Shi Qingxue was speechless.
She couldn't give the answer Mo Yu really wanted.
Mo Junjiu's fate was entirely his own fault and he couldn't blame anyone else.
But she couldn't say these words to Mo Yuzhen.
He could only hold Mo Yu tightly like he had done countless times before, when Mo Yu was really wronged but could do nothing.
Give silent comfort.
Tell Mo Yuzhen with actions: I can't help you, but I will always be with you.
Mo Yuzhen cried for a long time, until her eyes were swollen from crying and her voice was hoarse from crying. Then she slowly raised her head and sat down again.
Shi Qingxue felt very distressed when she saw that Zhang Yang's formerly beautiful face had become extremely haggard.
He quickly took out his handkerchief, carefully wiped away the remaining tears on Mo Yuzhen's face, and poured another cup of tea for Mo Yuzhen.
Mo Yu really didn't want to open her mouth, so she added a little more force.
He coaxed and lied, and forced it into his mouth.
After Yuzhen recovered a little, he called Dongshuang and asked her to prepare an ice pack to apply to Mo Yuzhen's red and swollen eyes.
Mo Yuzhen just sat there blankly, with a dull expression on his face and no reaction at all.
But she did see Shi Qingxue's busy figure in her eyes, and her wounded heart finally felt warmer.
"Qingxue, stop being busy, I'm fine!" Mo Yuzhen held Qingxue, not wanting the latter to leave.
Shi Qingxue glanced at Mo Yuzhen hesitantly, "But your eyes are swollen. If the swelling is not reduced in time, it will only be more obvious tomorrow."
Mo Yuzhen shook his head and insisted: "I just want to spend a good time with you two.
Now that things have happened, she still cares whether her face can be seen by others.
Shi Qingxue had nothing to do with Mo Yu, so she had to sit down again.
The silent companionship is the comfort that Mo Yuzhen needs most at this time.
They didn't know how long they sat facing each other before the door was knocked again.
Xia Mang whispered outside the door: "Liu Niang, the Queen Mother has urgently summoned you and wants you to enter the palace immediately."
As soon as the words fell, the two people in the room looked at each other and looked at each other at the same time.
After a silent silence.
Mo Yuzhen said in a hoarse voice: "I also want to enter the palace."
Originally, Mo Yuzhen was the most favored princess, so even if she got married, she should enter the palace whenever she wanted. But in this sensitive period, Mo Yuzhen obviously wanted to use Shi Qingxue as an excuse to see Mo Xiangbin.
To put it bluntly, it was just taking advantage of Shi Qingxue.
So as soon as these words were spoken, Mo Yuzhen lowered his head in shame, fearing that he would see contempt in the other person's bright eyes.
Shi Qingxue did show a little hesitation in her eyes. She stared at Mo Yu for a while, and finally nodded, "Okay!"
Mo Yuzhen raised his head suddenly, as if he didn't believe that Shi Qingxue would really agree to him.
This is undoubtedly asking for trouble!
Shi Qingxue showed a sweet smile to Mo Yuzhen and said frankly: "Yuzhen, you and I have the same affection as sisters, even better than many sisters. How could I not let you get your wish?"
Even though this decision might make Shi Qingxue angry, she would not look back.
Mo Yuzhen couldn't help but her eyes turned red again, sobbed and shouted: "Qingxue."
Shi Qingxue quickly went to hold Mo Yuzhen's face and said with a straight face: "Don't cry. If you cry, I won't take you into the palace!"
"No, I'm not crying." Mo Yuzhen heard the comforting meaning in Qingxue's stern voice and felt her heart warm.
He wiped his face with some embarrassment before smiling at Qingxue again.
Shi Qingxue continued to say calmly: "I can take you into the palace, but you must agree to one condition."
Mo Yuzhen nodded hastily, "I promise you."
Qingxue laughed and was helpless, "Don't you even ask me what conditions I want to put forward?"
"Don't ask, as long as you won't hurt me." Mo Yuzhen said without thinking.
Shi Qingxue felt hot and heavy at the same time.
