Chapter 14: The Peony Spirit

The corridor inside the Fengyi Palace, not as deep as the winding path of the Imperial Palace, but it is broad and more with the royal prestige, the main color of the Fengyi Palace is mainly red, and the courtyard of the building is deep and surrounded by the fragrance of flowers all day long, so that people have a sense of intoxication as soon as they enter.

However, the gatekeeper pillars on both sides of the Fengyi Hall are gold-painted with the style of the group phoenix. The phoenix's eyes are adorned with two fine night pearls, but they are vivid.

This phoenix and a phoenix, the two of them are relatively pretty and stand on the pillar of the gate, which is the intention of Luan Feng and Ming, but under the flickering light of the pearl that night, it makes the viewer feel a little more angry and self-righteous.

At this time, the Fengyi Hall was not as good as the sword and sword outside the hall, and the Queen Mother was leisurely pruning the branches and leaves of her most precious "jade peony".

The fairy children who practice in the Fengyi Hall know that the Queen Mother has always liked hairpins, and rarely uses silk feathers to make silk flowers, except for the big red peony feather coat worn by daily worship, especially the big red peony silk flower on the top of the hairpin, which is even more vivid, often trembling slightly with the pace of the queen mother, making people feel as if they are real flowers blown by the breeze. It's just that this object still feels fresh at first glance, but after looking at it for a long time, some fear arises in my heart, as if the red on the veil is slowly darkening with time, and even dripping blood.

In the center of the Fengyi Palace, there is a huge carved purple gold furnace ding, from the color point of view, it has the same effect as the purple gold furnace of Taishang Laojun, but the inside has its own goodness, the light smoke of the purple gold furnace is silently filling the whole hall, and every corner of the Fengyi Palace is scattered with the graceful fragrance of peony at this time. The hall was very quiet, and several fairy children waiting around them stood in groups of two and two according to the established rules. Only Ziyu stood sideways beside the queen mother, watching the queen mother prune the branches and leaves of the jade peony with gold scissors from time to time.

With the sound of clicking, the face of the fairy child on the side became darker and darker, and Ziyu peeked at the queen mother, only to see that she was cutting off a rose peony flower growing on a side branch.

This time it was not a clicking sound, there seemed to be a "poof" sound that went straight to the ear drum, Ziyu's heart trembled and jumped, as if there was some sad sigh, and then it was restored to its original state, and the broken flower stem seemed to flow out of a clear green liquid, Ziyu couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but the queen mother picked up the rose peony with her hand with great interest and muttered

"It's a pity, the color is gorgeous and outstanding!" The eyes have been lingering on this rose peony, the petals have slowly shown a state of malaise, the queen mother stretched out her slender jade fingers, and a golden light flashed on the nails of the big red Kodan, and this light was falling on the flowers that were dying in the malaise

The originally wilted flowers suddenly regained their spirits, and bloomed more brilliantly than they had ever been on the stems.

The corners of the queen mother's mouth curved slightly, "This is it, the flower is to be as delicate as possible, Ziyu, do you say it?"

"What Niangniang said is very true, I didn't expect that watering flowers and plants also has so much knowledge, Ziyu has been taught today"

Hearing this, the Queen Mother stood up straight and put the golden scissors on the side of the flower garden, "This construction of flowers and plants is like managing the internal affairs of the heavenly court, it is a general truth, you must be relaxed, you would rather follow the rules, not oblique out, there are thousands of trivial matters in the heavenly court, Ziyu, you say, if everyone is leaning out of the palace, then the palace still has this idle life?"

"Niangniang don't worry, isn't this oblique golden scissors obediently waiting for Niangniang?"

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly, "Forced cutting is really the next policy, and there are endless troubles, if it colds the heart of the Emperor of Heaven, then nothing can be replaced."

When Ziyu heard the queen mother's words, she just said with a smile on her face: "Niangniang, look, this jade peony is really a magical flower and tree that can only exist in the sky. It is also thanks to the mercy of the mother to divide the thirty-three demons that should have been punished by death, and now their souls can be transformed into peony spirits, which can be regarded as their creation."

