Chapter 341 The Thirteen Princesses Who Conquer the Country and the City

Chapter 341 The Thirteen Princesses Who Conquer the Country and the City

The night is as deep as water.

The chirping insects sang continuously for nearly two hours in the summer night, and finally turned into a few intermittent calls.

The princess's mansion in the new city also gradually changed from brightly lit and resplendent to brightly lit in twos and threes, only emitting bean-like firelight, twinkling in the night.

There is a palace in the middle of the mansion. The guards patrolling outside come and go, but they are as silent as tiptoes and do not disturb the tranquility of the night.

Inside the palace, there were many maids waiting quietly, not daring to sleep. Instead, they stood alert in the night like owls, waiting for instructions to take action.

In the huge palace, the fires of two rows of lanterns were burning quietly, emitting a bright yellow light, illuminating the entire palace.

On the couch made of golden nanmu on the left, a woman is sitting cross-legged, holding a book and looking down at it carefully.

Her eyebrows are like willow tips, her eyes are like autumn waves, her nose is straight and small, her eyes are bright and her teeth are white, her muscles are ice-cold and her bones are white, and her face is as white as frost and snow.

Her long hair is shawl, and under her thin bangs, her brows are either relaxed or frowned, and she is concentrating on the book in her hand.

She looks like she is in her twenties, but she still has youthful vitality and a somewhat mature temperament. She looks extremely gentle, like a classical lady studying hard late at night, a very quiet scene.

In the room, except for the rustling sound she made from turning the pages of the book from time to time, and the occasional popping sound from the burning candle, everything else was quiet, as if no sound wanted to disturb this quiet and beautiful moment.

After a long while, she slowly closed the book and placed it on her crossed knees. She rubbed the smooth and delicate corners of her eyes with her small white hands, and then stroked her thin quilted pajamas as white as snow. Then she raised her head and looked. Look around.

"What time is it now?" Suddenly, she opened her little cherry mouth and asked, her voice as clear as an oriole, extremely moving.

Looking around, it was clear that there was no one in the room, but she asked naturally.

Gradually, a figure appeared from the dark corner by the window in the room.

This was a relatively short figure that appeared very abruptly, as if it had been a shadow blending into the darkness.

"It will be Haishi in a moment." The voice that answered was older and his tone was a little erratic.

But it was clear that it was the voice of an older woman.

Looking carefully, she slowly came to the couch with white hair and wrinkles on her face, and asked again: "Princess Thirteen, it's time for you to rest too."

The woman on the couch removed the book, slowly got up from the bed, and landed on the ground. Her upright figure cast a swaying shadow under the candlelight, looking extremely moving.

She is the thirteenth daughter of today's emperor, Princess Xincheng!

That posture is so high that she is really beautiful in her bones but not in her skin.

That face is so beautiful, every time it frowns, it looks like it is looking at the whole city and then the country.

She was tall and tall, and even a pair of loose pajamas could not hide her bumps.

He was also much taller than the old figure opposite him, and his bright eyes radiated light in the dark night.

She tilted her head slightly, facing the dark night sky outside the window, her eyes fell on the stars in the distance, and the crisp voice of Princess Xincheng sounded: "Mother Feng, Fenghuang has started to carry out her plan, right?"

Grandma Feng coughed before replying: "Calculating the time, it's almost time."

Young Master Xincheng coughed and turned his attention away. His beautiful brows furrowed: "Aunt Feng, is your Yin-Cold disease attacking again?"

"Princess Thirteen, this is an old problem with me. It won't be a problem."

"Have you taken the Divine Fire Pill?" Princess Xincheng asked with concern.

Her attitude towards the old man in front of her was not as alienated as a princess's treatment of her mother. Instead, she had a kind of concern for her relatives.

Grandma Feng smiled and said, "I take the Divine Fire Pill regularly. Fortunately, the Thirteenth Princess was kind enough to get this valuable divine pill from the Emperor for me. Otherwise, the grass on my grave would be several feet tall."

