Two hours are not short, but they are not long. The sunset is setting, and many officials in the open-air square have already vaguely felt a chill rising from their bodies.

It is late autumn and winter is about to begin, so the temperature is not very high at such a late hour.

Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor finally came out. The emperor in Taoist robe looked like a fairy-like temperament. He was old. When the dragon robe was not on his body, it even made people misunderstand that he was just an ordinary Taoist priest.

The Emperor Dao Sect, with floating hair, led the way forward. His Majesty the Emperor slowly climbed up to the platform with the queen. Xuanyuan Shao led two subordinates to send the emperor to the edge of the platform, but he did not follow. He faced the ministers, straight as pine, and the heavy armor could not show any weight on his body. He had a long bow on his body, and there were more than a dozen feather arrows in the arrows. Everyone knew that as long as Xuanyuan Shao was willing, the dozen feather arrows would be more than a dozen lives. The two subordinates behind him were also covered with armor. Many officials knew very well that the two were the lieutenants of the Guards, the lieutenants were the second only to the commander of Xuanyuan Shao in the Royal Guards. The two lieutenants of the Guards came with him, but they also saw the caution of the Guards.

The moment the emperor appeared, all the civil and military ministers in the field stood up. Except for the prince, everyone was kneeling on the ground. The prince sat quietly in a wheelchair and looked at the high platform with a calm expression.

On the high platform, the jade bed made of white marble emits a soft light. The emperor and the queen sat down on the jade bed. The ministers shouted long live together. The emperor's expression also seemed very calm. He did not immediately look at the ministers kneeling under the jade platform, but looked at the queen with a smile and said warmly: "The queen see what the scenery here is? This will be my temple in the future. As long as I cultivate an immortal body, I will let the queen follow the Taoist practice. I will be with the queen for thousands of years."

The queen looked beautiful, smiled slightly, and said softly: "I only hope that the sage dragon body will be healthy and the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe."

The emperor laughed, then looked at Xuanzhen Taoist Sect and asked, "Dao Sect, when can the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven begin?"

Xuanzhen Daozong said respectfully: "Report to the Lord, it is the time when yin and yang intersect. After reading the rituals of offering sacrifices to heaven, pray to heaven and you can start the rituals of offering sacrifices to heaven!"

The emperor nodded slightly and then said loudly: "All my dear friends should be calm!"

When the ministers stood up, the emperor laughed and said, "My dear friends, letting you come here today is for the ceremony of worshiping the sky. My Great Qin has been established for nearly twenty years. The country is peaceful and the people are in peace and prosperity, and the weather is all due to God's blessing." His eyebrows suddenly raised, "In the war in the northwest, countless soldiers and people in my Great Qin were suffering from disasters. Today, the ceremony of worshiping the sky is for peace and prosperity in the northwest. Secondly, I hope that God will let God make my Great Qin safe and prosperous for thousands of years."

The ministers shouted long live again, but countless people were thinking that the empire is not good at present, let alone peace and prosperity.

The emperor made a gesture to Xuanzhen Dao Sect. Xuanzhen Dao Sect nodded slightly and had already looked at Xue Huaian, the Minister of Rites. Xue Huaian was the planner of this ceremony of sacrifice to heaven. When he saw Xuanzhen Dao Sect signaling, he immediately held a golden box in his hands, bowed his body, and climbed up to the jade platform with the golden box, knelt in front of His Emperor, and said respectfully: "I am telling you that this is the ritual of offering sacrifice to heaven written by Duke An of the Kingdom of China, and I offer it to the saint!"

With a faint smile, the emperor looked at Duke Anguo Huang Ju, who was kneeling down on the high platform and lies in front of the ministers, and smiled and said, "Duke Anguo is extraordinary in his literary talent, and this ritual for offering sacrifices to heaven must also be written with great talent."

Xuanzhen Dao Sect had already come over at this time, opened the golden box in Xue Huaian's hand, took out a golden scroll from it, and asked the emperor for instructions: "Master, can you read the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven now?"

The emperor nodded, Xuanzhen Taoist Sect turned around, and a middle-aged Taoist priest came over immediately, raised his hands, respectfully took the golden scroll from Xuanzhen Taoist Sect, bowed his body and took a few steps back, then turned around, stood up, walked to the edge of the Heavenly Sacrifice Platform, and shouted: "Present the Heavenly Sacrifice!" His voice was loud and magnetic. Xuanzhen Taoist Sect chose him to read the Heavenly Sacrifice, which seemed to have taken some thought.

The ministers immediately became solemn. Duke Anguo Huang Ju raised his head. His originally turbid eyes were already bright at this time. He looked at the Taoist priest who read the rituals of worshiping the heavens, with a expressionless face.

The Taoist priest was obviously very honored to be able to stand high in front of the ministers. He coughed and opened the golden scroll and read it loudly: "Sheng Tianxiao: The Central Plains are chaotic, the mountains and rivers are in dire storm, and 100,000 men in the Qin Dynasty sacrificed their heads and blood, and conquered thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and unified the world. However, Yingyuan, the lord of the Qin Dynasty...!" After reading this, the Taoist priest's voice stopped abruptly, and his face was shocked, and many of the ministers below the stage also showed shock on his face.

