The rise of the president in the harem

Li Zhen lived in the palace for five days, until the night before the Shennong Festival, when Liang Chen had to leave the palace, he reluctantly left.

The Shennong Festival is the most important annual festival in Dazhou.On this day in the capital, golden wheat waves are everywhere outside the city, and bright red flowers are everywhere in the city.As the saying goes, gold and red correspond to a good year, and the emperor and empress will come out together and the world will be safe.

This year's Shennong Festival is undoubtedly the most lively, grand and exciting ceremony in this dynasty——

This year's Shennong Festival not only had the empress and the two newborn princes, so from the morning, the people on both sides of Ping'an Avenue were looking forward to it, staring at the gate of the palace eagerly.

The dawn came quietly, and when the first ray of golden light appeared in the eastern sky, the long-lost bell sounded once a year from the Bell and Drum Tower, which corresponded to the poem——

When the sun rises, the bells of the Drum Tower ring.

On Chang'an Avenue in Pingjing, the people are eagerly waiting.

The bell rang, the gates of the imperial city opened, and the emperor's chariot came out of the palace——

On the first day of the Shennong Festival, the emperor went out of the palace.

The road in front of the imperial forest is open, and the chariots of hundreds of officials are in the back row.

The first thing that catches the eyes of the people are the imperial guards in red and vermilion armor. They are tall and straight, dignified and mighty, rushing to the front, opening the way for the emperor.Behind them, twelve snow-white horses were pulling a large scarlet chariot, with red gauze hanging around the chariot. The two emperors and empresses were sitting in the car, and the two babies in Gaohou's arms.

The crowd looked at the twelve horses at this time, and many people were commenting: "The emperor drives six, and 'fu, 骖, and 騑' are ancient rituals. Now, your majesty uses double. It must be as heavy as an emperor!"

"Your Majesty loves the queen so much, didn't you still clamor to get married?" someone said.

Those who heard this were all laughing madly, and they all sighed: The empress of this dynasty has never been seen before or since, and her character, achievements, and emperor's heart are all at the pinnacle, and she can be a model for future generations!

Gao Yue sat in the carriage, holding a son in one hand.As soon as the carriage left the palace, he immediately felt the sights from all directions. He was no stranger to the feeling of being watched by thousands of people, but this was the first time for the babies to experience it.The boss seems to be lively by nature, and has already revealed some "crazy" attributes. This is the first time he has seen so many people, and since he left the palace, he has been arching around in Gao Yue's arms in a particularly dishonest manner—— There was a thorn in the bottom of the buttocks, and it seemed that he couldn't sit still, and his little head was already shaking into a rattle driven by curiosity.

Compared with the eldest brother, the second child behaved like a small coward. As soon as he came out of the palace and saw so many people, his little mouth began to twitch. Fortunately, Gao Yue found out in time and coaxed him a few words , didn't cry at all, but aggrievedly poked Xiaoyuan's head under Gao Yue's creaking nest, leaving only a pouted little butt facing the public.

Seeing him like this, Gao Yue almost laughed, and suppressed a smile to wink at Zhou Feiqi.

His Majesty the Emperor raised his hand and patted the second child's buttocks, but the little buttocks just twisted, but the little head was still "stubbornly" stuck under his father's arm, without moving a muscle.

The naive little princes have become the most eye-catching scenery at this year's Shennong Festival. All the people who saw the cute appearance of the little princes all showed kind smiles. The prince looked at this side and that side, as if he was fascinated by cute things!

The emperor's chariot stopped at the first intersection of Ping'an Avenue, and Zhou Feiqi bent down with a sword in his hand.He was standing in front of the car, and Eunuch Hu and Eunuch Zhang were kneeling on both sides outside the carriage. They held golden bowls filled with water in both hands and raised them above their heads. Their expressions of worship looked solemn and sacred.

The Son of Heaven holds the sword in his hand, and the tip of the sword picks up the clean water in the bowl. As His Majesty holds the sword flower in his hand, strings of water drops are also ejected in all directions.

At the same time, all the people who came to watch the ceremony knelt down and sang a prayer song in their mouths. The lyrics were written like this——

As soon as the dew comes, a hundred flowers bloom, and the house is filled with colorful auspicious clouds!

When the flower dew comes, the golden wheat is ripe, and the fragrant valley fills the warehouse!

The flower dew comes three times and the herbs are harvested, and the good medicinal materials can cure all diseases!

The flower dew is everywhere and the boy is born, and the fat baby continues the incense!

