declined Gu Feng's invitation and agreed to visit in the future, Xiao Zheng took Xiao Chunzi to the palace gate.

The palace city at night looks mysterious and solemn, and he has been away for seven years, although he feels a little strange, but the kindness in his bones still makes him a little excited, because there are his relatives, father, mother, and sisters, and the heart that he hasn't seen for a long time makes him want to enter this palace wall immediately.

Xiao Chunzi took out the token and handed it to the guards of Miyagi, the guards of Miyagi took the token and looked at it for a while, the word "East Palace" was written on it, a little confused, this token was the first time he had seen, and he had seen the two people in front of him for the first time, but it seemed that no one dared to break into the palace gate with a token casually, and turned his head to look at Xiao Zheng: "This token is?" ”

Xiao Chunzi looked at his expression and knew that this guard had never seen the prince token before, looked at him and explained, "This is the prince token, do you want to see the prince yet?" ”

"Too... Prince? Several guards looked at each other, startled, but they didn't dare to confirm it, the scene in front of them made them a little overwhelmed, of course they knew that there was His Royal Highness the Prince, but no one had seen it, kneeling, what if someone pretended? Don't kneel, if it's really His Royal Highness the Prince, it won't be guarding the palace gate in the future, and if you can't go to guard the city gate, a few people are a little embarrassed.

Xiao Zheng saw their worries, and didn't want to embarrass them, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, don't blame those who don't know, this king hasn't returned to the palace for seven years, it's understandable that you don't know each other, you can take the token and show it to General Qin." ”

"Thanks... His Royal Highness Prince Xie, go immediately..."The guard bent down, as if to confirm that no one dared to pretend to be the prince.

As he was talking, a person was already rushing in the distance, and he saw that he should be the commander of the palace guards, and in a blink of an eye, he had already walked in front of him. Ignoring the guard's surprise, after the person who came to stand, he stared at Xiao Zheng who was smiling, obviously a little excited, as if he was confirming, and suddenly knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "Qin Shixun, the commander of the lowly Imperial Forest Army, greets His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

When the guards in the back saw that the commanders were all kneeling, it would definitely not be wrong, and they also knelt down one after another.

Xiao Zheng held up Qin Shixun with both hands, "General Qin, please hurry up, I haven't seen you for seven years, and the general's demeanor has not diminished back then."

Qin Shixun got up and handed it over, "The prince has won the award, and he is ashamed to be ashamed."

"Judging by the general's expression, it seems that he already knew that it was me who came back?" Xiao Zheng was also a little puzzled by his timely appearance.

"It's Gonggong Fu who just informed the lowly office, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have arrived, and let the lowly post come to greet His Highness quickly, and the lowly post hurried over, and the lowly post couldn't believe it just now, but now it seems that it is really His Royal Highness the Prince, the humble duty... The lowly duty has long looked forward to the return of His Highness, and today His Highness returns, the lowly duty..."

"The general doesn't need to say much, I know in my heart that this king grew up under the watchful eyes of the general, and he often missed the general when he left the capital."

"Your Royal Highness Xie is worried, seeing His Highness return as promised, the old minister is really excited" said and hurriedly got out of the way, please Xiao Zheng entered the palace" The old minister patronized and talked to His Highness, Your Highness, please enter the palace quickly, Your Majesty should also be waiting for Your Highness. ”

"Okay, general, let's go together"

"Okay, Your Highness, please!"

The two greeted each other all the way, and when they arrived in front of the Qianyuan Palace, they had already seen Gonggong Fu waiting in front of the palace, and saw Xiao Zheng and the three of them coming, and walked down the steps quickly, "The old slave participates in His Royal Highness the Prince"

Xiao Zheng walked in front of Father-in-law Fu, "Father-in-law Fu, don't come to harm."

Gonggong Fu bowed down to greet him, "Your Highness Xie is worried, thanks to Your Majesty and Your Highness's Hong Fu, the old slave is in good health." Your Highness, please enter the palace, Your Majesty has been thinking about Your Highness for a while~"

"Okay, then you talk to General Qin and Xiao Chunzi first, and I'll go to see my father first." Xiao Zheng hurriedly said goodbye to Father-in-law Fu, and listened to the voice of Xiao Chunzi visiting his father-in-law behind his ears, and he also quickly entered the Qianyuan Palace.

The lights in the Qianyuan Hall were bright, and the palace people waiting in the hall were also called away by Gonggong Fu, and there was only one figure on the main hall at this time quietly looking at Xiao Zheng, their eyes met, looking at this gray-haired old man, who was already missing the rigidity when he left, Xiao Zheng walked quickly to the dragon case, bowed to the ground, and hurriedly greeted "Erchen knocks on his father..."

Emperor Ren slowly walked up to Xiao Zheng and took his hand, "Zheng'er has grown up, and he is finally back."

"Father, the son is not filial, and he has not been able to fulfill his filial piety over the years..."

"Hey~ You and my father and son don't need to talk about this, but have you suffered all these years with the old way?" Emperor Ren looked at Xiao Zheng from top to bottom, as if to check if he was injured somewhere.

Xiao Zheng was very moved, "Father, the sons did not suffer, and the master treated the sons very well"

Emperor Ren heard Xiao Zheng say that it was okay, and he was relieved a lot, "That's good, I see that although you are tall, you are dark and thin, and I think that the old Taoist priest treats you harshly, then the father will not be able to spare him, hehe~"

Xiao Zheng knew that his father was joking, "My father has always been kind to his sons. In fact, Erchen has always had a doubt in his heart, why did his father believe in the master so much at that time and let him take Erchen away? ”

Emperor Ren did not answer Xiao Zheng's question: "You will naturally understand this matter in the future, now tell your father what you have learned in Qingyun Peak over the years..."

