Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 166 Lu Lingxuan's Personality and Phoenix's Identity

"You just said that Xiao Luan is dead? I really didn't know that..." Zu Ting sighed in surprise, and then put on a look of regret, "Oh, what a pity, what a pity, she was also a gentle and lovely beauty, although it was difficult to approach her, but..."

Suddenly he felt a chill on his neck, as if a silver snake was spitting out its tongue, which made his scalp tingle. He raised his head and looked at the man standing in front of him who was also wearing a half mask and a black robe. He suddenly stopped talking and smiled flatteringly.

"Why did Gao Yan and Gao Zhan send people to look for Xiao Luan?"

At this time, the woman sitting on the couch finally spoke. She slowly stood up, and the afterglow from the window cast a halo on her body, making her look extremely ethereal.

The voice is also pleasant, but it contains a hint of coldness.

"How would I know this? The emperor's intentions are hard to guess. Maybe he values ​​talent! Besides, the Gao family has produced a mentally ill person like Emperor Xuan. The descendants of the Gao family should be a little scared. Xiao Luan's medical skills are superb, indeed better than mine. It's not surprising that he wants to keep such an outstanding imperial physician by his side!"

The woman hesitated for a moment and asked again:

"At this time, where is Lu Lingxuan and what position does she hold?"

"How much do you know about Lu Lingxuan?"

When asked about Lu Lingxuan, Zu Ting's eyes flickered with hesitation, and he was silent for a while before answering:

"When Emperor Wenxuan died, Lu Lingxuan was just a maid in the Guangning Palace, and the wet nurse of the current Crown Prince Gao Wei. She had no other identity.

Oh, yes, it was Xiao Luan who interceded for Lu Lingxuan in front of Emperor Xuan, and only then was Lu Lingxuan released from the palace. At that time, Lu Lingxuan must have been very grateful to Xiao Luan, and she would often visit Xiao Luan's house, but Xiao Luan seemed to have never let her into the house, and only made appointments with her to meet outside the house.

Moreover, Lu Lingxuan was a very smart woman. When she was young, her family promised her to Luo Chao, a general who surrendered from the Western Wei. Luo Chao was twenty years older than her and doted on her. Later, after the death of Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan, Luo Chao raised the flag of rebellion and wanted to seize the throne of the Eastern Wei..."

At this point, Zu Ting expressed his guess, "Luo Chao's rebellion, I think it should also be related to Lu Lingxuan!"

“How come you see?”

Zu Ting started to laugh.

"I have lived for most of my life and have seen many heroes, beauties, and people. Lu Lingxuan is definitely not a simple woman. She has ambitions that are greater than those of men. Luo Chao rebelled for his wife. I, Zu Ting, had some friendship with him. He lobbied generals from all sides, saying that he wanted to overthrow the tyranny, but in fact, he wanted to give his little wife a noble status!"

"Moreover, Lu Lingxuan is quite good at bewitching men. I don't even know Emperor Xiao Zhao Gao Yan, but the current Emperor Gao Zhan is one of them. There are also many generals and civil servants in the court who can be called her slaves!"

At this point, Zu Ting realized that he had unknowingly talked about so much about Lu Lingxuan's past, and he quickly changed the subject, feeling somewhat guilty:

"Haha, I seem to have gone too far. Anyway, both Lu Lingxuan and Xiao Luan are extremely smart women, but Xiao Luan is not greedy for power. Although I don't know why she came to Northern Qi to serve as an official, everything she did seemed to be selfless. It is hard to understand what this woman wants. She came alone and left alone! She really regards fame and fortune as dirt, not a person of the world!"

"But Lu Lingxuan is the exact opposite of her. She pursues supreme power. Moreover, she was friends with Xiao Luan in the past and seems to have learned a lot of skills from him. Take the matter of praying for rain, for example. I'm afraid it's one of them..."

Having said that, Zu Ting looked at the three people in the Zen room, especially the one with the sword on his neck. Just looking at him made people tremble all over!

"I've said so much, should that be enough?" He smiled and quickly explained, "This is all I know!"

There was silence in the Zen room for a long time, and a sad mood quietly spread in the room.

Until Zu Ting thought they would not say anything more, he heard the woman ask: "So Lu Lingxuan actually pretended to be grateful and repayed a favor, deliberately approaching Xiao Luan, learning from Xiao Luan and getting what she wanted, so as to achieve her goal of reaching the supreme position, right?"

Zu Ting smiled again and said, "Young lady, you are really good at talking. You have summarized everything I wanted to say in just one sentence!"

"Then why did she repay kindness with hatred and kill Xiao Luan?"

This sudden question confused Zu Ting!

"I don't know! Was it her who killed Xiao Luan?"

