The ritual to welcome the goddess lasted from the fourth watch to the fifth watch.
From the moment the ritual started, a golden light surged in the hall, and the golden light shining in the hall looked like daylight.
At the fifth clock, the sky outside the hall was bright, gradually reflecting in the hall, and the golden light in the hall was suppressed.
The eunuch Gong'e, who was holding a bronze mirror in the corner of the main hall, dropped his weak arms and quietly withdrew from the hall.
The golden light slowly dissipated.
The officials looked at the place where Zhao Heng was.
Everything was the same as before. Zhao Heng sat cross-legged, Crown Prince Zhao Beneficiary, and Queen Liu E also sat cross-legged.
The four dancing Taoists also took their seats separately.
The hundred officials did not see the goddess, only saw that in front of Zhao Heng, there was an extra gold plate inlaid with precious gems of various colors.
The golden plate is dazzling and brilliant.
In the belly of the golden pan, a cloud of white mist floated.
Under the white mist, there was a green gourd standing quietly.
One of the Taoists struck Zhao Heng as an inspector and congratulated him kindly: "Congratulations Dao brother, congratulations Dao brother, Dao brother's heart for the Tao touched God, and the goddess descended on blessings, and Dao brothers could live forever."
"Congratulations to Dao Dao!"
The other three Taoists slapped an inspector together.
The hundreds of officials made a salute and congratulated in unison, "Congratulations for the officials!"
When Zhao Heng heard this, he opened his eyes and smiled: "Well, the goddess blessed me, I feel inexplicable, and I will be able to thank you when I fly up to the immortal world in the future."
After a pause, Zhao Heng said regretfully: "It's a pity that I couldn't meet the goddess... As the supreme in the world, I should do my best to be a landlord and treat me well."
The Taoist sitting under Zhao Heng heard the words and said with a smile: "The gods are ethereal and elusive. Dao brothers can be favored by the gods and give blessings, and he has already envied others."
The Taoist hesitated for a moment, then glanced at each other with the other three Taoists, all with a wry smile.
"I waited for the four senior brothers to practice the Taoism for decades, but I didn't get the favor of the gods..."
Without comparison, there is no harm.
Comparing the experiences of the four Taoists, Zhao Heng felt more comfortable than eating ginseng fruit.
He beckoned to Zhou Huaizheng, and eagerly ordered: "Go and help me see what blessings the goddess has brought."
Zhou Huaizheng bowed and leaned forward to the golden plate, swept away the mist with a whisk, revealing the true face of a green-skin gourd.
Zhou Huaizheng was overjoyed when he saw this, "Officials, it's the elixir!"
"The elixir?"
Zhao Heng happily said: "Hurry up, take the golden and jade artifacts and hold the elixir."
Zhao Heng has been practicing Taoism for many years, and the gods he got are favored.
When encountering this kind of thing, he doesn't need to ask anyone to know what to do.
Zhou Huaizheng brought the golden and jade artifacts and filled out the green-skin gourd.
After opening the green gourd, a strong medicinal scent filled the inside.
Di Yao, six red elixir balls rolled onto the jade plate.
Zhao Heng stared at the elixir in the jade plate, a flash of greed flashed in his eyes.
After a long time, he forcibly resisted the greed in his heart and said quietly: "The road to eternal life is long, and I have become a god by myself. After ascending to the immortal world, it is inevitable that I will be alone...
Zhao Heng did not say everything.
But Baiguan had already heard what he meant.
This is to divide the elixir.
The hundreds of officials looked forward to it, hoping that Zhao Heng could share an elixir for them.
Although they knew that the elixir did not belong to them, their hearts were still full of hope.
really.
Zhao Heng began to divide the elixir.
"Give an elixir to the prince..."
"Give an elixir to the queen..."
"Give an elixir to... Kou Aiqing..."
"Give an elixir to Ding Aiqing..."
"Give an elixir to the Eight Emperor Brothers..."
Zhao Heng hesitated when he distributed the elixir of pill to Kou Zhun's head.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see a little way from Zhao Heng's order of dividing the elixir.
The sequence of this order represents their position in Zhao Heng's heart.
The elixir was divided into the hands of the five of them, and the five of them bowed and thanked them.
After Kou Zhun got the elixir, his eyes fell on Liu E.
After Ding Wei got the elixir, his eyes fell on Kou Zhun.
After Liu E got the elixir, his eyes fell on Kou Zhun and Ding Wei.
Zhao Yingyi held the elixir and looked at everyone curiously.
Among the five people who were given the elixir, only the Eighth Emperor Brother Zhao Heng said, staring straight ahead.
The brother of the Eight Emperors in Zhao Heng's mouth is Zhao Yuanyan.
The factor has a virtuous name, and he is also the eighth son of Taizong, so the folks call him the'eight kings'.
Zhao Yuanyan is only 40 years old, with square eyebrows, goat whiskers, and a jade belt in a python robe, which is quite majestic.
People who share the elixir have different expressions.
People who didn't get the elixir had a bad look.
Li Di saw Zhao Heng's eyes sharply.
The three Zaifu, the other two have elixir, but I don't have it
Are you looking down on me
Zhao Heng avoided Li Di's gaze and couldn't wait to take the last elixir from the jade plate that Zhou Huaizheng presented, and swallowed it down.
Then he looked at Li Di.
It seems to be telling him, don't worry about it, no more.
Li Di looked at Zhao Heng with a little more resentment.
The young crown prince Zhao Yiyi caught the expressions of the two of them in his eyes. He cleverly handed out the jade plate in his hand, and said: "This... the elixir of the palace, give it to... give it to your husband..."
When the Manchu civil and military heard this, they were all taken aback.
Li Di retracted his gaze to look at Zhao Heng, and bowed his long body to Zhao Beneficiary. "The prince has the filial piety of a teacher, and the minister feels inexplicable. Today, the great dynasty meets, and the prince’s heart is enough."
Upon seeing this, the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty saluted and said: "The prince is benevolent and filial, congratulate the official and the country."
Seeing this, Zhao Heng curled his lips, not knowing whether he should be happy or sad.
The son compared him down, and it stands to reason that he should be happy.
But he was not happy at all in his heart, even a little unhappy.
Congratulations from the Manchu civil and military.
Wang Shu suddenly went out of work.
"Start playing the official family, the official Wang Shu has the original plan to play."
Zhao Heng frowned.
What's the mess at this time
Haven't you seen my unhappy heart
"speak!"
Zhao Heng was not happy, and his speech became a little bit blunt.
Wang Shu took out a memorial from his cuff and handed it to Zhou Huaizheng, who was greeted by him, and then said: "The minister impeaches Wu Xian, impeaches Wu Xian, corrupts the law, abuses his brother, commits murder, seeks fortune and kills fifteen serious crimes."
Zhou Huaizheng handed Wang Shu's memorial to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng opened the memorial, and after counting Wu Xian's guilt, he handed the memorial to Liu E, frowning and saying, "Above my court, Is there such a wicked person?"
"The minister Zuo admonishes the doctor Wang Zeng, impeaches Wu Xian..."
"Chen..."
"..."
As soon as Zhao Heng spoke, seven or eight officials headed by Dr. Wang Zeng from Zuo Jianyi came out to impeach Wu Xian.
Zhao Heng was also taken aback when he saw this scene.
Putting aside Wang Shu, Kou Zhun's son-in-law, another count.
Wang Zeng had a lot of weight in Zhao Heng's heart, and was once cited as a confidant by Zhao Heng.