Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

On the night before offering sacrifices to heaven, the emperor was going to stay in the fasting palace overnight.

In fact, according to etiquette, the emperor had to come to the palace to fast three days before offering sacrifices to heaven, not to eat meat, onions, garlic, alcohol, entertainment, crimes, sacrifices, women, and taking a bath seriously.

But the ministers couldn't accept that His Majesty the emperor who was already very "lazy" would not ask about political affairs for three days, and the emperor himself was unwilling to spend three days like that, so they hit it off, pretending that there were a lot of government affairs and that he had to seriously approve the memorials, and pretended that the first two days Tian Zai was not close to women in the palace, and carefully reviewed the memorials, and only fasted for one day at the end.

I usually go alone, chat bitterly with the eunuch, and then sleep alone wrapped in a cocoon.

Today is different.

As it was getting dark, the emperor's dragon chariot came to the Temple of Heaven, and after entering the gate, he had to come down and walk on foot to show respect.The little black fat man limped off the dragon chariot, and landed heavily on the green brick floor at the gate. Looking around, the place was solemn but a little depressed.

The sky was dark, as if it was about to snow, and the clouds were churning slightly, as if they were stationary in the air without any movement, or they seemed to be floating gently all the time, with a majestic, imposing posture, called the emperor like this Noble and arrogant people are suffocated for a moment.

In fact, the Temple of Heaven is very beautiful.

Different from the red walls and blue tiles of the imperial palace, this place is full of green glazed tiles and white marble walls, which looks solemn and elegant.

In the empty square, two rows of officials, priests, priests, and dancers lined up neatly in several rows, bowing and saluting silently.

The red umbrella covered the top of the emperor, and the servants were a little panicked, wondering why the emperor stood here in a daze.

Zhu Jianshen: [Will there be gods in the sky looking at me? ]

[Looking down from above... am I a little short and a little fat? ]

[Will Yu Qian be among them?He is so good, his status will not be low, will the first emperor quarrel with him?Find fault with him? ]

[God Haotian thinks what the emperor has done?I have tried my best QAQ]

[It's boring when fasting, it's boring, it won't happen this time. ]

[The clouds are so thick, is there someone riding the clouds to see me? ]

"Piaofeng Tuanqi is far away, handsome Yunni is here to defend." Zhu Jianshen said with emotion, turned around and watched his younger brother tentatively rubbing down the edge of the dragon chariot, and quickly reached out to help him: "Jianji, be careful, Follow me. The two of you come and support King Tan."

Turning around, he told the ministers: "Qing and others are free from courtesy."

Zhu Jianji was a little curious, he had never been here before, after being dragged off the dragon chariot by his brother, he was dragged all the way, and he didn't know where he went.

Suddenly I heard the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, the dead trees in winter were a little hoarse, and I heard the sound of the night wind whistling in the spacious road.

Enter the door, go straight forward, and arrive at the main entrance of the Zhai Palace.

"There is a threshold, this is the Zhai Palace. Soup and wine, please tell the king about the decoration here."

"I obey the decree. I told King Yi that the Temple of Heaven was first built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The Zhai Palace was built outside the two altars of the Circular Mound and the Prayer Valley. It is similar to the imperial palace but different. There are beamless halls, sleeping halls, bell towers, Both the guard room and the patrol corridor are made of green glazed tiles, surrounded by double palace walls and two imperial ditches. There are 163 patrol corridors on the outer wall, housing more than a thousand imperial troops, and the imperial river is more than several feet deep. It is very safe. The Beamless Hall is the main hall of the Zhai Palace, with a green glazed tile hipped hall roof, a brick vaulted roof inside the hall, and a platform in front of the hall with Chongji stone railings. A good professional, a good professional, architects will nod approvingly.

Zhu Jianji knew that he had crossed two small bridges, the arc of the bridge deck was not very high, and his head was full of question marks: "Yes." What is the veranda roof? "Is there really no beams in the Hall of No Beams?"

"Returning to the king, there are really no beams, and the vault is built with bricks and stones."

"Is the green glazed tile the green of the leaves?"

Jijiu racked his brains to describe this green to King Tan: "It's a dark green, somewhat similar to the color of the light cast by the medicine jade cup, and darker than emerald. When it frosts in the morning and evening, it looks like it has fallen thin Snowy bamboo leaves are quiet and elegant." The emperor is the son of heaven, he is the second child in front of heaven, he dare not be arrogant, he can only be a minister to heaven.

"That must be beautiful..." Zhu Jianji sighed softly, then suddenly laughed, and said softly: "It's so empty here, the sound of the wind blowing is different."

