Chapter 2 Golden Phoenix Jade

Author: Dayue

Chapter 2 Golden Phoenix Jade

The second year of the Tang Dynasty

The long night covers the sky, the silver moon is like a painting, the night is cool in the middle of the autumn. A team of ten thousand cavalrymen in the Daming Palace are ready to go. They are wearing silver armor and silver helmets, all of them have a cold face and do not say a word.

The Longwu General Chen Xuanli rode on the horse, holding a military talisman in his hand, and issued an order: "Take it down."

The Daming Palace suddenly burst into the sky in a silence.

Li Longfan and Li Longye led the soldiers of the left and right Wanqi battalions, divided into two groups, attacking from Jiuxianmen and Taihemen, and killed the left and right Yulin Army.

The shouts of killing sounded in unison, and the Daming Palace tonight was destined to flow into a river of blood.

But in Zichen Hall, there was a man holding a candlelight, holding a white jade brush, and lowering his head as if he was writing something.

When I looked closer, I found that it was not a letter at all, but a dense set of music scores.

The person who holds the writing is calm and composed, because the life and death outside the palace gate has nothing to do with him.

After a while, a whisk-carrying houseman came in at the door and said to him: "Everyone, Wang Maozhong has finished his dressing."

The pen holder said "yes", then threw the white jade brush in his hand towards the table, and then walked out.

"Let's go!"

The person holding the whisk quickly followed.

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On the streets of Chang'an City, two fast horses and a carriage galloped, and dust flew through the silence.

After passing Zhuque Street, three people and two horses and one cart approached a secluded alley in Yongyangfang. They stopped in front of a courtyard. The older middle-aged man quickly got off the horse, pushed open the door and hurried in.

The younger man immediately got off the horse and followed, only the man in the carriage waited.

"Zhilan.,Zhilan!" The older man shouted as he entered the door, looking anxious.

"I'm here." The woman called Zhilan walked out of the inner room with a worried look on her face.

The woman has a very beautiful face and a graceful figure. She looks about twenty-three or four years old. She is carrying a bag on her shoulders and holding a girl about two or three years old in her arms. The girl is sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.

"What's going on? Chenglan, why did you send someone to ask me to pack my bags? What happened? Where are we going?" The woman named Zhilan asked anxiously while patting the girl in her arms.

The man named Chenglan was the Minister of the current dynasty, Cui Shi, whose courtesy name was Chenglan.

"I don't have time to explain so much. The saint is going to do it tonight. You and Heng'er are taking a carriage away. Your elder brother Zhang Song is waiting for you in the carriage outside." Cui Shi finished speaking quickly and pulled Zhang Zhilan out the door.

"My brother? What about you? Aren't you going with us?" Zhang Zhilan was obviously scared and asked in panic.

"I can't leave yet. You can take good care of our daughters. Zhang Song will take you to a safe place, and Gongsun Yin will accompany you all the way." As he said that, he glanced at the young man waiting by the door.

Only then did Zhang Zhilan notice Gongsun Yin, who had been silent by the door, "Mr. Gongsun? Don't you have to be on duty at the Imperial Medical Office?"

Gongsun Yin looked at Zhang Zhilan with a burning gaze. His clear and handsome face was a little shy. He replied to her: "Miss Zhilan, don't worry, I will accompany you all the way."

Zhang Zhilan wanted to ask again, but she had been quickly taken out of the door by Cui Xi and asked them to get on the carriage.

Cui Xi was still not relieved, so he followed the carriage and searched for a while at the collar of the little girl's clothes. A jade pendant that looked like a scimitar was revealed. There was a small hole at the edge of the girl's neck with a red rope. The jade was carved with a fiery red phoenix, and the surrounding area was wrapped in gold.

"Keep this phoenix gust well." Cui Shi looked at the phoenix jade pendant and carefully explained to Zhang Zhilan.

Zhang Zhilan glanced at the Fengshi and frowned at Cui Shi, "Cui Chenglan, what abacus are you doing? Why do you leave this jadeshi to our mother and daughter for safekeeping?"

Cui Shi looked at Zhang Zhilan with tenderness in his eyebrows and eyes: "Don't ask so much, as long as you know that this thing is very important to me, you must keep it well, don't lose it, okay?"

Cui Shi said affectionately. His face was already very handsome, and at this time he showed the gentleness and warmth of a man. Even if he was over forty years old, he could still make a woman melt her heart on him.

Zhang Zhilan was no exception. She looked at Cui Xi with tears in her eyes and nodded: "Okay, I will, don't worry!"

Cui Xi said with satisfaction: "Go away!" After that, he got off the carriage.

"When will you come to see us?" Zhang Zhilan was still unwilling to give up. She let go of Cui Heng, lifted the curtain and looked at Cui Xi's back, and stubbornly wanted to find the answer.

Cui Xi did not answer, looked at Gongsun Yin standing beside him and said meaningfully: "Looking for the wind, I'll leave it to you."

Gongsun Yin bowed to him: "Don't worry, Lord Cui, Bei Zhi will do his best to escort the mother and daughter to arrive safely."

Cui Xi said "Yeah", patted his shoulder again, and said softly: "I know what you think of Zhilan. If I can't overcome this hurdle this time, you can take good care of them for me, okay?"

Gongsun Yin's expression was solemn when he heard this, and knew that the situation was serious. He bowed deeply to Cui Shi, "I accept the order with a humble position."

Cui Xi nodded and stopped speaking. He glanced at Zhang Song in front of the carriage. Zhang Song understood and nodded to him to say goodbye. With a "drive", he urged the carriage to move forward.

Gongsun Yin turned around and stepped onto the horse, urging the horse to follow.

"Chenglan." Zhang Zhilan murmured softly, still lifting the curtain of the car, looking back at Cui Shi reluctantly, feeling inexplicably panic, fearing that they would be separated forever.

Cui Shi watched the carriage gradually drift away, rolling up silver dust.

After watching quietly for a while, Cui Shi sighed softly, turned around and walked into the courtyard again.

Looking at the familiar room and decorations, Cui Wei thought to himself, "I hope I've bet right this time."

After staying silent for a while, Cui Xi was about to leave when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and neat steps outside the yard. Hearing that there were at least three hundred people in this scene.

Cui Shi was shocked and walked quickly to the door to check.

The fire outside the door soared into the sky, and dozens of people held up torches, making the secluded alley as bright as day. Then a team of princesses slowly approached, and a carriage with golden and precious gold stopped at the entrance of the alley, and a beautiful middle-aged woman walked slowly down from the carriage.

The woman's clothes are extremely luxurious, about fifty years old, but they are well maintained and still look beautiful and charming.

She looked stubborn and arrogant, surrounded by dozens of slaves and walked towards the door of the house.

When Cui Shi saw her, he was shocked and hurriedly bowed, "Your Highness, Princess."

This woman is the powerful Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping glanced at him and walked over him into the courtyard.

Cui Wei followed in quickly.

Princess Taiping walked in, and the servants stopped outside the door and bowed their heads and waited quietly.

"Princess. Princess, don't you send me a letter to you to avoid it for a while, don't come back for the time being? What are you?" Cui Xi asked anxiously from behind.

Princess Taiping turned around and looked at Cui Shi and interrupted him, "Cui Chenglan, don't think I don't know what you are thinking!" After saying that, she looked around at the inner room, and finally looked back at Cui Shi with a sharp look, "Where is that bitch?"

"彩" (pronounced Xi),彩 is a cone that untied the belt in ancient times

(End of this chapter)
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