According to the rules of the Yuqing Dynasty, after the end of the sword discussion in the palace, the top 20 were rewarded by the Imperial Court Rites Department.

Of course, this kind of worldly reward is of little significance to these students themselves, after all, they are about to enter the spiritual world.

The main purpose is to commend the families of these students and clarify their status as cultivators.

And the top five of the top 20, in addition to the Ministry of Rites awards, will also be personally received by the Emperor Yuqing.

During this period, the emperor boycotted the dynasty for ten days, just to get close to these five proud sons of the sky, and to form five good karma in the cultivation world for the Yuqing Dynasty.

Now the emperor of the Yuqing Dynasty is fourteen years old, and he is a brother to Dong Taixu of the Ten Thousand Swords Academy.

When Zhou Wuji was studying with him in the palace, the two children were five years old and one was six years old, and they were similar in age and like-minded, so they worshiped in a daze, and also named Zhou Wuji as a national teacher.

Later, Zhou Wuji's sword species awakened and went to the Ten Thousand Swords Academy Palace to accept the inheritance of the Taixu Sect, and the two of them continued to write letters in the future.

Zhou Wuji's supervisor of sword cultivation is Fang Manshan, and in order to prevent this cultivation genius from becoming complacent, Master Fang always used the names Li Juling, Tu Su, and Jiang Yuan to suppress him.

Recently, these three people have stopped mentioning it, and changed their names to mention Xia Yan.

Zhou Wuji was so annoying, he wrote a letter to his emperor brother to confide in him.

So the little emperor knew that there was such a person as Xia Yan before, and he also knew that this person was a cultivation seed, and he was expected to achieve results in the sword of the palace.

So after hearing about Xia Yuntian's case, he has been holding his senses.

Neither trial nor release, hanging.

Waiting for the results of Xia Yan's competition to come out, he personally released Xia Yuntian, and then rewarded him in a big way, and made the favor in the palace, which is the emperor's trick to control people.

As a result, the group of wastes of the Three Law Divisions, under the intervention of Tu Gaoyuan, made an arbitrary claim to hold a trial.

Isn't this a truncated beard?

Besides, if Xia Yuntian is released now, there are three long and two short ones outside, who is responsible?

The little emperor hurriedly passed on the oracle and put the person in Zhao Prison.

As a result, that night, the imperial aunt and grandmother came, saying that there was a lack of two players in mahjong, and suggested that Xia Yuntian and Tu Gaoyuan should be brought into the palace.

This imperial aunt and grandmother are known as white-haired swordsmen on the rivers and lakes.

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That night, it snowed heavily.

Outside the palace Yangxin Palace, the brocade guards surrounded the three layers inside and the three layers outside, looking up at the sky one by one with a vigilant face.

In the palace of nourishing the heart, there is a mahjong table, and there are four card friends sitting on the side.

Emperor Jiang Xiang of Yuqing, Jiang Bailian, a white-haired swordsman, Tu Gaoyuan, the God of Wealth of Yuqing, and Xia Yuntian, the head of the Xia family.

"In the red." The little emperor Jiang Xiang played a card.

"Huh." Tu Gaoyuan flashed the card, "Chicken beard." ”

The little emperor was angry: "Master Tu, is your family short of this tael of silver?" What's so good about a chicken beard? ”

"Your Majesty, a chicken beard is also a beard, and less money is also money." Tu Gaoyuan said.

"Don't play, don't play." The little emperor pushed the card and said to Jiang Bailian, "Aunt Huang, why don't we remove the people outside."

Looking at this heavenly vision, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, and even if it does, with you and your disciples to protect it, it's not a big problem.

These brocade guards have their own errands in the capital, and I am afraid that the rest of the city will be chaotic when they are transferred here. ”

Jiang Bailian, who had waist-length white hair, shook her head: "Your Majesty can't be careless, let's wait." ”

"Grandma Huang, what are you waiting for?" Emperor Yuqing asked.

"Wait for the dust to settle." Jiang Bailian smiled faintly and looked at Xia Yuntian, "Brother-in-law, Xia Yan, this child is not born to my sister."

The vision he brought about by his breakthrough was not much better than when his sister ascended to heaven.

But what is strange to me is that not long after this child was born, I went to the Xia family to see his cultivation talent.

It can only be said that he is a middle-aged person, barely able to practice.

Now that he suddenly has this achievement, is there any adventure? ”

Xia Yuantian shook his head: "Since this kid entered the Ten Thousand Swords Academy, he has rarely had contact with me. ”

"Brother-in-law, I know you have some opinions about me over the years." Jiang Bailian said faintly, "After all, I have always refused to tell you about my sister's whereabouts, and I have been suppressing the fact that your Xia family has become an official businessman."

However, I have a hard time.

My sister's whereabouts involve the secrets of the inner gate, and as a disciple of the outer gate, I can't reveal them to mortals.

As for the matter of officials and businessmen, now the imperial court only purchases a small amount of weapons from the Xia family, and you have been assassinated many times, brother-in-law.

If he becomes an official businessman and the Xia family's weapons are all purchased by the imperial court, then the brother-in-law's net worth and life will be even more in danger.

