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Chapter 32: Phoenix Willow | Trouble in the Imperial Palace

The third lady returned home and opened the secret silk given by Xinyu. The suspicious information: some unusual behavior of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

After she gave this silk to Fei Yunxiao and her father, the three of them felt heavy in their hearts.

On the third day, the palace reported that the emperor's condition was becoming more and more serious. The Queen Mother was furious and ordered the imperial guards to follow the eunuch A Jing and come to Tang Mansion to capture Feng Liu.

"Bold, you dare to stop our family from arresting people." Eunuch Ah Jing angrily scolded the guards of Tang Mansion.

Qin Wudao, the martial arts master of the Tang Mansion: Who is your father-in-law going to arrest? Whose order is he following?

Huh! Our family, following the order of the Queen Mother Zi, is here to capture the charlatan Feng Liu. Who are you? Please open it for our family, otherwise we will arrest you too!

Qin Wudao: Father-in-law, that Fengliu is not from the Tang Mansion. He has left long ago. Can you please leave, the Tang Mansion will be very grateful!

Where is the military bravery? Search it for us!

Yes, father-in-law.

Be brave! Get out of here, everyone.

Tang Shoufu came out of the inner courtyard and shouted angrily, shocking everyone present.

I would like to ask Eunuch Ah Jing, which of your eyes can see that Phoenix Willow in my house?

Please go back, I won't send it away.

Ah Jing: Mr. Tang, we hope you won’t stop Fengliu from being captured, otherwise...

Mr. Tang: What else? I say it again, please get out!

Haha, don’t blame our family, our family is also acting according to the order... Soldiers and brave men, search!

Humph, you can search Tangfu if you want!

Master Tang: Come here, beat them out!

Third Miss: Dad, this Ah Jing is too arrogant, we can’t let them leave like this.

Ah Jing, I have long disliked you. You are a dog-fighter!

Today I will teach you a lesson for some people, saying: Bang bang, give me two hot slaps...

When the leader of the Imperial Guard saw the third lady using force, he pulled out his sword and stabbed the third lady in the right arm.

The third lady quickly took a step back. More than a dozen soldiers also held weapons and attacked the third lady.

Ah Jing jumped furiously: How dare you attack our house? The Royal Guards obeyed the order, surrounded Tang Mansion, and captured everyone in Tang Mansion.

Today, our family is going to create a drama of the destruction of the powerful! Haha...

The third lady said: Haha, you evil dog, I have been looking for an opportunity to deal with you, this evil dog! Humph, just a few of you?

Her eyes were full of contempt, and then, the third lady raised her green-white hand. Her fingertips circled, and several balls of ice flame flew over...

Lord Tang quickly scolded: "Tang Yuan, be careful!"

But it was too late, A-Jing had already been hit by several ice bone spurs from Third Miss. As soon as the bone spurs penetrated the skin, there was a "squeaking" sound immediately, which made A-Jing grin his teeth in pain.

But he was still there, shouting fiercely: Do you Tang family... all want to... die? Tang Size, if you want to... rebel, our family... will help you today! Soldiers are brave, go ahead...

He ordered others to go up, but he wanted to escape.

The third lady suddenly flashed at the gate and stopped Ah Jing who was about to escape.

At this time, Fei Yunxiao came over. He glanced sideways at Ah Jing and smiled. That smile was really evil, Eunuch Ah Jing? You have lived in the palace for too long and are too tired. Please find another place to rest!

The third young lady said: Master, leave this to my disciple. Humph! You evil thing...

In the secret room of Tang Mansion, Feng Liu was treating Fei Zixiao. Plus today, Fei Zixiao had received treatment for eight days.

Feng Liu had just finished pricking her thirty-six acupuncture points. When he went out to drink tea, he saw the third lady escorting A Jing into the secret room.

When Ah Jing saw Feng Liu, he still yelled: Feng Liu, you are about to die...

Bang, the third lady slapped Ah Jing on his fat face. Then she kicked him a few more times. Ah Jing screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

In the secret room, Fei Yunxiao looked at Ah Jing coldly.

His thoughts were confused, and the distant trumpet sound of history seemed to still be in his ears...

His imperial grandfather was Shangguan Yin, the Taizu of the Northern Tang Dynasty. He pacified Jiangcheng, Taikang, Xiuzhou... After that, he established the capital of Yingzhou and created the Shangguan family's heyday.

When he ascended the throne, Shangguan Yin was over sixty years old. There were only two wives in his palace. Queen Wang gave birth to three daughters.

