"I can only give you the title of king, I ,...... In order to allow you to justifiably take charge of the Jingbei Army. ”

The middle-aged Da Zhou Tianzi, his tone paused slightly for a moment, and in his deep eyes, there was a moment of hesitation and hesitation for the first time, but soon, the expression of this generation of British lords regained his unangry self-authority and serious composure as the master of the world's first power, and his tone was majestic and resolute.

The emperor stood by the window, and the summer breeze outside the window was pleasant, blowing through Emperor Xuan's temples with a few silver threads, making his already somewhat messy hair more and more unbridled; The middle-aged emperor's slightly clear cheeks were calm, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were fine to the extreme, as if there were countless cold and sharp rays, and only the dots of white hair sandwiched in the depths of the frost temples faintly revealed his true age and body that was gradually aging because of his perennial work in state affairs.

I think that back then, he was such a high-spirited, heroic and vigorous "No. 1 General of the Eastern Continent", personally led the army to conquer the south and the north, and finally relied on the mighty military power that rushed out of the sea of corpses and blood all the way, and laid down this vast land today, so that every Dazhou citizen can live happily in the country under his feet.

However, since last autumn, the eunuchs and palace maids in this palace have sensed a sensitive problem, Your Majesty is getting old, especially the longer you accompany this lonely king, day after day, year after year, Your Majesty's old age becomes more and more obvious day by day; Under the oil lamp, in front of the imperial case, the emaciated figure of the Great Zhou Tianzi in a robe reviewing the chapter was reflected; On the soft couch in the imperial study, there were a few slight coughs from the emperor; On the dragon seat of the Taiji Palace, I saw this thin middle-aged man, frowning tightly again and again, and slightly unfolding again and again, the ruthlessness of the years still engraved a deep imprint on his face after all......

A touch of brilliant bright yellow, standing quietly in front of the window, the bright daylight, along the top of the palace, shot straight into the hall, happened to shoot on the golden silk dragon pattern of Xiao Long's Xianming yellow single clothes, embellished with dazzling sparkling golden light; The thin dragon robe, well-made, worn on the body of a generation of emperors, is quite fitting, and the good clothes, with the waist of the Son of Heaven, show his superiority as the lord of the Great Zhou.

Xiao Long was the first to take the lead.

Those calm hands, always behind him, never let go for half a moment, an innate kingly bearing, all over the body of this male lord.

Nowadays, Xiao Changling still did not move his position, standing beside the emperor Laozi, standing solemnly, motionless, forever dressed in white, forever handsome and noble, forever young and beautiful; But I saw that at this moment, this young and famous before the weak crown, crossed the Guanshan, rode the north, galloped back and forth undefeated, established a majestic and majestic on the battlefield, the most dazzling and brightest white-clothed commander in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, standing on his father's side with a cold and arrogant face, only the expression on his whole face, calm as a deep pool, not alarmed, and between his handsome eyebrows, a cold smile rolled up, like a sharp scimitar, flashing with piercing knife light and knife wind.

At this moment, in the depths of Xiao Changling's eyes, there was a sudden slight chill, and the two clear eyes were like two sharp arrows shooting straight into the heart, hitting the emperor's abyssal mirror lake-like eye waves, and his heart was instantly covered with a layer of frost, just like he was dressed in white at this moment, alone, walking on the boundless snow, it seemed that he would never go to the end, leaving a lonely back, letting the wind and snow abuse and blowing away the dust.

After looking at each other for a moment, the emperor's gaze moved away slightly, falling on the bright summer light outside the window, and he couldn't help but lose his mind for a while.

Xiao Changling raised his eyes, the cold in his eyes eased slightly, and he stared at his father's upright and solemn face calmly, and only after a while did he reveal the unique bright complexion of the young man, and spoke.

"Loved by his father and the emperor, his sons and daughters dare not forget it for the rest of their lives. It's just that...... Father, the princes are weakly crowned kings, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the children are thin and thin, and the temperament is rude, and they have not yet reached the crown, if the father and emperor make the sons kings, I am afraid that they will not conform to the rules......"

"Rules?!"

Xiao Longxian lowered his head slightly, lazily playing with the green jade pendant tied around his waist, looking very careless, as if he didn't care much.

