Qingchuan History

Chapter 437 Introducing the Phoenix
Those kites fell from the sky at midnight.

Falling from the sky, this statement is true, because as soon as the extremely colorful kites appeared, they appeared on the high sky, all with lights on, without any lead wires, from north to south all the way to Yunshui City, near the palace, they began to land, and they all stopped. Between the eaves of the palace and on the platform of the palace wall.

For a moment and a half, Yunshui was as bright as day, and the entire palace was as bright as a pearl on the sea.

From north to south, there was a steady stream of kites floating in the sky, and the people who were still hiding at home with their doors closed opened their windows one after another, staring with bated breath, and gradually the buzzing of people's voices began to spread.

A kite with a light on it is called a magic lamp, but the magic lamp also has a fuse and someone has to fly it.Thousands of phoenix-like magical lamps with no lead wires and completely Baiguo characteristics fell from the sky to the earth, like an oracle.

"Is it really useful?"

The front of the Yinhuang Terrace, which was covered by the shadow of the giant tree, was also full of kites, clusters of lights danced in the dark night, and because most of them were protected by glass lampshades, none of them caused a disaster.

The speaking girl stood in the shadows, dressed in pink and gold.Next to her was a young girl, whose lake-colored dress was as clear as a mountain stream, and she opened her mouth to answer, and her voice was also like a mountain stream:
"Yes. Kites and magic lamps are of great significance to the people of the Bai Kingdom, and worshiping the phoenix is ​​a 300-year-old tradition in this land. With such a spectacle, it is not an exaggeration to call it a sign of a new day."

The girl in the pink shirt was silent,
"What does it mean from north to south?"

"The Bai Kingdom worships the phoenix, the monarch is the phoenix, and the Yunshui Palace is the phoenix's nest. These phoenix-like magic lamps come from the north, which means that the phoenix is ​​in the north, at least to the north of the Bai country, or to the north of the northern border."

The north of Bai State borders Daqi.To the north of the northern border is Qi State.There is only one member of the Duan royal family in Qi State, who just came back from Jidu last month to visit relatives, and it is from north to south.

Duan Xirun remained silent for a longer time.

"elder sister."

"Ah."

Such a call and an answer have also appeared many times in this long year and a half. After drinking in the wooden building full of water books outside Yunshui City, the meaning has completely changed.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

Ruan Xueyin slightly understood this sentence, and replied flatly, "No."

"The queen mother said, when you first entered the palace, when you met her, you once said that I actually have other ways to go."

Ruan Xueyin withdrew her gaze from looking up at the magic lamp, turned to face Duan Xirun,

"I did. I did think that princesses can also inherit the throne. I even thought about you."

Duan Xirun also turned to face Ruan Xueyin.

"But I didn't plan to cause the two princes to die together. When I knew that your father wanted to pass the throne to King An, I acted accordingly. I don't know the variable of Princess An. Everything after this evening, It’s all about going with the flow.”

The two stood silently in the shadow of the high platform, separated from the worldly noises of the magic lamp and grand scene into two worlds.

"I have taken the throne," Duan Xirun said in a low voice after a long while, "There is no need to go back to the Qi Palace, and I don't have to fight with my sister. Just now I was talking to the queen mother in the Quefei Hall, and I have been distracted, thinking, sister , You have been the only one who solved the dilemma of the harem in this way. How about Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Jin, how do you plan to change their fate and make them leave the palace one after another?"

"Xirun." Sleepiness poured out of her heart, Ruan Xueyin felt very tired,

"I don't have that much ability. Whether you want to take over the throne or not, even at this moment, you can still choose. The will has not been filled out, and it has not been announced to the world. If you still want to go back to Qi Palace, no one can stop you. Let When your eldest sister ascends the throne, she will treat your queen mother kindly. I am nothing but, "

She leaned against a tall tree beside her, and then looked at the phoenix lanterns that filled the sky,
"Put the choice in front of you, let you choose first. Go back to Qi State and continue to be the wife of the harem, or stay in your own country to be an unprecedented female monarch. After you choose, I will clean up. But I admit, you stay in Bai The country is the king, which helps to solve the dilemma of the harem of Qi State."

Duan Xirun was tense, unwilling to be reconciled to the ebb and flow of the tide,

"What if I don't have any ambitions and just want to go back to Qi Palace and cut flowers to accompany you?"

"Then go back." Ruan Xueyin replied lazily, continuing to stare at the falling phoenix lantern, and never looked at her again.

Duan Xirun also felt exhausted all of a sudden, all the energy in his body was scattered, and he leaned against another tall tree on one side.

The two stared at the sky for a long time without a word.

"I can sit on the throne, stay in my own country for a long time, and be with my mother's people. How could I be so stupid as to go back and fight for a man who has no heart or heart for me. Sister, you know it."

"I don't know. Everyone thinks too differently. Honey and arsenic cannot be exchanged with reason and persuasion." Ruan Xueyin's voice became softer,
"Just now, I was suddenly thinking about my junior sister. Xirun, what you can choose now, she may spend her whole life fighting for, but she should not be able to stand in your position. But that is her honey, and she is for that candy. Constantly giving up all other good things. The world is arsenic to her, and the highest place is the only honey."

Another half hour of silence.Duan Xirun let out a laugh,

"People are so strange. I'm always dissatisfied with what I have, but no matter how I look at it, others are more enviable. Sister, I envy you very much."

Ruan Xueyin was in a daze for a moment, unable to figure out who she envied, and felt that everyone was more worthy of envy than herself.

"Emeralds come here with their wings flanked by wings, and phoenixes fly north and south." She turned the topic, "Phoenixes fly from north to south and return to the forest. Cherish Run, isn't it just you."

This sentence is also in "Nagato Fu".Duan Xirun is very familiar with it.

"I'm going back to the Quefei Palace. The queen mother is still waiting."

The cries in the city were overwhelming at this moment.

Just as Duan Xirun walked to the palace wall, Ruan Xueyin was still leaning against the shade of a tree, a huge bird flying towards the kite, leaping over the phoenix lantern floating like a cloud, glowing blue and golden, came into view impressively.

There is no kite that has been handed down for hundreds of years, and no kite can imitate it, and no one admits it is wrong. Last year, I only caught a glimpse at the bank of Hulan Lake in Qi Palace.

At this moment, it appeared in the sky above Yunshui City, traveled thousands of miles, and landed slowly in front of Yinhuang Terrace, all birds and phoenix wings rested, and the bright and warm halo illuminated Duan Xirun's face.

The soldiers on duty around the palace wall watched this scene.

The people in the city opened the windows and watched this scene.

Duan Xirun lowered her head to look at the giant zither in front of her, repeatedly stroking it in a daze, making sure it wasn't a dream.

Countless pairs of eyes from inside and outside the palace stared at her, from far or near, some could see her face clearly, while others could only see her pink and gold palace dress.

Duan Xirun looked back at Ruan Xueyin.

Ruan Xueyin stayed in the shadows, and said for a while:

"not me."

Thousands of phoenix magic lamps are not as good as this one.A hundred birds facing the phoenix is ​​the most oracular lamp.Ruan Xueyin naturally understood this reason, but at that time even if she called Fan Yuliu Jinniao back to Qi Palace to ask Gu Xinglang to help arrange it, it was too late.

There was only one explanation, which he had arranged in advance.

In the evening, the variable distance is only three hours at the moment.The time and place where the giant kite appeared were too precise.

There is another explanation, here he comes.

(End of this chapter)