Chapter 187: God’s Will

Mo Junjiu looked at Mo Yuzhen unhurriedly and smiled. “Why are you anxious? Father knows that the colorful phenix would cause the public to criticize but still wants to have it sent to the capital. Nobody would be to blame if there is something wrong.”

Mo Yuzhen was astonished and responded subconsciously, “But I have heard that Father told somebody to send the colorful phenix to the capital after his birthday party. How would…”

“It was said like this, but it’s a long distance from the east to the capital, and the colorful phenix is so priceless. If there is an accident, nobody can take the responsibility. Of course the earlier it is sent to the capital, the safer it will be,” Mo Junjiu replied leisurely.

“But Father told them to send the colorful phenix later just to prevent the evil intentions of the envoys from the other countries. If it is sent to the capital in advance, it would cause much trouble. Father won’t do that.”

Mo Yuzhen spoke with certainty, but Mo Junjiu just showed a sneer. “Then it depends on whether he can resist the temptation.”

When they were talking, a servant ran in a rush to report, “The colorful phenix has been sent to the imperial palace. His Majesty is meeting the envoys in the imperial garden.”

Speak of the devil!

Mo Yuzhen turned to Mo Junjiu by instinct. The latter lowered his head and pondered for a while before showing a mysterious smile all of a sudden. “A show is about to begin.”

“What are you going to do?” Mo Yuzhen asked alertly.

Mo Junjiu walked ahead to the imperial palace and answered nonchalantly, “I am going to do nothing but watch a play.

“Gee. Aren’t you always curious about what the colorful phenix looks like? Let’s go together to have a look.”

Mo Yuzhen hesitated and remained unmoved.

Mo Junjiu then added, “Shi Qingxue is favored by Grandma. She will surely join the fun for such a spectacular event. Are you sure that you won’t come?”

Mo Yuzhen immediately followed Mo Junjiu. Meeting her brother’s eyes with a faint smile, she smiled embarrassedly and explained, “I wanted to see it. It’s not because of Qingxue.”

Mo Junjiu was not in the mood to expose her thoughts. He just glanced at her and then told people to arrange a carriage heading to the imperial palace.

However, Mo Yuzhen was worried all the way and couldn’t help but ask in a low voice, “This thing, hmm, have you discussed with Grandpa? Will they…”

Mo Junjiu interrupted her impatiently at once, “I know what to do. I don’t need those old men to comment.”

Seeing that Mo Yuzhen was still hesitant, he continued unhurriedly, “Grandpa was the one who told me to cast a bone between Shi Junhe and Wenren Chi.”

In the beginning, Mo Junjiu still wanted to marry Shi Qingxue and hoped to get her and her family property. How could he think of such a trick to split the Shi family?

If Liang Yuanming didn’t say that the Shi family might be close to the crown prince’s followers and they couldn’t let that family become stronger, how could he do such a hard but thankless job?

Upon hearing that, Mo Yuzhen kept silent. Although she still thought that Mo Junjiu advanced rashly to do something to the colorful phenix, she was not on good terms with her grandpa’s family. Now she heard some disgusting inside news, so she didn’t want to have contact with Liang Yuanming. She just said, “It’s great that you know what you are doing.”

“Don’t worry. We just came to watch a play this time, and somebody else is playing.”

When Mo Junjiu and Mo Yuzhen came to the imperial garden, there were many people standing in it.

Obviously they came to see the legendary holy bird, the colorful phenix.

As soon as Mo Yuzhen came in, her eyes fell on Shi Qingxue first. Then she showed a big smile automatically and even winked at her in secret.

If there weren’t a crowd of people staring, she might run to Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue also noticed Mo Yuzhen and smiled at her secretly to greet her when nobody paid attention to her.

Then the prince from the Liang Country, Yelü Anchen stood casually in front of a big black box and judged arrogantly, “Is this the legendary colorful phenix? Why is it covered with a black cloth? Can’t it show its face?”

His voice was meaningful, but he looked at Mo Xiangbin and the big black box from time to time. Evidently he doubted if this stuff which was valued and sent to the capital with caution was the colorful phenix.

Speaking of which, it was reasonable that Yelü Anchen suspected that.

The colorful phenix was a holy bird of the whole Qin Continent and the last time one showed up was one thousand years ago, so it was almost equal to a legend. After all, nobody confirmed if it was fabricated on purpose because the first Holy Monarch wanted to enhance his political power.

Mo Xiangbin was sure that so many people would enter the imperial palace to see the colorful phenix because everybody was well-informed and he couldn’t hide it. At the same time, he wanted to show off indeed.

After all… Zhou Youqiong who had a colorful phenix stay at his residence became the Holy Monarch, and now he was the one who owned the second colorful phenix. Who knew if he could replace Holy Monarch Zhou?

Mo Xiangbin didn’t lack ambition but public opinion and opportunity.

Now he just started to make a show, but he was frustrated, so he was quite depressed.

