After Gao Yuan returned to the palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief, this time he said so much in one breath, everything that should be said and what should not be said was said, and the next thing was to depend on Ning Xiaochuan's choice.

After a while, Qin Wanzun walked in, and the maids and maids in the East Palace hurriedly saluted, "National teacher." ”

"Grandpa, you're here."

Gao Yuan is not surprised by Qin Wanzuka's appearance, as long as he comes back from outside the palace, his grandfather will appear in front of him in time, and it is obvious that there is Qin Wanzuka's eyeliner in the East Palace.

"Well, how about meeting Ning Xiaochuan?"

Qin Wanzuka said very indifferently, in his opinion, recruiting Ning Xiaochuan is already a matter of nine out of ten, Ning Xiaochuan has already made enemies with the second prince, if he still wants to live in Yindu, he must take refuge in Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan touched the tip of his nose, "It's already been discussed, but it will take some time." ”

"Prince, you will inherit the throne in the future, and a qualified king cannot act rashly."

Qin Wanzuka frowned and looked at Gao Yuan, he was worried that Gao Yuan would drop the chain at a critical time, "Don't be soft when you can be tough, otherwise you will suffer endlessly." ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, I know what to do." Gao Yuan arched his hand and said, but judging from his expression, he was a little impatient.

Qin Wanzuka sighed helplessly, "Since that's the case, then the old man won't say more." ”

Watching Qin Wanzuka leave, Gao Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief......

I'm sorry grandfather, but this time I want to use my own methods, if I can do anything for the sake of the throne, then what's the point of sitting in that position?

Gao Yuan returned to the study and took out the top book from the shelf, which was already covered with dust, and wiped it gently.

The familiar name "One Hundred Chapters of the Temple" was revealed on the blue page, and Gao Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he looked at his familiar friend.

Back then, he wanted to go to Guozijian to listen to the class, but Gao Zhen never let him, and in desperation, he often secretly went to Guozijian to eavesdrop until he was discovered by his master.

After the master knew his identity as a prince, he gave him this "Hundred Chapters of the Temple Treatise" and asked him to study it carefully.

It's a pity that he didn't study for long, and his grandfather appeared in the East Palace and taught him knowledge as a national teacher until today.

Today's words with Ning Xiaochuan are really not his performance on the spot, but what he really thinks in his heart, when he read the first chapter of "One Hundred Chapters of the Temple", the opening game: With benevolence in the heart, the world is governed, and the people of the world are wanting, which can be described as a great road.

Ning Xiaochuan's words made him wake up from a dream, and he remembered this book that he had forgotten in his mind, the Ning family was full of loyalty, and he did his best for the sake of Dafeng, as the crown prince, he actually had to rely on favors to recruit the Ning family, it was really ridiculous, if he really did this, would he still be a qualified crown prince?

Gao Yuan took a deep breath and looked at the book in front of him, the content of this book may be more suitable for him than what his grandfather taught him.

……

Royal Palace Gardens.

Since the last time he recruited Ning Xiaochuan was stirred up by the crown prince, and the two broke up unhappily, Gao Ling has always held a grudge against Ning Xiaochuan.

In the long pavilion of the imperial garden, a woman dressed in a colorful phoenix god phoenix Yuexia robe and wearing a crown of nine phoenixes to the sun is tasting the newly made pastries made in the imperial dining room.

The woman was graceful and luxurious, sitting on a chair, and the maid next to her sent a pastry to the woman's mouth, the woman opened her mouth slightly, savored it, and finally nodded with satisfaction, "This pastry is good, reward." ”

The eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room who was half-kneeling below hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him, "Thank you for the reward from the queen mother." ”

The gorgeous woman in front of her with heavy makeup and graceful body is the queen of the dynasty and the biological mother of the second prince Gao Ling, the grandson Changping.

Gao Ling sat opposite the queen, holding chopsticks and eating the pastries in front of him one by one.

After the head of the imperial dining room left, the queen looked at her precious son and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" is so angry, don't sprinkle it on yourself if you are angry, tell the queen mother, did the prince provoke you again? ”

"Hmph, it's not been a day or two since the prince messed with me, what can you do." Gao Ling said speechlessly, and then put down his chopsticks, "This time it's not the prince, it's Ning Zhi's baby son." ”

"Is it the fifth child of the Liguo family?"

The queen smiled lightly and said: "I told you a long time ago, this person is not as simple as you imagined, let you take your time, you have to listen, now it's okay, touch the nail." ”

"I think he is just a gentleman, he has no ability at all, if the prince hadn't come that day, he would have surrendered to me." Gao Ling said angrily.

The queen shook her head, waved her hand and drank away from the maid beside her, and then looked at Gao Ling, "Son, you tell the queen mother, did you have a bad relationship with Ning Xiaochuan?" Or has Ning Xiaochuan already taken refuge in the crown prince? ”

Gao Ling got up and shouted: "I don't know if he defected to the crown prince or not, but he did play tricks on me that day, and I will have to settle this account with him sooner or later!" ”

The queen said with a solemn expression: "Ning Xiaochuan is behind him is one hundred thousand Ning family troops, since we can't get it, it can't be cheap Gao Yuan." ”

"Queen Mother, what do you mean by this, are you going to make a move?" Gao Ling said with some surprise.

"Since I have a bad relationship with you, it is an enemy of our Gongsun family, you don't care about this matter, our Gongsun family still has some means."

The queen smiled coldly, it was impossible to sit in the position of the head of the harem without some means.

