Rong Fei was just about to strike while the iron was hot and continue to induce him, when Zhu Yan on the side yelled.
"Rongfei, please tell me what happened to Lian Po and Lin Xiangru later? Did Zhao resist Qin's attack?"
Zhu Yun was interrupted like this, and his thoughts immediately changed, and he also urged Rong Fei to quickly talk about the follow-up of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.
What a failure!
Rong Fei sighed in his heart, but after looking at the sky, he estimated that there was still enough time, so he did not disobey the two young nobles and continued to tell the story of King Qin Yingzheng's sweep of the six kingdoms.
It seems that the two little naughty children of their age and special status are obedient donkeys. They cannot be forced to act recklessly, and they can only be guided and guided.
There are still many allusions to the Warring States Period. As Rong Fei was talking, he was thinking about which character or allusion to start with to get the topic back on track.
However, while talking about Rong Fei's discovery, except for the part about bearing a thorn and pleading guilty, the allusions to the Warring States Period that he knew were basically about intrigues and betrayal, which made it difficult to get to the point.
Just when Rong Fei was helpless, a palace maid walked into the pavilion and said to the two little ones.
"Your Highnesses, it's getting late. It's time to go to the Queen Mother's Palace to pay my respects."
Hearing this, Rong Fei woke up with a start. It was cloudy today and the sky had been groggy since the morning, which actually caused him to misjudge the time.
If so, wouldn't a whole day's work be in vain?
Tomorrow at noon is the ceremony to worship the heaven. Can the two little ones reveal the truth tomorrow morning? Can they find the jade seal in time before the ceremony?
Rong Fei lowered his head and frowned, thinking about countermeasures. Zhu Yan's small black eyes rolled several times in his eye sockets and said to the palace maid.
"You go out first, I'll say a few words to Rong Fei and then leave."
The palace maid bowed and accepted the order and exited the pavilion. Zhu Yan approached Rong Fei and asked in a worried voice.
"Rongfei, let me ask you, will your nose really grow longer if you lie?"
Rong Fei, who was at a loss what to do, was secretly happy when he heard this, but on the surface he still had to look calm and tell the truth.
"Won't."
Zhu Yan touched his nose and let out a sigh of relief.
But Rongfei's next words made Zhu Yan's heart hang up again.
"The purpose of fables is to use metaphors and exaggerations to warn people. In reality, of course, no one's nose will grow longer if he lies, but a thorn will be buried in the heart of the liar.
This thorn will sting the heart from time to time, making people never forget the lies they once told.
At the same time, we must always beware of lies being exposed. Whenever someone asks, we need to tell more lies to cover up the original lie. Repeatedly, the more lies we tell, the more thorns are buried in our hearts. The whole thing
People will become frightened, suspicious, and eventually driven crazy by endless lies.”
"Is...is it that serious?"
Zhu Yan asked with a pale face.
"What I just said is just for an individual. Different levels of lies involve different levels and have different impacts. The worst case for a child from a commoner family to lie is to make their parents angry and be beaten. But.
if…"
After all, being in the palace, Rong Fei did not dare to say anything. He closed his mouth and gave Zhu Yan a knowing look, letting him understand it on his own.
It is said that the children of the royal family have been monsters since childhood. Although this statement is a bit extreme, it is not unreasonable.
Zhu Yun, who was too young, was confused when he heard it, biting his fingers and looking away.
Zhu Yan, however, understood the meaning of Rong Fei's words, and with a sad expression on his face, he twisted his hands and fingers together, showing his inner struggle at this time.
"Are you worried that you will be punished by His Majesty if you tell the truth?"
asked the considerate Rong Fei.
"Um."
Zhu Yan nodded.
"If you do something wrong, you will have to bear the corresponding consequences. This is inevitable. But you two are still young after all, and it is inevitable to make mistakes. As long as you can proactively admit your mistakes, you are still a good child. Moreover, I have a child
This plan can ensure that the two highnesses are safe and sound. All it takes is this and this...this and this..."
