C21

The weather wasn't bad. Yun Duan stood in the garden with her hands behind her back. She swept her gaze over the place. It was already autumn, but the flowers were still competing with each other for their beauty. The fragrance of the flowers drifted in the air, covering quite a bit of the smell of blood.

Even though Xingyun Pavilion's courtyard had been cleaned, she still felt that blood was flowing like a river. The alarm bell set by the masked men was too loud, so she had to be prepared at all times.

"Mistress, look how good you are at blooming flowers!" Qin Ni stood behind Yun Duan with a smile on her face.

The petals were spread out in all directions, and were as big as a compass. The stamen of the flower had turned into a thick black, which made the clouds laugh. She narrowed her eyes to look at it carefully for a moment, then asked, "Flower of Separation?"

Qin Ni nodded her head: "This flower is also known as the Night Tremor Flower. The fragrance of this flower has a long period of time, and sometimes you can't even see it withering in the deep winter!"

"What's the use?"

Qin Ni's brows slightly blinked: "Can be used with medicine!"

"What else?"

"No more!"

Yun Duan laughed, but her eyes were very secretive. "Are you sure you don't have any more?"

Qin Nei's drooping eyes flickered.

Yun Duan was not in a hurry. Instead, she stared at the flower with interest, as if she wanted to see through its essence.

After a while, Yun Duan said, "Pick a flower petal and let me have a look!"

With a gentle breeze, a flower petal fell into her hand in the blink of an eye.

Yun Duan walked over to a small pavilion and sat down. After she glanced at Qin Ni, she played with the petal of blood in her hand. She put it to her nose and sniffed it. The smell was really cold and serene.

This color had always been passionate and unrestrained. However, when paired with the dense black stamens, it gave off a kind of deathly air.

A voice came from afar. Yun Duan looked over and said with a dull face, "Qin Ni, I want to drink tea. It's hot!"

Qin Ni nodded: "I'll go get it now!"

The clouds lightly rapped against the bluestone table, and the round surface of the table was polished very smoothly.

The sound was getting closer and closer. When it got closer, Yun Duan's fingertips stopped moving. There was a smile in her eyes, but it didn't reach her eyes as she looked at the flower petal.

"I was wondering who it was. So it was the third princess!"

Under the escort of a group of female attendants, the consort stood in front of the small pavilion. She was dressed like a jewel, and her light green phoenix dress outlined her alluring figure.

Yun Duan propped up her chin as she looked at Luofei, ignoring everything else, this woman was quite good-looking and had a very good appearance.

When I heard about the assassination of the three princes yesterday, I was extremely nervous. I wanted to go and see the three royal princesses early on, but I do have a dragon seed with me. I wanted to avoid getting involved with these bloody matters.

Looking at the fake smile on the woman's face, Yun Duan thought to herself that she was still able to keep her composure today, as if she had already forgotten all about the matter regarding Li Shi'er.

"How could that be? Do I look like such a petty person?"

The servant girl, Luo Fei, sat down across from Yun Duan. Her face was smiling, and her expression was that of a virtuous and virtuous elder. "Wang Ji, you're not hurt, right? I heard that masked man was very powerful. So many guards in the palace were killed by him! "

The word masked man was still a taboo. It should be said that there was fear in her heart. She closed her eyes as she thought about how he would kill without batting an eyelid. He was ferocious and bloodthirsty.

Her small hand lightly held onto the petal as her lips curled up into a vague smile: "If I'm injured, can I still sit in front of you? Besides, what's there to be nervous about when I get stabbed? Or are you afraid that I won't die? "

The face of the consort stiffened, and her black, pretty eyes showed some grievance, "Third Young Madam, where are you from? I'm just concerned about you!"

"Care about me?" Yun Duan laughed softly.

"That really bothers esteemed wangfei!"

Princess Luofei shook her head, "Why do you say that!"

Family?

Yun Duan was amused by these three words, and even laughed out loud. She picked up the flower petal and fanned herself, laughing so hard that she was forced to move back and forth.

When the princess saw this, she couldn't help but frown and her voice became much colder, "Wang Ji, what do you mean by this?"

Yun Duan slammed the flower petal on the table. The sound was extremely loud, scaring the princess and her servant girl behind her into jumping up.

"Empress, don't speak carelessly. Who is your family?" Chen Emperor? "Li Zhen'er?"

At the mention of Li Jie'er, Princess Luofei's fingers tightened and her expression became displeased: "Third Princess, I am His Majesty's concubine. You should address me as your mother in front of me, but you didn't even have the least bit of respect for me and have such a vile attitude. How can you be worthy of being His Majesty's daughter?"