"The rules are not fixed yet! You are my most relied on son, I say you deserve it, you are worthy of it, I want to see, I named my son the king of Qin, who dares to object! ”

As the Son of Heaven of the Ninety-Five, Xiao Longxian's tone was as plain as a cloud of smoke, but it also had the iron blood and determination to kill and seize the body of one person, which made people shudder when they heard it.

At this moment, the huge manna hall, because it was full of ice cubes needed to cool off, swept away the rolling heat wave from outside the palace, and it was faintly cool; In the corner of the dormitory, there is a gilded Xuanniao Baoding, a female official in palace clothes, is twisting a golden tongs more than a foot long, skillfully brushing away the remaining incense ash in the furnace, sprinkling a handful of ambergris, rekindling the spices, making a slight "crackling" sound, more and more set off the air of the manna hall as quiet as a pool of spring water, and even annihilated the summer heat.

Suddenly, the face of the Son of Heaven was as silent as water, and a relaxed color flashed for a moment that was not easy to be noticed.

"Erlang, in fact, I gave you the title of king, and there is a deeper meaning."

"Please teach my father." Xiao Changling slowly straightened up, his slender ten fingers with distinct bones hung down very naturally by his side, and his black eyes, which were like cold mirrors, swept the wrinkles on Emperor Laozi's cheeks, and only stopped on his father's face, and then turned to the side again, his eyes were solemn.

Xiao Longxian, the Great Zhou Xuan Emperor who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, had a calm face and smiled slightly.

"The Jingbei Army, although it is the elite division of my Great Zhou, is a new army after all, and its foundation has not yet been established; Moreover, the whole world of my Great Zhou Dynasty was originally a sword and a gun on the battlefield, and the strength of the military and the strength of the military fortune of the country and the dynasty were unprecedented in the previous dynasties. The emperor's eyes were extremely indifferent, "Therefore, to be the commander of the Great Zhou, he must not just blindly fight, he must have an iron-blooded wrist and a tenacious heart; Otherwise, how can we suppress these million heroes! ”

Then, the corners of Xiao Longxian's lips curled slightly, and the whole person turned around very calmly, and a beam of gloomy gaze happened to fall on Xiao Changling's angular features, and his eyes drooped slightly.

"Erlang, I can see that in the past two years at the border, you have experienced well and matured a lot; With your prestige in the army now, if I don't give you a prince's crown, even if the Manchu Dynasty doesn't say anything, I'm afraid that those subordinates who have followed you for many years will not agree. In the past, you were able to lead a good battalion in Beida; Now, I believe that you will definitely be able to control these 120,000 elite soldiers, because, in my eyes, only you Erlang is the real master of my Great Zhou Jingbei Army! ”

"Erchen understood."

Xiao Changling's expression was solemn.

"The reason why my father made an exception to make his sons kings was to let his sons order the men of Jingbei in the name of the King of Qin, refuse the Rouran soldiers, and protect my Great Zhou Jiangshan and Yongzhen Northern Xinjiang for the rest of his life."

Hearing his son's words, Xiao Long nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, kid, it's good that you understand. It's not just you, your eldest sister has been in the northwest for almost five years, and I plan to canonize your eldest sister as the eldest princess next year, so that she can officially take charge of the Zhenxi Army; From now on, your two sisters and brothers, are my two Heavenly Son Swords, one is inserted into Xiyan, and the other is inserted into Rouran......" The emperor paused slightly, and continued, "However, Erlang, I still have to tell you a few words, as the King of Qin of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the commander of the Jingbei Army, you must always remember what the responsibility on your shoulders is, even if there is a sea of swords and fires ahead, as long as I am there, the 120,000 Jingbei children will swear to follow each other to the death, and carry forward the Jingbei Army well, and I am the youngest king since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Let the world see the ambition of the younger generation, and don't disappoint me. ”

The words fell, but I saw that the face of the world's number one overlord showed a rare smile, and there was no way to guide the country.

The father's slightly vicissitudes of life, reflected in the depths of Xiao Changling's eyes, there was a slight tiredness, looking both clear and kind, after all, he was almost fifty years old, after all, he was not as capable as their young people, although he had not reached the point of old age, in the end he was still no longer as strong as he was in the southern and northern wars.

