Chapter 277 - Grand Status (2/2)

”Perhaps, she will be returning with her aunt...I'm sure she's fine, after all, we've all been locked in here.” Madam Lei reassuringly said to Lei Yong and then turned to her husband and asked, ”What is going on?”

Defense minister Lei sighed, It had truly been a crazy day. It went a glorious day to a potentially disastrous one and then ended up transforming into a blessing in just a few hours. He did not understand what had happened today, but at the very least knew he would not be losing a daughter today. No one in this country would dare to call the sighting of a dragon and phoenix on a ceremonious day like today inauspicious. So he smiled and said, ”I'm not sure either but...I believe everything will be fine now...”

”You all go ahead, I'll look around for Xiao Ying for a bit and catch up...Just to confirm she's alright.” Lei Yong said and then disappeared into the crowd without waiting for a response.

Xiao Ting looked up at the sky as she joined her parents in the slow procession of people making their way through the palace. She could not help wondering if An Hao was also seeing this dark afternoon sky where he was.

This was all so fascinating and honestly a bit exciting. She could not wait to tell him about the events of today when he returned. He did tell her about how he was unhappy to be missing the ceremony. She smiled as she thought that he definitely could not have imagined things happening like this.

An Hao was always the one with the exciting stories, so Xiao Ting was quite giddy about finally having an exciting tale of her own to tell him, one she was sure he had never encountered before.

Xiao Ting's ears suddenly perked up when she heard someone ”quietly” say, ”I heard the dragon and Phoenix came out of the Emperor and Empress?”

Xiao Ting promptly glanced in the direction of the voice to see an eunuch ”whispering” to a maid.

”Don't say nonsense! How could that happen? ” The maid whispered back, obviously in disbelief.

”It's true! I saw it. The lights from the sky surrounded the Emperor and Empress and then the light shot to the sky and then the dragon and phoenix came out of them...I'm telling you it's true. I slapped myself and everything to confirm, it really happened, right before my eyes!.” The eunuch explained.

”But how?” The maid responded with a frown.

”It's obvious how...” The eunuch swiftly responded. The maid looked at him questioningly and he went, ”Just think about~...”

Xiao Ting and the other curious covert listeners around felt a pang of annoyance at the eunuch for keeping them on edge like this. They were all hoping the maid would ask but the girl was actually foolishly thinking about it like an idiot instead of simply asking the eunuch, who was obviously eager to respond.

Xiao Ting pouted and would have asked herself if not for all these people around, it would be bad to draw attention to herself by openly indulging in servants' gossip. The other noble guests close-by who were covertly eavesdropping on this conversation were probably thinking the same as they quietly held back their curiosity and moved even slower, waiting for the maid to finally give up and make the inquiry so they could all move on.

They quietly walked along for a while until finally, a male voice went, ”So what's obvious?” Breaking the suspense. Everyone glanced over to see Zhao Chang hovering above the eunuch and the maid.

Prime minister Zhao glared in annoyance at his son from the side. He honestly would have given him a beating right there if not for the eyes watching all around.

{...How can this stupid son be so foolish as to want to lay the enemy's bed?!... Does he ever think?!...}

”Ah?” The eunuch jumped back as he just ”realized” that he apparently had a bigger audience than he ”intended”.

”Hurry up and talk.” Zhao Chang ordered narrowing his eyes, on the edge of his patience rope.

Prime minister Zhao gritted his teeth in annoyance. This was clearly a gimmick by the Emperor in an attempt to brush everything wrong with this whole situation under the rug. Prime minister Zhao and anyone with a brain could already see how the Emperor would use this situation to his advantage, he would honestly be a complete fool not to use it.

Zhao Chang was really too disappointing...Prime minister Zhao inwardly groaned in frustration as he covertly stared daggers at his oblivious air-headed son, who was busy staring down the eunuch.

{...How dare this little eunuch try to behave like those stupid storytellers? Leaving me at a cliff's edge ( ￣^￣ )...}

The eunuch flinched under Zhao Chang's piercing gaze. The eunuch swallowed and glanced about the watching eyes of the slow-moving audience and then tentatively said, ”The Emperor is obviously a dragon god and the Empress a phoenix goddess who came down here to bless our empire~”

Zhao Chang knit his brows and the eunuch went closer to him and continued ”whispering”, ”Listen I have a friend who works in the seers' department and he said that the seers have now realized that the reason they could not divine the date for the ceremony was because mortals are naturally unable to decide on the fate of immortals...so this is obviously how the situation is.”

The guests around glanced at each other as the weight of those words sank in. Xiao Ting's eyes went wide and she turned to her father and went, ”Father...”

Defense minister Lei glanced at her, smiled, and then faced forward and Xiao Ting got his message to be quiet. She piped down but was quite excited on the inside.

{...Ohh, I always knew jiejie was amazing but a phoenix goddess? Ohhhhh that's so AMAZING, she's definitely AMAZING! \(★ω★)/...Oh, I can't wait for Hao ge to come back now~ He's definitely going to be so shocked and confused, good confused~ I can't wait! o(>ω

Xiao Ting happily stifled her smile and skipped along, but then she suddenly knit her brows in thought.

{...Soo...if jiejie is a phoenix...does that mean that I - could, maybe, be too? hehehehehe what am I thinking? (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄

Similar conversations to that of the eunuch and maid's were happening in different little groups all across the palace. Eventually spreading through the city along with the crowd flowing out through the palace gates with the tale becoming more and more exaggerated.