375 Prison (two more in one)
Duanmu Fei saw that Feng Yan was not wearing a cloak, and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you cold?" ”
Feng Yan felt that even his neck was starting to burn, and shook his head. Not only did he feel cold, but he felt hot, and he raised his hand and tugged at his neckline.
The howling cold wind came one after another, and everyone who was restless gradually calmed down, and Mu Youchang and Mu Youjing looked at the emperor and Cen Yin in front of them with complicated eyes.
The ground movement just now came so suddenly, it was clear that on the side of the Emperor, they had missed the best opportunity.
So......
The brothers were all in a state of mind, thinking of the same person, and their eyes were all looking in the same direction.
A few steps away, Geng Tinglian, who was wearing a plum-red butterfly and carved silk gown, was standing beside Mrs. Geng, and her slender figure looked particularly delicate and lovely in the cold wind.
The second prince, Mu Youchang, raised his leg and wanted to go over to comfort Geng Tinglian, and then the right foot that he raised was retracted for a moment, and Geng Tinglian's side was already beside a long and straight figure.
"Fifth Miss Geng."
Mu Youjing's Qingyue's voice woke up the depressed Geng Tinglian, she was stunned, her eyes withdrew from Cen Yin's back, and she followed the sound to look at Mu Youjing.
Mu Youjing only thought that Geng Tinglian was frightened by the ground movement just now, his expression became more and more soft, and he comforted: "Fifth Miss Geng, don't be afraid, it's already over......" Saying that, he beckoned to a waiter on the side and said, "Why don't you hurry up and get two cloaks for Mrs. Geng and Fifth Miss Geng." ”
Mrs. Geng was quite helpful when she heard this, and there was a hint of satisfaction in her eyes when she looked at Mu Youjing. Among the princes of appropriate age, the second prince has already married the princess, and the fourth prince is too young, that is to say, the remaining candidates are only the eldest prince and the third prince. I don't know what my daughter's heart is......
Geng Tinglian has been the focus of attention in Beijing for the past half a month, and the third prince Mu Youjing stood with her, which naturally attracted the subtle eyes of many people.
The thoughts of his third emperor brother can be described as Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it! Mu Youchang in the back stared at Mu Youjing's handsome face, his pupils became deeper and deeper, and he snorted coldly in his heart.
Mu Youchang's eyes were slightly cold, and he quickly weighed it in his heart, and he had the answer.
"Yu'er," he gently hugged Chu Qingyu, shushed the cold and asked for warmth, and carefully helped her to support the slightly crooked golden hairpin on Qizhai Guan, "You're not frightened, are you?" He looked at Chu Qingyu's eyes as gentle as water.
In fact, yesterday Chu Qingyu had already told him that there would be a movement today, but he had doubts about her because of the matter of Qianfeng Temple, but today's facts proved everything, Chu Qingyu's prophetic dream was true...... He was wrong, he shouldn't blame Chu Qingyu for the bad things these days.
What if Geng Tinglian is the Phoenix Maiden of Heavenly Destiny?!
He still has Chu Qingyu and the Chu family, it's hard to say who wins and who loses in this battle for succession!
"Your Highness, the concubine is fine." Chu Qingyu raised his eyes to look at Mu Youchang's gentle face, and he was also relieved.
Today's earth movement is enough to restore Mu Youchang's confidence in her, and her knowledge of the future is a priceless treasure that cannot be replaced by anything for Mu Youchang!
Destiny Phoenix Maiden......
Chu Qingyu's eyes flashed, and he looked at Geng Tinglian quietly. For her and the second prince, this time is actually an opportunity.
Although she has long wanted to try to get in touch with the Geng family, the Weiguo Mansion is still too arrogant at this time, and I am afraid that she will not easily stand in line at all, nor will she accept a prince's overture at will.
Always let Geng Hai learn a lesson first, and then know what it means to send charcoal in the snow, and what it means to join forces!
