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Imperial Palace, Xiyuan.
People outside are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in a lively manner, and here, of course, there are also lanterns and colorful decorations, creating a very festive atmosphere.
In an open space in Xiyuan, Li Er, together with his concubines and a dozen children, stood in front of the incense table, worshiping devoutly in front of the Moon God statue above.
There are moon cakes, watermelons, apples, dates, plums, grapes and other sacrifices on the incense table. The statue of the moon god is placed exactly in the direction of the rising moon at this moment. The incense table has red candles and is solemn and solemn.
Judging from their posture, they must be worshiping the moon.
When it comes to worshiping the moon, we have to tell the story of "worshiping the moon without salt".
According to legend, Wu Yan, an ugly girl from the ancient state of Qi, worshiped the moon devoutly when she was a child. When she grew up, she entered the palace with outstanding moral character, but she was not favored. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of that year, Wu Yan was worshiping the moon. King Xuan of Qi accidentally saw Wu Yan under the moonlight. He thought she was beautiful and outstanding, so he made her his queen. This is how the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship came about. In the middle of the moon, Chang'e is famous for her beauty, so the girl worships the moon and wishes that she "looks like Chang'e and has a face like the bright moon."
The story of worshiping the moon without salt was first seen in "Bian Tong Zhuan" in Liu Xiang's "Biography of Women" in the Western Han Dynasty. Wu Yan, also known as Zhong Lichun, also known as Zhong Wuyan, has an astonishingly ugly appearance: wide forehead, small eyes, high nose, big throat, hunched back and thick neck, yellow hair and dark skin. But Zhong Wuyan finally relied on his own efforts to He has become a typical representative figure through the ages that "the sea cannot be measured, and the people cannot be measured by their appearance".
"May the Tang Dynasty be free from disasters and have good weather~!"
Li Er looked at the bright moon in the sky and sighed quietly.
There are only less than ten months left before the great locust plague that Li Zexuan mentioned, and he feels a little unsure. In the past few days, he has been paying attention to the harvests of various places this year, and even visited Chang'an several times in person. The farms near the city are really worried.
"Your Majesty, please be at ease. The Tang Dynasty was established according to the will of heaven, and it has its own blessing~!"
Queen Changsun knew what her husband was worried about, so she smiled and comforted him softly.
"Hmm~!"
"Wow~! Father and mother, look~! What is that~?"
Chang Le, who was on the side, suddenly saw a ball of fire floating in the southern sky, and couldn't help but be surprised.
Li Er, Changsun, Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke, Princess Xiangcheng and others all looked in the direction of Changle's finger, and saw an extremely bright fire floating in the sky far to the south, as if it was still slowing down. Move slowly.
"Zhao Song, let someone check if it was Li Zexuan's fault~!"
This ball of fire is far away, and it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish what it is, but the last time Li Zexuan rode the fairy lamp to destroy the Seven Xiu Sect, Li Er saw it from a distance on the tower of Xuanwu Gate, so at this moment He recognized it immediately.
Zhao Song responded and trotted out. After a while, he came back. He bowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, that's Mr. Li County and his wife sitting on a fairy lantern touring the whole city. They are still some distance away from the imperial city. Look. It looks like it’s about to turn~!”
When Chang Le heard this, she suddenly realized. She looked at the fairy lantern in the distance and said with enchanted eyes: "It turns out that this is the fairy lantern. Brother Xiaoxuan actually brought sister Yuxi up there with him. They are really in love~!"
Li Er's face looked a little unsightly at this time, and he hummed: "This kid knows his way~! Let the city gate general keep an eye on him, and if he dares to approach the palace, shoot him down~!"
Cum it down~?
Everyone present was stunned and shocked by Li Er's words.
Zhao Song wiped his sweat and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty~! But the Li County man shouldn't be so reckless~!"
Li Er glanced at the fairy lights on the horizon and said angrily: "It's best like this~!"
This is Li Zexuan. If it were anyone else, he would really order the imperial army to shoot down the fairy lanterns.
After Li Er said that, he pulled up Empress Changsun who was holding back her smile, walked towards the palace at the back, and said to all the concubines and children: "Let's all go to Lizheng Palace and have a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet~!"
Everyone bowed in response.
After Li Er walked away, Li Tai looked at the fairy lantern and said angrily: "Xiaoxuan, this bastard is really forgetful. He told us before that the fairy lantern was unstable, had limited load-bearing capacity, and was difficult to control the direction. Yes, now it seems that Quan Te’s mother-in-law is a lie~! No, I’ll settle the score with this guy tomorrow~!”
Li Ke, who was following Li Er, looked back at the fairy lantern in the sky as he walked. He thought to himself: "Is this engineering? It turns out that Li Zexuan's engineering is so good! No wonder Qingque is so obsessed with it. Where’s engineering~!”
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Tonghuafang, Sun Mansion.
Sun Zifan, who was eating cakes and admiring the moon in the courtyard, obviously saw the fairy lantern in the sky, and he was closer to the fairy lantern than Li Tai, so he could see the outline of the fairy lantern clearly. When he realized that Li Zexuan and Han Yuxi were still standing above, his reaction was exactly the same as Li Tairu's.
"Wocao~! Isn't this too interesting, sir~? You told me that the fairy lantern was unstable that day, so why did you sit on it today~! I see that the thing is quite stable~! Damn~! I was cheated~! I was cheated~!”
Let’s not talk about whether the fairy lantern is stable or not, but the two people on top of the fairy lantern are so romantic that they can’t help themselves.
"Ms. sir, this is the imperial city~!"
Han Yuxi snuggled into Li Zexuan's arms, pointed to the imperial city in the north, and asked.
Li Zexuan put his outer fir tree on Han Yuxi's body. Just now, in order to take Han Yuxi to see the palace, he deliberately raised the fairy lantern a lot, because he could not ride the fairy lantern to go over the palace. Li Er He will definitely be killed. After all, no emperor can tolerate others peeking into his territory. This is also the main reason why the residential buildings next to the palace cannot be built too high.
In this way, it was already cool at night, but they seemed a bit cold while they were still so high in the sky. After putting on his clothes, Li Zexuan smiled and said:
"Well, this is the Imperial City~! Isn't it spectacular~?"
Han Yuxi responded softly: "Yeah~! I have never seen the imperial city from this angle. It is really spectacular~! But sir, if we look at it this way, we won't attract city defense soldiers in a while~?"
Li Zexuan chuckled and said: "Hehe~! You can't say for sure, so let's run quickly now~!"
"Ah~?"
Han Yuxi was stunned and speechless. He thought that since Li Zexuan dared to do this, he must have been confident~!
"Haha~! Let's go~! I'm afraid Lan'er is getting impatient. It's time for us to go back~!"
After Li Zexuan laughed, he fired "Ten Dragon Slaps" from behind, and the fairy lantern began to change direction and fly towards Yonglefang.
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