Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 77

But then again, this pair of "brothers and sisters" is really weird.

The two bid farewell to Wenchang, and left in the sedan chair. Qin Changge stared at the backs of the two carrying them away, and said in surprise, "Where did King Jing'an come from such a younger sister? Isn't he an orphan?"

"No one in Xiliang knows," Wen Chang said with a smile. "According to him, this girl is his distant cousin. When he was a child, her parents died and she was fostered in his home. She is his younger sister. Later, due to family changes, they reunited by chance. The appearance is somewhat similar, so no one thinks too much, since it is his younger sister, so Ah Jue gave this girl a title as usual."

"After that happened?"

Wen Chang naturally knew that the incident referred to Ruiyi's death, so he nodded and said, "Yes, it happened at the end of that year."

Nodding, Qin Changge didn't ask any more questions, and entered the inner hall with Wenchang. Wenchang personally helped Qin Changge look at his back. There were some scratches, but they were not serious. He took the ointment and applied it, and asked: " What happened to you today, why did you suddenly make such a move, which shocked me."

"There is a problem after the abolition," Qin Changge said lightly, "So I took the initiative."

Taking a deep breath, Wen Chang said, "Could it be that the empress dowager and the deposed empress arranged it?"

"Not necessarily," Qin Changge said lazily, "In short, Jiang Zhaowei should not have any more troubles in the future."

She changed the topic and said: "Today is a good opportunity, don't let it go to waste. I remember that there is a remote side door in your palace, can you still open it now?"

"Yes, how?"

"Send a reliable servant to find the emperor, come in quietly through the side door, and ask him to hide behind the veil of the Fragrance Hall and not show up. If he wants to ask, just ask him to watch a scene."

"what do you mean……"

"Wait, let's catch the rape as planned."

Facing Wenchang's wide eyes, Qin Changge smiled narrowly.

"A traitor's traitor."

"When I came back today, I saw that you took good care of the palace, and that all the duties and responsibilities were in place. Everything in Jin'ou Palace is as before, and I am not slack because of my absence. I am very satisfied." Wen Chang sat in the hall, The phoenix peony red sandalwood gauze screen behind her is bright in color, making her more harmonious and smiling gracefully.

All the people kneeling below kowtowed unevenly, expressing their humility and gratitude in a chaotic manner.

Wen Chang quietly waited for the voice to subside, and then said peacefully: "I am now out of the palace to practice, and I am considered half a monk. The many jewels and jade jewelry utensils given as a princess are of no use to me now. It is rare that you are so dedicated. , I thought, giving you some rewards can be considered as a kindness between master and servant."

Everyone below showed surprise, and looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe such good luck. No one knew that Princess Wenchang had a great grace, and all the things in the harem from various states or foreign countries would be sent to the Queen Mother as usual. , even if she picks here first, all good things come first, and on festivals, the most precious and exquisite rewards can be given. Anything that Princess Wenchang brings out is worth as much as Ordinary people spend half their lives, this is really a windfall!

At that moment, the repeated kowtows were louder and the confession was more beautiful, Wenchang just listened with a smile, and ordered Qin Changge to hold out a gold-painted box, saying: "Everything of gold, silver, pearls and jade is unavoidably valuable. If I divide it at will, It's unfair, if you have any thoughts in your heart because of this, it's not beautiful, so it's more straightforward, let's draw lots, there will be other rewards for those who do rough work outside the two gates, this is not the case, all of you in the inner hall are mine There are a total of 16 people from Deli Palace. I have put [-] boxes in this box. You can pick it up yourself. Whatever you encounter is what you get. If you get a good one, you are lucky. If you don’t like it, don’t blame me for being stingy. .” Then he laughed.

I thank you again and again, saying that I dare not be a princess. Fu Daquan, the chief eunuch of the Jin'ou Palace, laughed and said: "Princess, it is serious to take care of the Jin'ou Palace. It is the slave's job to take good care of it. I dare not ask for it. Besides, you will send a reward." , Even if it is a piece of grass, the servants are very grateful, but if they die to serve, how dare they care about their strengths? But the princess is interested today, so let's play with her, as for the reward, I dare not accept it. "

Such a talking eunuch, Qin Changge looked at him, and said with a smile: "Please, father-in-law first."

I thanked them again, and finally came to pick up the boxes one by one. Some people pretended to be graceful and picked them at will, some closed their eyes and took them away, and some fumbled one after another, hesitating, but they couldn't figure it out. Bad?Unable to withstand the urging of the people behind, he gritted his teeth and took it.

Not long after the distribution was over, the palace eunuchs were overjoyed and excited, embraced the boxes, large and small, and expressed their thanks with pursed lips.

Wen Chang smiled and said, "Okay? Let's all open it and have a look."

The palace people looked at each other again, originally they wanted to go back to their own rooms and open it again, keeping each other secret, so as not to take the precious ones and make people covet and hate them, and take the inferior ones to see them get rich and feel unwilling, but the princess has given orders, how dare If not, they all opened the box.

Seeing the golden light and treasure rising, there was an uproar of surprise and admiration, suet jade bottle, thousand-layer agate string, red sandalwood inlaid jade ruyi, topaz bergamot, red gold tea set...spraying colors and mist, dazzling people's faces Red light dimmed his eyes.

