Chapter 409 Who is the real Tian Feng
Amid the noisy discussions of the civil and military officials, Yun Qingqing turned around and looked at Xiao Changheng with a complicated expression.
But he didn't even glance at her. He just stood there quietly with his head down, as if this boiling scene was not caused by him.
Yun Qingqing withdrew her gaze and probably understood what he meant.
She wasn't worried, because she wouldn't lose anyway.
"Changheng, you..." The emperor was the first one to be shocked and disapproving. He frowned and was about to reject it.
But when the words were about to come out of his mouth, the emperor suddenly met Xiao Changheng's gaze and swallowed the rest of his words.
Xiao Changheng is the god of war of Liang State and also serves as regent. If something happens to his position, there will be chaos in the court.
No matter who wins or loses today, it is impossible for him to be stripped of his title and exiled.
The real intention of his words was to express his attitude.
The emperor thought of this, sighed, and changed his words:
"The Regent is responsible for supervising the country, and the matter is of great importance. We will discuss this matter later!"
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiao Changheng didn't say anything else.
Yun Qingqing suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, since I have already guaranteed it, what about the Crown Prince? I have guaranteed the position of the Princess and the safety of the three clans, shouldn't the Crown Prince also provide corresponding guarantees to show his sincerity!"
The emperor was stunned:
"Then in your opinion, what should the prince use as a guarantee?"
Yun Qingqing looked at Xiao Zirui coldly:
"Since I will be demoted to a commoner if I lose, then the same will be done to the prince."
"If you lose, you will be deposed as the Crown Prince and demoted to a commoner!"
The emperor's brows were twisted into a knot, and he felt that today's matter was becoming more and more difficult.
Deposing the crown prince is a matter of great importance, but it was the crown prince and others who initiated the matter, so it is reasonable for Yun Qingqing to say this now.
At this moment, Xiao Changheng suddenly bowed and said loudly:
"I second the motion!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, many ministers followed suit, including Grand Secretary Zhuang and Marquis Ye.
The emperor looked at Xiao Changheng's cold face and knew that he was angry.
Looking at the prince again, he was sneering and snorting:
"Sure! Anyway, what's fake won't become real, so I have nothing to be afraid of!"
The emperor rubbed his brows tiredly and said:
"In that case, let's make it a deal. Once Master Jingyuan determines the ownership of the spiritual object, we'll proceed accordingly!"
As soon as the emperor made the decision, the whole thing immediately turned into a gamble.
All the civil and military officials in the court suddenly fell silent, waiting for Master Jingyuan to come on stage and make the final decision.
There is still some time before the lecture begins, but the emperor has already sent someone to find the abbot and explain the situation here, hoping that he can come out and uphold justice first to avoid delaying the lecture.
Not long after, an old monk with white hair and beard slowly appeared on the scene. He was wearing the abbot's robes. It was Master Jingyuan.
Beside him were two Taoist priests in green robes, one old and one young.
It was Taoist Qingpingzi who came earlier to reminisce about the past, and his disciple and the new national master Taoist Cangqi.
As soon as Master Jingyuan appeared, everyone stood up and performed the Buddhist ceremony.
On the way here, someone had told him what was happening here. Master Jingyuan glanced around while holding the Buddhist beads. His gaze stayed on Yun Qingqing for a moment, then on Xiao Changheng for a moment, and finally looked at the emperor.
"Amitabha, I am Jingyuan, and I am honored to meet you."
The emperor quickly returned the greeting and said:
"Master Jingyuan, you have heard about the situation, right? What do you think about the ownership of the Phoenix Spirit that day?"
The reason he asked this question was that he thought Master Jingyuan would summon Yun Qingqing and Yun Bailian to his presence to observe who was the Tianfeng.
But Master Jingyuan's eyes were half blank, and he said calmly:
"That's easy to say. It's a spiritual creature called the Phoenix. It only responds to the call of the Phoenix. Whoever can call it is the Phoenix."
