Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

When Bai Yutang returned to the inn room with Xia Yuqi's mechanism that was detained at Qingbei University, Xia Yuqi was holding a mechanism button and fiddling with it by the window.

He was so absorbed in playing with it that he didn't even realize that his closed disciple had come in.

Bai Yutang piled things up on the table in the middle of the room, and said to Xia Yuqi, "Master, the emperor said that someone will pick us up to Nanqing Palace later."

Xia Yuqi hummed, took out another part, installed it on the switch, and blew it against the bottom, and the small cover above was pushed up by the airflow.

He smiled: "That's all right."

Bai Yutang suspected that he didn't hear what he said just now, so he had to repeat again: "Master, someone will pick us up to Nanqing Palace in a while."

Xia Yuqi then turned to look at him: "Where are you going?"

Bai Yutang said: "Nanqing Palace."

Xia Yuqi was slightly taken aback: "What are you doing there?"

Suddenly remembering that this was arranged by the emperor, he couldn't help laughing: "Look at me, I almost forgot."

He put the mechanism button into his sleeve, pointed to the pile of odds and ends on the table: "All the things for the teacher are here?"

Bai Yutang nodded: "It's all here."

Xia Yuqi looked around the room for a week: "We've only lived here for less than two days, and we don't have anything to tidy up. Alright, since someone is coming to pick you up, let's just wait."

Bai Yutang said in a low voice: "Master, I don't want to go to Nanqing Palace."

Xia Yuqi was silent for a while, and sat in front of him: "Yutang, we have to go."

Bai Yutang said anxiously: "We are people in the Jianghu, we are always free, why do we want to live in the palace and be restrained by others?"

Xia Yuqi pressed his shoulders and sighed slightly: "How can this be considered restraint. The Eight Wise Kings are well-known virtuous princes, and also His Majesty's biological father. His Majesty let us live in the Nanqing Palace, because of his trust in us."

Bai Yutang lowered his head: "I don't want to..." Thinking of the emperor's slightly squinted eyes, he couldn't help but feel chills down his spine: "Master, I always feel that we have been calculated."

He couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was. In short, there seemed to be an animal instinct telling him that they came from Jinhua to Yangzhou, and then from Yangzhou to Bianliang. Every step of this was done by others. under calculation.

Xia Yuqi smiled nonchalantly: "How could it be? Who would go out of their way to plot against us? Besides, even if we were plotted against, isn't our situation now much better than before?"

He explained to Bai Yutang in the same way: "Look, when we arrived in Bianliang, we were received by the emperor. As for me, master, I also gained some new insights on the way to the agency. Yutang, you should know, master, I am doing Once I have achieved something, it can be compared to the ancient Luban Xiang. If I hadn't come to Bianliang, how could I have such an idea?"

"And you," he said with a smile, "your brother has been worrying about your future. Go into business, you are really not the type. Let your brother buy you a property, and you will be a sitter in the future. As for the rented rich man, you are not reconciled, and you will definitely cause trouble. Originally, your brother planned to send you to take the martial arts examination, and seek a military position in the future. First, it will not waste your martial arts, and second, it is also a decent way out But now it’s all right. Privy Yan opened such a university in Bianliang that recruits people with lofty ideals from all over the world. Regardless of whether it is civil or military, it can send you in to hone your character for several years. Everything else has a basis."

"No matter how you look at it, both of us, master and apprentice, are getting better and better. Even if someone calculated us to this point, I still want to thank him for calculating such a good future for us."

After Bai Yutang thought about it, it was indeed the truth. No matter what, the situation between him and Xia Yuqi was improving.

The only thing that still makes him feel a little uneasy is the emperor himself.

The emperor seemed to see through everything and held everything in his hands.

This made him slightly terrified.

It's just...he hasn't seen other emperors, maybe all emperors look like this?

After all, he is the emperor, the most powerful person in the whole world. It is quite normal that even high officials have official authority, and the emperor has imperial authority.

He put this little uneasiness behind him.

In any case, the emperor gave the master such respect and honor, and the two of them, master and apprentice, should be grateful to him.

Seeing that Bai Yutang finally had a smile on his face, Xia Yuqi also smiled, "That's right."

Isn't it just to live in Nanqing Palace for a while, Nanqing Palace is not a dragon's pond or a tiger's den.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door: "Does Master Xia from Yangzhou live here?"

Xia Yuqi stood up and opened the door: "That's right, it's next."

Outside the door was a middle-aged man who was slightly bald. Seeing Xia Yuqi open the door, he smiled kindly and said, "Master Xia, please."

Xia Yuqi knew that he must be someone sent by Nanqing Palace to meet him, so he turned to Bai Yutang and said, "Yutang, take your luggage and leave."

Bai Yutang also adjusted his mentality, packed his bags and followed the others to Nanqing Palace.

Nanqing Palace is worthy of being the hidden residence of the emperor, majestic and magnificent, no less than the imperial palace.

Now the Son of Heaven has not resumed his usual meals, and the Eight Sage Kings also closed their doors to thank guests and live in seclusion. Therefore, it is the eldest son Zhao Yunxi who is responsible for receiving Xia Yuqi and the two.

