Rebirth: The Gatekeeper

The morning light is twilight, the stars are sparse, and on New Year's Day, outside the gate of the imperial palace, there are densely packed sedan chairs of court officials.

Bei Tangjin opened the curtain and stepped down slowly, her eyes stopped at the distant sky, thoughtful.

"Yurong." While she was thinking about it, there was an elegant and pleasant voice from behind, which was extremely pleasant in this quiet morning.

Bei Tangjin turned around slowly, only to see a handsome young man in a purple python robe and a jade belt on his waist, who was looking at her with a smile on his face.

"In such a cold weather, Yurong didn't even wear a cloak." The handsome young man looked at her red robe, and her waist was made of yellow, green, red, and purple woven into a brocade belt of crane flowers. Her hair was tied in the crown of the beam, and she was dressed very neatly, and the red robe made her snowy face even more charming.

It's just that, even though she is tall and tall, wearing this court dress looks more graceful, but it also makes her look too thin and thin.

Bei Tangjin frowned and looked at him, and said: "All civil and military officials wear such court clothes, how can Yurong surpass them?" In fact, she clearly heard that gentle voice full of concern, But he pretended not to know, and put his tone of voice so cold.

Feng Xitang raised her eyebrows slightly, curled her lips, and smiled slightly, then took off the peacock-feather cloak of emerald pattern brocade on her body, and wanted to put it on for Bei Tangjin, but Bei Tangjin turned sideways and said, "My lord, That doesn't make sense."

Feng Xitang looked at the cloak in his hand, it belonged to him, and it was really not suitable to wear on Bei Tangjin's body, so he smiled and gave up.

"You're right, it really doesn't make sense." He said, and put the cloak on his body again, and tied the belt with his white fingers casually. Bei Tangjin frowned and looked at it. See you once.It was just that she found that the other party was not fastened properly, so she didn't speak, and quickly looked away.

Feng Xitang naturally did it wrongly on purpose, but unfortunately, when he raised his eyes, the other party's eyes did not fall on him, so he couldn't help but be disappointed.

"The auspicious time is coming, the prince should return to his seat." Bei Tangjin kindly reminded the other party.

Naturally, Feng Xitang could tell that they were driving him away.

With a wry smile on the corner of her mouth, Feng Xitang said: "Foreign stars descended from the sky, hitting Ziwei directly, Yurong must be careful today."

His voice was extremely gentle, just like that day, Bei Tang Jin was slightly startled, looked at him, and immediately said: "Thank you, my lord, for reminding me."

Feng Xichen smiled, nodded and left.

Bei Tangjin was taken aback when the other party left so readily, apparently very surprised at being not made things difficult by the other party.

Or, this person always tried his best to trouble her, and now the other party stopped and cared about her, which made her very uncomfortable.

Hua Jianyue looked at her from a distance, clenched her fists tightly, and controlled herself, don't be impulsive, don't disturb her, make her unhappy.

Seeing his good brother approaching, he hurriedly asked: "Yi Ning, is she prepared?"

Feng Xitang nodded, and said: "Looking at her reaction, there is no surprise at all, you should be prepared."

Hua Jianyue finally let go of her heart after hearing this.

At this time, the palace gate opened, and the princes and ministers filed in from the side.Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, the officials are arranged in order according to their grades.

Bei Tangjin had already stood up. She lived in the third rank of the official residence. From a distance, she could see her uncle who was the Duke of the state. There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

I don't know how long it has passed, the sky is getting brighter, the morning light is extremely bright, and the faint yellowish color is extremely warm.

Bei Tangjin squinted her eyes and watched. She saw Qin Tianjian walking up to the high platform and shouting something at the top of her voice. The voice was extremely loud, resounding over the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a loud and long sound of bells and drums. Bei Tangjin knew that the emperor was coming.

It's just that she only heard the sound of singing and music from a distance, but she didn't see the emperor coming. She knew that the emperor should be in the Zhonghe Hall at this time.

The sun's rays became brighter and brighter, and after some time, three whips were heard from the steps of the silent Hall of Supreme Harmony, followed by Danbi's great music.All the officials knelt down one by one.The music didn't stop until the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was lying on the ground.

