little fool's child bride

It's a pity that they are queuing up now, Xiao Xiao naturally couldn't go up to say hello, but quietly lined up at the back of the line.After all, Liu Kaize is a prince. He walked through the west door, and he was let through just by looking at his badge. He didn't even have to wait in line.Xiao Xiao once again felt the evil class, and then she honestly lined up at the east side door with the props box in her arms. After all, he would not think that his life was long.

Fortunately, the inspection was also quite fast, and Xiao Xiao was queued in about a quarter of an hour.The guard first asked him to open the wooden box to check, and then searched him.It's a pity that the guards probably didn't know what was in his wooden box, so Xiao Xiao tried to talk about it, but in the end the wooden box was still detained by the guards, saying that he would return it to him before the palace banquet at night.

Although Xiao Xiao was helpless, but looking at the guards who were a head taller and a circle stronger than him, she still didn't dare to argue in the end.He was just worried that someone would tamper with it, so he secretly pulled out a hair and stuck it in the opening of the box before locking it.Finally feeling at ease, he followed a young eunuch to the palace with the others. There were so many people this time, he finally had time to enjoy the scenery in the palace.

The palace of the Baiyu Kingdom faces south and is also built strictly according to the symmetrical layout of the central axis. It is separated by the Meridian Gate, Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qianqing Palace and Shenwu Gate on the central axis.To the west are the Hall of Martial Arts and the Palace of Compassion, and to the east are the Hall of Wenhua, Dining Room, Huangji Palace and Treasure Hall.The main gate of the Meridian Gate is only allowed to enter and exit by the emperor. In addition, the queen can open it once when she is married, and the champion, second place, and Tanhua of the palace examination can walk through this main gate once after the palace examination.In addition to a main entrance, the Meridian Gate also has two side entrances, which are divided into east and west side entrances.The west side door of the Meridian Gate that Xiao Xiao just passed was used by civil and military officials, while the east side door that Liu Kaize entered was exclusively for the entry and exit of the emperor's relatives.

After entering through the west door, Xiao Xiao's eyes suddenly opened up. In the square surrounded by two scarlet palace walls as high as ten meters on the left and right, a river from west to east was blocked in front of everyone, but there were four white jade bridges built on it. Various auspicious clouds, dragons and phoenixes are carved on the Baiyu Bridge.Xiao Xiao and the others followed the little eunuch across the bridge. The ground of the square, roughly the size of two football fields, was also paved with white jade, which looked solemn and majestic.Xiao Xiao took a closer look at the blue brick floor, and didn't expect that some blue bricks were also engraved with patterns, but they were just small auspicious clouds.While admiring the exquisiteness of the palace, Xiao Xiao silently followed the crowd through the square and came to the gate of Sandao Palace.

The three gates from the west are Zhendu Gate, Taihe Gate and Zhaode Gate. After entering, there is the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the emperor is in charge of government, and it is also the place where Xiao Xiao will hold harvest sacrifices and Mid-Autumn Palace banquets.Taihe Gate is still only for the emperor and empress to enter and exit, Zhaode Gate is for the emperor's relatives, and Zhendu Gate is the only way for ministers of civil and military affairs to go to court, so Xiao Xiao and others followed the little eunuch through the Zhendu Gate with upturned corners and cornices. Dumen came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

As soon as Xiao Xiao entered the door, she was so shocked that she became aphasic, because this place is far beyond the righteousness described in words.Earlier, Xiao Xiao called the place in front of the Meridian Gate a square, but after entering the Zhendu Gate and the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he realized that he was too superficial.The square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is about the size of four or five football fields. In the middle, there are two long steps with a width of 50 meters leading to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which seems to be on a hill. Everyone has to look up to look at it. The heart of that country.According to the etiquette, Xiao Xiao and the doctors stood at the southwestern corner. He stomped on the black and blue floor tiles, but found that the voice didn't seem to be any material he knew.So he thought about it, and then he dug up the information he had chatted with the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry——

It turns out that the floor tiles in the important places of the palace are all paved with gold bricks, but the gold bricks are not made of gold, but because each brick has gone through complicated processes and difficult transportation, which makes its value equal to Because of a piece of gold, it is called a gold brick.This kind of brick not only has the sound of gold and stone colliding when knocked, but also has the effect of warming in winter and cooling in summer. It is said that in summer concubines put fruits in utensils built with this kind of bricks to keep the fruits from rot for half a month, so they were chosen. For the palace materials.

"This brick was transported from a village in Youcheng," the craftsman told Xiao Xiao with admiration, "I heard that as long as there are six unqualified bricks in a kiln, the kiln will have to be fired again. And this For the process of soil selection, there are eight processes of selection, excavation, transportation, drying, grinding, pulping, grinding, and sieving, which take at least 7 months; The pine branches are fired successively. They are all carefully crafted, and each process lasts for several months."

"So it takes at least two years for each floor tile from the beginning to the final completion. It is meticulously crafted. It can be said that each piece is a work of art."

