Everything on the round three-layer altar was ready, and the national teacher of the Tang Kingdom was responsible for the emcee.

The sun rises eastward and the time has arrived.

The bell that had been resounding for a quarter of an hour suddenly stopped, the drum music started, and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven finally began. At this time, the place where the altar of Lanqiu is located was burnt calf in the southeast, and the sky lanterns hung in the southwest. The smoke and clouds were misty, and the atmosphere was both mysterious and solemn.

On the round three-layer altar, all the utensils were already prepared.

Below the altar, there are all the adults of the Tang Kingdom who have been named princes. After the prince, all civil and military officials stood in their crowns and robes, with a solemn expression.

Emperor Tang Li Yanqing was wearing a big fur and a robe. The robe was decorated with sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers and dragons. He wore a crown with twelve tassels hanging from front and back. He was wearing a big gui around his waist, holding a robe in his hand, and stood facing the west on the southeast side of the altar.

After the drums and music were heard, the national master sang a sacrifice and reported that the heaven had come to enjoy the sacrifice. The Emperor of Tang led the sacrifice to the Emperor of Heaven and slaughtered it, and lit it on the firewood pile with the sacrifices such as jade bi, jade gui, silk and other sacrifices.

This is the burning fire in the sacrifice to heaven.

After burning, it means that the process of the will of heaven comes, which is said to have responded in ancient times, but of course there is no more.

The sacrifice was still burning. The Emperor of Tang stood in front of the tablet of heaven, knelt and kowtowed, singing the meaning of sacrifice to heaven today. One is to ask for auspicious years, two is to ask for the people's health, three is to ask for the royal family for ten thousand years, and then used a very long piece of tablet of the same sky to report that the Tang and Qin will exchange letters on the altar to determine diplomatic relations.

After Emperor Tang left the altar, the national master continued to sing. The sacrificial text was lengthy and awkward, and there were probably not many people present to understand. After a few more times, finally, Dahan and others appeared.

"There are the prince Ce of Qin and the eldest princess of the Holy Emperor who held the letter of the country and came to Lanqiu from the right!"

"There are the prince Yu of Tang Kingdom and the princess of Jingyang, the eldest son of the king, who held the letter of the country and came to Lanqiu and entered from the left."

The right is the most respected in the world, Qin is the guest, and guest is the most respected. Therefore, Han and Hantian jointly held the Qin Dynasty's letter from the right side of the altar, that is, the eastern step, and Li Chengyu and Princess Jingyang jointly held the Tang Dynasty's letter from the left side of the altar, that is, the western step.

At the right time, all four of them wore sacrificed clothes, but the styles and colors were different.

Hantian's sacrificial garment is based on dark purple, with tattoos embroidered with sun, moon, stars, mountains and rivers, surrounding the four-clawed golden dragon; Han's sacrificial garment is the same as his color, the difference is that the surrounding four-clawed golden dragon is replaced by a fire phoenix.

In Qin State, the status of the eldest princess is equal to that of the queen.

However, Li Chengyu's sacrificial garment style is the same as that of Hantian, but it is embroidered with dark red as the base and gold silk pattern. The sacrificial garment of Princess Jingyang is made in reference to the style of the queen's sacrificial garment. It is also dark red as the base, and the tattoo pattern is different.

The four of them went up from two directions, and finally in front of the tablet of the sky

After drinking, the emperor and the dance team danced the dance of "Yunmen" together. According to legend, it was the music and dance of the Huangdi period. Finally, the priests also shared the wine and liquor used for sacrifices, and blessed the emperor by the corpse, which was called "王", and later generations also called "王". The emperor also gave the flesh used for sacrifices to the royal family and subordinates, which was called "花". The rituals of sacrifice to the heavens of descendants were mostly formulated according to the Zhou rituals, but the corpse was replaced by the Lord of God or the talisman.

One is the third prince, Li Yun, King Wu, and the other is the fourth prince, Li Hongsheng, who is the same as Li Chengyu, the fourth prince, Wei, Li Hongsheng, who is both elegant and gentlemanly. If Han is an ordinary person, I am afraid that no matter how you look at it, you can only see the harmonious scenes of brothers and brothers.

He really simply respects Li Chengyu, but only King Li Xiao of Jin, as the last son born to Empress Wende, is only nine years old now. However, he is gentle and respectful, humble and polite, studious and respects teachers. He is a very popular child.

If Li Chengyu hadn't been naughty and insisted on drinking, he was carried out with one hand and handed it to Qianniuwei to take it back to the bedroom, there would be no flaws in the little guy's appearance.

It was late at night when the banquet passed.

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The next day, it was still dark, and everyone was still gathering at Longzhangtai.

The Tang State is different from the Qin State. The princess has no special rights, and the eldest princess is just the eldest daughter of the emperor. But everything is balanced. They also go to the altar to celebrate the heavens. Qin State has Han Tian and Han holding letters together. Li Chengyu, who is alone, cannot be alone in Tang State?

Not only is it inconsistent, it may not look very good.

Therefore, in addition to Hantian, there is also the legitimate princess Princess Jingyang. Princess Jingyang is not the longest among the many emperors' daughters, but as the only princess of the three sons and two daughters born by Empress Wende, he is naturally the most suitable person to walk onto the altar with Li Chengyu and his letter together.

After Xuanzhao, Princess Jingyang, who had been waiting in the inner palace for a long time, came to Longzhangtai in a dress. In terms of age, Princess Jingyang was only about one year younger than Han, but still looked immature. She was somewhat uncomfortable in the scene where the envoys of more than a hundred countries were present. Although she tried hard to remain calm, Han saw a little panic through her eyes. Coupled with the good color that was no less than her brother, it made people feel pity.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is not set in the palace, but in the suburbs, so everyone still needs to move to the altar.

Not all envoys from all countries are willing to stay and watch the ceremony, but no one can afford to offend the two big men on the high platform, so they naturally have to stay whether they are happy or not.

After the Minister of Rites asked everyone to move around and watch the ceremony, the Qianniu Guards were responsible for guarding the security and order of Longzhangtai. According to the instructions they had already received, they arranged envoys from various countries to board the carriages and horses to facilitate their rushing to the altar.

The Tang Emperor Li Yanqing and Li Chengyu and his son, Han Tian and Han sisters on the platform walked down. Princess Jingyang moved to her father and brother, and the helplessness in her heart was less.

"Don't panic, how do I do next? Jingyang will follow me." Li Chengyu held Princess Jingyang's hand and comforted her.

Jingyang smiled happily and said in a low voice, "I'm not afraid of having my eldest brother here!"

The queen was loved by her father and brother. No wonder even though she was born in the palace, her eyes were still so clear and pure.

"With the same origin, Yongping has not lived so carefree." He sighed secretly, and Han Tian sent a voice to the same cold.

Han knew about the existence of his sister Princess Yongping from Hantian's previous remarks, but he had never seen it before, so he couldn't say much.

Except for the envoys from various countries who were just guests to watch the ceremony, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty and civil and military officials all had to participate in the sacrifice to heaven.

The altar is located in the southern suburbs of Shengjing City and is called Lanqiu.

After leaving Chengtian Gate in a mighty manner, the group passed by the center of the imperial city, and then came out of the Zhuque Gate. They needed to cross the entire Zhuque Avenue, that is, crossing most of Shengjing City from north to south, and leave the city to rush to Lanqiu.

So, after Han and Han Tian rode a carriage and horses across the entire Xuanwu Avenue yesterday morning, they rode the same carriage and horses across the entire Zhuque Avenue today.
Chapter completed!