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Chapter 5 Rumors of the Star Pavilion

The Daolu Department is located in Guangfu Temple on Yandai Xie Street. Since last year the emperor selected monks and daoist priests for the royal family, Xie Taichu joined the Daolu Department. At first, he was just Daolu Department You Xuanyi. The Dharma is profound, and he is very favored by the Xiandi and the prince. He has been promoted from the eighth-rank position all the way, and now he is Zuo Zhengyi, the director of Daolu, who leads the world of Taoism.

There have been rumors in the outside world that after returning from visiting the Mausoleum of Tianshou Mountain this time, the emperor will promote him to be a "real person" and give him the imperial order of the second rank.It can be said that he is not the hottest figure in Shuntian Mansion today.

Guangfu Temple is near Shichahai, at this time the frost was about to fall, it was getting dark very early, when Xie Taichu came out in the evening, it was already half dark.

The wine shops near Shichahai were all lit up with lanterns. In the cold wind, the red lights swayed, which seemed a bit unearthly.Xie Taichu stopped by the lake to enjoy the distant view.He has a cool figure and is incompatible with the market, with a calm face, looking at the busy traffic around him, he doesn't know what to think.

After a while, he turned to walk along the lake.

Then I saw an eunuch standing behind me for some time, this man was about [-] years younger, with a gentle face but with a hint of femininity, looking at him with a smile - it was from the third-rank Bingbi, Admiral Dongchang and Da Pang Shuliang of Beizhen Fusi.

"Shu Bing pen."

"Master Daoist, our family has been waiting for a long time." Shu Liang said with a bow, "Our family was drinking in the Yuheng Tower to enjoy the moon, and we saw the Taoist priest leaving the yamen. Do you need some food to go home?"

"I have something to do at home today, I don't dare to bother Bingbi, just forget it." Xie Taichu returned the gift and wanted to leave, but the palace guard beside Shu Liang stopped him from moving.

"His Royal Highness Ning mentioned that last night, the Taoist priest was concentrating on looking through the royal family tree, and his focus and love were beyond words. His Highness wrote it down, and told our family that the Taoist priest likes these things, so you should worry about the Taoist priest. Our family will send a family member I found some more about the past of the mansion, so that the Taoist priest would not have to go to Huangshicheng to check. This time, what I took out was the discs of the emperor and branch. I thought that if we met, we could have a look together. I didn’t expect to see it today. met."

Shu Liang's attitude is calm, but his words revealed his close relationship with King Ning, and he dispatched the clan mansion at will to take the privilege of entering and leaving the emperor's family tree - the authority of the head of the Dongchang, the admiral of the inner eunuch, is ready to come out.

Xie Taichu looked back at him: "Since Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, he has built golden chambers and stone chambers, hiding the jade butterflies of the emperor's clan in it, and our dynasty even set up the emperor's history room to keep the hadith documents and clan discs. It is so important. Things, being taken out at will by the pen for people to read, don't you feel panic?"

"However, if you borrow it, you can return it. The ancestors are still alive, and they are reluctant to blame them. This is a rare opportunity, Daoist... Are you really willing to take a look at it?"

Having said this, there is no way to retreat.

Xie Taichu was silent for a moment, his eyebrows frowned slightly.

Shu Liang smiled again: "The birth of the Qingxing Pavilion is rare, even King Ning has to pay attention to it. The prince's love can be learned from the sun and the moon. Don't let the Taoist priest down."

Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard someone in the Yuheng Building not far away say drunkenly: "Cutting down the feudal clan, of course we must cut down the feudal clan! If you don't cut down the feudal clan, the day when my Daduan Building will collapse! If you don't cut down the feudal clan, the people will have to live without living." Scourge!"

Shu Liang narrowed his eyes to look, and asked the guard behind him: "Shen Zhu, who is this lord? Just look at him."

Standing quietly behind him was Shen Zhu, the Tiqi in Jinyi, who answered, "Tang Haolan, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy."

Shu Liang bowed his head and flicked his big sleeves, and said to Shen Zhu: "Too drunk, full of nonsense, it's not proper. Escort and send him to the Zhen Fusi prison for conviction."

Shen Zhu was quiet for a moment and answered yes.

Should it be cut down?

This question was heartbreaking, as if a thunderbolt hung over Zhao Yuan's head.

I just felt that if I answered one word wrong, there would be a thunderbolt, not only him, but also the entire Su Wang Mansion would be in a state of eternal doom.

After the crown prince finished asking, Duanben Palace fell silent for a while.However, the crown prince had to answer the question.

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment, and said with a little hesitation: "Should...whether to cut down the feudal clan is a decision of the imperial court, Zhao Yuan dare not speak nonsense."

"Oh?" The prince smiled, walked to his side, sat on the couch, relentlessly, "you are allowed to speak freely."

