Chapter 514: Performing a Stroke on the Spot
This sound was like a spark thrown into boiling oil, instantly igniting everyone in front of the Zhaixing Tower.
"Phoenix Lady! Please bless our Great Sheng Dynasty with a good harvest, good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people!" The white-haired old man kowtowed heavily with tears streaming down his face.
"Goddess Phoenix has appeared! Please bless my son to pass the imperial examination this year and bring honor to our family!" The woman in simple clothes held her young son in her arms with her forehead pressed against the ground.
"Please bless me, Lady Feng, and drive away my illness! Let my old father, who has been paralyzed for many years, stand up again!" A man choked up and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Please have mercy on me, Lady Feng, and grant me a few acres of land to produce a good harvest, so that my whole family can have enough food and clothing!"
"Please, Lady Phoenix, grant me a good marriage and a husband of my dreams!"
"Please pray that Phoenix Girl will bless me with a safe trade on this journey, so that I can make a small fortune and support my wife and children!"
"Please ask Phoenix Girl to show her divine power and save my terminally ill wife! I am willing to shorten my life by ten years in exchange for her health!" The sorrowful cries were particularly harsh.
"Please, Phoenix Girl..."
In an instant, everyone fell to their knees. Like waves of wheat blown down by a strong wind, the excited people, from near and far, fell to their knees in layers, prostrating themselves in the most pious manner to the woman beside the carriage.
The wave was surging and spreading rapidly. Not only the common people, but even the civil and military officials in official uniforms and their families no longer had any reserve or hesitation. They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed in horror and awe.
In the entire world, the only sounds left were the rising and falling sounds of prayers, with crying or trembling tones.
Chu Liuzheng, who was worshipped by everyone and regarded as a god:???!!!!!!
[Oh shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!!! What the hell is going on?!]
She seemed to be under a spell, frozen in place like a frozen popsicle. Her fingers were curled tightly under her wide sleeves, her nails almost digging into her palms.
[Fake! I'm fake, folks! Those are 3D projections!]
She tried her best to remain calm, but the corners of her lips twitched wildly and uncontrollably, as if she was about to have a stroke at any moment.
[It's no use worshipping me. It's really no use! I don't know any magic, I can't cure illnesses, and I can't ward off disasters!]
[Oh my god! This will shorten your life! This will definitely shorten your life! Uncle, your beard is all white, so stop kowtow. Auntie, your forehead is red from kowtowin', get up quickly!]
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Help! My lifespan is definitely evaporating at the speed of light! Am I going to die right here?]
[Father and Mother, what are you two doing here?! Hurry up and get up! Your daughter can't bear your worship! Are you going to be struck by lightning?! It's over, it's over, I don't want to be struck by lightning again! ]
"Brother Xiaoyao, you're just a spectator, what's up with this Fengnu plot? Do you want to kill me? Come out and end this! I don't have your talent for pretending to be a charlatan!!"
[Stop bowing! Please stop bowing! If you keep bowing, I'll have to perform a soaring ascension on the spot.]
[Phoenix! Where's that phoenix from before? Come back and take this mess away!]
[Help! Someone please save me!!! Even scenes of social demise aren't this horrifying!! This is simply a massive human sacrifice!!!]
Chu Liuzheng felt like his soul was screaming, and his toes had already dug out a capital city in his embroidered shoes.
【Ahh, I can only use my ultimate move! 】
She held her breath, her cheeks gradually turned red, and in full view of everyone, she successfully suffocated herself to death.
See you in debt!
Whoever wants to clean up this mess can do so. I won’t bother you anymore!
"Ah!! Phoenix girl fainted!"
Everyone screamed and squeezed forward. The Yulin Guards tried their best to block them. Just as their defense line was about to be broken, a dark figure walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to take the unconscious Chu Liuzheng from Chen Xing's hands, put his arm over his knees, and picked him up horizontally.
He raised his eyes and glanced around. Under his cold gaze, everyone unconsciously stopped pushing.
Only then did Xiao Jingfan carry Chu Liuzheng into the carriage.
A cold voice came from the carriage: "Return to the palace."
The Embroidered Uniform Guards led the way, and the black carriage smoothly drove out of the crowd and headed towards the palace.
*
As the imperial carriage was brought back to the palace, the news that Chu Liuzheng was the Phoenix Girl spread throughout the palace.
In Zhaoyang Palace, upon hearing the report, Concubine Shu's hand trembled and she accidentally cut the most blooming peony on the branch.
She didn't care about the flowers and asked the eunuch to tell her in detail.
The young eunuch also heard it from hearsay. He knew that when the emperor was offering sacrifices to heaven, a big phoenix flew out of Chu Liuzheng's body, attracting hundreds of birds, and many people saw it.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu clenched the scissors, her eyes dark.
Is there any woman in this world who is more suitable to be the mother of the country than Fengnu?
Maohua Palace also received the news.
Chun Zhaoyi didn't believe that there really was a phoenix in this world, but the news was brought to the palace by the wife of the Grand Tutor, who said that everyone who went to participate in the heaven sacrifice had seen it, and the description was so vivid that Chun Zhaoyi had no choice but to believe it.
"Master, what should we do now?" Qingyi paced back and forth anxiously. Chu had inexplicably become some kind of phoenix girl. With His Majesty's love for Chu, wouldn't Chu become the queen next?
"What's the hurry?" Concubine Chun stared at the half-finished painting of green bamboo and said calmly, "If Chu is really the Phoenix Girl, who else can be the Queen? If she is a fake Phoenix Girl, the Empress position is also in her pocket."
Qingyi didn't understand. How could Chu, whether real or fake, become the queen?
Consort Chun said, "If she is genuine, then today's performance is a manifestation of divine power, and Fengnu should naturally be accepted into the imperial family. If she is fake, then today's performance must have been deliberately arranged. How many people in this world can create such a grand ceremony during His Majesty's sacrifice to heaven?"
After pondering these words, Qingyi was startled and exclaimed, "It's Your Majesty!"
Concubine Chun nodded. Without the emperor's permission, who would dare to act so recklessly during the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony? Was he planning a rebellion, or did he think the Nine Clans were too numerous?
Qingyi suddenly became even more anxious. His Majesty actually wanted Chu to be the empress. Chu was just a peasant girl, her talent, virtue, and appearance were inferior to her own master. She had been favored for several years and hadn't even given His Majesty a child. Why?
She couldn't help but feel sorry for Chun Zhaoyi, but Chun Zhaoyi was not worried about her at all and was actually focused on continuing to paint.
Qingyi was so anxious that she wanted to snatch her paintbrush, "Master, why aren't you anxious at all?" Hurry up and think of a way to deal with Chu!
Seeing her sweating profusely, Consort Chun laughed, "I've figured out one thing these days."
Qingyi: "What's the matter?"
Chun Zhaoyi said nothing more, but only told her to change the water.
Qingyi: “…”
*
Wanshou Palace.
Concubine Xie hurriedly delivered the news, intending to ask the Empress Dowager for advice. However, the Empress Dowager sent someone to send her back, and told her to rest at home for the next few days and not to pay her respects to the Wanshou Palace.
Xie Pin was stunned. Shouldn't her aunt stand on the same front with her to get rid of that little bitch surnamed Chu? Things were not developing in the way she expected.
(End of this chapter)
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