Rong Fei first comforted him with kind words, and then spoke mysteriously in Zhu Yan's ear.
After hearing this, Zhu Yan's little eyes rolled around for a moment. After some thought and confirmation that the method Rong Fei said should indeed...maybe...probably...maybe work, his pale face returned to rosy.
"Rong Fei, is the thing you are looking for so big? It is carved from white jade, with a square bottom and a dragon carved on top."
Zhu Yan gestured with his hands.
"I know, I know this thing, swoosh... it flies so high and so far!"
Zhu Yun on the side jumped and clapped his hands and shouted excitedly.
Rong Fei's heart trembled when he heard this - no way!
"Where is the thing? Is it okay?"
Rong Fei asked quickly.
"Hmm... I don't know. It flew over the wall and fell into the pond. What a pity. It was so hard to find stones of a suitable size and weight to put on the trebuchet."
Rong Fei followed the direction of Zhu Yun's finger and saw a red wall that was almost two people high.
It was definitely impossible to climb such a high wall with bare hands. Rong Fei could only ask Xiao Shunzi to find a ladder while he stayed here and waited patiently.
The palace maid began to urge the two little ones again, and Zhu Yan took advantage of the last moment to ask Rongfei.
"How do you know that the jade seal was lost by the two of us?"
"You know that's a jade seal? How dare you play with it if you know it?"
Rong Fei said in surprise.
"I didn't know it at first. I eavesdropped on the conversation between the emperor brother and Wei Daban and Ma Daban a few days ago, and I realized that the thing was the jade seal. You haven't answered my question yet?"
"I deduced it based on the clues. I don't have time to explain today. We will talk about it when we meet another day. By the way, you two didn't tell anyone else about losing the jade seal, right?"
"Of course not, I'm not stupid."
Zhu Yan rolled his eyes and said.
After repeated urging from the palace maid, Zhu Yan and Zhu Yun reluctantly said goodbye to Rong Fei, and Xiao Shunzi soon returned carrying a bamboo ladder.
It was already approaching evening, and this garden was usually only used for Zhu Yan and Zhu Yun to play. After the two of them left with their accompanying maids, almost no one would come.
So the two of them no longer had any scruples, and they set up the ladder and climbed up the wall.
Rong Fei put his head over the wall and looked at the other side of the high wall, but his body was shaken violently. The bamboo ladder also shook a few times. Xiao Shunzi, who was holding the bamboo ladder below, was so frightened that he quickly increased the strength of his arms.
If we say that children born in the royal family have high vision and broad horizons, wouldn't it be said that they are born in the pond?
Rong Fei looked at the dripping light on the other side of the high wall, which was about the size of a football field... lake, his eyes widened, and he cried out in his heart.
When he thought of finding a fist-sized jade seal in such a large body of water, an idiom came to Rong Fei's mind - looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Xiao Shunzi, do you know there is a lake over there?"
Rong Fei sat on the wall and asked Xiao Shunzi below.
"That's the Golden Scale Pond, where His Majesty and the nobles go fishing and rafting in their free time. Unfortunately, it's the wrong time now. If it were full of lotus flowers in midsummer, the scenery would really be..."
"Stop, stop, let me ask you, how deep is the water inside?"
"Well...the shallow part is no more than the knee, and the deepest part is about two or three feet."
Rong Fei suddenly felt a headache, and the difficulty of the search increased exponentially.
"Xiao Shunzi, are you a water person?"
Rong Fei asked again, it would be much faster if you could find someone to help you search together.
"Hey, Xiaorong, you are asking. My hometown is Shazhou. I didn't even take a bath before entering the palace."
"No, I won't. How can there be so much nonsense?"
Rong Fei lectured angrily.
"Isn't it just to increase your persuasiveness?"
Xiao Shunzi said aggrievedly.
"If you don't know, don't be idle. The shallow water belongs to you, and the deep water belongs to me. Don't waste time and seize the time."
After that, Rong Fei climbed down from the wall using his hands and feet.
