Chu Yufeng pulled the blanket over their naked bodies. He hugged Nangong Zhuyi and lay on the bed. He rubbed her smooth skin and asked in confusion,""Zhu 'er, can you tell me now what exactly is going on?”
Nangong Zhuyi leaned against him and sniffed the pleasant scent of a man on his body. She said softly,"What do you mean?"
He reached out and brushed her wet and messy long hair away. He pecked her tender little face lightly." You are clearly Yan Shao's concubine. Why are you still a virgin?”
Nangong Zhuyi hit him and pouted." Aren't you happy that I'm still a virgin?"”
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but laugh." No, I'm just a little surprised. No matter how I think about it, I don't think you're still a virgin.”
Nangong Zhuyi punched his chest." Why not? He never touched me, so of course I'm still a virgin.”
Chu Yufeng was stunned." He didn't touch you?" But you're his consort, how could he not touch you?”
"He's so sick that he's about to die. How can he still have the strength to touch me?”
"Are you saying that he only made you a noble consort before he died?”
"Yes, I am!" Nangong Zhuyi nodded, and said with some pride and some pity,"Although I was only a noble consort for two hours, I am still a noble consort. Don't look down on me!”
Chu Yufeng raised his thick eyebrows." You've only been an imperial concubine for two hours? Were you not his concubine before that?”
"She already said that she will only be a noble consort for two hours!”Nangong Zhuyi looked around and said.
"What about before you became a noble consort?"
Nangong Zhuyi's finger drew on his chest. She said somewhat embarrassedly,""I told you, you can't laugh at me!”
"Alright, I won't laugh at you," Chu Yufeng said solemnly.”
" Actually…Actually, although I've been in the palace for more than a year, I've been staying in the Pavilion of Petal and Sepal. I take care of the flowers and plants every day, as well as the treasures and antiques inside. Sometimes, I have to clean and scrub, and bathe the two Persian cats inside…" As she spoke, her voice became softer and softer until it was almost inaudible. She played with her fingers with some inferiority.
That's right! She was not an imperial concubine at all, nor was she destined to be an imperial concubine. Otherwise, how could she be gone after only two hours? She was just a little palace maid who helped cats bathe!
Chu Yufeng listened quietly. The expression on his face changed from seriousness to surprise, and then from surprise to disbelief. Then, a charming smile appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Nangong Zhuyi raised his hand and started to hit him. He even shouted,"I knew you would laugh at me, laugh at me for being a mere palace maid, laugh at me for being a noble consort for only two hours. But even if it's only for two hours, I'm still a noble consort, and I have a title! How can you laugh at me? You're still laughing, still laughing!"
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but laugh out loud. He reached out to block her fist. "Zhu 'er, you've misunderstood. I'm laughing not because you're a palace maid, but because…"
"Because of what?" she shouted fiercely.”
"Because I'm so happy!"”
Nangong Zhuyi glared at him." What are you happy about?”
Chu Yufeng grabbed her hand." I'm glad you're a palace maid!" If you were an empress or a consort for a long time, I, Chu Yufeng, wouldn't dare to touch you!”
Nangong Zhuyi did not believe him at all." You're talking nonsense! Didn't you kiss and hug me before you knew who I was? Besides, the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang has always been lawless and doesn't care about the etiquette of the world at all. Even if I'm really the Empress, the favored Imperial Consort, you won't be afraid to want me. There must be other reasons, right?”
Chu Yufeng's expression changed, and his smile froze. He shook his head and said,""Zhu 'er, you've forgotten something."
"What is it?"
"I have already taken you and become your first man. I will also be your only and last man. So, no matter what your identity is, it doesn't matter anymore. Now tell me, how did you become a noble consort from a little palace maid, huh?”
Nangong Zhuyi rolled her eyes at him and said aggrievedly,""I went from a little palace maid to a noble consort, then from a noble consort to a female Daoist priest, and I was bullied and threatened all day because of you!”
Chu Yufeng froze." For me?"
"That's right! It was unknown where the late Emperor had obtained a piece of the Nine Phoenix Ring and treated it like a treasure. But that Nine Phoenix Ring wasn't his and there were many people who wanted to snatch it, so he was always nervous and even quarreled with Yan He several times over the Nine Phoenix Ring. He was even angered by Yan He to the point of falling sick.”
"Does Yan He also want the Nine Phoenix Ring?"
