Since the end of Emperor Yinzu's sacrifice day, Yin Xuan has officially entered the study of the prince stage, and he has a lot of things to learn, such as Wen Taowu strategy and statecraft, and no one is missing.

There are many masters who taught him, in addition to Nie Qingwan, there are also experienced generals.

Of course, when these generals were teaching Yin Xuan, Yin Tianye, Chen Wenqi, Nie Xifeng, and Nie Buwei would also be summoned by Nie Qingwan and let them come over to listen to the class together.

More than five months ago, the Queen Mother led the troops to the land of the East Hammer, brought Feng Chang, and brought these five young generations who had never led troops to fight, so that the ministers saw that the Queen Mother remembered the meaning of using a rookie, and now, this meaning is even more obvious.

The ministers don't say much, and today's queen mother is above employing people, but she has a lot of right to speak, and no one dares to refute it.

The people she chose have all passed the Mandate of Heaven test, which shows that the Queen Mother is really very discerning in employing people.

Nie Qingwan really wants to use the rookie, what she is doing, no one can guess, the Yin royal family has been silent since the day of Emperor Yinzu's sacrifice, and Yin De no longer asks about any court matters, and no longer enters the palace to embarrass the little queen mother, but he still knows everything that happens in the palace every day, including the affairs of the little queen mother and Yin Xuan, Yin Tianye will bring him every day.

Time passed day by day, from the golden autumn of October, in a blink of an eye to the cold winter wax moon, the five teenagers grew up under the continuous study and exercise, each of them has changed to varying degrees, they have not been awarded any official position, even though now everyone recognizes Yin Xuan's status as the prince, but he has not been officially conferred, and there is still no rank, but they are all people who follow the queen mother, even if they do not have any official positions, they dare not slack off.

In particular, the queen mother's intention to reuse them was to prepare for war, so the generals took turns to give lectures.

Two months have passed, and another midwinter New Year has arrived.

This year's snow fell relatively early, from the end of November began to drift sporadically, to the New Year, it was a blizzard, Nie Qingwan sat on the warm pit in the house, holding a cup of tea in her hand, turning over this year's New Year's tribute folds, judging from the current folds, all the small countries without exception are respectful and peaceful, including those who were restless last year, and this year is also peaceful.

Nie Qingwan closed the fold and sat there and took the warm tea down one by one.

Before he finished drinking a glass, Yin Xuan came.

Yin Xuan took off the thick fox fur outside the door, handed it to the palace maid on the side, took the hot cloth from the palace maid's hand, wiped his hands, wiped his face, and then dusted off his cold air and entered the house.

first greeted Nie Qingwan, and then lifted the hem of his pants and sat on the other side of the warm couch.

Nie Yin went down again to prepare to return to Nie's house to salute, but he was not there.

Ren Ji was waiting for Nie Qingwan on the side.

After Yin Xuan sat down, Ren Ji poured him a cup of warm and coaxing hot tea.

Yin Xuan drank it when she got it up, and after drinking, she held the cup like that, raised her eyes slightly, and looked at Nie Qingwan opposite, the room was very warm, she didn't wear a cotton gown, she was wearing a high-quality Minghuang Palace skirt, the shoulders and neckline were embroidered with phoenix birds, very noble, long hair was pulled, the hairstyle was very restrained and rigid, at first glance, it looked very serious.

But that little face is getting more and more beautiful.

However, no matter how beautiful she is, no one dares to be presumptuous to her in the palace.

As long as she wears this queen mother's outfit, no matter where she is, people dare not.

Yin Xuan lowered his eyes again, placed the red porcelain and green bamboo teacup in his hand on the table, and asked softly, "Is there something for the Queen Mother to call me here?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "No, I just want to tell you, I want to go back to Nie Mansion in the evening, you go back with me, and pack up your things early." ”

Yin Xuan didn't accompany Nie Qingwan back to Nie's Mansion for the New Year last year, he will go this year, and he will go every year after that, this is what he promised her last year, and Nie Yin and Ren Ji have also reminded him of this matter in the past few days, he is ready, but he doesn't know if it's today.

