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“Lord Wu, you worry too much. Our country is fortunate as the colorful phenix shows up, and this is a great event once in thousands of years, so we don’t dare to neglect it,” Shi Qingxue answered in a warm voice.
Yelü Anchen stated impatiently, “Cut the crap. You just tell me directly when you can let me see the colorful phenix.”
Seeing that Yelü Anchen was distracted by Shi Qingxue and didn’t mention that the colorful phenix had died, Mo Xiangbin was overjoyed and still wanted to temporize. “Prince, calm down. I can let you see the colorful phenix sooner or later, but before we choose a lucky day, we need the Bureau of Astronomy to ask God. We can’t be rash. How about you…”
Yelü Anchen snorted and asked straightforwardly, “Your Majesty, do you think we are idiots and easy to fool? I tell you. If we can’t get the information about seeing the colorful phenix, we won’t go back today!”
Wu Yalei nodded in a hurry and prevented Mo Xiangbin from saying the next reason. “If you really need to ask God, just tell the people from the Bureau of Astronomy to come now. It won’t take a lot of time, right?”
Mo Xiangbin had no room for maneuver and was speechless again.
Shi Qingxue immediately replied, “Prince Yelü, Prince Haoran, please don’t be anxious. His Majesty certainly doesn’t want to waste your valuable time, so he has told the director of the Bureau of Astronomy earlier to ask God and predict, but the message hasn’t been sent here.”
After speaking, she paused for a while and looked at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang understood and nodded at her. Then he turned around and walked outside.
Xia Mang was waiting outside. Seeing Mo Junyang, she secretly put a note in his hand.
Mo Junyang opened it and frowned after seeing the words on the note. He stood there for a long while.
Mo Xiangbin didn’t know what would happen, and he was anxious and confused. He couldn’t help but shout, “Junyang.”
Mo Junyang conveniently screwed up the note and put it in his sleeve before returning to the imperial study.
Meeting Mo Xiangbin’s nervous eyes, Mo Junyang said casually, “The Bureau of Astronomy has predicted, and the result comes out. The noon tomorrow is the best time to worship the colorful phenix. Everyone, if you want to see its true colors, you can come to the imperial garden at noon tomorrow. Then you will know what it looks like.”
As the first reaction, Yelü Anchen thought it was impossible and Mo Junyang was lying.
Seeing that the people from the Mo Country didn’t turn back unless knocking into the wall, Yelü Anchen didn’t hide anymore.
He shouted directly, “The colorful phenix was killed by you, but you said without shame that we could see it tomorrow. Do you think that we can be fooled easily?”
“What? The colorful phenix has died?” Zhao Haoran asked loudly in surprise and could hardly accept the change.
Yelü Anchen nodded and raised his chin at Mo Junyang with provocation. “Right, the colorful phenix was killed by the people from the Mo Country. They desecrate the holy bird and try to hide it from us. They just don’t take us seriously…”
“Prince Yelü, please speak with caution,” Mo Junyang indifferently interrupted Yelü Anchen.
He was not afraid of Yelü Anchen and continued coldly, “The holy bird is raised well in my mansion. You have never seen it, but you talked about its life and death groundlessly. It’s fine if it’s true, but if the colorful phenix is in an accident because of your indiscreet remarks, perhaps you can’t take the responsibility.”
“You!” Yelü Anchen hadn’t expected that Mo Junyang would put the blame on him with just a few words. He was scared and furious.
But he was clumsy and unable to retort, so he was going to lose temper.
Wu Yalei took the risk once more that Yelü Anchen would get back at him later and stepped forward to grab their prince’s arm, interrupting, “Your Excellency, you spoke so strongly. It’s just that our prince is worried after hearing that the colorful phenix was killed, so he asked. After all, you always hide it and don’t let us see it. It’s no wonder that we would have this suspicion.”
