Chapter 70 Chapter 70 is the only genuine version...
If the magnetic needle doesn't move, it can be used to determine good or bad luck.
Gu Zhizhuo looked at the magnetic needle and then at Prince Jin.
"Wow." She said seriously, "Your Highness, you are in trouble."
"Your Majesty!"
Along with the sound of hurried footsteps, more guards rushed over from all over the mansion.
Gu Yican pressed his knees down and said with a smile, "Your Highness, you're wrong. Are you comparing them with more people? When it comes to outnumbered people, this prince has never lost."
His fearless look reminded the King of Jin of the Thousand Machine Camp outside the capital. He coughed and shouted, "Retreat, retreat."
The guards all took a few steps back, looking defensive.
Gu Zhizhuo continued to interpret the hexagram as if no one was around. "Your Highness, the hexagram indicates that you will soon go to the palace to file a complaint. When you leave this courtyard, a bird will fly over your head and drop a pile of…"
Gu Yican interjected: "Guano?"
"Hmm," Gu Zhizhuo said slowly. "When you enter the palace, you'll be scolded by the Emperor, kicked out of the Imperial Study, and fall down the stairs in a daze."
"This is such bad luck! If I were you, I would definitely not enter the palace today."
The King of Jin looked at him coldly without saying a word.
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not."
"However," Gu Zhizhuo deliberately paused and leaned forward. "I've calculated with my fingers that all your scheming will ultimately lead to nothing, fame, wealth, and success. The end of your bloodline is imminent."
The gentle voice seemed to come from a deep valley, and Prince Jin's hands and feet went numb when he heard it.
Gu Zhizhuo's eyes shifted from the compass, his long eyelashes fluttering as he spoke, half-seriously and half-fakingly, "Your Highness, would you like a protective amulet? It only costs ten thousand taels...of gold."
"Are you kidding me?!"
Prince Jin was furious. Her figure was reflected in his pupils, and the hatred almost swallowed her.
"What are you looking at! Can you just look at my sister?"
"Gu Yican, you two brothers should not..."
Before he could finish his harsh words, King Jin felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and a dagger stabbed straight into his eyes.
Prince Jin's pupils suddenly shrank, his eyeballs trembled, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak.
The tip of the knife barely stopped above his eyelid.
The guards all turned pale and rushed forward, shouting "Your Highness" in unison. After taking two steps, they were afraid that Gu Yican's dagger would hurt the prince, so they stopped quickly, at a loss.
"If you don't want it, forget it." Gu Zhizhuo put the compass in his arms and stood up nonchalantly, "Gu Cancan, let's go."
Gu Yican obeyed perfectly, twirling the dagger around his fingers before sheathing it neatly. He slowly stood up, turned around, and asked, "Are you done?"
"The fight is over!"
Zheng Si's eyebrows danced with joy.
During this period of time, Xie Sheng had been arguing with them about everything and fighting with them for everything. He was already full of anger.
Now I finally feel relieved.
"Let's go!"
Zheng Si ran over happily: "Brother Can, there's a new young lady singing songs at Tianxianglou. She's from Jiangnan and has a soft and sweet voice that's really nice. Let's go listen to some music."
Gu Yican slapped him on the back of the head.
Zheng Si was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Gu Zhizhuo was still there, and hurriedly explained: "Sister, Tianxianglou is not a brothel... It hurts, Brother Can, please hit me gently, it really is not a brothel, it's just a place to eat and listen to music..."
The sound gradually faded away.
Prince Jin climbed up with the help of his attendant.
His whole body ached, and he held his waist, his face twisted in pain.
Although I knew clearly that Gu Zhizhuo was talking nonsense, the words still came to my mind——
From then on, all fame, wealth and power were in vain, and the extinction of his bloodline was imminent.
"Father, Father King."
Xie Sheng's crying voice interrupted his thoughts. King Jin's eyes were swollen and he could only squint to see. He vaguely saw a human-shaped object crawling towards him. There were several talismans stuck on that object, and each one was as red as blood.
