The bright moon sits on the ground

This is not the first time for Nie Qiu to enter the palace.

He often dealt with the righteous way, the court and the merchants. He didn't really like the hypocritical coping between the cups and cups. Although he was tired of it, luckily nothing would go wrong.

It was afternoon, the sun was high, and the emperor's personal eunuch welcomed Nie Qiu in.

Although it has not been announced to the world, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Nie Qiu is the next priest.

The emperor believed in the way of heaven, pursued the art of immortality, and attached great importance to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven every four years. How long has he been on the throne of emperor? How long has this old priest been in office? One can imagine this How secure is the seat.If you're lucky, it's not impossible to please the emperor, let future generations take over the position of priest, and live your life.

It would be extremely stupid not to take advantage of this opportunity to curry favor with him.

The residence arranged for him by the chief eunuch was in the Panxing Hall of the old priest, so that they could make adequate preparations for the ceremony.

In Nie Qiu's impression, the old priest was easy to get along with,? But because of the difference in dignity,? So he still lived in the side hall.

On weekdays, no one dared to go to the Panxing Hall to make trouble, let alone at the juncture of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. The surrounding guards formed a dense circle and guarded it strictly, for fear that someone with ulterior motives would come out to destroy this place. A huge ceremony.

Therefore, even though Nie Qiu had been in the palace for a while, no one came to visit him, and he didn't even receive a congratulatory gift.

After all, those people still know how to avoid suspicion, and they have to wait until the ceremony is over before visiting.

Inside the Panxing Hall.

Nie Qiu methodically recounted the process of the grand ceremony to the old priest one by one, even the details that were not easy to be noticed, which attracted the old priest's praise and sighed: "I saw you a few years ago. At that time, I felt that you were suitable for the position of high priest, and now it seems that I have not misunderstood. I have not had any heirs for so many years, and entrusting you with the position of high priest now is not an insult to the destiny."

"Senior is serious."

The old priest smiled and said, "The astrologer calculated for you back then, the sky is full of gold, the sky is empty, the star of the greedy wolf hangs high, and the star of the red luan moves... It is a good celestial sign for the people who are going to save the world. If you can ascend to the position of high priest, Heaven will be satisfied."

Heaven, destiny?Nie Qiu chewed these two words slowly in his heart, and did not directly respond to the old priest's words.

When he was 24 years old, at the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, he was said by the Holy Master to be a villain who was despised by heaven.

He is not a person favored by heaven.

In everything, he must use words like "Heaven's blessing" and "Born to be good" to sum up everything he has done, everything he has worked hard for, and if he makes a mistake, if he is caught, Take the saying of being rejected by the Dao of Heaven to explain, he doesn't want to experience this kind of thing again.

If Heaven's favor is like that, then he doesn't need it now.

But Nie Qiu didn't need to explain this to the old priest.

He will not be High Priest, not now, not ever, never.

So Nie Qiu just smiled lightly, pursed his thin lips, and his eyes glistening with peach blossoms were slightly curved, covering up the slightest bit of beauty, with clear eyes and brows, and he responded very obediently: "Senior indeed."

The high priest doesn't know how to do divination, nor does he know how to look at the sky, but the hexagrams are suitable, and he is familiar with the process of the ceremony. Someone recommended him, so he took the position of high priest, so even if Nie Qiu said against his will in front of the old priest, Even if you tell a lie, you will not blush and your heart will not jump. After all, he is not as clever as Xu Lang.

The old priest was not a talkative person either. Seeing that he was almost ready, he said, "You don't have to be nervous. I will be by your side for this ceremony. Even if you make a mistake, I will support you. As long as you don't make mistakes Just go wrong."

Nie Qiu almost stumbled in front of tens of thousands of people during the heaven sacrifice ceremony in the previous life.

But definitely not this time.

"Then I will thank you, senior. Nie Qiu will live up to his entrustment and try his best to complete this grand ceremony satisfactorily."

He spoke beautifully, and the old priest didn't make it difficult for him. After a few instructions, he asked him to go back to the side hall to rest well, and gather enough energy to prepare for the six-day grand ceremony starting tomorrow.

The Holy Majesty was in poor health and was recuperating in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, unable to receive Nie Qiu's visit, so he just asked the personal eunuch to bring a few words to Nie Qiu, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.

Now the emperor is still lucky, and feels that he can cure the disease before the ceremony is officially held, so he just entrusted some things to the prince to do, and did not say on the surface that the ceremony of worshiping heaven will be handled by him—— After all, the emperor felt that he was still young and strong. If he were to delegate power in this way, he would be discouraged and show weakness, and he didn't know how turbulent the situation in the court would be.

Nie Qiu knew that his body was almost empty, and the organs inside had gradually shrunk, and now he was hanging on forcibly, praying that someone from the immortal family would come to save his life with the longevity pill.

But since the emperor said that if Nie Qiu had something to do, and he happened to be behind closed doors, he could still discuss it with the prince, then it was not Nie Qiu taking advantage of the loopholes, but he put the opportunity in front of Nie Qiu himself.

Now he has a legitimate reason to go to the prince to discuss it.

— On the way, several imperial guards guarded Nie Qiu's body tightly, as if he was a man with no strength to restrain a chicken.

Seeing it, Nie Qiu didn't feel that he was not used to it, and because of this, he hardly met a few people on the road, and arrived at the East Palace smoothly.

The prince knew in advance that he was coming, and the guards at the gate let him in after he showed his token.

Nie Qiu raised his foot and was about to go in. After thinking for a while, he turned his head and said to the imperial guard beside him, "Please, just stay at the door."