Mo Junyang didn’t mind and expressed, “We will know the truth tomorrow. You can’t wait one day, everyone?”
Yelü Anchen couldn’t even wait fifteen minutes longer, but Wu Yalei tried hard to hint him from behind, so this prince had to cease fire.
He waved his sleeves and left even without saying goodbye to Mo Xiangbin.
However, Mo Xiangbin and Ling Ruiyin in the imperial study sighed with relief in unison and didn’t pay attention to the trifle. They just asked Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang, “How could you agree to let them see the colorful phenix?”
Shi Qingxue comforted them, “Your Majesties, Yelü Anchen already knows that the colorful phenix has died, and it will be pointless if we try to cheat them. Instead, it would only make the people from the other two countries believe his words.
“Under the situation, we can make them shut up only after showing them the colorful phenix.”
Mo Xiangbin had a headache and asked anxiously, “But the colorful phenix has died. What can we show him tomorrow?”
Didn’t they dig their own graves?
“No. I can let them see the flying colorful phenix tomorrow.” Shi Qingxue showed certainty on her face and was determined to make it.
Mo Xiangbin was joyful, but soon he was in doubt.
The colorful phenix was not any other bird, and they couldn’t find a similar one randomly to cheat them.
Even though they could fool Yelü Anchen and the others who had never seen the colorful phenix, they couldn’t capture a parrot or mynah and say that it was the colorful phenix.
“Can you make the colorful phenix come back to life?” Mo Xiangbin looked at Shi Qingxue doubtfully.
Shi Qingxue smiled and shook her head, but she didn’t explain. She just said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, don’t worry. With His Excellency’s help, we won’t let you down.”
As he heard Mo Junyang’s name, more trust was shown in Mo Xiangbin’s eyes.
But he still asked Ling Ruiyin cautiously, “Mother, what’s your opinion?”
“I specially told Qingxue to come because I know that she can share your worries. Just leave this matter to the young generation.”
Hearing that, Mo Xiangbin didn’t say more. “This case is related to our country’s safety. I will leave it to you. Don’t disappoint me!”
After telling them everything relevant, Mo Xiangbin supported Ling Ruiyin’s arm and went to her residence.
From beginning to end, he didn’t give a glance at Mo Yuzhen.
Mo Yuzhen didn’t plead him unexpectedly but remained silent all the time. She was unusually quiet.
After a while, she asked Shi Qingxue in a deep voice, “Was everything caused by my brother?”
The Liang Country pushed hard and almost forced Mo Xiangbin into despair. And the Zhao Country and Wei Country cast covetous eyes from behind, ready for any fight.
Before that, Mo Yuzhen didn’t expect that the colorful phenix’s life and death were so significant. She even thought that her father made a fuss about it.
But now she couldn’t say that.
After asking, Mo Yuzhen even felt too ashamed to demand an answer from Shi Qingxue. As soon as she finished her words, she lowered her head and left with shame.
Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang were left, standing face to face.
Shi Qingxue tried to be the first to speak. “I didn’t want to get involved, but the Empress Dowager told me to do so. She has said that she hopes I can figure out a way to show the colorful phenix to the public for a short while.
“I can’t disobey her order.”
She blinked to show that she was innocent.
Mo Junyang pursed his lips all the time. Hearing Shi Qingxue’s explanation, he looked calm after being angry and just asked, “What’s your solution for tomorrow?”
“Gee? You don’t have a solution?” Shi Qingxue tilted her head in doubt and asked in reply, “Why did you agree with me just now?”
Shi Qingxue thought that they could cooperate with a tacit understanding because Mo Junyang had a solution and echoed her.
Mo Junyang looked indifferent and just stared at Shi Qingxue, without explaining or speaking.
Shi Qingxue met his eyes for a minute and then looked away awkwardly.
She lowered her head and asked in a muffled voice, “What do you mean?”
Mo Junyang was unable to reply.
