The court exploded in an instant.

The king was held by the attendants beside him in fear, but his eyes rolled and his posture twitched, like a sign of illness.

For a time the ministers hurriedly took the king away and sent someone to pass the medical officer.

In the crowd, the third prince and the sixth prince also went with them, but unlike the anxious and flustered expressions of the other ministers, the two of them behaved much more calmly.

After all, the king is not small, and now that he is sick, won't he be able to pass on the throne to them soon?

Thinking of this, only one henchman was left behind them to investigate the situation in the palace and left in a hurry to lay out.

......

The news of the king's illness in the court reached Xi Yan's ears after he was taken away.

"Epilepsy?"

He pondered, a glimmer of clarity in his eyes.

The king has been indulging in pleasure for so many years, and it was only a matter of time before his body collapsed, but he did not expect that it would be at this critical time.

Xi Yan frowned, he could predict that in the next period of time, the national capital would set off a bloody storm, if it was in the past, forget it, after all, those people did not stop fighting for a day...... But now the rebellion and the crimes of the frontier are still superimposed!

Xi Yan pondered in the wing room of the restaurant for a long time, and finally recruited the steward of the restaurant.

The steward bowed respectfully: "Your Highness."

"You go to the barracks yourself and bring my words to the general, and you must tell him personally."

"Yes."

Before the steward arrived at the barracks, Ember received a message from the palace, and he was not surprised to hear it, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

The steward took Xi Yan's words and left, and it didn't take long for the general to ride a fast horse and rush to the holy mountain.

......

When the priest came to summon the general to ask for an audience, the priest of the temple was standing under the high platform of the priest's temple, looking up at the dome above his head in a daze.

The dome of the Temple of the Priests is a vivid mural that tells the story of the time when the temple was built with the loss of the country.

「...... Let him in."

After a while, the priest of the temple spoke slowly.

The black priest bowed and retreated, and then the general walked in with a steady and powerful step.

His steps were all too familiar to the temple priests, and she turned around as he was about to reach her.

She called softly, "General."

Ember stopped, stared into her eyes, and said in a determined tone, "You knew I was coming."

"Yes."

The temple priest nodded.

"As you say, the rebellion has happened, and the war is coming again."

It took several years of time and effort for the general to usher in a short period of stability on the lost frontier, but who would have thought that the problem would rot and breed inside.

This made him clearly know that the foundation of the lost country was rotten and could not be saved. But this is about him, he can completely throw his hands and leave, but-

The general looked at the calm and self-contained person in front of him, and he was calm from beginning to end, even if it was also about her fate.

She really isolated herself from the world, and seemed to be compassionate, but in fact, she had been indifferent and watched from the sidelines, and she didn't even care about herself.

Ember looked away slightly and said, "Soon I will be on the expedition."

But he couldn't do it without care, especially about her. So what he can do is to save this declining dynasty as much as possible, at the very least, give him some more time.

The temple priest nodded again, "I know."

"Do you remember what I proposed earlier?"

Looking at the slightly confused eyes of the temple priest, Ember sneered, "I said, I'll take you to see the splendid mountains and rivers outside."

「......」

The temple priest was dumbfounded and answered him with silence.

"I see."

The general mocked

He smiled a little.

He didn't say anything after that, just silently followed behind the temple priest, watching her every move.

He watched her read the scroll attentively, watched her water the only cluster of greenery in the study, and watched her stand under the big tree in the courtyard of the side hall and watch the fallen leaves in the wind......

These were all the daily routines of the temple priests, who had repeated countless days and nights, but this time...... She looked helplessly at the "little tail" behind her: "Isn't the general going to be busy?"

"Oh, not busy today."

Ember calmly panicked.

How could he not be busy? During this period of time, all kinds of temptation invitations were sent to the general's mansion and military camp in piles, and everyone from all sides wanted to know his attitude.

The temple priest sighed softly, "Why are you lying in front of me, I can see it."

「...... I did it on purpose, what can you do with me."

The general's attitude suddenly became bad.

Of course, this is just what he thinks is bad, compared to his methods of punishing soldiers, this bad is like playing at home.

Not surprisingly, the temple priest was indifferent, and there was even a fleeting smile in his eyes.

Ember's attention was focused on her, so when he noticed the change, his eyes lit up with surprise.

"You like my attitude?"

He was amazed and a little depressed...... The temple priest likes him to murder her? But this、It's a little difficult for him.。

How could he be fierce to the priests of the temple.

"Temple priests have no preferences."

However, this sentence fell on the ears of the general, that is, - hard mouth.

As if something was going on, his eyes filled with a happy smile, and the corners of his lips curled up, "Really? You'll always have a preference."

The temple priest stubbornly denied, "No, I don't."

"Huh?" The general approached her and said deliberately, "Then why do I think that you are partial to me?"

「......」

The temple priest fell into a stunned silence.

Seeing that she fell into deep thought, it seemed that she was thinking about whether her previous attitude towards the general was favoritism...... A hint of annoyance flashed in the general's eyes.

He shouldn't have told her, what if he snubbed him like he did last time?

The priest of the temple thought for a long time before he raised his head in confusion and asked him seriously, "Is that a preference?"

「？」

Si Yan didn't expect that she had just frowned and been distressed for so long, and she actually came to such a conclusion?

However, Ember tried to restrain the expression on her face, but her heart was already full of joy, how could she be so cute!!

Seeing that the priest of the temple did not show resistance, Ember bowed his head reservedly: "Yes, isn't that pleasing enough?"

He imagined in his mind that the temple priests would embrace themselves when they woke up......

"I see." The priest of the temple seriously interrupted his illusions, "Maybe I've been slacking off in my cultivation recently, so I'll close my door to practice."

「？？？」

Ash's eyes widened in disbelief as the temple priest closed the door and shut him out.

「......」

For the first time, he learned what it means to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.