The emperor sat on the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in black clothes, looking out of the hall with a solemn expression.

At this time, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was quiet, and Bei Tangjin heard someone reading a congratulatory speech, but at this moment, a loud noise in the sky interrupted the solemn and resonant voice of the announcer.

Not only the reading officer, but all the officials were extremely shocked. There shouldn't be any sound at this time. It seems that this violent sound is very inappropriate.

All the ministers couldn't help but looked up, but they didn't see anything wrong.

The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was quiet again, very quiet, terrifyingly quiet, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak.

At this time, the emperor was also stunned, not knowing where the noise came from, after all, it was nothing serious, so he waved his hand to signal the congratulations to continue.

Then the loud voice of the reading officer sounded again, but at this moment, an exclamation of "ah" cut through the single voice of the hall, which seemed very abrupt.

The reading officer was stunned again, his face was extremely ugly, he read it for the first time this year, so don't interrupt it twice, it seems very unpleasant.

His eyes stopped on all the officials in the audience, and he swept back and forth, and he also screamed "Ah".

"His court clothes, his court clothes, are too weird, too weird! This is an ominous omen!" At this time, there were shouts one after another.

Hearing the shouts of the officials, Bei Tangjin just smiled.

That's right, just now, after the loud noise, the red court dress on her body suddenly turned into a strange black air, slowly floating into the air.At this time, she only had a snow-white coat on her body.

Civil and military officials are all dressed in red court clothes, but she is dressed in white, which is extremely eye-catching.

"What happened?" At this time, the emperor couldn't sit still anymore, and walked out of the palace, squinting his eyes dangerously and scanning the hundreds of officials lying on the ground, many officials were already kneeling there trembling.

You know, on such an occasion, talking casually is not allowed, let alone making loud noises?If one fails, the emperor is angered, and he is likely to be fined with a court rod.

Daxia's court rod is a very common criminal law used to punish officials. The tortured have to take off their pants and be tortured in public. The light ones can be bedridden for several months, and the severe ones can be beaten to death on the spot. Even if they are treated in time, they may be paralyzed.

Not long ago, some officials in Shangshu impeached the capital of Zheng and refused to change their words were punished by the emperor. Three of the five were killed, and the remaining two were said to be extremely obese. A lot of carrion, only a big hole was dug under the buttocks, while the other broke both legs and could no longer walk.

From this we can see how terrifying Daxia's imperial staff is.

Although the imperial staff is cruel, what these scholar-bureaucrats are most afraid of is stripping their pants in front of everyone, which is a great shame.

Therefore, even though the court clothes were missing, Bei Tang Jin was still prostrate on the ground, extremely calm.

"Your Majesty, his court clothes, the court clothes turned into a plume of black smoke and disappeared!" The reader immediately replied.

The emperor immediately fixed his eyes on Bei Tang Jin, frowned deeply, and asked in great perplexity, "Yurong, where is your court uniform?"

Bei Tangjin raised his head slightly, and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the court uniform of the subject is just like Mr. Zhang said, it will disappear in a puff of black smoke."

The emperor's face was still extremely shocked, and he asked: "It's so good, why did the court clothes disappear?" This is too weird!

Bei Tang Jin said: "Chencheng doesn't know what's going on. It's just that after the loud noise just now, some spots appeared on the court clothes of the minister, and then disappeared."

The emperor was even more shocked when he heard this, and said: "There is such a thing? It seems that the loud noise is really tricky." He turned his head to look at Qin Tianjian, and asked: "What does Liu Aiqing think is going on? ?”

Qin Tianjian replied: "Your Majesty, I watched the sky at night the other day and found a strange phenomenon in the sky. I have never seen it since I was born. After observing it carefully for several days, I first judged that it was a strange star from the sky. It is extremely bright, its orbit directly collides with Ziwei star, I think this celestial phenomenon is a very ominous one."

The emperor was startled when he heard that, his face turned pale, and he asked, "You said that the alien star hit Ziwei star directly?"

