The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 165
With the help of Ning Yi, the preparations for the sacrificial hall were successfully completed.

The ceremony was held as scheduled, and Qin Wan nervously stood on the attic of the apse and watched the ceremony from a distance, fearing that something might go wrong in any link.Fortunately, everything is going well, and there seems to be no problem.

Ning Xian, dressed in black sacrificial attire, solemnly bowed down to the ancestors of heaven and earth. Behind him, including Ning Yi, all the civil and military officials followed him in prostrating. The spectacle of the scene shocked Qin Wan.

After the sacrifice, Ning Xian and the others returned to the auditorium.

Taibu Ling climbed onto the altar, facing the heaven and the earth, and began a series of divination operations, singing and dancing, and finally took out a big tortoise shell engraved with characters and put it on the fire.

Qin Wan was far away, couldn't see clearly, felt bored, so he didn't continue to read, but looked at the gloomy and black sky, praying to God to save face, don't let it rain today.

Qin Wan never imagined that just as she folded her hands and closed her eyes to beg for good weather, a huge purple lightning suddenly pierced through the clouds and exploded over the cold city in an instant.Then there was a loud thunder that was deafening, and Qin Wan hurriedly covered his ears in fright.

At the same time, all the civil and military officials who participated in the grand ceremony began to feel uneasy. People looked up one after another, and saw lightning bolts coming in chains, and the sound of thunder was endless.

Ning Xian also looked at the sky at this time, but didn't care, and signaled for the divination to continue.

Under the thunder and lightning, Na Taibu knelt on the altar, stared wide-eyed, staring at the big tortoise shell in the brazier.At the moment when the fire turned from high to low, he picked up a basin of clear water from the side and poured it directly on the turtle shell.There was a crisp sound, and the tortoise's shell slowly began to crack.

At this time, the lightning and thunder in the sky became more violent, directly filling up the atmosphere of the divination ceremony.

Qin Wan looked up at the magnificent lightning bolts and worried: "The banquet for a while should be held indoors, otherwise it will really rain, and all the ministers who came to the meeting will become drowned."

Qin Wan was a little lucky, because the weather has been gloomy these past few days, and she had prepared an emergency plan for rain in advance.She hurried down to the attic to inform the Internal Service Bureau to change the banquet to be held in the main hall of Chonghua Hall.

At this time, Tai Buling on the altar picked up a pen and paper, and began to record the inscriptions under the cracks on the tortoise shell.

He looked back and forth at the tortoise shell. There were four cracks on the shell, and the words on the shell read: "South", "Nv", "Ye" and "Faith".

Tai Buling's face was terrified, the hand holding the oracle words began to shake, his eyes were full of horror.

Seeing his appearance, Tai Changqing couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.He walked to Tai Buling, read the words on the inscription, and his face became serious.

"Master Tai Buling, are you sure you did nothing wrong?!" Tai Changqing asked in a low voice.

Tai Buling shook his head: "The tortoise shell is here, how dare the old minister talk nonsense?"

"But...the meaning of this oracle is for great evil," Tai Changqing looked back at the civil and military officials who were waiting for the results of the divination under the altar, his face became more and more ugly, so he asked Tai Bu Ling, "Master Tai Bu Ling, what's the matter?" How can I explain the inscription to Your Majesty?"

Tai Bu Ling said: "There are women in the south, and their careers are fierce."

"Nannu..." Tai Changqing frowned, and he lowered his eyes to think, the only image in his mind was Qin Wan, the princess of Ba Kingdom who was co-organizing the palace with him during this period, "Isn't it Qin Xiao from the Prince Regent's Palace?" lady……?"

Tai Buling nodded: "Master Taichang and the old minister thought of something."

Ning Xian stared at the altar, his face darkened for a moment, he turned his head slightly, glanced at Situ Xinghe standing calmly not far away, and then looked at the altar again.He whispered to the palm-print eunuch beside him: "Go tell them both, no matter what the result is, announce it immediately."

