"Although Feng's life is good, it is a pity that he is imprisoned for a lifetime."
Shen Miao's footsteps stopped suddenly, she frowned and looked at the Taoist priest and asked, "What did you say?"
The Taoist priest turned his head proudly and began to sing a little tune.
Jing Zhe said, "Don't take it to heart, girl, maybe it's a liar who is talking nonsense." Although I don't know how people in the sect came to the important place of Buddhism, the Taoist looked very serious, let alone ordinary. With a long immortal style, I just want to say it casually, just like those charlatans on the street.
Shen Miao looked at the front, Luo Xueyan and Luo Tan had already entered, but behind her, several guards followed and never stepped forward. She thought for a while, then sat down on the small wooden bench in front of the Taoist stall, and said, "I want to do a fortune-telling."
"Pin Dao's hexagram is very precious."
Before she finished speaking, Shen Miao took out a golden peanut from her bag, which was what Madam Su gave her in the purse before. Probably because I was afraid that it would be too expensive and abrupt, it was a purse full of golden peanuts, which was convenient for shopping.
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were a little anxious when they saw it. The most expensive fortune-telling on the street was only a few taels of silver, so why take golden peanuts? But what Shen Miao decided had no room for turning around. The two maids were in a hurry, but they were helpless.
Shen Miao said, "If you are right, this golden peanut will belong to you. If it is not right, I will let the yamen arrest you in the name of bluffing and cheating."
The Taoist accepted the golden peanut with a smile, took out a lottery from behind, shook it and handed it to Shen Miao, smiled, "Miss draw two lottery."
"Why do you want to smoke two?" Gu Yu couldn't help but ask: "I usually only need to smoke one, could it be..." She suddenly realized: "One is safe, and the other is marriage?"
Luo Xueyan began to worry about Shen Miao's life-long affairs, so she also reminded the maidservant beside Shen Miao. Jing Zhe Gu Yu knew that the most important thing for Shen Miao to come to the ordinary temple was to throw the red rope on the marriage tree, seeing that the Taoist priest wanted Shen Miao to draw two lots, he naturally thought of this one.
The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Fortune-telling."
"Why does fortune-telling require two signs?" Jing Zhe was puzzled.
The Taoist priest looked at Shen Miao, stroked his beard and said with a mysterious smile, "Young lady's fate, one lot is not complete."
Shen Miao's heart moved, and seeing the Taoist priest's confident appearance, she silently took the lottery, shook it, and the two lottery fell to the ground with a click.
The Taoist turned the lottery to see that Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were both a little nervous. The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Trying the phoenix in the cage, life is in danger and misfortune will stop. In front of the guillotine, there is an empty camp." He said, "This is a great murder!"
As soon as these words came out, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu both changed their expressions, what is a great murderer, what is a guillotine? Jing Zhe said: "Well, you fake Taoist priest, who are you trying to deceive you with nonsense? I think you are a liar, and I'm going to report to the official!"
"Hey, hey," the Taoist said, "what's the hurry, why can't the little girl hold her breath? There's still a lottery for this."
Shen Miao's heart was pounding.
The trapped phoenix cage is where she was trapped in the cold palace in the nine-layered palace, struggling to no avail. A disaster happened to implicate others, and the Shen family was wiped out, so why not a guillotine. And she worked hard and worked hard for Fu Xiuyi to secure the throne. In the end, it was not a waste, and what Fu Xiuyi returned to her was only three feet of white silk. Even Wan Yu and Fu Ming couldn't survive, he couldn't stay anything, how could it be nothing
Shen Miao said, "The Taoist priest will look at another lottery for me."
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were a little anxious and could not figure out why Shen Miao looked down on this Taoist priest and even let this Taoist priest show her another lottery.
The Taoist smiled, picked up another lottery, glanced at Shen Miao, stroked his beard as usual, and then slowly said, "No Jitaisheng, the purple energy is coming from the east, auspicious. Sign up!"
