Chapter 231 232 The princess returns to the capital
Ye Fanling, Qingshan, Hao Ziming, the three martial marquis, left the Guozijian and came to the lively main street of Wangcheng together.
In the most prosperous area in the middle of the street, I found the most famous luxury restaurant in the royal city, and ordered a private room facing the street on the second floor.
Hao Ziming is an old martial marquis of the country for more than 20 years, and he has a wide range of contacts, and he knows many martial marquis in the previous palace examinations, and he meets many other princes and eunuchs in the Wangcheng Restaurant, and keeps greeting each other.
Ling Qingshan was also quite famous in the royal city, and he was a rising star in the royal family, and many people greeted him along the way.
In comparison, Ye Fan is unknown in Wangcheng, and no one is familiar with him. Only a few prisoners from Guozijian have met once, but they are not impressed.
When they arrived at the window room on the second floor, the three of them sat down.
"Three adults, please use it slowly!"
Several maids brought all kinds of fresh melons and fruits, poured good tea, and withdrew.
The three of them were chatting in the private room, all about cultivation.
"There is still a month left for the second star tower to open. How do you plan to cultivate this month? Do you go into retreat in the Guozijian or go out to practice?"
Hao Ziming and the two asked.
"I majored in the gold system, but there are very few suitable places for gold system cultivation, so I guess I will only be in retreat in the Guozijian for a month. β
Ling Qingshan shook his head and said.
"I haven't thought about it yet!
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"There are some places that are quite suitable for cultivation near the royal city, such as misty forests, cold ice lakes, poisonous fog swamps, and other places. I estimate going to the Misty Forest and coming back after a month of cultivation. If Wu Hou is concerned, it only takes a day or two to travel to a nearby cultivation place, which is also convenient. There are other counties further afield, and you need to ride a flying beast to get there. If Brother Ye goes out to practice, he can rent a flying riding beast in the Beast Control Pavilion in the city, so that he can rush back when the Star Tower of the Moon is opened. β
Hao Ziming reminded.
"Well, thank you Brother Hao for reminding me. I went back and thought about where to cultivate. β
Ye Fan nodded.
The places around the royal city are suitable for the cultivation of the martial marquis, but I am afraid that they have long been occupied by many martial marquis. He didn't want to compete with them for a place, he wanted to find a place to cultivate, of course, to go to a place with fewer people.
If there was a suitable place to cultivate, he would not necessarily have to rush back to the Star Tower for trial.
This Star Tower is good, but the cultivation time is too short. Moreover, the most precious time stone in the Star Tower only appears once in about three years. It will not appear again in the past few years, and the significance of the Star Tower is much smaller for him.
Ye Fan was thinking in his heart that he would find a suitable place to practice for a year and a half, so that he would save time going back and forth on the road.
"Boom!"
While the three of them were talking.
In the distance, a rumbling and unbridled sound of horses' hooves was heard.
As soon as they heard the sound of horses' hooves, all the pedestrians and carriages on the streets of Wangcheng suddenly reflexively and hurriedly took refuge on both sides of the street, not daring to stop them.
It is forbidden to fly and ride in the Canglan King City, whether it is a prince or a prince, a minister of the court, or a marquis of Wu, they are not allowed to gallop on the bustling streets of the city. Being discovered by the Kings Guards was to be heavily fined.
But everything is exceptional.
There was one who dared to gallop in the royal city, and there was no one to take care of him.
Although this voice had not been heard in the royal city for a long time, when this voice appeared again, it immediately alerted everyone in the royal city and retreated to both sides of the street.
"Princess Jiaojiao is back?!"
Hao Ziming's face changed slightly, and he blurted out almost instinctively.
All three looked out their windows into the street.
I saw a small group of female cavalry in the distance with a fiery red light armor cloak, led by Princess Ling Jiaojiao, who was wearing delicate red armor and holding a red whip, a group of six horsemen, galloping on the bustling streets of the royal city, entering through the city gate, crossing the street, and heading towards the palace.
Even the guard generals guarding the city gates did not dare to stop them, let alone others.
"Strange! Princess Ling Jiaojiao committed an accident last time, wasn't she sent to Donglai County by the monarch? Why did she return to the city? I heard before that the monarch ordered her not to return to the royal city until she became a martial marquis!
