Yin and Yang Taoist Code

Leaving aside the imperial palace and Mu Mansion, the most heavily guarded area in the imperial capital is the Imperial Ancestor Altar.

The saints and ancestors of the Yuwen royal family are enshrined here, and the oldest among them can be traced back to the dark years more than 10,000 years ago. Except for the resident priests, only the Celestial Master can enter the entire Imperial Ancestral Altar without asking for permission. Others, including the princes and princesses, are not allowed to come without Emperor Yan's permission. Violators shall be punished with serious crimes.

It wasn't until Emperor Yanling ascended the throne that there was an additional national preceptor on the list of passers-by at the Imperial Ancestor Altar, namely Mr. Wen.

This action made many people secretly wonder, because there has never been a national master in Dayan's past history. Mr. Wen first took over the Supervision Department, and was later granted the title of Imperial Advisor as an exception. Now he has become a frequent visitor to the Imperial Ancestral Altar. The Yanling Emperor's intentions are well known to everyone. This is obviously an attempt to create a system that can check and balance Mu Jiatian. A teacher.

In addition, Wen Lao and the other four elders also practiced Yan Dao, and it was rumored that they were the rubbings of the Mu family's Yan technique. This made many people at the time firmly believe that there must be a civil strife in Dayan.

But the result was unexpected. The Heavenly Master could not leave the seclusion, the Imperial Master was orderly and consistent with the Mu family, and the Yanling Emperor never showed an obvious attitude. It seemed that the matter was just a normal appointment and dismissal, and Dayan was calm for hundreds of years. Over the years, many people have let go of this matter and have almost forgotten about it.

Until today, after hundreds of years apart, Mu Fangli, the then Heavenly Master of the Mu family, returned to the altar of the Imperial Ancestor, and this long-standing memory was suddenly brought back.

Mu Fangli couldn't come out of seclusion, and the post of Heavenly Master fell on him one after another. Therefore, he was absent from the past sacrificial activities at the Imperial Ancestor Altar, which were all handled by the National Master Wen Lao.

But today, during the canonization ceremony of Prince Dayan, Master Mu Tian came in person, and Mr. Wen also came. The two of them bumped into each other. It was very interesting to see who would be the officiant.

"You go down, I'll take care of today's affairs."

Mu Fangli was very straightforward and ordered his subordinates to send Mr. Wen away.

Mr. Wen did not get angry, and kept a polite smile and said: "Master Mu Tian, ​​my emperor feels sorry for your hard work, so he has already handed over this ceremony to the lower official, so it is better for the lower official to preside over the ceremony."

With a slight snort, Mu Fangli said quietly: "It is Dayan's law that the chief priest of all sacrifices should be a heavenly master. Don't you know?"

Wen Lao's smile did not change: "But you haven't come to retreat for these hundreds of years of sacrificial activities."

"You are assigning me, aren't you?" Mu Fangli's eyes turned cold.

"Of course not. How dare I appoint you? What I mean is that you haven't dealt with this matter for hundreds of years. I'm afraid you may be unfamiliar with some of the details, so I want to be the officiant today. Let me remind you, secondly, it is impossible to disobey the emperor's order, and I hope the Heavenly Master will allow it!"

Mu Fangli's eyes turned cold: "Are you saying you want to teach me?"

"Of course not, the Heavenly Master is overly worried."

After Mr. Wen finished speaking, he stood up with a smile on his face. No matter how hard Mu Fangli looked, he never gave in. He always had a polite and humble smile on his face.

Seeing that Mr. Wen insisted on not retreating, Mu Fangli frowned, turned his eyes and saw Da Fengchang who was waiting quietly, and immediately grabbed him.

"Tell me, should I be the officiant today, or should he be the one?"

Da Fengchang broke out in cold sweat and turned pale.

Logically speaking, he, the Great Fengchang, should be the chief priest. Unfortunately, there is a Celestial Master in Dayan, so he, the Great Fengchang, becomes a transparent person. Every time he performs sacrifices, he works as a chore for the Celestial Master.