Qin Tianjian nodded and explained: "Your Majesty, this celestial phenomenon shows that there is a demon star in my Great Xia, which will endanger the Great Xia. But I have been thinking about it for a few days. I don't know where to find this demon star. Today, I have the source. Your Majesty , General Yurong's court clothes suddenly disappeared, this is the vigilance of the heavens, it can be seen that this demon star is General Yurong."

When Bei Tangjin heard this, a sneer slid across the corner of his mouth. Since ancient times, the Ziwei star symbolized the emperor, but a few days ago, a foreign star suddenly appeared in the sky, and the route was directly hitting the Ziwei star, so this is the Qin Tian. The supervisor said that the demon star wants to overthrow the Great Xia Dynasty.Find the demon star and get rid of it, then the Great Xia country can be kept.

What a wonderful explanation!

It seemed very reasonable, among all the officials, only her court dress suddenly disappeared, and it disappeared so strangely that it coincided with the vision of the demon star descending from the sky.

Sure enough, the emperor's expression was so gloomy that he stopped on Bei Tang Jin's body, thinking about how to deal with it, and seemed to be wondering if this woman was a demon star.

Feng Xichen looked up at the emperor's complexion and the dark eyes in his eyes, feeling bad.

The emperor used to protect Bei Tangjin because he regarded her as his future daughter-in-law. However, Bei Tangjin had already refused the marriage, which discredited the emperor.If the emperor hates her, this is a good time to deal with it.

Even though Bei Tangjin has made great military exploits, Great Xia has never lacked excellent generals!Bei Tangjin is in a critical situation at this time!

Moreover, the emperor is going to deal with Bei Tang Jin now.

Feng Xichen clenched her sleeves tightly, there was an obvious loophole in the whole thing, that was the loud noise, but if someone had deliberately made it, it must have been arranged long ago, and no clues could be found.

However, in order to delay for some time, he could only bring up this matter. After all, he really didn't understand those celestial phenomena, and he couldn't explain them from the celestial phenomena.

In the dead silence, when all the officials thought that the emperor was going to deal with Bei Tang Jin, an elegant and lazy voice remembered, "Your Majesty, I think it is just a coincidence that General Yurong's court uniform suddenly disappeared. Yu General Rong is a general of the Great Xia. He has made countless military exploits and made the border stable. How can he be a demon star? If General Yurong is a demon star, how can the lucky star explain it? Therefore, the minister thought that the reason why General Yurong’s court uniform disappeared , the tricky thing in it is the sudden loud noise. Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to find out the source of the loud noise, there must be someone who wants to frame General Yurong."

What he said was serious, but his voice was extremely lazy, with an extremely confusing ending, which made one's bones go limp after listening to it.

As soon as the emperor heard Feng Xitang's words, his gloomy face immediately changed into a happy expression, and he said: "Yi Ning is right, come and investigate the source of the loud noise just now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Gao winked at his subordinates, and soon two groups of people went out to check.

The person who gave orders left, the emperor looked at Feng Xitang with a smile again, and frowned again, because he felt that it was not good to look down on Feng Xitang, so he glanced left and right, and said: "Come here, it is King Ming." Give me a seat!"

As soon as he finished his words, before the people on his left and right could move, an old-fashioned voice sounded, very dull, saying: "Your Majesty, it is really inappropriate for you to bestow King Ming before the congratulatory gift is over!"

The emperor frowned and looked at the source of the sound, his throat moved, and he said, "Mr. is right, I overstepped it."

At this time, Bei Tangjin looked up at the emperor's expression, which was very reluctant.

The gentleman mentioned by the emperor just now is Mr. Zheng, the capital of the current dynasty.In the entire DPRK, the words of the capital Zheng are the most important.

Not to mention that Zheng Shoufu is the emperor's teacher, so the emperor never called Zheng Shoufu Zheng Shoufu, but honored him as Mr. Half of the political power of the Zheng family is in his hands, and it can be said that the power is overwhelming. Therefore, the Zheng family is very prominent, and even the servants of the Zheng family are extremely beautiful.

Although this Zheng Shoufu is in power and holds great power, he is a clean stream. Even though he is the elder brother of the current empress, this Zheng Shoufu is very low-key, with a restrained and deep personality, and rarely loses his temper.

