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"Please." The maid led Su Fangli through the palace, stopped at the palace gate, and said respectfully, "Sir, take care."
Su Fangli was slightly surprised, but nodded, saluted, and walked towards the Imperial Observatory. Ji Yuanhang was walking around the Imperial Observatory. Seeing Su Fangli coming back, he immediately went to meet him and asked, "Are you okay?"
Seeing Su Fangli shaking his head, Ji Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief, "The power of heaven is unpredictable, it's difficult for you."
"Will I be the only one to tell fortunes for His Majesty tomorrow?" Su Fangli asked.
Ji Yuanhang had a strange expression on his face. He moved his mouth and hesitated for a long time before taking out a jade token and a booklet from his arms.
The jade plaque is a token of the Imperial Observatory, engraved with the Imperial Observatory symbol and the word "Fang Li".
The booklet is palm-sized, with about a hundred pages. The edges are worn and curled, and it looks very old.
"This is the nameplate of the Imperial Observatory. Please keep it well, young lady, and remember to wear it with you." Ji Yuanhang handed the jade plate over, then pointed to the booklet and said, "I carefully compiled this, young lady, please don't dislike it."
Su Fangli took the jade token. The jade was green, cool, and had a faint fragrance. She hung it around her waist and picked up the booklet and opened a page.
"Purple air descends from the east, auspicious mists thicken the air, foretelling that Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and all nations will come to pay homage..."
"The sun shines brightly, the stars circle the North Star. This is a sign of great fortune. The country is safe and the people celebrate together..."
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After flipping through several pages, he saw auspicious phrases written in neat parallelism. Su Fangli also saw a familiar sentence: "The dragon's light shoots into the Dou, the phoenix's feathers carry the brilliance, the auspicious omen is clear."
This is exactly what I said when I met the emperor today.
"Remember these and memorize them well, they will be useful." Ji Yuanhang said.
Su Fangli's face lit up with understanding. She put the booklet away and said, "Thank you very much."
Ji Yuanhang smiled, then quickly straightened his face when he realized it, and said seriously, "If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me. I have other errands to do, so feel free to help me."
After the person left, Su Fangli casually flipped through the booklet in his hand.
It seemed like these daily divinations were just a formality. But he was the most respected emperor in the world. Wouldn't he be held accountable if he acted so foolishly?
Su Fangli found a table and chair to sit down, flipping through the book while thinking.
The Imperial Master went into seclusion as soon as he returned. Although she became his disciple, it was just a title. He Xuanli obviously did not trust her.
The emperor looked noble, but based on her experience today, the emperor might not be as noble as she thought in the palace.
Could he be his savior before he traveled through time? Or was he his past life?
On the second day, Su Fangli followed the eunuch to the Qinzheng Hall alone to predict good or bad luck for the emperor.
The emperor was sitting at the desk as usual.
There was a pile of memorials in front of him, and his brows were tightly furrowed. Before the eunuch could announce it, he threw the memorials in his hand away angrily.
"How dare you bring any funny trivia to my face!"
The palace maids in the hall knelt on the ground in a hurry. The emperor was still angry. Just like the day before, he angrily waved his arm to clear the memorials in front of him.
After He Hongli had vented his anger, he felt much better. He looked up and saw the new astronomical official from the Imperial Astronomical Observatory who had just arrived yesterday waiting by his side with his head bowed.
"Come here." He waved his hand.
Su Fangli stepped forward, saluted, and took out her own fortune stick box.
The eunuch standing nearby saw this and came over to stop her from taking the thing in her hand. "What is this? Don't pollute your majesty's eyes."
"What is this?" He Hongli asked, looking at the chopstick holder in Su Fangli's hand.
Su Fangli: "Your Majesty, this is the instrument I use for divination. Your Majesty, please draw one, and I will tell your fortune for today."
He Hongli reached out his hand with great interest and was about to draw it when he was stopped by the eunuch, who said, "Your Majesty, let me examine it first."
He took the entire lottery box from Su Fangli's hand, as if to verify whether there would be any danger.
Su Fangli had expected this, so he stood aside with his head down.
When she lowered her head, she accidentally saw the scattered notes on the ground.
Su Fangli glanced at it casually and saw that it contained nothing but flattery and trivial matters, without a single request related to state affairs.
"Is this memorial good?" He Hongli suddenly asked.
Su Fangli was startled and immediately tried to bow and apologize, but was held back by He Hongli. He Hongli sneered, kicked away the memorial at his feet, and ordered the eunuch beside him: "Clean it up."
After just a few movements, He Hongli's face turned red and he was out of breath. He looked very weak. Su Fangli pretended not to know, but was thinking in his heart.
After a while, the eunuch who took the fortune stick box to check came back. He returned the fortune stick box to Su Fangli and stood aside with his head down.
"Then I will tell fortunes for Your Majesty." Su Fangli handed the fortune stick box to He Hongli as he did before, and asked him to draw lots for divination.
He Hongli looked at Su Fangli deeply, then raised his hand and took a cigarette. His hand was also pale and thin, with distinct joints and obvious dark blue veins.
-Wheel of Fortune
-When good times come, there will always be a way out in difficult situations.
Su Fangli found a suitable sentence in the booklet, organized the words, and said, "The sun shines brightly, and auspicious aura hangs in the air. The time of fortune has arrived, and a turning point is about to come. Your Majesty will enjoy continuous blessings and peace for the country."
He Hongli's slightly expectant eyes turned cold, and he snorted. Still these useless auspicious words.