Later, the Heavenly Master went into seclusion. He thought that the opportunity would come, but unexpectedly, another Imperial Master descended from the sky. He was still a high-ranking, insignificant and transparent person. He even suspected that Emperor Yanling had forgotten his name.

Today the Celestial Master and the National Master bumped into each other, and he finally had a little spice in his boring life. He originally wanted to sit on a mountain and watch the tiger watch a good show, but who would have thought that the Heavenly Master would push him to the forefront with just one word.

Looking to the left, Master Mu Tian stared intently. He swallowed secretly and looked to his right. The Imperial Master also looked at him with a gentle smile, but that smile made him feel cold.

Seeing that both of them were waiting for his answer, he hesitated for a few times and then gritted his teeth, bowed and said respectfully: "I think the emperor's order should be respected!"

He didn't say it directly, but he also gave the answer.

Respecting the emperor's order, isn't that the national teacher Wen Lao?

He was not stupid. He knew that he could not afford to offend even the Celestial Master, but the one he could not afford to offend the most was Emperor Yan.

If you offend the Celestial Master, you can only give him a shoe to wear. If you offend Emperor Yan, you are disobeying the Sacred Heart, which is fatal!

Nodding slightly to Dafengchang, Mr. Wen looked at Mu Fangli with a smile: "Master Mu Tian, ​​look..."

"Today is my grandson's big day, and if you screw it up... Humph!"

With a flick of his sleeves, Mu Fangli turned and left.

Looking at his back, Mr. Wen bowed and said: "Farewell to Master Mu Tian!"

There are vignettes inside, as well as outside.

Sitting on the chariot with no walls on all sides and walking all the way, Li Chuyi was in an extremely bad mood.

Thinking that after the ceremony, he would have to ride this kind of chariot around the imperial capital for three days, letting everyone in the city see this handsome face, he felt that the world in front of him was dark.

This is not a prince, this is not a monkey!

He originally thought this was the ultimate, but when he got off the bus outside the Imperial Ancestor Altar, he felt even worse.

Officials of all sizes were waiting in line. He glanced at Yu Yao and saw Yu Yao. Seeing her standing quietly next to Yuwen Taihao with a smile, his heart suddenly stopped and he suddenly had mixed feelings.

Seeing him coming, Yuwen Taihao came with a group of princes and princesses to greet him. There were singles and pairs in the group, but he only had eyes for Yuwen Taihao and Yu Yao in the front. Seeing the two of them coming with smiles, he suddenly became angry and raised his foot to greet them.

Just after taking a step, the little monkey chased after him with a low voice.

"Your Highness, you can't move. Wait for them to come to greet you..."

The voice stopped abruptly. Li Chuyi suddenly turned back and looked at him coldly. He swore that he saw the murderous intent in the other's eyes. The bone-chilling chill made the rest of the words stuck in his throat. He lowered his head deeply and dared not say another word.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Li Chuyi turned around and left.

The princes and princesses who came to greet him were all stunned. They didn't know whether he did it on purpose or really didn't know the rules.

Yuwen Taihao was not surprised at all. He smiled slightly and quickened his pace. He came close to Li Chuyi in a few steps.

"There are countless people who are eager to become the crown prince in Dayan's history, but you are the only one who is so blatant." Yuwen Taihao teased, but Li Chuyi was in no mood to respond. He turned his head and looked at Yu Yao, frowning and said, "Why are you here too?" "The emperor asked me to come." Yu Yao replied softly. Li Chuyi's heart sank. "The emperor" is not only a title, but also an attitude. Yu Yao used to call him the emperor, but now she calls him the emperor. I'm afraid she has already... "Have you thought about it?" Li Chuyi asked. Glancing at Yuwen Taihao, Yu Yao smiled and nodded, and the firmness in his eyes made Li Chuyi sigh secretly. "Big brother..." "Congratulations, big brother..." The other princes and princesses surrounded him. Li Chuyi was in a bad mood and had no time to deal with them. He didn't even look at them and walked through them coldly, leaving the princes and princesses awkwardly frozen in place, with a slightly ugly face. Li Chuyi didn't care about them at all. He ignored the little monkey's tearful dissuasion and walked straight to the officials. He stopped in front of Wang Dachuan under everyone's stunned gaze.

