Chapter 14: What Were You Doing That Night?

A gust of wind blew, blowing the ends of many people's hair, it was a season of high air and crispness, but the sideburns of many people present were already covered with a trace of cold sweat.

The words of the first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division of Qingyang Palace are tantamount to a thunderclap on the ground, no one would have thought that the Qin State would choose to make trouble at such a time, you must know that the grand meeting of the Heavenly Dao Academy's Divine Stone Enlightenment is the most important thing for the Great Chu State now, after His Majesty the Emperor announced the start of the conference, the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division suddenly came out and said such words, which was tantamount to slapping His Majesty the Emperor in the face.

His Majesty the Emperor's face was a little ugly, he looked at the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division not far away, and said with a faint smile: "I don't know about the attack of the prince of Qin State on my Qingxi River, if you can come up with evidence, Chu State will naturally give its own attitude." ”

The head of the Heavenly Oracle Division smiled, turned to look in the direction of the Starry Night Academy, and then raised his hand, pointed at Chen Linci in the crowd, and asked awe-inspiringly: "Chen Linci of the Starry Night Academy, a genius of the Heavenly Vertical, is so powerful at a young age, and this seat has also heard of his name for a long time, so I still want to ask, where were you doing the night before yesterday?"

Chen Linci looked up at the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division, at this time, where could he not understand what kind of character the young man he beat the night before yesterday, he walked out of the crowd and said indifferently: "I was painting a boat on the Qingxi River the night before yesterday. ”

"Since you admit it, it's easy to talk over there. The head of the Heavenly Oracle Division stroked his beard and said: "The night before yesterday, you Chen Linci drove the painting boat and hit the boat of His Royal Highness the Little Prince, and then he beat up the guards sent by my Qin State to protect His Highness, and seriously injured His Highness, I want to ask, is this the hospitality of your Chu State?"

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Chen Linci and asked, "Is the words of the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division true?"

Chen Linci said: "Fighting is fighting, but there are still some theories about who will strike first." ”

"There's something to say, but it's okay to say. "The head of the Heavenly Oracle Division was about to speak, but was interrupted by His Majesty the Emperor.

Chen Linci said lightly: "On the Qingxi River, the collision of the painting boat was purely accidental, I originally wanted to go forward to take a look, but the guards of His Royal Highness the Little Prince of Qin didn't give me a chance to speak at all, so they moved directly, I can't stand there and be beaten, right?"

His Majesty the Emperor smiled, nodded and said, "If that's the case, then what you did is not wrong. ”

The face of the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division was a little ugly, and he said coldly: "Your Majesty's words may not be too rude. ”

His Majesty the Emperor said silently: "I am the king of a country, if Chen is the most real person here, what is your identity as the first lord, and what qualifications do you have to make me more polite to you?"

The first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division said angrily: "Could it be that the prince of my Great Qin State was bullied in your Chu State Ying Heavenly City, so he should not be able to do this?"

His Majesty the Emperor did not change his face, and said calmly: "My Great Chu Country's National Teachers were all murdered by your Qingyang Palace's junior uncle and the head of the Ruling Division outside Yingtian City, when did your Qingyang Palace give me any reasonable explanation?"

His Majesty the Emperor stood up and continued: "Your Royal Highness the Emperor of your country has entered me

Chu State as a hostage, I personally set up a banquet to entertain and repaired the mansion, he ran to the land of fireworks in Qingxi River unruly, and beat my students of the Sixth Academy, and finally suffered a loss, what kind of face do you have to explain to me?"

"Since you want to explain, then I will give it to you, and my Chu Kingdom will definitely ask the best imperial doctor to treat His Royal Highness the Prince of your country until he recovers. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Only then did everyone know how good the relationship between His Majesty the Emperor and the National Teacher had become, and it made the emperor who had been weak all his life turn his face directly with Qingyang Palace.

The first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division laughed angrily, and said in a deep voice: "What your country said is that you want to break off diplomatic relations with my Qin State and turn friends into enemies?"

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chair on the high platform, ignoring the first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division.

When Chen Linci heard about Lord Yang Xiudao, a nameless evil fire rose in his heart, he looked at the head of the Heavenly Oracle Division, and said lightly: "Your sect is the most real person, if you are willing to take responsibility for the death of the National Teacher, then no matter what the reason is, I, Chen Linci, am willing to pay a heavier price than your little prince." ”

Let the palace master of Qingyang Palace, Chen Zhizhen, draw his sword and kill himself? This is simply an absurd joke that can no longer be absurd, in fact, many people from the sect families present, and even the beings of the Six Courtyards, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhao Yiran looked at the white-haired Lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division, and said with a smile: "You white-bearded old man, it's ridiculous, if you can really let Chen Zizhen be responsible for the death of the national teacher, then I, Zhao Yiran, am also willing to be like Senior Brother Chen, and let your little prince beat up." ”

The attitude of His Majesty the Emperor Tianxi, the laughter of the sect families present, and the words of Chen Linci and Zhao Yiran completely angered the first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division of the Qingyang Palace, who was usually high, and he threw off his long sleeves, dropped a word, and walked away.