At this moment, the wrinkles at the corners of his father's eyes, the slightly white silver hair on his temples, and his face, which was no longer in Shaohua, suddenly drew a scar like a sharp blade on Xiao Changling's heart; At the same time, a bad thought flashed away from his eyes, and it seemed that blood would be drenched in an instant, could it be that his father was really old?

Outside the Manna Palace, the summer cicadas are singing loudly, and the scorching sun rays send layer after layer of summer waves into the quiet hall. Although at this time, Yanyan's heat had spread in the dormitory little by little, but at this moment, for Xiao Changling, the white hair on his father's sideburns was like snow on the top of the Tianshan Mountain, pressing heavily on his chest, making him suffocate and unable to breathe.

But soon, Xiao Changling hesitated, tightly pursed his thin lower lip, and in his deep eyes, a bright yellow figure was reflected, which also reflected his undulating heart; The strong will prompted him to quickly strengthen and cheer up. Because he is the king of Qin, the ruler of the three northern states in the future, and the commander of the 120,000 Jingbei army, he has no right to act willfully, whether it is his father or the Great Zhou Empire, what they (it) need is an invincible warrior, not a sentimental son, so he must be strong.

"The father and the emperor earnestly taught, and the sons and ministers kept it in mind. The child must do his best to live up to his father's trust. Xiao Changling's ten fingers of his hands gradually tightened into fists, and His Royal Highness the young King Qin tried his best to suppress the gloom on his face, and his brilliant eyes showed unprecedented perseverance, and he said loudly.

Following Xiao Changling's voice, Emperor Xuan slowly turned around, with a sense of calmness in his majesty, and finally left the map, and finally let go of the hands that had been carrying, his quiet eyes were full of incomparably powerful confidence and oppression, staring at the white-clothed Erlang in front of him, since this child grew up, Emperor Xuan had not looked at Xiao Changling at close range like today, at this moment, he was no longer a king, but just a father.

Looking at the past from Xiao Longxian's point of view, Xiao Changling's eyebrows really have a bit of his youthful demeanor, his face is as bright as the clear moon, his sword eyebrows are slightly raised, his expression is as cold as a cliff, under the long feather eyelashes, a pair of black and white clear starry eyes, projected in his absolute sight, in the palace, under the sun, Xiao Jiaerlang, who is dressed in white, has a handsome and upright figure, like Penglai of the fairy mountain, and suddenly rises from the sea and the sky.

Time flies.

The king's thoughts slowly drifted to many years ago, when the little baby who fell to the ground, the little prince who was still playing with the stone lion in front of the door of the subterfuge, and now, he has grown into a dashing and dignified young man, all of this, as if it happened yesterday, vividly remembered, how did he grow up.

Suddenly, Emperor Xuan stepped forward and gently patted Xiao Changling's long shoulder, and a faint smile welled up at the corner of his mouth.

"Erlang, I heard that you've been very busy lately."

The ordinary sentence shocked Xiao Changling's frost-covered heart, and he was secretly terrified; He lowered his eyelids, restrained all the fierce cold glint in his eyes, and tried not to face his father's gloomy gaze, but his body was still as straight as a pine, and he spoke in a deep voice after a while.

"Erchen is stupid,...... I don't know what my father means by this? ”

……

There was a moment of silence.

Suddenly, a long laugh, with an unpredictable coziness and laziness, rang out endlessly, and in an instant, it cut through the dullness of the scorching summer, and gradually dispersed the noisy cicadas in the shade outside the palace; This laughter is neither chilling coldness nor madness that looks at all things, but only laughter.

The Emperor laughed.

"What?! In front of your Lao Tzu, do you still want to pretend to be confused with me? ”

The words of the king of a country, drifting into Xiao Changling's ears, he listened quietly, his expressionless face slightly brought out a very uncomfortable look, his lips were gently pursed into a line, and he had to barely float a smile, staring at the ground, as if he was about to puncture a small crack in the bluestone ground carved from white marble.

Xiao Changling was silent, but Emperor Xuan looked at him uprightly.

