The next day.

Imperial

"Your Highness, who are the people at this banquet?" Mo Yinluo, dressed in a eunuch uniform, silently followed behind Duan Xichen.

"All civil and military officials were present."

"Wow! So magnificent! "Unconsciously, I felt a trace of coolness in my heart, I didn't think that the deep palace was the deep palace, such a lifeless and cool feeling." Ah! ”

"What's wrong?"

"Your Highness, the wind is blowing in the palace, and your illness is not cured yet!"

"This king is not afflicted with a cold."

"Yes."

Hundreds of civil and military officials were seated, and the Warat envoys also arrived early, and Mo Yinluo stood beside Duan Xichen, as a petty official. Although she was still a little reluctant. She stood there and inadvertently noticed someone. "Daddy?!" couldn't help but scream, but fortunately, only Duan Xichen heard it.

"What's wrong?"

"I ...... I...... My dad. Of course, what she was afraid of was not Mo Lujing, but that she was afraid that when she saw him as a little eunuch, her identity would definitely be exposed. She glanced at Duan Xichen helplessly, but he was leisurely drinking tea, and she could vaguely see the smile on the corner of his mouth.

Oh my God! What's so funny? Duan Xichen, when the time comes, it will be your crime of bullying the king!

"This king is not afraid of any crime of deceit." Mo Yinluo was taken aback, "Your Highness, do you know how to read minds?" ”

“……”

Mo Yinluo was in a trance at Duan Xichen's words, and suddenly his eyes couldn't help but glance at a person sitting on the opposite side, with a white robe and an extraordinary temperament. This is the same boy who practiced swords yesterday. Ay? Who is he? Is he also able to come to the banquet in the palace? Isn't it a dignitary?

"Your Highness, that person ......" Mo Yinluo pointed to the man sitting opposite him, and a wave of curiosity surged up.

Duan Xichen glanced at him, took a sip of tea lightly, and said unhurriedly: "Disciple of the Xiao family, Xiao Yan." The famous son of Jinling City, talented and well-known to the world. He said, taking another sip of tea.

"Oh."

"You are the daughter of Shang Shumo Lu Jing of the Criminal Department, don't you know such a character?" "I ......"

Of course, I don't know, how long have I been here? Thinking about how to excuse himself, he said again, "It's really a boudoir daughter, and I haven't seen the world." "You...... Okay, you Duan Xichen, don't be afraid of you just because you are the prince and this girl, see that I don't want to fix you when the time comes.

"He's a weird personality, but he's both talented and good-looking. The girls in Jinling City all love him, but you, the freak, don't even know who he is. As an official in the court, he was never involved in the struggle of officialdom, and the ministers in the court were also courteous to him. When he said this, Mo Yinluo admired it even more, "So powerful? But then again, Your Highness, aren't you also as arrogant as him, every time you go out, you will attract a large number of peach blossoms to rush, but you don't know the fireworks in the world. There is also the county lord of Pingle, she already knows you so well, and your highness you ......" Mo Yinluo stopped abruptly halfway through his words, and then added a sentence, "Ten thousand years iceberg ......" Duan Xichen couldn't help but change his face, I was afraid that the attitude of the county lord of Pingle towards him made him unbearable. However, seeing Duan Xichen like this, he can be regarded as getting back a city. Sure enough, the county lord of Pingle is her nemesis. Ha! Seeing that Mo Yinluo, who was secretly having fun on the side, was really unhappy, and gave her a cold look, which made her lose her morale.

With the ringing of the bell of ceremonial music, the emperor boarded the dragon chair, and a dry of dancing girls immediately came up, graceful and graceful.

"It is an honor for me to welcome the envoy of Warat today, and I am very happy." When His Majesty spoke, everyone present was silent, in order to show respect for the emperor. The voice is loud and powerful, so it has a majestic character.

A cadre of envoys from Warat, who was sitting not far from the emperor, stood up one after another, and one of them said: "Your Majesty has a good reputation, and the Ming Dynasty and I are good friends with Warat, and the whole world celebrates." I hope Your Majesty will not forget this agreement. ”

"Rest assured, envoys, I will remember the friendship of your country."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After some singing, dancing, and drinking, he saw that the envoy of Warat ordered someone to summon a man, dressed in an ink-colored robe, with his hair tied in a crown, holding a sword and respectfully walking in. "Your Majesty, this is the number one master of my Warat clan. In the future, I will stay by Your Majesty's side, so as to show the strength of your country, and protect Your Majesty's safety. "This ......"

"Do you want to protect Your Majesty's safety? It turns out that even if you want to make good friends, you will have some lingering thoughts and fears about other countries. Although it is said to protect His Majesty's safety, it is nothing more than an eyeliner. If you talk too much, isn't it just distrust. Mo Yinluo said, as if he was talking to Duan Xichen on the side. So what? This world is originally composed of intrigues and tricks, and friendship between various countries is nothing more than to protect the safety of their own country. ”

"Ah...... Envoy, I have received the will of your country, but the princes around me are already strong in martial arts, and my safety is needless to say, like the master of your country is still left to the Khan. ”

Who expected that the envoy's face suddenly became ugly, "Your Majesty is afraid that you don't appreciate it?" ”

"No, I just think that the Khan is too caring, and I am indeed a virtuous son."

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it is better to invite the virtuous people mentioned by Your Majesty to compete with the masters of our clan, if there are really virtuous people by Your Majesty's side, then my Khan is also relieved."

