In the deep courtyard, the moss on the ancient trees, the glory of half the bright moon, and the chirping of cicadas between the branches and leaves make people feel quiet and far away, clear and moisten their lungs.

Although the Yu family's mansion has not been built for several years, its original elegant and square structure has not been destroyed. In the back garden, there is a pond that is not big or small, connected to the Luo River. From summer to autumn, you can hear the flow of clear springs.

In the middle of the pond, there is an elegant pavilion. From a distance, the people in the pavilion seem to be floating on water.

"Brother Yu, your Yu Mansion is not as good as before." Zhou Xuan and Yu Gui sat opposite each other, wearing a blue rosy rosy rosy rosy [Note 1], and with his long beard, he was really a fairy-like and free-spirited person. [Note 1: rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy rosy

Yu Gui smiled bitterly and said nothing, just helping the other party with tea.

"Brother Yu, I remember that the last time I parted in the Central Plains, I realized that several years have passed. Today I was able to gather together to cook tea, and I am also happy in my life." Zhou Xuan smiled with tea.

"Brother Zhou is here to Beijing this time, I'm afraid he's here to find someone to reminisce about the past." Yu Gui skillfully lifted the stove and poured the boiling tea from the pot into the cup.

"Brother Yu guessed it right, it's not true." Zhou Xuan smiled mysteriously and said, "Tell Brother Yu that he was actually coming to the capital this time, and he was ordered by the emperor."

"Master..." Outside the pavilion, the child's scream interrupted the conversation between them.

Xiahou Xuanben was practicing sword outside the pavilion, but he saw Cao Xi rushing into the pavilion like a gust of wind and hurriedly followed him in. As soon as Cao Xi entered the pavilion, he knelt on the ground, which scared Yu Gui, Zhou and Xuan.

"Master, please, please help Your Highness Qi Gong, help Xier..." Cao Xi almost cried and begged Gui.

"Xi'er, what's the matter?" Yu Gui hurriedly got up to help the child up.

"The people from the Eastern Palace said... Your Majesty seemed to issue an edict... to be sentenced to death by Queen Zhen. Brother Yuan Zhong kept kneeling in the palace and begging Your Majesty... Please, Master, this matter was all caused by Xi'er. Please help Xi'er..." Cao Xi was too nervous, so he was a little incoherent.

Xiahou Xuan was shocked. He had heard about the various rumors about Empress Zhen’s fall from favor, either because of the slander of other concubines in the palace, some said that it was because of Empress Zhen’s complaints and was unable to teach her children. What’s more, even the nonsense that Mr. Qi is not your Majesty’s parent-child is circulated. The rumors are rumors after all, but he did not expect that Your Majesty really did not think about the relationship between husband and wife, and was so decisive!

"Master, please help Brother Xi." Xiahou looked at Yu Gui with trust in his eyes: "You must have a solution, right Master."

Yu Gui turned around, shook his head, sighed, and closed his eyes: "Xi'er, you must understand that it is not your fault. The mistake is the surging undercurrents in the palace, the villain's ulterior motives, and the emperor's suspicion..."

"Child, your order is hard to disobey, your heart is hard to predict, and I am... I can't help..."

He did not lie to his children. Now, in this Luoyang city, his Yu family has long been despised or even forgotten. What can he control Yu Gui?

"Brother Yu, people's hearts can also be changed, right?" Zhou Xuan gently placed the teacup in his hand on the table and slowly stood up.

It was already the next day. Cao Rui, who had been kneeling outside the hall for two hours, was still holding the hot sunlight. The fine beads of sweat flowed from his forehead and dripped under the stone steps.

He was extremely panicked, not knowing how to take back his father and save his mother. There was a buzzing sound in his ears, and he felt that it was dark in front of him, and Cao Rui lost consciousness and fainted under the stone steps.

"This is Chonghua Hall." The waiter led the two to the front of the hall: "Your Majesty is inside."

When he stepped into the hall gate again, the young man was no longer as restrained as before. He saw the emperor holding his forehead with his hands, and his eyebrows were filled with worries.

"Please calm down." Cao Pi forced a smile, and he could also hear from his tone that he was extremely upset.

"I heard that Mr. Zhou Xuanzhou came to Beijing to meet His Majesty today, and my nephew also came to join in the fun. I hope Your Majesty will forgive you." Xiahou Xuan explained his purpose, and Cao Pi nodded.

"You are Zhou Qing?" Although the emperor had heard of his name for a long time, he had never met Zhou Xuan. He looked up and thought that this person was indeed extraordinary. The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

I seemed to be thinking about something: "I have heard of the name of Mr. I have heard of my dream interpretation technique, and I am unique in the world. I am here today, and I wonder if I can try to explain it for me?"

"Your Majesty is wronged, I am ashamed of you. Since you have a dream to explain, Your Majesty only needs to tell you about the dreams."

A hint of undetectable sneer flashed across Cao Pi's face: "I dreamed not long ago that a pair of green tiles fell from the top of the palace and turned into two mandarin ducks and flew away. I wonder if you can solve this dream?"

Zhou Xuanluo thought about it and replied with a long beard, "The palace tiles will fall, and there will be palace people in the harem to kill each other."

When the emperor heard this, his face suddenly changed and he shouted in a low voice: "I'm deceiving you! I have never had this dream, and I just made up a dream and tried you!"

