Chapter 409 Who is the real Tianfeng
Amidst 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, but 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 to be shocked and disapproved. 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 definitely 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 bears the heavy responsibility of overseeing 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've already guaranteed it, what about the Crown Prince? I've guaranteed the position of Princess and the safety of our three clans. Shouldn't the Crown Prince also provide a corresponding guarantee 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 Crown Prince."
"If you lose, you will be deposed as 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 incident, 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 sneered and snorted:
"Sure! What's fake won't become real anyway, so why should I be afraid?"
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 and make the decision.
There was still some time before the lecture began, but the emperor had already sent someone to find the abbot and explain the situation here, hoping that he could 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 stage. 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 happened 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, the poor monk, and I am honored to meet you."
The Emperor quickly returned the greeting and said:
"Master Jingyuan, you've heard everything, right? Regarding the ownership of the Sky Phoenix Spirit, what are your thoughts?"
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-closed, and he said calmly:
"That's easy to say. It's a spiritual creature, the Phoenix. It only responds to the call of the Phoenix. Whoever can summon 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, wouldn't that mean that Tian Feng was really Yun Qingqing?
Xiao Zirui frowned and immediately said:
"Master Jingyuan, you may not know that the Regent Princess is a member of the Xuanmen sect and is accustomed to using various magic techniques. If she uses magic to forcibly summon spiritual creatures, how can we tell?"
Master Jingyuan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said calmly:
"Normally, magic cannot be effective against this spiritual creature."
"What if she didn't use ordinary magic?" 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 the magic, we can't judge Tian Feng's identity based on who can summon the spirit creature?"
Yun Qingqing suddenly said:
"Xue Ling has been lacking spiritual energy lately and is currently sleeping. No one can summon it, so this method is not worth considering."
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. Without waiting for her to respond, he turned to the emperor and said:
"Father, there is actually another way to verify who the real Tianfeng is!"
"Oh!" the emperor said immediately, "What method is it?"
Xiao Zirui turned to Qingpingzi and Cangqi, the master and his apprentice:
"The former Imperial Master once used the Tianxuan Sect's Void Butterfly to determine destiny. He said it was the most accurate. As long as the two Taoists are willing to lend the Void Butterfly, we'll immediately know who is the true Heavenly Phoenix!"
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 currently under house arrest as punishment, is probably charged with another 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?
Normally he would ignore these ordinary people, but this time he came 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.
Then Qingpingzi nodded slightly and said:
"I can help you this time, but I have one condition."
The emperor was surprised:
"Master, what are your conditions? Tell me."
Qing Pingzi looked at Yun Qingqing and said:
"No matter what the result of the Xudie test is, Yun Qingqing will go with me to the Tianxuan Sect as a guest for a few days. How about that?"
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 Qingpingzi'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, I'm fine."
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 up, 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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