It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 636: Plotted in Chang'an Palace

As soon as Jin Zhun left, Liu Cong also became happy. After all, there was no one standing next to him to stop him from drinking, and he could just pick up the wine jug and pour it into his mouth.

But when he drank the fourth pot, he felt that the wine was much lighter, and even the sweetness was gone, just like ordinary water. He took a big sip before asking, "What's wrong? Why do I feel like this wine has no taste?"

"Let me try." Liu Yao took Liu Cong's wine jug and took a big sip.

Sure enough, it was water.

He looked at Yang Xianrong, who just looked at the two men with a smile, and served them dishes, saying softly: "Drinking wine is a substitute for eating, why not eat more vegetables and meat. Even though the eldest sister-in-law is a general, she cooks delicious food."

Upon hearing this, Liu Cong put down his chopsticks and just looked at Yang Xianrong.

Seeing that he didn't eat, Yang Xianrong didn't continue to pick up food. She just sat down, touched her not-so-obvious belly, and sighed, "The emperor knows that I'm pregnant, right?"

"Yeah." Liu Cong nodded and chuckled, "You two are really fast."

"Yes." Yang Xianrong glanced at Liu Yao again, and she was really tender and affectionate. Liu Yao didn't say anything, his face was red with alcohol, and his eyes were slightly hazy. "Your Majesty, do you know the purpose of our visit today?"

"It's fifth sister's birthday, shall we have a meal and some drinks?" Liu Cong was pretending to be stupid so obviously that Yang Xianrong couldn't help laughing out loud.

"I will not hide it from the emperor. We are here today for Liu Yue's soldiers... Please do not scatter them everywhere."

"What? How come I don't know about this?" Liu Cong was really dumbfounded this time. He stared at Yang Xianrong with wide eyes. "Didn't I ask them to guard the city gate? Even if Li Lianhua remarries, it won't affect her position. If she wants, the position of general is reserved for her. Why, Liu Yue's people are not happy? What's wrong? What happened?"

Liu Cong became excited as he spoke, and even pressed the table hard.

Liu Yao quickly held his hand and said, "Nothing, nothing, we are just chatting. We just heard about it."

"Jin Zhun?" Liu Cong suddenly asked.

Yang Xianrong nodded, "Your Majesty is so smart, he will know it as soon as he hears it."

Liu Cong clenched his fists lightly, then loosened them. He looked outside the bedroom, and all the attendants and eunuchs were driven away by him. Before, because he took Wu Shi San, he didn't want too many people to see and know, so over time, the attendants would not get close to him. Only Jin Zhun was serving by his side, and everyone learned about his words and orders from Jin Zhun.

"So, someone has forged the imperial edict." Liu Cong suddenly laughed again, "I guess I have come to this day, and I am already a tyrant."

"Nonsense." Liu Yao naturally disagreed with this statement, "It just allowed others to take advantage of the loophole."

"So? Why did you give up your military power? Jin Zhun said you felt tired and wanted to be a rich man? Is that true?" Liu Cong suddenly changed the subject and asked Liu Yao, "Is there something wrong?"

"What he said is true. We are all safe and sound right now. I just want to be there when my third sister gives birth." Liu Yao laughed. "Jin Zhun wouldn't dare to do that. The Han Dynasty also belongs to our Liu family, right?"

"Humph." Liu Cong's mood eased a little. "He wouldn't dare to do that. He's just an in-law. Do you still want to be the emperor?"

There was really no way to respond to this sentence. Liu Yao and Yang Xianrong remained silent. Liu Cong looked at the two of them and laughed again, "Why? Can't we say this kind of thing to each other now?"

"Not really." Liu Yao was a little embarrassed. After all, they were now a king and his subject, not brothers.

"Okay, you are here because of Li Lianhua? Oh, Liu Yue's army, right? How many people are there now? Do you want to recruit them? Merge them directly into your team? Oh, no, you handed over the military power? Then this one will be incorporated into the imperial guards." Liu Cong looked normal, but his thoughts were confused. He kept talking to himself and didn't know what to say in the end.

Liu Yao couldn't help but interrupt him, "The Imperial Guards are now under the command of Jin Zhun, and even the prefect of Chang'an Prefecture has been replaced by his nephew. Just a few days ago, it was said that a case had occurred and someone was crying out for justice on the street?"

"What's going on?" Liu Cong became irritated and took another sip from the wine pot, but the pot also contained clear water. "Third sister, are you trying to trick me with water?"

"I dare not." Yang Xianrong still had a smile on her face, "Your Majesty is so smart, I dare not."

Her soft words and smile made Liu Cong laugh even if he was upset. "Okay, here's the wine."

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the bedroom, "Your Majesty!"

"What's wrong?" Liu Cong responded.

The door was pushed open a crack, and a guard of the imperial city stood respectfully at the door and whispered, "There is someone outside the palace who wants to see the general."

"What?" Liu Yao's eyes widened before Liu Cong could speak. "Why did you come here to find me?"

"I don't know about this. But this man kept saying that he wanted to see the general, and brought a token, saying that after the general saw it, he would definitely meet him."

"Who is it? What token?" Liu Cong also became curious, "Come in and talk."

"Yes, yes, yes." The guard bowed and walked in. "It was an old man in white clothes... He said he was wronged."

"The old man who has been crying out for justice these days?" Yang Xianrong's heart suddenly moved, "He is here to see the emperor, right? Why is he here to see the general?"

"He said he was here to see the general. I asked him several times." The guards did not dare to look up at Yang Xianrong. They lowered their eyes but held up a white jade earring with both hands. "He said that if we give this to the general's wife, we will definitely be able to see the general."

This was a serious matter, and Yang Xianrong began to tremble all over.

I unexpectedly saw this thing again at this time.

Back then, she entrusted all the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace of the Great Jin Dynasty to Mao Hongbin and Mao Hongmao to be transported to the Sun Mausoleum, where they were buried beside Sima Zhong. When packing the last box of jewelry, she hesitated again and again, but finally took the white jade earrings off her ears, wrapped them with the bright yellow silk, and put them in the box.

It should be said that at that time she had already decided to have nothing to do with Da Jin, and she was no longer the Queen Feng of Da Jin.

But now, this thing appeared right before our eyes, in the Han Dynasty's imperial palace, and it was presented by a street protester who was crying out for justice.