Demons are an ancient legend of this continent, but no one has ever actually seen a demon.

Legend has it that the demon clan's exercises are different from those of the human race, and the mana is also different, and the speed of cultivation is much faster, and the temperament is violent and uninhibited, bloodthirsty and ferocious.

The prince's exercises are indeed very weird, and Mingyu also can't feel the fluctuation of the prince's mana, and it's incredibly fast, and he can hardly feel the spell casting.

But Mingyu felt that the prince was not a violent person, from the last time he asked him to come forward to stop the Feng family from indiscriminately killing people out of the city, to the later Li family entering the city, the Feng family's army outside the city was almost not slaughtered.

Even so, Mingyu is still afraid of the prince, perhaps this is a kind of awe of the weak for the strong.

Mingyu made up his mind to follow the prince from now on, and he no longer had any dissenting intentions.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the gate of the Doufa Platform had been opened.

Because Li Rong clearly saw everything inside from the outside, he asked Maiden to open the formation door.

Yi Jiuxiao came out before Mingyu, and after getting off the fighting platform, he walked directly to the queen.

After bowing down, he said, "Queen Mother, the competition has ended, fortunately not disgraced." ”

"Prince, I've seen it all, are you okay. ”

Li Rong and Yi Jiuxiao discussed in the stands for a moment before driving back to the palace.

Half an hour later, everyone returned to the Jinluan Hall again, and Li Rong and Yi Jiuxiao sat down separately.

There are three fewer people in the main hall than just now, they are Cheng Guang, Fan Heng, and Gan Zhongwei.

Before going to the Fighting Law Arena, Cheng Guang had been shouting above the main hall, and now his soul was gone.

Everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, secretly saying that they were lucky that they were not in the same league as Cheng Guang.

After everyone stood still, Li Rong spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must have seen in the Dharma Fighting Field just now that Cheng Guang and the other three tried to murder the prince, although they did not succeed, but their hearts can be punished, and they are innocent of death. ”

After a pause, Li Rong continued: "After Cheng Guang's death, the position of Dazai is vacant, and Mingyu, the dean of the Academy, is now appointed as Dazai. ”

"Empress Xie, His Royal Highness Prince Xie. ”

Mingyu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, although the dean of the academy was also a first-class official, his status and prestige in the court were much worse than Dazai.

Now that he has been appointed Dazai, he has actually been promoted.

"After Mingyu served as Dazai, the dean of the academy was held by Li Rui, and Li Rui's position as the secretary of the Ministry was held by Fu Xing. ”

Queen Li Rong was promoted to two more officials with this sentence, but Li Rui and Fu Xing are both meritorious people, and their official positions were also exchanged for their lives.

Li Rui and Fu Xing knelt on the ground together, and said, "Queen Xie, Your Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

The two of them understood that the appointment of the two of them was not the idea of the Empress Li Rong alone, but with the consent of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Originally, the official title had to wait until the crown prince ascended the throne, but now that the chaos is settled, Dazai Chengguang is dead, if the relevant officials are not stabilized in time, I am afraid that some officials will have different intentions and end up in vain.

As for the chief officers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, there is no suitable candidate for the time being, and Li Rong is left to the prince and Mingyu to consider.

In particular, the post of secretary of the military department is a matter of great importance, and the military power of the whole country is in his hands, and if he is incapable and not loyal enough, he will certainly delay major affairs.

Before there is no chief official, Dazai will cooperate with the squire to handle the relevant affairs, and there will not be too many delays.

After retiring from the dynasty, Yi Jiuxiao wanted to go out of the palace to find Qi Qingru, but was stopped by Li Rong: "Prince, where are you going?"

"When I got back to my mother, my friend was still in the inn, and I wanted to go and see her. ”

"Oh, is that the friend you brought back from Shizhou this time, is it a man or a woman?"

"She is the daughter of Qi Changguo, the king of Anyuan of Qi State, named Qi Qingru, who was cultivated in the early stage of Jindan. ”

"Qi Qingru, the daughter of Qi Changguo, I have heard of her, the cultivation genius of the royal family of Qi State, she has been in the late stage of foundation building at the age of nineteen, I didn't expect that she has advanced to Jindan, it seems that she is really a genius, you let her enter the palace, I want to meet her." ”

"Queen Mother, then I'll take her into the palace now and let her live in the palace, okay?"

"You write a token and let the palace maid and the chamberlain pick it up, I still have something to discuss with you." ”

In the council hall of the harem, Li Rong and Yi Jiuxiao sat on both sides of the huge table.

A palace maid offered spiritual tea, and Li Rong took a sip of spiritual tea.

Today, she finally cleared the government and could sit down and drink tea with peace of mind, and couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.

All this was seen by Yi Jiuxiao, and he knew what Li Rong was thinking.

But he couldn't help but ask: "Queen Mother, don't shed tears, everything is over." ”

"Yes, everything is over, it's like a dream, what throne, what power, in the end it's all floating clouds, I hope that in the future, when you have a son, Wei won't fight anymore. ”

Li Rong sighed, she had fought hard for thirty years for the throne.

She won, indisputably won. But she also lost, defeated to nothing.

She lost her dearest son, and the Feng family was torn apart.

