Chapter 38: The Choice (Asking for Votes)
In Xia Jiang was still in a state of digestion, the fifteenth princess on the side couldn't help but look a little depressed and said: "Ninth brother, and ninth sister, what are you doing, why don't you speak?"
Being asked by the fifteenth princess, Xia Jiang came back to his senses, glanced at Xia Yun'er, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, so he had to say casually: "Are you thinking about the ......mansion?"
Speaking of which, the current mansion has to pay three five-grade spars every month, maybe this is barely affordable for Xia Jiang at the moment, but he estimates that in addition to the eldest brother and second brother, even if Xia Huo wants to pay it every month, it is naturally the same for those princesses, not to mention the younger brothers and sisters. So at the moment, it seems that most of these mansions are going to be recycled and then sold, and he doesn't know what will be arranged in the end.
Then there is the problem of emigration, in contrast, it is obviously uncomfortable to continue to stay in the palace, naturally some brothers and sisters will choose to emigrate, think about it, to the new territory not only have a high status, but also to get additional rewards from the father, as well as a continuous record of merit in the future, in comparison, this is simply good.
And the most important thing is that in order to compete for the reuse and trust of his father, he believes that many princes will choose to move to give themselves a better chance of winning the throne in the future.
After receiving such information in one day, and then completing the double cultivation with Xia Yun'er, Xia Jiang felt that his brain was a little messy for a while, and he wanted to go back and think about it.
I don't know if the fifteenth princess really doesn't care, others are sluggish and slow when they hear the news, but she is full of energy, pulling Xia Jiang almost not to let go, and finally reluctantly, I can't wait to follow Xia Jiang to the Nine Kings' Mansion, if it weren't for her mother coming forward to pull her away, Xia Jiang didn't know how to get rid of it.
"I'm so tired......"
Back at the mansion, Xia Jiang fell on the bed, he wanted to have a good night's rest, he had been cultivating hard, and today he was facing several major events at once, which made him feel a little powerless.
Xia Jiang, who had slept all night and woke up the next morning, only felt a hundred times more energetic, and his senses seemed to be stronger than yesterday.
However, after looking at the sky, Xia Jiang secretly said that it was bad, and hurriedly rushed to the training ground.
Yesterday his father said that he would gather there for the past few days, and be ready for instructions, and it is estimated that his father still has something to explain.
But fortunately, when he came to the training ground, the scene was scattered, and it was obvious that his father had not yet arrived.
And for the next two days, there was no king Xia Xiong, until everyone pretended, and when the fourth day came, they finally waited for their father, and at the same time, waited for another news that caused a big shock.
The Dayan Empire is now on the border of the Xia Kingdom, and the Dayan Imperial College Business Branch, which was built a hundred years ago, has now begun to openly restrict enrollment, and like other tenths of the Academy, the number of students enrolled is 10,000, and there is no restriction on any subsidiary nationality, as long as they are the subjects of the Dayan Empire, they can enter it to practice.
Although their Xia Kingdom is an independent country, it is still a vassal state of the Dayan Empire in name, in contrast, the reputation and strength of the Dayan Imperial Academy are not comparable to any academy in the Xia Kingdom at all, as the princes and princesses of the Xia Kingdom, if they want to get a better growth and cultivation environment, in fact, the best place to live is the Imperial Academy.
It was only now that everyone present understood the true intention of the father, that is, they all wanted to study abroad, and then naturally hand over the mansion, killing two birds with one stone, so that everyone would not have to worry about various choices, and would not secretly complain about the father's meanness to his children.
On the one hand, he contributed to the Xia Kingdom, on the other hand, he could go to a better place to practice, and he could also choose to move, etc., now it seems that not only is there no loss, but it is a great opportunity, Xia Jiang saw that everyone was obviously excited, and he no longer hesitated.
But then, one by one, they couldn't help but think of the enrollment restrictions, and they couldn't help but get nervous, knowing that it was not easy to enter the Imperial Academy.
Imperial Academy, generally does not enroll students continuously, and at most one college will open enrollment every year, and when the time comes, all the scholars of the entire empire will rush to sign up, with hundreds of millions of people, and under such a huge number, all those who can finally enter are the pride of heaven that is unique in ten thousand. And those who can become the proud sons of these heavenly sons are first of all the nobles such as the princes and princesses of the vassal countries, and then some super-rich children, or world-famous powerhouses, etc., all of whom have absolute advantages.
“...... So now, I will give you a month to prepare and consider, at the beginning of next year, it is the time when you decide whether to sign up or not, and there will be no more time to prepare.
Speaking of this, some people suddenly involuntarily swept towards Xia Yu, presumably it must not be that Xia Yu's father did not get the recognition of the academy to graduate, and the current king is not necessarily their father Xia Xiong.
After announcing this, King Xia Xiong announced his disbandment, and then waited until a month later to reassemble.
