Don't be crazy, don't wear fast

Chapter 261 Your Royal Highness, please ascend the throne! (26)
The Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony is an important event in Dayou Kingdom.

Generally, if there are no accidents, there will be a small sacrifice every year, and a big sacrifice every three or five years.

Coincidentally, this year happens to be the five-year festival.

It is not easy for the emperor to go out for a trip. It not only brings trouble to the people below, but also wastes a lot of money.

Therefore, the emperor will basically not go out in person for the small sacrifice every year, and send someone to bring his sacrificial rites over, just go out of the way.

But for the big festival, you still have to go there in person.

However, the current emperor is a strange thing. He likes to show his face very much, or it is too boring to stay in the palace. In short, every year, he has to go there by himself every time in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, no matter whether it is a big ceremony or a small ceremony.

Fortunately, the Temple of Heaven is not far from the capital where the ceremony is held, otherwise a large amount of travel expenses every year would make the officials below bald.

It is precisely because the emperor himself likes to preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven in person that the princes are indisputable, which maintains the superficial peace.

Now that Princess Youlan has been appointed as the officiant, it can be said that she is the first among many princes and princesses, and also the only heir of the royal family who has been given the position of officiant and has the right to inherit.

This has to make other people think more.

It's as if everyone is standing on the same starting line. As long as you don't run out ahead of time, we can still talk and laugh, and have some friendly exchanges where friendship comes first and competition comes second.

But when one person ran out first, the hearts of the others immediately became unbalanced.

Why are we still standing where we are, but you can already run out first?

And at this time, there is no foul or non-foul to talk about.

Running one step first is one step closer to the last position.

Maybe it was just this one step difference, and the lost advantage would never be regained.

This is why when the emperor's imperial decree was issued, everyone became restless.

No matter what the emperor was thinking, the first time he asked someone else to participate in the heaven sacrifice ceremony for him was a clear signal.

A signal that all the princes were angry about.

And this kind of anger, Si Yin quickly felt it.

In the past, she was a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and anyone who saw her had to show some face, even the brothers and sisters in the harem.

It is mainly the elder brothers who are single-mindedly fighting for the throne.

They were born earlier than her. When she was a baby, they had already been arranged by the emperor to learn how to become a future emperor.

They knew that the emperor had always loved this younger sister very much, but they didn't take it seriously because she was just a little girl who had never practiced.

In their view, being a woman and never practicing cultivation has already cut off her way to the sky.

Instead of wasting time dealing with her, it is better to arrange more obstacles for the other brothers who are more powerful.

However, it is different now. When Princess Youlan is mentioned again, the first thing that people can think of is that she presided over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven instead of the emperor.

At the same time, in the minds of the ministers, she was also the first heir recognized by the emperor.

That alone left them all far behind.

So during this period of time, while Si Yin was preparing various matters for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, at the same time, she was feeling the deep concern from the imperial brothers.

If it were the real Princess Youlan, she might have been shocked by such stares, and would not be willing to be an officiant.

However, for Si Yin, this kind of staring is simply drizzle, and it has no deterrent effect on her at all.

In this weird atmosphere, the day for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky soon arrived.

On this day, Siyin first received the sacrificial oration written by the emperor himself, and then, surrounded by hundreds of officials, stepped onto the emperor's imperial chariot, and went to the Temple of Heaven to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the Temple of Heaven instead of her father.

Leaving from the capital, heading south all the way, about more than 200 miles away, is the location of Longwu Mountain.

The Temple of Heaven in Dayou Country was built on the top of Longwu Mountain.

Although there are only more than 200 miles, in this world that is not very convenient to move, it still takes several days to walk.

The main reason is that their queue is too long.

Those who ride horses and carriages are better. Those guards of honor and guards can't walk too fast if they only walk on two legs.

Si Yin originally thought that her imperial brothers would prepare some interesting "entertainments" for her on the way.

Unexpectedly, all the way to the top of Longwu Mountain was safe, and there was not even a single person blocking the way.

Si Yin didn't feel that her imperial brothers had changed their sex, nor did she feel that they had completely given up on the throne. In her mind, this was probably the calm before the storm, right?

After resting overnight in the palace on the top of the mountain, the next morning, after the priests had calculated the auspicious time, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven officially began.

Before coming, the emperor didn't know whether it was to save face for Si Yin or for some other purpose, so he specially named her the eldest princess.

This is another move that confuses the civil and military officials and the people who eat melons.

When the previous emperors sent their heirs to preside over the ceremony, they would either be named princes or princes.

This was the first time that only one eldest princess was sealed, and someone was sent to preside over it.

It can't be said that the eldest princess is not good, but it can only be said that compared with the titles of the princes and daughters who can tell the identity of the heir at a glance, the title of the eldest princess is a bit out of hand.

But who calls someone the emperor?
Even if you don't give him any title, don't you have to honestly finish the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven for him?

The weather is fine today, cloudless and the sun is shining brightly.

With the help of the maid, Si Yin put on the complicated sacrificial attire.

Because it is a big festival, there are many more rules than ordinary festivals.

Fortunately, there is no need for Si Yin to do it by herself, just leave it to other people to handle it.

All she had to do was wait for the right time to walk up to the stage, unfold the sacrificial oration written by the emperor, and read it aloud.

Many people also speculated whether such a young princess who knew nothing about the world would make a joke at such an important ceremony.

Unexpectedly, Princess Youlan not only did not make a joke, but instead showed the majesty and elegance of the royal family vividly and vividly in every move.

Anyone who saw her would think that she was worthy of being the princess favored by the emperor.

Moreover, when listening to her recite the sacrificial oration, the calmness, generosity and dignity she displayed made people unable to help but be attracted to her, shocked by her, and wanted to surrender to her.

Seeing that she was about to finish chanting the sacrificial oration, a sudden gust of wind blew up.

Then black mist rose from the foot of the mountain, covering the Temple of Heaven in an instant.

Just when everyone was at a loss and didn't know what happened, countless vines with the thickness of wrists protruded from the black mist.

They seem to protrude from the void, attacking indiscriminately with spirituality, ready to entangle everyone present.

Ordinary people screamed in fright and ran around.

But those who have awakened the flower soul understand that this is an attack by the owner of the flower soul!

(End of this chapter)