Lin Xi raised her eyebrows when she heard this and sat up with an impatient expression. "It's so annoying! This old guy is getting lazier and lazier!"
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the other side.
Xiao Nanwei returned to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division alone, which immediately caused an uproar.
No one expected that Lin Xi would dare to attack the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division in the imperial capital.
When many courtiers learned about this, they immediately became angry with several senior officials.
Many aristocratic families broke into cold sweats when they received the news.
At this point, if they still can't figure out that he is pretending to be sick, then there is no need to mess around.
In fact, they had this suspicion before, but they just refused to believe it.
After all, they paid a lot of money in order to convince Sirius to send troops.
Prince Wucheng's Mansion.
King Wu Cheng, who was over seventy years old and had gray hair, sat alone by the pond, silent.
Xia Yuanqi was kneeling aside, already trembling and sweating profusely.
"Do you know where you went wrong?"
A slightly cold and emotionless voice came. Xia Yuanqi's body was shaken, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
"Father, I know I was wrong. Please calm down my father."
King Wu Cheng slowly opened his eyes and sighed softly: "What's wrong?"
Xia Yuanqi gritted his teeth and said bravely: "I shouldn't covet her, I..."
"That's wrong. As a man, it's not a big deal for you to meet a rare beauty in your life and fall in love with her."
When Xia Yuanqi heard this, he raised his head in shock and his pupils shrank.
He always thought that he hid it well, but he didn't expect that his father knew everything and didn't care much about it, even with this attitude.
Cold sweat fell down his forehead. Xia Yuanqi thought for a moment and said doubtfully, "I shouldn't have intercepted Lin Xi without authorization and had a conflict with him..."
King Wu Cheng frowned slightly, looking a little impatient.
"That's not right, I was thinking about it."
Xia Yuanqi frowned and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out where he went wrong.
After a moment, King Wu Cheng sighed softly: "As an orthodox member of the royal family, he is just the son of a vassal king with a foreign surname."
"You intercepting him for the sake of the royal family's face is justified both emotionally and rationally. Your Majesty will not blame you, let alone feel dissatisfied."
As he said this, Old King Wucheng weighed the fishing rod in his hand and sighed: "Your defeat caused heavy casualties to the Imperial Army. This is nothing."
"In this world, except for members of my royal family, anyone can die. If necessary, my royal children can also die calmly."
Seeing that Xia Yuanqi still looked confused, King Wu Cheng's voice suddenly dropped, and a light flashed in his eyes: "You have fallen in love with Zhao Yanran, it's nothing, man, who doesn't have someone he likes?"
Speaking of this, the old man's voice suddenly turned cold.
"However, it is not appropriate to launch an army for the sake of a woman."
"It is a big mistake to become timid and stop moving forward after the army is defeated."
Xia Yuanqi clenched his fists after hearing this: "No, I am not timid!"
Old King Wucheng narrowed his eyes and sneered.
"Not timid?"
"If you are not timid, then why don't you show your sword!"
"Since you are not timid, why didn't you stop Lin Xi and fight him?"
"Since you are not timid, why did you run back to the imperial capital alone like a lost dog?"
Three loud shouts made Xia Yuanqi collapse to the ground with a thud and tremble uncontrollably.
King Wu Cheng sneered when he saw this.
"If you fight with him, no matter you win or lose, His Majesty will look upon you with admiration."
"But not only did you not do it, you were frightened out of your wits and watched helplessly as Lin Xi showed off his power and stole the show."
"In this battle, you have completely disgraced the royal family."
"You won't have any chances from now on."
As soon as these words came out, Xia Yuanqi was so shocked that he was dripping with cold sweat. He raised his head in disbelief, his eyes full of shock.
Of course he knew what his father meant.
No chance means that he has lost the chance to inherit the throne.
What it means is that the Wucheng Palace will never usher in that hereditary and irreplaceable imperial edict again.
After a while.
After Xia Yuanqi left, King Wu Cheng gently put down his fishing rod and stood up slowly. His slightly stooped back walked along the path into the distance.
"Go and prepare. Your Majesty should have confirmed what happened to the old man in Beiliang. We have no way out."
The old butler waiting on the side bowed slightly, turned and left.
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royal palace.
Xia Fengzhi returned to the bedroom, lit a stick of incense with a calm face, and said in a deep voice: "It is my decree that no one can sleep in Beiliang Prince's Mansion tonight."
A cold voice spread outside the hall.
A black shadow flashed across the rafters.
"promise!"
With a smile on her lips, Xia Fengzhi looked in the direction of Beiliang Prince's Mansion, stretched out her jade hands and took off her shawl, revealing her white jade neck and smooth, fragrant shoulders.
The beautiful girl slowly took off her shoes and socks, moved her toes slightly on her small and exquisite feet, stood up and walked towards the screen.
"Lin Xi, if you can get a good night's sleep in the next ten days, I will lose."
"snort."
With a soft hum, the beautiful girl took off her outer lining, revealing her white skin and slender legs.
"Come here, I want to take a bath."
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On the other side, the imperial study room.
More than a dozen ministers in the court, although their faces were pale and their whole bodies were shaking, they still knelt in the courtyard and refused to leave.
The eunuch in red stood guard outside the door, eyes closed and silent.
at this time.
A slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from the room.
"Your Majesty has a decree. If they want to kneel, get out and kneel. Don't be an eyesore here."
After listening, the eunuch in red bowed slightly.
"promise."
The ministers in the courtyard shrank their pupils after hearing this, and immediately screamed and screamed.
"Your Majesty! Northern Liang Prince Lin Xi...*&￥#@#@*&..."
The eunuch in red raised his head with cold eyes and said in a cold voice: "Here comes someone, please help all the gentlemen go out and kneel down."
The guards around him quickly stepped forward and took all the ministers out.
Amidst the cries, a certain gray-haired veteran stared and shouted angrily: "Hunjun, Your Majesty, are you going to be a Hunjun?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.
The red eunuch's mouth twitched, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Squeak~!~"
At this moment, the door suddenly opened.
Wearing a golden robe, embroidered with nine five-clawed golden dragons, gold and silver threads, lifelike, wearing a jade crown on his head, with a few lines of wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but it could not conceal the handsomeness of his youth. The middle-aged man looked at the direction of the ministers. He raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Did that beloved lady just call me a foolish king?"
The deep voice reached everyone's ears, and everyone present knelt down.
"See Your Majesty."
Emperor Tianqi smiled slightly and waved his hand gently.
"Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
More than a dozen courtiers slowly stood up and subconsciously moved away from the old minister who was cursing the emperor.
Seeing this, the veteran snorted: "Your Majesty, I have a story to tell."
After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and asked softly: "Ai Qing, did you just say that I am a foolish king?"
After hearing this, the veteran's eyes widened and he shouted: "Your Majesty, veteran..."
"Sun Diao Si, come and give this old beloved a ride."