The queen mother's face was slightly filled with joy, "Everything this palace has done is for the stability of the Emperor of Heaven, and only when the Heavenly Court is stable, can the Three Realms have a stable life." As for these thirty-three wandering spirits wandering in the gaps of the Three Realms, since they can wade through the weak water for three thousand, they will have adventures, and if they use the flower seeds forged by their spirits, they will definitely help me save the jade peony."

"Niangniang, you really have good intentions for the peony fairy"

"They are all the people in the heart of the Emperor of Heaven, and this palace naturally has to be concerned"

"So Fairy Chang'e is also the person in the emperor's heart, why is Niangniang's attitude towards her so different from that of Peony Fairy?"

When the queen mother heard this, she turned her head to look at Ziyu, but there was something unclear in her eyes

Ziyu hurriedly bowed and said, "Ziyu lost her words, please punish Niangniang"

"No, Ziyu, your question is really good, I'm afraid that the Emperor of Heaven can't ask it himself, but he wants you to test the tone of this palace."

"Ziyu doesn't dare!"

"Peony she is so lovely, because she made a small mistake that she was executed, this palace knows that the emperor of heaven is really heartbroken for such a punishment, but because of Chang'e's stubborn nature that she refuses to turn back, it is really difficult for the emperor of heaven, facing two women who love each other, but can only look at one of them, die in front of themselves. This kind of pain can't be said to be the Heavenly Emperor who is the master of the Three Realms, even the main palace can't get through it."

"What does Niangniang mean that Fairy Chang'e has lost her heart?"

The Queen Mother smiled brightly, "I just want the Emperor of Heaven to smile often, not to frown deeply for this"

"Niangniang arranged the feather demon dance to win the smile of the emperor"

"If that little demon can be like this, then this palace will be happy"

"Niangniang......" Ziyu's words have not yet spoken, and the queen mother has already taken over the conversation, "Ziyu, you see, today's flowers seem to be a little sluggish!" Ziyu looked in the direction pointed by the queen mother, those flowers that gathered thirty-three demon spirits, seemed to have a tearful smile on the buds of the peony fairy, Ziyu closed her eyes slightly, and just said respectfully

"Niangniang, they were originally competing for beauty, but when they saw Niangniang's phoenix face, they were naturally compared!"

"Hahaha, you clever mouth, it has always been so pleasing, it's just that, your words are worth the fragrance of flowers in this room" Then the queen mother turned her head and said to the fairy child in yellow behind her, "You are doing a good job, you will be more attentive to the newly developed varieties in the future"

"Yes, Niangniang, thank you for the reward!" The fairy boy in yellow happily waved at the queen mother, and then quickly returned to a speechless state

"Don't be in a hurry Xie Bengong, it's the turn of this incense burner today!

"Niangniang, it's a slave" A fairy in red clothes, her eyes radiant gave a salute to the queen mother, hoping that the queen mother would treat her differently

The Queen Mother turned her head and saw the red fairy child's body and smiled happily, "It's you, this palace is really the first time to see your true face."

"Niangniang, today is Xin'er's birthday, so I wear a red dress, if Niangniang doesn't like it, Xin'er will take it off immediately"

The queen mother approached step by step, and a jade finger dyed with a big red kedan raised Xin'er Xiantong's chin, "Tsk, it's really a full and blooming bud."

"!" Xin'er lowered her head slightly shyly, and the queen mother's jade fingers dyed with red kodan stroked Xin'er's white and tender face, "Well, the blow can be broken, it's a good seedling" and then slowly withdrew her hand, but when her fingers left Xin'er's face, Xin'er suddenly smelled an extremely bloody breath, and at the same time, her face hurt, and the wound on her face seemed to have been bitten by thousands of mosquitoes.

"Niangniang, Xin'er's face hurts a little" Xin'er subconsciously touched the aching face, and a sticky liquid slowly trickled down her cheeks.

The queen mother looked at her nails innocently, "Oh, this palace accidentally hurt Xin'er's face, come on, take Xin'er down and take care of it."

Xin'er's eyes were full of puzzlement and shock, and she actually forgot the pain. was taken down so inexplicably

In the smoke in the Fengyi Palace, the queen mother's face was not distinct, and Ziyu gave a slight salute, "Niangniang is angry!" ”