Chapter 34: Leaving Suzaku and Returning to the White Tiger
Duanmu Xi entered the Fengming Hall alone, the palace was very large, but there was no one inside. On the walls of the palace are portraits of the queens of Suzaku Kingdom, including her mother's. Further on, you can see the tablets of the queens of the past dynasties, and the tablets of the queens of the past dynasties are also among them.
The family rules of this Duanmu family are really strange, these phoenix queens are not allowed to enter the Fengming Hall when they are alive, but they can be put in when they die, are they afraid that these empresses will be lonely and unaccompanied?
There are also three bright yellow incense sticks burning in the large incense burner in front of these tablets, and there should be someone here every day to clean, light incense, and worship.
Duanmuxi looked at the bright yellow futon on the ground, knelt down and knocked on those tablets three times.
Duanmu Xi looked at the tablets above, a wry smile appeared on his lips, thinking that he hadn't even lowered his father and mother when he came to this Hantian Continent, and now he had to kowtow to these tablets. That's it, that's it, since these are their ancestors, it's okay to kowtow a few times.
After the three heads were knocked over, a fiery red circle of light suddenly appeared in front of the futon, and the crimson halo went straight to the top of the hall, and in the middle of the aperture was engraved an inscription that she couldn't understand.
Duanmuxi was so pierced by the dazzling red light that he couldn't open his eyes, looking at this fiery red aperture, Duanmuxi was a little confused. Why did this red circle suddenly appear, is it because I just kowtowed to those three heads?
Duanmuxi stood up and stepped into the red circle of light, and a scene instantly changed in front of him, as if he was no longer in the Fengming Palace, but in another space.
As soon as Duanmuxi arrived in this space, she felt a powerful fire spiritual power, and waves of heat surged towards her. Just now, he was obviously still in Fengming Palace, how could he get here in the blink of an eye, could it be that the red circle just now was the teleportation array mentioned in the ancient book, it sent itself here, Duanmu Xi wanted to look at the red circle again but found that it had disappeared.
What the hell is this place, Duanmu Xi glanced around, there was a lot of space, and there were fiery red walls on all sides. There is something strange about the walls here, as if they are not straight, but somewhat inclined inward. There were no doors or windows on the walls, only a fiery red patch, which looked like the walls were on fire.
After Duanmuxi probed, he found himself in a sealed space. She looked up overhead, and just now she saw a layer of flames on top of the ceiling, and she thought it was very strange, and she didn't look closely. Now that she's finally figured out what's wrong, the flames seem to be three words together.
"Tower of Flames"? Are you in the Flame Tower now?
"Ozawa, do you know the Flame Tower?"
Lan Ze, who was in the spiritual space, had already felt a very powerful fire spiritual power when Duanmu Xi entered the space, which made him unbearably hot. Although he is a water-attribute divine beast, water can overcome fire, but the fire in this ghost place does not seem to be ordinary fire, so that he, a water-based divine beast, is a little overwhelmed.
"Flame Tower? Legend has it that the Suzaku Divine Beast is in the Flame Tower. ”
Oh? This is the place where the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast that the Mother Emperor said is, but here you can see the edge at a glance, and there is no Vermilion Bird Divine Beast at all. Since it is a tower, it should be more than one floor, Duanmu Xi carefully searched several times, but still found nothing, neither the stairs nor the like, nor any mechanisms or teleportation arrays.
Even if you come, you will be safe, since you can't get out, and the fire spiritual power here is so abundant, then stay and cultivate the fire spiritual power. Originally, she wanted to find a place with plenty of fire spiritual power to cultivate fire spiritual power, but now wouldn't it be right. Duanmu Xi, who had figured it out, sat down and began to absorb and refine the fire spiritual power here.
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In a wing room in the East Palace of the Vermilion Bird Palace, Xuanyuan Mo looked out the window, in the direction of Fengming Palace, it has been three days, Xi'er has not come out yet, will something happen?