Concubine Li gave birth to two sons and two daughters.

Later, the royal family encountered difficulties when selecting a successor. The queen had no sons, so she gave the title of crown prince to the eldest son of Concubine Li, Shangguan Su. He was also known as Prince Bao, and was later renamed Prince Su.

Prince Su's younger brother Shangguan Yi has been smart and capable since he was a child. He is good at martial arts and average in literature.

Shangguan Su, on the other hand, was physically weak but loved culture. He was familiar with astronomy, geography, and history.

The imperial grandfather Shangguan Yin reigned for fifteen years. The first eight years can be said to be the period of great success of the Tianding Dynasty. The world was peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

In the following years, the emperor's grandfather Shangguan Yin was obsessed with immortality and practiced alchemy in the palace. He left the government affairs to the traitor Wei Yinfeng and his party, ignored the government affairs and became extremely stupid.

Later, the emperor's grandfather believed the slander and killed his brothers who had helped him conquer the country, including the meritorious ministers Xu Gou, Song Qingzhang, Zhu Yili and many other generals.

This move made people panic, and all the ministers in the DPRK were very disappointed, so they knelt together outside the Guangming Hall and kowtowed repeatedly to express their grievances.

The crown prince Shangguan Su was anxious, so he tried to mediate and advise. He also wrote a memorial to his father, who was honest in government, measured rewards and punishments, and treated his ministers well. Unexpectedly, the emperor Shangguan Yin had been deceived by treacherous ministers. The prince's advice was also harsh to the ears.

In addition, Wei Yinfeng repeatedly instigated the old emperor, making his father suspicious and disgusted with Shangguan Su. He believed that he was unfilial, corrupted the imperial court, and was alienated from himself.

Soon after, the old emperor Shangguan Yin deposed Prince Su in the tenth year of the Tianding Dynasty on the grounds that the prince Shangguan Su was not persistent in doing things, had no integrity in government affairs, had lost the royal spirit, and had contrary political views.

In the next few years, Shangguan Yin's energy declined and he was unable to govern the country.

Shangguan Su, the deposed prince, did not give up his studies of self-cultivation and state governance. During the three years after he was deposed, he also wrote a masterpiece "Guidelines for Governing the Country".

It fully demonstrated Shangguan Su's extraordinary wisdom and noble virtues. In the thirteenth year of Tianding, he was supported by the ministers, his voice dominated the government and the public, he reprimanded the old emperor, and strongly demanded the restoration of the prince's power to supervise the country.

Therefore, in the autumn of the thirteenth year of the Tianding Dynasty, Prince Shangguansu resumed the power to govern the country. Two years later, the old emperor died. Prince Shangguansu officially ascended the throne and changed his reign name to Tiantai.

After ascending the throne, Shangguan Su was diligent in government affairs and cautious in handling affairs. He did everything personally and devoted himself to the people of the world.

In the eighth year of Tiantai's reign, Shangguan Su suffered from dizziness and eye disease. The palace doctors tried their best to treat him, but his condition became more and more serious. In the ninth year of Tiantai's reign, he finally became ill.

At that time, Shangguan Su's son Shangguan Xian was just six years old. He had been granted the title of Crown Prince of Tiantai Dynasty.

Shangguan Su devoted himself to serving the people and benefiting the common people. For the sake of government affairs, the rise and fall and stability of the country.

Tiantai Emperor Shangguan Su did not hesitate to enthrone his younger brother Shangguan Yi.

On the third day of winter in the same year, Shangguan Yi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changing the name to Tiansheng Dynasty.

After taking office, Shangguan Yi was worried that his brother's son Shangguan Xian would come back to fight for the imperial power when he grew up.

On the pretext of leaving the palace to seek medical treatment for Shangguan Su, he moved his eldest brother's family to Changlin Mansion in the northeast, thousands of miles away from Kyoto.

In this way, not long after moving, Shangguan Su died of illness. And his son Shangguan Xian has been living among the people since then.

In the tenth year of Tiansheng's reign, Shangguan Xian met the Holy Lord of the Western Regions, Huan Kong, in Changlin Mansion. Holy Lord Huan Kong felt that Shangguan Xian had extraordinary talents and welcomed him as his disciple.

After ten years of training, Holy Master Huan Kong taught Shangguan Xian a wordless heavenly book and the secret technique "All Things are Extremely Empty".

Shangguan Xian relied on "all phenomena are extremely empty" and practiced diligently in the vast land, and his kung fu improved day and night.

