When Bihua Lingjun and Heyun Envoy rushed back to the mansion, Danyu was half lying on the soft couch beside the corridor in the courtyard, squinting his eyes and dozing off. Two or three little fairy children were serving by the couch, and the spirit beasts were lying in groups of three or two in the green grass in the courtyard. It was a leisurely and comfortable scene. WWw. QuanBen-XiaoShuo. COm
Envoy He Yun knelt down in front of the couch in fear and trepidation: "Yesterday, I was negligent and did not serve you well. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. I have come to welcome you and invite you back to the palace."
Dan Yu raised his hand and said, "Get up. There is no need to admit your mistakes. From now on, serve Fu Li well, just as you serve me wholeheartedly. I plan to stay in Bihua Mansion for a while so that Fu Li can have a good rest."
The expression of He Yunshi changed: "But..."
Dan Yu said lazily, "Alas, I know Fu Li's temper best. He has always been a germaphobe and likes to occupy his living space all by himself."
He Yun had been serving Fu Li since yesterday, and found that Emperor Fu Li was very easy-going. He was not picky about the bedding, and used some of each dish. He also talked to the little fairies at night. Although he did seem a little serious, he had a good temper. Some ignorant fairies thought his gecko appearance was very strange, and lay by the door to peek, but Fu Li was not angry, and either pretended not to see it, or smiled at a few fairies and called them to the side to talk a few words.
Dan Yu added, "Besides, I am of the Fire element, and Fu Li is of the Water element, so there is a conflict between us, which is not conducive to his recuperation. So I will take shelter here for a while. In short, you should serve Fu Li well and don't miss me."
He Yun didn't know what to do and could only kneel with his head down.
Bihua Lingjun said on the side: "Otherwise, Envoy Heyun should respect the Emperor's order first. Maybe the Jade Emperor will have another order in the next few days, or the renovation of Fuxu Palace will be completed soon."
He Yun said respectfully, "As you wish," then he stood up and left.
Dan Yu looked at Bihua Lingjun with a smile and said, "Clear the table."
Bihua Lingjun also looked at Dan Yu with a smile and said, "Imperial throne."
Dan Yu said, "Qing Xi, don't worry. I asked the fairies to prepare another room for me to sleep in. I won't let you and I sleep on the same bed."
Bihua Lingjun said: "How can the emperor live in the side room? It's better for me to find another place to sleep."
Dan Yu said, "That's not good. Don't say that I forced myself on you and scared you away. Unless you really hate me and want to avoid me, I'm not stupid. I'll leave right away and go somewhere else to make do."
Bihua Lingjun immediately said, "How could it be possible? It is such an honor for my humble home to have the Emperor stay overnight."
Dan Yu looked at him and said slowly, "Qing Xi, when will you stop being polite to me?"
Bihua Lingjun just smiled.
Dan Yu didn't say anything, but yawned and changed the subject: "Qing Xi, are you wondering why my Dan Xiao Palace and Fu Li's Fu Xu Palace both have one character from each of our names?"
Bihua Lingjun said: "I don't know."
Bihua Lingjun sat down on a stone bench nearby, and the little fairy boy brought her tea.
Dan Yu half closed his eyes and said, "Actually, Danxiao Palace was formerly called Shenxiao Palace. It was where Fu Li lived at first. Fuxu Palace was formerly called Zixu Palace. It was where I lived. We changed places to live."
Bihua Lingjun seemed very interested in this old story and asked, "Oh?"
Dan Yu said, "Well, not long after the two palaces were built, Fu Li and I made a bet on how many demons each of us would kill. If he killed more demons than I said, my Zixu Palace would bear his surname and he would live there. If I killed more demons than he said, his Shenxiao Palace would bear my surname and I would live there. In the end, I won and he won too, so..."
Bihua Lingjun drank tea silently.
Dan Yu said: "Qing Xi, this is how it is, there is nothing else."
Bihua Lingjun said: "Oh."
Dan Yu then stayed in Bihua Lingjun's mansion again.
This time he stayed, but it was different from the previous time. The little fairies arranged a bedroom for him with trepidation. Dan Yu lived in it, but he did not wander around, let alone go to Bihua Lingjun's room. He came and went in the courtyard every day, or went out for a walk, or said that he went back to Danxiao Palace to visit Fu Li, and did not do anything else, let alone let Bihua Lingjun accompany him.
After a day or two passed like this, the little fairies almost believed that the Emperor was only staying in the palace temporarily.
On the third day, Dan Yu did not go out, but sat in the courtyard again, holding a mirror in his hand and looking at it with great interest.
Bihua Lingjun came back from Lingxiao Palace and asked as usual when he entered the door: "Is the emperor in the palace or out?"
Yun Qing replied, "Inside the mansion, I was looking at myself in the mirror in the courtyard. I have been looking at myself for more than an hour."
When Bihua Lingjun walked to the courtyard, he saw Danyu still looking at the mirror, absorbed in it, unable to take his eyes off it. When Bihua Lingjun came out after changing his clothes, Danyu seemed to have just noticed him and said with a smile, "Qingxi, do you want to come and take a look? It's very interesting."
