Marry the prince with a bun

Horrifying.

"I'm hungry, go out and tell Feng Wuya, bring us something to eat."

Standing up suddenly, Xuan Ziyu felt a little dizzy. He staggered slightly, and after being touched by Xuan Ziluo, he walked up to Xuan Jiuyou, stretched out his feet and kicked Xuan Jiuyou and said, "I know everything. , you are an old friend with him, go and beg him to give us something to eat!"

When Xuan Jiuyou opened his eyes, his face twisted, he took a deep breath, turned his head to the side and continued to rest.

"I'm starving to death, and I've been locked up here for a day, can't you beg him to bring us some food?"

Xuan Ziyu, who was ignored, roared loudly, baring his teeth and claws like an angry little leopard, about to use force against Xuan Jiuyou.

Ning Xiu coughed lightly, and said with a straight face: "Nonsense! Xuansheng is still hurt, come and sit down."

Ning Chen chuckled, tossing his messy hair in a cool manner, and said, "I've been hungry for a whole day, Concubine Jing, please bear with me for a while, the rescuers are here... we will have something to eat."

Lin Jinhuan also smiled and nodded in agreement.

Xuan Ziyu looked at his elder brother as if asking for help, and Xuan Ziluo returned his painful expression of helplessness.

The same goes for Ouyang Yue and Duanmu Yu.

Xuan Ziyu's face was downcast in frustration, and after giving those revered gods a few angry looks, he sat down on the other side of the haystack in a fit of anger.

silence.

The broken room exuding a foul smell was enveloped in a gloomy and dignified atmosphere.

Because of the coming of night, the light that could pass through the doors and windows during the day gradually disappeared, but the whole room was shrouded in darkness.

Xuan Ziyu was so hungry that he couldn't take it anymore, so he simply closed his eyes and fell asleep leaning against the haystack.

I don't know how long it took, and Xuan Ziyu, who was disturbed from sleep, opened his eyes impatiently when he heard some rustling sounds in a trance.

"Prince Jing...Prince Duan...Young Master Lin...Wake up, everyone!"

Eyes adapted to the darkness narrowed their eyes unaccustomed to seeing the sky-high flames. Xuan Ziyu blinked and looked at a group of armored soldiers rushing in, and was helped to stand up.

"Where's Prince Wu?" Ning Xiu's cold voice sounded, and he let the officers and soldiers who came to rescue him loosen his ties.

"My lord and a group of martial arts masters are going to hunt down those bandit leaders."

Ning Xiu waved his hands calmly, "Find out the grain, load it into a truck and send it to Huicheng."

"Honestly obey orders."

Lin Jinhuan and Ning Chen wiped their faces and cupped their fists towards Ning Xiu, and led the soldiers to find a place to hide the food.

Ouyang Yue and Duan Muyu also clasped their fists at Ning Xiu, said goodbye politely, and then left.

Xuan Ziyu leaned against Xuan Ziluo's body, dizzy with hunger, ordered Er Baozi to get a torch from a soldier, and ran to the kitchen of the bandit den.

After Xuan Ziyu had eaten and drank enough, Ning Chen led the soldiers and loaded all the food into the car.

Therefore, Ning Chen and Xuan Ziluo decided to travel overnight to transport the relief food to Huicheng.

This time, Lin Sangong led the soldiers to be their vanguards and a group of soldiers gathered from Huicheng to guard along the road. I believe that even if there are ghosts and monsters blocking the way to Huicheng, they will be able to go all the way.

After the food delivery troops left, Ning Xiu commanded the soldiers to surround the villa, count the properties and houses in the villa, and confiscate all the property and houses for the imperial court.

Afterwards...the two of them grandiosely lived in the guest room of the villa again, preparing to take a bath and sleep.

Xuan Ziyu took a comfortable bath under Er Baozi's service, and after tidying up, he pretended to leave the room and went to the room where Xuan Jiuyou stayed to search for some gossip news.

However, when Er Baozi knocked on the door of the house where Xuan Jiuyou lived, but no one answered for a long time, he looked at the dim light in the room and yelled that it was not good.

He ran to the room he was staying in three steps at a time, "Ning Xiu...Ning Xiu...Xuan Jiuyou ran away!"

