Chapter 794 Gongsun Ling
The moment Gongsun Ling saw Jiang Fenghua, he felt his eyes light up. Xie Shang was so lucky to marry such a beautiful woman. He was still unmarried because he hadn't met a woman who moved his heart.
His family was frantic with worry, but he remained unmoved.
For a moment, Gongsun Ling was also stunned. The woman in front of him was as beautiful as a peach blossom in spring. Her smile was captivating, and all the beauties in the palace paled in comparison.
What interesting thing are they talking about? Their smiles are so bright, like blooming hibiscus flowers.
Xie Shang suddenly stood between Jiang Fenghua and Gongsun Ling. He took off his mask, revealing his handsome face with sharp features. His long, narrow black eyes held a sharp light. When he saw Jiang Fenghua, the corners of his tight lips parted into a beautiful and perfect smile.
His slightly fitted black outfit perfectly showcased his physique. Although he was dressed similarly to the other bodyguards like Black Bee, his aura exuded nobility and elegance.
He stared at her face, his voice deep and magnetic, "Ruan Ruan."
He seemed to be reminding her that her husband was right in front of her, and that everyone else could be ignored.
"His Majesty has returned." Jiang Fenghua smiled, though her tone seemed somewhat perfunctory.
In Jiang Fenghua's mind, Xie Shang's expression at this moment was like that of a male peacock vying for attention, but God did indeed have a special favor for him.
Thinking of his "departure without saying goodbye," Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "His Majesty still hasn't found Prince Kang! In this heavy rain, His Majesty has been standing outside in the rain the whole time!"
Xie Shang sensed that Jiang Fenghua was gloating; was she mocking his incompetence?
He seemed to have become mute, explaining, "We'll find it soon."
"Let Aoxue leave the palace to help His Majesty!"
Hearing about Aoxue's performance in front of the prison truly opened her eyes. Aoxue should be an actress; even in front of the real Night Shadow, she definitely wouldn't have been able to say those words.
Gongsun Ling suddenly wanted to laugh. The Empress is quite bold!
Xie Shang really has no way to deal with Prince Kang right now.
He coughed and asked, "Are you and the children alright?"
Jiang Fenghua glanced around and said, "I am not dead yet. I thank Your Majesty for arranging the secret guards to protect our safety in Kunning Palace. It was just that two of my people were killed by assassins, and eight others were injured in Kunning Palace. It is still much less than the number of people who died on the battlefield."
Gongsun Ling felt a slight pang of pain for Xie Shang. Was he criticizing the emperor's secret guards for being incompetent? These secret guards were all highly skilled individuals trained by their Shenyin Camp.
Does Empress Jiang mean that their Hidden God Camp is inferior to the assassins of the Earthly Fiend Sect?
Xie Shang shifted his gaze to Gongsun Ling.
Gongsun Ling pretended not to understand, "The duty of the secret guards is to protect the safety of their master. They have fulfilled their mission. The Empress and the princes and princesses are all safe and sound."
Jiang Fenghua asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, who is this young master?"
Before Xie Shang could introduce him, Gongsun Ling took the initiative to bow and greet her: "I am Gongsun Ling, and I have just returned to Shengjing. I am a physician under the Emperor."
Jiang Fenghua thought Xie Shang was a person without friends, but it turns out he does have friends!
"Is Young Master Gongsun also from Shengjing?" It turns out he is a doctor.
“I am not,” he replied, explaining that he had never been to Shengjing under his real identity before. He further explained, “Black Bee, Night Shadow, Ao Xue, and I are all friends.”
Jiang Fenghua's eyes lit up when she heard the word "friends." He should be considered their leader, right? She hadn't expected that he would treat the bodyguards as friends. She thought that in the eyes of those in power, the bodyguards were nothing more than tools.
Gongsun Ling stared at the drawing on the table. "This shape looks like a crescent-shaped whale, but why are its head and tail arched?"
Gongsun Ling suddenly couldn't help but laugh: "Why does it look like this?"
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "Doesn't it look like this? I drew it based on the pictures and text on those assassins and a vague memory." Since she had the memory, it meant that she had seen similar pictures before.
The next moment, Gongsun Ling picked up a piece of white paper, picked up a pen, and casually drew a few strokes. Soon, the general outline of a whale appeared on the paper.
After seeing it, Jiang Fenghua's mouth dropped open. Gongsun Ling's painting skills were simply ingenious and exquisite, and his paintings were incredibly lifelike.
Jiang Fenghua stared intently at the spot where he was writing, at a spindle-shaped sea creature. She felt that the world was so vast, and there were so many things she had never seen before.
Visually, the whale drawn by Gongsun Ling is the enormous creature described in the book. However, its mouth is not a gaping maw, but rather a cute oval shape, with its teeth completely hidden.
Jiang Fenghua said, "It has eyes, fins, and a tail... like a fish, but it seems a little different from a fish. It looks so cute."
Lin Yuhongxiu and Lianye also came over to watch, and they said one after another, "How come it looks different from what Lord Black Bee described? This fish is so cute!"
"The Empress's drawing of the character with his mouth open is also very cute, not fierce at all."
"Because the empress didn't have eyes or fins drawn, she was only drawn with a round body, and her body even had a bite taken out of it."
"Both the young master and the empress are beautifully drawn. It's inhumane that such an animal would be used as the symbol of an assassin organization."
"Whether it's a human, a fish, or any animal, without eyes there is no spirit, not even the crescent whale."
As they discussed, Gongsun Ling said, "It's not called the Crescent Moon Whale, but a large fish in the sea, which some people also call Kun."
Jiang Fenghua slowly said, "In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun. Kun is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it is; it transforms into a bird, its name is Peng. The back of Peng is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it is; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. This bird, when the sea is in motion, will migrate to the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the Heavenly Pool..."
She said, "So the whale that Young Master Gongsun painted is the Kun mentioned in the book. It's hard to imagine its ever-changing nature, and that it can even turn into a flying fish."
"No, no." Gongsun Ling put down his pen and explained, "The ancient people's records of Kun do not mean that Kun is a whale. It just means that whales are closer to the Kun in the book. Perhaps Kun is a whale, or perhaps Kun is a more magical animal. I have not figured it out. In this world, there is no certainty between truth and falsehood."
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Has Mr. Gongsun ever seen a whale?" If he can draw it, he must have seen one!
Gongsun Ling said, "I once went to the seaside to search for it. From afar, I saw that there was indeed a huge creature in the ocean, which stirred up waves like thunder and sprayed foam like rain. Aquatic creatures were afraid and fled. Even fish dared not stand against it."
As he slowly explained, Jiang Fenghua unconsciously said, "Its great strength is like a ship swallowing the sea, with its core at the bottom of the ocean. When it emerges from its core, the water overflows, which is called a whale tide. Some say that when it emerges, the tide rises, and when it enters, the tide falls; its emergence and entry are regulated, so the whale tide occurs at certain times."
"So this is the whale the book was talking about!" she exclaimed unconsciously, a feeling of amazement, regret, and longing welling up within her.
She must have read a lot of books back then!
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