Gao Ling grinned and said proudly: "I am relieved to have the queen mother make a move." ”

"It's not that you don't fight, but it's a pity that the 100,000 state troops of the Ningguo family, if you have the support of these 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the queen mother and your uncle are maneuvering around, this prince's position will definitely be yours." The queen said helplessly.

"Don't worry, the queen mother, the position of the crown prince will be mine sooner or later, if the eldest brother hadn't had a national teacher behind him, he would have gotten out of the East Palace a long time ago."

Gao Ling said disapprerovingly, it is true that since he was a child, he likes to read those military books, and Gao Yuan is different, Gao Yuan is running to the country, and he likes the Imperial Heavenly Prison and the Imperial Military Mansion, and even his father said that he is more like him than Gao Yuan.

Gongsun Changping looked at his son and said helplessly: "You still have to be careful, this crown prince is not so easy." ”

Yes, the position of the crown prince was not lofty at first, and the original queen was not his grandson Changping, but the late Queen Xu.

Empress Xu left suddenly, leaving a ten-year-old prince, that is, the third prince, Gao Zhen originally planned to make the third prince the crown prince, but was opposed by many voices in the court, one is Gao Yuan's grandfather, the national teacher Qin Wanzuka, and the other is Gao Ling's uncle Zhennan General Gongsun Changfeng.

Under the opposition of the two, in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, Gao Zhen chose a compromise plan, making Gongsun Changping the queen and Gao Yuan as the crown prince, which made the two forces shut up.

But after so many years, although the two parties have not made any big moves, they have not targeted each other for the position of the prince behind their backs.

……

At this moment, Ning Xiaochuan didn't know that he was being targeted by the Gongsun family, and he was meditating cross-legged in the room, preparing to impact the Soul Gathering Realm.

As the fifth son of the Ning family, the exercises in his hands are naturally not weak, and the five brothers chose the path of martial arts cultivation for him and his eldest brother, and the mental methods practiced by the two of them are the best mental methods of the Ning family, "Xuanyu Neijing".

According to Ning Zhi, this exercise was taught by the head of Wudang after the Daomen Wu at that time, and Ning Zhi tried it, this inner diameter is indeed superior, looking at the rivers and lakes, they are all top existences.

Ning Xiaochuan sat cross-legged, with a seal in his hand, guiding the true qi of heaven and earth to enter the body from the pores, through the seven tendons and eight veins in the body, and then merging into the dantian, and so on, using the true qi to continuously strengthen the body's skin muscles and veins, enhance the strength of his own body, when the true qi in the dantian reaches the first saturation, you can have the opportunity to touch the bottleneck and enter the next realm.

Ning Xiaochuan has been in the Ning Yuan Realm for more than a year, and after the last battle in Jiangbei Town, he witnessed the scene of the half-step spirit master's true qi leaking out, and his mood also changed slightly.

Just watching a half-step battle of divine spirit masters has improved many martial artists, not to mention that Ning Xiaochuan has experienced one in person, too many things have happened during this time, although Ning Xiaochuan felt the throbbing in the dantian, he still endured it.

Impacting the realm of martial arts, the most important thing is to be calm, and you must not be disturbed by your thoughts, otherwise it is easy to go mad.

Today is a good time, Ning Xiaochuan sat cross-legged, the true qi in the dantian seemed to be like a sea without waves in the ancient well, but in fact, the internal waves were turbulent, take a deep breath, look at the nose, look at the heart, and look at the dantian.

The true qi of heaven and earth frantically converged into the body, and with the continuous entry of the true qi, the dantian instantly surged, and the manic true qi continued to impact the four walls of the dantian, Ning Xiaochuan knew that he was about to break through.

The upper part of the Ning Yuan Realm is the Soul Gathering Realm, and after arriving at the Soul Gathering Realm, he can release his true qi, and truly kill one person in ten steps, and do not stay for thousands of miles, at that time, he can be regarded as a real martial artist.

"Bang!"

There was a muffled sound, the true qi hit the dantian and made a muffled sound, and the sharp pain came from the lower abdomen, just a small collision made Ning Xiaochuan's forehead sweat like rain, the dantian is the heart of a warrior, and the slightest abnormality is the pain of the heart.

"Bang!"

With another sound, the dantian seemed to explode, Ning Xiaochuan gritted his teeth, the green tendons on his arms burst out, and with a tick, sweat fell to the ground.

A moment later, a sharp pain in the heart like ten thousand maggots eroding bones struck, and Ning Xiaochuan really wanted to stop absorbing true qi, so he gave up.

But he can't, it's not easy to touch the threshold of breaking through the realm, this time I missed it, I don't know how long it will take next time.

"Ahh

Ning Xiaochuan opened his eyes and roared, his eyes were red, and the true qi around him frantically drilled into his body.

"Boom."

There was a muffled sound, and it felt like the world was quiet, the swelling pain disappeared in an instant, and the pain in the whole body gradually declined, replaced by a cool comfort, and when the surrounding true qi passed through the tendons, you could feel that your tendons and veins were smoother than before, and the speed at which the true qi entered the body was much faster.

"It worked."

Feeling the overflowing true qi in the dantian, Ning Xiaochuan was overjoyed, the pain of being tortured just now seemed to disappear in an instant, stretched out his right hand, and a pale yellow true qi gathered in the palm of his hand through the pores.

This small ball of true qi indicates that he has reached the Soul Gathering Realm.

Gathering true qi and overflowing, this is the Soul Gathering Realm.