At this time, Ning Xiuzhi was calmly talking with a soldier adjutant who followed Ning Yuan to rescue them. After hearing Xuan Ziyu's repeated exclamations, Ning Xiuzhi gave an order to send troops to search for Xuan Jiuyou's trace.

He left Xuan Jiuyou without saying goodbye, and his heart was as clear as a mirror.

Xuan Jiuyou decided to go after Feng Wuya.

Ning Xiu didn't care about the grievances between them, even if Feng Wuya didn't kill Ning Yuan and his party who were chasing after them this time, he could still face the next situation calmly.

Duguqing's attack on Yujian Villa has been killing chickens and monkeys from the side, and the loss of Yujian Villa's sword casting place has also directly reduced the use value of Yujian Villa to Ningyuan.

As long as the weapon production base of Yujian Villa is destroyed, Ning Yuan's spirit will be greatly frustrated.

After all... if there is turmoil in the capital in the future, and King Wu plans to rebel... the lack of weapons alone will be enough for him to have a headache for a while.

Now Ning Xiu only needs to rest here and wait for Ning Yuan's return, and then return to Beijing in a big way.

At this time, Shangguan Xiao is busy dealing with the turmoil at the sword casting place and the dispute between Yujian Villa and Duguqing. I believe he must not be in the mood to win over the martial arts people and Xuan Ziyu to find the stolen sword and martial arts cheats. whereabouts.

Xuan Ziyu sat on the bed with his legs crossed, his wet hair hanging loose, looked at Ning Xiu who was sitting under the flickering candlelight, and said, "Don't drag me in when you do these things in the future, I'm too tired."

He also hoped that in the future... there would be no more open and covert disputes.

Xuan Ziyu stubbornly believed that he married the prince to enjoy the blessings, and there was no need to be as busy as he is now.

"Yeah." Ning Xiu nodded seriously.

Xuan Ziyu raised his eyebrows in satisfaction, lay flat on the bed, pulled back the big quilt to cover him, thought for a while and said: "If you want to go out to do errands in the middle of the night, you can use my sleeping hole, or it won't affect you. I sleep."

Ning Xiu was stunned for a moment, bent the corner of his mouth, extinguished the candle and walked to the bed.

69, each with his own mind...

The next day, the sky was bright.

Xuan Ziyu was still sleeping soundly under the big quilt, and was awakened from his dream by the noise outside. He opened his sleepy eyes and found that Ning Xiu had got up to wash. He wrapped himself in the quilt and stared at the top of the bed for a while, then got up. .

"Don't sleep anymore?" Ning Xiu pursed his thin lips and looked at him with a half-smile raised eyebrow.

When he found that Ning Xiu's eyes of unknown meaning were staring at him somewhere, Xuan Ziyu snorted, and two blushes flew across his face.

"I'm holding back my urine." He explained succinctly, "This is a normal phenomenon."

Feeling ashamed for the first time in his life, Xuan Ziyu touched his face and thought: Recently, has his body become more dependent on Ning Xiu's taste?This is not a good sign!

Ning Xiu still looked at him deeply, "Since it's convenient, let's get dressed and get up!"

Xuan Ziyu sullenly stretched out his hand to pick up his outer robe and put it on, "Shall we go back to the capital today?"

"Wait..." Ning Xiu said lightly, "Wait for Ning Yuan to come back."

King Wu, who is very important to the royal family and the court and attracts many forces, he, King Jing, dare not neglect him!

"Young Palace Master...Young Palace Master..." Suddenly there was a horrible howl outside, "Young Palace Master..."

Xuan Ziyu stopped what he was doing, and looked at Ning Xiu questioningly, "Who is howling outside?"

"A group of people that you have forgotten in the back of your mind."

Young Palace Mistress?Could it be that group of people in the magic palace who were separated from them by Feng Wuya?

Xuan Ziyu smiled shyly and said, "Who made them feel so invisible." He can't be blamed for this!

The group of people in the Demon Palace were all full of energy when they were not in the middle nine-day Sangong Sangong, as active as a lion cub who just left his mother and entered the forest for the first time. I never thought that since the internal power of martial arts was temporarily abolished, they had never suffered such a blow A group of magic palace elites began to lose their morale, and their frustrated willingness was reduced to a transparent existence.

