Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky: 1. Dragon and Phoenix 4

An hour later, the papers in front of everyone were all approved, and there was a knock on the door outside the hall, and then the servant called: "Your Majesty, lunch has arrived."

A scent came faintly, and a carp in Nanpianyue, who was sleeping soundly, jumped up: "It's time to eat." He ran to the front of the hall and opened the door. Sure enough, there were two long tables outside the door. Serve hot and delicious. "Sixth brother, help me."

Hua Jingtai stretched his limbs and walked over to help Nan Pianyue bring in the two long cases.

"Fenghuang'er, wake up." Over there, Dong Shixiu shook Feng Duying awake, and thoughtfully handed her tea to wake her up.

Therefore, eight people sat on the ground in front of the long table to eat, and eight people had eight forms.

Dong Shixiu is the one who uses both food and wine very boldly; Huangti is the one who uses a bite of food and vegetables carefully; Extreme; the one who eats without talking is Baiyima who eats slowly; the one who does not waste a grain of rice or a drop of soup and moves quickly as if the wind is blowing away is Huajingtai; the one who only eats what he likes is Feng Duying; With a belly full of smiles and mouth full of praise, the one who ate the happiest was Nanpianyue.

For a meal, the fastest took half a quarter of an hour, and the slowest took half an hour.

When it was all used up, the waiter outside the hall brought tea again.

The long case was removed, and the eight of them sat or leaned on the ground and sipped tea. After a round of tea, Tranquility took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Dong Shixiu: "This is the secret report I received this morning."

Dong Shixiu took it, glanced at it, frowned, and handed it to Huangti; Huangti passed it to Fengji calmly; Fengji saw the graceful curve of his lips, and handed it to Bai Yima; Bai Yima frowned when he saw it, and when he was about to take a closer look, Hua Jingtai stretched out his hand and snatched it away. Feng Duying glanced out of the corner of his eye while drinking tea, and then threw it to Nan Pianyue, who stretched his neck; Yuanyuan's cat's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she shouted joyfully: "Mengcheng married Beihai! The princess of Beihai wants to marry the king of Mengcheng! Then let's go **** the princess and put it in the harem of the eldest brother!" "

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Shixiu slapped him on the head: "You should say you want to be your wife!"

"I don't want it!" Nan Pianyue jumped up immediately, "I don't want to raise that kind of little rabbit!"

"Do you think this kind of little rabbit is everywhere?" Ning Jingyuan squinted at his younger brother, "You can't raise it even if you want to."

"Actually..." Bai Yima suddenly said, "Fifth Brother thinks that marrying a princess who looks like a little white rabbit in your mouth will make us feel more at ease than the girl in the winery you have set your eyes on." She is the most literati-natured among the seven, and always believes that marrying a wife is a worthy one, so she even hopes that her younger brother will marry a woman with a clean family background.

Nan Pianyue didn't jump when she heard this, but curled her lips in disdain: "Fifth brother, there are not many princesses in this world who are as pure and simple as Princess Fei Ni and as pure as a little white rabbit. It's not that I haven't seen it before, the princesses of those heroic overlords have a lot of brains and schemings that are not inferior to men. Besides..." He quietly turned his head and looked at the person opposite, muttering softly, "There is also a certain princess with a strong personality. It's so tough that even a man is far inferior, okay?"

With a sound of "Pa!", Nan Pianyue caressed his forehead and cried out in pain, "Ouch!" At the same time, a teacup lid flew away from his forehead and returned to Feng Duying's hand. She held the tea cup in one hand and played with the tea lid in the other, her eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly: "Xiaoba, what are you talking about?"