She will definitely make Feng Yan regret it!
The corners of Chu Qingyu's lips curled slightly, like the most gentle and virtuous wife, she straightened the placket of Li Mu Youchang's clothes, and looked like a flounder with deep affection.
Unconsciously, there was silence in front of the Taiji Palace, and only the whirring wind remained.
"Quack!"
A crow suddenly spread its wings and swept over the eaves of the Taiji Palace, causing everyone to be frightened.
The crow has been regarded as a symbol of bad luck since ancient times.
This New Year's Day is first moved, and then the crows are chirping, which is also unlucky.
Looking at the direction in which the crow flew away, a middle-aged minister snorted and said: "Sun Zhenren said that the country is in trouble, and only then can the phoenix girl descend from the sky, and this is really the case." Sun Zhenren is really a living immortal! ”
Most of the people present had heard of Sun Zhenren's various deeds, and they couldn't help but look a little subtle.
Zi Bu was silent, and many Wenchen originally had doubts about this Sun Daogu, but at this moment, thinking about Fang Cai's earth dragon turning over, some people couldn't help but be shaken......
There was a commotion all around, and everyone whispered to each other in twos and threes.
Geng Hai's heart moved, this was an opportunity.
Since the incident of the "Mandate of Heaven Phoenix Girl", Geng Haizhi Emperor has always been suspicious, so he has never said anything about it, but now, the earth dragon has turned over and responded to Sun Zhenren's prophecy, so should the emperor think about the "Phoenix Girl".
Thinking about it, Geng Hai's heartbeat pounded faster.
He took two steps forward and said tentatively to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the earth moves on the first day of the new year, and disasters fall from the sky, which is a sign of restlessness in the country......
The emperor slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb, his face sinking like water.
The people around also heard Geng Hai's words, and couldn't help but think about it, and the private discussion became louder and louder.
Another gray-haired old man spoke: "Your Majesty, the country is restless, should you go to the Taimiao Temple to worship?" ”
According to the rules of the Dasheng Dynasty, once there is a major natural or man-made disaster in the court, the emperor will go to the Taimiao Temple to confess to his ancestors.
In the more than 100-year history of the Dasheng Dynasty, Emperor Yingzong went to Taimiao to confess because of the locust plague in Yuzhou and Emperor Ruizong because of the southern mob uprising.
The ministers knelt down one after another, and all of a sudden they were shortened.
Geng Hai took the lead and said: "Please ask the emperor to go to the Taimiao to worship!" ”
"Please ask the emperor to go to the temple to worship!"
The emperor's heart was already up and down, and a lot of past events flashed in his mind like a marquee, and the last scene was fixed in the scene where the imperial brother killed himself with a knife.
The emperor pinched the jade wrench tightly, and for a long time, he said yes, and made up his mind in his heart.
"Swing the temple!"
With the sharp voice of a small chamberlain, the entire imperial city moved, and thousands of forbidden troops were dispatched in a well-trained manner, escorting the emperor and everyone out of the imperial city's end gate, all the way to the east, and through the triple wall of the Taimiao, before coming to the front hall in the center of the Taimiao.
There are three major halls in the temple, the front hall is the most magnificent palace among them, the white marble stone platform carved with dragon pattern and lion pattern outside the hall is surrounded, and the yellow glazed tiles on the eaves are still bright and transparent even under the gloomy sky.
There are two rows of ancient cypress outside the hall, the age of the tree is more than 100 years, vigorous and upright, and the pan is clumsy.
There was a solemn atmosphere in the air.
The emperor took a few princes and several princes of the clan into the front hall, and all the courtiers and women knelt on the cold and hard white marble ground outside, and they didn't even dare to breathe.
My knees are really sinful today. Duanmu Fei said silently, it was too cold, she couldn't even doze off, and could only count how many dragons were carved on the white marble guardrail.
