Chapter 60 Chaos
Yao Xia, who was originally nodding his head and dozing off, suddenly couldn't hold on and fell asleep on the small table.
She was still holding the pen in her hand, and as she lay down like this, the ink was all over her face, but she was not awakened at all and fell into a deep sleep.
Duan laughed in surprise: "Mrs. Yao Er really doesn't recognize her bed."
Chang Suining also laughed.
This is not about not recognizing the bed, this is clearly using the sky as the blanket and the ground as the bed.
It was easy to catch a cold if she slept like this, so she quickly woke Yao Xia up.
Yao Xia woke up in a daze, and it took him a while to realize where he was. He subconsciously wiped his face with the back of his hand, which was covered in ink and saliva.
She sat up with a start, looking at the Buddhist scriptures soaked with saliva, and was horrified: "Oh no! Oh no! The Buddha must blame me!"
When others copy scriptures, they are accumulating merits.
She copied the scriptures, but it was backwards!
Yao Xia felt so sad that she had no tears. On the way out with Chang Suining, she kept muttering that she would not sleep after returning home. She vowed to break the wooden fish tonight to make up for it and pray for Buddha's forgiveness.
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It is unknown whether Yao Xia's wooden fish was broken that night, but the blessing ceremony was held on time the next day.
There was an altar built in Dayun Temple. At this time, all the officials, ministers and ladies were wearing court robes and waiting on both sides.
As the officials and eunuchs in charge of praying walked towards the altar with objects in their hands, ritual music started playing, and the emperor in royal robes appeared in everyone's sight in the morning light.
The Emperor of the Holy Ce walked slowly, his wide robe embroidered with gold thread dragging on the ground. The female official Ming Luo attended by his side, accompanying the emperor step by step towards the solemn altar.
Everyone saluted and shouted: "Long live our emperor!"
The Holy Seal Queen faced the crowd and raised her robe sleeves. The slight aging on her face made her look even more majestic and inviolable.
"No need to bow, everyone."
She took the Xuan wine handed over by the ceremonial officer, held her sleeve with one hand, held the wine with the other, and slowly sprinkled it in front of the altar: "In this mid-spring, I am here with you to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, offering utensils, performing rituals, and comforting with music. I sincerely report to the gods of heaven and earth, and pray together that God will protect our people in Dasheng, and bring good weather, good harvests, and peace and happiness."
Everyone bowed again and responded in unison.
As the emperor held incense and bowed before the altar, the ritual officials' singing and the ritual music rose high.
"bye!"
"Bye again!"
Chang Suining stood among the female relatives and bowed with them, never looking up.
The sacrifice was smooth, tedious and lengthy, with kneeling and bowing, and many young men and women in the crowd did not perform the same rituals as they did at the beginning.
However, with the emperor in front of me, unlike at home, I dare not give up. And because I always receive sharp looks from my elders at home, I can only hold on and remind myself to try not to make mistakes.
Yao Xia also had a hard time holding on.
It was difficult because she was still thinking about Chang Suining. She thought that Chang's sister was weak and must have a hard time holding on at the moment, so she quietly raised her eyes and looked forward, but saw that the girl had a straight back and an extremely upright figure, and she didn't look tired at all.
Yao Xia saw it all and was shocked. She could only come to one conclusion - she was the waste.
But Yao Xia soon discovered that his cousin beside him seemed to be exhausted and her body was shaking slightly.
Yao Xia quietly helped her up, but saw that there was a hint of darkness under Yao Ran's eyes, as if she didn't sleep well last night.
Yao Ran, who was supported by Yao Xia, quickly stood up straight and looked in the direction of Pei anxiously, but she found that her mother was not staring at her today. Her attention was probably on her father, so she did not notice her mistake just now.
Yao Ran subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
As the sun rose higher, when the blessing ceremony was halfway through, two sacred elephants slowly appeared, pulling a float.
On top of the float was a huge tripod.
The tripod is an important national weapon and a symbol of power. The giant tripod cast by Emperor Shengce for this sacrifice is named "Mountain and River Tripod". The body of the tripod is engraved with a map of the territory of Dasheng, with mountains and rivers stretching endlessly.
"I offer this tripod to heaven and earth, and I hope that God will bless me to prosper forever—" The Holy Ce Emperor stood in front of the altar with his back to the crowd, slightly raised his head and closed his eyes. His voice gradually became lower, and only Ming Luo beside him could hear a little bit: "I also hope that God will have mercy on my son..."
Ming Luo lowered his eyes slightly.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion below the altar.
Suddenly, an elephant called out. Ming Luo turned around and saw that the male elephant pulling the float suddenly broke free uncontrollably! Ming Luo's face suddenly changed.
Every step of the blessing ceremony must be done correctly, otherwise it would mean the ceremony is ruined, which is a bad omen! Moreover, the Mountain and River Tripod on the float is the most important part of this blessing ceremony——
"Where is the elephant slave?!"
"quick!"
Several elephant slaves had already stepped forward, but at this moment they were unable to pacify the bull elephant.
The bull elephant was very strong and soon broke free from the float. The float lost its balance due to the strong pull, and it seemed that the thousand-pound Mountain and River Cauldron was about to fall down at any time!
"Get out of the way!"
The crowd was in panic, and for a moment no one cared about the sacrificial etiquette and rules, and they all retreated and hid.
"The Mountain and River Cauldron must not be damaged!" said the Emperor of the Holy Ceremonial in a deep voice.
However, as soon as the sound fell, the shaky cauldron completely lost its balance and fell to one side.
When the giant tripod was about to fall, a figure suddenly flew forward quickly and supported the tripod with his hands. The huge impact force left a mark under his feet.
Ming Luo subconsciously took a step forward: "General Cui, be careful!"
"Grand Commander!" Yuan Xiang followed closely and together they supported the huge tripod.
At the same moment, Chang Kuo also ran over.
Soon, Xuan Ce's army surrounded the area and worked together to right the giant tripod.
“Bang!”
The bronze tripod fell steadily to the ground, making a buzzing sound when it hit the ground.
It was a great blessing that the Mountain and River Cauldron was saved intact, but everyone had no time to relax, because the bigger trouble had obviously not been solved -
The male elephant that broke free from the float went mad and stomped towards the female members.
The women were horrified and tried to dodge. One girl was knocked to the ground. Seeing the giant elephant approaching them, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and forgot to react for a moment.
"Cousin!" When Yao Xia saw the person lying limply on the ground, all the color drained from his face.
Pei, who had avoided the scene early, also widened her eyes when she saw this scene: "Ran'er!"
Why didn't she stay away? The Pei family had raised elephants before, so they knew that if an elephant stepped on them, they would either die or be crippled!
Save someone!
Someone come and rescue her daughter!
Pei looked around in a panic, but saw that the Xuan Ce soldiers were too busy to pay attention to the details and had no time to stop them. In the chaos, Yao Yi disappeared.
Everything happened in just a short moment. Seeing the elephant's leg as thick as a tree stump about to step on the girl, some female relatives turned their faces away in fear, not daring to look at the bloody scene!
I will update only once today, as my kid at home has started to have a fever... Is everyone okay? I miss you guys so much when I can't see you guys talking~ (End of this chapter)
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