Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 276 Colorful Blood Phoenix Glazed Jade Seal (1)
The sun is shining and the sky is clear.

Ling Xihan was wearing a light green long dress, with light blue lotus flowers embroidered on the cuffs, a few auspicious clouds drawn out by silver threads, a row of blue sea clouds at the hem, a wide piece of brocade wrapped around her chest, her body Gently turn the long skirt to fan it.Her black hair was only tied up with a wide pearly white ribbon, but her long black and flowing hair exuded a fairy-like aura.Lightly sweeping her brows and eyes with spring, her skin is as soft and greasy as gentle jade, her small cherry mouth is red and charming, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are gently blowing on her face with the wind, adding a bit of seductive style. Pearl earrings are swaying, and there are two-color hibiscus shoes embroidered with gold thread embroidered with double lotus flowers.

The breeze blows gently, and the green long skirt dances with the wind, like green bamboos flying in the forest, fresh and free.

At this moment, she is sitting in Baoxia and reading the account book, her ice-like eyes are serious and clear.

Xiao Tingxuan was dressed in white clothes like snow, his eyebrows were picturesque, and there was an extremely warm smile on his lips, and he walked in.

"How is it, how much did you earn this month?" He sat gracefully on the mahogany round stool, picked up the cloisonné enamel three gentlemen's teacup on the eight-treasure round table, poured a cup of tea, put it on his lips and tasted it lightly. asked.

Ling Xihan glanced at him casually, "If you just ran from Wuyou City to Yunzhou like this, aren't you afraid that your hard work will go to waste?" Ouyang Chen is not a simple person, so he is not afraid of being caught by Ouyang Chen and retaliated?
Xiao Tingxuan smiled lightly, and there was a bit of exclamation in his tone.

"I can't help it. I can only wrong myself because of a little girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth."

Ling Xihan rolled his eyes, put down the ledger, and looked at Xiao Tingxuan seriously.

"I've always wanted to ask you a question." She paused and said, "Actually, it's not difficult to recover the city of worry-free. Didn't the queen secretly make cannons and use them to destroy Yelan? It's also possible now, why is the emperor How about allowing the City of Worry-free to be independent for so many years?" She has been unable to figure out this question.

Xiao Tingxuan's phoenix eyes were slightly closed, and the sparkling waves were silent in them.He looked out of the door with distant and long eyes, and his voice was as light as a breeze.

"My queen doesn't like war."

"Just because of this?" If it was just because of this reason, Ling Xihan felt very speechless.

Xiao Tingxuan smiled, "My mother has been on the battlefield back then, and she is used to bloody fights, so she doesn't want to see blood flowing like rivers again."

Ling Xihan thought deeply.Xiao Tingxuan said again: "Actually, this is only one of the reasons."

"Huh?" Ling Xihan raised his eyebrows, motioning for him to continue talking.

Xiao Tingxuan smiled elegantly, his gaze was somewhat meaningful.

"Worriless City has been independent for nearly a hundred years, and the kings of all dynasties wanted to take it back. Everyone thought it was because of the imperial decree left by Emperor Taizu, warning future generations not to shake Wuyou City. As everyone knows, the world only knows one thing but not the other."

"Oh?" Ling Xihan became interested, staring at Xiao Tingxuan with bright eyes. "Any other reason?"

Xiao Tingxuan looked back at her, the phoenix eyes of Yaoyao shone slightly.

"Although Wuyou City is just a city, it may be no more than the size of a palm on the map of the entire continent. However, the economic prosperity and military power of Wuyou City are amazing enough. Wuyou City is surrounded by mountains in the north and surrounded by mountains in the west. Lake. If you attack rashly, relying on the terrain, you can win consecutive victories. And there is a deep misty forest in the south of Wuyou City. Inside, there are lofty mountains and forests, wonderful formations, and miasma. Few people can go in. Living in Almost all the citizens of Wuyou City know martial arts. Therefore, although Wuyou City is smaller in size and sparsely populated than Daqing, its military strength is almost equal to that of Daqing. And—"

He pondered for a while, then sighed: "Military weapons like cannon fire are not suitable for this era. My mother destroyed them more than ten years ago."

Ling Xihan rested his chin with both hands, "So, if you don't recover Wuyou City as soon as possible, maybe in a few years, Wuyou City will become a big threat?"

"Well" Xiao Tingxuan nodded, "Originally, Wuyou City should have surrendered to Daqing 20 years ago. At that time, Wuyou City was sandwiched between Daqing and Yelan and had to surrender. In the event of foreign aggression, they are naturally not afraid of imperial soldiers coming to the city. Moreover, the people of Wuyou City have only followed the Lord of Wuyou City for generations, and do not like outside interference. Hundreds of years ago, the Lord of Wuyou City was elected by the people of Wuyou City to come to power with a colorful blood phoenix The glazed jade seal is the symbol of the city lord. It is said that the blood phoenix is ​​an ancient god with spirituality. The heirs of the Ouyang family in the past dynasties must be approved by the jade seal before they can serve as the lord of Wuyou City. In the hearts of the people, the blood phoenix is It is a god. Anyone who has been approved by the blood phoenix will be regarded as a god by them, and only one person will be respected."

"Then how to verify it?"

"The blood of the descendants of the Ouyang family dripped on the eyes of the five-color golden phoenix. If the five-color golden phoenix glows golden after being bathed in its blood, it means that this person is qualified to be the lord of Wuyou City. Worship and worship, generation after generation."

"Then if you want to regain Wuyou City, you must first regain the hearts of the people." Ling Xihan frowned for a while and sighed: "People in this era believe in feudal superstitions, and it is almost impossible to get rid of their beliefs for many years. Impossible. Judging from this, it is indeed very difficult to recover Wuyou City."

Xiao Tingxuan did not speak, his eyes were silent and thoughtful.

"No." Ling Xihan suddenly thought of a question, "Look, before Yelan returned, Wuyou City was sandwiched between Daqing and Yelan. You have to bypass the city of worry-free. But according to what you said, the city of worry-free is surrounded by iron walls and surrounded by misty forests. How can the two armies fight by bypassing the city of worry-free? If a country is subject to surrender, no emperor would dare to invade with troops."

Xiao Tingxuan glanced at her, a gleam of admiration appeared in his eyes, and then he sighed softly.

"That's because the blood phoenix has spiritual power, and the poisonous gas in the misty forest is emitted by the blood phoenix, in order to protect Wuyou City from foreign invasion. But the barrier has a characteristic, that is, every tenth The year will dissipate for a period of time, or when the celestial phenomena are different, the barrier will disappear automatically. Every time Daqing and Yelan fight, it is almost always on these two special days. But even if the barrier disappears, the barrier will disappear automatically. At most, it was less than a year. Therefore, even if Yelan and Daqing fought many times, neither side could gain much. Twenty years ago, if there were no cannons, Yelan would not have been taken back by the emperor so quickly. After Daqing, the world became one, and the spiritual power of Xuefeng seemed to have decreased a lot, and the barrier was not as strong as before. Fortunately, although Yelan was close to the north of Wuyou City, there was a winding road to the east of Wuyou City when Daqing bypassed it. The winding mountain range. The emperor sent a large army to pass through this mountain range to guard Yelan, today's Lancheng."

(End of this chapter)