This is the ancestral system of the Great Shang Dynasty.
Concubines below the queen are not eligible to attend such events.
Of course, in addition to the queen, the queen mother also has this qualification.
However, since Long Yang ascended the throne, Queen Mother Xiaojing has been specially excluded from annual sacrificial activities.
Therefore, during the reign of Long Yang, Queen Mother Xiaojing never attended the moon worship activities of the Lantern Festival.
The royal sacrifice to the Moon God is extremely grand and is the most solemn sacrifice of the year.
Although Long Yang did not believe in ghosts and gods, he attached great importance to this sacrifice.
In this sacrificial event, King Long Xiao of Xiangyang and Princess Long Qingzhi of Ning Kingdom were also prominently present.
When everyone arrived at the altar, a sound similar to a horn suddenly sounded. The sound was very loud and passionate, seeming to resound throughout the world, but it added a solemn and sacred feeling. Immediately afterwards, other musical instruments also sounded. It started to play.
Everyone stopped under a high tower.
The altar is located on the high tower. It is said that this high tower has a total of eighty-nine steps. This high tower is also the tallest building in the palace.
The main purpose of worshiping the moon god is to pray for the country, for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people. This step requires the emperor and empress to climb the tower together to complete.
Long Yang has to attend this sacrifice in person every year, so every step is done with ease. But this year there is Lu Liangwei, and Lu Liangwei is still pregnant with a child, so it is not easy to climb the tower.
He suppressed the worries in his heart and looked at Lu Liangwei tenderly, "Can you leave?"
Lu Liang looked at the tower in front of him slightly, nodded, and said firmly, "Okay."
She was pregnant with Long Si, so she didn't have to attend this sacrifice, but this was the first sacrifice after the two got married.
Moreover, she heard from Ah Jiu that offering sacrifices to the Moon God was a long-standing custom in Dashang, and both the royal family and ordinary families attached great importance to it.
If both husband and wife worship the Moon God together on the Lantern Festival, they will be favored by the Moon God, and their lives will always be harmonious and happy.
Although she didn't believe this, she sincerely hoped that she and the emperor would be happy for the rest of their lives, and that her children would also grow up healthily.
Even if it was to seek good luck, she would attend this sacrifice. Moreover, this was the first sacrificial activity she had participated in together with the emperor, so naturally she could not show her timidity.
However, she was very lucky that she was only four months pregnant. If she had been pregnant for two more months, she might not be able to cope with it.
The people from the Qintian Prison had already climbed up to the tower to prepare for the sacrifice.
Except for the emperor and empress, everyone else stayed under the tower.
Long Yang took Lu Liangwei's hand, stepped onto the steps, and whispered: "I'll hold you, you don't have to force me. If you're tired, just tell me."
"Okay." Lu Liang responded in a low voice, looking at the tall man beside him, feeling very at ease.
Looking at the emperor and empress holding hands together, Long Qingzhi chuckled, "My brother is really good at caring for people."
Long Xiao, who was standing next to her, sighed, "It's hard for a hero to be a beauty. I didn't expect that the emperor's brother would have such a day."
When Long Qingzhi heard this, he looked away, glanced at him, and said seriously: "You are not young anymore. You are already twenty-six years old this year. It is time for you to marry a wife."
When Long Xiao heard this, he felt a little helpless, "Sister Huang, you are here again. I am not interested in getting a wife. I am fine as I am now, without worries."
After hearing this, Long Qingzhi looked sideways, paused, and lowered his voice: "Xiao'er, do you have any hidden illness?"
(End of chapter)