As for Tong Guò's analysis of this matter, Xia Jiang also learned a hint from his father's words, that is, even if Tong Guò was finally screened layer by layer and successfully admitted to the Imperial Academy, the high tuition fees would probably have to be paid by himself, and Xia Guo currently had no spare energy to pay them any tuition.
"Now it looks like we have to make a choice......"
"I think it's better to hand over the mansion, so that you can be more assured to fight for a place, and you don't have to worry about tuition fees!"
"yes, yes......"
"Actually, I think it's good to move to a new territory, and I can also get incentives and pay for school fees......"
"But in that case, there will be no power left to manage the land, and I am afraid that both sides will fail......"
For a while, everyone was not in a hurry to go back, and they all discussed with each other.
It's just that as Xia Jiang's gaze swept over, he found that someone was staring at him with abnormal eyes, it was the third prince Xia Huo.
Looking at Xia Huo's unkind eyes, Xia Jiang couldn't help frowning, and also thought that the grievances between them had not yet been resolved, and the assassination was still not a clue.
As if sensing that Xia Jiang was noticing him, Xia Huo approached Xia Jiang step by step, came to Xia Jiang, and asked in an extremely low tone: "Xia Jiang, do you remember how you defeated the fourth child four months ago?"
Xia Jiang never thought that the other party would suddenly ask such a question, and couldn't help but be stunned, but he knew that the other party must have another purpose, so he immediately said: "Xia Huo, if you have anything to say, you don't have to beat around the bush here." ”
"Hmph, you don't have to pretend that nothing happened, I just told you, now the concubine is very worried about the safety of the fourth child, and the father will soon know that you will definitely be inseparable from the relationship when the time comes!" Xia Huo said, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the coldness in his eyes made Xia Jiang feel extremely unhappy.
"Xia Yan ?......" understood what the other party meant, but Xia Jiang felt ridiculous, because everyone knew who Xia Yan was with the longest, if he didn't know his whereabouts, wouldn't he be the most inseparable Xia Huo?
But Xia Jiang was about to say this, when he suddenly remembered something, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked, and he was a little speechless.
"At the beginning on the snowy mountain, among the several killers, was Xia Yan included?"
Suddenly, this question appeared in Xia Jiang's heart!
At this moment, from the outside, he couldn't see any big reaction from Xia Jiang, it seemed that he was just thinking or thinking about something, but someone immediately felt it and walked over.
Xia Yun'er came between the two of them, almost didn't look at Xia Huo, and said with concern: "Ninth brother, is there something wrong?"
Xia Jiang saw that Xia Yun'er actually came over, and thought that if Xia Yan's disappearance was related to the assassination, then the other party would also be involved, so it was best for him to say a few words.
But before Xia Jiang could speak, Xia Huo's face began to twitch, obviously seeing Xia Yun'er caring about Xia Jiang so directly, he felt shocked, and suddenly saw his eyes flash, and then the corners of his mouth rose and fell slightly, and he snorted coldly and walked away.
"Brother Jiu, you don't have to worry about him, don't let him interfere with your cultivation. Seeing Xia Huo walking away with bad intentions, Xia Yun'er said softly.
Just listening to Xia Yun'er's relief, Xia Jiang felt the need to tell him the truth, so he looked deeply into the other party's eyes: "Ninth sister, I suspect that when I was on the snow mountain, I encountered one of the white-clothed people, it was Xia Yan!"
If it was before, when Xia Jiang's senses were not strong, he might not think so, but now that he has Xia Yun'er's strong perception, his intuition tells him, especially the masked man in white, it is likely to be the fourth prince Xia Yan.
"Why, he was you..."Xia Yun'er asked through Xia Jiang's eyes, she didn't even suspect it, she seemed to be very confident in the intuition she shared with Xia Jiang.
Xia Jiang frowned, thinking of the situation that day, he used the frost sword qi to seriously injure the other party, and finally blocked the other party with a frost slash, unless the other party has the ability to self-detoxify, as well as the maintenance of strong vitality, otherwise he will definitely die in that environment.
Before Xia Jiang could answer, as if he had already received the answer through his eyes, Xia Yun'er suddenly shook his head slightly: "No, after I left, I returned shortly after, and I didn't find anyone frozen in ice on the mountainside, if it was him, then he might not be dead." ”
"Hmm!" Xia Jiang was stunned, he didn't expect that after the other party left, he would return there, probably because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to go out, but in this way, it means that the person who was frozen by him is likely to really not die, but since he is not dead, if it is Xia Yan, why didn't he come back?
I couldn't figure it out, Xia Jiang simply stopped thinking about it, turned his thoughts to the present, and said, "Ninth sister, I don't know what your mansion is going to do?" If you go to the Imperial Academy, you will probably not come back for a few years, Xia Jiang himself actually has the idea of abandoning the mansion, but he doesn't know how to treat those loyal subordinates for a while.
Who knew that with Xia Jiang's inquiry, he learned that Xia Yun'er could no longer stay because he was targeted by the killer, and this time he came back mainly to complete the double cultivation with him, so the mansion must be handed back, and then he left within a few days, and I am afraid that he will not come back in the future.