Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

He knew what Lingyan wanted to do just now, after all, he had reached that point, and he didn't dare to think about what she wanted to do next.

But Qin Ji knew that the more Xiang Lingyan was like a girl, the less he could impulsively cater to her, it was destroying a person.She is very tough in fighting, and she is also very good at teasing herself, but once she really gives her heart, she will be more impulsive than anyone else.

"Next, young master, you still have a lot of work to do, and you can't rest now. The documents on the defense work in the north need your approval."

With a cruel smile, Lingyan read the above content.

Qin Ji became wilted all of a sudden.

Chapter 68 Inspection

Lingyan's day is very fulfilling.

First of all, get up at six o'clock every morning, freshen up and dress up.

At 06:30, come to the yard or the martial arts field on time, run the aura to ensure the smooth circulation of the aura in the body, and then do a set of punches, followed by a warm-up of the weapon.

After that, practice meditation.

The so-called meditation practice is actually not that important for her foundation of practicing magic teaching skills, but according to Qin Ji's words, it is still very important to properly practice those decent meditation and meditation methods.

After the daily routine training, Lingyan will return to her room and take off her training clothes.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a set of low-key yet aesthetically pleasing clothes from his closet and put them on.This is something that must be done every day. As the guard of An Guogong, the value of force is of course important, but at the same time, as a facade, the guard should also have a sense of beauty.

Finally, comb your hair again, and at eight o'clock in the morning, you can wake up your young master.

There are many ways to wake up. Qin Ji is easily stimulated to wake up by pinching his nose. As long as he pinches his nose, he will wake up in a short while.

By the way, my young master has a sense of self-defense even when he is asleep. If you try to attack him while he is sleeping, his body will react subconsciously.But Lingyan will not suffer the young master's counterattack, because he is already subconsciously familiar with her footsteps.

The breakfast is often prepared by the cook in the mansion, and if the cook is not in the mansion on leave, then Qin Ji will choose to buy something casually by the roadside with Lingyan to deal with the couple.

"Good morning, Master."

"morning."

Qin Ji yawned, and walked out of his room. He had been tossed by Lingyan just now. This guy pinched his nose and tickled himself, making him unable to wake up.

However, this can't be blamed on her, who made herself "work overtime" for His Majesty the Emperor at night.

The two of them just sat at the dining table and ate the prepared meal.

"Today is another day of peace."

Qin Ji looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and said.

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Although today's weather is peaceful, it doesn't mean that today's atmosphere will be peaceful.

Just now, I finally received an official decree from Xia Yuxiao, ordering him to go to the Rongsheng Palace to search immediately under the pretext of someone reporting that the Fifth Prince had concealed armor in his home and intended to rebel, and brought Rongsheng Wang Xia Yun to the palace. condemn.

Qin Ji who got the news did not hesitate, rather, he had been waiting for this decree for a long time, and he had already made all the preparations, just waiting for His Majesty's order.

Therefore, Qin Ji took his private army in Tai'an City, fully armed and rushed to Rongsheng Palace.

Prince Rongsheng's mansion is not in Tai'an City, but in the accompanying capital not far from Tai'an City. In order to prevent the then King Rongsheng from causing trouble, Xia Yuxiao deliberately placed him in the accompanying capital to suppress him and monitor his every move.

Rongsheng Palace is extremely luxurious. This palace is almost equivalent to a small-scale royal garden. The corridors inside are intertwined, like a maze, so that Qin Ji had to get the blueprints in advance to ensure that his subordinates would not lose their way inside.

At that time, in order to ensure that King Rongsheng would not cause trouble, Xia Yuxiao threatened + comforted him at the same time, so the mansion he built was also built with extremely high standards.

At this time, just outside the Rongsheng Palace, a group of heavily armed men came to the gate of the Palace, and under Qin Ji's order, every exit was guarded by soldiers.Qin Ji's private soldiers are different from the so-called "private soldiers" of most Xia princes and nobles. Almost all of his private soldiers are soldiers with rich combat experience drawn from the army.

