One joke from the witch, I open the gate of heaven with one sword

Chapter 89: One person and one fox, the young man sings

After the New Year’s Eve dinner,
Xu Lan and Xiahou Yunxi were leaning against each other by the window, each with their own thoughts in mind as they looked at the silver frost on the ground outside the window.

"What do you think would happen if I ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor?"

Xiahou Yunxi suddenly said: "Will the people of Chu allow a woman to become emperor?"

"Why do you suddenly think of becoming emperor?"

Xu Lan lowered his head and glanced at Xiahou Yunxi in his arms and smiled: "If I remember correctly, this is something you have always resisted."

He had previously thought about why Xiahou Yunxi did not ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
Her answer was rude;
Because in the history of the Chu Dynasty, a woman had never ascended the throne and proclaimed herself emperor.

Once she chooses to do this, scholars in the world don't know how to scold her.

This reason was difficult for Xu Lan to understand at first, but then he was relieved.

If you are a true practitioner, you will naturally not be afraid of the opinions of the world.
But Xiahou Yunxi is different,
Although she has the cultivation level of the Seventh Realm, she has not experienced the hardships of cultivation. She cannot achieve the state of mind that a Seventh Realm practitioner should have.

"I didn't think so much when I was alone before."

Xiahou Yunxi touched his belly and said softly: "But it's different now. If this little guy can't practice, what should he do?"

No one knows the cruelty in the royal family better than her,

If his child can cultivate, he will be recognized by Xiahou Zhangyuan. Whatever he wants, Xiahou Zhangyuan will satisfy all his needs.

but.
What if you can't practice?
He has no value to Xiahou Changyuan. As the mother of his child, she must consider all this.

"Even if he can't practice, let Xiahou Changyuan give him a dragon vein when the time comes."

Xu Lan comforted: "I think he should agree."

Based on his understanding of Xiahou Changyuan, there was only one thing he cared about.

That is to ensure that the Chu Dynasty can last for a long time.
As for who will be the leader of this dynasty, he doesn't care, because it is just a matter of his thoughts.

"You may not believe it when you say it."

Xiahou Yunxi slowly raised his head and said, "Actually, I only have respect for my ancestor and don't have much trust."

"This"

Xu Lan was slightly silent, not even knowing what to say for a moment.

Xiahou Yunxi is no exception if he has such thoughts.

She and Xiahou Changyuan didn't know how many generations had passed between them, and blood was just the link between them.

"Isn't it still me?"

Xu Lan comforted: "As long as I'm here, you don't need to worry about anything."

"Yes, as it should be."

The corners of Xiahou Yunxi's mouth raised slightly and he smiled: "But the world once said that most practitioners change little by little. I'm sorry, these words may make you feel uncomfortable, but I also know very well that some ideas should not be hidden from you. .”

"Because I am a mother of a child now."

She trusts Xu Lan now,
There is no doubt about this.

But she was not sure whether she could still trust Xu Lan more than ten years or even decades later.

Like most girls,
At this stage, she trusts Xu Lan immensely.

But she also knows very well that any emotion in this world will be gradually erased as time goes by.

This even includes family ties,
Just like the relationship between her and Xiahou Changyuan.

When the day comes when he grows old, will Xu Lan still remember the Chu Dynasty, himself, and even this child?

So she felt that she had to do something for this child,
This is what a mother should do.

"But I'm also his father."

Xu Lan said firmly: "As long as I am here, you will not suffer any injustice."

"I believe you."

Xia Houyi Yunxi smiled and said: "But I also know very well that these things may be meaningless actions in the eyes of you or even the ancestors."

She never felt that she had the ability to plot against that ancestor.

Even her life-long plan is nothing more than an ant-like ridiculous move in the eyes of the other party, but this does not prevent her from continuing to make this choice.

"Time will tell."

Xu Lan continued to comfort her and said, "Maybe one day I will be able to find a way to solve your inability to practice?"

He never mentioned this matter to Xiahou Yunxi.
It involved a star king, and he didn't have enough confidence at all.

If he tells this matter now, it will undoubtedly give Xiahou Yunxi a lot of hope.

