"It's cloudy today, what's there to see?" he asked in confusion.

The students bowed their hands to him, and the young man could only shake his head and walk away.

"The sky is actually very beautiful." The student said to himself and looked up at the sky again.

The night sky was cloudy and dim, and the stars were almost invisible.

At this time, the lights in the courtyard of the Cheng family in Yudaiqiao had been extinguished, and most people had entered dreamland.

There was a felt mat laid out in the backyard, and a woman was reclining and looking up at the night sky.

Banqin stood aside, hesitated and brought over a large thick felt cushion.

"Madam, please add one more piece." She whispered.

"No need." Cheng Jiaoniang said, stretched out the wine bowl in her hand, "Pour some wine."

Banqin responded, put down the felt mat, poured the wine, and watched Cheng Jiaoniang drink slowly while looking at the night sky.

What can you see in the night sky?

She also looked up.

"Father, what do you see?"

In the dark night, the man on the rooftop looked back. There was no light on the high rooftop, only the stars in the sky.

"I saw destiny." The man said with a slight smile.

She raised her head, and under the starlight the girl seemed to have a puzzled look on her face.

"Can fate be seen?" she asked.

The man reached out and stroked the girl's temples, raised his head and looked around. From the observation deck, he could see the surrounding stacks of houses, looming in the night.

"Ah Fang," he said, "Of course, don't forget what our Cheng family does."

"Those who make food, those who play, those who study, those who record history, those who lead soldiers..." the girl said, twirling her fingers seriously, "and Brother Dongshan's father is a doctor..."

The man laughed.

"Those are just small paths." He said, pointing to the sky, "Ah Fang, you have to know that the main road of our Cheng family is the way of observing the sky."

Observe the way of heaven.

The cold wind became more and more fierce, blowing the scattered hair. Cheng Jiaoniang stretched out her hand to hold it and looked up at the sky. The dark night sky seemed to be gradually torn open by the strong wind, and there were faint stars twinkling.

Heaven, why is there chaos?

According to the records of Taibai Jingtian of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were only eighteen times, seventeen times had happened before, and the eighteenth time, which was the last time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was when the great ancestor of the Daqing Dynasty destroyed the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Happened the year before.

It was precisely because of this Taibai Jingtian that Daqing Emperor Gaozu obeyed the will of heaven and took over the world on behalf of Dazhou.

It’s been decades since this became fashionable, so why is it happening now?

Could it be that I didn't notice it at this time and missed it in the book?

"Madam, wine." Banqin said, pouring wine again.

Cheng Jiaoniang stretched out her hand to take it and drank it down in one gulp. She looked at the sky again, the stars were faintly visible.

"Father, what do you see in the way of heaven?"

The man lowered his head and smiled slightly when he heard this.

"The way of heaven," he said, "is the destiny."

"Father, what is the purpose of looking at destiny?"

"In order to obey the destiny, but also to go against the destiny."

Follow destiny! Go against destiny!

Cheng Jiaoniang sat up.

So, did what the Cheng family did follow fate or go against it?

What's going forward? What's going against it?

I didn’t know who I was before and never thought about the past. Now I know who I am and I never thought about the past because I couldn’t bear to look directly at it. Now it seems that I still have to think about the past.

"Father, why do I need to learn so many Taoisms?"

"Because Ah Fang will be very important and very different in the future."

It is very important and different, is it because I want to be a queen? At that time, everyone said so.

No, not everyone, my father never said that, he just smiled.

Don't lie.

If this is the case, my father will speak up and respond. If he doesn't speak up, then...

Cheng Jiaoniang stretched out her hand to hold her heart.

Perhaps the reason why she is important and why she has to learn so much is not because she wants to be the queen.

What's that for? What's that for?

For...this moment?

What is it for at this moment?

Cheng Jiaoniang raised her head to look at the sky. Is it too white to be in the sky?

What does Taibai Jingtian portend? The world is in chaos? Why is the world in chaos at this time?

At the same time, in a secret room in Sitiantai, there were piles of messy books next to the desks, and several volumes with astronomical records scattered on the floor. The student stood in front of the desks and looked at them in surprise.

Looking at the papers scattered in front of him, there were dense writings and dotted drawings on them.

"Oh my God, what have I figured out?" he cried.

The sound alarmed the clerk who was sitting and taking a nap in front of the brazier.

"Be careful. Don't mess up the things here. If they are damaged, you will lose your head." He said immediately, looking up at the student and seeing him standing still in shock, "What's wrong?"

"What did I calculate?" the student asked again, looking at him with an expression not of shock, but of surprise.

"What?" the clerk asked in confusion.

"Lunar eclipse," the student said, pointing to the sky, "lunar eclipse!"

Lunar eclipse?

A lunar eclipse is a bad omen. Starting from the top, it means that the king has lost his way, starting from the side, it means that the minister has lost his order, and starting from the bottom, it means that the general has lost his law.

As a junior official in Si Tiantai, he also had some understanding of astronomy, calendar, and astrology. He quickly murmured a sentence.

But soon he sneered again.

"Is there anything strange? Didn't you also calculate the solar eclipse last time?" he said.

What's the result? It's not wrong again.

"Okay, okay, you are doing this and that every day and every month. In the end, you even calculated the calendar wrong. Let's go." The clerk waved his hand impatiently and said, "It's almost dawn. Come out quickly. Here

The astronomical calendar predicts latitude and celestial phenomena from the heavens, but not everyone can see them. Let’s go quickly before dawn.”

The students had no choice but to pack up their things and leave.

The east is bright, but it is not yet bright. There is a twilight between heaven and earth, and the cold wind is biting. The student wraps up his robe tightly, puts away the paper in his arms, and looks up at the sky again.

Is it true that I saw it wrong first and then calculated it wrong now?

It was daybreak, and in Prince Qing's Mansion, Prince Jin'an was lazily leaning on the table, looking at Prince Qing who was sitting on the ground having fun by himself.

"Brother Six, tell me, is she really angry with me?" He exhaled and asked again.

Naturally, Prince Qing would not answer him.

"I don't think she is." Prince Jin'an said.

Even though he said this, he still couldn't help but sigh and throw the ball thrown by King Qing again and again.

"Your Highness."

A servant walked in quickly.

"Someone in Sitiantai saw Taibai Jingtian."

Taibai Jingtian?

Reading is not just about classics and history, but also about astronomy and geography.

Every scholar knows what Taibai Jingtian means.

Prince Jin'an sat up in surprise.

"Now?" he asked.

"No." The chamberlain hurriedly shook his head, "Yesterday, only one person saw it, and he was just a student, so it was rejected."
To be continued...