Nourishing the Heart Palace.

On a recliner, the emperor was half-lying and half-sitting, and after some careful diagnosis and treatment by the imperial doctor, his face finally improved, and he said: "This expedition to the west, you cooperated with Xiao Zhang to easily exterminate the demon Dao, which can be said to have made a great achievement!"

When he said this, the emperor was a little excited, and an unhealthy red appeared on his face.

Lan Xiang sat next to the emperor, she reached out and stroked the emperor's hand quilt like a dead tree, and said with tears in her eyes: "Father, you are too tired. The daughter really can't bear to see her father suffer so much......"

Hearing this, the emperor suddenly lowered his face and said slightly angrily: "You mean, I should hand over the throne to the crown prince?"

Lan Xiang didn't nod or shake her head, because it was a sensitive topic, and she didn't dare to say anything. If she had made a statement, it could not be ruled out that the emperor might kill her in a fit of rage.

After a long time, the emperor sighed and said, "As long as I fulfill my greatest wish, I will hand over the throne to the crown prince, to be honest, I will be tired of this throne for a long time." ”

Lan Xiang didn't want to continue the topic, and said: "In this expedition to the west, Xiao Zhang is the biggest hero, it can be said that he exterminated the demon path alone. And the imperial army just went to clean up the battlefield and show the world a national prestige at the same time. ”

The emperor smiled with satisfaction and said, "I didn't look at the wrong person, this Xiao Zhang does have some ability. However, I will not reward him. He has made great contributions to this expedition to the west, and even his achievements are high, if you want to be rewarded, you can't be rewarded. ”

Lan Xiang naturally knew that there was no reward, so it was because Xiao Zhang was only waiting to be rewarded by the emperor for "death". So she immediately said: "Xiao Zhang naturally understands this, so he took the initiative to resign as commander before the army set off, in order to keep a low profile." ”

The emperor smiled happily: "According to what you say, Xiao Zhang had already thought that there would be such success today before he went to the Demon Dao?"

Lan Xiang said: "He's not so godly, he's just used to acting alone, and he's used to being low-key and forbearing." ”

The emperor finally nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, good, this son can be taught! He has made such a miraculous achievement, if I don't reward it, I will inevitably be a little petty." ”

Lan Xiang didn't interject, didn't even say anything, and waited for the emperor to follow.

The emperor's interest was very high, and he even struggled to stand up, waved his arms and said: "I want to hold the most grand wedding for you and Xiao Zhang, as a reward, and be decent, not only to keep Xiao Zhang's heart cold, but also to exaggerate Xiao Zhang's merits." Xiang'er, how do you think ......?"

When the emperor turned to look at Lan Xiang with great interest, he saw that Lan Xiang was already in tears.

"Xiang'er, what's wrong with you?" the emperor was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Aren't you happy that you're finally going to marry Xiao Zhang?"

Lan Xiang choked up and said, "Xiang'er is happy, very happy!"

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, squatted down, gently wiped away Lan Xiang's tears with a handkerchief, and then smiled: "You are so big, I still wipe your tears for the first time, are you happy?"

Not only did the tears not stop, but they became more and more fierce, and at one moment, Lan Xiang grabbed the emperor's hand violently, crying and said: "Father, a daughter can't marry Xiao Zhang." ”

The emperor's smile stiffened slightly: "Why?"

Lan Xiang thought about it carefully and said, "My daughter is now a waste person who has lost her cultivation, and she can't be a burden to her, he still has a lot of things to do, and her daughter can't drag him down." ”

The emperor's expression was obviously a little unsightly: "He wants to do things, just do it, you can stay at home and do what a wife should do, such as coordinating and managing household chores......"

"No, father, I don't want to be a resentful woman in the deep palace!" Lan Xiang said this sentence with all her strength, "Xiao Zhang's ambitions are high, he will never be confined to a family! Just imagine, if I marry him and spend a sweet time, he will leave, leaving me alone in the big family, washing my face with tears all day long, just like the queen of the Houyi clan at the beginning......"

"He dare!" cried the Emperor angrily, "and when you are married, I decree that he will not be allowed to leave, and that he will stay with you for a long time." ”

"Father can't help his people, can't help his heart!" Lan Xiang cried, "If that's the case, he won't love me anymore, and this marriage will become a prison." ”

"However, you have lost all your cultivation, all thanks to him!" the emperor stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the sky outside the door.

Lan Xiang buried her face deep in her father's handkerchief, and cried for a long time before saying, "Father, I don't want to marry Xiao Zhang, in fact, there is another reason. ”

When the emperor heard this, he immediately turned around: "What is the reason?"

Lan Xiang tried to stop crying and said, "Actually, there is a person who will not let his daughter marry Xiao Zhang. ”

"Zhuge Ming again?" the emperor immediately blurted out, he knew that the person who could make Lan Xiang so embarrassed that he disobeyed his father's orders was none other than Zhuge Ming!

"It's hard to disobey the teacher's order. Arashika's voice was quiet.

"Zhuge Ming, why is it Zhuge Ming again?" the emperor grabbed his hair in pain, looked up to the sky and sighed, "In your eyes, there is only Zhuge Ming, is there no father like me?"

Lan Xiang's tears began to flood again: "Father, you misunderstood. The real reason is that Zhuge Ming planted a ruthless Gu for his daughter, and the strange cold qi in his daughter's original body originated from this Gu. Now, although the Qi of Qi Han is gone, the Ruthless Gu is still there, if her daughter marries Xiao Zhang, there will be only one way to die. ”

The emperor's body suddenly twitched violently a few times, and he was obviously holding back his anger: "What is Zhuge Ming's purpose in doing this?"

Lan Xiang suddenly yelled with all her might, as if she wanted to break away the shackles in her heart, and sure enough, after this roar, she felt much more relaxed and bolder.

The Emperor understood Lan Xiang's intentions and waited for her to follow.

After breaking through the psychological shackles, Lan Xiang had already put life and death aside, and her speed of speech was extremely fast: "Zhuge Ming is so dedicated to cultivating Xiao Zhang, it's not that he is kind-hearted, he wants to raise Xiao Zhang like a livestock, and after fattening and growing, he will slaughter it for his own use." ”

The emperor looked at Lan Xiang and listened quietly, without speaking.

Lan Xiang continued: "According to my daughter's guess, Zhuge Ming's body has been destroyed, and it is unknown by whom and when it was destroyed. And his soul was sealed in the soul bottle by the Almighty. And the Zhuge Ming who occasionally appeared in the world, including Zhuge Ming, who had fought repeatedly with his father, was only one-tenth of the soul that seeped out of the soul bottle, and the mortal body that was taken away. ”

Lan Xiang's words were very long and awkward, but the emperor still understood: "In this way, I am not even as good as one-tenth of Zhuge Ming?"

Arashika was silent.

The emperor suddenly smiled, quite self-deprecating: "The situation you described seems to be quite similar to a certain ancient god, and that is Xingtian. Xingtian was destroyed by the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, and finally his soul was sealed in the soul bottle. In this way, I have been fighting against the Great God Xingtian, no wonder I have been defeated again and again. ”