After much thought, he warned seriously: "Since you know that I will not harm you, then you must promise me to be careful after entering the palace and not to act rashly, let alone to plead for His Majesty the Third Highness as soon as I see him, okay?"
Mo Yu was really able to see through her thoughts, and a blush suddenly spread from her neck to her face.
She lowered her head, thought about it, and nodded to give Qingxue her assurance.
He also said cautiously: "Okay, I promise you. I will not be impulsive when I see my father later, and I will definitely not harm you."
Shi Qingxue opened her mouth to say that she was not afraid that Mo Yuzhen would harm her, but that she was afraid that Mo Yuzhen would get her involved and not be able to save Mo Junjiu.
However, Mo Yuzhen had many scruples in his heart, which was better than going on a rampage.
There was no explanation and he just said: "Then let's enter the palace!"
Shi Qingxue asked Dong Shuang to carry the horse, and asked Xia Mang to put makeup on Mo Yuzhen again.
After everything was packed, he took a carriage into the palace.
On the way, Mo Yuzhen looked at Shi Qingxue several times, but hesitated to speak.
Shi Qingxue sighed helplessly and asked proactively: "Do you want to ask why the Queen Mother summoned me to the palace?"
Mo Yuzhen nodded hurriedly, with a complicated look on his face. It was hard to tell whether he was envious or jealous.
But she brought up another topic in a low voice, "Grandma Huang is so kind to you. She will always think of you no matter what happens."
Not to mention the reason why Ling Ruiyin summoned Shi Qingxue to the palace, this summons alone was enough to show how much Ling Ruiyin valued Shi Qingxue.
"Really?" Shi Qingxue asked a little coldly.
Meeting Mo Yuzhen's confused gaze, he had no intention of explaining.
She turned back to the previous topic: "If I guessed correctly, the empress summoned me to the palace because of Caifeng, which she had told me before.
Now that things have happened, the news of Caifeng's death must no longer be concealed, and the people of Liang, Zhao and Wei will not let it go! "
"The colorful phoenix was presented to my father by the people from the Eastern Wasteland. What does it have to do with them? Why do they make irresponsible remarks?" Mo Yuzhen still hasn't understood the connection between the two.
Shi Qingxue glanced at her helplessly and said the obvious truth.
"The colorful phoenix has been a sacred object and symbol of the Qinzhou Continent since ancient times. Now there is an Emperor of Zhou above His Majesty. Do you think that even if the Emperor of Zhou doesn't say anything, the other three countries may just watch our country 'swallowing' the sacred objects?"
Whoever obtains the holy thing will be rewarded by the whole world.
Even if you don't have the power to conquer the world, it's still good to use Caifeng to guide people's hearts.
Mo Yuzhen didn't understand yet and said in confusion: "That's it. Caifeng is dead now, so there is no point in fighting anymore!"
To put it bluntly, she still didn't understand why Mo Xiangbin went to such great lengths for a dead beast
Shi Qingxue didn't even bother to roll her eyes this time, and said lifelessly: "Killing a sacred object, and putting such a big deal into other people's hands, do you think they will let it go easily?"
Mo Yuzhen was at a loss for words and couldn't speak any more to refute.
Indeed, if the handle was given to her, she would definitely take the opportunity to attack.
"Then Grandma Huang is looking for you..."
"Maybe the people from Liang Kingdom are here to cause trouble again!"
The servants who came to deliver the message brought Shi Qingxue and Mo Yuzhen to the imperial study room, where already stood Yelu Anchen from the Liang Kingdom and Zhao Haoran from the Zhao Kingdom.
The scene was tense and dangerous.
Mo Xiangbin didn't even notice Mo Yuzhen who shouldn't be there. He only asked calmly, "Prince Yelu came to our country as a guest, but he repeatedly insulted our monarchs and ministers. I'm afraid this will hinder Liang's diplomatic relations, right?"
Shi Qingxue secretly observed the reactions of the people present. It must be that Yelu Anchen said something arrogant and arrogant before, which angered Mo Xiangbin.
Yelu Anchen didn't care about the so-called diplomatic relations between the two countries. He raised his chin contemptuously and said coldly: "The 'Colorful Phoenix' belongs to the entire Qinzhou continent, but your majesty wants to monopolize it by himself. Now he comes to accuse me of destroying the diplomatic relations between the two countries. What’s the point?”
