Great Tang Southern Emperor

"That's right, you people like to go online, what's the relationship between beauty and dominance? Heroes love beauties, is this human nature?"

"Your Highness is considered lustful, but with his current achievements, what's wrong with being lustful?"

"That's right, Your Highness is wise and mighty, not the kind of person who is easily addicted to beauty."

"I can trust the character of His Highness the Crown Prince. If he likes beautiful women, why is there still only one Crown Princess?"

"..."

Similar rumors also spread to the front of the Taimiao and fell into Li Shimin's ears.

"Hahaha, Zhen'er, I didn't expect you to like this." Li Shimin laughed, patted Li Zhen's shoulder, and joked: "If I knew you liked this, when my father destroyed Goguryeo, he wouldn't reward those royal women." I'll leave it to you. You don't know that Goguryeo is a small country, but there are many beauties, and compared to my Central Plains women, the women there are all from the white mountains and black waters, so it's quite unique."

"Father, forget it." Li Zhen said with a wry smile: "It's really not my son's fault. In fact, at the beginning, my son didn't even know that they would do such a thing—— from the beginning to the end, my son I only fell in love with Fan Xueyi, and the rest were caused by Xue Wanche and Liu Hongji. I didn't know that such a thing would happen in advance. If I knew it earlier, I would have stopped them. Fortunately, now It's not too late, when this incident is over, my son will..."

"Then how?" Li Shimin listened, and laughed even more out of breath: "Anyway, this is also Xue Wanche's intention. The emperor has made the decision on this matter, and you are allowed to accept it. Wait for this offering After the captive ceremony, settle your affairs, and the emperor will personally preside over a wedding ceremony for you."

"No, father, please forgive me." Li Zhen didn't expect Li Shimin to say such a thing, and immediately complained, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Marrying more than a dozen at a time... This is not in line with Zhou etiquette. And so many beauties, all of them Being monopolized by the son-in-law, I'm afraid others will feel dissatisfied."

"Who would dare?" Li Shimin's domineering sideways leaked, and he said coldly: "Zhen'er, you have made great achievements in the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty can have the territory it is today, Zhen'er, you must take the lead. If such a credit, if you change If you are someone else, even if your father rewards them with a hundred or eighty beauties, no one will say anything... You are only a dozen or so, I want to see who dares to gossip?"

"Eh..." Li Zhen was speechless, who would bring up such a thing in the open?

Li Shimin waved his hand very domineeringly: "Father is in charge, this matter is settled like this, you just wait to go back and hug Meijiao Niang, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

"..." Li Zhen continued to be speechless, you have already talked to this point, what else can I say?

But, why is there a faint joy in my heart...

"Your Majesty, the prisoners are about to come in." After another hour, the first prison car was finally about to enter the Suzaku Gate.

Of course, the prison cars can't go through the main entrance, but there are five doorways in Suzaku Gate, except for the main entrance, there are plenty of ways for them to go.

"Hahaha, it's finally here. I've been waiting for a long time." Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Very good, Zhen'er, Zhuqing, we should also leave, let me have a look."

"The minister (child minister) obeys the order."

"Hahaha……"

Chapter 742 The ancestor worship begins

Chapter 1: Ancestor Worship Begins

When all the captives were escorted to the square in front of the Taimiao, the atmosphere around the square suddenly boiled, and it took a long time to calm down.

It was in this environment that the ancestor worship ceremony began.

As Zongzheng, Li Daozong first stood up and announced: "Ancestor worship in the Taimiao, the official start, offering sacrifices."

"duo~"

The majestic and majestic horns sounded, and 81 warriors carried three sacrifices, incense candles and other items neatly placed in front of the Taimiao Gate—originally, the ancestor sacrifices were to be completed in the Taimiao Temple, but the scale of today’s sacrifices is too large. It was too big, and there were countless people watching the ceremony, so after discussing with people in the clan, an old ancestor of Li Shimin's grandpa took the initiative to remove the ancestral tablet from the Taimiao, and put the place of sacrifice in the square in front of the Taimiao superior.

"In the midst of Guimao, the Zhongyuan is auspicious, the treasures of heaven and earth, the autumn and the scenery are bright, the auspicious light is condensed, and the auspiciousness surrounds the beams... Three animals and wine are enjoyed by the ancestors; four fruits and delicacies are all the ancestors. The incense is lingering , Consolation ancestors have virtue and inheritance, eternal life; red candles shine in the sky, may the descendants of Langui Qifang, prosperous for generations to come. Worship and sincerely.

...The ancestors have spirits, protect my Tang Dynasty, the country will last forever, and the dynasty will prosper forever... Today's unfilial descendants establish a dynasty as the Tang Dynasty, and expedition to Nanyang... Barabara...

Woohoo! The ancestors and the ancestors, Wei Fu Shangxiang. "

As the protagonist, Li Shimin first recited the ancestral sacrificial essay (a model essay that I found after searching for a long time) as the opening chapter of the sacrificial ceremony. This sacrificial essay is divided into two parts. I'm showing off my achievements, what is the reason for the sacrifice this time, what tributes we have prepared this time, and so on.

It’s just that I don’t know who wrote the sacrificial oration, it’s not a mouthful, and it’s too long. Li Shimin read it for half an hour before he could finish it. The people kneeling below were also drowsy, and Li Zhen almost fell asleep, but it was Li Ke who was next to him who pulled him, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

Finally, Li Shimin's sacrificial text was finished, and Li Zhen's spirit was shaken, but then weakened again, because he knew that reading the sacrificial text was just the beginning, and the grand ancestor worship ceremony was far from that simple—even for ordinary small families, offering sacrifices to the ancestral hall It would take half a day, not to mention that the ancestors are now worshiped by the royal family, the most noble family in the world, and the rules are stinky, long and numerous.

