Huaibi

The next day after dawn, Zhao Keyang and Ping Huaizhen took a photo in the corridor.

The officials outside the Palace of Qianqing who had just dispersed from the imperial court came and went, there was an endless stream of people, and the ministers walked in groups of twos and threes, and human eyes were everywhere, which was really a wonderful place for private conversations.

The morning sun was warmly blowing on the high steps in front of the hall, Ping Huaizhen narrowed his smiling eyes, stepped down the steps, looked away from Zhao Keyang's face, and fell to the sky comfortably, accompanied by the soft light wrapped around him leisurely towards Xu'an Go back to the palace.

The people behind him turned their backs on him.

However, shortly after returning to the palace, Zhao Ke Yangguo had a tacit understanding with him and came to the palace to look for him.

Fang Zaichao, Emperor Hongxuan, mentioned to everyone the troubles in northern Beijing yesterday, and his words were filled with anger and displeasure.

Li Ying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, guessed that Liu Yin must be eager to argue to excuse himself, so he took the lead to accept Emperor Hongxuan's words, expressing that the Ministry of Industry would like to persuade them, so that the recruiters would be more restrained, intentional or unintentional He even shifted the responsibility to the Ministry of Punishment, pointing out the fact that the Minister of Punishment did not supervise well.

Liu Yin was half a step behind him, and if he blamed him at this time, it would be like shirking the blame, and because Emperor Hongxuan was in a rage, he had to bear the grievance, and honestly suffered from this dumb loss.

But so far, Liu Yin can be regarded as seeing through Ping Huaizhen's tricks.

It turns out that the prince and his like made a twists and turns to invite the king into the urn, waiting for him to be in the passive place now, and then pushed him into the cliff little by little.It's a pity that it's too late to regret it. At this time, it is difficult to turn the situation around. There is no way to turn the defense into an offense. The only thing to do is to be cautious and prevent.

Ping Huaizhen also knew Liu Yin's vigilance due to unexpected changes.

The back kitchen brought a plate of exquisite fragrant fruits with transparent water droplets hanging on it. The servant girl seemed to be a newcomer to the palace, with a reddish jade face and lowered eyebrows. Disturb.

Jiang Chang stopped outside the curtain in time, winked and reprimanded: "Go down and ask the person in charge, but he still knows how to teach you the rules!"

The deliberately soft voice still pierced through the bead curtain and fell into the ear porch, Ping Huaizhen glanced sideways, and saw a beautiful figure through the curtain, who seemed to have been scolded and was leaving in a panic, the slightly swaying glass beads Refracting the dazzling brilliance, the phantom was scattered like the wind, and it made him unable to see clearly.

After a while, Jiang Chang entered the room and presented Xiangguo to the case. He was about to step back and listen to the Prince's inquiry: "Who was it?"

"The new little maid from the Xu'an Palace, maybe she hasn't remembered the rules clearly, so she recklessly broke into the palace."

"Ask someone to check it out."

"Whoo."

Jiang Chang withdrew from the palace, Ping Huaizhen didn't think deeply, and returned to the matter of building the city wall in the north of Beijing.

Zhao Keyang was talking about the word "opportunity" with him just now, although he felt that the time and place were favorable, he still had some concerns in his words, thinking that Liu Yin should be on guard now.

Ping Huaizhen picked up the words and nodded in response: "What my uncle said is that Liu Yin must be vigilant, but the vigilance may come too late, no matter how he maneuvers, it will be difficult to remedy the bad situation. Uncle, let him torment , you and I just need to wait for another 'good day and auspicious day'."

Zhao Keyang heard the interest, according to the meaning of Huaizhen's words, the time is ripe at this moment, but it is still not the most opportune time.For the time being, he didn't quite understand what kind of thoughts were still in Ping Huaizhen's mind, and what the so-called auspicious day meant, until after a while, he saw him leaning closer from the opposite side of the table, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Lao will take a walk at night to warm up." government."

"Which Wen's mansion?"

Ping Huaizhen calmly told the six characters: "Qin Tianjian, Wen Zhiyuan."

The words are clear and well-thought-out.

Zhao Keyang couldn't help being stunned, his eyes reflected this nephew who had finally reached the age of the crown, the jade crown was dazzling, and he thought that the son of the real dragon in the world must be him.

It was night thick with clouds.

In the dark moon, people abandon the frame and sedan chair, and walk alone in their robes.

Wen Zhiyuan got up and got up, and heard the doorman say that the man was covered in a wind robe, he thought it was the prince who came to look for him like last time, he was so nervous that he was in a hurry for a while, when he stepped into the hall of the flower hall , the waist belt has not been straightened.

However, when he raised his eyes, the person sitting quietly on the lamp-hanging chair facing the hollow soft curved screen was not the prince himself, but Zhao Keyang, the prince's Taibao.