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were originally afraid that the Taoist priest would say something unlucky again. This has been closed in recent years. Everyone was afraid that unlucky words would lead to bad luck. Seeing him say this, they were relieved. Jing Zhe sneered and said, "I'll just say it's a liar, one for the murder, the other for the lucky, so what is the sign that is true?"
"The two signatures are true." The Taoist said: "If you don't believe me, ask your lady, did the poor man lie?"
Shen Miao moved in her heart and said, "Jing Zhe Gu Yu, you go to the guards first, I have something to say to the Taoist priest alone."
Jing Zhe wanted to persuade him a few words, but he still felt that this Taoist priest was a liar. Nai He Gu Yu shook his head at her and pulled her aside to make room for Shen Miao and the Taoist priest to talk with peace of mind.
Shen Miao frowned and looked at the Taoist priest, "Does the Taoist priest know something."
The Taoist said without looking back while packing the fortune-tellers: "I look at the girl's face, she is a very noble person. Looking at the girl's fate, it is Feng Ming's return. She should have a prosperous life, jade food and brocade clothes. It's a pity... but... changed lives."
Shen Miao said, "What changed fate?" Her voice was a little hurried.
The Taoist priest stopped his movements, looked at her, and said: "The girl's fate is very strange, there will be a big catastrophe in her life, and after this catastrophe, her life will be smooth, but the first lottery drawn by the girl, this catastrophe is not. Never had."
“What is my robbery?” Shen Miao asked.
"One real phoenix, one fake phoenix. The fake phoenix robbed the real phoenix of luck and good fortune, and the real phoenix was imprisoned instead."
Shen Miao only felt that her heart was about to jump out of her throat. The real phoenix and the fake phoenix mean that she is the real phoenix. As for the fake phoenix, could it be Mrs. Mei, Mrs. Mei gave birth to Fu Sheng, and Fu Xiuyi loved Fu Sheng so much. When Fu Ming died in her previous life, she died too Fu Xiuyi should have made Mrs. Mei as the empress. With Fu Xiuyi's love for Fu Sheng, he might pass the throne to Fu Sheng.
This doesn't mean that he was killed!
Shen Miao said, "The Taoist priest is talking about the first lottery, in the second lottery, can I survive my calamity?"
"With the girl's ability, it is impossible." The Taoist head shook his head and said, "But the girl is lucky, and there are noble people in her life to help."
“Noble person?” Shen Miao asked, “Who is my noble person?”
"This noble person has a fate with you, and it is the fate of the fierce dragon. The fierce dragon is in the sky, and the imprisoned phoenix is in the cage. He can save you, and you can also resolve his hostility. If you meet this person, take advantage of his power, and the girl's life will be reborn. If you lose something, you will gain something.”
Shen Miao asked, "Where is this noble person? How can I find him?"
The Taoist priest smiled: "It's far in the sky, and it's right in front of you."
This is not to say more. Shen Miao's eyes flickered and she asked, "There is another question, ordinary people can only draw one lottery, but why do I have two lottery? Is this the will of God?"
She was reborn, and every time she thought about it, there was always a sense of unreality. I was afraid that when she woke up one day, she would still be in the lonely cold palace. All this was just a dream she had. Since this strange Taoist priest who did not know where he came from is somewhat accurate, he may also know that he may not know at all.
"Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are regarded as slander. The girl's two lottery is someone who asks for the girl."
“Someone?” Shen Miao grasped the key point in the Taoist priest’s words: “Who is that person?”
"It's someone who owes you a lot." The Taoist stood up from the ground, patted the dust on his clothes, and said, "The secret must not be leaked. Today, Pindao and the girl have leaked too much, and it will be a blessing. Girl. Don't ask again, and remember: the past is like a dream, don't get entangled, or it will be extremely prosperous, and the purple energy will come from the east."
After he said that, he fluttered the dust and walked away with great strides.
