Volume 2: The Holy Capital Volume Qingyun Banquet: (3) Face the saint
"Nervous?"
In front of the Imperial Dragon Palace, Tuoba Mozhan led Ye Xuan and Tuoba Ran to walk on the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps of the Imperial Dragon Steps, and the white Imperial Dragon Tribulation glowed with a soft golden glow in the winter sun.
The white and soft gold set off the majestic Dragon Palace with an incomparably thick atmosphere, spreading to every corner of the four corners of the world, even if you don't look at the huge palace, you can feel an indescribable majesty.
"Somewhat, my soul power doesn't seem to be able to be used, at most it can only be used as an eye, not the rest. Ye Xuan lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his divine soul power seemed to be unable to be exerted on this strange dragon level, it could only be regarded as a line of sight, and it could not be separated from his body.
Tuoba Ran scratched her head when she heard this, it was the first time she had heard of such a thing.
"This dragon rank is forged from the dragon bone, and the true dragon qi will suppress all those who come forward. Ye Xuan received the inheritance of an ancient powerhouse in the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm, but unfortunately, his exercises were too evil so he would be repelled by this power. Tuoba Mozhan explained, cleverly making an excuse to fuse the broken bloodline and killing power in Ye Xuan's body.
"Can you see it? How does it feel? If not, we won't see the old man. Tuoba Ran stepped forward to support Ye Xuan with concern, looking at his somewhat pale face and feeling very distressed.
"It's alright, it's almost there. ”
"You don't have to talk for a while, just leave everything to me. There is also Xiao Ran, what to do and what not to do, you should know in your heart. Tuoba Mozhan glanced back at Tuoba Ran inexplicably, the girl understood something, and quietly let go of Ye Xuan's arm.
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"Your Majesty, the national teacher and the princess have arrived. ”
"Xuan!" The man who was discussing with the courtiers on the dragon chair suddenly shook his body, and hurriedly adjusted his crown and dragon robe, and the courtiers who were discussing the matter also closed their mouths and retreated sideways, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood up and cheered up.
The only thing that can surprise the current emperor is the fourteenth princess who has not seen Emperor Yunze for ten years, Tuoba Ran. Because since the death of Empress Yun, Tuoba Ran has never seen Emperor Yunze again.
Emperor Longying, the last emperor of Fengyan, was mediocre in his later years, and when he heard that the beauties of the Shanglei Empire were like clouds, he rashly attacked. Then the two countries went to war, but the corrupt Fengyan court could not resist it at all, and the war only lasted for half a year before emptying the treasury of the entire empire.
Emperor Longying had to abdicate because of his old age and gave way to the prince Tuoba Chun, who was a wine bag and rice bag. At that time, the court had already been reduced to a chessboard for the big families, competing with each other only for interests, regardless of the safety of the country.
In less than ten years, the Sand Ray Iron Cavalry of the Upper Thunder Empire had captured most of the territory of the Wind Rock Empire.
Tuoba Chun only served as an emperor for ten years and died in the harem because of excessive greed for women, and his three princes have reached adulthood, two of which have abandoned the safety of the country in order to compete for the throne.
Tuoba Mozhan has been presiding over state affairs, and he has been operating for three years without waiting for the two princes to distinguish the winners and losers, and during that time he has become the laughing stock of the world.
In the fourth year of Tuoba Mozhan presiding over state affairs, Tuoba Chun's youngest son, the third prince, Tuoba Yun, could no longer stand it. Originally, he just wanted to be an idle prince, he abandoned the gentle township and left an heir, and then joined the court, got the help of Tuoba Mozhan, and secretly married the Garland Empire, endured humiliation and signed a lot of terms.
Subsequently, Emperor Yunze married the eldest princess of the Garland Empire, Garan Ye, and was supported by 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Garland Empire.
After that, Tuoba Yun beheaded the heads of his two elder brothers, and reshuffled the court with bloody and even cruel means. It took half a year to stabilize the court and eliminate dissidents, and the royal family was killed until only one vein remained, and then carried the coffin to the battlefield.
It took another decade to repel the Upper Thunder Empire, but it also ceded a continent.
Tuoba Yun, who ascended to the throne at that time, was only twenty years old, and he was thirty years old after the external troubles were pacified. After quelling the external invasion, it took another two years to purge the remnants of the clan, establish an intelligence agency, and sign peace terms to recuperate.
At that time, Galan Night had been following Emperor Yunze, and he had also worked hard and maneuvered around his mother's Garland Empire for a long time, and he didn't know how much effort he spent to invite rescuers again and again. Otherwise, with the situation of Emperor Yunze at that time, it would be impossible to fight against the iron hooves of Shara, which had already been powerful in ancient times.
