His Majesty Meow Raises Fish [Rebirth]

Qi Jing looked at Deng Song who was full of anticipation, and then remembered this special day.

Every year on this day, an inner dojo will be set up in the palace to pray for the construction of the Menglan Basin Festival for the holy throne of the ancestors.

During the period, Zongzheng Temple will build a huge banner, write the name of the emperor, and welcome it from the Taimiao into the Taoist temple. The entire Taoist temple is filled with melodious Buddhist music, and the sun is covered by banners. The scene is very spectacular.

In the folk, on this day and night, an altar will be set up in front of every house, with grains, fruits and vegetables as sacrifices, in honor of those lonely souls who have nowhere to go.

If a person is full, it can last three days; if a ghost is full, it can last a year.Such sacrifices are like sending charcoal in the snow to lonely souls who have no descendants to worship.

People will also hang some simple paper lanterns under their eaves to illuminate the way for the dead.

Of course, in addition to recommending new ancestors, burning chrysanthemums to send off the dead, Purdue Shigu and Putian praying for grain, there is another important activity, which is what Deng Song said.

For so many years, Qi Jing has participated in the sacrifices of the royal family in the palace, and will also release water lanterns in the lake in the palace with the emperor's grandmother, father and other relatives. He has never participated in such activities among the people.

"Qioning is the prefecture city, and there is a tributary of the Zhuo River in the suburbs. There will definitely be many people going to the river to release krathongs!"

No matter how old Deng Song is, he is only a half-grown child after all. He wants to light a krathong for his deceased relatives, and also wants to go to Qiongning City to see the excitement, so he made this proposal.

Upon hearing this suggestion at first, Qi Jing's first reaction was to oppose it.

After all, he had just created the illusion of sneaking away to Qiongning, and instead led others into the army. If he really ran to the county mansion at this time, if there was any eventuality, it would not be a failure.

"Does the Eleventh Prince want to see the krathong?" Deng Song, who didn't know the inside story, knew that the Seventh Prince loved the Eleventh Prince the most. If the little prince wanted to go, his Royal Highness would definitely think about it.

Who would have thought that His Royal Highness only looked up at him, grinned at him friendlyly, murmured "Dengdeng" in his mouth, and then continued to lower his head to play with his own ball.

Seeing Deng Song's drooping head instantly, Qi Jing had expected that Xiao Shiyi would not be tempted by it.

Because at this time last year, Little Eleven was still in Lansi Hall, Lu Zhaorong was weak, and did not come to the dojo to participate in the puja, and he couldn't get up at night to set off the krathong.

The sick, frail women and babies couldn't hold back, and they were easily frightened on such a day, so His Majesty didn't let anyone take Xiao Shi out.

For him, he didn't have a concept in mind, so he naturally didn't understand what Deng Song was looking forward to.

It was as if he hadn't eaten Sophora japonica cake before, but to Xiao Shiyi, there was no difference between all kinds of cakes.

His impression of the lanterns is still that of the colorful lanterns that the Empress Dowager Qianqiu saw. In contrast, the snacks on the market are actually more attractive to children.

It's a pity that Chongjiu told the eleventh prince that there was only light on July [-]th, but no food, and the little guy suddenly lost interest.

In the end, it was Master Hong Yuan who saw that he had stayed in the temple for half a month and would not go out of the Bamboo Forest Yard except to go up the mountain occasionally. He felt that being confined in the house would not be conducive to broadening his mind, so he suggested that he take this opportunity to go down the mountain and take a look at Qiong by the way. Ning County Mansion.

"Your Highness, coming to Zhenguo Temple, praying for blessings and doing meritorious deeds, and traveling through the world are all beneficial things. The poor monk will give you a book in Beijing, so don't embarrass Your Highness."

The seventh prince thought over and over again, and decided to wait for the master abbot's reply, and then make arrangements according to his father's attitude.

……

Afterwards, in the Zichen Hall in the palace city of Tianjing, the emperor obtained the booklet of the Zhenguo Temple, which was written by the abbot, Master Hong Yuan.