The sacrificial wine gave him a detailed description of the layout of the entire Temple of Heaven. "The Temple of Heaven - to be precise, is the general name of the two altars, the Circular Mound and the Prayer Valley. The Circular Mound Altar is in the south, and the Prayer Valley Altar is in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis." superior."

"Those who worship the sky are in the round hill, and they are worshiping the earth in the square hill."

Even Nanshen Kitchen Yard is located in the east of Yuanqiu, with its seat facing south and its gate opening to the south.All the way respectfully followed behind the emperor and King Tan, all the way to the main hall of the fasting palace. "My lord, be careful where you step, there are steps."

Zhu Jianshen waved his hands: "You and others step back, I and King Tan are fasting and discussing the Tao here, please don't disturb me."

Many braziers have been lit in the fasting palace. It cannot be said that the room is as warm as spring, but it is definitely not cold.

Of course they didn't dare to disturb them, and they wanted to go back separately. The Taoists would rehearse briefly, and the civil and military dances would also be rehearsed again. Give it to the princes and ministers!

The attendant brought in two suitcases, and then withdrew.

Another group of attendants brought in a large tub, the water in which was boiled spices and peach leaves, and waited for the emperor to soak for a while.

After taking a shower, the little black fat man nervously opened the suitcase sent by the palace, wondering what Elder Sister Wan would prepare for him: "Crispy fried small yellow croaker? No way? You must quit meat and fish! Huh?"

This layer is a classic set of fried small yellow croaker and kiwi.

Zhu Jianshen picked up a 'little yellow croaker' and sniffed his nose vigorously. The shape seemed to be the same, but the smell didn't smell like fish, so he opened it and took a look, huh?It doesn't look like fish either, it's white and tender, um.

King Yi: "What is it? It doesn't smell fishy."

"It's mushrooms." Zhu Jian laughed deeply: "Sister Wan was joking with me, she cut mushrooms into fish shapes and fried them, oh, it's really scary."

"Hahaha."

"This is a dumpling...well, chirp chirp...dumplings made of shiitake mushrooms, fungus, cabbage, vermicelli, and chicken. It tastes a bit strange. It tastes good? Try it, brother."

Zhu Jianji said: "This is supper, should we eat it now?"

"That's right, I have to eat supper all night." Zhu Jianshen murmured, "I didn't bring enough last time. I couldn't sleep at night, and I didn't have any books to read. It's boring. Finally, there are pretzels, honey cakes, and four small pickles. , Olive Vegetables, Hemp Seed Golden Shreds, this one is delicious, I don’t remember what it’s called, so is this one.”

Zhu Jianji kept smiling, thinking that his brother was so cute.

"What are you bringing?"

"I don't know, and I don't need to eat, brother, open it and have a look."

Zhu Jianshen stretched out his hand and opened it: "It smells delicious...ah!"

There is only a plate of white, round, fluffy and fragrant in the suitcase - the fox.

Zhu Jianji felt something in his heart: "Dieyun?"

The fox jumped out: "Yes! Are you startled!"

"Yes. What are you doing here? This is the Temple of Heaven. Is it not good for you to come here? Will it hurt you?"

"I'm here to say hello to you." The fox looked familiar, with a stern face, and put his little paw on his chest: "Why didn't you send someone back to the house to tell me if you don't return at night! Don't say what you are doing! Hmm! Like this Is it right?"

The little black fat man was a little surprised: "Huh?" If you want to report when you go in and out, that's to your parents, you are his wife!

Zhu Jianji was also a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Aren't you here? Let's talk about it when we go back, okay? I'll go home tomorrow night."

"Rethink here! Hmph!" The fox patted his chest again: "Practice honestly, don't mess around, and don't let people say you don't have a tutor."

"Huh?" Seeing that Ji Xiaocute was stunned, he remembered that sister fox doesn't pay attention to the dignity of husband and wife like ordinary people. If you count by age, I really don't have a tutor. He smiled and hugged the furry fox, skillfully He reached the tip of his tail and rubbed his face again: "Understood, next time I must explain the direction and time clearly."

Satisfied, Hu Dieyun flicked his tail and patted his thigh: "Very good, I'm leaving."

With a flash of silver light, she disappeared again.

Zhu Jian was stunned for a while, then leaned on the smoked cage and continued to say what he wanted to say: "You are finally here with me, alas, the bronze statue with the green lamp wasted the night"

"Ah! A good night?" Zhu Jianji pretended to be afraid: "What's wrong with the beauty of the day, what is brother going to do?"

