It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 518 Sima Yue's Wishful Thinking

Three days later, Sima Yue returned to Luoyang with an army of 200,000. Liu He, who heard the news, quickly evacuated from the west gate with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry looted from Luoyang. When Sima Yue rushed into the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace, he found that they had even taken away the brush washer used by the Emperor of Jin. He was so angry that he knelt in the hall and cried bitterly, saying that it was because he rushed back too late, that he was incompetent, and that he was too old to work... He cried so miserably that all the onlookers were moved.

Even Sima Chi hugged him, trying to help him up, and repeatedly said that the mistake was not his.

This time, Sima Yue cried even more bitterly, and repeatedly said that the emperor was wise and magnanimous, and was definitely a wise ruler. The Great Jin Dynasty could be saved, and it would surely last for thousands of years.

Even Liang Fen was deeply moved and exclaimed that Sima Yue was a meritorious official of the Jin Dynasty.

As a result, all the officials burst into tears in the Taiji Hall, which was another performance of true and false feelings.

The Tianyuan Palace still had its doors tightly shut, and there was no sound from inside. Even Sima Jing, who always liked to cry and laugh, sat quietly beside Yang Xianrong, not saying a word.

Luzhu's eyes were red and she walked unsteadily. That day she was ordered to stay behind to take care of Sima Jing, but who would have thought that it would be their final farewell. She was crying while doing things, because there were still many things that needed her to take over from these people. Especially Yang Xianrong was in a very bad condition, and she had been lying on her back.

Yang Xianyong sat on the bedside, holding his sister's hand, not knowing what to say. After all, what Yang Xianlian did was really frightening and chilling. The most beloved child of the entire Yang family could actually do such a thing, and even wanted to kill the sister who loved her the most in public. You know, how much this third sister paid for her, even giving away her entire life happiness, in exchange for her gradual recovery. But what did she do?

Yang Xianyong even thought bitterly: If Yang Xianlian died like this, it would be too easy for her.

Because of her, his second brother Yang Xiankang and Cui Xi, Zhang Liangchu and Qin Chaoge were all missing, as well as his mother's body... When he thought of this, he clenched his fists in hatred. The people who were still searching had not brought back any news. The longer the time dragged on, the slimmer the hope would be. Everyone knew this truth, but no one was willing to say it out loud.

The last hope can only be placed on Xu Henian. In everyone's mind, the only disciple of Master Xu should be able to obtain some true teachings and be a semi-immortal.

However, there was no news from him either.

On the seventh day, Sima Yue brought some medicinal herbs to visit Yang Xianrong.

"I heard that Queen Hui was ill. I've been busy and had no time to visit her... Is there any news about your sister?" Sima Yue looked kind and loving, and Sima Chi accompanied him and sat beside him.

Yang Xianrong did not speak. The eldest brother Yang Xianyong had no official position at all, so he could only stand and reply: "The fifth sister is still alive or dead, and I have not heard any news."

"I heard that Yang Xiankang also jumped down? Oh... what a dangerous thing this is." Sima Yue sighed again. But every word he said seemed to be gloating over someone else's misfortune, and there was also a hint of watching the fun.

"My second brother went to save people. But he is a good swimmer, so he should be fine." Yang Xianyong suppressed his temper and continued to answer in a gentle voice. "That's good, that's good." Sima Yue sighed again, "I am old, and I have the will but not the strength. I just told the emperor that I would like to resign from all my positions and return to my fiefdom in the East China Sea to take care of my body."

"Your Highness is an important minister of the country, how can the emperor agree?" Yang Xianyong was very surprised and glanced at Yang Xianrong behind the gauze curtain. Yang Xianrong still had no expression, but he was too familiar with Yang Xianrong's little movements. He saw that Yang Xianrong had stretched out her fingers and then clenched them into fists.

"I agree. Your Highness is old, and he has had a hard time with his military career for so many years. Wasn't he sick a few days ago? So, you should go home." Sima Chi's voice was relaxed.

"Oh, the emperor has said so, so that's it." Yang Xianyong just nodded, "When will the prince leave? We may not be able to see him off."

"It's not urgent, maybe ten days later. I have to pack up in Luoyang, and say goodbye to some old friends and colleagues." Sima Yue's face was a little sad, as if he missed this place deeply. "So, I am the first one to say goodbye to Queen Hui. All the things I have done before are just passing by. Queen Hui should take good care of her health."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Yang Xianyong bowed to him, "Third sister has not been in good spirits these past few days..."

"It's okay, I understand. If you need help from my subordinates, just come and tell me." Sima Yue stood up. "I still have to say goodbye to the others, so I'll stay here with Queen Hui for a while."

"Okay, I'll see you off, Your Majesty." Yang Xianyong immediately bowed and politely escorted them out of Tianyuan Palace. At the same time, two people came out from behind the curtain of Yang Xianrong's bedroom. After whispering to Yang Xianrong for a while, they disappeared behind the curtain. When Yang Xianyong came back, he saw that Yang Xianyong was still lying flat, looking at the curtain pattern on the phoenix bed with his eyes wide open, motionless.

"Third sister, do you need some water?" Yang Xianyong asked.

"Okay." Yang Xianrong sat up from the bed and opened the gauze curtain, "Bring some food in too."

"Okay." Yang Xianyong was surprised and happy to see that his third sister actually wanted to eat, and immediately went out to find Mao Hongmao and the others. Yang Xianrong had already stood up and sat at the round table. After drinking a cup of hot tea, she smiled secretly.

Ten days later, Sima Yue left Luoyang City, taking only his personal guards of less than a thousand people with him. He actually handed over all his tiger talismans and tokens to Sima Chi, as well as the command of the 300,000-man army. Afterwards, he took Concubine Pei and the prince and other relatives and left Luoyang City directly, heading east.

As soon as Sima Yue left, Sima Chi immediately issued an edict, appointing Gou Xi as the general of the Eastern Expedition, and announced Sima Yue's crimes, demanding that all parties attack him.

When Yang Xianyong brought back the news, he asked Yang Xianrong, "Did you guess it that day? That's why you kept silent and pretended to be sick?"

"Yes." Yang Xianrong closed Xu Henian's medicine box, which was empty. "How could a man like Sima Chi let Sima Yue go? Even if he couldn't figure out that Sima Yue deliberately didn't come to rescue, Liang Fen and the others would definitely figure it out. Sima Yue just wanted to leave before everyone reacted. He took the large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from the Great Jin and went back to his East Sea Kingdom to live freely. However, he underestimated Sima Chi too much. And, did he really think I was just a weak woman?"