Yun Duan's eyes shined brightly. She did not react in the slightest to the words of consort Luo, and spoke in a playful manner, "Call you mother? "I say, consort Luo, what do you think you are? If you want to talk about etiquette …"

Yun Duan dragged the last part of his words and laughed sinisterly, "We should have a good talk!"

She suddenly stood up, her gaze cold. "Someone come!"

The guard on duty quickly appeared. "Third King!"

Yun Duan waved her hand and pointed at the servants behind Princess Luofei, "You've dragged down thirty big sticks. You didn't even make a proper greeting when you saw Wang Ji. This servant girl is really riding on master's head!"

This …" The guards were in a bit of a dilemma. After all, there was still another consort, and she had a dragon in her stomach. It was said that she had to look at her master to beat a dog, so since consort didn't say anything, they didn't want to be part of it.

Yun Duan's sharp eyes swept across the guards on duty and asked, "What? Are you going to disobey the decree?"

"I want to see who dares!" The consort's face was dark as she looked at the clouds, her eyes filled with ferocity, "If that's the case, then those three kings won't even bow when they see this. Do I have to punish you for not respecting your status?"

Yun Duan held the flower petal and shook it, her eyes slightly shining. "You want to punish me? Fine, go request for an imperial decree. If Your Majesty decrees a punishment, then I'll accept it. But if you don't, then your servants will be beaten to death! "

"You …" She knew that it was impossible for Emperor Chen to pass down the decree. Yun Duan had even beaten up Emperor Chen when he left his official position, but the Emperor Chen didn't punish her at all. Now, it was even more impossible to do so for the sake of his maids.

"Drag him away!" Yun Duan's voice was heavy, causing the hearts of everyone present to tremble. This Third King was really not someone to be trifled with.

When the guard saw this, he didn't dare to say anything else and dragged the personal servant girl away.

"Empress, save me!"

"Empress, Empress!"

"Third King, Ji, this servant knows my wrongs!"

"This servant will not dare to do so again!"

The female servants' shouts increased in volume one after another. Princess Luo Fei was so angry that her face turned green.

Yun Duan swept a glance at the stomach of the consort and chuckled, "Empress, don't be so angry that your body will break down. If a few maids were to shock the dragon seed, then it wouldn't be worth it!"

"Only Yun Duan!" Princess Luofei shouted at the top of her lungs.

Yun Duan suddenly raised her head, and used her bare hands to grip onto Princess Luofei's chin. Not long after pinching her, cold sweat began to seep out from her forehead. Yun Duan's voice was cold as she asked, "Do you think you can call her 'only Yun Duan'?"

Princess Luofei looked at the clouds in fear, trying to wave away the clouds with her two hands.

"Empress!" She placed the flower petal in front of the consort and slowly said, "I heard that this flower can attract souls. I wonder if the dead Li Zhen'er will miss the Empress, or if the Jade Bead that fell into the dry well will want to come and have a chat with the Empress!"

Her face was pale and her eyes were wide open as she looked at the clouds as if she had seen something terrifying. She sobbed and shook her head in fear.

"Oh, right, my mother and sister died too miserably, with too much grievance and resentment. I heard that this soul would often drift about the Myriad Empire Palace. If there's a day that the Empress is interested, I can let them meet you!"

She was so scared that her whole body was trembling.

Yun Duan let out a cold snort and relaxed his hand. His gaze swept in the direction of the Burning Ruins, looking deep in thought.

Qin Nei came over with a cup of tea. "Mistress!"

Yun Duan picked up the teacup and took a sip. The scorching heat caused her cold heart to feel a few traces of warmth.

She looked at the trembling consort and then looked at the hand she had just used to pinch her chin. After thinking for a while, she gave a light laugh that was beyond her control.

Qin Ni's face was full of worry: "Mistress!"

A heart-wrenching wail came from not far away. Thirty staff strikes were enough to let those maids remember for a long time.

After Yun Duan finished laughing, she walked to the side of consort. She had a warm expression on her face, without the slightest trace of violence.

"The Empress's servant girl has no rules, so I'll do the same to them. If I don't offend others in the future and ruin the Empress's face, then that wouldn't be good!"

She covered her chin as her gaze looked down, not daring to look at the clouds.

Yun Duan placed the flower petal in front of the consort and said with a smile, "If the Empress ever wishes to meet these old friends of yours, you can come find me. Yun Duan is very willing to serve you!"

As she screamed, she brushed away the petals in front of her, and her body almost fell off the stone chair.

Yun Duan stretched out her hand to steady her, blaming her coolly, "The Empress still has the dragon seed. How can I explain this to Your Majesty if something happens to you? You have to know that my father dotes on you!"