Although he knew what he was going to do, Wang Dachuan was still shocked. He thought they should have a very obscure way to talk to each other, not so openly.

"Your subordinate Wang Dachuan pays respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness Qian..."

"Stop talking nonsense, where is the person?"

"Your Highness, can you keep your voice down..."

"I didn't shout, what are you afraid of? Besides, is there anything shameful about this?"

"This..."

With a bitter smile, Wang Dachuan quickly got back to the point, leaned forward and whispered: "Your Highness, the person has been brought out, but it is not convenient to bring him here in this occasion. Your Highness can send someone to the Supervisory Department to pick him up later."

"No need to wait later, it's now!"

Li Chuyi didn't want to wait any longer, turned around and called Li Sinian: "Fourth Uncle, Hai Wufeng has been brought out, please go to the Supervisory Department to pick him up."

"Okay, I'll go now!"

Li Chuyi turned around and left, but was stopped by Li Chuyi again.

"Wait a minute, take Heizi with you, just in case those bastards cheat you'll have a helper."

Xiao Erhei was so happy, he had a bigger headache than Li Chuyi about those etiquettes, and was just worrying about what to do in a while. When he heard this, he immediately jumped on top of Li Sinian's head.

"Go, go, go, go quickly, I'm almost suffocating!"

Li Sinian smiled bitterly, letting him pull his hair like a rein, and followed Wang Dachuan out of the Royal Ancestor Altar.

Half relieved, Li Chuyi turned back and nodded gently at Yu Yao.

Yu Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, and then quickly covered with a layer of mist. Hai Wufeng was her biggest knot, and if he could save her, her wish would be more than half fulfilled.

Suddenly, a low bell sounded, and everyone's face became solemn, and Yuwen Tianhao also came over solemnly.

"Get ready to enter the venue, do you know the rules?"

"I guess so." Li Chuyi said ambiguously, scaring the little monkey behind him half to death.

It would be fine if the Zhenxi King heard this, but if the Zhenxi King spread it to the ears of the Yanling Emperor, he would be guilty.

"Don't be afraid, the rules are dead, but people are alive. I will remind you later. As long as you do it generally right, no one will blame you for small mistakes." Yuwen Taihao comforted.

Li Chuyi sneered and glanced at him: "Do you think I care?"

He shook his head helplessly, then his face straightened and motioned Yu Yao to go to the family line. Yuwen Taihao stood solemnly on Li Chu's side, and behind him were the princes and princesses in order.

When the singing of the entrance came from afar, Li Chuyi sighed and followed the guard of honor to walk into the altar. After that came the King of Zhenxi, the princes and princesses, then the civil and military officials, and finally the families of the officials and the nobles of Dayan, such as the Nalan family and the Zhao family. Most of the nobles in the imperial capital came.

In the Nalan family's team, Nalan Mingyue stood beside her grandfather Nalan Duo, looking at the small figure in a yellow robe in the distance, with a dark glance at the corner of her mouth. She looked at the King of Zhenxi behind him again, and then turned her head slightly to glance at Yu Yao, the head of the family, with a corner of her eye, and her eyes dimmed.

Some things are destined to be unattainable.

Or it should be said that they are over before they even begin.

This is the saddest thing.

Sighing, Nalan Mingyue forced herself to cheer up.

Since you can't get it, just watch silently.

If you can't be a couple, it's good to be a close friend.

"Mingyue, what's wrong? Why are you in a bad mood?"

Grandpa's voice came, and Nalan Mingyue smiled and shook her head: "No, I'm in a good mood, but a little bored."

After glancing at Li Chuyi in the distance, Nalanduo thought he understood something. He smiled playfully and said dotingly: "Don't be anxious, Grandpa will make the decision for you. I'll make the decision as soon as the matter here is over." Go find your Grandpa Mu, Grandpa will definitely help you..."

Listening to Nalanduo talking about his "big plan", Nalan Mingyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, her heart felt warm and a little bitter at the same time.

Some things are destined to be understood by very few people.

Li Chuyi can do it, but it's a pity that his grandfather doesn't understand.