Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

The whole place was in uproar! Even many ministers stood up in shock!

He looked warily at the skinny old man sitting on the chair! No matter how frail he looked, his status as a former prince was enough to attract attention!

People are divided into different classes, and royal blood is a symbol of nobility. Any royal relative will voluntarily want to be followed!

Of course, since the previous dynasty was a foreign race and had been destroyed for more than fifty years, the people at that time were already old and it was difficult for them to gain power in Daxia.

But during the nearly one hundred years of the previous dynasty, the Central Plains ethnic group passed down from generation to generation, and never gave up the idea of ​​restoring their own dynasty!

If we put ourselves in other people's shoes, if the last crown prince returned to the northern grasslands, who knows if there would be old subordinates who miss the glory of the previous dynasty who would support him and threaten the peace of Daxia? !

The emperor sat on the high platform, still looking calm, but he glanced at the expressionless Chu Shiyu with his eyes. The surprise was shocking enough.

As for Xi... In the Great Xia Palace, this last prince is destined to be meat on the chopping board. If he is cooked well, maybe there will be great benefits.

A thousand thoughts were hidden in Ruifeng's eyes with fine lines on them. The emperor decided to let Chu Shiyu finish the show first. Following common sense, he looked serious.

"This is a serious matter. Although you have accepted the title of the last crown prince of the previous dynasty, I still need to confirm it. Can you prove your identity?"

Hearing this, the old Taoist priest was in a trance, but Tang Zangxian spoke eagerly with hatred in his eyes: "The children of the royal family of the previous dynasty would have a bull head totem tattooed on their backs when they were three years old! They looked naive when they were young, and when they were strong, their horns would stretch along with their shoulder blades, showing an angry look!"

As he spoke anxiously, he quickly stepped forward and reached out to strip the old man of his Taoist robe!

Chu Shiyu's eyes fixed, but it was the emperor who shouted first: "Tang Zang!"

Tang Zang suddenly woke up, he had overstepped his authority... He quickly withdrew his hand, stepped aside, knelt down, and humbly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

The emperor turned his head slightly and asked him to stand up and stand by the side. He said to the old Taoist, "I have heard of the previous dynasty's clans tattooing bull heads on their backs, but I have never seen it. Take off your clothes and let everyone see it."

Asking someone to take off their clothes in public for others to see, even if they are men, has a somewhat degrading connotation, but almost everyone present, including Chu Shiyu, did not find it strange.

Throughout history, after the fall of each dynasty, the people who survived the fallen country often experienced humiliation. In history, many dynasties of the Central Plains ethnic groups have suffered great humiliation... This seemingly justified contempt is indeed insignificant.

The emperor's request actually has a symbolic meaning: your dynasty has been destroyed, and now I am superior to you.

The old man has seen all kinds of things in the world, and this little bit of contempt is not worth mentioning... But what is more embarrassing is the ruthlessness of time... The old man was in a trance, as if he saw the afterglow of the past that had ended a long time ago...

He was young, and his father was in his prime. His father often got excited during banquets and wrestled with the warriors himself. His gorgeous clothes were pulled down to his waist, and the bull head totem on his muscular back was fully displayed, bold and unrestrained! When his tall and mighty body rushed towards the opponent, it suddenly made people feel that it was a majestic bull rushing over!

"I... am old and bony, which may be unsightly... Can you please move..."

The old man paused, but then smiled and sighed: "I am probably the only one with this totem in the world now... I will be buried in the earth, so that everyone can have a look at it."

The loose Taoist robe was pulled down to the waist, but the exposed body was still loose, showing the decadence of old age, dull skin, atrophied muscles, and the old man was skinny. All people could see were bones, gray spots and wrinkles...

But instead of lamenting the old age, people are more concerned about the old man's back with protruding shoulder blades! Large areas of blue and red are visible!

It was indeed a bull head totem with protruding horns! Even though many people had never seen it before, they suddenly felt that the identity of the last prince was not fake!

Tattoos are also called tattoos, and most of them are blue. The main body of this bull head is also outlined in blue, but there are red flame patterns lingering on the two horns, and there are two balls of fire in the bull's eyes instead of eyeballs. This totem seems to have a soul! This extraordinary temperament naturally highlights the nobility of the person who carries this tattoo!

But the most important thing is that this tattoo has become deformed as the old man's skin has aged and become loose, and the horns are twisted and drooping... In the places with gray spots, the colors are as mottled and faded as the washed Taoist robes. The bull's head that should have been fierce and aggressive, reveals a sense of decline.

This is obviously a natural change that occurs over decades as a person grows, and it is difficult to fake.

"Turn him around so I can take a look."

The old man faced the emperor. The emperor wanted to see the tattoo on his back. His request was very natural. Chu Shiyu, who was nearest to him, sat still, but he did not stop him when the imperial guards came forward.

The two guards turned the old man and his chair around.

The feeling of being at the mercy of others has increased a little bit...