Yin Xuan asked, "Leave at night?" ”

Nie Qingwan said, "Well, rush back to Nie's house for dinner." ”

Yin Xuan sighed, frowned and said: "But I made an appointment with Yin Tianye and Chen Wen to go hunting in the field at three o'clock in the afternoon and practice archery and equestrianism. ”

Nie Qingwan raised her eyebrows, glanced at the tight pane, and asked him, "It's not snowing?" ”

Yin Xuan said: "It's still down, but it's not as big as it was in the morning." ”

Nie Qingwan said: "It's still snowing, what are you going to hunt?" ”

Yin Xuan smiled and said: "It is specially picked to go on snowy days, and it is also specially picked up for the snow on the ground to be so thick, so that you can improve your archery and equestrian skills, and you can also pick a good horse to come out, and it can fly like a shuttle in such a thick snow, without being restrained, then it can adapt to all kinds of terrain, I want to pick a satisfactory horse." ”

Nie Qingwan looked at him, the younger he grew, the more handsome he became, and his eyebrows and eyes gradually began to fade into immaturity, replaced with some cold and hard edges and corners, since the day he paid homage to Emperor Yin Zu, he was very hard, Feng Chang said that his understanding was very high, and he often told an example of a battle, he could quickly cite one to three, and derive many battlefields, Feng Chang also joked with her, saying that one day he really wanted to go to the battlefield in earnest, he wanted to partner with Yin Xuan, and try to see if he would only be a bullet soldier on paper.

His efforts, she saw in her eyes and was pleased in her heart.

Nie Qingwan heard Yin Xuan say this, thought for a while, and said, "Then you go, it's not too late for us to go back tomorrow." ”

This year, the small countries are relatively peaceful, and the Yin royal family is also very peaceful, Nie Qingwan actually returned to the Nie family early, and it is only the twentieth this year, and it is not too late to return tomorrow.

Yin Xuan heard Nie Qingwan say that he would return tomorrow, he got off the bed with a smile and said to her, "Then I'm leaving?" ”

Nie Qingwan said, "Go ahead." ”

Yin Xuan stood there, glanced at her quietly, and turned to leave.

He went out of the door, retrieved his fox fur from the maid, put it on his body, and went to the verandah.

After Yin Xuan left, Nie Qingwan said to Ren Ji: "Send someone to Nie's house to inform you, saying that we won't go back at night and will come back tomorrow, so let them not wait." ”

Ren Ji answered yes, went down to summon the eunuch, and went to the Nie Mansion to inform.

Yin Xuan didn't come back that night, Nie Qingwan ate alone, Yin Xuan came early the next day, the fox fur was full of snow, a handsome face was white and red, faintly revealing a high-spirited spirit, he came from the snow, when he was about to turn to the dormitory, he flew up with one foot, over the carved railing, the fox fur was flying, the hair was flying, the body was like electricity, and he fell into the verandah in the blink of an eye.

His steps were cheerful, exuding intense joy from the inside out, holding a rabbit in his arms, and with an urgent heart, he went to Nie Qingwan's dormitory.

Nie Qingwan just got dressed, drank a cup of morning tea, and was about to ask someone if Yin Xuan had returned, when Yin Xuan came.

Nie Qingwan smiled and handed the teacup to Nie Yin, brushed her palace skirt, and walked to the inside and outside, saying to Ren Ji as she walked, "Let's pass the meal." ”

Ren Ji sighed and went down to inform Chuanshan.

Nie Yin followed Nie Qingwan with a teacup.

Nie Qingwan walked out and saw Yin Xuan, before he could speak, he first saw the rabbit in his arms, Nie Qingwan sighed, and rushed over at once, asking him, "Where did you come from?" ”

Yin Xuan saw that she liked it, he was even more happy, handed her the rabbit, and said, "I hunted it yesterday and gave it to you." ”

Nie Qingwan unceremoniously took the rabbit over.