She tried her best to speak light and playful words, but Princess Xincheng was not only unhappy, but complained: "Aunt Feng, are you trying to shame Xincheng! If you hadn't sacrificed your life to save her back then, Xincheng would have disappeared long ago, and the guest would have died. You are in a foreign country. But it also caused you to suffer from the cold poison, and you suffered from this disease day and night, and you have been tortured for ten years!"

Aunt Feng said softly: "My Feng family has received preferential treatment from the royal family for generations. This is what I should do."

Princess Xincheng's beautiful face showed a trace of embarrassment, and said: "Aunt Rong, you were in the eighth realm ten years ago. Now ten years have passed, and you are affected by the cold poison, and your cultivation is not advancing but retreating... It's all Xincheng's. That's wrong, if Xincheng hadn't been so impulsive and insisted on leaving the border regardless of the situation, you wouldn't have done it, Aunt Rong..."

"Princess, it happened so many years ago, why are you bringing it up?!" Grandma Feng interrupted Princess Xincheng's shameful words and showed a doting look on her face, "I don't blame you! For a royal child Bleeding and sweating, that is the mission of my Feng family!

"Besides, if the princess hadn't worked hard back then, used her troops like a god, and decided in one battle, she wouldn't have the prestige of the Xincheng Princess Mansion today, and I wouldn't be able to enjoy the preferential treatment I have today!"

Princess Xincheng smiled sadly, her eyes were misty, and her thoughts seemed to fly far away again...

She vaguely saw the day ten years ago when she was so angry that she led three thousand Phoenix troops out of the border to seek revenge.

Others only know that her brilliance of breaking through 30,000 from 3,000 to 30,000 has also made her famous and continued the prestige of the Phoenix Army.

However, who understands the danger of that day, and how many people know the sacrifices made by those around her?

On the surface, only half of the three thousand Phoenix Army came back, and most of them were injured. The other half stayed outside the customs forever, dying in a foreign land.

In that battle, the Phoenix Army was almost crippled.

In addition, almost all of the guards sent by the royal family around her were killed or wounded. The personal guard like Grandma Feng was besieged by Rong masters. She suffered from cold poison and kept coughing every day. The person who was expected to enter the Nine Realms was also besieged. He interrupted abruptly.

Now she can only survive by relying on the Divine Fire Pill to suppress her injuries, and she is in excruciating pain every day.

All these things caused a great mental impact on Princess Xincheng, who was only in her early fifteen years. Although she was not completely depressed, she was no longer willing to marry, and she rarely walked in the Phoenix Army.

She felt guilty, and it was hard for her to calmly face the desperate, innocent and puzzled looks in her eyes after most of the Phoenix Army's casualties, let alone their families.

The Phoenix Army is all women, some are children of aristocratic families or daughters of powerful martial arts families, and some are female warriors with good qualifications from poor families.

In peaceful times, they joined the Phoenix Army for the honor. How could they have imagined that a princess would actually lead them to the battlefield?

The victory was brilliant, but the result was cruel. Princess Xincheng found it difficult to accept the results. She had been living in seclusion for most of these years and did not want to get involved with the Phoenix Army.

In her opinion, the Phoenix Army did a good job under the leadership of Feng Huang, and gradually gathered enough people to become more and more powerful.

Although Feng Huang always said that many people in the Phoenix Army are joining because of the reputation of Princess Xincheng, Feng Huang also kept his attitude very low and often went to the princess's house to ask for instructions, but Princess Xincheng was still not very happy, almost He let go and handed over all the affairs of the Phoenix Army to Feng Huang.

She still can't get over the hurdle in her heart!

No, as soon as she heard Nanny Feng coughing next to her, her mood would drop.

Seeing that the princess was not in a high mood, Grandma Feng quickly changed the subject: "Princess, do you think Feng Huang's plan this time is reliable?"

As expected, Princess Xincheng was distracted and asked: "Mother Feng, Feng Huang is your niece. What is her personality like? You know better than me!"

