In the cultivation ground of the inner palace of the palace, only princes and princesses will come on weekdays, and then there are several old generals and King Xia Xiong, but today, there are many special people present.

It is almost all the princesses who have the right to act.

Among these princesses, there are some who have just been left out in the cold, but have not yet been beaten into the cold palace, such as Xia Jiang's mother, Concubine Qin.

The princesses gathered in several places, and at a glance, they could almost distinguish every current status and situation, just say that Xia Jiang's mother, Concubine Qin, was almost all some princesses who had been neglected and almost lost their power positions, and most of their actions had been restricted, unless the king ordered them, they could generally only stay at home and do nothing, lonely and white-headed.

Compared with the miserable situation of these princesses, the concubines in several other places are full of red faces, talking and laughing, and obviously living much more nourishingly, they are being pampered, and the children of their families are also prosperous.

Xia Jiang searched for his own memories, and he already knew that many aspects of this world made him feel familiar.

At this time, with all the princesses and princesses arriving, the king is going to announce an important event today.

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to Huo'er on her engagement to the Ninth Princess!"

"Congratulations, congratulations, ......"

"Congratulations ......"

In the most conspicuous place, several princesses gathered, greeting each other with laughter, congratulating the third prince's mother, Concubine Jiazi, on her marriage.

"Well, today is the day when Huo'er and the Ninth Princess announce their engagement, and in a few months, they will be married, and they will be the perfect double cultivation ......," Concubine Hui said as she accepted the congratulations of several concubines.

One of the princesses is the mother of the fourth prince, and like several favored princesses around her, she is extremely beautiful, and she can't see the traces of time.

After she congratulated, she listened to what Concubine Hui said, and suddenly asked curiously: "I heard that the ninth princess is not only wise and generous, but also has a very high cultivation talent, but she has never seen her true face!"

"Yes, yes......" Several concubines immediately agreed, they had never seen the true face of the ninth princess, it stands to reason that Concubine Hui, as a mother, should know the secret of her daughter-in-law.

Who knows, this concubine obviously doesn't know, but she doesn't care and says: "Oh, in the opinion of this concubine, as a woman, you should focus on wisdom and cultivation talent, although the ninth princess is not my Xia country's emperor or Zhongliang, but with this quality, it is enough." ”

Hearing Concubine Hui say this, everyone nodded yes, but one of the concubines was still curious: "Having said that, seeing people wearing a veil, everyone is inevitably curious about her appearance, and I hope that she and our handsome third prince are a match made in heaven!"

I heard that this concubine praised the third prince in her words, but Concubine Hui did not deny it, and said a little: "It's okay, you will always see the true face." ”

In the distance, some concubines who were also favored, but whose status was slightly inferior, secretly observed Concubine Hui's side, and heard their conversation with the tip of their ears.

One couldn't help but mutter: "Look at that concubine, why do you look like you're on top, when you talk about the nine princesses, your eyes are still the same, as if the nine princesses are climbing up to her gold!"

One also whispered: "Yes, I can't get used to her like that, in contrast, the ninth princess of the family is not better than the third prince except for *......"

"If you want to say *, this concubine thinks that maybe the ninth princess is much older than her......" One said, seeing that several people looked at her in surprise, and then said: "You think, if there is *, how could the king accept her as a righteous daughter and seal the ninth princess, you must know that the number 'nine' is a symbol of dignity, without a little *, how is it possible?"

When a few people heard this, they seemed to have an understanding.

And when it comes to the word "nine", a few people on the other side who are with Xia Jiang's mother, Concubine Qin, have very few words, and they are just waiting silently, as if they are just lucky to go through the motions.

However, in the hearts of several people, they more or less thought of the one beside them, Concubine Qin, once her son was deeply loved by the king, named the ninth prince, given the greatest training, and the status of Concubine Qin was also rising, and there was a momentum under one person, but unexpectedly, this prince didn't know what he had done in his previous life, and he was a natural waste, so that the mother and son fell thousands of miles, and the higher they climbed, the worse they fell.

Compared with Concubine Qin, although they are also miserable, compared with the actual situation, they are better, at least for now, they still have hope of regaining favor.

And at this moment, Concubine Qin didn't have the heart to think about these at the moment, she only had one Xia Jiang in her heart now, although she hadn't seen her son for a long time, but she heard that her son and the ninth princess seemed to have a fate, and she was worried that this matter would hit him, and she was in a state of collapse from then on.

"Jiang'er, mother has nothing to give you anymore, please forgive me...... If you can't become a monk after all, you have to live well when you go out!" Concubine Qin bowed her head and silently thought in her heart.

At this time, the princes and princesses had arrived one after another, and they all swept over the scene with a little surprise to see the arrival of their respective mothers.

