Xinda's body shook, and a trace of shock flashed in his eyes, and after a moment, his gaze returned to the ancient book next to his hand and said, "You go back and take a look, just come back before the promotion assessment." ”

Ning Jiu bowed slightly, withdrew from the teaching office, closed the door, and quickly left the academy and took the carriage to the palace.

At this time, the palace was extremely heavily guarded, and the carriage that Ning Jiu was riding in was stopped by the patrol team just as soon as it approached the palace.

Ning Jiu got out of the carriage and took out a golden waist card, and the captain of the patrol team trembled when he saw the big word 'Yong' on the waist card, and his expression immediately became respectful, kneeling on one knee, bowing his head and saying: "Please wait here for a while, the little one will go and inform the Skadi Princess, now that the imperial city has entered the first-level alert, even the princes and princesses cannot enter easily, and I hope you understand." ”

Ning Jiu raised his head and motioned for this person to hurry up and report, and the team leader stood up and took out the walkie-talkie to inform his superiors.

"Don't bother, I'll just call Princess Skady and ask her to come and pick me up." Ning Jiu stopped loudly, how much power can the captain of this patrol team have? His superiors may all be nobodies, and how long does it take for the hell to pass the news to Skadi?

Taking out the flip phone from the storage bag, Ning Jiu's fingers pressed the button and put it to his ear, and with two 'beeps', the phone was answered.

"I'm at the main gate of the palace, you can pick me up, even if there is a token now, you won't let me in." Ning Jiu said directly and clearly.

"Okay, you wait for me there for a while, I'll pick you up now."

Ning Jiu hung up the phone and glanced at the patrol team standing still as if he was monitoring his patrol team, his delicate eyebrows furrowed and he didn't say anything, maybe they were also afraid that they were spies sent by the Delos Empire.

After waiting for nearly thirty minutes, just when Ning Jiu was a little impatient, a luxurious carriage pulled by two snow-white horses galloped into her line of sight.

The carriage with golden patterns stopped in front of Ning Jiu, the door slowly opened, and a long-haired female knight wearing armor and a long sword at her waist walked down, this female knight's dark brown hair looked more like black, and the Danfeng eyes under the sword eyebrows were bright, although she was wearing armor, there was no armor on her arms, which made people feel a little strange.

After the female knight got out of the carriage, she nodded to Ning Jiu and bowed slightly to make a gesture of please, Ning Jiu boarded the carriage in two steps and walked into the carriage, in the carriage, a woman in a luxurious gold silk robe sat on a comfortable seat but did not look lazy at all, her upper body was straight, her shoulders were parallel, her legs were naturally bent, and her hands were folded in the middle of her legs, showing a standard aristocratic sitting posture.

"You guys continue to patrol, and you must pay close attention to the people approaching the palace at this time." The female knight glanced at the patrol members standing in place and got into the carriage.

"Yes!" The members of this team puffed up their chests and lined up in an orderly row to continue patrolling according to the prescribed route.

After the female knight also entered the carriage and closed the door, the coachman who drove the carriage picked up his whip and gently whipped the white horse's buttocks, and the carriage galloped away from the palace.

The woman in a luxurious golden silk robe leaned forward and stretched out her hand to gently put it on Ning Jiu's hand and said softly: "Xiao Li, I haven't seen you for two years, are you okay?" ”

"Sister Skadi, let's get down to business, there's nothing to mention about whether I've had a good or bad life in the past two years, and my name is Ning Jiu now." As the ninth princess of the principality, Ning Jiu should not have called Skadi her sister but should have been called the queen, but when Ning Jiu was still young, the only one who could play with her was Skadi, who had just entered the palace as a concubine, and Skadi at that time did not have the consciousness of being a concubine, but did not accompany Yong Jingshuo but played best with the young Ning Jiu, and accompanied her through a whole childhood.

Skadi didn't care about Ning Jiu's stiff tone at this time, she always had a shallow smile on her face, and her peach blossom eyes were full of concern, she had no heirs, and if she wanted to say that she had the best relationship with anyone in the entire palace, I was probably the youngest princess of the principality in front of her.

Ning Jiu sighed a little helplessly and said, "Can you not look at me like that?" ”

Immediately, as if resigned to his fate, Ning Jiu shrugged and said, "It's good, there is nothing to worry about in the academy." What about you? ”

"Take care of your country." Skady smiled slightly, and a few simple words retracted the hand held by Skadi as if they had touched Ning Jiu's scales, and said coldly: "I said, it is impossible for me to inherit the throne." ”

Skady's thin eyebrows frowned slightly, and he persuaded: "Xiao Li, you should know that several of your brothers and sisters who are still alive are difficult to inherit this position, your father..."

"Don't say it." Ning Jiu opened the curtains of the carriage expressionlessly, and looked at the scenery outside the window in the palace, and Skadi could only sigh helplessly in his heart when he saw this.

