Chapter 1028 Hidden Front
The sudden cold snap has made the streets of Luoyang much deserted. Even the occasional pedestrians on the road have their heads lowered and their steps are in a hurry.
The extremely bad news in the west, followed by the emperor's sudden eastward expedition, caused some not-so-good rumors to spread in Luoyang City.
These rumors not only spread quickly, but also spread widely, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false, adding a lot of panic to Luoyang City.
After all, anyone with a little better information can feel that the emperor was more like being driven to Xudu by the Han army from the west.
The current Luoyang City is as if its backbone has been taken away, and it is somewhat lifeless.
The dignitaries in the city have begun to quietly arrange for some family members to leave Luoyang under various excuses.
On the contrary, the Cao family members who stayed in Luoyang were forced to stay in Luoyang because of too many restrictions and no imperial orders. They were not allowed to leave the capital without any reason.
As the emperor's aunt and the eldest princess, Princess Qinghe is one of the most distinguished figures in the clan.
These days, Princess Qinghe's Mansion has been bustling with people.
People from the Cao clan kept coming to the door, talking to each other, just wanting to get information from Princess Qinghe:
Does Your Majesty really intend to stay in Xudu for a long time, as rumored outside?
If so, how does Your Majesty plan to arrange the people in Luoyang?
As the rumors became more and more popular, some people couldn't help but want to find some connections from the eldest princess to see if they could follow her Majesty to Xudu or her hometown in Qiao County.
This made Princess Qinghe so annoyed that she had to close the door to thank guests.
"When Emperor Wu was here, all the princes in the world would be frightened when they heard that the Wei army was coming, and they would avoid it. Emperor Wen was attacking the world, and the bandits still wanted to protect themselves."
"How many years have it been? The mighty Wei Dynasty actually allowed the thieves to invade Luoyang. The emperor did not want to retreat from the thieves, but instead hurriedly patrolled eastward."
“I really don’t know how I will have the dignity to meet Emperor Wu when I go under the yellow soil in the future!”
After closing the door tightly and retreating to the left and right sides, Princess Qinghe actually complained about Cao Rui.
She is the daughter of Cao Cao, and she can be said to have witnessed with her own eyes the whole process of how the Wei Kingdom was established step by step.
Now that the Wei Kingdom has become what it is now, as an elder, Princess Qinghe is really angry.
At that time, Cao Cao originally wanted her to marry Ding Yi, but because Ding Yi was close to Cao Zhi, Cao Pi interfered and persuaded Cao Cao to marry Princess Qinghe to Xiahou Mao.
Cao Pi's move was originally intended to attack Cao Zhi's party members and at the same time win over the Xiahou clan.
Who would have expected that it would cause the misfortune of Princess Qinghe's marriage?
Xiahou Mao's attitude made Princess Qinghe feel resentful, and she even conspired to frame Xiahou Mao.
Although it was unsuccessful in the end, the couple completely broke up and became strangers.
Until Xiahou was jealous of Cao Rui, Princess Qinghe thought this was a good opportunity to get rid of her marriage to Xiahou.
But Cao Rui didn't know whether it was due to other considerations or a long illness and lack of energy, so he didn't think of this matter.
So Princess Qinghe and Xiahou Mao maintained this marriage in name only.
This approach made Princess Qinghe even resent Cao Rui.
Every state and family matter has something to complain about. In addition, she is Cao Rui's elder, so it is not surprising that she said a few words of disapproval in private.
She only dares to speak, but others may not dare to answer.
Mi Shiyilang, the only listener present, subconsciously looked left and right.
“Princess, you should be careful what you say.”
"What are you afraid of? The emperor is in Xudu now, can he still hear it?"
Facing the handsome lover in front of her, Princess Qinghe seemed very relaxed.
She leaned back lazily on the chair and glanced at Mi Langjun with a flirtatious look.
He shook the celadon wine glass in his hand casually, and the peach wine in the glass turned pink. He raised the glass and drank it in one gulp, and then licked his lips.
I don’t know if it was due to wine stains or other reasons, but Princess Qinghe’s red lips seemed more tempting than usual.
When Mi Shiyilang saw the other party's appearance, his calf hidden in his robe suddenly twitched.
At this moment, a maid suddenly reported outside the house:
ify by the princess, the goddess of heaven asks to see you.
