176. Chapter 176
In the weather of April and May, the south is already the alternation of spring and summer, but the northwest Tiebiguan is still very cold, and gusts of cold wind blow from the snow-capped mountains that do not melt all year round, bringing bursts of icy chill.
Du Long and Princess Huofeng snuggled up to each other, and the two sat on the kang platform in the window of the wing room, looking up at the cold moon and stars above the sky, chatting from time to time.
"Husband, I am in the emperor's house, and I only vaguely know that those sinners who have been exiled from their homes will have a very hard time, but today when I am in the exile place of Fengnan Village, I know how terrible this pain is!"
"Yes, it's just that those who have committed the most heinous crimes have suffered like this, and it is really unbearable for a good official like Lord Xia who is loyal to the empire to suffer this crime! It's really hard to imagine how sad Qinglian will be if we leave this place in a few days......" Du Long sighed lightly.
"That's right! Fortunately, we came in time this time, otherwise, the consequences may be unimaginable!" Huo Feng nodded in response, and then his eyes became firm and said, "No! If you continue to put Lord Xia and his wife here, it is possible that any accident will happen, Sister Qinglian will definitely be worried about this, in case she goes crazy on the way to cultivation, it will be terrible!"
"Alas...... Then what can be done?!Lord Xia's crime was condemned by your father, and if anyone takes people away without the emperor's permission, the crime will be great!" Du Long shook his head and sighed.
If he didn't have the experience of being reborn, he might impulsively take people away, but with that unbearable memory, he had to think about it before doing anything!
It's not that Du Long is afraid of death, it doesn't matter if he dies, if it affects his family, it will be a great unfilial piety!
"Hehe, others may not be able to bear this crime, but it doesn't mean that this princess can't bear it!" Huo Feng smirked a little proudly.
"Oh!" Du Long's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?!"
"It's very simple, as long as we are so ......" Huo Feng immediately explained his plan in his ear, and Du Long's eyes widened when he heard it, and he hesitated a little: "Is this okay? The emperor won't blame it, right?!"
"Don't worry! Actually, from my father's attitude towards Lord Xia between his words, it can be seen that he actually can't bear it! It's just that Lord Xia has repeatedly offended the majesty of his father, and his face is a little unbearable! As long as he does what I say, he will definitely have nothing to say, at most he will be beaten with a small board when he goes back!" Huo Feng patted his chest and assured unconcernedly.
In the side room, the three members of the Xia family were there to tell each other about their hearts for more than ten years of separation, and they didn't know what Du Long and Princess Huofeng were talking about in the other room!
Xia Qinglian explained her experience to the second elder in the past ten years, and she only said a word about her experience growing up in Zuixiang Building, so she naturally didn't want her parents to apologize because of this!
What she told the most was how she met Du Longzi, and Princess Huofeng pleaded with the emperor for herself, and Du Long Gongzi personally came to ransom her, and finally made a big fuss in the drunken Xianglou, and she had to fight a bloody way to rescue herself from the fire pit!
Then she was accepted as a righteous daughter by Mrs. Du, and the Du family treated herself like her own daughter, and enrolled in Haotian Royal Academy and so on!
Whenever Xia Qinglian talked about Du Long's son, there would be a strong affection between her eyebrows and eyes, and Xia Ye and his wife would naturally see it clearly!
"Fortunately, God has sent a great nobleman for my son, otherwise, the consequences may be unimaginable...... Alas!" Xia Ye said with emotion on his face, over the years, what he couldn't rest assured about was his baby daughter who was sold to the Qinglou!
Whenever he thought of his baby daughter suffering in the Zuixiang Building, his and his wife felt as uncomfortable as a knife, and Xia Ye felt a little remorse for his behavior against the emperor back then!
Like Du Long's thoughts, it is really unwise to involve his own family members by his own mistakes, do people often say, 'Since ancient times, loyalty and service are difficult to achieve!'
"But, Lian'er, I see that you have a close relationship with Du Juma, why don't you see Princess Huofeng jealous and hateful towards you?!" Xia Ye finally couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.
"Ah...... This ......"
Xia Qinglian blushed on the spot, this matter between men and women, she, a yellow flower girl, is really hard to talk about!
"Hehe! Silly girl! The common feelings of men and women, there are no outsiders here, and you are the last thing you can let go of your mother and your father now! I hope you don't regret it too late in the future because you don't handle the relationship with Du Longgongzi!" Mrs. Xia looked much better now, and pulled her baby daughter with a loving face and persuaded her.
"Mother's ......" Xia Qinglian replied shyly: "Actually...... In fact, Gongzi has already discussed with Princess Huofeng, in the future, the three of us will be together forever and will not be separated, even if the daughter is a concubine, it doesn't matter, as long as Gongzi is together, even if it is to go to Dao Mountain, he is willing to go to the sea of fire!"