But what if in the end, I can't solve the problem even though I try my best?
It may be a regret for myself,
But for Xiahou Yunxi, who was hopeful, it was despair.

"Maybe."

Xiahou Yunxi smiled lightly and did not continue on this topic.

It’s not that she doesn’t have confidence in Xu Lan,

But if his problems were so easy to solve, Xiahou Changyuan would have solved them long ago.

"I have decided to declare myself emperor in the next year."

After a while, Xiahou Yunxi seemed to have made a decision in his heart.

Although now she also controls the Chu Dynasty,
But in the end, the name is not justified.

Only after you really sit in that seat can you start planning everything.
As for how future generations will evaluate themselves?
From the moment you become a mother, these may not be important.

"Actually, for the common people, they don't care whether the person sitting on the throne is a man or a woman."

Xu Lan slowly said: "As long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, then the person sitting on the throne will be a good emperor."

"Ah."

Xiahou Yunxi nodded, smiled and said, "I understand."

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xiahou Yunxi, the eldest princess of the Chu Dynasty, officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

As for the reaction of the common people, as Xu Lan said before, most of them did not care about this matter.

After all, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor to them.

What matters is whether the person sitting on the throne allows them to have a full meal and a tiled house to protect them from the wind and rain.
Of course there are some exceptions,
For example, some scholars used their status to criticize the behavior of the empress Xiahou Yunxi.
There were even people who gathered to make trouble and wanted to use their righteousness to make Xiahou Yunxi abdicate, but all these were just a mob in front of the Tiance Army.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Lan said goodbye to Xiahou Yunxi and his parents with the sword box on his back, and then walked away from the Chu Dynasty in the wind and snow.

"Can't you go on a day when it doesn't snow?"

The nine-tailed sky fox lying on Xu Lan's shoulder curled up and cursed. She even suspected that Xu Lan was looking for a reason to freeze herself to death.

In her current form, she is actually not much different from most ordinary monsters.
We also need to eat, drink, and defecate, so we are naturally afraid of the cold.

"The time is up, let's go."

Xu Lan said slowly: "If I stay in Kyoto any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

As Xiahou Yunxi was pregnant for longer, Xu Lan found that she was becoming more and more reluctant to leave Kyoto.

"You're not a good thing either."

The nine-tailed sky fox cursed angrily: "Your wife is pregnant, yet you still want to travel far away?" "Well, she is not my wife."

Xu Lan touched his nose and said, "I still need to explain this."

"Then you are not even a thing. You let someone who is not your wife get pregnant with you?"

Xu Lan:.
Forget it, he finally understood something.

This stupid fox just wanted to scold herself. No matter what she said, she would have a reason to scold herself.

So he ignored the stupid fox lying on his shoulder.
It's quite warm anyway, so it can be used as a scarf.

"say!"

"Speak quickly, or I will scold you if you don't!"

"Xu Lan, are you mute?"

"????"

"You're not stunned by the cold, are you?"

It took more than half a month for a young man with a sword box on his back and a chattering stupid fox to finally walk out of the border of the Chu Dynasty.

"Sure enough."

After leaving the realm of the Da Chu Dynasty, Xu Lan suddenly felt extremely relaxed.

Just like the invisible shackles on his body finally disappeared at this moment, he could once again feel that the true energy in his body was improving little by little.

"Oh, so you're not mute?"

When the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox saw Xu Lan speaking, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "I thought the dignified Seventh Realm cultivator was frozen into a fool."

"I just don't want to interact with idiots."

Faced with the strange aura of the nine-tailed demon fox, Xu Lan did not tolerate her.

"You are a fool!"

The nine-tailed sky fox bared its teeth and said, "A dignified cultivator of the Seventh Realm, aren't you tired from walking so many miles?"

Along the way, she really couldn't understand why Xu Lan walked over step by step.
Even if he is unwilling to wield a sword,

But at least we have to get a horse or something, right?
As a result, Xu Lan had to walk for more than half a month to get here from Kyoto in the Chu Dynasty.

"Isn't this road just for walking?"

Xu Lan laughed dumbly and said: "There is a saying, haven't you heard of it?"

"What?"