He couldn’t explain to her that it was because he trusted and indulged her unconditionally.
He looked down and saw Qingxue’s spinous hair stick.
Mo Junyang couldn’t help but raise his hand. When he was about to put it on Qingxue’s head, he restrained his urge to rub her hair. Then he withdrew his hand.
He asked to evade the crucial point, “What do I need to do tomorrow?”
At the mention of the issue tomorrow, Shi Qingxue was distracted at once and looked serious, responding, “I need a person with skillful martial arts to help me do something, and then…”
At noon next day, the envoys from the Liang, Zhao and Wei countries gathered in the imperial garden and waited for the colorful phenix to show up.
Shi Qingxue asked everybody to sit in the seats in the north of the imperial garden and then told some people to carry the bird cage to the platform, away from the crowd.
The bird cage was still covered with a black heavy cloth and nobody could see what was inside.
Then more than ten servants ran to cover around the platform with a big black cloth.
It was more than one meter high. Even though the auditoria were tall, all people sat there and couldn’t see clearly what was around the platform.
Yelü Anchen instantly protested, “Didn’t you say that you would show the colorful phenix to us? Now it is surrounded, and what can we see? Will we hear you chirp like a bird?”
He thought that Shi Qingxue planned to make a bird chirp several times to fool them, so he exposed her without mercy.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t nervous but mentioned the Bureau of Astronomy as the excuse again, saying, “This is what the Bureau of Astronomy asked us to do. Anyway, the colorful phenix is the holy bird and we certainly should be careful, right?”
Yelü Anchen couldn’t outargue Shi Qingxue and became angry from shame.
He put down the cup heavily and said coldly, “Huh, I am going to see what trick you can play.
“Don’t think that I have never seen the colorful phenix so you can fool me. I have read the book About the Qin Continent carefully, and it mentions the colorful phenix’s appearance and habits clearly.”
They randomly caught a pheasant and tried to say that it was a phenix, but he could not be fooled so easily.
Shi Qingxue shrugged and winked at Mo Junyang. The latter nodded and summoned Wei Zichao before whispering in his ear.
Wei Zichao listened to the order with a straight face, and his expression didn’t change. The others couldn’t guess what Mo Junyang had told him from his face.
After that, Wei Zichao found two powerful and burly men dressed in black clothes and told them to stand on both sides of the bird cage.
Loud music suddenly appeared and resounded in the platform, coming into all people’s ears.
All of them seemed to hear a bird dancing in the enthusiastic performance around the platform.
The sun hung in the sky at noon.
It was dazzling and scorching.
A lot of people sat in the stands.
Even though there were umbrellas above their heads, affected by the loud sound, they got impatient inevitably under the sun.
Even Mo Xiangbin couldn’t help but ask Shi Qingxue, “When will the colorful phenix come out?”
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“Lord Wu, you worry too much. Our country is fortunate as the colorful phenix shows up, and this is a great event once in thousands of years, so we don’t dare to neglect it,” Shi Qingxue answered in a warm voice.
Yelü Anchen stated impatiently, “Cut the crap. You just tell me directly when you can let me see the colorful phenix.”
Seeing that Yelü Anchen was distracted by Shi Qingxue and didn’t mention that the colorful phenix had died, Mo Xiangbin was overjoyed and still wanted to temporize. “Prince, calm down. I can let you see the colorful phenix sooner or later, but before we choose a lucky day, we need the Bureau of Astronomy to ask God. We can’t be rash. How about you…”
Yelü Anchen snorted and asked straightforwardly, “Your Majesty, do you think we are idiots and easy to fool? I tell you. If we can’t get the information about seeing the colorful phenix, we won’t go back today!”
Wu Yalei nodded in a hurry and prevented Mo Xiangbin from saying the next reason. “If you really need to ask God, just tell the people from the Bureau of Astronomy to come now. It won’t take a lot of time, right?”
Mo Xiangbin had no room for maneuver and was speechless again.