Xiao Xiao recalled what the craftsman said, and felt a little embarrassed when stepping on these bricks.At this moment, the sun had slowly risen, and the first ray of sunlight was shining here. The scene was really exciting, and Xiao Xiao couldn't help but hold his breath.The gold bricks are as bright as a mirror, and as clear as jade. Under the sunlight, this square reflects the colorful light of the sky, and it seems that dragons and phoenixes can be seen faintly passing through it.Xiao Xiao was worried when she came in last time, how dare she look around?Therefore, he couldn't help being obsessed with such a beautiful scenery for a while, until the officials who kept entering interrupted his reverie.

It seems to be the same as in modern times, the more powerful the officials, the later they arrive.Xiao Xiao was dazed during this time, some officials in green and cyan clothes walked into the Zhendu Gate first, and only a few officials in scarlet official uniforms walked in after Maoshi.The official uniforms of the Baiyu Kingdom are of different colors, the first to fourth ranks are in crimson; the fifth to seventh ranks are in cyan; the eighth to ninth ranks are in green.The materials of different grades are also different, just like Xiao Xiao and Jijiu, although both are special officials of the Imperial College wearing gray robes, but the robes on his body are only made of fine linen, while the gray robes worn by Jijiu are made of silk. .There are also the riding boots on the feet, the gauze on the head, the embroidery on the clothes, and even the small accessories on the waist, all revealing the strict hierarchy among the officials of Baiyu Kingdom.

When Xiao Xiao's legs were about to stand numb, and after hearing the sound of Zhendu's gate closing, the emperor appeared amidst her father-in-law's voice, "The emperor is here".Xiao Xiao shouted long live together with everyone, and the father-in-law raised his head after saying "free from courtesy and flat body".It's a pity that Xiao Xiao didn't have "clairvoyance" turned on, he couldn't see anything except a bright yellow figure, not even what the emperor looked like.Some regretted thinking that she didn't know what the emperor looked like after seeing the emperor again and again, but Xiao Xiao thought of another question at this time——

In such a big place, the emperor had to shout at the neck to let all the officials hear it, right?

Xiao Xiao imagined that scene, and pursed her lips to hold back her smile.It's a pity that he miscalculated after all, because the emperor's words were conveyed by the loud father-in-law.

"I was born in..."

The father-in-law spoke classical Chinese, but Xiao Xiao couldn't understand a word except the first few words, and finally could only stare at the clothes of the people in the front row in a daze.His history is very poor, and he doesn't know anything about the process of ancient emperors offering sacrifices to heaven. He thought it was like a modern school holding a meeting.Suddenly the father-in-law finished speaking, Xiao Xiao knelt down again with a group of officials, still chanting "God bless Baiyu, long live my emperor".

Is this the end?

Xiao Xiao knelt on the ground, feeling puzzled, and raised her head quietly, only to find that the emperor was going down the steps step by step.The imperial chariot had already been prepared under the steps, and the officials were not allowed to get up until the emperor sat on it.

"Open the Supreme Harmony Gate—"

The father-in-law shouted, and the door of Supreme Harmony slowly opened.The emperor's chariot was at the front, and the officials followed neatly in four vertical columns. Xiao Xiao and the others were at the end of the line.There was an endless marching team in front, and guards with knives behind. Xiao Xiaosheng dared not relax for a moment for fear of falling behind, and didn't know where he was going until he left the Meridian Gate.

It turns out that the Harvest Sacrifice was not held in the Imperial Palace at all, but in the Temple of Heaven, the southwest corner of the royal city.This special team marched silently on the street, and the people on both sides of the road knelt down to greet them, shouting long live, which can be described as the mighty grace of the emperor.But Xiao Xiao didn't feel this kind of glory, but was thinking about how to walk so that her knees would not hurt so much.

The Temple of Heaven is at least ten miles away from the imperial palace. The emperor rides on the imperial chariot, but these officials walk.At this time, Xiao Xiao finally understood why she had to get up early in the morning to hold sacrifices, because it would take at least half an hour just to walk, and the sacrifices hadn't started yet.Xiao Xiao thought about the night's performance process in her heart, so that she could barely maintain her poker face, instead of reaching out to rub her sore calf.

After finally arriving at the Temple of Heaven, Xiao Xiao was so tired that she no longer had the heart to appreciate the scenery of the Temple of Heaven, but just followed the officials and knelt down again.The emperor walked up the steps of the Temple of Heaven step by step, and when he reached the top, the father-in-law let the officials die.

This sacrifice is a tradition of "respecting the heaven and the ancestors" that existed before Zheng. In the eyes of the people in this land, the heaven and the earth nourish all living beings and are the highest gods.The personified title of Tian is "God Haotian".The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is a form of communication between man and heaven. In all dynasties, the emperor personally presided over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, because people believed that the emperor was the leader chosen by heaven.The altar for offering sacrifices to heaven is generally round, implying a round sky and a round place.During the ceremony, sacrificial texts must be recited, elegant music played, and sacrifices must be burned to show that people contribute the fruits of their labor to the sky as a reward for nourishing all things in the sky.

Harvest Sacrifice is the most important sacrifice in Baiyu Kingdom in a year. One is to thank God for this year's gift, and the other is to pray for next year's harvest. Therefore, the ceremony is very complicated, and it took half an hour just to read the sacrificial text.The sun gradually rose, and even though the sun in September hadn't risen to the right sky, it was still very strong, and Xiao Xiao's back was wet with sweat in the end.