phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 102

It was already late at night when Haoyue came back, Su Hailing heard the familiar footsteps lingering outside the study for a while, and finally gradually went away, and couldn't help sighing softly.

Haoyue, Haoyue, what do you want me to do with you?
Shaking his head, closing the book, Su Hailing stood up, opened the door of the study and walked out.

It was still cold and windy late at night in early spring, and there were only a few twilight flowers blooming here and there in the yard.

It was pitch black in Haoyue's room, but Su Hailing knew that he must have not fallen asleep.

Unconsciously, she took a few steps to that side, and the night dew dripped on her face, making her face cold, which made her smile bitterly again.See you, so what?
After staring silently for a while, she still turned around.

Since when did the two of them dare not meet each other?Obviously... they are in love with each other, how silly...

From the street outside came the sound of a watchman calling the fourth watch.

Su Hailing knew that this time of day was the best time for Mu Qingchen to sleep, and he didn't want to wake him up, not to mention feeling depressed at the moment, and he didn't even feel sleepy, so he just went to get a jug of wine and climbed up to the roof to drink by himself.

The cold wine overflowed the corners of his lips, dripped down, wet the skirt of his clothes, and bloomed in sprays.

After a while, there was another breathing sound behind him.

"Come over here." Su Hailing patted the place beside him.

Haoyue sat down quietly without saying a word.

"Here." Su Hailing handed him the bottle casually.

Haoyue took it and found that it was almost gone, so she couldn't help but frowned and said, "Drinking too much wine is not good, miss, please take care of your body."

"Then you drink it for me." Su Hailing said indifferently.

Haoyue was silent, raised the wine bottle, and wanted to drink the rest of the wine in one breath.

Su Hailing was startled, and grabbed the bottle suddenly.

"Ahem..." Haoyuecui was caught off guard, choked a mouthful of wine into the air duct, and suddenly coughed violently.

"Damn it!" Su Hailing cursed in a low voice, threw the wine bottle casually, clasped his wrist with one hand, pressed the back of his head with the other, and kissed him fiercely.

"Boom!" The wine bottle rolled down the slope of the roof and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

"Hmm..." Haoyue's eyes widened, she was at a loss and let her attack the city in her mouth until all the air in her lungs was squeezed out, making it difficult to breathe.

Su Hailing let go of him, panting slightly, and after a while, jumped off the roof without saying a word.

Haoyue covered her slightly swollen lips with one hand, staring blankly at the resolutely leaving figure, mist gradually filled her blank eyes.

My love...does it hurt you...

Su Hailing walked into the study again, closed the door heavily, and it took a long time to calm down.

It seems that I can only make do here for one night tonight, she gave a wry smile, and lay down on a soft couch in the study with all her clothes on.

Maybe it was because of the strength of the alcohol, as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt drowsy waves of drowsiness.

One night, no dreams, only a faint moonlight, a faint sigh, lonely and desolate.

Early the next morning, Su Hailing was awakened by a violent knock on the door.

After getting off the soft couch and looking at the crumpled clothes on her body, she could only shake her head and opened the door helplessly.

"I really don't know what treasure is hidden in your study, which makes you reluctant to go out even to sleep!" Situ Ye didn't enter the door, and directly said, "Murong Zi is here!"

Su Hailing was startled, she didn't know that Murong Zi was going to fetch the palace tonight, so she came by herself?

She went back to her room and changed her clothes, and when she came to the side hall, she was surprised to find that there was a huge pile of clothes on the table.

"Miss, come and try these clothes." Murong Zi said with a smile, "Choose the right one, the palace will be shopping for vegetables today, there is a chance to sneak into the palace!"

"Oh." Su Hailing said to herself, what a coincidence, but since Murong Zi said so, she didn't mention her original plan to enter the palace tonight, and just said, "Jun Han wants to go with me."

"With Mei Junhan's martial arts, there is no problem." Murong Zi nodded and said, "Because I don't know the size of the lady, I brought enough clothes, just pick the one that fits and change."