The carriage traveled for about ten minutes and came to the main hall where Yong Jingshuo was recuperating, the female knight opened the door and walked down first, Ning Jiu followed behind her and got off the carriage and looked at the residence of the monarch of the principality, which was about three meters high, as if she remembered something.

"Let's go, go meet your father." Skady looked up at the already gray sky and whispered.

Ning Jiu and Skady slowly ascended the steps in front of the residence, while the female knight stood guard at the bottom of the steps.

Slowly pushing the door open, Ning Jiu saw Yong Jingshuo lying on the bed, at this time, this huge residence was empty, it was obvious that all the palace maids and imperial doctors who served Yong Jingshuo had been dismissed.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yong Jingshuo slowly turned his head, and the eyes that were once extraordinarily bright were extremely dim at this time. Ning Jiu stood at the gate and looked at Yong Jingshuo in the air, and Skadi tugged at Ning Jiu's sleeve without a trace, but it had no effect.

"You're here, Shili." Yong Jingshuo said weakly, and at the same time he struggled to get up, but the arms that had been trembling could not support him to sit up.

Seeing this, Skady hurriedly trotted to Yong Jingshuo's side and helped his body up, at this time, Yong Jingshuo was wearing a simple and clean white robe, and he was not wearing the golden dragon robe that Ning Jiu was particularly disgusted with.

Ning Jiu took a deep breath and slowly took off the ring worn by her left index finger, as she took off the ring, her short black hair instantly grew wildly and turned into a silver-white color, and her facial features changed slightly, and a beautiful face appeared in front of Yong Jingshuo.

"It's been three years... The little girl who used to be is so beautiful... cough cough cough .. Ahem! Before Yong Jingshuo's words were finished, his eyes widened and he coughed violently, coughing up a mouthful of slightly blackened blood, Skadi hurriedly picked up a clean towel next to the bed and gently wiped the blood from Yong Jingshuo's mouth.

"Alright, Skady, what's the concern about my dying man?" Yong Jingshuo raised his hand to stop Skadi's movements, looked at his daughter and said, "Shili, you have been perfect since you were a child, whether it is your sensitivity to magic or your talent for sword training, you are a genius in a million, and you are also extremely proficient in politics." ”

Seeing that his daughter didn't say a word, Yong Jingshuo closed her eyes and sighed, slowly opened her mouth and said: "I know, you don't want to sit in my place, and now I don't force you to do things you don't like, I just want to beg you as a father now, can you let me touch your face?" ”

Yong Jingshuo's eyes were full of love, this once infinite beauty of the monarch of the Duchy of Belmar now does not want to rack his brains for a while longer nor bother with the trivial affairs of the whole country, he just wants to talk to his beloved little daughter.

Ning Jiu's nose was a little sore, he raised his foot and walked over and squatted in front of Yong Jingshuo.

"The little girl who used to pestering me with a runny nose to play with the ball looks more and more like her mother." Yong Jingshuo lowered his head, raised his hand, and gently stroked Ning Jiu's face, his thoughts as if he had returned to the past.

A sudden violent cough made Yong Jingshuo struggle to turn around, he didn't want to spray his own turbid blood on his daughter's face.

Coughing up a mouthful of blood again, Yong Jingshuo's eyes, which were still a little bright just now, dimmed again. Skady stood up and tried to pour Yong Jingshuo a glass of water, but he stopped him.

"Skady, in the past two years that Lone's illness has become more and more serious, you have taken over almost everything for Lonely, and the Duchy has become more prosperous under your rule, and even the Delos Empire, which is eyeing the Tiger, has stopped encroaching on the Duchy."

Coughing lightly, Yong Jingshuo continued: "Lone is a faint monarch who has not governed the principality well, but you can. ”

Scardy's eyes widened as he watched as he shuddered and pulled out a copy of the Divine Decree from his bosom.

"Our country is not a country where you have to let your children inherit the throne, you know very well the history and origin of the Duchy of Belmar, and those who can bring people a good life should be in this position."

Skadileng froze in place, and then she broke out in a cold sweat, and she didn't dare to take the holy decree handed over by Yong Jingshuo.

Yong Jingshuo sighed and said: "It doesn't matter if you take it or not, starting tomorrow, Ning Yingyi will support you as the twentieth monarch of the Duchy of Belmar, remember, Ye Nian can't stay." ”

"Your Majesty, you... Is it really going to pass on to me? Scardy asked, with a hint of panic in his eyes.

"Or else? Will you be tempted? I'm a dying person who doesn't have so much spare time, so take the holy decree and you go first, I want to have a few words with Shili. Yong Jingshuo smiled slightly, put the holy decree into Skadi's arms, and then he let go of his hand.

Skady hurriedly grabbed the holy decree that was about to fall to the ground, looked at Yong Jingshuo and waved his hand to himself, Skadi didn't say more, bowed slightly, exited Yong Jingshuo's residence, and closed the door.

"Lobach, let's go." Scardy put the decree into his arms and said to the female knight beside him.

Lobach nodded lightly and landed behind Skady, and the two slowly disappeared into the night.