The old man's eyes fell on the back, and he naturally looked at the child lying on the cow's back and smiled gently.

Little Qin Hao smiled back, not thinking there was anything wrong. With his immature values ​​and his sense of honor and disgrace influenced by Liu Rusi, he did not feel any sense of shame...

But he heard a creaking sound very close by...

He turned to look at the middle-aged general next to him. The general was very tall and was looking at the scene in front of him. Qin Hao couldn't see his expression, but he found that his hand on the side was clenched into a fist, with white knuckles, and it looked like he was exerting great strength.

I don't know why he is like this, and I think this man should spend the rest of his life in torment and repentance... But seeing him like this, Qin Hao felt uncomfortable and reached out to pull the general's robe.

Qin Shuangyu turned his head and saw the child's big eyes with distinct black and white...

After staring at each other for a few moments, little Qin Hao saw that he was trying his best to adjust his expression. His tense jaw muscles slowly relaxed, his angry eyes became indifferent, and soon he became rough and straightforward again.

The child was confused, but knew this was not the time to explore, so he turned his head away as if he hadn't noticed.

The emperor looked at it for a few seconds, looking uninterested. The bull-head totem of the former royal family seemed to have become a vulgar object for people to see...

"Okay, tell me, why did you come to the palace tonight?" After the hierarchy was established, the emperor was no longer embarrassed.

If it was the beginning of the country fifty years ago, it would definitely not be let off so easily. The rise of a new dynasty often tramples on the bones of the previous dynasty! Breaking its proud spine, degrading it to a lowly existence, and burying its possibility of revival!

The same is true for those historical events that deliberately humiliated the royal families of previous dynasties. How can one gain power without dignity and backbone?

However, Daxia is now prosperous and stable, and the previous dynasty has become a forgotten past, rotting bones that have lost their value of being trampled upon.

The old man was turned back again, and awoke from his trance, repeating calmly: "I am here to correct mistakes, report news, and congratulate you."

"Describe in detail," the emperor ordered.

The old Taoist looked at the half-moon that had regained its brightness and said with certainty, "Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs. To heaven, humans are no different from flowers, birds, fish and insects. How could it give us a good or bad omen? Interpreting the eclipse of the moon by the heavenly dog ​​is nothing but a fuss for the mediocre."

Tang Zang glared at him angrily! This was a refutation of him as a mediocre person! However, what he cared more about was that this old Taoist came to protect the Liu family? !

Those who are not of my race must have different hearts! He didn't believe that the last prince of the previous dynasty would have any good intentions towards Daxia! In other words, the combination of Liu and Prince Duan was definitely not a good thing for Daxia!

"Oh? In your opinion, is Liu compatible with Yu'er?"

The emperor asked with a half-smile, but he was somewhat disappointed in his heart. Chu Shiyu found the last prince of the previous dynasty and went to great lengths to bring him into the palace. Was it just for him to lobby for him so that he could live together with Liu?

"They are not compatible." The old Taoist smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Chu Shiyu immediately looked at him coldly! Did the old Taoist priest also want to stop him? !

"Is it incompatible? Or is it incompatible?" Tang Zang couldn't help but ask.

"As far as the Liu family is concerned, it is a jinx." The old Taoist sighed.

Everyone was stunned. Chu Shiyu stood up with a "whoosh" and angrily asked, "I am the nemesis of her?!"

The old Taoist has gray hair and chicken skin, but his only pair of eyes are still sharp and clear. The look he gave the young man with phoenix eyes was indescribably complicated...

"It was originally like this, but due to some strange coincidence, the destiny of heaven changed, and the bloody disaster should be avoided."

Chu Shiyu paused, and immediately thought of that dream... By mistake, it should refer to Qin Lie's love. If there was no such "mistake", Liu Rusi would be scarred... It was indeed a curse...

But other people didn't know the reason, and the emperor didn't care about what it would do to Liu. What he wanted to know was what impact it would have on Chu Shiyu!

"Since it's disadvantageous to the Liu family, why not just part ways and make things peaceful? Wouldn't that make everyone happy?" The emperor took this opportunity to test Chu Shiyu.

Chu Shiyu knew the whole story, but he couldn't help but complain to the old Taoist! The fate has been changed, why bother to say it at this palace banquet! But he was a little worried, and asked in a hard voice: "Are you still worried about your life?"

"I haven't seen the death calamity, so I should have nothing to worry about."

The old Taoist shook his head and sighed again, "As for you, you should have died in a disaster half a year ago, but you were saved by Liu. From now on, your life depends on Liu, and life and death depend on each other..."

Chu Shiyu was stunned again, and suddenly remembered the note that the Taoist priest left for him! 'He borrowed the road to avoid disaster, and the river flowed into the East China Sea.' It turned out to be referring to his relationship with Liu Rusi? It had nothing to do with the flood, right?

"You mean, His Royal Highness Prince Duan cannot leave Liu?" The Grand Tutor asked with a frown.

