Born short-lived

The Crown Prince's coronation ceremony is different from the usual summer ceremony in that the inscription with the characters of the prince's birthday will be presented to the Queen by the high priest himself, which means that there is little room for mediation in the middle.

But the previous inscriptions have always been auspicious and auspicious. According to Hua Xu's customary rules, the crown prince's coronation ceremony should not be bad luck.

Even if he wanted a new official to take office three times, he had to consider that he was a "new official" after all, and the Jiang clan was not the same Jiang clan as it was decades ago.

During the dinner that day, Dong Sheng paid special attention to the queen's every move, but she didn't seem to see any clues in her expression. After a long time, Dong Sheng gradually relaxed.

This should be over.

The internal officials began to add wine to the guests. One of them folded his sleeves and lowered his head to Dong Sheng's table. He poured wine with a silver jug ​​in one hand, and groped in his wide sleeve with the other hand, and then put something on Dong Sheng's table. Under the glass.

Dong Sheng remained calm, just nodded at him, on the surface he said that he had enough wine, but in fact he said that he had understood.

He held the wine glass with one hand, pinched the rim with three fingers, held the paper at the bottom of the glass with his little finger, and quickly put the note into his sleeve when the queen not far away was not paying attention.

Dong Sheng sneaked under the table and glanced at it, the writing on it was very simple and shocking - "He handed in the notebook".

His heart almost missed a beat after watching it, and white sweat broke out all over his back immediately, and he immediately looked up at the queen.

This note was written by Jiang Huaikong, and no one was allowed to be around when the high priest presented the inscription, so Dong Sheng specifically asked Jiang Huaikong, who was inside the Jiang clan, to be careful.

"He" of course refers to Jianghuai Ridge, and the "book" refers to the Jiang family's book that contains the prince's inscriptions every year, and the princes of all dynasties have a copy.

In fact, according to the practice of the Jiang clan, when the high priest submits the inscriptions, he only needs to submit the current year's inscriptions. I don't know if the "unfamiliar rules" of Jianghuai Ridge are pretending or intentional.

It’s just that there may be problems in this way, because the previous oracle was a big murderer, and Jiang Huaibi helped him cover it up. Although he tried to replace the oracle at the time, would someone with a heart secretly keep it? The bottom is also unknown.

If it is said that the ominous inscription is a disaster, then the crime of deliberately intervening in the inscription may be a disaster of killing one's life.

When the country was first founded, this was regarded as the same crime as deceiving the emperor, but after 20 years, the sentence was already heavier than murdering the emperor's relatives.

Dong Sheng was so nervous that he held his breath unconsciously, his eyes were fixed on the empress's face secretly, maybe his gaze was too piercing, the empress seemed to have sensed it, she turned her head to look at him, and when the empress When he looked over, he instinctively lowered his head quickly.

"A Sheng?" the Queen asked, with no emotion in her tone, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Zirong, who was sitting opposite Dong Sheng, also looked up when he heard the sound.

Dong Sheng's heart was beating like a drum, and thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. He smiled dryly twice, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, pretended to be weak and said: "It may be I was hurt by drinking, and I was a little flustered..."

The queen also drank too much, a few bloodshot eyes crawled in her slender eyes, she glanced at Dong Sheng a few times, said "Huh", raised Shi Dai's long eyebrows, and said, "Why are you so grown-up?" The bones of the body are still so weak, if you really feel unwell, go back and rest."

Dong Sheng felt that he needed to calm down for a while, so he simply got off the donkey, turned around and gave the empress a pause: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

The past life accompanied him back to the East Palace, and before he arrived, Zhou Zirong rushed up from behind.

"What's wrong?" He asked anxiously.

Dong Sheng turned to look at him, clear and moonlit nights with snow are always brighter, Zhou Zirong had not had time to take off the dress, and was wearing heavy embellishments, running all the way, his forehead was already dripping with sweat.

People are always more easily moved when they are most afraid. At that moment, it seemed that something knocked on Dong Sheng's heart. Come on.