"Wow!"
Prince Jin jumped up and kicked Xie Sheng out.
"Father, Father!!"
Xie Sheng's tears stopped suddenly.
Prince Jin coughed awkwardly and angrily said, "Look at yourself, what a mess you are!"
After saying this, without even glancing at him, he flicked his sleeves and quickly ordered, "Prepare the carriage, the prince wants to go to the palace!"
Prince Jin limped out of the courtyard and suddenly something fell on his forehead.
He subconsciously touched it with his hand and found it was a pile of bird droppings.
King of Jin:!
His heart suddenly beat wildly twice. Before he could think about it, the attendant hurried over and said, "Your Highness, the carriage is ready."
When the attendant saw bird droppings on his forehead, he quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it clean and helped him walk to the ceremonial gate.
Prince Jin got on his carriage and headed straight for the palace.
There was only one last ray of sunlight left in the sky, and the sky gradually became dark.
The Prince of Jin deliberately did not wash off the blood stains on his face. He entered the palace in a disheveled state, covered in dust. As soon as he saw the emperor, he burst into tears.
The emperor was indeed startled and exclaimed, "Prince Jin, what are you doing..."
King Jin wiped his tears, fell to his knees, and recounted what had just happened with tears and snot.
The emperor was stunned by these words and slammed the table and cursed, "Do this brother and sister have any sense of propriety?!"
Prince Jin didn't say a word in the court and let her beat and scold him. Why did she rush to Prince Jin's mansion and beat him again as soon as the court was over?
Did the Gu family think the capital was theirs? Did they disregard all the civil and military officials in the court?
The emperor suddenly felt murderous intent.
Chen Xu sat on an armchair to the side, his slender fingers slowly sorting through the memorials. Hearing this, he asked without even looking up, "Are there only Prince Gu and his sister?"
Prince Jin's eyes were a little evasive: "No, there are also a few guys from the Zheng family, the Zhou family, the Mo family..."
Chen Xu raised his eyes slightly, his pair of affectionate peach blossom eyes sparkling and charming: "These guys are surrounding you, Your Highness, and beating you?" Prince Jin suddenly turned his head, and Chen Xu faced him sideways. His fair skin made the red cinnabar mole at the end of his eye even more dazzling.
He was stunned for a moment, then asked with a stern face, "What do you mean by that, Governor?"
Chen Xu said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, are all these boys going to follow Prince Gu to beat you up?"
The emperor also sensed something was wrong.
The emperor knew all these guys, they were well-known playboys in the capital.
With the exception of Zheng Si, all of them were youngest sons, legitimate sons. With distinguished older brothers supporting their families, they had been pampered by their grandparents, parents, brothers, and entire families since childhood, leaving them devoid of ambition. They loved to hang out together, mostly for fun, like cockfighting, hunting, horse racing, and competing for the title of "Oiran." Even the imperial envoys didn't bother to impeach them. Would they join Gu Yican in attacking the Prince of Jin? They were playboys, not fools.
Unless there is a conflict between several children and a fight breaks out.
The emperor's face turned cold, and he asked the key question: "Did Gu Yican bring people to beat you or to beat Xie Sheng?"
Prince Jin secretly gritted his teeth.
He didn't expect Shen Xu to be so nosy.
At first, Prince Jin really thought Gu Yican was coming for him, because he was away from home, so he gathered a group of playboys to beat Xie Sheng to vent his anger. Until now, he calmed down from his anger, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.
It seems... it's really targeting Xie Sheng?
He couldn't help but mumble, "Your Majesty, they broke into my house, beat Sheng'er up, and pasted talismans all over the yard."
When King Jin thought of the scene at that time, he couldn't help but shudder.
Although the latest pigeon message from Western Xinjiang hadn't arrived yet, King Jin was completely certain that Gu Yican and his sister knew about Shangxu Monastery. So, could the talismans they had posted also be... The mere thought of this possibility made him panic.
The emperor raised an eyebrow: "Talisman paper?"
