Emperor Jin

Chapter 159 Phoenix
In the palace, it was silent and chaotic, and the palace people were both afraid and surprised when they were restrained. The rumors spread again and again, and it became more and more bizarre.

Concubine Yun Xian glanced at the guards standing like tree stumps outside the courtyard, her eyebrows were more worried.

"It's unreasonable, all of us have become prisoners and are not allowed to move around without authorization. The queen is treating us like thieves!"

Xu Yinghua sneered.

Concubine Yun Xian frowned and said: "You should not say a few words, Wan Sui's whereabouts are unknown now, and the empress is in power alone. If the wall has ears, I'm afraid your and my lives will be in danger."

Xu Yinghua thought of the gloomy light in the empress's phoenix eyes, and felt a thud in his heart. Looking at the military standing silently outside the courtyard, a terrible thought came to his mind——

Could it be that the queen wants to destroy the two of them...

She was terrified in her heart, but she refused to admit defeat and said: "She can't cover the sky with one hand, no matter what, the few cabinet ministers in the capital will not just watch her grow up."

"Far water can't quench the near thirst. After all, she is the mistress of the middle palace, and the courtiers in the capital will not fight her endlessly for the fate of you and me."

As Concubine Yun Xian spoke, her smile became more bitter. Xu Yinghua felt chills when she thought of the fight between herself and the empress, but she bit her lips unwillingly and said: "The adults in the court care about the world's major events..."

Her heart suddenly moved, and her eyes lit up as if she had realized something, "In this case, why don't we use one or two?!"

She immediately raised her head and said slowly to her aunt: "The queen's actions are so malicious, we can't sit and wait for death... Now that the court ministers are dissatisfied with the queen's domineering, let's just start another fire... "

Under the silhouette of the window screen, two graceful figures got very close, as if they were having a secret conversation, even the candlelight jumped in shock, bursting into a flower.

"Will this make things worse?"

Concubine Yun Xian still hesitated.

Xu Yinghua was so anxious that she almost stomped her feet, but her ladylike upbringing over the years made her hold back, "Auntie! Look at these murderous sergeants... With such a manpower, if we don't go looking for the emperor, we will be trapped like hell. It’s like a barrel—they have put their swords on our necks, but you still look forward and backward, do you really want my Yun family to be wiped out?”

Concubine Yun Xian heard what she said so seriously, and then looked at the murderous expressions of the soldiers outside the courtyard. Under the decision in her heart, she finally gritted her teeth and said, "It's up to you..."

Xu Yinghua spun back and forth in the room, pondered for a while, and then said: "We must first inform the cabinet ministers in Beijing about Wansui's disappearance. It is related to the country and the country, and the queen cannot be allowed to do whatever she wants."

What she said was high-sounding, but all the content was nothing more than the word informant. Concubine Yun Xian shook her head and sighed: "Even if they can ask stern questions, the empress is a serious master after all, and we will still have nothing to worry about for a while."

"I have another plan, which is very interesting..."

Xu Yinghua moved closer to Concubine Xian's ear, and said a few more words, Concubine Xian trembled in shock, "Isn't this too sinister?"

"The Queen has repeatedly framed us, and the means are more than worse."

In a word, Concubine Xian was so choked that she didn't speak again.

"Do as you say..."

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After more than a day, there was still no news from the emperor, and among the eunuchs and maids in the palace under house arrest, a few strange songs began to circulate——

"Phoenix girl, Phoenix girl, return to the nest after pecking out all the kings and grandchildren..."

The eunuchs were seldom literate, but the court ladies were proficient in writing and ink. After trying to figure out the meaning of this word, they began to whisper in surprise.

"Long live's disappearance this time is really strange..."

"It's strange to say that so many escorts have become decorations... Long live is really strange. I only brought a personal maid with me, and I don't know where it was washed by the water."

"How can there be such a coincidence..."

The other party sneered coldly: "Didn't you hear the new ballad, Phoenix girl, Phoenix girl, pecked out all the kings and grandchildren before returning to the nest——Long live and that girl are probably plotted against."

"This... how to say?"

"The so-called prince and grandson can be Long Live who comes from an aristocratic family, or... a certain His Royal Highness who is about to be born."

After approaching secretly, the whisper started again, "I heard that Wan Sui has been at odds with the Queen's Empress recently, and he is very partial to that personal maid. Both..."

The listener was stunned. Thinking of the title of "Phoenix Girl", another thing came to mind—"I heard that the head of the Fang family once praised his mother as 'My Phoenix'..."

"In other words, these are all queens...!!"

"I didn't say anything..."

The speaker glanced around and left in a hurry, leaving only rumors like wildfire, which made people even more panicked.

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In the capital, several cabinet ministers were so frightened by the sudden bad news that their faces were as white as paper, and they were restless.

"Your majesty is bound by destiny, and he will surely turn danger into good luck..."

Some people say platitudes that they don't believe.

Li Ying has the most extreme temper, and immediately sneered and said: "It has been four days since the incident happened, no matter whether it is good or bad, it has already been decided, what is the destiny!"

He glanced at several of his colleagues, and said indifferently: "The Empress really kept it secret, she made me look like a fool!"

Everyone's faces were sullen, but there was sullenness in their embarrassment—in any case, the queen really acted on her own initiative.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the street—Liu Xun's family was poor, and it was a bit embarrassing to have a party at his house this time. The house was small and the hawking on the street could be heard clearly.

There are urchins on the street who are singing new songs, but the others are not so bad. Li Ying is young, intelligent, and after listening to it, he actually read it out——

"Phoenix girl, Phoenix girl, return to the nest after pecking out all the kings and grandchildren..."

Everyone chewed this crude slang song twice, and their expressions changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)