The Legend of the Pheonix

Ling Xian what have you done, didn't she said you should go with her to the Chen's residence and be rewarded, what are you doing?

Didn't you heard what she said, we want to own their trust and stay in the Chen's residence but they won't allow us if we are greedy.

So you wasted such a good opportunity, couldn't you find a way out in the mansion, now how will we find eligible ways to enter the mansion?

Lu Qian Feng, is your brain gone along with your body, can't you tell she was impressed by my actions and I have a gut feeling that she will look for me, I'm sure she will.

What if she didn't?

Then let's leave it in the hands of fate and execution another plan to enter the manor.

And I'm curious about how did you create a lunar eclipse on the lanterns festival and is this your so called plan just look at what you have done, nobody celebrated lanterns festival this year and we will get unwanted attention from the court now.

Me?

If I was this powerful,why will I need a human to help me?

So you didn't do it?

Yes, we ghosts have the ability to possessed bodies ( control minds and erased memories) entered dreamlands, disguising spells and some little powers like we can control objects and water bodies but not nature.

Only demons, celestials, deities and powerful spirits can subdue natural phenomenons.

What do you mean by all these words, I don't understand?

You shouldn't understand either, that's because you are a human and it's out of humanitarian space so lets just forget it.

You are paranoiac you know, fine let's just forget it but tell me the plan before you disappeared again.

The plan is for me to possess your body if you don't mind, doing that I will be able to always stay by your side in case of any misconducts or if you need me.

Possess what?

Your body!

Are you nuts, how can I let you possess my body, is it even safe?

Yes that's the only way but I will be controlling your soul as well just so you know.

No I disagree!!

Please trust me Ling Xian, I won't let anything happened to you or go wrong.

Fine, I believe in you but if you do anything out of humanity, I won't forgive Qian Feng.

I promise you I won't break your trust.

When do we start, is there a ritual we need to perform for you to possess my body?

No there isn't any such ritual but first let me read your mind to prevent any potential damage in your memories.

Okay...

How is this possible, how am I unable to read her mind...

What happened?

Nothing, okay are you ready?

Yeah!!

What is going on, I am unable to possess her body and read her mind?

I thought most ghosts and spirits can do this perhaps is because I have never done this beforehand even so I should be able to read her mind but why isn't working?

What happened Qian Feng?

I don't know why but I am unable to possess your body.

You are unable to?

Yes, I am unable to possess your body, when I entered something just pushed me back and why is your internal body so cold like frozen sea full with icicles and snowflakes?

What?

Yes your inner surface is like its frozen.

But my body temperature is normal and I am not feeling any external or internal change.

Maybe you just imagined it and about you not being able to possess me is it because I am unwilling or you are not ready, don't overthink okay?

Fine.

I don't think I am at all being imaginative or hallucinating this but maybe I was just not ready so it backfired on me by making me felt almost froze by her body.

What a horrible sensation, he thought.

Lu Qian Feng, are you lost in thoughts again?

No, I should be on my way, you should find a place to stay.

A place to stay?

Yeah, you should find an Inn to stay.

An Inn you say?

Yeah or do you plan on sleeping on the street?

Come on Qian Feng, be realistic, if now I find an Inn wouldn't marquis Chen and his family suspect me of pretending to be a refugee, now I'm really feeling sorry for entertaining the thought of you possessing my body.

What will you do now?

I will go back to the temple and wait for the Chen's there, you never know though we can't predict the outcome but we can certainly wait and see.

Whatever, you have already wasted such a good opportunity, I just hope a miracle happens.

Okay, enough with the nagging just have faith, see you.....

Young man, you come back?

Yes I'm sorry I couldn't find a place to stay so I came here, can I please stay here even just for tonight?

Why not please feel at home, this is a temple, it is a place of shelter for all living beings so feel free.

Okay, thank you.

Amitabh, you can stay here young man, it's a little dusty but I hope you can make do with it.

Yes it's more than fine, thank you aunty.

Goodnight young man.

Goodnight aunty and please call me Qian Feng.

Okay.

Ah, how I wish all this will end, it feels like we are embellishing our own perilous demise by doing all this.

You must please help us Buddha although I favoured godness of mercy more than you but we have telepathic connection, don't we?

Now I am at your disposal, we can only wait for the results.

That idiotic fool Qian Feng, he is very unreasonable with his rediculous ideas and he was being absurd.

He really astonished me about everything he did, stupid.

~ Shao Yin ~

What has happened at the lake's Oracle?

The young lady fell into the lake's Oracle, my lady but fortunately a young refugee saved her.

How did she fell into the lake's Oracle?

Because of the strong storms, she fell into the lake and unfortunately the young mistress couldn't pray for the young master's soul this year because of that.

Your father has specifically told you to forget about the idea of going to the lake's Oracle this year, he told you to postpone it til next year but you are just so stubborn aren't you?

