Huaibi

The Agricultural Festival is finally here.

Suddenly one day, all the maidservants in the palace changed their clothes and replaced them with elegant emerald skirts embroidered with silver grass on the sleeves. The sachets around their waists were no longer wrapped in fragrant flowers and soft leaves. Rice bran is placed in it, and it is appropriate to pray for blessings.

The little girl who couldn't keep her mouth shut chatted in the corridor in her free time, and the sachet on the waist of the person who spoke seemed a bit more bulging than the others, holding a faint smile and said: "The more stuffed it is, the more the cow will grow." It can protect the next three years without short food. I heard from the little eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday that the recent celestial situation is very good... Do you know why the emperor ordered the ban? It is to protect this auspicious phenomenon! "

The maidservant next to her listened with gusto, looking down at her fragrant buttocks with rippling tassels hanging softly from the colored threads, stretching out her hand to pinch her shriveled one, wishing she could immediately run to the back kitchen to beg for some more rice bran Shell to draw a good sign.But the toes moved, but the man was still reluctant to leave, and asked following her words: "How is the sky like this? I looked at the stars and the moon at night, but I didn't see any difference. Could it be that they are in the Qin Tian Prison?" The grown-ups here are all immortals, how can they still see through the secrets of heaven?"

Ping Huaizhen heard a faint smile in the room.

Those pure human words flowed into the window with the wind, I didn't expect that there was such a silly little girl in Xu'an Palace.He raised his head from the scroll, looked at Jiang Chang in a blink of an eye, and asked abruptly with interest: "What do you think?"

Jiang Chang was stunned for a moment, and then a look of understanding floated in his eyes, but he didn't really answer the question, he just stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "But it disturbed the prince's study? The servant just put those who are not Evicted wisely."

"No need," Ping Huaizhen turned his head and looked out the window, he could see a few inches of emerald sleeves, and after a long while leisurely looked at it, he said, "It's up to them to say it."

Jiang often heard that there was something in his words, so he stopped the steps he wanted to go and followed suit, trying to figure out the deep meaning in every sentence and every word of Ping Huaizhen, but before he could figure it out completely, he heard some mysterious whispers from him: "What Qin Tianjian did was to make the world see what he wants you to see... The stars, the sun, and the moon have always been separated from this mortal world by hundreds of thousands of miles, unattainable and far away, but the mouth of a mortal , but it grew steadily on this ground.”

Jiang Chang half-knowledgeed, Yuan Lianhui moved again, sent those maidservants to work, turned back and quietly asked for an answer: "The servant understands a lot of what the prince said, but I don't understand it." There are many... Now that the emperor is dissatisfied with the people in Jingbei, it is just a matter of fueling the fire, why bother to wait for this celestial phenomenon? Although it is only half a decade, it is not for nothing if you can't wait Did it take time?"

Ping Huaizhen didn't answer, but instead asked, "Do you think it hurts more if you fall on flat ground, or if you fall from a high place?"

"It hurts more when you hit a high place and fall."

"That's it. Even if the father's anger is only a little bit short, it is not enough to make Liu Yin fall to the bottom of the pit. The only way is to make him commit the anger of the public in addition to the power of heaven, and commit serious crimes to bind him to an irreparable situation." Only then can you teach him to fall to pieces." Ping Huaizhen closed the scroll leisurely, and said a few more words to him when he was in a good mood, "You are the smartest one in this Xu'an Palace, you should understand that things are man-made. I can't help but think that the red moon and bright star are a sign of good fortune? It's just a bit better than the previous image with thick clouds. If you really can't wait for an auspicious event, even if it's just Wen Zhiyuan Open your mouth, I want him to say black into white."

The mouth of a mortal may not only grow steadily on the ground, but also grow in the ears and hearts of others.

Jiang Chang completely understood.

It has nothing to do with the clever appearance of Xingyuelu, and it's a thousand scheming minds in the cage.

Beijing is full of green like seedlings and gold like spikes.

Under the bright sun at noon, the little dolls playing on the street were coaxed home one by one by the adults. The freshly steamed glutinous rice cakes were just served on the dining table, filled with sweet mist, and the peach petals on the top were smoked into rouge.