Shi Qingxue immediately replied, “Prince Yelü, Prince Haoran, please don’t be anxious. His Majesty certainly doesn’t want to waste your valuable time, so he has told the director of the Bureau of Astronomy earlier to ask God and predict, but the message hasn’t been sent here.”
After speaking, she paused for a while and looked at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang understood and nodded at her. Then he turned around and walked outside.
Xia Mang was waiting outside. Seeing Mo Junyang, she secretly put a note in his hand.
Mo Junyang opened it and frowned after seeing the words on the note. He stood there for a long while.
Mo Xiangbin didn’t know what would happen, and he was anxious and confused. He couldn’t help but shout, “Junyang.”
Mo Junyang conveniently screwed up the note and put it in his sleeve before returning to the imperial study.
Meeting Mo Xiangbin’s nervous eyes, Mo Junyang said casually, “The Bureau of Astronomy has predicted, and the result comes out. The noon tomorrow is the best time to worship the colorful phenix. Everyone, if you want to see its true colors, you can come to the imperial garden at noon tomorrow. Then you will know what it looks like.”
As the first reaction, Yelü Anchen thought it was impossible and Mo Junyang was lying.
Seeing that the people from the Mo Country didn’t turn back unless knocking into the wall, Yelü Anchen didn’t hide anymore.
He shouted directly, “The colorful phenix was killed by you, but you said without shame that we could see it tomorrow. Do you think that we can be fooled easily?”
“What? The colorful phenix has died?” Zhao Haoran asked loudly in surprise and could hardly accept the change.
Yelü Anchen nodded and raised his chin at Mo Junyang with provocation. “Right, the colorful phenix was killed by the people from the Mo Country. They desecrate the holy bird and try to hide it from us. They just don’t take us seriously…”
“Prince Yelü, please speak with caution,” Mo Junyang indifferently interrupted Yelü Anchen.
He was not afraid of Yelü Anchen and continued coldly, “The holy bird is raised well in my mansion. You have never seen it, but you talked about its life and death groundlessly. It’s fine if it’s true, but if the colorful phenix is in an accident because of your indiscreet remarks, perhaps you can’t take the responsibility.”
“You!” Yelü Anchen hadn’t expected that Mo Junyang would put the blame on him with just a few words. He was scared and furious.
But he was clumsy and unable to retort, so he was going to lose temper.
Wu Yalei took the risk once more that Yelü Anchen would get back at him later and stepped forward to grab their prince’s arm, interrupting, “Your Excellency, you spoke so strongly. It’s just that our prince is worried after hearing that the colorful phenix was killed, so he asked. After all, you always hide it and don’t let us see it. It’s no wonder that we would have this suspicion.”
Mo Junyang didn’t mind and expressed, “We will know the truth tomorrow. You can’t wait one day, everyone?”
Yelü Anchen couldn’t even wait fifteen minutes longer, but Wu Yalei tried hard to hint him from behind, so this prince had to cease fire.
He waved his sleeves and left even without saying goodbye to Mo Xiangbin.
However, Mo Xiangbin and Ling Ruiyin in the imperial study sighed with relief in unison and didn’t pay attention to the trifle. They just asked Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang, “How could you agree to let them see the colorful phenix?”
Shi Qingxue comforted them, “Your Majesties, Yelü Anchen already knows that the colorful phenix has died, and it will be pointless if we try to cheat them. Instead, it would only make the people from the other two countries believe his words.
“Under the situation, we can make them shut up only after showing them the colorful phenix.”
Mo Xiangbin had a headache and asked anxiously, “But the colorful phenix has died. What can we show him tomorrow?”
Didn’t they dig their own graves?
“No. I can let them see the flying colorful phenix tomorrow.” Shi Qingxue showed certainty on her face and was determined to make it.
Mo Xiangbin was joyful, but soon he was in doubt.