But someone gave a slight snort.

Qin Changge and Wenchang were waiting for this sound.

As far as the eyes could see, a handsome court lady with a dark complexion stared at the thing in her hand with a strange expression on her face. Everyone had already noticed it at this moment. They all looked over and saw that she was holding a small golden crossbow arrow in her hand. All were startled.

The moment everyone looked over, Qin Changge's gaze was like lightning, and he swept it quickly, and lightly landed on a palace lady in a stone blue dress in the corner of the hall.

The maid stared at the golden crossbow closely, with an unconcealable nervousness on her face.

Qin Changge nodded slightly to Wenchang.

Wen Chang understood, leaned slightly on the seat, looked at the golden crossbow in the maid's hand, and said in surprise: "Hey, this is His Majesty's childhood plaything. I treasure it in the inner hall. Why did you put this in?"

Qin Changge let out a cry, showing panic, knelt down hastily, and said in a trembling voice: "It was the servant who saw that the box was at the bottom of the box, and it looked like a shape, and thought it was an object to be rewarded, and took it by mistake, please forgive me, princess. "

"Oh," Wen Chang glanced at her lightly, and said: "I remembered, I planned to take it with me when I left the palace last time, but I forgot when I opened the box. Qimo is not here today, and you are not familiar with the location of my things. It’s no wonder you, Manxia, ​​I can’t give this to you, I’ll change it later.”

Man Xia hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yes, please take it back, the princess, and there is no need for other rewards."

Wen Chang smiled, staring at the golden crossbow, with a look of sadness on his face, he got down slowly, took the golden crossbow from Man Xia, and said softly: "This little crossbow was His Majesty's favorite thing...about six years old. That year, he won the lottery for the first time in archery, and his uncle gave it to him quietly. His Majesty has been good at martial arts since he was a child, and he is also very talented. Since then, this little crossbow has been inseparable from him. Sometimes he shoots a bird and runs away. Come see me off, I see that bird is pitiful, most of it is released...he is still angry with me..."

She smiled slightly, and raised the corners of her lips because of the pure and colorful memories of those young girls. Her slender fingers gently caressed the streamlined and shiny body of the crossbow.

Seemingly completely unintentional, she walked slowly among the court ladies while reminiscing, aimlessly walking towards the corner of the hall.

The court lady took a step back subconsciously, and instantly remembered that according to the rules, she was not allowed to move around without authorization, so she bit her lip and stood still, seeing Wen Chang lowered his head to see the crossbow getting closer, his forehead was already slightly sweating, reflecting the pale night pearl in the hall, Reflecting dim light.

Wen Chang walked to the corner of the palace, stopped casually, and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty taught me how to use this crossbow back then. I kept it in my hands for many years, and for some reason, I suddenly wanted to shoot it again with my own hands. "

Qin Changge walked over and said with a smile: "It's not easy, the servant wrapped the arrow in cloth, and the princess will try shooting in this palace."

The two of them laughed at Yan Yan with business and words, and they didn't even look at the maid in Shi Qing's dress beside her, her face was as pale as death, her legs were fighting, she wanted to escape but dared not.

Wen Chang hummed, and said: "That's fine." He put his fingers on the crossbow trigger, turned his head and smiled at the maid beside him, "Caitan, do you think my gesture is right?"

At this time, the back end of the golden crossbow was facing Wenchang and Caitan. Wenchang was full of smiles, and slowly pulled down the crossbow with his fingers.

"No!"

There was a hysterical scream.

Caitan, who was completely overwhelmed by Wen Chang and Qin Changge's step-by-step psychological offensive with a ghost in his heart, let out a terrifying scream that broke his liver and gallbladder.

With a bang, the topaz bergamot fell to the smooth and hard floor of the inlaid golden cloud bricks at the same time, and was smashed to pieces.

The sound made everyone jump, Fu Daquan stared and scolded: "Caitan, have you lost your mind and gone crazy? What kind of place is this, you can't help shouting!"

Wenchang tilted his head in surprise, looking at Caitan.

"What's wrong with you? What's your name?"

"I, I, I... I..." Caitan knelt down with a bang, ignoring the topaz fragments piercing her knees and piercing her skin, oozing bright red blood, she just lay on the ground, speechless, "Nu Nu Nu... Maid The servant walks and walks... I lost my mind... please, father-in-law and princess... forgive me..."

"Oh," Wenchang squatted down in pity, the golden crossbow still in his hand, the handle facing her eyebrows, "...didn't sleep well last night? Too busy with errands?... Poor thing, why are you in such a panic? "

Climbing and kneeling for a few steps, long bloodstains appeared on the knees, Caitan's eyes widened in horror, and he shook his head in a panic, trying to escape from the range covered by the terrifying crossbow handle, "No, no, no... no..."

Her eyes were terrified and flustered, and she acted in a panic. No matter how you looked at it, it was definitely not because of some "wandering mind". At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was weird. Wen Chang, who was holding a golden crossbow, and Qin Changge, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, were tearing and limp as mud Caitan who had been avoiding the golden crossbow all the time, no matter how you look at it, something is wrong, not to mention Fu Daquan, even the rest of the palace people have already noticed it, and they all changed color involuntarily.

(End of this chapter)