It was in February, Qiling. Lightning pierced the sky, and thunder roared."Rumble..."Lightning split down from the dark night sky, tearing it in two parts with its bright cold light.The deafening sound of thunder followed.Around the Prefect's Mansion and Donglai post house were in chaos. People were woken up by the great change. They ran outside and saw a red, burning world. Panic, anxiety, confusion, and bewilderment appeared in their eyes looking at the tragedy on the earth.In the Prefect's Mansion, after the fake prefect revealed his face, Gu Yunxi pointed at him and shouted,"Master, it's him! He shut the real Feng Yunheng away in the Prefect's Mansion's secret room underground!"The wind brought Gu Yunxi's excited shouts to them. Leng Qingtang and the fake prefect both turned their heads to her.When he saw Gu Yunxi, Leng Qingtang rose his dashing eyebrows. His face ligh

About half an hour after the banquet began, a handsome servant of over ten years old came out from Donghua Gate.With his lowered eyes slowly sweeping over all the people at the door, he asked in a thin voice,"Who is the close guard of Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot?"Hearing this, Gu Yunxi was overjoyed, while a sense of nervousness rose simultaneously. She clenched the food box with her hands for fear that she might break something and lose decency.According to the rules, Gu Yunxi straightened her back and strode forward. She stopped three feet away from the servant, bent down to give a salute, and answered with a loud voice,"Lord, I am.""I see."The servant looked at her up and down and said with his lips curling slightly and his head nodding languidly,"Master Leng is a little drunk. He asked people to send him the sober-up soup. Take your belongings and come with

Dayi's banquets were held every time in the Baohe Palace, which was wide enough to contain hundreds of seats and groups of performing dancers and musicians.The back of Baohe Palace was connected to a large square platform above the clear river.It was midsummer now. Enchanting lotus blossomed with its crystal pink petals clustered around tender yellow stamens, and oily emerald lotus leaves crowded closely together.Emperor Jingxiao would appreciate music and dance on the platform or took on a gaily-painted boat, letting the musicians and dancers perform for him on the river, when he was in a good mood.The night was inky.Stringed and woodwind instruments played beautiful and gay melodies in Baohe Palace, which was lit up with numerous candles as bright as day that each beaming face in the Palace was illuminated.When Yunyao and Yunxi were talking about the old days in the Kanfang Pavilion, there was a li

In Baohe Palace, a long-waited new life was born safely. Although he came in haste and came over too many unpredictable dangers, his loud cry still uttered in this world at night.Listening to this very loud cry, Emperor Jingxiao lighted up. He straightened his back and raised on his feet, looking far into the distance with his hands behind, and let out a long breath.Around him, officials' deferential congratulation was loud and clear,"Congratulations to Your Majesty! Congratulations to Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"Gu Yunxi was slightly relaxed at this moment.On the way here, Gu Yunyao and she had got a general picture of the assassination this time from the maid.Gu Yunxi's thought was simple. After the safe labor of Concubine Xu, the Emperor would no longer be angry and would have the tolerance to look into the assassination. Leng Qingtang won't b

The elixir chamber of Yu Xuanji, the High Priest, was located in the Imperial Garden behind Emperor Jingxiao's residence Qianfu Palace.After five hundred steps past Qianfu Palace and about a hundred meters southeast in the Imperial Garden, there stood a tower.This three-floor building was made up of gold bricks and Nanmu wood pillars. Its outer layer was covered with green bamboo, and its roof was built with colored glazed tiles.To see from a distance, the green building, surrounded by a long red wall, was partly hidden in trees and flowers. The exquisitely decorated spire shone in the first and last rays of the sun, displaying the royal family are solemn and magnificent in this quiet place.On the gate of the first floor of the Elixir Chamber hung a cedarwood plaque, on which wrote striking two golden words: Sixiang Chamber.Fine carving of Taoism immortals, birds, and flowers on the gate post looked sumptuous. Aft