"Seventh Sister, I said... I said I don't want to marry the princess." Nan Pianyue cried with her mouth puckered, tearfully tugging at the sleeve of Bai Yima beside her, "Fifth Brother, I hurt... ...Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

On that round baby face, a pair of round and big cat eyes were full of grievances, tears were rolling in the eye sockets, as if they were about to fall but did not dare to fall, so pitiful. So as soon as he came to his younger brother and sister, the soft-hearted Bai Yima Dun forgot the younger brother's age and nature, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to rub his younger brother's forehead lovingly: "It doesn't hurt, it won't hurt when rubbed. I taught you when I was young." , but you are disobedient and always want to provoke your seventh sister, look, you have been taught a lesson again."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

When Nan Pianyue's grievances were pretending to be serious, Huang Ti, who had been silent all the time, suddenly shouted: "Everyone sit down! Let's talk about business!" , what face do you have to rule the world?!"

His glance was as sharp as a knife, and Nan Pianyue's "woo woo" was swallowed slipperily back into his stomach.

At this moment, Dong Shixiu finished drinking a cup of tea, so he also nodded and agreed: "Yes, let's talk about the business first, don't keep playing. Look at you, all of you who are sitting and not sitting, don't look like important ministers of the country." , Let the people of the world see it, how dare you rest assured that the world is in your hands, you will definitely rebel."

Hearing the words, Huang Ti glanced at Dong Shixiu with sharp eyes, which was self-evident.

Dong Shixiu touched his nose and fell silent.

The other younger brothers and sisters looked at the eldest brother, then at the second brother, and then hurriedly sat upright, and even Feng Duying, who was slouching on the long table, straightened up.

Dong Shixiu is the oldest among the eight, but the second brother Huangti is the most majestic and feared by his siblings.

After sitting down, Bai Yima first opened his mouth to express his opinion: "Brother, Meng Cheng and Bei Hai got married, which is not a happy event for me."

"There must be a conspiracy in a gangster." Tranquility said leisurely, "Earlier, the spies reported that Beihai secretly trained 100,000 elite soldiers, and they have been quietly stationed in the nearest city of Hao and Bo in the middle of March. City, Guicheng. It is obvious that Beihai married a princess to Mengcheng at this time to show goodwill. First, Mengcheng will not attack Beihai when we send troops to the court. Second, he may form an alliance with Mengcheng. Attack me."

"Then fight, I haven't fought for a long time, and I'm so idle that my bones are going to rust." Nan Pianyue yelled suddenly.

"That's not good. You need money and food to raise an army. Doesn't that mean cutting my flesh?" Hua Jingtai immediately objected. Thinking about the wealth accumulated in the treasury over the past two years through his hard work, if there is a war, it will be reduced a lot, and he suddenly feels "hard to part".

Huang Ti frowned and glanced at them, Nan Pianyue shrank her head. In order to prevent his elder brother from cutting his sharp eyes, Hua Jingtai hurriedly turned his head to look at Fengji and asked, "What do you think, fourth brother?"

"Mengcheng and Beihai coveted our dynasty is not a one-day thing." Fengji said indifferently, "It's just that they are now forming an alliance with their relatives and combining the power of the two countries to form a balance of power with our dynasty. Unfavorable." He raised his hand and knocked on the cases, and continued with the very rhythmic knocking sound: "Beihai is not a threat, but Meng Cheng's army is strong, and the people of the country are brave and good at fighting, but they should not be underestimated. If they join forces If we are able to stop them, we will lose our soldiers and generals. Besides, our government has only been established for three years, our foundation is not stable, and our national strength is still weak. If we go through such a big battle, it will seriously damage our vitality and shake the foundation of our country.”

"Yes." Hearing his analysis, several people nodded in agreement.

Dong Shixiu leaned lazily on the table with one hand, and asked the silent Feng Duying beside him: "Where is Seventh Sister?"

Feng Duying sat high on the table, with one leg bent and the other hanging dangling. Hearing Dong Shixiu's question, she raised her eyebrows and said, "I'll lead the troops to level Beihai. , other your business."

"I like this! Seventh sister, I'll go with you!" Nan Pianyue responded immediately.

