Chapter 308: The Concubine Does Not Harm the Country, She Only Wants to Harm the Imperial Master (XII)
"How about rebuilding the Cloud Top Pavilion in another place?" Yue Wu suggested.
Yu Huo shook his head. "Tai Sui is a deity, ethereal and homeless. Sometimes he gets up and wanders around when he's half asleep. Who knows if the next location he chooses will be right on top of Tai Sui's head?"
Because of his real experience of seeing a ghost, Yue Wu couldn't help but believe it, and asked worriedly: "Master, do you have a solution?"
Yu Huo didn't pretend to be profound this time. He nodded gently, and then explained to the other party in surprise: "There is a way, and it's very simple.
Tai Sui is sleeping, so just don't wake him up."
"What? This..." Yue Wu hesitated, "Master, how do I do this?"
Yu Huo thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "When sleeping, the most feared thing is making a loud noise or being touched by someone, which would force you to wake up. Today, I saw that the laborers looked pale and thin, and they had no strength to work. It's easy for stones to fall and hit the ground. There are too many violent impacts like this. Even if Tai Sui is sleeping soundly, I'm afraid he will still be woken up.
Your Majesty, it would be better for you to slow down the construction process, provide the laborers with adequate food, and allow them to have enough sleep so that they will have the strength to work and reduce the probability of mistakes.
"And then there's the loud noise. Your Majesty was here today, and the soldiers overseeing the work didn't know Tai Sui was sleeping down there. Their shouting was so loud that even the common people on the opposite hilltop could hear it clearly. If this continues, I'm afraid Tai Sui won't be able to sleep peacefully, and something bad will happen sooner or later."
What he said made perfect sense, and Yue Wu even put herself in his shoes and couldn't help but feel that it made a lot of sense, nodding her head as she listened.
"What the Taoist priest said makes sense. I will issue an order immediately to delay the construction period and adjust the service time of the civilians..."
Seeing Yue Wu was frightened by him, Yu Huo immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Few people praised his wisdom so sincerely. Yue Wu couldn't help but feel a little flattered. While ordering the palace servants to grind ink, he asked with a smile, "Then, Taoist priest, are you willing to stay?"
Yu Huo nodded and said, "I am willing to serve the wise ruler!"
Yue Wu was happy, and his fear of ghosts gradually began to fade. He not only wrote an imperial edict about the Yunding Pavilion, but also wrote the imperial decree appointing Yu Huo as the national teacher.
After he excitedly asked the eunuch to take the imperial edict away, Yue Wu rubbed his right arm and said to himself, "Why is my arm still so cold?"
Xiao Zhuzi looked coldly at Xu Zhaoyi, who always stood on the right side of the emperor, and lowered his head silently.
Yu Huo stepped forward at the right moment, lit the candle that the maid had brought earlier, and then placed it on the table: "Your Majesty, it is easy for evil spirits to enter your body when your third eye is open. I can exorcise the evil spirits for you right now."
Yue Wu laughed: "Master, please stop calling yourself a commoner now."
Yu Huo lowered his head and said modestly: "Your Majesty is right. I will pay attention to it in the future."
Seeing that he didn't call himself "minister", Yue Wu thought that he didn't care about fame, wealth and power, so he didn't pursue it and just nodded lightly.
Yu Huo placed the candle on the table and said, "Your Majesty, please look at this candle."
"Just stare at the candle flame?" It was the first time that Yue Wu had seen such a fresh and unconventional method of exorcism.
Yu Huo nodded: "That's right, just keep looking at this candle flame."
Upon hearing this, Yue Wu cast his gaze on the burning candle. As time passed, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he felt inexplicably sleepy.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, a clear and pleasant voice sounded in my ears: "Now please concentrate on listening to what I am going to say next, don't think about anything else, and slowly close your eyes..."
The sound is like the tinkling of falling spring water, which is particularly pleasant and comfortable.
Yue Wu involuntarily obeyed the other party's words and slowly closed his eyes.
"Yes, that's it. Maintain inner peace and feel your own breathing. You are very relaxed now, so relaxed that it feels like you have returned to your childhood cradle, curiously observing everything around you. Now tell me, what do you see?"