Xuan Ziyu walked to the door with some embarrassment, and opened the door.

Outside the door, a group of emaciated and emaciated elites of the evil palace raised their eyes at the same time, tears filled their eyes, looking up at Xuan Ziyu as if seeing a god who saved the world.

"Young Palace Master, please wait for me!" Shuiyue leaned on Wuhen, looked up to the sky and sighed in pain, "The officers and soldiers of the imperial court don't treat people who have status discrimination and look down on people like this!"

"What's the matter?" Ning Xiu heard the words, and swept around the people in the Demon Palace and the guards guarding the courtyard coldly, "Water Guardian is dissatisfied with the court's actions?"

With a mournful face, Shuiyue walked up to Xuan Ziyu with unsteady footsteps, "Two days... two days..."

"What two days?"

Xuan Ziyu blinked ignorantly, "What do you mean by two days and two nights?"

"Two days...I'm waiting...I haven't eaten for two days."

"Oh. I was also hungry for two days and one night. I only ate something last night." Xuan Ziyu said very calmly: "Could it be that you gathered all the sect masters to come to my door in the morning because you have nothing to eat?" Weeping bitterly?"

"Young Palace Master..." Shuiyue Kuan said inwardly, "You were able to eat last night, but we...we were stopped by the guards when we went to the kitchen to find something to eat. We are all your cronies. , even if the guards are all members of the imperial court, but you are also Princess Jing, even for your sake, you can't treat my concubine's cronies like that!"

"You are the one to answer this question." Turning around, he threw the question to Ning Xiu, who had more authority and right to speak in front of the soldiers.

Ning Xiu downcast his face, and proudly ordered to the guards: "Prepare the food, this king must reward all the heroes in the devil's palace, and this time, this king and the princess were killed thanks to the heroic guards. The head is different, the Demon Palace is the birthplace of Princess Jing, and from now on, we must treat all the heroes of the Demon Palace with courtesy!"

"As ordered!"

Ning Xiu's words successfully raised the status of the Demon Palace in the hearts of the soldiers, and of course relatively raised the importance of Xuan Ziyu in his heart.

After hearing these words, Shuiyue forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "So, I am waiting for Caomin to thank Lord Jing for helping the Demon Palace to clear its identity."

"Stop standing half dead in the yard, go into the house and prepare to fill your stomach." Xuan Ziyu, who was very kind and close to the people, waved his sleeves, and said in the tone of a superior.

Shuiyue immediately opened her eyes and smiled, walked quickly into the room and sat down in front of the table swaggeringly.

After a while, the cooked food was served on the table one by one.

The hungry eyes of everyone in the magic palace glowed green, like a wolf sweeping away the fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

After everything was filled, Xuan Ziyu gnawed on the apple and turned his eyes around Shuiyue's body twice, saying, "Have you recovered your martial arts?"

"Master Hui Shao, almost [-]% to [-]% recovered." The five-year-old and three-year-old Master Jia said in a rough voice.

"Since the kung fu has recovered, then Shuiyue will lead the sect masters back to the Demon Palace." Putting down the apple, he took out the token of the martial arts leader from his arms and threw it to Shuiyue, "I want to go back to the capital. Martial arts leader or something, you will do it for me."

Shuiyue's complexion changed, she looked at Xuan Ziyu with trepidation, got up and clasped her fists and said, "It is Shuiyue's duty to assist the young palace master in dealing with the affairs of the Demon Palace, but it is just a substitute for the position of the leader of the martial arts... Shuiyue is probably not competent."

"Why?" Xuan Ziyu thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, if someone in the Jianghu has something important to ask the leader, I will let them go to King Jing's mansion, and you will temporarily help me keep the token." After finishing speaking slyly She smiled and tilted her head and whispered in Shuiyue's ear: "In case of emergencies, maybe at some point, Xuan Jiuyou will go to the Demon Palace to replace me as the leader of the martial arts alliance!"

"...Okay." After being at a loss, Shuiyue also showed a little smile on her face, and responded in a low voice.

Just when Xuan Ziyu pulled Ning Xiu's sleeve sinisterly with a smile, he wildly and boldly guessed what Xuan Jiuyou would do in the future.