Prince Jin pulled out a few pieces of talisman paper that smelled strongly of blood from his bosom and emphasized, "Your Majesty, there's blood on them! It must be a curse."
When he mentioned the word "curse", his lips trembled.
Li Deshun went down and took it to present to the emperor.
"Let Ah Xu see it too."
Li Deshun took a few more and presented them to Shen Xu, his waist bent even lower than when he faced the emperor.
Shen Xu picked it up and took a look, and couldn't help but chuckle.
He picked up the talisman with great interest, holding it between his fingers and playing with it: "Your Majesty, please look at what is written on the talisman paper."
The emperor was a little confused. He tried his best to ignore the smell of blood, spread out the talisman paper, and squinted his eyes to identify it carefully.
Hey, he actually understood it!
On the talisman paper, there were two big words written in cursive: Chicken Blood.
emperor:? ? ?
So, this talisman, no, the thing on this yellow paper is chicken blood?
Next to the two words "chicken blood", there are many strange patterns drawn, each one is different, and it can be seen at first glance that they were drawn casually.
"So?" The emperor laughed angrily. "Prince Jin, you said Gu Yican covered your house with chicken blood. Was he using it to curse you?"
Prince Jin was also stunned.
He took out a few more papers and looked at them over and over again. Two of them had "chicken blood" written on them, and the other had "roll, roll, roll" written on it.
Chen Xu held his chin and reminded slowly, "Your Majesty, Princess Anhe came to see the Queen Mother three days ago."
After hearing this, the emperor remembered it.
Zheng Jiuguang was the only son of Princess Anhe, the third daughter of the late emperor. Her biological mother was a concubine who died during childbirth. Since she was young, she was brought up to the Empress Dowager for care.
A few days ago, Princess Anhe went to the palace to complain to the Queen Mother, saying that Xie Sheng had Zheng Si beaten and stripped him naked and left him in front of the theater.
At that time, the Queen Mother wanted him to take care of it, but he ignored her. These guys would fight today and make up tomorrow, and there would be a fight every few days.
Unexpectedly, because he did not help his nephew, he was almost tricked by King Jin into scolding his nephew.
He slapped the imperial table and laughed angrily: "You still want to lie to me, they are clearly going to find Xie Sheng!"
"How many days have those brats ever lived without fighting or making trouble since they were little? Your son was beaten, and they rushed to complain, accusing Gu Yican of many crimes."
"How is Xie Sheng now? Did he break his arm or leg, or is he disabled?"
The emperor picked up the teacup on the imperial desk and took a few gulps.
Shen Xu glanced at him lightly and said, "The emperor has been busy with court affairs recently. Your Majesty, don't bother the emperor with children like you arguing about who is right and who is wrong."
The emperor agreed with this.
King Jin suddenly looked at Shen Xu.
Chen Xu was leaning back in an armchair, flipping through a notebook in his hand. His bright red Qilin robe was gleaming in the glow of the setting sun.
It wasn't his illusion, Shen Xu was indeed targeting him!
Why?
Chen Xu is used to doing some secret things for the emperor and rarely interferes in state affairs. I should have no conflicts with him, and it will not be good for him to step on me!
Does he, a eunuch, also want to stand in the court and rule the world?
Don't be too funny.
"Your Majesty, please listen to me. Gu Yican said it himself..."
Prince Jin wanted to explain that Gu Yican was just pretending to help Zheng Si, and he actually wanted to take revenge on him.
He wanted to take revenge for insulting Gu Taotao's corpse!
In revenge, he cast a curse on Gu Taotao to suppress him.
As a result, when he looked up, he saw that the emperor was impatient and even had a hint of disgust between his brows.
Disgust, is it towards yourself?
"Your Highness." Chen Xu's fingertips tapped the coffee table lightly, rhythmically, making people unconsciously listen to him. "You want the emperor to help you regain your lost face, but you don't take the emperor's face into consideration."