Yue Wu's relaxed body suddenly straightened up at this moment. His eyes were still tightly closed, and his lips were trembling uncontrollably: "Xu, Xu Zhaoyi... ghosts, so many ghosts!"
Yu Huo reached out and gently patted his shoulder, saying, "Don't be afraid. Reach out and touch the pillow and take out the dagger covered with talismans."
"And then?" Yue Wu's voice was hoarse, and his facial lines were still stiff.
Yu Huo was silent for a few seconds, then raised the corner of his mouth provocatively at the female ghost standing next to Yue Wu: "Then, plunge the knife into her heart... Now, is Xu Zhaoyi gone?"
Yue Wu: "Yes."
Yu Huo slowed down his speech again: "Okay, it's safe now, you can sleep now, in this white world, sleep slowly..."
Yue Wu gradually fell into a deep sleep under his hypnosis.
Seeing this, Yu Huo placed the half-burned candle back on the table. Yue Wu's personal eunuch, Eunuch Gao, stepped forward and whispered, "Master Imperial Preceptor, please come this way. I will take you downstairs to rest. The Imperial Preceptor's Mansion still needs repairs and cleaning, so I'll have to inconvenience you by having you rest in the outer hall for a few days. Please forgive me."
Yu Huo raised the corner of his mouth: "How could that be? Then I'll have to trouble Eunuch Gao to lead the way."
"It's too polite of you to say that. This is what a servant should do." Eunuch Gao was speaking politely to Yu Huo when he was suddenly stopped by someone.
He quickly stopped and looked at the man in white in front of him: "Empress Jiang, what are you doing...?"
"Eunuch Gao, I have some questions for the Imperial Master. Could you please give me some help?"
Eunuch Gao didn't dare to offend Jiang Feng, and after a few words, he naturally wouldn't hesitate. He immediately turned around and stood in front of Yue Wu's bed, like a quail.
Jiang Feng was very satisfied with Eunuch Gao's tact, and immediately led Yu Huo and the others out of the hall and stood in front of the pond in the courtyard.
Yu Huo sniffed the faint fragrance of lotus in the air and was the first to break the silence: "I wonder what the Queen wants to ask me?"
Jiang Feng was disgusted by his title, and his voice was cold: "Don't call me queen."
Because of his inexplicable anger, he did not notice the young man's evil-looking mouth corners.
Yu Huo suppressed the smile on his lips and asked softly, "Then how should I address you?"
The other party hesitated for a moment and lowered his voice: "My name is Jiang Feng."
Yu Huo said indifferently, "Did you call me here to tell your fortune?"
Not hearing the other party call her name, Jiang Feng's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of annoyance: "No, I have some research on Taoism, but I have a question I want to verify with the National Master."
The young man seemed a little surprised and chuckled: "What's the problem?"
Jiang Feng's gaze fell on the lotus in the center of the pond, swaying in the night wind. His voice was so low it was almost inaudible: "I've seen the ghost-exorcising talisman before, but it seems the Imperial Master drew it the wrong way around."
After saying this, he turned his gaze away from the lotus and carefully observed the young man's expression.
But the other party just opened his lips slightly, was confused for a moment, and then quickly regained his composure.
He just shrugged nonchalantly, his tone relaxed: "I didn't draw it wrong, because I don't want to exorcise ghosts at all, I only want to attract ghosts."
Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Master, you are so frank, aren't you afraid that I will tell others?"
Yu Huo asked, "Who are you telling this to? Your Majesty?"
Seeing that he was not afraid at all, Jiang Feng immediately lost the intention to tease him and lowered his eyes in boredom: "Don't worry, I don't have that much free time."
"To be honest, I'm not very reassured."
Yu Huo's words drew Jiang Feng's attention back again. Then, under the other party's puzzled gaze, he softly tutted: "If you don't intend to tell on me, then what is your purpose in bringing me to the pond to tell you all this? Aren't you just idle?"
Jiang Feng: “…”
Ah, this...logical genius!
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