The originally peaceful courtyard suddenly became noisy.

"My lord... see my lord!"

After hearing the sound, all the people in Shuiyue and Demon Palace stood up alertly and respectfully stood behind Xuan Ziyu, the joyous atmosphere in the room disappeared immediately.

Sensing the abnormally cold aura emanating from Ning Xiu, Xuan Ziyu grabbed his hand reflexively the moment Ning Xiu got up.

Ning Xiu gave him a comforting look with a sideways glance, and stepped out of the room.

The neat sound of horseshoes from far and near, the fresh air in the morning was polluted by the smell of rust with a fishy smell.

"My lord... this is the courtyard where my lord Jing lived!"

The sound of galloping horseshoes became clearer.

Ning Xiu looked at the rising sun in the sky, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

The sound of the horse's hooves stopped abruptly when he reached the gate of the courtyard. Ning Xiu squatted down and turned slightly to look at the figure riding the horse with a blank expression.

On horseback, Ning Yuan, who had been running around all night and took off his armor, looked tired and vicissitudes.

It's just that the violent color that appeared between the brows looked much more serious than usual.

"Are you going to ride a horse into the courtyard where this king lives?" Ning Xiu opened and closed his thin lips, and said softly.

In terms of etiquette, he, the fifth prince, should respect his brother Ning Yuanxing, who is the fourth eldest, but today Ning Xiu was very dissatisfied with Ning Yuan's behavior of not taking off his armor and galloping into his courtyard, so he didn't have to. He was bending over to salute this frivolous and arrogant Wu Wangye Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan stared at Ning Xiu's calm face with bright eyes, raised the corners of his eyes after a few seconds of silence, and said with contempt for everything: "Chasing and killing those bandits for hundreds of miles, I don't want to meet a person who looks very similar to Princess Jing on the way." I don't know if it was our hidden Princess Jing who was rescued last night and followed behind me to track my whereabouts?"

"You should go back to the capital and find a doctor to have your eyes checked."

Xuan Ziyu walked up to Ning Xiu and looked at Ning Yuan playfully, under the guard of everyone in the Demon Palace, "I went to bed early last night, are you sure you didn't have a problem with your eyes and met me on the way?" ?”

Even if he intends to follow others, he must have the physical strength and energy!

Xuan Jiuyou must have accidentally exposed his appearance in front of Ning Yuan when he was following Feng Wuya and his party last night, which aroused his suspicion.

Xuan Ziyu smiled hypocritically and cupped his fists at him, "Thank you, Lord Wu, for sending troops to rescue us this time. When I return to the capital, I will go to the emperor to ask for credit for you."

Ning Yuan got off his horse, threw the reins in his hand to the guards beside him, and said, "Concubine Jing, you are welcome!"

Xuan Ziyu looked around and said: "We have also been rescued, and the food has been sent to the disaster area. Shouldn't we send troops back to Beijing?"

Ning Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth with a smirk, looked at Xuan Ziyu with contempt in his eyes, and said, "It's time to go back to Beijing, those bandits didn't hurt King Jing and Princess Jing, so let them escape." "!"

Xuan Ziyu's face darkened, and he said in a stern voice: "What do you mean? Didn't hurt us? Both King Jing and the guardian of the Demon Palace suffered internal injuries, and their martial arts were disabled by the medicine. We wouldn't have done it otherwise. In such an end, since Prince Wu has already brought troops to conquer the bandits, if those daring villains are not brought to justice, it will not be enough to vent the anger of the people and not enough to vent the anger in our hearts. Therefore, Prince Wu still brings troops It is best to go on patrol here for a few more days, and capture all those villains and bandits before returning to Beijing, so that the King of Wu can make a great contribution in the emperor's heart. "

Because of Xuan Ziyu's words, Ning Yuan's face was distorted to a certain extent, and he looked at Xuan Ziyu frivolously with half-closed eyes and said, "This king also wants to catch all those bandits in one fell swoop, but it's a pity that they let them die last night." I escaped. As for... the matter of eliminating harm for the people and conquering bandits, it is better to carefully discuss and deploy before implementing actions. This time, His Majesty ordered this king to rescue King Jing and his concubine. I made it clear that King and Concubine Jing were rescued and returned to Beijing in time to return to the capital, although I want to bring soldiers here to conduct inspections and raids, it is a pity that I can't act recklessly to the point of disobeying the holy order!"

