Yan He escorted Nangong Zhuyi to the entrance of Yonghe Palace to see Empress Dowager Zhang and Li Rongyan.
According to what Yan Shao said in the letter, Li Rongyan had been demoted to a commoner and could never enter the palace. However, she was now conferred the title of Empress Dowager Zhang He. She was naturally relying on her son, Yan He.
When the two eunuchs guarding the gate of Yonghe Palace saw Yan He, they hurriedly knelt down." Your Majesty!”
"Where's the Empress Dowager? Why aren't you going in to report?"
The two eunuchs looked embarrassed." Empress Dowager…Empress Dowager…"
Yan He's face darkened. Without saying a word, he pushed the two eunuchs aside and walked in.
Before he reached the inner hall, Yan He heard a burst of laughter coming from inside.
"Xiaozhong, be gentle, be gentle. You're pressing too hard.”
A man's gentle voice sounded,""Niangniang, is this okay? Is it too heavy?"
"Oh, that's more like it. I didn't dote on you in vain. Oh right, Dazhong, take a little more of Mei 'er Chun to try. I tried it yesterday and it was really not bad. It seems to have returned to the time when I first entered the palace and the emperor summoned me.”
Another man's voice rang out." Yes, Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty, it's not good to use this thing too much. You just used it yesterday. You should rest today!"”
"I told you to bring it over. Why are you talking so much nonsense?”
"Yes, yes, yes, Dazhong will obey."
After a while, a man wearing only his middle clothes walked out and bumped into the ashen-faced Yan Chi.
The man was stunned and quickly knelt down." Greetings, Your Majesty!”
Yan Kong was furious. He kicked the man over and shouted,""Men! Drag this filthy bastard out and kill him!”
The man kneeled on the ground, trembling, and kowtowed." Spare me, Your Majesty! Spare me, Your Majesty!"”
"Drag him out!" Yan Xiong shouted angrily.”
The two guards stepped forward to help the man.
The man saw that Yan Kong was determined to kill him, so he shouted,""Empress Dowager, save me! The emperor is going to kill Dazhong. Empress Dowager, save me! Empress Dowager, save me!”
Hearing this, Yan He smiled coldly, pulled out his sword from the guard's waist, and stabbed.
At this moment, Li Rongyan's slightly aged but charming voice came from the inner hall.""Stop! Emperor, you don't even look at where you're going to kill people, you actually came to my place?”
Yan He was so angry that his eyes were about to burn." I don't just want to kill people. I also want to set fire to this promiscuous Yonghe Palace!”
"What made you so angry? Tell me about it."
As soon as she finished speaking, a beautiful middle-aged woman in her fifties walked out.
The person behind her was not a palace maid or eunuch, but a young man in his twenties. He looked feminine and handsome, and seemed to be from the Western Regions.
Yan Hun's eyes were fixed on his mother, Li Rongyan, and the two men named Dazhong and Xiaozhong. His anger was indescribable.
As the saying goes, no one knows their son better than their mother. Li Rongyan naturally knew why her son was angry. She reached out to pull up Dazhong, who was kneeling on the ground, and touched the faces of Dazhong and Xiaozhong respectively. She said softly,"The two of you can leave first! The emperor won't be happy to see you!"
The two of them bowed to Li Rongyan and Yan Chi and then ran away without a trace.
Yan He was still staring at the disappearing figures of the two people. He was still angry." I want to kill these two people!"”
Li Rongyan walked in front of Yan He and wiped the sweat off his face." Do you want me to have trouble eating and sleeping?”
Yan Hun was startled." Mother…"
"Mother, I have suffered a lot these years. Although today has finally come, the palace is lonely and the nights are long. If it wasn't for Dazhong and Xiaozhong accompanying Mother, Mother would have been bored to death.”
"But the people in the palace have said it very badly.”
"Their mouths are on their faces. What they say is their business. What the emperor wants to do is the emperor's business. Why make yourself unhappy?”What she meant was that she wanted Yan He to deal with it himself. If he couldn't bear to listen to her anymore, he would shut his mouth. As for how to shut his mouth, she didn't need to say much.
Li Rongyan walked to the chaise lounge and sat down. What brings you here?"
"Mother, do you know Chu Yufeng?" asked Yan He.”
Li Rongyan was slightly stunned and then shook his head." I don't know him."”