Wen Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and entered the room with his waist sealed.Zhao Keyang stood up and bowed to him: "Forgive me late at night, Mr. Wen forgive me."

The person in front of him is not just a mere member of the household department, Wailang, but Wen Zhiyuan knows how much the crown prince is worth, and he is busy asking him politely, how dare he complain? The prince came with the intention, and what he did, could it be the fate of "the prince should not marry early" a long time ago?

Wen Zhiyuan speculated secretly, not daring to make a judgment, he asked Zhao Keyang to sit back on his seat, and tentatively asked, "I don't know if Mr. Zhao is here this time..."

"The prince asked me to ask Mr. Wen about something." Zhao Keyang did not tact with him, knowing that Wen Zhiyuan had something to fall into the hands of Ping Huaizhen, and he must help each other sincerely in order to protect himself, but he said straight to the point, "I don't know if the recent celestial phenomena can be serious. Is there a good omen?"

Wen Zhiyuan frowned when he heard the words, and unconsciously looked outside, but the doors and windows were closed, only the candles in the lamps shone brightly.He was thinking about what he had learned from observing the stars at night, and he had been concentrating on it for a long time, but he also realized the three-point fit from Zhao Keyang's short sentence, and then he said: "Recently, the sky is really unlucky, the stars are dark, and the shadow of the moon is not clear... ...But wait for another three to five days and it will definitely get better, if the prince needs an auspicious sign, he might as well wait half a decade."

"Half ten days." Zhao Keyang weighed a little bit, most afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, leaving too much time for Liu Yin to deal with, but he felt that there was no other way, the world, the sun and the moon are not controlled by mortals, so he nodded and said, "It's a little auspicious , let Lord Lauwin tell you."

Wen Zhiyuan repeatedly responded, and felt that this matter might have something to do with the prince's marriage. After all, a month ago coincided with the crown prince's coronation ceremony, and now he is pregnant and double tenth. He asked, "Dare to ask Mr. Zhao, but the crown prince's wedding is coming soon?"

Here Zhao Keyang frowned when he heard the prince's secret plan, and when he wanted to give him a cold word, he didn't want to hear him sigh again: "Although the sky is unpredictable, the appearance of the Luan star has appeared frequently since the beginning of spring. If the prince It was the best time to change my mind.”

The sentence "Changed my mind" suddenly surprised Zhao Keyang, and seemed to sense the inner cause and effect, the more he tasted, the more shocked he became.

Wen Zhiyuan was still unaware, Zhao Keyang held a calm face, held the teacup calmly and pretended to be knowing, and after a long while, he slowly raised a pair of turbulent eyes, and asked him secretly... …

The dark moon is hazy outside, and the clouds in the night sky are flowing, like spirits and ghosts taking advantage of the wind to make chaos, and it will return to tranquility when the night goes away and the morning comes.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The miraculous phenomenon mentioned by Qin Tianjian Wen Zhiyuan is gradually revealed. After nightfall, the clear sky returns to the appearance of the moon and stars, and the soft light is seen again, bringing endless warmth to the world.

Emperor Hongxuan stayed in the Qiuhua Palace at night, and the harem rested with the moon, and all the palace lights were extinguished one after another, leaving only a few dots of lights in the corridor to illuminate a few inches.Occasionally in spring, night birds chirp three or two times, and when they fail to meet the reunion, they quiet down again, spreading their wings and hiding among the verdant branches and leaves.

Such a gentle Ning Ye, but Emperor Hongxuan did not get a good sleep, he tossed and turned, as if a ball of blazing fire rolled in his chest and abdomen, provoking cold sweat on his brow for no reason.

The insomnia came suddenly and it was difficult to find the cause, Emperor Hongxuan could not, and was unwilling to summon the doctor of the imperial hospital for consultation in the middle of the night, so he saved the trouble, got up from the bed alone, put on his shoes and went to the window to enjoy the cool air .

A clever window carved with begonias was originally opened with a gap, but Emperor Hongxuan felt that the room was still suffocated, so he pushed the whole window open with his hand, and in an instant the bright starlight flooded into the room.

There was a woman approaching behind him, Concubine Yi was woken up by him, she opened her eyes to see the scene, she took a thin shirt and covered his shoulders for him.Emperor Hongxuan felt a little happy, and stroked the soft and boneless ruddy hands on his shoulders with his backhand. Hearing the soothing voice like spring water, he said with a smile: "Look, Your Majesty, the moon has a red light, and it is as touching as precious jade." , isn't it a good omen?"

Emperor Hongxuan then raised his head, and cast his gaze to a high place, seeing that the full moon was like blue, and there seemed to be immortal energy floating on its surface, and it was exquisite with a layer of clear pink luster, which was extremely pleasing to the eye.

"Is this a good omen?"

