Chapter 39: The Eve of the Magic Mirror—Arrived as scheduled

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The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone through the crack in the door on Yan Qing's face, which seemed to be warmer than before, maybe the hot period had arrived, or it stimulated his sensory nerves to remind him that something big had happened today.

Yan Qing turned over, but he didn't expect to kick off his blanket, which also made him lose his sleepiness.

When he fell asleep again, he was distracted again by the noise outside the door. Yan Qing struggled to open his eyes, and saw through the screen window a group of guards hanging knots outside the door, and he decided to go out to find out.

"What are you doing here?" Yan Qing asked as she pushed open the door and rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning, Your Royal Highness the Great Prince! Today is a coming-of-age ceremony for you and His Royal Highness the Little Prince, have you forgotten? One of the guards replied as he asked for peace.

"Oops!" Yan Qing suddenly realized, why did he forget to hold a coming-of-age ceremony today. However, he has a more important agreement today, which is the agreement between him and Lao Kuo, the agreement about the magic mirror.

Yan Qing hurriedly ran from Anle Palace to Anning Palace, at first he thought he was in the wrong place, but he didn't expect the Great Zhou Palace to suddenly become dazzling, with red ribbons everywhere, he looked sideways at the couplet on the door:

Like a dragon and a tiger rising from the ground, punish the adulterous and eliminate the evil for future generations.

The horizontal batch is a bit thunderous:

Long live the Prince!

Yan Qing felt that there was something wrong with this couplet, and hurriedly asked someone to replace it. He then continued towards the Anning Palace compound.

"Father, why is a mere coming-of-age ceremony so exciting?" Yan Qing asked Yan Ding puzzled.

Just then, Yan Yu walked in.

"The rain is coming just in time, I'll make it clear to you together!"

Yan Ding turned his head and pointed to the "Double Dragon Water Map" on the wall, and then said earnestly: "Thirteen years ago today, that is, the day you were born, I heard your cry when I inadvertently looked at this painting, this is also my creation, this series is destined by God!" The Lone King is destined to have you two tigers! ”

Yan Ding eased his breath and said: "For your coming-of-age ceremony, the Lone King has been thinking about it for a long time, and now no matter how majestic it is, it should be, because you two are the hope of my Great Zhou!" It is the inexhaustible source of power for my Yan family to regain its strength! ”

Yan Qing felt that King Zhou's words were too selfish: "Father? Da Zhou is not our Yan family! We're just a representative! ”

Yan Ding shook his head: "No matter what, you are my son!" Whatever I say is what I say, just listen to it, but the future is yours, after I abdicate, you can watch the governance yourself! ”

"Father! It seems too early to say this, after all, my eldest brother and I are still immature in many ways! At this time, Yan Yu stepped forward to follow King Zhou's theory, and nodded at Yan Qing after speaking.

"Father! Xiaoyu is right! It's too early to talk about that, because we still have a lot to learn! Yan Qing added.

"Hey, you two don't talk about those useless things here, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, many problems are not what you are ready to solve, but suddenly you will be more sophisticated!" Yan Ding stroked his beard after speaking, and nodded slowly.

"Father, how is the battle at the border now?" Yan Qing asked with concern.

"Don't worry about this today, today, you two brothers just have your coming-of-age ceremony in a beautiful way!" Yan Ding shook his head.

"Someone, change the clothes of the two princes!" Yan Ding laughed: "Today, let you wear the clothes that your queen mother sewed for you herself." ”

Yan Ding looked at the backs of the two princes leaving, sighed slowly, and said silently in his heart: "With these two children, my Yan Ding is not in vain in this life!" ”

Soon, the two princes in purple robes walked over, and Yan Qing stepped forward: "Father, why do you think Xiaoyu fits better than me?" ”

"Haha! You kid is too worried, the two of you are very chic in this purple robe, and you have the style of my year! Yan Ding replied excitedly behind his hands, "Concubine Jing's craftsmanship is really good!" ”

"Father, what are we going to do next?" Yan Yu asked.

"Hey, don't worry about this, someone will naturally come to lead you through the hall one by one, now, let's chat with my father here! Ahem...... "Yan Ding's old problem has been committed again."

"Father, are you alright?" The two handsome men in purple asked in unison with concern.

