I see You Lian is the ally

Chapter 77
The Chongyun Palace is at a lively time, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless. The court maids are dressed in neon clothes, their toes are moving, their waists are lightly twisted, spinning like a top, and the neon clothes are flying.

While drinking, Kang Wang tapped the table to beat the music.The little ladies gathered together to chat, while the gentlemen drank wine and looked at the little ladies opposite from time to time under the cover of flowers and branches.

Li Cong, King of Liu'an, put down the wine cup in his hand, got up and bid farewell to Princess Jing'an and King Kang.The reason why he came to the flower banquet today was because Princess Jing'an invited him to watch the chess game. Now that the chess game has been selected, he has no intention of staying any longer.

Princess Jing'an said: "Uncle, just wait a little longer, you haven't appreciated my newly cultivated peonies yet."

Princess Jing'an got up and clapped her hands, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped, the maids also stopped dancing, and the voices of the laughing people at the banquet also fell silent.

A palace official turned the mechanism, and the glazed roof of the Chongyun Hall was removed. These colored glazes were not fixed on the roof, but were controlled by the mechanism and could be moved.

It was noon, the sky was fine, and the bright sunlight streamed in unobstructed, illuminating a six-fold bamboo screen in a corner of the main hall.

Under the signal of Princess Jing'an, the two palace servants stepped forward and pushed the screen away.

A peony plant as tall as a person appeared in front of everyone, and it was covered with several flowers with the mouth of a bowl.Snow-white flowers, golden border, yellow and white, beautiful and dazzling.

The palace man introduced loudly: "This is the golden phoenix cultivated by Her Royal Highness, and it will bloom for the first time this year."

Everyone came forward to watch the golden phoenix. Some people thought that the peony was beautiful. However, the peonies in the garden, Zhao Fen, Gejin, and Yuchonglou, all of them were graceful and gorgeous.There doesn't seem to be anything unusual about this peony either.

On the contrary, Mrs. Xue, Xiao Sujun stepped forward, looked at Jinfeng Peony with joy, and said in disbelief: "Jinfengxiang Xueye, Linlang, you actually did it."

Golden Phoenix?

When everyone looked closely, they found that the golden border of the snow-colored peony actually looked like a flying phoenix.

Princess Jing'an went up to look at the peony, and said: "This flower was originally cultivated by my aunt, Princess Wen Ning. Later, she married Nanzhao, so the matter was shelved. Aunt Xiao and I mentioned this, and I decided to take it as a flower. It has been cultivated, and now it is finally fulfilled."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh a little when they heard the words, but it's a pity that Princess Wenning has already been buried in a foreign land.Fortunately, her son Yu Taiqing has returned to Dajin, and he must be happy to see his mother's wish come true.

Everyone gathered around Jinfeng Peony and praised her.

Suddenly, the petals of the golden phoenix peony seemed to be covered with a layer of hoarfrost, and instantly stiffened.Someone accidentally touched the flower stalk, and the whole peony fell silently.

However, everyone has no time to take care of Peony.Because they suddenly felt cold.

The cold came towards everyone from all directions, and the warmth at noon in late spring was instantly driven away by the sudden chill, making you feel like you were in an ice cave.

Everyone had already taken off their jackets, and they were wearing light spring shirts, so naturally they couldn't resist the bone-piercing chill.

A gust of damp cold wind blows through, like thorns digging into the bone crevices, cold and painful.

Through the open roof, everyone could see that the sun outside did not know when it disappeared, and the sky suddenly became gloomy and foggy.

Fog also settled in Chongyun Hall. For a moment, people felt that they were not in the hall, but in the wilderness.Faintly, it seems that the sound of water hitting the shore can be heard.

"What's going on? Why is it so cold?" Kang Wang, who was already bad-tempered, shivered from the cold, rubbing his hands and stamping his feet while shouting.

"Frozen to death, this is colder than the twelfth lunar month."

"Hey, what bit me?" Someone stomped his feet and felt muddy under his feet. It seemed that something bit him, but when he looked down, it was clearly the bluestone ground of Chongyun Palace, and there was nothing.

Everyone shivered and huddled together, only to feel that there seemed to be something lurking in the foggy darkness.

At this time, the door of Chongyun Hall was suddenly pushed open, and sunlight came in from the door.

A group of guards in black armor and black cloaks came in and lined up at the entrance of the Chongyun Hall. The two leaders were Lei Yan, the commander of the Tianshu Division.

He hurried in, feeling the chill in the room, and shivered.However, he didn't stop, and walked straight towards King Kang, Princess Jing'an and King Liu'an.

"Commander Lei, why is it so cold in the hall, do you know the reason?" King Liu An asked with a frown.

Lei Yan rubbed his hands together in the cold, and saluted, "My lord, princess, I have sensed a demonic aura, there should be a demon in the palace."

Everyone froze instantly, and the hall was as silent as death for a while.

"Demon?" King Kang raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Where... is it?" Princess Jing'an asked tremblingly.

Before Lei Yan could answer, the sun suddenly shone brightly above his head, and the gloomy and gloomy hall suddenly became bright again.Just like when it came, the chill was dispelled by the warm sunlight, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Everyone was bewildered, feeling that it was just like a dream.

Chen Ying walked over quickly and saluted: "Your Highness, Princess, Commander, something has happened. A dead body was found in the flower shed."

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The body was found in the most remote northeast corner of the flower shed.

The peonies here were originally clusters of flowers, competing to bloom in full bloom, but because of the momentary chill just now, they have all faded and withered.A gust of wind blows, and the petals fall with the wind, covering the ground with petals.

The corpse was lying under the flower plant, covered by the gorgeous petals, at first glance it seemed to be covered with a layer of multicolored brocade.

Lei Yanxing went to the depths of the flower bushes, made seals with his hands, and a gust of wind blew off the petals covering the corpse.

This is a female corpse, dressed in a rouge-colored embroidered skirt. From the clothes, someone recognized it as Kong Yu, the newly selected poet.It's just that her fair face has become shriveled and dark at this time, and she no longer has the beautiful appearance just now.

Yu Taiqing and Pei Ruji arrived one after another, they stepped forward to glance at the corpse, and then looked at each other.

Both of them understood that this was exactly the same way of death as Yinniang who was killed in Fengyang Tower a few days ago.

Huajiao arrived with Pei Ruji, but she was stopped by the guards, and she couldn't look up close, but could only look at it from a distance.At this time, the flower shed was already in chaos, some of the brave ones stood on their feet and looked forward, while the timid ones cried in fright.

"I heard that the deceased was Kong Yu." A little lady said in a low voice.

Someone sighed with regret: "I just won the title of Poetry Jue just now, but it took only a few cups of tea, and now the fragrance has disappeared. It's really pitiful."

"Madam Zheng, you went out with Madam Kong just now, do you know what happened?" Someone asked Zheng Min.

Hua Jiao squinted at Zheng Min, only to see that her face was pale, her eyes flustered, she was obviously frightened.

(End of this chapter)