National Division

In just a short while, strange things have happened frequently in this inner hall. Although the queen has not changed much, the eyes of everyone looking at Zhibai are different.Emperor Jing'an's eyes lit up, and he told Wang Jin, "Quickly prepare a palace and clean it up for real people to live in. The daily offerings are the same as the national teacher."

Wang Jin was taken aback.Zhen Mingzi's daily offerings are extremely detailed, and the cost is probably comparable to Qi Jun's. Now that Zhibai entered the palace, he received such offerings, which shows how much Emperor Jing'an attached importance to him.Just as he was about to respond, Zhibai narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty. However, since the national teacher is a national teacher, he must have made great contributions to the people of our prosperous dynasty, so he should enjoy the offerings. A poor man in the mountains, a monk Don't take material desires as the main thing, just ask for a room to shelter, and please keep it simple for everything you need to use, and don't waste money."

Emperor Jing'an could not help but have a slightly strange look on his face.Zhibai said that since Zhen Mingzi is a national teacher, he must have made great contributions to the country and the people, but thinking carefully since Zhen Mingzi entered the palace, he seems to have done nothing except to offer golden pills. When it comes to contributions to the people... On the contrary, three years ago, I prayed for a rain, but the rain was not too heavy, and it never really relieved the people's upside down.What's more, Zhibai said that ascetics don't take material desires as their priority, while Zhenmingzi claims to practice, but he is very luxurious in offerings...I don't feel anything on weekdays, but today when Zhibai said it, it makes people feel a little strange Great satisfaction.

Qi Jun was listening, and then he said: "Father, the real person and the sons and servants have a three-thirds relationship, and we want to be simple, so why not invite the real person to live in the East Palace. The small garden of the East Palace is still somewhat wild, and the palace next to it is surrounded by rockery. As for Jian, it can be regarded as quiet without being disturbed, which is exactly what Daoist Yexiu wants." The few words Zhibai said just now were taught by him.Emperor Jing'an is his father, there is a saying that there is no one who knows a son like a father, and no one who knows his father is like a son. Emperor Jing'an firmly believes in Zhen Mingzi. There is such a magical technique, but it is still simple and clean, comparing the two, needless to say, Emperor Jing'an himself has doubts about Ma Mingzi.

The most terrifying thing in this world is actually the emperor's suspicion.The reason why Zhen Mingzi was able to gain a firm foothold in the palace, even Qi Jun, the prince of the country, could not do anything to him, allowing him to make trouble in the palace, was because Emperor Jing'an trusted him and was on guard against Qi Jun.

It seems a little ridiculous to say it.Trust an outsider, but guard against his own son.But the royal family is like this, Qi Jun is the prince, he will succeed in the future, but he will not be favored by his father, who can guarantee that he will not have any resentment, and will not have the idea of ​​seizing the throne as soon as possible?But Zhen Mingzi was dedicated to refining the golden elixir for Emperor Jing'an to prolong his life.Such a comparison is naturally close and distant.

But from today onwards, I am afraid that this situation will gradually change.With Zhibai, Emperor Jing'an had to look at Zhen Mingzi by comparison. As long as the seeds of doubt were planted in his heart, they would slowly take root and sprout. Mingzi's Ye family, Ye Guifei and Qi Zhang who are close to Zhen Mingzi will all be affected by Emperor Jing'an's suspicion.And the various accusations that Zhen Mingzi put on Qi Jun intentionally or unintentionally in the past will also be re-examined by Emperor Jing'an.

"The imperial concubine is here." Qi Jun sneered slightly at the report from the people outside the palace. Concubine Ye Guifei couldn't sit still anymore and came to Zichen Palace to inquire about news.

