Chapter 17: One hexagram, two opportunities
"The slaves dare not!"

"My lady, please don't torture me."

"Qiulan, I can only let you do this."

"How...how...can this be possible?"

Qin Qiulan's pretty face was as red as blood and as beautiful as the sunset glow, more beautiful than the peach blossoms in March.

The Thirteenth Prince was raised by her since he was a child. In her eyes, the Thirteenth Prince was a junior and a nephew.

How could something like that happen between her and the Thirteenth Prince?

Seeing the shy look of the beauty in front of her, Concubine Yun had no intention of changing her mind.

"Qiulan, before the prince's wedding, he must have a trial marriage."

"I don't trust other palace maids. I can only leave the trial marriage to you."

"Ah? Madam, you are too..."

Qin Qiulan hesitated.

Concubine Yun seemed to know what Qin Qiulan wanted to say, and took the initiative to help Qin Qiulan speak it out.

"Why? Do you think I'm being too cautious?"

Qin Qiulan nodded.

Concubine Yun was really too cautious when it came to the trial marriage.

"Qiulan, I only have Chen'er as my only child, so I can't be careless."

"Not to mention how many princes in the previous dynasties were ruined by palace maids with ulterior motives at a young age and could no longer be considered men."

"Just in this dynasty, wasn't the seventh brother of Emperor Qianyuan, the Prince of Wei, drained of his power by the White Lotus Demon who sneaked into the palace as a maid, and became a cripple?"

"Although Chen'er is not involved in the fight for the throne, we must be on guard against trial marriage."

Concubine Yun spoke in a decisive tone with a serious expression.

It is no small matter for a prince to try out marriage. Throughout the dynasties, many princes were ruined by palace maids.

One reason was that the palace maids were ordered around by other princes because of the fight for the throne.

Some evil techniques require the help of dragon energy to break through bottlenecks, and it is easy to target marginal princes like Zhou Haochen.

This was also her original intention in asking Qin Qiulan for help.

"Qiulan, after the trial marriage, I will not treat you unfairly."

"Chen'er's principal wife must be the Third Miss of the Cui family, but you must have a place as one of the two concubines."

Concubine Yun held Qin Qiulan's jade hand and said with a solemn oath.

"Concubine!"

"Your Highness... I am twelve years older than Your Highness, so I may not be suitable."

"What's inappropriate?"

"A girl three years older than her husband can hold gold bricks. With Chen'er's physique, holding four gold bricks is no problem."

"You don't have to worry about Chen'er rejecting you. If he dares to bully you, come and tell me, and I will severely punish Chen'er."

Concubine Yun had said so much that Qin Qiulan would not refuse.

"It's all up to you, Madam."

……

Zhou Haochen didn't know that his mother had picked another wife for him just after he left.

After taking two sips of the fragrant tea, the Bagua diagram in his sea of ​​consciousness began to move.

Golden light shines brightly, the eight trigrams fly, and they combine in pairs to form a new trigram.

[Shui Ze: The best hexagram, 3:30 pm, go to the side door of Kunning Palace, uphold justice, get a sixth-grade opportunity, and a fourth-grade opportunity. The fourth-grade opportunity can be expanded, very auspicious.]

[Thunder Land: A middle hexagram. It is better to be still than to move. Stay in the quiet room and drink tea. Do nothing. There is no gain and no risk. It is flat.]

[Fire and Wind: Middle-lower hexagram, 3:00 pm, go to the side door of Kunning Palace, help the tyrant to commit atrocities, get a sixth-grade opportunity, but plant the seeds of disaster, endless disasters, minor misfortune.]

[Tianshan: The lower hexagram, 3:30 pm, go to the back garden of Kunning Palace, learn secrets that you shouldn't know, lose your freedom, life and death are not in your own hands, very bad.]

Four hexagrams, four choices!

Zhou Haochen raised his eyebrows and looked at the hexagram carefully.

Staying in Jingqizhai and doing nothing will not bring any opportunities or risks. It is a middle hexagram.

As for the upper-supreme hexagram and the middle-lower hexagram, they refer to the same thing.

It’s just because of your own choices that different consequences are caused.

Upholding justice is the best hexagram.

He can also get two opportunities at the same time, one of which can be expanded. This is a hexagram that Zhou Haochen has never seen before.

Before, each hexagram corresponded to one opportunity, except this time.

Kill two birds with one stone!
one stone two bird!
Kill two birds with one stone!
Is this still a choice?
If you help the tyrant to do evil, it is a middle to lower hexagram.

