The eight characters had already been combined once, and they’re still not sure about it. Sui Heng had no patience to wait. After leaving the court, he went straight to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to collect the results personally.
As he arrived at the door, he heard discussion voices inside: “Han daren, what should we do? Since ancient times, the eight characters of both parties in marriage have had to be perfectly matched in order to receive great blessings from heaven. The eight characters of His Highness and the Crown Prince of Jiang are far from matching, nor can they be considered great blessings. If it were really a bad fate, if we kept it a secret and did not report it, it would be a great offense.”
Sui Heng’s footsteps suddenly paused.
The other imperial censor said, “That’s right, this marriage thing has always been about good luck. Previously, His Highness and that noble concubine were separated in life and death due to a mismatch in their birth charts, resulting in a tragic ending. What if the Crown Prince of Jiang also…”
Sui Heng’s eyebrows twitched fiercely, and he calmly entered the room.
The imperial censors were discussing their opinions and were startled when they saw the person who came. They quickly bowed and saluted.
Sui Heng glanced around and asked coolly, “Whose eight characters don’t match with whom? Who’s been separated from who by life and death, and it’s ended badly?”
The result of the previous divination was a perfect match, but this time it has become a clash of eight characters.
It can be seen that this bunch of drunken bags know nothing but godly chatter every day, and not a word of truth comes out of their mouths.
The emotions of the imperial censors can no longer be described as panic. The imperial censor who just spoke wished he could raise his hand and slap himself. He is really stupid and insisted on mentioning the deceased noble concubine.
No one in this Sui capital doesn’t know that that noble concubine is their Highness’s untouchable scale in heart. His body was still sealed in an ice coffin and placed in the back office of Dali Court.
His Highness does not allow the person in Dali Court to be buried, is it not because he cannot let go?
On this joyous day of the marriage alliance between the two countries, why did he mention this? Angering His Highness is one thing, but if it were to reach the Crown Prince of Jiang’s ears, infuriating the Jiang Empire and causing a rift between the two countries, he would never be able to redeem his sins even if he died!
The more the imperial censor thought, the more anxious he felt, and sweat began to trickle down his temples.
Han Xiao looked at Sui Heng’s gaze, he might lead people to directly pacify the Imperial Astronomical Bureau in the next moment, so he quickly make amends: “Your Highness, calm down. A bunch of elm-brains who don’t know any better and think they can talk nonsense just because they’ve read a few books and learned some astrological divination skills. Your Highness mustn’t bother with them.”
Han Xiao is one of the three Zaizhi, and his perspective on thinking is naturally much more profound than that of young imperial censors. The peace negotiation between the North and the South may soon lead to friendly exchanges. The marriage alliance between the two Crown Princes has become an important link between them and can even be said to be the most important link connecting the North and the South. The political significance of the marriage itself is enough to outweigh the “small matter” of the eight character harmony. In other words, does His Highness the Crown Prince necessarily seek to marry the Crown Prince of Jiang when he is infatuated with the Crown Prince of Jiang? It is likely that the marriage was also contracted in order to complete the North-South unification without bloodshed.
So the compatibility of the eight characters is not important at all.
Han Xiao was not aware of Jiang Yun’s identity, but within his own logical chain, he gave this marriage a perfect and flawless explanation.
Sui Heng frowned and did not feel any comfort from Han Xiao’s words.
Because Han Xiao did not deny the inconsistency of the Eight Characters but rather subtly shifted the topic.
This made Sui Heng feel extremely offended.
He doesn’t believe it, he doesn’t believe that his and Jiang Yun’s eight characters don’t match. Although he has been fearless since he was a child and never believed in these mysterious supernatural theories, but getting married is a big deal. Who doesn’t want to seek a good omen?
He and Jiang Yun, from their first encounter in the cliff of the Chen Kingdom to their reunion at the foot of the Muyun Pass, experienced many hardships, twists, and turns during this period. They were able to walk smoothly to this day, and he was confident that they must be destined for a good fate. The red string was personally led by the moon elder in the sky. Otherwise, how could it have been so coincidental that he met him in the torrential rain in the mountain?
If there is a slight deviation, he did not go to that mountain, did not turn into that mountain path, and did not explore that splash of green with curiosity, they would not meet without incident.
Afterwards, he led his army to cross the Yellow River and attack the Jiang Empire. At the brink of a major war, if it weren’t for Chen Qi’s instigation and kidnapped that little thing to the Sui camp, he believed that with Jiang Yun’s temperament, he would probably not have gone out of the city gate and met him honestly. They are likely to end up in tragedy.
In short, all of this made Sui Heng confident that he and Jiang Yun were a match made in heaven, unparalleled in the world. Their eight characters may be entwined and unable to be separated, but there’s absolutely no way they don’t match.
After all, Han Xiao is a bit mature and good at observing words and expressions. Judging from Sui Heng’s reaction, he knows that his answer cannot make the proud and arrogant Crown Prince feel relieved.
That’s also true, even in a political marriage without emotions, the eight characters of both parties cannot be too outrageous.
Han Xiao took the eight characters from the imperial censor’s hand and carefully examined them for a moment. Suddenly, another incredible idea came to his mind, and he asked, “The old minister heard that Your Highness personally sent the eight characters of the Crown Prince of Jiang over. Your Highness is busy with affairs, so could… the old minister is just using an analogy, could there be a moment of inattention and accidentally take someone else’s eight characters by mistake?”
Han Xiao was not trying to make up for it.
Rather, he felt from the bottom of his heart that the probability of such a thing happening with two identical eight characters was just too small.