Ten years later, he founded Tianshan Qimen Jue and practiced hard for twenty years. Finally, he achieved great success and changed his name to Fei Yunxiao.

In the seventh year of Tiansheng's reign, a world martial arts competition was held in Kyoto, and Fei Yunxiao won with his peerless martial arts "Wanxiang Jikong".

Ranked number one in martial arts in the world, although the world is unpredictable, Fei Yunxiao has become a world-famous sect leader

Looking back on the past, Fei Yunxiao's growth path was quite difficult. And the Shangguan Yi family in the imperial city of Kyoto had long forgotten how they got the throne.

Not to mention caring for Shangguan Xian, the son of his eldest brother Shangguan Su. The family ties in the royal family are really thinner than paper. This saying is perfect when applied to the Shangguan family.

In the secret room, Fei Yunxiao squinted at Ah Jing: Do you know who this sect is?

Ada rolled his eyes. He felt that this person was very popular and extremely cool and arrogant.

Feeling weak in his heart, he said timidly: Sect Master, please let me go. I will never tell lies when I go back. I have never met the great Sect Master.

The third young lady said: Father-in-law, do you mean to let us let you go, and then you will lead troops to arrest you?

No, no, I don’t dare. When I go back, I will persuade the Queen Mother not to cause trouble to Mr. Fengliu anymore.

This sect asks you something, you have to tell me honestly, maybe this sect will let you go!

Sect Master, if you ask, your servant must know everything.

Okay, listen. I will ask you one by one, and you must tell the truth:

First, how did Shangguan Ding plan to usurp the throne when he was in Jizhou?

Ah, I don’t know the humble position of the sect leader...

The third lady said: Really? You have to tell me honestly, otherwise.

The third lady made a clicking motion.

Okay, I'll tell you what I know.

Well, then tell me.

Back then, alas... this matter took a long time, maybe it could last until the birth of the two princes.

Originally the two princes had a very good relationship, but the queen and the concubine were at odds with each other.

Both empresses wanted their sons to be crown princes.

The third young lady said: Hasn’t the position of the Crown Prince been decided a long time ago? Why should we fight for it?

The girl doesn't know that as long as she doesn't ascend the throne, there are millions of variables.

The queen has a kind heart and doesn't have much scheming.

As for Concubine Zi Gui, she had so many scheming thoughts that she couldn't even count them nine hundred and ninety-nine times.

Okay, do you know what background this old witch has?

Sect Master, this slave really doesn’t know...

Do you want me to remind you a little bit?

Yes, I remind you, do you know about the concubine’s laughter?

Oh, girl, that concubine’s smile is the flesh and blood on the emperor’s heart.

Then he disappeared inexplicably, and I don’t know what happened?

Then do you still remember the two items you brought and gave to dad last time?

Girl, I know this, but those two items were given to Tang Shoufu by the Queen Mother.

Fei Yunxiao said: What did the Queen Mother say?

Ah Jing said: The Queen Mother told me to use these two objects to distract the Chief Assistant and divert His attention. She has more important things to arrange. But the servant did not know...

What are you doing to hold the chief minister back?

Oops, slave, slave really deserves to die...

The servant only heard about it. He said that the concubine's smile was from the prime minister of the Northern Desert, the daughter of the concubine Ru Tie. I really don't know the specific situation...

Because the Queen Mother was worried that she was a cheat, she detained her. Unexpectedly, she was kidnapped.

Originally, the Queen Mother wanted to use the concubine's smile to blackmail the Emperor.

Why threaten the emperor?

This slave doesn't know even more...

Then how many troops did you mobilize from Jizhou to murder Shangguanzi?

Sect Master, the troops back then were all arranged by the Queen Mother.

At that time, the servant also felt strange. I had never seen these people and horses before. Moreover, their accent did not seem to be the language of our Northern Tang Dynasty.

This sect knows that Queen Mother Zi is not from the Northern Tang Dynasty.

Ah, this slave really doesn't know.

So where is the Queen Mother from?

The third lady said: This has nothing to do with you.

Yes, the slave is talking too much.

Fei Yunxiao said: Then do you remember what those people were called back then? What did they look like?

Sect Master, I only saw two of them. The others were wearing black clothes, black trousers, and black veils.

One is the vulture monk. On his shoulder stands a red-billed eagle all year round.

One is a Taoist nun from Nanshan named Xuelianzi, who is the sworn sister of the Queen Mother.

Oh, the prince has been sleeping, do you know what's going on?