Nie Yin asked Yin Xuan, "Why don't you get a cage?" You hugged you all the way? ”

Yin Xuan said: "Well, I don't want to hold it up. ”

The rabbit is very beautiful, snow-white fur, soft, after holding it in its arms, it was a little frightened, kicking its legs to run, Nie Qingwan funnily pinched its two ears, so that it couldn't run away, and then rubbed its soft belly, and asked Yin Xuan: "Have you picked a satisfactory horse?" ”

Yin Xuan said: "I picked it." ”

Nie Qingwan ignored him anymore, hugged the rabbit and went to the couch, after sitting down, she still told Nie Yin to get a cage, and when the breakfast was set, Nie Qingwan stuffed the rabbit into the cage and took Yin Xuan to eat.

After eating, Nie Qingwan asked Yin Xuan if he had just come back, and after Yin Xuan said yes, Nie Qingwan asked him to go back to pack his things, and when Yin Xuan cleaned up, the group went back to Nie's mansion.

Naturally, the rabbit was also brought along.

When he was in the carriage, Yin Xuan was still a little nervous, because he had never been to Nie's Mansion, and he was afraid that the people in Nie's Mansion would not like him, although he had more dealings with Nie Xifeng and Nie Buwei during this time, but the Nie family was also a big surname in Dayin, and there were many people in the clan, not everyone would like him, in fact, he was in the Yin family, and he was never liked by anyone when he was a child, and he didn't care, because he didn't expect to get love and warmth from the people of the Yin clan, so he didn't care what they thought of him.

But for the Nie family, it's different.

Yin Xuan raised his head silently, glanced at Nie Qingwan, who was teasing the rabbit with green vegetables and reading a book with relish, and thought to himself, because of her, he really wanted to be liked by the people of Nie Mansion.

In fact, Yin Xuan thought too much, how could the people of Nie Mansion not like him?

If he was just a prince, not a child adopted by Nie Qingwan, they would not show affection for him, but they would definitely show respect and affection, and now that he is Nie Qingwan's adopted child, the people of Nie Mansion will treat him like family.

All the way to Nie Mansion nervously and apprehensively, but there was no imaginary question, Yin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that they asked his father and mother.

Fortunately, the people of Nie Mansion are extremely literate, whether they are adults, children or the elderly, they don't pay attention to those.

They were most interested in another topic – 'an eight-year-old child and an eleven-year-old mother'.

When Nie Qingwan brought Yin Xuan to Nie Yi and Su Anxian, and shouted happily at them, "Dad, mother, I also have a child", Yin Xuan's face was black at the bottom of the pot.

A lot of people were laughing.

Yin Xuan's forehead twitched, thinking that you should laugh and not be able to restrain yourself?

Yin Xuan is really angry, it's been two years, right? Why is this little queen mother still a thief? I'm not an emperor yet, not you!

Nie Yi and Su Anxian also laughed, Nie Yi glanced at Yin Xuan, who was standing next to him, his expression was silent and indescribable, and said to Nie Qingwan with a smile: "You are both still children, what you call them in the palace is your business, in Nie Mansion, you are both your father's children." ”

Su Anxian said: "Yes, Wanwan's child, that is also my father's child, you are only three years old, don't call this mother, it sounds like a joke." ”

Nie Qingwan pouted: "What's the joke, age is age, generation is generation, he should call me mother, call your grandmother, grandfather." ”

Su Anxian smiled, but she didn't care about how to call it, and she didn't care, Yin Xuan could call it whatever she wanted, since it was a child adopted by her daughter, that was their child, and it was a child of Nie Mansion.

In the palace, Yin Xuan and Nie Qingwan lived in a palace, and when they came to Nie's Mansion, Yin Xuan also lived in Nie Qingwan's Yiwan Courtyard, which was very large and had a lot of spare rooms.

I had dinner at Nie's Mansion at noon, and Nie Qingwan ran away in the afternoon.