At this time, Xiao Changling was stunned, and the state of the whole person was like being struck by a thunderbolt, and his eyes were blank; He didn't understand why his father suddenly asked such a question...... The matter between himself and Wan'er spread so fast that even his father knew about it; Thinking of this, Xiao Changling only felt a palpitation, he raised half of his cheeks slightly, and his posture was still upright, staring at his father's unpredictable dragon face. I saw that in Xiao Changling's eyes, his father was looking at him with a smile on his face, and his deep pool-like eyes became more and more bottomless; It seems that Emperor Lao Tzu is telling himself with his sharp eyes, boy, don't think that you have a little thing with the Xie family's girl, I don't know, play tricks with me, you are still tender.

The eyes of a generation of heroes are like torches, even if Xiao Changling is a commander who has experienced a hundred battles, he is completely covered by this supreme emperor's authority, and he seems so small; But now, Xiao Changling turned his heart sideways and simply pretended to be stupid in front of Emperor Lao Tzu.

He was silent for a moment, then let out a dull sound between his teeth.

"Oh, father, a few days ago, the military affairs of the Beida Battalion were busy, and the sons and daughters were indeed ......"

Before Xiao Changling finished speaking, a light smile that had been accumulated for a long time had already lingered on the face of the Great Zhou Tianzi, and it had not dispersed for a long time.

"I'm busy with beautiful women."

Where the emperor's words fell, there was still a lingering voice, he just looked at his outstanding son calmly, and the meaning of banter in his eyes became stronger and stronger, as if he could see all of Xiao Changling's thoughts.

Although he was already trying his best to cover it up, he was still seen through by his father at a glance, Xiao Changling's face was embarrassed, so he had to lower his eyes silently, his eyes were as bright as the stars, and he instantly lost the brilliance of the bright moon.

"I ......"

Seeing that Erlang was so at a loss, Emperor Xuan's heart was a little touched for a while; This son of his own, has always been known for his recklessness, chic, and uninhibitedness, and at the beginning, thousands of Rouran Iron Riders never shook him by half a point, and he never expected that his few words would make him mess up, and he couldn't even speak.

Xiao Long smiled first and walked towards the Danqi, but instead of climbing the Danqi, he sat on the ground and sat on the first step; The Son of Heaven rolled up his dragon robe, closed his eyes lightly, and said calmly.

"Your father was also young, who hasn't done a few ridiculous things."

"You're still very young." Xiao Changling stood in front of his father, and the two deep broken sword eyebrows finally unfolded slowly.

Emperor Xuan looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "This old saying is good, 'If you want to stop drinking, sober up and see intoxicating', son, you are an intoxicating person now, you tell your father, what kind of woman is it, you are so obsessed, for her, even ignore the rules of the ancestors, and take her in and out of the barracks." ”

A gaze as sharp as an arrow shot straight at Xiao Changling's handsome face.

"Woman?! What woman? Xiao Changling tilted his head slightly, pretending to look puzzled, but the bitterness and embarrassment in his eyes could no longer be concealed, and he could only try his best to maintain the composure on his face.

The emperor raised his head and looked at the sixteen-year-old young prince in front of him, his eyes full of countless doting. Since his accession to the throne, Emperor Xuan Xiao of the Great Zhou Dynasty has made great efforts to govern the country, and the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty have all been terrified of the majesty's might; But only in the face of the white-clothed King Qin, His Majesty the Emperor, who has never been smiling, will show his truest side.

"I don't object to having a woman, but it doesn't take so much effort and so much effort." The emperor laughed softly.

"Dad, Wan'er is different from other women." Xiao Changling replied in a deep voice.

Suddenly, Xiao Longxian, who was sitting in front of the imperial steps, only felt that his forehead was a little heavy, and his temples were also a little painful, so he couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his eyebrows, and after rubbing it for a while, he put down his hand and glanced at Xiao Changling.

"What's the difference, a woman is a woman after all."

Until this moment, Xiao Changling finally stopped hiding it, he raised his head proudly, the corners of his lips that had been tight before slowly loosened, and his sharp gaze was as sharp as a knife, and suddenly swept away the remaining wandering and blurring under his eyes, and went straight to meet the majestic eyes of his father, his gaze was deep and unfathomable, and he had the demeanor of the lord of Jingbei.

