Chapter 437: Tell the Truth

When the Queen Mother heard Taoist Zhang say "it's not witchcraft", she couldn't help but show disappointment on her face.

If it was about "witchcraft", the Queen Mother would be sure to drag the entire Li family into the water, instead of tolerating them half-dead now.

"Madame Sun, accompany Taoist Zhang to Guanju Palace. I can't bear to see the Li family." The Queen Mother said.

Old Madam Sun immediately agreed.

Coincidentally, at this time, Niuniu came in and jumped into the Queen Mother's arms. When the Queen Mother saw the little girl, all her worries disappeared immediately, and she called her sweetheart.

Taoist Zhang, who was about to leave, stopped and looked at Niuniu in the Queen Mother's arms.

"Queen Mother, can I take a look at this little girl's face first?" Taoist Zhang asked.

The Queen Mother had originally planned to do so, and nodded when she heard this.

Niuniu got up from the Queen Mother's arms, turned to look at Taoist Zhang, frowned slightly: "This Taoist, I seem to have seen him before."

Taoist Zhang didn't expect Niuniu to still remember him, and said with a smile: "Little girl, when you came to Beijing, we met at the dock, and I wanted to see your face at that time."

At that time, Gu Mingda felt that this man was superstitious, and the Gu family had always been taboo about Taoist priests, so they naturally stopped him from reading faces.

Now that the Queen Mother didn't stop him, Taoist Zhang saw it clearly, and after looking carefully for a long time, he kept saying: "Strange and strange..."

"Taoist, what's strange? Please tell me." The Queen Mother said anxiously.

Taoist Zhang didn't answer immediately, but counted with his left hand, twisted his beard with his right hand, and kept muttering.

After twisting off several strands of beard on his face, the doubts on his face were not resolved, but he said: "Queen Mother, I will finish reading Lady Li's face first, and I will talk about other things later."

The Queen Mother nodded helplessly.

After Taoist Zhang left, Niu Niu said, "Grandma Queen Mother, you seem to trust this old Taoist priest very much."

The Queen Mother said, "When I was still married, I met him once. At that time, he determined that I would be extremely wealthy in the future. He is a god who can predict the future. I am old and I don't know if I can see you get married in the future. Let him look at your fate. If you have no worries in your life, I can rest assured and close my eyes in the future."

The Queen Mother not only planned to let Taoist Zhang look at Niu Niu, but also planned to let him look at Concubine Shun to find out whether she was pregnant with the future emperor.

Concubine Shun's belly was so big that the Imperial Hospital could already tell the gender of the fetus, but the result was not what the Queen Mother wanted.

Niuniu snuggled into the Queen Mother's arms and whispered, "Grandma Queen Mother, you and my father's ideas are really different."

The Queen Mother became interested and asked, "What did your father say?"

Niuniu said, "It took me a long time to understand what my father said. He said there was no need to tell fortunes, because telling fortunes is equivalent to interfering with the future."

The Queen Mother asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"If you get a good result, you will naturally be worry-free, but you will also lose the surprise for the future. If you get a bad result, maybe fortune-telling is also a part of fate, and it will lead you to a bad result."

After thinking about it for a while, the Queen Mother understood the meaning of these words and was stunned for a moment. She thought of the frowning and thoughtful look of Taoist Zhang just now, and she didn't even dare to let Niuniu listen to the result of Taoist Zhang's face reading.

"Your father has profound knowledge, you should learn more from him." The Queen Mother said.

Niuniu raised her head proudly. She was as happy as she was when Gu Mingda was praised. She said, "I will definitely learn more from Daddy!"

Master Zhang watched Guanju Palace for half an hour, and Li's face was filled with fear.

"You took something you shouldn't have taken." Master Zhang said.

She knew better than anyone else where Li's prosperity over the past decade came from. When she heard this, she immediately showed a panic expression on her face.

"If it comes to me, it's naturally mine. There are so many things in this world that people take things by trickery and robbery. Why can't I do the same? This is mine!" She shouted to Master Zhang.

Taoist Zhang looked at her without any sympathy, and only said: "Then you are now like this, which is what you deserve, you should accept it."

How could Li stand such words, and wanted to rush up to fight, but Chunying was surprisingly strong and knew some basic boxing and kicking skills. Even though Li was now bloated, Chunying could kick her to the ground with one foot.

"Taoist Zhang, do you still want to take a look in Guanju Palace? Is there anything inappropriate?" asked Old Nanny Sun.

Taoist Zhang shook his head and said, "It's enough to see her."

When they returned to Shoukang Palace, Niu Niu was nestling in the Queen Mother's arms eating snacks.

"Queen Mother, I already know the cause and effect." Taoist Zhang said.

The Queen Mother thought of what Niu Niu had just said. Once she knew the result, she would be personally involved. She was afraid that it would be a bad result, or a bad result created by herself.

She asked someone to take Niu Niu away first. Niu Niu didn't like to listen to fortune-telling, so she left honestly.

After hesitating for a long time, the Queen Mother first told Gu Mingda about his opinion on fortune-telling.

Taoist Master Zhang smiled and said, "This Lord Gu is a very insightful person, but predicting the future has always been a very basic technique."

The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this and asked, "What do you mean, Taoist Master?"

"It is already a great achievement for an ordinary Taoist priest to be able to predict with 70% accuracy, but there is another kind of people who can interfere with the fate, or even... swap the fate of two people, so that people who should have been in a high position fall into a trough, and people who should have fallen into the quagmire enjoy all the wealth in the world." Taoist Zhang said.

When the queen mother heard this, her heart was beating wildly, and she felt that she had grasped something vaguely.

"Li... What did Li do behind the scenes?" asked the queen mother.

"Your Majesty should have a queen, but her fate was stolen by Li." Taoist Zhang did not keep it a secret.

The queen mother did not know that the emperor had a wife who appeared in his dream. She thought that over the years, whether it was the request of the court officials or the crooked entanglement of Li, the emperor only had the idea of ​​establishing a queen eight years ago. Since he ascended the throne, although he has enriched the harem, the queen position has always been vacant.

The emperor has always said to the outside world that he is waiting for someone who is qualified to be the mother of the country.

Eight years ago, the emperor had the idea to discuss with the empress dowager about making Li the empress, but later the Imperial Astronomical Observatory reported the matter to heaven and earth, and several incense sticks were lit, but before they were all burned, the incense sticks died.

In such an unlucky situation, the emperor was too embarrassed to mention it again, and even if Li was favored again, he never thought of making Li the empress.