This made the little ambiguity that had just arisen between the two disappear immediately.
She straightened her clothes subconsciously, and then Princess Qinghe sat upright:
“Ask her to come in.”
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The veiled goddess walked into the house under the leadership of the maid, swept her eyes, and then slightly gathered her coat towards Princess Qinghe:
“I’ve seen the princess.”
But he didn’t even look at Mi Shiyilang who was sitting beside him.
"The goddess is a distinguished guest, why do you need so many courtesy? Come on, come on, please sit down."
Princess Qinghe quickly stood up and enthusiastically pulled the goddess to sit down next to her.
“Thank you, princess.”
"No need to thank you. Speaking of which, if I invite you to come over and pray for blessings, I'd better thank you first."
Cao Rui built a special palace in the harem for the goddess to live in and asked her to pray for the royal family.
In ordinary times, not to mention he is an idle person, even dignitaries cannot see him.
Princess Qinghe is one of the very few people who can please her.
"The princess is serious. It is my concubine's duty to pray for the Heavenly Family. How dare I not come if the princess invites you?"
"You can't say that. Who else would dare to instruct you except Your Majesty? I'm not a ungrateful person. You've given me great honor by coming here."
Princess Qinghe held the goddess's hand and kept talking to her affectionately.
Seeing Princess Qinghe talking to her as if there was no one around, the goddess couldn't help but glance at Mi Shiyilang who was sitting opposite.
Princess Qinghe had been waiting to bring the topic to Mi Shiyilang for a long time. When she saw the goddess like this, she quickly smiled and said:
“Don’t be surprised, Goddess. In fact, the reason why I asked you to come over this time to pray is not for me, but for someone else.”
This is not the first time that the goddess of heaven has come to the princess's mansion. When she heard what Princess Qinghe said, she already knew it in her heart.
“Is it because of Mr. Mi Lang?”
“Exactly.”
Princess Qinghe looked at Mi Shiyilang with a look of concern in her eyes:
"To be honest with the goddess, Mi Langjun went to Chang'an some time ago, but who would have expected that he almost didn't come back."
“After returning to Luoyang, for some unknown reason, he always had trouble sleeping and eating, as if he had encountered an evil spirit, so I wanted to ask you, Goddess, for a favor and see if you can help Mi Langjun drive away the evil spirit from his body.”
Hearing this, the goddess looked at Mi Shiyilang with complicated eyes.
Princess Qinghe is really affectionate towards this person, but it’s a pity...
"I see Mi Langjun Yintang is red, his eyes are dull, but he is feeling weak all over?"
The redness in Yintang is due to drinking, and the dull eyes are due to being drained.
Mi Shiyilang weakly replied:
“Indeed.”
The goddess stood up, took a closer look, and then asked:
“Did Mi Langjun encounter any strange things when he was in Chang’an?”
Mi Shiyilang shook his head:
"I went to Chang'an this time because I wanted to buy some goods. Unexpectedly, not long after I arrived in Chang'an, a war broke out in Guanzhong."
"I was afraid of being stranded in Chang'an, so I didn't dare to delay. I didn't even pick up the goods, so I hurried to Luoyang. It was a close call and I didn't encounter anything strange."
“Mi Langjun, think about it again?”
Mi Shiyilang frowned and seemed to be trying his best to remember:
“If I really want to talk about something strange, the only one I have some impression of is that near Chang’an, a man was pulling a dew tray and accidentally dropped the dew tray into a deep ditch, making a huge noise.”
“I happened to be there at the time and was shocked to the point of deafness and blindness…”
Before he finished speaking, the goddess cut off his words:
“Okay, I get it.”
“Does the goddess know the reason?”
Princess Qinghe asked in surprise.
The goddess nodded:
"I think the princess has heard about the dew-bearing plate. The Chang'an bronze man and the dew-bearing plate were made by Han Wu. Your Majesty wanted to inherit the fortune of Han Wu, so he ordered them to be transported back to Luoyang."
"Unexpectedly, the bronze man was too heavy to be transported back, so he was abandoned outside Chang'an City. It was transported to the vicinity of Tongguan on a dew tray, where it fell into a deep ditch and broke."