"Come out." Suddenly, Xuanyuan Mo shouted coldly into the air.
A man in black appeared out of thin air, half-knelt in front of Xuanyuan Mo, and said respectfully: "Subordinates see the prince." ”
"Mikage." The first secret guard by the side of the emperor.
"What?" Xuanyuan Mo looked at Yuying coldly, his thin lips lightly opened.
"The emperor's secret decree urgently beckons the prince back to the palace."
"Do you know what?"
"My subordinates don't know."
"Go down."
"Lord ......"
"Go down." Xuanyuan Mo's voice was a little colder than before.
"The subordinates retired." Mikage didn't dare to hesitate any longer and disappeared into the room.
Another three days have passed, and not only Xuanyuan Mo is worried about Duanmuxi, but even Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che are beginning to worry about Duanmuxi. Duanmu Xue even entered the Fengming Hall in person, but there was no trace of Duanmu Xi.
"Lord Wang, the emperor has already issued three secret decrees, please return to the White Tiger Country with his subordinates."
Looking at the imperial shadow kneeling at his feet, Xuanyuan Mo frowned, what was the matter with his father, so anxious to recruit him back to the palace.
Three days later, Duanmuxi still didn't come out, Xuanyuan Mo couldn't, so he could only go to Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che to say goodbye.
Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che were a little surprised when they heard that Xuanyuan Mo was leaving.
"Master Xuanyuan, do you really want to leave? Aren't you waiting for Xi'er to come out? Huangfu Che stared at Xuanyuan Mo and asked with a frown.
"Yes, Xuanyuan Gongzi left like this, how can we explain to her when Xi'er comes out."
"The two seniors, the juniors also want to wait for Xi'er to come out, but the juniors now have to go back to the White Tiger Country. The juniors have a letter here, please give it to the two seniors when Xi'er comes out. ”
Xuanyuan Mo took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Duanmu Xue.
"Juniors say goodbye."
More than 20 days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Duanmuxi still hasn't come out. Duanmu Xue entered the Fengming Hall again for this reason, but still didn't see Duanmu Xi.
"Che, it's been so long and Xi'er hasn't come out yet, will it ...... It's all wrong to blame me, I knew this, I would never let Xi'er contract Suzaku, and now Xi'er is missing. ”
Looking at Duanmu Xue's anxious and self-blaming appearance, Huangfu Che hugged her in distress.
"Xue'er, don't think nonsense, Xi'er has her own natural appearance. We should believe her, today's Xi'er is no longer the Xi'er of the past, she is already Shui Lingzun, and there is a unicorn beast by her side, it will be fine. ”
"Well, I should believe Xi'er, she will definitely be able to. But the day after tomorrow is Xi'er's birthday, and now Xi'er is ......"
"Since Xi'er is not here, let's cancel the birthday, and when Xi'er comes out, we will compensate her."
"Well, that's all there is to it."
Outside the Suzaku Hall of the Suzaku Imperial Palace, the ministers were talking as they walked.
"Why did Her Majesty cancel Her Royal Highness's birthday?"
"That's right, I don't understand, Her Majesty the Empress has always loved Her Royal Highness the most, and she originally said that she was going to do a big deal, but now she said that she would cancel it."
"I heard that Her Royal Highness has disappeared again."
"Is that true?"
"It's very likely that I haven't seen her since I saw her in Zhuquetai, and I haven't even seen her in the early dynasty."
"The princess has disappeared again, no wonder Your Majesty is canceling her birthday."
"What do you know? I heard that Her Royal Highness is going to retreat and cultivate. ”
"Oh? It is also very likely that Her Royal Highness is a young genius, and now she is so diligent, she will definitely achieve great success in the future. ”
"Yes, yes, let's assist Her Majesty the Empress and wait for Her Royal Highness to come out."
After the ministers walked away, Duanmu Qing walked out from behind the golden lacquer carved phoenix pillar on the side, her fists clenched, and her eyes were as fierce as a poisonous snake.
