Zhao Qian and his remnants were all dead. The emperor finally put down the heavy stone in his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.
But when he was sleeping at night, he saw several familiar faces appear in front of him, telling him that they died miserably.
The emperor sat up in a panic and found that his whole body was wet with sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" the palace servant whispered outside.
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Dress me. I want to see the Imperial Master."
The palace maid was stunned for a moment. Now? It was pitch black now.
But there is no reason why the emperor cannot see the person he wants to see.
In order to build an altar in the palace to pray for blessings, the imperial teacher lived in the Imperial Observatory on the far right side of the palace.
When the emperor and his entourage arrived, the lights in the Imperial Observatory were brightly on, and the imperial teacher with white hair was sitting at the table.
Seeing the emperor come in, he did not kneel down to salute, but just nodded to the emperor: "Your Majesty, come and have a cup of tea to clear your mind and concentrate."
As if forced by gods and ghosts, the emperor walked over, picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking the tea, his heart, which had been beating so fast as if it was about to jump out at any time, suddenly slowly returned to normal.
After a while, the emperor felt much lighter.
"Imperial Master, what a holy water this is! I really feel much better after drinking it." The emperor said in surprise.
"I observed the stars at night and calculated that His Majesty might be haunted by a ghost, so I took great pains to prepare this cup of tea."
The emperor looked at the imperial teacher with awe, thinking that if it weren't for the imperial teacher, he would have been tortured to death even if he wasn't killed!
"Thank you, Imperial Master." The emperor said respectfully.
The Imperial Master flicked his whisk and said in a sage-like manner, "It is my duty to help His Majesty resolve his worries and difficulties. However, this tea can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause."
"Does the Imperial Master have any other ideas?" the emperor asked anxiously.
He didn't want to be woken up by this nightmare every day. It would be best if he could get rid of it once and for all.
"There's only one way, and that's to hold a ritual to eliminate their resentment. That way, they won't be able to stay and do evil again."
The emperor nodded, and his idea of building the altar became more determined.
***
After resolving the matter at Prince Duan's Mansion, Yan Qing set out to the disaster area with rice and grain to alleviate the disaster.
In the past, he would definitely not be willing to leave Yan Ning and the Duke of Zhenguo at home, but now it is different. With Xie Yunjiao helping them, he is very relieved.
Because of the rebellion in Prince Duan's Mansion, all the former soldiers on the Fifth Prince's side were deliberately targeted by the emperor. Almost all of them were demoted, and some of them who were the Fifth Prince's right-hand men were even exiled.
There was a vacancy in the court official position, and the announcement of the spring examination results was a few days earlier than usual.
Ma Jun went to wait early in the morning. Unlike other candidates, although he was nervous, he knew that he had the ability to make it to the list.
Suddenly, Ma Jun saw Doudou with his sharp eyes, he was there too!
Doudou got first place in the previous provincial examination. I wonder how good a result he will get this time.
However, this time the entire court was reshuffled, and his father had curried favor with high-ranking officials in the capital and was appointed a third-rank official in the Ministry of Rites! It was considered a great rise to prominence!
Now that their family has moved to the capital, they hold their chins high and look at everyone with disdain.
Although his father was the Minister of Rites, one level lower than Doudou's grandfather, who was the Minister of War, it was said that Lian Yan often contradicted the emperor and was not liked.
Some people were even discussing replacing him.
So Ma Jun was not afraid of Doudou at all.
"Boy, did you see your name? I looked from the tail end and couldn't find your name." Ma Jun pointed to the upper middle position, "My name is here."
"Congratulations," Doudou smiled, "and thank you for paying so much attention to me. But my name is not at the end, it should be at the front."
Ma Jun couldn't help laughing when he heard Doudou's words: "Oh, you are so arrogant.
But your master couldn't teach any good students, otherwise his Yingtian Academy wouldn't have been in tatters for so many years.
Don't think you're great just because you won the title of Jieyuan. This is the capital, and you don't have the final say."
"What did you say?" Doudou's face suddenly changed. It would be enough to just talk about him. Why did he have to involve the master? The master was the best. He would not tolerate others talking about him!
Doudou quickly attacked Ma Jun and kicked him in the leg.
Ma Jun fell to his knees with a thud in pain.
A grown man was bullied like this by a little kid. Everyone couldn't help laughing at his embarrassing look.
Ma Jun stood up angrily and slapped Doudou: "How dare you attack this young master? You are courting death!"
As soon as Ma Jun started to move, several hands attacked him.
"You dare to attack my students? You think you're capable, don't you?" Xu Heshan said unhappily.
There are two other people, one is Lian Jin and the other is Xie Yunjiao.
Xie Yunjiao was holding a silver needle in her hand. If Ma Jun really hurt Doudou, her silver needle would prevent Ma Jun from even taking the palace examination!
Daring to bully her son, you are simply asking for death!
Ma Jun was stunned for a moment and looked at Xu Heshan in disbelief: "Master Xu, you are his master? Why have I never heard of it?"
Ma Jun only knew that Yan Qing was Xu Heshan's apprentice, but he had never heard that Doudou was also one!
Xu Heshan snorted coldly, not wanting to talk to Ma Jun at all: "Who are you? Do I need to tell you before I accept you as my disciple?"
Ma Jun's face turned pale.
Although Xu Heshan's official position was not high, his status in the court was extremely important.
Many people are trying to curry favor with Xu Heshan.
But Xu Heshan just wouldn't listen, which made many people who wanted to please him very angry.
Of course, there were also many people vying to be his apprentice.
However, he only accepted Yan Qing as his disciple and never accepted any other disciples.
Everyone thought that Xu Heshan would not accept any more disciples, but suddenly a disciple named Doudou appeared. How could Ma Jun believe it!
"I dare not." Ma Jun hurriedly saluted Xu Heshan and said.
Xu Heshan ignored Ma Jun and walked over to Doudou and said, "Boy, you did well in the exam this time. Your name is even at the front of the list."
Yes, the first place is Wu Mingde and the second place is Doudou.
"It's all thanks to my senior brother's teaching." Doudou said shyly.
Ma Jun looked at Doudou's name at the front of the list, and his whole body was disheveled in the wind!
Not only did Doudou get a good score in the exam, but he was also Xu Heshan's other disciple besides Yan Qing. How could he accept this!
"Let's go, mother will invite you to Yuemanlou to eat delicious food." Xie Yunjiao said.
Doudou's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly: "Mom, I want to eat eight-treasure porridge."
"Okay, let your Uncle Yang cook for you." Xie Yunjiao said lovingly.
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