After reading it, he said to Tong Hai: "Lao Qi has tempered his temperament when he went out this time. It seems that it is right to ask him to stay in Qiongning."

Every time Grandmaster Hong Yuan writes down the latest situation of the Seventh Prince.

His tone is calm, he pays attention to seeking truth from facts, there is no gorgeous rhetoric and exquisite rhetoric, and he only talks about things - because of this, what he writes is particularly convincing.

The old seven is extroverted and has a wild temper, but when he arrived at Zhenguo Temple, he was able to calm down and pray for blessings seriously, which surprised the emperor very much.

The key is that he has persisted for such a long time without any sign of slackening up. His performance of concentration and perseverance is impressive.

Emperor Qingzhou suddenly found that the more he got along with this son, the more he could discover his strengths.

In the past, he focused on the second and fifth children, because the seventh child hadn't awakened his martial arts, so he somewhat ignored it. Thinking about it now, it's really a pity.

Fortunately, it's not too late for him to find out that this son is a good one.

Fortunately, there are still many rich and prosperous lands in Qingzhou that are not on the border, so there is no need for the awakened royal family to guard it, and it can be considered as the fiefdom of Lao Qi.

Tong Hai didn't know the content of the excerpt, but thought that it was probably related to His Highness the Seventh Prince, so he spoke more cautiously: "Your Highness has a heart of pure filial piety."

This is what His Majesty himself said, so Tong Hai singled out to go along with him, there is nothing wrong with it.

"In the past few years, when summer came, Lao Qi always felt unwell. I asked him to go to Qiongning this time to let him take this opportunity to raise him. I didn't expect him to be sick for a while."

The emperor put the brochure on the table: "The queen mother misses him, so I sent someone to see Lao Qi. I thought Jiang Kang was cautious, but I didn't expect to disturb Lao Qi to rest."

Tong Hai remembered how Jiang Kang, who led the emperor's order to Qiongning happily, came back in disgrace last month, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The inspector of ceremonies is in charge of all etiquette, criminal names, management errands, and hearing duties in the imperial city, and is known as the "First Department of Miyagi".In contrast, the divisional supervisors who are also the twelve supervisors are complicated and complicated, but they have no real power.

Jiang Kang was younger than Tong Hai, although he was not born in a mansion and was less close to His Majesty, he was still a respectable figure in the palace.

Because he messed up his errands, he, a senior internal official who had been in the Zichen Palace for most of his life, was transferred to the office of the supervisor, not to mention that he had to go to the palace as an errand, which was almost equivalent to entering the cold palace, with no hope of turning over.

From Tong Hai's point of view, if Jiang Kang wants to go back to the palace, he may have no hope in this life, unless...

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there must be someone planning and promoting this incident, but they did not expect that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince is really sick rather than pretending to be sick.

To Tong Hai's surprise, even though His Majesty treated Jiang Kang so harshly, he didn't intend to follow through and investigate thoroughly.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, only dealing with Jiang Kang who offended the Seventh Prince, and not pursuing other people, is almost a painless way of dealing with it.

Tong Hai understood the emperor, since His Majesty let go of the perpetrator this time, he must give the Seventh Prince an explanation in other aspects.

Sure enough, the Palace of Wensi has received frequent visits recently, and Yu Zhaoyi has received rewards from His Majesty several times, which is a very honorable thing in the harem.

Although the sixth prince often comes to the palace and sits with Ci'an Palace, but in terms of people who can amuse the queen mother, it is still the seventh prince.

The empress dowager felt sorry for the emperor's grandson who was always away for half a year, so she turned a blind eye to the emperor's frequent rewards to the Wensi Palace, and often mentioned the seventh prince in the harem, revealing her miss in her words.

The empress dowager had no objection to His Majesty's handling of Jiang Kang, and she also said that the palace must be taken care of by an old man like Jiang Kang, so that people can be assured.

Tong Hai didn't need to throw stones at someone who reaped the fruit of his own fate, so he didn't step on his former colleague a few times as His Majesty wanted.