Bihua Lingjun walked forward to join in the fun for Danyu. Danyu waved him over and asked him to sit on a stone bench beside him. Then he held the mirror in front of him and said, "Take a look."
Bihua Lingjun looked carefully and saw colorful lights on the mirror and a scene reflected in the mirror.
It was a huge bird's nest covered with soft grass.
There was a fluffy thing squatting in the nest. It turned out to be a baby bird. It was round and looked very much like a chick, but the chick had yellow hair while the baby bird had warm red hair and a tender yellow beak. It ran around in the nest like a ball of red fluff rolling around. Its small wings occasionally fluttered. Its eyes were dark and a little wet. Its two little paws seemed unable to bear the weight of its body and were trembling slightly.
When Bihua Lingjun looked in the mirror, his eyes suddenly became straight and his expression changed.
Dan Yu said calmly, "How is it?"
The baby bird in the nest stretched its neck to look down, then lost its balance and fell headfirst. The hand of Bihua Lingjun holding the mirror seemed to tremble as well.
The young bird's nest was on a tall sycamore tree. It fell under the tree but was not hurt. It shook its head, got up, and began to run around unsteadily again.
Many fat leaves had fallen under the paulownia tree. The baby bird tilted its head to look at one of them, pecked it with its beak once, then pecked it again, and then half-crouched, and along the gap on the edge of the leaf stalk, it tried hard to stretch its beak and head under the leaf, and flapped its little wings desperately, as if trying to lift up the leaf with its head.
It happened that the leaf was very large, and after being lifted up several times, it slid down along its head, and the young bird desperately tried to drill and push up again. Bihua Lingjun couldn't help but smile.
Dan Yu then also smiled.
After a while, the leaves fell again, and the baby bird curled up in frustration. Suddenly, it shook its little wings, and a faint red light appeared all over its body.
The red light grew bigger and bigger, and after it dissipated, where the baby bird had been, sat a child about one or two years old wearing a scarlet robe.
Bihua Lingjun has always loved spirit beasts, and has never been obsessed with human-shaped ones. But the child in the mirror is the most beautiful one he has seen in all his years as a god, with a delicate and watery face and black, bright and watery eyes. He reached out and grabbed the leaf just now, put it on his head, and smiled happily. Bihua Lingjun looked at the innocent smiling face in the mirror, and felt his heart twitch, and couldn't help but hold the edge of the mirror tightly.
Dan Yu smiled and asked, "How is it?"
Bihua Lingjun felt a little out of control, and quickly came to his senses, put down the mirror and said, "Is this young phoenix the descendant of the Emperor's throne?"
Dan Yu asked, "You have always disliked the Feather Clan. What do you think of this young phoenix?"
Bihua Lingjun looked down at the mirror and saw the child in the mirror holding leaves in both hands and playing with them, then putting the leaves on his head and grinning foolishly. Bihua Lingjun's heart trembled again.
Dan Yu asked, "Is it cute?"
Bihua Lingjun couldn't help but reply, "Cute."
Dan Yu stroked his chin and said, "If I let you raise a creature, even if it was from the Feather Tribe, would you be willing to do so?"
Bihua Lingjun's eyes still involuntarily drifted towards the mirror and said, "Yes."
Dan Yu smiled and suddenly said, "Bihua, you have raised many young animals. When they grow up, do you feel that they are not as good as when they were young?"
Bihua Lingjun was suddenly stunned by this question, and then replied: "Not really. When they are young, they are innocent and naive, and they are more adorable, but they have to grow up. I can't keep them forever. When they grow up, I have to think about whether there are other places to go. And it's different from when they were young. Even if I want to keep them, I may not be able to keep them. Considering the future, they have to go to the right place. There are also some like Xuangui Tangdi, who don't like to go anywhere, so they are still staying with me."
Dan Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, when you get older, you are indeed very different from when you were young, so it's better to be young, but only when you are older can you see the true appearance. However, it is often difficult to imagine what it was like when you were young because you only see the older appearance."
Bihua Lingjun nodded, his eyes still lingering on the mirror. Dan Yu reached out and touched the mirror handle: "There used to be a hot spring in the Heavenly Palace. The Sun Star Palace was here. I remembered it the day before yesterday and suddenly wanted to go and take a bath. When I got there, I found that the place had turned into a palace. There was a little god named Mingge Xingjun living there. The hot spring was also renamed Tianming Pool."
Bihua Lingjun stared at the mirror and hummed perfunctorily.
Dan Yu smiled slightly: "That little immortal with destiny is quite capable. I said that I occasionally miss the past, so he gave me this mirror. It is said to be called the Dust-Viewing Mirror. If the immortal skill is sufficient, one can see the past."
Bihua Lingjun finally moved his gaze away from the mirror and slowly moved over: "Emperor, the one in this mirror..."
Dan Yu smiled and said, "Alas, the mirror shows me when I was young. Qing Xi, you see, I was a lovely young phoenix back then."
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