The Empress was seriously ill, Concubine Ye Gui changed her bright clothes with a wink, she only wore a green lotus color palace dress, but her skin was more beautiful than snow, wearing such a light color made her look even more beautiful.A pair of narrow golden lotuses stepped on the ground, the soles of the shoes were carved with hidden fragrance powder, leaving a faint fragrance everywhere they passed, really like a fairy and goddess, it was Emperor Jing'an's favorite.The big palace lady behind her was carrying a carved lacquer food box, and Concubine Ye Gui took the food box from the palace maid and offered it to her personally: "The lady is seriously ill, and I wish I could replace it with my own body... stewed a bowl of white fungus The bird's nest porridge is here, this bird's nest was picked by the concubine's natal brother who sent someone to the South China Sea, I only hope that the mother's phoenix will be healthy and live forever."

Qi Jun stood aside with his head slightly lowered, his hands tightly clenched into fists in his sleeves, his nails sunk into his palms, and he barely restrained the urge to punch Ye Guifei's crying face.What a cat crying mouse!He clearly knew that the imperial doctor said that the queen's life would not be long, but he just said something about eternal life. It was obvious that he was pretending to be virtuous in front of Emperor Jing'an, while stabbing the heart of the prince!

"You have a heart." Emperor Jing'an was a little indifferent, and only nodded to Wang Jin to take the food box.Concubine Ye Gui stretched out her hand, and her wide sleeve slid back intentionally or unintentionally, revealing a white cloth wrapped around her white wrist, which caught Emperor Jing'an's gaze: "This is—how the servants serve you!"

Concubine Ye quickly slid off her sleeves: "It's nothing, it's my concubine who accidentally got scratched by a flower branch."

"Your Majesty." The maid beside her suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty's injury is due to hearing that human blood can be used as medicine to cure consumptive disease, so—"

Emperor Jing'an was really moved: "This matter is false, how can you believe it? How can your parents look down on you like this?" Changing his indifference just now, he went up and took Concubine Ye Gui's hand to examine the wound carefully.Concubine Ye Gui took advantage of the situation and leaned on him, whispering softly: "The empress is the mother of the world, she just wants a few drops of my concubine's blood. It is recorded in ancient books that human blood can be used as medicine, even though my concubine knows it may be It's a false statement, but I always think about it in case, if it works by luck, wouldn't it be good?"

As she said this, she still didn't forget to turn her head slightly, and cast a sideways glance at Qi Jun where Emperor Jing'an couldn't see, her gaze was full of complacency and provocation.It's a pity that before she could turn her eyes away, a court lady staggered out of the inner hall and knelt down in front of Emperor Jing'an, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awake!"

"Are you awake?" Emperor Jing'an subconsciously let go of Concubine Ye Gui's hand.

"Yes, yes!" The palace maid cried and laughed happily, "Your Majesty woke up and said she was hungry and wanted to drink lotus seed soup!"

At this time, no one cared about Concubine Ye Gui, and they all entered the inner hall. Concubine Ye Gui was astonished, and hurriedly followed in. She only looked at the bed, and her expression changed—the queen had already sat up, her face was pale. Although she is still a little pale, her lips are already rosy, and her eyes are clear, no longer stagnant and dim in illness. Even if she doesn't understand any medical theory, she can tell that the queen doesn't look like a dying person!What's more, she also said that she wanted to drink lotus seed soup, and she had obviously had no water or rice for two days, and now she suddenly wanted to drink lotus seed soup...

Concubine Ye Gui shifted her gaze to Zhibai who was standing aside in the chaos.When she heard that Qi Jun brought back a stranger to treat the queen, she didn't pay attention to it. She thought it was just a mountain doctor. She didn't sit down until the eyeliner installed in the Zichen Hall sent back news that Emperor Jing'an actually ordered the priest to be equal to the national teacher. Can't stop.Originally, along the way, she hoped that this person was just pretending to be a ghost, or like Ma Mingzi, using some spirit-boosting golden pills to fool him for a while, but she never expected that he could really save the queen!Just look at this, it looks like the illness has been cured.

