Celebrities who were delayed by food

After entering the paddock, everyone in the Xie family forgot about the two idiot princes.

It was Xie Yunxi's first time to participate in this kind of sacrificial activity, she was naturally well-behaved and very peaceful.

At this moment, he followed Xie Wenqing and Xie Yuyan to the altar, while the servants went to the rest area to make other preparations.

As for this sacrificial altar in the western suburbs, although it is named "Taiwan", it actually looks like a palace. It's just that it is not used to live in people, but it is specially built to report large-scale sacrifices.

And the sacrifices are mostly for accessing the heaven and the earth and praying to the gods, so the palace built here is naturally extremely high.

Xie Yunxi raised his head and looked at the endless stone steps. First, he sighed at the magnificence of the building. After sighing, he felt like retreating, and just wanted to turn around and leave.

As a salted fish that can sit but never stand, and can lie down and never sit, thinking about such a high step makes me feel tired.

What's more, it's not like climbing a mountain in Langya at this moment. Those who go up and down the steps have to maintain a graceful posture. Even if they are tired like dogs, they are not allowed to bend their waists.

Family etiquette: the head can be broken, the blood can flow, and the spine cannot be bent.

Xie Yunxi glanced at the three-tier dress on her body, then at the gradually red sun, rolled her eyes, and silently backed away.

As soon as he took two steps back, he ran into a "wall of meat".

Xie Yunxi looked back, and was facing Xie Yuyan with a bright smile on her face. She was really a gentleman, Yan Ruyu, who saw Qingcheng with a smile.

——It looks like it's very embarrassing.

Knowing brother Mo Ruodi, let alone a brother who once climbed a tile and climbed a tree together and wore a pair of underpants.

"Third Brother, didn't you say that, life lies in movement, this step is not as high as your Langya Mountain, what are you afraid of?"

Xie Yunxi glanced at the steps again, "Can this be the same? At least I don't need to hold up a demeanor or wear such a heavy dress when I climb the mountain. After all, why did no one tell me that the altar is so high?"

"I said, you can still come!" Xie Yuyan spread his hands calmly, "Third brother, as the saying goes, if you come, you will be safe. In fact, there are not many steps. I counted them last year. There are only 99 steps, which is the height. Well, it's a little higher than usual, just grit your teeth and go up."

"Hehe—" Xie Yunxi looked at him expressionlessly, "You are deliberately trying to torment me."

Xie Yuyan grinned, "Ah, third brother, what are you talking about, we two brothers have such a good relationship, this is called sharing blessings." Difficulties are shared.

The subtext is too obvious to complain.

——Hey, this guy with a belly full of bad water, what a good brother and friend!

Xie Yunxi felt that her young heart had been seriously hurt, so she turned her head angrily, and went to find his elder brother—seeking comfort and suing.

"Brother, look at Shiro, he was so cute before, but now he is so indifferent, so ruthless, so no brotherly love, hey-"

Xie Wenqing looked around nervously, seeing that there was no one around, and the soldiers on both sides of the steps were separated by a distance, he was slightly relieved.

Immediately, she lowered her voice, "It was agreed that you should pay attention to your image outside, and act like a baby when you are too old."

Thinking of the past between Xie Yunxi and Xie Yuyan, he felt another headache. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes and complained, "Cute? You call Shangwa Jiefang cute, come on, stand up straight quickly, and pay attention to your manners when you go up the steps. It’s not allowed to be like climbing a mountain at home, there’s no way to do it right.”

"Oh~~"

Xie Yunxi immediately stood at attention, with only a pair of peach blossom eyes blinking, revealing an inexplicable grievance——hmm, he really doesn't care for his brother, doesn't love his brother, sister...

"Huh?" Xie Yunxi looked around, "Where did Second Sister go?"

Xie Yuyan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Third brother, I just told you last night that you didn't hear about my feelings. Alas, the female relatives will go to another place. When you get there, you can see the second sister." .”

"Above, it's better not to see."

Xie Yunxi raised her head, looked at the steps that couldn't be seen at the top, and sighed helplessly, "Climb, just climb, what else can I do."

Caught between the two brothers, there was no way for him to escape.

***

As the saying goes, high places are extremely cold, but Xie Yunxi has climbed 99 steps, the height of which is not in line with human mechanics. When standing on a high place and looking down, he doesn't know whether others are cold or not. Anyway, he feels very hot, or The sweltering heat of sweating all over.