Xuan Ziyu listened casually, despised Ning Yuan completely in his heart, smiled dryly and said: "Even so, let's not delay here, let's go back to Beijing!"

"Ning Xiu, what do you think?" Ning Yuan asked with a mocking smile on his lips.

"Let's go back to Beijing."

Ning Xiu replied coldly, ignored Ning Yuan's treacherous smile, turned and walked towards the room.

70. Unexpected...

In the capital city, in the garden of Prince Jing's Mansion.

"The imperial decree has arrived..." Hearing this sharp sound, Xuan Ziyu jumped up from the stone bench with a shiver.

Uncle Fu, the housekeeper of the palace, lowered his eyebrows and followed the white-faced father-in-law tremblingly, leading the way to the garden.

Er Baozi tugged Xuan Ziyu's clothes vigilantly, and reminded him in a low voice, "My lord, accept the order."

Xuan Ziyu was stunned, looked at the father-in-law who was walking towards where he was standing, Shi Shiran knelt down, "Concubine Jing accepts the order...the Holy Majesty orders that Concubine Xuanjing will immediately follow the miscellaneous family to enter the palace for an audience."

Enter the palace? !Xuan Ziyu felt disappointed again. It has been more than half a month since he returned to the capital from the south, and the disaster relief matters in the southwest have been handled properly. Both Ning Chen and Xuan Ziluo returned to the capital a few days ago. What?

"Concubine Jing, get up and receive the decree!" The white-faced father-in-law leaned down with a smile and handed the imperial decree to Xuan Ziyu, holding his voice and said: "You are ready to prepare, let's go to the palace to face the saint!"

Xuan Ziyu hummed in a low voice: "Long live my emperor." Then the emperor stood up.

Uncle Fu, who was very familiar with court customs, stepped forward and put a bribe into the white-faced father-in-law's hand with a poignant smile: "Elder-in-law, please go to the main hall to rest for a while, and then enter the palace with you after Princess Jing has changed her clothes."

Xuan Ziyu also smiled and nodded to him.

The white-faced father-in-law held the bribe in his hand and said to Xuan Ziyu hypocritically: "Oh, Princess Jing is really too polite, that slave is waiting in the front hall, you should hurry up, the emperor is waiting to see you in the palace." and you!"

Xuan Ziyu smiled sweetly and called Er Baozi to the side room, his face panicked and his breathing hard.

"Where's the prince?" Taking the opportunity to change clothes, he asked Er Baozi about Ning Xiu's whereabouts.

"I haven't come back this morning."

Xuan Ziyu lowered his eyes and thought, usually at this time Ning Xiu should have gone to court, but today he has not returned, and the father-in-law did not say whether Ning Xiu is still in the palace, at this time the old emperor issued an order to summon him , is there something strange?

Feeling uneasy for no reason, Xuan Ziyu was silent for a while and said: "Go and ask Uncle Fu if there is anything unusual in the palace these days, and if anything happens after I enter the palace, I will go to the Xuanfu to look for it." Brother."

Er Baozi helped Xuan Ziyu tidy up his clothes and said, "My lord, there have been many mysterious people in the mansion these past few nights, is our lord..."

"Don't talk nonsense, those people are the prince's confidantes, and they just report to him about the court affairs." Xuan Ziyu interrupted Er Baozi's words irritably, "These things don't need to be interrupted by servants, even I can't ask about them, you Let Uncle Fu give orders later, let the servants be tight-lipped, if this news leaks out from the palace, the prince will not spare you."

Er Baozi's complexion changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said yes in fear.

After tidying up, Xuan Ziyu went out and walked towards the main hall, but was stopped by Uncle Fu who looked panic-stricken on the way.

"what happened?"

Uncle Fu's old face was gloomy, and he stepped forward seriously and said in a low voice: "Princess, please be cautious after entering the palace. The news just came out from the palace that the lord is still dealing with the government affairs with the ministers in the palace's meeting hall!"

