nycdaug Chapter 264 Fengchan 1
Chapter 264 Fengchan 1
Eunuch Wang watched his master, who was sometimes angry and sometimes laughing, and was a little worried. What should he do?
For a moment, Eunuch Wang didn't know what to do. After thinking it over, he sighed and decided that he was just a servant and should keep a closer eye on things.
Half a month has passed, and the Fengshan ceremony is finally ready. Whether we were ready or not, we had to be ready. The day that the Imperial Observatory had chosen has arrived, and no one can afford to risk their entire family.
Jia Daishan returned and said that the day after tomorrow was the appointed time. Jia Hu sighed, "Finally, it's time for the Fengshan ceremony."
"Grand Uncle, Grand Uncle, what you said the other day, should we do everything we said?"
Jia Zhen was very curious. There were so many outrageous etiquette rules. Did they all have to be followed?
Jia Daishan smiled and said:
"No need for that, many emperors have already rejected them."
Aside from the fact that the sacrificial offerings had increased significantly compared to before, the emperor forbade any other formalities, deeming them a waste of resources and manpower.
Jia Hu, however, had his own thoughts. He had always felt that he was thinking too superficially, and since he had nothing to do this month, he had been pondering things. He had his own opinion on this matter.
The Emperor is truly wise. By bringing together so many great Confucian scholars and masters to conduct various discussions, he has demonstrated the importance he attaches to the Fengshan ceremony and the high regard he has for scholars.
That's a really clever way to do it, and it doesn't take much effort at all.
After pondering it over, Jia Hu thought to himself, then wondered if he was overthinking things.
Jia Daishan listened to his grandson's inner thoughts, and seeing the obvious conflict on his grandson's face, he smiled and said:
"Hu'er, is something troubling you?"
Upon hearing this, Jia Hu raised his head, looked at his grandfather, and smiled sheepishly.
"I'm fine, Grandfather. There are just some things I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking it?"
"Oh, what is it? May I tell my grandfather?"
Jia Daishan knew, of course, that Hu'er was probably struggling with what he had just been thinking about.
“Grandfather, I’m just overthinking things. I’m wondering if the Emperor never intended to listen to me in the first place.”
After some hesitation, Jia Hu decided to speak up.
"Haha, just because this matter is worth your time and effort, no one can guess what the Emperor is really thinking at this moment."
We can only judge from the final result that perhaps the emperor initially wanted to hear some opinions, but later felt that those opinions were useless and merely formalities, which is exactly what the emperor disliked most.
Hearing his grandfather say this, Jia Hu stopped worrying about it. Worrying about such a meaningless thing was just a waste of brainpower.
“Then Grandfather, my brother and I will behave well and observe the ceremony when we are at the foot of the mountain that day.”
Jia Zhen also nodded.
“My brother and I will stay obediently at the foot of the mountain. Grandfathers, please be careful when you go up the mountain.”
"what!"
Jia Zhen suddenly lifted his feet off the ground, startled and cried out. When he saw who it was, he immediately turned around with a smile and hugged his grandfather's neck.
"Grandfather! You're back."
Jia Daihua put Jia Zhen back on the ground, then casually patted Jia Zhen's bottom and said:
"Who said you were going to wait for us at the foot of the mountain?"
"Should we go up too?"
Jia Hu asked in surprise.
"Yeah, yeah, didn't they say we kids weren't allowed to go up?"
Jia Zhen stopped covering his buttocks at night.
“That’s different. You two will also go up, and not just up, but to the top of the mountain.”
Jia Daihua sat back down in his chair with a hearty laugh.
"With so many ministers, can we all get a turn and go up to watch the ceremony together?"
Jia Hu was even more surprised; he thought it was halfway up the mountain, but it turned out to be the summit.