Chapter 56: Tian En is uncomfortable and

needs to fast before going to Zhongji to show sincerity.

On the official day of the ceremony, the main presenter wore a xuanduan, also known as a black dress, which was a dress worn on formal occasions in ancient times.

Xuanduan's upper and lower garments each looked square, which represented uprightness and uprightness. Before Su Mingjue arrived at Wenchang Temple, officials from the Ministry of Rites had sent someone to deliver the clothes.

He was currently wearing Xuan Duan, all black, and was walking towards the temple to offer incense.

Because Emperor Anqing paid great attention to it, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were very attentive in managing the sacrifices.

Su Mingjue squinted her eyes slightly when others were not paying attention. She didn't sleep much today and was woken up early in the morning.

After bathing and changing clothes, he was very tired, and he didn't eat much staple food, so Su Mingjue was hungry and sleepy at the same time.

The official of the Ministry of Etiquette was reading the blessings in front of him, and Su Mingjue was yawning boredly. It was not because he didn't respect the Zhongji, but he was too mentally exhausted.

However, he only dared to yawn and never dozed.

Not to mention that he was worshiping the gods at this moment, even his status of worshiping on his behalf could not allow him to make such a big mistake.

This kind of thing happened in ancient times. When the emperor could not come to worship in person, he would appoint someone to do it on his behalf. As a result, the person who performed the sacrifice got the order wrong and was punished by the emperor.

So Su Mingjue stood there cautiously, pitifully and cautiously. He stood on the main stage, with the crowd of onlookers below.

It can be said that at this moment, he is an object of onlookers to be stared at at all times, and he cannot stand loosely, lest the people from the Ministry of Rites say that his posture is not correct.

Who said he was the person appointed by the emperor as a substitute?

Every move he made was paid full attention and supervision by the people below.

She couldn't squint for too long, so Su Mingjue could only lower her eyes and look around to distract herself. On the right, a bunch of people were watching, joining in the fun and rushing to burn incense on the first day after the Wenchang Temple ceremony.

A shining eye in the crowd kept waving to him. Su Mingjue raised his eyes and saw that Lu Shaoqing was wearing a green shirt today, looking particularly smart. Su Mingjue raised the corners of her mouth slightly and winked at him. The other party was very happy. He accepted it, and then waved to him even more excitedly!

Su Mingjue's eyebrows were curved, and Lu Shaoqing was a bit cute.

Before he could retract his sizing gaze, a cold and oppressive gaze from the side was directed at him. Su Mingjue looked at each other and saw Lu Shaoyu standing next to Lu Shaoqing.

The person who usually wears a crimson official robe today changed into a moon-white round robe. He looked quite polite, a little scholarly, a little more elegant, and not as deep as before.

When Su Mingjue saw this terrifying look, she immediately averted her gaze. Really, who wants to look at others with bad looks when they are tired and sleepy.

However, the next moment, the man smiled faintly at him and touched the ring around his waist.

Thinking that she hadn't gotten her white jade pendant back yet, Su Mingjue gritted her teeth and gave the other party a sly smile.

Then he moved to the southeast, but unexpectedly, Baili Xi also came today. He stood in the crowd wearing a white Confucian shirt, which was particularly eye-catching. He was just standing upright on the side, and there were several people beside him. A little lady was looking at him secretly, covering her face with a shy expression.

Su Mingjue snickered, as expected, this beauty is a beauty and is popular wherever she goes.

The look in his eyes was not obvious, but Baili Xi didn't expect to notice it. He responded with a smile on his lips, as bright and pure as a pear blossom's smile.

Su Mingjue raised her eyebrows and playfully asked him to look at the little lady beside him.

Baili Xi understood, shook his head with a smile, and stood a few steps away from the young lady.

Su Mingjue wanted to joke with Baili Xi again, but she looked at him with a flying and evil look, looked him up and down, and whistled at him.

Su Mingjue immediately glared at him and looked away.

The other party looked at the slightly red look on his face and laughed heartily.

This Meng Helan is still as annoying as ever.

