Chapter 708 Acacia (5)
For a time, all the officials bowed their heads and knelt down, their expressions respectful, and the atmosphere was even more solemn and dignified.
"Being flat!" The emperor gave an order, and all the talents got up one after another.
Seeing that the auspicious time had arrived, Si Tianjian whispered to Eunuch Liu. After Liu Gonggong asked the emperor for instructions, he shouted in a deep voice: "Please the emperor and the queen come to the altar and pray for the people."
The emperor and the queen took three huge sticks of incense from their servants respectively, held the three sticks of incense, climbed to the top of the altar with three steps and one knock, knelt down and offered incense in front of the tablet of the Emperor of Heaven, and then returned to the middle level for three Kneeling nine times in a big ceremony, then offering jade and silk, offering sacrifices of wine, and then reciting a long series of splendid and esoteric congratulations, and finally respectfully threw it into the brazier to sacrifice to the gods.
Under the sacrificial platform, the accompany ministers and their direct children stood on the spot, and knelt down and kowtowed to the rhythm of the emperor and the empress kowtow in three steps. It has been more than an hour like this.
But the sacrifice to heaven is not over yet. Next, the emperors and queens and even everyone present must kneel and wait for God's revelation. Only then can God hear their prayers and will continue to bless the people of Dayu!
Everyone knelt on the ground quietly and waited. This time was the hardest time, because I didn't know when the heavens would give me inspiration from the sky. Besides waiting, I had to wait...
Time passed little by little, but the sky never changed, and at this time, the most anxious person was probably the Sitianjian. If the sky didn't change for a long time, then today's sacrifice to the sky would become a joke. Si Tianjian was already sweating profusely, but more than an hour later, the astronomical phenomenon remained the same.
Nangong Yue also knelt down with her legs numb, as if they were not her own, and her back was even more wet with sweat.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eyes, she caught a glimpse of a blue-shirted girl in front of her left, and she fainted. The people around also noticed it, and the hearts of several girls were instantly defeated because of this, and two more girls were also blacked out and fainted on the ground.
In normal times, this would probably cause a commotion, but at this moment, no one moved, and everyone was still kneeling on the ground motionless. The palace maids, servants, maids and others around didn't dare to come up to help them. It was a death sentence to disturb the sacrifice to the heavens!
Nangong Yue looked at Nangong Tsang, who was kneeling on her right, and was a little worried that she would not be able to support her.
Nangong Chen's pretty face was pale, and her delicate body had begun to tremble slightly, but she still supported her through gritted teeth. She weakly hooked the corner of her lips to Nangong Yue, meaning she was okay.
When Nangong Yue turned her head, her line of sight happened to meet Xiao Yi in the front right. He was separated from her by a row, and there were more than ten people separated from her, at least a dozen feet away, but even so, the two looked at each other. At that time, Nangong Yue could still clearly see the deep worry in Xiao Yi's eyes, her heart warmed, and a smile appeared on her face.
She nodded slightly to him, indicating that she was fine.
At this moment, a cool wind blew on her cheeks, followed by a maid who shouted in a shrill voice: "The clouds have dissipated, and God has heard!"
Everyone looked up and saw that the originally white cloudless sky showed a lot of blue, and the white clouds gradually spread out in all directions. Cast a scorching light...
In normal times, the ladies kneeling on the ground might think that the sun would tan their skin, but at this moment, they couldn't think of that direction, and they only felt that the boulder in their hearts finally fell.