Tonight, Xingqing is destined not to be peaceful.
Xu Huaigu followed Prime Minister Liu and Yushi Cao to a secret place in the royal back garden. Prime Minister Liu and Yushi Cao entered an inconspicuous room in the back garden, and then Qi Chaoshu followed the Taoist priests who presided over the ceremony.
Of course Xu Huaigu didn't dare to get close. After all, there was an eighth-level martial artist inside. That level was already a mysterious realm that Xu Huaigu could not imagine. It was possible that he could discover his existence without even seeing himself. So Xu Huaigu only dared to look at the room from afar.
The preparations for the entire ceremony were very cumbersome, so they did not start immediately. Xu Huaigu waited from dusk until the moonlight was deep, and finally there was some movement in the room.
In the dark night, he could see a faint white light emerging from the cracks in the doors and windows, and then a low Taoist French voice came out. The voice was sweet and crisp, as if floating from the clouds, and it really looked like an immortal.
This life-renewing ceremony was obviously a very cumbersome process. The low-pitched spell chanting continued for an unknown amount of time and was not over yet.
But as time gradually passed, the white light inside became stronger and stronger, until one moment, the white light suddenly became stronger.
In an instant, the room emitted a dazzling light, as bright as a sun, and the nearby area suddenly became like daylight!
Xu Huaigu was shocked by the dazzling light. He understood that this ceremony must have reached a critical moment.
But it seems that no accident happened, so the ceremony will end successfully?
Xu Huaigu's doubts only lasted for a moment, and he immediately had the answer. Unsurprisingly, at this most critical moment, corresponding to the white light of the magic circle, a bright red light from the clouds directly above the horizon suddenly flashed and struck downwards.
Xu Huaigu looked up and saw a bright red flame falling from the sky.
The fireball streaked across the sky, trailing a long and narrow trail of flames, as brilliant as a meteorite falling to the ground.
Xu Huaigu suddenly felt a great pressure, and his head was pressed down for several minutes. He was very frightened. If this fireball came down, the entire Xingqing City might be in danger.
But how could Xingqing City not be prepared?
Almost at the same moment, the magic circle made of the dark tower in the palace was sensed, and it immediately formed a defensive magic circle with the small hubs on the four sides.
A golden ray of light immediately enveloped the entire palace, and the huge fireball hit the defensive barrier. Suddenly, the heat wave rolled out for a mile or two, and the flames were raging into the sky.
The scope of this barrier was very large, covering the entire palace, so nothing happened in the palace, but some nearby private houses near the palace were completely destroyed.
Flames raged around the area, and many people in Xingqing fled from their homes in panic.
The dazzling white light in the room and the fireball in the sky appeared at the same time. Such a big movement instantly woke up the entire Xingqing City.
Yu Qin, who lives in the far south, is no exception.
She was also awakened by the loud noise, walked out of the room, and then curiously looked to the north. She could feel a heavy aura mixed with dust blowing towards her face.
She was surprised by the movement in the north, and couldn't help but think that Xu Huaigu should still be outside at this time, and she felt a little worried.
She walked outside Granny Qin's room and knocked on Granny Qin's door, but no one answered.
She was a little confused, guessing that Granny Qin must have slept too deeply, so she walked to the well alone and scooped out a small bucket of cold water. After drinking a little, she felt that the summer heat had dissipated a lot.
Then she found a small bench, sat in the yard and continued to watch the huge movement in the north.
Even though it crashed into the defensive formation, the flame still kept on burning like crazy above the barrier, lighting up half of the sky in the north.
The flames burned for a long time, and Yu Qin looked a little dazzling, so she turned her neck and inadvertently saw a bright red flower in the corner. She always felt that the flower seemed to be sick, with its petals drooping, which was a bit weird.
She walked over and looked at this incomparably beautiful flower, feeling that something was missing in her heart.
She took a small gourd of well water and poured it on the flower.
The cool well water flows down the flower's thread-like petals and falls into the earth.
In the hazy moonlight, Yu Qin looked at the flowers. The more she looked at them, the more magical they became. This flower attracted her like the thing she wanted most.
She seemed to see Yu An sitting on a small stool, drinking a small glass of turbid sorghum wine and humming a random song.
The mountain breeze blows, mixed with the moisture of the mountain streams and rivers, and it is very comfortable.
She reached out to touch the flower obsessively, and the flowers and leaves seemed to receive the response and swayed, as if calling her.
The moment her index fingertips touched the flowers and leaves, it was as if she had fallen into a dream. Her fingertips gradually became numb and weak, followed by her arms, then her body, and finally her mind began to feel dizzy.
She felt very comfortable, as if she had never been so relaxed.
She fell to the ground and passed out.
…
At the foot of Guangrao Mountain in the west of Xingqing, Lin Cangyang and Ling'er, a maid in green clothes, were walking on a forest path.
