"Xianchang, I don't know what you mean by the astrological fate?" The Ming family was frightened when they heard it, but they were afraid that they would ask more and cause trouble for the two immortals. After holding it for a long time, Shen Ying, who was also a woman, spoke up. asked a question.
"Oh." The avenue chief looked up at the sky: "It's something that may change at any time. Bend over to pick up a leaf and say one more word, and it may change."
The Ming family was even more confused.
"One's life, but do good deeds, don't ask about the way forward." Dao Chang smiled: "Life and death have a fixed number, and there is no fixed number, all in one thought."
The Ming family understands that this is the realm of an expert. It doesn't matter if they don't understand, as long as Jiuzhu doesn't have an accident.
"The feng shui of the capital is not conducive to our cultivation, and we will return to Lingzhou tomorrow." The chief of the road followed the Ming family in Taoist rituals: "You don't have to entertain us, go and rest yourself."
"The two immortals, Jiuzhu misses you very much, please stay in the capital for a few days, and have a good time with Jiuzhu." Mingji saw that the two immortals were about to leave, and said to hold back: "I will go to the palace tomorrow morning. Send a letter and let Jiuzhu go out of the palace to meet you."
"Tomorrow's matter, wait until tomorrow, go to sleep first." The chief of the road yawned. This is not good for the people in the capital. One can stay up late compared to the other.
"Don't dare to disturb the rest of the immortals, please go this way." Ming Jiyuan was relieved, and the two immortals did not leave directly, indicating that they wanted to see Jiuzhu.
As soon as the dawn broke, Jiuzhu woke up from her dream. She looked at the gorgeous bed tent, and then she suddenly came back to her senses.
"Wake up so early?" Yun Duqing put his arms around her waist and said vaguely, "Sleep a little longer."
"Your Highness, I dreamed of Master."
Hearing the longing and depression in Jiuzhu's tone, Yun Duqing opened her eyes, sat up and wrapped herself and Jiuzhu with the quilt: "Did you miss them?"
"I dreamed that they were carrying a big pot of medicine, and they chased after me desperately." Jiu Zhu shuddered: "The last time I had such a terrible dream was when I secretly poured the medicine."
"Ming Xiaozhu, you were quite skinny when you were young, and you even dared to pour medicine secretly." Seeing her guilty appearance, Yun Duqing reached out and ruffled her long hair: "Sleep for another half an hour, and I will accompany you later. Go home to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
"Okay." Jiu Zhu rolled towards his chest in a daze, and lay back on the bed, not forgetting to pull up the quilt to cover Yun Duqing's exposed arm.
After being tossed by her like this, Yun Duqing didn't feel sleepy. He turned his head to look at Ming Xiaozhu, who was sleeping peacefully and soundly. He laughed angrily.
He put on his clothes lightly, and ordered Yang Yiduo to prepare a carriage. He wanted to go to Ming's house with the Crown Princess.
"His Royal Highness," Yang Yiduo said hesitantly, "You just took the crown prince and went to Ming Shilang's house with your concubine. I am afraid that other courtiers will think that you are close to the Yue family."
"Is it still necessary for them to think about this kind of thing?" Yun Duqing asked arrogantly, "Isn't it true?"
Yang Yiduo was shocked by His Royal Highness's righteousness and was speechless for a long time.
Having said that, sometimes it's okay to… not be so explicit.
"His Royal Highness, the officials of the Zhan Shifu have been selected, do you want to meet them today?" Yang Yiduo abandoned the question just now and turned to the newly formed Zhanshifu.
It stands to reason that the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion will also choose a few confidants of the prince to come in, but since their highness has just become the prince and has no habit of raising advisers and disciples, all the officials in the entire Zhanshi mansion are entirely controlled by His Majesty and The officials decided, but His Highness himself didn't bother at all.
"Even if I don't see you, I can guess that they are all acquaintances in the capital. Seeing and not seeing is the same thing. There is no need to toss people back and forth." Yun Duqing waved his hand generously: "Just wait until they are on duty in three days to see you again. ."
It is said that there are three fires for new officials to take office. Your Highness, are you too lazy to even set fires
"Okay, the little one will send someone to the residence of the adults to speak."
The officials who were about to go to Zhan Shifu heard that His Royal Highness was not in a hurry to see them, not only did not feel relieved, but even more uneasy.
The Ministry of Officials and His Majesty arranged for them to serve in the Prince's Mansion, but the Prince was unwilling to see them in advance. I wonder if he was dissatisfied with them, or did he not trust their abilities
Those who can stay in the capital as officials are the easiest to think about. After thinking about it, they couldn't come up with an answer. They could only cheer up and wait for the prince to show their skills in the Zhanshifu of the prince and let the prince treat him differently.