The colorful phenix was not any other bird, and they couldn’t find a similar one randomly to cheat them.
Even though they could fool Yelü Anchen and the others who had never seen the colorful phenix, they couldn’t capture a parrot or mynah and say that it was the colorful phenix.
“Can you make the colorful phenix come back to life?” Mo Xiangbin looked at Shi Qingxue doubtfully.
Shi Qingxue smiled and shook her head, but she didn’t explain. She just said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, don’t worry. With His Excellency’s help, we won’t let you down.”
As he heard Mo Junyang’s name, more trust was shown in Mo Xiangbin’s eyes.
But he still asked Ling Ruiyin cautiously, “Mother, what’s your opinion?”
“I specially told Qingxue to come because I know that she can share your worries. Just leave this matter to the young generation.”
Hearing that, Mo Xiangbin didn’t say more. “This case is related to our country’s safety. I will leave it to you. Don’t disappoint me!”
After telling them everything relevant, Mo Xiangbin supported Ling Ruiyin’s arm and went to her residence.
From beginning to end, he didn’t give a glance at Mo Yuzhen.
Mo Yuzhen didn’t plead him unexpectedly but remained silent all the time. She was unusually quiet.
After a while, she asked Shi Qingxue in a deep voice, “Was everything caused by my brother?”
The Liang Country pushed hard and almost forced Mo Xiangbin into despair. And the Zhao Country and Wei Country cast covetous eyes from behind, ready for any fight.
Before that, Mo Yuzhen didn’t expect that the colorful phenix’s life and death were so significant. She even thought that her father made a fuss about it.
But now she couldn’t say that.
After asking, Mo Yuzhen even felt too ashamed to demand an answer from Shi Qingxue. As soon as she finished her words, she lowered her head and left with shame.
Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang were left, standing face to face.
Shi Qingxue tried to be the first to speak. “I didn’t want to get involved, but the Empress Dowager told me to do so. She has said that she hopes I can figure out a way to show the colorful phenix to the public for a short while.
“I can’t disobey her order.”
She blinked to show that she was innocent.
Mo Junyang pursed his lips all the time. Hearing Shi Qingxue’s explanation, he looked calm after being angry and just asked, “What’s your solution for tomorrow?”
“Gee? You don’t have a solution?” Shi Qingxue tilted her head in doubt and asked in reply, “Why did you agree with me just now?”
Shi Qingxue thought that they could cooperate with a tacit understanding because Mo Junyang had a solution and echoed her.
Mo Junyang looked indifferent and just stared at Shi Qingxue, without explaining or speaking.
Shi Qingxue met his eyes for a minute and then looked away awkwardly.
She lowered her head and asked in a muffled voice, “What do you mean?”
Mo Junyang was unable to reply.
He couldn’t explain to her that it was because he trusted and indulged her unconditionally.
He looked down and saw Qingxue’s spinous hair stick.
Mo Junyang couldn’t help but raise his hand. When he was about to put it on Qingxue’s head, he restrained his urge to rub her hair. Then he withdrew his hand.
He asked to evade the crucial point, “What do I need to do tomorrow?”
At the mention of the issue tomorrow, Shi Qingxue was distracted at once and looked serious, responding, “I need a person with skillful martial arts to help me do something, and then…”
At noon next day, the envoys from the Liang, Zhao and Wei countries gathered in the imperial garden and waited for the colorful phenix to show up.
Shi Qingxue asked everybody to sit in the seats in the north of the imperial garden and then told some people to carry the bird cage to the platform, away from the crowd.
The bird cage was still covered with a black heavy cloth and nobody could see what was inside.
Then more than ten servants ran to cover around the platform with a big black cloth.
It was more than one meter high. Even though the auditoria were tall, all people sat there and couldn’t see clearly what was around the platform.
Yelü Anchen instantly protested, “Didn’t you say that you would show the colorful phenix to us? Now it is surrounded, and what can we see? Will we hear you chirp like a bird?”
