The Imperial City of Kashu • Yuanwu Palace

In fact, the civil and military officials did not know that the emperor had vomited blood in the palace that day. Everyone only said that the East Palace was abolished, and the emperor had no intention of taking care of the government, so he took the three princes who intended to continue to be the crown prince and stayed in the palace all day long.

If it weren't for the continuous snow in recent days, this early dynasty might have been abandoned like this.

The jade on the emperor's crown could cover his pale face, but it couldn't hide his trembling body, and he was barely able to sit upright on the dragon chair. However, the atmosphere in the hall was solemn, and which minister dared to raise his head and look directly at the angry Son of Heaven.

"Where is Si Tianjian?"

Si Tian Jian Zheng was stunned, and then stood up and knelt down and said: "Weichen Si Tian Jian Zheng Chen Mi, respectfully invite the emperor to be saintly!" ”

"Now that the snow is flying in March, there are great signs of evil, how can I be safe?" The emperor's deep voice contained a faint coldness, and he also skillfully covered up the sickness without a trace, "You are good at observing the heavens, but what have you found?" ”

"Back to the emperor, as the emperor said, now that the season is close to Qingming, the snow is falling from the sky in the city of Kazhou, which is indeed a sign of evil spirit." Chen Mi said in a trembling voice, "Wei Chen led the ministers of the Heavenly Prison to observe the sky at night, and found that the female earth bat in the north, and the stars and horses in the south loomed at the same time. Female earth bat master woman, Ben Dorjee. But if the light appears at the same time as the star, the sun and the horse, it is positive and negative, which greatly enhances the ferocious spirit of the purpose of the Suzaku! ”

"Don't empty the bag, pick up the important ones!"

"Yes!" Chen Mi couldn't help kneeling on the ground when he heard this, "Back to the emperor, according to what the ministers have seen, this celestial phenomenon is an omen that an ominous person has appeared in Karzhou, so it will bring this day of snow!" ”

"Ominous person..."The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "what are the characteristics of this person?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen just said that the female earth bat appeared in the light, it can be seen that this person should be the main feminine woman, if not, it should also be a woman and a child, old and weak." Chen Mi kowtowed again and again, "Kazhou is located in the north, and it has been rare to hide in the south for thousands of years. Therefore, Wei Chen concluded that this person must have been unknown and only recently began to shine in the court! ”

"The old, the weak, the women and the children... Originally unheard......"

The emperor muttered in his mouth, and a fierce chill slowly arose in his heart.

Could it be her?

"Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen's advice, the celestial phenomena have already been warned, if this person is allowed to make waves in Kaozhou, I am afraid it will affect the fortune of the country!"

Seeing that Si Tian Jian was speaking earnestly, Jia Xian, the second grade of the Criminal Department, hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The words of the celestial phenomena are directed at the abolished princess Lian's family! ”

Lihou, who was standing at the head of the long line, was originally speechless, but when he heard Jia Xianyun's words, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and turned around without caring about etiquette: "Lord Jia's words have no beginning or end, Benhou's righteous daughter was originally the prince's wife, when did she become an ominous person who endangered the fortunes of the country?" ”

"Master Hou, it is precisely because this woman is the wife of the abolished prince, and she is unknown, so she has become your righteous daughter, so she responded to the words of the celestial phenomenon 'originally lonely, but recently shined'!"

Lihou's eyes were as cold as a sword, and he coldly looked at Jia Xianyun, who was kneeling on the ground behind him. The emperor looked coldly at the discord between the courtiers and the courtiers, and said: "Jia Qing said cautiously, although the abolished prince is an ominous person, I also broke off his husband and wife relationship with the Lian family early on. If it's ominous... You can't talk about Lian's body, right? ”

"Your Majesty! The emperor has forgotten the plague in Karzhou at the beginning of the year! Jia Xianyun said excitedly, "At that time, it happened that not long after the Lian family married into the royal family, and the city of Kazhou suffered this disaster for no reason!" ”

Seeing that the Marquis of Li was still speechless, the emperor continued: "Although the epidemic came strangely, it is said that it is also her Lian family who asked for the order to cure the epidemic in the whole city, not only is there no fault, but also merit......

"It's this section that is suspicious!" Jia Xianyun kowtowed again, "The emperor thinks about it, this epidemic is coming out of nowhere, and he is about to capture Kyoto, but it just so happens that Lian took the initiative to ask for help, and he was really cured by her inexplicably!" This coming and going is unreasonable, Your Majesty, you said, how could this epidemic, which even the national imperial doctor was helpless, be cured by her Lian family's female abortion? ”

"That's what I asked at the beginning. Lian said that she had a friend who was proficient in pharmacology outside the uterus, and prescribed her a prescription to cure the epidemic. ”

Jia Xianyun shook his head again and again: "At the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic, the emperor also issued an edict to the world to seek good doctors. Why is it that the solution that I can't find by the soldiers is easily matched by her Lian's friends? If it weren't for the demonic ability, then the Lian clan and his henchmen would be suspected of being traitors to the tail sect! Your Majesty, with all due respect, this epidemic virus may be the hand of the Lian family-"

"-Lord Jia!"

Jia Xianyun's words were suppressed by the low roar of the Marquis of Li, and the hall was silent for a while, only the echo of the Hou Ye was faint, and even the emperor was so shocked that his tongue was dumb.

"Lord Jia is cautious, if you have unfounded suspicions, don't say it in front of Your Majesty."