And my Yuqing Dynasty is only a small country, if we take such a bold step up our armaments, it will inevitably trigger the targeting of the surrounding powers.

So it's not that we don't do it, but that the time has not come. ”

Xia Yuntian shook his head: "You are right, I naturally know that I have no grudge against you." ”

"Then Xia Yan's situation, why didn't my brother-in-law tell me the truth?" Jiang Bailian said.

Xia Yuntian shook his head and said: "When the child grows up, he will always have some secrets of his own, as an adult in the family, how can he ask about everything?" ”

"Lao Xia, what you said is not right, the two children have indeed grown up, but we still have to make decisions for them in some things." Tu Gaoyuan said, "I don't think the marriage between my second girl and Ling Gongzi should be delayed any longer." ”

Speaking of this, Tu Gaoyuan stood up and took two steps back, bowed to Emperor Yuqing, and said, "Your Majesty, please also give Xia Yan and the little girl Tu Su a marriage." ”

The corners of Emperor Yuqing's mouth twitched, and he looked at Jiang Bailian: "Imperial aunt and grandmother, you see this is strange." ”

Jiang Bailian smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, what's the blame?" ”

Jiang Xiang said with a smile: "I ascended the throne at the age of two, and I have been in power for 12 years.

In the past twelve years, no matter how old I am, whether it is a royal nobleman or a court official, I have always asked me to marry, as if I knew what it was like to get married.

Then I found out that these people who asked for marriage were all asking for their own sons, not for their own catties.

It's strange today, the Xia family master hasn't spoken yet, but the slaughter family master has knelt down. ”

Jiang Bailian shook her head: "Your Majesty, the master of the Tu family is the financial pillar of my Yuqing, he has only won five hundred taels of silver from His Majesty these days, Your Majesty doesn't have to make fun of others like this." ”

"Grandma Huang's lesson is right." The little emperor smiled and was about to give the order to marry.

But I heard Jiang Bailian continue: "But this marriage, Your Majesty can't give it." ”

"Why is that?" The little emperor asked.

Jiang Bailian stretched out her hand and gently supported it, and Tu Gaoyuan stood up unconsciously.

The white-haired swordsman said: "Master of the Slaughter Family, I have seen Ling Ai, she is carrying the Nine Yin Absolute Vein, and her life is short. ”

Tu Gaoyuan was stunned.

The white-haired swordsman said slowly: "However, the master of the slaughter family doesn't have to worry, I was also carrying the Nine Yin Absolute Veins back then, and now I have a life span of one hundred and twenty-eight years. It's not just me, it's my sister too, do you know why? ”

Tu Gaoyuan clenched his fists and arched his hand: "Please also ask your seniors to teach you." ”

Jiang Bailian looked at Xia Yuantian and said, "Our sisters, like Tu Su back then, were favored by the sect when they were young, and they were given the inheritance in advance, so that we could stand out in the sword discussion and even the great sword discussion in the school palace.

However, such a good thing is not without a price, and the masters of the sect will use secret techniques to plant the Nine Yin Absolute Veins on us.

The Nine Yin Absolute Veins on Tu Su's body, just like our sisters back then, were not born, but artificial.

And this kind of Nine Yin Absolute Vein made by the secret technique of the sect, only the sect can solve it in the entire cultivation world, which means that we can only worship the sect, otherwise we will die early.

I later became an outer disciple, and because I was related to the Yuqing Imperial Family, I was sent by the sect to sit in the Yuqing Imperial Palace.

My sister is much more talented than me and has entered the inner door. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Bailian's gaze fell back to Tu Gaoyuan: "So the Tu family master, Tu Su can only worship my sect in the future, so that the nine yin veins on the body can be removed, and the sect has door rules, and the sect cannot get married." Therefore, His Majesty cannot give this marriage. ”

"Oh, I see." The little emperor of Yuqing nodded, and then looked at Xia Yuntian, "Master Xia, you and Mrs. Ling are on the other side, it seems that it is also because of this door rule." ”

Xia Yuantian looked bitter: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Hey." The little emperor sighed and suggested, "Then what, should we continue to play cards?" ”

"Your Majesty, this card can't be played." Jiang Bailian looked at the gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall from afar, "Jiang Yuan, this girl is here." ”

"Cousin?" The little emperor of Yuqing had a frightened face and shrunk his neck, "What is she doing here?" ”

When he was a child, Jiang Xiang's companions were Jiang Yuan and Zhou Wuji.

Jiang Yuan is a few years older than the two of them, and with Jiang Bailian's support, he is responsible for supervising the two little boys.

If Jiang Xiang and Zhou Wuji made a mistake in their homework, the teacher in charge of teaching would not dare to punish them.

Jiang Yuan doesn't care about this, let alone Zhou Wuji, Emperor Jiang Xiang is also beaten.

Now, Zhou Wuji is like a quail in front of Jiang Yuan, and as soon as the little emperor Jiang Xiang heard the name Jiang Yuan, the shadow of his childhood that had just passed returned to his eyes, and his heart was weak for a while.

The little emperor of Yuqing was a little nervous at this moment, but Jiang Bailian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief:

"Your Majesty, Jiang Yuan can come now, it means that the dust has settled, let her in."

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