Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 193 Returning to the Palace
Half an hour later, the female officer beside the Empress came in accompanied by an imperial physician.

Seeing Jiang Changning sitting in the hall, he saluted and said, "Princess Jin."

"Princess Yu's situation doesn't look very good." Jiang Changning was so disturbed by the exclamation that he couldn't sleep, so he simply sat in the living room.

The female officer hurriedly led the imperial physician into the right room to treat Zhao Xifang.

By the time Zhao Xifang took the medicine, it was almost midnight.

Jiang Changning, who was used to going to bed early, could barely open his sleepy eyes, fell on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.

The next day is the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Early in the morning, the empress sent someone to send Zhao Xifang back to Prince Yu's mansion.

The other noble ladies put on Taoist robes, wore Taoist buns, and went to the main hall of the fasting palace.

The major events of the country are one of them.

Heaven and earth, sun and moon, stars, mountains and rivers, and forests are all sacrificed to gods.

The ceremonies of offering sacrifices to heaven are held nine times a year, and the winter solstice is the most grand.Sacrificing to heaven is originally to repay heaven, so the winter solstice offering sacrifices to heaven is also called "repaying heaven".

It's just that the emperor has always led all the civil and military officials to worship the sky, and the female family members rarely participate.

This time, the sacrifices to the Lord of Heaven were mainly for female relatives. Of course, the empress could not wear sacrificial clothes embroidered with the sun, moon, and stars like the emperor.

The sacrifice dress she wore was embroidered with auspicious clouds holding the moon and flying phoenix in the sky.

The sun is Yang, representing the emperor.

The moon is cloudy, representing the emperor and empress.

The noble ladies followed the queen and concubines to the Circular Mound Altar. The Circular Mound is a clear and translucent blue glazed round platform with three floors.

There are nine steps on each side of each floor. The center of the uppermost floor is a round stone, and there are nine circles of fan-shaped stones on the outside, extending outward in multiples of nine.

Nine or multiples of nine are also used on the fences and watchtowers, symbolizing the number of "days".

The queen is in the center, the imperial concubine is on her left, and the concubine Xian is on her right.

The other concubines are divided according to their positions, standing left and right.

Following the concubines are concubines like Jiang Changning and concubines, and after that are the wives and wives of the princes.
Empress Suyan led the crowd up to the Circular Mound Altar, and heard a human voice: "Kneel."

Except for the queen who had a futon, the others just knelt on the rocks. Jiang Changning was glad that he was wearing thick enough dresses at this time.

"Welcome to the God of the Emperor." The voice sounded again, "Kowtow once, kowtow again, kowtow three times, get up."

When everyone stood up, he said again: "Kneel, once kowtow, then kowtow again"

After three prostrations and nine kowtows, the man said again, "Lay jade and silk."

The white jade silk woven with the Tuanshou pattern was passed on.

The process of worshiping heaven is lengthy and the etiquette is complicated.

Jiang Changning was almost numb from the cold before he heard the man say, "Wang Liao."

This is the last step of offering sacrifices to heaven. Ten thousand sheets of paper, ten thousand ingots of gold and silver foil, and prayers copied by the female relatives were burned.

After about a quarter of an hour, the man said: "Libi!"

Under the leadership of the empress, all the female relatives returned to the inner main hall of the fasting palace.

Take off the Taoist robes, put on ordinary clothes, leave the Temple of Heaven, and return home.

Back at the palace, Jiang Changning first went to Liuxuan Courtyard to pay his respects to the concubine.

Yan Yinyao was by the concubine's side, the aunt and nephew were talking, seeing Jiang Changning coming in, Yan Yinyao said with a smile: "Biao sister-in-law is back, you can ask the cook to cook the snow clams."

"You girl, since you are thinking about this bite, you asked the cook to cook it for you yesterday, but you refused." The concubine laughed.

"Snow clams are rare, of course I have to wait for my cousin to come back to eat together, those who eat alone are easy to get fat." Yan Yinyao said earnestly.

