It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 579: Sincere Treatment Rewards

Quietly, Yang Xianrong moved into the Pingyang Palace. Fortunately, she had her own courtyard. Liu Yao was worried that no one would serve her, so he had to bring Liu Cheng and others into the palace. Yang Xianrong only asked Wang Po and five other embroidered messengers to enter the palace to serve her personally, but secretly told Liu Cheng to find some people to monitor what Liu Yi did every day, who he met, and who he was close to.

Although Liu Cheng didn't quite understand what they were going to do, he listened to Yang Xianrong and did whatever she told him to do.

Liu Yao brought in Bian Heng's tiger skin and insisted that Yang Xianrong wear it. Yang Xianrong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she had to accept it. The tiger skin was indeed old, and some places were already bald. She smiled and asked, "Did you pull it when you were a child?"

Liu Yao said seriously: "No."

"Have you ever wet the bed?" Yang Xianrong didn't like these kinds of things because she always felt that they had a strange smell.

This time, Liu Yao was still angry, frowning and glaring, "Am I that kind of person?"

"You were still a baby at that time." Yang Xianrong smiled softly, and Liu Yao could not control himself and wrapped Yang Xianrong with the tiger skin, intending to kiss her. At this time, Liu Guang and several of his followers stood at the door and shouted loudly: "I, Liu Guang, am here to protect the Golden Phoenix Palace by the order of the emperor."

The Golden Phoenix Palace was not called the Golden Phoenix Palace before, but was just a small courtyard with two entrances and no one living in it. It should have been inhabited by a concubine of the imperial palace. Liu Cong thought that Yang Xianrong should be given a quiet and independent courtyard, so he arranged her here, and others could not say anything. The Golden Phoenix Palace was also a temporary name, and even the plaque was hung up. "Let's call it this for now. It's a bit vulgar, but you deserve these three words."

Yang Xianrong just smiled and took people in to clean up.

Liu Yao was considered an outsider anyway, so he lived in the residence of the generals in front of the palace. However, Liu Yao didn't care so much, and came to sit when he had time, even if it was just to watch Yang Xianrong clean the house.

Liu Guang was very happy to follow Yang Xianrong again. After all, he felt that it would be comfortable to serve such a beloved figure. However, he did not expect that Yang Xianrong asked him to explain all the interpersonal relationships of the Han Dynasty within three days. In the end, his brain became a paste, his eyelids were drooping, and his speech became slow and incoherent.

But Yang Xianrong was very energetic and went to Liushang Garden early in the morning on the fourth day.

When the women of Dajin saw her coming, they cried and couldn't say what they wanted to do, whether to leave or stay. Yang Xianrong looked at them for a while, then turned around and left.

While eating lunch, Liu Yao, who had just finished discussing matters with Liu Cong and other Han ministers, quietly came to the Golden Phoenix Palace and asked Yang Xianrong: "Why haven't I heard about any movement from the women in Liushang Garden? Didn't you go there?"

Wang Po set the table and Liu Yao didn't hesitate to eat.

Yang Xianrong sat aside and looked at him, "Do you think they should do something?"

"At least, a few people should go, right?" Liu Yao ate very quickly, and in the blink of an eye he had finished a bowl of brown rice. "It's already great that the palace can still eat this. Someone said today that they might have run out of food."

"It's the harvest season now. Can you send someone to collect some?" Yang Xianrong served him another bowl of rice and put the big pieces of meat in front of him. "Eat more. I can't finish all this." "Third sister, you want to eat too?" Liu Yao was also very hungry and ate with big mouthfuls.

"It's okay. I drank two extra bowls of porridge in the morning. I thought they would make a fuss, so I had to eat more to have strength. In the end, none of them made a fuss and were unwilling to leave. There's really nothing we can do." Yang Xianrong was afraid that Liu Yao would choke if he ate too fast, so she asked Wang Po to serve him another bowl of porridge.

Liu Yao took a big sip and asked casually, "Why don't they leave?"

"Because they have nowhere to go." Yang Xianrong answered very seriously, "Don't look at them crying so miserably, they just feel that they are no longer members of the high and mighty royal family, but prisoners, at the mercy of others. Speaking of which, they walked around the palace with arrogance in the past, and they looked down on me, the queen."

"That shouldn't be the case..." Liu Yao didn't expect Yang Xianrong to say that. He had thought that these women were too miserable before. He even thought that Yang Xianrong would release all of them and give them travel expenses. He also secretly asked his personal attendants to prepare some money to save Yang Xianrong's face.

"Those young ones were taken away by your soldiers. If they died, they died. Are there any who became concubines and are still alive?" Yang Xianrong showed a strange smile at the corner of her mouth. Liu Yao put down his bowl and chopsticks, opened his mouth, and said, "Yes."

"Let me put it this way, why don't I care about those eunuchs, but ask these women. Because those eunuchs have to do things wherever they are. If the Han Dynasty treats them well, they will naturally stay. What's more, in the following years, the Jin Dynasty was unable to make ends meet, and these people had no profit at all, so they all ran away. Do you still remember that the eunuch Xu Qingshan who was in charge of tribute in the palace quietly left the palace when Sima Chi came to power, and disappeared with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry." Yang Xianrong's voice became cold again, "These are understandable. It is the smartest to protect yourself in troubled times."

"Hmm." Liu Yao originally wanted to eat another piece of meat, but now he could only glance at the plate and did not dare to move.

Yang Xianrong noticed his subtle expression, stretched out her hand to push the plate in front of his eyes, put the chopsticks back into his hands, and said in a much softer voice, "We are just talking about it, just listen to it, you still have to eat more, we will talk about Liu Yi's matter later."

"You... have a solution?" Liu Yao's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Yang Xianrong nodded, "Don't be anxious, eat first."

"Oh." Liu Yao was very obedient and started eating again. However, because he had just finished eating, he ate slower and listened more carefully to what Yang Xianrong said.

"Speaking of those women, the emperor of the Great Jin is gone, the empress is gone, the princes and ministers are all gone, and they will not come back to find them... Is there anyone who wants to find the captured women?" Yang Xianrong paused, with a little gloom in his black eyes.

Liu Yao wanted to put down his chopsticks and say something.

Yang Xianrong placed another dish in front of him and said, "If someone treated them sincerely, things would be different. It's just a pity and pitiful. They should also know their situation... Even if they leave, they have nowhere to go."

"Third sister, I..." Liu Yao wanted to say something.

Yang Xianrong stuffed a large piece of meat into his mouth, "Just eat more, keep yourself healthy, and protect me. Since I stayed with you, it's because you're good to me, so I must be a hundred times, a thousand times better to you."