The dew comes five times and the white deer descends, and the colorful light blesses the earth!

The dew will come out six times, and the dragon will come out, with incomparable divine power and auspicious response!

……

It was the first time for Gao Yue to participate in the Shennong Festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it was also the first time he heard tens of thousands of people sing the Shennong Festival Song. Amid the waves of simple, enthusiastic and high-pitched singing, his heart also trembled, and his eyes did not know when Already wet, the pride in his heart revived, and there was only one thought that was extremely clear, he thought, he must do his best in this life, so that the people of Dazhou can live a beautiful life like the one described in this song!

The golden bowl was sprinkled with water, the flowers of the officials came out, the guards took out copper coins, and the people presented rice dumplings.

This is really-

Hushengshan tsunami, wheat rice dumpling gift.

The chariot is covered with red silk makeup, and the streets are full of red flowers.

All the people prostrate themselves on the ground, singing blessings together.

The emperor came out with his sword, and put some flower dew on the chariot.

All the officials sprinkled flower notes, and the imperial forests spent money.

From the Imperial Palace to the Shennong Altar, there are a total of eight crossroads on Ping'an Avenue.As before, every time passing through a crossroads, the chariot of the emperor will stop to perform such a sacrificial ceremony. Gao Yue also remembered this sacrificial song from the first time he heard it, and then sang it loudly with the people until he came out. After leaving Qinglongmen, Gao Yue has already sung very proficiently.

He was still singing to Zhou Feiqi in the car and invited him to sing along.

Can Zhou Feiqi know Gao Yue's intentions?It's just bullying him to sing out of tune!Lie down next to Gao Yue's ear and whispered: "Aren't you afraid that if I sing it now, it will be heard by the common people, and it will successfully lead them all?"

"Huh?" Gao Yue was still singing, laughing while raising one eyebrow.

Zhou Feiqi said again: "After returning to the palace, you taught me, taught me, I will be able to sing for the world next year."

"Don't teach."

Gao Yue stopped singing, and her ears turned red.

That's because he remembered that a long time ago, Zhou Feiqi asked Gao Yue for advice in order to learn a song, and the result was - he learned a song for three days, and Gao Yue's mouth swelled for a week.

Looking back on the past, Mr. Gao refused to accept Zhou · Singing Off-Tune · Fei Qi as his apprentice.

The chariot traveled all the way to the Shennong Altar. Eunuch Hu and Eunuch Zhang were ready to get off the wooden benches. Zhou Feiqi took the eldest from Gao Yue's arms first, and took the little one out of the carriage first, but did not get off in a hurry. He turned around and stretched out his hand to Gao Yue, holding the child in one hand and leading Gao Yue in the other, and walked down steadily step by step.

The emperor's family of four showed up, and the people cheered immediately.When they saw the little prince in Empress Gao's arms buried his face in the queen's chest, looking as if he was both shy and nervous, many girls were immediately struck with star eyes. In their opinion, this child was really so cute!

Compared with the second child, the eldest is much more lively.He was sitting in the arms of His Majesty the Emperor, holding His Majesty's dragon robe with one hand, waving his hand up and down with the other, pointing at the crowd around him, babbling for some reason.That eccentric appearance is also very attractive.

"The prince passes the human scale! The prince passes the human scale——"

"Little princes, look over here!"

"Little princes, how cute!"

The people cheered.

Standing in front of the Shennong Altar, Ge Wang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has already begun to sing sacrificial gatha.

Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yuexiang walked to the golden weighing place in front of the Shennong Altar, and Ge Wang just sang loudly: "...the prince passes the human scale, the beam is high, and the harvest is good! Shennong gathers the dragon spirit, the weight does not sink, and the weather is good! "

Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue stood in front of the golden scale, and they whispered to the children first: "It's time to sit on the scale, you two have to be more honest, don't move around."

I don’t know if they understood, anyway, when Zhou Feiqi was holding the eldest Zhou Nara and putting it on the weighing pan, the little guy was still looking around curiously, focusing on the people around him, and didn’t feel the huge scale at all. There is something wrong with the plate, looking brave and fearless.