Duanmu Xue, Duanmu Xi, you wait for this king......
Since Duanmuqing's death, Si Ruxu's husband Shen Jinyi has been crying to her all day long, which makes her tired and unwilling to enter Shen Jinyi's room again.
Shen Jinyi's personal attendants Hongchun and Luxia saw Si Yunhan coming, and they all saluted.
"The eldest son."
"The eldest son."
Si Yunhan was dressed in plain clothes today, and his whole person looked a lot cleaner.
"Han'er is here." Shen Jinyi saw Si Yunhan coming, and hurried to catch up.
"Go down." Si Yunhan commanded to Red Spring and Green Summer.
"Yes."
"Yes."
The two of them retreated in an orderly manner and closed the door.
"Han'er, you've lost weight." Shen Jinyi looked at Si Yunhan, who was dressed in plain clothes, and said distressedly.
"It's all your mother's fault, if it wasn't for her wanting to agree to Prince Jing's proposal, how could I persuade you to agree to the marriage, and now you have become a widow, and you are ridiculed by the people of Kyoto."
"Father, why are you bothering, arguing with your mother all day long about this, she may still feel a little guilty at first, after a long time, she will only think that you are unreasonable, isn't it cheap for those waiters in the long run?"
Si Yunhan's words made Shen Jinyi's heart tighten, thinking that he and the general were also very affectionate back then, but now there are so many squires in this backyard, what can he do.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if the daughter of the Qing world is dead, the son didn't want to marry her, but now that the son has become a widow, no one will come to propose marriage, so I can wait for Her Royal Highness wholeheartedly. Even if I can't become her righteous monarch, as long as I can be by her side, I will be satisfied. ”
Shen Jinyi looked at Si Yun like this, and his heart hurt even more, his stupid son, if it was before, maybe he could still get his wish, but now......
"Father, I'll go to my mother, and if my mother comes, you must stop arguing with her."
Shen Jinyi looked at Si Yunhan and nodded, he didn't want to quarrel with her anymore, and cheapened those ill-intentioned waiters.
Si Yunhan came to the study.
"Mother."
Si Ruxu looked up and saw that it was Si Yunhan, revealing a far-fetched smile.
"Han'er is here, come and sit."
For this eldest son, Si Ruxu felt guilty, if she hadn't been obsessed with her mind and wanted to climb the high branch of King Jing, how could she bury the happiness of Han'er's life.
"Mother, Han'er came today to let you go and see your father."
"Alas, Han'er, you don't know your father ......"
"Father, he is all for Han'er, please don't blame him for my mother, blame Han'er if you want to blame."
Looking at Si Yunhan who was kneeling on the ground, Si Ruxu hurriedly helped him up, and said helplessly: "That's it, I'll go see him in a while." ”
"Thank you, Mother."
In the evening, in the East Garden of the General's Mansion, Hongchun and Luxia saluted happily when they saw Si Ruxu coming.
"General."
"General."
Si Ruxu waved his sleeves and sent the two down.
"Like a flocculent."
"Husband, you ......" hasn't called her by her name for a long time, and her husbands either call her a general or a wife.
Shen Jinyi saw her so stunned, and said angrily: "Why, I don't like my husband to call you that?" ”
"No, it's just that you haven't called me like that in a long time. It's good, you'll call me that from now on, I like it. ”
"Okay, like a flocculent. The other day was bad for my husband, don't blame me. Shen Jinyi saw the opportunity and threw himself directly into Si Ruxu's arms.
Si Ruxu didn't expect Shen Jinyi to say this, hugged Shen Jinyi in his arms tightly, took a breath and said: "I don't blame you, I just hate myself, if it weren't for me, how could Han'er ......?"
Shen Jinyi hurriedly covered Si Ruxu's mouth and comforted: "Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I believe that Han'er will be able to find a better one in the future." ”
"Well, I also believe that Han'er will be able to find Ruyi Langjun."