A few seconds later, Gu Xu and Zhao Yan appeared in front of the mansion of the Duke of Yan - to be precise, it should be in front of the gate of the Great Yan Palace.

There were already a few guards waiting here.

As soon as they saw Zhao Yan, they immediately said to her respectfully: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the king is waiting for you in the palace. ”

"I see. I'll go see him now," Zhao Yan nodded, then pointed to Gu Xu beside him, and instructed, "This friend of mine is coming to Jicheng for the first time, you can take him around for a tour." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The guards saluted respectfully.

Although they didn't dare to show the slightest strange expression on their faces, when they saw Gu Xu and Zhao Yan holding each other's arms, they always felt that the relationship between the two should be more than just "friends".

Then, Zhao Yan walked into the familiar door and walked along the long corridor towards Zhao Changying's home.

Compared with the Zichen Palace in Luojing City, this "palace" in Jicheng City is obviously much simpler.

The tiles on its roof are turquoise instead of bright yellow, which symbolizes imperial power. It does not have a white marble fence carved with dragon patterns, no elaborately arranged gardens, and no gorgeously dressed palace maids and concubines.

Under the blowing of the wind, it seems silent and solemn.

Zhao Changying, the king of Yan, was sitting at his desk, reading intently.

He was not as weak as Zhao Yan imagined, his body was still strong and powerful, except that the blood on his face was a little pale and pale, there was almost no difference from before.

It doesn't look like a person whose life is endangered at all.

When Zhao Yan walked into the door, he put down the book in his hand, pointed to a chair beside him, and smiled at her: "Sit down." ”

Zhao Yan straightened her clothes and sat down obediently.

"Father...... Father, your wounds ......"

She has always called Zhao Changying by her name. Now she suddenly changed her name to "father", which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

It's just that in the heavy atmosphere at the moment, she can't express her grievances unscrupulously in front of her father as before.

"It doesn't matter," Zhao Changying smiled, "It can last for a while, enough to remove some obstacles before you ascend the throne." ”

Zhao Yan's lips pursed slightly, and she didn't know how to respond for a while.

The princes of the Great Qi Dynasty often had the happiest moment in their lives when they heard that they were about to inherit the throne.

But Zhao Yan's mood is very complicated.

Her chest was full of apprehension, sadness, worry, and other emotions, but she was not happy.

Zhao Changying lifted the flask on the table and drank all the wine in the pot - even as he approached the end of his life, he was still addicted to alcohol.

"You are very similar to your mother," after a short silence, Zhao Changying continued, "willful, chivalrous, doing his own thing, always insisting on the justice in his heart."

"I know that all these years you have wanted to know the truth about your mother's death. Now, while I still have a breath, I'll tell you all the things of the year, and help you get rid of the obsession in your heart. ”

Zhao Yan said softly: "You said before that it was the hand of Emperor Tianxing. ”

"That's right," Zhao Changying sighed, "Your mother was a frequent visitor to the Qingzhou Lu Poetry Club when she was alive, and she didn't write very well in poetry, but she liked to make friends there." She and Lu Huan's wife can be called good sisters who marry Jin Lan.

Later, the Lu family was sentenced to the Nine Clans for treason, and she felt that this matter was outrageous. In her eyes, Lu Huan and his family don't look like people who will betray Daqi at all.

She wanted to go to Luojing City to seek justice for her sisters.

"At that time, I tried to stop her. Because I know that the emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty is a stubborn and arbitrary person. Whatever he believes, there can be no room for change.

"What happened next was not unexpected to me.

"Maybe it was because she suspected that she was a fellow party of the Lu family, or maybe it was just because she wanted to show her authority, so she manipulated the Tianlong Great Array and let her die in Luojing City.

"Well, if only I had done anything to keep her......"

If Gu Xu was also here, hearing Zhao Changying's words, he would definitely sigh in his heart: Emperor Tianxing, as a lackey of the upper realm, carries the will of "Taishang Haotian", and the world is just an ant in his eyes.

Qu Qingqiu, as a disobedient ant, jumped a little higher, trying to question the authority of Emperor Tianxing, but was slapped to death by Emperor Tianxing.

In this world where you can practice, as long as your strength is strong enough, you can indeed do whatever you want without any scruples.

Speaking of this, Zhao Changying paused for a moment, and then continued to say slowly: "She is my beloved wife, so after her death, I am always eager to avenge her, for her, I can do whatever it takes; But you are my only daughter, my priceless treasure, and I don't want to involve you in this dangerous matter, let alone carry too many sins, so I have been hiding from you and not telling you my plan.

"I'm sorry, Yan'er, but I underestimated your talent and abilities, and your determination to avenge your mother.

"Can you forgive me in this matter?"

Zhao Yan looked at him, was silent for a while, and finally nodded slightly.

She hoped that her father would be in a better mood in the last days of his life.

"In addition, Yan'er, I can feel that your bloodline power has become much stronger now," Zhao Changying asked again, "Did you get the 'flint' in the royal treasury during the 'Luoshui Conference'?" ”

"No," Zhao Yan shook her head, "When I arrived at the Imperial Treasury, the 'flint' had already broken into pieces. It was Gu Xu who helped me awaken my bloodline. ”

"Gu Xu?" Zhao Changying frowned, feeling extremely surprised, "How did he do it?" ”

Zhao Changying hadn't met Gu Xu a few times before, but he knew that this young man had a secret hidden in him - Luo Chuan, the head of the Demon Exorcism Division, was cold to anyone, but he was polite and polite to him, which undoubtedly proved that he was by no means a simple genius monk.

It's just that Gu Xu was able to replace the "flint" and help Zhao Yan awaken the power of the bloodline, which still surprised him.

"I don't know," Zhao Yan replied, "maybe it has something to do with the exercises he cultivates." When I was cultivating with him, I could feel that our True Yuan was resonating with each other, and my cultivation speed had also accelerated a lot. But this is his secret, I didn't ask much. ”

"What kind of exercises did he practice?"

"A medium-grade exercise called "Red Flame True Technique". But he has improved it. ”

"The True Recipe of Red Flame...... Isn't this the practice of the 'Fire God' lineage? ”

"He told me before that this is a random exercise picked up in the exorcism treasury, and it is an ordinary commodity that can't trace the historical origin."

Zhao Changying pondered for a long time, thinking about the possible relationship between Gu Xu and the "Fire God Sect", but he didn't have the slightest clue in his mind.

After a few minutes, he looked at his daughter in front of him and said in a solemn tone: "Although I have never cared much about your marriage, after I die, I still hope that you can find a trustworthy partner."

"On the one hand, your father has irresponsibly left you a mess and weighed on you the burden of a country – too much for a young woman. On the other hand, after you, if you don't leave an heir, the inheritance of Dayan will fall into the hands of Zhao Changqi and Zhao Yu. I know you don't want to see that. ”

"You should know that I've always disliked men, and I hate them touching me even more." Zhao Yan said without thinking about it.