As soon as King Ning said this, all the ministers who were talking quietly in the court suddenly became silent. All the ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to say more.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Fan Mou, the Right Prime Minister who had been silent just now, listened to the words of His Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Ning, and a cunning light flashed in his slightly closed eyes. Prince Ning finished speaking. , Fan Mou said.
"Accurately," the emperor said.
"I just heard what the two princes said, and I agree with what His Highness Prince Ning said about the Xiongnu. In particular, just now His Highness Prince Ning mentioned the Northern Jin's travel to disturb the country. It is suspected that someone took the name of the Northern Jin and committed robberies. The matter of plundering must be investigated more strictly. The old minister felt that the Northern Jin Dynasty should not act with common sense. If it is true that the Northern Jin Dynasty first tested our government's attitude with cavalry, and then suddenly used troops, what would happen? It would be better to treat it as the prince said I want you to choose a general to lead the troops there, one to investigate the matter, and the other to prevent the Northern Jin Dynasty." Fan Mou bowed, holding a wat tablet in his hand, and said to the emperor.
The emperor's smile remained unchanged at this moment. He looked past Fan Mou and scanned the ministers in the hall. All the ministers bowed their heads and said nothing. The emperor's eyes were deep, looking at the ministers, and he twisted the jade holder in his hand a little faster. , put his hands behind his back and turned back to the dragon chair. King Ning was about to speak, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him. King Ning had to keep his mouth shut and bowed before entering the queue.
The emperor said: "Do you still have something to report?" When the ministers saw that the Holy Lord brought the topic back to the government, they each reported their respective matters.
"Your Majesty, there have been bandits rioting at night in all the cities in the north recently. The magistrates of each city have sent a petition to the imperial minister to allocate manpower to capture the thieves."
"Accurate."
"Your Majesty, the snowstorm in the month before last has affected the southern border. Many states have asked the imperial court to allocate money to repair residences and cities."
"According to the report, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be in charge, and the Ministry of Works will be in charge of this matter. There should be no delay."
"Your Majesty, this year is approaching and preparations for the Lantern Festival are already underway."
"On the first day of this year, there is no need to make extravagant arrangements. Keep everything simple. All palaces must reduce expenses to support the people affected by the disaster."
"Start Your Majesty"...
All the ministers reported many matters. Some ministers were secretly happy when they received the emperor's approval; some ministers were reprimanded in court and were trembling with fear; of course, some ministers kept looking at their toes and wandering around; I don't know how to do their errands well. , still thinking about how to deal with the second concubine he married. All in all, the statues of the ministers in the court are just the tools for sitting on the dragon chair to govern the country.
After everything was done, the high-pitched voice came up again: "Retreat from the court~~".
"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor," all the ministers knelt down and chanted. After taking the emperor away, the ministers slowly exited the palace and dispersed in groups.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness Prince Ning, and Fan Youxiang, please stay here. Your Majesty has summoned you to come to the Royal Garden for an audience." A young eunuch quickly caught up with the three of them, passed down an oral instruction, and led the three of them to the Imperial Garden.
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In the imperial garden, the emperor had taken off his court clothes and summoned Yan Qingchuan, who had not slept all night last night, in red casual clothes. This imperial garden covers an area of several hundred feet, and the four-season plants are classified into four pavilions: Changchun, Ningxia, Qianqiu, and Wanxue. Ancient cypresses and locust trees are planted all over. There are rare stone and jade seats, golden lin bronze statues, and potted flower stands corresponding to each year. Four seasons, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in each season.
At this moment, Yan Qingchuan was summoned by the emperor at Wan Xuexuan. His eyes swept over Yan Qingchuan, who still looked tired. The emperor stroked his beard and said, "Qingchuan, you had a good rest last night."
"Your Majesty, I had a good rest last night," Yan Qingchuan replied respectfully, but his eyes glanced at Zhong Qi, who was standing with a hunched figure behind the emperor. Seeing Zhong Qi's expression was the same as yesterday, he couldn't help but wonder about the mysterious master in the palace yesterday. Isn't it this father-in-law? Is there a master in the palace with that surging momentum? But the wailing voice is clearly this person.
The emperor seemed to have seen through what Yan Qingchuan was thinking, and said: "Qingchuan, there are many rules in the palace, unlike at home. I guess you haven't had a good rest either. I have sent someone to tell Lao Yan. You and your son will be reunited soon." , just follow your father to go home and rest. Remember, errands are important, but your health is even more important. Lao Yan’s son is like my nephew.”