Emperor Hongxuan asked back, but how could a harem woman be a sign of heaven, she was just saying some pleasant and auspicious words.It's not that he doesn't understand this reason, but he is still willing to listen to it, just for fun.

Concubine Yi knew this well, and immediately followed the dragon's heart to comfort her: "Yes, Your Majesty, now the weather is good, the country is safe and the people are safe, and I think this is a sign of prosperity."

At the end of the sentence, she heard a deep laugh, Concubine Yi was secretly happy, she knew it and she was pleased.

Emperor Hongxuan didn't talk to her about the celestial phenomenon any more, he wrapped his hand and hugged her in his arms, and leaned against the window couch to watch the moon for half a night.

As soon as this auspicious moon and auspicious image were mentioned, it was actually reported by the Qin Tianjian, but it was only until the next day that the supervisor Wen Zhiyuan went outside the imperial study to ask the saint to congratulate the emperor.

The imperial study room is warm and fragrant with a little scent of bamboo leaves, which complements the scrolls and makes people feel refreshed.

Wen Zhiyuan received the biography of the prince and father, and entered the room in official uniform to worship, full of joy between the lines: "Congratulations to the emperor! Last night, the moon was red, and the minister stayed up all night. The golden dragon of Chakang shines brightly, and it complements the moon. It is to save the world from suffering. It is auspicious and auspicious. Now that the Agricultural Festival is approaching, the dark moon suddenly turns bright, and the dark clouds dissipate without a trace. If the sky looks like this, it will surely bring good luck for three years."

It's been a long time since Qin Tianjian reported the good news, and I don't want to get a good fortune just by reporting it.Emperor Hongxuan could hear the smile more and more, and heard that what he said coincided with what Concubine Yi said last night to be courteous, so he rewarded Concubine Yi immediately, besides Qin Tianjian, he also gave Concubine Yi a pair of Youyuechai.

Wen Zhiyuan kowtowed to thank Long En, but then changed the subject abruptly, boldly and vigilantly said: "Please forgive me for talking too much, Kang Jinlong is full of righteousness, and will beautify all things in the world within a month. During this period, you must not break its spirit or destroy its spirit." , otherwise the auspicious signs will be lost.”

Emperor Hongxuan listened in his ears: "Aiqing, let me tell you, what do you mean by 'breaking one's spirit and destroying one's spirit'?"

Wen Zhiyuan lowered his head, raised his eyes secretly when he heard this question, Emperor Chahongxuan was not displeased, and then he replied like the prince pointed out: "Back to the emperor, there should be no blood in the palace this month, and no blood in the capital." Facing the east and weeping for mourning, the rest of the things just follow the auspicious way."

"Sure," Emperor Hongxuan nodded, and called the prince into the palace, "I will draw up an order that there will be no punishment in the palace within one month, and the people of Beijing are not allowed to face east for funerals."

"Whoo."

The eunuch Wang Gonggong retreated according to the oral order, and after staying behind, Wen Zhiyuan's trip came true, and he was completely relieved.

Before the end of the day, a piece of imperial decree was posted under the city gate.

In the Palace of Xu'an, the crown prince spent all his time, just waiting for the "broken omen" to appear in the world. At that time, there will always be someone who should be held accountable and experience this heinous crime on his own.

Outside the quiet courtyard, Jiang Chang walked back to the hall with heavy steps, walked through the hall and across the curtain, and went straight to the prince's ear and whispered a few words, then stepped back two steps, waiting for orders.

The expression on Ping Huaizhen's face became more and more unfriendly following every word he said, the palms in his sleeves were clenched into fists, and after a while, they loosened inch by inch.

"That's all." There was a heavy chill in his eyes, as if he was holding a person's figure deep in his eyes, and finally made him nowhere to hide, "Don't startle the snake for now, and keep her for two more days."

"Hey," Jiang Chang understood, and asked again in a low voice, "Do you want to send her to another place? Leaving such a person in the back kitchen, the slave thinks it is really risky."

Ping Huaizhen thought about it for a while, not only felt that Jiang Chang's words were reasonable, but also felt that such actions would inevitably make the other party aware.

After thinking about it, it was at a critical juncture, instead of disturbing the other party for half a minute, it would be better to take the risk and leave the person where he was. A maid in that district would not dare to attack the prince, so he replied: "No need, let me keep an eye on you." She is, and everything else remains the same."

"Hey, this servant is going now."

Jiang Chang immediately turned around to find the maid in charge of the Palace of Xu'an, and secretly made arrangements with her.Just in case, he took a silver needle and put it next to him. Since then, everything the prince eats and drinks has been taken care of by him.

The storm has been going on for 20 years, and he has watched it for more than ten years, and he can see it more clearly than anyone else - he only knows that everything is secondary, and the most important thing is that the prince is safe.