But unfortunately, the peaceful days did not last long, Queen Lan, that is, Garan Ye fought with Emperor Yunze in her early years, and she fell ill from overwork, although she was the queen, she never conceived the dragon seed. It wasn't until the sixth year of Tianze that a girl was born and named Tuoba Ran.
Before that, there were already thirteen princes, and Tuoba Ran was the smallest.
At the time of his birth, Si Tianjian astrolabe was in chaos, the anemo god awakened, and the cyan starlight hung down from the nine heavens and pointed directly at Queen Lan's delivery room, and the legendary son of the wind was born.
Emperor Yunze granted amnesty to the world on the same day, and the whole country celebrated. At the same time, despite the opposition of the courtiers, the succession system was changed, and the throne could only be passed to the youngest prince. It was supposed to be a happy ending, but when Tuoba was six years old, Queen Lan died unexpectedly in the deep palace, and her death was extremely miserable.
After the imperial doctor's identification, it was said that the son of the wind came to the world to break the power of Queen Lan's blood and qi, and Queen Lan fell ill with the emperor's conquest in her early years, and all kinds of circumstances combined led to Queen Lan's violent death.
After learning the news, Tuoba Ran never saw Emperor Yunze again, and he once wanted to escape from the palace. Over the years, Emperor Yunze has used all methods, and Tuoba Ran just hasn't seen him shrink in Tuoba Mozhan all the time. The young Tuoba Ran didn't want to believe this statement, and he always complained in his heart that the emperor was incompetent and couldn't find the truth.
spent most of his childhood in self-pity and evasion, until he escaped from the palace not long ago.
Emperor Yunze originally thought that Tuoba Ran would not come back so easily, thinking that if Tuoba Ran wanted to travel all over the world, he would send a few teams of wind spirit guards to protect him all day. But what Emperor Yunze didn't expect was that Tuoba Ran was willing to come back, and he also made good achievements in that wasteland.
In fact, the truth is that Tuoba Ran really didn't want to come back, Tuoba Mozhan took Ye Xuan to go back to the imperial city and said that he wanted to treat his injuries, but there was no way Tuoba Ran also came back.
Now that he has returned to the palace to walk with the national teacher, the father and daughter have not seen each other for ten years, how can Emperor Yunze not be excited?
"Seeing Your Majesty, the old minister brought the princess back intact and lived up to His Majesty's entrustment. Tuoba Mozhan bowed down after going to the hall, Ye Xuan looked at the group of unfathomable courtiers tremblingly, didn't dare to raise his head, and even slowed down his breathing a lot, and knelt down according to his appearance.
There are a lot of extremely strong coercion in the main hall, most of which are righteous and holy qi, which just restrains the evil power in Ye Xuan's body. That's why Ye Xuan restrained himself so much, he could feel the blood spirit bead in the depths of his body vibrating, it was excited.
Fortunately, there are also eight-pole locks and spirit binding belts, otherwise I am afraid that I would have been discovered.
"See Father. Tuoba Ran glanced at the man on the dragon chair very reluctantly, leaning down and bowing, looking very perfunctory.
"Okay!" The man on the dragon chair was excited for a long time, and excitedly spit out the word "good". He waited for this father for ten years.
"National teacher, please get up. Emperor Yunze raised his hand: "Come, let me see, Dye Er has grown so big." Emperor Yunze's eyes were a little moist, and he stood up from the dragon chair excitedly, and his majestic body trembled a little.
Tuoba Ran hesitated, reluctant to go up.
"Go, he's the lord of a country and your father, don't be so willful. Tuoba Mozhan reminded in a low voice that before he ascended the palace, he had told Tuoba Ran that some power could only be obtained from others, and the price of exchange with it was growth and compromise.
It's been ten years, and there's no need to make any more trouble.
Tuoba Ran glanced back at Ye Xuan, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
"My dyer...... It's that big...... Good...... It's ......" Emperor Yunze excitedly held Tuoba Ran's somewhat cold hand, his wide palm was very hot, but it made Tuoba Ran a little uncomfortable. inadvertently found that the man in front of him, who was supposed to be as strong as a tiger, had lost his heroic spirit at this time, and had a little more insipid.
"Yes, Dye'er has not only grown up but also sensible, and has been able to calm the troubles of the barbarians. Empress Yun on the side also praised on the side, and appropriately reminded Emperor Yunze, who was overjoyed.
