Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace, Xuanyuan Hill …
When Zhang Tie and Bian Heng were overlooking the scenery in the sky above Pingzhou Province, Fang Qingming was sitting quietly with two graceful women in phoenix coronets in an attic of the east palace of Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace.
As the advisor of Crown Prince Changying, after more than 20 years, coupled with the setbacks and blows caused by the assassination of Crown Prince Changying, Fang Qingming's hair had turned white and there were a few more wrinkles on his forehead. However, his eyes were still as calm and clear as water. Although his temperament had lost a bit of the high-spirited demeanor that he had when he was leading the country, he had more firmness and profundity.
Although Crown Prince Changying had passed away, Fang Qingming was valued by the crown prince's subordinates.
There were two most important subordinates on the crown prince's side, one was Empress Shaoyi, the birth mother of Crown Prince Changying; the other was Mrs. Xiao, the princess of Crown Prince Changying.
When Emperor Xuanyuan was on the throne, there was Empress Wen who ruled the harem of Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace. However, Empress Wen was not a knight. Therefore, she died only over 200 years old. Since Empress Wen, Emperor Xuanyuan didn't appoint another empress in his Imperial Palace. Empresses of ceremony were at most higher than those imperial concubines. Although they were similar to empresses in terms of etiquette, they were not real empresses. The birth mothers of the princes in Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace were etiquette empresses. There were 17 etiquette empresses in Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace. Emperor Xuanyuan had 39 princes and princesses in total.
In Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace, all the etiquette empresses were called empresses. Each empress had a divine-level title and a courtyard.
At this moment, the two women sitting opposite to Fang Qingming were Empress Shaoyi, the birth mother of Crown Prince Changying and Mrs. Xiao, the princess of Crown Prince Changying.
Crown Prince Changying's birth mother, Empress Shaoyi, looked like an extremely beautiful woman in her fifties. She was very graceful and her face was smooth without any wrinkles. She was wearing a gorgeous silk dress made of python silk with tassels, cloud shoulders, a jade belt, a flowery waist, and a five-screen phoenix crown on her head. Wherever she sat, she would look like a member of the royal family.
Mrs. Xiao, the princess of Crown Prince Changying, looked much younger. Of course, she was at her 30s. As the princess of Crown Prince Changying, of course, she must be an outstanding beauty. Mrs. Xiao was also dressed in a luxurious outfit. However, her phoenix coronet was a four-screen phoenix coronet.
At this moment, Fang Qingming looked calm as he was tasting the tea in front of him. By contrast, Empress Shaoyi and Mrs. Xiao looked pretty worried with their eyebrows.
Hurried footsteps came from outside. It was Empress Shaoyi's personal maid. She passed through the two doors outside, rolled up the bead curtain, and walked in quickly.
"Empress, I've got a message from them …" the Empress Shaoyi hurriedly reported to Empress Shaoyi the moment she entered.
"No need to be so polite. Mr. Fang is here. Hurry up, tell us the truth …" Empress Shaoyi urged Fang Qingming impatiently as she threw a glance at him.
"Yes, Empress Shaoyi!" The Empress Shaoyi nodded towards Fang Qingming as she said clearly, "General Wei said that Monarch Qianji's airboat was about to arrive at Pingzhou City. However, Monarch Qianji didn't have his airboat land outside Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace; instead, he had it land in the airport outside Xuanyuan Hill …"
Monarch Qianji was Zhang Tie's current title in Taixia Country. Since Zhang Tie destroyed the three major camps of demons on the battlefield and displayed the secret method of King Roc Sutra, the title of Monarch Qianji had spread over Taixia Country and the entire human race in one day.
This title was meaningful for many people. Because the title of Monarch couldn't be used by commoners. As Zhang Tie had promoted to a sage-level knight by cultivating an emperor-level secret method, his meritorious deeds were brilliant throughout the ages. Therefore, it was reasonable for him to be called Monarch. However, as Taixia Country had no leader, nobody in the royal palace of Emperor Xuanyuan Hill could ascend to the throne. Therefore, many people in the royal palace of Emperor Xuanyuan Hill felt flurried and complex when they heard the title of Monarch.
At this moment, Xuanyuan Hill had long been crowded. Numerous people were raising their heads and waiting for Zhang Tie's arrival. However, those people in Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace were the most flurried ones.
