The Next Of Phoenix
Chapters 17. Again Because of Love
Xiao Mingyui had just returned home from the Palace after previously being Wu Zeyuan's interlocutor from noon to afternoon. The woman had not known anything regarding the news that the Emperor had just decided on some time ago.
As soon as he entered Xiao Wangfu, he saw Gu Lingchu looking very hasty. The man was slightly surprised when he saw the figure of Xiao Mingyui who had just returned from the Palace, he quickly bowed. "Greetings, your honor."
"Did Xiangqing do something?" xiao Mingyui asked, the article is that if Gu Lingchu looks very rushed and an unusual atmosphere appears in Xiao Wangfu, the sign will be that there will be an important event or activity carried out by Xiao Xiangqing.
Gu Lingchu nodded. "Eh ... The Prince was about to accompany the Crown Prince to the location of the landslide disaster around the foot of Lang Tao mountain."
Xiao Mingyui frowned deeply. "Companying the Crown Prince? The foot of Lang Tao mountain is already quite dangerous, but the Crown Prince wants to visit the disaster site when the wedding is about to be carried out??"
Gu Lingchu let out a thin sigh silently, he also did not know what the answer was. Hearing the information that Xiao Xiangqing was willing to accompany the Crown Prince alone had already left him quite surprised.
Xiao Mingyui quickly continued his footsteps towards the Xiao Xiangqing residence. His heart was secretly feeling uneasy, because his sister, the only family he had was about to go to a location close to Lang Tao mountain. Given that the child was going to accompany the Crown Prince, his heart grew even more worried. Xiao Mingyui knew of his sister's bad relationship with the Crown Prince, but he was also worried about official interference.
Xiao Mingyui directly entered without knocking on the door of Xiao Xiangqing's room, the look on his face looked quite bad.
Xiao Xiangqing who was packing his things personally into a bag turned his head quickly back in surprise.
"Jiejie? Holy jeez!" said the man, then clucked in annoyance. Xiao Xiangqing resumed his activity of stuffing things.
"You know what Lang Tao's mountain looks like, don't you? Fu qin and Mu qin always forbid us to go there, Xiangqing." Xiao Mingyui looked coldly at his sister, then walked up to Xiao Xiangqing and stopped right behind the man.
Xiao Xiangqing nodded, the man did not stop or turn his head, he kept his back on Xiao Mingyui. "I know, but ... what power? This is the Emperor's order."
"Emperor?" xiao Mingyui asked.
Xiao Xiangqing nodded. "Fang's official doesn't seem to like your marriage to the Crown Prince, therefore he's looking for a way to have your marriage postponed. The man asked the Crown Prince to check the location of the disaster and the conditions of the victims directly in the hope that your marriage will not be viewed as bad because it must hold a party amid the cries of the people. Then, the Emperor asked me to accompany the Crown Prince."
"You certainly know that behind it all has something else, don't you? Fang's official couldn't have let you guys just walk away and come back safely without the slightest pain." Xiao Mingyui stared increasingly fixedly at his sister.
Xiao Xiangqing nodded briefly. "I know."
Xiao Mingyui no longer spoke, the woman was now silent as she watched her sister prepare. It seemed that ..the schedule of their departure could not be changed by Xiao Mingyui, Xiao Xiangqing also seemed to have taken that decision very seriously.
Xiao Mingyui let out a thin sigh, then his right hand touched Xiao Xiangqing's shoulder. "Be careful, never be lured by a trap."
Xiao Xiangqing turned his head, his right hand moving back to Xiao Mingyui's touch with a faint smile. "Of course, Jiejie. Thank you very much."
Xiao Mingyui nodded briefly, after which turned around and walked out of the Xiao Xiangqing residence. His eyes grew colder, before long he glanced at Bingbing and said, "Prepare the best sweets Xiao Wangfu has, I will not visit Gu Furen tomorrow after the departure of Xiao Xiangqing and the Crown Prince."
Bingbing nodded obediently. "Okay, your honor."
Gu Furen, previously he was the personal bodyguard of the late Huang Mingxiang. She was one of the women of the two personal guards of Huang Mingxiang who accompanied her late mother down Lang Tao mountain. The woman was rarely seen after Huang Mingxiang died. Gu Furen's figure actually inspired Xiao Mingyui in studying martial arts. He said, the woman dared to plunge into the poisonous valley and fight with the legendary monsters. The woman who was full of high fighting spirit, Baili Ruyi.
The next day, after he had finished escorting Xiao Xiangqing and Gu Lingchu to accompany the Crown Prince, Xiao Mingyui quickly ordered the coachman to head for Gu Fu.
Arriving at Gu Fu, their butler quickly welcomed Xiao Mingyui's arrival and led the woman to Baili Ruyi's room.
"Right now Furen was usually cleaning up his martial tools, your highness. If you don't mind, you-" Unfinished butler Gu Fu spoke, suddenly a middle-aged woman's voice that still sounded solid was heard.
"Princess Mingyui?" The voice belonged to Baili Ruyi, but strangely after turning to the right and to the left, Xiao Mingyui's eyes did not find Baili Ruyi's figure. But when her eyes shot up, she was a little surprised to see Baili Ruyi standing on the roof of her residence with a full look on her.