At this time, the advantage of thick clothes comes out. Because it is too thick, even if the underwear is soaked, but from the outside, the sleeves are still fluttering and the appearance is dignified.

Xie Yunxi wiped away the fine sweat from his forehead with a brocade handkerchief, and when the wind blew, his face became fairer and rosier, but he was still handsome and personable.

As for Xie Wenqing and Xie Yuyan, I don't know if they are used to climbing on weekdays, or their physical strength is already very good, but they didn't break a sweat at all.

Xie Yunxi took a look, and couldn't help doubting herself: Could it be that he is really prematurely aging, or why the two of them are fine, and he is the only one who is sweating profusely and is in such a mess?

Xie Yunxi fanned her fan, trying to suppress the heat on her body.

He felt that his image at the moment should be extremely embarrassing, but in fact it looked like a peach blossom to outsiders, his shape was like a pine and cypress, and the folding fan was lifted lightly, adding a few romantic touches.

On the steps, everyone gathered.

When Xie Yunxi, Xie Wenqing and Xie Yuyan walked to the altar, everyone looked sideways and bowed their hands.

All of a sudden, there were voices of greetings and greetings one after another, and the flow of people was surging, which made people a little dazzled.

Xie Yunxi really doesn't like this kind of occasion, but fortunately, he is a high-cold person to the outside world, which saves a lot of energy for greetings at the moment.

Looking at the people who came up to greet him, he was naturally blind for a while, and the noise around him was really a headache.

Xie Yunxi was a little impatient, but she would always remember Xie Wenqing's instructions—speak less and make fewer mistakes, and keep pace.

In order to take good care of his "problem child", it is really not easy for Xie Wenqing to be the eldest brother.

From the early morning of yesterday to the third watch of the night, it was a day-long rule that Xie Yunxi yawned all day long.

Fortunately, Xie Yunxi didn't remember anything else, but remembered the phrase "Speak less, make less mistakes, keep pace".

As for how to remember it—hey, try brainwashing it hundreds of times in the morning, noon and night, even those without ears can probably remember the mouth shape of these words.

"Boom-"

When the bell rang, everyone was silent and took their seats.

Xie Yunxi followed Xie Wenqing to the seat where the aristocratic family gathered, and stopped at the front of the line before entering the line.

This kind of large-scale sacrificial ceremony always pays attention to the ranking, and the aristocratic family and the royal family have always entered the water without violating the river, so the ranking is very clear.

There are also many taboos before and after ranking, and most of the aristocratic families still rank according to the strength of the family.

Of course, if there is a tie, or if there is a life-and-death conflict between two adjacent families, it must be considered separately. The specific implementation is indeed very complicated.

Yesterday Xie Wenqing talked about some tricks about ranking, but Xie Yunxi didn't listen to much.

After he entered the line and took his seat, he realized that the people standing in front of him, on the left, and on the left were all acquaintances.

The closest to Xie Yunxi's left and right were naturally Xie Wenqing and Xie Yuyan.

And beside Xie Wenqing, it happened to be Sun Yiqian.Looking to the right, past Xie Yuyan, he could just see Helian City, and after that, he was Tang Tangtang of the Tang family.

It is not a coincidence that the four big families are always in the same row, but behind him, there are just a few young men from the Wang family. Xie Yunxi does not know the other few, but he has met Wang Anqi's eldest brother several times.

Before entering the queue, he glanced around, but Wang Anqi was not present. As for the question, the bell had already rung, so he couldn't turn around again, so he could only wait for the sacrifice and ask another question.

However, Xie Yunxi is very envious of Wang Anqi at the moment. Being able to stay at home and act wildly freely is much more interesting than this sacrifice.

"Boom, boom—"

The bell rang twice, the ceremony and music began, and the emperor entered the arena to perform the sacrificial ceremony.

Hearing the sound, Xie Yunxi revived and looked at the altar curiously.

At this time, with the sound of ceremony and music, a man with dark dark lines was slowly entering the arena, accompanied by attendants, concubines, and princes.

As he got closer, his vision gradually became clearer, and he could see that the man was wearing a jet-black crown, and the twelve strings of jade bead curtains on the crown drooped naturally, hiding some of his face, making it difficult to see clearly.

Xie Yunxi stared at the bead curtain on the crown for a long time, but did not see any obvious shaking, "This emperor is really not easy to do, just walking without moving jade, tsk tsk tsk, how long will it take to practice!"

Xie Wenqing and Xie Yuyan were close, so they could hear his muttering, the corners of their mouths twitched, they really didn't know how to complain.