"Finally someone has spoken. Although in the past, although there was no need to review memorials during fasting, it was regarded as a vacation, but during the vacation, you can't do anything. You can't read, write, draw or play with sister Wan. You can only sit here. It has something to do with being banned. What a difference! What a difference!"

Zhu Jianji had no choice but to chat with him, listen to him complain about the Queen Mother Zhou's nonsense, and tell the emperor stories.They chatted until late at night, when the emperor hiccupped and went to sleep, he meditated quietly beside him.

Zhu Jianshen: "Hi'er~" I'm a little full.Although Sister Wan's note said it was supper and breakfast, but well, it won't taste good tomorrow morning.

In the early morning of the next day, or early morning is more appropriate, before dawn, the attendants were silent and quick, standing silently in two rows in the yard, holding candles for lighting.Another bucket of hot fragrant soup was delivered to the bedroom.

The little black fat man secretly groaned in his heart, and woke up an hour earlier than going to court... Usually he was bored here by himself, so he went to bed early, last night was different! TTATT.

After sleeping in the bathtub for a while, he was fished out again. More than a dozen eunuchs surrounded him to wipe his body, wipe his hair, put on six layers of clothes, and comb his hair.

The emperor continued to be half asleep, with the eunuchs supporting his head and body.

Next to the time pavilion outside the house, the officials of Qin Tianjian can't be lazy and rest. They have been counting the time, and there is a stack of wooden cards in the box in their hands. The wooden cards are written with the time. Know.

Not only the emperor is fasting, but all the officials are also fasting, but they are fasting in the government office, is it true or not... As long as you don't come here with onion and garlic smell or drunk, you won't be found out.

Finally when the time came, Zhu Jianshen put on a black fox fur in addition to six layers of clothes, and walked out steadily.

Zhu Jianji listened with pricked ears: "Is the emperor wearing a crown?"

"not yet."

As soon as the emperor came out of the hall, the bell tower immediately began to ring the bell. The bell sounded very nice, probably the best bell in the whole country.

Walking into Yuanqiu from Zhaohengmen, the south gate, the officials were divided into two groups according to their official positions, and stood on the left and right sides of the road with their heads bowed.

Banners, banners, and five-color cloud flags are arranged in accordance with etiquette, and the guards of honor are also neatly prepared.

The Lingxing Gate is—there are three large, medium and small door frames with opposite doors. The middle one is the largest, which is prepared for Haotian God, and the east side is next. Zhu Jianshen walked in through the east side door alone, and The door on the west side is the smallest, for those who accompany the sacrifice to walk.

Everyone remained motionless, and after the emperor walked in, each of them was in a queue, with the chief assistants of the six ministers and the cabinet going first, followed by the rest.Although there is a low wall next to the door frame, the scientific name is called the wall, and the red wall is covered with azure glazed tiles.

It can be turned over.But no one dared to go around in an effort to save trouble. If they went around and climbed over the wall, they would not be fined, and their heads would probably be beheaded.

Entering this door is the clothing platform.A tent (tent) was temporarily set up here, and Zhu Jianshen brushed his teeth and washed his face inside, and changed into a twelve-pronged black robe and a twelve-striped heavenly ritual gown.

There are three low walls in total, and the emperor has to walk through three lattice gates. The gate frame is a white marble pillar with a cloud plate on it, which looks somewhat similar to the Huabiao pillar. This place is called Yunmen Yuli.

Every time a door passed, some people with insufficient status stayed behind.

The inner wall surrounding the Temple of Heaven is circular, and the outer wall is square, which symbolizes the roundness of the sky and the earth.

The sky is twilight, but the lights below are brightly lit. The candles are tribute yellow wax from Sichuan and Yunnan. They are processed by the wax warehouse to make Panlong Tongxiao wax with a height of 4 feet and a thickness of 1 foot, and cast with convex dragon patterns.It is immortal for six hours, and it does not flow oil. It goes through the sky without cutting wax flowers.

Next to the Circular Hill Terrace, there are two hollow and multi-clawed large iron vats. Of course, the scientific name is not this, but it is called Liao Fu.

This thing is used to incinerate sacrifices, the furnace on the north side is for the sun god, and the furnace on the south side is for the gods of the stars.

The sacrifice was about to begin, and a clean calf was lifted up, placed in the green glazed blast furnace next to it, and burned with pine branches, which meant to welcome the emperor.This blast furnace looks like a cylinder, and there are nine steps on the east, west and south sides of the cylinder.

Zhu Jianshen stood beside him, in his special seat, staring at the fire as it ignited, and the aroma of roast beef wafted out.