Both outside the front hall and inside the front hall are quiet.
The emperor knelt on the thick futon and respectfully offered incense, staring straight ahead.
On the wooden gold-lacquered throne are the tablets of the emperors and empresses of the past dynasties, Taizu, Taizong, and Yingzong...... One of the tablets is Emperor Renzong, the first emperor.
The emperor's gaze froze on the tablet that read "Emperor Renzong", his eyes were deep, and his body was stiff.
Originally, it was supposed to be the tablet of the imperial brother next to the father, but now......
Even if he has all kinds of reasons, he can't get rid of the name of "killing his brother and seizing the throne" after all.
The emperor's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he said to himself that he had done nothing wrong, that he had led the Dasheng Dynasty into the most prosperous and prosperous era, and that he would be able to leave a strong mark in the history books in the future.
For the sake of the great prosperity of the country, in order to achieve great things, what is a little sacrifice of so little? !
Moreover, he did not kill Anping and them, and even Anping's son was gracious in every way. He thinks that he has done his best to be benevolent, so how can the ancestors blame him!
The Emperor's eyes gradually became firm again, and he was about to get up, when he suddenly noticed that the tablet above seemed to tremble.
At first, he almost thought he was dazzled, but then he saw that the tablets on the throne were shaking and making a "clucking" sound.
There was a clear vibration of the ground under his knees, and the emperor's face turned pale, and he clearly realized in his heart that the ground was moving again.
The emperor's whole body trembled slightly, and even he didn't know if it was the ground or himself who was trembling.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Cen Yin on the side hurriedly stepped forward and helped the emperor up from the futon.
The emperor's expression was stunned, the three souls and seven spirits seemed to have fallen halfway, and he felt that the sky was spinning in front of him, and the beams of agarwood, the golden lacquer divine seat, the bamboo bean case, the two rows of candles, etc., were all shaking, shaking him dizzily and in a trance.
"Bang ......"
I don't know which tablet was the first to fall, and the other tablets also fell crookedly on the throne of the gods, in a mess.
The emperor's body seemed to be frozen, unable to move, and a thought came to his heart-
Taizu Taizong ...... And the father is blaming himself!
The emperor's heart seemed to have set off a stormy wave, roaring like the sea on a stormy night, and his mind could not be calmed for a long time.
"Your Majesty, there is danger in the palace, let the ministers help you out......" Cen Yin said softly.
However, the emperor turned a deaf ear and remained motionless, his mind was in turmoil, and the past flashed before his eyes again, remembering his father, his brother, and his sister-in-law......
After a while, the surroundings gradually calmed down, and the ground stopped moving.
A few princes came to their senses at this time, knelt down nervously in front of the emperor, and asked for warmth with their mouths:
"Father, are you alright?"
"Father, the gentleman is not standing under the dangerous wall, you better go out quickly."
"Father's ......"
There was a commotion and noise all around, and the emperor remained expressionless, looking at the crooked tablets with gloomy and complicated eyes.
Inside and outside the hall, there is a panic, kneeling outside the ministers and women are staggering, many women are put together palms on their chests, reverently close their eyes, chanting Buddha constantly.
In just one hour, the earth dragon turned over twice in a row, no matter how you think it, it is a bad omen, I am afraid that the heavens are about to descend on the catastrophe, or there is some man-made disaster in the court and the country?!
There are doubts, fears, apprehensions, worries, and other emotions in everyone's hearts, and their hearts are even heavier.
The air became more and more oppressive, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be thicker again, as if a rainstorm was about to fall......
By the time Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Xian returned to the mansion, it was already Shen Shi.
"Zhenzhen, are you alright?" When Duanmu heard the news, he hurried to the Yimen to greet him, holding his sister's little hand and looking around, looking scared, thinking that his sister must have been frightened at that time. But my sister was in the palace at the time, and I wasn't by her side......