"Of course! The legend of the Nine Phoenix Ring was known by everyone. Even a fool knew that the Nine Phoenix Ring contained a powerful and mysterious power, let alone the ambitious Yan He. He naturally wanted the Nine Phoenix Ring too and had even secretly sent people to search the former Emperor's chambers a few times. He had used all sorts of tricks such as assassination and poisoning. Fortunately, the former Emperor was lucky and didn't get poisoned to death by Yan He, nor was he killed by him.”
"Why didn't he give the Nine Phoenix Ring to Yan He? Yan He is his son, isn't he?"
"I also find it strange! However, the late Emperor refused to give him the Nine Phoenix Ring.”
"What happened after that?"
"Afterwards, in order to avoid Yan He, the former emperor simply moved to the Petal and Sepal Pavilion. Because the Petal and Sepal Pavilion was the bedchamber of the East Qin emperors before they died. If it wasn't for the fact that they knew they were about to die, no one would be willing to come. Coming here was equivalent to announcing their death.”
"Are you going to stay there and take care of Yan Shao?"
"That's right! I live there anyway. If I don't take care of him, who will?”
"Then why did he make you his concubine?"
"Because of you!"
Chu Yufeng's expression changed." Me?"
"Yes! The late Emperor said that the reason why he tried his best to obtain the Nine Phoenix Ring was to wait for you to come so that he could hand the Nine Phoenix Ring over to you personally. I didn't expect that he would wait and wait, but he still couldn't see you. In addition, he's old and sick. I don't know how long he can wait. So he handed the Nine Phoenix Ring to me and told me that no matter what happens, I must hand the Nine Phoenix Ring to you.”
"So he made you his concubine?"
"The late Emperor said that if he didn't make me his concubine, after he died, I would also die a miserable death. So in order to protect me, so that I could hand the Nine Phoenix Ring to you, he made me his concubine. I didn't expect that the late emperor would die after only two hours of being a noble consort, so I could only go to Liquan Temple to be a female Taoist priest.”
"Why is making you a concubine protecting you?”
"Stupid Brother Yufeng! You don't even understand such a simple principle?" Nangong Zhuyi put on a very impressive expression," Because East Qin has a rule, other than those who were buried with the late emperor, all of the late emperor's concubines were sent out of the palace to become monks at Liquan Temple until they die. Although I was the former emperor's concubine in name only, I was still his concubine. According to the law, I had to leave the palace to be a female Taoist priest.
Moreover, because I was the concubine of the late emperor's grandfather, Yan He had some misgivings in his heart and didn't dare to be too impudent. Even if he knew that I knew the secret of the Nine Phoenix Ring, he only dared to secretly snatch it, not openly, and even more so didn't dare to easily kill me, a has-been imperial concubine. Otherwise, according to his personality, I would have gone to see the late emperor's grandfather long ago. How could I have waited for you to come?”
"Why did Yan Shao trust you with the Nine Phoenix Ring?”Chu Yufeng looked at Nangong Zhuyi with bright eyes.
Nangong Zhuyi lowered her head and played with her fingers, avoiding Chu Yufeng's gaze." You think it's strange too, don't you?"”
"Of course! According to common sense, he would never give such an important thing to a newly conferred concubine. Zhu 'er, can you tell me the reason?”
She said in a low voice," Because my family is under the control of the late emperor's grandfather. Those people are his trusted aides. If I didn't give the Nine Phoenix Ring to you, or if I changed my mind and gave the Nine Phoenix Ring to Yan He, my family would have died without a burial place. So, even though I was bullied so badly by that hag in Liquan Temple and wanted to die several times, I had to endure it bravely when I thought of my family until I met you!
Now that I've given the Nine Phoenix Ring to you, I'm already fine. However, my parents, brother and sister are still in the hands of the late emperor grandpa's subordinates. Brother Yufeng, can you come home with me? Tell those people that you have already obtained the Nine Phoenix Ring and ask them to release my parents, brother and sister?”
Chu Yufeng nodded but didn't say anything.
Holding someone hostage as a threat was indeed Yan Shao's style. Yan Shao had always been unscrupulous in order to achieve his goal, but…why did he feel that something was wrong? However, he could not tell what was wrong.
"Brother Yufeng, can I ask you something?" Nangong Zhuyi continued.”
Chu Yufeng smiled slightly, as if he had already guessed what Nangong Zhuyi wanted to ask." Are you asking me what my relationship with Yan Shao is? Why didn't he pass the Nine Phoenix Ring to his son, Yan Bi, and left it to me instead? Is that right?"”
Nangong Zhuyi nodded." Yes! Why did the late emperor's grandfather not give the Nine Phoenix Ring to Yan He after he had obtained it with great difficulty, but returned it to its original owner, the Dunhuang Nine Phoenix?”
