The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 90 The Plan Behind the Plan

“You said what?” Rong Gui who had been acting calmly in the face of all the crazy plans from Huang Miaoling finally frowned. “Descendant Zhou? He's a descendant of the Zhou royal family? What nonsense is this?”

Huang Miaoling glanced at Rong Gui, feeling himself wanting to smile. That reaction was the same reaction he gave when he received this news.

“Be careful to avoid misunderstandings, Investigator Rong,” Huang Miaoling said as he straightened his body, then folded his hands arrogantly. “The descendants of Zhou and the descendants of the Zhou family are two different things. I am not referring to the royal family surnamed Qing who controlled the Zhou kingdom, but to the royal family surnamed Zhou.”

Dizziness, Wei Shulin closed his eyes while twitching his temple. With one hand pointed at Huang Miaoling, asking for time for the woman to stop her speech, Wei Shulin said, “Wait, wait, wait, wait. Repeat!” He opened his eyes and looked at Huang Miaoling seriously. “You mean to say that the Sixth Prince is a descendant of King Zhou?!”

And, Huang Miaoling nodded his head.

Wei Shulin stepped back and slammed his body into the chair. “This .. impossible.” He tried to calm himself down after hearing the information.

“Where ... where did you know about this, Junzhu?!” Rong Gui was one of the people with the most reaction. As someone who had worked with Wang Chengliu and had never known about this, he would certainly be very surprised.

Huang Miaoling turned around and sat down in his chair. Then, he replied, “Suami.”

Huang Miaoling's mind floated to his conversation this morning with Liang Fenghong. When she had just finished helping her husband put on his armor, the man suddenly clasped Huang Miaoling's hand tightly.

“I'll be leaving soon,” said Liang Fenghong with a sad look. “There is something I want to say to you,” he added as he looked into Huang Miaoling's eyes deeply.

“What is it?” huang Miaoling asked calmly, not knowing that the impending surprise was hitting him.

“At first, I intend to tell you this later. However, the situation is no longer possible for me to keep this secret any longer, especially since you will soon be fighting alone within the kingdom,” Liang Fenghong began to say at length, saying, and that made Huang Miaoling chuckle. “What?” The man frowned, a little annoyed that his wife laughed when he was serious.

“You acted as if I was going to look for trouble in the capital,” replied Huang Miaoling.

Hearing this, Liang Fenghong snorted. “ Long before I became your husband, I knew your nature. Therefore, I know you will not stay silent and will soon troublemaker.” The man gave a light touch to his wife's forehead.

Huang Miaoling hissed as he rubbed his reddened forehead. “Quick finish your speech,” he said ketus.

“Wang Chengliu was a descendant of King Zhou,” the remark made Huang Miaoling freeze on the spot, turning his gaze to Liang Fenghong. “His mother, Chen Meilian, was the son of King Zhou's nephew.” The man's gaze looked troubled as he continued, “In addition, he is also the only remaining male descendant of King Zhou.”

Returning to the reality described by her husband, Huang Miaoling could not help but close her eyes. No wonder Chen Meiping, a woman who was also a descendant of King Zhou, was willing to cooperate with Wang Chengliu to manipulate Qing Zhuang. In addition, coupled with the fact that Wang Chengliu is someone who returned from the past, it is not unusual for him to have first proven his identity to the woman.

Huang Miaoling's explanation made Rong Gui silent. However, the man then spoke up, “Where would Counselor Liang know this?” There was suspicion on his face.

Huang Miaoling was silent. He himself asked Liang Fenghong this, but the man reluctantly replied. “When I return, I will tell you everything. I promise,” that's the reply Huang Miaoling got.

“He didn't tell it. However, I guess he found out about it when he was a respectable healer of Zhou Kingdom,” replied Huang Miaoling, lying. He knew that Liang Fenghong could not have gotten such important information while he was a court physician in Zhou.

However, as someone who did not know anything outside of the kingdom, Rong Gui could only swallow back his suspicions. “If we are wrong ...”

“If we are wrong, it does not change anything,” said Huang Miaoling. “The fact that Wang Chengliu will use the lack of capital guard to carry out a coup remains, and I swear to block it.”

***

“Stop!” shouted an army commander who was in the front row. “Today we rest here!”

After making sure his subordinates conveyed his orders well, Prime Minister Liang turned his gaze to Liang Fenghong who had descended from his horse. The man looked too calm for someone who had just left his wife to fight. Coupled with the fact that Huang Miaoling was also surrounded by danger in the capital, Prime Minister Liang felt that his son's attitude was very suspicious.