At this point, the goddess sighed, seeming to be talking to herself, and also to the two people present:
Princess Qinghe felt sad when she thought of the deterioration of the Wei Dynasty in recent years.
It’s just that these are not things she can worry about. What she cares about now is the lover in front of her:
"But Goddess, how can your Majesty's luck have anything to do with Mr. Mi Lang?"
“Logically speaking, it has nothing to do with Mi Langjun, but...”
At this point, the goddess stopped talking.
“Goddess, please rest assured, no one else can hear this except the three of us. Please speak clearly.”
Tiannu looked at Princess Qinghe and said slowly:
“This is all because of the princess.”
Princess Qinghe was startled: "Because of me? Why?"
“Your Majesty represents the luck of the royal family, and the princess is a member of the royal family and a relative of your majesty. The luck of the Wei Dynasty will naturally affect the princess.”
“And Mi Langjun was affected precisely because of his unusual relationship with the princess.”
Hearing this, Princess Qinghe subconsciously said "ah", and then her face suddenly turned red.
The goddess’ tone was calm, as if she was saying something insignificant:
“If that were the case alone, Mi Langjun would not have become like this. The most important thing is that he witnessed the dew plate falling into the deep ditch and heard the sound of breaking.”
Shaking her head, the goddess looked at Mi Shiyilang with some pity:
"This can be said to be too deep, and there is a risk of losing one's luck and killing one's life."
Mi Shiyilang, who was originally a little depressed, turned pale and was so frightened that he stood up immediately:
"Stealing one's luck and killing one's body? Goddess, what... does this mean?"
“The royal luck is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and it is also bad luck to suffer the destruction of the dew plate. Mr. Mi Lang is neither a kin nor a relative. If he suffers from the bad luck of the royal family, he may be in danger of death.”
Upon hearing this, Mi Shiyilang asked with trembling lips: "Then, what should we do?"
The color on Princess Qinghe's face also faded, and she begged with a trembling voice: "Goddess, please save Mi Langjun!"
The goddess was silent.
It doesn't matter what she said in thought, Mi Shiyilang was so frightened that he almost knelt down:
“Goddess, look, do I still have a chance?”
Seeing both of them looking at her anxiously, the goddess finally spoke:
"Luck matters can range from a few years to hundreds of years. Mi Langjun returns from Chang'an within a few months, so there is a chance."
As soon as these words came out, Princess Qinghe and Mi Shiyilang breathed a sigh of relief.
Princess Qinghe asked in a low voice:
“Goddess, what should we do?”
“Princess, please find me a quiet room, decorate it with a few strokes of ink, nine lamps with nine branches, and light a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one candles.”
“After Mi Langjun takes a bath, he goes into his room and sits quietly, and I will write down the talisman to eliminate the bad luck on Mi Langjun’s body.”
“Be careful not to allow anyone to disturb you during the practice, otherwise not only will all your previous efforts be wasted, but there will also be a risk of backlash.”
"No problem, no problem!" Princess Qinghe said repeatedly, "There are many quiet rooms in my house. No one can disturb them without my permission."
The goddess looked at Princess Qinghe:
“The princess is a member of the royal family and carries royal luck with her. During the practice, she should especially not go near the quiet room.”
"Okay, okay!" Princess Qinghe nodded repeatedly to express her understanding, "I will not let anyone get close to the quiet room."
After finally inviting the goddess of heaven, it was naturally impossible for Princess Qinghe to choose another auspicious day.
At that moment, she immediately made arrangements and arranged the things needed for the goddess's practice.
Mi Shiyilang didn't care about being reserved and went down to take a bath first.
When everything was ready, Mi Shiyilang, who had finished bathing, entered the quiet room with his hair disheveled and barefoot.
After a while, I heard the door creaking, and then it was closed tightly again.
After there were only two people left in the room, the goddess lost her composure at all. She rushed directly to Mi Shiyilang, lowered her voice, but her tone was extremely urgent:
“I need you to help me!”
Mi Shiyilang, who should have been the most anxious, now looked calm:
“What happened, please tell me slowly.”
“Can’t be slow!”
The goddess sat down directly in front of Mi Shiyilang and stared at him:
"The emperor has already sent me a letter. I may go to Xudu at any time!"
Mi Shiyilang frowned slightly: "I'm just going to Xudu, what are you afraid of?"
