Chapter Ninety-Six: Father and Son's Night Talk
"Your Highness, why are you here? Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Han Qing immediately stood up and asked respectfully.
Mengyuan's cold gaze swept around, as if the temperature in the entire room had dropped a lot.
When the others saw that it was her, they all got up from their seats and shouted, "See Her Highness!"
Only Pang Yuan didn't know Mengyuan, when he left the "Rebel Demon Domain" and came to Penglai City to work undercover, there was no saint in the "Rebel Demon Domain".
But he was originally a sleek and flexible person, and he has been an official for many years, so he knows how to observe words and feelings, and seeing the reactions of other people, especially Han Qing, he knows that this woman who looks young and beautiful, and whose strength is as weak as an ant in front of him, must not have a low status.
So he also stood up in the same way and hugged her fists.
For such a scene, dreams seem to have long been commonplace, and said frankly: "My father-in-law sees that I have nothing to do, and he is a little worried about sending me here to take a look, but the matter here is still up to you, Uncle Han, to make the decision, and everything is as usual." β
"Then I wonder what instructions the Demon Lord has?"
A 'Uncle Han' made Han Qing's face smile a little more, and he looked at her amiably and asked.
Meng Yuan shook his head in a small way, looked directly at Han Qing with an expressionless face, and asked, "Uncle Han shouldn't have any objection to what I just said." β
"This ......" Han Qing's face was embarrassed, and he said hesitantly: "Your Highness the Holy Maiden, I'm afraid your safety ......."
Mengyuan heard the meaning of his words, it was nothing more than that he was injured, and he couldn't explain it to his father-in-law, so Dai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said coldly with an unhappy expression: "You don't have to worry about my safety, even if my father-in-law blames me, I will say that I insisted on going, are there any other problems?"
"So...... All right. Knowing that stopping her again would definitely make her unhappy, Han Qing had no choice but to nod in agreement.
With Han Qing's consent, Meng Yuan didn't look at the others, turned around and left the secret room, and didn't forget to tell him when he left: "Don't send someone to follow and protect me, if I find out, I can't guarantee that I won't attack my own people." β
Han Qing sent her away with a wry smile, and she had to give up if she wanted to send someone to follow her.
Now that the decision has been made to test Mo Xiaoxie's true cultivation by Mengyuan, there is no need to continue talking.
Turning around and looking at Meng Fang, Meng Fang's heart was shocked, and then he realized that he had no reason to be afraid of him, and then he forced his posture, grinned, opened his mouth full of sharp teeth, and asked fearlessly: "Han Mozun, do you still want to do it here?"
"Hmph-" Han Qing sneered a few times, and everyone trembled when they heard it.
"I advise you to find a boiling water of more than 80 degrees and boil yourself for three days and three nights, otherwise it will not be good to die of poison, don't blame me for not reminding you, the temperature can only be high, not low, once the temperature of the water drops in the process, I don't guarantee that you will not die because of it." β
After speaking, Han Qing turned around and walked out of the secret room.
Here, only Meng Fang, whose face was blue and pale, was left, and a few people who were stunned by Han Qing's ruthless methods.
The Poison Hand Demon Venerable is truly worthy of its name!
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Penglai City, inside the Imperial Palace.
The night was deep, the lights of the palace were all extinguished, and occasionally there were flashes of light, but it was the palace guards patrolling around.
In the pitch black area, there was only one place where candles were lit, making the room the most conspicuous place in the night.
Xuanyuan Hao slowly approached the door of the room, and stood outside the door for a long time, watching the lights in the room flickering, not knowing what he was thinking.
The eunuch who was at the door of the room had long since been broken away by him.
After hesitating for a long time, Xuanyuan Hao raised his hand that had been raised and lowered several times again, and knocked on the door firmly and gently.
"Dangdangdangβ"
After the rhythmic knock on the door, the sound of even breathing in the room suddenly closed and became silent, and the bright candle flame seemed to be suppressed by some kind of momentum, and the light was dimmed.
Feeling that the sound in the room suddenly disappeared after he knocked on the door, Xuanyuan Hao had no choice but to reveal his identity and said softly: "Father, it is the son who wants to see him, you ...... Are you free now?"
The sound of breathing in the room resumed, and the light of the fire became bright again.
A deep voice came from inside the room, sounding a little tired, and said, "It turned out to be Hao'er, come in, I still have a small part of the recital review to finish." β
Feeling that the few spiritual senses locked on his body disappeared, Xuanyuan Hao dared to make a move, he knew that the few cultivators who observed him just now should be in charge of the worship of his father's safety in the palace.
The door was unlocked, and when it was carefully pushed open, it could be seen that the father was writing something in front of the table.
Due to the strong night wind tonight, Xuanyuan Hao closed the door tightly after entering the house, walked to his father's side, and quietly waited for him to finish his official business.
Standing on the side without incident, Xuanyuan Hao had time to carefully observe his father's face.
Looking at his sideburns, which were slightly white because he was worried about state affairs, his heart was slightly sour.
His father did not have a Dao heart, and because he had been busy with political affairs for decades, he had abandoned his cultivation, and his cultivation was at best a martial artist of the innate realm.
The body is much stronger than the average person, but it wastes energy year after year to govern the world, and the aging rate is much faster than that of normal innate martial artists.
