National Division

"It's a sign of God's blessing, is this a sign?" Emperor Jing'an was inexplicably surprised when he heard it, and fixed his eyes on the pearl inlaid in the front of the imperial crown.Qi Jun is in the harem all day long, and there is no powerful foreign family outside. Such a round and shiny pearl is extremely rare, and it is extremely difficult for him to get it by himself.The only suspicious thing is that Zhao Di in the northwest used to be a general in the southeast, but Zhao Yue's dowry list was to be entered, and there was no such eye-catching mysterious pearl in it.Zhao Di has no children, only Zhao Yue and a daughter, such good things are all given as dowry to her, so what's the use of keeping them in my own hands.And after Qi Jun went to the northwest, the Ye family donated the nine Xuanzhu. If Qi Jun broke the Xuanzhu and then asked someone to ask for help from Zhao Di in the northwest, there would not be enough time to go back and forth, so he was aligned. I fully believed the omen of God's blessing that Jun said.

Concubine Ye Gui felt that the muscles on her face were about to twist involuntarily.What a sign of God's blessings, His Royal Highness used to despise offering auspiciousness the most, but now he has opened his eyes, pretending to be endless!

"Your Highness said so, it must be that this bead is not a mortal bead, there must be a vision?" Concubine Ye Gui said with a smile, but she just sneered in her heart.It took the Ye family more than ten years to collect nine mother-of-pearls. Qi Jun thought that just taking out a larger bead would be enough to replace it?Could it be that the Ye family couldn't find a bigger pearl?In the southeast sea, there are pearls as big as a fist, but those pearls are just ordinary pearls, so they are so rare just because of their size!

"Exactly." Qi Zhang immediately chimed in, "Such an omen of auspiciousness, how can it be compared to ordinary pearls? And as soon as this pearl arrived, the mysterious pearl that was originally inlaid on the court crown shattered by itself, which is extraordinary. Father Emperor Wanshou, since this bead appeared before Father Emperor Wanshou, it must be to show some auspiciousness on Father Emperor's birthday, Brother Huang, let everyone open their eyes quickly."

At this time, the wives of all the officials in the seat had their eyes fixed on the biggest mysterious bead on the crown.Concubine Ye Gui looked at it with a smile, feeling very happy in her heart.Originally, she wanted to accuse Zhonggong of destroying the imperial crown with resentment and selfishness. Before Emperor Jing'an's Longevity Festival, she destroyed the imperial crown that symbolized the unification of Kyushu. One cursed the emperor, and the other cursed the country. Even the empress couldn't bear it.What's more, the empress has been doing nothing for many years. If it weren't for the son of the prince who is really good at governing the country, she might not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the middle palace.At present, it seems that this charge cannot be charged for the time being, but as long as Qi Jun can't prove that this bigger mysterious bead has more strange signs, then she will immediately charge him with the crime of deceiving the emperor!In this way, the empress destroys the court crown privately, and the prince deceives the emperor to protect the empress. It is like killing two birds with one stone!Qi Jun dared to pretend to be auspicious, and now he will suffer for himself!

Qi Jun glanced across the audience, took in all the expressions of the crowd, and sneered slightly.How many people here are attached to Mrs. Ye, wishing him to make a fool of himself?And how many people are swaying from side to side like weeds on the wall, just waiting for the winner of Zichen Hall or Liangyi Hall to wag their tails?He will remember one by one, when he succeeds to the throne, all these corpses and vegetarian meals will be thrown out of the court!

"Your Majesty—" Meng Jieyu spoke in a soft voice, "I heard that during the Northwest War, the auspiciousness from heaven sucked up a swamp into dry land. This bead is a sign of God's blessing, and it must be very powerful. This is the capital city, and it is no more sparsely populated than the Northwest. If another black dragon absorbs water, it will scare the people in the city. What's more, will such an experiment be disrespectful to the things that auspiciously descend?"

Concubine Ye Gui stared at Meng Jieyu who looked anxious, her long nails dug into her palm.These days Emperor Jing'an seldom set foot in her Liangyi Hall, but he often called Mrs. Meng to accompany him, it seemed that this lowly servant girl's enthusiasm was encouraged, and he dared to oppose him in public?

"Jieyu don't have to worry." Zhen Mingzi wanted to stay out of the matter, but seeing Concubine Ye Gui's face, she had no choice but to fight again, "It is a gift from auspiciousness, and it is kept to show the world, how can it scare the people? As for whether it will Some disrespect—Your Majesty sincerely asks for instructions, why not disrespect? But what Jieyu said is also reasonable—"He glanced at Concubine Ye Gui secretly, and received the other party's sharp gaze, so he had to say the second half of the sentence, " Although it is not in time to fast and take a bath at this moment, it is still appropriate for His Majesty and the crown prince to lead the courtiers and concubines to give a big gift."