He thought that Shi Qingxue planned to make a bird chirp several times to fool them, so he exposed her without mercy.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t nervous but mentioned the Bureau of Astronomy as the excuse again, saying, “This is what the Bureau of Astronomy asked us to do. Anyway, the colorful phenix is the holy bird and we certainly should be careful, right?”
Yelü Anchen couldn’t outargue Shi Qingxue and became angry from shame.
He put down the cup heavily and said coldly, “Huh, I am going to see what trick you can play.
“Don’t think that I have never seen the colorful phenix so you can fool me. I have read the book About the Qin Continent carefully, and it mentions the colorful phenix’s appearance and habits clearly.”
They randomly caught a pheasant and tried to say that it was a phenix, but he could not be fooled so easily.
Shi Qingxue shrugged and winked at Mo Junyang. The latter nodded and summoned Wei Zichao before whispering in his ear.
Wei Zichao listened to the order with a straight face, and his expression didn’t change. The others couldn’t guess what Mo Junyang had told him from his face.
After that, Wei Zichao found two powerful and burly men dressed in black clothes and told them to stand on both sides of the bird cage.
Loud music suddenly appeared and resounded in the platform, coming into all people’s ears.
All of them seemed to hear a bird dancing in the enthusiastic performance around the platform.
The sun hung in the sky at noon.
It was dazzling and scorching.
A lot of people sat in the stands.
Even though there were umbrellas above their heads, affected by the loud sound, they got impatient inevitably under the sun.
Even Mo Xiangbin couldn’t help but ask Shi Qingxue, “When will the colorful phenix come out?”
Lord Wu, you worry too much. Our country is fortunate as the colorful phenix shows up, and this is a great event once in thousands of years, so we don't dare to neglect it, Shi Qingxue answered in a warm voice.Yel Anchen stated impatiently, Cut the crap. You just tell me directly when you can let me see the colorful phenix.Seeing that Yel Anchen was distracted by Shi Qingxue and didn't mention that the colorful phenix had died, Mo Xiangbin was overjoyed and still wanted to temporize. Prince, calm down. I can let you see the colorful phenix sooner or later, but before we choose a lucky day, we need the Bureau of Astronomy to ask God. We can't be rash. How about youYel Anchen snorted and asked straightforwardly, Your Majesty, do you think we are idiots and easy to fool? I tell you. If we can't get the information about seeing the colorful phenix, we won't go back today!Wu Yalei nodded in a hurry and prevented Mo Xiangbin from saying the next reason. If you really need to ask God, just tell the people from the Bureau of Astronomy to come now. It won't take a lot of time, right?Mo Xiangbin had no room for maneuver and was speechless again.Shi Qingxue immediately replied, Prince Yel, Prince Haoran, please don't be anxious. His Majesty certainly doesn't want to waste your valuable time, so he has told the director of the Bureau of Astronomy earlier to ask God and predict, but the message hasn't been sent here.After speaking, she paused for a while and looked at Mo Junyang.Mo Junyang understood and nodded at her. Then he turned around and walked outside.Xia Mang was waiting outside. Seeing Mo Junyang, she secretly put a note in his hand.Mo Junyang opened it and frowned after seeing the words on the note. He stood there for a long while.Mo Xiangbin didn't know what would happen, and he was anxious and confused. He couldn't help but shout, Junyang.Mo Junyang conveniently screwed up the note and put it in his sleeve before returning to the imperial study.Meeting Mo Xiangbin's nervous eyes, Mo Junyang said casually, The Bureau of Astronomy has predicted, and the result comes out. The noon tomorrow is the best time to worship the colorful phenix. Everyone, if you want to see its true colors, you can come to the imperial garden at noon tomorrow. Then you will know what it looks like.As the first reaction, Yel Anchen thought it was impossible and Mo Junyang was lying.Seeing that the people from the Mo Country didn't turn back unless knocking into the wall, Yel Anchen didn't hide anymore.He shouted directly, The