"Why did I ever say that I would devour Caifeng for myself? Prince Yelu, please don't slander me." Mo Xiangbin was forced to say this, so he could only say this.
Yelu Anchen then asked: "Then why doesn't His Majesty even want us to see Caifeng? Speaking of which, Third Prince Zhao and I have never seen Caifeng's 'True Face in Lushan', right?"
Zhao Haoran is probably the one who really doesn't care about the legend of Caifeng at all, and he was forced to come here by Yelu Anchen.
Being mentioned suddenly at this time, I was still a little confused. I nodded along with Yelu Anchen's words, "Since I'm here, I have to meet Caifeng before I leave."
Mo Xiangbin's back stiffened, and he looked at Mo Junyang reflexively, but then he sat upright again and said majestically: "Cai Feng is unwell and should not meet guests."
"Tsk, Your Majesty told us this before, and now he wants to use this rhetoric to fool us."
Yelu Anchen looked at Mo Xiangbin meaningfully, "Did something happen to Caifeng?"
"Of course not!" Mo Xiangbin flatly denied.
"Since not, please let us see Caifeng. Otherwise, if we come here on behalf of the king of our country, we will not even be able to see Caifeng's face. How will we explain to the king when we go back?"
These words really touched Zhao Haoran's heart, and he echoed: "After all, I have to see the so-called holy objects with my own eyes before I can go back and recover."
Mo Xiangbin made a lot of nonsense, but in fact he didn't have a colorful phoenix to show them.
You can't let someone bring that stiff corpse up to show them, right
He was furious now, but he was helpless. It was hard to ask Mo Junyang for help.
Yelu Anchen became even more arrogant and continued to press: "Even if Caifeng is unwell, we don't want to take it away. We just want to see it. We won't kill the sacred object with just one glance, right?"
The word 'death' was deliberately emphasized to remind Mo Xiangbin that he already knew the fact that Caifeng was dead.
Mo Xiangbin became even more uneasy at this sight, and the conditions proposed by Yelu Anchen came to mind.
Maybe, maybe, such conditions are not too harsh, he...
Just when Mo Xiangbin was about to give in, a light and clear voice interrupted.
"Prince Yelu also knows how noble the sacred objects are. If you want to see the sacred objects, you must first choose a good and auspicious day."
Everyone's eyes followed and finally landed on the door.
Shi Qingxue stood there.
When Yelu Anchen saw Shi Qingxue, he became angry. He threw everything he had agreed upon and shouted angrily at Shi Qingxue: "Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to speak here?"
He provoked Shi Qingxue contemptuously, thinking he was superior to others.
But after these words, the scene fell into strange silence again. Even Yelu Anchen, who was very nervous, noticed something was wrong.
He just didn't understand the reason and asked, "Did I make a mistake?"
Qingxue was not afraid of being tortured to death by Mo Junyang when she provoked him in front of Mo Junyang.
The onlookers silently lit candles for Yelu Anchen in their hearts.
Shi Qingxue smiled good-naturedly and was not provoked by Yelu Anchen at all.
He threw the words back calmly: "Qingxue knows that her status is inferior to His Highness, but Caifeng's status is there and no one can despise it. Or does Your Highness think it's okay to despise Caifeng?"
Yelu Anchen really didn't take Caifeng seriously, so he opened his mouth to answer. "certainly… "
Wu Yalei quickly grabbed his prince and shouted over Yelu Anchen's words, "Of course not!"
He complained endlessly in his heart.
They simply gave them a hook to hook them.
Yelu Anchen has an impulsive temperament, and he will say the wrong thing if he is not careful and give others a reason to say something wrong.
Wu Yalei could only resist Yelu Anchen's cannibalistic gaze and bite the bullet: "You said before that you would let us see the true face of Caifeng at His Majesty Emperor Mo's birthday banquet, but on that day we also Caifeng was not seen.
Who knows if your so-called auspicious days are just words of rejection again? If we push it to next year, isn't it obvious that we are perfunctory? "