The Qianqiu Festival is a major festival in the Chu Kingdom. From the princes and aristocrats to the poor people, they all carry out ancestor worship activities. Firstly, it is a tradition, and secondly, it is to highlight the filial piety and benevolence of the Chu Kingdom.

Ordinary poor people just go to the graves to burn incense and worship their ancestors, but for the royal family, it is a serious matter.

On this day, the royal family will go to the imperial mausoleum in the western suburbs, not only to worship their ancestors, but also to worship heaven. The personnel involved are huge projects. Zongzheng Temple, the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor start preparations months in advance.

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The royal family's sons and grandsons will naturally go there. In addition, officials of the third division, six ministries, and fourth rank or above must accompany the imperial chariot.

The Jian Zheng of the Qin Tian Jian is now the agent of the Imperial Preceptor, so Lingtai Guan, Bao Zhangzheng, Jian Hou, Si Li, Si Chen and other officials of the Qin Tian Jian have already followed the Imperial Preceptor to set up a platform in the imperial mausoleum.

Of course, for this sacrifice, in addition to dispatching the Somasaji Temple Rites Department and Qintenjian, the four admiral offices in charge of the four cities of Kyoto were also heavily guarded. The Inner Court Yulin Camp, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and the Kyoto Prefecture also sent out experts to escort them.

His Majesty the Emperor came to the imperial mausoleum in person at noon on October 14th. According to the rules, he had to sit in meditation in the imperial mausoleum all night. At noon the next day, which was noon on October 15th, he formally offered sacrifices to heaven and ancestors.

So on October 14th, the streets and alleys of Kyoto Prefecture were extremely quiet. Under the strict guard of the Habayashi Camp, and the dark protection of the Kyoto Prefecture and the Metropolitan Procuratorate's First Battalion, His Majesty the Emperor's imperial chariot drove majestically.

Towards the imperial mausoleum.

At this time, the martial law inside Kyoto was even more solemn. All the manpower of the four admiral's offices were deployed to conduct strict inspections on people coming and going from the four gates in Kyoto. The three garrison troops in Kyoto, Nanlin Camp, Beilin Camp and Shenwu Camp, were also on standby.

There was a tense atmosphere throughout Kyoto.

This atmosphere did not affect the harmony of the Prince Consort's Mansion.

Since the eldest princess is married to a woman, although she is of royal blood, she is not a male and cannot be considered a son or grandson. Therefore, she stays quietly in the palace like the concubines in the palace. During this period, no one dares to do anything.

Because everyone knows the temper of His Majesty the Emperor, everyone must remain absolutely quiet at this time. If you are not careful, if His Majesty the Emperor thinks you have done something, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, the concubines stayed quietly in their palaces.

Naturally, everything is peaceful in the Prince Consort's Mansion. This mansion used to be quiet and remote. This time, the Qianqiu Festival has not changed anything here. It's just that the Prince Consort also made the servants prepare. After all, the Prince Consort has ancestors, and he also wants to

Worship ancestors.

Xue Poye was in his small courtyard, and Lady Green and Xiao Shitou were sitting across from each other. The three of them looked at each other, but they all saw a trace of sadness on each other's faces.

Everyone worships their ancestors, what should I do?

The atmosphere in the yard was very bad, and Xiao Shitou's eyes turned slightly red.

Xue Poye couldn't feel better at this time. Da Chu's Qianqiu Festival is, to put it bluntly, the Qingming Festival in later generations, so he naturally and softly chanted: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die."

Lady Green glanced at Xue Poye and smiled bitterly: "I still remember the last time I saw my parents, when I was only five years old."

Xue Poye looked at Lady Green and heard a hint of sadness in her voice, and said softly: "Let me ask you a question."

Green Lady and Xiao Shitou both looked at him, and Xue Poye slowly said: "If you wake up one day and find yourself in a completely unfamiliar environment, there are no familiar people, no familiar things, not even the customs and human relations.

Everything has changed. Your relatives are gone, your friends are gone, and even your enemies no longer exist. How will you face it?"

Xiao Shitou and Green Lady were both a little startled. Xue Poye's question was really novel, and their brows could not help but frown slightly.

