bayedsolid Chapter 1048 Phoenix Appears
Chapter 1048 Phoenix Appears
When Li Yu'an said this, Liang Chongyue glanced at him.
His voice trailed off considerably after that.
An incense stick later, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion was filled with the sound of a child crying.
By the time everyone arrived, the system had already run away through the side door with the kitten.
Xiang Sheng was left alone, holding the half-eaten candied hawthorn, sobbing on the spot.
Looking at the teeth marks left on the candied hawthorn skewer, Minglang knew who had done it.
"Someone, go and buy Sheng'er another bunch of candied hawthorns."
Everyone in Dingguogongli was used to it, after all, Xiang Sheng was terrified every time the puppy came.
The little tyrant in the manor, who usually reigns supreme, finally has a dog to keep him in check.
The Duke of Dingguo saw Xiang Sheng holding half a string of candied hawthorns and crying pitifully.
They were initially trying to comfort him, but when they saw Xiang Sheng crying, he opened his mouth and ate the remaining two candied hawthorns.
The syrup around its mouth looked adorable.
Let's stop trying to coax him. If we keep coaxing him, he'll be full soon.
"Someone, take Xiang Sheng to A Zheng and let his sister look after him carefully."
Upon hearing that he was going to his sister's place, Xiang Sheng immediately stopped crying.
He obediently let go, allowing the maid to take away the remaining skewers from his hand.
Minglang witnessed this scene.
It remains unclear who will take charge of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion in the future.
But it already has a vague beginnings.
Liang Chongyue was unaware of the farce unfolding at the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, but the little dog was an impatient fellow.
He sent a photo of himself eating candied hawthorns with a kitten to his host, along with a meme of Xiang Sheng crying.
Liang Chongyue watched helplessly and laughed out loud.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
Liang Chongyue waved to Li Yu'an.
"I was thinking of Ah Zheng's chubby son. I wonder if he's lost weight since he was weaned."
"If Your Majesty is curious, we can go and take a look later."
Liang Chongyue thought for a moment, then smiled and said:
"Never mind, I was just mentioning it casually. If the puppy scares Xiang Sheng to tears in front of me, I'll have to help comfort the child."
Liang Chongyue thought about how she had been promoting women's growth for decades, but the Duke of Dingguo's mansion was the place among the court officials closest to power.
They have absolutely no awareness of this.
The Xiang family's daughters are all excellent. In the past, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion had to avoid suspicion and dared not send its daughters into the vortex of imperial power.
She could understand, but things had already become too clear-headed.
The imperial power could change hands at any time, yet these people remained indifferent.
They kept the girls at home, at most teaching them to manage some of the family's businesses.
He always talked about his beloved daughter and did things that seemed like he was taking care of her.
It means preventing women from getting close to what truly nourishes people in this world—power.
The shortcut is right in front of these people, yet they remain stagnant.
Hopefully, this incident involving the Li family will serve as a wake-up call for the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.
"After the porridge shops close, I'll take you for a trip to the outskirts of the capital."
Li Yu'an wasn't particularly interested in these things; he had basically stayed in the palace all these years.
He didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.
After all, when he was wandering around before, he was only trying to find life-saving medicine.
During that time, even the beautiful scenery of Daxia seemed tasteless to him.
I've seen it.
After entering the palace, he was content to be able to stand under the same sky as His Majesty, and be closer to him.
Those days of wandering and being adrift were the real torment for him.
"Good, Your Majesty. I've noticed that fewer and fewer people are coming to beg for porridge. This is all thanks to Your Majesty's diligent governance. I imagine this porridge stall will be closed down soon."
Liang Chongyue followed Li Yu'an's words and looked down.
Seeing that the children begging for porridge at the porridge stall below were at least dressed warmly, unlike before when they had to hide far away after receiving their porridge.
I'm afraid someone else will take it from me.
"Only when the people's lives get better and better can the Great Xia Dynasty get better and better."
As Liang Chongyue was looking around, she made eye contact with a child who had just finished a bowl of porridge.
After the child licked the porridge clean from the bowl, he blinked his big, grape-like eyes and looked up at Liang Chongyue.
"I think that child is quite cute, but his clothes are a bit haphazard."
Liang Chongyue turned to Yun Ling and gave her an instruction:
"Go check on that kid down there, and see if you can help him out."
Liang Chongyue would not do anything else.
Changing other people's fate is not something Liang Chongyue should do.
The porridge stall wasn't closing down very quickly, and during this rare moment of leisure, Liang Chongyue stood by the window watching the people coming and going in front of the stall.
She comes to visit for a while every year.
They use the lives of ordinary people to tally up their achievements for the year.
"The phoenix has appeared! The phoenix has appeared!"
A sudden exclamation rang out on Chang'an Street, drawing away everyone in front of the porridge shop.
Liang Chongyue also looked in the direction the people had left.
"This is something that only appears in storybooks. Which teahouse put it out to lure people over?"
The image of the white bird that Liang Chongyue caught in the suburbs of Beijing flashed through his mind.
"Let's go and see. I'm quite curious about what kind of phoenix it is."
After Liang Chongyue went downstairs, she did not deliberately cover her face, and led Li Yu'an towards the crowded area.
At this moment, a large number of white birds gathered outside a teahouse. Liang Chongyue immediately recognized them as the same species as the white birds he had captured in the suburbs of Beijing.
The flock of silver pheasants in the sky is indeed beautiful, but they probably have ill intentions.
Liang Chongyue coldly watched the white birds circling in the air, among which was one with particularly bright colors.
"That's a phoenix! The one in the middle must be a phoenix. All the birds are paying homage to the phoenix; it's an auspicious sign from heaven!"
"May Heaven bless my Great Xia, may Great Xia last for thousands of generations, and be unparalleled in the world!"
It does indeed look very similar to the phoenix depicted in the picture book.
The birds are singing in the sky, and just listening to them makes one feel very ethereal.
Liang Chongyue squinted dangerously at the flock of birds, his gaze unfathomable.
"This bird is indeed beautiful. Shoot it down and make soup for me."
When Li Yu'an and the surrounding people heard this, Li Yu'an didn't feel anything special.
His Majesty has always been a man of his heart, so it's quite unusual for him to do something like this.
After hearing the word "I, the Emperor," the local people no longer cared about the birds circling in the sky.
He knelt down and kowtowed directly to Liang Chongyue.
"This humble subject kowtows to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live ten thousand years!"
One person calls, a hundred respond.
Liang Chongyue didn't call out, but instead fixed her eyes on the thing tied to the leg of the dyed white pheasant.
It's teetering on the edge, seemingly about to fall, and I wonder who it's tempting.
Liang Chongyue looked around and saw Fei He, who had caught the person, on the third floor of the teahouse across the street.
He smiled at Fei He with satisfaction.
At that moment, something fell off the leg of the dyed white pheasant, along with a banner.