Chapter 161: Shocking
New Year's Eve Ancestor Worship In Daxia, New Year's Eve is a very important festival. Both the people and the court attach great importance to it.
During New Year's Eve, the court will hold a large-scale celebration. The emperor will invite civil and military officials, royal relatives, and even royal merchants, as well as representatives of the people from various provinces to show the virtue of the emperor and the people having fun together.
On New Year's Eve, Xia Miaoyuan got up early. She took the initiative to ask Li Ma to wash and dress herself.
[I heard that the New Year celebration in the palace will be particularly grand. Today will definitely be particularly fun! ] Xia Miaoyuan thought while cooperating with Li Ma to dress
up. Today is New Year's Eve, and Li Ma specially put on a set of New Year's dress that had been prepared long ago.
The bright red brocade fabric looked very luxurious, and it was decorated with small pearls.
Xia Miaoyuan put on her favorite gold bracelets inlaid with gemstones, and also put the necklace that Xia Zhengqi gave her on her neck.
Finally, the queen picked out a gold crown inlaid with gemstones and put it on her head.
The dazzling clothes and jewelry set off Xia Miaoyuan's pink and tender little round face, which was very cute and lovely.
[This princess is really born beautiful! ] Xia Miaoyuan posed in various postures in front of the mirror, admiring her image.
The queen and the palace people couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, stop being conceited, we have to go out quickly."
The queen had also dressed up at this time, and seeing that it was getting late, she hurriedly urged.
"Eat!" Xia Miaoyuan pouted aggrievedly.
"I'm hungry!" She touched her belly with her little hand.
"It's too late! We still have to worship our ancestors today. We can't go too late. Just be patient." The queen explained and gestured to Yingxue.
Yingxue picked up Xia Miaoyuan and followed the queen to the gate.
[Oh, it's not that easy to be a princess! ]
The queen and Xia Miaoyuan got on the sedan chair and hurried to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
According to customs and ancestral system, early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the emperor would bring his concubines, princes and princesses, and princes to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to perform ancestral worship ceremonies.
In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Xia Miaoyuan knelt down beside the queen and listened to Xia Zhengqi's sacrificial prayers.
Xia Zhengqi, wearing a golden and gorgeous dragon robe, stood upright in front of the hall with a deep voice.
[As expected of this princess's father, he is so handsome and graceful.]
Xia Zhengqi was secretly delighted while reciting the prayer.
My precious daughter is praising me, hahaha!
However, the prayer had not been finished for two quarters of an hour, and Xia Miaoyuan could no longer kneel.
[Fuck you, who wrote the prayer? It's so long-winded!]
[Why is it that whenever my father speaks, his speech is always so long and boring?]
Xia Zhengqi's face twitched.
The prayer was written by Cao Hanlin. I clearly told him to be concise and not too long-winded, but he was still so long-winded.
It seems that this person is useless.
[I'm so hungry, so tired, and my knees hurt!]
Xia Miaoyuan lowered his head, but his eyes were rolling around, observing the situation around him.
[Okay, eating secretly! 】
She glanced at the Seventh Prince kneeling behind her, secretly took out a piece of date mud cake from her sleeve, and when no one was paying attention, she covered it with her sleeve, took a big bite, and chewed it slowly.
Xia Miaoyuan moved her knees and slowly backed away, until she was next to the Seventh Prince.
She stretched out a chubby little hand and placed it in front of the Seventh Prince.
"Share some!" Xia Miaoyuan bent over and said in a whisper.
The Seventh Prince was stunned for a moment.
What do you mean? Are you asking for food from me?
【Hurry up! Is there any more? Give me a piece! 】
The Seventh Prince shuddered.
He had heard Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts before, but only four or five times.
Every time he felt very confused. After returning to the bedroom, he secretly asked his mother, Lady Lu, what was going on with that voice, but Lady Lu covered his mouth in fear and stopped him from talking.
Lady Lu said that he was hallucinating and couldn't tell anyone else. If people knew about it, they would lock him up as a lunatic.
The Seventh Prince believed it and thought he had a strange disease.
But just now, he heard that strange voice again.
He felt that this voice was the voice of the little princess, so he was very shocked.
Seeing that the Seventh Prince was staring at her blankly without any intention of offering snacks, Xia Miaoyuan became angry.
She shook her hand heavily and glared at him fiercely to remind the Seventh Prince.
[Hurry up! Do you still have it? ! 】
When the Seventh Prince heard this angry and anxious voice, he was frightened.
He suddenly covered his throat and his face suddenly turned red.
【What's wrong with you? 】
Xia Miaoyuan stroked his back in fear. Did he choke?
The Seventh Prince's expression became even more painful, and he hit his chest with his little fist.
He had just been eating date mud cake secretly, and before he could swallow the big mouthful, he was frightened by Xia Miaoyuan's voice and choked directly.
"Ah...ah..." The Seventh Prince uttered a low groan with difficulty, and then his thin body fell to his knees.
"Seventh brother can't do it!" Xia Miaoyuan opened his voice and shouted fiercely.
The sound of Xia Zhengqi reciting the prayer stopped instantly, and everyone in the hall looked at the Seventh Prince.
His face was red and purple, and he looked painful.
[Oh my god, he really seemed to be choking.]
Lady Lu, who was kneeling beside the Seventh Prince, was frightened when she saw her son fall down, and she shouted incoherently: "Chengkang, what happened to you?"
Xia Miaoyuan quickly stood up and ran behind the Seventh Prince, trying to stretch out her two little arms and try to hug the Seventh Prince's chest.
[He is choking, we need to use the Heimlich maneuver to save him! Why are you standing there like idiots?]
Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, and several other princes were all confused.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
Xia Miaoyuan tried hard to hug the Seventh Prince, but he was too small and she was unable to do it.
"What is the little princess doing?" Lipin shouted.
"Is she making trouble?" Lin Zhaoyi shouted.
"Call the doctor!" Concubine Lu was so scared that she turned pale.
"Why are you still standing there? Call the doctor!" The Empress Dowager said coldly.
The prince walked over, squatted down and asked Xia Miaoyuan: "Do you want to save the seventh prince?"
Xia Miaoyuan nodded: "Hold him and press hard!"
[Brother Prince, come and save him with the Heimlich maneuver, hold his chest from behind, and then use both hands to press his abdomen! ]
The prince ignored the strange looks of the concubines and the empress dowager around him, and followed Xia Miaoyuan's instructions, picked up the seventh prince, held his hands again, and pressed hard in front of him.
Once, twice, three times...
[Keep pressing, don't stop, it will be fine soon, just spit it out. ]
Suddenly, the seventh prince's mouth opened wide, and a chestnut-sized jujube cake rolled to the ground.
Looking at the seventh prince's face again, the originally red and purple face instantly eased, opened his mouth wide, and gasped fiercely.
"Alright, alright! Seventh brother is alright!" Xia Miaoyuan clapped her hands and jumped up.
Lady Lu grabbed the Seventh Prince and held him in her arms, looking at him again and again, her lips trembling: "Chengkang... you scared your mother to death..."