"What do you know? No one knows the emperor's condition better than me. He has only a few days to live!"
There was a little fear in the eyes of the goddess, "He asked me to burn talismans to cure his illness before, but I fooled him with a Chang'an bronze man and a dew tray."
"Now that he is asking me to go to Xudu, he definitely still wants me to treat him. If I have no other way, he will definitely kill me to vent his anger."
Mi Shiyilang's eyes widened when he heard the news that "Cao Rui will have a good life in a few days":
“Are you sure that he is not going to die soon?”
“Whether I can survive this winter is a big question!” Tiannu replied with a very firm tone, “That’s why I can’t go to Xudu!”
She stared at Mi Shiyilang:
"I have helped you so much before, this time, you have to help me no matter what, otherwise, if my affair is exposed, you will die too!"
When Mi Shiyilang heard the implicit threat from the goddess, murderous intent flashed through his eyes. He lowered his eyes and said slowly:
"Are you saying the opposite? Didn't I help you from the beginning?"
“I will help you get the candles, the secret incense, the special potion powder as a talisman, and I will help you figure out how to better play the role of the goddess and deceive Cao Rui.”
“Otherwise, you, a mere peasant woman, think that all the people in Luoyang are blind and have been deceived by you?”
In the past, you wanted to inquire about the inside information of the palace. Which time did I not give it to you?
This doesn’t count as helping you?
It's just that the situation is urgent at the moment, and the goddess is in no mood to discuss whether these things exist with Mi Shiyilang. She gritted her teeth and said:
"Okay, okay, even if you helped me! Now I want you to help me one last time."
In fact, she was originally a medicine-making girl beside Wu Pu, a disciple of Hua Tuo. Later, Hua Tuo was killed and his disciples fled for their lives.
Wu Pu accidentally separated from her on the way back to his hometown Guangling.
She lived in Shouchun, and in order to survive, she had to become a peasant woman.
It’s just that she has a high spirit. When she followed Wu Pu in her early years, she had no worries about food and clothing, but now she is reduced to a peasant woman, so naturally she is unwilling to do so.
After settling down, she relied on her knowledge of medicine to pretend to be a magician, calling the potion a talisman to fool the foolish men and women in the countryside.
The most important thing is that she knows the Huatuo sect’s secret technique of Wuqinxi and the secret recipe “Lacquer Leaf Green Sticky Powder”.
These two, taken internally and practiced externally, cooperate with each other to not only make people live longer and have strong strength, but also maintain their appearance.
The locals were surprised to see this woman's ageless appearance.
In order to cover up her secret, she used the excuse that she was a goddess...
Logically speaking, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were many people who pretended to be gods and ghosts, and she was not the least of them.
It’s just that no one expected that a humanoid figure appeared in the Shu Kingdom in this time and space, and the Shu Kingdom also deviated from its original direction, pressing the Wei Kingdom to the ground and rubbing, rubbing...
In order to please the Han emperor, the natives of Liangzhou pointed to a piece of sapphire that was washed out of the mountain pass and insisted that it was auspicious.
On the stone there are not only various rare and exotic animals, nebula patterns, but most importantly, there are three Chinese characters with twisted strokes: Dachao Cao.
The governor of Liangzhou originally didn't want to recognize him, but he couldn't resist General Guan's liking.
Of course, Zhang Xiaosi prefers it.
With his two fists unable to defeat his four hands, and his arms unable to twist his thigh, Governor Feng had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit the auspiciousness, and quickly sent it to Hanzhong.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty was very happy and placed this big stone at the entrance of the palace. People who passed by would subconsciously say in their hearts: "I want to challenge Cao."
Little Fatty: I didn’t mean to target anyone.
Cao Rui: Are you polite?
The bandits and bandits in the western border are all auspicious, but the great Wei Dynasty is not?
So the young and beautiful girl who got high orally was selected by the emperor's discerning eyes.
After arriving in Luoyang, a handsome man unexpectedly came to our door.
He helped her in various ways and funded many special items through special channels, allowing her identity to be perfectly concealed.
This is a Sumari story, and the fairies of later generations will definitely like it very much.
But now the goddess just wants to escape.
If you don’t escape, you will really go to heaven and become an immortal.
(End of this chapter)