Ji Changming gritted his teeth and said: "If you go back to the emperor, it will be in the Forbidden City!"
Hongli looked ugly and said: "Count it again."
Ji Changming did not dare to object, so he did the calculation again according to his words, but the result was still the same, the disaster star was in the Forbidden City.
Hongli leaned back slumped in his chair. Could it be that the Forbidden City was really the child in Xianyue's belly? It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be like this...
Hong Zhou had been quietly sizing up Ji Changming. After he finished speaking, Hong Zhou said, "Master Ji, before today, have you ever predicted disaster stars for others?"
Ji Changming lowered his eyes and said: "No, when I observed the sky, I did find some abnormalities, but because it looked stable, I never thought that there would be a disaster star coming to the world."
Hong Zhou looked at him deeply and said, "Okay, you go down first."
After Ji Changming exited the Yangxin Palace, Hong Zhou said: "Your Majesty, something is wrong."
Hongli pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly and said, "Is there anything else wrong?"
"Ji Changming said that he had never predicted the disaster star before today. If this is the case, where did the rumors in Beijing come from? Could it be that someone discovered the disaster star earlier than Ji Changming, but I have never heard of such a disaster star in the capital.
He is considered an expert in fortune-telling."
Hongli heard something in his words and frowned: "What do you want to say?"
"Ji Changming didn't make any predictions, and the news that the dragon fetus in Concubine Xian's belly is a disaster star has been widely spread in the capital. Unless someone figures it out first, otherwise... all of this, including Ji Changming's, is a scam!"
Hong Li stared at Hong Zhou's serious face and said, "Ji Changming, you mean he deceived me? Why did he do this?"
"Because..." Hong Zhou almost revealed his doubts about Concubine Yu and her relationship with Ji Changming. When the words came to his lips, he remembered the inappropriateness in them and swallowed them back. Instead, he said: "People's hearts are unpredictable.
, No one can predict what others are thinking, I think anything is possible before the matter is found out."
Hong Li nodded slightly, then looked at Hong Zhou and asked suspiciously: "Lao Wu, are you hiding anything from me?" When he spoke just now, the pause in Hong Zhou's voice made him feel like what Hong Zhou had originally wanted to say.
It's not that sentence.
Hong Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he deliberately smiled and said, "Have you already suspected that my brother is here just after I said that people's hearts are unpredictable? Besides, what can my brother do to hide from the emperor?"
Hongli thought about it and said with a smile: "I just said it casually, don't take it to heart. The most important thing now is to find out the matter for me as soon as possible. I want to know whether someone harmed Concubine Xian or whether
…There really is a calamity star.”
"My brother obeys the order!" Hong Zhou responded and glanced at Hong Li quietly. Unexpectedly, the latter happened to see him and said casually: "What's the matter? Is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Hong Zhou secretly gritted his teeth and said, "My dear brother, I dare to ask, if it turns out that Concubine Xian's pregnancy is indeed a disaster, will the emperor order it to be removed?"
Hongli's expression changed and he said coldly: "This matter has nothing to do with you, please step back!"
Seeing that Hongli didn't want to say anything, Hongzhou didn't dare to ask any more questions. In fact, the question he just said was something he shouldn't ask based on his status.
After he left, Hongli let out a long sigh and looked at the untouched tea cup in his hands in trance, Hong Zhou's words kept echoing in his ears.
If what Xianyue is pregnant with is really a disaster star, will he issue an order to get rid of it... Will he...
When Ji Changming came out of the palace after finishing his day's work, it was already dark. Just as he was about to board the carriage waiting at the palace gate, a voice suddenly came from behind him, "Master Ji."
Ji Changming turned around and saw a figure walking out of the darkness, and said unexpectedly: "Your Majesty? Why are you here?"
Hong Zhou smiled and said, "I am here specially to wait for Master Ji."
"A lower official?" Ji Changming said in surprise: "I wonder why the prince is looking for a lower official?"
Hong Zhou ignored his words and just rubbed his hands and said, "It's really cold here. I'm almost freezing after waiting for so long."
Ji Changming glanced at the carriage next to him and said, "If the prince doesn't mind the simplicity, why not take the official's carriage? Let's talk about it slowly on the road if you have anything to do."
"Okay." Hong Zhou boarded the carriage with him. Although there were two of them, it was not crowded inside. Hong Zhou rubbed his cold hands and said, "Have you always been on duty in Qin Tian Prison, Master Ji?
How many years has it been?”
Amidst the sound of the wheels rolling, Ji Changming said: "Yes, it has been more than ten years. A few years ago, the emperor favored me and appointed me to the post of supervisor."
Hong Zhou nodded and said: "You can be considered young and promising, and I really admire you."
"Your Majesty is joking. Compared with you, I can only be considered a mediocre official. The fact that Hong Xi's incident last year was exposed is all thanks to Your Majesty."
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "I am just running errands. The real person who plans the strategy is the emperor." After a pause, he said: "By the way, Mr. Ji just said that there is a disaster star in the palace. Is it true?"
Ji Changming's face darkened, and he said: "Xiaoguan is basing his calculations on the results of divination. The prince said this, but do you doubt Xiaguan's ability in divination?"
"How could it be possible? Everyone knows that Qin Tian Jian Zheng is the best at observing the stars and predicting good and bad luck." At this point, Hong Zhou changed the subject and said, "I wonder if Mr. Ji has heard about the recent rumors in Beijing.
rumors?"
Ji Changming lowered his head and said: "Xiaguan has always lived in seclusion. I don't know what rumors the prince said."
"Oh?" Hong Zhou said with a surprised look on his face: "That matter is such a big deal, Master Ji has never heard of it?"
Ji Changming said calmly: "Indeed, no, the prince has been talking about it, I don't know what kind of rumors it is."
Hong Zhou stared at him and said: "It has something to do with the disaster star. There is a legend in the capital that the child in Concubine Xian's belly is the disaster star. This coincides with Master Ji's prediction today."
Ji Changming said with a sudden look on his face: "No wonder the emperor asked me to do the fortune telling again. It turns out it is like this. I didn't expect that the disaster star would be the child in Concubine Xian's belly. I really didn't expect it."
Hong Zhou said coolly: "I am very curious. Even Master Ji can't predict who the disaster star should be. Who can predict it?"
Ji Changming's eyelids twitched, and he lowered his eyes and said: "There is a sky beyond the sky, and there is a mountain beyond the mountains. I believe that the world is so big, and there must be people who have better astrology skills than Xiaguan."
Hong Zhou said noncommittally: "Really? But I asked around the capital and couldn't find anything."
Ji Changming said casually: "Maybe that person is not from the capital, or maybe he doesn't want to be famous and lives in seclusion among ordinary people."
"What Mr. Ji said makes some sense, but the rumors are so big and yet Mr. Ji has never heard of them, which really makes me curious."