The leader frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. After all, this is the prince's territory, and the emperor personally told Nie Qiu to discuss with the prince about the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. At this time, they forced to enter , that would be disrespectful to His Highness the Crown Prince.

Seeing that they had changed directions, and found a place to guard each other, Nie Qiu stepped into the gate.

After all, what he was going to talk about next was disrespect to the emperor, and it would be terrible if they heard it.

Today's prince, surnamed Qi, first name Qianyuan.

Although Qi Qianyuan is not obvious on the surface, when he is with the emperor, he is a scene of fatherly kindness and filial piety, and his obedience is a bit scary, but anyone in the emperor's family is not serious, and he is no exception - as early as the emperor revealed As soon as there was a trace of weakness, he had already started to deploy his power quickly, and several dignitaries in the court were also drawn together; the eldest prince and the second prince were kicked out of the game by him calmly; The third prince, who was the same biological mother as him, was stable in nature, did not fight with him for power, and even vaguely stood by his side; the fourth prince had long since stopped interfering in affairs of the court in order to save his life; He only likes to fight on the battlefield, and stay on the frontier for ten years. Although he doesn't return to the imperial city very often, he is the most threatening one among the remaining princes...Of course, I don't know what method Qi Qianyuan used, but he is also accepting... In the next few years, he took over his military power.

Although no one dared to say it directly, everyone knew that his family was the only one in the palace now.

Nie Qiu heard the voice of the prince calling him in, so he opened the door and walked into the room.

"I have seen His Royal Highness."

Qi Qianyuan responded to the greeting, and waved his hands to ask all the maids in the room to go out, without putting on airs, he said directly: "I didn't expect Priest Nie to think highly of me, but I was surprised."

The prince four years ago was not as aggressive as he was back then. Although he was in power, he still kept his face and did not let others get a handle. He didn't even put on airs of His Royal Highness.

But this is not the first time they have met.

Nie Qiu and Qi Qianyuan looked at each other tacitly, and sat down.

A few years ago, I vowed to use the position of the high priest to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and asked him to help Nie Qiu to avenge him. What kind of power, but it can be regarded as the status of being under one person and above ten thousand people, and sometimes words are more effective than the crown prince.

A few years later, he came to seek a deal with the prince again, saying that he was no longer the high priest.

Thinking about it this way, such a move is indeed extremely absurd.

But if one really wants to become the high priest, it is tantamount to jumping into the fire pit by oneself, first clearing the obstacles for the prince, and then being treated as an abandoned son after losing his effect, such a deal is really not worthwhile.

Moreover, the most critical point that Nie Qiu has now is...

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hates the way of heaven and despises immortal arts.

Whether he should be the high priest is a matter of Qi Qianyuan in the final analysis.

"I didn't expect His Highness to still remember me, and it surprised me."

Qi Qianyuan twitched the corner of his mouth lightly, showing an expression that wasn't exactly a smile, "Priest Nie promised me, I still remember clearly."

Nie Qiu waited for him to finish speaking, paused for a moment, and then said: "How does Your Highness view the position of priest?"

The young prince relaxed slightly, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip.

"How my father sees it is how I see it. Priest Nie doesn't just want to tell me these things, does he?"

"My lord priest said that he entrusted me with the post of high priest now, which is not an insult to the fate of heaven..." Nie Qiu was not in a hurry when he saw him--a look of recalcitrance, and slowly practiced Tai Chi with him , "But I don't think so."

Only then did Qi Qianyuan stop, and Nie Qiu felt the familiar imperial coercion gradually spread. He raised his brows, looked at Nie Qiu casually, and answered nonchalantly: "Oh ?”

"Your Highness remembers what happened at that time clearly, and I also remember clearly. I have never forgotten it for many years."

Nie Qiu then mocked: "Your Highness, do you think I look like someone who saves the common people?"

Qi Qianyuan became a little interested when he brought up his own story so frankly. After all, he was really impressed by what happened at that time. It is also enough to make people feel shocked.

The white clothes were stained with blood, the knife edge was shining, and there were corpses everywhere.

There was no unnecessary expression on the face of the still immature boy, and his movements were clean and neat.

This Priest Nie, who looked like a banished fairy, was unapproachable, and his hands were already stained with blood that couldn't be washed off.

He fell into the mortal world, rolled around in the world, and couldn't go back to the sky.

Not only the body, but also the hands, eyes, and even the soul are stained with a trace of blood, which cannot be wiped clean.

Qi Qianyuan doesn't mind seeing others fall off the cliff, even if they fall to pieces, what does that have to do with him?

"I don't believe in heaven."

Nie Qiu said suddenly, and then saw Qi Qianyuan's eyes gradually darken, like a rift in an abyss.

He was not afraid that Qi Qianyuan would take this opportunity to bite back, which would not do him any good.

Don't forget, they are in the same camp.

"Whether I should be the high priest or not is just a matter of His Highness's decision." Nie Qiu smiled.

Qi Qianyuan looked at him for a long while, then followed him with a smile, but it was only a momentary smile, and his eyes were still cold, "Priest Nie, you can't talk nonsense, if you have any concerns, you can also ask the doctor The priest discusses—”

"If there is anything that can't be solved, it's not too late to worry about it after the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is over." His Highness the Crown Prince deliberately put down the words, but his expression did not change. He waved his hand lightly, and struck again Go back, "At this time, Priest Nie should also go back to recharge his batteries and prepare for the grand ceremony."

"I still have something to do, so I won't send it away."

The author has something to say: I am going to enter Nie Qiu's memory line after a while~

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