The emperor was enlightened. That's right! If he issued a high-profile imperial decree to reprimand a few children for fighting, then in the eyes of the entire court, he would still be the adored and favored Prince of Jin, whose word was final. Great, this was backfiring on him.
"no!"
The Prince of Jin wanted to explain that he had not meant that, but the emperor no longer wanted to listen.
"Get down!"
The Prince of Jin opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed back all his words. He knew the Emperor too well. Given the Emperor's temper, no amount of explanation would be of any use. He bowed his head and said, "It's my fault. I was too impatient. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
The emperor waved his hand coldly and said, "Go down."
Prince Jin bent down and retreated. The door of the imperial study closed behind him, and there was no fear on his lowered face.
Just as the King of Jin was about to go down, he suddenly withdrew his foot. He walked back and forth nervously for a few steps and looked at the pedal carefully.
The white marble steps were clean, without any water or oil. He tested the soles of his feet and found them not slippery.
It shouldn't have fallen for no reason, right?
Even though he thought so, for the sake of caution, he still walked to the edge, held onto the railing, and took a careful step.
Someone behind him shouted, "Prince, be careful," but it was too late.
As soon as he stepped down with his left foot, a stone slab suddenly lifted up, and he twisted his foot and rolled down the stone steps.
"Your Majesty."
The eunuch hurried over to help him up: "Are you okay?"
The eunuch was panicking. He had noticed the stone slab warping that morning and had already reported it to the Palace Supervisor, waiting for repairs. He had originally thought the stone slab would be close to the carved railings, where no one would go. After all, no one visiting the Imperial Study would sneak around to the very edge.
After Prince Jin came out of the imperial study, he looked left and right, not knowing what he was thinking about. There was such a large area in the middle, but he refused to leave!
It was too late for the eunuch to call out to him.
He was on the verge of tears, but he couldn't. He said cautiously, "Your Highness, may I help you sit in the waiting area?"
The stairs were only six high, so rolling down wouldn't cause any serious injuries, but the Prince of Jin was completely stunned. After gaining strength to stand up, he seemed to have not heard what the eunuch was saying at all, and walked out limping.
You got it all right!
Is she really good at fortune-telling?
"From now on, all my fame, wealth and honor are in vain, and my bloodline is about to be cut off." The King of Jin murmured silently, and almost escaped from the palace.
Only after walking out of the vermilion gate did King Jin suddenly stop and look back silently.
The Prince of Jin's Mansion was once just an inconspicuous royal family. It was after he worked hard for most of his life that he achieved his current status.
Since he was able to put the second prince, who was mediocre except for his ambition, on the throne, he was not afraid that the emperor would abandon him!
Prince Jin's eyes darkened and he got on the carriage.
He did not return to the palace, but went out of the city again. He did not return to the capital that night. At dawn, he had a box delivered to the emperor. After the eunuchs checked it, they placed the box on the imperial desk. The emperor saw it as soon as he came to court.
The emperor did not see Prince Jin in the court, and was wondering if his words were too harsh.
Seeing that Prince Jin had specially sent him something, the resentment in his heart was reduced a lot. After all, all the civil officials in the court only had eyes for the deposed prince, but Prince Jin and Yongcheng were the only ones who saw him and turned to him without hesitation.
Thinking of this, the last trace of resentment disappeared.
"What did the King of Jin send me?"
"I like the new tribute seal stones. I'll give them to Jin..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
The emperor stared at the box, where half an ink stick lay quietly.
The front end of the ink is very smooth, and you can tell at a glance that it is the leftover from nature.
The ink is the finest Hui ink, and on the front there are several golden characters of "Twenty-one Years" and a line of small characters: Respectfully paid tribute to the emperor, long life.
He actually still kept it!
"He..." the emperor murmured to himself, "He kept it here on purpose to threaten me."
Li Deshun was standing nearby and couldn't help but glance at it. He suddenly remembered that this ink stick was a birthday gift given to the late emperor by the emperor in the 21st year of Taiyuan.
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!"
As Li Deshun cried out for the last time, the emperor's eyes went dark and he fell down.
The emperor is ill.
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