Allure of a Country Maiden

"Brother Shangguan, actually I kind of want to go to Nangong Kingdom with you to give that Gu Xuan and Gong Zixuan..." Xiaoer made a motion of wiping her neck with her hands.

This is the real reason why Xiaoer asked Shangguan Xuanyi to come back.

Those two people are a time bomb!

It's just that Xiao'er felt that Shangguan Xuanyi would not agree to her, so she said this. After all, the child is still young and it is not safe to take it on the road, but that is for other people, and for those who have space, they cannot be compared. .

After hearing this, Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiaoer, and then at the sleeping children: "In this case, can the children be taken care of by the mother? Can you rest assured? I actually want to go to Nangong Kingdom by myself. .”

"Of course I don't worry, the child hasn't stopped breastfeeding yet, but we have space, so it won't be inconvenient to bring the child. If there is danger, the child can be placed in the space. Anyway, they can help comfort the child during the day. And no You can't catch tiger cubs when you enter a tiger's den! If you go to Nangong Kingdom alone, I believe those people will be even more crazy about taking my blood and taking away the children."

Shangguan Xuanyi was silent after hearing this. He was worried about this and that's why he hesitated. Every time he combed his hair. If you don't take the child with you, leave the child in the palace to be taken care of by the queen, but there is no telling who else is lurking in the imperial capital, especially in the palace.

Every country arranges for secret agents to lurk in other countries' palaces. Nangong Kingdom also has Min Zeguo's nails, and they are deeply hidden. They have not been used for more than 20 years.

Unless there is a critical moment, such as destroying a country, such nails will generally not be used.

He believed that there was such a person in the palace, who belonged to Nangong Kingdom.

"It will definitely be troublesome to bring children with you. Even if you can put the children in the space, there will always be times when the children need someone to take care of them. What if they cry when they are in danger?"

"There was nothing we could do about crying at that time. Who's child didn't have time to cry? Besides, we can't set off now. We have to wait until after Guanyin's birthday and worship the heaven before setting off. In that case, when we arrive at Nangong Kingdom, the child She’s almost seven months old. She can eat everything, and she can already sit and play by herself. She doesn’t cry much anymore. Even now, several children don’t cry much. Otherwise, how could I possibly You don’t need a nanny, can you do it by yourself?" Xiaoer began to try her best to persuade Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Let me think about it again. I will reply to you after June 19th." June 19th is the birthday of Guanyin, and a ceremony to worship the heaven needs to be held on that day. Even if he goes to Nangong Kingdom, it must be after the ceremony to worship the heaven.

"good.".

"I'll send someone to Zhangxiang County first." Shangguan Xuanyi stood up after saying this.

"good."

After Shangguan Xuanyi went out, Xiaoer began to take out a pen and paper and write down what he needed to prepare when taking his children out.

In addition, if she wanted to go out secretly with Shangguan Xuanyi, she would have to find an excuse to make everyone believe that they were still in the imperial capital, but they just didn't appear in everyone's sight.

Soon, June 19th came.

On the day of the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, the weather was extremely hot. Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuan Yitian took their children into the palace before dawn.

At the end of the day, the sun hurts people's skin.

Xiaoer took a look and saw that the children in the arms of the nanny and Yangliu Yangmei had used umbrellas to block the sun, and there were maids fanning them aside, but the children were still sweating a lot.

The heaven-sacrifice ceremony couldn't end until noon at the earliest. How could the children stand being so hot here for several hours? Xiaoer looked at them with heartache.

It's just that the ancients attached great importance to worshiping the heaven. As long as in the imperial capital, almost everyone from the royal family had to participate, so no one thought that these children should not participate. Even the emperor and the queen also wanted several children to participate. Ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

After all, when several children are born, there is auspiciousness from heaven, so they must be allowed to participate no matter what, to thank God for his love for them.

However, this year the Queen Mother is getting older and her health is much worse, so she will not participate in this heaven-sacrifice ceremony.

At this time, Xiaoer couldn't help but wonder, why didn't the Queen Mother say that she would leave some children to accompany her in Cining Palace this time? When it's almost their turn to play, you can just have someone bring them over!

Xiaoer glanced at the child heartbrokenly. She gave the ice soul that Shangguan Xuanyi had given to her before and gave it to several children to wear for a while. At least it wouldn't stay hot for too long.

Cining palace

A nun said to the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, the weather is really hot and boring today. It is expected to rain heavily in the afternoon."

The Queen Mother glanced at the scorching sun outside and nodded: "Yes."

"In such a hot weather, adults can bear to worship the sky under the sun, but how can children bear it?" Grandma sighed.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately thought of her five new great-grandchildren: "I don't know if these children are crying or not. They are only a few months old. It's difficult for them."

"Your Majesty, I think the children are still young and don't have to wait under the sun to worship the heaven. When it is their turn to appear, it is already the last step. It is already noon. How can the children be willing to wait under the sun for so long? Ah, it’s not good to keep crying. What if it disturbs the gods and makes them displeased?”

"Isn't this possible? How can a child not cry?" The Queen Mother was shocked after hearing this.

"It is not good to have children crying during such a pious moment, and children are prone to heatstroke if they stay in the sun for too long."

"Then what should we do? We can't prevent our children from participating in the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. This is against the rules!"

"It's not that you don't want to participate. You can wait until it's almost noon before sending your children there! For the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, the emperor needs to lead the royal family to thank God for blessing our court last year, and then pray for good weather in the next year, peace and prosperity for the country, and good food and clothing for the people. Come again I also want to wish the war on the front line a successful start, and then I go to the new little master to thank him. This time is too long, and the slave thinks that the child should come back to Cining Palace to rest first, and then send him there at the end of the day. Otherwise, the child will suffer from heatstroke. , wouldn’t that make you suffer even more?”

After hearing this, the Queen Mother also felt that if there were so few children, if they fainted in the sun, they would not be able to participate in the ceremony to worship the heaven.

"You're right. Go and tell Princess Rui and the Crown Princess to bring their children to the Ai family. It's almost noon before the Ai family sends their children to the Temple of Heaven. Hurry up, Don’t let the emperor’s grandsons suffer too much.”

"Yes, Queen Mother, I will send the fastest maid over right now!"

The Queen Mother nodded.