Hao Ziming couldn't help but be very strange.
"Brother Hao doesn't know, there is still a month to go before the monarch's birthday, and the princess is coming back now, she must come back in advance to prepare for the monarch's birthday. Members of the royal family will go to celebrate birthdays. β
Ling Qingshan drank wine and said in a muffled voice.
Everyone in Canglan King City knows that Ling Jiaojiao is the pearl of the monarch's palm, the most favored, and making a big mistake is just a small punishment. The last time she was demoted to Donglai County by the monarch, it was because she wanted to go to the Guozijian Library to see, but was stopped by the people in the library, and in a fit of anger, she sent someone to burn down the Guozijian library, almost burning many ancient books that were thousands of years old.
aroused the anger of the ministers of the court, and caused a stir, and the king of the country wanted to severely punish her.
In order to appease the anger of the people, the monarch was sent to Donglai County and punished her for not becoming a martial prince and not allowed to return to the royal city. But this is just a small punishment to avoid disaster.
Fortunately, the Canglan royal family is such a master who dares to cause trouble. The other kings and grandsons were not favored, and no one dared to make trouble like this.
After Princess Jiaojiao was expelled from the royal city, the ministers of the court did not pursue it anymore.
This monarch has a big birthday, and she naturally can't be absent. Before becoming a martial marquis, he made an exception and returned to the city.
Ling Qingshan, who was also a child of the Canglan royal family and was named "Marquis of Qingshan", did not dare to compare with Ling Jiaojiao. Moreover, he is a side branch of the royal family, and his status is embarrassing. Although he is already a martial marquis, he is not as good as an ordinary royal prince.
Six red-armored cavalry, a group of galloping through the street, were crossing the street in the direction of the palace.
Suddenly, Ling Jiaojiao's sharp eyes saw Ye Fan, Ling Qingshan, Hao Ziming and others in the most famous restaurant in Wangcheng, and the window of the private room on the second floor.
"Huh!"
Ling Jiaojiao showed a look of surprise.
She didn't expect to return to Wangcheng before she saw Ye Fan.
Last time in Xiayang County, after the 30,000 army conquered the desert ghost clan and won the battle, Ye Fan left the army of the three counties without saying goodbye. Since then, she has never heard from Ye Fan again, and she doesn't know which county mansion she went to cultivate.
However, she was not in a hurry.
She knew that Ye Fan's cultivation speed was very fast, and she also had a Martial Soul Awakening Pill, and becoming a martial artist was a sure thing. Once he becomes a martial artist, Ye Fan will definitely go to the royal city to enter the Guozijian and participate in the Canglan Palace Examination, and become one of the important figures in the Canglan Kingdom.
So sooner or later, she will see Ye Fan in the royal city.
It's just that she didn't expect that it had only been a few months, and she actually met Ye Fan in Wangcheng, far faster than she expected.
Ling Jiaojiao immediately reined in the horse, stopped, held up in the restaurant, and looked upstairs with a face full of surprise.
Behind her, the five female knights in red masks also stopped instantly, guarding them like cold sculptures.
"Princess, you're back to the royal city!"
Ling Qingshan was stunned for a moment, he didn't know why Ling Jiaojiao stopped in front of him, and he looked at them with a smile, he wondered in his heart, and quickly got up and bowed his hand. Could it be that he is looking for something to do? However, he doesn't have much friendship with the princess.
"Well, Qingshan Hou don't come unharmed!"
Ling Jiaojiao nodded lightly, but didn't say much to him, and instead smiled at Ye Fan and said, "Ye Fan, when did you come to Wangcheng?!"
"Princess, last month, I broke through the realm of Wuhou, and I came to report to the Guozijian in the royal city! β
Ye Fan got up, arched his hand towards Princess Jiaojiao, and said.
"Broke through Wuhou last month, no wonder you sat with Qingshan Hou, congratulations to Ye Wuhou!"
Ling Jiaojiao was surprised, smiled, and then said: "I knew that you would come to Wangcheng last month, and I would have returned to the city last month! By the way, you should also go to my father's birthday banquet, there will be a lot of people who will attend. I'll introduce you to your father, so that you can get acquainted with him, and it's more convenient to be in the royal city!"
