Chapter 298 Si Ren angrily scolds the pig male official
Time flies.
Soon it was the day for the Jie Tian Ceremony to begin.
Before daybreak, just after 3:30 pm, Chu Lu was awakened from his sleep by palace servants. He was still very sleepy, and listlessly let the eunuchs dress him in an intricate bright yellow satin embroidered dragon robe.
At the hour of Mao, three whips were fired and drums and music played. Chu Lu rode on a jade sedan chair and arrived at the Xiannong Temple, surrounded by officials. The temple was already heavily guarded. The imperial guards laid yellow soil along the way and set up yellow curtains to isolate the onlookers. The altar faced north and was covered with five-colored soil. On the table in front of it were placed Tailao - one cow, one sheep, and one pig, all covered with red cloth.
He followed the instructions of the ceremonial officer, washed his hands, and ascended the altar. The Minister of Rites held up a green jade silk, and the Minister of Revenue held up a golden cup filled with clear wine. Chu Lu threw the jade silk into the burning furnace expressionlessly, and the wine spilled on the ground. The Minister of the Ministry of Rites then unfolded the yellow silk edict and read aloud the prayer, which was nothing more than some official documents praying for a good harvest and peace of mind for the people.
After a set of tedious sacrificial procedures, it was already dawn. Chu Lu was led to the Jufu Palace, changed into a bright yellow short-sleeved dragon-patterned casual suit, tied a green silk belt, and prepared to go to the so-called one-third acre of imperial farmland.
At the hour of noon, the ceremony of ploughing the fields began. The Minister of Revenue knelt before a gilded dragon-carved plow, while the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture presented a bull whip wrapped in gold thread. Two elders with white hair and beards came forward and kowtowed. One of them led a yellow calf covered in red and colorful ribbons, while the other held the plow handle and sang in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please plow!"
Chu Lu held the plow in his left hand and whipped in his right hand. With the long shout of "plow!" from the ceremonial officer, he pushed the plow southward. The yellow calf moved slowly, and the plow head broke through the new soil, turning up black waves. He pushed the plow three times symbolically, and sweat appeared on his forehead, and his blue silk boots were also stained with mud. After each push, the elders shouted "Move the animal!", the ox turned left, and the musicians played the "Lühe Chapter".
After three rounds of greetings, an elder respectfully took a handful of soil from Chu Lu's plow with a green porcelain bowl and shouted, "Got the soil of Jiahe!"
Chu Lu then went up to the viewing platform and watched the three dukes, nine ministers and other officials take turns to plow the one and a half mu of land. He thought to himself that it was finally done, and the next thing he had to do was just watch them work, right?
Just as Chu Lu was admiring the officials working on the farm at the Guangen Terrace, in a secluded corner outside the Xiannong Altar, Si Ren and Xiao Cui were gazing at the grand scene inside the altar from afar.
"Hmph, it's quite a show." Si Ren sneered, "Xiao Cui, did you see that? That's our target, that pig man. Once I kill him, I'll be able to rise to prominence!"
Xiao Cui's face was numb and she didn't reply.
"Okay, let's go." Si Renyi said with an eager look on his face.
The two sneaked around the civilians outside and tried to sneak in through a relatively weakly guarded curtain seam. But they didn't know how to sneak around. As soon as they approached, they were stopped by several patrolling Royal Guards: "Who are you! What do you want to do?!"
Being caught on the spot, Si Ren was not panicked at all. She raised her eyebrows, put her hands on her hips and cursed: "You are blind! I came here to watch the grand ceremony of the emperor's personal ploughing. You, a bunch of guard dogs, dare to stop me? Do you think we women are easy to bully and want to take advantage of us? You are a bunch of shameless pigs!"
Those soldiers had never seen such a scene before and were confused for a moment.
A commoner was sneaking around in such an important occasion as the Jie Tian Ceremony, and when he was discovered, he was not panicked, but he even scolded them with a righteous indignation. This is simply against the will of heaven!"You...what nonsense are you talking about!" A soldier blushed.
"Nonsense?" Si Ren sneered, her voice rising a few notches, "I think you have evil intentions! You stare at the decent women passing by all day long, and I don't know how many dirty thoughts are running through your heads! This is the nature of you men! Greedy, lustful, mean and vulgar! If you don't let me in today, I will publicize your ugly deeds here and let the people of the world see the true face of you pigs!" Her unreasonable slander, coupled with her look as if she held the truth, made those soldiers feel a surge of evil fire in their hearts, and their heads felt dizzy, and then they rolled their eyes and fainted.
Si Ren smiled triumphantly, and immediately asked Xiao Cui to drag them to a secluded place, changed into their clothes, and then swaggered into the inner field, quickly approaching the Guangengtai where Chu Lu was.
Logically speaking, even if they changed their clothes, the Royal Guards who were responsible for patrolling were absent from their duties and walking around randomly, which was very suspicious, not to mention that they were not disguised and their faces were too conspicuous. However, under the influence of Si Ren's halo as the heroine, this small problem was directly erased.
They just moved forward unhindered.
When they walked near a shed where officials were resting, they vaguely heard two officials chatting.
"Oh, it's so hot today. It's really hard to stand here for half a day." A slightly fat official wiped his sweat and said, "It's so boring to watch these men sticking their butts out to work in the fields. It's really an eyesore."
Another official heard this and laughed, "Master Zhang, if you think that a grown man is ugly, then don't you want to replace him with those beauties from the capital to farm?"
"Hahaha!" Lord Zhang couldn't help but laugh. "Lord Li, you're joking. Even if they are willing, they have to have the strength to do it. This kind of heavy farm work is for us men, how can they do it? If they really have to go to the fields, they will probably pass out from exhaustion after just a few swings of the hoe."
Lord Li laughed again and said, "The picture of a beautiful woman fainting from exhaustion on a ridge in the field is quite nice."
The two were talking excitedly when they heard a shout from the side: "Shut up! You two pig-headed men, what are you talking about here!"
Si Ren's face was full of anger. She had been thinking that the mission and the group leader were more important, so she didn't intend to pay attention to the nonsense of the two officials. However, as an extremely emotional heroine, how could she have such rationality and patience? After listening to a few more sentences, she exploded emotionally, and threw the group leader mission behind her mind, and couldn't help but jump out.
The two officials were both stunned when they saw a strange soldier of the Imperial Guard suddenly run out and accuse them.
After they realized what was happening, their faces suddenly turned gloomy.
Although their positions are not high, they are not people that mere soldiers can offend.
Lord Zhang said coldly, "How dare you! Which battalion are you from? How dare you make a noise here! You are not on duty at your post, but come here to make trouble. Are you neglecting your duty?"
Lord Li also said in a stern voice: "That's right, we are officials of the imperial court talking here, what does it have to do with you? Who gave you the guts to eavesdrop on our conversation, and dare to speak wildly and slander your superiors!"
(End of this chapter)