novelraw Chapter 402: The Succession Edict
Chapter 402: The Succession Edict
Very much like.
But are there really two people who look so much alike?
"From now on, treat me as your sister." Yan Li reached out and gathered her coat, "Meeting is fate, life and death separation is no big deal, it will fade away over time."
Life and death separation?
"What do you mean by this?" Xuanyuan Jiahe's expression changed slightly, "Do you know that my sister is in trouble?"
Yan Li nodded: "Yes."
"How do you know?" Xuanyuan Jiahe stared into her eyes, his tone slightly tense, "Who told you?"
Yan Li said lightly: "There is no absolute secret in the world."
Xuanyuan Jiahe didn't say anything, pursed his red lips, and looked thoughtful.
Yan Li didn't say anything else, and walked quietly in the plum garden. The snow was not heavy and didn't last long. It stopped soon.
The imperial garden was covered with a layer of pure white snow, and the sun shone in, exuding a layer of hazy, holy and beautiful luster.
However, the weather was cold during the day.
The Phoenix King was probably worried that they would catch a cold if they wandered around for too long, so he quickly ordered them to go to the Qinzheng Palace.
The palace was heated by a floor heater, and the two stepped in. The warm air rushed over them, and quickly drove away the biting coldness around them.
The palace servants led them to the warm room.
There were not many people in the warm room. The Phoenix King, the Feather King, and Mu Cang sat in turn, and several palace servants stood with their heads lowered. After Yan Li arrived, the maid who served tea served them tea.
The Phoenix King said, "Everyone leave."
The palace servants bowed and filed out.
Yan Li sat beside Mu Cang, lowered his eyes and drank a sip of tea.
"Prince Xiao and Shen Yanshu are still in Shi'an City?" Prince Feng looked at Yan Li, his tone calm and without any waves, "What did Prince Xiao say to the princess?"
Xuanyuan Jiahe's expression changed slightly, and she suddenly looked at Yan Li. Did she meet Prince Xiao and Shen Yanshu in Shi'an City?
"Shen Yanshu went to Shi'an City to take the blame for Prince Xiao, so he admitted all the charges." Yan Li's voice was indifferent, "Prince Xiao asked me to let Shen Yanshu go and handed over all his chips."
"They are really affectionate to each other." Prince Yu frowned and was silent for a moment, then smiled sarcastically, "Is this the end of death, but suddenly realized the preciousness of true love?"
Prince Feng looked at Yan Li: "Are you going to let them go?"
"Prince Xiao has been secretly planning and arranging for these years, and his power cannot be underestimated." Yan Li sneered, "Based on what he and Shen Yanshu have done, they should both be executed without a doubt, but killing them at this time is meaningless."
What are they talking about?
Xuanyuan Jiahe looked at Yan Li in bewilderment. Let King Xiao and Shen Yanshu go?
What does this mean?
Who is she?
Yan Li said calmly: "King Xiao promised to personally deal with the various forces he had won over, including some extremely evil local officials."
"So just let him go?" King Yu obviously disagreed with this decision. "King Xiao has been hiding very deeply over the years. Even when my father was in power, he did not notice his ambitions. This is enough to prove that he is a cunning and deep person. His words may not be credible."
Yan Li said calmly: "King Xiao and Shen Yanshu went to Shi'an City to see me. In a sense, they did have the intention to repent, but how to deal with them in the end is not up to me, but King Feng."
"Big brother?" King Yu was puzzled and turned to look at King Feng. "What do you mean by this?"
Yan Li walked to the window and looked at the snow scene outside the window. The pavilions, corridors, palace ridges, treetops and long palace roads were covered with a layer of light white everywhere.
"Isn't it said that auspicious snow means a good harvest?" Yan Li turned her head, her eyes calm and decisive, "Mu Cang and I have come all the way here, of course we can't come in vain."
Yu Wang was slightly shocked, and a realization appeared in his eyes: "You don't want to..."
"It's getting dark, we can go to the priest's hall." Yan Li smiled faintly, "Today we can have a special New Year's Day in the South."
After saying this, she turned around and walked away.
When passing by Xuanyuan Jiahe, Yan Li stretched out her hand to her: "Let's go together?"
Xuanyuan Jiahe couldn't say a word, just stretched out her hand blankly, and walked away with her arm around him, his beautiful eyes staring at her face without blinking, as if he could see a flower.
Mu Cang got up and followed.
"Big brother." Yu Wang's face was solemn, and he looked at Feng Wang with a low voice, "Your Majesty..."
Feng Wang said nothing, his face was unclear.
After leaving the Qinzheng Palace, the Phoenix King ordered the palace servants to arrange the carriage. The Imperial Guards quickly escorted Yan Li and Mu Cang out of the palace and slowly went to the Priests' Palace.
Half an hour later, they saw some high priests in pure white snow robes in the Priests' Palace. The high priests who were over fifty years old held the scepter and stood on the steps of the palace with the young priests, waiting for the arrival of the Phoenix King, Yan Li and others.
The high priest had a gentle and peaceful face, and his whole body showed a magnanimous demeanor of compassion for the common people. When he saw Yan Li, he bowed slightly: "The princess is here."
Yan Li returned the greeting: "High priest."
"Princess and King Feng, please follow me." The high priest turned and entered the hall, speaking in a slightly solemn tone, "Although your majesty's eternal lamp has not been extinguished, I told the queen a month ago that if you want the queen's soul to return, you have to wait at least seven years."
"Seven years?" King Feng's expression changed slightly, and he looked at King Yu consciously, "Why didn't you tell me?"
King Yu looked confused: "Master has never told me."
"I really haven't told anyone." The high priest met Wen Wen, "King Feng, don't be surprised." M.
After a while, several people arrived at the ice room of the priest's hall. The biting cold air hit them in the face. There was visible cold air in the room, and a layer of transparent thin frost covered the walls.
A large crystal coffin was placed in the ice room.
The body of the Southern Queen Xuanyuan Xihe was lying in this transparent ice coffin at this time. Her face was beautiful and charming, her skin was white and rosy, and she looked like she was sleeping, not like she was dead at all.
Mu Cang stood in front of the coffin, looking at the woman lying in the coffin with complicated eyes, and his thin lips were pursed tightly.
The high priest had a serious expression: "Seven years will bring many changes. The Southern Kingdom cannot stand seven years without a ruler, so I hope the princess and the King of Phoenix will think twice."
"Let the princess and the eldest brother think twice?" Xuanyuan Jiahe had already guessed the truth in her heart, but she still couldn't believe it. She turned her head and looked at the high priest with a pale face, "Whether the emperor sister can wake up and whether her soul can return to her place, what does it have to do with the princess of Jin? Why did the high priest ask her to think twice?"
She was thinking about this question all the way, and finally asked it at this time.
She wanted to get a definite answer from the high priest and Yan Li, even if the answer was bizarre and absurd, she wanted to hear them say it in person.
"Big brother." Yan Li raised his eyes slightly, talking to the King of Phoenix and answering Xuanyuan Jiahe's question, "Let me write a will to pass on the throne."
The King of Phoenix looked down at the woman in the coffin and remained silent.
"The country is not to be trifled with." Yan Li also looked down along her line of sight, "Perhaps it is destined that Xihe should be like this. I hope that King Feng can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country and protect the people of the country so that they can all have a stable family business."