Concubine Ye Gui almost couldn't help laughing, she got up immediately: "The teacher of the country is right, as shown by the auspiciousness of heaven, it should be treated as a courtesy." Even Emperor Jing'an would bow down, if Qi Jun couldn't make this bead auspicious, Where is Emperor Jing'an's face going?Well, well, I really didn't expect everything to be more exciting than expected!

Emperor Jing'an also had some doubts on his face, and he didn't bow down immediately.But Qi Jun said to Zhen Mingzi unhurriedly: "Just now, I remembered that the national teacher once said that there was red blood energy to offend Ziwei? May I ask if the red blood energy mentioned by the national teacher refers to this Ruizhu?"

Zhen Mingzi's face twitched slightly, thinking that Qi Jun was really cunning, but he just wanted to delay time by questioning himself, but it failed.Although he wanted to find a way out, he knew in his heart that he and the Eastern Palace had been in a relationship for several years, and now he could only fight to the death, so he said with a smile: "If this bead is really left by the Northwest Xiangrui, then naturally it has nothing to do with redness."

"Then what is the sign of the redness mentioned by the national teacher?"

Zhen Mingzi secretly resented him for being unrelenting, so he glanced at Chao Guan intentionally, and sighed: "Nowadays it's so confusing, and I can't figure out the poor way, so please ask Your Highness to show auspiciousness first."

But Qi Jun didn't let him be confused: "The national teacher has always claimed to be good at observing the sky, but now he says that he can't understand it clearly. Which sentence is true? If he can't understand it, why did he say it with certainty? The sky is related to Guozuo, how can it be true? Can the national teacher speak in a daze?"

Zhen Mingzi has been in the palace for several years, and has never been slapped like this. He is ashamed and angry, and he can't be cautious at the moment. Chong, the pindao is really worried, which is a sign of disaster. If this pearl is really auspicious, the pindao will not have to worry about the people." After that, he bowed down to the crown first, "ask for auspiciousness, so as to relieve the people !"

When he bowed like this, Concubine Ye Gui also bowed down, and the officials of Ye's party followed suit, making it difficult for others to follow suit. If they didn't bow down, it would seem that they didn't care about the people of Guozuo.Emperor Jing'an hesitated for a while, and finally bowed down.

After the emperor bowed, the concubines followed naturally. In a blink of an eye, everyone in the huge garden bowed down, and then they all raised their heads and stared straight at the huge mysterious pearl.It's just that under the sunlight, the mysterious bead just shone dazzlingly, and there was no other movement.

"Your Highness—" Ma Mingzi's half-raised heart fell back to its original place, and turned to look at Qi Jun with a half-smile.He always felt that the night when he knew that Bai was doing Qi Jun's trick a few days ago was a bit strange, and he was really worried about the secret of this bead just now.

There was a snort, but Zhibai smiled behind him: "Your Majesty, although this bead was brought by His Highness, it is a sign of auspiciousness from heaven to His Majesty. If His Majesty does not come near, how will the auspiciousness be displayed?"

Hearing these words made Emperor Jing'an feel comfortable, he couldn't help saying: "What should I do to ask Xiangrui?"

Zhibai tilted his head and thought for a while: "The poor don't dare to speculate, but when the auspiciousness appeared, the water in the swamp was drained. Thinking about it this way, can your majesty try to drip clean water on it? If your highness dreams If the black shadow seen in the picture is really a black dragon, then there must be water when the dragon walks, and there should be signs."

As soon as these words were said, Zhen Mingzi and Concubine Ye Gui felt tense at the same time, and their expressions changed involuntarily.Ever since this Xiuming little Taoist priest entered the palace, the feng shui of the East Palace turned around and forced them down.And although this little Taoist priest must be nonsense at five or six hundred years old, he really has some skills.Now that he talks like this, could it be that this bead really has some secrets?

Emperor Jing'an was also half-believing, but it's okay to try. He immediately took the clean water that Wang Jin brought, and carefully dripped a few drops on the Lizhu.

At this time, all eyes were on the Lizhu without blinking.I saw that the dripping water droplets were sucked in as soon as they touched the Lizhu. The whole bead seemed to be soaked in water, moist and lustrous, and the surface was shining brightly, as if something was swimming in the bead.

At this time, who doesn't know that this bead is not extraordinary?Even Emperor Jing'an hurriedly stepped back a few steps and stood with his hands down to show his respect. He saw a black brilliance in the bead swirling back and forth, and suddenly the whole bead was full of brilliance, and the black brilliance in the bead rushed out, It hovered and danced above the crown, although it was just a ray of light and couldn't see clearly, but it could be seen that it was indeed a firstborn double-horned claw with five toes, clearly a small Lilong!

