National Division

After seeing off the queen, Qi Jun leaned against the bed, feeling his heart was still churning, glanced at Zhibai who was sitting on the side thinking, and asked with force: "It really is the wind that entered the body?" Why?" Emperor Jing'an was also walking on the Jade Bridge, why was he fine?

Sure enough, Zhibai shook his head, but did not speak.Qi Jun waved his hand, and Feng En and Wenxiu immediately led a group of servants out of the room, knowing that Baicai said: "It's because of the jade flakes rice. Your Highness has no fate for immortals. Last night's jade flakes rice should not be swallowed by force." .”

Qi Jun was a little unconvinced: "The jade crumb rice smells like rotten—if there is no fairy fate, why can't Qizhang not enter the moon, but I can?"

Zhibai looked up at him for a moment, then slowly said: "Last night, I never went to pick up His Highness the Second Highness."

"You—" Qi Jun was a little surprised.Knowing that things are always done according to the situation, it is the first time to do things so blatantly.

"Why?"

"Second Highness, there is a fairy fate." Zhibai narrowed his eyes, "I'm afraid that if you go together, His Majesty will dislike His Highness because of this, so——I never thought that His Majesty's fortune is so deep that he can get jade crumbs as a gift from the man in the middle of the moon ——Well, if the Second Highness goes together, His Highness can let him eat, and it won't be like it is today." If Qi Jun let Qi Zhang eat such a fetish, it would be an ironclad proof of brotherly love, and naturally it would not be like it is today. , was so rushed by the fetish that he couldn't stop vomiting, and gave someone a reason for no reason, I'm afraid it would make Emperor Jing'an even more resentful Qi Jun.

"I have no celestial fate, why can I go to the moon?" Qi Jun was still a little unconvinced.

"Your Highness borrowed His Majesty's blessing." Zhibai's answer was a bit ruthless, "Your Majesty did have a fairy fate. What Your Majesty saw at sea that day was not a mirage, but Fangzhang Island."

Qi Jun was taken aback: "But you clearly said—" Suddenly he understood that Zhen Mingzi couldn't invite immortals, but just wanted to deceive Emperor Jing'an with a mirage, and Zhibai knew that it was indeed a fairy mountain on the sea, but he took advantage of the situation and lied.Zhen Mingzi thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that he missed the real Fang Zhangzhou.

"Then why didn't you get to the Fairy Mountain in the end?" Qi Jun looked at Zhibai's expression and already had an answer, "Is it because of me?"

Zhibai silently nodded.

Qi Jun leaned against the head of the bed, and after a long while, he gave a strange laugh, like self-deprecating, but also like something else: "It turns out that what the national teacher said is not all lies." Emperor Jing'an spoke bad things about him in front of him, such as his fate was unlucky, his parents were harmed, his fate was not eternal, after going on for a long time, it turned out that these slanders were really telling the truth!

Zhibai didn't really understand the meaning of his words, but said: "Your Highness, do you still want to cling to the position?"

"What?" Qi Jun recovered from the memory, "Naturally!"

Zhibai hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Highness, there is a cause and effect in the dark. The National Teacher's party wanted to slander His Highness, which resulted in missing the real fairy mountain; Go to the Moon Palace; the Second Highness wanted to persecute me by seeking immortality, but I left him in my dream, and I was suspected of impure thoughts by His Majesty; and you, Your Highness—if I have no selfish intentions, I want His Highness to overwhelm the Second Highness , His Highness will not be disliked by His Majesty about the jade chip meal. Please see, Your Highness, these trivial matters are entangled with cause and effect, and are often unexpected. If they go against the sky, the consequences—"

Qi Jun looked at him with a gloomy face: "You mean, let me give up the big position? Why? Just because Qizhang has a dragon spirit? They are all princes. I am the eldest son of the middle palace. What is more important about him than me?" Strong? Is it background, or talent?"

Zhibai sighed: "The Second Highness has God's blessing."