And the equipment of these soldiers is also typical military equipment, which is completely different from those private soldiers who hired some so-called high-level men who didn't even have enough armor.

They quickly surrounded the palace under Qin Ji's order. The entire palace was surrounded by soldiers, and the servants inside the palace naturally noticed these anomalies. They looked at Qin Ji and his group vigilantly.

Facing their suspicious eyes, Qin Ji smiled and raised his hand to wave to each other as a greeting, and then prepared to knock on the gate of the palace with thousands of people.

However, before he went to knock on the door by himself, there was a muffled voice from the door:

"Who is your Excellency?"

Qin Ji smiled, then clasped his fists and saluted: "Please tell me, my name is Qin Ji. Thanks to the emperor's favor, His Majesty bestowed on me the titles of Emperor Taiwei and Anguo Gong. Today, entrusted by His Majesty, I came to the mansion to have a brief talk with King Rongsheng." .”

"Xiao Xu?" The voice behind the door sneered, "I think they are here to arrest people, right? Your soldiers have surrounded the palace now, if Xiao Xu can be in this kind of pomp, then he really values ​​my master. .”

Facing the other party's yin and yang strangeness, Qin Ji smiled instead: "If I were your Excellency, I would inform King Rong Sheng as soon as possible. After all, this is not something that a servant can decide. Whether to see me or not, King Rongsheng has his own decision."

The person behind the door was silent for a moment, and then it seemed that he had received some instructions, and his muffled voice sounded again: "Your Highness said that His Majesty's order cannot be violated, Your Excellency can come in."

Having said that, the heavy door was opened with a creak.

Standing behind the door was a strong man.

He is muscular, unusually tall, and looks particularly powerful. His body of nearly two meters stands there like a tower, and just looking at it makes people feel that he is not someone to be messed with.Qin Ji was not short, but in front of him, he looked a little thin.

However, such a strong man showed worrying emotions.

He clearly had the advantage in size, but in front of Qin Ji, he seemed to be weak.

"Where is His Royal Highness King Rongsheng? I want to visit in person." Qin Ji asked in as soft a tone as possible.

"His Highness is in the inner courtyard now, I will take you there."

Said the strong man who was obviously in charge of security.

"Okay, let me ask another question." Qin Ji looked around, "According to His Majesty's order, my subordinates may search His Highness's mansion. Please rest assured that no valuables will be damaged. Even if there are, we will take care of them." price compensation. Is it possible?"

"People have already come in, I said no, can you still stop?"

The brawny man said helplessly, and handed out a letter, not so much a letter, maybe it was more reliable to regard it as an order, in it, King Rongsheng ordered his subordinates not to obstruct the search of the people sent by the emperor.

Chapter 69 Chat

Qin Ji walked all the way to the deepest part of the palace with the servants of the palace next to him, which was the residence of King Rongsheng.

Different from the splendor and beauty outside, King Rongsheng's residence is actually not that luxurious, but more full of life breath, which surprised Qin Ji a bit.

After all, in the rumors outside, this king is very capable of spending money, and this is not someone else's rumor, but Qin Ji himself saw it with his own eyes, and he can see clearly the account of this guy's spending Chu.

But now, this guy's home is just filled with an elegant atmosphere. If you just look at this room, it will even make people think that this is the room of an ordinary scholar.

The servant stepped forward to make an announcement, but Qin Ji refused the other party's help. He walked up the steps directly, then stepped into the room, and said in a moderate voice:

"Sir, see His Royal Highness King Rongsheng."

"You came?"

A gentle voice came, and Qin Ji recognized that he was on the couch on his right. From the sound of pages being turned, he could hear that the king was reading at this time.

"Yes."

"The people outside are all your people, right? Inside the palace, you can let your people search as you like, but in my wife's room, you tell your subordinates to be more polite and don't scare them."

King Rongsheng sounded so calm that Qin Ji doubted his ears a little. This king didn't sound angry or fearful at all, but rather lazy.