Outside the hall, General Qin had already returned to the front of the hall, leaving only Gonggong Fu and Xiao Chunzi talking.

"Father-in-law, after many years of absence, my father-in-law is in good health"

"Hehe, my father-in-law's health is good, have you been lazy with His Highness all these years? Have you learned what your stepfather taught you? ”

When it comes to kung fu, Xiao Chunzi is very confident, and begins to dance with eyebrows, "Xiao Chunzi doesn't dare to fall into the prestige of his father-in-law, and he has been practicing hard, Master Chance, Unruly Senior Brother and His Royal Highness have all pointed me out a lot, and now Xiao Chunzi is no longer the little Chunzi of the year, it's amazing~"

"Begging for a beating, dare to say it in front of me, I want to see how many catties and taels you have" Fu Gonggong listened to Xiao Chunzi's boasting, so he smiled and slapped Xiao Chunzi's head.

Xiao Chunzi naturally didn't dodge, and knew that he couldn't dodge, so he shrank his head in fright, "Hehe, of course Xiao Chunzi doesn't dare to call himself powerful in front of his father-in-law, I mean that he has grown a little bit" said and gestured with his hand.

"Hehe, it's good to have growth, follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, if you don't grow into your father, don't worry."

"Then what's not to worry about, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is better than me, my father-in-law can rest assured" Xiao Chunzi heard the words of Gonggong Fu, and immediately began to brag for Xiao Zheng again. Unexpectedly, it was another slap in the face: "Presumptuous, if you don't practice well, you still want His Highness to protect you?" Father-in-law Fu looked at Xiao Chunzi warningly, "Moreover, after you go out, you can't tell others about Your Highness's mastership, and you can't tell anyone how powerful Your Highness's martial arts are, Your Highness learns kung fu just to strengthen your body, and your martial arts are mediocre, understand?" ”

"I know, Father. Didn't you say that before you? I'm not so stupid to talk nonsense in front of other people. Xiao Chunzi is naturally not stupid, and will not expose Xiao Zheng's secret in front of others.

"It's good that you know, follow Your Highness in the future, and protect Your Highness well. I'll study your hard work when I go back, if you don't grow much, see how I clean you up" Father-in-law Fu looked at Xiao Chunzi threateningly.

"Hehe, it's better for my father-in-law to be merciful, and I will definitely protect His Highness well. By the way, there's another strange thing, on our way back..."

The third watch has passed, and Xiao Zheng has also told Emperor Ren about the general experience of the past seven years.

"Well, listening to you say this, my father's heart is much more relieved, we Dayu more than a thousand years and a whole fifty generations of emperors, must practice martial arts, although not necessarily all can win the master, martial arts are strong, but the skills are basically not weak, do not seek to go into battle to kill the enemy, martial arts hegemony, at critical moments to have the means to save life, this is a must." Emperor Ren listened to Xiao Zheng's words, and was still quite satisfied with his current state.

"Well, that's what my father said."

"Dayu country can inherit so many years is still vigorous, has experienced too many ups and downs, although the middle of the ups and downs, but are survived, the most thrilling of which is that seven hundred years ago was almost subverted by the rebellious ministers and thieves, fortunately the ancestor Xingdi turned the tide, there is a follow-up inheritance of Dayu." When Emperor Ren mentioned the inheritance of the country, he was also full of emotion.

Xiao Zheng nodded, knowing that it was not easy to inherit the country, "The minister has also seen the emperor's ambition in this matter, and he can imagine the difficulties of the ancestors. ”

"Hehe~ How can it be so easy to be an emperor, it is easy to be a faint monarch, but it is difficult to be a Ming monarch" Emperor Ren still has some experience when he talks about being an emperor.

Xiao Zheng saw Emperor Ren's happy appearance, and began to pat himself on the back, "It's easy for the son to see his father as a Ming monarch."

"Hahaha~ This sycophant is comfortable, others must have ulterior motives when they say this, and I am willing to say this."

"Oh? Someone else said this about the father, or do they have ulterior motives? Xiao Zheng thought of hearing Gu Feng say that Xiao Yu often entered the palace.

Emperor Ren didn't bother to talk about it, and waved his hand, "Hehe~ It's okay not to mention this matter, it's all trivial." ”

Seeing that his father was reluctant to mention it, Xiao Zheng said another thing: "Speaking of trivial matters, Erchen is reporting to his father here, and Erchen is on his way to Beijing..."

"This matter is already known to my father," Emperor Ren waved his hand and said, "and there is no obstruction, if you can't go through this trivial matter, then how can you bear the heavy responsibility of this Kyushu country." ”

"It turns out that my father has known about this for a long time" Xiao Zheng suddenly realized that it was impossible for his father to be able to commit murder near the capital without getting any information.

"They are all juniors, Xiao Fu has already reported that they have ambushes on every important road into Beijing, but I don't know which direction you will enter Beijing from. It has been a few days since Xiao Fu released the news that you will return to Beijing, hmph, they are patient. "It turns out that all this is Emperor Ren's plan to lure the king into the urn" These are all things on the surface, and they are not worth mentioning. The reason why I let them continue to run rampant is that they are waiting for the people behind them to appear, some of them are very hidden, I am only aware of it, and I don't know who the people behind the scenes are, I must uproot them! ”

"Since everything is in the hands of my father, the ministers are relieved."

"You can't rest assured, if you don't do anything, then others shouldn't be at ease."

Xiao Zheng looked at Emperor Ren and nodded, "Yes, after all, it is the crown prince, someone wants to assassinate himself, if there is no point to show it, then I am so sorry for my identity"

"Haha... It's time to let them know you're back! ”