Qi Jun went to the southwest, instead of dying in the deep mountains, he really welcomed Xing Tie back.The queen was seriously ill and was about to die, but was rescued again.Concubine Ye Gui clenched her hands tightly in her wide sleeves, and now it's her turn to pinch blood on her palms—Xingtie is a blessing from heaven, Qi Jun met a stranger because of Xingtie, and the stranger saved the queen again , Going around like this, isn't it because the queen prolongs her life due to the auspiciousness from the sky, doesn't this auspiciousness be due to her!

A queen who deserves auspiciousness, a prince who is filial and sincere to welcome back auspiciousness - Concubine Ye's eyes are dark and drooping - this time the matter of Xingtie not only failed to achieve the goal, but it was a steal. put rice.

Qi Jun's East Palace is not very big, but the palace rooms are all very particular.The residence chosen for Zhibai is named "Tingyu Pavilion". Looking out from the window is a small garden. Although it is not as spacious and grand as the Royal Garden, there are still a lot of rockery and flowing water, especially a piece of green bamboo that is well planted. There are scattered sounds when passing through the bamboo shoots, hence the name Tingyu Pavilion.

Zhibai walked around the room.Although he said that everything should be kept simple, the palace rooms are all furnished according to the prince's treatment, but the colors are as plain as possible, and the rare and antiques are only picked up to be simple. Thanks to Wenxiu's ingenuity, he managed to tidy up the room so that it is full of wealth and nobility. Qi Jun was also very satisfied after reading it.

After waking up, the queen drank a bowl of lotus seed soup, and her face was rosy, but she was sleepy and drowsy.Qi Jun helped his mother to sleep, seeing the gloomy look on the Queen's brows disappearing, she seemed to be better than usual, he couldn't help but feel happy, and he was also in the mood to accompany Zhibai around, and asked with a smile: "How is it?" ? Are you satisfied with this place?”

"The place is very good." Zhibai didn't care much about these things, "It's just——didn't your Highness say that I can worship Xingtie?"

"Always take your time." Qi Jun smiled and looked towards the direction of Zhen Mingzi's Taoist temple, "When the observatory is completed, I will advise my father." Zhen Mingzi must be unable to sit still at this moment, right?

Zhibai was not so patient, he thought for a while and asked again: "Then, can Your Highness allow me to see His Majesty often?"

"That's natural." Emperor Jing'an is now afraid that he can always bring Zhibai with him, "I'm afraid my father will often ask you about the art of immortality and immortality—" Qi Jun suddenly thought of something, "You I have seen the father, how can the father's life expectancy be known?"

Zhibai scratched his head: "Your Majesty is originally a sign of good fortune, but he just took too much golden elixir, I'm afraid it's - I'm not very proficient in physiognomy, I just watch Qi, in about three to five years."

"You can prolong the life of the queen mother, but what about the emperor father?"

Zhibai was taken aback: "Didn't Your Highness want me to cast spells again? This spell goes against the sky and hurts my practice—" He glanced at Qi Jun cunningly, "If there is no Star Iron I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to perform this technique again. Second, here is a little bit of filial piety from His Highness. Things in the world seem to be intricate, but in fact they are all related in the dark, just like a Open up a big net, if it involves a thread, the whole network will move. Your Highness has already changed His Highness's future fate by extending His Majesty's life. If you extend His Majesty's life again, I am afraid that the fate will change even more, and no one can predict the future outcome." He said more and more Seriously, "Your Highness, if you donate this little bit of filial piety, you may hurt yourself, so you have to think twice before acting."

Qi Jun's thoughts suddenly surged.In fact, Zhibai misunderstood what he meant. In his heart, he never thought of letting Zhibai prolong the life of Emperor Jing'an. On the contrary, he was faintly afraid that Zhibai would do this.Although it is true that a son of man should not have such thoughts, only when Emperor Jing'an passes away can he succeed to the throne in a legitimate way. On the contrary, the longer Emperor Jing'an reigns, the more likely he will be replaced by Qizhang.

