Yu Xian slowly arrived at the door of Wang Li's room and gently pushed the door open.
Wang Li had been busy for the past two days and was falling asleep from exhaustion.
Yu Xian pointed the silver gourd in his hand at Wang Li and silently recited the formula in his heart.
A flash of light was seen, and the unsuspecting Wang Li, who was sleeping soundly, was put into the silver gourd.
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Wang Li was sleeping when he suddenly felt heart palpitations. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was still in his clean room.
Wang Li wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He couldn't help but secretly resented that the old thief Dong was fond of making trouble out of nothing, so why did he choose to worship heaven in Zhuolong Garden? This time, he suffered an unreasonable disaster.
As soon as he woke up, the sleepiness slowly dissipated from his body.
I looked out through the crack in the window. I was so groggy that I couldn't tell what time it was.
Wang Li simply stood up and slowly walked out of the room.
When he stood on the steps and looked up, he couldn't tell whether it was still dark or if there were clouds.
While he was frowning and thinking, suddenly a gust of wind blew up, giving Wang Li a chill.
Wang Li shivered and was about to go back to the room to add some clothes.
After walking only two steps, Wang Li's heart sank, wondering if it was going to rain.
If it rains at this time, there will be no chance of finishing the altar.
And once the rainy weather continues until the day of worship tomorrow, the auspicious day you chose will become a joke.
Wang Li didn't even bother to go back and change clothes. He just stood in front of the steps, thinking wildly and observing the sky.
But not long after, rain began to fall from the sky.
Wang Li's heart also seemed to be filled with thick clouds.
Just when he was at a loss, he heard the door of the room next to him ring, and Yu Xian came out slowly.
Wang Li quickly saluted, "The Imperial Master got up early."
"Yeah." Yu Xian replied and said, "It's not too early, it's almost midnight."
It turned out to be almost nine o'clock.
Wang Li had a sad look on his face, "Master, if it rains this time, I'm afraid the altar will not be able to keep up with the progress. What can I do?"
After hearing this, Yu Xian said, "That's all, I don't care too much now, I'll go and have a look with you."
"This..." Wang Li hesitated upon hearing this, "Tomorrow it is up to the Imperial Master to offer sacrifices to God. Three days of fasting is already considered simple. If we still go out for a walk, I am afraid that God will not be able to feel the sincerity of the Imperial Master. If we sacrifice to God,
Queen Tian, the National Master has not gained much, what should we do?"
Wang Li said it euphemistically, but the meaning was basically expressed.
Yu Xian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. If we make a mess tomorrow, it will be disrespectful to God. I'd better accompany you to take a look."
After hearing this, Wang Li relaxed and said, "Okay! I'm at a loss now. It's a good thing to have the Imperial Master to help me with the details."
While the two were talking, Shen Yue hurried over.
He looked at Wang Li and said anxiously, "Taishi Ling, if it rains this time, I'm afraid the repair of the altar will be a lot of trouble. Previously, the altar was repaired with new mud, but if it rains this time, I'm afraid it will be damaged."
Wang Liqiang pretended to be calm, "It doesn't matter, I will go over with the Imperial Master later to have a look."
Yu Xian added, "If it really doesn't work, you should report back to the Prime Minister as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Prime Minister will come to trouble you again."
Wang Li hurriedly said, "That's right, that's right."
The three of them didn't even bother to have breakfast, and headed straight to Zhuolong Garden in the drizzle.
On the way, a small official under Zhuolong Supervisor came with several pairs of raincoats and put them on for everyone.
Wang Li hurried to the altar and saw streams of mud starting to flow out from the place where new mud had been added yesterday.
Under the infiltration of rain, the repaired cracks in many places became more and more conspicuous.
Wang Li's forehead was covered with sweat, and he could only keep mumbling, "What should we do? What should we do?"
Yu Xian comforted him and said, "Taishi, please don't worry. You usually observe the stars and don't know much about general affairs. You see, we don't have to worry about the rain when we put on the raincoat. The same goes for the mud platform. Mud can be used."
Let people find more straw mats and lay them on the altar, so that no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not have any impact."
Wang Li was startled for a moment after hearing this, and then he was overjoyed and said, "Why didn't I think of that!"
Wang Li quickly urged Shen Yue, "Quick, quick, go get some straw mats and cover the altar. If there is anything wrong, then go and talk to Lang Zhongling yourself!"
Shen Yue listened to Wang Li's words and had to quickly send people to search for straw mats.
This thing was rarely used in the palace. In the end, Shen Yue begged the Yulin guards and found some hay from the fodder they fed to the horses.
After Shen Yue was busy covering the entire altar with hay, Wang Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I hope the master's method will work, so there is no need to worry about the altar being destroyed."
Yu Xian reminded him in a low voice, "Even so, I'm afraid there won't be time to sort it out. If Ming Xiangguo and Lang Zhongling ask about it, how should you explain it?"
"This..." Wang Li's heart suddenly sank.
He looked at Yu Xian as if asking for help, "Master of the State, I am humble enough to prepare a ceremony for you, but I prepared it very diligently! You have to find a way to save me!"
An evil smile flashed across Yu Xian's lips.
Then it disappeared in an instant.
"You'd better tell the Prime Minister in advance. This is a natural disaster, and I can't blame you."
After hearing this, Wang Li said nervously, "It rained during the festival. This is because I chose the day wrongly. How can you not blame me?"
Yu Xian laughed.
"You yourself are the Taishi Ling. How should you explain this matter? It depends on your mouth. The rain may be due to a problem on a good and auspicious day, or it may be that someone in the court is not worthy of the position, and God does not want to enjoy it.
The sacrifice I’m waiting for is here.”
Wang Li's eyes almost popped out of his head when he heard this.
Just Yu Xian's frivolous words, no one knows how many ministers will be implicated.
However, at this moment, Wang Li had no other ideas and could only let Yu Xian point out and send people to report to Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo heard about Hungry Tai Shi Ling's reward, he was furious.
He immediately asked people in the court to capture all three of them.
For a time, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, and the situation suddenly became tense.
Wang Li was anxious and finally waited for news from the court.
Dong Zhuo was obviously very taboo about offering sacrifices to heaven. It is said that he seemed a little worried that this unlucky thing would happen to him.
After Wang Li heard the news, he felt disappointed and relieved at the same time, "Does that mean the Prime Minister may not come tomorrow?"
"Probably so." Yu Xian said perfunctorily, "Other civil and military officials probably won't come back either. Who would be willing to take the initiative to deal with such an unlucky thing? What if God is angered?"
Wang Li looked at Yu Xian with some shame, "It's all my fault that I didn't study accurately and miscalculated the date. As a result, the imperial master couldn't worship the heaven with glory."
Hearing this, Yu Xian laughed and said, "What's the matter? Tomorrow we don't have to pay attention to other people's opinions. You accompany me, and the two of us go to worship heaven. You'd better go back to bed early. I will call you tomorrow morning."
Wang Li felt grateful and blamed himself and went back to his room to rest.
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Yu Xian stood in Wang Li's room for a moment, then saw a flash of light from the gourd's mouth, and Wang Li appeared on the couch again.
He was in a trance and opened his eyes hazy.
Yu Xian smiled and greeted him, "Taishi Ling, it's time for us to go to worship heaven."