…
According to custom, the emperor could no longer drink or eat from Hai hour on the day before the heaven-sacrifice ceremony. He sat quietly for an hour and at midnight, he began to bathe and incense, and then set off for the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
In the Ancestral Temple, I personally burned incense for the tablets of the late emperors, summarized the work since ascending the throne, and detailed future work plans.
At Mao o'clock the next day, I changed the dress and crown that I wore when offering sacrifices to heaven, and set off to the altar of offering sacrifices to heaven.
After arriving at the Temple of Sacrifice to Heaven, all the other people retreated, leaving the Emperor alone to sit quietly in the center of the Temple of Sacrifice to Heaven, recuperating his spirit, so that when the ceremony begins at noon, he can report his work to the Emperor of Heaven in the fullest state and with the most sincere emotions, and pray for blessings.
transport.
But things like rules are formulated just for fools who don’t know what they are doing.
Throughout the ages, those who have achieved great things have always been ruthless people who were good at breaking conventions and overriding the rules.
At three o'clock in the morning, Zhu Sheng was sitting cross-legged on a futon. On the low table in front of him were placed delicate and elegant side dishes and a pot of fine wine in a white jade bottle.
Ma Hong stuck out his buttocks and offered incense to the last tablet, which was the late emperor who had just kicked his legs for half a year. After that, he walked lightly to the side of Zhu Sheng and bowed to wait.
"It's none of your business, go out and wait."
Zhu Sheng put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine glass, took a sip and waved his hands.
Ma Hong bowed and exited the dormitory, but turned back not long after.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yu is here. He is just outside the palace. He said that he will accompany your Majesty to the Temple of Heaven tomorrow."
"Um?"
Zhu Sheng, who showed no emotion or anger, showed a rare expression of surprise on his face. He turned his head to look at Ma Hong, and he also had a look of disbelief when he saw him.
"Is this what Yu Qingzhi said?"
Zhu Sheng asked.
"This servant dare not deceive Your Majesty."
"Haha, this is strange. But... it's also a good thing. Go and bring some food and wine to Mr. Yu, and it will be a fun thing to drink together during the long night."
"Slave, please obey."
After Ma Hong left, the smile on Zhu Sheng's face faded, and his eyes flickered with suspicion.
Except for the period at the beginning of Dayan's founding, the relationship between Jixiansi and the emperor has always been in a very delicate state.
Ji Xian Si Ming was a member of the emperor's personal army and was personally controlled by the emperor.
However, since the death of Taizu, the successors to the throne of Dayan in the past generations have been more afraid of Ji Xiansi, and have focused on winning over and appeasing him, and rarely rely on him as a confidant.
There are two main reasons.
One thing may be that it has been suppressed for too long. After the arresting god ascended to the immortal world, the spiritual world headed by Sijue continued to put pressure on the Dayan court, demanding the abolition of the Jixian Division and bringing peace to the spiritual world. The Dayan court and the emperor accepted the responsibility.
The pressure is great.
The second reason is that the Chief of the Immortal Division controls the Five Jue Formation. The Five Jue Formation was arranged by the Immortal Catcher himself, with the purpose of protecting Kyoto from being disturbed by the spiritual world. In addition, the Five Jue Formation has another effect, which is
The person in control can detonate it with a single thought, turning the entire Kyoto into dust.
Let me ask you, how could Emperor Dayan sleep peacefully with someone who controlled such a supreme killing weapon but could not be trusted as his confidant?
It's not that Emperor Dayan didn't want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with the Jixian Division, it's actually that the successive chief arresters of the Jixian Division all had the same moral character as the original arrester, and always adhered to the so-called four principles.
No initiative, no refusal, no responsibility, no commitment.
Adhering to this style of conduct, you can't let the majestic emperor rush to confide in you, right? The emperor doesn't want to lose face!
The current chief arrester of the Immortal Division, Yu Qingzhi, has carried forward the four principles even more, and has even surpassed the founder's ability to arrest gods.