Yin Xuan was not familiar with Nie's mansion, and he didn't dare to walk around, so he stayed in Yiwan Courtyard to practice swords, and some little radish heads climbed over the wall, probing his brain, and even sat crookedly on the wall, eating snacks that he didn't know, watching him practice swords with relish, Yin Xuan wanted to find Nie Qingwan, wanted to play with her, and wanted to accompany her to integrate into the environment of Nie's mansion, so he called down the little radish heads, muttered, muttered for a long time, and was finally dragged out of the courtyard by the little radish heads.

Yin Xuan hooked his lips slightly, put away the sword, and threw it back, and the sword was as stable as a rock, standing under the eaves.

The little radish heads dragged Yin Xuan to play, and they met Nie Qingwan while playing, because Nie Mansion has a large population and many children, children of different ages play with children of different ages, Nie Qingwan is three years older than Yin Xuan, and she doesn't play with the little children at home, and now she plays with the big children, and the little radish heads bump into the big children, and they merge together to hide and seek, this is Nie Qingwan's favorite game to play at home, because Nie's family has many children and a wide courtyard, often this game of hide and seek is like finding the way in a maze, Such a game that tests intelligence, Nie Qingwan must love it.

Nie Qingwan grew up in Nie Mansion when she was a child, and she was very familiar with every grass and tile in Nie Mansion, but Yin Xuan was not familiar with it.

After turning around a few times, Yin Xuan followed Nie Qingwan, he followed wherever she went, and when Nie Qingwan was about to go to hide, he also followed.

Nie Qingwan stomped her feet: "Don't follow me, I'm going to hide, if you follow me, I'll expose me." ”

Yin Xuan smiled: "No, I'll cover you up." ”

Nie Qingwan's eyes rolled: "Cover? ”

Yin Xuan smiled: "Hmm." ”

Nie Qingwan reacted quickly, reached out and dragged him to a place where no one was around, and said with a smile: "You carry me to the tree, they will definitely not find me." ”

Yin Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked up at the big trees that were discounted by the snow: "However, there is snow on the trees." ”

Nie Qingwan said: "That depends on your ability, you can't let the snow fall and startle the snake." ”

Yin Xuan smiled: "I mean, it's all snow, and there's no place to put you." ”

Nie Qingwan rolled his eyes: "I'm sitting in your arms, it's so cold, how can I sit in the snow." ”

Yin Xuan: "...... "Why are you so taken for granted, if you sit in my arms, I won't have to sit in the snow, and if you can't let the snow fall, you will really toss me."

But he complained in his heart, but his hand hugged the person very neatly, flew up lightly, and went up the tree.

The height of the two has gradually equalized, faintly Yin Xuan still has the posture to catch up with Nie Qingwan, Yin Xuan will be nine years old after the New Year, his body is slowly growing, and his height is also pulling up, but Nie Qingwan's height is slow, plus her skeleton is small, and the man's natural strong physique is not comparable at all, even if it is a child holding a child, but when Nie Qingwan nests in Yin Xuan's arms, she still shows petite.

Yin Xuan used his internal strength to protect the snow under him, sat quietly on the thick branches of the big tree, and carefully protected the girl in his arms, but she was always restless, and stretched her head behind his shoulder for a while to see if anyone came, she snickered when someone came, and she probed her brain when no one came, in short, she didn't stop for a moment.

Yin Xuan looked at her sideways, she had already changed her meticulous hairstyle, combed her playful braids, and changed her clothes when she came back, no longer a palace skirt, but an ordinary skirt, Nie Yin was afraid that she would be cold, so she wore a very thick cotton suit, held it in her hand, soft cotton, and didn't know if it was frozen or crazy, her cheeks were red and fluttering, and she was extremely good-looking.

Yin Xuan stretched out his hand and touched the red face pocket.

Nie Qingwan asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Yin Xuan lowered his eyes and asked her, "Is it cold?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "It's not cold, I'm still hot." ”

Yin Xuan snorted, stretched out his hand and wiped her forehead, and really wiped a thin layer of sweat, he frowned slightly, thinking that it might be playing, and thinking that if he sweated and got cold, he would definitely get sick, and he hugged her tightly without a trace.