Extrapolating from the ice coffin in the Dali Court, the Crown Prince is most likely to have old feelings for that noble concubine, with residual feelings still lingering. Due to the Crown Prince’s infatuation with that noble concubine, as the wedding approached, it was inevitable that he felt nostalgic for the former person. As a result, his mind and spirit were both injured, and he took the eight characters of the former person out…
The more Han Xiao thinks about it, the more he feels that his logic is perfect and impeccable.
Sui Heng seemed to hear a joke.
The note that recorded the eight characters of him and his little lover was deliberately stored in a sachet he wore close to his body, carefully kept to this day, and never left. During the time when his little lover left him cruelly, he often even took out the note to look at it in the quiet night. Jiang Yun’s eight characters have long been memorized in his heart.
So for this grand wedding, although he also symbolically sent someone to the Jiang Empire for the “name inquiry” section, but the main purpose was to hand over his own birthdate eight characters to the other side. The day after the ceremony officials went to inquire about the name set off. He came to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau in advance and copied his and Jiang Yun’s birthdate eight characters onto the Geng Tie. He then personally sent them over and asked them to symbolically follow the process.
After all, they have all been together once.
Who would have thought that when he came over to get the results in a good mood after the court today, he would hear such a bad conversation?
“It can never be wrong.”
Sui Heng leisurely replied.
Yesterday, after specially bathing and burning incense, he asked Ji An to go to the palace to pick up the most precious golden plum blossom jade plate paper, and with the most devout heart, he wrote the eight characters of himself and his little lover without lifting his head.
His book case is not a rotten cabbage on the street, and besides him, who would dare to randomly put someone else’s eight characters on it. Do they want to die?
That’s strange.
Han Xiao couldn’t help but ask, “Is Your Highness sure?”
“Naturally…”
Halfway through his speech, Sui Heng suddenly had a flash of insight, he thought of something and abruptly closed his mouth.
Han Xiao noticed this anomaly in his eyes, and before he could ask further, Sui Heng cleared his throat and said sternly, “Prime Minister Han is right. Gu has been busy with military affairs for the past two days and Gu has been sleep-deprived. And there’s a moment of inattention. This way, Gu will go back and investigate to see if there’s any ungrateful servant who moved Gu’s bookcase without authorization first.”
“That’s it for now. Gu will go back first, there’s no need to escort.”
The imperial censors had originally thought that they were doomed today, but when they saw the Crown Prince suddenly leave on his own, neither scolded them nor pursued them. They all raised their heads in bewilderment, looked out of the room, and then all went to see Han Xiao.
Han Xiao asked everyone to hurry up and not ask blindly.
Sui Heng walked out of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau with a gloomy expression on his face.
Shi Fang was outside, and when he saw his Highness’s expression was not good, he was somewhat surprised. He quickly approached and cautiously asked, “Does Your Highness want to go back to the mansion?”
Shi Fang was very confused. Since returning to the Sui capital, His Highness has been proud and energetic every day. According to Chief Steward Ji and Chief Steward Gao, he can even laugh in his sleep.
Today, when he came to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, he was also overjoyed and full of anticipation all the way. However, after coming out of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, his face suddenly changed.
Could it be those lackluster imperial censors who didn’t know how to speak had angered His Highness?
Sui Heng didn’t answer, but glanced at Shi Fang and said, “Prepare a horse for Gu.”
Shi Fang glanced at the horse he was holding in his hand, showing even greater surprise.
Sui Heng said, “Go prepare a wild horse for Gu.”
Sui Heng has always been decisive in his words, always speaking without hesitation. He dared not be careless and quickly prepared according to his words.
**
At Muyun Pass, Jiang Yun was drawing unfinished blueprints for the new capital so that they could officially start construction next spring. Xiao Jiang Nuo lay on the small bed behind the curtain, sleeping soundly.
Since returning from the Sui army camp, the little boy has been particularly clingy to him, whether eating or sleeping, he always stays with him. Jiang Yun directly let the little boy move to his own residence and sleep with him.
The Sui Empire withdrew its troops, and the situation inside and outside the pass remained stable. The pressure on the defense of the entire Muyun Pass decreased significantly, but Yun Huai still dared not slack off. Every night he personally led his soldiers to patrol the border.
Today, while patrolling the city gate upstairs, the deputy general following behind suddenly pointed to the distance and said, “General, it seems that military horses are coming.”
Today is a snowy day, with light snow floating in the sky.
Yun Huai looked around and saw a group of iron cavalry taking advantage of the darkness, rushing in the direction of Muyun Pass.
“General, should we set up Lianyun Crossbow?”
“Not yet.”
Yun Huai thinks now that the peace negotiation between the north and south have been successfully completed. At such times, no one would provoke war for no reason. Moreover, it seems that there are not many troops in this line, so to avoid accidental injuries, he asked people to leave the border to investigate the situation first.
This sudden situation also alarmed Fan Zhou.
Fan Zhou just received a ceremonial official sent by the Sui capital today. He stayed up late and was originally drinking at his residence. Upon hearing this, he immediately rushed to the upper gate of the city to check on the situation with Yun Huai.
The iron cavalry, as fast as lightning, quickly arrived in front of them.
After they saw the leader’s figure and face clearly, Yun Huai and Fan Zhou were both surprised.
The soldier rushed up to the city tower and urgently reported, “General Yun, Master Fan, it’s His Highness the Crown Prince of Sui!”
Fan Zhou was puzzled. “What did he come here for?”
The soldier said, “It was said it’s about the ‘name inquiry’ ceremony.”
Fan Zhou and Yun Huai looked at each other with a strange expression.
The official who came from the Sui capital to inquire about the name had just left when the Crown Prince of Sui braved the snow overnight to inquire about the name.
In this Sui Empire, do they have to inquire about the name twice when getting married?!
