Chapter 3392 Worship
As soon as she got to the top of the mountain, Nan Yan saw that the entire top had been cleaned spotlessly, and the grass and trees were neatly trimmed. It didn't look like a mountain top, but more like a meadow in the imperial garden.
It turns out that Zhu Feng had someone come to clean up two days ago?
But this won't take two days.
Nan Yan was thinking so, but Zhu Feng had already led them slowly over. It was the first time for Xinping and Yongping to come to this place, especially Princess Yongping, who had never seen so many tall stone tablets. An indescribable sense of majesty weighed on her head. The little girl was so scared that she didn't dare to speak, but just hugged Concubine Yi's neck tightly.
Concubine Yi had never seen such a scene before, and she held her breath.
She asked Nan Yan carefully: "Sister, where is this——"
Nan Yan turned around and whispered in her ear, "Emperor Gao placed the tombstones of his parents, relatives, and the heroes who had fought alongside him to conquer the world here."
Concubine Yi opened her eyes wide in surprise.
You know, her father was Li Changshan, the Left Pillar of the State, and he was also a meritorious official who had followed Emperor Gao to conquer the world, but she had never heard of this.
Nan Yan said: "Of course, everyone here died before the founding of the country."
Only then did Concubine Yi nodded slightly.
At this moment, Zhu Feng had already walked to the tallest and largest of these stone tablets and said to them, "Come here, all of you."
Nan Yan had been there before, so she naturally knew that it was the stone tablet of Zhu Feng's grandfather, Emperor Gao's father. She immediately took Concubine Yi and the two princesses over there. The people below offered incense, candles and paper money. Nan Yan and Concubine Yi followed Zhu Feng to burn incense, and then asked the two little princesses to kneel in front of the stone tablet and burn some paper money.
This kind of ceremony does not seem like a king offering sacrifices to his grandfather, but rather like an ordinary rich man bringing his wives, concubines and children to offer sacrifices to his ancestors.
It seems particularly homely and warm.
Concubine Yi never thought that one day she would be so close to the emperor. She was excited and cautious, and followed Nan Yan in everything she did.
After a while, Zhu Feng led them to a tall stone tablet.
Concubine Yi looked up and her expression changed immediately.
The stone tablet clearly reads: Tomb of the Late Imperial Concubine Qin Xixi.
It’s Concubine Qin.
Although she was the daughter of Zuo Zhuguo, Li Changshan was a cautious person and died of illness not long after the founding of the country. Li Pan'er knew little about the reign of Emperor Gao and only vaguely heard of the name of Concubine Qin.
Most importantly, she is Qin Ruolan's aunt.
Li Pan'er didn't know anything else, but she knew very clearly about the discord between the imperial concubine and Qin Ruolan. She originally thought that the imperial concubine would only pay a hasty tribute to the imperial concubine, but when she turned around, she saw Nan Yan standing in front of the tombstone of the imperial concubine Qin. Her face was a little pale, but her eyes were red, and there was a hint of sadness on her face.
She actually looked very sad.
Concubine Yi said softly, "Sister."
Nan Yan seemed to come back to her senses suddenly and turned to look at her: "Huh?"
Concubine Yi asked, "Sister, do you want to offer sacrifices to Concubine Qin?"
“…”
Of course.
Nan Yan urged Zhu Feng to come earlier this time because she wanted to come and pay tribute to her mother - even though there was not even a cenotaph here - and she knew in her heart that her relationship with Concubine Qin could only be buried in her heart forever. To others, Qin Xixi's identity could only be the concubine of Emperor Gao and the aunt of Qin Ruolan.
To her, he is just an elder.
Then, Nan Yan said with red eyes and a smile: "It's the elder."
Concubine Yi didn't expect that she had such a broad mind, so she brought Yongping with her and personally paid tribute to Concubine Qin.
Nan Yan also called Xin Ping over, asked her to kneel down, and said softly: "Kowtow to the Concubine Dowager."
Xinping didn't quite understand why her mother looked so solemn. However, she, who usually loved to laugh and make noises, seemed like a different person when she arrived at this place. Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere here, she knelt down and kowtowed seriously to Qin Xixi's tombstone.
When Nan Yan stood up, Zhu Feng stood behind her and patted her shoulder gently.
Nan Yan turned around and looked at him, smiling slightly.
Then, they paid homage to all the stone tablets here, and half a day passed.
You can see that everyone is a little tired.
Nan Yan said softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to go back first? I see Yongping is a little tired."
Zhu Feng looked back and saw that the little girl had never stood up and kneeled for such a long time. Her knees could hardly stand straight, but she still followed her mother obediently. Xinping, who was standing beside her, held her hand and comforted her softly.
Zhu Feng said: "It will be fine in a while."
Nan Yan looked at him with some confusion.
They have already offered sacrifices to all the people here, and there is still some time left. What should they do?
Could it be that——
She suddenly came to her senses and saw Zhu Feng slowly walking forward. Under his feet, there was a road that looked like a newly opened road, leading to a place in front that seemed to be rarely visited.
This was not the first time that Nan Yan had come to this mountain top. She also remembered that in addition to the stone tablets of the ancestors that they had just worshipped, there was another one here, hidden in the thorn bushes, which not many people knew about.
Concubine Yi didn't quite understand and asked softly, "Sister, where are we going?"
Nan Yan turned around and shook her head, signaling her not to speak.
Concubine Yi didn't know why the atmosphere suddenly became heavy. Not only her, but even Princess Yongping in her arms noticed something. She blinked her big eyes cautiously and looked at the emperor in front of her. Xinping also obediently held Nan Yan's hand and followed them all the way.
At the end of this path, there stands a stone tablet.
Nan Yan found the problem as soon as she saw it.
When she found this stone tablet in the thorn bush, it had been severely eroded by wind and rain. The four corners of the stone tablet were broken and the words on it were almost illegible. But now, the stone tablet standing in front of her was tall and complete, and it looked even newer than those stone tablets that were often cared for by Master Shangshan and others.
Moreover, Nan Yan remembered very clearly that the words on the stone tablet were the characters of the Neng Kingdom.
The text was left by her father, Si Boyan, Marquis of Bowang.
But now, when she walked over, she saw that the brand new stone tablet was empty.
It is a monument without any words on it.
Nan Yan was startled, turned around and looked at Zhu Feng in astonishment.
this--
Zhu Feng stood before the stone tablet, his face as pale as the surrounding mist, his expression solemn but unable to reveal any trace of sadness or joy. He was silent for a long moment, then suddenly said, "Xinping, Yongping, come and pay your respects."
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