birth

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Jia went to the Imperial Study Room, and didn't even have breakfast, so he only asked his servants to inform Fu Er.

Fu Er put down the chopsticks in his hand, closed his eyes for a moment, and nodded slightly after a while, "I see."

After eating breakfast by himself, Fuer went to Mengshu Palace, he thought with a headache, how should he explain to Xiao Chengan later?

In Mengshu Hall, Xiao Chengan was still sitting on Nanny Fang's lap eating breakfast, when he saw Fu'er, he made a fuss about getting off Nanny Fang's body, and flew into Fu'er's arms, talking with his little head still... Then he looked behind Fu Er, "Brother Fu Er, where is Brother Jia?" He didn't see Xu Jia's shadow, so he leaned in front of Fu Er again, pouted in disappointment, "Did Brother Jia not come?"

Fu Er didn't know what to say to him, so he could only find the lameest excuse, "Brother Jia has something to do today, so he can't come. But when he is free, he will definitely come to see An An."

Xiao Chengan's eyes lit up immediately, "Really?"

Fu Er nodded with some guilt, "Really."

But after looking at him for two seconds, Xiao Chengan lowered his little head in frustration, with the corners of his eyes drooping, "Brother is lying."

Yesterday, Fu Er kept silent about the Wangshuo faction, which made Xu Jia even more eager to find out.Since Fuer's shortcut is unworkable, he can only take a stupid way.Xu Jia raised his eyes and looked deeply at Emperor Chu Ming who was sitting in the imperial study. After a while, he bent down and saluted, "I will see my father."

Chu Minghuang was overjoyed at Xu Jia's arrival, and quickly helped him up, "Why did the prince come suddenly? Is there any need for breakfast?"

Xu Jia smiled slightly, with a gentle expression on his face, "Your Majesty is worried about you, I have already eaten breakfast, and I came here today to ask my Majesty, is there anything I can help you with?"

The sudden change in Xu Jia's attitude made Chu Minghuang smile, "The prince now only needs to prepare for the canonization ceremony in a few days, and you don't need to worry about other things. As for the affairs of the court, the emperor will teach you little by little. .”

Xu Jia frowned suddenly, as if he was in a difficult situation, before he paused, he said, "Actually, there is one more thing... I don't know if I should say it or not."

Chu Minghuang, "If there is anything, the prince can just speak directly."

"A few days ago, my minister went with the Prime Minister to make up for You Pavilion." Xu Jia lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about it, "But yesterday, when my minister was chatting with the Prime Minister, I accidentally learned that , the thing hidden in the quiet pavilion is probably..."

Hearing this, Chu Minghuang trembled all over, and before Xu Jia finished speaking, he let go of his hand in a daze, "I'm afraid what happened?"

"I'm afraid it's..." Xu Jia raised his eyes, and Xia Sanbai's eyes were unreasonably cautious, "He ran out a long time ago."

Xu Jia looked at the expression on Chu Minghuang's face from disbelief to fear, and then to muttering to himself, it seemed that because of Xu Jia's words, he fell into a certain old memory.And Xu Jia just stood aside and looked at him indifferently, slowly waiting for him to digest himself, without any trace of emotion on his face.Of course Fuer hadn't said these words to him, and Fuer didn't even know what was hidden in the quiet pavilion.

Xu Jia tilted his head, took a deep breath gently, and let it out slowly.But...he knows.

Isn't what is hidden in the quiet pavilion the demon power that is in his body now?It was precisely because of this demon power that he appeared in You Pavilion that day, so he could enter and exit without breaking the seal.

Until Chu Minghuang seemed to have fallen into madness, he didn't seem to know who the person in front of him was, he just subconsciously shook Xu Jia's leg, and said incoherently, "Then what to do... what to do!"

Xu Jia bent down, squatted down, bent the corners of his mouth, but didn't speak.Stretching out his hand, he straightened out Chu Minghuang's messy clothes in a slow manner, and seemingly unintentionally said, "Your Majesty, don't you have any unnecessary orders? Summon the Wangshuo Sect again, and ask them to help you put away the lost things again." Get it back, okay?"

"Wangshuo faction! Yes! Wangshuo faction!" Chu Minghuang laughed crazily a few times as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, then stopped laughing as if remembering something, and looked helplessly at Xu Jia, " However, I no longer have any unnecessary orders! I can no longer let them do things for me..."

Xu Jia tugged at his collar, and lifted Chu Minghuang to the front. His eyes had an inexplicable coaxing taste, meeting Chu Minghuang's cloudy eyes, "But... I can. As long as I sit Assuming the throne, I can make Mo Xuling reappear in the world and make the Wangshuo faction obedient, don’t you think?”

Chu Minghuang's lips moved silently a few times, but he didn't know how to answer at a loss.

