Chapter 100: Flames in the Chu Du (2)

The morning sun rose, enveloping the entire hall in brilliant golden light. The Nine Princess's carriage set off. Against the light, Zi Rao walked away, stepping over the jade steps. The fluttering skirt of her phoenix clothes and cloud garments swirled with the rosy clouds and light smoke, as if dyed by the brilliance, stepping into the daylight, at the end of the auspicious clouds, that beautiful picture was endless and affectionate.

That night, Shangying City was filled with golden light, and the lamps became a forest.

When the Shao Yuan Jun and the Nine Princess ascended the Chengyao Gate, the fireworks were at their peak.

Zi Rao stood at the highest point of the Chu capital, looking at the man beside her who had become her husband. His crimson magnificent clothes embroidered with red clouds and golden feathered divine birds were exceptionally dazzling under the stars, moon, and flames. The wide sleeves were wanton and unrestrained, reminding people of his heroic posture on the battlefield, his brilliance and pride.

Outside the city were the elite soldiers and fierce generals who followed him, and inside the city were the people of Great Chu who supported him.

The eight city gates, deep streets and eternal alleys, the heavy halls of the forbidden palace, the high watchtowers... currents surged, and under these magnificent flames, they surged silently.

After tonight, the Chu State would no longer be the Chu State it was, and the world would no longer be the world it was. The former Nine Princess would no longer exist, crowned with the title of Shao Yuan Jun's wife. The supreme honor and power in the world, she and he would surely join hands in this chaotic world, facing the war smoke and prosperous prosperity that belonged to them.

A smile flashed across Zi Rao's lips, calm as ripples in the deep night, instantly becoming charming. Huang Fei turned his head at this moment and looked at her. "What is Zi Rao thinking about?"

Zi Rao looked sideways in the wind, the fiery phoenix on her cloud sleeves fluttering in the air, with a beauty that rushed to the sky. "I am waiting to see a scene more spectacular than these fireworks. I don't know when it will be staged and where it will start?"

Huang Fei's sword-like brows flew up, and he reached out gracefully to invite her. "The auspicious time has arrived. Madam, are you willing to ascend the cloud terrace with me to enjoy this magnificent scenery of smoke and flowers?"

Strange colors flashed in Zi Rao's eyes. At this time, it was just the hour of Xu, the King of Chu's carriage had already returned to the palace, and the beacon fire on the high platform would ignite the night. The change in the palace was imminent.

She raised her lips lightly, raised her hand to hold his, and followed him to the watchtower of the Chengyao Gate, which was more than ten feet high.

Huang Fei's magnificent clothes fluttered in the wind across the steps that rose straight up. Following his calm steps, they went higher and higher. "Does Zi Rao like to climb high and look far?" he suddenly asked.

Zi Rao said, "The first time I made an appointment to see you, it was on the top of Jingyun Mountain."

Ascending to the top, stepping on clouds and fog, looking at the boundlessness of heaven and earth, looking down on all things under one's feet.

Huang Fei's palm closed, and when he smiled, the thin and sharp curve of his lips formed a proud arc, matching his straight nose and sharp eyes, perfectly expressing his overwhelming arrogance. "Zi Rao, it won't take too long, I will take you to ascend the Jingyun Mountain peak again, to see the ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers of the Nine Domains. At that time, you will definitely be proud to be the Shao Yuan Jun's wife."

He stepped onto the last stone step and hugged Zi Rao, turning towards the palaces with undulating halls in the northeast. "Tonight, my elite navy has bypassed the Wei River, sneaked into Yun Jian, controlled Fu Li, and thirty miles away is the border of the Xuan State. From today on, I want you to be with me, to see how your husband captures the seven cities, attacks the Xuan State, and I want you to personally change the emblem of the Xuan capital for me and plant the battle flag of the Liefeng Cavalry on the land of the Xuan State."

Zi Rao's gaze followed his fingertips across the sky of the Chu capital, drawing a powerful sharpness. The strong masculine scent in his arms had the dazzling magnificence of the scorching sun. Under the night light, she narrowed her brows slightly, her enchanting smile flowing with brilliance. "Chu has the Shao Yuan, the Nine Domains dare not speak of war. Husband truly does not disappoint."

Huang Fei's voice sounded gentle and cold under the flashing flames. "Ji Cang dared to hurt you under my eyes. This time, I will definitely make him look good."

Zi Rao's heart jumped. She turned her eyes to meet his gaze, and suddenly asked in a leisurely voice, "To pacify the outside, one must first pacify the inside. Tonight, the Chu capital must have many wonderful programs. I don't know where the husband has arranged them?"

Her charming and wanton eyes broke through thousands of schemes. Huang Fei's smile grew in his eyes. The woman in front of him knew all his schemes and strategies, understood all his grand ambitions, but dared to stand side by side with him at the peak of slaughter, laughing at the world's wind and clouds as nothing.

Her beauty and her charm, her wantonness and her coldness, laughing into his ears, were as fast and happy as the slaughter galloping for thousands of miles on the battlefield, and her hair in his hands was as intoxicating as the power of the temple. It was like the moment when the Nine Domains and the Four Seas were displayed before his eyes on the top of Jingyun Mountain. That was the burning pursuit of his life.