Su Hailing casually picked up a long robe for comparison, and asked casually: "Murong, do you know that there is a medicinal herb called Qianhuo Furong in the tribute of the Illusory Clan four years ago?"

"Thousand Fire Hibiscus?" Murong Zi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he said, "Thousand Fire Hibiscus is precious, but it is the most hot medicine. I haven't heard of any medicine that can suppress its heat, so it's tasteless." It’s a treasure like a treasure, so the Night Illusion Clan don’t lose face or feel distressed when they pay tribute with it, what’s the use of it?”

Su Hailing smiled and didn't answer, just said: "It seems that you know."

"Once the thousand fire hibiscus blooms, it will never wither like a ruby ​​coral. I heard that the empress puts it in her bedroom as a decoration." Murong Zi shrugged.

"What a coincidence." Su Hailing muttered.

It seems that God is helping her too!It's decided, I have to bring Qianhuo Furong out tonight!

Murong Zi glanced at her suspiciously, but wisely did not continue to ask.

Su Hailing quickly chose two sets of clothes, took them back and let Mei Junhan change them, and then put on an ordinary long gown to cover up.

After everything was ready, they came to the front again, only to see Murong Zi and Haoyue also packed up and waiting for them.

As soon as Su Hailing raised his head, he met Shang Haoyue's gaze, and suddenly remembered the kiss last night, and couldn't help turning his head away.

"Let's go." Murong Zi said.

Mei Junhan went out to give some instructions to Yue Qing, and a group of four went out. Under the leadership of Murong Zi, they went around a few times, came to the back of a house, and jumped over the wall directly.

"Master!" A short and capable woman was already pacing anxiously in the courtyard. When she saw them, she immediately came up to greet them, and hurriedly said, "Quick, they'll be back soon!"

Murong Zi nodded, greeted, and removed the vegetables piled on the cart, the big bamboo baskets below were all empty!
"Go in!" Murong Zi jumped into the frame first.

Su Hailing nodded, and the three squeezed in together.

The woman immediately re-covered the vegetables on top.

The space in the car was not small, but with four people squeezed in, they could only stick together tightly, with no room to turn around.

After a while, I vaguely heard a noise outside, and then the cart started to move.

Su Hailing calculated the distance silently, while listening to the movement outside the car, when he heard the back door of the palace, his heart beat faster.

But the woman was obviously very familiar with the guards, so she just inspected the vegetables on the top layer symbolically, and then let them pass.

After walking for a while, the cart stopped, and the woman told the accompanying people to go to the kitchen to clear the space first.

As the voices gradually faded away, Murong Zi lifted the lid on the top of her head first and jumped out.

Su Hailing and others followed, and quickly surveyed the surroundings, only to see a few carts full of vegetables parked in a large yard, but there was no one around.

"It's behind the imperial kitchen." Haoyue whispered.

Su Hailing nodded. Back then, as a noble princess, she would not set foot in such a place as the kitchen. However, Haoyue, as the commander of the guards, often came here to check in order to ensure the safety of food. She was very familiar with the terrain in this area. Familiar, you can come and go freely without looking at the map.

"Miss, it's not very convenient during the day, so let's take a rest in Xiaofang's room. Anyway, this is the kitchen, so we don't have to worry about running out of food." Murong Zi said.

"Okay." Su Hailing also knew that these servants would not return to their residence until night, and hiding in the servant's room during the day would be a safe place.

I don't know who should be called lucky. During the long day, except for Xiao Fang who quietly came to deliver the food, no one else approached, so naturally the trouble of killing people and silence was avoided.

Night fell quietly, guessing that the servants would be back soon, they took off their long gowns that were covered with vegetable smell, threw them into the garbage dump behind the kitchen, and then slipped out of the kitchen under the cover of darkness.

"Do you know which palace the empress usually stays in?" Mei Junhan asked in a low voice.

"I found out clearly, it's in her bedroom." Murong Zi replied, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I'm not sure if it's a trap."

"No, let's go." Su Hailing smiled.

Murong Zi glanced at her in surprise, but nothing unusual could be seen on her face.