This servant only knows that the prince is in coma because he drank a medicine called Xi Ling San from Nanqiang.

The Queen Mother confessed that this medicine is very toxic and can cause muscle atrophy and mental collapse. Taking it once every three days can make the patient enter a state of frozen age.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Who provided this medicine?

Ah Jing said: It is probably Nanshan Taoist nun Xue Lianzi, because the slave often receives the Taoist nun at night. Moreover, the Taoist nun is very powerful in martial arts and can fly over walls and fly over walls.

Feng Liu came in and said: Yes, it is this kind of poison. The emperor is now poisoned by the same poison.

Fei Yunxiao said: Oh? So, this medicine has already appeared in the palace.

Fengliu said: Yes, you must know the person in the palace who is capable of poisoning, Ah Jing.

Ah Jing had a fat face as he cried, his head shaking constantly.

Fei Yunxiao said: "Guess, let's ignore those who dare to murder Shangguanzi for now. What about the emperor?"

Ah Jing's forehead was immediately covered with sweat. He shook his head in horror, no way... they are mother and son!

Everyone present shuddered!

Fei Yunxiao carried A Jing to Shangguan Zi's couch, and A Jing knelt down in fright.

It was also the first time for Feng Liu to see the prince. He felt his pulse and said: Yes, the poison is the same, it is Xi Ling San.

Ah Jing said: Prince, this slave is guilty and was forced to do nothing at the beginning. Ugh...

In the palace, Queen Mother Zi lost her temper:

Little Chengzi, go to Tang Mansion and have a look. Why doesn't that damn A-Jing return to the palace?

In the night, on the brightly lit Zhuque Street and in the private room of Zixiang Building, an unfamiliar guest came.

The madam Zui Yichun was leading a beauty with exquisite facial features, waist and hips to the man's room.

The subordinates pay their respects to the prince.

Well, get up. Does Goldfinger have any clues?

Report to the prince, his subordinates are searching.

The man said sinisterly: No matter how high the price is, I will get it. Do you understand?

I saw that the woman's face was in embarrassment. Your Majesty, your subordinates will search for her as soon as possible...

Well, I hope you can get the results within three days.

Three days? My lord, I’m afraid three days won’t work...

Huh? I saw that man's red-gold eyes staring as brightly as copper bells, and it was as cold as a bone.

The woman had no choice but to give up. Well, my subordinates will leave first.

After the two people finished talking, they moved in two directions, one left and one right.

The next day, Xiao Chengzi came to the Tang Mansion. This eunuch was much smarter than Ah Jing. He entered in the name of visiting Lord Tang. Although the guards knew his purpose, they had to report it.

In the front hall, Mrs. Tang and Mr. Tang received Little Chengzi together.

Mrs. Tang said: Father Chengzi, why are you here?

Little Chengzi glanced at Master Tang and his wife, and said politely: Madam, Eunuch A-Jing, are you still at the house?

Oh, Ah Jing? I've never been here before, Master Tang replied.

Is Mr. Fengliu still at home?

Then there is no need for this. Mr. Fengliu is a famous doctor who has traveled all over the world. How can he stay in Tangfu if he has no connection with him?

Didn’t the Empress Dowager invite him into the palace? Why, he’s not in the palace?

Xiao Chengzi looked around and found that the Tang Mansion was indeed quiet, so he couldn't continue to ask further questions.

Well, I'm sorry to bother you, Madam. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now.

Okay, I'll send you off to my father-in-law. Could you please give me my regards to the Queen Mother on behalf of Tang?

Xiao Chengzi left Tang Mansion and went directly to Prime Minister Zi's Mansion.

The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately welcomed Xiao Chengzi in.

In the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zibida was wearing a black brocade robe. He was about sixty years old, with a pale complexion and high cheekbones. He looked at Little Chengzi with a pair of eagle eyes.

Xiao Chengzi paid homage to the Prime Minister. He also looked at the Prime Minister and expressed his acceptance, then presented a small lacquered gold box with both hands.

Well, why did you come all of a sudden? Is there something going on in the palace?

The Prime Minister is not well. The Emperor's illness was discovered, and the Queen Mother was extremely anxious. She ordered the servants to come and quickly invite the Prime Minister to the palace for discussion.

Who discovered it?

I would like to report to the Prime Minister that three days ago, Na Fengliu came into the palace to diagnose and treat the emperor. Unexpectedly, this man had some skills and discovered the cause of the emperor's illness.

Oh? Who is this Fengliu and where is he now? Tell me quickly.

(To be continued)

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