jdhmnovel Chapter 196: Picking Stars with Your Hands
Chapter 196: Picking Stars with Your Hands
Qi Xue's reaction was different from that of ordinary people.
She accepted it so quickly that she could even use it to make plans for herself.
[Because she is not Qi Hong’s biological daughter.]
Ji Qionghua, who heard the discussion between the two, revealed the truth in one sentence.
[Her biological father was an actor whom Jingting fell in love with while attending an opera after she got married.]
It is only natural for her to help Jing Ting cover up in order to conceal her background.
【If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. 】
Qi Xue was never truly innocent, but she was not someone who deserved the punishment either.
These are the cards you have in your hand, and learning how to play them is the most important thing.
The queen, whose confusion was cleared, understood.
But then there comes a new problem.
People like Jingting who like to pursue desires will not make mistakes only once.
Qi Xue is not a child of the Qi family, so what about Qi Xiaobao?
Judging from Jing Ting's experience, Qi Xiaobao's background might also be problematic.
The Queen couldn't ask this.
There were no other words in Ji Qionghua's heart.
But the Queen noticed that there was a hint of sympathy in Qiong Huaer's eyes when she looked at Qi Xiaobao.
Some things need to be said without words.
Because Princess Jingting's scandal spread in the harem, the other party did not appear in public for several days.
Yesterday he left in a hurry with his family.
Before leaving, I heard that Princess Jingting went to see the emperor secretly, and no one knew what the emperor said.
Anyway, when Princess Jingting left, she was in a trance.
Looking at her two children, they also seemed to be in a bad state.
After the knight's true identity was revealed, Qi Xue confronted Yuan Jian, and Yuan Jian admitted everything.
For her, the Qi family was good, but it was not her home.
The failure of her plan to wander around the world was a heavy blow to Qi Xue.
As for Qi Xiaobao...
He was just making trouble on his own.
In previous years, he would stay for a month when he came back, but this time he had to leave after only ten days or so, and Qi Xiaobao was not happy about it.
He didn't want to be separated from his beautiful sister.
For this reason, he took advantage of the adults' inattention and secretly hid himself, trying to stay in the palace.
Unfortunately, Bubai's sense of smell was so good that he found the other person out of the dog hole.
Qi Xiaobao was very sad.
In his resistance, he was ruthlessly taken away.
But he successfully left his longevity lock to Ji Qionghua.
To be precise, it was forced upon her and thrown into the corner of Ji Qionghua's own small treasury, where it gathered dust.
There was less fun in the harem, but Ji Qionghua's fun was no less.
The Zhaixing Tower in the imperial palace, where the imperial teacher lived, was finally completed after several months.
It was a dark summer night.
The sky is dotted with stars, and in the spreading night sky, the twinkling light shines on the towering Star-Picking Tower.
Standing in the nine-story Star-Picking Tower, the description of being able to pick stars with your hands is almost true.
Ji Qionghua lay on the wooden board, looking at the starry sky above her head.
She came here secretly.
Of course, she also knew that there were many people following her in secret.
She was just curious about the scenery here.
Today's night sky is not obscured by pollution. The night sky we see is gorgeous and dazzling, and the endless sea of stars is like a dream.
There were footsteps approaching.
Ji Qionghua turned over and sat up, and saw the Imperial Master Hua Li coming up the stairs.
Dressed in white and wearing a mask.
Standing on the high platform where only starlight remains, he looks ethereal and holy, like an immortal in the sky.
"Your humble servant greets the Ninth Princess."
Hua Li was not surprised by Ji Qionghua's existence.
After he saluted, he walked to the railing and looked at the night sky. In his eyes, the stars all had their own trajectories.
When those tracks come together, they give him divine guidance.
He was calculating something with his fingers and muttering to himself.
Today, Xirong has become the territory of Dachen, but the people of Xirong still live in their original place.
There are not many people from Western Rong coming to the capital.
Hua Li seemed to adapt well to the different customs.
In accordance with the emperor's instructions, he would divine every few days and report the results truthfully.
Now, the title of national teacher has become famous in the capital.
Many people paid a large sum of money to ask for divination, but all of them were turned away by Hua Li.
He doesn't seem to be interested in material wealth.
Ji Qionghua walked to the other person's side and also looked up.
In her eyes, the stars are beautiful, but they have no special meaning.
But she does not deny the existence of mystery.
"What are you looking at?"
After Hua Li finished his divination, Ji Qionghua pulled the other person's clothes and asked.
To outsiders, the little princess now seems to be very studious.
When she encounters something strange, she wants to find out what it is. Thanks to this, the little princess speaks more and more fluently.
That intelligence and talent gradually emerged.
【What did you see? 】
Two voices sounded at the same time, but with different tones.
Hua Li's eyes trembled slightly, he lowered his head and looked at the little carrot head that was not even as tall as his thigh.
The little princess grew very fast and had a strong body.
Her skin, as white as jade, was porcelain white and glowing in the moonlight.
Like a little angel.
Hua Li was not surprised that she could hear the other person's thoughts.
"I'm calculating the flooding in the south."
Hua Li did not fool the other person just because he was young.
He thought about it, picked up Ji Qionghua, and pointed out some star tracks above her head.
"They told me that there might be floods this year."
After the summer, the continuous drizzle turned into heavy rain in many places.
Too much rain is not a good thing either.
"what?"
Ji Qionghua, with a confused look on her face, took a look at the information from the south.
【Based on the forecast of this year's rainfall trend, this is indeed a possibility. 】
Ji Qionghua came to this conclusion based on scientific analysis.
[The national teacher is quite powerful. 】
The little princess' praise brought a hint of smile to Hua Li's eyes.
[But you are so powerful, why are you still so unlucky? ]
[Or is it that the so-called hexagram does not count for oneself? 】
She saw more in Hua Li than what appeared on the surface.
The reason why people say he is unlucky is that everyone around him, as long as he has a slightly close relationship with him, has something bad happen to him.
But he himself is very tough.
The little princess' words brought back some bad memories for Hua Li.
He carried Ji Qionghua back into the house and placed her on the couch.
"Ninth Princess, do you believe in retribution?"
It sounds ridiculous for an adult to ask a one-year-old child whether he believes in retribution.
Ji Qionghua on the surface naturally didn't understand.
She blinked her big eyes and grinned at Hua Li perfunctorily.
Fortunately, Hua Li didn't ask any further questions.
He sat in a chair and started to make tea. The light fragrance of tea soothed the pain in his heart.
【Retribution probably does exist.】
Just like her in the past, she did a lot of things that angered God and people, and in the end she died at a young age.
But she came here.
No matter how you look at it, this is not retribution.
She knew that Hua Li was talking about his own experience.
When Hua Li was very young, he lived in a village in Xirong. He had a happy family, with a loving pair of parents and an older sister who took care of him.
But those people died one by one as Hua Li grew up.
And each one of them died in a particularly tragic way.