Chu Yufeng's eyes sparkled with a strange light. He was thinking about how to say it.
"Zhu 'er, to you, what do you think the Nine Phoenix Ring is?”
Nangong Zhuyi tilted her head and thought for a moment." Isn't it just a jade pendant? However, this jade pendant had a magical power that could detoxify and cure illnesses, as well as prolong life.”
"That's right, the Nine Phoenix Ring can indeed cure illnesses and detoxify poisons. But to the Dunhuang Nine Phoenix, the Nine Phoenix Ring was a curse.”
Nangong Zhuyi was shocked." Curse?”
"The Nine Phoenix Ring is indeed a curse. Ever since I entered the Phoenix Palace and became a part of it, this Nine Phoenix Ring has practically never left my side. When I was sick, it was Big Sister who used the Nine Phoenix Ring to cure me. If anything happens to me or I'm in danger, Big Sister will also know about it from the Nine Phoenix Ring because the Nine Phoenix Ring will turn red and cry blood. Only when I'm safe and sound will the Nine Phoenix Ring return to normal. Therefore, it's not an exaggeration to say that the Nine Phoenix Ring is the incarnation of the Nine Phoenix of Dunhuang.”
Nangong Zhu Yi's mouth was wide open, and she could not close it even after a long time," Is this Nine Phoenix Ring really that good?”
"That's right! Didn't you see it with your own eyes?"
Nangong Zhuyi nodded vigorously." Yes, yes, yes. I saw it, I saw it. It's really amazing! But Brother Yufeng, why did you say that the Nine Phoenix Ring was a curse?”
"Because for those who own the Nine Phoenix Ring, the females have to be eighteen years old and the males have to be twenty eight years old before they get married. If it was too early, the Nine Phoenix Ring would shatter. If it was too late, the Nine Phoenix Ring would lose its spirituality. Moreover, the Nine Phoenix Ring had another special characteristic. Its magical power was only effective on the Dunhuang Nine Phoenix. As for people outside the Phoenix Palace, the Nine Phoenix Ring was simply an ordinary jade pendant to them, completely useless.”
"It was because the late emperor grandpa knew about this that he returned the Nine Phoenix Ring to you, right?”
Chu Yufeng's expression was a little stiff." Otherwise, why would he go through so much trouble to obtain the Nine Phoenix Ring, and then ask you to return it to me?”
" But, I feel like things aren't like that. And you…" Nangong Zhuyi looked at Chu Yufeng's handsome face.
"What about me?"
"You look a little like the late emperor's grandfather.”
Chu Yufeng's body trembled slightly, and he forced a smile." Zhu 'er, what nonsense are you talking about? How can I look like Yan Shao?”
Nangong Zhuyi leaned closer to him, her small face less than an inch away from him. She held his face with both hands and scrutinized his perfect facial features." It's true! Not only do you look like the late emperor grandpa, you also look a little like Yan He, but you are much better looking than him!”
Chu Yufeng took the opportunity to cover her mouth and suck her hard. Then, he pulled her onto the bed. "A little similar to Yan Meng? It's fine if you say I look like Yan Shao. After all, there are many people in the world who look similar, but I look very similar to Yan Mo…"
He paused for a moment and revealed an evil smile.
"Zhu 'er, do you think that the punishment at the bottom of the waterfall was not enough?”
Thinking back to the time under the waterfall, when they were in such a state of pain and embarrassment, Nangong Zhuyi's face immediately turned red and she quickly waved her hands to beg for mercy. " Brother Yufeng, I said something wrong. I shouldn't have said that you look like Yan He. Yan He's a bad guy, a stinky cricket that has never been seen before. How can you look like him…"
Chu Yufeng let out a loud laugh, and his muscular body covered Nangong Zhuyi. "You little girl! How dare you beat around the bush and call me a big bad guy and stinky cricket? Watch how I punish you!"
Nangong Zhuyi begged for mercy." Brother Yufeng, Zhu 'er won't dare to do it again. Zhu' er won't dare to do it again. Please, don't, don't…"
Her begging suddenly turned into a soft moan, and then into a protest. Then, the protest disappeared under Chu Yufeng's insistence, and was replaced by moans and wheezes that made people blush and their hearts beat faster. Mixed with the sound of the bamboo bed shaking, it decorated the quiet afternoon with a particularly beautiful and charming scene.
A few days later, Chu Yufeng took Nangong Zhuyi and rode east on a horse. They planned to go to Nangong Zhuyi's hometown to save her parents, brother, and sister.