As the father of Huang Miaoling, Huang Qinghao was the one who was most curious about Liang Fenghong's attitude. A little different from Premier Liang, the man was even slightly suspicious that his son-in-law did not care about his daughter, and that made Huang Qinghao occasionally cast a suspicious look at Liang Fenghong.

Finally, Huang Qinghao became the first to open his voice, “You look calm for someone who has just left your wife for the first time in the war. Don't you realize how dangerous the capital is with my departure?”

Hearing this, Liang Fenghong stared fixedly at Huang Qinghao. “Father-in-Law, you came here because of Ling’er's plan, didn't you?” Nodding his father-in-law's head made the man continue, “Don't that mean you believe that Ling’er's plan will work?”

“There is always a possibility for failure, Hong’er,” Liang Shupeng told his son. “Although Miaoling is indeed an extraordinary woman, it does not rule out the possibility of his plan can fail.”

The words of his two convoluted parents made Liang Fenghong smile helplessly. “You used such a complicated way to extract information from me,” replied. After giving his horse strap to Xiaoming, the man said, “You don't have to worry.” His expression looks so serious, “I've prepared everything.”

***

Seen in a room, a man was busy writing something on his desk. With a barrage of servants and bodyguards under his stage of honor, the man was not worried about anyone bothering him.

Suddenly, the door of such a spacious room opened small, allowing a eunuch to step in slowly. He approached the man with the crown perched on his head carefully, then said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, the attack on the Wu Kingdom has reached the ears of the Shi Kingdom. In addition, in the attack,” he was visibly riled up, “The Empress Tianzhen lost her life.”

Sculpting, that's what happened to the man called “Yang Mulia”. The right hand of the man holding the brush trembled, but quickly his left hand grasped his right wrist, stabilizing his balance. However, the vibration made the ink on the brush stain the report he was handling.

Qing Zhuang—sang Emperor Zhou— closed his eyes, trying to calm the emotional turmoil that had suddenly struck him. Then, the man put down his brush and said, “Everything, except Eunuch Cao and General Hu, came out.”

The servants and bodyguards immediately saluted, “Good, Your Majesty.” They left three men in the room; the emperor, the eunuch, and the general.

Without anyone else in the room, Qing Zhuang's calm expression immediately turned furious. He clasped the side of his desk tightly, feeling like he wanted to smash it.

“How could Empress Tianzhen possibly lose her life?! I clearly ordered not to touch the royal family! Didn't you say that, General Hu?!” sis Qing Zhuang with a horrible face. The Zhou emperor might be young, but he was still the emperor, and his fury was capable of electrifying the entire kingdom.

Eunuch Cao and General Hu immediately knelt on the floor. “Your Highness, relax!” both say.

“Your Majesty, I have made sure that the message is delivered to our troops.” General Hu raised his head, “I'm sure that Hudie did not bring our troops for the palace ambush. Therefore, this can happen.”

‘Baj*ngan Wang Chengliu it ..,’ maki Qing Zhuang in heart. Then, the man looked at Eunuch Cao. “How about Emperor Wu Huatai?” he asked, there was worry in his eyes. “What is he also ...”

“No, Emperor Wu is fine,” Eunuch Cao replied quickly.

A sigh escaped from Qing Zhuang's mouth. “Thank God. At the very least, I did not lose the most important person.” He then rested his back on his chair. “If Wu Huatai loses his life, then it would be tantamount to my failure to fulfill Father's agreement with that person.” The man bit his lip, showing his doubt. “When it happens, then there is only catastrophe waiting for the Zhou Kingdom.”

General Hu and Eunuch Cao looked at each other, knowing clearly who their leader was talking about. A worried and fearful expression emanated on the faces of the two people, just as it had just a moment ago radiated on Qing Zhuang's face.

Qing Zhuang touched his chin, looking like he was thinking about something. “General Hu,” call him. “Deliver my command to the Great General Ren, it is time to execute the plan.”

“Good, Your Majesty!” reply General Hu as he stood up and left the room quickly.

After which, Qing Zhuang stood up from his chair. Eunuch Cao hurried over to the emperor to help the man down the steps of the stage of honor.

“We don't have much time,” said Qing Zhuang as he walked out of his study. “Wang Chengliu has executed his plan, and I .. must break it.”

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A/N: *Author who teleported to the top of Longzhu\ headquarters tile, continued to top the tree in the forest that Liang Fenghong's entourage passed\, until the top of the Qing Emperor's working room tile*: Woi any\, said Woi\, tired of moving. This what is really going on?!