The Next Of Phoenix
Chapter 42. Visiting Wu Guifei

Xiao Mingyui opened his eyes slowly, his entire body ached. Taking a slow sitting posture, he stared at his quiet room. Great Envoy, that man seems to have left. Xiao Mingyui did not recall any incident after he woke up from a dream 'given' by the Great Envoy, which he remembered after waking up, he was in the arms of the Great Envoy. Next, he remembered nothing more.

Xiao Mingyui got off her bed, then walked towards the mirror. When looking at his reflection in the mirror, his forehead frowned deeply. Both of her eyes were very puffy, jeez .. It seemed like she cried for quite a long time last night.

Before long a knocking sound rang out, Bingbing as usual came to help her bathe and prepare. He did not have a special schedule today, yet it seemed like he would still visit the Palace to meet Wu Guifei and Lu Fei after seeing the condition of the woman's body getting worse.

As soon as he entered, Bingbing who saw Xiao Mingyui's moist eye condition did not dare to comment anything. The woman was educated in order to respect her employer's privacy, so she wouldn't ask much before Xiao Mingyui himself told the story.

"Are you going to visit the palace today?" bingbing asked to ascertain what clothes Xiao Mingyui would wear.

Xiao Mingyui nodded. "Yes, prepare warm water also to compress my eyelids."

"Good."

Xiao Mingyui quickly prepared, as Bingbing helped her, Xiao Mingyui was busy imagining the dream that the Great Envoy had given her. He cannot be sure whether in the dream it is a real event that occurs in his subconscious, or just a dream and has no other meaning than to entertain his longing. If he were to meet the Great Envoy again, Xiao Mingyui would like to confirm this.

After he finished preparing, Xiao Mingyui hurriedly walked out towards Xiao Wangfu's front yard. She was wearing pink and blue hanfu, looking very sweet. There was a hairpin of a small pink orchid flower on his head, not to forget he was also wearing a white jade hairpin left by his mother.

"Wangye's gone?" xiao Mingyui asked the servant who was working in Xiao Wangfu's front yard.

The servant nodded, then bowed towards Xiao Mingyui. "Yes, your honor. Wangye had left when the sun had just appeared, he advised that you should not wait for him to return."

Xiao Mingyui nodded briefly, before he boarded the horse carriage, Xiao Mingyui said, "I don't know who will be going home first. If Wangye returns before I return, tell her that I went to the Palace to meet Wu Guifei and visit Lu Fei."

"Okay, your honor."

After being inside the carriage, the carriage immediately drove out from Xiao Wangfu towards the Palace. With a face as flat and calm as ever, Xiao Mingyui sat inside his carriage while occasionally glancing out the window.

Arriving at the Palace, the woman immediately got off the carriage assisted by Bingbing. Private eunuch Wu Zeyuan came over to Xiao Mingyui to escort him inside. Xiao Mingyui chose to meet Wu Zeyuan first.

"You know where the Crown Prince is?" xiao Mingyui asked as he walked following the very eunuch.

The eunuch replied softly. "The noble one is accompanying the emissaries of the Western Empire and the Southeast Huan Kingdom, the noble one. They were gathered in the main Pavilion of the Palace."

Xiao Mingyui nodded briefly, after which he did not ask anything more. As soon as she reached Wu Zeyuan's room, the woman was embroidering the handkerchief gracefully.

"Morang." Xiao Mingyui bowed towards Wu Zeyuan, the woman gracefully raised her head and smiled towards Xiao Mingyui.

Xiao Mingyui smiled back, then sat down beside Wu Zeyuan and watched the embroidery of the woman. The embroidery was dragon-shaped, there was the Emperor's name 'Xiao Jihuang' in the lower corner of the handkerchief.

"This handkerchief is for the Emperor's majesty?" xiao Mingyui asked.

Wu Zeyuan nodded, his lips smiling as he continued to embroider. "Yes, I'm happy to make something by engraving the Emperor's name."

Xiao Mingyui smiled faintly. "A very sweet thing. You both seem to love each other."

Wu Zeyuan nodded. "Of course, I loved the Emperor so much from the very beginning that I went through the selection of concubines at a very young age."

"Have you never been bothered with another Emperor's wife?" xiao Mingyui asked curiously, his eyes watching Wu Zeyuan's face deeply.

Wu Zeyuan chuckled. "Bothered? You mean jealous? Of course ... never, but I choose not to think too much about it. It has been my destiny to be the wife of the Emperor, and it has been my husband's destiny to become an Emperor and to have many wives. Seeing him share his attention and time with the other woman before me, I would not avoid that I was jealous. But it doesn't matter as long as she manages to prove that I'm the only woman in her heart and will be the wife she's most favored."

Xiao Mingyui frowned slightly. If Wu Zeyuan was the only woman in Xiao Jihuang's heart, then why did the man not hold Wu Zeyuan up as her 'Huanghou' until now? It was as if he still loved the late Rong Huanghou who committed a major crime. Moreover, the Emperor also never revoked the title 'Huanghou' from his executed wife.

Wu Zeyuan who saw a flash of confusion on Xiao Mingyui's face chuckled, then said, "There are many things that might be your question regarding this complicated relationship, right? Look, Mingyui, the Emperor is a very good person. He appreciates the slightest kindness. The late Rong Huanghou was actually a good woman, but due to the negative encouragement of her family at the time, she became blind. The Emperor retained his title because of the sincere feelings that the late Rong Huanghou had for him. Although the people labeled him as the worst Huanghou in the history of the Empire, in the eyes of the Emperor he was a lonely Huanghou. I personally agree with the Emperor's opinion, so I never once urged the Emperor to give me the title 'Huanghou'."

Xiao Mingyui nodded his head in understanding, because of this he pensively pensively for a moment. Wu Zeyuan, who noticed Xiao Mingyui daydreaming, immediately poked at the tip of the woman's life, saying, "If you become the Crown Prince's official wife, promise me to be a good and responsible Huanghou."

Xiao Mingyui smiled faintly, nodding again. "Of course, aunt. Why do you seem to doubt Mingyui?"

Wu Zeyuan laughed softly. "Yes, it's not like that. I just want to give you motivation and passion because we have a husband with a similar destiny. Successor to the throne."

Xiao Mingyui chuckled. "All right, I promise."

Xiao Mingyui accompanied Wu Zeyuan to speak until the woman finished embroidering. As soon as he finished, Xiao Mingyui resigned herself to having to visit Lu Fenghua.

In the middle of the journey, Xiao Mingyui had briefly passed through the main pavilion of the Palace. There he saw Xiao Jihuang talking to two important messengers. Not only the three of them, there were two other officials who joined there.

But Xiao Mingyui's left eyebrow was slightly raised when he saw Xiao Jiwang's coat fitted perfectly in the Southeast Huan kingdom's daughter, Xie Wanting.

"Your highness?" Bingbing resuscitated Xiao Mingyui after a long period of silence while looking at the main pavilion.

Xiao Mingyui regained his senses, the woman with her usual flat-faced look resumed her footsteps. "I was a little dreamy. Come, meet Lu Fei Niangniang."