Emperor Jing'an was dumbfounded, and Qi Jun had already kowtowed: "Congratulations to my father for being blessed by heaven, my great prosperity will surely last forever, forever forever!"

As soon as this remark came out, the officials below who came back to their senses immediately shouted long live.The prosperous dynasty respected the virtue of water, and respected black color, and the emperor replaced it with the dragon. If this Lilong appeared, what else could it be if it wasn't God bless the prosperous dynasty?

Qi Jun raised his head and said, "I invite my father to ascend the crown."

All the officials responded in unison: "Your Majesty, please raise the crown."

With trembling hands, Wang Jin took off the original jade crown for Emperor Jing'an, and put on this imperial crown.The sunlight of April cast down from the sky, and it was near noon, shining brightly on the body of the red golden dragon on the crown, while the brilliance of the Lizhu inlaid at the front overwhelmed the other eight profound pearls. It was bleak and dull, not to mention the little black dragon hovering and dancing, shining brightly against the golden dragon.A group of people hardly dared to raise their heads to stare at each other, they kowtowed together and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live the prosperous dynasty..."

Amidst the cheers, only Ye's faction turned pale.

This Longevity Festival was a sensation in the capital.The birth of the Northwest Lilong not only helped the soldiers and horses of the prosperous dynasty to defeat Jienu, but also left behind a Lizhu, which was brought to the capital by the crown prince, and displayed auspiciousness on the Longevity Day.Who doesn't know that this dynasty respects the virtue of water and respects black color, and besides Lilong, what else is more suitable to protect this dynasty?

The more this matter spread, the more mysterious it became. No one inside and outside the capital would talk about it for a while.In addition to saying that Emperor Jing'an is the real dragon, Tianzi Zebei, he also said that His Royal Highness is the destiny of the prince. Otherwise, why didn't the Lizhu fall into other people's bodies, but why did it fall into the prince's body?Emperor Jing'an is a real dragon, and the crown prince is the son of a real dragon, and with the same energy, the dragon ball should naturally belong to the crown prince.

These words were spread throughout the capital, and naturally they were heard in the harem as well.When auspiciousness comes to the world, everyone is happy. For example, Concubine Ye Gui gave out the monthly money by herself, and performed a ritual ceremony in the Taoist temple of the national teacher to pray for the prosperity of the dynasty.But this is just a statement on the surface, but in private, the palace people are talking about it quietly, saying that Concubine Ye Gui obviously lost face on the Longevity Festival, so she did a ritual to please the emperor, who asked her to slander Li Zhu on the Longevity Festival? ?There is also the national teacher, until now, he still hasn't explained why the crimson aura offended Ziwei.Look, Emperor Jing'an was always present when doing things in the former National Teacher's Taoist temple. Didn't he not even ask this time?It is clear that he doesn't believe in the national teacher anymore.

To say that the eyes of the palace people are still very sharp, Ma Mingzi's Taoist temple is indeed not as prosperous as before.Although there are still so many little Taoist priests and serving people, and the joss sticks are still burning, but there is a feeling of loneliness in the air, and it is no longer as vigorous as before.

Concubine Ye Gui knelt in front of the Buddha to recite scriptures. This time, she had to perform rituals for three days. Every morning, noon, and evening, she knelt for a volume of scriptures. It is to repent for the crime of disrespecting Li Zhu.

Incense smoke was lingering in the incense burner, Concubine Ye Gui knelt in front of the incense table, and Ma Mingzi sat cross-legged on a futon on one side and chanted scriptures. In the hall, apart from the two of them, there were only the grand maid of Liangyi Hall and Akiko's apprentice.

"They can't be allowed to go on like this any longer." Concubine Ye Gui half closed her eyes, and said slowly, "By taking advantage of the wind, the momentum of the East Palace is too great."

Ma Akiko was silent.In the past, he and the Hall of Liangyi echoed each other, and he really called the wind and rain in the harem, but now the feng shui turns, and it is the turn of the East Palace to rise.The East Palace has borrowed a good wind, and this wind is the Immortal Master Xiuming from the Observatory.

"If this goes on like this, not only Zhang'er and I will have no place to stand, but also the national teacher." Concubine Ye Gui slightly opened her eyes, and glanced at Ma Mingzi from the corner of her eyes.She had a pair of phoenix eyes, and when she looked at people from the corners of her eyes, she was unspeakably sharp, and her voice was even more icy cold, which made Ma Mingzi shiver involuntarily.

