Huaibi

Rongyi Duke Wei Fengzheng's daughter is twelve years old, and she is already the choice of the future crown prince.

This matter secretly leaked out, even if the marriage was not granted by Emperor Hongxuan's Jinkouyuyan imperial decree, it has gradually become a rumor that everyone among the officials knows, and everyone knows that it will happen sooner or later.Inside and outside the court hall, when the adults gather in twos and threes, they always like to read a few words. While expressing emotion, each of them suppresses the taboo word "he" that has been left behind long ago, and sighs that the world is fooling people.

The Wei family, on the other hand, only cared about being wise and safe. The fact that the eldest daughter of the family was engaged to He Jinyi was like a shame. They were afraid of being criticized and arousing Long Yan's anger, so everyone was very cautious, and lowered their heads into the dust every day, so that Seeking to escape the catastrophe, unexpectedly, the fortune suddenly turned up, and instead climbed to the high branch of the prince, he couldn't help but raised his posture again.

For a while, the capital was full of people, and everyone discussed with each other.

Ping Huaizhen lived in the palace, she was the only one who didn't put her beak on it.

When the news first broke, he was indeed flustered, but the anxiety only burned in his heart for a moment and then disappeared, turning into the calmness and determination between his eyebrows that did not seem like a teenager.

In just a short moment, Ping Huaizhen's heart felt as if he had gone through the ups and downs of a lifetime, forcing him to walk on the edge of a knife, facing the stormy waves, fearless when the bloody journey of purgatory would end, but he closed his eyes and walked on, and kept walking—— On this journey, even if there are tens of thousands of mountains and boundless rivers and seas, Li Qingjue will definitely accompany him.

Therefore, he believed that Li Qingjue would not understand, and also bet that Li Qingjue was connected with him.

As a prince, you must marry, otherwise, if you resolutely resist the decree, it will be tantamount to handing over the reserve position to others. In this way, all the hard work in the past will be in vain, and the death of the He family will be even more in vain.

But Ping Huaizhen is definitely not a compromise, but obedience for a while.To avoid making Emperor Hongxuan suspicious, he had no choice but to reject this engagement, but he also had no choice but to refuse the daughter of the Wei family.

Li Qingjue is the only one who has married in this life.

With the tea in hand cool, Ping Huaizhen sat alone on the porch, the autumn wind blowing across the porch cleared his mind.

Behind him, Jiang Chang looked at the cup of tea that had not been steaming for a long time, and stepped forward to pick it up, wanting to change a new cup for him, and persuaded him: "The wind is blowing, the prince should go back to the palace to rest?"

"No, I have to go out of the palace at three o'clock in the Shenshi hour, just prepare the car."

"Whoo."

Jiang Chang responded in a low voice, but he did not retreat, still waiting with both hands, Ping Huaizhen gave him the teacup when he saw it, his fingers left the cold porcelain wall, and then he suddenly felt a little cold, and shook his hands He shook his hand and asked again: "Wait, it will be an hour later."

Jiang Chang was taken aback for a moment, wondering what it meant, but felt that no matter how late it was, the sun would have set when he left the palace.The twilight in Jiqiu comes quickly and goes early, when it gets dark, it will be very inconvenient on the way back to the palace.

However, the words he was thinking were not spoken out, the prince has always acted meticulously, presumably there are other arrangements, so why let him talk too much.

The speculation here is exactly as expected, when the time came, Ping Huaizhen went out of the palace in a chariot, first went to Zhao Keyang's mansion, and talked with him about the affairs of the court without haste, when he came out, there was already a cold star hanging in the sky.He was still not in a hurry to rush back to the palace, instead he parked his carriage outside Zhao's mansion, turned around from the back of the side gate, got on a crimson sedan chair, and was sent across the street and alley to another palace in the west of the capital. In front of the house.

This house is no more wealthy than the Zhao Mansion, the door plaque has been exposed to the sun and wind for many years, it is five points old, there are no auspicious animals outside, only two dwarf trees are planted beside the steps.