"Eighth brother, you are not allowed to go." Hua Jingtai hurriedly stopped him when he heard this, "Your attitude like a money-spreading boy, every time you send troops, you don't know how much food, grass and supplies you have to waste. It's better to be the seventh younger sister, who won the battle again Spend less money and food."

"Didn't I rob you of a lot of the enemy's luggage every time?" Nan Pianyue was not convinced.

"But what you ruined is still ruined. If you don't ruin it, then you will pay back even more."

"Sixth brother, you want the horse to run but you don't want to feed the horse. There is no such cheap thing in the world. What you fight is money and food, you..." Nan Pianyue was talking vigorously, but she heard Huang Ti let out a heavy "Humph!", quickly alerted his mind, quickly stopped his voice, turned his head and smiled, looked at Huang Ti with a cute face and said, "Second brother, I have always admired you the most, or you say I will do whatever I want!"

"Tsk!" Hua Jingtai scoffed shamelessly.

Nan Pianyue glanced at him quietly, tilted his mouth, and made a knife-cut horizontal palm. Hmph, older brothers and sisters are of course scary, but what he is least afraid of is this sixth brother who loves money like his life.

Dong Shixiu ignored their little gestures and asked Huangti, "Second Brother, what do you think?"

Huang Ti glanced at his brothers and sisters, and the answer was even simpler: "First break, then hand over, then accept."

As soon as he said that, several people paused, then nodded with a smile.

Only Dong Shixiu rested his chin and muttered.

Then they looked at Huang Ti together.

Huang Ti received the gazes of his younger siblings, frowned indistinctly, and then looked at Dong Shixiu: "Brother, what you think in your heart is not the right time now."

Dong Shixiu was silent, because with his nature, he didn't like this roundabout way very much.

"Don't forget that you are the emperor now." Huang Ti knew what he was thinking when he saw his expression, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Dong Shixiu looked at Huang Ti, and Huang Ti looked at him coldly. After the two stared at each other for a while, Dong Shixiu looked away at the other siblings, looking for some support. Unfortunately...

Ningjingyuan and Fengji ignored his gaze and sipped tea by themselves.

"Brother, every word and deed of a king is enough to affect the foundation of the country, so you need to think twice before acting." Bai Yima only gently persuaded.

"Brother, why don't we also marry Mengcheng? The nieces are too young, so let Mengcheng's princess marry. First, you have many concubines to serve; second, after the two countries form an alliance, the two sides will be harmonious. It is in the country's interest to stay calm and fight without losing money and food; thirdly, it resolves the current crisis; fourthly... and most importantly, you can also earn a generous dowry for the princess! Why not do it?" In front of Huajingtai, interests always come first.

"Brother, I'm on your side. Let's lead the troops to flatten Mengcheng and Beihai together!"

As for Feng Duying, she is currently studying her sleeves. There is a fingernail-sized soy sauce stain on the pure white sleeves embroidered with gorgeous phoenix feathers. She looked at it for a while, then raised her head and stared at Nan Pianyue: "Six brothers and Xiao Ba were sitting next to me during the meal. Six brothers are reluctant to leak a drop of saliva that doesn't cost money, so naturally they won't ask for money to buy it." The oil splashed out, so the oil stain must have been splashed by you just now, Xiaoba."

Huh? Nan Pianyue was a bit stunned and couldn't react, but the others stroked their foreheads as usual and remained silent.

"Xiaoba, go back and find Du Kang, ask about the fabric shop, the tailor who made the clothes, and the embroiderer, and then make an identical one and send it to my house. Otherwise..." Feng Duying raised his hand. Patting Nan Pianyue's head with his hands, narrowing his eyes, "I'll send the girl who sells wine to Meng Cheng for a marriage!"

"..." Nan Pianyue opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word. Is it because of what he just said, "A certain princess is far inferior to a man in her methods and tough personality"?

