I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 48 I heard that you learned physiognomy from Liu Bowen

Song Shen didn't expect that he could complete the task so easily.

He thought Zhu Xiongying was a naughty child, but it turned out that this child was not as cunning as the royal children he had imagined. He was very easy to deceive and fell into the trap easily, which made him worry for a long time!
"Empress, now His Royal Highness has understood the importance of keeping fit. If he starts exercising now, he will be as strong as a calf in two years. You can rest assured."

Song Shen randomly chose a direction to bow. It was enough for Empress Ma to know that he wanted to salute.

He thought, isn't the implication of his words obvious enough? If Empress Ma could understand what he said, she would know that he wanted to escape.

Now I don’t know how much time has passed, and how long it will be until 1 p.m. If I continue to drag it on here, it will be a big problem to go to class.

Just when Song Shen was thinking about how to retreat reasonably.

Empress Ma suddenly clapped her hands and said as if she suddenly realized something:

"Ah, I remember that your grandfather had a good relationship with Marquis Chengyi, and I also heard that you learned some physiognomy from Marquis Chengyi when you were young! Ziwei, have you forgotten this physiognomy now?"

Song Shen's head was full of question marks.

Marquis Chengyi? Liu Bowen?
I learned physiognomy from Liu Bowen, how come I don’t know?
Oh, I didn’t inherit the original owner’s memory, so it’s okay.

After his mind went blank for a while, Song Shen coughed lightly and bowed apologetically:

"Empress, since I was injured, not only have my eyesight been damaged, but my past memories have all disappeared. When I first woke up, I couldn't even recognize my grandfather's voice. I didn't even know what year it was until later..."

"Even if you really learn this art, it's probably useless."

Queen Ma said "Ah" in disapproval:
"That's not the case. I have also heard a little bit about you forgetting your past, but the Earl of Chengyi taught you the art of Taoism back then. He also told Your Majesty that those who practice this art will suffer from five disadvantages and three deficiencies. The five disadvantages are widowhood, loneliness, and disability, and the three deficiencies are lack of life, wealth, and power. But if you can cultivate a little bit, even if you are blind and deaf, you can still see the fortune and destiny."

"Even your grandfather doesn't know much about this. Marquis Chengyi saw that you have talent, so he taught you a few more moves. If I were to ask you, I'm afraid your eyesight is exactly the case with these five disadvantages and three deficiencies!"

Song Shen's unfocused eyes widened instantly.

Wait a minute...wait a minute!

If what Empress Ma said was true, then it seemed to make sense that Song Shen was inexplicably beheaded in his twenties in history, and that she herself was blinded on the spot when she traveled through time.

The five disadvantages are widowhood, loneliness, and disability. The last one, disability, corresponds to his current blindness.

The three things he lacked were life, wealth and power. In history, Song Shen died so inexplicably that there was no detailed record, which also corresponded to the first lack: a short life.

Holy shit! They're on the same page!

Even if Song Shen was a staunch materialist in his previous life, such outrageous things as time travel have happened, so what is there to be unbelievable about?

But the problem is that he has not inherited the original owner's memory, and he doesn't know any physiognomy, so why did he still have a fate with five disadvantages and three deficiencies? This doesn't make sense...

Could it be that the fact that time travelers can know the future is in some sense going against the will of heaven?

But when he was reading novels in his previous life, he had never heard of anyone predicting that the future would have five disadvantages and three shortcomings. How the hell was this different from what he thought!

Song Shen felt like the CPU in his brain was about to burn out.

He didn't say a word, but his expression changed unpredictably, his face turned red to white, white to green, green to purple, which was quite spectacular.

In the eyes of Queen Ma, this meant that her test had worked. The reason why Queen Ma said this was not simply to take advantage of Song Shen's amnesia and trick him.

Liu Bowen passed away two years ago. Before that, the teenage Song Shen had indeed learned physiognomy from Liu Bowen for a period of time. The famous physiognomy master, Earl Chengyi, had also confessed to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma that he believed Song Shen was extremely talented. Unfortunately, the child only wanted to inherit his grandfather Song Lian's Confucianism and did not really want to learn this craft from him.

Now, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao said that Song Shen claimed that he was taught by immortals. So, this little guy might really have some connection with immortals.

In short, once this topic is brought up, things will be much easier afterwards.

"Ziwei, you don't have to hide it. I heard from Lord Chengyi that you are very talented and opened your third eye at an early age. This third eye is different from ordinary eyes. Even if you can't see ordinary things, it has no problem seeing destiny."

"Since it's a coincidence today, how about you help me and Ying'er take a look?"

"Don't worry, no matter what I find out, birth, aging, sickness and death are common to all human beings. Good or bad, I will never tell Your Majesty and will not implicate you!"

Song Shenxin said, "Your Majesty, you are really open-minded..."

He really wanted to refuse, but to be honest, Queen Ma had already said this much, and it would be a bit ungrateful to refuse again.

As a time traveler who is familiar with future history, Song Shen knows better than anyone that Empress Ma is far more important to the Song family than Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

The minister is my savior, and that’s not just talk!

Moreover, if this opportunity could be used to alert Empress Ma and Zhu Xiongying, perhaps they could really detect any problems in advance, thus avoiding the result that both the grandfather and grandson died of illness in the 15th year of Hongwu.

Thinking of this, Song Shen hesitated for a moment, then sighed with a helpless smile:
"In fact, when I met you and His Royal Highness the Grandson, I did have some feelings in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it just now."

"This feeling is very subtle. I cannot describe it, but you and Your Highness both only have about five years left to live... I infer that this may be caused by illness. That is why I suggest that Your Highness strengthen your body."

"Because I heard that you were the one who took care of His Highness personally on weekdays, I thought that if His Highness went out to exercise from time to time, he might be able to take you with him. If you two strengthen your bodies, you may have a chance to escape this disaster."

The room was completely silent.

Behind the screen, Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, which were grasping the armrests of the chair, suddenly clenched, veins bulging, and he seemed to want to rush out to question Song Shen, but Zhu Biao grabbed his arms and held him back tightly.

What Zhu Yuanzhang could not accept even more than Zhu Biao's untimely death was that his sister only had five years left to live.

Zhu Biao died early, but there was at least 15 years left. If he could slowly plan, he would always have a chance to change his fate. But five years...how could it be only five years?!
"……And one more thing."

Song Shen paused and continued:
"I have noticed that His Royal Highness the Grandson will soon have more than one brother."

"In the next one or two months, Your Majesty, you need to invite more doctors from the Eastern Palace. In the next one or two years, there will probably be two little grandchildren born in the Eastern Palace. Maybe by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, there will be new good news."

"It's just that the Crown Princess... will meet with a bloody disaster in a year."

Behind the screen.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at his son blankly.

Zhu Biao's expression was numb.

Now it is finally confirmed...the time of death of Crown Princess Chang was around the eleventh year of Hongwu.

(End of this chapter)