It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 656: Old Minister Returns to Help

After hearing Liu Cong's last words, Liu Yao's face had turned much darker.

"Okay, let's leave here first. Don't let this mess disturb my third sister." Liu Cong looked at Yang Xianrong and the white jade earrings on his ears, and sighed in his heart.

"Yes." Liu Yao embraced Yang Xianrong in his arms again, "Your Majesty, please go first."

Liu Cong naturally wouldn't be polite and left the inn immediately. Anyway, no matter how much crying and shouting there was, even if Li's father and others were killed immediately and blood flowed like a river, it was so horrible, he didn't want to hear or see it again.

Liu Yao was unwilling to let Yang Xianrong see such a bloody scene, and even found a cloak to cover her from head to toe. After all, the inn was already crowded with people watching the fun. He didn't want others to see his wife's beauty at all, not at all.

Yang Xianrong was thinking about the significance of Mao Hongmao's actions. Was he trying to test her, or did he have other purposes? Where had he been during the past two years?
When they returned to the palace, Liu Cong hurried to his own bedroom and summoned his personal attendants to serve him. After a while, a strange smell came from the bedroom. Liu Yao's face turned completely black, and he pulled Yang Xianrong to the front hall and closed the door to the bedroom.

"Your Majesty..." Liu Cong's guard Liu Gu came over and whispered, "It's been happening more and more frequently recently. Today is the longest we've lasted."

"What did Bian Heng say?" Liu Yao asked the eunuchs in the front hall to extinguish all the incense and candles.

"We can't see anything from the outside, but the emperor's eyes are yellow, and I'm afraid something is wrong inside." Liu Gu's voice became even lower, because he saw that there was a stranger following Liu Yao and the others in, and he was an old man with heavy makeup and flowery clothes.

"Go call Bian Heng over." Liu Yao paused and added, "Just tell him to check the pulse of the general's wife. Don't alarm others."

"Yes, I will go right away." Liu Gu bowed and left. Now only Liu Yao's people were in the front hall. However, he did not sit on the main seat, but just let Yang Xianrong find a place to sit down, and he still stood beside her.

While Liu Yao was giving orders, Yang Xianrong had washed her hands, drank some warm water, and even ate some cakes, resting for a while. Mao Hongmao, who was standing by, watched carefully, with a slight gleam in his eyes.

"Okay, tell me, where have you been these days? Why did you plot against me?" Yang Xianrong also looked at him, as if she could see through him.

"Which one do you want to hear first, girl?" Mao Hongmao was quite calm.

"Of course, where did you go?" Yang Xianrong finally sighed, "I once thought that if you took some gold, silver and jewelry and changed your name, I would not pursue anything. Because I can't protect myself, why should I embarrass others? In fact, I have said this to Yuan Jianshuo and others. I don't have any power to compete with others. It's not easy for me to live well."

"Well, the girl has done a good job." Although Mao Hongmao was still kneeling on the ground, he straightened his back. "I was a servant of the Yang family before, and I am still one now. However, in the past two years, I still have some things that I haven't let go of, so I naturally have to look for them."

"Is it... Jing'er?" Yang Xianrong immediately thought of her own daughter. "She should be doing okay. After all, Luzhu is by her side. I have received news before..."

"Yes, she has married Cao Tong...but she misses her mother very much." Mao Hongmao took out another silk handkerchief from his arms, "This is the fire phoenix she embroidered herself. She said that if she can't see her mother again in this life, she hopes that her mother can be happier and not miss her. She will definitely live well and work hard to be happier."

Yang Xianrong had already burst into tears. Liu Yao handed the handkerchief to her. She gently stroked the embroidery on it and sighed, "Back then, I forced her to learn some needlework. Now she is doing better than me."

"She is indeed living a good life. She suffered some hardships when she was fleeing on the road, but because Lu Zhu and Cao Tong were by her side, she didn't suffer too much. In addition, Sima Rui was also good to her. Not only did he restore her title of princess, he also gave her a house. The house is not big, but it's okay." "As long as she lives well, I'll be relieved." Yang Xianrong cried even harder. All the past events came to her mind, and it was difficult to let go for a while.

"Don't cry, girl. Everything is fine. As long as we are still alive, everything is fine." Mao Hongmao also had tears in his eyes, but he still tried to comfort her.

Liu Yao couldn't help but hug Yang Xianrong again and said softly: "Don't cry, don't cry. Jing'er will cry when she sees mother like this. Mother should smile."

"Yeah." Yang Xianrong nodded and wiped all her tears on Liu Yao's collar.

Mao Hongmao couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. He turned his head to look at Yuan Jianshuo, who pursed his lips and didn't dare to laugh at all.

"Girl...the general is so good to you, really good." Mao Hongmao nodded vigorously to prevent his tears from falling, and his face was full of smiles.

"Okay, of course I treat her well, I have always been very good to her." Liu Yao snorted, "She is pregnant now, don't make her cry."

"Yes." This time, Mao Hongmao was very obedient.

"Tell me, why do you want to frame us? Why do you have to involve us in such an unjust case?" Liu Yao asked first.

"This... is all for the general." Mao Hongmao lowered his voice, "The reputation among the people is the most important. It is naturally beneficial for the general to win the praise of the people."

"I'm planning to retire and find a beautiful place with my third sister..." Before Liu Yao finished speaking, Yang Xianrong grabbed the corner of his clothes. She coughed twice before saying, "Are you here to help us?"

"Yes." Mao Hongmao nodded solemnly.

"I understand." Yang Xianrong wiped away her tears and touched the white jade earrings on her ears. "If you say that I, Yang Xianrong, am destined to be a phoenix, then that is indeed the case."

"Yes, that's how it should be." Mao Hongmao also laughed.

Liu Yao grinned. He didn't quite understand the riddle these two people were playing, but he remembered what his father said before he died, and he felt in his heart that perhaps the time had come.

While these people were talking, Liu Cong's personal eunuch came out to pass on a message, "The emperor said that this is it for today. He is tired and needs to sleep for a while. Just wait for Jin Zhun's memorial tomorrow. Also, the general will also come to listen to the government from tomorrow, so as not to delay the time."

The young eunuch stood there respectfully, holding a wooden box in his hand, which was full of golden jewelry and other things. "The emperor also said that these are for the general's wife. His original words were: You can't just wear white jade earrings. The gold and silver of the Han Dynasty are the most exquisite. You have to wear them all the time."

They are all puns and obscure words. It seems that the Han Dynasty is about to change.