous court.He finally realized that his mother and concubine were exhausted after 20 years of painstaking efforts. It was really exhausting to be polite with these officials who were inconsistent with their appearance and to deal with the prince every day.Zhao Xiyan received Yan Fengjun's suggestion, and showed his face in the court, talking to people every day, talking nonsense when he saw people talking.Both Emperor Shaoyuan and the crown prince could clearly sense the change in King Duan, but they remained calm.Zhao Xiyan thought that the crown prince had damaged the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so he should have troubled him non-stop, why did he seem to want to calm things down?Could it be that it's almost the end of the new year, and I don't want to have a good year?Both Zhao Xiyan and Yan Fengjun couldn't figure out what the prince meant, and they were always on guard for fear that he might have some accidents at the ancestor's tomb or the palace banquet on the night of the New Year's Eve.
At the end of the royal year, the ancestors are worshipped, and the ancestors are told that the year will be smooth and rainy, and the country will live in peace and prosperity.No matter how anxious Zhao Xiyan was, he was afraid that the crown prince would play tricks.The day of worshiping the ancestors is still here, and Emperor Shaoyuan personally went to the imperial mausoleum to worship the ancestors, and set up the imperial court.The crown prince was followed closely by Emperor Shaoyuan, and according to the order of seniority, Zhao Xiyan came in behind Prince Yi, followed by the youngest fourteenth.Prince Zhuang, Prince Yu, and Prince Yi all had bad complexions, full of resentment but could only hold back.Several people gave Zhao Xiyan winks. Zhao Xiyan knew that they were usually under house arrest in the mansion. If it weren't for such a big scene, the crown prince would not let them come out easily.Prince Zhuang's eyes turned dark, and his face was pale, as if he had been hollowed out by women.But everyone has their own reasons, and several people can't talk to each other. The imperial mausoleum is also in the capital, which is not very far away, but it took a long time to walk all the way. Sun Hongzhi picked out to escort him and added many imperial guards.The prince just snorted softly when he saw it, and smiled inexplicably.
Daqi Imperial Mausoleum is where the emperors of all dynasties since the founding of Daqi were buried. Emperor Shaoyuan is already so old, and his Tailing Mausoleum has been completed long ago.When Emperor Shaoyuan came here, his eyes were full of the tablet tablets of the emperors of the Daqi Dynasty, which made him feel sad. Soon, he will be buried in the Tailing Mausoleum, and he will become one of these many tablets.The high priest shouted the salutation order, and the sound of sacrifice sounded very solemn. Emperor Shaoyuan brought all the princes and courtiers to offer incense and bow down, sprinkle wine and cut flesh.Zhao Xiyan never dared to relax his vigilance, and kowtowed and knelt with Prince Yi all the way.Emperor Shaoyuan read the sacrificial text in person, and all the princes and courtiers recited it, and then everyone copied it with their own hands and burned it together.Although the ancestor worship is an errand run by the Ministry of Rites, it still needs to listen to the prince's words.The slaves brought paper, pens and inkstones, Zhao Xiyan first ground the ink, the brush was just dipped in ink, and when he was about to pick up the pen to copy, the brush broke.Zhao Xiyan knew that it was not so easy to live a good year. If the sacrificial oration was not written, or if it was written poorly, he would be punished severely.At least one year of confinement, and severe cases of disrespect and contempt for ancestors and ancestors were cut off and placed under house arrest just like the royal brothers.At that time, the prince's party will definitely be caught on the charge of contempt for the ancestors, and forcibly accuse himself of being unfilial. At that time, what the prince will do will be a matter of one sentence.One pen for each person, and he had to finish copying before two sticks of incense.If you broke the pen by yourself, that would be disrespectful, and you can only take the broken pen away after you are done. If you are found out, it will be another crime.Zhao Xiyan was so angry that his hands trembled, but he was suppressed, so he had to pick up the broken brush and write.The noble father-in-law, seeing that there was something strange about King Duan, pretended to be on patrol, but unexpectedly, King Duan's pen was broken.Eunuch Degui has served Emperor Shaoyuan all his life, so how could he not know his thoughts.He doesn't show kindness at this time, and King Duan will be the emperor and courtiers in the future, so that he can take care of himself for the rest of his life.Eunuch Degui walked up to King Duan without leaving a trace, bent down to pick it up as if he had dropped the whisk, quickly put the broken brush in King Duan's hand into his sleeve, and gave him a new one.Zhao Xiyan was overjoyed, at first he thought it would be endless, but now that he has a new pen, he can finish it quickly.King Duan gave Eunuch Degui a grateful look, but the boss behind King Duan took everything in his eyes.
