auspicious time has come

The words are still familiar handwriting, and his letters to her are never left to others.

The letter contained news and progress he had received in recent days.

Seeing the last sentence, Heng Yu couldn't help feeling worried.

Whether it is him, the Jin family, or Jiang Linggong, there is no news about the prince...

At this time, footsteps and voices came from outside.

Cui Huai said through the curtain: "Miss, the old lady is here."

Heng Yu came back to her senses: "Please come in quickly."

As he said that, he wanted to go out to welcome him.

Seeing Mrs. Meng coming in, Heng Yu said, "Why did grandma come here in person? If you have something to do, just ask someone to pass it on, and call your granddaughter to go over."

"Grandmother was worried about my little Yu'er, so she came over to have a look." Mrs. Meng's expression was as kind and peaceful as ever.

Heng Yu stepped forward to hold her grandmother's arm, and made people sit down on the couch, but she didn't force herself to deny everything: "I made grandmother worry."

Mrs. Meng sighed softly, pulled her granddaughter to sit beside her, and Cuihuai and others all backed out.

"Ah Heng has all kinds of difficulties in his heart, and grandmother knows..."

Mrs. Meng gently patted the girl's back: "It's just this kind of thing, even grandma can't comfort you, and it's useless for others to comfort you... But you must always remember that if one thing is false, not everything is false." False. The real beauty in this world is grandiose, ranging from the wind and the moon, to the beauty of time, to the joy of cooking, smoking and eating, and the leisure time of family members, all of which will not be changed."

These seemingly subtle and ethereal things are the foundation of people's foothold in the world.

Heng Yu slowly fell on her grandmother's shoulder, suppressing her tears, and said, "I really never doubted her...Grandma, am I being too stupid?"

"And in the end, you were the first to suspect it. If you are too stupid, wouldn't grandma and your elder brother have to live?"

Hearing this, Heng Yu let out a muffled laugh.

Mrs. Meng continued to say in a warm voice: "People in the world only say that daring to love and daring to hate is true temperament, but in my grandmother's view, daring to believe is the real courage to be commended... And when flaws appear, we, Ah Heng, dare to doubt, And act resolutely and decisively, people who dare to believe, doubt and dare to judge, how can they be stupid, and how can they be wrong?"

Heng Yuwei turned sideways and hugged her grandmother tightly with both hands, buried her tearful face in the old man's shoulder socket, trembling slightly imperceptibly, and said guiltily: "I just think about it recently, if I could realize it earlier If we stop all of this, will there be no situation like today? If this situation cannot be broken, am I..."

"What stupid things are you talking about? Silly boy, you are also the one who was deceived by it." Mrs. Meng interrupted the girl's words and said angrily: "The safety of the court in this world is in danger, when will it be your turn to come alone? Carried it? Why did you notice and stop all this earlier? You are not a god, but you can watch every move of the mortals in the nine heavens. Using this to blame self-examination, everyone in this world needs to feel guilty and regretful every day..."

"Let's not talk about the distance, let's say Xiao Jie envoy." Mrs. Meng said: "According to this, does he have to think about it day and night, if he can realize it earlier, the Shi family will not be like that. Encounter? Don't make him listen to your stupid words..."

Heng Yu hugged her grandmother: "He broke with me, I still care about him."

Mrs. Meng laughed aloud when she heard it: "It's still playing in front of grandma."

"...What he said that night, I'm afraid he was more than acting." Heng Yuweng said in a deep voice.

"That would be even more precious and pitiful... Are you willing to leave him behind?" Mrs. Meng asked with a smile.

Listening to her grandmother's three or two jokes, Heng Yu suppressed her emotions for many days, and seemed to leave her body with these few tears that shed so hard.

Grandma’s words just now reminded her——

When Xiao Jingshi blamed himself in the past and put him in torment day and night, didn't she persuade him to "let him go, let himself take a breath"?

Today, she has fallen into the same vortex.

Mrs. Meng hugged the granddaughter in her arms distressedly, and sighed softly: "Our Ah Heng is just a young girl who is just full..."

Hengyu allowed herself to hide in the old man's arms for a while.

She didn't indulge in it for too long, after the tears dissipated, she raised her head and calmed down her emotions.

"King Xiang was convicted, which is expected." She talked about the serious matter she had read in her heart after reading the letter: "Before the eldest princess came forward to 'intercede' for him, she just took this matter as an appearance in the eyes of the officials. It’s just a stepping stone in front of me so that I can push myself to that position—”

Mrs. Meng also knew about the matter of Princess Yongyang, she nodded at this moment, and said: "Yes, her goal has been achieved, and there is no need for the King of Xiang to stay in order to prevent future troubles... and those who have already The well-prepared 'evidence' is nothing more than she can use it according to her mood. When the time comes, it will naturally be 'searched' out."