Zhao Yuan had no choice but to take a deep breath, bite the bullet and said: "The matter of cutting down the vassals involves far-reaching matters. The near ones are like the nine vassal kings of the frontier fortresses, and the far away ones are like the collateral branches of clans with fiefdoms in various places. I dare not speculate about the crown prince. The mind is just that the key to cutting the feudal clan is how to cut it, how to cut it."

"Go on."

"Cutting down feudal vassals can be done by coercion or graciousness. Emperor Jingdi Liu Qi of the Western Han Dynasty carried out cutting feudal vassals according to Chao Cuo's suggestion. There was a 'Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms'. It’s not advisable.” Zhao Yuan said, “It’s Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who, as a personal favor, allowed the vassals to distribute the fiefs equally among their many children and grandchildren. In this way, the more vassals there are, the smaller the fiefdoms will be, and after a few generations there will be no more vassals. Deterring the court."

After he finished speaking, he waited anxiously for a moment, and the prince laughed out loud: "Yuan'er is quick-witted. She thinks farther than those veterans in the cabinet."

Zhao Yuan said: "I read two more historical records in my spare time, I dare not boast."

The crown prince ordered the people from the palace to bring Go, and said to Zhao Yuan: "Don't talk about this, come and play against Gu. Let Gu see how you have improved with Go recently."

"Yes." Zhao Yuan's clothes were drenched in cold sweat, but he knew that the most dangerous temptation had passed.

The palace man pushed his wheelchair forward, and he played black chess against the prince.

Zhao Jun also stopped making trouble, and concentrated on watching the two of them fight on the chessboard.

Zhao Yuan lost everything today.

When the last few steps were taken, the flag on his fingertips fell to the ground in a panic.Zhao Yuan bent down to pick up the white flag, but he couldn't touch it for a long time. In the end, the prince stayed on the bed and picked up the flag that fell on the ground.

The crown prince sighed: "Yuan'er is restless today, it's impossible to win this game alone."

Zhao Yuan strengthened his spirit and said, "I also ask the prince to forgive me."

"Take it." The prince asked the palace servants to come and collect the chess.

Zhao Jun followed the two of them and said, "Second Brother, do you want to have dinner at Duanben Palace today before leaving?"

Zhao Yuan patted his head and smiled soothingly: "As the sun goes down, the Donghua Gate is about to be locked, and I'm leaving the palace here. Don't dare to bother the prince and grandson."

"I will send you off." After the crown prince finished speaking, he pushed the wheelchair for him and went to the palace gate, asking him as he walked, "Do you remember that you insisted on marrying Xie Taichu a year ago and encountered obstacles?" ?”

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing why the old matter was brought up again, and replied: "Yuan'er remembers."

"From the beginning, everyone has repeatedly opposed it. Later, the voice of opposition disappeared. Do you know why?" the prince asked.

"Naturally, it's because Grandpa Huang and Second Uncle love me so much that they sent Yu Ruyi and issued a marriage order." Zhao Yuan said, "Yuan'er thanks His Majesty and the Crown Prince for fulfilling the mission."

"It's not perfect."

"No...?" Zhao Yuan was confused.

"The reason why Xie Taichu was able to enter the Daolu Department to seek a job, and he was able to speak for the lonely servant as a Taoist priest, was all because of his status as a member of the Qingxing Pavilion. Because of this, His Majesty thinks highly of him and treats him differently from ordinary monks. It's different. He was promoted several times within a year, and it was only then that he achieved the position of Zuo Zhengyi in the Department of Daolu."

"This nephew knows."

"Then do you know why Qingxing Pavilion is so valued?" the prince asked again.

"There is a saying in the folks that 'the stars come out of the world'. They only say that they can see through the past and see the present, and they are unpredictable. It is said that they are inherited from the ancestors of Wang Chan. The practice of magic can break the world." Zhao Yuan said here I couldn't help laughing, "It's just that everyone spread rumors, where is there such a miraculous technique, where is there such a miraculous sect?"

"You're wrong." The prince said, "It's just so much more than that."

"Second Uncle, please clarify."

"Qingxingge comes out of troubled times, and there must be one person to assist, and this person will win the world."

Zhao Yuan was stunned: "What...means..."

The prince looked at him, it didn't seem like he was telling a joke, his eyes were deep, and he seemed to have a deep meaning: "The person Xie Taichu was close to, according to rumors, is very likely to be the destined future master of the world."

——The person Xie Taichu is close to is the future co-lord of the world?

Zhao Yuan almost laughed and said that this matter was nothing more than ghosts and gods, but how could he not know that a rumor may cause a huge wave, and a rumor can sometimes confuse people's hearts.

What's more, it's such a fantasy day.

The hair on Zhao Yuan's back suddenly stood up again, and he hurriedly bowed on the wheelchair and said anxiously: "I have a disease in my legs and can't walk, it's impossible to have such a rebellious thought!"