Shen Miao stood there in a daze until Jing Zhe and Gu Yu came to the side, Jing Zhe said, "It's weird, I don't know where it came from, is there no one to care about this Putuo Temple?"
However, Shen Miao felt that she had glimpsed some secrets that she could not express in her heart.
Just as he was thinking, Luo Xueyan and Luo Tan came out from inside.
Luo Tan held a small basket in her hand, on top of which was a large purse linked by red ropes, and said with a smile, "Little cousin, let's go, let's hang the red rope. Why are you behind?"
Luo Xueyan also said: "Just now I heard that there is a master lecture in the meditation room, and I wanted to ask you to come and listen, but when I looked back, I saw that you were behind, and I didn't know what to do. It was delayed for so long, do you still want to listen to it now? "
Shen Miao just listened to the call from the Taoist priest, her mind was surprisingly confused, where did she still have the mind to listen to some monk's sermons, she shook her head and said, "Don't go."
“Then let’s hang the red rope first.” Luo Tan was very excited and dragged Shen Miao and walked forward.
In the meditation room that Luo Xueyan passed by before, the old monk knocked on the wooden fish for a while, and the young monk asked, "Master, it's past noon. Didn't Master come as he said, will he still come?"
Master Guanzhen stood up from the futon where he was meditating, shook his head and said, "I won't come."
"Don't come?" The little monk was taken aback: "Why?"
"She met someone else."
The little monk was puzzled: "Why didn't he come when he met other people. Didn't Master wait for him here on purpose? If he didn't come, wouldn't the waiting for these days be wasted."
"It doesn't matter." Master Guanzhen folded his hands together: "She also met someone who was destined."
"This is cause and effect."
Shen Miao and Luo Tan went out and came under the bond tree.
The relationship tree itself is a huge osmanthus tree, which is extremely sturdy, but now it is almost impossible to see the branches and branches, all of which are covered by purses hanging from red threads on the tree.
Luo Ling and Shen Qiu still didn't come, after all, this was for women. Luo Tan grabbed a red rope and handed it to Shen Miao, saying, "Little cousin wrote her name on the purse and then threw it on the tree, if it was hung up, it means that Yue Lao heard your prayer and would know what to do. The marriage has been arranged for you.” After speaking, she shoved a large amount of red rope into Shen Miao’s hands and said, “Little cousin takes more, the more you take, the more likely you will be able to hang it.”
Shen Miao silently watched Luo Tang write her name on the rest of the purse with great interest. However, my daughter's family probably believes this very much, so why can't they get good luck. Luo Xueyan also said, "Jiaojiao writes some and throws it up, don't be afraid."
Shen Miao looked at the basket of red ropes with some nitpicky, but it was not enough for Luo Tan and Luo Xueyan, so she had to pick one and write her name on the purse.
Seeing this, Luo Tan said, "Little cousin, you have taken too little. You can't throw this one up. Take a few more and these will be enough."
Luo Xueyan also said, "Jiaojiao, one is not enough."
Shen Miao felt that she didn't want to throw any of them, and at this moment she was thinking about the Taoist priest's words over and over again, how could she have other thoughts to do this, so she just threw it away casually.
"If you absolutely won't be able to hang it, you should still... Hey, why did you hang up?" Luo Tan exclaimed in surprise.
Luo Xueyan was also extremely surprised. Generally speaking, the more red ropes are thrown up, the more likely it is that they will hang on branches. Who knew that Shen Miao would throw it casually and hang it up. Not only that, but it is also a tall branch that hangs firmly, so that it will not fall off even if it is hit by wind and rain.
“Little cousin, you are too lucky!” Luo Tan grabbed Shen Miao’s arm and said excitedly, “Look at the tall branches, it means that the one you want to marry must be a dragon and a phoenix among people. , the branches hang stably, indicating that this marriage is very secure and very good!"