Having said this, Mo Yinluo was a little startled, and couldn't help but glance at Duan Xichen. He was still drinking tea so leisurely. My lord, it's time for you to appear when something big happens! Isn't there a hurry? It's as if you hadn't seen it.

Thinking about it, he calmly glanced at Gu Xiazhen who was sitting opposite, and after a while, he actually stood up autonomously, "Father, if you believe in Erchen, please allow Erchen to learn from this Warat master." "Ahh Could it be that Duan Xichen knew early on that the Nine Princes would stand up on their own? And everything was expected by him.

"Dare to ask your Excellency who ......," the envoy said.

"This is my ninth son, King Shun'an."

"It turned out to be the king of Shun'an." The two looked at each other and saluted.

"Smack!" It seemed to be the sound of something cracking, and when I looked back, I saw the tea cup broken next to Bi Wanyan's table. She was stunned for a long time. Hear—him! Gu Xiazhen is the king of Shun'an? Is that the son of the enemy who killed his whole family? It's also the one who is looking for the killer of the Gu clan who wants to take his life?

I don't know how many times the maid on the side screamed, and Fang came to his senses. "Back to Your Majesty, Wanyan has been feeling a little unwell in recent days, so the teacup has not been steady, which makes you frightened." She hurriedly stood up and apologized.

"If Miss Bi is not feeling well, go down and rest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

She slowly got up and left, gradually walked to Gu Xiazhen's side, and looked at him with a solemn face. Gu Xiazhen, why you? There are so many people in the world, why are you the only one? Do you know how many disasters your father and mother have caused and how many people have been killed?

"It's just a false alarm, let's ask the two sons to have a try!" The Emperor said.

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, drew their swords, and a sword light reflected the moonlight and shot directly at everyone. The sword came out immediately, and before Gu Xia Zhen could react, a black light stabbed straight at him like a broken bamboo, and he turned around sensitively so that he was not stabbed by the sword. But I saw that the hair that was raised when I stood up around my body gently swept across the sword attacked by the other party. He intends to sneak attack, how can a person like this who is not a gentleman stay by his father's side, and how can he be worthy of the title of the first master? Without thinking much about it, Gu Xiazhen stood firm, flipped over with all his strength, and somersaulted with the word "circle" in the air. The air flow between his feet stirred the sound that diffused in the air and fell, like a dragonfly dotting water, only to hear the shattered cold light flash in front of him, followed by the cold sword around his neck.

So fast! Before everyone could react, the battle was over. Gu Xiazhen was so powerful, just these few actions made that person defeated. couldn't help but glance at Duan Xichen, Duan Xichen's martial arts were above Gu Xiazhen, so how strong was his martial arts? He was still so unfazed, as if he had expected the end in advance.

A burst of applause followed, "Awesome, it is really a strong martial arts, and the masters of your country are really extraordinary!" Then we won't be bored. The envoy sighed.

"The envoy smiled, but Childe did catch me off guard." Gu Xiazhen glanced at the man in black, just to tell him that the sneak attack was not done by a gentleman, let alone ...... The first master did it.

"O envoy! This night banquet should not be ruined for this matter, it is just a competition, and the friendship between the two clans is the most important thing. The emperor smiled and said.

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

"Father, my son was a little dizzy for some reason, so I went back." Gu Xiazhen said.

"This ...... All right. ”

"Thank you, Father." Of course, Gu Xiazhen wanted to leave, of course, it was not a matter of course, more ...... It's for Bi Wanyan, who is a little abnormal, although I don't know what's wrong with her, but I'm sure that it's definitely not that she's not feeling unwell, it's just an excuse.

It's already the beginning of June, but it's still a little cold. The wind blows, bringing a hint of coolness. This made Gu Xiazhen's body tremble. I don't know how long I ran but I still couldn't see him.

"Strange? Where is she? Isn't it - back to the Cloud Pavilion? He paced in the direction of Guiyun Pavilion. This night, the silence was terrible, and the evening breeze swept across the bamboo leaves on the side, and a few fell. Vaguely walked to the jade pavilion, but was puzzled. "Is it because of this night banquet that there is no one in the palace?"

"How else do you want to?" Suddenly, a current of air drove a figure to his side, and a strange word came to his ear. When Gu Xiazhen reacted, he didn't know what cold light was shining directly on his face, but he saw that a cold sword was standing on his neck. "Nine Princes......" The person who came continued with Fang Cai's words, and went away with the sound, in exchange for Bi Wanyan's hateful eyes, and then returned to the loneliness and coldness, which was not much different from before.

"Miss Bi, why is that?"

She looked at Gu Xiazhen in front of her, who was bound in the palm of her hand, with a hateful gaze, and slowly spit out a few words in her mouth, "Collect debts." ”

"What debt?"

"The enmity of parents, the enmity of slaughtering the village!"

Gu Xiazhen's face changed suddenly, "I really don't know what you mean by this." ”

"Don't pretend in front of me, you Gu clan are all monsters who kill people without blinking. The moment your parents killed my father, I swore that I would kill all of your Pingchuan Gu family. And from that moment on, you and I are enemies. ”

"Miss Bi, is there any misunderstanding in this?"

"Misunderstanding? I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be a misunderstanding? It's because of your father and mother, until I was a child, I have been burdened with the hatred of destroying the door! ”

Her words were sharp, and I was afraid that she had made up her mind to kill me, but why—I could see a hint of hesitation and reluctance in her eyes?