"Although I am close to Lu Lingxuan and her son, I just want to realize my life's ideals through their sweet words to the emperor. As for what she has done and what she has done in the past, I know nothing about it. Moreover, this woman is very cunning, and she will definitely not tell such a secret thing to outsiders, right?"

This is the truth! With Lu Lingxuan's heart, I'm afraid she won't trust anyone, and won't share her past with anyone.

The Zen room fell into extreme silence again.

Taking advantage of the moment of silence of the three people, Zu Ting finally had the opportunity to carefully look at the two people who stole his "evidence" from nowhere. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he shouted angrily and helplessly: "You sent that fake Princess Lanling to seduce me on purpose, and then came to my house to steal openly, right?"

Without noticing the change in the man's eyes, Zu Ting suddenly seemed to understand something, looked at the two of them in horror and shouted,

"Could it be that you...you are Prince Lanling...and Princess Lanling?"

This was a huge shock, and Zu Ting's face instantly turned ashen, with an expression as if he was going to die!

It's over! Lanling Wang is really coming to take care of me!

After their identities were recognized, Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong no longer played guessing games with Zu Ting. They took off their masks and looked at Zu Ting!

As soon as the mask was removed, the two men's stunning looks instantly illuminated Zu Ting's eyes, and even his whole heart seemed to open up!

"You two are truly immortals, with such grace and demeanor that you can be portrayed in a painting!"

Zu Ting was also somewhat obsessed with painting. Although he once praised Gao Zhan, the Prince of Guangning, with a painting of a nectarine riding a dragon to heaven, his favorite painting was still the painting of the Goddess of Luo River. Now when he saw the Princess of Lanling, the shadow of the Goddess of Luo River already appeared in his mind.

"Mr. Zu, since you have confessed so much and all the evidence is in our hands, you can only be on our side from now on!" Xiao Jinyu said seriously.

Such a delicate and beautiful woman could actually put on an imposing and awe-inspiring look.

Zu Ting looked a little confused.

"You are the one on this side. Princess Lanling means that you don't want to kill me, but want me to be on your side?" He couldn't believe it.

"Yes!"

"If you agree, then we will be cooperative allies. As long as you don't commit these crimes in the future, we will not kill you. If you don't agree, then we will hand over these evidences and the secret letter you wrote to Lu Junjun to the hands of Emperor Gao Zhan, and the Emperor will..."

Before Xiao Jinyu could finish her words, Zu Ting kowtowed loudly.

"As long as Lanling Wang doesn't kill me, I'm willing to do anything!"

This reaction made Xiao Jinyu a little stunned. She really didn't know how to evaluate a person like Zu Ting. If she said that he was afraid of death, he dared to speak out and scold the emperor, which made Gao Zhan almost kill him. If she said that he was a capable minister, he also committed shameless acts such as stealing, embezzlement, and seducing decent women to the fullest!

Gao Changgong didn't know what to say, so he just kept Xiao Jinyu by his side.

"You just said that Lu Lingxuan is very good at bewitching men, and there are many civil officials and military officers in the court who are at her feet. So, among these civil officials and military officers, besides He Shikai, Han Changluan and Gao Anagong, who else are there?"

"How did the princess know that Han Changluan and Gao Anagong were both her lovers?"

Zu Ting found it very strange, and at the same time he was a little afraid of Prince Lanling and his princess. Lu Lingxuan had an extremely powerful intelligence network that collected other people's privacy and information. Could it be that this couple also had such a secret organization?

Seeing that Lanling Wang and Xiao Jinyu both looked at him with stern expressions, Zu Ting hurriedly replied with a smile: "There are many, including the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Xin Deyuan, the sorcerer Xu Zun, and..."

Before Zu Ting finished speaking, a phoenix suddenly shouted outside the meditation room: "Brother Qing, be careful, there are crossbowmen!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, arrows shot in from outside the window. Lanling Wang immediately protected Xiao Jinyu in his arms and squatted down. At the same time, the sword in Ling Ye's hand split a bolt of lightning in the room, cutting off all the arrows.

Zu Ting was so scared that he quickly found a secluded place to hide, and then he heard the sound of fierce fighting coming from outside the door. It seemed that the guy guarding the door was surrounded by a group of people!

Hearing the sound of fighting, Xiao Jinyu and Lanling Wang hurried out of the meditation room, and saw several masked men in black clothes surrounding Fenghuang, who was fighting desperately with this group of people.

Among these men in black, Xiao Jinyu noticed that there was one who had extraordinary skills and could fight Fenghuang on equal terms. In addition, there were others attacking from all around. If this continued, Fenghuang would definitely be defeated!

Then Xiao Jinyu also shot the arrow from her wrist sleeve to help Fenghuang repel the enemy from behind!

Lanling King also joined the battle with this group of men in black!

Not long after, after dealing with the archers who were ambushing all around, Ling Ye turned back and swept his sword across, forcing everyone to retreat.

