Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 972: Sunrise (82 more)
Wanxi hurriedly stepped forward to greet all the concubines.After the ceremony, Yuqin pulled Wanxi aside, and asked narrowly with a smile: "Last night, were you okay?"

Wanxi only smiled lightly: "Sister, don't worry, with the emperor around, I won't suffer."

Yuqin deliberately sized Wanxi up and down: "But you clearly have dark circles under your eyes, and you haven't slept well~"

Wanxi blushed immediately, stomped her feet and said, "Oh, sister!"

Yuqin also laughed: "Ah, that's right, after all, we have to get up in the middle of the night, everyone hasn't slept well, and everyone has dark circles!"

For a while, the emperor and empress had arrived in the warm sedan chair accompanied by the empress dowager.

At this time, the sky also opened and closed slowly, and the blue morning light suddenly appeared between the sky and the earth.The sun is shining in the eastern sky, dyeing the sea of ​​clouds red.

Only then did Wanxi see clearly that a high platform had already been built on Riguan Peak, and it was an altar for worshiping heaven.

This heart also became solemn, and temporarily put all the private affairs of last night behind her mind.

Seeing Wanxi approaching, Chen Guiren took Wanxi's hand and said softly: "This is the place where the emperors of all dynasties enshrined Zen. Before the Chinese New Year, the governor of Shandong, Ali Gon, chiseled stones from the side of the mountain. , Two jade boxes were dug out, and inside were Song Zhenzong's jade books, a total of seventeen slips, in line with the records in "Feng Chan Yi."

Wanxi couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Ali Gun? Neqin's younger brother?"

Chen Guiren nodded: "I used to work in Shanxi, but later changed to the governor of Shandong. It happened that the emperor came to Mount Tai this year, so he dug out the jade book of Song Zhenzong's entrustment to Zen."

Wanxi smiled: "No matter what, it's a good omen for the emperor to worship the heavens on Mount Tai."

Yuqin bowed her head lightly: "It happened in December? Brother Seven has not passed away by then, right?"

Chen Guiren understood, and nodded with a smile: "Since the Empress celebrated the Thousand Autumn Festival in Heyuan, there have been rumors in the former court's harem that the emperor's visit to Mount Tai this time was a decision made to help the empress and master Bixia Yuanjun's call. Your Majesty Climbing Mount Tai is just to help the queen seek a child."

Yuqin snorted softly: "Those people don't know that Ali Gon dug up the jade book before Seventh Prince passed away! The emperor has already decided to go to Mount Tai to sacrifice to heaven at that moment."

Wanxi also smiled: "Actually, it was earlier. Didn't the emperor issue an edict in June last year to sacrifice Confucius and visit Mount Tai this year? These are all the itineraries planned by the emperor. How could the emperor predict the meeting? Half a year later , what about the death of the son-in-law?"

The sky finally opened, and a round of morning sun broke through the sea of ​​clouds and came out vigorously.

The emperor personally boarded the altar, recited the inscriptions on offering sacrifices to heaven, and led all the civil and military officials to perform the ceremony.

The empress stood beside the emperor, her face shrouded in the supreme and holy sunshine on the top of Mount Tai, which made her look even more radiant, with bright eyebrows and eyes.

Her splendor as a queen reached the highest peak in her life at this moment.

She didn't know that her fate would fall from the top of the mountain to the hell of the valley in the next few days.
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The emperor lingered on Mount Tai until the third day of March.

The emperor had this idea: because March [-]rd is the Shangsi Festival, March [-]rd in spring and September [-]th in autumn, these two festivals are the solar terms of ascending heights and 祓禊 (bathing and curing diseases), the emperor is on the top of Mount Tai, Nature is most appropriate.

Shangsi Festival is also known as "Daughter's Day", and March [-]rd is also the day when Xuanyuan Huangdi was born, so the emperor's interest does not diminish when he sacrifices to heaven on the first day of the new year.

But the queen fell ill, and since the beginning, it has been getting worse day by day.

(End of this chapter)