Although Huaiyu woke up, his body was still very weak, so he could only issue an edict to ask the king of Chu to sacrifice to heaven on his behalf.As soon as the new emperor came to the throne, he missed the most important winter solstice ceremony of the year, which sounds like a sad beginning.

This sadness reached its peak when Xie Ci discovered that the progress bar had shrunk.

He closed the panel in disbelief, rubbed his eyes, and then opened it—1%, yes, it was 1%!It wasn't that he was dazzled or having nightmares, the progress bar returned 1%!This thing will fucking shrink!Have the designers considered the user experience?

The deep despair of returning to before liberation enveloped him.

【The system...why...is it like this...】

[The Emperor's sacrifice to heaven and recommendation to the Taimiao Temple is one of the important ceremonies of the regime. The main character's inability to attend the ceremony will have a serious impact on her prestige accumulation. 】

Xie Ci wiped his face, [So, if there is an obstacle on the protagonist's road to success and I don't solve it, the progress bar will go backwards? 】

[Yes,] Xie Ci heard a bit of malicious pleasure from the system's voice, 【The progress bar may still be cleared, yo. 】

On the day of the winter solstice, it brings gods, gods, and ghosts. ①

On the day before the winter solstice, the Minister of Rites personally played to invite sacrifices.

The sacrificial team is led by cavalry with silver armor and iron horses, followed by a guard of honor in colorful armor, holding mountain and river flags, and leopard-tailed spears. Afterwards, the imperial guards with iron armor and solemn appearance escorted the King of Chu and officials to the Taimiao.

The ceremony was held at the Circular Mound Altar, with Taoist priests protecting the Dharma under the altar, rituals, music, singing and dancing, and tens of thousands of people outside the altar worshiping.

At midnight, the ceremony begins.

This scale is probably equivalent to the Spring Festival Gala in feudal society.

Xie Ci actually didn’t quite understand why the ritual was done in the middle of the night, even if it was cold, it was still dark—at least from the perspective of a modern person like him. In ancient times, there was no electricity or light, Xie Ci sat in the study every night when he was processing memorials I am always worried that my eyes will go blind.

With a high-pitched chants, all officials, ministers, common people, and thousands of people knelt down, the singing and dancing stopped, and the rituals and music flourished. The King of Chu walked steadily and calmly to the altar with two attendants.

Xie Ci looked at Shen Rongyan walking in front of him from the corner of his eye, and always felt that he would lose sight of the road under his feet and fall.The Circular Mound Altar was three stories high, with a total of 72 steps. Wearing that attire that seemed to weigh at least fifty catties, he was a little worried about whether Shen Rongyan's thin body would be able to climb to the top.

However, his worries did not come true, because His Royal Highness King Chu never made it to the altar.

All the officials knelt down, and everyone put their heads on the loess and looked at the ground. No one knew how the king of Chu was going and where he was going, until there was a sharp and sharp "Assassin—" in midair, and he thanked him fiercely. He raised his head, and saw that the servant who had issued the warning was pierced through the chest by a violent Taoist priest, and his body fell limply.

There are assassins!

The king of Chu and the remaining servant were instantly surrounded by several assassins pretending to be Taoist priests, and the scene suddenly got out of control.

"There are assassins!"

"Escort! Escort!"

"Protect Your Highness!"

In the chaos around him, Xie Ci found himself in a strange state of chaos.His consciousness seemed to be half-leaved from his body, he was floating in the air looking at Wei Lang's physical body, and then watched Wei Lang rush towards Shen Rongyan without hesitation!

Xie Ci didn't expect that he, a technical nerd who has been neglecting sports for many years and in a sub-healthy state, would one day be able to be so flexible.

So during this crisis, he unexpectedly burst into some untimely joy.

Until seeing a knife brushing against Wei Lang's shoulder, Xiao Joy was beaten to pieces by the panicked waves, Xie Ci was so frightened that his voice changed his tune: [It's a system! 】

[Host, don't panic, this is because Wei Lang's residual obsession is too strong, temporarily controlling his body. 】

Fuck!My lord, you really love the prince!But even if you are skilled in martial arts, if you charge up unarmed and confront the assassin head-on, it will be a sure gift!

【Then what to do!Damn he rushed in!Fuck that person is going to hit him! 】

[Di-dididi, the remnants have been cleaned up, and the host can regain control of the body. 】

Then Xie Ci watched helplessly as a sharp steel knife pierced into Wei Lang's lower abdomen, and then he felt a huge suction that made him float towards Wei Lang's body uncontrollably. The real feeling of landing, the unprecedented pain instantly turned his brain blank!

Oh hastily!What a fucking pain!

As an ordinary person, the biggest injury Xie Ci suffered in his life was the level of a knife cutting his hand. This time he was almost stabbed through by a long knife, and he almost rolled his eyes and passed out.

【system!Can't block the pain? ! 】

The voice of the system is ruthless: [This system has not yet developed this function. 】

The well-trained imperial guards quickly took over the battle situation, Xie Ci covered the knife stuck in his stomach, and vented his strength all at once.

In order to maintain Wei Lang's noble and glamorous personality, Xie Ci exhausted all his willpower and tried not to call his mother, but he still couldn't help but groaned, his feet were unsteady, and he staggered and fell backward——

Then he was caught by a pair of hands.

Xie Ci glanced back, just in time to meet Shen Rongyan's complicated eyes.

When Shen Rongyan saw the bright and cold front in the wide sleeves of the little Taoist kneeling at his feet, there was no disturbance in his heart. When the long sword stabbed at him, he pulled the servant behind him to block him, even I still want to laugh.

It's just that when he saw that person rushing into the battle regardless of the sword, and pulled himself behind him without any refusal, a trace of astonishment flashed in Shen Rongyan's heart.

