Zhen Yongtang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have been observing the sky these past two nights and found that the nine stars at the eastern end of the twenty-eight constellations are flashing abnormally..."
"Don't show off your knowledge. Just tell me what the abnormality of the nine stars is and what it means." Zhong Zhiheng interrupted Zhen Yongtang without even bringing his meal.
"Yes, Your Majesty, you can see clearly. The nine stars flicker abnormally, which is a very bad omen. The lord's palace is not doing well. The ruler and his subjects are not getting along..." Zhen Yongtang felt a little nervous when he said this. He wanted to see what Zhong Zhiheng's expression was. But he didn't dare to look up. Zhong Zhiheng didn't interrupt him, so he had to bite the bullet and continue. "The lord's world is in chaos. Floods are rampant."
"Raise your head." Zhong Zhiheng said lightly.
"Yes," Zhen Yongtang raised his head timidly, and then a whole cup of hot water was poured on his head. He was so busy that he fell to his knees. He nodded his head repeatedly. "Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!"
"Zhen Yongtang, I know that you were promoted by Zhao Changrong. You are half a member of the Zhao family, but I think you are upright. So I have never regarded you as a member of the Zhao family. So now that the Zhao family is in trouble, I have not implicated you. I just didn't expect that you are so ungrateful! At this time, you are still thinking about the Zhao family! Thinking about Prince Rong!" At this point, Zhong Zhiheng threw the teacup in his hand at Zhen Yongtang and said fiercely, "Is it Prince Rong who asked you to say these nonsense? Seeing that something happened in the Hui County Prince's Mansion, he can't wait to add insult to injury and kill the Hui County Prince, right?!"
"Your Majesty, please understand! I will never betray my master and forget my gratitude!" Zhen Yongtang was so scared that he kowtowed like crazy. He didn't even care about the broken porcelain pieces on the ground in front of him. After a few kowtows, his forehead was bleeding. Half of his face was covered with blood, which was very creepy. "Someone from Prince Rong's Mansion did come to my house yesterday and said some bland words to me, but I didn't take it to heart. Although I am grateful for your promotion, I am a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and have been receiving royal salaries for many years. I am loyal to Your Majesty. How could I become someone else's slave? Your Majesty, please understand!"
"Really?" Zhong Zhiheng asked coldly, "Can you guarantee that everything you said just now is true and not a single word is false?"
"I dare to guarantee it with the lives of my entire family of 17 people! I would never dare to deceive Your Majesty!" Zhen Yongtang choked up and kowtowed, "I have been the official historian of the Imperial Observatory for 15 years. I have been diligent and conscientious all day long. I hope Your Majesty will understand!"
"Well, since you are so aggrieved, I have to ask you something," Zhong Zhiheng said as he slowly walked out of the dragon case and walked in front of Zhen Yongtang. He looked down at him and said coldly, "You just kept saying that the nine stars were flashing abnormally, which meant that the central palace was not doing well. Let me ask you, what is the central palace?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager refers to the Empress." Zhen Yongtang said.
"The Empress passed away many years ago, and now you have figured out that the Empress is in trouble, and you still keep saying that you dare not deceive me?" Zhong Zhiheng said coldly, "Zhen Yongtang, do you think I am easy to fool?"
"Your Majesty, be wise! This is the sign of heaven! I dare not deceive Your Majesty!" Zhen Yongtang began to kowtow again, each time harder and harder. He seemed to be a little confused. He even reached out to pull the hem of Zhong Zhiheng's dragon robe. While kowtowing, he begged vaguely, "I have spoken the truth, not a single word is false. God is my witness! Your Majesty, please be my witness!"
"Someone come! Take him out!" The next second, Zhong Zhiheng shouted angrily, "Take him out and chop him up for me!"
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