At this time, Xue Poye's mind also flew back to his family in another time and space. He still remembered the scene when he went to the grave with his father every year during the Qingming Festival. Unexpectedly, he couldn't imagine that the family was now separated, and he couldn't help sighing.

"I will go crazy!" The green lady seemed to have thought carefully before answering. In fact, this was also the most likely thing. When Xue Poye first came to Dachu, he couldn't accept it for a whole month and was in a daze. If Yuezhu hadn't taken good care of him, he would have been in a daze.

Xue Poye himself didn't know if he would go crazy.

Xue Poye nodded slightly and asked Xiao Shitou: "What about you?"

Xiao Shitou blinked his eyes, with a look of perseverance on his face, and said slowly: "If that's the case, I have to live again. Maybe I will be scared, but I won't go crazy. Maybe what I see when I wake up

People are kinder."

Xue Poye laughed and sighed in his heart: "This child's heart is already as strong as iron. I'm afraid it will be difficult for anything to break him again."

The green lady suddenly asked: "Today is October 14th, will you forget that anonymous letter?"

"Of course I won't forget it." Xue Poye touched his nose and smiled: "This is a fun thing. How could I forget it so easily."

The green lady blinked her charming eyes slightly and said with a smile: "Are you going then? Maybe some beautiful lady will ask you on a date and she will be waiting for you there tonight." Although she said this, it was obviously just a joke, and even she

I also know very well that no woman would ask a man to go to the cemetery in the middle of the night.

Xue Poye touched his nose and sighed: "In this world, unless a beauty like you is waiting for me in the cemetery, I can go, otherwise I will not go if anyone asks me."

"Oh!" Green Lady's eyes flashed and she said softly, "Then you're not going tonight?"

Xue Poye looked up at the rare sun over Kyoto and said slowly: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. In this place in Kyoto, if you really want to kill me, there is no need to abolish so many Zhou Zhangs. If I dare not go

, I’m afraid I’ll lose a lot of things.”

Green Lady's beautiful eyes flashed with admiration, and she smiled softly: "My brother has always been brave."

"Without my sister by my side, I can't be bold enough." Xue Poye said lazily: "I'm not afraid of anything, just afraid of ten thousand. Why don't you accompany me at night to protect me?"

Xue Poye asked the green lady to follow him, not because he really wanted her to protect him. He knew in his heart that he was like a little bird in Kyoto. If anyone really wanted to kill him, it would be very easy at least for now, and he could not commit the crime.

He pretended to be a ghost with Yunuma, but if there was really danger, Xue Poye would not let the green lady take the risk.

He asked the green lady to accompany him. Firstly, he was not very clear about the geographical situation of Kyoto. With the green lady by his side, at least he would not get lost. Secondly, it was also to strengthen his courage. Although Xue Poye was not timid, who the hell would dare to do that?

People run to the graveyard in the middle of the night.

The green lady stretched her waist, she was charming and sexy, her big breasts seemed to burst through her clothes, and she giggled and said: "It's a shame you can imagine that a grown man asked a little girl to accompany him to the graveyard in the middle of the night.

It really doesn’t make sense.”

Xue Poye laughed and said, "Young ladies can't go, but Young Master Jun can always go."

The green lady asked curiously: "Young Master?"

Xue Poye looked up and down the green lady's undulating sexy body, and laughed, which made the green lady a little hairy. She couldn't help but use her arms to cover her plump breasts, spat, and glanced at Xiao Shi, who was pretending to be nonchalant.

, scolded: "You...if you look again, I...I will poke your eyes out." As he spoke, silver light shone between his fingers, and two silver needles appeared out of nowhere.

Xiao Shitou turned his face as if nothing had happened. He now understood a very sincere truth: we should not see what we should not see, we should not listen to what we should not hear, and we should not speak of what we should not say.

Xue Poye sighed and said: "If you are really like this, just let me go, and if someone sees you, you will gossip instead. In the middle of the night, there will be a man and a woman alone. One is handsome and the other is beautiful. I am very shy. I don't like this kind of thing."