What do you want to do?

You... want to save me?

Shen Rongyan looked on coldly as the man blocked the knife for himself, and the sharp blade penetrated deeply into his abdomen. When the man fell unsteadily, Shen Rongyan wanted to back away—but he took a small step back, but reached out his hand in a mysterious way caught his body.

Very heavy, trembling slightly.

Why did you save me?

With a knife stuck in his body, Xie Ci felt like a hard-working male hedgehog.

Sensing that Shen Rongyan didn't seem to have the tendency to push him away immediately, Xie Ci took a breath half relying on his strength, lifted his spirits and whispered to him: "Your Highness, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven cannot be stopped."

Shen Rongyan was silent for a while, and then replied in a low voice: "I know."

I don't know where the knife was stabbed. Xie Ci only felt the blood in his stomach was flowing non-stop. Now he faintly appeared symptoms of excessive blood loss such as dizziness, dizziness, cold hands and feet. If this continues, he suspects that his intestines will flow out .Xie Ci raised his last breath and said loudly: "Clear the venue, the ceremony will continue!"

After trying to finish this sentence, his eyes turned dark, and he didn't know about personnel.

Xie Ci was woken up by the system notification tone.

[Ding ding ding ding——]

He was so loud that he had a splitting headache. After barely regaining consciousness, he opened the progress bar and saw that he almost jumped off the bed.

10%!

Xie Cimu stared blankly at the little gold bars, feeling that he could no longer recognize the numbers.

As soon as he moved away in this excitement, the pain nerves immediately expressed a strong protest to the brain nerve center, and thanked him with a "hiss", only then did he realize that someone had made a hole in his stomach, and hurriedly turned his head Lie down in a cold sweat.

When Tianshu heard the movement, he immediately lifted the curtain and walked in, poured him a cup of warm tea, and asked respectfully, "How does the master feel?"

"I can't die." Xie Ci reluctantly half sat up with the young man's support, raised his head and drank all the water, gasped for a few breaths and asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"

"It's almost three hours."

"What about the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven?"

"Finish as usual, but after the assassins were captured, they took poison and committed suicide one after another, but failed to catch them alive. The Dali Temple is conducting a thorough investigation overnight. His Highness King Chu suffered a slight injury to his right arm, but it is not serious; His Majesty was a little frightened. Now I should wait for your news in the palace, and I will send someone to tell His Majesty that you are awake."

"Is it dawn?"

"Yes, it should be light in another hour."

"Then don't worry, I will go to the palace myself when the sun rises."

"Yes."

Xie Ci felt that he probably understood what was going on now.

He endured the pain in his abdomen and got out of bed, and slowly went around to the back of the antique rack to unscrew a mechanism, and a hidden compartment was quietly opened in the originally smooth wall.

Xie Ci took out the only object inside from the hidden compartment, it was a very ordinary wooden lacquer box, opened it gently, and there was only a half-recumbent copper tiger inside.The tiger is not exquisitely made, because it is old and there are some spots of copper rust on the surface, but it is such an inconspicuous thing, but it is a half tiger talisman that can mobilize nearly half of the entire Great Xia army.

The other half of the Tiger Talisman is in the hands of He Zhengfeng, King of Zhenbei who guards the northern border. The two halves of the Tiger Talisman become one, which is the most coveted authority in this world.

Xie Ci rubbed the tiger's head with his fingertips, and estimated the battle situation in the north and the current situation. If he guessed correctly, then this prop would come in handy soon.

He felt that he was really dedicated to his work, he had already been stabbed into a broken rice bag, and he had to go to the palace to comfort the little emperor himself.

Alas, if you don’t work hard, you won’t die suddenly. Xie Ci optimistically thought, maybe this ghost system picked him because of his hard work?After all, he really couldn't find his second advantage.

The system is still the usual male announcer with ups and downs: 【Secrets must not be revealed. 】

When Xie Ci arrived at Changle Gate in a carriage, he saw a dragon chariot parked inside the gate. Seeing him coming, a little girl carved in powder and jade came off the dragon chariot and ran towards him, followed by a bunch of The yelling palace man.

Xie Ci was a little astonished, and hurried forward to meet him, "Your Majesty?"

"Uncle!" Huai Yu flew into his arms, and accidentally bumped into the wound on his stomach, Xie Ci's face turned pale and the chrysanthemum tightened, and he felt warm liquid flow out again.

Hastily!

Huai Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly backed away, looked up at his expression timidly, his big eyes soon clouded with mist, "Uncle, is it hurting you? Yu'er was wrong..."

"It's okay," Xie Ci gritted his teeth, and stretched out his hand to support his old waist without any trace, "Why is Your Majesty here?"

Huai Yu smiled, stretched out his hand to hold Xie Ci's hand, and said sweetly: "Uncle is injured, it hurts to walk, Huai Yu is here to pick up Uncle."

Xie Ci unfolded his cloak to shield her from the cold wind, "Your Majesty should take good care of your health, there is no need to come here in person."

Huaiyu flinched into his arms, "Yu'er is ready, uncle, let's go, Yu'er will take you in by car."

Xie Ci looked at the dragon chariot, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, only emperors and empresses can ride on the dragon chariot, this minister...is not in compliance with the rules."

"I am the emperor, and the rules are set by me," Huaiyu said with a serious face, like a little adult, and soon broke his merits, sticking out his tongue at him childishly, "I will change this rule in a while, and I will change it later. Uncle can ride with Yu'er!"

After looking at those big bright eyes for a moment, he sighed in compromise, "I would like to obey the oracle."

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①From "Zhou Li Chun Guan Shen Shi"

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