"To participate in the monarch's birthday banquet?. To prepare for the birthday ceremony and enter the palace to celebrate the birthday, the whole process may take a long time, at least ten days and half a month before and after. I just came out of the Star Tower of Guozijian, and I am preparing to go out to cultivate in the next few days, and I am afraid that it will take a long time to come back, as little as half a year or as long as a year. β
Ye Fan thought about it and shook his head.
"Oh, that's it!"
Princess Jiaojiao looked a little disappointed, but quickly smiled and said: "It's okay, cultivation is important, there is only more than a year left before this palace exam, and the time must be very tight." I guess you're going to take this year's temple exam, and you have a lot of things to do. With your strength, you might really have a chance to make it once. In this case, you don't have to waste time, just go back to my father at the birthday banquet and help you bring a greeting. β
"Thank you, princess!"
Ye Fan was a little moved in his heart and thanked him.
Princess Jiaojiao helped bring a greeting, and she was familiar in front of the monarch, which was not an ordinary gift.
Princess Jiaojiao and Ye Fan said goodbye, and the six red horses galloped towards the palace.
Ling Qingshan and Hao Ziming both looked stunned.
The three martial marquis continued to chat in the private room for a while, talking a lot about cultivation, but did not mention how Ye Fan met Princess Jiaojiao.
Half an hour, Ye Fan said goodbye and left, preparing to go out to cultivate.
Only Ling Qingshan and Hao Ziming were left, and they sat in the private room for a long time, silent for a long time.
"It seems that Brother Ye's connections are deep, not between you and me!"
Hao Ziming took a sip of tea and sighed.
Originally, he thought that he was far superior to Ye Fan at least in terms of connections in Wangcheng, and knew many martial marquis supervisors and court ministers. But I didn't expect that Ye Fan actually had a friendship with Princess Jiaojiao, and it seemed that this friendship was not ordinary.
What a character Princess Jiaojiao is, she alone is enough to outperform countless other princes and magnates. Knowing this one person is more useful than knowing a large number of people in Wang Cheng.
One word she said was much better than a hundred words from other princes.
"I fought with Ye Fan before, and I left some strength. originally thought that Ye Fan's solid foundation had already had a chance to become a top ten in the palace exam. But now it seems that a year and a half later, in the Canglan Palace test, Ye Fan's probability of being on the list is already ten percent, and the weakest connections have also made up for the shortcoming. If Princess Jiaojiao is really willing to come forward for him and say a few kind words, the monarch will definitely look at him differently, so the top three in the palace test are not impossible!
In this temple examination, I am determined to win the top ten. There are many places in the top ten, and there is no conflict with Ye Fan. But I'm going to rush to the top three, and I'm definitely going to meet Ye Fan. Ye Fan was born out of nowhere, and the top three have added a strong competitor!
Hao Ziming said worriedly.
You must know that in addition to those of them who have entered the Star Tower, there are also some people who have not returned from training outside, and they are quite strong, and they can also compete for the top three.
"Yan Xiuzheng, the leader of the last palace examination, was just a time when he met the monarch, and he inadvertently knocked on the side, and luckily guessed the monarch's thoughts, so he won the first place with a policy essay "On Water". But this method can no longer be repeated, and it is easy to make mistakes and guess the wrong mind of the monarch.
But where does Princess Jiaojiao need to guess the monarch's thoughts, she just asks directly. If you pass the word to Ye Fan again, Ye Fan will naturally be able to prepare, if you don't enter the top three, it will be a strange thing! I look at Princess Jiaojiao's expression today, and I will speak well for Ye Fan in front of the monarch, and even help him in other aspects. β
Ling Qingshan shook his head and said.
The two of them drank tea, both preoccupied.
Although Ling Qingshan is a member of the royal family and is a marquis, his status in the royal family is far inferior to that of Princess Jiaojiao, and he can't take advantage of the palace test, but he has some scruples and doesn't dare to be too public. He has the heart to compete for the top three, but he is worried that the monarch will be suspicious of him because of his strength, and he is in a dilemma.