Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 962 Three Volumes 72 Son of Heaven (8 More)
On February 22, the emperor and his party arrived at Heyuantun.

Here in Heyuantun, there are only two days left for Qufu.Once he arrived in Qufu, it meant that a series of ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to Confucius would be held, and it would be difficult for the emperor to find time.

There is no palace in Heyuantun, so the emperor set up a large tent with yellow curtains here to celebrate the future for the queen.

On the way to worship Confucius in the east and consecrate Zen to Mount Tai, the emperor did not forget to congratulate the queen for a thousand years. In the eyes of the former court and the harem, it is the emperor's true affection for the queen.

But the queen herself was not happy.

The women who came out with the queen, Huanchun was originally a second-class woman who waited outside the threshold, and she didn't know her heart; even Zhuchun and Huichun were not as good as Suchun and Wanchun after all.Therefore, along the way, even if the queen had something on her mind, she would rather keep it alone and not tell them.

But this meeting is the queen's Qianqiu Festival anyway, if the queen is so bored again, it will be difficult for them to be slaves.Therefore, Zhuchun and Huichun met each other's eyes, and they walked into the tent together and persuaded with smiles: "Master...today is a good day for master, even if master can't forget our seventh elder brother, at least we should smile more laugh."

The queen raised her eyes tiredly to look at the two slaves. They were both young, how did they know what stories there were in the early years about her birthday?

Originally, there were special honors for the Qianqiu Festival in Zhonggong:

For example, in the seventh year of Kangxi, on the birthday of the middle palace, all the kings had a feast and sacrificed wine.However, in February of the third year of Qianlong, the emperor decreed to stop this item.

Another example is that in the first year of Yongzheng, when princesses, concubines, and wives enter the palace for celebrations, they must present notes in front of the queen.This is the famous "Central Palace Letter Form", but the emperor canceled the matter as soon as he succeeded to the throne, and only changed it to the princes and ministers to send the letter to the queen... But the princes and ministers are all foreign ministers, so they cannot enter the palace to salute. Therefore, this memorandum is useless.

As a queen, how could she not understand that the emperor was intentionally or unintentionally cutting her birthday benefits.But it doesn't matter, she can say that she is "naturally respectful and thrifty", and these are all things she doesn't want.

But this time, she was still on the way, why would the emperor suddenly want to celebrate Qianqiu's birthday for her?
Princes and ministers presented a banquet, and Fujin ordered his wife to come to her to salute and present papers, and her status as queen was once again firmly confirmed.But in the banquet table after table, and the black heads on the ground, she couldn't feel joy, instead, she felt an inexplicable feeling of anxiety in her heart?
After the ordered wife bowed and retreated, the emperor laughed loudly and walked in through the curtain.

"Empress, this Qianqiu, are you happy?"

The empress hurriedly knelt down and bowed her head deeply: "I am very happy with the emperor's grace. It's just...the journey is so arduous, it makes my body and mind frightened."

The emperor smiled softly, and stretched out his hand to support the queen.He patted her hand and said, "Don't be afraid. There is a time for life, and a time for death. Since we have caught up on the road, we should celebrate it."

The queen's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

"There is a time for life, and a time for death... What is the emperor saying?"

The emperor stared at the queen quietly, and smiled faintly: "I mean our seventh elder brother. He was born on the day of the Buddha's birthday, but passed away at the last hour before the New Year's Eve... just like his coming and going, It’s like the time has been calculated by the heavens. Queen, tell me, don’t you?”

The queen lowered her head: "The emperor said so."

The emperor sighed again: "I am the Son of Heaven, so the most inviolable thing is God's will. The queen said, right?"

　See you tomorrow~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)