"For the treatment of His Royal Highness the little prince, I don't have to bother your country, my Qin country has its own good doctor, which can heal His Royal Highness's injuries, and can also cure the arrogance of your young man surnamed Chen. ”

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The people of Qingyang Palace left, and His Majesty the Emperor returned to the dragon chair, only the actions of the first lord of the Heavenly Oracle Division were an episode, and he waved his hand to signal the normal start of the meeting.

All the beings of the Six Courtyards walked into the mountains one by one.

At the location of the Zhongzhou faction, a young monk named Tong Yan looked at the scene in the Tai Illusory Mirror, and asked the teacher next to him curiously: "Master Lu, according to what you see, among these people, who among them can be the first to climb to the top of the mountain and successfully enter the Heavenly Dao Academy?"

The cultivator known as Master Lu smiled and said: "Now it is well known that the young man named Chen Linci is a well-deserved first-class candidate, but Shen Haoyuan of Qingxu Academy is not much worse than him, although Chen Linci once won against Shen Haoyuan in the martial arts competition, but his realm is still a certain distance away from Shen Haoyuan, so Shen Haoyuan is not without the possibility of reaching the top." ”

Tong Yan smiled: "Lu."

On this spring day in the fourteenth year of Da Chu Tianyu, the palace of the Zhou State

The inside is incomparably lively, especially the Heavenly Wolf Hall where the three princes live, there are red lights hanging high everywhere, and it looks extremely poetic against the backdrop of the stars in the night sky.

In the internal martial arts meeting of the royal family held during the day, the three princes overwhelmed the crowd, not only defeated the once unrivaled prince Ji Xuan, but even the now extremely popular Prince Xuan Mansion Prince Ji Chengdu was defeated by his men in embarrassment.

Now among the younger generation of the Zhou Kingdom, except for the second prince, I am afraid that no one is his opponent.

As the mother of the second prince and the third prince, Concubine Yuan was very happy today, from the bottom of her heart, so she made an exception and drank a lot of wine at the celebration banquet that had just dispersed, and then returned to the palace drunk with the support of the maid.

Ji Xuan's fall gave Ji Hong and Ji Jun, two brothers, a chance to stand out, and also gave her a chance to raise her eyebrows, until today she was finally able to raise her head and look directly at the eyes that no longer existed in the world, and then said arrogantly in her heart: "Look, my dear sister, your son was defeated by my son in the end! ”

Concubine Yuan will not forget the turbidity in the sake that night, which is the eternal shadow in her heart.

His Majesty the Emperor symbolically appeared for a while and said goodbye to his son, and then left the Heavenly Wolf Hall early, for him who was born in the royal family and survived all kinds of conspiracies and stepped on the peak, this kind of thing is far less than the inflated desire in his heart, so the son of the son is still not as beautiful as the beautiful concubine, and naturally the allure of the Heavenly Wolf Palace to him is far less than that of Kunning Palace.

His Majesty the Emperor is over forty years old this year, and it has been 14 years since he ascended the throne, but in the past ten years, in addition to sitting and eating empty, he has really not made any merits worth mentioning for the country.

But no minister would look down on this monarch who had been hollowed out by wine, because they knew better than anyone that a person who could ascend to the throne under the conspiracy and sit firmly for more than ten years would not be a simple person, no matter how simple it seemed.

The banquet was very pleasant and smoothly passed in a sycophant sound of singing praises and virtues, the ministers got up and saluted and dispersed, and the third prince Ji Jun, whose face was slightly red, and was already faintly drunk, also returned to the palace to rest, and the vultures in the Heavenly Wolf Hall lost a lot of life, only the candle flame that swayed slightly in the breeze spread the light all over the hall through the red cage, and it could also make people recall the grand banquet just now.

There was a lot of noise, and everyone dispersed at the end of the song, but no one cared about the situation of the gentle young man they had once complimented in every way.

There is a wooden bed in a deserted pavilion behind the Xuanren Hall of Nangong, and at this time, on that wooden bed, there is a dying young man.

That young man is the great prince of the current Zhou Kingdom, the once majestic young genius Ji Xuan.

Ever since he was defeated by Ji Jun at the morning martial arts meeting, he was casually wrapped in a few horses by the imperial doctor

gauze, and then placed here like a mummy.

From morning to night, except for the little maid and the nurse who have followed him since childhood, there has never been anyone else in the Xuanren Palace, and it is cold and miserable, which is the truest portrayal of Ji Xuan now.

The night sky outside the hall is full of stars, but there are no bright lights in the hall under the stars, and a few residual candles barely illuminate the inner hall.

The gold-plated word Xuanren on the brightest plaque in the entire hall is extremely ironic at this moment.

The little maid carefully brought a bowl of bitter medicinal soup from the side room, and then poured it into Ji Xuan's mouth with the help of the nurse, after doing these things, she gently placed the porcelain bowl on the wooden table at the head of the bed, and stood behind the nurse and looked at Ji Xuan, who was unconscious with injuries.

Since Ji Xuan was sent in at noon, the two of them stayed by the bedside without thinking, the old and frail nurse was already pale with hunger, but she never wanted to leave.

The little maid looked at the nurse with bloodshot eyes, and said distressedly: "Grandma, I'm afraid Brother Xuan's injury won't heal for a while, so you can go to the side room to rest for a while, and leave it to me here." ”

(End of chapter)