Knowing that Ning Xiuren was still in the palace, Xuan Ziyu heaved a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said to Uncle Fu: "If there is any accident, just figure it out!"

Uncle Fu bowed his head respectfully, "The prince has already arranged everything, the princess can rest assured."

Xuan Ziyu smiled teasingly and said, "Could it be that master and servant are working together?"

The corner of Uncle Fu's mouth twitched, his old face turned red like a pig's liver.

The smile on Xuan Ziyu's face became wider, and he went to the front hall and exchanged a few words with the white-faced father-in-law, and the two of them left the gate of the palace, got on a sedan chair and entered the palace.

When he came back from the south, the old emperor didn't ask any questions because he and Ning Xiu were kidnapped by bandits. Although the relationship between Ning Xiu and Ning Yuan in the court hall was not harmonious, it didn't deteriorate to tit for tat.

In the past half a month, there have been no shocking events in the court, and the relative court is very calm and harmonious.

Xuan Ziyu didn't want to speculate on what the emperor was planning, but he knew exactly what Ning Xiu was planning.

Ning Xiu's mother is a queen but she has no real relatives. Apart from her status as the head of the harem, she can't play any practical role in Ning Xiu's fight for the crown prince.

The reason why Ning Xiu has the power he has today can be said to be the result of his deliberate efforts to establish it since he became king.

But Ning Yuan is different. His mother is not only the concubine whose status is second only to the queen, but also the influence of the relatives of the imperial concubine's matrilineal side in the imperial court. The sister of the princess who married the eldest son of Prime Minister Lin's family, and also married a princess with a good background, and he has also attracted a certain amount of influence in the world, not to mention his high-ranking prince status is more powerful than Ning Xiu's. Quite a few advantages.

After weighing the pros and cons, the power of Ning Xiu, who was favored by the emperor and made great contributions to the imperial court, was evenly matched with Ning Yuan.

During this period of time, Ning Xiu almost mobilized the forces he kept in the dark to help him monitor Ning Yuan's whereabouts. His behavior clearly shows that behind this calm surface, there must be a torrent of undercurrents. .

Originally, Xuan Ziyu didn't bother to understand the affairs of the imperial court, so Ning Xiu didn't tell him all of them.

Although Ning Yuan is far less favored by the emperor than Ning Xiu, Wu Wang Ning Yuan's mother, Concubine Hua Gui, is loved by the emperor and has been favored by the emperor for decades.

Xuan Ziyu often sighed about the degree of fraternity of the old emperor. He really wanted to know how much of the emperor's love could be divided among the many concubines and beauties in the harem to those women who slept with him.

After entering the imperial palace and getting off the carriage, Xuan Ziyu followed behind the white-faced father-in-law generously and courteously, through the corridor and through the door to the main hall where the emperor rested and enjoyed.

The white-faced father-in-law roared at the door, shaking his fly whisk and shouting: "Princess Jing sees the Holy Majesty."

After hearing a muffled sound in the hall, Eunuch Baimian whispered a few words with the guards standing at the door of the hall, then turned around and signaled Xuan Ziyu to follow and stepped into the door.

The smoke from the incense in the hall curled up, and it was very quiet. Xuan Ziyu looked down at the road under his feet, and walked forward respectfully.

The more he walked in, the more clearly he felt a vague pressure, Xuan Ziyu was secretly startled, the hall was empty, only a few rows of quaint bookshelves stood quietly, a dozen steps away was a bright red desk, There are several stacks of memorials on it, and behind them, a figure leans on the couch in a lazy posture.

"Go back."

"The slave obeys the order."

Hearing the old emperor's familiar voice, Xuan Ziyu stopped in his tracks, and stood beside the copper stove burning incense in the hall.

"Ziyu sees the emperor, long live my emperor."

"Hmm." The emperor was dressed in a black dragon robe, and he leaned very comfortably on the soft couch covered with gorgeous mattresses behind the dragon table above.

Kneeling on the ground for a long time, when he heard the emperor's shallow nasal voice, Xuan Ziyu was slandering the old emperor, why did he forget to let him get up and speak!

"Why are you still so unfamiliar, you should be called Father Emperor." The emperor corrected Xuan Ziyu's address just now, and said with a low smile: "Do you know why I announced you into the palace today?"