"Bullshit!" Qi Jun said in a rare foul language, "What is God's will? God let me be born in the middle palace and be the eldest son, is it just to let me hand over the big position to him? If he is favored by God, why? Not born in the middle palace?"

Zhibai can't answer.Qi Jun raised his eyebrows slightly: "Isn't the immortal master regretting it?"

"What?" Zhibai shrank his neck subconsciously, "Why, how could..."

Qi Jun looked at him for a while, then closed his eyes tiredly: "Master Immortal, please go easy, I have to rest for a while."

Zhibai went out quietly, and after a while, Feng En also came in quietly, and said in a low voice: "The immortal master went back to his room, and didn't say anything to anyone."

Qi Jun closed his lips tightly, suppressed the churn in his chest and nodded.Feng En hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I really don't feel at ease... If the national teacher really wants to retire, then the Ye family will treat the immortal teacher..." There is a better one to fill the vacancy, the Ye family Can only be happy to see it happen.

"Now, he's the only one left." Qi Jun had a faint wry smile on his lips.He was the one who got Zhibai back at the beginning, but now—is this a difficult situation?

"But if the fairy master is really—" Feng En hesitated for a long time, and made a subtle gesture, "That would be a serious disaster."

Following his gesture, a murderous look flashed in Qi Jun's eyes, and he subconsciously sat up straight.Feng En lowered his head silently, waiting for his order.After a long time, Qi Jun leaned back slowly: "I was the one who brought him into the palace and promised to cooperate with him. If he contradicts his promise, how will he win people's trust in the future?"

Feng En was slightly disapproving: "But the immortal master used to treat His Highness—" He is Qi Jun's confidant, so he naturally learned about Zhibai's good deeds in the Southwest Mountain from the guards. To be honest, if Zhibai hadn't entered the palace, Just saved the queen, in his opinion, the body should have been broken into pieces long ago.

Qi Jun was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head: "Although he is a bastard, but——he will not vote for Mrs. Ye."

Feng En really wanted to say that this was not necessarily the case, but Qi Jun had already made a decision, so he had nothing to say, and silently brought another cup of hot tea to warm Qi Jun's cold heart.

The prince's night trip to the Moon Palace was caused by a strong wind, and he was delayed in the palace for two full days before leaving for Mount Tai.But privately, there are faint rumors that the crown prince has no good luck, so he can see the gods but not eat them. Some people even say that it was the crown prince who violated the fairy mountain, which made Emperor Jing'an and Fangzhangzhou miss his chance. Because of the prince, the second prince is not allowed to visit the Moon Palace together.

"Who said all this!" The queen was in the phoenix chariot, her face turned pale with anger: "The second prince himself has no luck and cannot go to the moon, and this is also the fault of Jun'er? How can the fairy mountain on the sea be Jun'er?" Did you commit a crime? Maybe His Majesty himself doesn’t have that fate!”

"Your Majesty!" The Grand Palace Maid Shao Yao trembled in fright, wishing she could go up and cover the Queen's mouth, "You - if His Majesty hears this -"

The queen knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she hurriedly stopped talking. She was stunned for a moment, and her eye circles suddenly turned red: "In this court hall, there are people from the Ye family all over the place. I only pity my Jun'er. There are so many uncles and cousins. Half can help."

These words are also taboo, Shao Yao really has nothing to do with the queen, so she can only lower her voice and say: "Your Majesty, you can't say such things!" What kind of court, what kind of uncle's family, it means that the emperor is nepotism, or the middle palace thinks Rely on relatives?

"I can't do this, I can't do that, what should Jun'er do!" The more the queen thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became, "My mother—it's useless at all, Jun'er can't do anything alone, what should I do!"

Although the words are not pleasant, they are the truth, Shao Yao pondered for a while, then whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is about to reach the crown, according to the humble opinion of the servants, it is time to choose the Crown Princess." It is stipulated that the concubine is usually chosen by the queen, but because there were too many things last year, the queen actually forgot, when she was mentioned by Shao Yao, her eyes lit up: "No! This year is the year of the election, and it is time to replace Jun. Carefully choose a crown princess, it will also be a help to the wives in the future."