"That's right, come on! Give the Jade Emperor a belt!" When Emperor Yunze heard this, he realized that he had lost his temper, and pulled Tuoba Ran to sit on the dragon chair. In an instant, Ye Xuan heard the sound of the courtiers inhaling, as if he was shocked. Especially when he heard that the Jade Emperor had brought it, several courtiers had already adjusted their hats and were ready to admonish.
"Master, what is the Jade Emperor Belt?" Ye Xuan was a little curious, what kind of thing could make these big people shake so much.
"That is a kind of certificate for the emperor to reward the younger generations, and only the eldest prince Tuoba Ying and the second prince Yongwang who led troops outside the dynasty had it. There are two eldest princes, and only one is Yongwang, the second prince. ”
"I see. Ye Xuan glanced at the young man standing in the group of courtiers, only to see that his face was blue and becoming more and more ugly.
"Father, I have a request. Suddenly, Tuoba stood up, and as soon as these words came out, some courtiers were nervous.
"You say, as long as my father can do it. Emperor Yunze was very happy now, and he agreed without asking what it was.
So Tuoba Ran pointed to Ye Xuan beside Tuoba Mozhan.
"National teacher, next to you?" Emperor Yunze took advantage of the situation and saw a blindfolded young man.
"Back to the emperor, this person is the Ye Xuan I mentioned earlier. ”
"He is Ye Xuan?"
"Yes. I saw that he had a talent for practicing weapons, so I took him as a disciple and wanted him to stay in the palace. And in the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm, he got the inheritance of an ancient powerhouse, although the exercises are a little evil, but the seedlings are good. Tuoba Mozhan's words made the eyes of everyone present converge on Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan was too silent before, which made many people ignore him directly.
"I heard from the national teacher that he saved Xiao Ran's life, and he was meritorious. I had said a long time ago that when he returned, he would be rewarded with a few random items in the Imperial Treasury. However, since it has been attributed to the national teacher, then the other matters are fully entrusted to the national teacher. "Emperor Yunze had heard of Ye Xuan a long time ago, and he had some impressions.
The minister thanked the emperor for him. ”
Speaking of this, Tuoba Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. On the contrary, Ye Xuan was a little confused, what is the Emperor Library?
"But why is his face so pale, is he blind with bags under his eyes?"
"I was poisoned by the barbarian before, and when he helped me detoxify the poison, I was poisoned and my eyes were blinded by poison. Later, when he broke through with me, he was seriously injured, and his cultivation and foundation were destroyed. Tuoba Ran's eyes flashed, her heart was like a knife, she couldn't forget these things no matter what, and some of the pain could only be borne by Ye Xuan alone.
"Give him some dragon marrow to regulate and condition his body, and if he needs anything, the national teacher can mention it. ”
"The old minister understands. ”
Emperor Yunze is also generous, and the power of the wind spirit bead in the dragon marrow is extremely precious, and each prince only has one bottle a month.
"Your Majesty, Emperor. Ye Xuan didn't know what this thing was, he just knelt down and thanked him.
After that, the court meeting continued, but all the courtiers were also clear-eyed people, knowing that the emperor was in high interest today and was not suitable for further discussions, so he went down to the court half an hour in advance.
"Lord Wan, the fourteenth princess has come back and got the Jade Emperor belt, can we still persuade the emperor to abolish the rules for the younger son to succeed to the throne?"
This person's name is Wan Dashou, and he is still in the book. The family behind Wan is in charge of the procurement of harem items, the first imperial merchant in the palace, the family has a strong foundation, a hundred years old, and is one of the very few big families that survived the shuffle when Emperor Yunze succeeded to the throne.
His sister is today's Wan Guifei, who gave birth to the second prince Tuoba Tao and the fifth princess Tuoba Qing.
"Master Zhang, there are some things that you can't talk nonsense. Wan Dashou smiled, and walked down with difficulty with his belt, every time he went to the court, he had to walk the dragon stairs that cost him his life, and every time he went to the court, he could be tired and half dead. Especially on snowy days, he rolled down several times and almost didn't fall out of a problem.
"Alas, the subordinate was speechless for a while, a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue. Master Zhang, who had just spoken, looked tight, his eyebrows and eyes quickly skimmed twice, and after seeing that there was no one around, he hurriedly held his breath and helped Wan Dashou go down a little bit.
"Yan Fulou heard that there is a new dish, and there is a jar of aged wine at home. Wan Dashou wiped the hot sweat on his head and smiled, his face shook a few times, and then a row of golden teeth was revealed.
"Then there is Lord Lao Wan, but I don't know what the new dish in Yanfulou is about today. One of the ministers suddenly had a lewd look on his face, and a hint of terror appeared in Sven's eyebrows.
"I won't let you down. ”
Several people looked at each other and smiled, each with a ghost.
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