Fortunately, the person who brought the colorful phenix found something wrong on Mo Xiangbin’s face, so he hurriedly explained, “The colorful phenix hates the light and likes darkness. It fears noises and likes to be quiet. And it was on a long journey, so it will be unaccustomed to the changing environment. I am afraid that the holy bird would be frightened, so I don’t dare to take the black cover away.

“Your Majesty, please find the colorful phenix a place suitable for it to stay, so that it can have a rest and be shown to the world earlier.”

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His words were pleasant to hear, but the question was, which place was suitable for the colorful phenix to live and recuperate?

Mo Xiangbin was in a dilemma. He wanted to take the colorful phenix back to his bedroom, but he was afraid that it was not a right place for it to live, and it would be troublesome if there was an accident.

The Empress Dowager Ling Ruiyin said in time, “It needs to estimate, so it’s better to leave it to the Bureau of Astronomy. Your Majesty, do you think so?”

Hearing the words “Bureau of Astronomy”, Mo Xiangbin turned to Mo Junyu but soon looked away in secret. Afterward, he looked at Mo Junyang, with his inquiring eyes.

Unfortunately, Mo Junyang was still indifferent like before and didn’t even look at him.

Mo Xiangbin hesitated for a while and then nodded. “Tell the people of the Bureau of Astronomy to come here.”

After getting the order, the director of the Bureau of Astronomy rushed over and took out his tools to foretell as soon as he heard the emperor’s command.

There were turtlebacks, beast bones, cinnabar, brush pens and so on.

He had all kinds of equipment, which was shocking.

After about thirty minutes, the director, Shi Guiyi reported seriously, “Your Majesty, I asked God just now, and the answer is, the colorful phenix has the fire element and should be in the south. It is supposed to live in the south of the imperial palace, the Qianzheng Palace, which is the most suitable.”

The Qianzheng Palace was also named East Palace, the residence of every crown prince in the history. Now it was naturally Mo Junyu’s residence.

All people stared at the crown prince’s followers.

Mo Xiangbin looked at Mo Junyu again and asked meaningfully, “Crown Prince, what do you think?”

Mo Junyu looked astonished and saluted Mo Xiangbin in a hurry. “The colorful phenix is valuable and should be taken good care of. The East Palace is where the crown prince lives, but I am incapable, and I’m afraid that I can hardly take the heavy responsibility to look after it.”

Unexpectedly, he tried to refuse?

“Yes?” Mo Xiangbin replied, making no comment.

But Ling Ruiyin said, “Since the Bureau of Astronomy has got the result after checking the position, we should do as God told us.”

Mo Xiangbin’s expression didn’t change, and he stated casually, “But Junyu said that…”

“If there is no enough manpower in the East Palace, just send more servants to help. We can’t make the holy bird suffer.”

As Ling Ruiyin thought, the colorful phenix should live in the Qianzheng Palace after the Bureau of Astronomy checked. If they put it in another place, it would suffer.

Mo Xiangbin didn’t answer but turned to the other princes.

Mo Junjiu echoed Ling Ruiyin first, “Grandma, you are right. If there is any problem, we can solve it. We can’t make the holy bird suffer. I believe Junyu thinks so, right?”

Mo Junyu didn’t expect Mo Junjiu to support him and kept silent in surprise.

In fact, anybody present could see what was going on with this show.

The Bureau of Astronomy belonged to the Ministry of Rite, which was Mo Junyu’s sphere of influence. They were not surprised at the result of Shi Guiyi’s prediction.

“Junhao, what’s your opinion?” Then Mo Xiangbin looked at Mo Junhao.

The colorful phenix was the symbol of the throne in some aspect. No matter where it would be kept, it was God’s will when the common people heard about it, even if it was useless in reality.

Mo Junhao didn’t want Mo Junyu to get such a great advantage without paying anything, but he suspected that there was a trap as Mo Junjiu was unusual.

After pondering for a while, Mo Junhao didn’t risk to ask to look after the colorful phenix and responded obediently, “Father, you are the emperor and stand for God’s will. No matter what decision you make, God won’t have any objection.”

Mo Xiangbin laughed finally and glanced at Mo Junhao approvingly. Then he slowly showed his modesty. “You are right. Since the Bureau of Astronomy has predicted that it’s proper to keep the colorful phenix in the East Palace. Let’s just keep it there for now.”

“Yes, Father,” Mo Junyu lowered his head and answered in a trembling voice.

Although Mo Xiangbin didn’t see the crown prince’s face, he felt unhappy. However, he didn’t show his emotion and his tone was colder. “As I entrust the colorful phenix to you, I hope that you can try your best to look after it. If there is something wrong, I won’t spare you!”

He spoke harshly. It could be seen that it was not a cushy job to take care of a priceless bird, but Mo Junyu still assured solemnly, “I will live up to your expectations, Father.”

“Wait!”

Seeing that the people of the Mo Country had arranged the colorful phenix’s residence just in a few words and it had nothing to do with him, Yelü Anchen got angry, although it was none of his business.

He glared at the big black box in front of him and asked with displeasure, “Your Majesty, the envoys from several countries came from afar in order to celebrate your birthday and see the holy bird, but you want to hide it now. Are you going to privately take possession of the holy bird?”

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