Zhao Xiyan filled the new pen with ink again, and hurriedly started to write.It is more than enough for two sticks of incense to transcribe the sacrificial text, but due to wasting some time, everyone else finished copying it. Zhao Xiyan was still writing hard, but fortunately, he finished transcribing it before the incense burnt out.Zhao Xiyan was sweating profusely, but the crown prince came up to him and sneered a few words.After burning the sacrificial text, the priest began to cook the cattle and sheep.Emperor Shaoyuan took the knife and made the first cut, and then the priest brought the beef and mutton to the princes and dignitaries for them to eat.The beef and mutton are all boiled in white water without removing the fishy smell, and the smell is extremely strong.The beef and mutton that the eunuch brought to Zhao Xiyan were all undercooked and somewhat bloody, and all of them were near the offal of the cow and the offal of the sheep, which was more saucy than other parts of the beef and mutton.The stench spread to Zhao Xiyan's nostrils, and it was really disgusting.But Zhao Xiyan still took out the dagger, and ate the meat bite by bite. Halfway through the meal, he felt like throwing up a few times, but he swallowed it with restraint, and his stomach was already full.
After finally making it to the end of the ancestor worship, Zhao Xiyan vomited while sitting on the pedestal, feeling that the crown prince would have already been hacked into pieces.When he arrived at Duanwang's mansion, he vomited so hard that he had no strength at all.They were all carried into Changxia Garden step by step. Seeing Zhao Xiyan vomit like this, Xia Shuning stuffed the child into the nanny's place, and hurried to see him for treatment.Zhao Xiyan had a stomachache, and told Xia Shuning that it was because of eating raw beef and mutton. Xia Shuning quickly took out the pills and fed them, but Zhao Xiyan vomited even more.After finally vomiting out the contents of my stomach and drinking it again, I feel more comfortable.The second time, Zhao Xiyan couldn't go to court at all, so he had to take a leave of absence and recuperate in the mansion.The prince was not satisfied with not being able to kill King Duan.He would like to put meat in the beef and mutton that King Duan eats, but this is too obvious, and it is good to torment King Duan.
All the women and children in the mansion knew that Zhao Xiyan was sick, and they rushed to visit him.Zhao Xiyan just felt sick to his stomach after eating raw meat, and he didn't suffer from any incurable disease.I still have some energy to deal with a group of women and two children, and I have seen them all.Qichen originally expected that his father would take him to Beishan for winter hunting after the ancestor worship, but he didn't expect that his father would be sick, so he was very worried.Zhao Xiyan patted his head and told him that he was fine, and that Chunri took him for an outing.Zhao Qichen was relieved after hearing what Zhao Xiyan said. He hadn't felt his father's love for so long, and suddenly his father loved him very much when he came back. He couldn't bear his father's illness.When Qi Rui heard that his father was ill, he thought of the bitter medicine his mother gave him when he had a fever, and he felt desolate.Taking the candied fruit that Ulanya gave him, he ran to Zhao Xiyan to present the treasure, and explained in a childish voice that this thing was very sweet.Zhao Xiyan couldn't bear to hurt the child's kindness, so he let him feed it into his mouth, and praised Qi Rui for his filial piety.Qiu Ruyu and Wulanya were naturally worried about Zhao Xiyan's body, but with Xia Shuning taking care of them, they didn't even have a chance to serve tea, so they could only say some words of relief.When Su Qingshu heard that the prince was ill, he was very anxious, and was the first one who came to Changxia Garden to visit him.But Zhao Xiyan didn't see her, and finally came in because of the favor of the two children.Seeing the prince lying on the bed with a pale face, Su Qingshu clenched his palms white with worry, but the brazier in the room was burning vigorously, but Su Qingshu's heart was colder than the heavy snow in the twelfth lunar month.
The Chinese New Year atmosphere in Duanwang Mansion is becoming more and more intense, and it seems that the New Year's Eve is approaching, and everyone is beaming.On the first day of the Lunar New Year, as usual, the prince and concubine will reward servants with money.King Duan is very generous. On New Year's Eve, he always gives out new clothes and New Year's goods to his servants. When he goes to greet him on New Year's Day, he will also give a heavy red envelope.Zhao Xiyan was a little unhappy, because on the night of New Year's Eve, the prince would bring his whole family into the palace for a palace banquet as a rule, and reunite with all the relatives of the emperor.Zhao Xiyan is Prince Duan, and Su Qingshu is Concubine Duan. According to the rules, they have to sit together, and the side concubine sits separately.During the palace banquet, the prince has a main concubine, so he cannot sit with the side concubine.Zhao Xiyan felt a little embarrassed at the thought of sitting with Su Qingshu, being so close to each other, afraid that she could not help Lihua to cry again.And he can't let others see that he is not on good terms with the concubine, and has a bad reputation in Su Xiang's mansion and Duan Wang's mansion.He also knew that Prime Minister Su was not helping the court, otherwise he would be alone in the court.No matter how unwilling he was to contaminate the princess, he still had to take care of Prime Minister Su's face.
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Guess what kind of sparks there will be in the palace banquet
The prince and the princess are sitting together
embarrassing word
Bold and large
Became a fan of Mo Ruofei
Been watching videos since yesterday
So handsome!