Wang Sheng seemed to have noticed his hesitation, and said first: "He has an old problem, and he has a headache."

Zhou Zirong looked at Dong Sheng, frowned unconsciously, and was about to speak.

"Yes, it's just a little headache," Dong Sheng reacted, and quickly smiled and said, "I'm afraid that if I stay any longer, my brain will hurt and I will be confused, and it will be troublesome if I say the wrong thing."

He didn't know why his first reaction was to hide the truth from Zhou Zirong, but Zhou Zirong seemed to have believed it, and his expression became more worried: "... Does it hurt? I'll help you cook the side medicine."

"It's okay, there's nothing to make a fuss about," Dong Sheng said, "You are a prince, don't keep making yourself look like a servant, I'll just let the servants of the Eastern Palace fry a little later, and you can go to work quickly."

Dong Sheng's intention to drive people away was too obvious, Zhou Zirong was even more unwilling to leave after realizing it: "No."

"Is it okay?" Dong Sheng was a little anxious, "There are too many people in and out of the palace today, it is not suitable for you to come to the East Palace."

This is indeed true.

Zhou Zirong was speechless immediately.

Dong Sheng was already in a state of disarray, but now he looked like a strong outsider and a capable man in the middle. He was afraid that he would not be able to hold on if he stayed in front of Zhou Zirong any longer, so he hurriedly found a reason to escape before Zhou Zirong could react.

Zhou Zirong looked at his receding back with a complicated expression, sighed, and had some premonition in his heart.

Wang Sheng followed Dong Sheng for a while, and when he was about to reach the East Palace, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Dong Sheng didn't intend to hide it from him, so he casually stuffed the crumpled note in his palm, the note was soaked limp by the sweat in his palm, and the handwriting was a bit blurred.

The past life managed to see clearly through the moonlight, and suddenly became frightened, and was about to yell, but suddenly realized that they were still outside, his face turned pale, and he lowered his voice and gritted his teeth: "You...you are such a big deal, you What are you doing to him?!"

"..." Dong Sheng himself hadn't calmed down yet, and when he was told by the past life, he suddenly felt that he might really have a headache, and pretended to be calm: "...Why panic, observe and observe first."

Then he walked straight forward, halfway there seemed uneasy, and turned around to threaten him: "Don't tell him."

He even has the heart to beat him to death in the next life.

The so-called one word becomes a prophecy, before going to bed, Dong Sheng really started to have a headache again, he was in a daze and couldn't fall asleep, his mind was full of the matter of the Summer Festival Fengchan Ceremony.

Then somehow, he remembered the look that Garley looked at him in the imperial garden.

The eyes of a scorpion about to sting.

On the second day after the coronation ceremony, a beacon order spread from the East China Sea to the capital.

——The Panyang people took advantage of the absence of the East China Sea coach to harass Haiphong and sank several merchant ships going out to sea. The East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, which had just been appeased for a while, couldn't sit still.

Luo Chi also followed Yuan Li to southern Xinjiang. There was no one in charge in Donghai, so Zhou Zirong was ordered to return to Donghai immediately to take charge of the overall situation.

People from Panyang didn't come early or late, but they were stuck at this time, Dong Sheng felt in the dark that this was by no means a coincidence.

——It should be said that there have never been any coincidences inside and outside Huaxu's court.

It's just that Dong Sheng didn't tell him the truth about last night until he sent Zhou Zirong out of the customs.

Dong Sheng's situation is quite special, unlike the previous princes, the current royal majesty is the empress, and there are only two biological children. Even if something happened, she might not be able to hate it.But Zhou Zirong was different. If he was really involved in this matter, let alone a king with a different surname, he could have killed ten kings with a different surname.

Now that Zhou Zirong is going to the East China Sea, it is indeed a good thing for him.

Because on the night he left, Dong Sheng was secretly called into Xuantian Pavilion by the empress.

There has never been any luck in this world, and those who come out to mess around must be paid back.

As soon as Dong Sheng entered Xuantian Pavilion, he was surrounded by a dozen black shadows.