The old Taoist nodded and shook his head, but looked at Tang Zang and said, "Although Taoist Tang focuses on the calendar and celestial phenomena, you should also know that life and death are extremely difficult to change! How precious is the glimmer of hope in the face of death!"

Although Tang Zang seldom calculated good and bad fortune in the secular world, his job as the Imperial Observatory required him to be aware of the great principles and secrets of heaven. As the director, he naturally knew that life and death were the most difficult destinies to change, but this also had a time limit!

"It is naturally difficult to survive in a disaster! But now that the disaster has passed, the entanglement between men and women is a bad fate!"

Bad fate? Chu Shiyu added another thing to Tang Zang's heart!

The old Taoist priest shook his head repeatedly: "Fellow Daoist Tang is biased. The word "fate" is a predetermined cause and effect, a forty-nine created by heaven. Whether it is a sin or a blessing is just a description given by people."

However, Tang Zang became more and more convinced that this last prince wanted to destroy the peace of Daxia!

"The secrets of heaven are hard to predict! How can ordinary people know what is destined by heaven and what is avoided by man? How are you going to prove it?" Tang Zang said sternly!

Chu Shiyu sneered first: "I would like to ask, is what you said before really the result of divination? Is there any proof? Or is it a frame-up with ulterior motives?"

Tang Zang was in a state of stagnation. He knew that Prince Duan was influenced by Madam Liu's feelings for her late husband. Perhaps the feelings were too deep for Prince Duan to resolve on his own, so he reported to the emperor, hoping to help him find his true heart from the outside.

Those who went out to the streets to kill were extremely violent, but even if they were controlled by the will of the deceased, they could restrain themselves in front of their family and friends. This shows that a person's own will can be affected or even suppressed, but it will not disappear!

And if one could control people, and assist with good methods to cultivate their temperament, after a long period of time, the living would eventually defeat the rootless will of the dead!

But now it seems that Prince Duan has no resistance at all! It seems that he completely regards it as his own idea!

"Why, are you really talking nonsense? I remember there is a rule in the Imperial Observatory that people in office can choose not to predict human affairs, but they must not lie. If they do, they will be reprimanded or dismissed!"

Chu Shiyu originally had no connection with the Imperial Observatory. The reason he chose to look for Tang Zang because of his reputation for seeking truth and being pragmatic was because of his reputation. He didn't expect that Tang Zang would be such a nosy person!

Tang Zang was deeply distressed and anxiously argued: "Every word I said is true, it is indeed in the dark..."

"Fellow Daoist Tang! The secret of heaven cannot be revealed!"

However, the old Taoist stopped Tang Zang and said, "Fortune-telling is against heaven, and speaking it out loud will lead to heaven's punishment! The Tang family has been able to continue for generations because of the constraints of family precepts and ancestral rules, which avoid the dangers of five disadvantages and three deficiencies! Taoist friend, please be careful!"

Tang Zang suddenly woke up! Although he hated the last prince, the five disadvantages and three deficiencies were known to all those who practiced Taoism... he was a widower, a widow, a lonely, and a disabled person, lacking money, power, and life! He was not afraid of death or disability! But the punishment from heaven was not something that mortals could control... He had a wife and children...

The old Taoist continued, "Fellow Daoist Tang, you should know that divination is actually a technique of seeing the whole picture through a tube! It is nothing more than deduction based on a glimpse of the whole picture. Sometimes a slight error can lead to a huge mistake..."

"From what I have seen, Liu is not a witch, but a woman of fortune who will usher in a prosperous era! If she marries Prince Duan, they will be able to continue the prosperity of Daxia and reign supreme for a thousand years!"

This was really an exaggeration. Not only the emperor and his ministers were puzzled, but even Liu Rusi, who was listening silently, was embarrassed. Didn't the old Taoist think this was flattery? The only one in power for a thousand years... Why did she feel more like a witch!

"I am only seeing the tip of the iceberg, and so are you. Why are you saying such nonsense?" Tang Zang sneered.

The emperor had a blank expression on his face, but he was secretly complaining. Every ambitious king hoped that his dynasty would prosper forever, but throughout history, no dynasty had lasted for a thousand years. A hundred years at most was all he could do... The last prince's words sounded nice, but even if they were not sweet words with a dagger in his heart, they were mostly flattering words to Chu Shiyu as a lobbyist.

"My words are indeed incredible, but every word is true."

The old Taoist priest said solemnly: "I have said before that unlike Taoist friend Tang who focuses on celestial phenomena, I am trapped in the secular world and can only see a small part of the picture. If I see more, I can probably see the whole picture..."

"To prove that what you said is credible, here is another thing I came here for, reporting the news."

"What news can you report? Are you talking nonsense with ulterior motives?" Tang Zang asked doubtfully, then he shrank back and stood aside, lowering his head and keeping silent.

The emperor above withdrew his cold gaze from him, raised his head and said to the last prince: "Tell me now, whether it is credible or not, I will make the decision myself."