Speaking of this, Heng Yu's heart was inevitably a little heavy.

Others don't know it, but she knows in her heart that King Xiang is innocent.

In the past, everything happened unknowingly, but now that the truth is clear, how can we watch innocent people being charged with crimes that did not exist, and die under the same knife in vain as their predecessors?
Mrs. Meng's eyes were also worried: "Once the king of Xiang dies, the eldest princess will definitely act more recklessly... Although Mrs. Jiang has returned to the Zhongshu Province, in this confrontation that the other party has been plotting for many years, the odds of winning are still uncertain. You know."

He also said: "Nowadays there are chaos in many foreign races, and those princes are also waiting for the opportunity to move around. If the overall situation cannot be stabilized in time, once the chaos breaks out, no one will be able to suppress it. At that time, the whole Dasheng may be destroyed To be caught in the flames of a long-term separatist war...Compared to the battle for the throne in which there is no blood in the open, this is related to the chaos of the world and the common people, and it is the most frightening."

"Yes." Heng Yu's heart was slightly cold: "And the person who lives in the Ganlu Hall now obviously doesn't care."

For a long time, the other party only wanted to use the chaos to achieve their goals, without any scruples...

"Everyone is different, regardless of acquired causes, some people are born with only themselves in their eyes, do not know how to pity and empathize with others, have no mercy for the world, and no respect for everything." Mrs. Meng looked out of the dark window and said slowly : "It's just that the smart and keen ones know how to hide their differences and pretend to be no different from ordinary people."

Heng Yu was silent for a moment.

She has always known that there are such people in the world.

It's just that she has never realized that there is such a person beside her.

Looking at the means, as my grandmother said just now, it is not as simple as an acquired cause.

But these are no longer worth going back to——

People in the Temple of Manna have no possibility of turning back, and no one needs her confession.

Confessions that do not make up for mistakes are meaningless.

"There are three top priorities." Heng Yu looked down at the letter paper he was holding in his hand, and said: "One is to try to prevent delays in his attempt to gain power... This is a dispute between court and court, and Jiang Linggong and Xiao Jingshi need to contend with it .”

Mrs. Meng nodded.

Heng Yu continued: "The second is to find evidence that can prove that he killed the king with poison, framed the Shi family, murdered the prince and framed the king of Xiang..."

"The matter of the Shi family is too long ago, and it may not be easy to find evidence in a short time now." Mrs. Meng was thinking: "As for killing the king... She insisted on living in Ganlu regardless of the impeachment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Palace, I am afraid that the purpose is to destroy all evidence."

"Yes, so the most feasible at the moment, or the last one—" Heng Yu said: "The third priority is to find His Royal Highness as soon as possible."

If the prince can be found, it will be enough to prove the crime of Princess Yongyang's murder of the prince.

But where is the prince now?
The wind rustled outside the window, as if responding to her guess.

……

The king of Xiang was convicted, and the murder of the prince ended.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, and choosing a new emperor has undoubtedly become the top priority in the court.

"Li Du, the king of Yiyang County, has reached the age of a weak crown, and has two sons under his knees. His father is the half-brother of Emperor Daxing, and he is of an orthodox background—"

An old minister with white beard and hair sneered: "The same has been in the court for many years. Who knows that the Yiyang County King has been inferior to other clan children of the same age in every respect since he was a child. He has no qualifications and talents to speak of. Now he is choosing Li The king of a country is related to the foundation of the great prosperity in the future, and he should put talent and virtue first!"

"I don't know who is Tao Taifu's 'combined with talent and virtue'?" An official said in a lukewarm manner: "It is said that Mi Wang visited Tao Taifu last night in a low suit. Could it be that Mi Wang is what Taifu is referring to?"

Tao Taifu, who was over sixty years old, was so angry that his face trembled: "You..."

Soon, the inner eunuch spread the various disputes between the officials of the front hall to the Ganlu Hall. Princess Yongyang couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she heard this.

"Everyone has their own ghosts, it doesn't matter what the people in this palace have to do, they bite each other..." She sat on the couch weakly, and Gong'e beat her legs lightly for her, and sighed: "It's so lively. Miyamoto should go and see for himself."

"His Royal Highness is properly avoiding suspicion at this time, which is the best policy." Liu Qian said with a respectful smile.

"I think so too, otherwise those people would have been staring at me and picking on me, it would be troublesome...Let them fight for a while, the longer the better." Princess Yongyang asked with a smile: "Over there, who do you want to establish in the Ministry of Education?"

