The blood slid down from her forehead, touching Xuan Si's white and clean clothes.

"How are you, princess?"

"Look for the imperial physician!"

When the guards just surrounded him, Rong Ruiji fainted in Xuan Si's arms.

Rong He came on a horse, "How is the emperor sister?"

Xuan Si dragged Rong Ruiji to salute, "Your Highness the Prince, don't worry, the princess should have been frightened. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven may not be able to continue. The journey back to the palace is long, so let the princess rest temporarily in this temple. There is a doctor with excellent medical skills in this temple, so you can rest assured."

"I'm sorry to the abbot."

Rong He felt relieved when he saw that it was Xuan Si.

Xuan Si carried the princess into the tidy room.

The doctor in the temple brought the medicine box and bandaged the wound for the princess.

"Doctor, is the princess okay?" asked the maid who was with the princess.

"The skin and flesh are not serious. Come with me to get the medicine and take it to the princess tonight."

"yes."

After the doctor and the maid left, Xuan Si closed the door and sighed slightly, "Have you made enough trouble?"

Rong Ruiji opened her eyes, covered her forehead and sat upright from the bed, her movements flowing, without any delicate appearance.

"What, I didn't collapse the altar."

"If I just found out that you were pretending to be dizzy, I would throw you away at the gate of the temple."

"Hmm? Then it seems that you still care about me and did not let me go back to the palace with blood. Right?" Rong Ruiji held her cheek with both hands and looked at Xuan Si with a smile.

But Xuan Si had no smile on his face, and his face was cold, "Princess, your identity is precious, and the ceremony of worshiping heaven is the top priority. Today--"

"I might be getting married." Rong Ruiji interrupted Xuan Si's words gently.

Xuan Si was stunned.

After a long time, he said, "It was Nan Yan's great joy to get married."

Rong Ruiji's smile gradually disappeared just now, "I may marry far away. My father has the intention to let me marry. A daughter can get peace and more benefits. It is imperative for the father to do it."

Xuan Si turned his back to Rong Ruiji and was silent.

"Actually, I originally wanted to marry Bai Jue. With him, even if I marry someone, I will still have a chance to see you. But Bai Jue seems to have seen through me a long time ago and refused to agree. Moreover, Bai Jue recently met a girl who is very important to him, and my plan failed."

Rong Ruiji seemed to be talking about gossip after dinner, grabbed an orange on the table and started peeling it.

The house is filled with the sour taste of oranges.

Xuan Si's back listened quietly to her words, and his hands holding the Buddhist beads tightened slightly.

Rong Ruiji broke open the orange petals and wanted to hand over a piece to Xuan Si.

Xuan Si never refused to face her and walked outside the house and closed the door.

"The princess will take a few days off and then go back to the palace."

Rong Ruiji stayed in the house alone and stuffed oranges into her mouth one by one.

The palm of his hand was still holding the Buddhist beads he had just caught.

The oranges in the mouth are very sour and astringent.

There was tears in Rong Ruiji's eyes, and she gently wiped them away, sighing: "This orange is so sour."

...

Such a big thing happened to the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, and it was impossible to hold again.

From the time Qiao Zhonghe was burned to the princess falling from the terrace, it was all very unlucky!

The emperor has arrived there to discuss countermeasures with the Tianshi, and has to deal with the distinguished guests of Yunban Kingdom. He cannot regard this as a scandal.

The people were discussing - something big might happen in Nanyan!

The collapse of the terrace, the injury of the princess, Bai Jue's departure, Qiao Zhonghe's death, etc. The emperor didn't know what should be held accountable first.

The Heavenly Master means that the task of worshiping heaven is the primary priority, but if something happens at the same time, this may also be a foreshadowing of heaven.

The emperor asked: "Does the sacrifices that night need to continue? The entire parade has not ended."

The Tianshi stroked his beard and replied: "Bai Ling, the eldest son of the Bai family, can replace Bai Jue, and the prince Rong He will replace the position of the eldest princess. The sacrifice will be completed simply. After the aftermath, the altar needs to be opened to worship the sky. I will burn a talisman to hope to know if there is anything wrong with us."

The emperor agreed.

The night worship of heaven will be held on the northernmost high ground of Yan'an City.

This time, the sacrifice to heaven was in panic and no longer had a comfortable mood.

Everyone is praying that there will be no natural disasters and man-made disasters, and hope that Yan'an City will be safe and sound in the coming year.

The Heavenly Master and some other people dressed in immortals, neither looked like Buddha nor Taoism. They recited many incomprehensible scriptures or mantras on the towering sacrificial stone platform.

The tedious ceremony will take one hour in total.

Everyone was kneeling, looking very pious and did not dare to slack off.

Fire is indispensable for all sacrifices in Yan'an City.

The Heavenly Master came to carry a fire cauldron and threw a lot of things into it.

Rong He wanted to doze off when he saw it. He and Bai Ling knelt side by side, fell down, and leaned on Bai Ling's shoulder.

In previous years, Bai Ling and he thought this kind of link was the most boring, and the two often slipped away and were lazy.

But this time they all have identities and wear such grand clothes, they dare not go anywhere.

But at this moment, Bai Ling no longer had the boring mood of watching the priests the previous few times.

He stared at the burning flames, "The next time... I will be lying on it. I don't know if there will be many people coming to see me at that time."

Rong He slowly opened his eyes, and his sleepiness disappeared.

"Bai Ling..."

Bai Ling suddenly came to his senses and realized that he was a little inappropriate in his words, "I'm kidding, you don't have to take it seriously, I'm not afraid."

Rong He sat upright and looked at the blazing flames with Bai Ling.

When he raised his eyes again, the coldness in his eyes seemed to penetrate the flames and completely frozen.

...

Gu Wanqing took advantage of their attention to worshiping the sky, and she went to the burning place of Qiao Zhonghe for many walks.

And the focus of attention is naturally the courtesan Qin Xixue.

The only thing they can think of for the motive for killing Qiao Zhonghe is the disappearance of an official that has been under investigation recently.

Moreover, Qiao Zhonghe knew the inside story, but Tao Mingrui sent someone to observe his trip first, but did not focus on the investigation.

This time, it was beyond their expectations. He was burned to death in public, which was very different from the three people who died before.

It doesn't look like the same person did, but it is very likely that a second person will overturn the case again.

And this time, what was the reason why the murderer killed him in front of everyone with such a high profile?

Revenge?

But when Qiao Zhonghe was burning spontaneously, Qin Xixue was sitting quietly in the team in front of her holding the pipa, because there was a ghost dance, and she could not leave the altar at any time except dancing.

Therefore, even if Qin Xixue moves his hands, he uses another method, which can ignite the flames without getting close.
Chapter completed!