Zhuang Que returned to the Imperial Academy proudly, with a look of pride on his brows.

Those who knew the inside story secretly despised his actions.

Those who were also rescued in Duobao Pavilion by the fire that day were very disgusted with his act of turning around and giving false testimony, but because of the name of the fourth prince, they dared not go to the palace to defend their savior.

Zhuang Que felt that they were hypocritical and a group of hypocrites.

It's nothing more than feeling that he has climbed up to the fourth prince, his official career has been magnanimous, and he is just jealous, but he still needs to find a legitimate reason to hide under masks.

In Zhuang Que's mind, official career is the first priority, and the rest are postponed in turn.

As long as he could enter that majestic palace, he would climb in even if he was stigmatized by thousands of people. This was his lifelong vision.

In the Hanlin Academy, he was sitting behind his desk, handling his official business triumphantly.

Yun Le's desk is located in front of him, and he hasn't seen anyone for several days.

It is estimated that he heard some rumors, and the excuse is that he is ill and is recuperating at home.

Zhuang Que felt that in the entire Hanlin Academy, only he and Yun Le had a real ambition for official careers, and the others were just smugglers waiting to die.However, the heart of Yun Le's official career is to help the world, and the heart of his official career is to hold power.

He is willing to be friends with Yun Le. Such a friend has no ambitions and can discuss the affairs of the court together without any scruples. They can be called good friends.

After Zhuang Que drew up a letter of congratulations, she raised her head and found a group of people surrounded by the desk.

He asked in a calm tone: "What's wrong, so many people surround me?"

Two people looked at each other, and finally someone mustered up the courage to raise his head and said, "Zhuang Que, that man is our savior, but you went to the palace to falsely accuse him, do you still have a conscience?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, others began to echo him, accusing him of justice.

Everyone here has read books, soaked in pen and ink for many years, and speaks clearly and logically. It would have been embarrassing for others to be accused like this.

But Zhuang Que was not an ordinary person, and his face was still blushing when he was scolded like this, as if he wasn't the one they blamed.

He put down the brush in his hand, stood up, and glanced at his colleagues.

His eyes were wide open, he looked at the person who spoke first, and slapped that person suddenly.

The crisp applause stunned everyone, and they looked at Zhuang Que who said he would do it with shock in his eyes. One of them asked, "How dare you do it?"

It is a big taboo to fight in the Hanlin Academy. If someone sues the higher authorities, it is easy to lose the black hat because of it.

There was no worry or fear on Zhuang Que's face, and he said with a sneer: "I see that you have lived on pigs all these years, why should I stand up and report the arsonist? It was the fourth prince who asked me to do this. Do you really think that? Is a person innocent? If he is innocent, how could he offend the Fourth Prince? What did you just say? False accusation? Could it be that, do you think the Fourth Prince framed him?"

His remarks were so high-sounding that the faces of the people who had been attacking him turned pale in an instant, and they did not dare to say another word.

"Forget it." One person whispered, "Let's go."

The rest of the people sighed, stopped arguing with Zhuang Que, and returned to the desk where they were.

If they were against the fourth prince for someone they didn't know, they would be really tired of their lives.

Xuan Xia was notified by his servants, got down from the top of the scorpion, and rushed to meet his third uncle.

That is, the third highness who is now at the pinnacle of power in the royal family, Xuan Yi, his father's younger brother.

His father, who was originally His Royal Highness in the family's power, was assassinated on the top of the bird a few years ago.

Now there are four people who hold the power of the royal family.

They are the Second Highness, the Third Highness, the Fifth Highness, and the Seventh Highness.

Among them, his father was assassinated, and the Fourth Highness was killed by members of the Yan family a few years ago, and the forbidden spell on the Yan family was also broken. in the domain.

Because of his father's death, Xuan Xia's status in the royal family plummeted, but thanks to the blessing of his third uncle, he and his younger sister Xuan Nuo had a place.

But Xuan Xia understands that this kind of protection has a price.

Because he often appeared in public on behalf of members of the royal family, now the whole royal family, he and Xuan Nuo have become the eyes of the princes and princesses, especially those in the line of the Second Highness, who have long regarded them as brothers and sisters.

His Highness the Second Highness is the heir of the former Emperor's kneeling King Ren, not his biological brother with his father and third uncle, because the person who wiped out the blood of the Dragon God in the early years gradually gained power in his hands.

After passing through a long claustrophobic corridor, Xuan Xia came to his third uncle's bedroom.

Xuan Yi was watching people planting precious medicinal herbs in the garden in front of the hall, and he didn't raise his head when he saw someone coming, he just said, "You're here."

Xuan Xia nodded, "Are you looking for me?"

"Back off." Xuan Yi said to the few people who were cultivating herbs.

Several pharmacists in special Taoist robes immediately bowed and left quietly.

"Come with me." Xuan Yi smiled and said kindly to the nephew.

Xuan Xia followed him into the front hall and sat down, and immediately a maid came to pour him wine.

Xuan Yi beckoned, and a pretty and immature woman walked up and handed him a letter.

Xuan Xia called out with a strange expression, "Auntie."

Xuan Yi is disrespectful to old people, and even took a concubine at such an old age. Because of this, he was often ridiculed by other brothers.

"Open it and have a look." Xuan Yi said.

Xuan Xia opened it according to his words, read it through, and his expression instantly became excited.

This is a sincere letter of appeal for peace, sent by the Yan family.

Because of the Yan family's rebellion before, the royal family spent a lot of troops and monsters. Now that they are suing for peace, does it mean...

