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Chapter 162: The Secret of Heaven Can Be Predicted but Not Reversed (Vote Request)

Below the altar.

All the ministers returned to their original positions full of doubts.

Only Deng Chang'en, the Minister of Rites, who was also a Taoist priest, walked a few steps forward in the crowd and deliberately changed seats with the person next to Li Zisheng. Then he leaned close to Li Zisheng's ear and whispered in a slightly mocking tone, "You and I both know exactly what happened at the moment."

Li Zisheng heard it but pretended not to hear it and continued to close his eyes and rest.

Seeing this, Deng Chang'en became more and more angry, and almost gnashed his teeth and said, "You have also seen that His Majesty has put aside the important matters of the court for the matter of whether there will be fog today... Your prophecy has had a significant impact on His Majesty and even the government."

Hearing this, Li Zisheng finally couldn't help but glance over, but his eyes were still slightly narrowed, and he had a disdainful expression as if he was looking at a street clown.

"Humph!"

Deng Chang'en was very unhappy when he saw the contemptuous look. He glared at him and then said coldly: "I am reminding you with good intentions. Although you are known as a fairy, can you really understand everything in the world? If the fog doesn't clear today, have you thought about how to end it?"

"hehe."

Li Zisheng smiled and turned his head back, lowered his head slightly, lowered his eyelids, and continued to pretend to sleep.

Deng Chang'en was displeased by his boss and could only turn around and go back to his seat.

Ai Yu hurriedly came forward and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what happened?"

Deng Chang'en glanced back at him and shouted, "Is this where you should be standing? Get out of here!"

Ai Yu said aggrievedly: "Don't take your anger out on me. I just want to know what the current situation is so that I can be prepared."

"You're ready to turn from darkness to light, right?"

Deng Chang'en pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "I wanted to tell him that if things don't end well, he can ask me for help, and I will speak well of him in front of His Majesty, but now, he has hit a wall and still refuses to turn back. Look at the sky today, does it look like it's going to be foggy?"

Ai Yu followed Deng Changen's line of sight and looked at the red sun in the east, then said with a smile, "This is a good thing."

Deng Changen said angrily: "I will report him to your majesty today."

"Don't do that."

Ai Yu quickly dissuaded him, "Calm down. Think about it, the civil and military officials are still unaware of this. Logically, you should also be unaware of it... If you impeach him, wouldn't it let His Majesty know that you knew about this in advance but did nothing? How will His Majesty view you?

"But you don't have to worry. There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. Someone in the court will know about it and will definitely impeach him."

Deng Changen thought about it and realized that it was true. He shook his head and said, "This old Li can't even say a nice word. He made me so angry that I almost lost my mind... Humph, I want to see how he ends up."

……

……

The grand sacrifice finally began amid the anticipation of all the ministers.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Chenghua period, the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth were combined in one place and not worshipped separately until the end of the Great Ritual Debate in the ninth year of the Jiajing reign, when the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth were separated.

During a grand sacrifice, the most common thing ministers had to do was to kneel down and kowtow.

And you have to have a rhythm, and not lose your composure.

The sacrifice had just begun when something no one expected happened.

The sky quickly turned cloudy, and when the sun in the eastern sky was covered by clouds floating over the horizon, Zhu Jianshen's mind was no longer on the ongoing sacrifice, and he looked up at the sky from time to time.

The clouds gathered more and more and became thicker.

The originally bright red morning glow had been completely replaced by dark clouds, and the sky quickly darkened. Finally, before the sacrifice was halfway done, the clouds in the sky had turned into mist and began to sink, faster and faster. First, the majestic capital city, including the city gates and walls, slowly disappeared, then the nearby houses also disappeared, and finally even the Temple of Heaven and Earth began to be shrouded in mist.

Although the sacrifice was still going on, it was obvious that no one could be seen, and only the shouts of the eulogist could be heard. "Bai…"

"rise……"

"bye……"

Another half stick of incense had passed, and the grand and solemn sacrifice was almost completed, but the fog, in which one could only vaguely see one's fingers, showed no sign of dissipating.

At the front of the crowd, several important officials beside Wan An were trying to find the Prime Minister Wan An through the thick fog... It felt as if they were saying, "Master Wan, you are really good. Your mouth is like a blessed one. You can make fog appear just by saying it? It was sunny just before."

Then, Qin Chang held a torch in the fog and walked in the dark to the front of the ministers, saying loudly: "My fellow ministers, please postpone the grand sacrifice ceremony. Wait until the next auspicious time."

Wan An's heart moved, and he followed the sound and walked over. When he saw Qin Chang, although he couldn't make out his features, he stepped forward and grabbed Qin Chang's hand, and asked anxiously: "Eunuch Qin, what's going on? It's really foggy today, and His Majesty..."

"Ugh!"

Qin Chang sighed heavily and said, "Lord Wan, even if you are as powerful as Minister Li and can predict the future, there is no need to mention it in front of His Majesty... Do you know that this fog is related to the safety of the noble master of Anxi Palace?"

"what?"

Wan An was confused.

I thought I was very powerful and was planning to ask you, Qin Chang, for credit and then see your majesty's reaction.

And then you tell me that there is someone more awesome than me who predicted the fog early on and even said it was related to Concubine Wan's life and death?

Are you playing with me?

"Minister Li, what exactly is going on?"

Everyone was full of doubts, but they had to grope their way around to surround Li Zisheng.

Li Zisheng continued to remain silent.

Everyone gathered together, but it was difficult to see each other at a distance. In the thick fog, it was difficult to even take a few steps forward, and no one dared to move.

Qin Chang walked over following the sound, and only after getting closer could he tell that the person in the crowd was Li Zisheng himself.

Qin Chang said in a pleading tone: "Lord Li, please come up with an idea quickly... This evil fog has really come as you expected! If anything happens to the noble master of Anxi Palace, how will you make His Majesty feel... There should be a chance for things to turn around now, right?"

Li Zisheng continued to remain silent.

"Please speak quickly."

The ministers also became anxious.

Deng Chang'en no longer dared to move forward and could only hide behind a group of people. He could not see the figures in front of him at all and could only hear a group of people talking there.

Li Zisheng finally spoke: "What I said is all about guessing the secrets of heaven, and the evolution of the secrets of heaven is not under my control. I am neither a celestial master from the Tianshi Mansion nor a member of the immortal family... If you want to find a way to crack the secrets of heaven and go against the will of heaven, then... it would be more appropriate to go to whoever claims to be an immortal family."

"Master Deng, where is Master Deng?"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked for Deng Chang'en in the fog.

When Deng Changen heard this, he wondered why this had anything to do with me.

Fortunately, the fog is still there. Doesn’t this give me a chance to crawl into the ground?

I can let you find where I am, that's because I'm not very skilled.

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