"Your Majesty, the Southern Suburbs Temple of Heaven ceremony is ready."
"When will the Empress leave?"
The Prime Minister stepped forward and said.
Before a new emperor ascends the throne, he must first offer sacrifices to heaven. Only after receiving heaven’s blessing can he be considered a true emperor.
Half a month ago, Pei Weiqi had already issued an order to prepare for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs.
The Nanjiao Temple of Heaven is not too far from the Kyoto Imperial City and can be reached in one day.
However, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven usually took place in the morning, so the fixed custom was that the emperor and his ministers would stay overnight at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs.
"We'll leave tomorrow."
The next day, Pei Weiqi led all the officials to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs.
It was already afternoon when we arrived at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs. The area around the Temple of Heaven had already been blocked by the Imperial Guards and ordinary people were not allowed to enter.
Next to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs is the royal hunting ground. As soon as Zhou Qichen arrived here, he took his adopted godson Dashu for horseback hunting.
Some ministers who were good at riding and shooting also went hunting on horseback in the hunting ground to compete with each other.
A rare scene of harmony among all officials is presented in this natural environment.
Pei Weiqi watched all this, and when his eyes lowered, a trace of nostalgia flashed across his face.
In the past, her father liked to bring her here to hunt.
It was here that she was taught horse riding and archery by her father.
But now, she has become the empress and can no longer act as she pleases.
Looking down, there are still a pile of memorials to review!
Pei Weiqi had just reviewed a few memorials when she heard a noisy noise outside. She immediately ordered the palace servants to go out and investigate the situation.
The palace maid replied quickly.
"Reporting to the Empress, the adults who went hunting have all returned."
"They're saying something strange happened today."
"They say the hunting grounds are littered with dead animals."
Pei Weiqi frowned, feeling that this matter was a little unusual.
"Animal corpse? Why don't you go and ask around and find out what's going on?"
Normally, when people come to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs, they will eat fresh game.
But this afternoon, when they went to the hunting ground, they found that many animals had died inexplicably. It was too disappointing to watch, so everyone did not hunt and returned home disappointed.
Naturally, we won’t be able to eat game tonight.
During the banquet, some ministers were talking in low voices, and there were corpses of animals in the hunting grounds.
"This has never happened before. Do you think this is a punishment from God?"
"Yeah, looking at the corpses all over the ground, I feel terrified. It would be unacceptable if this wasn't a natural disaster."
"The fundamental reason for natural disasters is that those in power are not recognized by heaven."
"How could it be such a coincidence that so many animals died just when they were about to offer sacrifices to the heavens? This is a warning."
After dinner, the rumor that God had warned that women could not be empresses spread among all the officials.
This statement naturally and inevitably reached Pei Weiqi's ears.
Zhou Qichen clenched his fists and wanted to find out the minister who first spread the rumor.
But Pei Weiqi called him.
"Qi Chen, don't be impulsive."
"Since this matter is caused by someone's mischief, why don't we take advantage of their trick and find the culprit!"
Seeing Pei Weiqi's calm expression, Zhou Qichen loosened his clenched fist and asked expectantly:
"Empress, do you have any idea?"
Pei Weiqi glanced outside the tent and sneered:
"They've made such a big scene, they'll definitely take action tonight."
"Later, you will lead Ge Qing and the special forces team to stake out the area. Anyone who appears in the woods must be arrested immediately."
Zhou Qichen nodded solemnly, "Okay, I'll take them to the woods and wait."
"Ah!!! Look, what is that?"
Outside, someone suddenly shouted.
Pei Weiqi finally finished reviewing all the memorials, stood up and stretched.
Hearing the noisy noise outside, he came outside to watch.
I saw a few blue flames floating in the woods not far away, and after a while, more blue flames ignited.
"It's a will-o'-the-wisp."
"Look, there are more and more will-o'-the-wisps. They are so dense and scary."
"This has never happened before, could it be..."
Pei Weiqi sneered, "I think someone is playing tricks."
Pei Weiqi turned his head to look at the Shadow Sect master who had been following and protecting him.
She is different from Pei Changying. With such a powerful Shadow Gate, she must protect herself closely, and she doesn't care whether the Shadow Gate will be exposed to the sight of the crowd.
In short, your own life is the most important.
The Shadow Clan master understood what he meant and leaped into the woods with his light Kung Fu skills. In just a moment, he returned to Pei Weiqi's side.
"No one."
The Shadow Gate master reported.
The ministers saw that even the masters of the Shadow Sect could not find the person behind the trick, so they decided that this must be a real ghost fire.
After all, who in the whole world can compare with the lightness skills of the Shadow Sect masters?
"Is it really a disaster sent by heaven? Even the gods and ghosts do not agree to let a woman rule the world?"
"Empress, please do not go against the will of Heaven. The consequences are beyond the ability of us mortals to bear. It will be the people of the world who will suffer."
"Empress, since Heaven won't allow it, please consider the people of the world and choose a new emperor."
The ministers in the court who had originally disagreed with Pei Weiqi's ascension to the throne seemed to have sufficient reasons at this moment, and they stood up one after another to force Pei Weiqi to give up his throne.
It seemed as if if she didn't give up her throne, the people of the world would suffer because of her.
As for those ministers who had been instigated by Pei Weiqi to rebel, they had already offended most of the people in the court, so they had no choice but to cling tightly to Pei Weiqi.
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