Su Tang was cautious about offering sacrifices to heaven and praying for rain.
Although it is not like welcoming the gods, saluting, entering the altar, first offering, second offering, final offering, etc. like the royal offering to the sky, someone still brought an offering table, with freshly baked pastries and new ones bought today on it.
Melons and fruits, as for the three animals, time is tight, so I will omit them.
After the altar table was prepared, the maid was asked to bring a futon. Su Tang knelt on the futon, bowed three times devoutly, and then prayed to God:
"I hope God will take pity on me. As soon as possible, no, it has already rained in the northwest. Good news will be sent back to Beijing tomorrow, which will make the emperor feel at ease and save me from going to the northwest to pray for rain."
After saying that, he lit three sticks of incense and inserted them into the incense burner. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky and praying for rain ended with the maids and women stunned.
The maids, "..."
Is this all?
Maids and ladies, you look at me and I look at you.
In the house, Xie Boting was drinking tea. When Su Tang came in, he asked, "When will your rain praying ceremony start?"
"It's over," Su Tang said.
"..."
Xie Boting's mouth and eyes twitched wildly.
He also planned to drink the cup of tea in his hand and then go out to see how she prayed for rain.
As a result, she finished praying before he finished his tea and before he left the door?
Xie Boting's voice was so floating that he couldn't even find the tune, "Are you too casual?"
Not to mention worshiping heaven, but worshiping ancestors... no, even serving tea is not so careless.
Su Tang knew that she was unusually hasty. She was not really offering sacrifices to heaven, but simply wanted to try Mrs. Liu's skills. So she categorically told her daughter that she would not go to the northwest. However, the emperor's decree came out again, except for the northwest.
The drought has eased, so she has to go to the northwest.
She has to set off tomorrow. If she is to be stopped from traveling, good news must be spread back to Beijing tomorrow.
Sitting down, Su Tang took a piece of fruit and gnawed on it and said, "The emperor led all the officials to pray for rain, but it didn't work. No matter how grand I am, how can I go to the emperor in a grand manner? No one will say anything if my prayer for rain fails."
As he said that, Su Tang raised his eyebrows, "But if it succeeds..."
Before Su Tang could finish her words, Xie Boting raised his hand to interrupt her, "If you can succeed in this way, not to mention the emperor and the officials, I, the one in charge of the guard, will want to strangle you to death."
Su Tang, "..."
My nose felt itchy.
Su Tang sneezed.
By coincidence, Xie Boting was sitting opposite her.
When Su Tang looked up, his face was already as dark as a pot.
Su Tang quickly wiped his face with a handkerchief.
When Su Tang prayed for rain in Jingmoxuan, a gust of wind spread throughout the Jingnan Palace and reached the ears of the old lady in the Buddhist hall and Princess Nankang.
The old lady's expression was gloomy, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking in her heart.
Princess Nankang laughed heartily after hearing this.
I have never seen someone take themselves so seriously. The emperor, the queen, and his concubine led all the officials out of the palace to pray for rain at the altar. There was no rain in the northwest, and the princess actually thought that praying for rain at Jingmoxuan would be successful.
, I’m not afraid of making people laugh when I tell it.
Even if the imperial concubine has Fuxi bones, can she be more blessed than the emperor? This chapter has been completed!