"Thank you cousin for thinking about me. After three days of vegetarian food, no snacks, no snacks, I feel like I've lost weight." Jiang Changning frowned deliberately, touching his face.

"That's right, my cousin's chin is sharp." Yan Yinyao echoed.

The concubine squinted her eyes to look at her daughter-in-law. There was indeed no meat on her palm-sized face, "Hurry up, let the cook cook a few more dishes. You don't like vegetarian food. It will be hard for you these three days."

"My concubine still loves me." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

"Biao sister-in-law is so good, who can not feel pain, right, aunt?" Yan Yinyao asked with a smile.

Toffee smiled, "Yes."

Jiang Changning's brows twitched slightly. Although she didn't quite understand what the two were singing, it didn't prevent her from cooperating with a smile.

It's just that until lunch, Toffee and Yan Yinyao didn't make any excessive demands.

Jiang Changning relaxed a little, it is best to get along in harmony.

At noon this day, the three of them had a bowl of snow clam stewed custard.

Princess Kangren and Zeng Mi have no share, and the concubine specifically said: "This is a nourishing food, you children can't eat it."

After dinner, Jiang Changning went back to Rujing Courtyard after chatting with the concubine and Yan Yinyao for a while, and asked after entering the courtyard, "Is the hot water ready?"

In the Temple of Heaven, bathing was inconvenient. She hadn't showered for three days. Although it was cold and she didn't sweat, she felt very uncomfortable.

"It's ready." Xiulan smiled.

Jiang Changning went into the bathroom, and washed the cream with warm water.

Just as she was comfortably soaking in the water, the King Jin who missed his wife so much came back from the yamen ahead of schedule.

Entering Nuan Pavilion, without seeing Jiang Changning, the smile on King Jin's face faded, "Where is the princess?"

"Responding to the prince, the princess is taking a bath." Xiulan replied.

The King of Jin knew that Jiang Changning didn't want people to wait on him while taking a bath, so a wicked smile appeared on his lips, "The sun is just right today, and this king wants to give the princess a surprise, so you all step back."

With that said, he strode to the bathroom.

Jiang Changning, who was soaking in the water and humming, was not at all wary of King Jin coming back so early, let alone that he would give her such a "surprise".

King Jin entered the bathroom quietly, and heard the people inside singing with a thick throat: "Oh, don't worry, little lady, when spring comes, the building will be covered with snow again. It will live up to the sky and forever, and you and I will have white heads."

King Jin pinched his throat and said, "Why is my lady so happy?"

Jiang Changning didn't expect a man to come in at this time. In a panic, without thinking about it, he ran to the opposite side in fright, screaming, "Ah! A pervert!"

She was so flustered that she touched the tub with her hand.

Seeing this, the King of Jin thought he was teasing, and hurriedly said, "Ningning, it's me, it's me."

Jiang Changning, who was covering his chest, took a closer look, "Yong Zhou, you want to scare me to death!"

"No, I wanted to give you a surprise, so I know there is only surprise, not joy." King Jin said with a wry smile.

Jiang Changning also regained his composure at this time, she is in Rujingyuan, with so many servants guarding her outside, how could any strange Deng Tuzi run in so boldly?
However, in order to prevent King Jin from causing any other "surprises", it is better to speak clearly, "My lord, in the future, it is better to do less of such things that are only surprising and not joyful."

"Understood, there will be no next time." King Jin said solemnly.

"My lord, please go out."

"I'll wash it for Ningning." King Jin smiled, "Just treat it as an apology for scaring Ningning."

"No need, it's cold, please don't make trouble, my lord, I don't want to drink bitter medicine again." Jiang Changning refused.

"Okay, I'll help Ningning wash it when the weather gets hot." King Jin didn't want to make Jiang Changning sick, so he could only regretfully give up on this erotic affair, and went out of the bathroom.

　Sorry for the late update.

　　After taking the medicine recommended by everyone, the cough stopped for a few days, and the cough started again yesterday.

　　The coughing throat was congested, and the mouth was full of bloody smell. I was a little scared, so I went to the hospital.

　　


(End of this chapter)