"Then…what about Yan Jin? Mother should know him, right?"
The word " Yan Jin " was like a bucket of ice water being poured on Li Rongyan's head, making her almost jump. "Yan Jin? Emperor, where did you hear this name from?”
"Don't ask me how I know the name Yan Jin. Just tell me, is there a person called Yan Jin?”
Li Rongyan touched his lips, as if he was thinking about how to say it properly." Yan Jin is…"
"Who is it?"
"Yan Jin was Consort Hui's son. He died twenty years ago.”
"Consort Hui? Who is she?"
Li Rongyan snorted coldly." She's the most shameless bitch in the world! If not for her, how could I have been expelled from the palace? How could he have suffered for so many years? So in the end, it was all that slut's fault!”
"Mother, please explain clearly. Who is Consort Hui?”
"She was one of the many women of the old man. Back then, she and I were the most favored. The two of us entered the palace at the same time and were pregnant at the same time. When the old man was happy, he said that whoever gave birth to a son first would be made the empress.”
"Then…Consort Hui gave birth first?”
At the mention of this matter, a trace of resentment flashed across Li Rongyan's face. I was the one who gave birth first, but she bribed the imperial physician who reported the news beforehand and made the imperial physician report the good news half a quarter of an hour later. In this way, she gave birth before me.”
"This old man has conferred Consort Hui as the Empress because of this?”
"Humph! Not only did the old man make her empress, but he also made her son the crown prince. Pin 'er, tell me, is there anything more infuriating than this in the world?”
Hearing this, Yan He's face turned ugly." What happened after that?”
"Then she died!"
"How did she die? Is it…is it you…"
Li Rongyan glared at Yan He and said slowly,""That's right, I ordered someone to kill her. Who taught her to snatch the throne that should have belonged to me and the throne that should have belonged to you?”
"What about Yan Jin?"
"Yan Jin? If I remember correctly, I asked the palace maids to bring him to the water and drown him. Even his body was thrown into the water to feed the fish. Therefore, even if the old man sent many people to look for him, they couldn't even find his body.”
Yan He narrowed his eyes." Are you sure Yan Jin is dead?”
"That's right! That was what the palace maid had reported back then. What was wrong? Is there a problem?"
Yan He took out the letter and gave it to Li Rongyan.
Li Rongyan took it and read it. His expression changed drastically." Where…where did you get this letter?”
Yan Hun turned around and looked at Nangong Zhuyi." This letter was given to this girl by the old man. Mother, is what is written in this letter true?”
Li Rongyan nodded in disbelief." It's true, but I told someone to drown Yan Jin. How could he be saved?"”
Nangong Zhuyi could not help but mock,"It's because God doesn't like you doing all kinds of evil things, so he sent someone to save Brother Yufeng so that he can come back and take revenge!”
"You!" Li Rongyan walked forward and sized up Nangong Zhuyi." You little girl, who are you?”
Hearing Li Rongyan mention this, Nangong Zhuyi was very proud." You heard it clearly! I'm Yufeng's wife, Nangong Zhuyi. As for brother Yufeng, he was the fifth of the nine phoenixes, Hao Tian. His status was extremely noble and he was the true heir to the East Qin throne. In other words, brother Yufeng is the real emperor of East Qin, and your son Yan Chi is just a fake, and you, the empress dowager…you can't be more fake, hehehe!”
Li Rongyan was furious." You're Nangong Zhuyi? Was it that Nangong Zhuyi who was guarding the old man before he died?”
Nangong Zhuyi nodded and pointed at her own nose."Yes, it's me!"
"That's great! Men, slap your mouth twenty times first!"
Before Nangong Zhuyi could react, her left and right arms were grabbed by someone. A eunuch stepped forward and hit her without any explanation. She cried out loudly and her small face was swollen like a steamed bun.
"You old hag, ugly freak, what right do you have to hit someone?”
Li Rongyan snorted coldly." Wretched girl, a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory. Hit me again!"”
When Nangong Zhuyi heard this, she quickly changed her course and begged for mercy in fear. She fawned over him,"I was wrong. I'm sorry! I was wrong, I beg the Empress Dowager to forgive me. The Empress Dowager is the most beautiful empress in the world. Even at fifty years old, she is still as beautiful as an eighteen year old girl. There is no empress in the harem that can compare to you, the Empress Dowager!”