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is so kind to me. My father and my ministers are determined to be your Majesty and do their best for me, Qi Yun." After hearing the emperor's words, Yan Qingchuan was filled with gratitude and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
While the monarch and his ministers were talking, they saw a young eunuch walking quickly to lead the way, followed by a middle-aged man in gray clothes. This man was nearly fifty years old, with tiger eyes and an eagle nose, and a long beard reaching to his chest. He is long, but has black hair and beard. From a distance, he does not look like a man in his fifties. He wakes up with the young eunuch all the way. His steps are steady. If you look carefully, you can see that there is no difference in the distance between each step. As he gets closer, he sees this person. The deep legal lines on both sides of the eagle's nose show the person's age. The person coming is none other than Yan Ruohai, who is ranked fifth on the 'Shenzhou Lingjue Ranking'.
"Your Majesty, Yan Ruohai, please see Your Majesty, long live my emperor," the middle-aged man in gray glanced at Yan Qingchuan, who was kneeling on the ground to thank him, and also saluted and returned to Yan Qingchuan.
"In my imperial garden, there are no outsiders. You two, father and son, are exactly the same. I was talking to Qingchuan just now. He is your son, just like my nephew. Lao Yan, Qingchuan, just live." The emperor laughed and ordered someone to bring a brocade stool for him to sit on.
The father and son of the Yan family stood up and sat respectfully in front of the emperor. Zhongqi motioned to all the palace ladies and eunuchs to step back. Yan Ruohai felt a little distressed when he saw his son retreating with everyone with a tired look on his face. But after all, he was serving the emperor, so he could only let go of his heartache. In the heart.
The emperor looked at Yan Ruohai. Back then, when the Grand Master of Youlong Linyuan followed him in his southern expedition, he did not even blink when he killed the masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the Yingjiang River. At this moment, he looked at his son walking out of Wan Xuexuan. But he seemed to be a different person, with some emotion in his heart. He twisted the jade holder in his hand and said: "Qingchuan has grown up and is now serving the imperial court. When I pacify China one day, we will take this Leave the country to their young people, and you can travel with me to the mountains and rivers of China."
When Yan Ruohai heard what the emperor said, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Yan Ruohai knew that the emperor in front of him had great ambitions and the city was deep. When he was hiding in the dragon, he had made bold statements to return all the thousands of miles of China to Zhao and destroy Zhao. After the emperor, his thoughts became elusive, and he replied: "The emperor's kindness to the Yan family will be repaid with death. This child Qingchuan is still too young. Please give me more admonitions. This time I will receive The emperor ordered us to investigate the remaining evildoers of Zhao State, and we got some clues."
"Oh? Tell me." After hearing the news about the remnants of the Zhao Kingdom, the emperor twirled the jade holder in his hand faster.
"This time I left Beijing and went north to the capital of Zhao. I visited some old people who had served the Zhao family of the Hun Emperor. From the mouths of these old people, I actually discovered an eunuch from the capital of Zhao. I used some means to find them. This eunuch, at first, the eunuch refused to speak. After I cut off his hands and feet, he spoke. He said that when His Majesty came to the capital of Zhao, Zhao Chi, the Hun Emperor, saw the troops coming from heaven and slaughtered everyone in the palace with his sword. , and later burned himself in the palace, but he spared a newborn baby girl alone, and entrusted a square wooden box and the baby to a person." Yan Ruohai truthfully reported the news he had investigated in recent days.
"Back then, I obeyed the destiny of heaven and the will of the people, and destroyed Emperor Zhao Chi, but I searched the whole city and couldn't find the traditional jade seal that was used to unify China. For so many years, Zongwang in the north has been using it. As an excuse to criticize me, Zhao Chi has no children, and the wooden box must contain the imperial seal. Lao Yan, please continue to tell me, where are the wooden box and the baby now?" When the emperor heard Yan Ruohai's report, his eyes flashed, The jade holding in his hand was also twisted very quickly.
Yan Ruohai hadn't seen the emperor's eyes with such eagerness for many years, and continued: "I was shocked for a long time when I heard the news, so I continued to question the eunuch, but he said that he was hiding behind the dragon chair that day. After this calamity, I secretly saw this incident, and then the baby girl and the wooden box disappeared into the palace along with the person who entrusted them to it."
At this moment, the emperor could no longer control the urgency in his heart. He stood up and asked: "Can you trace the whereabouts of the baby girl, the wooden box, and the person who entrusted them to me?"