And the second son, Zhou Shuaiyu, is the complete opposite of his brother. His attention never left Gao Yue's chest. De Gaoyue's dress was out of shape.Gao Yue held back a smile and tore the little guy off her body. The little guy dropped the corner of his mouth almost in a second, and Jindouzi watched as it rolled in his eye sockets, as if crying for you every minute——

He is like this, how can Gao Yue have the heart to put him on the weighing pan?Originally, Zhou Feiqi didn't intend to let the second child go up, but at this moment, no one expected that the eldest brother Zhou Naliang, who was already lying on the weighing pan, suddenly yelled at the back of Zhou Shuaiyu's head, 'Ah! ! ! '

That sound was particularly imposing, I don't know if it was a coincidence or what happened, when he shouted that sound, there was still wind rising from the ground, Zhou Shuaiyu was yelled at by his brother, and he looked back as if he had a feeling, and saw the milk bun Zhou Naliang With a sullen face and waving hands, he is lying on the weighing pan and patting, as if he is teaching his ineffective younger brother to come up quickly, don't ink!

Everyone: ...

Everyone watched this scene in astonishment, and there was a long silence in front of Shennong Altar.

Gao Yue took this opportunity to let Zhou Shuaiyu go. As soon as the little guy got on the weighing pan, he immediately rolled onto his brother's body, causing his brother to let out an 'uh' and frowned impatiently.Zhou Shuaiyu's two little paws tightly grasped his brother's little robe, and aggrievedly drilled his face into his brother's chest...

Zhou Feiqi gave Ge Wang a look, and Ge Wang hurriedly called the master of ceremonies in charge of the golden scale to put the weight on. The scale beam was raised high, and Ge Wang sang loudly: "Li Cheng——"

Only then did the people come to their senses, and the empress had already carried the two little princes back!

Since the scene just now was too miraculous, it inevitably aroused some discussion among the common people, which also added a touch of extraordinary color to Zhou Nara's legendary life many years later!

The emperor and empress joined hands to burn incense and kowtow in front of the Shennong Altar, appeal to the heavens, and pray for the farming and people's livelihood of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This is a sacrifice.

After that, the emperor, empress and little princes had to board the chariot again and head for the royal farm.At this time in the imperial field, the wheat waves are high and the ears of wheat are big and heavy. It can be seen that the wheat that has been treated with organic fertilizers this year has grown particularly well.As the emperor's chariot walked along the way, Gao Yue looked at the wheat fields of ordinary people's homes along the way, and also saw the large ears of wheat, and felt very relieved.

He could even foresee that this year would definitely be a bumper harvest year, and there would be at least a lot of people in Dazhou who would be able to have surplus food and be able to rely on food and clothing.Gao Yue thought, this is a good result, and it will also be a good start...

The chariot stopped beside Yutian, and Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue got out of the car again.This time the little princes were left in the car, under the care of Eunuch Zhang and Xiao Xingzi.Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi came to the edge of the field, and Ge Wang quickly sent someone to hand over the sickle. The two bent down and cut off a handful of millet, and raised them above their heads in front of the people watching the ceremony. The people cheered and sang "Shen Nong" again. Festival song.

The emperor boarded the chariot again, and the chariot returned to Shennong Altar the same way.Holding the golden wheat in both hands, the emperor enshrined it on the Shennong Altar, and once again burned incense and kowtowed.This time, the twelve masters of ceremonies divided into two rows, chanted loudly, and the emperor bowed down and prayed, and the second sacrifice was considered complete.

After that, the sacrifice continued.

The emperor's chariot will leave the Shennong Altar and perform a ceremony of circumnavigating the city.Take the meaning of going round and round, complete and settled.

All the people in the city went out to congratulate the emperor, worshiping the emperor and enjoying the spirit of the dragon, and all the officials followed the emperor's chariot, throwing copper coins as they walked, and the common people presented flowers to congratulate.Where the emperor's chariot passed, the common people picked up copper coins and put down a pot of red flowers. The whole Pingjing had been decorated into a sea of ​​red flowers by the time the emperor returned to the palace.

It was undoubtedly an extremely tiring day.After returning to the palace, His Majesty the Emperor will not be idle, he will lead all the officials to Kunning Palace to offer incense and write the last gatha.Because the queen has been established this year, the emperor and empress will go together.

And the two little princes fell asleep on the chariot back to the palace.Their fathers had to preside over the grand ceremony, so they sent the two little guys to the queen mother's palace.The Empress Dowager now has grandchildren who are full of things. In previous years, she would show up at the Shennong Festival, but this year she completely let go of it, and she is very comfortable as the shopkeeper.

The entire ceremony of offering sacrifices to Shennong was not officially completed until the lanterns came out.The officials were also tired all day, Zhou Feiqi thought of their hard work, so he issued an imperial decree to take a rest tomorrow.Therefore, when the ministers left the palace, they all had smiles on their faces. When they walked to the gate of the palace, they saw Liang Xiao, the commander of the guards, standing at the gate in person. There was a carriage parked behind him. There were many red lanterns on the carriage. When the minister leaves the palace, Liang Xiao will present two red lanterns and add a sentence: "Lord Fenghuang wishes you a prosperous year and a prosperous year!"