Yun Duqing, who had been speculated by countless Zhan Shifu officials, had already taken a carriage, came to the gate of Ming's house with Jiuzhu, and met Ming Jiyuan, who was about to enter the palace to spread a message.
"Sister, you came back just in time." Ming Jiyuan was overjoyed: "Your master is in our house, go and meet them!"
Ming Xiaozhu's master is here
Yun Duqing subconsciously lowered his head to look at what he was wearing today to see if there was anything inappropriate.
Hearing that the master had arrived in the capital, Jiuzhu pulled Yun Duqing and was about to rush towards the gate, but she pulled him but didn't.
"Your Highness?" She turned to look at him in surprise.
"Ah, it's alright, let's go." Yun Duqing straightened his clothes and was about to walk into the house gracefully, but Jiuzhu pulled him like a gust of wind and blew into the inner courtyard of Ming's house.
"Master, Second Master!" Seeing the masters, Jiuzhu let go of his hand and flew into the arms of the two Taoist priests who were having breakfast.
The two priests raised the bowl with one hand and held Jiuzhu with the other, and the porridge in the bowl did not spill a single bit: "Slow down, don't let the porridge spill."
"I miss you so much." Jiu Zhu didn't care what kind of porridge, and rubbed against the two of them.
Yun Duqing helped the crown, straightened his sleeves, walked in front of the two, and bowed to the younger generation: "Junior Yun Duqing, I have met two masters."
"His Royal Highness, don't be too polite." The chief of the road pushed Jiuzhu onto the chair and sat down, took a cake from the table and stuffed it in her hand, then turned to Yun Duqing with a smile and nod: "Your Highness, please take your seat."
Although the two were Taoists from the mountains, they were neither humble nor arrogant in the face of Yun Duqing.
"Jiuzhu often mentions His Highness in the letter." The Second Daoist also took a piece and handed it to Yun Duqing, and his actions were exactly the same as when the Daoist had coaxed Jiuzhu: "A hundred things are better than seeing them, Your Highness is in good spirits and looks good. "
"Thank you for your compliment, Master." Yun Duqing brought a stool, squeezed next to Jiuzhu and sat down, holding the cakes that the second master gave him and began to nibble.
The Ming family looked at each other and left the house silently, leaving the house to the two masters and Jiuzhu Yunduqing.
"I'm fat." Er Daochang pinched the baby fat on Jiuzhu's face: "It seems that you have a good meal after returning to Beijing."
"Second Master, the elders of other people's families like to say they are thin when they see their children." Jiu Zhu covered her face and hid her head in Yun Duqing's arms.
Yun Duqing smiled politely at Er Daochang, and covered Jiuzhu with his wide sleeves.
"Tsk." Er Daochang withdrew his hand and continued to lower his head to eat rice.
The chief avenue noticed Yun Duqing's actions to protect Jiuzhu without hesitation, and put down his chopsticks: "Seeing that you are doing well, my second master and I are relieved, and we will leave for Lingzhou in two days."
"Master." Jiuzhu reached out and grabbed her sleeve: "You and the second master will stay in the capital for a while longer, okay?"
"The feng shui of the capital is not good." The avenue chief looked at Yun Duqing calmly: "I'm not used to your second master."
"You entered the capital this time to see how I am doing?" Lingzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the two masters traveled through mountains and rivers just to see her.
"You think it's quite beautiful." Er Daochang stretched out his hand to poke Jiuzhu's forehead, and seeing Yun Duqing's distressed appearance that he couldn't stop him, he bent his finger and gently tapped on her head: "Someone spends a lot of money to invite us Do something, and we'll drop by to see you."
Jiuzhu didn't believe it, the two masters were too lazy to wash the dishes, how could they go so far to do things for others in order to make money.
But she didn't dismantle it, just reached out and gently pulled the hands of the two masters.
"Little Pig, you have a good talk with the two masters, and I'll go out and talk to my father-in-law." Yun Duqing stood up, bowed to the two priests, and when he closed the door for them, he saw the eyes of the two priests. In the middle, it is full of love for Jiuzhu.
He didn't go to Ming Jingzhou, but stood under the pomegranate tree in the yard, looked up at the pomegranate flower that had already bloomed, and smiled softly.
Standing outside the yard, Ming Jiyuan noticed this scene and stopped when he was about to step into the yard. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and came under the fence of the yard, and called Ming Cunfu, who was studying hard with a book, across the wall.
"Third brother, if you have anything to say, don't delay me in entering the imperial examination." Ming Cunfu leaned against the wall, but his eyes did not leave the book.
"It's nothing, I just want to find someone to stand with me."
Look at how pitiful a man without a wife is, without anyone to accompany him.