Three thousand beauties are like flowing water, looking at all the red and purple. This woman named Zi Rao will be the most beautiful color in his life, engraved forever with his sword, his name, and his legend.

He smiled lightly in her ear, "Yinghuang Palace, Hengyuan Hall, Helian Hou Mansion, there is no place without excitement. I will definitely not let Madam down."

As soon as the three words "Hengyuan Hall" were spoken, Zi Rao's heart trembled, and her smile froze on her lips. A vague thought flashed by, like lightning splitting the night sky, and the storm followed.

At this moment, he held her in his arms, enjoying the beacon fire and magnificent smoke. The Helian Hou Mansion, which had been carefully planned, was easily played by him in his palm. The Hengyuan Hall opened a heaven-covering net, waiting for the opponent to arrive. The fate of the Chu State hung by a thread, and the land of the Northern Domain was held in his palm...

All this once again proved the extraordinary strength of the Liefeng Cavalry's strange soldiers and tricky ways, and Zi Rao also truly realized the terror of the Shao Yuan Jun of Great Chu.

The strong wind on the city wall rolled, raising their black clothes and red sleeves, both fluttering endlessly.

Huang Fei gently held Zi Rao's hand and sent the torch into the huge Nine Sparrow Divine Bird Cloud Thunder Pattern Bronze Tripod standing at the end of the high platform.

A flame rushed into the sky, and the blood color in the air was like a flower, finally illuminating the thousands of palaces, cloud towers, and phoenix pavilions...

Imperial Garden Shangyang Palace.

The honor guard of the Central Palace was solemn, and a red-wheeled purple-tasseled heavy-feathered eight-luan carriage stopped in front of the hall.

Two maids stepped forward to lift the vermilion phoenix gold curtain. A soft hand stretched out from the carriage, the jade ring on the wrist jingling, as if fairy music filled the ears. A pair of golden Luan intertwined hairpins hung down with faint beautiful shadows, and the Queen of Chu helped the maid step down from the carriage.

The sky was shining, and the moon was full of golden palaces.

The Queen of Chu looked up at the beautiful and magnificent palace under the moonlight, seemed to sigh in a low voice, and stepped into the hall lightly.

"Royal Sister-in-law!" Han Xi Princess had just returned to the palace, and before she could change her clothes, she heard the maid report and turned to greet her. Her colorful clothes were bright and dancing in the fragrance of flowers and beautiful shadows, bringing crisp laughter. "Royal Sister-in-law, why are you here? You didn't tell anyone in advance, so I could have come back earlier to accompany you."

The Queen of Chu was more than eight months pregnant. Because she was about to give birth, she did not attend the grand wedding ceremony of the Shao Yuan Jun and the Nine Princess tonight. At this time, she smiled and watched Han Xi come to her like a gust of wind. Her appearance was elegant, and there was a nobility at the bottom of her gentleness that was exactly the same as the Shao Yuan Jun.

"I was bored alone, so I came to see if you were back." The Queen of Chu raised her hand to signal the eight red-clothed women led by Zhao Yu to bow and retreat, hiding in the shadows of the flowers and glass.

Han Xi held the Queen of Chu's hand and acted like a spoiled child. "Huang Fei married Zi Rao sister, such a beauty, and didn't have time to pay attention to me, so I had to follow the Royal Brother back to the palace, and I was just bored, and the Royal Sister-in-law came." After entering the hall, she waved her hand to dismiss the maids, leaned against the Queen of Chu, and whispered, "Royal Sister-in-law, do you remember what Huang Fei said last time? Did the Royal Brother agree?"

The Queen of Chu smiled. "Rest assured, your marriage into the Di Du is a good thing. Since Huang Fei has such a proposal, how could the King object?"

"Really?" Surprise flashed in Han Xi's eyes, her gaze flickering and brushing over her, with three parts of shyness. "Royal Sister-in-law, you have seen the Eastern Emperor before, what do you say... um... is he good?"

The Queen of Chu said, "Good or not, how can I decide? You talk about him every day, why don't you know yourself?"

Han Xi's pretty face turned red, and she stamped her feet. "Royal Sister-in-law, you are making fun of me!" Then she pursed her lips and smiled, lowering her head lightly. "He is very good to me. Every time I go to find him, he always teaches me some fun things. He knows a lot of interesting things. He also told me that the Di Du has rare birds and spirit beasts offered by countries all over the world, and rare flowers and strange herbs that are rare in the world. He said if I like them, he would take me to play together. Royal Sister-in-law, will you and Royal Brother go together then? He will definitely agree. You haven't seen the way he smiles, it's especially good-looking, especially gentle..."

This kind of longing, full of feelings, the Queen of Chu looked at Han Xi's happy smile, sighed lightly, reached out to hold her, and said softly, "Han Xi..." Before the words were finished, she suddenly heard a huge sound, shaking the Shangyang Palace, and the crystal lamps swayed.

Han Xi turned her head in surprise, only to see the sky outside the hall drowned in blood red, and flames rising into the sky in the direction of the Yinghuang Palace.

"What happened?" Han Xi was about to go out of the hall to see, but her wrist was grabbed by the Queen of Chu. "Han Xi! Don't go."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 101 =====