Thinking of this, Xuan Xia raised his head and looked at his third uncle.

Xuan Yi shook his head, twitched his lips and said, "It's just a superficial peace."

More than four years ago, the Yan family resolutely killed the fourth highness of the royal family, and they were ready to die. The old man of the Yan family, Yan Yingwei, entered the Hinayana period, and all the three regions of the Southwest and Yi fell into his hands.

Then this year, the Yan family married the Nine Evil Palace again, and put down their dignity to seek peace with the royal family. The reason was very simple.

"You will know after a little thought." Xuan Yi said pointedly.

Xuan Xia quickly thought of something, "Yan Yingwei is dying soon?"

Xuan Yi nodded his head sarcastically, and turned the wine glass in his hand, "It was originally a forced breakthrough. According to my expectation, it will not last within five years, at most seven or eight years."

"This is a happy event."

Xuan Yi said: "Unfortunately, there is still the Nine Evil Palace. Now the Yan family is sandwiched between the Nine Evil Palace and our royal family. Whoever he falls to will be able to truly gain strength. After all, the Yan family is also one of the six major cultivation families in the mainland. One, the rich foundation cannot be underestimated.”

Xuan Xia pondered: "Could it be that the Yan family and the Nine Evil Palace joined forces to blackmail our royal family? On the surface, they said they wanted peace, but they were actually planning to fight to the death?"

"The Yan family will not fight us desperately. After learning the painful lesson last time, they dare not dare this time." Xuan Yi pointed out, "But they must not have really turned to the Nine Evil Palace. The current letter The peace appeal letter was not written for us, but for the Hall of Nine Evil Spirits."

"Then how do we deal with it?"

"Since they want to make peace, we will force them to do it again."

"How to force?"

"Marriage, but not with the Yan family. I want to send this marriage letter directly to Qin Yu in the Palace of Nine Demons." Xuan Yi said, "Let the Palace of Nine Demons choose."

Xuan Xia said thoughtfully: "This action is punishing, then the Yan family will lose money by stealing chickens."

"If you kill someone from my royal family, you will have to pay the price." Xuan Yi sighed, "I have pity on my fourth brother."

"By the way, Third Uncle, there is one more thing." Xuan Xia sat upright and said, "We now have two disciples from the Demon God Sect, do you want to..."

Xuan Yi waved his fingers and rejected his idea involuntarily, "Don't offend the Demon God Sect for now, remember, the fewer enemies we have, the better."

For a behemoth like the Demon God Sect, the Heyan family is basically on two levels.

The royal family can use a powerful forbidden spell to control the Yan family for a hundred years, but for the Demon God Sect, they dare not have such an idea at all.

Not to mention the suzerain Di Yulong, just Zhu Hua, the great elder of Tushen Peak, whose magic spell made him superb, and the one who can head-on the Hinayana stage with the strength of the Transcendence Tribulation Stage is really hidden.

Besides, there are eight branches of the Demon God Sect, and the peak master of each branch cannot be underestimated.

"Then how do we deal with them?" Xuan Xia said anxiously, "We can't just do nothing."

Xuan Yi said: "That boy named Zhou Rong, doesn't Xuan Nuo like him very much? I heard that he is still the future successor of the Demon God Sect, how about—"

"No." Xuan Xia interrupted his third uncle's words for the first time, "Xuan Nuo is still young and doesn't know what liking is. That Zhou Rong is not worthy of her at all."

Xuan Yi frowned imperceptibly, "Then what do you say?"

"It's better to use him to deal with the second uncle..." Xuan Xia had a plan in his heart, and counted all the thoughts in his heart these days.

Xuan Yi was noncommittal, and said, "Let me think about it again, you should step back first."

After saying this, even though Xuan Xia had all kinds of thoughts in his mind, he didn't dare to speak again. He drank the wine in the glass at hand, bowed his body and said goodbye.

But he didn't notice that his third uncle had talked so much with him, but he didn't even touch a drop of wine in the glass.

Since Zhou Rong saw Li Canran whose hands and feet were sealed in the palace last time, he has been unable to calm down.

His original intention was to take advantage of his relationship with Xuan Nuo to hide his true purpose from the royal family.

But I don't know if he will misunderstand himself because of this.

Zhou Rong regretted it very much, he shouldn't have let Li Canran come with him.

Now that he was caught, he didn't know what was going on, and he was even more distraught.

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Zhou Rong turned his head vigilantly.

Xuan Nuo stepped forward and smiled at him.

Zhou Rong nodded politely.

Henobi gestured and said, "Are you worried about your friend?"

Immediately, a maid who understood sign language relayed it for her.

Zhou Rong asked, "Do you know where he is locked up?"

Xuan Nuo understood lip language, and quickly understood what he meant, but shook his head apologetically, "My brother took him away, and no one knows where he is except his subordinates."

Zhou Rong: "Your brother?"

He thought of Xuan Xia he saw in the palace, and his heart skipped a beat.

He couldn't understand what kind of thoughts Xuan Xia had towards Li Canran, he knew that look better than anyone else.

At this time, Xuan Nuo thought of a possibility, "Could it be on the top of the bird?"

This time the maid didn't tell the truth, but said: "The princess said, she doesn't know where he will be locked up, but maybe it's in Tianchan Terrace."

Because he was standing by his side, Xuan Nuo didn't notice anything wrong.

Heavenly Cicada?

Zhou Rong's eyes moved, and he said, "Thank you."

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