Next to it, there is a row of burning stoves. There are as many ancestors as there are emperors in this dynasty, and there are as many corresponding burning stoves. The sacrifices incinerated in different stoves belong to different emperors.

After burning for a long time, the emperor got off the high platform and walked towards the Circular Hill Platform without saying a word.On the three-story high platform.

There is a stone in the high platform on the third floor, named Tianxin Stone, talking softly on the Tianxin Stone, and the voice is very loud.

It has been polished by hundreds of people all night, day and night, making it white and bright.

There are seven groups of positions including positive position, coordination position, secondary position and secondary position.

The Danbi Bridge is 120 feet (360 meters) long, and there are three stone roads on it. The emperor's imperial road is the east road, and the officials' road is the west road.The widest one in the middle is called 'Shinto'. Shinto, as the name suggests, is the place where the cardholder walks!

The divine cards all exist in the Imperial Vault of Heaven!Gotta get it!

Zhu Jianshen stood here and waited, waiting for the magic cards to be placed one by one.

Of course, how can you put the ancestral card and wait for the emperor to visit?Of course the emperor is here waiting.

Is this 120 feet away?Of course it wasn't far, Zhu Jianshen trotted over, very fast, if the author went to pick up the courier, it would be even faster.

But when you go to get the god cards of the late emperors and ancestors, do you dare to run away?Dare to walk quickly?Shouldn't you walk slowly and solemnly!

The right position is slightly north of Tianxin Stone, and it is round, and the seat of Haotian God is placed.

The coordinates are arranged on the east and west sides of the main position, square, and the tablets of the first seven deceased emperors are placed. They are divided into two groups, the odd group and the even group.

There are four groups located on the east and west sides of the middle layer of the Circular Mound Altar, all of which are rectangular.From the east side, there are two groups of Big Dipper, 28 Constellations, and Zhoutian Xingchen.On the west side, there are two groups from Weiweici, sitting west and facing east, namely Yeming Weici and Yuyunyunleiji. ——The team is set up ahead of time.

Standing here, Zhu Jianshen must be straight and upright, standing still and solemnly—this is the most tiring point, standing still still requires a lot of energy, chest and belly , Stretch your neck, try to stand taller than a gold price fairy.

The only things that can move up and down are the eyelids, eyeballs, fingers and toes.

He squinted hard to look at the scenery on the left, and then on the right. The place is very high, the heights are extremely cold, and the heights can be seen at a glance. The red walls and white jade set off each other, and the dark blue glazed tile roof gave the emperor a strange look. In the distance, the tall pines and cypresses are as dense as a forest.

There are more than a few hundred people in these four weeks, there are also thousands of people, but everyone can be silent.

This place is so quiet that even the Jing emperor was a little flustered.

In fact, it also makes sense, standing at the highest point among thousands of people, um...

The emperor began to bow three times and kowtow nine times, and presented the round Cangbi to Haotian God. The sacrificial ceremony officially began, and then he dedicated the silk to the Emperor of Heaven and his ancestors.

Give each emperor three worships and nine kowtows.

During this period of time, the calf was roasted to half-cooked, and it looked very ripe from the outside. The deacons brought up the golden and fragrant fire-roasted calf, and the aroma was overflowing, and they worshiped it with this aroma.

Zhu Jian said deeply: I'm hungry.I'm hungry I'm hungry I'm hungry!

The magistrate offered the wine to the emperor, and the music and dance began. The emperor offered the wine to the God of Heaven, and the music and dance stopped.

The music at the time of offering sacrifices to heaven is the most elegant music among the elegant music. Since the Zhou ceremony was finalized, the score has not been changed, and it can be praised by Confucius as "the merit of enlightenment". During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the princes did not like to listen to it. It is conceivable what kind of song it is, of course it is comparable to the nagging of the head teacher.

The dance is Wende dance and martial arts dance. It was also settled down from Zhou Li and has been handed down to this day. The dancers are not beautiful girls in tulle, but a group of serious middle-aged men, holding The woodwind and the long tail of some kind of bird do some very solemn movements, which are comparable to radio gymnastics for viewing.

The reading official read the Zhu text aloud, a long list of balabala, and offered various kinds of food while reading. The emperor continued to kneel down for punishment. After reading, the music and dancing continued, and the emperor served wine.

The deacon took down the jade, silk, Zhu Wen, etc., and sent them to the burnt firewood stove.

The emperor came to watch the burning process.All the offerings dedicated to God and the ancestors are sent to burnt wood stoves and burning furnaces respectively to show piety.

So far, Li Cheng.

……

"Leg hurts, rub it for me, thigh."