In the end, no one found Nie Qingwan, and when she called out to her, she smiled and beckoned, saying, "I'm here!" I'm here! ”

When everyone heard her voice, they ran over one after another, and saw her nesting in the tree, and there was a Yin Xuan next to her, so they shouted at her to foul, Nie Qingwan smiled and pointed at Yin Xuan: "Why did I foul, it was he who fouled, such a tall tree, I didn't come up, he carried me up." ”

Yin Xuan: "......" crossed the river, do you want to tear down his bridge?

Yin Xuan glared at Nie Qingwan sadly, hugged her down, and put her down again, then cleared his throat and said, "It's me who fouled, I'm out." ”

Everyone laughed, and they all hugged Yin Xuan, saying that if Nie Qingwan hadn't been ordered by her, how could Yin Xuan carry her up, let her not bully honest people like this, everyone made a fuss, and in just one afternoon, Yin Xuan was all familiar with these children.

After playing all afternoon, she was really tired at night, and after dinner, Nie Qingwan fell asleep.

But Yin Xuan couldn't sleep.

Yin Xuan sat in front of the window, looking at the gently drifting snow outside, thinking of his parents in his heart.

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Yin Xuan still returned to the Yin clan royal family to participate in ancestor worship activities, not that he wanted to go, it was Yin De who sent someone to shout, Yin Xuan went, by the way, burned paper for his parents, and at noon was the reunion dinner eaten by the Yin clan royal family, which was also the first time he grew so big and integrated into the New Year taste of the Yin clan royal family, and returned to the Nie family in the evening and ate the reunion dinner at the Nie family.

After the year, everything was normal, and the small countries have been fine.

Da Yin seemed to have relaxed.

Everyone also seems to be slackening.

A year later, no one remembered the disrespectful tribute three years ago, and recently everyone has been concerned about another major event - Yin Xuan went to ask Emperor Mountain to get the sword of the Son of Heaven.

The Sword of Heaven is a symbol of a king, whether it is the king of inheritance or the king of bloody battles, the most dangerous level they have to pass in the end is to ask the emperor mountain.

In the history of Da Yin for so many years, some kings sat on the throne and took back the sword of the Son of Heaven, some took the sword of the Son of Heaven first, and then sat on the throne, and some kings could not take back the sword of the Son of Heaven, so they could only be driven off the throne by the person who retrieved the sword of the Son of Heaven.

Yin Xuan is the same.

He has not yet been crowned the crown prince, and he knows that only by retrieving the sword of the Son of Heaven will he be officially awarded the title of crown prince.

And after he was actually awarded the crown prince, his identity was truly determined.

Yin Xuan has never dared to be proud, and he has never dared to be careless, this year, he has practiced martial arts without sleep and food, just because the little queen mother said that let him get back the sword of the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.

Yes, Yin Xuan understands that he will retrieve the Sword of the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, determine his position as soon as possible, and set the hearts of the people in the world as soon as possible.

The Sword of the Son of Heaven is a weapon for fixing the country, and when he gets this weapon for fixing the country, not only will the people of the world be at ease, but he will also be at ease, and the little queen mother will be at ease.

Or, the little queen mother was faintly aware of something, so she has been urging him frequently recently.

Yin Xuan's small brows twisted into deep folds, he thought that his current martial arts had already surpassed Yin Tianye, Chen Wenxuan, and even Nie Xifeng and Nie Buwei, but he was still very unsure about taking the Son of Heaven Sword.

Ren Ji and Nie Yin both said that people who can't get back the Sword of the Son of Heaven have two fates, one dies and the other lets them, die in Emperor Wen Mountain and give up the throne, and these two fates have nothing to do with him, he only has one fate, that is, to successfully take out the Sword of the Son of Heaven.

Their words are the will of the little queen mother, so the little queen mother does not give him a choice, does not let him die, does not let him let him, only let him succeed.

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