There are two pairs of phoenixes on the lantern, although it is not expensive, it is also a gift from the emperor. It is too honorable to hang it on the door.The ministers all expressed their gratitude to Phoenix Junlan for his heart and wisdom, and showed sympathy for his subordinates.They all felt that the emperor married this elder brother of the Gao family, not only would the emperor become more energetic, but they would also be honored with them. They really chose the right person!

The ministers left the palace, and the whole palace returned to its former tranquility.

This day happened to be the fifteenth day, and the moon was surprisingly round and big, like a big silver plate hanging on the eastern horizon at the moment.

Zhou Feiqi took Gao Yue's hand and walked slowly on the palace road. The summer evening breeze brushed against the faces of the two of them like silk, bringing up a few strands of hair and turning them around. The two were obviously tired, but they met their eyes At that moment, the corners of his lips were still raised, looking at each other and smiling.

Zhou Feiqi asked: "Would you like to visit the tower?"

"Look at what?" Gao Yue asked knowingly.

Zhou Feiqi laughed softly, didn't ask him any more, just took his hand and walked towards the Bell and Drum Tower.

The Bell and Drum Tower is the tallest place in the entire Great Zhou Palace. When you climb up the tower at this time, you can see the spectacular scene of thousands of families hanging red lights and red lights all over the city.It was this day that Gao Yue came to Dazhou last year. At that time, he was not in the mood and had no chance to see such a spectacle, but today he and his only lover climbed up to the Bell and Drum Tower to enjoy the spectacle under the moon together. It can definitely be called one of the happiest moments in life.

The two came to the Bell and Drum Tower, not far away, and found a person standing on the tower.

Gao Yue shook Xia Zhou Feiqi's hand, "Is that Liang Xiao?"

"Ah."

"He's pretty good at finding places." Gao Yue said with a smile.

The two didn't mind that there were people upstairs, they still climbed up the stairs.

But Liang Xiao has reached the time for him to inspect the various palaces again. Although he has been promoted this year and no longer has to guard the Jiyang Palace alone, the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. He found that this year is not as good as in previous years. I love watching the scene of thousands of lights.If he hadn't sent all the officials away, he quickly ran up to take a look. When the emperor and Lord Fenghuang came together, he would have missed the best moment.

Liang Xiao heard the sound of footsteps and found that it was Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi who came, so he hurriedly went down from the Bell and Drum Tower and ran over to salute.

Zhou Feiqi smiled and said, "If you like it, stay and watch it together."

How dare Liang Xiao stay?Hurry to salute, leave, and run away.

Gao Yue looked at his back, smiled, and was dragged up to the Bell and Drum Tower by Zhou Feiqi.

The city in front of me is simple and prosperous, without high-rise buildings, smog and cars.The bright silver moon has quietly climbed up to the waist of the sky, and the stars in the deep blue sky are shining brightly.Under the dome, the lights of thousands of families spread from the imperial city to the surroundings little by little, just like the red water waves swaying in circles, the warm lights seem to be able to shine into the bottom of people's hearts at this moment.

Zhou Feiqi let the evening wind blow his face, stood with his hands behind his back, and said to Gao Yue: "This is Jiangshan Tianxia."

Gao Yue stood leaning on the railing, said 'hmm', and said, "It's beautiful and warm."

"People will be warm if they have a heart. The world will be beautiful if there are talents."

"Unfortunately, we can't do much." Gao Yue said.

Zhou Feiqi smiled, stretched out his arms, and put them on Gao Yue's shoulders, "Then let's do our best, don't want to be famous forever, just want to have no regrets in this life, okay?"

Gao Yue looked sideways at him, at this moment, the bright starlight all over the sky seemed to swirl into his eyes, making those eyes amazingly bright.With a smile in his eyes, he stretched out his left little finger to Zhou Feiqi and said, "Then it's settled."

Zhou Feiqi also stretched out the little finger of his left hand, and gently hooked Gao Yue's.

Under the silver moon, the emperor and the empress pay the amount, and the little fingers hook together to make a lifetime covenant.

This scene was seen by the people of Pingjing, and later generations made a painting for it, inscribing sixteen characters, saying: Mountains and rivers scroll, magnificent and vast, the world is boundless, with you and me.