He has been studying the method of cultivation in Penglai City all the year round, and he has served his parents for a very short time, and in his eyes, he has always had a tall image and an omnipotent father, who has unconsciously appeared as a dragon bell, Xuanyuan Hao's heart was full of guilt, and his eyes began to moisten.
The flame of the burning candle on the table blurred and spread in his eyes, gradually becoming crystal-shaped, and finally the things in his vision were completely invisible.
After about half a pillar of incense, Xuanyuan put down his pen, closed the last piece, stretched his waist, and stretched his muscles, it was already early in the morning.
Looking at Xuanyuan Hao, who had been standing motionless by his side during his review of the recital, Lao Huai smiled comfortingly, pointed to the stack of recitals on the table, and asked, "Hao'er, how is it?
Xuanyuan Hao hurriedly shook his head, even saying that he didn't dare.
In the whole country, there were very few people who had access to the concerto, but the emperor was the only one who had the right to approve it, and he did not want to encroach and make his father unhappy.
knew that he would be like this, and Xuanyuan De had already expected Hao'er's reaction, but he still wanted to knock on the side and let him pay attention to these things.
Maybe it's related to the environment of living for a long time, the eldest and the second have completely opposite personalities, one likes power as life, and the other regards power as a dispensable thing, and there is less fighting, which is really worrying.
Pointing to another seat in the imperial study, let Xuanyuan Hao sit down, Xuanyuan De poured the tea that had just been boiled in an iron pot into the cup, moistened his throat, and asked, "Is there anything important to come to the imperial study to look for me so late?"
"The son does have something to ask his father for instructions, and I hope that his father will allow it. Xuanyuan Hao didn't have the heart to drink tea, and replied stiffly.
Xuanyuan De's expression was leisurely, and he said indifferently: "Let's listen, as long as it is a reasonable thing, I will consider it." β
After matching his words, Xuanyuan Hao said solemnly: "I want to give up the right to inherit the throne and return to the Penglai Immortal Sect to concentrate on cultivation. β
There was a sudden silence in the hall, and only the burning sound of the candles "crackled".
Xuanyuan De was obviously shocked by his sudden decision, and even forgot to drink the tea that was brought to his mouth, looked at his serious face, and asked in surprise, "Why?"
Maybe it's the best outcome for everyone.
Xuanyuan Hao didn't answer, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on his father, and he didn't hesitate in decisiveness.
"Is it because of your eldest brother?" Xuanyuan quickly guessed the approximate point, sighed, and asked softly.
There is helplessness in the words, and there are some other inexplicable things mixed in the feelings, if I could be like him back then, take a step back, I am afraid that the current world will be a different situation.
"I wouldn't agree. Xuanyuan said bluntly.
"Why?" Xuanyuan Hao asked in surprise, looking a little excited, you must know that it took him a lot of effort to make up his mind, but he didn't expect to be rejected by his father.
Although Xuanyuande's eyes were cloudy, the majesty was still there, and a faint glance at him made his emotions disappear and become quiet.
"Hao'er, people can sometimes be merciful and think about others, but if you don't think about yourself in everything and choose to take a step back in order to be humble, that's not called benevolence, it's just evading and conniving. β
Father's words made Xuanyuan Hao fall into silence, he also had confusion about whether the decision he made hastily this time was right or wrong, according to the news from the sect, it was guessed that the news of the appearance of the Demon Dao in Penglai City was mostly related to the eldest brother, but it was not confirmed, no matter what the real situation was, in his opinion, as long as he withdrew from the competition for the throne, and the eldest brother did not have the need to cooperate with the Demon Dao, then all the problems would be solved, but it was not excluded that he had made the problem simple.
Xuanyuan Hao felt that his head was in chaos like never before, and his head was a little swollen with numerous questions.
Patting his son's shoulder, which was already wider than when he was younger, Xuanyuan De really felt that the years had passed.
Smiling encouragingly, Xuanyuan said earnestly: "Hao'er, you go back to rest today, I won't agree to anything about this matter, you can walk around more with me when you have nothing to do in the future, our father and son get together less and leave more, and it's good to talk about our hearts often." β
After a long time, seeing the second prince leaving the imperial study in a daze, Xuanyuan De suddenly shouted to the empty room: "Xu Xianfeng, please protect Hao'er's safety every inch for a period of time after that, if anyone dares to touch a single hair of him, there will be no mercy!"
"Yes!"
The echo seemed to come from far away, and Xuanyuan nodded reassuringly.
Walking out of the door, the night breeze blew on his body, which cleared Xuanyuande's mind a lot, after the completion of the recital, this was his rare relaxation time, if it was on weekdays, he should have gone back to the dormitory to rest at this time.
The eunuch who was taken away by Xuanyuan Hao carried a lantern, moved it lightly, and asked in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the night wind is very cold, I'm afraid it's not good to blow too much, it's better to go back and rest early." β
Xuanyuan closed his eyes, thought for a moment, heard someone calling around him, and suddenly said, "Don't go to bed today, you go to other places with me first." β
"Your Majesty has orders, the minions will definitely follow, but I don't know where Your Majesty is going at such a late hour?"
The eunuch looked about fifty years old from the outside, much older than Xuanyuande, his hair was already half white, and his slightly fat body bowed slightly, as if he was not able to resist the cold, and trembled slightly.
"Hell of Heaven!"
Xuanyuan De exhaled a ball of hot air, looked at the sky, and his thoughts were tossing and turning......