It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 502: A Bowl of Scutellaria Meat Soup
Zhang Liangchu had just opened his robe, and Cuixi was arranging Yang Xianrong's hair. She was not afraid at all and was still smiling. Seeing Sima Chi running over in a panic, she asked, "Is the emperor injured?"

"No." Sima Chi was followed by many people. Seeing Yang Xianrong like this, they didn't dare to speak, but just stared at her with wide eyes. It was not until Sima Chi felt something was wrong that he took the lead and turned back to the screen, sat on the dragon throne, frowned and shouted: "What is going on? Is there anyone who can explain it to me clearly?"

Lin Ruowang had already knelt down, and then Ma Shizhong knelt beside him. Although Du Jian outside was still screaming in pain, he had already fallen to the ground and was gradually losing his breath.

Zhao Huanyong took a look and saw that the man's head and face were covered in blood, and he was afraid that he was almost dead. He asked the guards to simply wrap him up and called the people from the Imperial Medical Court to deal with it.

Lin Ruowang's head, face and hands were also covered in blood, but he could still bear it. He simply wiped the blood off his face, leaned over and kowtowed, shouting, "I am guilty of death. I frightened the emperor and Queen Hui!"

"Okay, you still caught the chicken." Sima Chi waved his hand, "Tell me, what is this Saker Falcon? What's going on?"

"Someone must be behind this!" Lin Ruowang shouted, "Maybe they are trying to take the emperor's life!"

"How dare you! Don't talk nonsense!" Ma Shizhong also spoke up, "It's just a cockfight, how can it be fatal?"

"Master Ma, there is evidence for this." Lin Ruowang was not afraid. He held the tied up black falcon in front of him and pointed at its neck and said, "Look, this is obviously not the neck of an ordinary biting chicken. It is too thick. And there is a large piece of bald feathers at the Adam's apple. We hit it off before. This shows that someone disguised the Saker Falcon as a biting chicken to confuse people and create chaos."

"What is a Saker Falcon?" Sima Chi took a look and saw that this "chicken" had long lost its previous arrogance and now it was just gasping for breath.

"To answer your Majesty, the Saker Falcon is the overlord of the Northwest grasslands and is known as the 'God of Ten Thousand Eagles'. Now looking at its current state, it must have been tamed and given a mute drug to prevent it from neighing and revealing itself, and its feathers were cut and its comb was glued on to make it look almost like a chicken... This is not a simple cockfighting disguise, it is definitely intended to cause trouble!"

With just a few words, all the criticism was directed at Du Jian.

"This... Northwest grassland... Could it be that Liu Yuan... wanted to harm the emperor?" Ma Shizhong stuttered as he guessed the reason behind the incident. But this frightened everyone. Liu Yuan was now in high spirits and was about to attack Luoyang. If he really used a Saker Falcon to injure the emperor... the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Someone, bring that Du Jian here for questioning!" Sima Chi was already furious.

But Du Jian was blind, and his shirt was covered in blood, looking horrible. He was in extreme panic, and couldn't tell what was going on. He just kept shouting, "Save me, save me, I'm blind, I'm going to die!"

Lin Ruowang stood aside and watched Du Jian's miserable appearance. He just said, "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be investigated. If someone really wants to harm Your Majesty, he must be killed."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Sima Chi said the word "kill" three times in a row, and it seemed that he was very angry.

Zhao Huanyong knelt aside and said, "Your Majesty, I will go and see if there is anything suspicious about Du Jian's residence."

"Go, go quickly!" Sima Chi slapped the dragon case. Under the current circumstances, there was no way to interrogate Du Jian. Liang Fen also stood up, "This old minister must investigate this matter thoroughly, please relax, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, we will definitely protect you."

At this time, all the ministers shouted in unison, making the Taiji Hall look harmonious, friendly and supportive of each other.

Yang Xianrong stood behind the screen and watched all this quietly without saying a word. Cuixi quietly arranged all her hair accessories and whispered, "How about we go back?"

"Hmm." Yang Xianrong touched the white jade earrings on her ears and chuckled, "I'm afraid someone is playing tricks on me."

Zhang Liangchu nodded and said, "I will go and ask later."

"Yeah." Yang Xianrong took another look at the bloody Du Jian, then left from the side door of the Taiji Hall.

On the second day, Zhang Liangchu received news that Du Jian had colluded with outsiders to assassinate the emperor and had been executed. Of course, the Saker Falcon had also been killed and the broth was cooked. Sima Chi drank two large bowls of it. In addition, leather protective gear used to train the Saker Falcon was found in Du Jian's residence, proving that he most likely had ill intentions from the beginning and seduced the emperor to organize a cockfight in order to assassinate the emperor.

"...Isn't this too far-fetched?" Yang Xianrong felt a little nauseous when she looked at the broth sent by Sima Chi. It was said that this was cooked with the Saker Falcon, and because Yang Xianrong was also frightened, a bowl of it was specially sent to her to calm her down.

Zhao Huanyu stood at the door of the Tianyuan Palace's bedroom, still waiting to go back and report, with a sincere look on his face. But Yang Xianrong couldn't stand the stench and refused to drink it no matter what.

Zhang Liangchu said with a bitter face, "Master, how about you take a sip and then we can help you drink it?"

"No, no, no." It was rare that Yang Xianrong got angry. "This is so disgusting."

Zhao Huanyu, who was standing outside the door, had already heard it and couldn't help laughing: "I have used hot water to remove the hair and boiled it several times before making the soup. The emperor also said that chicken legs are the most nutritious. I hope Queen Hui will drink more to nourish her body."

"No." Yang Xianrong pouted. "When I think of yesterday's scene, it's so scary. How can I still eat?"

"Well...it's not easy for me to go back and report." Zhao Huanyong was a little embarrassed.

"How about you share the drink, and then say that I drank it." Yang Xianrong even covered her mouth and nose, and refused to eat anything. Her coquettish and naughty look softened Zhao Huanyong's heart, and he whispered, "Queen Hui, you can't do this, it's the emperor's good intention after all."

"It's okay. I appreciate your kindness and I know that. But I won't drink this. Anyone of you can try it if you want." Yang Xianrong's big, expressive eyes flickered, causing Zhao Huanyong to lower his eyes, not daring to look at him any more.