His question was a bit deceitful, Xuan Ziyu was still kneeling, glanced sideways without any trace, and glanced at the emperor who put on this posture today, which was a bit different from the kind-hearted old man in memory, and said: "Ziyu is stupid."

"Oh?" The old emperor was still smiling, but his half-closed eyes were full of light, and he looked at Xuan Ziyu quietly. Xuan Ziyu felt a little depressed by that natural kingly air.

"I heard that you are now the master of the magic palace built by Long Su and also the new leader of the martial arts alliance?"

"Report to the Emperor...uh...Father Emperor, yes." Xuan Ziyu stammered to correct the title and said truthfully.

"Then what should we decide to do in the future? To dominate the world or..."

Dominate the rivers and lakes? !

Xuan Ziyu frowned puzzled, "Ziyu has entrusted the trustworthy people in Jianghu to take care of the affairs in Jianghu!"

"Hmm." The emperor sighed inaudibly, "It's also a good thing that you can command Jiayuan's rivers and lakes, and it can be regarded as indirectly helping the imperial court to relieve the troubles of getting involved in rivers and lakes disputes."

Xuan Ziyu lowered his head and listened quietly, his eyes on his nose, his heart on his knees, and his knees on the ground.

"This time you were captured by bandits, do you, the leader of the martial arts, know where those bandits came from?"

Xuan Ziyu gasped secretly, pretended to think about it for a long time and said, "I don't know."

"Oh, since this is the case, I really need to send someone to investigate the origins of those daring bandits."

Xuan Ziyu, who was kneeling on the ground, endured the icy ground in pain and continued to kneel.

After the emperor said that, he fell silent. After waiting for about half a stick of incense, Xuan Ziyu couldn't stand the soreness from his legs, so he couldn't help but asked, "Is there any other questions for the emperor?"

"Huh?!" There was the sound of flipping through the memorial, and the old emperor smiled faintly and said: "Get up, the queen has been talking to me about seeing you recently, if you are free, go Visit her in the harem!"

"Thank you father, Ziyu will leave."

Xuan Ziyu grinned and endured the numb kneeling knees, saluted the emperor with his chubby belly, and then exited the hall.

After Xuan Ziyu disappeared at the entrance of the hall, the old emperor sitting behind the table in the hall shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Come out." Moving his body on the soft couch, the old emperor said to the air while he was still there.

Behind the screen behind him, two figures suddenly jumped out.

Those two respectfully bowed to the old emperor, "Your Majesty, do you want to dispose of Prince Jing?" the host in purple clothes asked with a dignified expression.

Ouyang Yue of Luopu Mountain Villa also looked a little panicked, and said: "If your majesty disposes of Prince Jing, it will definitely cause a lot of commotion in the court and in the rivers and lakes. Please think twice."

The old emperor was deep and silent, but the two who looked at the case shook their heads.

"Go down first, I'm tired and want to rest for a while."

"emperor……"

"Holy..."

"Go down." The emperor closed his eyes in displeasure, and his deep voice was not angry.

Ouyang Yue and Duanmu Yu looked at each other dejectedly, bowed and said: "Ouyang Yue, Duanmu Yu, leave."

The old emperor leaned on the soft couch and flicked his thighs with his fingers, and murmured softly with a smile, "Ning Xiu is too follow me!"

Xuan Ziyu left the hall, striding towards the gate of the palace with a gloomy expression.

If he wants to go to the harem to meet the queen now, it would be better to kill him directly.

He went to the harem and knelt like he just met the emperor. If his legs were not disabled by kneeling, he would definitely be hemiplegic because of kneeling.

Xuan Ziyu was very angry and worried. Judging from the emperor's lukewarm questions today, he obviously felt a little uncomfortable.

While walking and thinking, one inadvertently bumped into the arms of the person who was walking towards him.

"Yo... this..."

"Uh……"

"Isn't this Princess Jing!"

Xuan Ziyu raised his head apologetically, looking at the person he bumped into, his face darkened.

"What are you doing in the palace?"

"Accompany elder brother to the palace to meet the emperor." Lin Jinhuan rubbed his nose and smiled, pointing to the man in his thirties who was older than him and somewhat similar in appearance.

