National Division

Zhibai was sitting bored on the rockery in the small garden, holding his chin and looking at the bare flower branches in front of him.Speaking of which, when he was so quiet, it was actually very pleasing to the eye.The sapphire blue cotton robe made his skin as white and smooth as jade, his facial features were upright and handsome, and his eyes were especially well-shaped. Sitting like this, it would be considered a scene in the garden in late autumn, and it would attract the attention of the passing maidservants. I can't even turn my eyes away.

"You didn't meditate in the room, why did you come outside?" Qi Jun walked over, kicked his calf, and asked in a rare brisk tone.Although this kid is very hateful, but being able to save the queen is a great achievement after all.What's more, his life is very simple, he is not difficult to serve, and he doesn't cause much trouble to others.

"It's not suitable to practice at this time." Zhibai was a little listless, "The so-called immortals obey the six qi, it doesn't mean that there are six kinds of qi that can be taken, but that there are only six hours of qi in a day that are suitable for breathing and practicing..."

Qi Jun hurriedly interrupted him: "There is no need to talk about this." He would only be dizzy, "I heard that you are in a hurry to see Father?"

"Yeah!" Speaking of meeting Emperor Jing'an, he knew he was excited, "Didn't Your Highness promise to let me worship Xingtie? Prolonging my mother's life has cost me a lot of cultivation. If Xingtie can't be given to me right now, then let I can also follow His Majesty."

"What are you doing with your father?" Could it be that Emperor Jing'an is better than Xingtie?

"Your Majesty has dragon aura!" Zhibai's eyes lit up with excitement, "Dragon aura is of great benefit to ascetics. If you follow His Majesty, you don't have to be limited to six hours. It can be said to be twice the result with half the effort!"

"Dragon Qi..." Qi Jun thought that Zhibai was just flattering Emperor Jing'an at that time, but he didn't expect—"Father Emperor really has Dragon Qi?"

"Naturally! Son of Heaven, how can His Majesty not have dragon aura in his body?"

"Then it's the same if you follow me?" Qi Jun raised his eyebrows, "I'm a dragon son, and I should have dragon spirit in my body."

Zhibai was startled, then grinned: "Your Highness is right. Your Highness's sons and phoenixes naturally carry dragon aura, but since your majesty is holding a great treasure, the dragon aura is extraordinarily deep, which is more beneficial for cultivating the Tao."

Qi Jun frowned slightly.These days, he has gotten to know Zhibai a little bit, only then did he know that although Bai's flattery is loud, it always makes people feel that something is wrong.Not to mention anything else, if you have dragon energy in your body and are suitable for cultivation, knowing that you can't see Emperor Jing'an, you should have turned around yourself, but these days, I only heard him asking if he could meet Emperor Jing'an, but he never asked for it. Come and meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Therefore, Zhibai's flattery is clearly a lie!

Qi Jun is a shrewd person, because the empress is mediocre. Since he was six or seven years old, he had to be a little more thoughtful than others to live a better life. These days, he was just too happy because the empress recovered from his illness. Now he is a little calmer. Feeling down, he immediately found the flaw in Zhibai's words——Zhibai said that he was good at observing Qi, and that he could find Xingtie in the mountains in the southwest. Knowing that he is the prince, otherwise Zhibai would not have dared to feed him to snakes if he had the guts to do so, and when Zhibai was caught by the lake later, several guards called him His Highness, and the surprise on Zhibai's face was also great. It does not seem to be fake.

Comparing the two, the strangeness here naturally emerges: Since Zhibai can observe the dragon's aura, why didn't he know that he was a dragon son?There is only one answer - Qi Jun has no dragon spirit in him.

Since he is a son of a dragon, why doesn't he have the spirit of a dragon?As soon as Qi Jun thought of this, his heart seemed to be stuffed with ice, and he asked in a calm voice: "I don't have dragon spirit on me?"

Knowing that he suddenly said such a sentence, he was taken aback, and said with a dry smile: "Your Highness, why did you say that?" He jumped up as he spoke, "Pindao suddenly feels anxious, Your Highness, please forgive me— —”

Qi Jun blocked his way with one step, and forced him to stick to the rockery: "Answer my question first!"

"Your Highness, this person has three urgencies—" Zhibai rolled his eyes and wanted to slip away, but Qi Jun was not fooled by him: "If you don't answer my question, you might as well relieve your urgency here."

Zhibai's head was sweating: "Why do you think so, Your Highness? As a dragon son——"

Qi Jun interrupted him unceremoniously: "Since I have dragon spirit, why don't you know my identity in the Southwest Mountain?"

This sentence choked Zhibai so much that he couldn't say a word. He leaned against the rockery, his eyes rolled wildly for a long time, and finally realized that he couldn't be fooled, so he said in a voice like a gnat: "The dragon gave birth to nine sons..."

