"Oh? The Lady in waiting"s life is decided by The Phoenix and Your daughter"s life is something that I cannot touch. So tell me, as a subject not as a father what should I do Official Hong?" She moved her eyes to look at Official Hong."Your Phoenix! The law states that whoever wishes the death of a Supreme being should be punished accordingly. Therefore, this subject doesn"t see fault in your action. However, as the lady in waiting is like a sister to the Supreme One, this humble subject may be bold enough to suggest to lessen her punishment for the peace of the Supreme Family."
Xia Lin smiled, she really needed Official Hong has one of her people. Although what he said seemed like he was siding with Bai Feng, someone smart enough could understand that he was reproaching Bai Feng for making the newly Supreme Family restless!
"En... Official Qiao, what do you think?"
"Your Phoenix, I agree with Official Hong. Please lessen the Punishment of my lady Bai."
"En... Since you all came for this, then this Phoenix will listen to you." She said while moving her head in agreement. "Heed My order! Bai Ting Ping is to be released from the punitive fire. Instead, she will be confined in her house until I say so. She is not allowed to enter the Supreme palace until she reaches her fifty thousand." She said with a domineering voice that sealed Ping Ting"s fate.
Bai Feng who was happy at the beginning, but almost lost all hope when he heard how long she had to wait before entering the palace as He Lan"s Supreme Concubine. He consoled himself thinking that during that time Xia Lin could get pregnant and meet the same fate as He Lan"s mom or She would die in the fight between her father and her husband. This was good because his daughter could enter the harem when she was no longer there.
All the officials looked at Prime Minister Bai to see if they should beg more or not, Although was no big deal since their appearance doesn"t change it was still a long way to go as Bai Ping Ting was on 15 thousand years. By the time she could enter the Supreme Harem, she would be mentally old; they thought that she would have better chance marrying another official but they knew that the Bai clan would settle for no one less than The Supreme One.
Sigh... Official Hong knew that his son was in love with Ping Ting, that stupid son of his was pestering him to help Ping Ting get released. It was truly sad that she would waste her youth waiting for the Supreme One, "Jinglin will be sad"
"Thank you for your grace, your Phoenix! May you bring prosperity to Mapata and live forever!" Bai Feng said.
"May you bring prosperity to Mapata and live forever!" all the officials repeat in unison while bowing to show the respect.
Xia Lin wanted to go out and play, this whole sitting on a Throne thing was getting boring.
She looked at the Officials and she was quite proud of herself, she was able to torment them and even stole a p.a.w.n from Prime Minister Bai.
"This victory deserves another feast!" she thought
Since the Officials got what the wanted, they all walked out the Supreme Court.
Prime Minister Bai headed to the punishment hall to get his precious daughter out, while Official Hong and Official Nian headed back to the homes.
Xia Lin knew that the people who were observing must be He Lan"s people but she wasn"t sure.
"Nubbi?"
"Yes, Your Phoenix," She said while moving forward to allow Xia Lin to see her.
"I heard that you high Prince."
"Yes, Your Phoenix. There are 4 High Princes in Geng Gao. The first High Prince Long Fei, he is very calm, he seldom interacts with people. He spends most of his time mastering medicine and poison. Although he is very skillful, we don"t know who he treats. The second High Prince Xu Feng, no one really knows where he is. He disappears and appears whenever he wants, so no one knows anything about him. The third High Prince is Ren Tu, all we know is that he is really skillful in battles and he is the best beat tamer. Just like The second High Prince, he loves to disappear so we don"t know much about him. The fourth High Prince Su Mian, he is quite playful and nice; he is always traveling and learning new thing; he is the master of invention!" She finished with an excited voice.
"What about Princes?" She asked with a cold voice.
"We only have one, Prince Hong Jingli. He is Prime Minister Hong"s only son."