Xuanyuan Zhan returned to his hometown without stopping, riding on his horse at top speed. When he returned, he immediately went straight to his study room. Summon Nangong Chen, Shangguan Yi, Murong Zhi and Mu Ming one by one, planning to discuss these important matters with them, and ask his to do some analysis for him.
"I only left the banquet for a short while before I received the news that the NANOU Emperor had been assassinated." Xuanyuan Zhan explained the situation one by one, allowing others to understand the meaning of his words in a short period of time: "Is there anything amiss about this?"
"There is naturally something fishy about it." Nangong Chen's analysis of the problems were always calm: "This must have been plotted by the people within the palace, otherwise, the plan would not have been so perfect."
"I think it's very likely to be Chu Dongxiong." Nangong Chen paused for a while and continued.
"On the day of the assassination of the NANOU Emperor, Chu Aotian immediately gave the order to track down the assassin." Xuanyuan Zhan remembered this detail and said.
Everyone continued their discussion.
Chu Aotian had already ordered a search on the assassin, but there was no news at all. However, his own brother Chu Dongxiong said right away that Chu Aotian was the one who sent people to assassinate the Emperor, causing chaos in the palace.
In Xiao Kingdom, Nangong Chen, Murong Zhi, Mu Ming and the rest were all discussing what had happened in NANOU. Nangong Chen suggested, "The death of the NANOU's emperor is indeed strange, I think there is some other motive behind this."
"It's very possible that someone is trying to stir up some trouble so that they can reap the rewards." Nangong Chen thought about it carefully in his heart, then said.
"I just don't know who this person is, and he has such a meticulous mind."
Everyone expressed their agreement with Nangong Chen's words, but Murong Zhi interrupted them: "Hearing what Your Majesty said, I feel that the person who assassinated the NANOU Emperor is Chu Dongxiong."
"Chu Dongxiong received the love of his father, almost as if he would get the wind and wind, as if he would get the rain and the rain. It's just that on the position of crown prince, the Emperor of the NANOU isn't satisfied with him." Murong Zhi continued to say. His expression was a little serious, as if he was seriously analyzing the situation.
"That's why Chu Dongxiong decided to kill. Otherwise, he might not even have the chance to meet the Venerable One."
"However, I also have something that I don't understand. Why does the emperor of the NANOU love Chu Dongxiong so much, and why doesn't she pass the position of crown prince to this Chu Dongxiong?" Before this, Murong Ta hadn't said anything. He had only been listening from the side, and now, he began to speak. He spoke of a crucial point that no one else noticed and brought up this crucial point.
Everyone was not very clear about the matters of the NANOU, and naturally there were some vicious things that could not be explained either, so they all began to study this problem.
"It is said that it is because the emperor of the NANOU has not been by Chu Dongxiong's side since she was very young. Furthermore, her mother is the wife that the emperor of the NANOU likes, and passed away prematurely. The NANOU Emperor felt that she owed this son of her, so he naturally doted on and indulged him. " Murong Zhi seemed to know something, and explained it to him.
If that was the case, then it wouldn't be so strange.
"So that's how it is." Everyone naturally understood a bit more in their hearts.
"However, I have some understanding about Chu Dongxiong, he is not that kind of person. At the same time, this person doesn't have any brains, which means that he isn't that scheming." Nangong Chen slowly said.
"Then he must have been instructed by another expert behind him. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have been able to do it so seamlessly." Nangong Chen paused for a moment, before continuing. Calm was his style.
"But why did he join an outsider to assassinate his father?" The mnemonic was still somewhat puzzled and asked, "Isn't the relationship between father and son deep?"
"Maybe it was used by someone else." Nangong Chen interjected lightly.
"It's just that this outsider will definitely be able to reap some benefits while Chu Dongxiong will also reap some benefits." Mu Ming said as he tried to figure out what Chu Dongxiong was really thinking.
"Lip is dead and tooth is cold." Nangong Chen said.
Everyone understood this logic. He just didn't say it out loud. Everyone was shocked, and then, they said, "Could it be that Chu Dongxiong doesn't understand this logic?"
"Not necessarily." Shangguan Yi, who had been silent all this while, suddenly said this, and everyone was even more shocked.
"When a person's mind has nothing else but himself, he can't care about anything else. Furthermore, "Shangguan Yi paused, and furrowed his brows for a bit, as if he was thinking and searching for some kind of useful value:" When he is doing this for something, it is very possible that he will lose his mind. "
What Shangguan Yi said was not unreasonable, he was never good with words, causing the people around him to have a whole new level of respect for him.
In that case, Chu Dongxiong had already lost his mind due to his rights and desires?
After some discussion, they felt a little tired, so Xuanyuan Zhan ordered them to rest for a while. He also ordered the imperial cooks to prepare delicious food for them to enjoy. Thus, everyone began to drink their tea. It was the best tea of the year from Jiangnan. As they opened the teapot, a faint and bitter fragrance of tea assaulted them.
"Everyone, let's rest for a while first. We'll continue our detailed discussion and analysis later." After Xuanyuan Zhan ascended the throne, he became more calm and collected, and was able to handle a lot of things. He would not fail to live up to his expectations and become a good king. Days passed, and the facts proved that he put in a lot of effort to do it well.
Everyone carefully savored their tea. It was a good tea. Everyone's state of mind was good to begin with, and as a result, their spirit was even more vigorous. Not long after, the chefs had already prepared the dishes, they were Xiao Kingdom's famous dishes, each of them very tasty and enticing, making people salivate.
"There's no need to be so formal. Just as in your own home, feel free to do so!" Xuanyuan Zhan once again reached out his sleeves and made a gesture for everyone to start the meal, then began to chat casually.