"Queen Mother, I don't know something, it stands to reason that cultivators should focus on cultivation and pursue longevity, why is the royal family of Wei desperate for the secular throne, and the royal family of Qi doesn't seem to be like this, they have almost no disputes over the throne, and the emperor is not willing to reign for too long, and he doesn't want to delay his cultivation. ”

"Prince, don't you know, among the countries on the mainland, only the Wei royal family is like this, and only the Wei royal family is competing for the throne, maybe all this is the will of heaven, the will of heaven. ”

"Queen Mother, what is the way of heaven, what is the meaning of the way of heaven, and why is the dispute between the royal family of Wei State the meaning of the way of heaven?"

Yi Jiuxiao asked a series of questions, because he couldn't understand why cultivators were greedy for worldly power and couldn't transcend things.

Since there is no need for food and drink, what is the use of this throne, the throne and official position might as well be given to those poor mortals.

Li Rong was very surprised by Yi Jiuxiao's words, she really didn't believe that Yi Jiuxiao's cultivation was so high that he would not know the way of heaven.

Because every cultivator was sensing the Heavenly Dao, even the lowest-level Qi Refining Cultivator was trying to sense the Heavenly Dao to improve their cultivation.

"Prince, you are a cultivation genius, and you have cultivated to a high level at a young age, but you must not insult the Heavenly Dao because of this, because the Heavenly Dao is everywhere, and there will be retribution. Why did the royal family of Wei fight for the throne, Zu Xun is because God does not bless my Wei country, only through the competition for the throne, confusing the will of heaven, otherwise Wei will have bad luck. ”

Li Rong paused, took another sip of spiritual tea, and continued: "In addition, what you said about the imperial family, as cultivators, should not fight for it, and should focus on cultivation, which is also not true. The royal families of other countries are also competing, they are not fighting internally, but with the outside, they compete for their own country's cultivation resources, and start wars to seize the cultivation resources of other countries, cultivators are not unfazed by fireworks, but need massive resources to advance, which is also the secret of the royal families of all countries for a hundred years. ”

Yi Jiuxiao nodded, he agreed with the fact that cultivators need resources and fight for resources, and he also understood the reasons for the royal internal and external wars.

But there are still some doubts about the approach of the Wei royal family: "Queen Mother, I don't believe that fighting for the throne can make the country prosperous, but I have heard that the hidden dragon body can only prosper the country by being the emperor." ”

"The Hidden Dragon Body is the patron of the Heavenly Dao, the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dragon, and the biological son of the Heavenly Dao, but the entire continent will only produce one in a hundred years, where to find it, you won't say that you are the Hidden Dragon Body." ”

After speaking, Li Rong smiled, she hadn't laughed for a long time, in the past, when the prince was alive, the mother and son often laughed.

"Of course I'm not a Hidden Dragon anymore, but I do know a Hidden Dragon Body, and I once wanted her to be the emperor. ”

Yi Jiuxiao also laughed, he remembered Qi Qingru, when they were together, they had laughter, happiness, and dreams.

"Do you really know the Hidden Dragon Body? If that's the case, you can take away his essence blood and make yourself a Hidden Dragon Body, and from then on, you will be favored by the Heavenly Dao, and with your cultivation, you will definitely become the emperor who dominates one side. ”

Seeing that Li Rong said very seriously and seriously, Yi Jiuxiao couldn't help but get nervous.

He was afraid that he would harm Qi Qingru because of this, so he had to explain again and again: "The queen mother misunderstood, I don't even want to be the emperor, let alone take the hidden dragon body." ”

"You don't want to be the emperor, why did you ask me to give you the entire Ning State and the two states of the Wei State at the beginning, I remember it clearly, you made me swear. ”

Li Rong didn't believe that Yi Jiuxiao didn't want to be the emperor, and he believed in Yi Jiuxiao's words very much, so he was a little puzzled.

"When I made this request, my original intention was to find a place for the friendly team, they didn't want to be friendly, and they didn't want to return to Qi country. At the earliest, we were preparing to defeat Ning Guo, but we happened to encounter the queen mother's army fighting against Ning Guo, so we made a temporary decision. Now, I still say the same thing, if the queen mother helps me take the Ning State and give me two states, I can not be the emperor of the Wei State. ”

Li Rong carefully savored Yi Jiuxiao's words, she believed that he was not lying, and she did not dare to take him over as the emperor.

could only change the topic and said: "You said that the escort team doesn't want to get along, why?"

"The reason is very simple, they think that harmony can't change the pattern, and they don't want to rely on a woman to save the Qi country. But he couldn't disobey the order of the emperor of Qi, so he chose to flee and find another place to live. ”

Li Rong nodded, expressing his belief in this reason, and then sighed and said: "After you ascend the throne, I will retire and practice, regardless of the government, if you like these two women, let them all enter the palace to be your concubines." ”

Yi Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Queen Mother, don't worry, you stay in the palace all the time." I'm an orphan and I haven't seen my parents since I was a child, so from the bottom of my heart I've always been a mother. ”

Yi Jiuxiao said this sentence very sincerely, without a trace of falsification, and he could hear it.

She was very moved, tears flowed again, and said: "Prince, I sincerely thank you, you saved me, saved the Li family, and saved the Wei country." ”

Li Rong and Yi Jiuxiao talked for more than an hour, and at this time, there was a report from the waiter, saying that the guest had received it.

The guest they were talking about was Qi Qingru, who had just sent someone to the inn to pick him up.

After seeing Yi Jiuxiao's token, Qi Qingru got into the carriage that picked her up and came to the palace.

It's just that at this time, she is still dressed as a young man, and she has not changed back to red makeup.