"When Emperor Father asked your age, was what you said true?" Forcibly suppressing his emotions, Qi Jun started another topic.

"Oh—there is indeed a ginkgo tree with three people hugging at the mountain pass where I live."

"Is it true that it grows thick and thin from the mouth of the bowl?" Qi Jun smiled half-smile, "It's just that no one saw it with their own eyes."

Zhibai scratched his hair: "When my master went to the mountain to practice, it was indeed as thick as the mouth of a bowl."

"Your master? Do you have a master? How old is it?" Qi Jun couldn't help but look Zhibai up and down to see if he was lying again.This kid is full of lies, and the saying that monks don't tell lies is really inappropriate to apply to him.

Zhibai didn't notice the meaning in his eyes, Guan Zi was immersed in the memories: "When he was autopsyed, he must have been 510 three years old. He lived too long, and he himself can't remember clearly."

Qi Jun didn't know whether he should believe it or not: "Really? He, he is now - ascended to become a fairy?"

"It's an autopsy." Zhibai corrected him, "Ascension to immortality is too difficult. The old man has limited aptitude and has cultivated for 500 years. He really doesn't have the patience to toss about it any longer. It's better to have an autopsy after he became a Nascent Soul."

Qi Jun half understood what he heard: "What is an autopsy?"

"It's dead." Zhibai replied simply.

"How to ascend after death?" Qi Jun couldn't believe it.

"It's not death, it's autopsy..." Zhibai explained with difficulty, "In short, it's the primordial spirit ascending to heaven, giving up the body."

"Just turned into a ghost?" Qi Jun could only understand it in this way.

"No!" Zhibai seemed about to go crazy, "It's Yuanshen, Yuanshen!"

The two looked at each other, and it was Qi Jun who gave up first, and no longer entangled in this question: "How can the teacher live so long if he can live to 500 years?"

"Naturally, it is cultivated." Zhibai waved his hand casually, as if living to five hundred years old is as easy as eating cabbage.

Qi Jun couldn't help re-examining him again: "Then what is the age of the real person this year?"

Zhibai coughed dryly: "I wasted sixteen springs and autumns."

Qi Jun sneered: "How about five hundred years old?"

Zhibai's face didn't even blush: "The old man said that my aptitude is still higher than his. As long as I devote myself to cultivation, I will have no worries about my achievements in the future. Maybe I can ascend physically."

"Oh." Qi Jun gave a dry laugh, "Then I wish the Daoist will complete his cultivation." For some reason, although he saw Zhibai perform all kinds of unimaginable magic spells, he would still treat Zhibai from time to time. As the mud monkey back then, "I just don't know if a real person feeds snakes with humans, will it damage Yin virtue and affect cultivation?"

Speaking of this, Zhibai's face turned red rarely, and he muttered softly: "Cultivation is also going with the flow, I just..."

"Let nature take its course?" Qi Jun's ears were so good that he could hear clearly, and he squinted at him, "You let people feed snakes, so let nature take its course?"

Zhibai lowered his head and murmured.This sentence was really vague, even though Qi Jun's ears were sharp, he couldn't hear it clearly. Just as he was about to ask, Feng En came in quietly and stood aside. Qi Jun saw it at a glance: "What's the matter?"

Feng En took a step forward and lowered his voice: "The imperial concubine claimed that she had made a wish to heaven for her illness. Now that she has recovered, she will go to the Taoist temple of the national teacher to offer star iron and recite scriptures for three days to fulfill her wish."

"Making a wish?" Qi Jun sneered, "So, it's thanks to her mother's recovery? Shameless!"

"Your Highness, calm down." Feng En hurriedly brought a cup of tea, "I think this is because the noble concubine can't hold her breath anymore." It was convenient for her to discuss plots with Zhen Mingzi when she went to the Taoist temple to chant sutras.

"That's right." Qi Jun frowned, "Find someone to inquire about it, and we should be more careful here."