Her five fingers tightly gripped the edge of the stone table, until they turned white.

Seeing her blink like this, Yun Duan turned around and placed another cup of hot tea on Qin Ni's plate in front of consort Luo. She smiled and said, "It seems like it was Yun's fault that the Empress was frightened today. This cup of hot tea is all for the Empress's sake!"

On the way back, Yun Duan walked very slowly with Qin Ni quietly following behind her.

When they were almost to the Flowing Cloud Pavilion, Yun Duan slowly opened her mouth and asked Qin Ni, who was behind them, "Do you think I'm very cruel and merciless?"

Qin Nei was slightly startled and smiled. "Master must have his own way of doing things. Sometimes, the ruthlessness on the surface is not even close to the scheming behind the scenes!"

Yun Duan cast a sidelong glance at Qin Ni and chuckled, "You sure know how to talk!"

Qin Ni smiled but did not speak.

When they got close to Xingyun Pavilion, Yun Duan saw Qiong Ying who was looking around with her head stretched out. Seeing her master come back, Qiong Ying hastened her steps to welcome him.

"Master, Prince Changfeng has arrived less than an hour ago!"

Yun Duan raised her eyebrows. She had wanted to thank him for the secret guard, but she didn't expect him to arrive so quickly.

Stepping into the hall, he saw Long Wind dressed in a purple robe with a golden dragon robe sitting in front of a table, leisurely drinking tea.

When he saw the clouds, he stood up and cupped his hands together. "Third Queen!"

"Why have you come today? What happened in the previous dynasty? "

Only Changfeng's calm eyes were slightly surprised. "Wang Ji knows?"

Yun Duan shook her head. "I don't know. I guessed it …" Although she was in the palace, she wasn't well-informed. She wouldn't have left any matters of the previous dynasty with her.

Only Changfeng smiled and sat at the table with Yun Duan. Qin Ni and Qiongying went up to a few of Yun Duan's favorite snacks and made a pot of fragrant hot tea before retreating to the sides.

"His Majesty fainted during the assembly today!"

Yun Duan blinked, "So fast!" She was only subconsciously saying those words. She was still thinking that Emperor Chen should be able to hold on for a few days.

However, after looking at the stunned Long Wind, she coughed lightly. She did not try to explain herself, "Why are you unconscious?"

Only Chang Feng chuckled, looking at Yun Duan's fair face and said, "The Sixth Prince's illness is getting worse every day, without any signs of recovery. All the ministers from the previous dynasty are getting a little anxious!"

Is that so?

Yun Duan glanced at Wei Chen and asked, "Then why aren't you in a hurry?"

Not only was this person not in a hurry, he didn't have any expression of nervousness on his face. At least, he looked somewhat serious, but he didn't have any.

Only Changfeng was stunned. He glanced at the teacup and slowly said, "The sixth prince is very sick. His Majesty only has three princesses after him!"

Yun Duan raised her eyebrows. She knew about this.

"So?"

Does this have anything to do with his expression?

"More than half of the court objected to your taking this position!"

Yun Duan picked up a piece of cake and threw it into her mouth. After chewing it, she opened her mouth. I thought it was all! "

However, the old officials from three hundred years ago should have all died. Even if the Immortal-Immortal-Immortal-Emperor would not let them live, so the fact that her bloodline was not righteous should be known by very few people.

If not many people knew about it, why would they oppose it?

"Looks like all these courtiers and courtiers value men over women!" Yun Duan snorted.

Although it was very rare to see a female emperor, she had appeared in dynasties before, so there wasn't anything wrong with it.

Only Changfeng laughed, his black eyes stared at the clouds and said, "You could say that, they don't want a female monarch!"

Yun Duan had expected such an outcome. "So, Prince Chen was angered to the point of fainting?"

Such a heavy and calm person was angered to the point of fainting? If that was really the case, then she really wanted to see that scene. It would definitely be more exciting than she had imagined.

"No, His Majesty's body is not as robust as before, and he has been overworked recently, which is why he fainted!"

Yun Duan let out a cold snort, "If I'm old then I'm going to die. If I keep on being strong and healthy, then I would become an old demon!"

Only Changfeng's black eyes were slightly stiff. He was a little surprised by Yun Duan's bluntness. Qin Ni and Qiongying, who were standing by the side, acted as if they could not hear anything.

Their master had always been straightforward, saying whatever he wanted to say.

Yun Duan didn't feel any pressure from being surprised by him. She took a sip of tea. It seemed that it would be even more difficult for her to reach this high position. Moreover, it would be even harder for her to defend it.