Chapter 80 A Good Son from Heaven
The sacrifice cannot be stopped suddenly, but it is also not possible to let the king continue to stay in this dangerous hall.
Wang Ben gently applied force with his fingers, and a large piece of the nearby pillar was crushed into powder, and the small insects inside fled in all directions.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his hand holding the halberd turned slightly pale. He looked at Zhao Yuanxi with panic in his eyes.
"I will have the king and his men withdraw first."
No matter what, the king's life is the most important. Even if the king wants to punish him, he has nothing to say.
Wang Ben gritted his teeth, turned around and was about to leave.
"The sacrifice has begun!" Zhao Yuanxi reminded when he heard the sound of chimes coming from inside.
Once the sacrifice begins, no matter who interferes with the sacrificial activities for whatever reason, it will be regarded as disrespectful to the gods and ancestors. It will be a serious crime, enough to cause the tribe to die with him.
"Don't panic yet. Send someone to check the surrounding area for the exact extent of the damage to the hall."
No matter what the outcome today is, many people are bound to die.
Zhao Yuanxi took a deep breath, with pity hidden in his eyes.
"Jang Geum, go get the Mo family to help. Zou Heng, go find the blueprints for the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests."
"You, take them to prepare some wood, lime, and glutinous rice paste."
Everyone received the order and set off.
Zhao Yuanxi walked around the outside of the hall with a frown on his face. The main hall of the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests covers an area of about two thousand square meters and is supported by seventy-two large pillars. The hall is twenty meters high.
The outside of these large pillars are painted with gold-plated tung oil. There is nothing unusual to see from the outside, and the only way to confirm it is by knocking on each one.
Soon, Wang Ben received the news, "Empress Dowager, I have already had someone conduct a thorough investigation. Five of the pillars in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests are in serious condition and must be replaced. Ten more also require repair. I have ordered temporary reinforcements to be provided."
When the hall was first designed, some redundant designs were made for safety reasons. Even if ten large pillars were removed, there would not be any major problems.
After the Mo family arrived, they further confirmed this conclusion.
"Although the west eaves columns are more severely damaged, they wouldn't collapse now if they were properly reinforced."
The main problems were near the west eaves columns. Wang Ben transferred people to the west and, according to the instructions of the Mohists, spliced new materials on the insect-eaten columns, wrapped them with linen, and refilled the sunken foundation with lime mixed with glutinous rice paste.
In the main hall, the ancestral tablets were brought out and placed on the main seat. The King of Qin, wearing a crown, stood at the front of all the officials and led them in performing the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows, while the official in charge of blessing read the blessing speech on the side.
The atmosphere was still solemn and peaceful, but they didn't know that the people outside were going crazy.
Fortunately, the sound of the ritual music was loud enough, and it did not attract much attention except for the officials standing on the west side who noticed something was wrong.
The sacrifice has reached a critical moment.
The King of Qin held jade and silk in his hands and brought them to the shrine. Taichang took them and placed them on the altar. After a series of dull bell sounds, various offerings were also presented.
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After the ceremony, all officials knelt on the ground to pay homage.
The tributes after the sacrifice were distributed by the King of Qin, and a banquet was set up in a side hall of the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests to entertain all the officials.
It was not until the King of Qin walked out of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests that the people guarding outside finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Yuanxi's heart was finally at ease. If Ying Zheng had really died here, the history of China would probably have been rewritten.
Although the Qin State did have many problems, it was currently the only State that could unify the continent.
Zhao Yuanxi stood in the crowd, staring at the person walking out of the door with shining eyes.
Until that face walked out from the shadows, the moment Zhao Yuanxi saw his face clearly, her pupils shrank slightly and she stared at him in a daze.
Ying Zheng looked at her, not because they had any telepathy, but because among so many people kneeling on the ground, only Zhao Yuanxi was standing there in a daze.
He curled his lips slightly, no longer looking at Zhao Yuanxi, but walked straight forward.
Now, Zhao Yuanxi knew that he was being fooled!
Her face turned black. She was always the one teasing others, but she never thought that one day she would be fooled by someone.
This is intolerable!
Is he a childish ghost? He actually pretended to be his cousin in front of his mother!
No, Zhao Yuanxi was shocked. Although Ying Zheng had created a fake identity to deceive people first, it was also because she failed to recognize the person at the beginning.
Isn't it even more suspicious that she didn't recognize her own son?
Zhao Yuanxi felt a chill on his back and didn't dare to step forward to ask Ying Zheng why he had deceived him.
She turned around silently and prepared to leave quietly.
Ying Zheng suddenly stopped and looked back at Zhao Yuanxi, his eyes gleaming with a glimmer. He said, refusing to be refused, "Since the Queen Mother is here, please come with me to dinner!"
When Ying Zheng first ascended the throne, the Queen Mother took charge of state affairs on his behalf, so naturally she would also attend the annual sacrifice.
However, after the Qinian Palace Incident, the Queen Mother returned power to the King of Qin, and she no longer had the right to interfere in Qin's political affairs. Because of the Lao Ai incident, the Queen Mother could not even maintain her dignity as Queen Mother.
Ying Zheng's move was undoubtedly to give face to Zhao Yuanxi.
But Zhao Yuanxi was not moved at all. The look in Ying Zheng's eyes when he looked at her showed that he had evil intentions.
However, after thinking about it, she couldn't find anything she had done that gave the King of Qin a reason to kill her. Anyway, he would never attack her openly.
Zhao Yuanxi calmed his uneasy heart and put on a friendly look, "Since the king is willing to invite me, I must accept it."
All the ministers were shocked, except Li Si and Mi Qi, who had known the news for a long time, whose expressions remained unchanged.
Zhao Yuanxi and Ying Zheng walked in front.
"Is the Queen Mother afraid?" Ying Zheng smiled. He found it very interesting to see that this daring man was also afraid.
Zhao Yuanxi rolled his eyes. If a tyrant suddenly appeared in front of you, and you might have some old grudges with him, who wouldn't be scared?
If she recognized Ying Zheng it wouldn't be a big problem, and she would definitely be able to play Zhao Ji well, but she just didn't recognize him!
Zhao Yuanxi once again expressed his dissatisfaction with the information transmitted to him by the system. Now we are using 5G network and are developing 6G, but the system is still using 2G network and can only transmit text information.
Little trash.
"Your Majesty, you are joking. How can people be afraid of their own children?" Zhao Yuanxi said with a forced smile.
Zhao Yuanxi put his hands on his waist and cursed in his heart, what are you looking at? Look at this body again, it's your mother's, it's real!
What's more, after getting to know him these days, Zhao Yuanxi felt that he was a pretty easy-going person.
She asked him for people, and he gave them to her. She asked him for land, and he gave it to her. She asked him to help buy land in Chu, and he did it.
Now that my nephew, the Big Golden Pig, has become my biological son, except that I am not his biological mother, this is simply a son sent by heaven.
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