He waved his hand in dissatisfaction: "Get off."
Su Fangli didn't move and continued, "The hexagram also shows that Your Majesty should not eat liquid food today."
He Hongli suddenly looked up at her. The eunuch standing behind him with his hands hanging down had the same reaction.
Several scrutinizing gazes fell on Su Fangli.
He Hongli moved his lips but said nothing. The eunuch behind him saw that the emperor was also dissatisfied and asked tentatively, "Master Astronomical Official, previous divinations did not include this."
Su Fangli looked at the eunuch and chuckled. He raised his finger to the sky and said, "This means..."
"You..." The eunuch frowned.
"Heh." He Hongli chuckled. "Interesting. In that case, I'll just listen to the Star Official today and not bother with the food."
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician ordered that the medicinal food be consumed daily without interruption..." The eunuch still refused to give up.
"The will of heaven cannot be violated." He Hongli said meaningfully.
Today the emperor invited Su Fangli to dine with him again. He had done the same thing yesterday, and Ji Yuanhang hadn't said anything, so Su Fangli took it for granted and obediently followed the emperor to dinner.
Sure enough, the bowl of soup from yesterday did not appear on the table this time.
Su Fangli observed silently and felt that his guess was almost right.
For several days, Su Fangli used various reasons to prevent the bowl of soup from appearing on the emperor's table.
Perhaps He Hongli had also seen something, but he actually believed Su Fangli's divination very much. He ignored the advice of the eunuch and the imperial physician, and obeyed God's will and refused to touch the bowl of nourishing soup.
The eunuch tried several times to talk to Su Fangli in private, but Su Fangli always found ways to avoid him.
She was the Imperial Master's nominal disciple, and in the past, the Imperial Master's opinions were always followed by the palace. In the Imperial Master's absence, no one dared to touch his disciple.
Some people went to the Imperial Observatory several times to request an audience with the imperial teacher but were turned down. When the eunuchs around the emperor saw Su Fangli, their faces became uglier day by day.
In contrast, He Hongli's complexion became better and better, and his attitude towards Su Fangli could be described as pleasant.
In the past, these people always told He Hongli that "God's will cannot be violated". Now it was He Hongli's turn to speak. He said that this will of heaven was indeed useful.
It was another morning, and Su Fangli came to tell fortunes for the emperor.
She took out the stick box as usual. As soon as He Hongli pulled out a stick, his face turned pale, his body swayed, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
Bright red blood splattered all over Su Fangli's body and face. Su Fangli was startled by the heat, and then he heard the eunuch beside him shout, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Quickly call the imperial physician! Arrest this criminal who intends to murder Your Majesty!"
Su Fangli felt pain in his shoulders and back, and was pinned to the ground by the guards on both sides.
She tilted her head to look and saw that He Hongli's chin was covered in blood and his shirt was soaked in blood.
She had underestimated her enemy, Su Fangli thought. She had oversimplified the palace struggle.
"Execute her immediately!" said the eunuch.
"Wait!" He Hongli hurriedly stopped her. He coughed a few times and spat out a mouthful of blood. "Don't touch her."
The palace maids and guards looked at each other in bewilderment. The chief eunuch's face was extremely bad, and he wanted to persuade him again: "Your Majesty... This person must have evil intentions. Your Majesty must be on guard."
He Hongli: "I can't say for sure!"
Su Fangli felt a sense of relief, and her arms, which had been held back, were freed. She rubbed her shoulders and met the eunuch's gaze.
The other party no longer concealed the cruelty on his face and said silently: "We'll see."
Su Fangli had an expressionless face, which made the eunuch feel a chill in his heart. He was about to continue making threats when he saw Su Fangli had already looked away, walked up to He Hongli and supported him.
"It's okay." He Hongli held Su Fangli's wrist tightly and did not let go until he lay down in the bedroom.
He lay on the dragon bed, his eyes fixed on the ceiling. Su Fangli remained silent, and no one else made a sound except for the imperial physician who was taking his pulse and prescribing medicine.
"Your Majesty has not taken tonics on time recently, and your body is a little weak. If you can take them on time every day, you can nourish your qi and blood and preserve the health of your body." The imperial physician said sadly.
This imperial physician seemed to be in his fifties, but he did not look old at all. His expression was calm and without any pretense, as if he was deeply concerned about the emperor's health.
Su Fangli would not be fooled by a person's appearance, and looked directly at his horoscope.
Before I could clearly see the houses on the horoscope, I could already see the traces of modifications and patchwork on the horoscope.
Another work of the Imperial Master.
She turned to look for the chief eunuch, and sure enough, he did the same.
Su Fangli's mind raced, and he said, "Master once said that the weak cannot be replenished, and there is no construction without destruction. Has the imperial physician ever considered this?"
She didn't care what the Imperial Master had told them or why he poisoned the emperor. Anyway, the Imperial Master was in seclusion now, so she just had to get through the present moment.
Su Fangli carried out the Imperial Master, and the Imperial Physician paused stroking his beard and sighing.
He also knew that the woman before him was the only disciple newly accepted by the Imperial Master. Comparatively speaking, she was closer to the Imperial Master.
Thinking of this, the Imperial Physician sighed deeply and said wistfully, "Your Excellency, the Star Official, is right. I will learn from your advice." He stroked his graying hair and continued, "Your Excellency, the Imperial Preceptor, has received his order from Heaven, so his words are as profound as divine secrets. I will now return to research a better prescription for Your Majesty's health."
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