Following.

Xia Ao slept until three o'clock in the morning, and then got up lazily.

From getting up to leaving the table, Xia Ao finally had a good understanding of what it really means to "stretch out your hands for clothes and open your mouth for food".

In the sleepy eyes, two maids knelt behind him and knocked his shoulders and combed his long hair, and two maids helped him wipe his face with hot towels and rinse his mouth with bamboo salt, and there were two maids squatting in the front who specialized in carrying water basins.

After that, he chose one of the dozens of clean and tidy clothes he wanted to wear today, and then a few maids carefully and gently helped him put them on and take care of them.

Finally, it is to stand in front of the wide crystal mirror and admire yourself, and if you are satisfied, the maid will insert a delicate crown with her hair tied up, and this is the end.

When it came to the table, five meats and five vegetables, one soup and one soup had been prepared on the table, a total of 12 dishes with good colors and flavors.

Although the table is large, it is equipped with a small mechanism turntable, and whatever you want to eat, the maid will clip it into the porcelain plate for you with a single look.

Even, you can let the maid directly pick up the vegetables and feed them one bite at a time, without having to do it herself.

However, Xia Ao is not very suitable for directly being fed at the moment, so he has no experience for the time being.

But no matter what, Xia Ao has personally experienced how much a prince can enjoy in this world......

After eating the meal that I don't know if it was breakfast or lunch, Xia Ao walked out of the side hall with a satisfied face.

After stretching beautifully in the warm sun, Xia Ao noticed that there was a person kneeling in the courtyard.

After a closer look, that person was the chief of the guard, Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying knelt on one knee, expressionless, and didn't even blink his eyes for a long time, like a sculpture.

Xia Ao couldn't help but look strange, turned his head to look at Rong Luo and asked puzzledly, "What's going on?" ”

Rong Luo smiled helplessly and replied, "Your Highness, Chief Zhou, he is blaming himself and punishing himself." He thought that His Highness was likely to be in danger if he did that yesterday, but he couldn't stay by the side to protect him, so he ......"

"Your Highness, Chief Zhou's temperament you also know, except for you, we don't listen to anyone's advice, so we don't have any advice."

Xia Ao nodded clearly, but there was a strange feeling in his heart.

I didn't expect this guy to still have a donkey temper......

In the memory of the original body, Zhou Ying's temper was stubborn, and sometimes he even refused to listen to the words of the sixth prince, and he was very angry.

But then again, although this kind of person is stubborn, his loyalty is quite reliable, and there are pros and cons.

"How long have you been kneeling?"

"You were on your knees not long after you came back yesterday, and I had tea brought to you, but he didn't move."

Rong Luo said as she pointed to a teapot in front of Zhou Ying.

Xia Ao nodded, but he didn't worry about anything.

A master of the Innate Realm can open the valley for more than three days, not to mention a powerhouse of the Void Realm.

Even if he knelt for a night and a half, I am afraid that at most it will make Zhou Ying's spirit a little weaker, and it will not be very tight.

Walking to the front and back of Zhou Ying with his hands, Xia Ao smiled and groaned: "Have you knelt down?" ”

Zhou Ying, who was like a sculpture, finally reacted, pursed his lips and shook his head.

"No, my subordinates are derelict in their duties, and they need to kneel at least for one night and one day, and they are still half a day."

Xia Ao rolled his eyes, a little crying and laughing.

"Even if you make a mistake, then there should be a lonely punishment for you, where is the reason for you to punish yourself?"

"His Highness did not punish his subordinates, so his subordinates can only punish themselves."

Zhou Ying responded in a muffled voice.

Xia Ao glared at Zhou Ying angrily, and then turned around and left.

When he was about to walk to the door of the courtyard, Xia Ao left a sentence.

"Lone wants to go to the city for a walk, if you want to kneel, kneel slowly."

Zhou Ying's eyes widened, and he got up very neatly.

A few maids only heard a "swish", and when they looked at it again, where was Zhou Ying's figure?

……

General's Palace.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, there were a total of eight people standing at the top of the pyramid of civil and military officials, four each of the civil and military.

Among them, the four civil officials are the prime minister and the three dukes (Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao).

However, the three dukes are mostly awarded the highest honors to show the emperor's grace, and there is almost no real power.

Therefore, although the three princes can check and balance the prime minister, their strength is limited.

Among the four generals, the general is honored, followed by the hussar general, the cavalry general, and the Wei general.

However, although the general was the most noble, he had very few soldiers and horses under his direct command in peacetime, and only in wartime was he authorized by the emperor's order to command a large number of troops.

Fang Jin's general is named Xiao Hongyuan, the father of Xiao Guifei, the late biological mother of the sixth prince.

When Xia Ao walked out of the car, the first thing he saw was the three-gate Zhu Ting and the tall courtyard wall that were much more magnificent than the Yunhai Mansion.

On the pedestal in front of the door and dozens of white marble stairs, there are more than 30 heavily armed armor soldiers on duty.

These armor soldiers all have sharp eyes and stand like a pine, and they are not easy to mess with at first glance.

In fact, most of them are cultivators in the early stage of innate (one, two, three), two teams are in the middle of the congenital stage, and there is also a captain in the late congenital stage.

Using an Innate Realm Armor Warrior to look at the gate is undoubtedly extremely luxurious, but considering the identity of the Great General, it is not unusual.

When Xia Ao raised his feet and walked up the stairs, the soldiers who passed by along the way only stood up and walked together to show respect, but did not speak, let alone salute in fear.

Only the leader who took the lead stepped forward to greet him, bowed his head and clenched his fists, and saluted respectfully.

Xia Ao is not surprised by this, because this situation is normal.

The status of the general is respected, even if the prince comes, these armor soldiers on duty will only be indifferent.

And if you don't greet in advance, you will stop the prince, and after the ceremony, the general will say that he is willing to see him, and then he will put it in.

"Your Highness, you came just in time, I heard that the general is preparing to send someone to invite you."

Hearing Captain Wu's words, Xia Ao smiled slightly, not surprised.

Such a big event happened yesterday, and Xiao Hongyuan can endure it so far.

"Lead the way."

"Yes!"

In this way, Wu Chang took Xia Ao and Zhou Ying, who never left for half a step, all the way through the courtyard, and walked for half a tea time before arriving at the place.

This is a small lake with rippling blue waves, and there is an octagonal pavilion on the lakeside, in which an old man with crane hair and bright eyes is playing against a middle-aged man with a polite manner.

"General Yu, His Royal Highness the Sixth has arrived."

Hearing Wu Chang's words, the middle-aged man hurriedly got up and bowed sideways to Xia Ao.

But the old man didn't get up, and snorted dissatisfiedly.

"What do you do? Keep playing chess! ”

The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly, waved his hand at Wu Chang, and then walked out of the pavilion to greet him.

"Your Highness, you also know the general's temper, he is still angry because of yesterday's events, don't take it to heart......"

"Uncle Kang rest assured, Gu understands."

Xia Ao smiled slightly, and then slowly walked into the pavilion.

He is not stupid, he is still very weak at the moment, if anyone is offended, what else is there to talk about the emperor's hegemony?