The next day, Emperor Ning arranged Master Wu Na to live in Prince Jing's mansion, and master Lingxuzi lived in the grand councilor's mansion.
Holding a piece in hand, Yun Shang looked at the monk opposite her and sighed, "I was counting on master Lingxuzi to speak for me. But you fought against him as soon as you arrived. I heard that he was broken his arm by you."
Master Wu Na snorted, "that guy so stubborn. I said I would drink white spirit, but he insisted on drinking distilled spirit. The two of us are incompatible!"
Yun Shang's hands trembled slightly, and the corners of her mouth twitched. "Just for this?"
Master Wu Na nodded, "of course, it's a matter of principle. I never drink alcohol that is as rough as the distilled spirit."
".." Yun Shang frowned and felt speechless.
Qian Yin, who was standing next to Yun Shang, almost fell to the ground. She said in a shaky voice, "why don't we buy two kinds of alcohol together? You can each drink the alcohol you want to drink..."
"Yes, I didn't think of it at that time." Master Wu Na laid his piece on the table, emotionless.
".." This time, even Qian Yin didn't know what to say. On the fifteenth day of the second month, all the civil and military officials had been waiting outside the altar. As it was an ordinary worship, there were many people surrounding the altar. Master Wu Na and master Lingxuzi sat on the both sides of the altar, meditating, and their mouths constantly moving.
It was nearly noon when Emperor Ning in his robe came in. Everyone hurriedly knelt down to receive him. They watched emperor Ning slowly climb up the stairs and walk to the middle of the altar.
Master Wu Na and Master Lingxuzi stood up and bowed to Emperor Ning. Master Zheng had the servants put the sacrificial offerings on the altar, and then handed the lighted incense to Emperor Ning. Emperor Ning knelt and bowed three times towards the altar. "May the Kingdom thrive..."
All the officials bowed to him and said, "May the kingdom thrive."
Emperor Ning said loudly, "today's worship is for pray. Master Wu Na and master Lingxuzi please lead us the road..."
Master Wu Na and master Lingxuzi stood up, saluted, and went to the middle of the altar. Master Wu Na held the lot pot in his hands, and master Lingxuzi's hands held two horns. Both of them took the papers from the eunuch, wrote the results of the meditation on the paper, and handed them to the eunuchs next to them.
Lord Zheng took it over and shouted, "a monster lures the country, and she cannot be the empress. If we can punish the monster, it will protect the country for centuries to be prosperous."
Emperor Ning was shocked and looked at master Zheng sharply. Master Zheng also trembled and took out the other paper. He was silent for a moment before he said, "the same thing happened to the other paper. It said exactly the same thing..." Emperor Ning secretly clenched his fists in his sleeves. The officials under the altar were whispering to each other. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, he knew they must be talking about this.
Emperor Ning suppressed the anger in his heart and raised his voice again, "the monster should not be the empress. But our country must have an empress. Please answer me, who can be the
empress ?"
Master Wu Na and master Lingxuzi began to predict. After a while, they signed down the results on the paper and handed them to master Zheng. The latter trembled slightly. He glanced at the result and was stunned again. "The new empress should be a person who was born on 17th may and is now in the southwest of the palace." After that, he picked up another paper, "and another one said the same."
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