"My butt hurts too, rub it."

"My back hurts too."

"Arm hurts too..."

The little black fat man was lying on the bed coquettishly, asking Sister Wan to rub his thighs, buttocks and waist.

In fact, it's not all coquetry, it really hurts.Yesterday, I ran wildly in the palace. Not only did I suffer from gas, but I also stretched my legs. When I woke up this morning, I felt a little pain in my thighs when I walked. When I came back, I discussed matters with the ministers again, and when I woke up in the cage after sleeping, I felt pain all over my body.

Zhu Jianshen murmured: "How can Lord Hongwu and Yongle be able to take care of state affairs and lead troops to fight at the same time. Sigh..."

Wan Zhen'er sat next to him and pinched the flesh on his waist, and put his son on his back casually: "It's very comfortable to press on the back, Dabao, Daddy is very hard, you give him a back massage. See Shen, Master Hongwu doesn't have as much education as you, and to be disrespectful, he still has to run around for food and clothing, of course he is in good health. If he were a weak Confucian scholar, he would have died in the chaos."

"right."

"Master Yongle fought with his father in the south and north. He studied literature and martial arts since he was a child. He thought about fighting on the battlefield. It's not like when you were a child, living in the mansion. You were afraid all day long and had to hide your strength. If you were the son of Lord Hongwu, you would Could be a titan."

Zhu Jianshen shook his head quickly: "Don't, don't, he can't tolerate you, and I'm also afraid that Emperor Jianwen will cut down the vassals on our heads, so it's fine now. Hey, Dabao is a little chubby, it's really comfortable to press .”

When Zhu Youzhen heard his father praise him, he happily climbed up two steps, put his arms around his neck from behind, and kissed him firmly.

Wan Zhen'er looked at the father and son stacked together, inexplicably wanted to laugh.

Zhu Jianshen felt his neck dripping with saliva, and thought that I would have to wipe his neck for a while. He put his arms under his chin and arched his back upwards. Dabao only felt that he was getting higher after a flick: "Wow! It's fun, it's fun!" !"

The emperor arched a few more times, and muttered: "This little fat man is really lucky. He has a father who loves him and loves her, and a reliable mother who can teach him how to practice literature and martial arts. Hey, man, what a fate!" .”

Wan Zhen'er continued to pinch his legs: "His happiness is also vigorous, and his death is also sudden... Is this appropriate to use here?"

"Hehehe, it's quite appropriate. Are you going to listen to today's sutra feast?"

"Go, take Dabao and Erbao with you."

"Hahahahaha, okay, okay." The little black fat man got up from the bed, moved around on the ground, put his legs on the chair, pressed his legs, stretched his waist back and forth, and felt that the fat on his body was being stretched Bo Li: "I'm off to discuss something, hoo~ it's really cold outside."

He murmured in his heart that he had to quickly put sister Wan on the agenda and move to Qiankun Palace, Qianqing Palace was much closer to the front!At that time, you will be able to take two steps less!

After a while, it will be the feast, Wan Zhen'er throws herself on the bed, closes her eyes and starts to sleep.

The little black fat man is crawling around, jumping around, pushing his mother hard, trying to wake her up to play with him. The one-year-old child is very energetic. The scary thing is... When he grows up a bit, his energy will be lost more exuberant.

Wan Zhen'er stretched out her arms and hugged him in her arms: "Sleep with your maid for a while... Be good..."

Zhu Youzhen obediently agreed, and after 5 minutes, he felt that a long time had passed, so he continued to push her: "Mom, it's a while! Get up!"

Wan Zhen'er was a bit devastated, she hadn't fallen asleep yet!Rolling his eyes, he wanted the maid to take him to play, but he was also afraid that his son would not kiss him in the future. Fortunately, he went to bed early yesterday!She had no choice but to get up: "Come here, change clothes. Dabao, mother will go out and punch you, okay?"

Zhu Youzhen didn't know the situation, so he just applauded happily: "Okay, okay!"

The imperial concubine was wearing a dress, her trousers were tucked into her boots, her hair was combed and tied up with a wooden hairpin.Thinking that it was too cold outside, he put on a cotton jacket and trousers for his son, wrapped him in fox fur, put a tiger hat on his bald head, and walked out like a fat ball.

Wan Zhen'er was secretly worried when she went to boxing, she lost weight with great difficulty, and she was going to gain weight again when she got pregnant.Quickly and seriously press your legs and waist.

Zhu Youzhen thought it was very funny, and her mother made all kinds of strange postures—of course, with the requirements of a noble concubine and her manners, how could she just stay and put her legs on the tree.