Chapter 223: I Can Hold It, I Can't Put It Down
Master Yan Se once said that Chang'an City is a big array, and it is also a big talisman, and the talisman is an article, Ning Que looked at the Chang'an City in front of him, his eyes fell on the straight stone trough to the south, and fell on the relatively red light cluster, silently thinking that this was probably the seal printed next to the article.
The relatively red light cluster was the Suzaku Portrait, and as Ning Que's gaze touched it, the edges of the light cluster were slightly deformed, as if he sensed something.
It was just such a moment that Ning Que vaguely understood how to activate the big array of Chang'an City, and the method of activating it was so simple, so he was so vigilant and uneasy.
Leaving the shabby two-story small wooden building, Ning Que followed the emperor through the imperial garden again, through the awe-inspiring and confused gazes of those eunuchs and palace maids, and came to the imperial study.
There was silence in the study.
Ning Que held the pestle wrapped in cloth, a heavy feeling came from his fingers, and after a long silence, he said, "I'm a little worried that I won't be able to hold it. ”
The emperor looked at him and said, "Master Yan Se is just such an apprentice as you, and the master agrees that you will enter the WTO on behalf of the academy, so who will you take it?"
Ning Que said: "Do I really want to be a national teacher in the future? Back then, the second senior brother told the master that I was just cultivating talismans with the master, and I was not counted as a person from the South Gate Temple. ”
"Who said that my Tang Dynasty National Teacher must be a Taoist of the South Gate Temple to be a Taoist? Yes, in order to save some face for the Xiling Temple, I have been dealing with it like this for hundreds of years, but habit does not mean dead rules. What's more, you are Master Yan Se's apprentice after all, and the Xiling Temple can't find fault with your identity. ”
The emperor said, "Listening to your tone, you don't seem to want to be this national teacher?"
Ning Que said: "The Xiling Temple wants to take Sang Sang back to succeed the Great Priest of Light, I feel that this matter is a little unreliable, and now I actually want to be the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, I think this matter is even more unreliable." ”
He said slightly: "Now that I think about it, I would rather stay in the old pen to sell words." ”
"Qingshan, that guy is very happy to be a national teacher, looking at his tired appearance, he is reluctant to die for a while, whether you want to take over the position of national teacher is a matter of the future after all, and there is no need to worry now. ”
The emperor changed his words and said: "Speaking of selling words, Ning Que has not had a copybook flow out for several days, come and come, take advantage of entering the palace today, and hurry up to write a few more." ”
Ning Que glanced at His Majesty the Emperor, thinking that now every time he enters the palace, he will be forced to leave a lot of notes, which will let Sang Sang know that he will feel distressed.
However, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty personally chose the pen to grind the ink and waited by the side, and in the face of this kind of treatment, no calligrapher in the world must be able to stubbornly refuse to write.
He sighed helplessly in his heart and walked towards the desk.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the imperial study.
The queen lady walked in slowly with a food plate.
Ning Que bowed slightly and stepped aside.
"You eat something first. ”
The queen mother smiled and took the emperor's hand and walked to the coffee table, handed him a bowl of sour **, and then walked to Ning Que's side, lightly rolled up her sleeves and picked up the ink block, and said, "I'll grind the ink." ”
Ning Que thought to himself that he was not a heroic and dashing person like Li Taibai, although you are plump, you are not a romantic figure like Yang Yuhuan, what is the matter?
The queen smiled gently, looked at him and quipped: "Your Majesty grinds ink for you, you dare, this palace grinds ink for you, but you don't dare, is it that in your eyes, this palace is much more terrible than Your Majesty?"
The emperor, who was drinking sour **, laughed, pointed at Ning Que and said: "On weekdays, when I write and post, she is grinding ink on the side, and today I will let you enjoy this treatment." ”
What kind of treatment is this?
Ning Que smiled slightly, it was inconvenient to make any more excuses, so he stood by the desk and waited calmly, thinking about what the queen said before, and felt a little strange in his heart.
In his opinion, this queen lady is really much more terrifying than His Majesty.
In the world shrouded in Haotian Shenhui, a generation of Demon Sect Holy Maidens was able to become the queen of the Tang Dynasty, the number one power in the world, no matter how you look at it, this matter is full of weirdness and horror.
What's more, this queen mother is also Xiahou's own sister.
Ning Que looked at the silhouette of the queen mother and was silent.
His Majesty the Emperor wanted to appreciate Ning Que's new work, so he stayed in the imperial study.
The queen mother and Ning Que left the imperial study and came to the imperial garden.
Walking under a begonia tree, the queen mother stopped, waved her hand to signal the palace maid to disperse, and then looked back at Ning Que.
Ning Que knew that His Majesty the Emperor was looking for an excuse to be alone with the Empress Niang, of course, not for any ridiculous reason, it was only related to the general in Tuyang City, but he didn't understand why the Empress Niangniang would come forward in person, wasn't she worried about being seen by others?
This is because he does not understand the relationship between the emperor and the empress, or rather, he has never believed that there is such a relationship between a commoner couple in the imperial palace.
The queen's eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, charming and moderate, gentle but not timid, standing under the begonia tree, her face is actually compared to the color of the begonia.
Ning Que thought to himself that she really deserved to be the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect, and she was really beautiful.