Su Hailing knew in his heart that Su Xueling wanted to see her intentionally. Although he would not intentionally release water, he would not arrange traps either. Killing himself at this moment would not do her any good.

Haoyue is very familiar with the changing of guards in the palace, and the sentry posts in the palace are still the same as they were three years ago, without much change.Therefore, it was easy for them to avoid the guards watching the night ahead of time, and only once accidentally bumped into two young guards head-on, and they were also knocked out by Mei Junhan and Murong Zi with lightning speed, and they were dragged to the lush bushes Here, I can't wake up until dawn.

"In front is His Majesty's bedroom." Haoyue looked at the lights not far away, feeling a little excited in her heart.

Su Hailing understands his intentions, no matter what, Su Xueling has the kindness to know Haoyue, although she is dissatisfied, there is nothing she can do about it.

"Is there a way not to disturb the guards at the gate?" Mei Junhan asked with a headache looking at the four standing guards at the gate of the hall.

"It's impossible to go in without them." Haoyue shook her head and said, "Besides, if Miss wants to talk to His Majesty, they will definitely be alarmed."

Murong Zi whispered: "I'm left and you are right, how sure are you?"

Mei Junhan glanced at her, nodded and said, "Are you alive or dead?"

"Can you keep your hands at this time?" Murong Zi sneered, "If they shout out, we are all finished!"

"Okay." Mei Junhan answered with only one word.

"One, two, three, do it!" Murong Zi shouted lightly.

The two figures flitted towards the left and right sides like ghosts, and the four guards just realized that the scythe of the God of Death had cut their throats neatly.

With each hand, the two grabbed the corpses that were about to fall, and placed them against the wall. Looking at them from a distance in the dark, they couldn't see the difference for a while.

"Let's go!" Su Hailing praised and greeted Haoyue.

Walking into the brightly lit bedroom, unexpectedly, there was no attendant inside or outside.

"There seems to be something wrong." Haoyue frowned.

"She's waiting for me." Su Hailing smiled lightly.

"Her? Your Majesty?" Haoyue said in astonishment.

"Look carefully around, don't let outsiders notice the abnormality." Su Hailing ordered.

The three looked at each other, Mei Junhan was the first to rush towards the gate, and hid in the darkness.

Although the current situation is a bit weird, but...he believes in her judgment!

Seeing this, Murong Zi and Haoyue also turned to other directions respectively.

Su Hailing smiled lightly and stepped into the palace.

She had visited Su Xueling's bedroom several times in the past. Based on the remaining memories in her mind, she passed through several palaces and finally entered the inner hall.

All the candles around had been lit, illuminating the spacious bedroom as if it were daytime.

On the soft couch behind the gauze curtain, a woman in a red palace attire was leaning back to review the memorial. When she heard the sound of footsteps, she said without raising her head: "You are here, faster than I imagined!"

"Sister Huang summoned me, how dare my younger sister not come?" Su Hailing chuckled and approached generously.

After Su Xueling finished writing the last word, he put down the memorial and ink pen that he had reviewed, and then raised his head.

Looking at each other, Su Hailing couldn't help being surprised.

Although she knew for a long time that even if Su Xueling wasn't really critically ill, she must still be in poor health. When she saw her face, she really couldn't believe that the pale woman in front of her with protruding cheekbones and sunken eye sockets was that woman Your Majesty the Empress!

Three years ago, she was full of spirits, and now she is pale and haggard. She knew that Su Xueling might really die soon.

"Surprised to see me like this?" Su Xueling smiled wryly.

"It's a bit of a surprise." Su Hailing nodded calmly.

Su Xueling sighed softly, with a slight sense of loss in his eyes.

"Is it because of that incident three years ago?" Su Hailing asked.

"Well, the night you escaped... that assassin was very powerful, and the sequelae of his fall have always been good and bad." Su Xueling said helplessly.

"You also know that I will come back?" Su Hailing said after a moment of silence.