After discussing the clothes, Feng Duying spared no time, turned to look at Huang Ti and reprimanded him: "Second brother, if you were willing to become emperor back then, you will save us a lot of trouble now." After finishing speaking, she Then he turned his eyes to Shixiu East, and said impatiently: "Brother, if you want to be stubborn but not as stubborn as the second brother, and if you want to be reasonable but not as good as the third or fourth brother, then stop dawdling and make a quick decision. Otherwise, I can leave the palace and return home."

Hearing the words, Huang Ti could only stare at her, expressing his displeasure with such "rebellious words".

And the dignified Emperor Dadong could only sigh in resignation: "It will be fine in another five or three years."

"When the two armies are at war, they are about to catch them by surprise, so how can you wait for you to build up your strength and sharpen your sword before starting the war." Tranquility slowly folded and sealed the letter before putting it away.

"Okay, this matter is settled like this." Dong Shixiu didn't insist any more, then glanced at Ning Jingyuan and Fengji, and said without thinking: "Third brother, fourth brother, the 'bro' and Fengji I will hand over to you."

Ning Jingyuan and Fengji did not shirk, they both nodded and agreed: "Yes."

"Then we will leave today, and make preparations for the rest." Dong Shixiu explained and got up. Who does what and who cooperates, needless to say, the tacit understanding of the eight people is enough. He walked towards Feng Duying and smiled softly: "Fenghuang'er, elder brother will send you back to the palace."

Feng Duying flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall: "I know the way."

Dong Shixiu forgave her for rushing out of the palace with his sword so readily, and Feng Duying also made some concessions, promising to return to live in the palace often in the future. And Dong Shixiu also gave her the General's Mansion.

"Our brothers and sisters haven't spoken for a long time. Brother, will you chat with me?" His Majesty Emperor Dadong chased his sister away.

"It's because you don't want to talk to me, but it's not because I don't want to talk to you." Feng Duying felt upset when he thought of the aggrieved past two months.

"That's also to make you angry." Dong Shixiu thought about the two months of patience and felt the same unhappiness.

"The source is not mine."

"Okay, okay, big brother can't do it right."

…

Seeing that the two people were talking further and further away, several people in the hall got up one after another and filed out.

Fengji went out of the palace gate, looked towards the direction of Fengying Palace, only saw the back that was gradually going away, stood silently, and watched the two figures disappear into the palace. When he retracted his gaze, he saw a sneaky figure disappearing in the shade of the trees behind the promenade at the moment he moved his head. Looking up at the plaque in front of the palace, the three big characters of "Lingxiao Palace" in red lacquer are majestic.

"What?" Ning Jing Yuanjian Fengji who came out at the end had a different look on his face, and couldn't help asking.

"I hope this Lingxiao Palace is not a mistake." Fengji's tone was sad and cryptic.

Ning Ningyuan was startled, and then looked up at the plaque with him. After a long time, he said firmly, "This is the big brother's wish. It is the only one since the beginning of the world. We must not let it down!"

Fengji said nothing, just nodded. Yes, this kindness is incomparably precious. It has never been there before, and it will never come again. That's why they cherish it so much, and they are so caught in a dilemma. But... they don't want to and can't Live up to it!

"Let's go." Ning Jingyuan stepped up to keep up with the brothers who were going away.

"Yeah."

The two left.

Behind him, the palace gate of Lingxiao Palace was gently closed by the guards guarding the palace, and the scorching sun in the afternoon came in through the crack of the door, just like those ubiquitous gazes.

[Note ○1] Refer to "Shi Xin Yu Shuo? Rong Zhi"

[Note ○2] "The Book of Songs? Xiaobian" (to the effect: How happy those crows are, how leisurely they fly back to their nests. People's lives are beautiful, but I am alone sad. Why offend God, my What is the sin? My heart is sad, what can I do? The road is flat and flat, with lush grass and grass on both sides. My heart is troubled, like a stick hitting my heart. Lying with my eyes closed and sighing, worry makes my face look weak .My heart is sad, my heart is full of boredom.)