After hearing the Empress Shaoyi's words, Empress Shaoyi and Madam Xiao let out a deep sigh. After waving their hands to let the Empress Shaoyi leave there, Empress Shaoyi watched Fang Qingming with an admiring look as she opened her mouth again, "As you've expected, Mr. Fang, Zhang Tie didn't have his airboat land outside Emperor Xuanyuan's Imperial Palace. Thank you, Mr. Fang!"
Madam Xiao then stood up as she bowed towards Fang Qingming, "Over these years, without Mr. Fang's help, we orphans and widows really didn't know how to survive in Xuanyuan Hill!" Madam Xiao said as she almost dropped off her tears, "Meng Shidao was the master of the royal prince and was recommended by the crown prince to be the premier and one of the top three chancellors in Xuanyuan Hill. However, the moment the crown prince left, Meng Shidao didn't care about the friendship between him and the crown prince anymore; instead, he wanted to support someone else. That's really disappointing!"
Fang Qingming stood up and returned the salute as he let out a sigh, saying, "His Majesty is talented and bold; however, he sacrificed himself for the country. Although His Majesty has already passed away, his heroic reputation still exists. He's still respected by the people across the country. He's always blessed by God. Qingming will try his best this time. If this plan succeeds, it's not Qingming's meritorious deed; instead, it's the God's blessing. Madam, don't worry about Meng Shidao. As Monarch Qianji has come to Xuanyuan Hill, the Gobbling Party has already come to an end. As long as we have Monarch Qianji's support, everything would be settled.
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At the same time, Meng Shidao, one of the top three chancellors in Taixia Country, was leisurely feeding goldfish in the pond in the Sincerity Garden which was not far from Emperor Xuanyuan's imperial palace.
This Sincerity Garden was newly built. Its name and owner remained unchanged. The only change was that the entire garden was over 10 times larger than that when Meng Shidao was still the master of Emperor Xuanyuan. The garden was surrounded by verdant tall birch trees. The entire courtyard was in the birch woods. The tall birch trees blocked all the curious eyes and sunlight. At this moment, the hot sun was hanging high in the sky. However, the Sincerity Garden was covered with shady trees. As a result, the Sincerity Garden looked a bit gloomy. In the early spring of Xuanyuan Hill, it even felt a bit cold.
"You mean that Zhang Tie would not have his airboat land outside the imperial palace. I've not imagined that he's such a gentleman …" Meng Shidao muttered as he focused on feeding goldfish. Closely after that, he sighed with emotion, "After knowing that Zhang Tie is coming to Xuanyuan Hill, my Sincerity Garden has become much more desolate these days …"
Meng Shidao didn't look back. Nobody was behind him. However, there was a shadow in the shade of the trees, which was closely attached to the ground. It looked pretty weird. Only after taking a closer look, Meng Shidao found that the shadow seemed to be a human …
The shadow seemed to be saying something; pitifully, nobody else could hear it except for Meng Shidao.
"At this moment, these tricks don't work anymore. Even if 100 million or 1 billion people die in Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie would not lose a hair …" Meng Shidao shook his head as he threw away the fish food, saying, "You can leave now. Follow the plan. I want to see Zhang Tie again. I'm afraid that I won't have such a chance in the future …"
The shadow disappeared as if it had never appeared. Meng Shidao was still feeding the goldfish food attentively.
When a slightly larger piece of fish food was thrown into the pond, an ordinary-looking goldfish suddenly shot out from the bottom of the pond like an arrow. Before the other goldfish could surround it, it swallowed the piece of fish food into its stomach.
"How come you're so fast?" Watching that goldfish, Meng Shidao muttered with a slight frown. After a short while, he didn't eat that piece of fish food; however, a bizarre, gloomy light flickered in the depths of his pupils like ghost fire …
After a short while, Meng Shidao loosened his fingers as that piece of fish food fell into the water once again. At the same time, a red-and-black goldfish swam towards him rapidly and swallowed that piece of fish food.
In less than 5 seconds, that red-and-black goldfish had become berserk all of a sudden. At the same time, two rows of dense and sharp teeth grew out of its mouth. The moment it opened its mouth, it had bitten off half of a goldfish beside it and swallowed it. All the other goldfish in the pond became flurried at once. Closely after that, that berserk goldfish started to slaughter in the water. Only after a short while, the entire pond had been bloody …
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