The queen looked at him quietly, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty told you?"
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then replied, "I don't know what Niangniang is referring to. ”
The empress said calmly: "General Xiahou's matter. ”
Ning Que nodded.
The queen said: "Now you should know the identity of this palace. Ning Que shook his head, the expression on his face was a little confused.
The queen smiled and said, "What a dishonest child, this palace really can't understand why the master would accept you as a student." ”
Ning Que said with a smile: "Many people have this question. ”
The smile on the queen's face gradually faded, looking at him calmly and proudly, without a trace of other affection, she said: "Xiahou is my brother, and I used to be the holy daughter of the Demon Sect. ”
In Tuyang City, Ning Quetong's conversation with the second senior brother and Xiahou already knew this can be called the biggest secret of the Tang Empire, but he didn't expect that the queen mother would admit it directly without disguise.
So he was still shocked.
The queen looked at him and said, "This palace is very curious, what is the problem between you and Xiahou, although he has a violent temperament, especially on the battlefield to kill people for pleasure, but he is definitely not an idiot that you and His Majesty like to talk about, he should know very well that killing the master's students will not do him any good." ”
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then said, "Two years ago, at the Beishan Pass in Minshan, General Xiahou's subordinates tried to kill His Royal Highness Li Yu, and I was also present at that time. ”
The queen gently plucked the begonia branch in front of her face, and walked back to the depths of the imperial garden.
Ning Que followed behind her, looking at her hand-bearing appearance, and for some reason he had some appreciation.
Walking to the shore of the quiet lake, standing in front of the flower tree, the queen mother was silent for a moment and then said: "He did this thing without me, and I even doubt that the temple did it in his name." ”
She turned around, looked at Ning Que quietly and said, "Now that you are already a cultivator, you should know that if this palace or General Xiahou attacks with all their might, you and Li Yu at that time will definitely have no chance of surviving." ”
Ning Que thought of the two powerhouses in the Cave Xuan Upper Realm beside Xiahou, acquiesced to this, and said, "If this matter is done by the temple, she can't find evidence, because those people are General Xiahou's people after all. ”
The queen smiled slightly and said, "I may not be able to convince Li Yu, but I think at least now you will have a different judgment on what happened at the Beishan Daokou back then." ”
Ning Que said: "On the wasteland, Lin Ling wants to kill me. ”
He knew that the queen mother in front of him must know who Lin Ling was, and he must have known about the bloody case of the horse thief attack, so he didn't need to explain too much.
The queen said: "The palace still doesn't think that the horse thief has anything to do with Xiahou. ”
Ning Que said: "I agree with Niangniang's opinion, I also think that Lin Ling did this matter without General Xiahou, but General Xiahou acquiesced afterwards, and tried to kill me again in Hulan Haibei." ”
The queen said: "Lin Ling will not do anything that is detrimental to Xiahou's interests, so unless he knows that only one person between you and Xiahou can live, he will try to kill you." ”
Ning Que was silent for a moment and then shook his head and said, "In the past, I was just an ordinary soldier in Weicheng, and I had never even seen the face of General Xiahou, so apart from these two things, it is impossible to have any grudges. ”
The queen looked him quietly in the eyes and asked, "Is there really no grudge?"
Ning Que said: "That's true. ”
The queen suddenly crouched down at him and saluted.
Ning Que was shocked inexplicably, and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and said, "Niangniang, what are you doing?"
"The previous Tsubaki matter has been dealt with by Mr. Big, if there is really no unsolvable grudge in addition to this, please Mr. Thirteen give this palace a face, how about he calmly return to old age?"
In front of the flower tree, the queen mother was calm and calm, maintaining a half-squatting posture.
Walking on the crowded Suzaku Street, Ning Que's expression seemed calm, but his heart was gradually rising, whether it was the shocking array that His Majesty took him to see, or the queen's salute in front of the flower tree, it was a little pressure that he couldn't afford now.
Earlier in the Imperial Garden, the queen mother also mentioned the Jane family, and Ning Que remembered the rumors in Chang'an City, the queen mother really had a deep relationship with Aunt Jane, and they were like sisters.
These could not affect his feelings.
What really affected his feelings was something else.
Now that the war in the northern wasteland has entered a stalemate, the Tang military seems to be extremely indifferent to victory, and there seems to be some problems inside the Xiling Temple, and there is an intention to temporarily suspend the army to see the battle again.
This is equivalent to saying that in the autumn, Xiahou will return.
Ning Que had long known that Xiahou was from the Desolate Tribe, and at this time, he naturally understood why the Northeast Frontier Army of the Empire was so gentle in this war.
Xiahou doesn't necessarily treat other enemies so gently.
Today's Ning Que is not afraid of Xiahou, because the backer behind him is the mountain of the academy, but he doesn't know what he should do when Xiahou returns.
His Majesty was in the palace, and the queen mother pleaded in front of the flower tree, not that she was afraid that he, a cultivator of the Cave Realm, would be able to set off a lot of wind and rain, but she didn't want this matter to involve the academy, and she didn't want Xiahou to take off her armor and return to old age to have twists and turns.
The academy pays attention to the Tang law, the master strictly forbids students to interfere in court politics, and the senior brother has allowed Xiahou to return to the old age, and it seems that Ning Que's revenge has been written to the end, except for the last method.
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