Chapter 21 Night Phoenix

In Yun Canglan's room, there was a large long wooden table, with a piece of rice paper, a brush of wolf's hair, and a box of fragrant ink sitting on it.

At the table, a petite Yun Canglan took the long brush and began drawing freely on the rice paper. Soon a masterpiece was completed.

The title was Fire Lotus.

The world would try hard to snatch this striking painting. A seal of the Night Phoenix was on the side of the table.

Two years ago, after debuting the painting, A Beauty Lying on Bed, the royal courts of the seven kingdoms spread throughout two continents competed to snatch it. Literary families showed the white feather and greatly praised it. Everyone wanted to meet Night Phoenix, but the artist remained unknown. Night Phoenix finished another painting one year ago titled, Fight. This one boasted a bold and flowing style. The poem on it made Night Phoenix the most prominent painter and poet in all the seven kingdoms across the two continents. However, the artist was still nowhere to be found.

Yun Shu was grinding an ink-stick against an ink stone while staring at Yun Canglan.

No one expected the notorious good-for-nothing and idiot of Can Kingdom or even throughout the seven kingdoms to be the Night Phoenix, who the literary families and royal courts flattered but failed to meet. Appearing to be an incompetent playboy, who was delicate.

How could someone known as "the biggest idiot in the world" create these masterpieces? Yun Canglan didn't intentionally hide her talent. People were too ignorant to find it out.

Yun Shu was in the room too. As she watched Yun Canglan, she felt a sense of admiration and awe. Yun Shu believed the rumors about Yun Canglan when she had first saved her, that she was nothing more than a good for nothing boy, but since then Yun Shu discovered Yun Canglan was intelligent, talented, powerful and actually a girl. Being entrusted with Yun Canglan's secret, Yun Shu admired her even more.

Many talented and capable people loyally followed Yun Canglan now, which made Yun Shu feel that to continue to serve Yun Canglan, she must make a better effort.

Yun Shu and Yun Hua, Yun Canglan's servants, had both been entrusted with the secret that Yun Canglan was a gi

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Yun Canglan looked mature and discerning, holding the Night Phoenix seal in her hand.

Affixing the seal on the new masterpiece, Night Phoenix's art was about to instigate another fight in the seven kingdoms.

Yun Hua fetched some water for Yun Canglan to wash her hands. Yun Canglan raised her eyes, looking at Yun Hua, "Has anything happened at the palace?"

Hundreds of heads had appeared in the palace chambers of Lady Lian, which meant Huo Yang and Huo Liuyun must take action.

Yun Shu had the information and respectfully replied, "His Majesty learned that the assassin who tried to slay the Crown Prince was Tun Tian, but..."

"But what?" the impatience could be heard in Yun Canglan's voice. Yun Canglan raised her eyebrows, she was getting a bad feeling.

"His Majesty didn't punish Lady Lian or the eldest prince. A concubine that His Majesty doesn't like, Lady Yan, was blamed and made the scapegoat." Yun Shu bowed her head. She knew that Yun Canglan would be upset with the news.

"Clang." The copper basin flew from its spot when Yun Canglan slammed her tiny fist down, and it hit the floor, water soaked in and left a mark.

Yun Canglan frowned sternly.

"Liuyun, do you truly trust Lady Lian over me? You worry about the military power my father has, even though the General's forces have remained ever loyal to you? I can help you gain the world, so why won't you have trust in me? Fine. Liuyun, I like you, but I won't watch as you hurt my father. Since you don't trust me, I will remain out of your fight."

"Yun Shu, ask Yun Xiang to remain underground and transfer the industries from the Fengyun Firm in Can Kingdom and to focus on the other six kingdoms afterward. Yun Hua, please request that Yun Qi and Yun Yu keep a low profile to hide our strength."

"Yes." They replied, even though neither understood her change of venue, they trusted her so they would obey her to the letter.

Yun Shu had almost forgotten, "Mistress, Huan'er was here a short time before. Her Ladyship sent her because Lord Yun He will return today. You are expected in the antechamber right now."

Yun Canglan calmed down.

"Grandfather is back?" her eyes lit up and a smile crept onto her pudgy six year old cheeks.