"I am ashamed. Although I discovered this news, there was no progress after that. The eunuch also died because I was too heavy-handed. After that, I had to return to the capital to report to the Holy One." Seeing the emperor's eagerness, Yan Ruohai hurriedly knelt down to report.
The emperor looked at Yan Ruohai who was kneeling at his feet. The emperor's eyes were filled with uncertainty. After a moment, he stopped twisting the jade holder, put a smile on his lips, stretched out his hand to help the master of Wandering Dragon Palm and said, "Old Yan This time I have made a great contribution to detecting such important information for me. I am very relieved. Lao Yan has worked hard all the way. Get up quickly. I will send someone to investigate the next thing. There is one more thing that needs to be discussed with you today." .
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. I will do my best." Yan Ruohai was in the state of a master. When he knelt down just now, although he did not raise his head to look directly at the dragon's face, he felt the emperor's aura change slightly. At this moment, he was helped up by the emperor and he hurriedly bowed. road.
The emperor looked at Yan Ruohai and said calmly: "There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that Li Kurong has gone crazy. This man once helped my father defeat the Huns in the Battle of Zhongzhou. If Ruoli Kurong is really crazy, Wangli Villa will eventually This is Li Kurong's life-long effort. I don't want the world to say that I don't remember people's kindness. If Li Kurong can't support it, I want you, Lao Yan, to support Wangli Villa."
As soon as the emperor's words came out, Yan Ruohai suddenly felt the fighting spirit in his heart. Back then, Li Kurong's "One Sword Determined Shenzhou" defeated the three great masters of the Xiongnu Shanyu, and was praised by many people in the world as the current martial arts world with Leiyin Temple. Qi Yun's martial arts masters, such as Master Kongxiang and Master Qingxinshan Lochen, stood side by side. When he mastered Dragon Palm, he wanted to fight Li Kurong. However, when Qi Yun founded the country and destroyed Zhao, he had no chance. Now if Li Kurong goes crazy and becomes possessed, then if he is fine, he can finally realize his dream of fighting in this life. Yan Ruohai's fighting spirit suddenly arose in his heart. There was no wind around him. The flying snow outside Wan Xuexuan seemed to have felt Yan Ruohai's fierce fighting spirit. It was swept up by Yan Ruohai's master momentum, and the doors and windows of Wan Xuexuan were blown. whirring.
The maids serving outside the palace were all frightened by the sudden change in the sky. Yan Qingchuan, who was waiting for his father in the imperial garden, was even more shocked at this moment. Just now, he felt the overwhelming fighting spirit of his father's anger, but this was In the palace, how could my father lose his composure? But then a powerful qi of his father confronted his inner qi. The two qi caused a great change in the sky outside Wan Xuexuan. Whether Yan Qingchuan was about to rush into Wan Xue Xuanzhong didn't know whether he was trying to save the driver or investigating his father's situation. The two breaths disappeared instantly, and Yan Qingchuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in the imperial garden.
Zhongqi, who was waiting on the side with his eyelids drooping as if he was about to fall asleep, looked at Grandmaster Youlongzhang sitting in front of him. Hearing Li Kurong's name, his energy overflowed and his momentum suddenly increased. He obviously forgot that he was in the palace. . I saw Zhongqi taking a step forward, protecting the emperor, and shouted softly: "Master Yan". An invisible wave of air came from his rickety figure, heading towards Yan Ruohai who was sitting upright. Not inferior, two waves of snow swirled and roared outside Tongyinxuan. Yan Ruohai was just thinking about a battle with Li Kurong when he suddenly heard a voice, waking him up like thunder. He suddenly came back to his senses, remembering that he was in Wanxue Pavilion, and the fighting spirit in his heart overflowed. He looked at In front of me, this old eunuch who is always by his side is protecting me at this moment. His whole body is filled with true energy, almost reaching his own level. While he is amazed that there is such a master in the palace, he also feels that this person's true energy is familiar. Very, for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen this person before, but I could see that the Holy Master's expression had not changed, he was holding the jade in his hands and looking at him with a smile.
With a shiver in his heart, Yan Ruohai hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "I am a rough martial artist. Just now I heard the name of Li Kurong and lost my composure. I disturbed the Holy Master. Please punish me."
The emperor waved Zhongqi to step aside, but still smiled and helped Yan Ruohai up, and said: "Old Yan is the best master in the world. Hearing the name of Li Kurong, he has a fighting spirit in his heart. How could I not know that, it doesn't matter, I I fought side by side with you back then, so I don’t have to be like this."