"You are not someone who chooses to escape." Su Xueling chuckled, as if recalling, "You have always been cautious since you were young, but I can see that the ambition hidden in your eyes is just that you have been hiding it all the time. Very good. However, the accident three and a half years ago... After you woke up from the coma, it was like a different person. I knew that you would not bear it anymore, but I didn't expect you to choose palace."

However, Su Hailing understood that it was indeed a different person, because she was not the original Su Hailing who had always been cautious.

"Zhen, I can hand over the throne to you." Su Xueling said in a silent voice, but it was as if the earth was shocked.

"Why?" Su Hailing raised his eyebrows, "You have been fighting openly and secretly all your life, isn't it just to keep the throne?"

"Keeping this throne, but for whom?" Su Xueling closed her eyes in pain, "Half a year ago, my injury broke out, and the imperial doctor couldn't heal it. Qin Xiang finally invited the ghost doctor Wugui to enter the palace, and then I found out I discovered a secret... For so many years, no one in the harem has conceived, and it's because my body has been poisoned by the seedling grass, and it is impossible for a man to conceive!"

"What?" Su Hailing lost his voice.

Su Xueling turned out to be...uh...could it be said to be incompetent?

"I thought, I'm still young, and I can still sit on the throne for decades, and there will always be a phoenix girl, so you are my biggest confidant. I have always... wanted to kill you." Su Xueling unconsciously Having given up the supreme self-proclaimed "Zhen", she said slowly, "But what about now? I am near the end of my life, but I am doomed to have no daughters, the throne... Do I want to bring this throne into the coffin together?"

Su Hailing couldn't help being silent, she knew it, she had always known about Su Xueling's murderous intentions, but she never thought that she would say it so frankly.Is it true that people who are about to die speak well?

"It's fine if you go out, but if you stayed in the palace, you might not be able to live until now." Su Xueling sighed, and said, "You have also seen what those two bastards did!"

Su Hailing knew she was talking about Su Yuling and Su Jinling, so he nodded immediately.

"In the past six months, I have known that I have no descendants, and I have become even more depressed. The two of them have become more and more daring, openly forming cliques in the court, and fighting against each other. Maybe...the dying person has not taken me seriously. Let's go." Su Xueling said, but a cold light gradually flashed in his eyes, "I'm the emperor, can I really make them round and flatten? I want them to fight for a lifetime, but it's still an empty dream!"

Su Hailing could hear the deep hatred in her tone, and a chill came from his back.

"Su Yuling gave me the best medicine, and Su Jinling sent killers to seriously injure me. From now on, you think that as long as you defeat him, you can ascend to the throne?" Su Xueling straightened up, took out a small box from under the pillow of the soft couch, and handed it to her, "This Take it, I don't need it anymore."

"What is this?" Su Hailing asked.

"The edict of the Zen position, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo." Su Xueling said every word clearly.

Su Hailing was startled, the hand holding the brocade box trembled, and almost fell down.

After a while, she said, "Why me?"

"It's only you, I have no choice." Su Xueling's face was filled with unwillingness, "You are the blood of the Holy Emperor, and there are thousands of people's hearts behind you. I, Su Xueling, will at least be a generation of Mingjun with a long history. If not You, I am the fatuous and ruthless emperor who was usurped by my sisters for the ages!"

Su Hailing bit her lip, unable to tell if it was sympathy or sadness.

Is this also revenge?Su Xueling obviously hated her too, but he hated Su Yuling and Su Jinling even more, so he would rather hand over the throne to her.

After calculating for a lifetime, is this throne really that good?She was a little dazed for the first time.

"However, I can only give you the edict and jade seal. If you are killed by them, don't blame me." Su Xueling's cold voice pulled her back from her reverie.

"Since I've been involved in this vortex, I won't blame others for life or death!" Su Hailing was determined, leaving only one sentence without any nostalgia, and turned to leave.

"I hope there is a chance to see you again." Su Xueling said calmly behind him.

Su Hailing paused slightly, but did not answer.

goodbye?There should be no chance.

Su Xueling's life is not long, and she... when she steps here again, she will be king!

(End of this chapter)