Who doesn't like to hear the words of luck, Luo Xueyan also smiled and said, "Jiaojiao throws it well, I also said that if you can't hang it, I'll try to help you hang it up."
"But there are still many branches around this branch," Luo Tan rubbed her chin and explained solemnly, "These branches are all extending toward the little cousin's purse. What does this mean? It means that there is more than one little cousin. A marriage. Sister-in-law, this is a good thing, there are women in the family who ask for it! The future brother-in-law will have a lot of hard work in the future!" Luo Tan giggled.
Shen Miao said, “It’s nonsense.” But in her heart she remembered the strange sentence of the Taoist priest: the eyes are blue, the peach blossoms are difficult. I can't help but feel up and down in my heart, is it really said? In the bottom of my heart, I secretly despised myself for a while, and now I haven't even seen a single peach blossom leaf. Where did the peach blossom come from? In other words, Luo Tan said nonsense, and she took it seriously.
The day went by extremely fast, and Luo Tan later hung up a lot of her own red ropes, worshipped the Buddha, put on incense, donated some incense, and used the vegetarian dishes in the temple before returning. When they returned to the Shen residence, it was already evening, and everyone was tired for another day, so they rested early.
Shen Miao thought over and over again what the Taoist priest said in the daytime.
In the face of disaster, the noble person will help, who is that noble person... The person who asked for two lottery for her, or in other words, who was the person who asked for the chance to be reborn for her
Her previous relatives had almost disappeared before she died, Shen Miao thought that even after she died, there would be no one to collect the corpse. Who else would be so hands-on? With such ability and such friendship, why did she beg her to be reborn in this life
Never thought there would be such a person.
Shen Miao suddenly remembered something and said, "Cong Yang."
Suddenly, there was a man in black in the room.
Shen Miao supported her forehead and only felt that Xie Jing Xing's dark guard was out of sight, and it was inevitable that even the master would be startled. She said, "What the Taoist priest said to me is not allowed to tell Xie Jing Xing about today's matter." She added, "If you tell Xie Jing Xing, I will call you indecent."
Congyang: "… "
“Remember.” Shen Miao threatened.
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Every day in the Ding capital, countless people worry about the messy little things, the girl's family worry about getting married, the young people worry about getting famous, the old are declining, the young are immature, and the bustling is all for the benefit of the people.
Some people make petty profits, some people make money from thousands of dollars, and some people put their lives on the line, but their eyes are on the world.
In the Ming Qi royal family, as Emperor Wen Hui's health deteriorated day by day, the princes below became more and more eager to move. Zhou Wang's faction is arrogant, and Li Wang's faction is not small. He thought that Lao Jiu was a safe one, but it turned out that the Shen family and the Qin country were involved. After all, it was the crown prince who was the weakest.
Emperor Wen Hui sighed, and his brows were also covered with a sense of decay, probably because he had been ill for a long time, and his complexion had become extremely bad. Getting angry on the Golden Palace on weekdays is just a forceful appearance. After all, there are not a few people who are eyeing this position. If he falls, there will be chaos in the court, I am afraid that people with intentions will take advantage of it.
When they were young, the princes were still young and didn't feel anything, but when they got older, they realized that they were not raising sons but a pack of wolves. Now that the pups are grown up, some things are out of control.
"How's the Crown Prince doing recently?" Emperor Wen Hui asked Eunuch Su beside him.
Eunuch Su hurriedly responded: "Yesterday, the empress met with the crown prince. The crown prince said that the prince's condition has improved, and the imperial doctor also said that it will be better if he recovers for a while."
Emperor Wen Hui shook his head and said, "The crown prince's body is a problem." As the most orthodox heir to the throne, the crown prince was sick. Although there were a lot of supporters, they were still able to hold on in the early years, but with the gradual growth of the Zhou Wang faction and the Li Wang faction, the Prince's idea force was suppressed instead. Especially with the addition of King Ding recently, Emperor Wen Hui only felt a headache. Fortunately, although the crown prince was sick and weak, he gave birth to the grandson early. In this way, even if Emperor Wen Hui returned for a hundred years and the crown prince was weak, as long as the grandson was a little older, the grandson could succeed the throne. .