Although this trail is considered to be at the foot of Guangrao Mountain, it actually belongs to the area of Princess Cangyang's Mansion. Because Lin Cangyang was smart and smart since she was a child and was the favorite of Lin Hongzhi, she was rewarded with a piece of land at the foot of Guangrao Mountain.
Guangrao Mountain is one of the most important peaks in the Dayu Kingdom. There are countless ancestral temples and temples halfway up the mountain and on the top of the mountain, where emperors and famous ministers of the Dayu Kingdom are worshiped.
Guangrao Mountain has always been a forbidden area for the royal family. It is impossible for ordinary people to even take a step across the mountain boundary, not to mention going up to the mountain to hunt or worship.
But Lin Cangyang is able to own a piece of land here, and every year she follows Lin Hongzhi to the top of the mountain to worship her ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth. This shows how important she occupies in Lin Hongzhi's heart.
In fact, sometimes Lin Cangyang felt that Lin Hongzhi was training him as the next successor of Dayu Kingdom.
There has never been a precedent for a woman to be the king of Dayu, and she has never had such an idea, but Lin Cangyang did have such an idea sometimes. It's not that she is arrogant, but that the current two princes of Dayu Kingdom are too playful and useless, and Lin Hongzhi has never given hope to them.
The Dayu Kingdom has never valued the birth of princes. Lin Hongzhi was also a devoted man. He only married two women in his life. In his generation, there were even fewer people, with two legitimate daughters and only two legitimate sons. . The two princes had been naughty by nature since they were young. They didn't like reading the most when they were young. Instead, they were interested in weird things.
One of the princes, named Lin Congwu, had a habit of cutting off his sleeves. He liked beautiful young ladies the most. From the age of twelve, he drove away all the women around him and replaced all the people around him with young ladies to serve him. How can the royal family afford such shame? Lin Hongzhi found someone to control him and also scolded him, but every time he didn't let the little lady tease him, he would not think about food and drink. Several times he almost starved to death. Lin Hongzhi was so angry that he didn't know what to do, so he If you break the jar, don't worry about him anymore.
The other prince's name was Lin Congyou. He was still very smart, but he never used his brain for serious matters. Ever since he saw the monks' vast magical powers as a child, he no longer had the intention to study the art of war and the imperial mind, and only thought about cultivation. According to him, managing a kingdom is so boring. Although you can have everything you want, you have to rely on others to execute everything, which is far less satisfying than having the ability yourself.
But how can any emperor learn the magic of immortality? This is a common taboo in the secular world and the spiritual world, and it is not allowed by nature.
The human world is the human world, and gods are gods. These two things have always been two different systems.
However, this Lin Congyou was pretentious. The more he told him about the gulf between emperors and practitioners, the more he wanted to learn the magic of immortality. He left the Xingqing Palace with a lot of noise and followed a royal servant to go overseas to search for extraterrestrial magic. He has been away for more than four years and has no news.
Lin Hongzhi was also very upset with him and never mentioned him, only treating him as dead.
Just when Lin Cangyang was thinking about these things, the flame falling from the sky collided with the white light in the Xingqing Palace, and the sound was earth-shattering.
Lin Cangyang was stunned, took two steps back, and said to himself: "This is the palace's grand formation... has it been triggered?"
"What on earth...is it possible to trigger the palace formation?"
Lin Cangyang looked dazed and his steps were shaky.
Ling'er quickly ran over, supported Lin Cangyang, and said worriedly: "Princess, be careful!"
Lin Cangyang took a deep breath, calmed down, and said firmly: "Let's go find Yan Ning, I want to go out!"
Yan Ning is the old martial artist who monitors Lin Cangyang.
But before she could take a few steps, she saw Yan Ning walking towards her.
She said to Yan Ning angrily: "Tell me quickly, what happened in the palace! If anything happens to my father, you will be the first to escape responsibility!"
Yan Ning said nothing and slowly moved away. Only then did Lin Cangyang realize that there was another person behind Yan Ning.
The man was holding a small wooden stick.
Lin Cangyang looked puzzled and asked uncertainly: "Master Ling?"
Ling Li smiled, pointed the wooden stick at Lin Cangyang, and said calmly: "Your Highness, starting from tomorrow, you will be protected by the most loyal soldiers of Dayu Kingdom, and you no longer have to stay in the Princess Mansion all day long. Here, start studying politics and law with me from now on."
Lin Cangyang looked at Ling Li in disbelief, as if he had thought of the worst possibility.
She asked impatiently: "Father, what happened to him? Did something happen? Tell me, father, what happened to him?!"
Ling Li shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Your Majesty is very good, and starting from tomorrow, you will see a brand new, motivated, and diligent Your Majesty. But you must learn from me. "