Aunt Feng is from the Feng family and is the sister of Feng Kaijing, the current commander-in-chief of the Yiyi Guard!

The Feng family has served the royal family since the founding of Yao. They have outstanding achievements and loyalty, and have always won the trust of generations of emperors.

Like Feng Kaijing, when he was young, he was selected as a bodyguard for the current emperor and then the prince, and defended the prince several times.

After the prince succeeded to the throne, he sent him to the Zhenyi Guards for training, and later handed over all the Zhenyi Guards to him. He did not change the candidates for more than ten years, which shows how deep-rooted his favor is.

As for Grandma Feng, she achieved eight realms in her forties and was no less popular than Feng Kaijing. When Princess Xincheng was ten years old, she was hired by the emperor to be his personal nanny and gave her his most favored daughter for protection. Free access to the palace.

This is not only the respect for her, but also the trust in the Feng family.

Looking deeply at the wrinkled nanny in front of her, Princess Xincheng smiled bitterly and said: "I hope that Feng Huang can really find the loophole in the treasury, so that he can follow the clues and find the person who stole the treasure. Today, my father called me in again. Palace, asked about this matter."

Aunt Feng became nervous: "Is the Emperor going to intervene? Didn't you say that you would investigate secretly before, for fear of disturbing the situation? If the purpose of Black Xuan Jade Ruyi is publicized, there will be an uproar!"

Princess Xincheng rolled her bright eyes with a lovely eye, and said: "Aunt Feng, when has the royal family ever had a secret? It's okay if nothing happens, but if something does happen, the entire palace is like a broken basket, and nothing can be taken away. Stay! If no one really knows the purpose of Black Xuan Jade Ruyi, how can they sneak into my mansion and steal it?"

Grandma Feng was surprised: "Are you really here for the Feng Ming Gun?"

Princess Xincheng said faintly: "The Black Mysterious Jade Ruyi is one of the keys to unlocking the mechanism and taking out the Fengming Gun. When my father gave it to me, I didn't want it, but he just said that he had the best chance of getting the Fengming Gun to recognize its owner. The person who gave it to me for safekeeping in advance is just returning it to its original owner. He is trying to trick me and just wants to share the risk!"

Aunt Feng smiled sarcastically, not being able to comment on the current emperor.

The Phoenix Ming Spear was the magic weapon of the founding queen of the country. It can fully display the power of the Fire Phoenix Divine Spear. It is one of the most famous magic weapons in the world. It is said that the magic gun alone can produce all kinds of strange phenomena.

With a gun in hand, you are invincible. The Fengming Spear is most suitable for killing people back and forth in the military formation. At that time, the founding queen relied on it to fight against invincible opponents in the world. She made more and greater contributions to the founding of Dayao than the founding Taizu.

In the royal family, the Phoenix Gun was a symbol of special significance.

In the imperial court, Feng Mingqiang was one of the representatives of imperial power.

Among the people, Feng Ming Gun is an invincible existence.

In order to properly keep the Fengming Gun, the royal family and the court set up a special storage place for it in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. It is said that there are many mechanisms inside and require a special key to open it.

Black Xuan Jade Ruyi is one of the keys. It was privately given to Princess Xincheng by the emperor a few years ago and asked to keep it safe.

They had been living in peace and harmony for these years, until a few days ago when the treasury inspected and found that Yu Ruyi was missing.

Princess Xincheng, who knew its significance, was naturally shocked and frightened. She openly said that the mansion had been stolen and asked some people to look for clues. She also reported it to the emperor and asked him to make a decision.

At first, the emperor said that the matter should not be made public and that it could be investigated secretly, because Yu Ruyi was only one of the keys, and it would not be possible to take out the Fengming Gun with it. As long as the other keys were in place, it would be worry-free.

Grandma Feng had only learned about the purpose of Black Xuan Jade Ruyi in the past few days. At that time, she secretly complained that the emperor was so arrogant. Instead of keeping such an important thing in the palace for worship and guarding, she threw it to Princess Xincheng who opened a palace outside the palace. .