"Sister, I'm fine." Duanmu smiled and turned around Duanmu, and the skirt flew like a butterfly, light and cute.
Duanmujun finally felt a lot more relieved, but he still held his sister's little hand.
Duanmuxian looked at the sisters and stroked his beard with satisfaction. Today, the earth dragon turned over, there was a vision in the sky, Duanmujun was young, Duanmuxian was also worried that she couldn't hold it down, and there was something wrong in the house, but when I came back, everything in the house was in order, and the people were all behaving decently.
Duanmu Xian was very relieved, his eldest granddaughter's housekeeper is stable and has a steady temperament, hey, such a good granddaughter, I can't pick a few in Beijing, why is she just not happy to marry?! It's so sad!
"Sister Jun, four girls, you can go to the study with me."
Duanmu Xian called the two sisters to his study, and asked Duanmu Heng to come too.
The four grandparents sat down in the study, Duanmu Fei was tossing in the palace for a while today, and he was thirsty, so he buried his head in drinking tea.
"Sister Wei, how is the situation in the house?" Duanmu Xian was the first to ask Duanmu Jundao, and his expression was very loving, "If there is anything you can't handle, just tell your grandfather." ”
"Grandfather, everything is fine." For example, she asked the subordinates in the house to extinguish the fireworks in all the courtyards, including the Buddhist hall and the kitchen, so that everyone closed the door tightly so as not to let Xiaoxiao take advantage of the loopholes, and let the masters, slaves and maids of the first house gather in the relatively empty places before and after the Yimen, and deliberately named them according to the roster, etc.
After the second time the ground moved, another hour and a half passed, seeing that nothing happened again, Duanmujun asked each room to report whether anyone was injured and whether there was anything damaged, it was all trivial, the second room fell a porcelain bottle, the third room fell two cups and saucers, and the kitchen spilled a pot of hot soup, fortunately no one was burned......
Duanmujun counted all these losses in the public school, and ordered to add vegetables to the whole house at night to suppress the shock, and rewarded and punished him with grace and power.
Some people can't see a good thing on weekdays, but through today's chaos, Duanmujun can see which people can use it and which people are just showmanship.
Duanmuxian listened to the occasional response, nodded frequently, and his smile deepened, thinking that in the future, the eldest daughter-in-law of Sun must find someone as capable as Sister Wei'er, and she must not find a daughter-in-law like Xiaohe's and Tang's chaotic families.
Don't worry, wait for the eldest grandson to pass the autumn season.
Duanmu Xian's gaze swept over Duanmu Xuan and Duanmu Heng one by one, and finally stopped at Duanmu Fei, Duanmu Fei had just finished drinking a cup of tea, and told the maid to add tea.
"Four girls......" Looking at the little girl's heartless appearance, Duanmu Xian's expression became more complicated, and he asked straight to the point, "You already knew?" ”
When the ground moved for the first time in the Taiji Hall today, Duanmuxian saw a palace lamp not far away, and remembered that before the palace banquet, Duanmufei specially asked an attendant to move the palace lamp next to him. Duanmu Xian is a smart person, and he realized it all at once.
Duanmu Fei picked up the new teacup and nodded and said: "The celestial phenomena show that the comet and the heavenly market are violated, and there will be a dragon in the capital to turn over." Her voice disappeared between Sakura's lips and the rim of the cup.
"......" looked at Duanmu Fei as if it wasn't a big deal, Duanmu Xian inevitably felt a kind of indescribable tiredness, and asked patiently, "Four girls, why didn't you tell me?" ”
Duanmu Fei raised his eyes to look at Duanmu Xian, a pair of big black and white eyes flickered, and said comfortingly: "Grandfather, judging from the celestial phenomena, this time it is just a small earth movement, that is, a few shakes, there is no big problem, there will be no worries about natural disasters and man-made disasters." ”
"Even if my grandfather knew the emperor, even Qin Tianjian didn't see that there would be earth movements, would the emperor believe it?"