Yan Ding waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm fine, it's old, don't worry about it." ”

At this time, Akibako entered the temple.

"Father! The child has an urgent report! Akibako replied hurriedly.

"It's not too late to talk about anything tomorrow, today is the coming-of-age day of my two kings, so don't talk about those unhappy things here." Yan Ding pretended to calmly avoid those things about the war, because for him, the most important thing was that the two princes were happy today. But Yan Qing had already sensed the seriousness of the matter, but he didn't ask, and he didn't want to disappoint his father, which could be regarded as his filial piety!

Qiu Yezi's face instantly turned red to his neck, but he didn't expect that his important matter would be rejected by King Zhou, and he left the palace angrily. After a while, Yan Qing found an excuse and came outside the hall.

"Big brother, big brother!" Yan Qing saw Autumn Leaves hanging her head in a corner.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you?" Yan Qing asked with concern.

Qiu Yezi raised his head, glanced at Yan Qing, and motioned for him to sit down.

"Brother, do you know why I'm so sad?" Akiba asked deliberately.

"Of course I know, it's because my father doesn't care about state affairs for me and Xiaoyu!" Yan Qing replied more directly.

"Tell me anything, big brother, we've been together for a long time, I hope you can trust me!" Yan Qing replied.

Akibako lowered her head and didn't speak.

"Big brother! Father is so old, shouldn't those of us who are children be a little filial? Yan Qing saw that he didn't move and added.

Qiu Yezi was deeply infected by his words, put it on Yan Qing's shoulder, and said in a serious manner: "Brother, I trust you the most!" ”

"Now the border is in chaos, there are Yuan generals dialect three ways to surround our Great Zhou, although there is no direct war, but I discussed this matter with some generals, they have always thought that I should report to the king, but, but you see the attitude of my father towards me in the court just now, how can my heart not chill?" Akibako lowered her head again after speaking.

"Hey, big brother, don't think so! We need to understand whether the Father is right or not. Besides, it's normal for my father to have a generation gap between him and us young people when he is over sixty years old, and he can't understand that you're not wrong, but we must not misunderstand him, right? Yan Qing replied sincerely.

"Big brother, isn't the border guard heavily guarded? Tomorrow I will report to my father, let's go, and we'll drink together later!" Yan Qing stood up as he spoke, and pulled Autumn Leaves out of the courtyard and walked out.

Just after noon, the two Yan Qing brothers passed through the hall one by one under the leadership of the left guard, and the surrounding civil and military officials all praised the two princes when they saw them dressed so handsomely.

When the guests in the square saw that the prince was coming, they all gathered around them.

"Thank you, guests, thank you for your support to the Lone King!" Yan Ding began to greet everyone.

The guards who followed King Zhou saw that someone had given a gift, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up. Finally, there are countless gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin. Yan Ding called the left guard: "You ordered Qiu Yezi to use all these things as military salaries!" ”

Just as the guests were enjoying their meal, a Taoist priest with a sleeve in his hand descended from the sky. Seeing this, everyone immediately knelt down.

When Yan Qing saw that it was Lao Kuo coming, he immediately shouted, "Hey, senior brother, I'm here!" Everyone immediately cast suspicious eyes at Yan Qing.

I saw Lao Kuo slowly fall in front of Yan Qing: "Senior brother, I'm here as scheduled!" ”

"Senior brother, you are worthy of being a true Taoist, and you really believe in your word!" Yan Qing stepped forward with a smile.

"Did you bring what I wanted?" Yan Qing has always kept the magic mirror in his heart.

Lao Kuo glanced at him and replied disdainfully: "Why don't you little junior brother have any sincerity at all!" Senior brother, I came all the way here, and you didn't even beckon me to eat something? ”

Yan Qing touched his head and showed a hint of embarrassment: "Senior brother, please inside!" ”

"That's it! Don't pretend to me here, Poor Dao hates dummies the most! Lao Kuo said with a slight breath. However, he was also embarrassed to see Yan Qing, so he patted him on the shoulder: "Senior brother, what you want is here!" ”

I saw Lao Kuo take out a bronze mirror inlaid with jewels from his pocket, "This is for you, Master has another side, so that you can observe your movements!"

"And this!" Lao Kuo pointed to the elixir in his hand: "After eating this, you will have Xuanjian Technique again!" ”