For the first time, Sheng Yuan saw how Da Chuxungui’s family celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival.
When she woke up in the morning, she saw that the garden corridor in the courtyard was full of lanterns.
The usually delicate flowers in the mansion appeared in groups in every corner of the mansion.
Different patterns and colors, but they all exude silent joy.
The maids and servants in the mansion still walked steadily and silently. They came and went without a trace, but from a distance, there was a sense of busyness unique to the festival. When people saw it, they felt happy, and a sense of solid happiness instantly filled their chests.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is particularly blue and refreshing, and the sun shines gently on the golden chrysanthemums. There are bursts of music and strings in the garden. The tone is full of lightness and joy, and there is a kind of fun that belongs to autumn.
"Sister Yuan, be good and follow your sister later. Don't run around by yourself!"
Sheng Xiangxun was informed to take his children with him to worship ancestors, so he took one of his daughters by the hand and carefully warned the youngest one.
Ever since His Majesty insisted on starting school in the Imperial College and revealed his intention to open the imperial examination for women, intentionally or unintentionally, the Sheng Guogong Palace's unique gene for interesting people has been activated.
Originally, worshiping ancestors in the mansion was a matter for the prince, but Duke Sheng had notified his family members and clan members a month ago that starting from the Mid-Autumn Festival, whenever an ancestral hall is opened, both male and female students enrolled in the mansion and clan must participate.
Of course, although Duke Sheng Guo talked about family, in fact, ever since the first generation of Duke Sheng established his own branch, the Sheng clan was arranged in a province adjacent to the capital, and an ancestral motto was established stating that his descendants would directly support the nobility and the concubines would support the clan. , usually only meet relatives through courtesy, and do not depend on each other. They each bear the major affairs of ancestor worship.
In other words, although Sheng Guo Gongfu and the Sheng clan are related, they are independent of each other. This not only avoids the future trouble of Sheng Guo Gongfu being dragged down by the clan members, but also allows the Sheng clan people to persist in their efforts to strengthen themselves.
Therefore, there are no outsiders in the ancestor worship service in the Sheng Guogong Mansion, and they all come from the five rooms in the mansion.
Therefore, as the true owner of the entire mansion, there was naturally no objection to Duke Sheng Guo's order.
So, Sheng Yuan, who originally thought he could play easily in the morning, was forced to sneak out.
It was also at this time that she realized that the ancestral hall of Sheng Guo Gong's Mansion was not in Sheng Guo Gong's Mansion.
Passing through the back gate of the large garden behind the mansion, there is an alley several feet wide. The five-entry courtyard at the other end of the alley is where the ancestral hall is.
"This is the property of our ancestors. Dayan had it before he was born." Sheng Ran led her sister and walked in the procession of the young ladies of the Sheng family, and introduced it to her in a low voice.
Sheng Yuan raised her head in wonder and looked at this house with an even older history.
Probably because it was converted into an ancestral hall, the layout of the five courtyards is somewhat different.
The first courtyard was reserved as a place for rest and turnover; the second courtyard was built into a small square, where ancestor worship ceremonies were held; the third and fourth courtyards were built into high halls and chambers. The former housed statues and brief introductions of previous Sheng Guogongs, and the latter It is the ranking of the direct descendants of the Duke's Mansion; as for the fifth courtyard, it is arranged as the Sheng Family Library, which contains the self-narrative slips and life records of the Dukes of the past dynasties.
For such a house, there are more than fifty servants and guards just cleaning it.
"The mansion still has its own guards?" Sheng Yuan didn't expect that the Duke's mansion had its own armed forces, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"These guards are provided by the internal guards of the Forbidden Army, which is considered a favor given by the royal family to Duke Sheng. This was the case in the three dynasties of Yan, Chen and Chu." Seeing the curiosity of the little sister, the eldest cousin Sheng Zhi couldn't help but smile and tell her.
I see!
Sheng Yuanxin said, no wonder the Shengguo Palace is so arrogant!
Yes, with the emperor's confidants and internal guards helping to take care of it, she would build the ancestral hall tall and majestic. After all, this is the emperor's card!
If you arrange for the emperor's trusted inner guard to look after a small room, who are you looking down on?
"Sister, have you taken your sisters to see the whole house? After you have seen it, go back to the third house. The old man is going to take us in to see our ancestors."
The fifth uncle, Sheng Xiangjun, was the youngest of his generation, so most of the errands were done by him.
At this moment, Sheng Zhi was notified, and he turned around to see how the arrangements for offering fruits to his ancestors were going.
Sheng Yuan saw him hitting the back of his head with his busy feet and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Sometimes ranking is very important. For example, her eldest and second uncle were staying with the old man safely at the moment. The fourth and fifth uncles were all running errands.
As for her father... he must be hiding out!
As long as she is thick-skinned, her grandfather can't control his son.
While Sheng Yuan was complaining, she and her sisters quickly walked around to Sanjin Courtyard.
At this moment, my grandfather was just preparing to organize his descendants.
The ancestor worship process was basically led by Sheng Guogong.
Sheng Yuan, who followed the crowd, calculated that she had walked a total of one hundred and thirty steps from the third to the fourth step.
It started with Duke Sheng Guo reciting a speech in a mellow tone. The general idea was to tell the ancestors how prosperous the Duke Sheng's palace is now and how bright the future will be in the future.
After the recitation was over, it was time for the descendants of Duke Sheng to kowtow and pay homage to their ancestors.
Sheng Yuan followed Duke Sheng Guo's orders and kowtowed, her little head was a little dizzy.
She thought that was enough here, but she never thought that her grandfather still had something to say.
"You brothers, get out of the way. Here comes the young lady and young gentleman in the mansion!" Sheng Guogong waved to his worried sons and happily called his grandchildren to him.
The eldest grandson and granddaughter stood on his left and right sides, and the other grandchildren stood behind the eldest brother and eldest sister.
Sheng Yuan stood behind her eighth cousin Sheng Jun, looking at the back of this gentle and quiet cousin, she couldn't help but sigh, is it different that she is three years older? She is only two heads taller than her?
"Sister Yuan!"
Sheng Xiangxun leaned forward, and when no one was paying attention, he quickly came over and patted the little girl on the shoulder, then stepped back.
Just now he saw the old man telling his ancestors the reason why the girl entered the ancestral hall in a passionate manner. He also showed off to the ancestors, saying that the Duke of Sheng's palace would produce capable ministers and scribes for future generations, and then he specially introduced the girls in the palace. .
Seeing this, his first reaction was to look at his little girl.
Sure enough, his worries were not unreasonable. His little girl actually stood on tiptoes naughtily, trying to compare her height with her cousin!
Sheng Yuan was startled when her father unexpectedly slapped her on the chin. Before she could realize what was going on, her grandfather read out her name.
"Here!" Sheng Yuan responded reflexively.
Suddenly, the adults and children around him laughed out loud.
Duke Sheng Guo also smiled, but then he stiffened, waved to Sheng Yuan, called her to the front, picked her up, and asked with a smile: "Sister Yuan, do you have the ambition to make contributions to the court in the future?"
"Yes!" Sheng Yuan was very naughty and knew it was not good to be clever here, so she gave the answer her grandfather wanted to save face.
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