Chapter 17 Qingluan Fire Phoenix

Originally, it was thought that Xuanhua Palace was an extremely gorgeous palace, but the Xuanhua Palace displayed in front of Ling Yue was a gray and extremely lonely palace. Follow Wu Shanggong into the main door. Although it looks lonely outside, there is extremely exquisite gardening scenery in the palace. There is a small blue stone bridge on the gurgling water, and the winding corridor is full of antique charm. Through the corridor and through the Huanxi Garden, Ling Yue was finally taken to a study. Xiao Ruyan was sitting on a chair with a book in his hand. Seeing that Ling Yue came, he only had a slight idea, and Wu Shanggong retreated silently.

Entering the room, an extremely strong smell of sandalwood came to her nose. Ling Yue subconsciously frowned: "I don't like the smell of this fragrance."

Xiao Ruyan put down the scroll in his hand and raised his eyebrows gently: "This fragrance is a tribute from the Jin Kingdom. It has the effect of calming the mind. Don't you like it?"

"I don't like it." Ling Yue slowly walked to the incense burner, picked up the tea on the table, gently lifted the incense burner lid, and then poured the hot tea into the incense burner.

The stinging sounded. The fragrance of red sandalwood that had slowly drifted out gradually faded until it finally disappeared.

"This fragrance requires ten taels of gold. You can really do it."

"What I don't like, no matter how expensive it is, is worthless for me."

"Murong Lingyue, do you know why I want to destroy the country?"

Ling Yue put the teacup back on the table and turned her head slightly: "How can I know this kind of thing?"

"Three years ago, I expressed my admiration for Jiang Mozhu, but he refused me, and the reason why he refused me was that he already had a sweetheart. That person is you, Murong Lingyue."

"Huh? What are you talking about?

Xiao Ruyan smiled and said, "I almost forgot that you have lost your memory, so you don't remember anything before. But now I'm going to start to doubt whether you have amnesia or are you not Murong Lingyue at all?

"What do you mean by that? If it weren't for Murong Lingyue, who could I be?" Ling Yue finally understood why Liu Ye was worried that she would be recognized by Xiao Ruyan, because now Xiao Ruyan has begun to suspect that she is not the real Murong Lingyue.

"This red sandalwood is Murong Lingyue's favorite sandalwood. I deliberately waited for you here, but I didn't expect you to be so disgusted."

"Just because of this, do you think I'm not Murong Lingyue?"

"It's not true. From the first time I saw you in Shuijuyun, I doubted you."

"I want to know the reason."

"Your eyes, even if Murong Lingyue loses her memory, it is absolutely impossible to have your sharp eyes like a leopard. Perhaps you have not noticed that there is an ambition to seize power in your eyes all the time. You may be curious why I know, very simple, because I have met a woman who has the same look as you, but she is more beautiful than you.

Ling Yue sat down and then took the book Xiao Ruyan had just read. After roughly browsing, she found that it was a military art: "Are you reading the art of war?"

"It is normal to see the art of war as a military division."

"I don't have much research on the art of war, and I'm not interested in it. However, there is a good saying that cunning rabbits die and runaways cook. Since ancient times, most of the military divisions have had no good end.

"Cunning rabbit dies, running dog cooking? Haha, what an interesting statement. So you are not stupid." Xiao Ruyan gently raised a wisp of green silk and smiled indifferently, "I like smart people who speak effortlessly."

"Since that's all about this, I think you invited me here today not just to let me smell this red sandalwood. If there is anything, just say it directly."

"Actually, I just want to make sure if you are really Murong Lingyue. So it seems that you are not her. I really want to know where the real Murong Lingyue has gone?"

"Dead."

"Dead? Since you are dead, why did you pretend to be her?

"I said death is just a saying, which doesn't mean that she is really dead. I don't know where Murong Lingyue has gone. However, there is something very interesting for you to see. Maybe you will know where the real Lingyue has gone after reading it.

With that, Ling Yue rolled up her left sleeve and was tattooed with a pair of green phoenixes on her white arm.

"This is..." Xiao Ruyan looked at the green fire phoenix in Ling Yue's hand doubtfully and muttered, "This is impossible. Since you are not Ling Yue, how can there be a green Luan fire phoenix on your arm?"

Before, Ling Yue had heard that the real Murong Lingyue's arm was tattooed with a green phoenix. And the picture was tattooed by Xuan Lingzi, the master of Cangguo, when she was just born, and soon after that, Xuanlingzi passed away. And under ordinary circumstances, no one can tattoo the picture of Qingluan fire and phoenix.

In fact, although it is a tattoo, the tattoo on Ling Yue's arm is not a tattoo in the traditional sense, but a pattern naturally emerges on the body through internal forces and drug conditioning. The reason why Xiao Ruyan was shocked is that if the pattern on Murong Lingyue's arm in front of him is real, it means that he is a real Murong Lingyue.

But from the previous judgment, Xiao Ruyan is also very sure that the woman in front of him is definitely not Murong Lingyue. At this point, there is a paradox, that is, whether Murong Lingyue is true or false.

"Are you starting to waver? Are you sure if I'm really Murong Lingyue?"

"Indeed, I'm wavering." Xiao Ruyan said frankly.

"Then I will tell you clearly that whether I am Murong Lingyue or not, you don't want to threaten me."

"It seems that you are really much smarter than I thought. I have to reassess you."

"I admit that it is really amazing that a woman can destroy a country. But..." Ling Yue paused and raised the corners of her mouth, "You Xiao Ruyan achieve the purpose of annexation through war, and I, Murong Lingyue, will not see a drop of blood, obediently let the other party submit, and willingly work for me."

"Is that right? Then I'd like to see how you can make the other party willingly work for you without a drop of blood.

"Do you have any pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" Ling Yue asked.

Xiao Ruyan didn't know what Ling Yue was going to do, but he still found pen, ink, paper and inkstone for her. Ling Yue didn't know what she drew on the paper. After a moment, Xiao Ruyan found that it was a distribution map of the four countries: "Why do you draw this?"

Ling Yue pointed to a black line on the painting and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

"National boundaries."

"This is not a national boundary." Ling Yue smiled faintly, and that smile was as calm as the winner who mastered the overall situation.

"Oh? Since it's not a national border, what is it?

"I won't tell you, never."