"Bold!" Feng En, who was standing next to him, broke out in cold sweat, and quickly scolded Zhibai for saying such a sentence.According to folklore, a dragon has nine sons, each of whom does not become a dragon. Zhibai said that, does it mean that although Qi Jun is a son of a dragon, he cannot become a dragon?Doesn't this imply that Qi Jun will not be able to succeed in the future?

Qi Jun's complexion changed abruptly, and with a wave of his hand, Feng En quickly led the young people back away, Qi Jun stared at Zhibai, and said coldly: "What did you just say? What do you mean by the nine sons of the dragon? You mean, I can't become a dragon?"

"That's right—" Zhibai swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty, "I saw His Highness in the Southwest Mountain back then, and I, I never saw His Highness's identity because of his lack of dragon aura. The so-called son of the phoenix, actually Not all royal bloodlines have dragon aura, only those destined to be crowned great treasures..."

"You mean, I can't sit in that chair?" Qi Jun squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "I am the prince, the prince! If I can't, who else can? Who else do you think can be the great treasure? ? The son born to Mrs. Ye!"

"This——Pindao hasn't met the other princes, he's just watching..." Zhibai wished he could retract himself into the rockery.

Qi Jun took a deep breath, suppressed his anger and sneered, "No wonder you dare to feed me to snakes! If you knew that I was the crown prince, you wouldn't have dared?" Seeing Zhibai's expression, he knew there was something strange about it, so he stretched out his hand and sneered. Grabbing his collar, "If you have anything to say, say it quickly! Otherwise—" He looked cold and stern, like a beast that chooses to eat someone, "If I can bring you into the palace, I can also ruin you!"

Zhibai was so frightened that he wanted to shrink his neck, but the collar couldn't be retracted. Seeing Qi Jun's appearance of eating people, he knew that it would be impossible not to tell the truth today. Guan: "Your Highness has a short lifespan. The southwestern mountain should have been the place where His Highness was buried, so I led His Highness down to the place where the snake coiled. If not, I wouldn't dare to hurt innocent people at will. Things that are extremely detrimental to yin and virtue will be very disadvantageous in the future."

The word short life was like two hammers hitting Qi Jun's head heavily, making him dizzy for a while, and he even let go of the hand holding Zhibai's collar.As soon as Zhibai's neck loosened, he wanted to slip away, but when he stretched out his feet, he realized that this was in the East Palace, and there was no way to slip away, so he stood there dejectedly and waited.Qi Jun calmed down, suppressed the breath welling up in his chest, and said in a deep voice, "You really know how to meet each other? Then why am I still alive?" He suddenly thought of the queen, "The queen mother is also seriously ill, you are different. Did you prolong your mother's life? In this case, this face-to-face technique is not reliable."

"That, that's different." Zhibai peeked at him, and replied cautiously, "If your lifeline is broken, there is a chance to connect it. This disease is not a fatal illness, but a serious calamity. Since it is a calamity, Then there may be a way to solve the disaster. But you, Your Highness—your lifeline is actually broken, but this is absolutely impossible..."

"Then why am I still alive?"

"This—" Zhibai couldn't answer, and said after a while, "If you really shouldn't look like this, please show me your left hand, Your Highness."

Qi Jun stretched out his hand without hesitation, and Zhibai stroked his palm with a slender finger, and suddenly stopped moving.

"What?" Qi Jun urged hoarsely.

"Your Highness, this is—"

Qi Jun looked down at where his finger was pointing, there was a scar - he was thrown out when he was fighting a giant snake in the Southwest Mountain, and he stretched out his hand in mid-air and grabbed the snake's tail indiscriminately.It's just that instead of catching it, the rough snake scales peeled off a layer of skin from his palm. Although the wound has healed, there is a scar left. All the palm prints disappeared there, and his palm left A blank part with no palm prints.

Zhibai grabbed his hand and looked left and right, and finally raised his head with a strange expression: "His Royal Highness's palm prints have been broken, and nothing can be seen. This, this is really rare..."

Qi Jun was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.His laughter was not without desolation, but more proudly: "Can't you see? It can be seen that physiognomy is not destiny, even if it is destiny, but my destiny is mine, not God! Since I never died in the Southwest Mountain, That—that position will be mine after all!" He withdrew his hand and turned around to walk, stopped after walking two steps, and slowly turned his head to look at Zhibai with cold eyes.

Zhibai grew up in the mountains, and his sense of danger is as sensitive as that of a small animal. Qi Jun just took one look at him and made him feel cold all over, and Fuzhi blurted out: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never say these words to the second person." Say half a word!"