This is unacceptable."

Xiao Shitou had known for a long time that Xue Poye and Lady Lu were not biological siblings, so Xue Poye did not hide it from him.

"Bah." The green lady spat in a very charming manner: "Are you shy? Your skin is thicker than the city wall, how can you still be shy?"

Xue Poye stood up, approached the green lady, and said softly: "If you dress like a man, I think you will be very, very handsome. I need a beautiful man to accompany me tonight."

Seeing his serious look, the green lady nodded.

The night in Kyoto is different from other places. The gilded palaces and glazed tiles of the Imperial Palace are like pearls crawling on the earth in the night. Countless palace lanterns shine as bright as day in the numerous palaces of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Outside the solemn and solemn Cining Palace, palace lanterns as bright as stars are hung on the palace walls every few steps, and eunuchs in blue are standing around the Cining Palace.

The floors of the palace are all made of large bricks made from the "Black Gold Clay" produced in Jinzhou. This is not a bluestone slab or a white jade material. It is hard and flat as a mirror, and the dark color is deep and has a little bit of it.

Venus exudes a mysterious and holy atmosphere.

Behind the gorgeous and exquisite layers of brocade tents, cautious and attentive maids and eunuchs are waiting quietly. As you go inward along the arch, there will be fewer and fewer eunuchs and maids. When you reach the room in the middle of Cining Palace, there are only a few

There were three or two maids waiting on the ground.

No one dared to say a word, and even the sound of breathing was very quiet.

Everyone knows that the Queen Mother and the eldest princess are enjoying licking the calf inside. Every once in a while, the eldest princess and the Queen Mother will stay here quietly for a while.

The Queen Mother is already old. It is said that when she was young, she was extremely beautiful, comparable to the eldest princess today. The eldest princess also looks like her mother, so the Queen Mother loves her daughter very much.

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Flowers wither and fall, spring comes and a new generation replaces the old. The once beautiful Empress Dowager is now just an old man over fifty years old, but she still retains the majesty and nobility.

The wrinkled eyes would show a frightening light from time to time.

In the capital of Kyoto, no one dares to look down upon this old lady.

Today's Holy Emperor puts filial piety first, and always listens to his mother's words and takes them into his heart. Therefore, sometimes a few seemingly random words from the Empress Dowager can change many things. In addition, many people say that the late Emperor passed away.

At that time, a secret army was left for the Empress Dowager. This may be a rumor, but there are many signs that show that there is indeed a huge force behind the Empress Dowager. That force is hidden in the dark, like a force wandering in the middle of the night.

Lurking like a wandering spirit.

The Empress Dowager's real name was Situ, and she was a member of the Tu family of the Yongguo Company. When she was still in bloom, the late emperor brought this beautiful woman in Kyoto into the palace and named her the queen. She was also very successful, and she gave birth to two children in a row.

The prince played a vital role in the continuation of Da Chu.

At this time, the beauty is dying, but she still retains her original beauty. Moreover, she takes good care of herself, so her skin does not look horribly old. It is just very loose, but it is still white.

"Tomorrow is another thousand-year birthday. I only hope that blessings will come from heaven so that our country of Chu can live in peace and prosperity." The Empress Dowager gently stroked the eldest princess's face. Her most beloved daughter was now lying on her knees.

"Mother, you should rest assured that the emperor is a good emperor who is diligent and caring for the people." The eldest princess said softly, looking lazy and charming.

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, looked at the little palace maid cutting flower branches not far in front, and said with a majestic voice: "Isn't that golden yucca flowering yet?"

The little palace maid hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother, Mr. Hou said that this kind of flower has a stubborn temper. You can't tell when it will bloom, and maybe it won't bloom this year."

The Empress Dowager looked slightly stunned and said in a cold voice: "Tomorrow at noon is the time to worship heaven and ancestors. If the flowers have not bloomed by then, then burn all these useless things. From now on, no more gold is allowed to be planted in the palace.

Yucca."

The little palace maid agreed timidly.

The eldest princess didn't seem to hear her. She just lay quietly on her mother's knees, like a sleeping baby.
To be continued...