Chapter 188 - The Coming Storm at the Party (1/2)

“How, how beautiful it is!”

Somebody sighed with emotion first, and all people came back to earth, but the shock and admiration couldn’t be concealed on their faces.

It was at dusk and almost getting dark outside, and the door and windows around this room were covered with black heavy cloths, with no light from outside.

However, the room which was supposed to be dark as night shone with dazzling colorful light, which was gorgeous and brilliant, even covering all people at the door.

“Chirp…”

Suddenly the clear and long birdsong came from inside.

They saw a round bird cage in the middle of the room, and it was about three meters tall and two meters wide.

There was a big bird as tall as a grown-up man in the bird cage.

Its head was like a chicken’s, but it looked more exquisite and vivid than the common chicken. It had a long and sharp beak and a tall and thin neck like a swan’s. It was slender and delicate, with a long tail which was curved with a beautiful arc and lowered to the floor.

It was covered with colorful feathers all over and shone with every hue. It was exactly a phenix in the ancient myths and legends.

All people present had read some books about a phenix’s appearance and must have imagined what this colorful phenix looked like.

But when they saw the colorful phenix, all their imaginations and conjectures were powerless. They just felt shocked.

Mo Junyu was complacent to see that. He had specially asked the feeder, and the latter told him that the colorful phenix was unique as it had a colorful coat, able to shine all over its body in the darkness, and it would surely bring people a visual feast.

“Junjiu, are you satisfied with the colorful phenix’s condition today?” Mo Junyu asked Mo Junjiu on purpose.

After feeling amazed in the beginning, Mo Junjiu looked terrible and stared at the colorful phenix in surprise for a long time. When Mo Junyu asked him, his face was stiff. “As long as Father is satisfied.”

Mo Xiangbin was contented indeed and nodded constantly. “The colorful phenix is true to its name! Junyu, you did a good job!”

“Thanks, Father,” Mo Junyu responded respectfully and lowered his head, so his expression couldn’t be seen.

Mo Junyu was the crown prince, but Mo Xiangbin didn’t like him these years. He had been rebuked by his father for many times and had seldom heard his praise.

It was his first time to be praised with feelings shown on his father’s face, but it was because he took care of a bird.

Mo Junyu just thought it sarcastic and suddenly remembered that Mo Junyang called the colorful phenix “wild bird”.

Gee, it was just a wild bird, but these people took it too seriously.

“The crown prince is steady. Don’t worry when he looks after the colorful phenix, Your Majesty!” Ling Ruiyin praised Mo Junyu in time, and Mo Xiangbin rarely nodded to echo her.

It made Mo Junjiu furious. He glared at Mo Junyu but didn’t dare let the elders notice him. He glared secretly like a thief, which was in vain.

Mo Junyu ignored him, and it made him almost explode.

Shi Qingxue watched these people’s reactions and her joy and amazement after seeing the colorful phenix were replaced with sighing.

The royal family was the most heartless, and every member was a good actor.

“What are you thinking about?” A deep male voice appeared beside Shi Qingxue’s ear all of a sudden, and she was frightened.

She looked back, to see Mo Junyang standing behind her when she was unaware. She stepped backward by instinct and didn’t reply.

Mo Junyang noticed that Qingxue obviously tried to avoid seeing him, and his eyes darkened, but he didn’t point it out. Instead, he just asked the question again.

Of course Shi Qingxue wouldn’t tell Mo Junyang about her messy thoughts. She blushed and shook her head slightly. “Nothing.”

She wouldn’t speak out the disgraced, blind and disorderly conjectures.

Mo Junyang thought Shi Qingxue didn’t want to tell him as she still hated him. He opened his mouth but didn’t ask more. With his deep eyes, he looked at the crowd with different thoughts in front and lowered his voice, whispering in her ear, “Find an excuse tomorrow night and don’t enter the imperial palace.”

“What?” Shi Qingxue thought she had misheard and raised her head in confusion, happening to meet Mo Junyang’s deep eyes.

Her heartbeat quickened abruptly, and she lowered her head in panic, faltering casually, “Tomorrow is His Majesty’s birthday, and all the noble families and everybody in a high position have been invited.”

The Shi family would be invited every time, and Shi Qingxue had never been absent from such a party. She thought Mo Junyang said something wrong.

But Mo Junyang just looked at her with a complicated expression and seemed to see another person through her. He murmured, “It will be fine if you can remember…”