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Chapter 973 Astrological Variables
Fortunately, there were no changes this time.

Yuan Tiangang turned around and said, "Your Majesty, I just had a feeling in my heart. According to my calculations, tomorrow's court meeting may be unlucky and all things will go wrong. If Your Majesty postpones it for three days, on March 15th, it will be like a dragon emerging from the abyss and soaring into the sky."

"Humph"

Li Shimin felt a little relieved, but he still said stubbornly: "I have planned it all, the imperial edict has been issued, and everyone is here. How can I change it at will? Do you think this is a Taoist ritual? It can be done whenever you want?"

"I think you, an old Taoist priest, are just trying to be mysterious. How can there be such a big difference between two days earlier and two days later?"

Seeing that Li Shimin had made up his mind, Yuan Tiangang didn't say anything more. The calculation just now was also safe and sound, and good times would come after bad times.

I guess going through some twists and turns isn’t a bad thing?

The coming of the Holy Lord can eliminate all disadvantages.

After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, he returned to the Imperial Observatory, where there was a nine-story platform, the highest place in the imperial city. It was the Observatory built by Li Shimin for the Imperial Observatory to observe the celestial phenomena.

After changing out of his Taoist robe, burning incense, bathing and changing clothes, Yuan Tiangang came to the highest point of the observation deck alone.

There was no pollution in the sky during the Tang Dynasty. It was as pure as a lake and the starry sky seemed to be within reach.

Looking up at the sky, under the deep darkness, densely packed stars shine brightly, like sparkling diamonds inlaid on a dark satin, showing its charm in a mysterious and solemn way.

In the embrace of the infinite starry sky, Yuan Tiangang felt not loneliness and fear, but a deep peace and awe. It is a silent poem of the universe, a moment frozen in the long river of time, which makes people ponder the mystery of life and the meaning of existence.

Every time you look up, it is a baptism of the soul; every breath you take seems to touch the pulse of the universe.

Under such a starry sky, human beings seem so insignificant.

Occasionally, a meteor breaks through the quiet curtain, leaving a short and dazzling trail of light, like fireworks in the sky, blooming in an instant and then quickly returning to silence.

The starry sky, which seems chaotic in the eyes of ordinary people, is orderly and well-organized in the eyes of Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang looked at the North Star which suddenly shone brightly half a month ago, and then looked at the Emperor Star Ziwei which was dim in the south.

The two echoed each other from a distance, as if the light of Ziwei had moved to the Beichen star, which was exactly the sign of the Emperor Star's slight movement.

Yuan Tiangang observed the sky every night and he knew very well that it was Ziwei that got dark first and Beichen that became bright half a month later, rather than Beichen that became bright first and suppressed the light of Ziwei.

Afterwards, the North Star gradually moved southward, and seemed to be about to take over the Ziwei Palace.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Li Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang also observed a similar celestial phenomenon. At that time, the light of the North Star completely swallowed up the Ziwei Star. Then Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty died in Jiangdu, and Li Yuan officially ascended the throne in Chang'an.

Later, during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Yuan Tiangang did not ignore the astrology, but there was a difference. Beichen Star did not swallow up Ziwei Star, but at the moment when the two stars intersected, the light rotated, and Ziwei Star weakened but did not perish.

The North Star forcefully entered the imperial palace, red light filled the sky, and it was in the center. The stars Taiweiyuan and Tianshiyuan fell.

Not long after, the bloody Xuanwu Gate incident occurred, Li Yuan abdicated and became the emperor emeritus, and Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor.

Yuan Tiangang looked at the North Star, which was constantly moving southward, and silently calculated that in three days, it would intersect with the Ziwei Star on the fifteenth day and be located in the Imperial Palace. In the originally dim Ziwei Palace, the stars Wenchang, Yaoguang, and Tianshiyuan were fighting faintly, but the light was too weak.

It was so vague that it was almost invisible.

Yuan Tiangang shook his head and looked at the shining North Star with a fiery gaze. The sky was full of stars, and apart from the elliptical Moon, the North Star was the brightest. Even a blind man could not ignore its radiance.

If you look closely, the light of the North Star is brighter than that of the Moon, but the Moon is too large and more eye-catching, so in terms of brightness, it is not as bright as the North Star.

As for the stars Wenchang, Yaoguang and Tianshiyuan in the Imperial Palace, they are too weak.

Without even the qualifications to be the pioneer of the king, it is destined that it will not be able to shine and will exit the stage in disgrace.

"With this star in the imperial palace, the Tang Dynasty will prosper for a hundred years!"

Yuan Tiangang looked at the North Star moving slowly southward at a speed visible to the naked eye, and pondered silently, guessing in his heart that this might be the saint who almost scared him to death tonight.

The astrological signs this time were somewhat similar to those at Xuanwu Gate, but not as extreme. At that time, the imperial palace was all blood red, with great misfortunes and great fortunes intertwined. But this time, there was a faint purple air surrounding it, with a hint of peace.

The purple air nourishes the Ziwei star, and they complement each other perfectly.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly. Perhaps everyone in the Tang Dynasty had forgotten that the Tang Dynasty had a crown prince. Sixteen years ago, after the crown prince went on a diplomatic mission to the Turks, Yuan Tiangang closely observed the movement and found that the Taiwei Palace in the Ziwei Palace moved northward, and then the light dimmed.

Later, the three stars Qi Sha, Po Jun, and Tan Lang gathered in the sky, and on the ground, the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic tribes in the northern grasslands fought each other until the sky was dark and the sun and moon lost their light. Taiweiyuan was even more caught up in the chaos and completely disappeared in the northern sky.

