The Imperial Observatory Director's expression changed upon hearing this. Only now did he realize that he had been watching the spectacle for so long, and was just wondering what the matter of Grand Secretary Liu had to do with him.
It turns out that was just a prelude, and they were actually waiting for him here!
Thinking of his own observations of the stars, and the Crown Princess's saying that Venus obscured the Emperor's star, and seeing the Taoist priest in front of him, he felt a sense of crisis.
However, he remained relatively calm and did not get angry immediately. Instead, he stared intently at Che Yi, who was dressed in a Taoist robe.
"Oh, please explain in detail, Daoist Master."
Emperor Wenjian sighed curiously.
"Before the Crown Princess invited me, I cast a divination for her. The divination indicated that the Crown Prince would meet a virtuous wife and, with her help, would become increasingly brilliant."
The presence of Venus, shining brightly, signifies that the Crown Prince will achieve great success with the help of his virtuous wife, and that the Liang Dynasty will reach unprecedented heights as a result.
"Really? Is what you said true, Taoist priest?"
Emperor Wenjian was immediately excited when he heard that the Great Liang Dynasty would reach an unprecedented height.
At this moment, he completely forgot how he felt when he wanted to obtain the Snow Lotus.
Although he was a somewhat selfish emperor, the blood of the Xiao family in his bones told him that it was far better to make the Great Liang Dynasty rise to a higher level than to let himself live a few more decades!
If the Great Liang can unify all the countries in the future, I would be willing to die ten years earlier!
"Exactly."
Che Yi nodded slightly.
At this moment, the Director of the Imperial Observatory could no longer hold back.
He stepped forward and sneered, "You Taoist priest are good at misinterpreting celestial phenomena. Are you perhaps a shill hired by the Crown Princess? The light of Venus in this celestial phenomenon is gradually obscuring the Emperor Star. It's clearly an omen of a hen crowing at dawn, yet you're twisting it."
"Your Majesty, please do not believe this Taoist priest's nonsense."
"But he just performed a divination for Eunuch Zhang, and it was all correct."
Emperor Wenjian's Way.
Did you just have your fortune told?
Could it be that they calculated that Grand Secretary Liu was the son of a disgraced official, guilty of deceiving the emperor?
The Imperial Observatory Director frowned in confusion.
However, he soon figured it out.
"Your Majesty, how can you be sure that it was he who calculated it just now, and not that he investigated it beforehand? After all, if someone had carefully investigated Liu Dashi's identity beforehand, or already knew about it, and then told him to say it on purpose, then this matter would not be simple."
this......
Upon hearing the words of the Director of the Imperial Observatory, Emperor Wenjian hesitated again.
yes!
What if they knew this beforehand?
That's not impossible.
Su Liluo had long anticipated that the Director of the Imperial Observatory would say such a thing. The reason she took Liu Gonggong to the executioner today was mainly for two purposes.
First, it was to get rid of Eunuch Liu and Grand Secretary Liu, because these two were Xiao Churen's men and would work for him in the future.
Son.
Second, it was to introduce the Director of the Imperial Observatory.
Su Liluo had already prepared her explanation. She said, "What the Supervisor said makes sense. To ensure fairness, I would like the Supervisor and Daoist Qingchen to make a prediction together."
Let's see who predicts correctly; that will prove who has real skill and who's just spouting nonsense.
"Prediction? I wonder what the Crown Princess wishes to predict?"
When the supervisor heard Su Liluo mention that he wanted to compete with this Taoist priest in divination, he felt a little worried, wondering what Su Liluo was up to.
"That's a good suggestion."
Emperor Wenjian, sitting on the dragon throne, also became interested upon hearing Su Liluo's words.
Having just learned about Scholar Liu's abilities, Emperor Wenjian had become somewhat interested in this Taoist priest's skills. If he was truly that capable, then he was a highly accomplished person.
He held reverence for reclusive masters.
"To ensure fairness, and to prevent the Supervisor from saying that the Taoist priest investigated or bribed anyone in advance, I think you and the Taoist priest should predict when the next rain will come to the capital!"
This rain is the will of Heaven, something we can't control by human power. It's the fairest thing to do, Your Excellency, what do you say?
Su Liluo said with a smile.
The supervisor breathed a sigh of relief; he had thought something serious had happened.
As the Director of the Imperial Observatory, he certainly didn't have any great abilities, but he could still predict the weather by observing the stars.
"Sure, but I need to observe the stars at night to predict the weather; it's not possible to do that now."
The Superintendent readily agreed.
"That's a good suggestion. Whether it rains or not is up to the heavens, and it's beyond our human control. So let's have a competition between the two of you at the observatory tonight!"
Emperor Wenjian also thought Su Liluo's suggestion was good. No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't interfere with when it rained.
Soon, news reached Xiao Churen's ears that Su Liluo had brought the Taoist priest into the palace, causing Scholar Liu and Engineer Zhang to be imprisoned, and that she was going to have a weather prediction contest with the Superintendent that night.
"Su Liluo has truly ruined my grand plan! Why didn't you inform me sooner that she had entered the palace!"
Xiao Churen angrily questioned his subordinates.
If he had known beforehand that Su Liluo was going to the palace today for this purpose, he would have definitely stopped her.
Scholar Liu was someone I had personally helped to rise to the top, and he had finally become the youngest scholar in the cabinet, but now he had been ruined because of Su Liluo.
If the identity of the descendant of a disgraced official is exposed, he will be barred from holding office for life.
And then there's Eunuch Zhang, who finally managed to get a chance to serve the Emperor, only to have his life cut short like that.
Xiao Churen was so angry that his heart ached.
Knowing that Su Liluo was also a reincarnation like himself, Xiao Churen did not doubt that all of this was predicted by the Taoist priest.
He assumed that Su Liluo knew this because she had been by his side in his previous life.
Therefore, he was not worried about the Taoist priest's request to the Director of the Imperial Observatory to predict the rain.
Because he knew that the Taoist priest didn't have that ability; it was just that Su Liluo had memories of her previous life and might remember the date of the rain.
So he said, "Quickly send someone to tell the supervisor to predict the date before the Taoist priest tonight. If the Taoist priest predicts the same date as you, then say that the Taoist priest is stealing your work."
He had no doubt about the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's ability to predict the weather, after all, their weather predictions had been very accurate over the years.
I just felt that Su Liluo and the others definitely wanted to seize the initiative, so I made a special instruction.
He just didn't expect that what happened that night would be completely different from what he had imagined.
Because the date predicted by the Taoist priest was different from that of the Director of the Imperial Observatory.
"Lord Inspector, are you absolutely certain that the first rain of the month will fall in five days?"
After the prediction was completed, Xiao Churen met with the supervisor privately and asked with some concern.
"Your Highness, rest assured, I may not have many other skills, but I am certainly capable of predicting the weather."
The Director of the Imperial Observatory said confidently.
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