"Master Jiang has not expressed his position yet..."

"Does he also want to watch the tigers fight from a distance... Why is the brother of the Jiang family who keeps saying that he cares about the country and the country so disregarding the overall situation?" Princess Yongyang narrowed her eyes slightly: "I still have another idea..."

Under such circumstances, the dispute over the selection of a new emperor has intensified and has not been settled for a long time.

It was at this time that an urgent report suddenly spread to Beijing, which caused an uproar——

Anxi Jiedu envoy Zeng Xin rebelled!
The [-] leading troops have already left Kucha!

"Earlier, the feudal princes were called to the capital to celebrate the Qianqiu Festival, but Zeng Xin did not leave Anxi due to illness! It turned out that he had turned his back on him a long time ago!"

"The Anxi army stationed in Kucha needs to guard against changes in the Western Turks... The Turks are already undergoing changes. Zeng Xin raising troops at this time is tantamount to welcoming the Turks into the country!"

"I'm afraid the two have colluded!"

"Quickly ask your order!"

"No... Maybe I should ask the eldest princess for instructions—" Someone calmly said after thinking about it: "Everyone still remember that Zeng Xin was once a lieutenant under the eldest princess Yongyang?"

"Since she is a deputy general under her command, the eldest princess must know him very well... At such a juncture, it would be the best if he can persuade this person to retreat... Even if he can't, knowing himself and the enemy will increase his chances of winning by two points!"

"That's why."

So, a group of officials rushed to Ganlu hall in a hurry.

……

Three days later, in the early morning hours, the two maids sweeping in the Ganlu Hall looked at the blazing morning glow above their heads, their eyes filled with amazement.

The morning glow grew stronger and brighter, and soon covered the entire Ganlu Palace with a layer of crimson.

It is unusual to wake up in the morning and see the glow.

However, on that day, Immortal Master Puzhen claimed to observe the changes in the astrology last night, and once divination a hexagram of great auspiciousness, the hexagram showed that Dasheng will have a new master, which can save the chaos.

And the direction pointed by the hexagram is exactly where the Manna Hall is located.

This morning, the morning glow rose from the Ganlu Palace, which just confirmed this hexagram.

Once this remark spread, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the palace.

Under the chaotic situation, people are in panic, and it is always easier to believe in the "God's will".

Although Immortal Master Puzhen did not mention the name of Princess Yongyang, it is no different from what she said clearly.

This hexagram spread more and more fiercely, and it was completely unstoppable.

After hearing Liu Qian's report, Princess Yongyang laughed again and again: "Is this Immortal Master Puzhen really an immortal master who can't be born into the world? Tell me quickly, I want to see him."

Immortal Master Puzhen arrived soon.

"I don't know why the fairy master helped me so much?" Princess Yongyang asked bluntly with a smile: "Or, why did the fairy master choose a female stream in this palace... Wouldn't the princes and kings be more justified?"

"It's not the poor way that helps His Highness, but God's will, and the poor way is just following God's will to choose a wise lord to save the world—" Immortal Master Puzhen seemed to have guidance in his words: "Your Highness, what God's will returns is the greatest thing." Righteousness."

Princess Yongyang raised her brows slightly, and the smile in her eyes was even wider: "What the fairy teacher said makes sense."

She looked at the Taoist with a smile, and asked humbly: "I just don't know, how should I 'comply' with this will of heaven?"

……

In the next ten days or so, "auspicious signs" appeared successively in various places and spread to Beijing.

And these auspicious signs have many directions.

for example--

"I heard that auspicious clouds appeared after the rain in Shu, like a phoenix spreading its feathers in the sky...!"

"Could it be that the new lord chosen by God is really a woman?"

Even in the Guozijian, the students are also discussing this matter.

"If you don't know the truth or falsehood of what people say, how can you speak in vain!"

There was a shout of sacrificial wine coming from behind, several students bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, and then dispersed immediately.

……

Facing all these claims, Princess Yongyang just said: "It's just a coincidence, how can it be taken seriously."

This kind of attitude made some officials who were skeptical couldn't figure it out for a while.

On this day, Princess Yongyang, who had been dealing with the rebellion of the Turks and Anxi Jiedu envoy Zeng Xin in Ganlu Hall, went out of the palace to Yongding Temple outside the city to pray for the great prosperity.

When turning back, it was already dark.

The eldest princess Yongyang was tired from the journey, and her old illness was affected, so Qi Zhen suggested to go back to the eldest princess's mansion to rest for a night, and then go back to the palace tomorrow morning.

Princess Yongyang nodded.

That night, a female envoy sent a message: "Your Highness, Mrs. Heng is here."