Xiahou Xuan was shocked and thought to himself that it was not good. He didn't expect that the emperor's mind was so terrifying, I was afraid that Mr. Zhou would not be able to escape the disaster today!

But Zhou Xuan did not feel panic at all. He slowly raised his head, looked straight at the king, and said word by word: "The dreamer is moved by the ears. His Majesty made up the dream just now, and it was moved by consciousness, so it is no different from the true dream. If you just tell the dream, you can divine good or bad luck."

Cao Pi turned angry and frightened, thinking that this person was not afraid of being terrified, but instead responded calmly and confidently, but was afraid that he was not frivolous.

At this moment, the Huangmen Order entered the palace and reported: "Report to Your Majesty, there was a dispute between the palace servants this morning, and they accidentally injured their lives. The perpetrator has been arrested. Please let Your Majesty leave."

The emperor was shocked and sighed that Zhou Xuan really had the ability to predict this! Xiahou Xuan was surprised and thought that it was Mr. Zhou who secretly bought Huangmen Ling? Cao Pi came back to his senses and said to Huangmen Ling: "Take the perpetrator to Pingwangguan [Note 2] to deal with it." [Note 2: Pingwangguan, the place where the case was judged in Cao Wei Palace, "Three Kingdoms·Volume 3·Ming Emperor's Chronicle": "In October of the winter, Pingwangguan was changed to Pingwangguan. The emperor often said: 'Prison is the life of the world'. Whenever the prison is cut off, I am always lucky to listen to it." From this we can see that Pingwangguan is the place where the case is judged.]

The Huangmen Order left after hearing the imperial edict.

"Sir, it's true that the magic is extraordinary. I'm just rude. Don't blame me." Cao Pi was truly believing in Zhou Xuan in front of him at this moment. He pondered for a while: "I did have a dream yesterday. I dreamed that there was a green aura that rose from the earth to the sky. I don't know what the sign is. I also asked Mr. to reveal the mystery."

Zhou Xuan understood that the time had come, so he coughed lightly and said, "The blood turned into green jade, and the green energy was connected to the sky, indicating that... there should be a noble woman in the palace today."

The noble woman was injustice! Cao Pi was shocked, and the queen... Cao Pi couldn't help but frown. The emperor closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and finally called someone. After whispering a few words, the man ran out after he got the oral order.

Xiahou Xuan understood that His Majesty should have taken back his life, but he hoped that it would be too late...

"Your Highness...you are awake..."

As soon as Cao Rui opened his eyes, he realized that the atmosphere was a little wrong. The hall was very quiet, so quiet that it made people a little scared.

"Mother Queen... How is Mother Queen?" Cao Rui turned up from the couch and said, "Why don't you talk, talk..."

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent. After a while, a maid plucked up the courage to answer: "Your Highness, you have been ordered to commit suicide..." [Note 3: "Three Kingdoms·Volume 5 of Wei Books": "Empress Wen Zhaozhen,..., became more frustrated and complained. The emperor was furious. In June of the second year, he sent an envoy to be killed and buried in Ye."]

There seemed to be a trace of sadness in the magnificent palace city.

"Sir, thank you for your hard work for Brother Xi." Xiahou said, looking at Zhou Xuan's back.

"Even if the emperor's mind can be changed, some things cannot be changed by human power..." Zhou Xuan smiled bitterly.

"Sir, please ask, can dreams really predict the future? Can sir really dismantle dreams?"

"Although dreams can be predicted, they cannot be changed." Zhou Xuan walked slowly toward the palace gate. He looked up at the golden palace under the light: "Dreams... are illusory, even if they can solve them, what can they do..."

The boy seemed to understand it but not.

Zhou Xuan's figure gradually disappeared outside the palace and could no longer be seen.

In the lonely hall, Cao Rui waved his sleeves to wipe away his tears.

"Father, you are right. Perhaps only by reaching the highest position can you protect the people around you and yourself."

"One day..."

On the double-eaved hip roof of the main palace hall is the lonely figure of the emperor.

Cao Pi looked up at the sky, his thoughts were a little ethereal. Inadvertently, he recited the song "Yan Ge Xing" again: "The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cool... The grass and trees are shaking and dew turns into frost..." [Note 4: "Yan Ge Xing": A seven-character poem written by Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi.]

He recalled again that during the Jian'an period, he made a promise to her in the ruins of war: I promise you that if it is the emperor to me, I will take the emperor as my descendant...

"...The bright moon shines on my bed, the stars flow westward and the night is still in the middle of the night. The morning glory and weaver girl look at each other from afar, so why are you so few to limit the river beams..."

It was late at night, and the deep palace gate was still as cold as ever...

[Note 5: Regarding the dream interpretation of Zhou Xuan in the literature, "The Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei Volume 29, Biography of Fang Ji": "The Emperor Wen asked Xuan: 'I dreamed that two tiles fell from the ground in my dream, and turned into two mandarin ducks. What does this mean?' Xuan replied: 'There should be someone who died in the harem.' The emperor said: 'I cheated you!' Xuan replied: 'The dreamer is the ear, and if you use the form of words, you will be good or bad.' Before the words were finished, the Huangmen ordered the palace servants to kill each other.' The emperor asked again: 'I dreamed that the green air came from the earth and belonged to the sky last night.' Xuan replied: 'There should be a noble woman in the world who died unjustly.' At that time, the emperor had sent an envoy to give the seal of the queen Zhen. He regretted it after hearing the Xuan, and sent someone to chase the envoy to chase the envoys...."
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