Many years ago, the palace caused a turmoil, His Majesty Long Yan was furious, and Lu Qiu became the first prince in the history of the Xia Kingdom to be exiled.

There are different opinions about the truth, but no matter what, Lu Qiu, who is known as the peerless, has been reduced to a joke that everyone from the imperial power and nobles to the ordinary people talk about tea after dinner.

After all, the four princes were too sharp in those years, and I don't know how many people sighed that as long as he was in the imperial capital, all the younger generations would be suppressed and not see the light of day.

After being exiled, the Tianjiao of the imperial capital all had the demeanor of the four princes back then.

Xi Yao looked up and happened to see the noble and handsome face of the fourth prince, although the black robe was stained with some mud, it still couldn't hide the innate temperament of the prince of Xia Kingdom, and he faintly looked forward to it.

After many years, the four princes are finally going to return to the imperial capital, and I don't know if they can be as brilliant as they were back then.

......

In the carriage that had been bumpy for six days, Lu Qiu lifted the curtain and finally saw the imperial capital of the Xia Kingdom.

Immersed in the afterglow of the setting sun, the once majestic capital city has also been dyed in twilight.

The convoy entered the imperial capital and stopped in front of the vermilion gate of a grand mansion.

"The Fourth Prince, it's here. ”

Xi Yao lifted the curtain, and Lu Qiu stepped out of the car.

Outside this mansion, which has been uninhabited for a long time, there is already a slim girl waiting.

The evening light and the wind intertwined through her raised hair, and a layer of fine golden sand shimmered with a magnificent color. The pale peach-colored mouth is gently cocked, and the pretty and green face is intoxicating to look at. A light green dress can't hide the girl's delicate beauty like mutton fat jade, and the glass eyes are rippling with spring.

Her name is Su Chanyi.

"See His Highness the Cicada. ”

Xi Yao and the rest of his entourage knelt down in unison.

The girl known as Her Royal Highness Cicada Yi waved her sleeves and asked Xi Yao and the others to get up, and she followed Lu Qiu towards the mansion.

"Your Majesty is in poor health, and several princes are ready to move. ”

"Four cities have fallen on the Xia border. ”

In order to boost the morale of the Xia soldiers, the crown prince and the Nine Emperor Princes went out to take command, but they all died in battle. Su Chanyi said worriedly as he walked: "Now that my brother is being recalled, I'm afraid there will be a lot of cats." ”

"I'm back. Lu Qiu stopped, smiling with a magic that could make Su Chanyi feel at ease: "The wind and rain in this world can't fall." ”

Su Chanyi raised his head, and looked at Lu Qiu's eyes that were still reckless and wanton, like a cluster of fragrant wind that rushed into Lu Qiu's arms: "Brother, I miss you so much." ”

Lu Qiu sniffed the girl's fragrance and gently patted Su Chanyi's back to comfort her.

Su Chanyi is the only princess of the Xia Kingdom, but she has no blood relationship with Lu Qiu and the Emperor of the Xia Kingdom.

Lu Qiu's mother is a virtuous concubine of the royal family, and the virtuous concubine had a good friend before entering the royal family. In an accident, her friend and her husband died, leaving only poor Su Chanyi, and Concubine Xian was taken to the imperial capital to raise.

Today's Emperor Xia is the most favored concubine, and the one who loves the house and Wu is the princess.

As the first princess with a different surname in the Xia Kingdom in ancient times, she will naturally be excluded by the rest of the royal family. Only the fourth prince will protect her, and over time, Su Chanyi is particularly dependent on this brother.

"Brother, this is an invitation to tonight's peace banquet. Su Chanyi took out a red book and said, "Your Majesty's arrangement." ”

......

Day by day.

After washing, Lu Qiu casually put on a cold-colored robe.

Su Chanyi originally arranged for Lu Qiu to take her carriage, but Lu Qiu wanted to walk the streets of the imperial capital.

The streets and alleys are lined with shops, and as the most prosperous city in the Xia Kingdom, buying and selling are endless day and night. Pastry preserves, cloaks, fanning tents, juggling...... It's dazzling to watch.