Doesn’t this make Princess Xincheng feel at ease?

"Father told me that Mr. Liang Shang also visited the Prince's East Palace last night. Fortunately, he was discovered in time and no damage was caused." Princess Xincheng said quietly.

Grandma Feng felt something in her heart and said, "The prince also has a key in his hand?"

Mr. Xincheng sighed deeply and said nothing.

Grandma Feng thought to herself, what a good guy, the emperor is such a good guy!

Not only did he put one of the keys in the Xincheng Princess's mansion, he also placed one in the Prince's East Palace - was he trying to trap his best sons and daughters in it?

Grandma Feng couldn't figure out how the emperor was able to come up with such a ridiculous operation.

However, she could not criticize the emperor, she could only endure the arrangement.

"Who is so bold as to have the idea of ​​​​Feng Ming Gun? Over the past hundred years, everyone knows how closely the royal family has kept it." Grandma Feng couldn't help but say.

Princess Xincheng said faintly: "Actually, the Fengming Gun has been born once in the past few decades. It was that time that made people appreciate how brilliant the Fengming Gun was in the early days of Yao!"

Aunt Feng sighed: "That's Yao's Dinghai Divine Needle, the pillar of the country! Who would take advantage of it?!"

Princess Xincheng's eyes became darker and darker, and she said: "Father is getting older and his health has become worse in recent years, so the wind may be coming..."

Aunt Feng was horrified.

"I will never allow anyone to have any ideas about our royal family!" Princess Xincheng's words were as cold as ice, "Now that we have me, you, Aunt Feng, and Feng Huang in our house, only the three of us know about Hei Xuan The purpose of Jade Ruyi. We must find the treasure in the shortest possible time! Otherwise, the city will be in trouble, and I don’t know how much trouble it will cause!"

Grandma Feng also looked at the night sky outside the window and said, "I hope the person Feng Huang is looking for this time can be reliable!"

Princess Xincheng's face showed some anticipation: "It is said that that person is very good at qinggong, and he was recommended by Commander Feng!"

Aunt Feng smiled bitterly and said: "Feng Huang may be a little too whimsical. She actually asked the man to simulate being a thief, hoping that he would find out the flaws in the treasure house, and sneak into the treasure house at night to find out the route of the thief. This is too...imaginary As soon as it comes out, it comes out!"

"This is not a solution. If you are poor, you can change, and if you change, you can be successful. It is indeed one of our assumptions that people with excellent light skills do it. Besides, Fenghuang is also thoughtful. In order to be realistic, this matter can only be The four of us know the truth, but the other guards don't know anything about it, so we can test their guarding abilities to our heart's content.

"I hope they can find other flaws in the treasure house so that they can make up for it, lest anyone try to take advantage of my treasure house!" Princess Xincheng said very sincerely.

Grandma Feng sighed: "I hope so!"

As he spoke, his eyes were dimly focused on the bright stars in the distance.

Little did they know that as time went by, the night got deeper and the people became quieter, but Feng Huang was filled with anger from waiting.

At this time, she was nesting in the room where the treasure house was stolen, extinguishing the lights, and quietly waiting for any movement outside among the colorful jade objects.

However, she waited for most of the night, but did not get any message from Chu Tang.

Not to mention finding a way to enter the treasure house, even the guards outside were not alarmed at all.

These guards did not know that Mr. Liang Shang would visit tonight. They had taken responsibility for the thefts in the past few days. The power of the guards had increased greatly these days, and people were more alert. As long as there was any trouble outside, they would definitely respond immediately. come over.

However, one night passed, and Fenghuang didn't hear a sound.

She sat in the room until her legs were numb.

When the sky became bright, the guards outside began to change their duties, and there were bursts of noise. Fenghuang didn't even wait for Chu Tang to come.

She even became worried about it: "Is this guy trying to get down from the top of the treasure house and be killed by the mechanism above?"

After all, accidents like to happen unexpectedly, right?

And which one comes first, the accident or tomorrow, is always full of unknowns.