The child stared at it greedily, and the adult fed a spoonful of sweet glutinous rice with a smile, and asked, "Would you like to eat it next year?"

"Eat, eat a lot!"

The auspicious child's words brought joy to the whole house and aroused festive laughter in the whole house.

The families were having fun, but at some point there were panicked shouts from outside the street, shouting and calling everyone out one after another, with occasional voices everywhere, making the noise even more apparent.

Amidst the astonishment and anger, a faint voice mourned: "The divine cow has collapsed! The divine bull... has collapsed!"

The scorching sun is red like fire.

The city wall in the north of Beijing collapsed suddenly, and a huge boulder fell from the top, smashing a bull's head to the ground, shattering into pieces.

The people came one after another, staring at the gravel in a daze, as if time stood still.After a long time, a woman weeping came, followed by a middle-aged man scolded and rolled up his sleeves, vowing to discuss an explanation with the wicked man who destroyed the sacred cow despite not turning against the city.

The sound of turmoil entered the palace, the Qintian Supervisory Office, Wen Zhiyuan walked out in full clothes, raised his eyes to look at the sky, his eyes were pierced with golden light, and he knew that the omen that the crown prince was looking for had come true.

The incident of the destruction of the sacred cow caused great dissatisfaction among the people. After hearing the news, the officers and soldiers rushed to the north of the city wall, and stopped the chaos in time. Because the imperial order was in place, the people could not be convicted, so they took all the people who repaired the city wall with them. Go, put him in jail.

And those who went to prison were not only this supposedly innocent Jianghu people, but also those Shangshu Liu Yin of the Ministry of Punishment who were looking forward to being promoted to Shangshuling.

Concubine Yi has been unable to kneel in the imperial study since the beginning of time. The noon sun in early summer is not as warm as spring, and the heat made her dizzy and faint.

The people in the surrounding palaces dare not persuade that the accident occurred on the day of the Agricultural Sacrifice, and the person responsible was Concubine Yi's own father, and the concubine who was usually full of grace in the harem couldn't ask Hongxuan Emperor for a little mercy at this moment, so who could Dare to be in it.

Concubine Yi only felt the sweltering coldness beneath her hot skin, and there was only Fu Dong beside her, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and knelt with her distressedly, gradually not knowing how long it was.

There was deathly silence outside the imperial study room. After a long time, two figures appeared on the west corridor. The white jade inlaid on one side is shining with the sun's rays.

Concubine Yi was dazed and her eyes were scorched, she raised her eyes and met Shang Ping Huaizhen's smiling eyes, she slowly picked the corners of her lips that were unusually rosy, and smiled bitterly back, she couldn't hide it from the bottom of her heart Shocked and maddened...

It turned out that she didn't notice that the young man whose He family's wings had been broken off blood dripping long ago would have such eyes.

Ping Huaizhen's smile deepened, she turned her eyes back and walked into the imperial study room, Jiang Chang bowed behind and retreated to the pillar of the corridor to wait, keeping her eyes fixed from beginning to end, with her head bowed humbly.

There was no one else in the courtyard again.

There was an invisible suffocation in the imperial study room, Emperor Hongxuan was reviewing the memorial by himself, if he didn't know about it, at first glance it would seem that he hadn't heard anything outside the window.

Ping Huaizhen stepped forward a few steps, stopped in front of the case, and called out "Father Emperor".

"Here we are," Emperor Hongxuan raised his eyes a little, and then turned his eyes back to the vermilion book. His tone was as calm as water, without any ups and downs, but he asked very straightforwardly, "Who is the prince here to intercede for? The Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry , or the one who destroyed the idol?"

Ping Huaizhen had expected that Emperor Hongxuan would ask this question, so he came prepared, and replied calmly: "Returning to the emperor, my son is not here to intercede, but to plead guilty."

This statement finally made Emperor Hongxuan put down his pen.

Emperor Hongxuan raised his head and stared at him, his eyes filled with anger that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and asked for a long time: "What is the prince's crime?"

Ping Huaizhen pretended not to consider the consequences of gains and losses, and blindly took the blame: "The faction of the rivers and lakes was incorporated into the case, which was admonished by my ministers; the move to recruit security later was also advised by my ministers. How can I ignore this accident now?" Accident?"

Emperor Hongxuan pondered for a long time.

