HBWnovel Chapter 044 Trial
Chapter 044 Trial
Xiao Luo just leaned against Ming Che like this, and after an unknown amount of time, he slowly moved away, saying: "Husband's embrace is too easy to make people greedy and addicted, just now I went to see my royal father, and I was delayed for a long time." Less time, I should practice sword in the afternoon."
Ming Che looked at the person in front of him and smiled lightly, "Okay, I'll accompany Luo Luo."
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Here, Concubine Liu Gui lives in the small courtyard.
Concubine Liu Gui was sitting in front of the tea table by the window, gently fanning the folding fan made of jade bone in her hand, "You mean, your father asked you and the crown prince to leave the 'chamber', so you don't have to go there this afternoon."
Xiao Cheng took a sip of tea, nodded and said, "Concubine mother, why are you so concerned about this matter? In the Imperial City Palace, the son and the crown prince go to the imperial study room. Doesn't the father sometimes arrange it like this?" Han @each @ earn @ from
"Having said that, the villa is not the imperial palace, and the meeting hall is not the imperial study. It is just a separate room in your royal father's residence."
"?" Xiao Cheng was a little puzzled, "Mother and Concubine, do you think that Emperor Father took a fancy to someone in the palace of this villa, and then the Golden House..."
"Your royal father is not so absurd. What's more, if it is really about this matter, you will be interested in it for a while, and if you are lucky, who can say anything. It's not like your royal father didn't favor the palace maids."
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he also came to understand, and asked slowly: "Then, why is the concubine mother bothered about this matter?"
Concubine Liu Gui closed the jade fracture fan in her hand, put it on the side of the tea table, and picked up the fine tea, "Your father has always been diligent in politics, whether it is good for the prince or you, he is very strict, you are right , In the imperial study room in the palace, when you are asked to discuss politics, there will be such an arrangement, but if you think about it carefully, how many times do you do this?"
"This..." Xiao Cheng hesitated for a moment, "What the mother and concubine said is that the emperor has always been very strict in political affairs, and the ministers and the crown prince never let up when they are in front of the emperor. , but there are few, but the details are still unknown to the minister, what did the concubine mother think of?"
"We come to this mountain villa every year. I have been to your father's courtyard and even the meeting hall quite a few times. I know this place well, but most of them can understand it. Heart, but there is only one place, which is extremely strange.”
"A place?" Xiao Cheng thought about it for a while, and felt relieved in an instant, "Mother and Concubine refers to the place where King Ding lives now."
"That's right, that yard was prepared by your father alone for King Ding. King Ding has never been here in these years, but your father took care of that place every year, but he didn't allow any idlers to come near it. Help your father to stabilize this country, but Ding Wang put down his words, Ding Wang's mansion is not involved in government affairs, but it is the Dinghai magic needle of this Liuyun Dynasty, your father respects him even more."
"Could it be that the concubine thinks that the emperor's father asked the son and the crown prince to retreat, but the emperor secretly met with King Ding? But there is not far from the father's courtyard to the place where King Ding lives. There are a lot of imperial guards patrolling the villa, and there are many people in the palace, could it be that there is an extremely secret passage between these two places?"
"I don't know if there is any. This is just a guess, a suspicion captured by only a little trace. If King Ding did not come to this villa this year, or, your father did not take care of King Ding's preparations so carefully before. I don’t need to think about that aspect, but when he comes, it’s a different matter.”
Xiao Cheng understood what his concubine mother said in his heart, "Concubine mother, when you talk about this, it is..."
"Don't forget, Princess Ding, he is also your emperor's son. Prince Ding's mansion does not interfere in the government affairs, and Princess Ding can not fight, so what about the status of being the Ninth Prince?"
"But before..."
"It's true that I didn't think about it before. What we thought was that the queen and Xiao Luo are in absolute opposition. Even if we look down on him as the son of a maidservant, whether it's my palace or you, we won't do anything to him. , unlike the empress who let Xiao Lin humiliate him, once Xiao Lin dies, it is absolutely impossible for them to reconcile, but we are also negligent."
"Mother and concubine feel that Prince Ding is testing his father by doing that? If King Ding really wants to support Xiao Luo to the throne, even his father cannot stop him, mother and concubine..."
"Don't be impatient, it's just a guess now. If Prince Ding wanted to intervene in the government, he would have done it long ago. Why have you waited for so many years? In fact, after various speculations, the biggest possibility is nothing more than to let you and the prince. The confrontation turned into a three-party battle, Cheng'er, it's not like you to be so impetuous, your father and King Ding have already agreed, even if Xiao Luo participates in the succession struggle, he must really have that ability .”
Concubine Liu Gui stretched out her hand to hold her son's hand, patted it lightly, and said slowly: "On the matter of Xiao Luo, what you have to do is to keep silent first, what your father and emperor explained, You must do your best, your uncle has sent a letter back, and you can return to Beijing before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when you first arrived at this summer resort, didn't you consider that King Ding might have intentions to interfere in the government?"
Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth and nodded, "But behind him is King Ding and Concubine Mu. Do the princes and others know what you said?"
"Do you know, as long as there is such a clue, the matter will progress little by little, and sooner or later it will be exposed to everyone, Cheng'er, no matter what the matter is, what you have to do is to maintain the current situation, if Xiao Luo really stands up Come out, do you think Xiao Luo has endured so much humiliation for so many years, who should he target first."
"What the mother and concubine said is very true, my son understands."
"It's good to understand. You have to know that you are no worse than the prince, not to mention Xiao Luo, who is a half-way monk. He wants to get rid of the benefits brought to him by his status as Princess Ding, and participate in the succession process as the Ninth Prince again. Otherwise, even if King Ding is the backing, he is not worthy to succeed as emperor. King Ding is mysterious and unpredictable. Since this kind of person has an agreement with your father, In the first place, he will naturally not ruin the words he has set."
Xiao Cheng knew what his mother and concubine said, so he didn't say anything else.
Concubine Liu Gui looked at the somewhat silent person in front of her, and said, "Okay, don't worry about these things, just do what you should do, the most important thing right now is to keep an eye on the prince, as for the rest, wait After your uncle returns to Beijing, let's make plans, but before that, especially Cheng'er, you can't make a mistake in front of your father."
"Ah."
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In this Longyin Mountain Summer Resort, August was in the blink of an eye. Originally, according to Xiao Mingyuan's plan, he would return to the palace after spending the [-]th of August in the villa.
But Ming Che took Xiao Luo one step ahead and left first.
Since August, with the autumn wind blowing, even after leaving the summer resort of Longyin Mountain, the heat of midsummer outside has gradually dissipated.
Xiao Luo and Ming Che were sitting in the carriage, he looked at Ming Che, and asked out of nowhere: "Husband, why did we leave early?"
Ming Che smiled softly, raised his hands, touched Xiao Luo's small head, and said, "Luo Luo wants to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet held by Xiao Mingyuan in the villa?"
"I don't like that kind of banquet. It would be the best if I can be with my husband on Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Little fool, as Luo Luo's husband, he should be with Luo Luo."
Xiao Luo lowered his head, leaned towards Ming Che proactively, put his arms around Ming Che's waist, and slipped into Ming Che's arms, "Husband, are we going back to Ding Palace now?"
"No." Ming Che replied directly.
"Huh? Then where are we going?"
Ming Che said seriously: "Take Luo Luo to the trial."
Xiao Luo raised his head, eyes full of confusion, "Trial? What is it?"
"Luo Luo's attainments are very high. In just over a month, since he first came into contact with swordsmanship, he can make the realm "slightly successful" in a day. Did Luo also notice that if he wanted to improve himself and break through to the state of 'climbing to the peak', he still couldn't find the right way."
"Your husband is right, did I use the wrong method?"
"How could it be?" Ming Che tightened his grip on the person in his arms, "If you want to continue to improve the way of the sword, trials are indispensable. The sword is a sharp weapon, and fighting will give the sword master a new understanding."
Xiao Luo didn't know too well, but no matter what, he just had to listen to Ming Che's arrangement.
Sitting in the carriage, he didn't look outside to see where they were going, but Xiao Luo could faintly feel some changes in the surroundings.
Until Ling Ying's voice came from outside, "Master, the trial ground has arrived."
Ming Che looked down at the person in his arms, and said, "Luo Luo, it's time for us to get off the carriage."
Xiao Luo immediately moved away from Ming Che's arms, and the two went straight out of the carriage.
When he got out of the carriage and looked around, he always felt that the surrounding scenery was very strange, and the sky outside should not be sunny, but why did he see the sky above his head at this moment, which was different from the sky he usually saw?
"Husband, here is..."
Ming Che said broadly: "Don't worry, it's okay. Did Luo Luo see the tall tower in front of him? This is the nine-story trial tower. When the people who are trying to enter the tower, the trial tower will condense and test the tower. Exactly the same existence as everyone else, only the victors can go up to another level and continue to break through."
"Exactly the same existence as the person in the trial? Husband, is this considered to be self-defeating?"
"It can be said that the enemy is often not terrible. Only by constantly surpassing oneself and defeating oneself can one become stronger."
Xiao Luo nodded, "Husband, shall I go in now?"
"Luo Luo is ready, that's fine. During this time, we will stay here, and I will guard outside." Ming Che handed a jade tablet to Xiao Luo, "Although it is a trial, everything inside is safe." It's a real sword, so if Luo Luo feels powerless, he can take out a jade card and send a message to me."
"Yeah." Xiao Luo put the jade token given by Ming Che into his bosom, and went straight towards the entrance.
Ling Ying stood aside and said in a low voice: "Master is very attentive to the princess, but the master brought the princess to this nine-story trial tower, I'm afraid that the demon king..."
"It's okay." Ming Che said firmly.