Qin Ji looked around, his intuition was always accurate, but now, he didn't feel the slightest danger in the palace.

what happened?King Rongsheng has many private soldiers in his hands, this has been confirmed.Why is there no movement at all now?Your own master is facing danger, so he doesn't come out to support the scene?

"Don't look at it, Duke An."

The fifth prince smiled, and then put down the scroll in his hand. He sized up Qin Ji, the uninvited guest, and then nodded: "Well, I'm more used to this kind of Mr. An, and his refined appearance doesn't suit you."

These words made Qin Ji touch his face very unconfidently.Although he is not considered handsome and coquettish, he can be considered to have good facial features. Is his appearance so "full of martial arts"?

"Those people have made me retreat. As early as when His Majesty transferred my uncle away, I knew that my sister might not be able to tolerate me. After all, what I did was really too much."

"Your Highness admits it?"

"Why can't you admit it? If you don't admit it, you will let me go?" The fifth prince sat comfortably on his seat, "Well, how should I put it, you can say that my last move was wrong, right? I'm too young, I admit."

"So I will send those people away first. You are a captain, and you will definitely lead troops when you come, and my subordinates are all stubborn. If you see you bring people to me , maybe they will really fight."

Speaking of this, he sighed, and stroked the tea pet in front of him: "What a wonderful palace, I don't want this place to become a haunted house where countless people have died."

Qin Ji didn't have anything to say about this, he just nodded his head: "It's my blessing that Your Highness is so sensible."

This really saves trouble. The reason why Qin Ji brought troops here was because he was worried that King Rong Sheng would jump over the wall and directly arm his subordinates to resist arrest. In that case, Qin Ji might not be able to capture the opponent successfully.

He wouldn't believe it if there were not a few masters in the majestic palace.

"Have some tea? I'll ask my servants to make some more."

The fifth prince raised his eyebrows, and pointed to the tea tray in front of him, where there was still some residual tea.

"Excuse me."

Qin Ji didn't refuse, and the fifth prince was willing to drink tea with him. To put it bluntly, he still had something to say.Anyway, His Majesty didn't say when to arrest him, and it happened that he was thirsty, so let's have a drink here.

But well...

He gave the fifth prince a playful look.

"Why, are you afraid that I will be poisoned?" Xia Yun laughed dumbly, and he shook his head, "It's not necessary, Mr. An, or...Qin Ji, anyway, I'm going to die anyway, it's just how I died. What about you... I don't think I have to die with you."

"Your Highness is lenient."

After Qin Ji finished speaking, the servant next to him had already come over. This servant replaced the residual tea neatly, and then brewed a new pot of tea for the two of them. The tea tasted very strange, like nectar aroma.

Qin Ji froze for a moment.

It is really rare that black tea can reach this level.Although Daxia has black tea production areas, the quantity has always been small. It is said that the main tea production areas are not in the areas directly under Daxia.

"Have you never tasted it?" The fifth prince actually showed a little pride in this regard, "This is the tea from the Southern Xinjiang region—oh, it's called Nanjiang now, and we used to call that place Nanman."

Qin Ji suddenly realized.

Southern Xinjiang is indeed rich in black tea, but due to the long distance and the royal family of Great Xia advocating elegance, this kind of tea that smells like nectar is not popular.

However, this taste is quite tasty, although it smells like floral and honey fragrance, but after the real taste, there is a unique bitterness among the mellowness.

"Your Highness let Southern Border belong to you back then. This kind of feat can be said to be the greatest contribution."

Qin Ji couldn't help but recognize the king's achievements, even though he is a real "rebellious minister and thief", but at the beginning, before Qin Ji took over the position of Duke An, this prince was young and promising.

He mastered the contradictions among the various tribes in the Southern Border area, and when the Southern Borderlands consumed each other, he dismantled the originally united Southern Border, and then either threatened or lured them, and finally let the Xia Kingdom succeed. The divided southern Xinjiang was unified, which solved the problems left by the ancestors.