Nanyan frowned, looking at the alien birthmark.

After a long time, she let out a sigh of relief.

But with this breath, it was not relaxed, but as if she had acquiesced to something in her heart, she reached out and gently held Xinping's fleshy little hand.

"It's okay, it's okay."

She muttered as if to a child or to herself.

"It's going to be fine."

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Because King Ning's residence was originally in the middle of Beiping and Tianjin, the emperor's royal car traveled north for more than half an hour before arriving at Beiping City.

In the distance, already on the vast snowfield, I saw the outline of Beiping City.

Nanyan lifted the curtain and looked ahead.

At the time of leaving, there was no such huge scale, and now it seems that Beiping City has more than doubled the size of what I saw before, like a lying lion, crawling on the snowfield, just looking at it from a distance, it is terrifying.

Beiping used to be just a border city, but now as the national capital, it should have such momentum.

Perhaps it is this majestic spirit that gives Nanyan some strength.

Her heart was also a little more settled.

Bowing his head and hugging the excited in his arms, he kept fluttering and probing out the window, and said softly: "We will definitely be able to pass this hurdle." ”

Under the gate of Beiping City, the officials who had previously performed official duties here and those who later moved to the north all gathered here, and the pomp was larger than the pomp that King Ning had taken over in Tianjin before.

On and off the city, colorful flags fluttered, and the guards lined up, fighting fiercely.

Some foreign envoys were also here.

And Nanyan saw at a glance one of the flags belonging to the country.

The people of the country, they are here too!?

Who's coming?

Of course, Munch, as the king of a country, could not come; And judging from some information received before, a delicate balance and competition has now formed between Munch and Arislan.

At such an important moment, Arislan should not dare to leave the border.

It's a pity that it's too far away now, and there are too many people, so I can't see it clearly.

Nanyan thought for a while, and shouted outside through the curtain: "Ye Xu." ”

After a while, Ye Zhen rode his horse and followed.

"What do you command?"

Nanyan said: "You go and ask, who is the envoy sent by the emperor among the envoys of various countries who came to celebrate this time when the emperor moved the capital to celebrate." ”

"Yes."

Ye Zhen agreed, and the sound of horses' hooves galloping forward was immediately heard outside.

After a while, the royal car stopped in front of the city gate.

Nanyan heard the sound of the mountain shouting long live outside, and naturally Zhu Feng came out of the golden car to accept the worship of the ministers and the people.

After the worship was over, the ministers and the people followed the royal chariot into the city gate and continued to march.

I went to the big altar in the south of the city. Halfway down the road, Ye Zheng's horse's hooves sounded again, and he returned to Nanyan's car.

He whispered outside the window: "Guifei Niangniang, Weichen inquired, this time the envoy sent by the State of Qi is an important minister, named Mandu. ”

"Lord Mandu?"

Nanyan's brows furrowed, and that familiar face immediately appeared in his mind.

This man was the man who had almost become Princess Tana's husband.

This time, he asked him to be an envoy......

Nanyan took a deeper breath.

After Ye Zhen outside finished reporting, he saw that there was no movement inside for a long time, and asked softly: "Niangniang, is there anything wrong?" ”

"It's nothing." Nanyan thought about it, and still said, "Let people keep an eye on him." ”

"Yes."

Ye Zhen immediately passed on.

All around, horses' hooves are bursting.

Nanyan listened to the sound of the wheels crashing against the new ground, and the sound of those dense horses' hooves, and her heartbeat gradually became rapid, although she kept telling herself to calm down, but she saw that the big altar was ahead.

Who can calm down?

Finally, their carriage stopped outside the altar.

Here, there have been a lot of ordinary people, come to watch the ceremony, when they saw the emperor's golden chariot stopped, all the people knelt on the ground, the mountain shouted long live.

Zhu Feng walked out of the golden car.

He was dressed in a bright yellow robe, and he hunted in the wind.

The wind here was much colder than before, probably because there were no buildings around it that were too tall to resist the cold wind, but he didn't feel cold at all.

Especially when I saw the avenue at my feet, the bluestone slabs were paved flat and spacious, leading straight ahead.

There, is the outer altar.

In the distance, you can see the winding corridor, the beamless hall leading to Sainomiya, and on the other side there is the Kagura Department and a large area of connecting rooms.

And behind this piece of building, you can faintly see several majestic halls standing.

In the distance, the glazed tiles on the top of the main hall shone in the sun.

Those were the three main halls of the Great Altar.

They are the main hall dedicated to the spiritual seats of the ancestors of the past dynasties, the jade plates of the members of the royal family, and the two side halls for the members of the royal family who come to worship to rest.

And behind these three halls is the altar of sacrifice.

Around, there are some other buildings, Zhu Feng has only briefly looked at the drawings, and today all this is really presented in front of his eyes for the first time.

