Ji Xuan's palace was originally the residence of an imperial historian who had been executed six years earlier.

The Imperial Historian was upright by nature and did not want to be with the king. Not only that, but he also often participated in the role of King Cheng and his henchmen. Finally, King Cheng couldn't bear it anymore and set up a bureau to behead him all over the house.

This imperial historian was an extremely elaborate man of letters, and his mansion was built with great elegance. Strange flowers and plants, rockeries and strange stones, pavilions and galleries are all very literati and ink writers.

This imperial historian likes plum blossoms the most, and he also uses plum blossoms as a metaphor. He built a plum orchard in the palace and planted various varieties of plum trees.

After the house was raided, the mansion was empty, and King Cheng wanted him to keep it to warn everyone.

Ji Xuan didn't have a mansion after returning to Beijing, so King Cheng suddenly thought of this mansion and took him to see it.

King Cheng's original intention was to use the original owner of this mansion to warn Ji Xuan, but he didn't really want Ji Xuan to go.

But I didn't expect Ji Xuan to really want to go.

This mansion has been idle and uncared for since it was raided, so the mansion is overgrown with grass and desolate.

After Ji Xuan wanted to leave this mansion, he sent someone to repair and tidy it up, and it didn't take long for it to return to its previous style.

And that plum garden was built even more beautifully by Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan chose this mansion precisely because of this plum garden.

King Cheng came once after Ji Xuan repaired the mansion, and when he saw the new Qi Palace, he regretted it a little.

Ji Xuan took Yue Bai and went directly to the plum garden without alarming anyone.

"Plum blossoms are so proud when they are in full bloom, wouldn't it be even more intoxicating," Yue Bai looked at the plum blossoms in the garden full of buds and exclaimed.

Ji Xuan said: "The young master is in the capital to spend the New Year, so naturally he can wait until the cold plums in this garden are in full bloom." ”

Yue Bai said: "Speaking of the New Year, the New Year in the capital should be very lively." ”

Ji Xuan said with a smile: "The last time I spent the Spring Festival in the capital was when I was nine years old. At that time, the capital was really lively, and there were different celebrations every day from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year. I just don't know if it's still the same now. ”

Yue Bai apologized and said, "It's me who is abrupt, forgetting that His Royal Highness has been away from the capital for a long time and has only recently returned." Your Highness is the apprentice of the Innocent Son?"

Ji Xuan said with a smile: "I heard from the second senior brother that the young master still has some opinions about the family teacher. ”

Yue Bai smiled: "I said it on purpose. ”

Ji Xuan was puzzled and asked, "Why is the young master like this?"

Yue Bai said: "The predecessors of the Innocent Son often come to the West Slope Mountain to collect medicine, and I have met them a few times, and we have fought each other. To be honest, I'm really no match for my predecessors, and it was easy for him to get on me, but he never did. Every time we fought each other, the two of us were inseparable, and we didn't stop until we were tired on both sides. After that, we worked on herbs together. In this way, I became friends with my seniors. Your Highness knows that our Yue clan is good at medicine, and the same is true of the Innocent Son seniors, and I have benefited a lot from the seniors. ”

Ji Xuan said with a smile: "I didn't expect the young master and the family teacher to be friends. ”

Yue Bai said: "I and the predecessors of the innocent son should be regarded as half-teachers and half-friends. ”

Ji Xuan said: "Since the young master and the family teacher are friends, why do you have to embarrass my senior brother and Miss Ding that day." ”

Yue Bai smiled: "I originally thought that both of them were the apprentices of the predecessors of the Innocent Son, so I wanted to try them and see if I, a half-apprentice, could defeat the personal disciples of the predecessors. ”

Ji Xuan said: "I heard that it was Miss Ding who fought with the young master, and she was not my master's apprentice. ”

Yue Bai nodded and said, "I found out later, but that girl's martial arts are really powerful, if you are serious about me, I'm afraid I won't be an opponent." ”

Ji Xuan said: "Miss Ding and Brother Chen have repeatedly saved me in times of danger, if it weren't for them, I'm afraid I would have died before I arrived in the capital." ”

Yue Bai raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Chen, is he the one who is poisonous in the black ants, right? What is the relationship between him and that girl?"

Ji Xuan said: "They are brothers and sisters, they have been together since childhood, childhood sweethearts. ”

Speaking of childhood sweethearts, Ji Xuan deliberately accentuated his tone and looked at Yue Bai's expression.

When Yue Bai heard this, a trace of disappointment did pass through his face, and he asked, "Are the two of them in the palace at the moment?"

Ji Xuan nodded and said indifferently, "They want to help me ascend to the throne." ”

Yue Bai was startled, stared at Ji Xuan and asked, "Such a confidential matter, Your Highness will easily tell it, Your Highness is not afraid that I will tell King Cheng?"

Ji Xuan smiled: "I believe that the young master will not. In fact, this is not a secret, whether the young master said it or not, the second emperor brother will get rid of me. When I first returned to the capital, I really didn't have this heart, and I still thought that after the overall situation was stable, I would hold the sword and the rivers and lakes, and the horse was arbitrary, how chic it was. But when I saw clearly what the second emperor brother had done, I felt that if he ascended to the throne, not only would the Great Wei country be in danger, but the people of Li would also be in dire straits. So I'm going to stand up and stop him. ”

Yue Bai said: "I think the last person to ascend the throne must be His Royal Highness." ”

Ji Xuan said with a smile: "Thank you young master for being optimistic, I hope we can enjoy the plum blossoms together in the future." ”

Yue Bai said: "Your Highness doesn't want to know the purpose of our visit to Beijing this time?"

Ji Xuan said: "Of course I want to know." ”

Yue Bai said: "Why don't you ask?"

Ji Xuan said: "When I met the young master for the first time, it was inconvenient to speak. ”

Yue Bai said: "Your Highness treats me sincerely, and I am the apprentice of the predecessor of the innocent son, I took the initiative to mention it, just to tell Your Highness, I don't know the real purpose of my father for letting us come here, and only my father and my fifth uncle know what conspiracy they have with King Cheng." ”

Ji Xuan was puzzled: "The big toast doesn't trust the young master?"

Yue Bai shook his head and said, "It's not about trust or distrust, before I officially take power, there are some things that my father won't let me know." Although I don't know the true purpose of this trip, I can tell His Highness that my father is on King Cheng's side. ”

Ji Xuan said, "Why did the young master tell me this?"

Yue Bai's face was solemn, and he said, "Your Highness doesn't need to ask in detail about the reason. King Cheng already has the support of the Tianyi Sect, and now that we have the Yue Clan, His Highness's road forward must be extremely difficult, and he must be doubly careful. ”

Ji Xuan said: "Thank you young master for being so honest." Now that I've decided to fight for this position, I've put life and death on the line. No matter what the danger is, I will definitely succeed, so that the people can be saved from being destroyed and the world will be restored. ”

Yue Bai praised: "I really didn't misread Your Highness!"

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The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the entire plum garden is covered in snow.

Ji Xuan and Yue Bai walked side by side, stepping on the snow under their feet, making a creaking sound.

They walked along the path of the plum garden, walked past each plum tree, and watched each plum blossom.

And those budding plum blossoms are not afraid of the cold in the heavy snow, as if they know that someone is watching and competing to open.

It seems that these flowers are indeed more proud than when the two of them first arrived......