"Lord Lihou is angry, and Weichen, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, has to pay more attention to everything. It's just that even if Wei Chen's words are not proven, you can't turn a blind eye to Si Tianjian's celestial phenomena! Jia Xianyun turned to the head of the palace again, "Your Majesty, in order to ask for a smooth wind and rain in Kazhou, and the prosperity of the country, please also dispose of the Lian family!" ”

As soon as Jia Xianyun's words came out, a total of six people from the rest of the Criminal Department also bowed down and reconsidered: "Ask the emperor to deal with the Lian family!" ”

The echo gradually weakened, and the emperor slowly turned to the Marquis Li: "What do you say?" ”

Lihou didn't look frightened, but bowed down awe-inspiringly and said: "The old minister asks for an order, and asks His Majesty to deal with the old minister." ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked. After the discussion of everyone dissipated, the emperor smiled at Lihou: "I don't know what Lihou means by this. If you want to dispose of it, it should be Lian's will, how can it be you? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to what the old minister has seen, the ominous person referred to by Si Tianjian is not Gui Ying, but the old minister."

The emperor was surprised: "What does Liqing mean by this, how can you be an ominous person who damages the fortunes of the country if you have built three dynasties?" ”

"Your Majesty, according to the words of the celestial phenomena of the Heavenly Prison, this ominous person is an old and weak woman and child, who was unknown before, but has recently shined in the court." Lihou took a deep breath, "It is said that Gui Ying's treatment of the epidemic was at the beginning of the year, where did the two nights of the heavenly phenomena come from?" But it's an old minister... Since the founding of the country, he has not led any troops, but he led the Praetorian Guard to quell the rebellion of Lihan a month ago. This is in line with the prophecy that the celestial phenomena were 'previously unheard, but will soon shine brightly'. And the old minister is over seventy years old, so he really can't afford to say that he can't afford this sentence..."old and weak women and children". ”

These few sentences were sonorous, and the whole hall was already boiling. Lihou's words are reasonable and well-founded, and there is no way to refute them. But after all, he assisted the three dynasties, and he was the founding father of the country with immortal achievements, and now if it really damages the fortunes of the country, how can the emperor deal with it?

He Quan waved the dust and called for "silence". After everyone quieted down, the emperor shouted coldly: "Chen Mi? ”

Si Tian Supervisor Zheng Chen Mi, who had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, listened to the emperor's call, and his body was a rin - he had already told the celestial prophecy thoroughly, and now if he wanted to talk back and let the emperor bite Lian to death, he would inevitably expose himself.

After thinking about it, Chen Mi had no choice but to turn his heart sideways, kowtow and say: "Your Majesty, the micro-ministers referred to by the celestial phenomena have already been revealed. As for who the hell it is... I still need the emperor's holy book! ”

"Rubbish!"

"—Your Majesty, the old minister has gone through three dynasties and enjoyed all the honors." Lihou's voice was as quiet and simple as the golden sand filtered after the turbid waves washed the sand, "If the old minister is really an ominous person who damages the fortunes of the country, please don't care about your feelings, give up the old minister's remnants, and protect the peace of the society." ”

"What are these words, if there was no you in the past, how could you come to today's Karzhou? How did it come to the point where you had to give up one and take the other? The emperor frowned, embarrassed for a long time, "The sky is unknown, you might as well not enter the palace these days, and avoid it for a while... Chen Mi? ”

Chen Mi was stunned, and kowtowed again: "-Grounded in the mansion, so as not to conflict with the dragon vein." It is also feasible to try this for a few days and then see the changes in the sky. ”

"That's fine, then... You will first rest in Lifu for a few days. As for the Lian family, I also ordered someone to move her out of the prince's mansion and away from the Qianjiao Spring. The emperor muttered, "In this way, let's see if the heavy snow will stop and whether there are any variables in the sky." ”

Chen Mi responded, and the sweat had already slid out of the room, dripping silently on the fine carpet of the main hall.

——

I was kicked out of the Prince's Mansion in the afternoon.

The people from the palace didn't understand, and under the interrogation of Guan Ju and Pu Jia, they said that the celestial phenomena were indicated, and I was suspected of rushing the dragon vein, so I had to stay away from the hidden Jiaoquan and take refuge outside for a while.

I can't help but say that I was kicked out of the prince's mansion by them. Stepping on the heavy snow in the city of Kazhou to go to the West City, the door of Lifu could not be opened. In the end, the Praetorian Guards of the Outer Courtyard Battalion came to pass the word, saying that the Hou Ye is recuperating in the mansion at the moment, and please don't come to disturb me these days.

I was confused, so I had to step back into the East City again in the vast night and snow. As soon as I entered the gate of the peach sales building, I saw that Sarong and Aunt Hua had been waiting in the front hall for a long time, as if they knew that I would come over today.

"Aunt Hua, I-"

"-There are many people in front of me, let's talk about it when we go back... Sajung ......"

Sarong nodded to Aunt Hua, took my hand and went straight to the back building. When passing by the backyard, I happened to meet Wan Qiu and Duan Ming carrying lanterns, and they were busy moving the wine jar under the old peach tree in the courtyard back to the warehouse.

"Gui Hotaru is back..."Wan Qiu smiled at me in a hurry, "I wanted to make some loquat wine and green plum wine this spring, and it will be much more mellow with some pollen." Who knows that these days of heavy snow, where will the peach blossoms bloom... You go upstairs first, and we'll be there when we're done." ”

I nodded, and went to look at Duan Ming again, but he had been deliberately avoiding my gaze - the last time Zhuo Ying denied my identity as the leader of the Gangfeng Banner, I didn't say anything to refute it. I think it's precisely because of this that Duan Ming has always been angry in his heart.

Sarong had already dragged me up to the fifth floor, and as soon as he entered the room, Sarong slammed the door shut, dusted the snow off his shoulders and walked to the stove in the room.

"Gui Ying, it's Bai Xiaohan."