I had originally planned to wait until the matter of Princess Rongfu was completely over before sending him a letter, but I didn't expect him to send me a letter first.
The letter contained only two short sentences. His mission was completed, and he would return to Beijing soon.
It will take some time for the carrier pigeon to arrive. I think Pei Ji is already on the way. He will be able to return to the capital within half a month.
So, she didn't plan to send him a message. After all, it was only a few days and it wasn't an urgent matter. It would be the same if she came back.
Just as she put the creed away, Xiao Ye came in and said, "Madam, the third brother is back and is in the hall."
"Let him come into the study."
"yes."
Not long after Xiao Ye went out, Xiao Sanzi came into the study.
"How is it?"
The third son replied, "A notice was posted in the city early this morning. Everyone knows that Princess Rongfu will be beheaded in three days. People are talking about her everywhere, saying she deserves her punishment for all her evil deeds."
The third son continued, "There's also the discussion about the Taoist Kongxu, who initially noticed that Princess Rongfu didn't have the purple aura and wasn't the lucky star. As Madam instructed, I spread the news that the Taoist was a direct disciple of the Taoist Kongming, who lived over two hundred years ago. Now the entire capital is buzzing about how Taoist Kongxu's abilities are on par with Master Wu'en... When I returned from the Qingfeng Teahouse, many people were already asking about the Taoist's whereabouts, ready to ask him for fortune-telling..."
Su Li nodded in satisfaction: "According to this trend, I think Taoist Kongxu's plan to revive Taoism will be realized soon."
As she was speaking, Xiao Wu came in and said, "Madam, Taoist Kongxu is here."
"Oh?" Just as he finished talking about the Taoist Kongxu, he arrived. Su Li sent Xiao Sanzi away first, and then said to Xiao Wu, "Master, please come to the main hall."
"yes."
After Xiaowu left, Su Li also stood up and went to the main hall.
Not long after arriving in the hall, Taoist Kongxu arrived.
Su Li smiled and said, "Master, your fame has spread far and wide as you wished. Congratulations."
Taoist Kongxu was also beaming with joy, and said with a smile, "Princess Rongfu has finally received the retribution she deserves. It's time to congratulate Madam Pei."
"Haha, that's a great joy! But shouldn't the Taoist priest be busy right now? How did you find time to come here?"
Xiao Sanzi just said that many people have been asking about his residence, and she thought that Taoist Kongxu must be very busy.
"I just suddenly remembered something and wanted to tell Madam Pei."
Many people came looking for him, but he just hid because there were just too many people and he couldn't handle it.
"Oh? What's that?"
"It's about fortune-telling."
Su Li raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Fortune telling?"
Taoist Kongxu nodded and continued, "When I was young and followed my master to learn physiognomy, I once heard him tell me about a very rare event. Four hundred years ago, during the previous dynasty, there was such a thing..."
Four hundred years ago, there was a rich man named Li. He was over thirty years old and still had no children.
Finally, when he was thirty-one, his wife became pregnant.
Unexpectedly, one day, an ascetic monk passed by his house and told him that his pregnant wife was surrounded by black energy and the fetus in her womb would be plagued by misfortune after birth and would not live beyond the age of ten.
Mr. Li, the richest man, hurriedly begged the monk to help his wife and children solve their problem. He offered any amount of money as long as the problem was solved. However, the monk just shook his head and said: There is no solution to this problem.
He also advised Mrs. Li to abort the fetus as soon as possible to avoid being affected by the ominous black energy.
But Madam Li was reluctant to give up the baby in her womb, saying that even if it meant harming herself and even if the baby did not live past the age of ten, she wanted to fulfill the mother-child relationship between her and the baby.
"A few months later, Mrs. Li finally gave birth to twins. Guess what happened?"
Su Li couldn't help but be curious: "What happened?"
"The twins didn't suffer from endless bad luck, nor did they die young. They were just very weak and often had bad luck. But Mr. Li was rich, so he could fix their frailty and use the Li family's money to deal with their misfortunes. In short, the twins lived safely until they were grandfathers."
"Later, the ascetic monk passed by there again and, upon learning of this incident, was also baffled. My master once shared his thoughts on the matter with me. He felt there were two possibilities. First, the so-called ascetic monk was simply a fraud. However, he was actually the direct descendant of the current Master Wu'en and the builder of Zhaoming Temple four hundred years ago, so the possibility of him being a fraud was very small. Another possibility was that it was because of the twins."
"Twins?"
Taoist Kongxu nodded, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Those twins have been weak and unlucky since birth, but they haven't encountered true misfortune, nor have they died before the age of ten. It's very likely because they are twins. Since they are twins, perhaps the black energy was evenly distributed at birth. The distribution of the black energy is equivalent to diluting the black energy, so the misfortune and early death of one person are shared by two people..."
Thinking about what happened to Prince Chun before, Su Li probably understood what Taoist Kongxu meant when he told her this.
"So you're saying that black energy, like purple energy, can also be shared equally by twins. If Empress Renxuan was pregnant with twins, then the children born wouldn't be carrying purple energy, but rather twins sharing the purple energy equally, giving them a sign of great wealth and prosperity close to purple energy?"
"Yes! That's what I meant."
He had thought about this matter the moment he returned home yesterday. He also thought, if Empress Renxuan's own child could be swapped, how could it be so strange that she gave birth to twins without knowing it? After much thought, he decided he had to tell Madam Pei about it.
At this time, Taoist Kongxu couldn't help but praise in his heart. Mrs. Pei was really smart and understood what he meant at once. If it were someone else, he would probably have to spend a lot of time explaining.
Su Li raised the corner of her mouth. If that was the case, Prince Chun could still be the child of Empress Renxuan. After all, he did have a face that was close to the purple aura and had a wealthy and noble appearance. However, Princess Rongfu could never be the biological daughter of Empress Renxuan because her face did not have a trace of fortune and wealth.
However, if Empress Renxuan gave birth to twins, and one of them was Prince Chun, then who was the other one? Or was he a boy or a girl, and was he alive or dead?
No matter what, we must first confirm whether Prince Chun is the biological son of Empress Renxuan.
Although she knew that in the original novel, Prince Chun finally ascended the throne, whether he had real power or not, Concubine Xiao was the rightful empress dowager. After all, her status and position were there. She didn't want to kneel down and pay her respects to someone who hated her all the time, nor did she want to be on guard against a cruel person all the time.
If it is confirmed that Prince Chun is the biological son of Empress Renxuan, then Concubine Xiao, who substituted a cat for the prince, will be truly finished, and she can finally rest easy.
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