Xuanyuan Zhan seemed to have thought of something, his brain stopped for a few seconds, and then he felt another wave of pain in his head. A lot of scenes appeared in front of his eyes, and Xuanyuan Zhan felt a little absent-minded, as if everything was real yet illusory, as if something had happened.
Xuanyuan Zhan hesitated for a moment, but still voiced out the doubts in his heart. In an instant, Feng Yu's face appeared in front of him. Perhaps, she really was someone that belonged to him! Rather, he should say that he wanted everyone to help him resolve this doubt.
"Did His Majesty encounter any problems during this trip to the NANOU? Or who is it? " Murong Zhi felt that there was something wrong with Xuanyuan Zhan's eyes, and asked.
"That's right! I heard that the NANOU is also an interesting country. If anything new happens to your majesty, can you share it with us? " Shangguan Yi didn't understand the meaning behind Murong Zhi's words, so he drank a cup of good wine and asked.
"Interesting thing to do in NANOU …" Hearing them speak like that, Xuanyuan Zhan then remembered that familiar yet unfamiliar lady. He paused for a bit, and felt that the tea in his hand had become slightly cold, and then slowly said: "I don't have any interesting things, but there is one strange thing."
"What strange thing?" Shangguan Yi laughed, then looked at Xuanyuan Zhan and asked: "Could you tell me about it, your majesty?
Xuanyuan Zhan closed his eyes and the woman's face appeared in his mind once more, giving him a dazed look. Xuanyuan Zhan carefully considered it for a moment, then said: "I've met a strange woman."
Murong Zhi had a rough idea of what he was thinking, but he still asked: "What kind of strange woman is he?"
"Can Your Majesty please say that you want to listen?"
Xuanyuan Zhan hesitated for a moment, but still spoke out: "On the way to NANOU, we saw a woman fighting with an unknown person. I don't know why, but we decided to save her."
"I just vaguely feel that this woman is somewhat familiar, but it seems like I've never seen her before." Xuanyuan Zhan closed his eyes again, and tried his best to think back to Feng Yu's face: "The look that we saw in that woman's eyes was also very strange!"
"There are so many people in this world who are looking at his Majesty with strange expressions. What's so strange about that?" Shangguan Yi gobbled down a piece of meat, then laughed.
"No." Xuanyuan Zhan muttered to himself for a while, and then said: "That woman looked at us as if she knew us. and they look just like people I know. " Xuanyuan Zhan refuted Shangguan Yi's words, but he did not lose that strange feeling in his heart.
"If this were in the past, I would have definitely hated you for your grudges." However, I actually wasn't the least bit angry towards her. " Xuanyuan Zhan paused for a while, and then revealed the truest thoughts from the bottom of his heart.
"In NANOU, we have fought a few times. I can also tell that the woman wants to talk to us about something." Xuanyuan Zhan's eyelids drooped down, and then he slowly said, with a bit of reluctance in his voice: "It's just that we didn't give her that chance, and even dumped her."
"Now that I think about it, I feel slightly regretful in my heart." Xuanyuan Zhan said in a low voice, "It's as if he had missed something."
Yes... Something very important? It was like the most precious thing in life.
There was also an indescribable feeling.
Nangong Chen finally understood in his heart. He was already aware that the woman in front of him was Feng Yu.
However, he also knew that Xuanyuan Zhan had already lost his memories at this time, and his memories of Feng Yu would naturally be completely lost as well. After all, he had no way of knowing whether or not he could think of Feng Yu and whether it would be beneficial to Xuanyuan Zhan or not.
However, after Nangong Chen carefully considered it for a moment, and observed Xuanyuan Zhan's expression, he guessed that Xuanyuan Zhan must have wanted to know about the Phoenix Feather's existence.
"Regret?" Therefore, Nangong Chen asked with his usual calm voice, "Why do you feel regret?"
"I don't know how to describe it, but I feel that it's very familiar. There are some …." Xuanyuan Zhan's voice sounded a little absent-minded, "I have some strange familiarity with his."
Hence, Xuanyuan Zhan told the story from the beginning to the end, hoping to get some important clues from his ministers.
When everyone heard Xuanyuan Zhan's description, they all naturally understood in their hearts that the person Xuanyuan Zhan was talking about was Feng Yu. Murong Zhi was the first to bring it up, "The person that your majesty is talking about, is Feng Yu ah."
Hearing the name Feng Yu, Xuanyuan Zhan felt as if his head was shaken by something. The scenes from before changed even more quickly, to the point that it was becoming more and more numerous, causing Xuanyuan Zhan to be caught off guard.
"Who is Feng Yu?" The wine cup in Xuanyuan Zhan's hands was already tightly grasped by himself, the veins on his hands were bulging, and his eyebrows were frowning slightly.
"Let's not care who Feng Yu is. Let's first confirm if the woman mentioned by His Majesty is Feng Yu." Nangong Chen said calmly, as he could always point out the essence of the problem.
"Yeah, there seems to be a picture of the Miss Feng Yu in the palace." Murong Zhi seemed to have thought of something and ordered the guards to bring the picture of the Miss Feng Yu.
"Yes." After the guard replied, the portrait of Feng Yu was presented before long.
Xuanyuan Zhan only took a slight glance at the portraits and confirmed that the phoenix feather they spoke of was the woman he saw in NANOU.
"Yes." The woman that I met in NANOU is the woman in the portrait. " Xuanyuan Zhan didn't know why, but she was a little excited, and said while pointing at the portrait.
"Who exactly is this Miss Feng Yu that you are talking about?" Xuanyuan Zhan frowned and asked, he did not touch a single drop of the wine in his glass.
"Miss Feng Yu is the wife of His Majesty!" Murong Zhi also stopped eating, his voice trembling.
"Wife?" Xuanyuan Zhan only felt that his head was a little muddled.