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"Your Majesty, I had a dream. A hundred years ago, a withered tree grew a new leaf, and the late Emperor sat under the tree and said to me, 'The sun of Mt. Tai, the west flows of Wenshui'. He also said that when spring comes, there will be a lucky person who must be cherished."

"Oh? Your royal sister was actually dreaming of a dead tree meeting its spring? " Zhou Chengdi pondered to himself, 'The sun of Mount Tai, the west flows of Wenshui'. Wasn't this the most important point in the policy of dealing with disasters?

He had just given Song Qingyang a plan to deal with the disaster, and he had not even carried out the plan for the river to flow westward yet, but An Guo had already accurately pointed out this essence.

"That's right, this is a great omen, your majesty. Dead trees meet spring, and rare trees exist. The late emperor just so happened to dream of giving it to me at this time, so something good must have happened, your majesty." The princess of An Guo was extremely excited as she spoke with a trembling voice.

Zhou Chengdi's eyes slowly lit up.

Princess An Guo secretly observed his expression and said, "Does Your Majesty still remember what happened one month before you ascended the throne?" I dreamt that the auspicious dragon surrounded the emperor. I told the Daoist Master Xuanwei about the dream, and Daoist Master Xuanwei said that the dragon was a revelation from the heavens. Your Majesty, your ascension is in accordance with the will of the heavens. "

How could Zhou Chengdi not remember that in the month before he ascended the throne, he had fought with the prince for the throne. During that hunt, he had been shot by the same prince, and most of his forces had been killed by the same prince, so he had thought that he would lose the fight for the throne. However, at that moment, the princess of An Kingdom said that she dreamed that he was surrounded by the auspicious dragon, and indeed, a month later, he successfully ascended to the throne.

"Royal sister's dream must be another good omen." The corner of the emperor's lips curled up into a smile. Thinking back to how he had been in such a bad shape due to Jiang Nan's water calamity, yesterday, Zheng'er had offered him a strategy to deal with it.

The Celestial Prison was located in a palace surrounded by mountains. It was a dangerous and difficult place to enter. The prisoners here were usually felons and felons. The inside environment was poor, the ground was damp, the air was cold, and a single muddy drop of water fell from the wall.

At this time, the guard who was carrying the food pushed open a cell door. He put the bowl on the ground and said in a coarse tone:

"It's time to eat. Tomorrow morning, it will be cooked. Delicious!"

The jailer looked at the girl sitting in the middle. She had been sitting like this since the day she entered the prison, with her eyes closed and a calm expression on her face. The damp and cold surroundings only made her look even more indifferent, as if she would not frown even if she were to die immediately.

He had interacted with countless felons before, but this was the first time that this girl had been so indifferent.

He heard that this girl was the direct descendant of Lian Xiang. Because she had violated the emperor's taboo, she was going to be placed on the Dragon Altar and burned to death as a sacrifice to dispel the ominous omen.

He sighed. What a pity, she was so young and yet she was about to burn to death.

If he violated the Emperor's great taboo, then even the Prime Minister's daughter would be of no use.

The guard closed the door and sat outside the cell. The night was getting late and he closed his eyes and fell asleep in front of the table.

After sleeping for the entire night, the next morning, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, yawned, and said to Lian Ruyue who was sitting in the prison:

"It's about time for the execution. Come out."

He opened the cell door.

Lian Lu Yue stood up, the iron chains on her body clanging loudly. Her hands and feet were locked by the iron chains.

She lowered her head and walked out of the prison.

Perhaps seeing that Lian Meng Yue was about to be executed like this, he could not bear it anymore and said, "Eldest Miss, after we leave from here, there will be no chance for us to return. Because this place is very strict and family members are not allowed to visit, if you have anything that you want me to bring back to family members, you can let me know, I will definitely report it to the emperor when there is a chance in the future."

Lian Ruyue lightly said two words, "No."

"Then let's go." Therefore, the guard pulled Lian Ru Yue out of the cell through the iron chain. When he looked up at the tree outside the cell, his eyes went wide open.

"Wh-what's going on? A new leaf has actually sprouted from a hundred-year old withered tree!"

He had been in this Celestial Prison for more than ten years. The withered tree in front of him had never sprouted a new leaf, let alone a new one.

He forcefully blinked his eyes. That's right, this withered tree had indeed grown new leaves. The color was fresh and tender, and was green and oily.

Even Lu Yue noticed this old dead tree when she came in. How could it suddenly grow leaves? Her heart trembled as an idea quickly flashed through her mind.

Therefore, she took off the golden hairpin, the onyx earrings, and the scarlet gold bracelet from her wrist and put them into the jailer's hands:

"Withered wood meeting spring is a rare occurrence in this world. This is a major event, hurry up and report to the next level."

"But …" In half an hour, you will be executed. " he asked hesitantly.

"There are still half an hour. If you can make it in time, then you will be punished. Go quickly!" Lian Xiyue stared fixedly at him as she said.

He thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he locked Lian Rue up again. Afterwards, he hurriedly ran out and arrived at the prison guard leader Li Jun's place. He panted and said, "Chief Li, Chief Li, something big happened."

Li Jun frowned as she glanced at him and said, "Why are you in such a panic? Tell me everything in detail."

"The withered tree opposite the gate of the Heavenly Cage actually grew a new leaf overnight, the withered tree that did not grow any leaves for over ten years."

Li Jun stood up, and a trace of thought flashed across his face as he said, "Is there such a strange thing?" "Let's go take a look."

Li Jun and the two jailers arrived at the entrance of the Sky Prison together. Sure enough, they saw a new leaf growing from the hundred-year-old tree overnight.

"Chief Li, this, this is too strange."

Li Jun pondered for a moment before taking a glance inside the cell. She thought to herself, "This is really strange. This girl, who is the direct descendant of the Prime Minister, had been locked up for two days and such a strange thing happened. Could it be …"

He thought for a moment and said, "This dead tree is really rare. It needs to be reported to the higher ups. You wait here and don't leave. I'll go report to them."

Thus, Li Jun reported everything from the top up all the way to the front of Zhang Yingzhi, who quickly rushed to the entrance of the Sky Prison upon hearing of this matter. Seeing the new leaf on the withered tree, he was greatly shocked, and said:

"The dead trees meet their spring. This sort of strange matter must be reported to the Emperor."

"Lord, the people inside are about to be burned to death. Look …" Li Jun asked.

"By the orders of the messenger, the execution of the punishment will be delayed for an hour, until I report it to the Emperor." Zhang rushed out of the Sky Prison and rushed to the Hall of Rongyuan.