The nine-tailed sky fox tilted its furry head, confusion written all over its face.

"If you want to become a swordsman, you need to travel thousands of miles and swing your sword hundreds of millions of times."

Xu Lan seemed to remember something, smiled and said, "Don't you think this sentence makes sense?"

"Are you crazy?"

The stupid gourd dismissed this,
Having experienced the war of thousands of races, she knew very well that no matter which immortal they were, they experienced countless horrors on the verge of life and death before becoming immortals step by step.

If it is true that Xu Lan can become a swordsman by traveling thousands of miles and swinging his sword hundreds of millions of times,

Then there are already so many immortals crawling all over the ground like lackeys.

"At first I believed it, and then I thought it was a joke, but now I think it makes sense."

Xu Lan smiled as he walked: "Just imagine, whether it's traveling thousands of miles or swinging a sword hundreds of millions of times, achieving these goals requires extraordinary perseverance."

"If you keep repeating a certain behavior day after day, do you think it will be difficult for a person with this kind of perseverance to cultivate to the realm of an immortal?"

Nine-tailed demon fox:.
For a moment, she wanted to refute what Xu Lan said, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.

After all, perseverance is the most important thing in practicing Taoism.

"Hmph, perseverance alone is not enough."

The nine-tailed sky fox couldn't help but said lazily: "In the face of absolute talent, the so-called perseverance is just a joke."

"That also depends on how to compare."

Xu Lan paused for a moment and then said: "It seems that most of the people I met along the way just want three meals a day for food and clothing. Being able to do this makes them very satisfied. "

"But I have also seen some wealthy businessmen who are not satisfied with this. They have three meals a day that ordinary people ask for, but they pursue rights above ordinary people."

"There are also some local officials who have the rights pursued by wealthy businessmen, but they still pursue greater rights."

"As for the practitioners, I won't say anything. Every practitioner I see on the road is pursuing stronger strength. The first realm wants to become the second realm, the second realm wants to become the third realm, and so on."

"The so-called contentment is always happy. If you don't have the talent but you have to compare yourself with those who have the talent, wouldn't you be asking for boredom?"

Nine-tailed Sky Fox:.
Why does this person do one thing and another?

It's bad, I can't say anything to him.

"I won't argue with you about this."

The nine-tailed sky fox muttered: "How can you ordinary people understand the realm of immortals?"

"Then it's settled, if you don't speak, I won't speak either."

A smile appeared on Xu Lan's face,

Nine-tailed Sky Fox:? ? ?
The furry head tilted slightly. She felt as if she had been deceived by Xu Lan, but she couldn't figure out what happened for a while.

"I just said I won't argue with you, but I didn't say I won't talk to you."

The nine-tailed sky fox rolled his eyes and immediately found a flaw.

Xu Lan:.
All right, just be happy.

"But this way is not an option. What are your plans now?"

The nine-tailed sky fox asked lazily: "I can't say that you go out for a trip and then go back for a while?"

"It's not impossible."

Xu Lan thought for a moment, and then said: "The end of the journey is not important, what is important is the process of the journey."

For him, leaving the Chu Dynasty this time was just a trip away, not a real journey of thousands of miles.

"you"

The nine-tailed sky fox completely lost his temper with Xu Lan, and then said to himself: "At this stage, you cannot go to the forbidden areas in my clan, unless you can break through the nine realms."

Now Xu Lan, who is only in the Seventh Realm, cannot touch the forbidden area of ​​the Nine-tailed Sky Fox.
And she is also very smart,

As long as Xu Lan couldn't set foot in that place, she wouldn't be able to tell Xu Lan about Xing Jun's Xiao Xi.

"That's not in a hurry."

Xu Lan smiled and said: "Although I am very eager to solve Xiahou Yunxi's problem in a short period of time, as it relates to a star king, this matter is not trivial. I will not get involved in this matter before I am absolutely sure."

He is confident but not arrogant.

Currently, I only have the cultivation level of the Seventh Realm, so it is still a bit reluctant to intervene in matters concerning a Star Lord.

The most important thing is that Xiahou Yunxi is still young.
So this matter is not a pressing concern at the moment.

(End of this chapter)