He took a deep breath and said, "Let's go." ”

"Yes."

The guards on both sides immediately stepped forward and helped him and the queen get out of the golden cart, and the concubines behind also got off the carriage one after another.

The officials on both sides opened the way, and they walked slowly forward.

After a while, they walked to the main hall where the ancestral spirit seat was enshrined.

However, because I have to sacrifice heaven and earth today, I can't be busy coming over to worship my ancestors, so I can only wait until I go to the big altar and sacrifice heaven and earth, and then come over.

Zhu Feng only glanced at it briefly, and then asked everyone to go to the side hall on the other side.

After all, starting from King Ning's annex early in the morning, along the way, everyone was also bumped a little hard, and they had to take a rest here and nourish their spirits, so as not to make mistakes in the sacrifice that stayed for a while.

And Zhu Feng himself went to the Imperial Palace.

Naturally, it is necessary to change into special clothes for the sacrifice, and to confirm with the ceremonial officer all the steps of the sacrifice today.

For such a big thing, you can't make a mistake.

Nanyan followed the queen and the other concubines to the side hall to rest.

But, after a while, she got up and walked out.

Xiao Shunzi, who was waiting at the door, said softly: "Where is the concubine Niangniang going?" ”

Nanyan said: "It's a little stuffy in the hall, I want to go out for a walk." ”

"Niangniang, be careful, it's almost time now, don't miss the time of the sacrifice."

"Hongu knows."

Nanyan nodded, walked out of the side hall, and walked along the corridor.

After a while, they arrived at another main hall.

Here, it is the place where the royal genealogy and the jade plates of the members of the royal family are placed.

As soon as he walked to the door, the guards here stepped forward: "Guifei Niangniang? Meet the concubine. ”

Nanyan raised his hand very calmly: "Get up." ”

The guards stood up and said with some doubts: "Guifei Niangniang, the emperor is going to sacrifice over there in a while, shouldn't the concubine Niangniang rest in the side hall with the queen and them?" Why are you here? ”

"Oh, Hongu came over and had a look."

"It's-"

They hesitated.

Although, the concubine wanted to come in here to see, in fact, there was nothing unruly, but there was no word from above to say that she was allowed to enter, which made these guards a little embarrassed.

Nanyan glanced at them and said with a smile, "You don't want to stop this palace, right?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare."

"Okay, this palace won't embarrass you," Nanyan said with a smile: "Don't forget, today is the first birthday of the daughter of this palace, Princess Xinping, and in a while, her jade plate will be put here." ”

Only then did everyone remember.

By the way, today is not only the day when His Majesty the Emperor comes to the altar to worship heaven and earth.

There is also an important thing, which is the first birthday of the princess.

Like other members of the royal family, her jade disc must also be put in.

Nanyan said: "Nangong just came over to take a look in advance, there is nothing important, and you don't have to make such a fuss." ”

Everyone looked at each other and stepped aside: "Yes." ”

Nanyan pushed the door and walked in.

Although there are many guards outside, the inside of these halls is very empty.

Not a single one.

Nanyan walked in and closed the heavy door behind her with her backhand, so quiet that only her breath remained, and the candlelight around her flickered slightly.

All of a sudden, it was as if I had entered a quiet space.

It's not like the outside, it's not a world anymore.

The front of this hall is a whole wall, which is connected to the top of the main hall, and on the wall is a whole painting, which depicts the rivers and mountains, and there are some scenes of soldiers bravely killing the enemy.

Emperor Gao Rong Ma was a lifelong man, and in the hall where the jade plates of the royal family members were placed, he also specially asked people to paint such a picture.

Probably, he can't forget the past when he was on the battlefield.

However, Nanyan's attention was not here now, she only glanced at it briefly, and then bypassed this wall and walked to the back of the main hall.

On the back of this wall are countless cabinets.

Just like before, when she was a female official of Shangbao, she guarded the jade seal.

However, the cabinets were not locked, but were left open, and inside were countless boxes wrapped in bright yellow satin.

In the box is the jade plate of each member of the royal family.

Under each cabinet, there was a small piece of paper pasted on it, indicating who the owner of the jade dish was, and Nanyan saw Zhu Feng's name at a glance.

She stepped forward and carefully removed the box and untied the silk on it.

The box inside is very exquisite.

Also familiar.

It is almost the same as the box where the jade seal was placed in the Jinling Imperial Palace in the past, and the wooden box that I saw in the Jinlou Palace.

Especially, the lock on top.

Nanyan took a deep breath, reached for his neckline, and carefully pulled out a rope hanging around his neck.

Underneath the rope, a key hangs.

It was the key she fished out of the mud at the bottom of the lake.

Her hands trembled slightly, and she took the key and gently inserted it into the keyhole.

Just listen to the click-