Imperial Doctor Su looked at his eyes, nose and nose, as if he didn't notice Emperor Wen Hui's intentions at all. But he was sober in his heart. The most optimistic about Emperor Wen Hui now is probably the crown prince. There is no other reason. First, the crown prince's succession to the throne is justified. Second, the prince's body is not good, and relatively speaking, it is the least threat to Emperor Wen Hui. Unlike the other sons, Zhou Wang's faction was arrogant and arrogant and almost defiant, while Li Wang's faction looked friendly, but privately had contacts with many ministers, even King Ding, who looked the most unintentional and powerful, was now in the eyes of Emperor Wen Hui. A dog that bites but doesn't bark. All of them were like wolves and tigers, so Emperor Wen Hui had to guard against them.
A gust of cold wind blew from the window, and the rice paper on the table in the imperial study was slightly rolled up. Seeing this, Imperial Physician Su hurriedly got up and closed the window, saying, "It's still late at night, so it's better for His Majesty to go to bed earlier."
At the same time, His Royal Highness, who was being talked about by Emperor Wen Hui, was talking to someone at the moment. If anyone sees this, they will be shocked. The person talking to the prince is none other than Ding Wang Fu Xiuyi.
One of these two is the crown prince who is "justifiable" in the eyes of Emperor Wen Hui, and the other is the "dog that bites but doesn't bark" in the hearts of the princes. At this moment, they are sitting on both sides of the table, and Xiaohuo is cuddling the green plum wine on the table. He was actually cooking wine and talking.
The prince said: "Ninth brother, don't take this matter to heart. Father Huang just misunderstood you because he listened to the villain's slander. After a long time, the misunderstanding will be solved, and naturally he will treat you as before. Why should the ninth brother give up on himself? ?"
Fu Xiuyi shook his head: "Big brother, I don't know that my heart is depressed, and there is no way to avoid disasters. I am an idle person, and I have no intention of becoming rich and powerful, but I just want to live freely. In the past days, except for the affairs at hand, I never interfered. There have been other things, but as soon as the Shen family affairs came out, the royal father still suspected me, and this father-son relationship is too cold."
"Ninth brother be careful." The prince was taken aback, and quickly stopped Fu Xiuyi's unfinished words, saying: "There are parents in the world, you are the son of the father, the father will not do anything to you. If you want to blame, you can blame those little man."
The thing they were talking about was the fact that the Shen family was raided a few days ago. Although Emperor Wen Hui kept it a secret, all the princes had eyeliners in the palace, and even with Shen Wan speaking, the princes knew the real reason for the Shen family's case. Because of this, the princes looked at Fu Xiuyi very differently. Originally, the princes were fighting each other for the heir to the death. They thought that the ninth prince had no ambitions, but he just wanted to be an idle prince and be happy, so he didn't deliberately target Fu Xiuyi. Who knew that as soon as this matter came out, they discovered that there was still chess buried in the dark. Originally, the most taboo thing when fighting is that the enemy is dark and we are bright. Especially about the battle of the world, it is a big event that will take the life of the family if you are not careful. King Ding watched the battle in the dark for a long time, maybe he wanted to compete with the snipe and the clam, and maybe the fisherman could win.
In the past, everyone was waiting and Wang was polite, but now everyone looked at Fu Xiuyi, but they shared the same enemy, and Fu Xiuyi made too many enemies for himself at one time.
And after Fu Xiuyi became the rake of the brothers, the first person he found was the crown prince.
Whether sincere or false, the prince is a soft-hearted master in front of everyone, very kind, and most easily deceived.
Just like at this moment, he did not ridicule him for this, but turned his head to comfort Fu Xiuyi.