Empress, you can just say this in your heart, why do you need to say it?Shao Yao sighed in her heart, she was glad that Feng Nian was on the road at this time, the queen always spoke in a low voice, the wheels were rumbling, even the guards outside the car might not be able to hear what was said in the car clearly.However, Shao Yao agrees with what the queen said, and the prince should choose a powerful concubine from his natal family to help the prince.

With this in mind, the empress was a little perfunctory about the upcoming ceremony of conferring the Chan and offering sacrifices to heaven, all she wanted was to return to the palace soon so that she could mention the matter of the draft.After eating the jade flake rice, Emperor An was light and healthy, and he was very active in traveling. He stayed in Mount Tai for four or five days before he ordered to return to Beijing.However, before the royal driver set off, an envoy had come to report that King Dongdi had heard that the emperor was offering sacrifices to heaven on Mount Tai, so he specially sent the prince to have an audience.

Dongdi is a semi-nomadic and semi-settled ethnic group in the northeast of the land of the Sheng Dynasty. It is said that their ancestors came from the same origin as the Jienu in the northwest, but they moved to the east later.The two tribes have similar customs and living habits, but Jienu is better at fighting on fast horses, while Dongdi prefers heavy armor and chariots.However, the unruly and belligerent nature of the two clans is indeed the same as their ancestors, they are exactly the same.

The second prince was sent by Dongdi. In addition to two hundred fine horses as guards, he also brought ten well-trained mastiffs for hunting by Emperor Jing'an.

"It really is a good dog!" Emperor Jing'an stood on the steps, looked at the ten huge dogs, and nodded in praise.

There is a folk saying that nine dogs and one mastiff are rare.The Dongdi country has a good breed of mastiff dogs. The ten mastiff dogs sent here are almost the size of a calf, with mane on their heads like a lion. They are led by a mastiff slave with an iron chain. Occasionally one of them shakes its body Then the iron chain rattled, and the momentum was astonishing.

"It's all locked up with a litter of puppies, and they will bite each other until the last one is left." The second prince Dongdi is slender and shaved. He is not very old, but he has a beard on his face and is hearty. With a smile, "The one selected by this method is the mastiff among the mastiffs. When you go to the hunting ground, you can fight black bears. Your majesty will know it after using it."

Emperor Jing'an actually didn't like hunting very much. To be honest, he felt a little guilty when he saw such a thing like ten calves. If these mastiff slaves slipped their hands and didn't hold them...

"Please look, Your Majesty, this end is covered with gold..." The second prince unexpectedly walked down the steps before finishing, pointing at several mastiffs and explaining them one by one.

Ordinarily, when the second Prince Dongdi walked in front of the mastiff, Emperor Jing'an should follow him to have a look, but he really didn't want to go there when he saw those things with bared long white teeth, but if he didn't go, he would be showing weakness.Among the four barbarians, Dong Di and Jie Nu are the most difficult to deal with, only because they were suppressed by the late emperor's army in the early years, and they have become obedient in recent years, but they are not honest in private, and often test the truth of the prosperous dynasty openly and secretly .If the emperor of the current dynasty shows weakness in front of a prince from Dongdi, I am afraid that the majesty of the prosperous dynasty will be laughed at by the Siyi, and even induce the Siyi's rebellion.

Emperor Jing'an was hesitating, Qi Jun had already stepped down the steps, and said with a smile: "Iron covered with gold? It's a good name, but I don't know why you came up with such a name?"

Feng En's legs were weak.The second prince Dongdi had already walked up to the mastiff, and Qi Jun was following him closely. There was no need for the mastiff slave to loosen the iron chain, as long as the mastiff took a step forward, it could bite Qi Jun!He was about to desperately follow, when the blue shadow flashed, and Zhibai followed Qi Jun.