"Moreover, the emperor has been worried about the recent snow disaster and war, and my grandfather has no evidence and runs to tell the emperor that he wants the earth dragon to turn over, which will only make the emperor unhappy."
"Even if there is a day to prove that grandfather is not wrong, the emperor will have a thorn in his heart."
"If that's the case, why do you need to know?"
Duanmufei said in an orderly manner, her mouth was dry again, and she went to hold the teacup again, looking at the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the turquoise tea soup, and thought: If there is really serious movement, she will definitely say it, whether anyone believes it or not.
Life is in the world, but ask for a clear conscience.
Duanmuxian lowered his eyes and pondered, when the emperor was still the prince, he was in the court, he couldn't understand the emperor's character anymore, what the four girls said was good, if he knew, he wouldn't say it, it wouldn't be it, it would be better not to know.
Thinking about it, Duanmu Xian looked at Duanmu Scarlet's eyes and sighed in his heart: How can the four girls be so smart!
Duanmu Heng also groaned when he listened.
"Four girls, then ...... next" Duanmu Xian asked with some hesitation, not knowing what answer he wanted to hear.
"Grandfather, rest assured, there will be no more ground movement in the future." Duanmu said with a smile.
Duanmuxian's heart finally landed: That's good!
"Sister Jun, four girls, you two stay at home obediently, and Brother Heng, you can just study at home, don't go out if you have nothing to do."
After Duanmu Xian admonished him, he left in a hurry.
Although today's ground movement is extremely slight and should be fine, Duanmuxian is still busy as the first assistant, especially to see if there are any casualties near Gyeonggi, no matter what, the imperial court must always have an attitude towards the people to appease the people.
Duanmu Heng, Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei also followed Duanmu Xian out of the outer study.
The sky was still overcast, Duanmu Heng said goodbye to the sisters and returned to Chenfeng Zhai, and the sisters held hands and went to the backyard.
"Zhen Zhen," Duanmu Jun shook his sister's little hand, and said solemnly, "You can't hide it from me next time," when the ground moved today, it really frightened Duanmu Jun, she didn't worry about herself, she was worried about her sister, her sister was more important than her life.
"Sister, I will definitely tell you in the future." Duanmu Fei was too busy to respond, and affectionately held Duanmu Fei's arm and coquettishly.
There was a ground movement today, except for Feng Yan, she didn't even say anything about Duanmujun, and almost forgot about herself.
Duanmujun could really be angry with his sister, and after scraping her small nose, she laughed.
As the sisters walked, they walked in the direction of Zhanqing Courtyard.
Along the way, it is inevitable to meet some maids and women, who have saluted the sisters, and their steps are still a little vain, and their demeanor reveals a bit of a feeling of panic, and from time to time I hear someone say that they want to go to the temple to worship the day after tomorrow, and ask for a peace charm.
Duanmujun suddenly thought of something, stopped and said, "Zhen Zhen, do you know who is the calmest in the mansion when the earth moves today?" ”
Duanmu was stunned, thinking about it, except for his sister, he really couldn't think of anyone else.
Seeing that Duanmu Fei was rarely stumped by himself, Duanmu Jun snorted and laughed, and said the answer: "It's Tuanzi and Xiaoba." ”
When the first ground movement occurred, Duanmu Jun was in the east room, picked up the little fox sleeping next to him and rushed out of the house, the little fox looked at her lazily in her arms, as if to say, startled, what is this!
As for the little starlings, it seemed to think that they were playing, and they were happy to jump up and down, in stark contrast to the frightened maids in the courtyard.
Listening to Duanmujun tell the scene at that time, Duanmufei was also amused.
Her laughter attracted the little starling, and the excited little starling spread his wings and flew over the wall, landing firmly on Duanmujun's shoulder, looking at Duanmufei, "Bad!" Bad! She screamed twice, as if to ask her where she had been all day.