Fu Xiuyi smiled and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about me, let's talk about you, eldest brother."
"Me?" The prince was a little strange: "What's the matter with me?"
"Everyone is fighting hard now. Big brother is obviously the most orthodox heir, but he was overwhelmed by others, which is not a good sign." Fu Xiuyi smiled, "I didn't want to participate in these things, I deliberately avoided it and didn't want to. It’s still being approached by someone. Since that’s the case, it’s better to come in. I plan to support Big Brother.”
The prince was stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect Fu Xiuyi to say this, he smiled wryly, then shook his head and said, "The ninth brother is so kind, so I won't say thank you. It's just... The ninth brother also knows my body, if I am healthy, naturally I can compete for a fight, but how long my body can last is a problem, these... let's just follow the fate." At the end of the sentence, there was a faint sense of despair.
"Big brother, don't belittle yourself, the big brother is the empress, the eldest son of your majesty, and the crown prince. Yuqingyuli is Ming Qi's future master. If you let it go, I'm afraid people will laugh at Ming Qi's employment. Do not continue."
"But I really don't have any skills." The prince was a little disheartened: "The ministers look at my body, and they don't want to follow me. Those old followers are not much left now. The ninth brother let me go. However, apart from the title of a prince, what skills do I have to fight for?"
Hearing that, Fu Xiuyi poured a glass of wine for himself and the prince, took a sip, and said, "So at this time, eldest brother needs a strong assistant."
The prince shook his head: "Good birds choose wood to live in, how can those who have the ability choose me?"
"Actually, eldest brother doesn't have to think that it is so difficult." Fu Xiuyi said, "It is indeed difficult to find many powerful people. But it is simpler, as long as you find a strong support, other followers, whether you want it or not is not necessary. In other words, as long as this person is found, the rest of the courtiers will also have a large group of people to come to the eldest brother's side. "
"What the ninth brother said is..." The prince was suspicious.
"The mighty general Shen Xin." Fu Xiuyi replied.
Prince a meal.
"Shen Xin holds the military power. In front, the army of the Shen family charged into the battle, and the army of the Luo family was brave after the break. After two years of leaving the capital, his prestige among the people has not diminished. Even Qin and Da Liang should be polite when they hear about it. With General Shen to help out. , people naturally look up to the prince's strength, people walk high and water flows low, and followers will naturally come after hearing the news."
After listening to Fu Xiuyi's words, the crown prince smiled: "The ninth brother is right. But the ninth brother must know that now General Shen is very powerful and everyone's heart is good. The rest of the brothers think so too, but why did the Shen family army want to choose me?"
"Because you are the crown prince." Fu Xiuyi said calmly: "The rest of the brothers chose General Shen, I'm afraid that they will break the taboo of the father, but you are different. You are the rightful heir to the throne, and the son that the father values the most. , When General Shen is in your hands, it will only be something that the father and the emperor would like to see.
The prince stopped laughing, because what Fu Xiuyi said was very reasonable. Emperor Wen Hui was suspicious, such as King Zhou, King Li, or even King Ding Fu Xiuyi who had Shen Xin's support, it was a disaster for them themselves, because Emperor Wen Hui would look at them even more badly. But the prince was different. Emperor Wen Hui originally disliked that the prince's power was too weak to check and balance with other princes, not to mention that the prince was the future prince in Emperor Wen Hui's heart, and naturally hoped to have a strong arm.
"However, why did General Shen choose me?" The crown prince still shook his head, as if he did not agree with Fu Xiuyi's words, he said, "It is a risk to take part in these matters, General Shen does not have any need to come to this troubled water, he can live through it. very comfortable."
Fu Xiuyi smiled and said, "General Shen doesn't have to choose the eldest brother, but Miss Shen can."
The prince was taken aback.
Fu Xiuyi wrote lightly, "The fifth young lady from the Shen family, the pearl of General Shen's palm, should also reach the age of engagement."