King Zhennan returned to the Zhennan Wangfu with a full stomach, and before he could take a breath, he called someone to call Xiao Che. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as Xiao Che walked to the door of the study, he saw Xiao Ji gently shaking his head at him, which showed that King Zhennan's mood was not very good.

Xiao Che had a number in his heart, and bowed his head slightly to Xiao Ji, and pushed open the door of the study.

King Zhennan was sitting behind the bookcase and playing with a piece of jade pendant in his hand.

The jade pendant is a fine white jade, but it is not the best. The carving is also very ordinary, there are no complicated lines on it, just a white dragon that is in the sky is simply carved.

Xiao Che could tell at a glance that this was a jade pendant that had been passed down from his great-grandfather.

The jade pendant that was only passed down to the kings of Zhennan in the past dynasties.

Xiao Che's eyes froze, and he stood silently in front of the bookcase, and did not speak.

King Zhennan played with the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes were a little distant, as if he was caught in a memory.

After a long time, he retracted his thoughts, put the jade pendant in his hand on the bookcase, and looked at Xiao Che.

"When you wanted to marry the Qin family, I didn't agree, you and your mother and grandmother all put pressure on me together, and I thought that she was only the daughter of the side branch of the Qin family after all, so I agreed. I also turned a blind eye to the many high-profile actions you made for her later, after all, it wasn't a big deal. ”

King Zhennan's face was very solemn, and there was an inexplicable meaning in his voice.

Xiao Che looked at his face, which had become rough and old under the incessant battle of the years, and felt a little incomprehensible in his heart for a while, and he couldn't speak.

King Zhennan didn't need him to say anything, so he just said to himself: "I have three sons. From the beginning to the present, including beyond, I have always valued and loved you the most. I have given you a lot of rights and favors, and I have granted almost everything you have asked me for. So now, I make a request to you, can you grant it? ”

King Zhennan really loves Xiao Che's son.

Even if he seems to like Concubine Gu more than Princess Ji, he is also very doting on the three sons born to Concubine Gu, but those who pay more attention than his love for Xiao Che are insignificant.

Xiao Che himself knows it.

Since he was a child, he was almost brought up by King Zhennan, and it can be said that even Princess Ji did not have as much thought that King Zhennan spent on him.

All his skills, all his life, were taught to him by King Zhennan bit by bit.

Xiao Che looked at King Zhennan carefully, and he suddenly found that his father was already old.

No longer the high-spirited and handsome and chic of his youth.

His heart was a little uncomfortable for a moment.

After being silent like this for a moment, Xiao Che finally spoke softly: "Ah Yan is also my son. ”

The faint expectation in King Zhennan's eyes disappeared like a vanishing firework after this sentence.

He pointed to the jade pendant on the bookcase and asked softly, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Xiao Che also cast his eyes on the white jade pendant and nodded lightly: "I know." It was a jade pendant given by Taizu to his great-grandfather. ”

"Yes." King Zhennan gently touched the jade pendant, and his voice became cold for a moment: "This is the jade pendant that Taizu personally gave to your great-ancestor after he conquered the country!" The two of them had personally promised at that time that as long as the Great Monday did not die, the Zhennan Royal Mansion would always be the Zhennan Royal Mansion, and the Zhennan Royal Mansion would always be loyal to the Qi family! ”

He turned his gaze to Xiao Che, and deep dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes: "But as a junior of Zhennan Wangfu, have you done it?" ”

Xiao Che didn't speak, and only responded to King Zhennan with silence.

He knew that he was actually ashamed of his ancestors.

Before he met the Qin family, although Xiao Che was not taught by King Zhennan to be absolutely loyal to the royal family since he was a child, he did learn this from King Zhennan.

At that time, he also had no contact with any one of the family, and he felt that they were on opposite sides, and there was no need for any contact at all.

Until he met the Qin family.

Only then did he slowly learn that the two clans in the family, such as Lu and Qin, were actually truly admirable existences.

They have no ambition to replace the royal family, but if the royal family wants to do something about it, they are not afraid.

They have always believed in the principle that people respect me for a foot and I return a foot for others.

Such a principle may not be tolerated by the royal family, and what they need is absolute submission and loyalty.

But in Xiao Che's opinion, that principle is admirable to him.

The world has always been the law of the jungle, and whoever has the most strength is the superior.

The Qi clan originally ascended to the throne with the help of many forces, and the three generations of emperors, except for Taizu's efforts to expand the territory and enhance their strength, the first emperor and the Yongjing emperor did nothing.

Both of them put all their minds on dealing with the family, and they had nothing to do with anything else, causing the power left by Taizu to become weaker and weaker, and the weaker the power they had, the more eager they were to deal with the family.

From the very beginning, Qi's position was actually unstable.

When the power of the superior is weaker than that of the lower, all suspicion and jealousy will arise from this, even if the other party does not have any disobedience.

King Zhennan looked at the silent Xiao Che, knowing that he would not agree to cancel the marriage contract between Xiao Yan and Lu Chenxi, and sighed in his heart.

Since it can't be canceled, let this marriage contract drag on indefinitely!

At least in his lifetime, he must not watch the daughter of the Lu family marry into the Zhennan Palace!

Thinking like this, he wanted to open his mouth and let Xiao Yan go down.

Before the words could be spoken, the door of the study was pushed open suddenly, revealing Xiao Ji's panicked face.

"Wang ...... Lord Wang, something happened to the eldest son! ”

King Zhennan and Xiao Che were shocked by the news at the same time.

Xiao Che reacted quickly, his expression changed suddenly, and he stepped forward and asked quickly, "Uncle Ji, what happened?" ”

Xiao Ji swallowed and spit, pointed to a man in black who was half-kneeling on the ground, covered in blood, and looked weak outside the study, and said anxiously: "It's the news that I brought back from the dark!" The eldest prince has been poisoned and has been dying soon! ”

Xiao Che's pupils shrank suddenly, and his face changed drastically.

At the same time, in the Dingguo Mansion, Lu Chenxi, who was idle, was asking Yu Yan for advice, and a strong sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart.

Her hand shook, and the embroidery needle in her hand suddenly stabbed her index finger.

Beads of blood the size of beans bubbled out.

Lu Chenxi looked at the blood beads on his index finger in a daze, and was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses.

She felt as if something bad was happening somewhere she didn't know.

And that thing was very important, very important to her.

She had to know right away!