"So...you tell me, tell me the secrets about the Wangshuo faction, why are they hiding on the mountain? Why are they so afraid that others will find them? They are the Wangshuo faction..." Xu Jia took a deep breath, and there was something in his eyes that couldn't be hidden. Excited, he finally expressed his guesses in his heart these days, "...Is there some huge treasure hidden?"

Xu Jia had no interest in the throne, let alone gold and silver treasures.But he was particularly concerned about his status as a half-demon. He didn't want to, he didn't want to pretend to be a man with his tail between his legs like other half-demons, and he didn't want to be looked down upon by other demons.Therefore, he thought all the time, how great it would be if he could be a purebred wolf demon?

Or... the Wangshuo faction was hiding what he wanted.

After hearing his words, Chu Minghuang was even more confused, his eyes were slack, he didn't know what day and night he was, and he laughed without warning, from the first chuckle to the later laugh, from the big laugh to the later insane.

Xu Jia let go of him, knowing that there was nothing more she could ask.

Chu Minghuang instantly lost his backbone and lay down on the ground, face up, his hair disheveled, and his chest was in the air.

He let out such a happy laugh, but the tears in the corners of his eyes secretly trickled into his hair.

Xu Jia opened the door of the Imperial Study Room, the midday sun almost made him unable to open his eyes, and he tilted his head in disgust.

Huang Zidi outside did not know how long he had been waiting. He had heard Chu Minghuang's voice from the beginning, but he did not dare to enter without permission, so he could only wait outside the door anxiously. Seeing Xu Jia open the door, he hurried in.

Zhou Shun, who was standing aside, also came up to greet him, and called out respectfully, "His Royal Highness."

Huang Zidi's panicked voice came from behind, "Tell the imperial physician! Hurry up and pass on the imperial physician!"

Xu Jia straightened his sleeves indifferently and walked away.

Countless court ladies and eunuchs flocked towards the direction of the imperial study in an instant, only he walked in the opposite direction.

He was born with the destiny of deviant.

Walking to Guangshu Gate, I met a big red chariot head on. The woman on it was dressed luxuriously, she was beautiful and lovely, there were maids on the left and right to help her fan the wind, and grandmas on the front and back to help her shade the sun. look sideways.

Xu Jia paused, and Zhou Shun who was behind immediately came up and introduced in a low voice, "This is Concubine Hui."

Because he didn't ask anything from Chu Minghuang, Xu Jia's face was sombre, his heart was very agitated, and he didn't have any thoughts of dealing with any empress. When he was about to turn around and make a detour, Zhou Shun suddenly sounded in his ear. As I said yesterday, "The father of Concubine Hui is the Great General Yang Zhongliang, Master Yang."

Taking back the strides he had taken, Xu Jia turned around, just in time to meet the walking chariot walking in front of him.

The walking chariot stopped, the voices of people were silent, only the fans swinging from side to side were still stirring up the clingy wind and waves.

Xu Jia bowed and saluted, then straightened up, before the Concubine Hui returned the gift, she stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation, "The weather is hot, Concubine Hui please."

Logically speaking, Concubine Hui wanted to return the salute to the crown prince, but she didn't seem to take the fake prince Xu Jia seriously. Putting her posture so low made her feel better in an instant, she couldn't help turning her head to look at him, and this glance happened to meet Xu Jia's eyes.

At this moment, Xu Jia's brows and eyes were full of affection, intentionally showing some ambiguity, and raising his eyes so lightly to look up had a great deterrent effect.

Concubine Hui's heart jumped suddenly, she looked away, and looked at the nurse next to her in a panic.

Mammy, "get up the sedan chair!"

As soon as Concubine Hui looked away, Xu Jia's face turned into that indifferent look again, as if everything just now was just an illusion under the scorching sun.

Concubine Hui took the small fan and fanned her face. Feeling her heart beating very fast, she still couldn't help but looked back, but she couldn't see Xu Jia anymore. She lowered her gaze, somehow feeling A little disappointed, and then surrounded by a strong sense of emptiness.Seeing that her face was flushed, the mother next to her asked, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, why don't we visit the Emperor in the Imperial Study Room another day?"

Concubine Hui withdrew her gaze and shook her head slightly.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "The one just now... is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Mammy, "Go back to your mother, yes."

Hearing this affirmative answer, she felt happy for some reason, she smiled and said "oh".

How could she not know that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?It's just that he is happy for no reason when he hears other people say about him.

When I arrived at the imperial study room, I happened to see the scene of a scene of turmoil. The mother hurriedly protected Concubine Hui, grabbed a palace maid and asked, "What happened?"

The maid saluted, "Go back to mother, the emperor suddenly fell ill, and the servants are busy calling for the imperial physician."

