"Black Feather Order?" Feng Jiuyan murmured and repeated. "Mother, what is the Black Feather Order?"
Could it be a military token as she thought?
Soon, Madam Feng solved the mystery. "Yes, it is just as my son thought. The Black Feather Order is a military token. And it is a military token that everyone wants to get!"
Madam Feng looked into the void with a vague look in her eyes.
She opened her red lips and slowly recounted her past events.
"If Prince Zhan had not died in the assassination, the one who would have sat on the throne should have been Prince Zhan, the younger brother of the current emperor. Prince Zhan is the third son of the late emperor. When he was born, auspicious signs fell from heaven. The late emperor was very optimistic about him and named him Chengxi."
"Chengxi means to inherit the imperial seal, which is something that everyone knows. The late emperor brought the prince of war to educate him. When he was only three years old, he was brought to the front court by the late emperor to learn about government affairs. The prince of war did not disappoint the late emperor and was not only a man of great military strategy and the talent for governing the country, but also a man who cares about the world. The late emperor adopted many of the prince of war's strategies for governing the country, and Dayan became more prosperous."
"Not only that, the War King is also quite good at leading troops in battle. When he was 14 years old, he led his troops to fight and recaptured the city that was captured by the enemy country. Therefore, the War King has many enemies. Many people want him dead, and many people want to assassinate him. Not only is it about the fight for the throne, but the emperor of the enemy country also wants the War King dead."
"King Zhan was assassinated many times and was nearly killed several times. Later, the late emperor was furious and built this elite force for King Zhan - the Black Feather Army. This Black Feather Army was used to protect him and he could dispatch it at will. He also ordered that this Black Feather Army could kill corrupt officials and royal relatives who broke the law, and only King Zhan could dispatch them."
"After this order, many princes became jealous of the honor and favor of the War King. Even though they regarded the War King as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, they could do nothing about him."
"Later, the Xiongnu invaded the border, causing great suffering to the people living on the border. The newly-crowned King of War asked the late emperor for permission to lead the army to repel the Xiongnu. Your father had been close to the King of War since childhood and was his study partner. He also went to the border with the King of War to pacify the border."
"When they first arrived at the border, they won victory after victory and were on the verge of defeating the Xiongnu. Later, King Zhan received an urgent letter from the palace, which said that the late emperor was forced to abdicate by the ambitious eldest prince, and asked King Zhan to return to the capital as soon as possible to rescue him. King Zhan did not think of anything else, and left two-thirds of the Black Feather Army to help your father pacify the border, while he only brought one-third of the Black Feather Army back to the capital."
"Your father stayed at the border to repel the Xiongnu. After three days and three nights, he finally drove the Xiongnu back to their hometown. At the same time, your father won the battle, but before he could rejoice, news came from the capital that the King of War was assassinated by a villain on his way back to the capital."
"And the current emperor killed the eldest prince during the chaos of the forced abdication, which was a great achievement. The previous emperor was poisoned by the eldest prince and was already weak. When he heard the news that his favorite son, Prince Zhan, had died on his way back to the capital, he only lasted two days before he passed away."
"What happened next? What happened later? Did the late emperor leave an edict passing the throne to the dog emperor?" Feng Jiuyan asked.
Madam Feng nodded, "Yes."
"Where is the descendant of the King of War? Don't you think there is something fishy about this matter? Isn't he coming to seek revenge? Or was he killed by the dog emperor for some reason?" Feng Jiuyan asked the doubts in his heart.
"No. At that time, when the late emperor was about to die from the poison, he issued two imperial edicts. One was an explicit edict, and one was a secret edict. The explicit edict was that the current emperor had saved him and summoned him."
"At the same time, the late emperor sent his confidant with a secret decree to the Zhan Wang Mansion, and escorted the Zhan Wang Consort and his three-year-old son to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun overnight. When the current emperor finished the funeral ceremony of the late emperor, he found that the Zhan Wang's youngest son had been sent to the north by the late emperor's confidant.
Then, the secret decree of the late emperor came from the north, conferring upon the three-year-old son of the War King the title of Prince Rui, and his fiefdom was in the barren land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. This was also the place where we were exiled this time."
"But, the Black Feather Order was originally in the hands of the War King. Now that he's dead, who knows who has the Black Feather Order? Why did these people come to assassinate my father? Besides, why don't they go to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to assassinate Prince Rui and look for the Black Feather Order? Isn't it most likely that the Black Feather Order is in the hands of Prince Rui?
Why did they come after Dad and us?" After hearing what Madam Feng said, Feng Jiuyan felt that the people who were hunting down her family were all stupid.
If it were a normal person, they would give priority to Prince Rui.
Instead, they found someone who had nothing to do with their family.
You must be seriously ill!
Madam Feng shook her head, unable to answer her daughter's doubts. "I know very little about this matter, and I have never heard your father mention the Black Feather Order. I have never seen the Black Feather Order or the Black Feather Army.
I also don't understand why your father and I were assassinated by several groups of people when we returned to Beijing from the border. I don't know who spread the rumor that the Black Feather Order was in your father's hands!"
Madam Feng was shaking and choking up as she finished her speech. “Ah Yan, you don’t know. I saw with my own eyes that your father was stabbed several times and finally fell off a cliff. When we found him, not a single part of his body or face was intact. Woo woo woo—”
Perhaps it was late at night, and it was time for people to put down their disguises. Madam Feng spoke and finally vented the sadness in her heart.
Feng Jiuyan quickly hugged Madam Feng in his arms, patted her back, and comforted her softly, "Mother, please cry. If you have any sad things in your heart, just cry them out."
"Wow, Huai Jin, Huai Jin--" Madam Feng buried herself in her daughter's warm arms and burst into tears.
Feng Jiuyan looked at his mother who was crying like a child in his arms, and his heart ached.
Whether it was the Black Feather Order or her father's death, she had to find out the connection between them.
Moreover, no matter what kind of monsters and demons they are, they can never harm her family!
——
The next morning.
Feng Jiuyan woke up slowly and looked up. Madam Feng had already gotten up to do needlework. She turned over and saw Feng Jiuli was still sleeping soundly, with her arms and legs spread out, sleeping in a big letter shape.
Huahua, like Feng Jiuli, sleeps in an arrogant and overbearing posture.
Feng Jiuyan jumped up from the bed, put on his shoes, and got out of bed.
Madam Feng turned her head and smiled gently, "Ayan, you're awake. Go wash up quickly. Mother has prepared some water for you."
"Okay, mother."
Feng Jiuyan responded to Madam Feng's words while carefully observing her mother's expression.
Except for slightly swollen eyelids and slightly red eye sockets, there was nothing else unusual. Fortunately, she brought some ice packs to her eyes last night, otherwise her eyes would have been swollen like walnuts today.
Seeing that Madam Feng was fine, Feng Jiuyan felt relieved.
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