Ping Huaizhen lifted the curtain and got out of the sedan chair, with a dark robe over his brocade clothes. Outside the sedan chair, Jiang Chang had also changed into his luggage, and followed him up the stairs to the gate of the mansion.The two high doors were closed tightly, Jiang Chang knocked on the copper nails a few times, and a gatekeeper opened a gap with sleepy eyes accompanied by the sound of "squeak". , the attire was extremely strange, and he couldn't help frowning and rubbing his eyes and asked: "Who are you, can you come to Wen's residence for business?"

Ping Huaizhen remained silent, Jiang Chang took out the token from his sleeve and handed it over, pretending in a low voice: "You little brat is so unruly, why don't you ask your Master Wen about this thing, Do you agree?"

The gatekeeper woke up two minutes after being dozed off by the training, and suddenly became terrified. Although he was confused, he felt that his tone was really terrible, so he carefully took the token into his hand, and immediately turned to look for the lord.That's all, feeling uncomfortable, the boy turned around and opened half the door, invited the two of them to wait in the flower hall in the front hall, and then ran away again.

Ping Huaizhen waited patiently for a short while, and after a while, he heard a burst of extremely rapid footsteps coming from far and near from the corridor outside the hall. He raised his eyes slowly, and saw that the figure had arrived at the door, and made a gesture before entering. I want to worship.Jiang Chang stepped forward to help him up in a hurry, looked at him with deep eyes, and asked leisurely, "Who is Mr. Wen worshiping?"

This person's heart trembled, his mind became very clear, silently swallowed the greetings he wanted to say, took a few steps forward, and respectfully returned the token to Ping Huaizhen with both hands.

Ping Huaizhen took back the palm of his hand and rubbed it, his eyes covered Mr. Wen's face like water, his eyes were clearly smiling, but he stared at his brow full of sweat in this cold night, for a long time, he only glanced at him when he saw his face becoming more and more panicked Jiang Chang closed the door and went to guard the porch.

Jiang Chang bowed his head and retreated. When the door of the flower hall was closed, it seemed that a huge stone was pressed down.

Ping Huaizhen slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said three words in a slow tone: "Master Wen."

The person in front of him almost knelt down.

Outside the house, the night is getting darker and the stars are twinkling.

Ping Huaizhen raised his head in the room, as if he could see the stars through the thick eaves, and said with a three-pointed joy: "The silver man hangs the stars, and the thin moon hangs in the sky... This is an ordinary scene in the world, and ordinary people can only see it." How beautiful or not, Mr. Wen can predict thousands of miles from the outside to the inside, such a pair of glazed eyes, the prince has been curious for a long time."

Cold sweat dripped to the ground.

This Mr. Wen is Wen Zhiyuan, the supervisor of the Qintian Supervisor. In the early summer, the Suzaku seven stars changed, and it was for him that he reported to Emperor Hongxuan that the royal family was afraid of a bloody disaster, and it must be guarded against.

It was true that the twin stars of Zhen and Su were dazzling at that time, and it was also true that the crown prince was assassinated and King Chengyuan was killed, but from the beginning to the end, Ping Huaizhen never believed that it was God's will, after all, if it was not man-made, how could it be such a coincidence.

Ping Huaizhen came here today, just for this.

At the moment when he uttered a few cold words, Wen Zhiyuan heard it clearly in an instant, his knees were weak, and he tried his best not to fall down, raised his head to meet his gaze.

Ping Huaizhen was still tactful and gentle: "Master Wen, why shouldn't you? Why don't you tell me about the astrology, you can get a glimpse of good and bad by looking at the astrology. It's easy to teach me to learn. I usually watch it at night to relieve fatigue."

"This..." Wen Zhiyuan's scalp was numb, and he sighed for a while, "Back to the prince, the four seasons are different, and the stars are different... If you want to observe the stars, you need to know the changes of the seasons, so..."