The sixth-grade opportunity will still fall into your hands.

In other words, as long as he went to the side door of Kunning Palace at three quarters past three in the morning, the sixth-grade opportunity would definitely fall into his hands.

The results of the two different choices differ in the opportunities that can be expanded in the fourth rank.

If you uphold justice, you will get the opportunity to expand the fourth rank. If you help the tyrant, the fourth rank opportunity will disappear, and there will be endless troubles.

Seeing this, Zhou Haochen was quite curious. What exactly was this fourth-grade thing that could expand opportunities? It could actually transform between opportunities and disasters.

As for the worst hexagram, it means seeing things that you shouldn’t see.

Zhou Haochen was not interested in knowing what the secret that should not be known was referred to in the hexagram.

"Kunning Palace is the Queen's bedroom. Could it be that my father is having sex with the Queen in broad daylight? No, the Queen is in seclusion. She should not have time to have sex with my father in broad daylight." Zhou Haochen complained in his heart.

After sitting for a while, the third quarter of the morning arrived in the blink of an eye.

"Sister Huayuan, the room is a bit stuffy, help me go out for a walk." Zhou Haochen ordered.

Hua Yuan has served Concubine Yun for more than ten years. After Qin Qiulan left the palace and followed her, she became Concubine Yun's personal maid.

"Your Highness, the scenery in the back garden of Kunning Palace is very beautiful. How about I take you there to get some fresh air?"

If there hadn’t been any hint from the hexagram, Zhou Haochen might have agreed.

"Kunning Palace is the Queen's bedroom. I haven't been summoned, so it's not appropriate for me to go to Kunning Palace."

"Hua Yuan, let's walk along Kunning Palace."

"promise!"

Compared with Qin Qiulan's voice, Hua Yuan's voice is less elegant and dignified, and more cold and aloof.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

The sound of a cane tapping the ground was heard outside Kunning Palace.

Hua Yuan supported him carefully, and under Zhou Haochen's vague guidance, the two of them came to the side door of Kunning Palace.

The sounds of punches and kicks filled the air.

"Xiao Linzi, hand over the things!"

"Don't even think about it! This is my treasure!"

"The treasure belongs to the one with the biggest fist!"

"Hit me!"

"Pry his mouth open."

……

"Hua Yuan, what happened?" Zhou Haochen asked.

Although he had already seen the situation at the side door of Kunning Palace, he still had to disguise himself in front of Hua Yuan.

"Your Highness, three young eunuchs from Kunning Palace are bullying the newcomers." Hua Yuan said in a low voice.

The little eunuch, who was being ridden by three bullying eunuchs, had bruises and reds all over his face, his clothes were torn in several places, and his body was covered in yellow mud.

How miserable!

"Hua Yuan, help me over there."

Hua Yuan helped Zhou Haochen walk over. When the three bullying eunuchs saw Zhou Haochen, they were immediately frightened to death.

"I have met two noble people."

"Who are you? Making such a loud noise in Kunning Palace!"

Zhou Haochen shouted loudly.

The majestic and solemn words suddenly exploded in the air.

The prince's inherent majesty directly frightened the four young eunuchs to death.

There was a faint fishy smell in the air.

"Your Highness, Xiao Linzi stole the treasure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we have been ordered to recover the treasure."

Said the leader of the bullying trio, a little eunuch with triangular eyes.

"Your Highness, don't listen to Xiao Dengzi's nonsense. I didn't steal the treasure."

"If it wasn't stolen, could it be that the treasure grew wings and flew into your hands?"

"I said I didn't steal it. I found the wooden sculpture among the garbage discarded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Xiao Linzi, do you still dare to quibble in front of His Highness?"

"Your Highness, please punish Xiao Linzi severely. He will definitely confess."

When Xiao Linzi heard the words "severe punishment", his face turned pale and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

The justice in the hexagram, is this what is worth it?

Zhou Haochen suddenly understood.

Xiao Linzi gritted his teeth, made up his mind, took out a strange wooden sculpture and placed it in front of Zhou Haochen.

"Your Highness, this statue was found by me among the garbage discarded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is quite magical."

"Only a virtuous person like you, Your Highness, is worthy of it."

After Xiao Linzi took out the wood carving, Zhou Haochen was stunned.

[Wood carving: It is carved from the horn of a thunder beast. The person who carved it is really wasting the natural gift. ]

(End of this chapter)