In the deep twilight, Xiao Bai walked alone in the slightly empty imperial city.

Now that His Majesty the Emperor is on his way to Jiangdu, Her Royal Highness the Princess has long been far away in Jiangdu, and the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have passed away with the first emperor, and in this largest mansion in the world, there is only the Prince Xiao Bai, a serious master.

This made Xiao Bai a little dumbfounded and self-deprecating in his spare time in dealing with government affairs, although he was the nominal master, but the time he lived in this "home" was only a handful, first in southern Xinjiang for a few years, and then he was crowned the king of Qi Prefecture, speaking of which the Qi palace is more like his own home.

Unconsciously, Xiao Bai came to the main pavilion of Tianji Pavilion, and after a little hesitation, he climbed to the corridor on the second floor, leaning on the slightly cool railing with both hands, full of thoughts.

Speaking of Tianji Pavilion, I have to mention the old Shoufu Lanyu who has resigned from his official position and retired to old age.

In fact, Xiao Bai didn't have much ill feeling towards the old man, on the contrary, he coincided with the old man in many places, in other words, he didn't approve of his father's actions in many places.

Xiao Bai himself knew, and the father who ruled the world also knew.

Xiao Bai sighed a little emotionally, and he didn't know if it was fortunate or unfortunate, his father only had one son, so even if his father knew, he could only pass on the throne to him, if he had other brothers, I am afraid that it would be a different situation now, maybe he would not be able to get close to that chair for half a step in his life.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what a rare guest. ”

A gentle voice came from behind Xiao Bai, with a slight smile, he turned around, looked at the old man in front of him, and said softly, "Master Lan." ”

The person who came was the owner of this place, Lan Yu, although he resigned from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, but still retained the title of Taishi, and was also the master of the Tianji Pavilion who was in charge of the Tianji List, looking at the government and the opposition, there was still no one who dared to underestimate this Lan Taishi, but after he resigned from his official position, he seemed to be completely disheartened, and he had no intention of political affairs.

Lan Yu said: "I didn't expect the old man to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the eve of leaving the imperial capital. ”

Xiao Bai was slightly stunned, "Taishi is leaving?"

Lan Yu turned his head to look in the direction of Jiangdu, "I heard that Jiangdu has a very interesting visitor from afar, who can actually attract autumn leaves to come down from that Dutian Peak, and the old man has not seen this old friend for many years, so he wants to go to Jiangdu to have a look." ”

Xiao Bai was slightly silent, nodded and said, "There is Master Lao who cares about his father." ”

Lan Yu looked at the dark imperial city at night, and said with a light smile: "Your Highness is shouting one by one, how dare the old man forget that His Majesty is also a disciple of the old man, although the king of heaven and earth is a teacher, and the king is on the teacher, but now that the old man has resigned, there is no need to be entangled in the difference between the monarch and the minister, and now there is only the master and apprentice." ”

Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is Taishi Lan worried about Daomen?"

Lan Yu retracted his gaze and sighed: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to be worried, but Han Xuan and I are very worried, now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the court and the Daomen are long gone, as the old people pass away one after another, the incense is getting less and less, and there are more and more discords, and now only the last line is about to completely tear the skin, how can His Majesty and Autumn Leaves, who are playing against each other, not know it? This time, the two did not hesitate to enter the game in person, they must have their own plans and wants, and the old man had to worry. ”

"You must know that the world is mostly involuntarily self-conscious, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Prince knows, in the previous dynasty, because of the prince's rebellion, Emperor Zheng Shenzong punished the head of the auxiliary Fang He Manmen, the wife of Emperor Wuzu at that time, that is, the biological mother of the first emperor, is Fang He's own daughter, in order to protect the Xiao family, Emperor Wuzu had to personally feed the wife of the hair to drink a cup of poisonous wine. Although Qiu Ye is not the kind of unscrupulous person, it is difficult to guarantee that Murong Xuan and Chenye and others will not make any moves, especially this Mrs. Murong, all kinds of arrangements over the years may not be less than that of King Wei, do not hide from His Royal Highness the Prince, it is not that the old man was in love with power at the beginning, but he is afraid that he will lose all the plates if he is not careful, and he will not succeed in keeping his business, I am sorry for the difficulty of starting a business of the first emperor back then. ”

Xiao Bai was infected by the solemn aura that Lan Yu invisibly revealed, and his face and mood were extremely dignified.

Lan Yu let out a long sigh, "Today, the old man and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said these heartfelt words, just hoping that His Highness can understand one thing, the Dao Sect is not credible, don't be lucky with it, especially some people who are in the middle of the day, they should be broken." ”

Xiao Bai was noncommittal, just nodded.

。 /'c first 2 shots"

Lan Yu knew that Xiao Bai didn't really take his words to heart, but he didn't continue to admonish too much, and instead said: "The old man is a person who has experienced ten years of chasing deer, and now in a peaceful and prosperous world, many people's impression of ten years of chasing deer is only the magnificent waves of beacon fire and iron horses, but they have forgotten that they are full of white bones, The tragic scene of millions of corpses, the old man has been a civil servant and a military general, and he has seen too many dead people in those ten years, and he is a little tired, so the old man feels that the hard-won peace situation should be cherished even more. ”

"It's a pity, some people don't want to cherish these peaces, so they can only fight, they can only be scared, subdued, or even killed directly, in order to keep this peace. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, are you right?"

Xiao Bai frowned, was silent for a moment, and then nodded.

Lan Yu looked at him and said calmly: "Your Majesty wants to give His Royal Highness the crown prince a world peace, but in the old man's opinion, he is still a little too hasty. ”

Xiao Bai asked, "What does Master Lan mean by this?"

Lan Yu said: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it. ”

Xiao Bai raised his brows again, and stopped talking.

Lan Yu didn't say anything more, turned around and left the verandah here, Xiao Bai looked at the old man's figure, with mixed feelings.

Xiao Bai stood in place and was silent for a while, then turned around and walked underground, now he is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Great Qi, he has the right to supervise the country, and he is the only master in this imperial city, so he can naturally enter and exit the cardinal of the imperial city.

After a while, he followed the dark passage that he had already walked through once, all the way down, after passing through the first two layers of the hall, and finally came to the third layer of the hall located in the deepest part of the ground.

In the middle of it is a circular platform with a square groove.

It's a big array.

Xiao Bai looked at this large array and was speechless for a long time.

At this time, the formation was only opened one-third of its normal state, and the large array could only be fully opened by putting the Chuanguo Seal into the groove on the round platform, but the Chuanguo Seal had been taken away by His Majesty the Emperor, so Xiao Bai could not open or close the large array.

If the Imperial City is a house, then this great array is the lock that hangs on the door, and the key is in the hands of its true owner.

Only by truly mastering this great array can we truly master the imperial city, and can we also grasp the luck of the Son of Heaven that Zhao Qing, Xiao Shen and others have never forgotten, and now Xiao Bai is still far behind.

Xiao Bai stared at this large array for a long time, and exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity.

He remembered the meaning in Lan Yu's words, and his face couldn't help but darken.

However, when he looked at his feet again, there was a look of intoxication on his face that flashed, as if what was under his feet was not a big array, but a splendid country.