Li Zhen used to often participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, and on average at least twice a year (once for Qingming Festival, once for Chinese New Year), if there are special days or celebrations, such as a big victory in a battle, etc., it will be increased.Every time, I have to be busy from morning to night, almost without stopping for a moment, and I don't even have time to drink saliva. Fortunately, juniors like them don't need to intervene in the preparation and finishing work, otherwise I will be really exhausted.

Therefore, Li Zhen hated such things as worshiping ancestors, not to mention that this time was destined to be the largest in history, and it was very busy. Today, I don't want to be able to walk back standing up.

"Officials respect incense~"

Sure enough, after reading the sacrificial oration, after several small steps, Li Daozong announced the second big step of ancestor worship, all the royal families present offered incense to the ancestors.This operation seems to be very simple, just need to kowtow a few times, and then put on a stick of incense is enough.

But how can things be so simple?

Offering incense is just the basics. The key is that everyone who offers incense must report to their ancestors what they have done in the past year, what achievements they have made, whether they have done anything bad, whether there are any children in the family, and if they are added. Now, I have to introduce my sons and daughters, Yunyun, I'm so troublesome.

More importantly, this ancestor worship is the largest one in the decades since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It is not even smaller than the two ceremonies when the country was established and the emperor ascended the throne. With such a large scale, it can be said that the royal family who can come coming.

Moreover, the Li family in Longxi itself is a famous family in the world, with a great family business and many descendants.Although some people did not receive many awards because they did not participate in the founding war, but as members of Li Shimin's clan, there is no doubt that they are the royal family.

So the number of royals present today will almost reach 500 people...

When will this respect go?

Fortunately, it may have been expected before that there are too many people and the time may not be enough, so after discussing with the Ministry of Rites and several departments, the time for some projects was shortened, and offering incense is one of them-now the royal children only need It is enough to offer incense to the ancestors, and then say a few words of blessing. As for the other contents, they are written on paper in advance, and then the Taimiao temple will burn them to the ancestors.

"Fortunately, I saved a lot of time, otherwise my knee would really break." After burning incense, Li You returned to the area of ​​Li Shimin's lineage and knelt down again, complaining in a low voice——Li Yu explained the reason why everyone hates the item of offering incense, that is, you have to kneel whether you have finished offering incense or not.

But you must know that this is the Taimiao, but there is no cushion to support you. Everyone, no matter how old or young, kneels directly on the floor. Suffered.However, the Taimiao is an important place, and you can't move around even if you don't feel well. You can imagine the feeling.

Li Chengqian turned around and scolded: "Shut up, no one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak."

"Hmph..." It's just that since Li Chengqian was deposed, his prestige has been greatly reduced, especially for Li You, who has a rebellious personality, and he has never been regarded as an elder brother.But he still knows the importance, he knows that this is not a place to quarrel, so he just snorted softly and stopped talking, otherwise try another place, he dares to fight Li Chengqian.

Li Tai turned his head and persuaded softly: "Okay, everyone, stop arguing, let the emperor know, and he will be angry."

"..." The crowd became quiet again, only Miao Zhu's singing voice remained.

"Oh my god, it's over." One thousand people, it takes half a minute for each person to calculate, plus the later people are two or three people together, but even so, everyone is kneeling It took nearly two hours, so that the last person in the queue had to be helped to go up, which shows how much pain the knees have suffered.

Fortunately, after offering incense, the rituals in the morning were basically completed, and it was already noon. All those who participated in the ancestor worship were given a quarter of an hour to rest. During this quarter of an hour, everyone can eat and drink water, a little rest and rest.

However, after everyone got up, the first thing they did was not to drink water, eat and rest, but they all rubbed their knees with pain on their faces, and at the same time walked back and forth to activate the blood in their legs—kneeling so After a long time, the parts below the knees have long been paralyzed, and if the blood is not activated, the legs will really be scrapped.

Chapter 743 What Li Shimin Realized

Chapter 1 What did Li Shimin realize

"I think this kind of ceremony will happen a few more times, and I will only be able to walk in a wheelchair." Taking advantage of this gap, Li You smiled wryly and said to Li Zhen, "I don't want to participate in such a ceremony. Eighth brother, if, I mean, if, in the future, if you want to really do that, and if you really do that, if we worship our ancestors again, you must never call me and let me kneel here for a day, then I would rather go to Fighting with the enemy for three days and three nights on the battlefield is really not something that humans do."

"Shut up, why do you dare to say anything?" A majestic reprimand sounded.

"Father, please forgive me." Li You was facing Li Zhen, and did not see the person behind him, but the first time he heard this voice, he knelt down - he was too familiar with Zheng's voice, because he was a child. Big, as long as he caused trouble, it was the voice that punished him, and he had already formed a conditioned reflex.

From this, we can also know how big the shadow Li Shimin occupies in Li You's heart, and he is about to become a demon. It is no wonder that in history, Li You's final end was rebellion—faced with such an almost irresistible heart. Demon, Li You has only two ways to go, the first is to obey, but with Li You's unruly personality, even if this psychological shadow is Li Shimin, he is absolutely impossible to submit.

So he chose the second path, which is resistance.