For the people of the Xia Kingdom, the peace banquet held by the Xia Kingdom and the Chiyan Kingdom, which have been defeated frequently, is a major event worth paying attention to.

"I heard that almost all the border cities have fallen, do you really want to die in the Xia Kingdom?"

"My seventh aunt's son is doing business in the border city, and the caravan was ransacked by the people of the Chiyan Country, and the chickens and dogs were killed!

"Tonight's peace banquet, Xia Guo will definitely lose power, sad!"

"Look at those royal magnates riding the six jades, dragging the neon cloud flag, traveling in front of Pi Xuan and back in the back, Hu Cong is vast, and they have already been soaked in the wine pool meat forest to soften their bones!"

"I heard that the fourth prince is back. ”

"Really? What a demeanor the four princes were back then, proud of Mandu! If he comes back, maybe there will be hope for our Xia Kingdom. ”

Lu Qiu stepped on the flat night market avenue in the imperial capital, Su Chanyi had always been quiet, and followed behind in the crowd. Occasionally, you can hear the people talking about the peace banquet held in the palace tonight, the Xia Kingdom and the Chiyan Kingdom have been grudging for a long time, especially the people in the border cities, who are miserable.

"Brother, everyone is looking forward to your return. Su Chanyi stepped on small steps, quite cheerful.

"Hmm. Lu Qiu smiled.

Su Chanyi secretly looked at Lu Qiu's good-looking side face, compared with a few years ago, his brother seemed to have become difficult to figure out.

......

Imperial Palace, Taihe Palace.

"His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, His Royal Highness Cicada Yi has arrived-"

As the shrill voice came from the outside to the inside, the joyful words in the Taihe Hall came to an abrupt end.

"See His Royal Highness the Four Princes, see His Royal Highness Cicada Yi. The ministers and officials stood up and saluted.

Lu Qiu raised his hand to signal for exemption, and sat down with Su Chanyi under the guidance of the little eunuch.

The ministers and officials sat down one after another, all looking at the four princes with playful expressions.

Su Chanyi poured a glass of fruit wine for Lu Qiu, and the wine flowed out of the golden foot bottle, and there was an excellent aroma of fruit wine in the air.

Seeing that the brother and sister were drinking by themselves, the ministers and officials did not take the initiative to talk. If it had been back then, they would have gone up to flatter and curry favor a long time ago. But now is different from the past, and the influence of the four princes has long been declining in the imperial capital.

What's more, Xia is worried about domestic and foreign troubles, and smart people have long stood in line.

No matter what, no one will stand on the side of the four princes who have just returned from exile.

"Hahaha...... Is this the banquet of the Xia Kingdom?"

Outside the Taihe Palace, rough and contemptuous laughter sounded.

The words were accompanied by three burly, tall, dark-skinned men, all dressed in animal skin coats with their hair combed into pigtails, like three black bears walking upright.

There is no need to introduce it, everyone in the Taihe Hall knows that the person who came is the prince of the Chiyan Kingdom.

The burly and swarthy figure of the Red Yan Kingdom is the most typical feature.

The three princes are like walking towers, giving people a sense of height suppression. One arm is about the same thickness as the two legs of ministers and officials, and it seems to solidify thousands of catties of strength.

If this punch falls on the mortal womb of the flesh...... I can't imagine.

After that, there were the retinues of the three princes, and they were also the high-level leaders sent by the Chiyan State to negotiate.

Under the arrangement of the eunuch who led the way, the three princes began to eat and drink, laughing and clinking glasses. He didn't take the ministers and officials of the Xia Kingdom into account at all, and for a while, he gave people the impression that the banquet of the Taihe Palace was held by the Chiyan Kingdom, and it was the people of their Xia Kingdom who came to conduct peace negotiations.

The color of displeasure appeared on the faces of many ministers and officials, but no one said anything.

After all, the border battlefields of the Xia Kingdom are retreating one after another, and the people of the Chiyan Kingdom dare to stand in the heart of the Xia Kingdom to spread wild, so they naturally have something to rely on.