Yun Bailian's expression changed immediately.
Xiao Zirui was even more horrified. They both saw the spiritual creature rushing out of the wooden box and flying towards Yun Qingqing that day. If the one who could summon the spiritual creature was Tian Feng, doesn't that mean that Tian Feng was really Yun Qingqing?
Xiao Zirui frowned and said immediately:
"Master Jingyuan, you don't know that the Regent Princess is a member of the Xuanmen sect and is accustomed to using various magic. If she uses magic to forcibly summon spiritual objects, how can we tell?"
Master Jingyuan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said calmly:
"Normative magic cannot be effective against this spiritual creature."
"What if the magic she cast was not an ordinary one?" Yun Bailian asked immediately.
Master Jingyuan remained calm:
"Then I don't know."
The emperor was at a loss when he heard this:
"That is to say, even if Yun Qingqing knows magic, we can't judge who Tian Feng is based on who can summon spiritual creatures?"
Yun Qingqing suddenly said:
"Xue Ling has been lacking in spiritual energy recently and is in a deep sleep. No one can summon it, so don't consider this method."
The emperor's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that Yun Qingqing might be giving him a difficult problem with her story.
When Xiao Zirui heard her say this, he suddenly sneered:
"Sleeping? I think that's clearly an excuse, right? You didn't do anything to the Phoenix Spirit to prevent it from being summoned by the Crown Princess!"
He was very sure that he had guessed Yun Qingqing's trick, and without waiting for her to respond, he turned to the emperor and said:
"Father, there is actually another way to verify who the real Tian Feng is!"
"Oh!" the emperor said immediately, "What method is it?"
Xiao Zirui turned to Qing Pingzi and Cang Qi:
"The former national teacher once used the virtual butterfly of the Tianxuan Sect to determine destiny. He said that this thing is the most accurate. As long as the two Taoists are willing to use the virtual butterfly, we will immediately know who is the real Tianfeng!"
When Cang Qi heard the word "Xu Die", his eyelids jumped. He turned his head and glanced at his master, only to see that Qing Pingzi's expression was also a little subtle.
Cang Qi thought to himself, how could Cang Rong possibly get something as precious as the Xu Butterfly with his qualifications?
Cang Rong, who is now under house arrest as a punishment, is probably charged with one more crime.
Qingpingzi was thinking similar things, but he didn't show it on his face.
In fact, Xiao Zirui's words of "borrowing the Void Butterfly for a while" sounded a bit ignorant to him. If one Void Butterfly was used, there would be one less. What else could he do?
Under normal circumstances he would have ignored these ordinary people, but this time he went down the mountain to settle the cause and effect of Cang Rong. In addition, this matter was related to Yun Qingqing, so Qing Pingzi was somewhat curious whether she was Tian Feng.
So Qingpingzi nodded slightly and said:
"I can help you this time, but I have one condition."
The emperor was surprised:
"What are the conditions, Taoist priest? Tell me."
Qing Pingzi looked at Yun Qingqing and said:
"No matter what the result of the virtual butterfly test is, Yun Qingqing will go with me to Tianxuan Sect as a guest for a few days. How do you think?"
His request confused everyone present, but Xiao Changheng's face suddenly darkened and he said in a cold voice:
"Why is that?"
He was very suspicious of Qing Pingzi's purpose in taking Yun Qingqing away.
However, Yun Qingqing already understood the reason, and immediately raised her hand to stop Xiao Changheng, and simply agreed:
"Sure, that's fine with me."
Xiao Changheng looked at her with a gloomy look in his eyes. Yun Qingqing did not turn her head, but said calmly:
"I have my own plans, you don't have to worry about these things."
Xiao Changheng secretly clenched his fists and said nothing more.
Seeing that things were starting to look promising, the emperor quickly said:
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Taoist priest. Please help me see which one of the Regent Princess and the Crown Princess is the real Tianfeng!"
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