After going through several etiquettes, it was finally his turn to offer incense on behalf of the emperor.

Su Mingjue held up the incense with both hands, knelt down and walked towards the incense burner.

He thought everything was going well, but as soon as he was about to insert the incense, a gust of wind whizzed away from his hand.

Su Mingjue reacted quickly and blocked the wind with her hands to prevent the incense from being blown out by the wind.

On a warm and windless day, it is a bad sign for the incense to be extinguished before it is inserted into the incense burner.

At first, it was said that his bad conduct in offering incense aroused Emperor Wenchang's dissatisfaction; at worst, it was said that the emperor was not able to govern the dynasty and Emperor Wenchang did not support the cultural movement.

In short, as long as there are flaws, you can say anything. After all, this is the century-old Wenchang Emperor Temple that has just been renovated.

A group of people watching the fun below couldn't see the details, but they also saw a figure offering incense. One of them saw a strange face appearing on the altar and couldn't help but curious:

"Who is this person offering incense?" Judging from his age, he shouldn't be very old. "

A person next to him said, "You don't know that this Su Mingjue is a very talented student. The policy theory "On the Governance of Cricket" that was widely circulated a few days ago was written by him. "

That's it ." The man shook his head, "I didn't know that this article was written by a student. That article is so wonderful!"

"No! Even an illiterate civilian like me can understand it."

"That's the case. "Famous, I don't know why I haven't heard of it before." The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Speaking of all the famous scholar-bureaucrats in the capital, no one in the north has heard of this name."

The man smiled and said, "I heard it is ." " If you come from the south, you wouldn't know if you went to the north."

"There are such outstanding people studying in our capital in the south."

"Then I don't know. The people gifted by the emperor must be quite powerful. "

The two people here were still talking. Su Mingjue had already put the incense on it. He thought he could quit at this time. Unexpectedly, an accident happened at this time. The hanging plaque with "Eternal Wenzong" suddenly fell down.

Su Mingjue didn't expect that things happened so suddenly. Before he could react, he felt his arms tighten and a white figure flash past.

Then he was dragged out of the danger zone, but although the other party struck quickly, his shoulder was caught off guard and was rubbed by the corner of the plaque.

There was no bleeding, but Su Mingjue felt a faint sting.

He gasped, covering his shoulders and was about to thank the person who saved him, but unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw the gentle and jade-like young master Rong Zheng.

Su Mingjue reluctantly laughed and said, "Thanks to Mr. Rong, you saved my life again this time."

Rong Zheng walked over and helped Su Mingjue and asked, "How can I still persist?"

Su Mingjue knew that he was asking Can you insist on going out?

The onlookers were intercepted by people from the Ministry of Rites in a specific area, and ordinary people could not see inside.

But people who normally offer incense have to go out. If he, the person offering incense on his behalf, does not go out at this time, it will easily arouse people's suspicion.

As soon as the Wenchang Emperor Temple was renovated, something unexpected happened to the person burning incense on it. This was a great omen and was regarded as unlucky.

Su Mingjue gritted her teeth and endured, nodded to Rong Zheng, then let go of his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll go out on my own."

After saying that, he stepped out of the threshold and walked outside with a smile on his face.

Meng Helan saw the familiar figure reappear in his sight, with a smile on his lips, but for some reason when he looked at him, he always felt that his walking was a little different from before. He seemed to be slightly slower, not as light as before. .

Seeing that he could still persist, Rong Zheng did not go out. He never liked to appear in crowded places. This was the reason why he would appear in the main hall today and not watch outside.

After seeing Su Mingjue go out, he raised his feet and looked at the plaque. His eyes scanned the broken marks, and he became thoughtful.

When the abbot waiting nearby saw this, he quickly motioned to the monk on the side to come forward. After checking it, the monk said: "Abbott, the tenon and tenon joints were not securely nailed, and it fell off."

Seeing that there was no serious problem, the abbot said: "Then He hung it up again so that everyone could come and offer incense."

After a while, the hall returned to normal, as if nothing had happened before.