"Silly girl, my baby Lian'er can meet such a good family, even if I want the old woman to die now, I am willing to die!" Mrs. Xia hugged her baby daughter and muttered excitedly.
"Mother's ......" ......
Early the next morning, Mrs. Xia, who had been ill for many days, got up refreshed to prepare breakfast, and in just one night, although her illness had not yet recovered, she was seven or eight points better!
With all kinds of food sent by the villagers yesterday, it was not a problem to prepare a breakfast, and when Du Long and the others came out, a simple and hearty breakfast was placed on the table.
With a smile on her face and tears in her eyes, Xia Qinglian gulped down the breakfast made by her mother, after more than ten years, she finally got her mother's taste!
"Mother, it's still the taste of the year, it hasn't changed at all, it's still so delicious!" Xia Qinglian squeezed out a smile and said with red eyes.
"Okay, okay, as long as my baby Lian'er likes to eat it, my mother will make it for you every day in the future!" Mrs. Xia replied with tears in her eyes.
Seeing that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong, Du Long hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Uncle Xia, can I ask you a more sensitive topic?!"
After Xia Ye was stunned for a moment, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Alas! Du Juma laughed, for the current old man, what topic can't be said?!
"Then Du Long is offended! What happened to the sudden change of the celestial phase in the imperial capital back then?!Why do you know that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like it, but you still want to speak out?!" Du Long asked with a serious face!
Hearing this question, Xia Ye felt not surprised at all, for him, the most sensitive topic was really nothing else except this matter!
"Alas......" sighed lightly, Xia Ye looked at the big locust tree in the courtyard with faint eyes, as if he was remembering something!
"Before I talk about this, I'll tell you a secret of the Xia family!" Xia Ye pondered for a long time, and finally continued to speak: "Actually, my Xia family's ancestors have passed down a mysterious Yili numerology, and it is because of this that His Majesty the Emperor handed over the position of Sipin Qin Tiansi to me!"
"Thirteen years ago, the capital of the Haotian Empire was shrouded in a thick dark cloud, and the day was even darker than the night on weekdays!
"What do you say in the hexagram?!" Du Long couldn't help but ask.
"Bad omen, great bad omen!" Xia Ye still said with a frightened face to this day: "According to the hexagram, the Haotian Empire is facing the danger of collapse, and it is almost dead!"
"Then you told His Majesty the Emperor the truth about this hexagram, right?!" Du Long suddenly realized.
"That's right!" Xia Ye replied with a resolute face.
"Later, my father asked Lord Xia to change the result shown in the hexagram, and to show the world the image of good fortune, but unfortunately, Lord Xia Ye would rather die than obey, and everyone knows the final result!" Princess Huofeng opened her mouth and told what she knew.
"Alas, the princess is right, in the end, His Majesty the Emperor convicted me of bewitching the people with beleading, and sentenced me to exile to the northwest border pass in Dali Temple!" Xia Ye sighed again.
"I see!" Du Long nodded.
"But ......" Just when everyone thought that this topic was over, Xia Ye's eyes suddenly burst into a terrifying light, and these two words suddenly appeared.
Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Xia Ye continued: "Since the old man was exiled to the northwest, he has to re-divinate a hexagram for the celestial phase of the year every once in a while, and for ten consecutive years, the hexagram has always been the same, which is completely irremediable!"
"But one day just three years ago, the old man happened to be watching the stars at night, and saw a meteor crossing the sky in the direction of the capital, and the sky seemed to crack a small opening, and the purple microstar, which was originally dim due to the glow wrapping, instantly became much brighter, and on the side of the purple microstar, there was actually a bright lucky star inexplicably!"
"So, the old man immediately reopened the hexagram, and sure enough, the hexagram that had not changed for ten years finally had a shocking reversal!"
At the dinner table, everyone was absorbed by Xia Ye's mysterious words, and when he suddenly stopped when he said this, Princess Huofeng, who was the most uncontrollable, immediately asked: "How is the earth-shattering reversal?!"
"Time and space are reversed, the stars are shifting, the heavens are blessing stars, driving away the traitors!" Xia Ye said the results of the hexagram almost word by word: "My Haotian Empire seems to be exhausted, and it can actually encounter the phenomenon of time and space reversal, and the stars are moving, otherwise the disaster of the empire can never be removed!"
"Time and space are reversed, the stars are shifting, the sky is blessed and the stars are expelled from the traitors!" Du Long muttered this sentence, and a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind.
"Three years ago, wasn't that the year I was reborn and jumped off the cliff? Time and space reversal, what a coincidence, the original Du clan was copied, but I suddenly returned to 1005 from the year 1010 of the star calendar, what is the connection between this?