Mother how can I not go, father has forbid you from going not wanting attention but how can I, you know its for my brother so I had to go and also father was summon by the Mysterious man again, so he couldn't go right?

Don't change the topic, tell me who saved you and did you reward him?

No mother I couldn't even if I wanted to, I didn't carry any money with and I asked him to come to the manor to be rewarded but he refused so I let him go.

Don't worry I will inform your father about it, he will find and reward your saviour.

Okay mother goodnight.

Goodnight before you go to bed I will send ginseng soup for you, drink it.

Okay.

Will I ever see him again?

Lu Qian Feng, what a good name.

I hope father finds him.

Your lordship, when did you come back?

I heard what happened at the lanterns festival, the whole capital is talking about it, what a disgrace, where is Shao Yin now?

She is in her chamber, I order the maids to make her a ginseng soup so she doesn't catch a cold.

How is she feeling now, I had told her to not go didn't I but she went anyway?

Don't be angry my lord, you know her temperament and she is fine now, luckily she was saved by a refugee and she must be asleep now.

A refugee?

Yes they said she was saved by a refugee.

Who were with her at the lake's Oracle?

She was accompanied by her maid and two servants.

Summon them for me.

Yes your lordship.

Your lordship, you summoned us?

You guys are so incompetent, you couldn't even keep the young mistress save.

Your lordship, we tried to saved her but the lake was covered with lanterns and before she fell we tried hard not to let her fall into the lake, we couldn't because the wind was blowing too strongly.

So just because of that you let her to die, is that it?

No your lordship!

Who saved the young mistress?

It was a young refugee, called Lu Qian Feng.

Lu Qian Feng?

Yes the young mistress insisted that he should come back with us but he refuses to comply because he said he doesn't accept kindness as rewards but as help.

Mo, yes your lordship; execute them all, I don't need any useless people in my manor.

Please spare our lives, your lordship, please forgive us.....

Go bury them at the backyard without anyone 's detection and don't let the young mistress know, also go find out about that Lu Qian Feng.

Noted..

Young man, good morning.

Good morning, Aunty Sun.

How did you know my name?

I heard the other nuns calling you that.

We are going to collect alms, will you also come?

Okay I will come.

How are things going at the Chen's residence, why aren't any members of the Chen's here?

Did I make a wrong move, I hope is not like that or else I will have to hear Lu Qian Feng's taunts for life?

Whatever even if this one fails, I will try another or even thousands of them so l might as well focused on the good stuffs and leave the bad ones, after all no one can foresee the future.

Trading my life for the truth, now I have became the trader of truth from my mother's to Lu family's, God knows what the future holds, will I even be able to expose the empress and get my revenge or will I just die proving Lu family's innocence?

No matter even if I die proving their innocence I won't regret it because is what I should do as a princess at least my worthless title of being a princess wouldn't be at all meaningless.

No, I simply must survive because I promise to avenged my mother and get that evil witch out of the harem she is so obsessed with.

There are just some dreams that are beyond reach, maybe I will never be able to become a princess knight, I will only end as an urchin and as an unknown princess.

I really miss you, Yang Mei.

I wonder how you are doing now, is the evil empress and my sister giving you a hard time or is his majesty punishing you?

Forgive me for leaving like that, I didn't mean to abandoned you at all especially knowing the condition of the palace but I'm all helpless to do anything and I can't dragged you into something this dangerous, sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest, so the palace is now your safest place compare to this forest called world.

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Your lordship, he is a refugee from Luo Yang and he is new to the capital because of an incident that occurred yesterday, the monks and nuns let him stayed at the temple.

Find a place and test him, if he fails the test kill him on the spot and if he wins bring him to meet me in the manor.

Okay, your lordship.

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Aren't they the same baggers that created trouble yesterday?

Yes, but why are they back?

Probably to create some ruckus.

No maybe to collect food, who knows what they are after.

Likely is to collect morning food, this is unusual.

What is unusual?

The Chen family has never distributed food twice in a week but why are they distributing goods again, this is rather peculiar.

I have been wondering that too but maybe is because of what happened yesterday at the festival.

Who knows!!

So that old bastard is trying to test me, fine I am more than ready to pass your test.

Where is that Lu Qian Feng, he should know that our plan has succeeded and now we just need to enter the resident to execute plan B.

Hey you, do you plan on fighting for the last piece again?

I am sorry for whatever happened yesterday, I am not looking for a fight, I just wanted some food and to be able to survive.

So now you are feeling sorry, cut the crap because we are all doing to trash you black and blue...

Your lordship, he is just a normal and weak refugee, we investigated everything about him and all he did in the capital, there's nothing suspicious and we even payed the beggars to beat him up but he didn't fight back rather he kept begging them to spare him.

Bring him to meet me.

Okay your lordship.