"Daddy, Wan'er...... It is the love of the child's life, and the son likes her, not because she is Xie Situ's beloved daughter, nor because of the Chenjun Xie family behind her, what I like is her person, not her family and family, just like you and the queen mother, you did not fancy the background of the Xianbei family of the queen mother, but loved the queen mother; Daddy, the women of this world, they admire the king of Rencheng of the Great Zhou, the commander of the Northern Battalion, and the second prince of His Majesty today, not me, Xiao Changling; They love my position of power, not me. But Wan'er is different, the child is her childhood sweetheart, what she loves is me, whether I am a prince or a beggar, she always treats me as the same and never abandons me. So father, she is the woman that Erchen has recognized in this life, and since Erchen has recognized her, she will not be unswerving in this life. ”

After that, Xiao Changling slowly retreated, standing in the hall corridor with his hands in his hands, today, he was not wearing a military uniform, as usual in white clothes and snow; However, even if he is not wearing battle armor, Xiao Changling's demeanor still has a unique demeanor, which is pure and noble, and his legacy is unparalleled.

Xiao Long raised his eyebrows and smiled first, and his eyes, which had calmed down, looked his Erlang up and down, with a little more praise in his eyes.

"It seems that the four girls of the Xie family really have some skills, you have only known her for a long time, and you are protecting her like this. Okay, Xie Hao, this old guy, is really a good goddaughter, and in the end, her daughter still let my son bow down under her pomegranate skirt. ”

Immediately, Emperor Xuan smiled slightly, patted the imperial steps, and motioned for Xiao Changling to come and sit.

"Erlang, sit."

"Yes, Father."

Then, Xiao Changling slightly straightened his clothes, then stepped forward and sat next to his father; But I saw that Xiao Changling, who was dressed in white, was sitting upright at the bottom of the steps, his head and neck were held high, his hands were flat on his temperament, and between his eyebrows, he always maintained a stubborn and arrogant attitude.

Emperor Xuan patted the back of Xiao Changling's hand and said earnestly.

"Erlang, you have grown up, you are not a child, you are a man, you must take responsibility with your father, not to mention, you will soon be the commander of the 120,000 Jingbei army, countless pairs of eyes are staring at you, don't be emotional. You have to remember that if you have a long relationship, you can't achieve great things. However, since you have a heart, I am a father, it is not impossible to consider it, after all, the Xie family is a century-old family, a scholarly family, and the four girls have also grown up watching me since childhood. In this way, find a time to take that girl into the palace and let me see. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Changling was slightly stunned, his two thick black eyebrows were raised slightly, and his eyes were full of incredible joy, looking straight at his father's bright yellow figure, with a smile on his face, and asked tentatively in a low voice.

"Father, do you agree?"

Who knows, Emperor Xuan raised his lips arrogantly and coldly left a sentence.

"Don't be too happy, if you want to enter the door of my Xiao family, I will see your queen mother."

"That',...... Father, son, and retainer should have agreed. ”

Emperor Xuan stopped talking.

In the main hall, there was silence like water, and the father and son sat side by side on the imperial steps; At this time, Xiao Changling's originally unruly and cold expression gradually calmed down at this moment, and the facial muscles that had been tense slowly unfolded, as warm and gentle as spring in March.

The bright morning sun blends into the incomparably gorgeous halo, forming a thin layer of red clothes, which reflects the elegance of the white-clothed general who looks at the sky in the sky of Xiao Changling's gathering of stars and seas.

……

Two days later, the decree was proclaimed:

The Beidaying and Dongdaying were combined into one army ,—— the "Jingbei Army";

The second son of Emperor Xiao Longxian of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the former commander of the Beida Battalion, the general of Zhenbei, the king of the city, Xiao Changling, the king of the city, was crowned as the general of the Great Expedition, Youzhou Mu, the governor of Youzhou, Hebei, and the military of the three states, the marshal of Xingtai in the north, the king of Qin, under the king of Qi, Xiao Changyao, commanded 120,000 Jingbei soldiers, opened the palace and built the festival, and took charge of the military power of the three states.

- 120,000 Jingbei Army!

- Sixteen-year-old King Qin!