On the contrary, the Emperor of Qingzhou stopped talking about Jiang Kang when he mentioned Jiang Kang, but sighed: "Even going down the mountain to set up a water lamp is to ask for my idea. Lao Qi's temperament has been tempered, but his courage has also become smaller. No way."

He thought of something, and told Tong Haidao: "Ask someone to take the lamp made in the palace this year and send it to Lao Qi. He has grown up so much, and he has seen lanterns in the lake in the palace. It's time to go to the folks to see it." Look, how the people of Qingzhou live now."

"Yes, Your Highness." Hearing this, Tong Hai immediately withdrew and made arrangements according to the emperor's wishes.

……

As a result, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince who was far away in Qiong Ning soon got the letter of approval, as well as the water lanterns prepared by the palace.

With the approval of his father, Qi Jing no longer has to worry about the future.

He discussed with the master abbot that he planned to attend the Menglan Basin Dharma Assembly at Zhenguo Temple on July [-]th, and then take Shaoxuan and the others to the prefecture city to see the folk lantern-lighting activities.

The Seventh Prince originally thought that Yuren had never seen this kind of sacrifice, but he didn't expect that Shaoxuan actually knew about the krathong.

This is not because Shaoxuan is well-informed, but because Qi Jing has no experience of living by the sea for a long time, so he doesn't know that there are similar activities on the coast of Laiyiwei. In some specific places, the scene is even worse than inland spectacular.

Every July [-]th, coastal fishermen gather at the seaside to hold a grand sea lantern ceremony.

Some of those sea lanterns are made of silk, but most of them are still made of paper, and their shapes are mostly related to sea objects, such as shrimp lanterns, fish lanterns, lotus lanterns, starfish lanterns and so on.

Shaoxuan remembered that when he was still in Shaohai, he used to watch the people on the shore light up the lights with his clansmen near the sea. The scene was extremely shocking and unforgettable.

Between the dark sky and the earth, the bright moon hangs high, but there are no stars.

Hundreds of people stand on the stretching coastline. They put the krathongs into the sea and watch them gradually drift away with the direction of the current, drifting towards the vast and boundless sea.

A krathong may be small, but thousands of krathongs are floating towards the sea. Even if you see the picture once, you will never forget it.

Even the mermaids in the sea are attracted by such a scene and approach the coast unconsciously.

Although Shaoxuan was not interested in the people of Kyushu, Shaoyao always wanted to show his younger brother this scene. He ran to Shaohai near the sea several times without telling the elders of the clan, and brought Shaoxuan with him, so Shaoxuan was very fond of him. This is no stranger.

When it came to July [-]th, the moon became round and bright.

Deng Song, who proposed at the beginning, became much quieter that day.

Qi Jing understood the pain of losing his parents, and took them to the ceremony, and then the group carefully descended the mountain and came to Ningshui.

Sure enough, as Deng Song said, a lot of people have gathered by the water.

Under the bright moonlight, although everyone looked dignified, there was no hopeless atmosphere around them.

On the contrary, it seems to be sure that these water lamps will bring their thoughts to the deceased relatives, which is somewhat of a consolation, and everyone is full of expectations.

When the lantern-laying ceremony officially started, Qi Jing held Xiao Shiyi in his arms, and said softly against his little face: "Look, Shi Shi, that's the krathong."

Immediately, dozens of small water lanterns went to the river, and finally attracted the attention of the little guy.

"Eleventh, one day, we will also go to distant places in such a boat."

People are inherently mortal, if someone cares about them after death, I am afraid that any wealth and glory will not be comparable.

——If I hadn’t been reborn in my previous life, would anyone remember him and miss him, like these people, light a water lamp for him, and light the way for him?

Thinking of this, Qi Jing's mood suddenly became heavy.

However, Xiao Shixi touched his face to show comfort, but did not agree with his brother's words.

"My brother is very heavy, the lamp is sinking!"

The Seventh Prince, whose melancholy was instantly dispelled: "..."