colorful phenix was killed by you, but you said without shame that we could see it tomorrow. Do you think that we can be fooled easily?What? The colorful phenix has died? Zhao Haoran asked loudly in surprise and could hardly accept the change.Yel Anchen nodded and raised his chin at Mo Junyang with provocation. Right, the colorful phenix was killed by the people from the Mo Country. They desecrate the holy bird and try to hide it from us. They just don't take us seriouslyPrince Yel, please speak with caution, Mo Junyang indifferently interrupted Yel Anchen.He was not afraid of Yel Anchen and continued coldly, The holy bird is raised well in my mansion. You have never seen it, but you talked about its life and death groundlessly. It's fine if it's true, but if the colorful phenix is in an accident because of your indiscreet remarks, perhaps you can't take the responsibility.You! Yel Anchen hadn't expected that Mo Junyang would put the blame on him with just a few words. He was scared and furious.But he was clumsy and unable to retort, so he was going to lose temper.Wu Yalei took the risk once more that Yel Anchen would get back at him later and stepped forward to grab their prince's arm, interrupting, Your Excellency, you spoke so strongly. It's just that our prince is worried after hearing that the colorful phenix was killed, so he asked. After all, you always hide it and don't let us see it. It's no wonder that we would have this suspicion.Mo Junyang didn't mind and expressed, We will know the truth tomorrow. You can't wait one day, everyone?Yel Anchen couldn't even wait fifteen minutes longer, but Wu Yalei tried hard to hint him from behind, so this prince had to cease fire.He waved his sleeves and left even without saying goodbye to Mo Xiangbin.However, Mo Xiangbin and Ling Ruiyin in the imperial study sighed with relief in unison and didn't pay attention to the trifle. They just asked Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang, How could you agree to let them see the colorful phenix?Shi Qingxue comforted them, Your Majesties, Yel Anchen already knows that the colorful phenix has died, and it will be pointless if we try to cheat them. Instead, it would only make the people from the other two countries believe his words.Under the situation, we can make them shut up only after showing them the colorful phenix.Mo Xiangbin had a headache and asked anxiously, But the colorful phenix has died. What can we show him tomorrow?Didn't they dig their own graves?No. I can let them see the flying colorful phenix tomorrow. Shi Qingxue showed certainty on her face and was determined to make it.Mo Xiangbin was joyful, but soon he was in doubt.The colorful phenix was not any other bird, and they couldn't find a similar one randomly to cheat them.Even though they could fool Yel Anchen and the others who had never seen the colorful phenix, they couldn't capture a parrot or mynah and say that it was the colorful phenix.Can you make the colorful phenix come back to life? Mo Xiangbin looked at Shi Qingxue doubtfully.Shi Qingxue smiled and shook her head, but she didn't explain. She just said in a low voice, Your Majesty, don't worry. With His Excellency's help, we won't let you down.As he heard Mo Junyang's name, more trust was shown in Mo Xiangbin's eyes.But he still asked Ling Ruiyin cautiously, Mother, what's your opinion?I specially told Qingxue to come because I know that she can share your worries. Just leave this matter to the young generation.Hearing that, Mo Xiangbin didn't say more. This case is related to our country's safety. I will leave it to you. Don't disappoint me!After telling them everything relevant, Mo Xiangbin supported Ling Ruiyin's arm and went to her residence.From beginning to end, he didn't give a glance at Mo Yuzhen.Mo Yuzhen didn't plead him unexpectedly but remained silent all the time. She was unusually quiet.After a while, she asked Shi Qingxue in a deep voice, Was everything caused by my brother?The Liang Country pushed hard and almost forced Mo Xiangbin into despair. And the Zhao Country and Wei Country cast covetous eyes from behind, ready for any fight.Before that, Mo Yuzhen didn't expect that the colorful phenix's life and death were so significant. She even thought that her father made a fuss about it.But now she couldn't say that.After asking, Mo Yuzhen even felt too ashamed to demand an answer from Shi Qingxue. As soon as she finished her words, she lowered her head and left with shame.Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang were left, standing face to face.Shi Qingxue tried to be the first to speak. I didn't want to get involved, but the Empress Dowager told me to do so. She has said that she hopes I can figure out a way to show the colorful phenix to the public for a short while.I can't disobey her order.She blinked to show that she was innocent.Mo Junyang pursed his lips all the time. Hearing Shi Qingxue's explanation, he looked calm after being angry and just asked, What's your solution for tomorrow?Gee? You don't have a solution? Shi Qingxue tilted her head in doubt and asked in reply, Why did you agree with me just now?Shi Qingxue thought that they could cooperate with a tacit understanding because Mo Junyang had a solution and echoed her.Mo Junyang looked indifferent and just stared at Shi Qingxue, without explaining or speaking.Shi Qingxue met his eyes for a minute and then looked away awkwardly.She lowered her head and asked in a muffled voice, What do you mean?Mo Junyang was unable to reply.He couldn't explain to her that it was because he trusted and indulged her unconditionally.He looked down and saw Qingxue's spinous hair stick.Mo Junyang couldn't help but raise his hand. When he was about to put it on Qingxue's head, he restrained his urge to rub her hair. Then he withdrew his hand.He asked to evade the crucial point, What do I need to do tomorrow?At the mention of the issue tomorrow, Shi Qingxue was distracted at once and looked serious, responding, I need a person with skillful martial arts to help me do something, and thenAt noon next day, the envoys from the Liang, Zhao and Wei countries gathered in the imperial garden and waited for the colorful phenix to show up.Shi Qingxue asked everybody to sit in the seats in the north of the imperial garden and then told some people to carry the bird cage to the platform, away from the crowd.The bird cage was still covered with a black heavy cloth and nobody could see what was inside.Then more than ten servants ran to cover around the platform with a big black cloth.It was more than one meter high. Even though the auditoria were tall, all people sat there and couldn't see clearly what was around the platform.Yel Anchen instantly protested, Didn't you say that you would show the colorful phenix to us? Now it is surrounded, and what can we see? Will we hear you chirp like a bird?He thought that Shi Qingxue planned to make a bird chirp several times to fool them, so he exposed her without mercy.Shi Qingxue wasn't nervous but mentioned the Bureau of Astronomy as the excuse again, saying, This is what the Bureau of Astronomy asked us to do. Anyway, the colorful phenix is the holy bird and we certainly should be careful, right?Yel Anchen couldn't outargue Shi Qingxue and became angry from shame.He put down the cup heavily and said coldly, Huh, I am going to see what trick you can play.Don't think that I have never seen the colorful phenix so you can fool me. I have read the book About the Qin Continent carefully, and it mentions the colorful phenix's appearance and habits clearly.They randomly caught a pheasant and tried to say that it was a phenix, but he could not be fooled so easily.Shi Qingxue shrugged and winked at Mo Junyang. The latter nodded and summoned Wei Zichao before whispering in his ear.Wei Zichao listened to the order with a straight face, and his expression didn't change. The others couldn't guess what Mo Junyang had told him from his face.After that, Wei Zichao found two powerful and burly men dressed in black clothes and told them to stand on both sides of the bird cage.Loud music suddenly appeared and resounded in the platform, coming into all people's ears.All of them seemed to hear a bird dancing in the enthusiastic performance around the platform.The sun hung in the sky at noon.It was dazzling and scorching.A lot of people sat in the stands.Even though there were umbrellas above their heads, affected by the loud sound, they got impatient inevitably under the sun.Even Mo Xiangbin couldn't help but ask Shi Qingxue, When will the colorful phenix come out?