Baili Ruyi jumped down, her movements were still very smooth and agile. Xiao Mingyui stared fixedly at Baili Ruyi, the woman had not changed much except for the growing small wrinkles.
Baili Ruyi stopped right in front of Xiao Mingyui, but after she landed perfectly, her forehead suddenly forgot and her right hand held her waist which felt an ache. "Akh-"
The butler quickly drew closer to Baili Ruyi, then clasped the woman's hand in order to have help to remain standing. "Furen, please be more careful. You are no longer young ...."
Baili Ruyi glared in annoyance. "Shut your mouth if you don't want me to fire!"
Baili Ruyi looked back at Xiao Mingyui, her lips immediately smiling brightly. "Aiya, what made Princess Mingyui visit this seedy Gu Fu?"
Xiao Mingyui smiled back. "Gu Furen is too low, Gu Fu is a very comfortable place. Ah ... I came here because I wanted to ask you something."
Baili Ruyi raised her left eyebrow at a glance. "About what?"
"Mount Lang Tao."
The look on Baili Ruyi's face instantly changed drastically when she heard Lang Tao's mountain name. His face became very serious, then he quickly turned around and tried to walk back into his room. "Let's talk inside, Princess Mingyui."
Xiao Mingyui did not refute, the woman followed Baili Ruyi's footsteps from behind. Arriving inside, he was welcome to sit face to face with Baili Ruyi, then the butler started pouring tea and providing snacks for the two of them.
"What does the princess want to know?" ask Baili Ruyi.
Xiao Mingyui who had been complacent with the interior of the Baili Ruyi room that was filled with weapons immediately awakened.
"I want to know what's inside Lang Tao's mountain. Gu Furen, you must have heard the news that my brother, Xiao Xiangqing, has been chosen by the Emperor to accompany the Crown Prince to check the location and victims of the landslide around the foot of Lang Tao mountain." Xiao Mingyui's and Baili Ruyi's facial expressions began to be just as serious.
Baili Ruyi smiled faintly. "Hearing the name of Lang Tao mountain really brought me a long nostalgia. That day I teamed up with Wangfei to deceive Wangye. Wangfei was about to go to Lang Tao mountain to find Wangye's antidote, we left without his permission and with Wangye's knowledge. It takes two days and two nights to reach the top of Lang Tao mountain. There are so many terrible monsters there."
Xiao Mingyui frowned. "What kind of monstrous monster?"
"Like anything. They have shapes that are difficult to explain, you will never have an approximate shadow of what they look like. They were all red-eyed, except for the Wolf that Wangye had told him about. The wolf was the only animal of Lang Tao mountain that had blue eyes, just like Wangye's eyes. However, the only monster there that I cannot forget is the Shenlong Dragon, he is the mythological creature that guards Lang Tao mountain. I climbed on top of his body with the other Wangfei to return to the foot of the mountain. The dragon seemed to hate Wangye a lot. Wait, why is Princess Mingyui so interested in this old story?"
Xiao Mingyui frowned, then replied, "You certainly know what the reason is, Gu Furen. It was possible that the rotten officials were indeed a trap for Xiangqing and the Crown Prince to enter the mountain."
Baili Ruyi smiled faintly again. "Then? You want to go there to save them?"
Xiao Mingyui nodded steadily. "Xiangqing is my only family, I would never be willing if he were to die silly on Lang Tao's mountain due to Fang's official reset."
Baili Ruyi chuckled lightly, then her eyes glanced in another direction while exhaling. "Had Fang Tianyao not retreated from the position of heir to the Fang family, there probably wouldn't currently be any powerful official with a rotten heart."
Xiao Mingyui agreed with Baili Ruyi's remark. Fang Tianyao, that man was once the true heir of the Fang family. But the man is willing to give up all his royal titles and wealth to marry the woman he loves, Yui.
Xiao Mingyui knew that Yui used to be one of his late mother's personal bodyguards just like Baili Ruyi. The woman turned out to be the Princess of the previous Dynasty, Princess Xue Yuilean. Their marriage is opposed by the entire Fang family out of concern for Yui's identity which he says threatens the current power of the Dynasty. They were afraid that from the marriage relationship Fang Tianyao and Yui would appear the person who supported the establishment of the old Dynasty again. Therefore, the Emperor gave a middle ground to the Fang family.
Fang Tianyao was allowed to marry Yui if the man willingly gave up his entire titles, wealth, and power as a noble, then lived far outside the Capital City. Unexpectedly, Fang Tianyao still chose his love over his entire luxurious life in the Capital City. The Fang family heir position was eventually replaced by his half-sister who was born from the womb of a concubine of the Fang family, namely Fang Jichang.
Fang Tianyao and Yui had already never appeared again in the Capital City after they married, Yui and Huang Mingxiang as well as Baili Ruyi who was in the Capital City had finally been cut off just like that.
Xiao Mingyui frowned again at the thought of this. Shit, again the big problem is there because of love. If Fang Tianyao back then did not attach much importance to love, then now the Empire's peaceful life would continue, even after both of his parents died.