"What kind of eyes are you looking at?" Ming Jiyuan raised his eyebrows.
"Worshiping eyes." Ming Cunfu glanced at the corner of the wall that was crushed by Ming Jiyuan, and swallowed, "Brother, this is because you envy you for being admitted to the imperial examination, unlike me, who is locked in the yard every day. Study hard."
"You said..." Ming Jiyuan didn't care about him: "What is destiny?"
"Fate?" Ming Cunfu's mind was confused by the endorsement of the book. Hearing this sentence, he said without thinking: "Probably got up in the morning and was hungry and wanted to eat buns but only had dumplings, or if you wanted to eat buns, there were buns. Eat. The former is regret, the latter is consummation.”
"You're right." Ming Jiyuan suddenly nodded: "Sixth brother, see you."
Looking at Ming Jiyuan who turned and left, Ming Cunfu was confused, what kind of stimulation did the third brother get
"Mother, Du Qingke sent someone to bring this thing." King Jing put a book in Wei Jieyu's hand: "He said what happened yesterday was because the servants were ineffective, not what he wanted, here is you. want something."
Wei Jieyu sneered, she wouldn't believe a word of Du Qingke's words.
Open the book, this is a book of words.
It is written in the book that two bloodlines left over from the previous dynasties, became a monk, raised an apprentice, let the apprentice seduce the prince, and finally disrupted the dynasty and took revenge for the ancestors.
"What a mess..."
Wei Jieyu closed the book and was about to throw it away when suddenly she looked very excited and turned to look at King Jing: "My son, you said that if someone assassinated the Empress and all the evidence pointed to Ming Jiuzhu, what would happen?"
King Jing was about to speak when Wei Jieyu raised her hand to interrupt him: "No, there is also Du Qingke. If I remember correctly, the Du family is an old family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Before the previous dynasty died, they were already Noble family."
It is a good show that the head of the aristocratic family joins forces with the Crown Princess to avenge the revenge of the previous dynasty, which had already perished for two hundred years.
Involved by Ming Jiuzhu, it is impossible for Yun Duqing to become the next emperor.
"In a few days, it will be the mango seed. The emperor and Su Meidai will go to the outskirts of Beijing to participate in the Anmiao sacrifice ceremony." Wei Jieyu kept the book still in the brazier and watched it burn to ashes: "Tell Du Qingke and let him arrange the assassins. Well, I will arrange for someone to work with him inside and out."
"Mother concubine, the royal father and Queen Su are surrounded by many guards. I am afraid that the assassination will not be successful."
"It doesn't matter whether it is successful or not, what matters is that the main messengers of this assassination are Ming Jiuzhu and Du Qingke." Wei Jieyu took a pot of tea and poured it on the burnt ashes: "If Empress Su can die at the hands of the assassins , I will be happier when the prince and the prince concubine turn against each other."
"My concubine's meaning, my son understands." On King Jing's dull and mediocre face, the coldness was not concealed in the slightest.
Under the obsession of Jiuzhu, the day when the two priests left Beijing was set after the Mangjong Festival.
What moved them was the food on the day of the Mang Chung Festival.
Cultivation people do not have a heavy appetite, they are not called gluttony, they are called tastes of the world.
The Anmiao sacrificial ceremony of the Mangjing Festival is to pray for the harvest of the grain and the safety of the people, so it is very lively every day.
Empress Su put on a phoenix robe, and when she was picking out her jewelry, she saw in the box a peach wood gourd carved by Jiu Zhu herself.
The peach wood gourd was round and lovely. She picked up the gourd and tied it around her waist.
"Niangniang, wearing this today... Wouldn't it be inappropriate?"
"Why is it inappropriate?" Empress Su touched the gourd and said with a smile: "Today, I will worship and pray to the heavens. This gourd has a good meaning. It is full of good fortune when worn on the body, and it has a good meaning."
Fragrant silk smiled: "Yes, yes, the things that the Crown Princess carved by herself are naturally good. Wearing it, all evils will not invade, and every evil will turn into good, full of good fortune and auspiciousness."
Everyone in the Mingyue Palace knew that the Empress liked the Crown Princess very much, so the palace people who were serving them all laughed when they heard this.
The atmosphere was very happy.
"Don't laugh anymore, go to the Qilin Palace to see if the Crown Princess is ready." Empress Su said with a smile: "This is the first time the Crown Princess has participated in this kind of sacrificial ceremony, and I will let the Ritual Officer arrange the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince. Stand behind me. I will take care of Du Qing so that she won't be nervous."
After speaking, she lowered her head and rubbed the peach gourd around her waist: "By the way, prepare an extra set of clothes for them. After the Anmiao sacrifice, some newlyweds will fight in the mud. I see that the two of them will definitely join forces. It's lively."