roccoschili Chapter 166: Refusing to admit it
Chapter 166: Refusing to admit it
"Of course."
"Are you really not afraid of death?"
"Not afraid!"
"Well, I just worried that you wouldn't want to go, so I didn't make a decision."
"Xiaoyue, you are so considerate of me. I am really touched."
"We are friends! I'll give you the injection."
"Poke it!"
"I'm really stung."
"What? If you don't dare to do it, let me do it."
"Tsk! When we go there, have you considered what to do with your brother Yan?"
"Ah? That's right! How could I forget about him? If we go there, can we switch back and forth?"
"Theoretically yes."
"Just ask!"
"Who knows if what she said is true? If you really go in, you may not be able to come out freely. Think about it. Do you want to save people and leave South Vietnam, leave your brother Yan and go to Ziyan Country with me, or stay in South Vietnam and build a happy family with him and give me more brothers and sisters to help with work."
"Xiaoyue, I..."
"I get it. You are born with a love-brain. You are clear-headed only when you haven't met someone you like. Once you meet someone you like, you become stupid. Luckily, you two are love-brained and meet each other. You are the same kind of people, so it can be considered a positive thing."
"You just haven't met someone you like. You will understand in the future. So are you going to tell your father that you want to be the empress?"
"Don't tell me yet! Wait until I figure out what's going on."
After Shangguan Yue finished speaking, she glanced at Xiaobai and the other four, then looked at Ning Zhenzhen, knowing that they had finished speaking and were waiting for her to drip blood to recognize their master and release Ning Zhenzhen's soul.
Shangguan Yue picked up the embroidery needle and stabbed her left thumb hard. Bright red blood spurted out and dripped onto the eye-shaped pattern in the center of the purple flame feather.
Suddenly, the purple circles of light dissipated, and the golden light became more and more dazzling. A golden phoenix emerged from the purple flame feathers, rushed out of the house, and circled around the Rose Courtyard five or six times, lighting up the dim sky in the evening like a brilliant Milky Way.
Then it slowly disappeared into the air, and the sky returned to its original darkness, as if nothing had happened. Only five little birds with red eyes stood quietly on the branches, looking at the endless and silent sky.
Their mother, Ning Zhenzhen, has really left and will never come back...
Picking up the Purple Flame Feather on the table, you can no longer see the person inside, and you can no longer touch that real feeling. It is just a beautiful and ordinary feather.
Chen Bianbian picked up the Purple Flame Feather and looked at it from left to right. If this bird feather was thrown on the ground, no one would even look at it. Could it really be so useful?
"Xiao Yue, why don't you just disappear?"
"Do you think I will disappear if you drop blood?"
"Isn't that right? Aren't you going to be the empress? And now you're standing here!"
"I have to chant a spell, otherwise I will disappear as soon as I see the bird feathers."
"Oh! That's right. Don't worry. Think about it overnight and make a decision tomorrow."
.........
The strange phenomenon in the sky caused a sensation in Yuecheng that night. Some Taoists and monks started to perform rituals and ask questions to the gods about it.
The old emperor had been ill for several days and had not attended court. State affairs were left to the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince to handle together, allowing them to check and balance each other.
He had just drunk the medicine and lay down when he was so frightened by the report from the imperial teacher that he almost fell off the bed.
If the stars change, then there must be changes in South Vietnam. Is something big going to happen in South Vietnam?
Thinking of the strange things that happened more than 20 years ago, the old emperor immediately ordered people to carry him to the imperial study.
After entering the imperial study and looking at the feather from afar, the old emperor's tense heart relaxed. The eunuch helped the old emperor sit on the chair. The old emperor waved his hand to let the eunuchs leave and closed the door.
He sat quietly in the chair, staring at the feather in a trance. He slowly reached out his hand and gently stroked the feather. Suddenly he stopped and looked at the feather in horror.
Why is it like this? Why can't he see her? Where is the fairy inside? Where did she go?
No! How could the feathers lose color? These feathers are not real! They are fake! What about the real ones?
"Someone! Someone! Someone come quickly!"
The old emperor roared like a madman.
The eunuchs, guards and secret guards all rushed to the imperial study in a mad rush, thinking that the emperor had been assassinated.
When he broke open the door, he didn't see any assassin, but only saw the emperor with disheveled hair roaring like a madman.
"Investigate for me! Investigate for me right now who is so bold as to replace this feather!"
A feather? Who would come to the imperial study just to steal a feather?
But who dares not investigate if the emperor wants to? Do you still want to lose your head? Everyone immediately rushed out to find out the truth.
Two quarters of an hour passed...
"Your Majesty, I have found out that on the day the princess got into trouble, only the Ninth Prince sneaked into the Imperial Study."
"Xiao Jiu? You are so good, Xiao Yunteng! Immediately pass on my order and bring Xiao Yunteng to me!"
"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is... still young."
"You don't even listen to me, do you? You want to rebel, don't you?"
"I dare not. Your Majesty, bring the Ninth Prince here immediately."
.........
Ever since he gave the Purple Flame Feather to Shangguan Yue, the Ninth Prince knew that sooner or later his father would find out that he was the one who replaced the Purple Flame Feather, so he found several similar feathers and put them on his body.
However, he did not use any paint to change the feathers. If he had used paint like the ones in the imperial study, his father would definitely think that he did it.
The sudden arrival of secret guards and imperial guards to the Ninth Prince's mansion to arrest people frightened the old eunuch Wang Gonggong. He hurriedly ordered someone to inform Concubine Xian, saying that the Emperor favored Concubine Xian the most, so he favored the Ninth Prince. Only Concubine Xian could save the Ninth Prince.
When the Ninth Prince was brought to the imperial study, he was facing his father, whom he had never seen before. His usual majesty and kindness were no longer there, and his crazy and furious look scared the Ninth Prince into tears.
"Father, I didn't steal it. I really didn't. You want feathers, but I have them. I have a lot. I'll give them all to you. Don't be angry."
The Ninth Prince pulled out a handful of feathers from his small bag and handed them to the guard, who presented them to the Emperor.
The old emperor checked them one by one, and none of them was what he wanted.
"You bastard, where did you take my things? How dare you lie! Come here, beat me until I tell you."
"Your Majesty, please don't! Your Majesty! The Ninth Prince is still young and won't be able to bear it."
"You're still young at ten? You're so brave, come on, beat him up! If anyone else begs for mercy, we'll beat them together!"
The Ninth Prince had been living a life of luxury, with smooth skin and tender flesh. He howled like a ghost after being hit with a stick, and his flesh and blood were blurred after a few hits, but he just refused to admit it.
Eunuch Wang looked at the little prince who was beaten to death and felt as if his heart was being cut.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, you might as well just admit it!"
"I...I...I don't recognize it..."
"You will die if you don't admit it."
"If you admit it... then... you won't die?"
"Your Highness, I know it was Your Highness who did it."
"You...don't...say nonsense!"