After a while, the suffocation in the room was reduced.

After the case, the Son of Heaven sighed insignificantly, and then his brows gradually eased, as if he had made up his mind, he got up and walked around the table to Ping Huaizhen's side, and supported his long and slightly bowed figure.

Ping Huaizhen straightened his back, and heard a sentence in his ear: "The inclusion of sects is the intention of Zhao Keyang, and the administration of recruitment is Liu Yin's action, and it has nothing to do with the prince."

"My son..." Emperor Hongxuan stared at him intently, and Ping Huaizhen stepped on the steps, "My son understands."

It's not that it has nothing to do with the prince, but that no one knows that it has something to do with the prince.

Sacrifice to agriculture is a big matter, and people's grievances are hard to appease. Someone must bear the blame, and this person is definitely not the prince. This is the true meaning of Emperor Hongxuan.

Ping Huaizhen really understands this true meaning, that's why I came to Yushufang not to plead guilty at all, but to make a cruel heart for Emperor Hongxuan on the sidelines, to make him understand, even if he can't bear it, he has to Punish Liu Yin severely.

The woman in the courtyard is still kneeling by herself, she has no way of knowing that the holy will has been decided, but she is becoming more and more anxious and restless, her eyes are full of Ping Huaizhen's three-pointed smile and seven-pointed cold look before entering the room, her heart almost jumps out of her throat Come.

Concubine Yi knelt down for an entire hour.

At Shenshi, there was no movement at the door of the imperial study room, Pinghuai Shi Shi walked out, the folding fan at his waist was stretched out in his hands at this moment, the surface of the fan was splashed with mountains and rivers, the artistic conception was magnificent, and the sun's rays seemed to be covered with a layer of gold flakes.

Jiang Chang, who was leaning on the pillar of the corridor, turned back and followed him, Ping Huai did not leave the corridor, stepped on the steps to the courtyard, stopped for a moment when passing by Concubine Yi, bowed his head and mocked: "World affairs Impermanence, good fortune tricks people, Concubine Yi."

He lifted his steps and walked again, laughing half-voiced with the wind.

Immediately Yi Fei couldn't help trembling all over her body, she stared at the tightly closed door ahead, waiting for an hour to be summoned, but at this moment she only wished that the door would never be opened, and the emperor inside would never appear.

But in vain, when Ping Huaizhen had half of his foot at the entrance of the courtyard, the prince also appeared from the royal study.

Wang Gonggong hurried to the courtyard to persuade: "Concubine Yi, please go back..."

Concubine Yi suddenly clenched his sleeve tightly.

Wang Gonggong shook his head and stepped back a few steps, the clothes broke free, leaving a mass of wrinkles.

Ping Huaizhen retracted his eyes, and stepped forward with the back foot.

On the way back to the palace, Jiang Chang endured not asking a single word. After some inquiring, he found out that Eunuch Wang had left for Qin Tianjian to ask Wen Zhiyuan for questioning. It is unknown what Emperor Hongxuan asked and what Wen Zhiyuan answered. I only know that after that, Wang Gonggong turned around and ordered Zhongshu Province to draft the imperial decree.

Once the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, without waiting for trial, he personally interrogated Emperor Hongxuan, demoted officials far away, and drove them away from the capital.

The Ministry of Punishment took the main responsibility, and the Ministry of Industry punished minor punishments and deducted fines from their salaries. As for the recruiters who repaired the city wall, they returned to their positions at the end of a farce, and it was a dream.

The forgiveness of those who accidentally destroyed the sacred cow was the result of Chen Zhihe pleading with Emperor Hongxuan as a sinner.

Emperor Hongxuan also had his own measure. He felt that the move to recruit security was originally a good policy, but it caused a catastrophe due to ineffective supervision. Now that the matter has come to this point, Liu Yin has already paid for his dereliction of duty. As Chen Zhihe said, it will make the situation of the court and the world even more difficult.What's more, in this matter, the sect borrowed by the Ministry of Household Affairs has done nothing wrong. It collected Qichun tax in just a few days, and the merits and demerits are offset.

From then on, all those recruited for security, those who wish to stay in the court can stay, and those who wish to return to the rivers and lakes can go, and the past will not be blamed.