Ping Huaizhen's complexion darkened, the smile just now disappeared, and his appearance changed in an instant, the corners of his mouth suddenly dropped, it seemed cloudy and cloudy, and it was extremely scary, Wen Zhiyuan was shocked, and fell silent for a moment.

"You are so brave!"

Wen Zhiyuan bowed his head tremblingly and knelt down, dripping with cold sweat.

Ping Huaizhen snorted, stood up from the chair, slowly walked a few steps towards him, and condescendingly interrogated: "Eating and holding the emperor's food, how dare you cheat the emperor, lie about the astrology, and help the evildoers?" In order to make the royal family panic and cause a catastrophe."

"Wei, I don't dare!" Wen Zhiyuan was attacked by this crime, and his knelt body shook like a sieve, and he hurriedly excused himself, "Prince Mingjian, what I told you was in accordance with the will of heaven, and I never lied about the astrology!"

"I never lied, but I said it with my heart. Wouldn't it be wiser to be true or false, to be false or true?" Ping Huaizhen squatted on the bed, the shadow covered the halo in front of his eyes, and said quietly, "Wen Zhiyuan, You saw that the astrology was different in front of you, and the prince was attacked by assassins later, if it is a coincidence, but the prince believes that this is man-made, how can you shirk it?"

Wen Zhiyuan was in a daze and couldn't answer.

"Would you like the prince to think about it for you? Who gave you the courage?" Ping Huaizhen asked with a pretense, his brows were puzzled, and he uttered each word, "The prince thinks... It was the person who wanted to take my life, secretly ensnared you, and attributed all murderous intentions to the fault of the astrology... I think this person is..."

"Prince!" Wen Zhiyuan's mind exploded, and seeing that what he said was almost true, he immediately raised his head and busied himself clearing his charges, "I don't know at all, but I just acted according to orders, how could I expect that my actions that day would put the prince in danger Realm! If you knew this earlier, you would be in a different place, and you would never say a word! Your loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon, and the prince is the man of destiny, so I will never betray you!"

Ping Huai was so loyal to him, and finally stopped threatening and coercing each other, got up and sat back on his seat, took up a cup of scented tea offered by the maid at that time, lifted the lid and blew on the light orange petals floating softly on the water, gently Sip the fragrance in your mouth.

"Get up." When he spoke again, his tone turned calm, but there was still unfinished prestige embedded between the lines, "Master Wen is a smart person, he should understand what will happen if the emperor knows about this matter."

Wen Zhiyuan knew that Ping Huaizhen had some important arrangements so far, and he was surprised for a long time in advance just to teach him current affairs and state of affairs, so he was extraordinarily polite, and answered "yes" repeatedly, expressing his great kindness.

Ping Huaizhen smiled and said: "No matter what Mr. Wen said, it can be regarded as hurting me once. Now I come here to ask for it back."

Wen Zhiyuan listened over his ears.

"This prince learns from Qin Tianjian to observe the stars, and observes the astrology. There are hidden signs of danger, which means that the prince of the current dynasty should not marry early."

This remark was completely unexpected, Wen Zhiyuan was really puzzled, afraid that he might be wrong, and couldn't help but look at each other in a daze.

However, Ping Huaizhen did not change his words, but nodded his head in affirmation: "If the prince marries early, the world will not go well; otherwise, the world will be ruled and the prosperity will not decline."

The room was silent, Wen Zhiyuan was perplexed by what Ping Huaizhen said, while secretly speculating on the intention, while thinking carefully about how to give advice so that the prince can do what the prince wants.

It is not difficult to tell what the astrology shows, but the difficult thing is that the appearance must not be fabricated, and must be based on evidence, so as not to be noticed by the colleagues of the Qin Tianjian.

"You should do your best..."

"Master Wen knows best how to work hard," Ping Huaizhen chuckled twice, and reminded again, "The prince said just now that he never lied, but he said it from the heart. Mr. Wen's brilliance is really admirable." , presumably what I said at the beginning could be believed by my father, but now I can talk like a tongue, no matter whether it is true or not, it can all come true."