Duanmu raised his hand and touched its shiny black feathers, and thought of something: "Sister, I have read in books before that animals seem to have a strong intuition about disasters, and they will sense danger faster than us, and then migrate and flee...... Maybe Hachi also knows that this ground movement is nothing at all. ”
"Quack!" The little starling raised his head and shouted twice, as if to say, that's what happened.
Looking at its heartless appearance, Duanmujun felt that Duanmufei was really overestimating it, but the little fox might really be. Hmm, your own dumplings are so smart! Add an extra chicken leg to it in the evening.
"Big girl, fourth girl," a few maids saw that the two girls were back, and hurriedly greeted them, seven people Qinggao.
Also, Duanmu Xian can let his granddaughter recognize a eunuch as a righteous brother, and where can he be high.
No, I must not sit back and watch Cen Yin control the government, then I really won't have a foothold for myself in the future!
"Your Majesty, the ministers think it's so inappropriate, and it's really unjustifiable for the government to be temporarily managed by Governor Cen Geng Haihai took a step forward and hugged his fist at the emperor.
The emperor didn't speak, and Geng Hai, who was three feet away quietly, his eyes became fierce little by little.
Anyone could see that the emperor was unhappy at the moment, and the other ministers were silent, and some people subconsciously looked at Cen Yin.
Duanmu Xian was similarly silent.
At this moment, a curtain was heard from behind to break the silence, and the chamberlain led Prince He in.
And the prince is the emperor's seventh brother, I heard that the emperor was sick, so he hurriedly entered the palace to greet him, who wanted to come in, he felt that the atmosphere in this room was very strange.
Seeing that several ministers and chamberlains all looked low and pleasing to the eyes, and the prince knew that there must be no good thing, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
Hey, why did I come at such an inopportune time? While the prince said in his heart, he stepped forward to the emperor to say goodbye, and only said a few polite greetings casually, such as recuperating a lot and taking care of the dragon's body, and smiled and praised several imperial nephews for being very filial.
"What the prince said is that several princes are very filial." Geng Hai said skillfully, and then changed the topic back, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to choose a prison ...... from several princes."
"Enough!" The emperor's eyebrows tightened, and he interrupted Geng Hai impatiently, his heart was burning, and his eyes were like ice.
Geng Hai now lets himself choose one of the princes to supervise the country, what will happen next, is he going to force himself to choose a prince?!
Geng Hai wants his daughter to be the crown princess, and wants to use this to restrain himself, the emperor, but he also thinks too beautifully!
"Geng Hai, are you dissatisfied with my resolution?!"
"It seems that I've been so used to you all these years that you dare to point fingers at me!"
The emperor scolded, word by word louder than the word, sentence by sentence more severe than the other, and by the end of the sentence, it was almost a little heart-wrenching.
Geng Hai chuckled in his heart, knelt down with a plop, and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”
Geng Hai looked not very frightened, and bowed his head respectfully, he only felt that the eyes of other people around him pierced him like needles, and it felt as if it had become a joke.
He has always been loyal to the emperor, and for the emperor, he did not hesitate to risk the disapproval of the world, but the sacred heart is changeable, and this world is originally a cunning rabbit to death, and a lackey to cook.
The Emperor now thinks he is an eyesore......
Geng Hai's eyes were half-drooping, and his gaze fell on the corners of Cen Yin's red robe, and the bright blood-like color reflected the crimson in Geng Hai's pupils, with anger, shame, hatred, and hatred.
Prince He only felt that his scalp was numb, and he complained about himself again, he, he was so stupid that he couldn't be helped, not only would he not find the right time, but he also couldn't speak, why did he mention a few imperial nephews...... Brother Huang won't think that he and Geng Hai are in the same group, right?!
And the prince swallowed nervously, fidgeting.
The emperor didn't care about Prince He at all, his gaze was fixed on Geng Hai alone, and his expression was even colder.
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