Li Rongyan glanced at Nangong Zhuyi from the corner of his eyes, and his anger eased a little." Give it to me!”
"What is it?"
"Naturally, it's the thing that the old man gave you before he died.”
Nangong Zhuyi carefully looked at Li Rongyan, who was covered in powder that was thicker than the wall, and mocked her without fear of death."The late emperor only gave me two things. One is the Nine Phoenix Ring. He said that he must give it to Brother Yufeng. The other thing is this letter. You've read this letter, and there's nothing else.”
Li Rongyan glared at Nangong Zhuyi angrily.
Nangong Zhuyi hurriedly waved his hand." I didn't say that! This was what the late emperor said. If you want to give a slap, you should give it to the late emperor.”
Nangong Zhuyi's words were completely rejected. Li Rongyan was so angry that smoke was coming out of his head. He wanted to strangle her.
Calling her a cat or a dog, and even calling her old? She hated it when people called her old!
"Since it was the old man who said it, and you are the concubine that the old man made before he died, then go to hell and cry to him!" she said hatefully. Men, drag this little slut out and feed her to the dogs!”
Two eunuchs stepped forward to take Nangong Zhuyi away. Nangong Zhuyi was so anxious that he cried out and jumped.
"You damn old woman! No wonder the late emperor didn't like you and liked Brother Yufeng's mother. You're so narrow-minded, cruel, and jealous. Who do you think you are, keeping a man in your house? Wu Zetian? A woman like you is not qualified to be the Empress, let alone the Empress Dowager! You're ugly, you're a hag, you're the fiercest, cruelest old hag in the world!”
Nangong Zhuyi's words were like a few sharp blades that pierced Li Rongyan's heart. That was what Yan Shao had said about her back then. Although Yan Shao had no evidence of Consort Hui's death and could not find out Yan Jin's whereabouts, Yan Shao had expelled her from the palace with just two sentences, which were " lewd, jealous, cruel and murderous." Unexpectedly, these words came out of the mouth of a little girl today. What was even more unforgivable was that this little girl was Yan Shao's favorite concubine!
Li Rongyan was so angry that his entire body trembled." You wretched girl! Who taught you to say that? Are you a damned old man?"
"So what if I am?”Nangong Zhuyi puffed out her chest and shouted fearlessly. She secretly regretted saying so many good things about her just now. It was not enough to invite her 120 generations of Great-Grandma to come out and greet her!
"Whether it is or not, I will chop off your dog head today. Men! Drag her out and beat her into a pulp!" Li Rongyan was so angry that he wanted to kill Nangong Zhuyi.
The two eunuchs carried Nangong Zhuyi and were about to leave. "Yes, Empress Dowager."
At this moment, Yan He spoke,"Stop, put him down."”
Li Rongyan was stunned." Emperor, you…"
"Mother, you can't kill this girl, at least not now.”
"But didn't you hear what she said about me just now? She…"
Yan He stared at his mother coldly." If you don't want people to know, don't do it. If you didn't do it, would you be afraid of others saying it?”
Li Rongyan's face turned pale and he could not say a word.
Hearing this, Nangong Zhuyi was overjoyed. She was so happy that she jumped up and down." Yan Meng, I finally hear you speak like a human. You are the emperor!" How could the emperor have such an ugly and cruel mother, right?”
Yan He looked at Nangong Zhuyi coldly," Don't be happy! When I get the Nine Phoenix Ring, I will hand you over to Imperial Mother to deal with. At that time, she can decide how she wants to deal with you. But I can't kill you now because if you die, who will help me retrieve the Nine Phoenix Ring?”
Nangong Zhuyi's eyes widened." You want to use me to trick Brother Yufeng to come here so that you can get the Nine Phoenix Ring, right?"”
Yan He nodded without hiding anything. I said I want the Nine Phoenix Ring, so no matter what method I use, I must get it! Besides, now that I know Chu Yufeng is my brother, I want to meet him even more!”
Nangong Zhuyi was very nervous." What do you want to do to Brother Yufeng?"”
"What do you think?”
Nangong Zhu Yi might be timid, mischievous, or a little silly, but that didn't mean she was a fool who didn't know anything.