Xuan Ziyu curled his lips and looked at the boss of the Lin family, cupped his fists hypocritically and said, "You're polite, Mr. Concubine Lin."

The boss of the Lin family returned the courtesy with a smile: "Princess Jing, you're being polite."

"Are you also entering the palace face saint?"

"En." Xuan Ziyu walked past Lin Jinhuan, responded lightly, said goodbye to the two, and left the palace in a hurry.

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71. Here comes the steamed stuffed bun...

Returning to Prince Jing's mansion in a sedan chair, Xuan Ziyu's legs and knees were swollen because of kneeling on the ground for a long time. After Er Baozi who came out from the gate of the mansion supported him to get off the sedan chair, he hurriedly ordered his servants to prepare hot water. Applying hot compresses to the knees, after the knees were heated, King Jing still did not return.

Xuan Ziyu sat on the couch wrapped in a big cloak to keep out the cold, enjoying Er Baozi's thoughtful massage, drank fragrant tea and ate dried fruits comfortably, with a carefree appearance, completely opposite to the expression on the face of imminent disaster when entering the palace.

Er Baozi looked at his young master timidly with his mouth pursed, hesitated for a long time and asked: "Your knees are swollen from kneeling after entering the palace, what's wrong with the emperor, how can you let the young master who is still pregnant Kneeling for so long?"

A ray of light shot out from Xuan Ziyu's squinted eyes, the eyeballs were as bright as the bright stars in the sky, "The old emperor's mood of indecision and conspiracy is not much different from that of Ning Xiu, anyway, I will bear the crime, as long as If he doesn't declare me into the palace like this in the future, I will be content."

Er Baozi pondered for a while and said: "Then... the young master didn't see the prince in the palace? It's already dinner time, and the prince hasn't come back yet."

Xuan Ziyu smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry about him, let's set the meal."

As soon as the conversation ended, Uncle Fu said outside: "My lord, you are back, and the princess just came back from the palace because of the emperor's summons, and she is in the side room right now."

Ning Xiu hastily and vaguely responded, and hastily stepped into the side room.

Seeing Xuan Ziyu wrapped in a big cloak lazily enjoying himself on the couch like a winter bear, he was a little stunned, waved away Er Baozi who was serving Xuan Ziyu, stepped forward with a smile and asked: "Father What did you ask when I summoned you?"

Xuan Ziyu spat out the apricot stones in his mouth, lifted his cloak with a gloomy face, exposing his still red knees and said, "I didn't ask anything, just let me kneel and look up at him."

Ning Xiu narrowed his eyes, walked into the soft couch and smiled again, with a bright spring smile, "Father is really too!" He sighed, helped Xuan Ziyu pull up the cloak and added some charcoal to the charcoal stove at hand and said : "In the future, if the emperor summons you again, try to let the servants inform me, and I will go with you."

Xuan Ziyu snorted impatiently, "The old man said that he would send someone to investigate the origin of the bandits who kidnapped us. Is this a test for you? Or do you not believe you?"

"I don't know." Ning Xiu said indifferently: "Even if it is an investigation, what can be found out? The old man ordered me to send a few deputies who had followed me to the border to lead troops to the south to suppress He's a bandit, with his means, I think he knows all about the open and secret struggle between me and Ning Yuan."

Xuan Ziyu glanced at him, "You mean the old man just watched and let you guys ignore me?"

Ning Xiu smiled and nodded, "This is a political trick." He looked down at Xuan Ziyu's legs lying on the couch, rubbed his hands warmed up, put his hands under the cloak, and covered his red knees: "Tomorrow Let the imperial doctor come and take a look, winter is coming soon, you have to be careful."

After hearing his warm and caring words, Xuan Ziyu changed the subject in a daze, "I asked my elder brother to deliver a letter to my father and the others, and they should come down from Cangshan Mountain in the spring of next year."

"Yeah." Ning Xiu half-embraced Xuan Ziyu and moved inside, "There is also news from the Demon Palace, saying that Duguqing and Yujian Villa have met each other in an upright manner, and Qingshan sent Lu Chengfeng On the grounds of retreating to practice martial arts, he thoroughly communicated with Tang Tang in Hangzhou.