This person, why not pay attention to it, but pay attention to the bead curtain on the emperor's head.

Xie Wenqing sighed secretly.

quite a while.

He whispered worryingly: "After burning incense and drinking wine, you should greet the gods and worship four times. Don't patronize these things. If you forget or slow down the rhythm, it will be ugly."

The whole audience saluted, and the only person stood upright on the spot, then he really became the crane that "stands out from the crowd"-it is an extremely rude accident to be a crane at this time.

Although Xie Yunxi has been a bit of a fool, but it has something to do with the family's face, so he dare not slack off.

Immediately closed his eyes, "stand upright", not daring to be distracted.

Slightly indulge.

Offering officials and drinking wine, the music played for half an hour, and everyone saluted to welcome the gods.

The ceremony is completed, the silk is laid, the gift is presented, and the ceremony and music continue.

After this series of rituals, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just that it is too tiring.

The sacrificial ceremony is not difficult, but the time is extremely long, and the early autumn is only cool in the morning and evening. As the day approaches noon, the sun is getting higher and higher, and the temperature is naturally getting hotter.

Xie Yunxi suddenly understood why Wang Anqi survived and avoided the sacrifice.

This sacrifice is too much a test of physical strength and endurance, but if the body is weak, it may pass out halfway.

——No wonder, the uncle always used his weak bones as an excuse in the past few years, and no one has made irresponsible remarks.

Taking advantage of the gap in the process, Xie Yunxi glanced at the people from various families present, and at a glance, they were all young people.

The essence of this sacrifice is physical labor. No wonder he was asked to pay more attention to his body and exercise more when his uncle and second uncle saw him off—well, feelings are waiting for him here.

Xie Yunxi was a little sad. She thought that he just didn't love her brother, and her brother didn't love her. The elder sister was watching coldly in the circle of female relatives from the opposite family.

I never thought that now even his uncle and second uncle don't love him anymore - hey, he is really miserable.

Just as he felt sorry for himself, the ceremony and music stopped suddenly, and Xianguan retreated to one side.

Afterwards, the person who read the wish took his place and read the wish message.

Xie Yunxi lost interest after hearing the first few paragraphs of the notice, and resisted the urge to yawn.

Under the robe that no one could see, he switched his feet vigorously. When his left foot was tired, he switched to his right foot, and when his right foot was tired, he switched to his left foot. I can only raise my spirits and try to maintain my demeanor.

Without the energy of self-pity and self-pity, he could only stare at the person who read the notice on the altar, "Read it quickly, finish it quickly, finish it quickly..."

Sui Sui read for a while, "Hey, why haven't I finished reading it yet?"

After a while, there was still a long part of the report, but the sun above the head became more and more vicious.

"Hey—" He let out a long sigh, but he was too tired to speak.

In order to prevent sleepiness from being bored, Xie Yunxi wanted to have some fun for herself.

However, he couldn't do anything right now, he could only move his eyes and look at the people or things around him. It was really boring, so he could only stare at the emperor in the middle of the altar.

Speaking of the current emperor, he is only in his early forties, and his body looks very strong.

I have been standing here for almost a whole morning, but I still can't move like a pine tree. Not to mention the weight of the emperor's ceremonial robes, just the crown, and the bead curtains are all made of jade stones.

The twelve strings of emperors, how much glory and wealth are not seen, but the weight is real.

——No wonder grandpa always complains about fools fighting for the throne. Also, he wakes up earlier than chickens and sleeps later than pigs every day. If there is a natural or man-made disaster, he has to be blamed, hit by public opinion, and from time to time he is also affected by the aristocratic family Suppression, turn around, son and wife are still thinking about how to seek power and usurp the throne.

Thinking about it this way, the emperor is even more miserable than the 996 working system.

Xie Yunxi looked at the people on the stage and couldn't help feeling emotional.

Thinking about this, I suddenly felt that my life was complete again—as expected, after seeing someone more miserable than myself, my mood improved a lot.

In a better mood, even the two idiotic princes standing diagonally across from each other are much more pleasing to the eye, the sky is bluer, and the clouds are whiter.

The blue sky and white clouds are white and leisurely.

Look at it—that cloud looks like a chicken leg, and that one, it looks like a plate of grilled fish, next to it is the freshly baked toast, and the one over there...

Yun Juan Yun Shu, the sky was blue, Xie Yunxi swallowed unconsciously, and rubbed his belly—well, he seemed to be hungry.

"Grumble" sounded.

——It doesn’t seem like it’s really hungry.