She immediately understood the meaning behind Yan Cui's words. She was so angry that she jumped up and pointed at Yan Cui's nose and scolded,"You're as bad as your mother! Twenty years ago, she tried to kill Yufeng but failed. Twenty years later, if your son wants to kill Yufeng, I'm telling you, I won't let you get what you want! I'd rather die than let you have the chance to harm Brother Yufeng!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Zhuyi rushed to the door and snatched the guard's sword. He immediately slashed it across his neck, but was stopped by the quick-witted Yan He.
He grabbed Nangong Zhuyi." Do you want to die? It's not that easy! Men, take her to the imperial prison. Unless it's my order, no one is allowed to…"
"Wait, emperor, mother has something to say to this girl!”Li Rongyan suddenly spoke and walked in front of Nangong Zhuyi. He said to her,"Girl, look into my eyes. I have something to ask you.”
Nangong Zhuyi angrily looked at Li Rongyan's eyes for a moment before turning his head away.
"Look into my eyes," said Li Rongyan.”
Nangong Zhuyi thought, I don't want to look into your eyes! Your eyes aren't as pretty as Yufeng's. Why should I look at your eyes?
However, for some reason, Nangong Zhuyi could not help but look at her even though she clearly did not want to look at her. And with one look, Nangong Zhuyi immediately felt that her eyes had an indescribable charm that made people reluctant to look away.
"Girl, what's your name?" Li Rongyan continued.”
Nangong Zhuyi said foolishly,"Nangong Zhuyi."”
"Alright, Nangong Zhuyi, you're very tired now, very tired. You don't have any strength in your body, you need to have a good sleep.”
Strangely, Nangong Zhuyi felt very tired after hearing her words and felt like sleeping. She immediately opened her small mouth and yawned loudly. Then, she broke free from Yan He's hand and lay down on the ground, falling asleep!
Yan He was dumbfounded." Mother, you…"
Li Rongyan smiled slightly." This is called the Mind Manipulation Technique. I used it to make Consort Hui, that slut, commit suicide."”
" Then this girl..." Yan Hun pointed at Nangong Zhuyi, who was sleeping soundly on the ground.
"You want to use her to attract Chu Yufeng, right? My precious son doesn't need to go through so much trouble. Mother can use him to kill Chu Yufeng for you and then get the Nine Phoenix Ring for you.”
Yan He was overjoyed." Mother, is this true?”
"When has Mother ever lied to you?"
"This child thanks mother!"
In the Pavilion of Petal and Sepal, Nangong Zhuyi walked around in boredom. She would touch the calligraphy on the wall for a while, then look at the antique vases on the table. She even went to take out a few books to read.
However, she, who had never had much of a relationship with books, hated these big characters. She either yawned or dozed off non-stop, almost lying on the table to play chess with the Duke of Zhou.
Hence, she began to let her imagination run wild again.
Why hadn't Brother Yufeng come to save her yet? She had been waiting for him here for so many days that her hair had turned white. All she could do was wander around the house and watch the ants fight. Why isn't Brother Yufeng here yet? Did Yang hurt Yufeng, so he couldn't come? No, Yang and Yufeng were good friends. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they were still good friends. Why would a good friend hurt a good friend?
Could it be that Brother Yufeng already knew that she was Nangong Wujiu's sister, so he was angry and didn't come to save her? No! Yufeng wasn't a narrow-minded person. Besides, he and Yang were very, very good friends! Knowing that she was his good friend's sister, he couldn't be happier. Why would he be angry? Then why hadn't Brother Yufeng come to save her? Did he not know that he was suffering?
In fact, it wasn't really suffering. Ever since she was hung upside down by Yan Hu and slapped twenty times by that old woman Li Rongyan, she hadn't suffered much. Even her three meals a day were sent by palace maids. However, she had always been playful and talkative. She was locked up in the lifeless Pavilion of Petal and Sepal, and she had no one to talk to. She was so bored that she almost went crazy. She hoped that Brother Yufeng would come and save her soon, but why didn't he come?
Nangong Zhuyi thought for the one thousand two hundred and thirty-fifth time in her heart. She squatted on the ground in boredom and grabbed two ants. She gathered them together and said to the innocent little thing,"Hey! The two of you, start fighting now! If you win, you can add more dishes at night! I'll give it a small piece of the leftover drumstick, so hurry up and fight!”