Some of the servants brought by Zu Ting seemed to have never seen such a scene before, and they were so scared that they quickly fled!

These men in black were not ordinary killers. One of them kept harassing Fenghuang until he knocked the rest of them to the ground with injuries. Then, that man looked at Fenghuang fiercely, a sinister smile appeared in his eyes, and he turned and ran away!

When the other men in black saw him running away, they all fled as well!

Ling Ye stopped one of them and wanted to ask about his identity, but the man directly put his head on his sword and cut his neck without hesitation.

After a fierce fight, Lu Yu ran in with a group of guards, followed closely by some monks!

"Prince, what happened? We seemed to hear something here..."

As Lu Yu asked, his eyes were already cast towards the meditation room that was riddled with arrows. At this moment, Zu Ting was running out of the meditation room in dejection!

"It's so scary! Who are these people? They dare to commit murder in such a solemn place like a Buddhist temple!"

"No, no, I have to go back home!"

Zu Ting was about to run away when he heard Xiao Jinyu calling out, "Zu Zhongshu, if you go back home now, I'm afraid your life will be in danger on the way, right?"

"Is someone targeting you?"

Who is targeting me? Who would send someone to kill me?

Zu Ting's heart skipped a beat: Could it be Lu Lingxuan and her son? They found out so quickly that I went to the Great Majestic Temple to meet with Lanling Wang and his wife?

"Let's send Zu Zhongshu back home!"

Xiao Jinyu said one more sentence, and Zu Ting felt like another bunch of fireworks exploded in his heart.

"How dare I trouble Prince Lanling and Princess Lanling?"

He said this with an awkward smile, and before Lanling Wang and Xiao Jinyu could reply, he asked Lu Yu anxiously, "Where is Lanling Wang's carriage? Send me back quickly!"

Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong did not refuse and asked Lu Yu to send Zu Ting back to the mansion. After that, they returned to Lanling Palace. Along the way, Xiao Jinyu found that Fenghuang was extremely silent, as if he was worried about something. When asked about it, Fenghuang just shook his head and said nothing.

It was not until the hour of Hai, when everyone in Lanling Wang's mansion had fallen asleep, that Feng Huang quietly prepared to leave the mansion. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the gate, he saw Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong standing in front of the door, as if waiting for him to arrive.

"Phoenix, where are you going so late?" Xiao Jinyu asked.

Fenghuang was about to shed tears, and seemed to be trying hard to hold back the sadness in her heart. She said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, Brother Qing, I'm leaving. Although I don't want to leave you, my aunt once said that when fate comes, we gather, and when fate leaves, we separate. I think it's time to leave!"

"Have you decided where to go?"

Fenghuang shook her head: "The world is so big, anywhere is fine. When I was fleeing and wandering around with Brother Qing, I felt that no matter where we were, we could feel at ease and it could be our home! But Brother Qing has started a family now, and he no longer needs Fenghuang..."

"Phoenix!" Xiao Jinyu interrupted him, "If you don't want to implicate us, then give up this idea. I have always regarded you as my family. It was you who always protected me in the past, which allowed me to escape from being hunted down again and again.

From now on, I can protect you. Do you remember what I said, if we are in danger again, I will not let you stand in front of me. Your life and mine are equally precious!"

At this point, Xiao Jinyu walked up to him and asked softly, "Has your identity been discovered?"

Fenghuang suddenly raised her head and looked at Xiao Jinyu in disbelief.

"Brother Qing, do you know my identity?" he asked in surprise with tears in his eyes.

At this time, Lanling Wang also came over and said, "I already know your identity. You are the son of Murong Shisu and the grandson of Murong Shaozong. Your grandfather Murong Shaozong is also a famous general whom I respect very much.

Back then, my grandfather Emperor Shenwu and my father also thought highly of him. It was he who defeated the general Hou Jing and assisted my father with all his strength. It was a pity that northerners were good at riding horses, while southerners were good at boating. Murong Shaozong fell into the trap of Wang Sizheng of the Western Wei Dynasty to flood the Yingchuan City, and finally drowned!

It is such a pity that such a famous general ended up like this! "

Having said this, Prince Lanling lowered his eyes, his expression filled with awe and regret for the death of the famous general.

Phoenix's eyes were filled with sadness and anger.

After a while, Lanling King continued, "After your grandfather died, your father Murong Shisu still supported my father to replace Wei as emperor, and later served under my uncle Emperor Wenxuan. After the establishment of Qi, your father was also given important positions and inherited the title of Duke of Yan County. He was granted the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi. For a time, he held military power and was also powerful in the court. But after Xiao Zhao Gaoyan ascended the throne, someone exposed your father's treason and presented the evidence of treason to Your Majesty.

So Emperor Xiao Zhao ordered the execution of all male members of the Murong clan...

You are Murong Jue, the youngest son of Murong Shisu, right?"