"This wind blows from the observatory..." It's not that Zhen Mingzi doesn't understand the intention of Concubine Ye Gui, but he is just a Taoist priest, and he doesn't have a relative who holds military power behind him, and he has never given birth to a child with the blood of the Tian family Son, it's okay to instigate Emperor Jing'an to make the East Palace suffer, but it's more appropriate to murder——the one from the Observatory.

"It's too late." Ye Guifei really regretted it at this time.When Qi Zhang sent someone to assassinate Zhibai, she thought her son was reckless, but at this time, she regretted not killing him when Zhibai first entered the palace, and let him do it one by one. .I thought it was just a breeze passing through my ears, but I didn't expect that it was actually the wind of the goat's horn, which could make the East Palace skyrocket ninety thousand miles!

"The prince has not only made great achievements in supervising the army in the northwest, but also handled the spring plowing properly this year, plus he has been careful in handling errands for many years..." Ye Guifei said this, and suddenly realized that Qi Jun was not the mediocre, incompetent, busy all day long in her impression. , The prince who can only ride horses and shoot arrows, it turns out that he has done so many things in the past few years since he entered the court, and her son, although he has been praised by the prince for studying in Beigong, actually has nothing. do it.

After hearing her say a few words, Ma Mingzi lost her voice, and couldn't help raising her eyelids: "Niang Niang?"

Concubine Ye Gui knelt there dumbfounded, and after a while she murmured: "Why is the middle palace so lucky..." The empress is obviously a fool with only one inch of vision, why is she so blessed to give birth to such a capable son!

"It's useless to remove the observatory now." Although there was a moment of trance, Concubine Ye Gui immediately came to her senses and made up her mind.The prince has been down-to-earth over the years, and the things he has done cannot be erased. He has just been dormant for a long time, and he took advantage of the wind from the observatory to take off suddenly.In the past, removing the observatory would have suppressed him to hibernate again, but now that he has taken off, even without the observatory, it is impossible to contain him.What's more, in today's Liangyi Hall, the status and favor are far from what they used to be.

Zhen Mingzi shuddered: "Mother, the East Palace is heavily guarded..." He really didn't want to be involved in the vortex of murdering the prince!

Concubine Ye Gui smiled slightly, and slowly turned her face to look at Zhen Mingzi: "The national teacher thinks that he can retreat unscathed at this time? Could it be that he wants to go out to sea to find Xianshan again?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Ma Mingzi's back, and she dared not speak.Concubine Ye Gui smiled even more gently: "The national teacher was recommended by my elder brother to enter the palace, and I have the same roots as the Ye family, but let's not talk about these things——Can the national teacher afford the crime of burning Zhaoming Palace?"

Zhen Mingzi just couldn't sit still, and managed to control himself not to let his voice tremble: "The poor Taoist is just worried about the empress, and intends to go to the East Palace. That is... the crime of punishing the nine clans..."

"Who said that this Palace intends the East Palace?" Concubine Ye Gui lowered her eyes with a smile, looking at her slender fingers that were well maintained, "Why can't the Prince be struck by lightning when it strikes Zhaoming Hall?"

Zhen Mingzi's complexion suddenly changed: "Your Majesty, this, this is not meant to be hit immediately..." When the lightning struck Zhaoming Palace, it took him a lot of work to make it.

"Naturally." Concubine Ye Gui raised her eyes and looked up, "If the prince is struck by lightning during the heaven sacrifice next year, who will say anything?"

Zhen Mingzi was sweating profusely: "When offering sacrifices to the heavens, His Highness is not the only one on the stage..." There is also the Emperor!It is the emperor's business to offer sacrifices to heaven, and it's just for the sake of the prince's follow-up. He doesn't have that great ability to make the thunder only hit the prince and not the emperor.What's more, where is the "thunder fire" on the altar?It is paved with a whole piece of white marble, who can dig it up and bury things in it?The only thing that can be tampered with is the cauldron used for sacrifices and joss sticks.But Emperor Jing'an had to do the sacrifice himself, if he really did something wrong there, only Emperor Jing'an would die.

Concubine Ye Gui still smiled slightly: "If His Majesty is unwell and cannot offer sacrifices, how about ordering His Highness to perform sacrifices instead?"

The sweat on Zhen Mingzi's head became heavier: "Your Majesty now—rarely come to the Taoist temple..." It seems that he rarely goes to the Liangyi Hall, right?If you want to prescribe medicine, you have to hide it from the imperial physician, how can you have a chance?

"Although your Majesty does not come to the Hall of Erectile Dysfunction, he will still go to the Hall of Martial Arts..." After all, isn't there a grandson in the belly of the Second Prince and Concubine there?

"What's more, His Majesty will not always favor the Meng family..." As long as Emperor Jing'an is lucky in the Six Palaces, there will always be a chance!