This is a ritual for sacrifice to heaven, but the first few sentences are no longer like the ritual. The name of His Majesty the Emperor suddenly appears. Many officials are suddenly out of sight and are all dissatisfied.

Chu Huan originally thought that the ceremony of worshiping heaven was extremely boring. Today, the biggest advantage of coming to participate in the worshiping heaven was probably to see the face of the luxurious palace of the empire.

But he didn't expect that in this ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven, the name of His Majesty the Emperor suddenly appeared. The name of the emperor was a taboo. In all dynasties, let alone calling the emperor's name directly in public, some emperors even taboo their people to use the words in their names lightly. In many dynasties, in order to avoid the names of the emperor, they even used the words in the names of the emperors in documents to replace the words in the names of the emperors.

When the ministers were surprised, many people even had the first reaction that the Taoist priest might be a little nervous, so they read the Liwen incorrectly. However, the Taoist priest approached Liwen and looked at it. The expression on his face became more and more frightened. He turned around and looked at Xuanzhen Taoist sect. Xuanzhen Taoist sect frowned, but the emperor seemed calmer than everyone else and asked, "Why don't you read it?"

Xuanzhen Dao Sect approached and said, "Master, I am afraid that the rituals will be wrong..."

Xue Huaian was even more surprised. He was the Minister of Rites and he presented the rituals to sacrifice to heaven. If there was any mistake, he, the Minister of Rites, would be a big mistake.

Of course, he knew that His Majesty the Emperor attached importance to this ceremony of worship for the heavens. The Qin army in the southeast was fighting with the Tianmen Road, and the northwest was still to be rebuilt. The empire needed money everywhere, but His Majesty the Emperor invested a lot of money for this ceremony of worship for the heavens. It was precisely because Xue Huaian knew that His Majesty the Emperor attached importance to this ceremony of worship for the heavens that Xue Huaian was careful in every aspect of the ceremony of worship for the heavens, for fear of any mistake.

The ministers in the court all know that he came out of iron blood and never feared bleeding. As he grew older, the emperor's domineering aura seemed not as good as before, but his moody personality became more and more serious. He might have valued you a lot the day before, but if there was a slight mistake, he might be dragged into death row the next day.

Xue Huaian never dreamed that the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven had just begun, and the first procedure had a problem. When Xuanzhen Dao Sect claimed that the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven was wrong, Xue Huaian had already knelt down on the ground and said in horror: "Master, the ritual of Duke An Guo himself wrote, and even the empress was watching Duke An Guo seal the gold box. There would be no mistakes..."

The emperor had no expression on his face and just said lightly to Xuanzhen Daozong: "Let him continue reading!"

"Master..." Xuanzhen Taoist Sect saw the terrified expression of the Taoist priest, and the first few sentences blatantly appeared the name of His Majesty the Emperor. He may not write more presumptuous words later, and whispered: "Master, why not ask Longji to see first, and then ask the Master to decide?"

The emperor shook his head.

Seeing the emperor like this, Xuanzhen Taoist Sect could only turn his head and nodded to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was frightened and could only continue reading. His voice was loud and ups and downs before. At this time, there was a clear tremolo in his voice: "The Lord of the Great Qin Dynasty, Yingyuan, is in the throne, but he is not as enterprising as he is willing to do anything. He is willing to do anything to the heroic spirit of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, stubborn, admire the demonic Taoism, practice Taoism and refine alchemy, and consume the country's foundation. This is indeed an eternal crime." After reading this, the Taoist priest's voice was already soft, but the emperor suddenly said sternly: "Give me a louder voice so that everyone can hear it."

Under the ritual platform, all the officials were already frightened. No one expected that the auspicious ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven would become such a ruthless article.

Chu Huan also frowned at this time. Xue Huaian told the emperor on the ritual platform that this was written by Duke An himself. Chu Huan naturally couldn't hear it. He just saw Xue Huaian taking the gold box to the stage and thought that this ritual was prepared by Xue Huaian. He felt it was incredible in his heart. Xue Huaian was a cautious person. Not to mention making this ritual for offering sacrifices to heaven, even if he did not dare to say that the emperor had the word "no" behind his back. Chu Huan immediately judged that this ritual was definitely not written by Xue Huaian. Xue Huaian did not have such courage. His thoughts were in his mind that this ritual was likely to be a slander. Someone wanted to take this opportunity to kill Xue Huaian.

He went to Xiliang with Xue Huaian. Although he could not be a friend of life and death, he also felt that Xue Huaian was not a sinister person. This time he felt that Xue Huaian was about to be in trouble and could not help but feel regretful.

The ministers each had their own thoughts, but the Taoist priest still recited: "As the emperor, Yingyuan committed ten sins. God listened to him. One of them was moody and unpredictable, and he did not distinguish between loyalty and treason. The other was not clear about right and wrong, and he killed the court officials...!"

The more the ministers in the audience listened, the more frightened they became.

I thought this ceremony of worshiping the sky was a grand event, but at this moment, everyone knew that the event was impossible and bloodshed was inevitable.

"The eighth sin is that it is not a matter of people's suffering, it is extravagant, it is extremely vicious, and the people are living in poverty...!" The Taoist priest's face was pale at this time, and cold sweats were like rain.
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