But Yuan Tiangang knew that the Taiwei Palace at that time symbolized the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. If it fell, another star would rise in the Ziwei Palace to replace it. The light of the Taiwei Palace was hidden, and even if it was dim, it was just invisible, not disappeared.

If it falls in the north, at least the one that falls will have a last burst of light and emit its last ray of light.

The light at that moment was like a shooting star, which could not be ignored.

Yuan Tiangang had been keeping a close eye on it since then, and was certain that he had not found any signs of a very small meteor. However, he was not sure, because the day and night were still rotating, and when he rested at night, he would ask his disciple Li Chunfeng to keep an eye on it.

I can't guarantee that I won't be negligent for even a moment.

However, the Tang Dynasty did not appoint a new crown prince for 16 years. This indirectly shows that Taiweiyuan was hidden but not yet destroyed, so it would not allow a new Taiwei to be born.

This time is the same, the Emperor Star in the Ziwei Palace is dim, and the surrounding stars such as Wenchang, Yaoguang, Tianshiyuan and others have no intention of replacing it. Instead, the Beichen Star has the intention of returning strongly.

In fact, Yuan Tiangang had discovered eight years ago that an imperial star was rising in the north. He was quite nervous at that time. It was not a good sign that two imperial stars in the north and south were shining in the sky at the same time.
Since ancient times, there has been no two suns in the sky and no two kings on the earth. If they meet, it may be a sign of great chaos in the world.

The stars were just as he had feared. At the junction of the grassland and the Central Plains, the two emperors met unexpectedly. At that time, Yuan Tiangang urgently sought to see Li Shimin, but he was not seen many times. Later, when he found that Li Shimin was going north in the white dragon fish costume, he was almost desperate.

Who would have thought that there was no scene of dragons fighting in the wild and blood everywhere? Instead, the two emperor stars dispersed as soon as they touched each other, showing the appearance of water and fire coming together.

Later, the Tang Dynasty welcomed eight years of peace and lived in peace with the Turks. It also made great strides in the west, expanding its territory. The light of the imperial star shone throughout the nine provinces.

Yuan Tiangang had no idea how the astrology evolved. He could only sigh that the will of heaven was unpredictable and beyond human comprehension.

Just half a month ago, the North Star stood out from the northern stars and showed signs of moving southward.

Yuan Tiangang understood instantly that the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace had disappeared in the grassland sixteen years ago, and this time he was probably returning after the disaster. In this way, Ziwei would be in power, and the eldest son would legitimately enter the imperial palace. No one in the world would disobey this, but it was a trend that had not been seen for a hundred years.

Under this general trend, it was only natural that the Tang Dynasty would prosper for a hundred years.

As for where the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace was hiding in the north, combined with the strange phenomena in Chengqing Palace before, Yuan Tiangang shook his head lightly. When a dragon is in the abyss, its head can be seen but its tail cannot be seen. When it hides in the nine heavens and ten earths, how can ordinary people grasp its whereabouts?

The next day, on March 13, the 19th year of Zhenguan, a court meeting was held in Taiji Hall.

Entering Chengtian Gate and walking on the imperial road in the magnificent square in front of Taiji Hall, looking at the bustling officials around him, some wearing purple robes, some wearing scarlet robes, and even a large number of low-ranking officials in green robes, it is clearly a grand court meeting.

Hou Junji's face was stiff, his eyes looked around, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

An ominous premonition filled his heart, and looking at a court meeting of such a scale, Hou Junji couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Yesterday morning, Hou Gui had returned from the grassland and brought back instructions from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, asking him to delay time and prevent Li Shimin from appointing a crown prince.

The prince will definitely rush back to Chang'an before the grand court meeting on the 15th.

Hou Junji was not worried at first. It had been almost a month since Li Shimin's accident, and the court meetings had been suspended for nearly a month. Even the grand court meeting on the first day of March had not been held. This was the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that two generations of monarchs had experienced this!

Although Li Shimin had been very active recently, his health had not improved. He usually just met with several important officials from the three provinces and six ministries in Chengqing Hall to temporarily handle government affairs. Most of the time, he would just nod or shake his head.

Even memorials to the emperor were handled by several important officials of the Secretariat, such as Fang Xuanling and Cen Wenben. Under such circumstances, how could a court meeting be held?
Hou Junji was full of confidence. Not to mention the fifteenth, even on the first day of next month, the grand court meeting might not be held on time.

But who would have thought that at sunset yesterday afternoon, an imperial decree came from the palace that a court meeting would be held in Taiji Hall today. Officials above the ninth rank in the capital, those with titles above duke and marquis, and all princes and dukes of the royal family must not be absent.

As soon as Hou Junji saw this situation, he knew it was bad.

After nearly a month, the grand court meeting was suddenly held ahead of schedule, breaking the convention and holding it ahead of schedule. There was no doubt that there was only one thing going on, which was to appoint a crown prince.

Walking in the crowd at this time, I listened to the officials around me talking in groups of three or four, and all they talked about were speculations about the position of crown prince.

"Duke Lu, Duke Lu?"

A purple-robed official beside him called out for a long time, awakening Hou Junji who was immersed in his thoughts. Looking up, he immediately forced out a slightly unnatural smile and said with a bow, "It turns out to be Lord Wei? Sorry, Junji was distracted and didn't notice your greeting."

(End of this chapter)