Among them, Xia Jiang also came on time, he has been refining weapons for the past two days, and has already refined several iron tools into a positive magic weapon, and he has a new understanding of refining weapons and demon devouring swordsmanship in the past two days, and his strength has improved again, although the bloodline fit is still only three.

When he came to the cultivation ground, he also glanced at it, and saw that his mother had also arrived, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and he realized his father's tough attitude.

According to the rules, all the princes and princesses must immediately line up and wait solemnly when they come to the training ground.

As the procession was completed, a tall figure also appeared, it was King Xia Xiong.

Unlike in the past, this time several veteran generals did not arrive. This situation immediately entered the hearts of all of you, and it was clear that their father had specially invited them to announce this matter today, and it had nothing to do with the cultivation test.

"Okay, all the concubines and sons have already arrived...... Xia Xiong's gaze swept over the scene, and then said: "This king will officially announce now that the third prince Xia Huo will be engaged to the ninth princess Xia Yun'er, and at the end of this month, this king will hold an engagement celebration, and then the princes and nobles will also block the future prosperity of my Great Xia royal family!"

In Xia Xiong's rumbling announcement, everyone paid attention, as if they felt that the king from above was leading the general trend of the empire.

Compared with usual, Xia Xiong's majesty at this moment is even better, and he is full of words, and no one can question it.

But at this moment, most of the people present had some thoughts written on their faces unconsciously, that is, how did the third prince and the ninth princess suddenly get engaged?

Everyone was just listening silently on the surface, but they were all puzzled in their hearts, but they were just puzzled, compared to this, at this moment, the ninth princess Xia Yun'er was in turmoil in her heart, and she didn't know what to do.

Xia Yun'er was shocked when she learned that she was announced to be engaged to the third prince, obviously this was not what she meant, she had never considered which prince she was going to be engaged to, so it was obviously her father's own initiative to make arrangements for her.

Originally, most of the future marriages of the princes and princesses of a country were arranged by the king, which is understandable, but she is not her own child, and she should not be designated by the king on the part of the process, after all, it depends on the other party* and a trace of original intentions.

And Xia Yun'er didn't have the slightest notice before learning about this, obviously this king Xia Xiong had treated her as his own daughter.

Some people couldn't help but glance at Xia Yun'er slightly, trying to see some clues from her reaction, but they were all in vain, Xia Yun'er's face did not move, as if this matter had nothing to do with her, and it seemed that the matter had already fallen into place and could not be seen through.

At this moment, Xia Jiang naturally couldn't help but look at Xia Yun'er, but he couldn't see anything, he wanted to know what Xia Yun'er was thinking at the moment, after all, this was a lifelong event.

As Xia Xiong's announcement completely fell, his majestic gaze swept over the audience, and then fell on the third prince Xia Huo, and said, "Huo'er! Yun'er! As he spoke, his gaze also fell on Xia Yun'er.

Under Xia Xiong's call, the smug look on Xia Huo's face that couldn't be hidden at this moment also appeared, and he immediately walked out of the line and came to Xia Xiong's side.

Xia Yun'er was called by name and also walked out, her steps were light and elegant, even if her personal maid Xiao Yun was here at this moment, she couldn't guess how her master could be so calm.

This situation undoubtedly made everyone believe it, as if the two of them really came by fate and wanted to marry in this unexpected way.

When the two arrived, Xia Xiong said to Xia Huo: "Today, my father has announced the marriage contract of the two of you, as one of the future pillars of my Xia Kingdom, you are here to give you a few words to end today's meeting." ”

Saying that, Xia Xiong took a few steps back and gave the two of them independent space.

The opportunity to be awarded by Xia Xiong to show was also the focus of dozens of people present in an instant, in this atmosphere, some princes and princesses who were younger and slightly lower in cultivation couldn't help but turn a little pale, glad that they were not one of the protagonists at this moment, otherwise it would be over in case of stage fright.

But obviously, their third brother Xia Huo, not only did not have stage fright at this moment, but was quite calm, and even with a smile on his face, he swept over everyone, and said in a whole voice: "As my father announced, today is the day when Xia Huo and the Ninth Princess Yun'er announced their engagement, Xia Huo is very grateful to everyone for their support, and then, as my father expected, everyone present should become the pillar of the future of our Great Xia Kingdom, and be able to contribute to the future of Xia Kingdom!"

From everyone's point of view, Xia Huo's gaze seems to be equal at this moment, and there is no surprise, but at this moment, from Xia Jiang, he can see it, and he can also feel it from the other party's tone, the other party is obviously targeting himself, and there is something implicit in his words.

found out that this was the case, but Xia Jiang didn't care, even if he didn't ask for compensation a few days ago, there would never be harmony between him and this Xia Huo, and the beam between the two was concluded very early.

And as Xia Huo's words fell, everyone's eyes immediately turned to the other person.