Eunuch Zhang Yin bowed his head to accept the order, hurried up to the altar, and conveyed the sacred metaphor to Tai Changqing.

All the officials in the audience had a bad feeling at this time, and everyone nervously looked at the inscription in Tai Changqing's hand.

I saw that Tai Changqing still didn't directly announce the result of the inscription, but folded the inscription, ran down the altar, and presented it directly in front of Ning Xian: "Your Majesty, please have a look."

The internal officials took the inscriptions and sent them to Ning Xian.

Ning Xian took a look, his eyes dimmed, and he turned to Ning Yi: "King Ning, I'll show you." He said and handed the oracle in Ning Yi's direction.

Ning Yi frowned and stepped forward, took the inscription with both hands, and after a glance, he immediately understood what Ning Xian meant.With a dignified expression, he clenched his fists tightly, knelt down in front of Ning Xian, and said in a restrained voice: "Your Majesty knows, it can't be her...!"

Ning Xian looked up at the sky, and said to the crowd: "The result is out now, I think it's going to rain, let's talk in the hall."

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Inside Chonghua Hall, the atmosphere was oppressive.

All the officials stood neatly, and everyone didn't understand why, let alone why Ning Yi kept kneeling after reading the inscriptions, but they all dared not show their anger, and could only wait for the result silently.Bai Zixian looked at Ning Yi who was kneeling on the ground in front of him from a distance, knowing that the inscription must be very fierce, and secretly screamed in his heart.

Seeing that no one spoke, Situ Xinghe came out and asked: "Your Majesty, no matter what the content of this inscription is, please ask Tai Changqing to announce it. Even if it is not good, it can also be used as an early warning."

Ning Xian glanced at Ning Yi and said, "Mr. Taichang, just come and announce the results of the divination to everyone."

Tai Changqing took the order, unfolded the inscriptions, and read out: "Today, I only worship in heaven and earth, and ask for the good and bad fortune of the country. I pretend to be the armor of the turtle, and I get the inscriptions...'Southern women's career is fierce', which is a feast."

As soon as the inscriptions came out, the audience was in an uproar, and everyone's eyes were on Ning Yi.

In the whole cold city, no one knew that the regent King Ning also brought back a woman from Bashu in the south. Not only was she extremely favored, but that woman was also the biggest celebrity in front of Emperor Rong and Ninth Princess Ning Xi.At only 15 years old, she is in charge of almost all the affairs of the inner palace. Not only has she never made a mistake, but she is also comprehensive. Even Tai Changqing, including First Rank Jiuqing, and the head of the Internal Service Bureau have to ask her for advice on everything.But today, there is a lot of trouble, and the result of the divination on the grand ceremony is that this woman from the south will bring great disasters to the Beirong Sheji, no one can imagine it.

Ning also cupped his hands and bowed to Ning Xian: "Your Majesty, this inscription only refers to Nan Nu, not necessarily Qin Wan, please be aware."

Ning Xian nodded, and asked Tai Bu Ling: "Is there any way to determine who the Nan girl mentioned in the inscription is?"

Tai Buling replied: "Just take the woman's blood and burn the four characters on the tortoise shell at the same time. If you get green smoke, it's not good; if you get black smoke, it's good."

Ning Xian said: "Since that's the case, Tai Bu Ling will go to prepare. Someone, go to the back and bring him over. Whether it is true or not, you will know once you try it."

At this time, Qin Wan was still preparing the dinner in the back hall without knowing anything, when suddenly the internal officer ran over and said to her with a panicked look: "Little Madam Qin, it's not good, Your Majesty has called you to the front hall."

Qin Wan was stunned, and asked the internal officer in surprise, "What's wrong? Why is it wrong?"

At this moment, heavy rain suddenly poured down from the sky, pouring on the entire cold city like water from the Milky Way.

(End of this chapter)