Therefore, such a talented and honest person, the emperor naturally puts his trust in him and respects him very much.

However, Bei Tangjin's eyes fell on Feng Xitang's body, and her brows tightened.

King Ming actually spoke for her at this time.

You know, on this occasion, the congratulatory ceremony has not yet ended, if the emperor does not ask questions, he is not allowed to speak, but...

Even the emperor does not blame King Ming, but...

In an instant, a strange feeling surged into her heart, and Bei Tang Jinmei clenched her fists tightly, suppressing it.

"Your Majesty can continue with the congratulatory ceremony, and His Royal Highness King Ming will be seated when the ceremony is over." The deep and deep voice of Zheng's mansion sounded again, making the eyes of the frowning emperor brighten, and said: "Sir, you are right, yes! Hey, go ahead!" He said, waving his hands to the people on the left and right.

The reading officer froze for a moment, then began to read again.After the reading is finished, enter the table on the case, and then withdraw.

At this time, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair, the music was played again, and the princes and officials bowed three times and kowtowed nine times. After the ceremony, they returned to their original positions and stood.The music stopped.

"Give me a seat!" the emperor said loudly.

The corner of the emperor's mouth curled up, and he looked at the prince in purple, who was walking towards him step by step, but he didn't sit down, but said: "Your Majesty, it's really hot for me to wear such a big cloak. Seeing General Yurong shivering from the cold, thinking about it, this cloak should be left alone, why not put it on General Yurong's body to protect her from the wind and cold."

Feng Xitang's voice was still so elegant and lazy, and there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth. The emperor was very surprised by the other party's behavior, and thought: Could it be that Yi Ning is interested in Bei Tang Jin?Otherwise, if he didn't intercede for her just now, he would have to put his cloak on her body at this time.

However, listening to his tone, there is nothing special about it, and besides, he really cannot refuse such a request, even if it is for some reason, so the emperor nodded and said: "Ming Wang is sympathetic to my subjects, I'm really happy, Yurong is a woman's body, it really can't stand the wind and cold, King Ming's cloak can be said to be a timely help!" The emperor said with a smile.

Feng Xitang smiled lazily: "Your Majesty is really kind." After he finished speaking, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more charming, and he glanced at the emperor, who was overjoyed, but he turned and went out.

The princes and dukes have already taken their seats, and Hua Jianyue is also seated at this time. He looks at Feng Xitang's elegant back and feels depressed for a while.

It is not allowed to wear a cloak on such an occasion, even if the emperor is very optimistic about him, he dare not go beyond the etiquette.Therefore, even if he knew that his sweetheart was standing in the cold wind, there was nothing he could do.Fortunately, my good brother had the foresight and put on a big cloak.

All the officials had already taken their seats, and they were looking at Bei Tang Jin, discussing whether the female general was a demon star, but at this moment, seeing the prince in purple was too lazy to walk down from the tall white marble platform, Chen Guang Next, his figure is tall and extremely dazzling.

Seeing him, many officials immediately lowered their heads, and those who had just spoken also closed their mouths.

Under the attention of all the officials, Feng Xitang smiled slightly and looked at Bei Tangjin who was dressed in a middle suit.

Naturally, this woman didn't have the shivering appearance he just mentioned. How could she be so proud of herself to be humiliated among the officials?

Her demeanor is quiet, her back is straight and straight, even though she is wearing a white jacket, she is calm and composed, as if she is drinking tea at her own home rather than at the court ceremony, so calm and calm.

Feng Xitang will become the focus of attention wherever he goes. With the sudden change of atmosphere, Bei Tangjin knew that something strange must have happened, so she raised her eyes and met Feng Xitang's gentle, caring eyes. eye.

She frowned.

The other party looked as if he was about to walk towards her.

Therefore, she stood up immediately, and at the same time, the officials also stood up and saluted Feng Xitang, but Feng Xitang only helped Bei Tang Jin up, and his fingers held hers.

Her fingers are so cold.He was very distressed, and he clenched it a little more, and put it to his mouth to breathe for her.

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