How could this ant understand what she was saying? The two ants touched each other with their antennae and immediately turned their heads to look for food.
Nangong Zhu Yi widened his eyes and shouted,"Didn't you hear me asking you to fight?" Fight, fight, fight! I love watching ants fight!”She stretched out her hand and held the two little ants together, forcing them to fight for her.
How could a poor little ant know how to fight? They bumped into each other again, then turned around and left.
Seeing this, Nangong Zhuyi became angry. She pointed at the little ant and shouted,"Idiot! You are the dumbest idiots in the world! Didn't you understand when I told you to fight? Hurry up and fight! Otherwise, I'll crush you to death…"
At this moment, a lazy voice came from the window.""If you can call ants to fight, then you can also call mosquitoes to gather nectar.”
Nangong Zhu Yi shouted angrily,"I want them to fight, so what?" Are you not convinced…"
She suddenly stopped talking and looked out the window. A handsome face was smiling at her. Who else could it be but Chu Yufeng, the man she had been thinking about day and night?
Nangong Zhuyi threw down the two ants and excitedly rushed to the window." Brother Yufeng, Brother Yufeng!”
Chu Yufeng jumped into the house and caught her soft body, pulling her into his arms.
"Zhu 'er, are you alright? Are you hurt? Did they do anything to you?"
Nangong Zhuyi buried her small face in front of Chu Yu's chest and sniffed the pleasant manly scent on his body. She said with great enjoyment,""Brother Yufeng, you smell so good! It was ten thousand times more fragrant than the incense that the ugly old woman had smoked.”
Chu Yufeng smiled." Idiot! There was only the smell of sweat on the man's body. Where was the fragrance? Tell me, are you hurt? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
Nangong Zhuyi nodded and then shook her head. She continued to lean on Chu Yufeng, hugging him tightly.
Chu Yufeng was confused." What's a nod? What is shaking your head?"
"If I nod, that rotten egg Yan Xiong would have asked someone to hang me upside down and force me to tell him where you are, but I didn't say anything! Also, that ugly old woman Li Rongyan ordered people to slap me twenty times. Look! Her face was still swollen!”
Chu Yufeng furrowed his brows and saw the finger marks on her cheeks.
He caressed her tenderly." It must be very painful, right?”
"Yes! It hurts! But I also worked hard to take revenge. I invited all her ancestors, especially her great-grandmother, to greet her!”
Chu Yufeng couldn't help but laugh." What about shaking his head?”
Nangong Zhuyi tilted her head." Shaking her head means that from that day onwards, they locked me up here. They didn't interrogate me or let me go. They locked me up here, causing me to be so bored that I could only watch ants fight every day. Brother Yufeng, are you alright? Did Big Brother hurt you? I saw him hit you that day. Are you hurt?”
Chu Yufeng shook his head." He won't hurt me. He just wants to borrow the Nine Phoenix Ring from me so he can meet my sister." Zhu 'er, do you have anything you want to take? If not, let's go! It would be very difficult to escape if someone found out.”
At this moment, Nangong Zhuyi did not move. She stood rooted to the ground in a daze, her face blank," Nine…Nine Phoenix Ring?”
"That's right! Wujiu only wanted to borrow the Nine Phoenix Ring because Big Sister had said that unless he could find all nine pieces of the Nine Phoenix Ring, otherwise he would never see him again.”
Nangong Zhuyi repeated the same sentence in a daze,""Nine Phoenix Ring?"
Chu Yufeng frowned. He realized that something was wrong with Nangong Zhuyi." Zhu 'er, what's wrong?"”
But Nangong Zhuyi still repeated,"Nine Phoenix Ring, Nine Phoenix Ring, Nine Phoenix Ring…"
"Zhu 'er, what's wrong? Did Yan Meng do something to you…"
Chu Yufeng stopped halfway.
He stared at Nangong Zhuyi in disbelief. He stared at the dagger that appeared out of nowhere in Nangong Zhuyi's hand. The dagger was currently stabbing into his body, and blood was flowing out.
"Zhu 'er, you…"
As for Nangong Zhuyi, she had no idea what she had done. She could only repeat in a daze,"Nine Phoenix Ring, I want to kill the person who owns the Nine Phoenix Ring! I want to kill the person who owns the Nine Phoenix Ring!”#
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