Along the way, Nangong Zhuyi happily nestled in Chu Yufeng's arms and asked non-stop questions, from Chu Yufeng's birth characters, hobbies, to what he saw and heard from the Phoenix Palace to East Qin, as well as about the Phoenix Palace and the nine phoenixes of Dunhuang.
"Brother Yufeng, you're Haotian, ranked fifth. Does that mean everyone else is called Haotian or something like you?”
Chu Yufeng held the reins with one hand and Nangong Zhuyi with the other. He looked around and listened carefully. Of course, he didn't miss the little girl's question.”
"Then what is your sister's name? What kind of heaven is she?"
Chu Yufeng smiled." How could I tell you my name?" If she finds out, it would be strange if she doesn't punish me to pick herbs for three days and three nights!”
Nangong Zhuyi stuck out her tongue. Is your sister so fierce?"
Chu Yufeng shook his head." You're wrong. Sis isn't fierce at all. She's the gentlest woman in the world.”
"Since she's so gentle, why did she punish you just because you told me her name?”
"That's because Big Sister once swore the Three Ultimate Oaths.”
"Three Absolute Oath? What's that?"
"Eldest Sister said that in her lifetime, she would never step out of the Feng Palace, never show her true face, never let anyone know her name, so I can't tell you Eldest Sister's name.”
Nangong Zhuyi tilted her head and looked puzzled." Why? It was understandable that he didn't step out of the Phoenix Palace and didn't show his true face, but why couldn't he even let others know his name? Was it because her name was so unpleasant that no one knew about it?”
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but laugh when he heard that. He reached out and gave Nangong Zhuyi a tight slap." Idiot! No matter how unpleasant a name was, it was still a name. What was there to hide?”
Nangong Zhuyi was not convinced. She turned around and hit Chu Yufeng a few times." I know. She must have done bad things. She's a great thief, so she's afraid that others will know her name, right?"”
Chu Yufeng laughed." You little thing, do you have to get to the bottom of it and get the answer?”
"Of course! Because I really want to know! She's already your wife. Since she's your wife, how can I be your wife if I don't even know the name of my husband's elder sister?”
Chu Yufeng sighed and pinched her cheeks." Fine, I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone else. Otherwise, you'll be asking for trouble."”
Nangong Zhuyi nodded vigorously." Alright, alright, alright. I won't say it. I definitely won't say it."”
"My big sister is called Zhu Tian, Chu Fengyi."
Nangong Zhuyi's eyes flashed with a strange light. Phoenix robes? Zhu Tian and Chu Feng Yi? Wasn't this the same name as the one on the portrait of the beauty in Big Brother's room?
Thinking of this, Nangong Zhuyi asked again,""Yufeng, is your sister married?”
Chu Yufeng was stunned and shook his head." No, my sister is still unmarried. Why do you ask?"”
Nangong Zhuyi smiled slyly." I was thinking about the curse you mentioned earlier. You said that the women of the Phoenix Palace have to get married at the age of eighteen, and the men of the Phoenix Palace have to get married at the age of twenty-eight. You're ranked fifth, and you're almost twenty-eight. Doesn't that mean that your elder sister is already in her seventies or eighties?”
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but smile." You're wrong. The order of the nine phoenixes of Dunhuang is based on the order they enter the palace, not age. Although I'm 27 years old, it doesn't mean that my elder sister is older than me. Zhu 'er, why do you keep asking me about my elder sister? Do you know my sister?"
"I can't say I know her, but…I might have seen Sister Feng Yi before!”
Chu Yufeng's eyes widened. He pulled the reins and stopped the horse.
He picked Nangong Zhuyi up and made her face him." Zhu 'er, you said you've seen my elder sister? Is this true?"
Nangong Zhuyi scratched her head, seemingly unsure." Actually, I can't be considered to have seen her before. It's just that I once saw a painting of a beauty in Big Brother's room, and the name of the beauty in the painting was Zhu Tian and Chu Fengyi.”
Chu Yufeng was stunned." Your brother? Who is your big brother? What's his name?"
Nangong Zhuyi was about to say something when her eyes widened as if she had seen something. She pointed behind Chu Yufeng and shouted,""Big brother, why are you here?”
Chu Yufeng was even more surprised. Wasn't this girl's family detained? Why would he appear here now? Could it be…
Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned around.
Suddenly, a white figure pounced on him. Before he could react, he felt his shoulder go numb and his vision went black. He fell off the horse and instantly lost consciousness.#
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