Mammy frowned, "It's fine, why did you get sick again?"

The maid just saluted again, and left without saying a word.

Concubine Hui looked at the door of the imperial study room. At this time, the emperor was being driven towards the sleeping hall by Huang Zidi on his back. She looked at the man with white hair and a haggard appearance, and then turned her gaze away. "Mommy, let's go back to the palace."

Once upon a time, Chu Minghuang was also the young man she loved wholeheartedly.

It's just that most teenagers can't stand the years.

Xu Jia didn't go back to the East Palace, but took Zhou Shun directly out of the palace.

The second floor of the tavern, compartment.

"I don't know why His Royal Highness invited the ministers to gather here today."

Xu Jia poured a glass of wine for the other party humbly, "I just heard about the great general's heroic deeds, so I came here here, hoping to ask the general for advice."

"Don't dare to ask for advice." Yang Zhongliang didn't take the glass of wine, but also nodded to him respectfully, "His Royal Highness is brave and resourceful, and he will definitely be able to accomplish a lot in the future."

Xu Jia chuckled and lowered his eyes, "It depends on General Yang."

Yang Zhongliang clasped his fists at him, playing sidelines with him in the name of showing loyalty, and did not accept Xu Jia's words, "Yang will definitely do his best for the city and the people."

Xu Jia was silent for a while, then asked suddenly, "Has General Yang thought about why Mr. Meng was reused by the emperors of two dynasties one after another? There are so many civil servants and warriors who died unexpectedly, whether true or false, why only Can he be alone?"

The four eyes met, trying to push and pull.

"Because he's on the right team." Xu Jia pursed his lips and drank the glass of wine he poured just now, "So General Yang, which team do you want to be on?"

There are no more than three candidates for the throne, the fake prince Xu Jia in front of him, the eldest grandson Cheng'an who is only four years old and still has a feud with him, and the second elder brother of the current emperor—the eldest grandson Yun Ming.And Xu Jia is the crown prince personally appointed by Emperor Chu Ming, so he should have a better chance of winning than the other two, but...Yang Zhongliang's eyes froze. Making a fuss is a dead end.This life experience was Xu Jia's biggest hurdle.

Yang Zhongliang smiled and practiced Tai Chi and said, "I don't understand these tricks. I just want to do my own thing well, but I just want to have a clear conscience. What's the point? Defending the territory for our court is the most important thing."

Xu Jia didn't feel any dissatisfaction because of his unclear attitude, but toasted him with a glass of wine, and said with a smile, "It's really a blessing for me to have a loyal minister like General Yang!"

Yang Zhongliang lowered his head slightly, and accepted Xu Jia's glass of wine, "His Royal Highness congratulates you."

A drinking game ended seemingly peacefully.

Xu Jia walked on Shangjing Avenue with her hands behind her back, walking slowly, thinking about things.

Now there are two major forces in the court, one is Meng Zhonglian, the other is Yang Zhongliang; one is the veteran of the two dynasties, and the other is the general who protects the country.

And that Meng Zhonglian had married him before, if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the court, he had to successfully win over Yang Zhongliang.

Fortunately, Meng Zhonglian and Yang Zhongliang have been rivals for many years, which also provided Xu Jia with a lot of convenience.

Today's Yang Zhongliang's reaction was actually within Xu Jia's expectations, he had long heard that this Yang Zhongliang was timid and cautious, so how could he agree to assist him after only meeting him once.Going today is just to test how tight his tone is.Now it seems that he still needs to add another fire.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Zhou Shun escorted Xu Jia away from the crowd, and he didn't have time to ask until there were no one around, "Your Highness, were you not hurt just now?"

It turned out that just now Xu Jia was so dazed that he almost went to the fire-breathing and performing arts site.Zhou Shun watched helplessly as the fire was about to hit Xu Jia's head, but Xu Jia still moved forward as if he hadn't noticed, so he could only boldly give him a hand.

Xu Jia glanced at Zhou Shun, then turned his head in a daze. Now there were layers of people surrounded, applauding voices kept coming and going, and he couldn't help but see the image of Fuer's excitement when he watched the performance a few days ago. And raised his head to look at him, with an expression as if his whole body was lit up.Xu Jia swallowed, and suddenly began to miss Fu Er, whom he hadn't seen for a day.

Seeing him looking in that direction reluctantly, Zhou Shun said, "If His Highness likes it, let's go back and have a look?"

Xu Jia was pulled back from his thoughts by his voice, and the nostalgia on his face disappeared in an instant. He walked silently and walked in the direction of returning to the palace, "Let's go."

Back in the East Palace, Xu Jia walked straight to his room as if evading, but unexpectedly, the moment he opened the door, he saw that familiar figure.