After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

The Crown Prince nodded with a smile, but the Second Prince beside him sounded a little curious.

But I didn't dare to ask.

It's almost time for dinner.

In this dynasty, there is a rule of not eating after noon, but that only applies to common people, non-commissioned officers, and literati. For the princes, that is not the rule.

Eat whenever you want.

The original owner was only in his twenties and had not yet completely practiced fasting. The old Taoist priest Rong Liu had limited Taoist skills and no hope of ascending to heaven, so he would eat some magical herbal meals from time to time.

Several people sat down in the back hall of the Second Prince, and the servants came in one after another, holding plates of exquisite snacks and meals.

Ni Yangzhou picked up a piece of lotus crispy cake, which was sweet in the mouth, with crispy skin and soft flesh. The light yellow filling inside had the fragrance of lotus leaves.

Unable to resist, Ni Yangzhou picked up another piece and put it in his mouth.

"Someone come here," the prince waved his hand and called a little servant over. After a while, another plate of lotus cakes was brought to Ni Yangzhou.

The snack in my mouth suddenly didn’t smell as good anymore.

People always say "like a thorn in the back", but Ni Yangzhou felt "like a thorn in the face" when he faced the heavy gaze of the prince.

Rong Liu didn't move his chopsticks much, but first introduced a few dishes, including cold vegetable salad made from low-level spiritual plants, pheasant nourished by the blessed land, and red dates from a thousand-year-old jujube tree, and a five-red soup that had been stewed for several hours.

Ni Yangchang had a good memory, so he just touched the food with his lips to see if it tasted good or not.

"Prince, can you tell us about the divine bird?"

Rongliu finally got to the point.

Ni Yangzhou also put down his chopsticks, picked up the peach blossom wine on the table and took a sip.

The prince cleared his throat.

"That's natural."

"A few days ago, during the festival, in order to pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year, my brothers and I visited Taoist temples around the imperial city, including the Deliang Temple in Nanjun."

Rong Liu responded, "How is the abbot of Deliang Temple? When Taoist Yuanjia ascended to heaven, we went to watch the ceremony together. Three years have passed in a flash."

"You seem to be in good health and have made great progress in the Dao."

Rong Liu smiled and nodded, and the prince continued:

"On the way back, the sun was shining and the weather was perfect. I opened the curtain to admire the scenery. Suddenly, a colorful bird landed on the ground and stopped the car. The color of its feathers was so beautiful that it looked like the light of stars."

"The five-colored divine bird?" Rong Liu asked as he listened:

"Looks like the son of the Phoenix, the divine bird Kong Xuan."

"What is Kong Xuan?" The second prince finally couldn't help but interrupted and asked.

"Kong Xuan is the peacock, with great magical powers and five-colored light on his body, which is very similar to the description of the prince."

The prince nodded and smiled: "I also think they are similar, but I'm not sure. Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Taoist priest."

"I stopped the carriage and my servants went to observe. They saw that the divine bird was holding a jade pendant of excellent quality in its mouth. When the jade pendant left its mouth and landed in my hand, the divine bird that was originally on the ground suddenly disappeared. Among the hundreds of servants, no one could explain how the divine bird left.

That piece of jade is the precious jade that was sent to you."

The prince said this and looked at Ni Yangzhou.

Ni Yangzhou held the white porcelain wine glass in one hand and nodded.

"Oh, that's really a coincidence." Rong Liu seemed to be giving him face and praised him repeatedly.

The second prince weakly interrupted: "What's the coincidence?"

Ni Yangzhou discovered that the Second Prince did not dare to respond directly to the Crown Prince's words, and seemed more friendly and natural to White Bearded Rongliu and the attendants in the Taoist temple.

Rong Liu laughed: "The phoenix and the dragon are opposites, and the son of the phoenix, Kong Xuan, corresponds to the son of the true dragon, the prince.

This divine bird knows how to find people."

Ni Yangzhou put down the cup and listened to the prince and Rong Liu telling stories in unison.

The old performer Rong Liu then asked, "Second Prince, is that right?"

The young man nodded: "Yes, the prince will become the emperor in the future. Will the peacock become a phoenix in the future?"

"shut up!"

The second prince was startled and trembled, even slipping off the low chair.

"How can you talk nonsense?" The prince's expression was very serious.

The emperor has been ill and has not been feeling well. The healthier the prince is, the more of a threat he poses to the emperor, who is only forty years old.

What the Second Prince said was really inappropriate.

Qi Kong had been standing behind the Second Prince since he entered the palace. Looking at the bewildered young man, Qi Kong touched the Second Prince's back from behind.

The second prince didn't know what was wrong with his words, but when he was reminded, he immediately knelt down and apologized.

"I'm sorry, Prince. I spoke out of turn."

The prince's face was tense. He looked around at his attendants and said:

"The Second Prince accidentally drank fruit wine today and is already drunk. Do you understand?"

The servants had already knelt down and responded "yes" in unison.

The prince put down his wine glass, walked a few steps to the young man, his expression changed, and he took the young man's hand affectionately.

"I'm just telling you to be careful with your words. When you return to the palace, you must be more careful and don't kneel down at every turn."

The second prince blushed and nodded:

"My brother, the prince, is right."

Pulling the boy back to his seat, the prince smiled and looked at Ni Yangzhou:

"Master, this is what happened with the divine bird. How about you? Do you like the food?"

Ni Yangzhou slowly exhaled the foul air in his chest:

"good."

Rong Liu smiled and said, "It seems that it is really good to get a compliment from the real person."

The prince also told an attendant: "Reward him."

Ni Yangzhou wasn't actually very full, he just watched a part of the performance and felt a little bit unable to eat anymore.

The prince and the old Taoist priest were obviously well prepared. Ni Yangzhou patiently wanted to hear what was going on, but in the end it seemed as if he had watched a show to fool people.

Oh, not only myself, but also the Second Prince who seems so gullible.

If the original owner had really focused on cultivation for more than 20 years and was not very worldly-wise, he might have been deceived, but now, Ni Yangzhou was in his heart.

I should have cooperated with you in your performance, but I turned a blind eye to it.

Ni Yangzhou put down his wine glass.

Said gloomily:

"I'm afraid it's not a divine bird."

The prince's smile froze on his face and he looked up at the young Taoist priest with a puzzled expression.

Ni Yangzhou combined the original owner's memory and wanted to cheat. He made up his mind and started to talk nonsense:

"This jade belongs to an old friend. He never leaves his body. He wanted to give it to me, but I refused because I don't like others. I haven't seen it for many years. How did this jade end up in the mouth of a 'divine bird'?"

Ni Yangzhou's eyes turned to the prince.

"I thought what the prince said before was just a chance encounter, but now I hear every detail, the 'divine bird' is coming for you."

"Then, Prince, have you seen——

My 'old friend'?"