The prince was silent for a long time, which made Zhao Yuan feel terrified, thinking of the prince's decision to question the cutting of feudal clans at noon——

"I beg Your Highness to thoroughly investigate the Chen and Su Wang's residence!" Zhao Yuan said again with a trembling voice.

However, after a while, the prince's coercive aura was finally slowly retracted.

"I know that you don't have such thoughts. You have always been gentle and indifferent, aloof from the world, just like your mother. You are also smart and quick-witted, and have a broad vision. You are the blood of my Zhao family."

"Second Uncle is my Second Uncle." Zhao Yuan said, "It is my Su Wangfu who will serve the lord in the future. The loyalty of Su Wang's line can be seen, so please rest assured. Zhao Yuan is a person with disabled legs. It is impossible to have such thoughts. Marrying Xie Taichu is also admiration wholeheartedly, and there is absolutely no courage to use him to change fate!"

The prince nodded: "Gu naturally believes in you. Otherwise, your marriage will not be able to go through."

With the prince's words, Zhao Yuan felt relieved.

His fingertips were still trembling, and he put his hands in his sleeves before looking up at the prince.

"Men and men's hair is shocking to the world. I, a county king, want to marry Xie Taichu. Even if I don't have such thoughts, it should be regarded as a shame to the clan. Yuan'er dared to ask the second uncle, why did he agree later?" Zhao Yuan asked with a trembling voice.

"Just because I know that this rumor is not only spread by His Majesty and Gu, but also King Ning." The prince laughed, "And King Ning believed it. King Ning believed this rumor, so Gu... had no choice but to believe it.

King Ning and the crown prince are twin brothers, and both are the queen's heirs.He clearly decided to set up the feudal clan in Daning but refused to enfeoff the land, saying that he had been ill in the capital for many years... Many people knew that he had some thoughts that he shouldn't have.

Zhao Yuan also knew.

The delicate situation in the court is mostly because of this person.

For so many years, King Ning and Prince Ning, Prince Prince and King Ning... are obviously brothers, but they think of each other in private but they feel like a thorn in their throats.

"He had been in contact with Xie Taichu frequently, and at that time he was afraid that he would take advantage of the situation in the Qingxing Pavilion... It happened that you were making a fuss about marrying Xie Taichu, so I decided to make the decision alone, and asked His Majesty to approve the marriage according to the current situation, and put an end to Prince Ning's ambition .” The prince sighed.

Zhao Yuan said in a daze: "It turns out... so..."

It turned out to be the case.

Because his legs are disabled, it is absolutely impossible to seize the throne, so everyone can rest assured that he can contact Xie Taichu.Even... used him to tie Xie Taichu...

The prince pushed him all the way out of Duanben Palace, and the palace servants put him into the carriage and fixed the wheelchair behind the carriage.

"Yuan'er."

Zhao Yuan was a little distracted, and looked up at his uncle.

"Your father is my eldest brother. After my mother passed away early, it was my eldest brother who took care of me. In my heart, King Su is both an elder brother and a biological mother. But... sometimes, I feel that being the prince is a bit desolate. Obviously Nephews who are blood relatives also have to plot. But it is just a false rumor, and it must be suppressed at the beginning of raising the head." The prince laughed, "I haven't told you. You... don't blame me."

"Second Uncle, these things could have disappeared forever, why bring up the old things again and let me know?"

"Your Majesty is old. After Frost's Visit to the Mausoleum this time, I will start the regent, and the youngest will be sent to the Daning Fan... and then cut down... and everything will be settled." The prince smiled, "Yuan'er, Frost After that, go back to Kaiping with your father."

The prince's eyes are clear, and he doesn't seem to be fake.

Zhao Yuan was startled, and then burst out with joy, his eyes were moist: "I... can I go home now?"

The prince took him into his arms, and this lonely man standing on the top of Daduan truly revealed his soft heart at this moment.

"My appointment is despicable. You grew up by my side, and I have no doubts about you and Jun'er in my heart, but I love you and be wary of you." He said, "Woke up in the middle of the night and looked around blankly, and found that there was no real trustworthy and close relationship." People. Apart from Jun'er, you are the most reassuring. I know you are very emotional. Although you are afraid of me, Jun'er, and the emperor, you still care for your family. Sometimes I am really glad that your legs are sick, so Only then can I be so close to you with confidence."

He sighed: "The emperor's family is ruthless. The second uncle can only do so much."

Zhao Yuan has been in Beijing for ten years, and he has never heard the prince so sincerely, and he has burst into tears.

In the fluttering light, he looked up at the corner of the palace wall and eaves.

The heart has already flown out, to the freezing Kaiping, to King Su's mansion, to his courtyard.

Those thoughts instantly overflowed and overturned his chest.

He is going back soon... although he is destined not to return to his hometown with his beloved.

Yet his broken heart should find comfort in familiar places.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness. Thank you, Second Uncle... for your success." He choked up.