The second prince Dongdi saw Qi Jun approaching, smiled and said, "The four paws of this mastiff are yellow-brown, and the rest of the fur is black, just like gold wrapped with iron, hence the name." Then he bent down and grabbed the paw of the mastiff, "Your Highness, please take a look."

Qi Jun's pupils shrank slightly.One of the mastiff's hind legs was caught, and there was already a low whine in its throat, and the shoulders and back were extremely tense, ready to attack at any time.And if he wants to lean down to see the paws of the mastiff, it is tantamount to sending his own throat to the mastiff's mouth.But he only hesitated for a moment, then bent down following the second prince Dongdi as if nothing had happened, and pulled out the dagger in the boot with his right hand through the cover of the hem of his clothes.

The second prince Dongdi's eyes flickered, and he pinched the mastiff's paws with his hands. The mastiff roared, its huge body jerked, and its head turned towards Qi Jun.Before Feng En let out an exclamation, the blood splattered, Qi Jun's dagger had already slashed under the dog's jaw, and the mastiff's thick neck was almost cut in half, and blood spewed out like a spring.

All of a sudden, the nine mastiffs next to him rioted together.

Dongdi's second prince actually didn't intend to let this iron-clad gold bite Qi Jun's throat.He came to Taishan this time to pay homage to Emperor An, and although he had the intention of inquiring about the truth of the Sheng Dynasty and even being a little provocative, but letting the dog he sent kill the Prince Sheng Dynasty right in front of his eyes would be enough to make him die immediately. Dong Di's great crime of destroying the country.He pinched the soles of the mastiff's feet, just to let the mastiff growl and scare the brave-looking prince. If he can scare him so much that he loses his demeanor, then this trip will be even more fulfilled. the goal of.But he really didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be so ruthless and quick-witted, cutting off the mastiff's neck cleanly and neatly just as the mastiff opened its mouth!

It's nothing to die a mastiff, but His Royal Highness shouldn't have slaughtered this mastiff so bloody in front of the other nine mastiffs.These ten mastiffs were all specially trained, but the blood of their companions made them go crazy, the mastiff slave couldn't hold them back at all, the nine mastiffs got rid of the mastiff slave at the same time, and rushed towards Qi Jun.

"It's over—" Second Prince Dongdi's eyes almost went dark, and he murmured.Nine-headed mastiffs, even the mastiff trainers dare not beat him up, not to mention that he is just a master who has never trained mastiffs and is barely recognized by the mastiffs.

The queen was afraid of those huge mastiffs, so she stood far away.Just now she wanted to stop Qi Jun from going down the steps, but she held back because she was afraid of losing her dignity in front of foreign guests.At this time, seeing nine mastiffs flying towards them together, the queen didn't even bark, she passed out as soon as she rolled her eyes.

Emperor Jing'an's face changed drastically, even though he knew it might be too late, he still raised his hand to order the guards to come forward to rescue, but Qi Jun's guards rushed forward without Emperor Jing'an saying a word.But they were all too far away, and blocked by nine mastiffs and a mess of mastiff slaves, it was too late.

Qi Jun did not expect that his actions would bring about such consequences.He guessed the intention of the second prince Dongdi, so he wanted to kill the iron-clad Jin Liwei, but he didn't expect that a bloody arrow would drive the other nine mastiffs crazy.In a hurry, he could only clenched the dagger tightly, put his other arm in front of his throat, and was ready to kill one, or in other words, he was ready to do whatever he could to protect himself.

At this critical moment, Zhibai suddenly took a step forward.He has been closely following Qi Jun. At this moment, he is closer to Qi Jun than the others. With this step, he is in front of Qi Jun.With one hand open, the nine roaring mastiffs that rushed forward abruptly stopped their forward pounce, then turned their heads abruptly, and all of them turned around and ran away. Two of the smaller ones even tucked their tails!

In the huge courtyard, there was no sound, except for the frightened howling of the mastiff.Everyone, including Qi Jun, stared at Zhibai standing there with a slight smile, dumbfounded.