Bai Yutang quietly sized up the eldest son of the Nanqing Palace.

It was said that he and the emperor were twin brothers, but Bai Yutang felt that he was nothing like the emperor.

He has also seen several pairs of twin brothers, all of whom were carved out of the same mold.

And this prince is not as similar to the emperor as he and his brother Bai Jintang.

Sure enough, as the emperor said, His Royal Highness was not in a very good mood. When he met them in the side hall, there was no smile on his face, and the cloud was overcast, staring at him and the master coldly.

Zhao Yunxi looked at the two knight-errants in front of him. It was said that they were the emperor's guests.

He sneered in his heart, his second brother, since he became the emperor, has loved to make friends with knights in the rivers and lakes.First they sent a chivalrous man to borrow the golden mace, but they haven't returned it yet, and then arranged for these two people to come and live in Nanqing Palace.

What does he think of Nanqing Palace?

Thinking of Princess Di sitting behind the screen, he took a deep breath and forced a smile: "It's getting late, have you two had dinner yet?"

Hurry up and say that you have used it, and then this son can send you back to the room without having to face you again.

Xia Yuqi said: "Not yet."

Zhao Yunxi's expression remained unchanged: "It happens that I haven't used it either, why don't we go together."

He said to Gong'e who was standing by the side: "Chuan Shan, I will have dinner with the two knights."

How come Xia Yuqi has been a character who has been in the world for many years, and others can still tell whether he is waiting to see him or not.

He is old enough to be Zhao Yunxi's grandfather, so he can't feel any ill feeling towards this kind of boy, and even has a somewhat tolerant attitude.

It's normal for young people to have a big temper.

What's more, this person is still the emperor's elder brother, he already regards the emperor as his bole in his heart, and he also has an extra love for Zhao Yunxi.

Xia Yuqi said: "I come from a reckless background, I don't understand etiquette, and I eat rudely. I'm afraid I will offend my son, so I dare not eat at the same table with him."

Zhao Yunxi said: "The two are distinguished guests of the official family, how dare I despise them."

Xia Yuqi refused again and again, and Zhao Yunxi ordered Gong'e to deliver the dinner to the two people's rooms, and let them eat by themselves.

After Xia Yuqi and Bai Yutang left, Niangniang Di came out from behind the screen and sighed softly, "What are you doing? Treating guests to a meal will not make you lose a piece of meat."

Zhao Yunxi pursed her lips: "They didn't want it themselves."

Di Niangniang thought to herself, silly boy, you have written your dissatisfaction on your face, why is he rushing to eat at the same table with you?

"You remember, this is not an example."

Zhao Yunxi said: "My son understands."

No matter how reclusive the Eighth Wise King was, he still knew about the guests coming to his house.

When having breakfast the next day, the Eighth Sage King said to Niang Niang: "I heard that there were guests in the mansion last night?"

Di Niangniang nodded slightly: "I'm a distinguished guest from the official family. I'm new to the capital and I'm not familiar with the place, so I came to our Nanqing Palace to stay for a while."

The Eight Sage King hurriedly said: "It turns out that it is the emperor's distinguished guest, and I have to personally receive it. Which side is the capable person and hermit that deserves so much attention from His Majesty?"

Di Niangniang laughed and said, "I don't know who this concubine is. I only know that they are a pair of master and apprentice. The master's surname is Xia, and the apprentice's surname is Bai."

The Eighth Sage King laughed and said, "It turned out to be a pair of master and apprentice. The master must be a great Confucian who lives in seclusion. His majesty is so respectful to the virtuous and corporal, which is quite a remnant of Liu Huangshu visiting the thatched cottage."

He twirled his beard: "It's really a blessing to my Great Song Dynasty! This king must meet this pair of master and apprentice."

He also blamed Princess Di: "Since you are His Majesty's distinguished guest, why don't you invite us to have dinner with us? It seems that we are arrogant and don't take others seriously."

Di Niangniang said: "Hermits have a bit of a temperament, and they don't like to hang out with others. Last night, they also sent their meals to the guest room, and let them do what they want."

The Eight Sages said: "To have such a temperament, one must be a person with real ability. If the mountain doesn't come, I will go to the mountain. If I go, I will go to the mountain."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty and I will pay a visit to an expert together, how about it?"

Di Niangniang stood up: "Obey."

But he was sighing in his heart, the master and apprentice were not the learned scholars that the Eight Sage Kings thought they were, but a pair of knight-errants.Although the Eight Worthy Kings have no contempt for the Jiang Hu people, but...

Ba Xian Wang asked Zhao Yunxi: "Are you going?"

Zhao Yunxi stood up: "Go."

The Eighth Sage King laughed and said, "I'll visit with my whole family, and the hermit won't dislike me for being disrespectful."

Niangniang Di could only sigh silently.

Xia Yuqi was the emperor's honored guest, and the guest room he lived in was not far from the residence of the Eight Sage Kings' family, and he could walk there within a cup of tea on foot.

Halfway through the walk, I suddenly heard a loud noise in front of me, followed by black smoke and heat waves soaring into the sky.

The Eight Sage King was shocked: "What's going on!"