Qi Jun stood there hesitating for a moment.For a moment, he really wanted to silence this godly kid.Those words that Zhibai said just now, such as dragons giving birth to nine sons, short lifespan, any random sentence passed to Emperor Jing'an, are enough for him, the crown prince, to be abolished [-] times!But—now Ma Mingzi is still a national teacher, without Zhibai, what can he use to fight against Ma Mingzi?Even though he can beat Qi Zhang, the queen is far from Concubine Ye Gui's opponent. If there is no Zhibai, he will still be oppressed as before.No, or the situation is not as good as before. Now the palace is full of rumors that the queen is an ominous person. If Zhibai dies at this time, I don't know how Emperor Jing'an will feel...

Qi Jun's tense shoulders slowly relaxed, Zhibai keenly sensed his changes, and quickly grinned at him in a flattering manner.It is always good to be handsome, even if Qi Jun is full of murderous intent, the corners of his lips can't help but relax when he sees his expression: "It's really rare to see a monk like you. Your master actually said that you are qualified." Excellent? What's so good about it? It's like using human life to fill the mouth of a snake? Even if my life is dying, you can live with it like this?"

Zhibai rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "Why did your highness bring this up again...Actually, at that time, your highness—if it wasn't for my herbal medicine, your highness would have been seriously injured...I thought it was just moving the time of your highness's death back. Liao Nuo...Actually, His Highness's life was already at the end of that time, so it doesn't count as me hurting someone's life..."

"I'm talking about your heart!" Qi Jun unceremoniously reached out and tapped his chest, "Even if you drag a corpse to feed the snake, you can bear it? It's because strangers have the righteous act of donating coffins to build graves, you, a monk, can make me not even have a whole body after death?"

"If the soul is gone, the body is nothing more than a stinky skin." Zhibai argued, "The so-called peace in the ground is just for the living to see. People are different from beasts in the soul, and if they die, the soul will disperse..." He Seeing the veins jumping up again on Qi Jun's forehead, he closed his mouth knowingly.

"So after I die, I will be no different from a beast?" Qi Jun felt his toothache again, staring at Zhibai and asked word by word.If it's not useful to keep this bastard, he must strangle him to death with his own hands!

"Taoist said..." Zhibai mumbled three words before daring to speak out again.Qi Jun took two deep breaths before he could calm down a bit: "If you say these words in front of the emperor, your head will probably move! At that time, no matter how qualified you are, you can only follow your master's body." Solve it."

Zhibai lowered his head: "I know, I dare not talk nonsense in front of Your Majesty. I haven't built the alchemy yet, and I will leave the Nascent Soul sooner. Beheading at this time means death, not an autopsy."

Qi Jun sneered and laughed again, he didn't know what to say.This guy can piss people off when he says something, but sometimes it's ridiculous.

Zhibai glanced up at him secretly, and smiled flatteringly: "Then, Your Highness, when can I see His Majesty?"

Having said that, Qi Jun thought of the nine sons of the dragon he said again, and his face sank again. Just as he was about to scold him a few words, a small man came from afar and bit Feng En's ear. His face changed slightly.Qi Jun caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, left Zhibai behind and walked over: "What's the matter?"

Feng En lowered his voice: "Your Highness, a court lady was picked up from the alley well, yes, she is pregnant."

Mo Lane is the place where court ladies who have never been gracious lived. For the convenience of water, there are two wells in a palace lane.To be honest, the palace ladies fished out of these two wells, not to mention the previous dynasty, even the current dynasty can't count even the hands and feet, but it is the first time that the pregnant palace ladies are fished up.

Generally speaking, after a court lady enters the palace, she can only contact the concubines in the harem on a daily basis, and the only man is the emperor, so if she is pregnant, it is likely that she has been favored by the emperor.The so-called mother is more valuable than children. If a court lady is favored and has a child, it is a good thing to reach the sky in one step. No one has ever committed suicide because she was pregnant with a dragon seed, so the corpse recovered this time is particularly attractive.

"...It is said that she has been pregnant for five months, but her abdomen is always wrapped in white cloth, and she changed into a jacket in autumn, and the maids in the same room don't know about it." The little man returned tremblingly, "I don't know When did he receive grace, so some people suspected that maybe he had an affair with the guards and committed suicide because he was afraid when he found out that he was pregnant. But some people said..." Looking up at Qi Jun secretly, he said in a low voice, "Yes There are evil spirits in the palace, and this palace maid died unexpectedly because of bumping into evil spirits."

Qi Jun's face was frosty: "It's Xie Chong again? It's really funny, could it be that Xie Chong threw her into the well?"

"Say, even though the maid died, she still had a horrified look on her face, so she suspected that she was frightened by something, and she slipped and fell into the well while running for her life..."

"It's true that anything can be blamed on evil spirits!" Qi Jun gritted his teeth and sneered, "I just don't believe it. If this palace man committed suicide, he must have had an affair with someone; if Cheng En conceived a dragon species, then The cause of death must be something else. Go and investigate, there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and if a person dies, there will definitely be clues left behind!"