Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 427. Astrology
Chengdu, Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang's official duties have not been so busy recently. Zhuge Liang had been on edge since Liu Bei's death, but slowly, Zhuge Liang found that it seemed unnecessary to be so nervous.

Whether it is external enemies or internal troubles, there seems to be someone who can help share the worries, and there is no need to cause trouble for yourself.

Zhuge Liang also recalled that when he met Feng Xi in Yong'an City, Feng Xi had advised him not to do everything by himself. If he ruined his health, it would be counterproductive.

Zhuge Liang was afraid to hand over tasks to his subordinates at first, fearing that something might go wrong. But soon he realized that even if they made mistakes occasionally, it was not a big deal, and they were also growing rapidly through these mistakes.

Zhuge Liang realized what Feng Xi meant, so he gradually stopped staying up late to read various memorials, and he no longer asked about every detail, from national affairs to soldiers' fights.

The happiest person about this was not Zhuge Liang, but Huang Yueying. Huang Yueying didn't care whether Zhuge Liang could share tenderness with her or not. She was also worried about Zhuge Liang's health. Zhuge Liang was also a human being. He stayed up all night every day and slept only one or two hours a day. Huang Yueying felt very distressed.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang can now handle most of his daily official duties in the Shangshu Tai, and the rest of the matters can be handed over to the new Shangshu Ling Chen Zhen and a group of Shangshu to handle.

The previous Shangshu Ling Li Yan was sent to Yangzhou as the governor of Yangzhou, and the current Shangshu Ling is Chen Zhen who was recommended by Zhuge Liang. As a veteran official who first served Yuan Shao and then followed Liu Bei, Chen Zhen was naturally good at handling government affairs.

And Zhuge Liang would be able to sit in the garden of his own Prime Minister's Mansion and watch the moon with Huang Yueying every now and then, like tonight.

"Brother Liang, look, the starry sky is so bright tonight. I guess it will be a good day tomorrow."

Huang Yueying snuggled on Zhuge Liang's shoulder, and the couple sat on a stone bench. The atmosphere was so quiet and beautiful.

Naturally, the servants in the house had long since stayed away. They also knew that their prime minister was usually very busy with official duties, and now that he had time to accompany his wife, they would not stand by and be incomprehensible.

Zhuge Liang held Huang Yueying's little hands in both of his own and placed them on his legs. The couple chatted about some irrelevant gossip, which made Huang Yueying extremely happy.

Suddenly, the boundless galaxy in the sky flashed somewhere, causing Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying's vision to turn.

"what……?"

Zhuge Liang let out a light exclamation and looked towards the galaxy with a somewhat strange emotion.

"Brother Liang, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Huang Yueying knew that her husband's stargazing skills were probably not inferior to those of her master, Mr. Shui Jing, so she became a little nervous, fearing that it was a bad sign.

"Weird, weird..."

Zhuge Liang also seemed to feel that today's star signs were a little strange, so he simply calmed down and watched the starry sky with bated breath.

Huang Yueying did not disturb him when she saw this, but quietly got up from Zhuge Liang to avoid disturbing his thinking.

"Well... Guanzhong Star is originally bright and shining, with many stars surrounding it. Although it is not as bright as the stars in Xichuan and Jiangnan, it also has the potential to compete with them. Both sides are evenly matched."

Zhuge Liang looked at it for a while, then slowly explained to Huang Yueying. Huang Yueying was not the kind of woman who didn't understand anything, and she knew that what Zhuge Liang meant was that Cao Wei and the Han Dynasty were originally confronting each other from north to south, and both sides were evenly matched.

"However, just now a purple strange little star suddenly shifted and fell among the guarding stars. I realized that the bright light of the Guanzhong big star was actually emitted by the strange little star. This strange little star hid behind the big star and helped the big star emit bright light. Now, for some unknown reason, this strange little star was driven out from behind the big star and fell into the crowd of stars, becoming indistinguishable from the crowd. How strange, how strange..."

Zhuge Liang was so excited that he couldn't help fanning himself with his goose feather fan. Fortunately, Chengdu is spring-like all year round, otherwise Zhuge Liang would have gotten sick from fanning himself in this month or two.

"Brother Liang, is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

Huang Yueying didn't quite understand what Zhuge Liang said, but she believed that Zhuge Liang must know it, so she asked repeatedly.

"Hmm... it should be a good thing. After this strange purple star faded and fell into the stars, the starlight flickered and was no longer the same as before. And the big star in the north gradually dimmed after leaving this strange purple star..."

Zhuge Liang could not understand the meaning of this constellation, but no matter what, the dimming of the big star that symbolized the fortune of Cao Wei was definitely a good thing for the Han Dynasty.

"Feng Xiuyuan seems to know a lot about Cao Wei. You can tell Feng Xiuyuan about this and see if he can understand something."

Huang Yueying thought about it for a while, because she knew from Zhuge Liang's words that Feng Xi had premeditatedly targeted the generals and ministers of Cao Wei, and he probably studied them in depth. So why not tell Feng Xi about today's astrology to see if he has any ideas.

"Madam, what you said makes sense. It just so happens that Commander-in-Chief Feng brought more than ten carrier pigeons with him during his routine message delivery. We can give it a try."

Zhuge Liang nodded and wrote down what he saw in the stars in a few words. He put the information into the small cage on the pigeon's leg and asked his servants to release the pigeon. He watched it flap its wings and disappear into the night.

"Grand Admiral, I recently received two carrier pigeons."

King Mulu's animal trainer came to report to Feng Xi and handed Feng Xi two pigeons in a cage.

King Mulu was sensible. After living in Jingzhou for several months, he learned about Feng Xi's past and realized that if he followed Feng Xi honestly, even if he could not get a promotion, at least he would have no problem with food and clothing, which was better than being involved in the intrigues in the South.

Feng Xi had previously specifically instructed that any pigeons returning from other places that had letters must be brought to him immediately, and this was also given top priority by King Mulu.

So when two pigeons came back one after another this morning, King Mulu immediately sent his men to deliver the letter to Feng Xi.

"Well, you've worked hard. You can go down first and have some breakfast at my Grand Commander's Mansion."

Feng Xi nodded and asked the guards to send the trainer away. He then opened the letter cages on the legs of the two pigeons and took out two pieces of paper.

One letter was sent back from Qianzuifang in Luoyang, which contained the latest information from Luoyang. Cao Rui had caused a stir in the city because of the incident at Qianzuifang. Everyone knew that he was jealous of his younger brother, Yuancheng King Cao Li. In a rage, Cao Pi ordered him to return to his fiefdom in Pingyuan and confined him to reflect on his actions.

"Alas, I wonder if I will kill Emperor Wei Ming?"

Feng Xi shook his head, thinking that the effect was beyond his expectations.

(End of this chapter)