Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 433 The Addition of Sunset Kingdom (3)
After reading it, the Prime Minister’s eyes sparkled with admiration as he looked at the Empress, "Your Majesty, this strategy is brilliant," he said.
"Hehehe, well then, Prime Minister, please take the trouble to polish this letter and dispatch an envoy at once to visit the Sunset Kingdom," Feng Xuxu also felt that this scheme of removing the ladder from under the bucket was excellent.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this old official will attend to it immediately," the Prime Minister said joyfully, taking the paper in his hands. He turned to sit on one side, put down the memorial he was holding, and began to focus intently on revising the wording.
After the Prime Minister had finished, Feng Xuxu read it over and praised him for his excellent writing. After a careful decision by both of them, a rather steady envoy was chosen, and their gaze finally fell on Xuan Yue, who was standing guard.
"Xuan Yue, this arduous task is entrusted to you!" Feng Xuxu said with a shallow smile, pressing her lips together lightly.
Xuan Yue, seeing his mistress’s scheming smile, approached reluctantly, "Mistress, when the master left, he ordered me to stay and protect you. If I leave, who will protect you?" he asked.
"Spirits and goblins," the moment Feng Xuxu finished speaking, four shadowy figures quietly landed like specters.
Xuan Yue turned back in surprise to look at the four men, feeling shocked. These were the first masters he had seen, other than his lord, capable of hiding so close without his detection. Clearly, their skills must be superior to his own, perhaps even more so.
Seeing Xuan Yue’s surprise, Feng Xuxu waved her hand, and the figures vanished back into the shadows.
"Xuan Yue, are you reassured now? Do you realize how important the letter in your hand is? If you succeed, the pressure on ’Chen’ will be greatly reduced. We might even be able to reclaim several towns in Mingyi Country, perhaps even more," she articulated each word deliberately.
As Xuan Yue listened to his mistress’s every word, the letter in his hands felt immensely heavy. When he looked up again, his eyes were resolute, "Rest assured, Mistress, I will securely deliver the letter."
Feng Xuxu nodded, "I trust you. Go quickly, and I will await your good news in the palace."
"As you command, Mistress," Xuan Yue said, securing the letter. As he turned to leave, Feng Xuxu called out to him.
"Take this with you. When necessary, just talk to it, and it will fly back on its own," she said, pulling out a small cloud bird from her sleeve and placing it in Xuan Yue’s hands.
Xuan Yue looked at the bewildered bird in his hand, puzzled, "Mistress, can it... understand human speech? What if there’s an error..." he trailed off.
"There won’t be. This cloud bird is the finest spy. It was carefully raised by ’Chen’ and me. Once you get to the Imperial Palace of the Sunset Kingdom, find an opportunity to release it. Then, at night during the hours of 7-9 PM, just open the window, and it will return on its own. Write a bunch of single-character notes, let it choose, and you will know what it has heard," she explained.
As she spoke, Feng Xuxu took out a bottle, "Inside is a pill. After you swallow it, the cloud bird will be able to identify your scent accurately."
Xuan Yue took the bottle, poured the pill into his hand, and without hesitation swallowed it with a tilt of his head, "Mistress, do you have any other orders?"
Feng Xuxu shook her head, "No, go quickly and return swiftly."
Xuan Yue nodded vigorously and walked away. Feng Xuxu watched him depart, then set to writing a note, briefly informing Dugu Chen, who was fighting on the border, of her plan.
Within a couple of days, Dugu Chen responded. The letter contained a brief sentence, "Very well, I am thinking of you and the child." Feng Xuxu smiled helplessly, gazing at the letter for a long while, then carefully put it away.
