The yellow leaves had all fallen, and the dazzling but not warm sunlight shone on the stone path of the Changling Harem.
A man in a yellow official gown with python pattern walked slowly through the stone path to the study at the end of the stone path.
This man looks to be in his thirties, his skin is smooth and exudes a topaz-like luster, his forehead is wide and his lips are wide, giving him an extraordinarily resolute look.
His figure was very ordinary, but he gave off a strange sense of strength, and even walked slowly, giving the impression that his arms and legs were as hard as refined iron.
On both sides of the stone path are many powerful bronze puppets that can move at any time. In the study room at the end is the queen of the Great Qin Dynasty, the woman with the most dazzling beauty and power.
Anyone who is summoned by this woman will be nervous and afraid.
However, this man didn't seem to have much of this emotion, his eyes were always looking straight ahead, and his steps were always steady.
The queen sat on the phoenix chair in the study.
The active spring in front of her was still continuously exuding milky white spiritual energy, and the traces of spiritual energy were entwined on the few almost perfect spirit lotuses like her.
When the man walked slowly into her study, she slowly raised her head.
On such a day her beauty was all the more dazzling, and her eyes all the more majestic.
The man in the yellow python-patterned official robe stopped when he was twenty steps away from her, and then bowed slightly in salute.
To be able to enter her study room and be able to walk twenty steps in front of her is definitely an honor for all the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty.
This man has such an honor because he is one of the final generals in the military power of the Great Qin Dynasty. He is the general of the Dragon and Tiger Northern Army, Liang Lian, who has completed his military service and is the most promising next.
"I have specifically warned you that even if you want to eat that piece of meat from the marketplace, you must not use such a simple and crude method, and you must be more gentle and careful."
Without any unnecessary nonsense, the queen looked at Liang Lian and said, "You really disappoint me."
Liang Lian apologized, "That was an accident."
There was a trace of coldness on the queen's perfect face: "It's not an accident, it's your choice. If you didn't even want to kill a boy from a wine shop who had something to do with Wang Taixu, it would be impossible to alarm Xue Wang. Xu. Even if that Jianghu character is not killed by you immediately, it is absolutely impossible to survive in the future."
"If Xue Wangxu and Du Qingjiao were really that weak, they would have disappeared in Changling long ago. Do we still need to let Baiyang Cave be merged into Ivy Sword Academy?"
The queen looked at Liang Lian who was silent for a while, and continued with a little sarcasm: "It is you who want to kill the grass and roots too much, which leads to your final failure."
Liang Lian frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Cutting the grass itself means getting rid of the roots."
"That's your problem."
The queen looked at him indifferently, and said slowly and coldly: "You only care about what you are doing in front of you, but you never thought that any practitioner from Changling is a precious asset to my dynasty. Xuan, it is even possible to refine Qi in one month... Such a young man is very likely to be a great weapon of the country in the future."
"Many people don't care that you want to grab that piece of meat. After all, you want to be a marquis, and you want to build up enough power to be a marquis. This is something anyone can understand."
"However, you are too ruthless in handling this matter. Nothing is impenetrable. Even if Zhou Jianlin and others die, there will be no evidence that you did this matter. However, for your You don’t need any evidence. In the eyes of those truly big men who can decide your future, Zhou Jianlin and the others are the same as that young man. They are all practitioners of our dynasty. on the battlefield instead of dying in this conspiracy."
The queen shook her head, and finally said in somewhat vulgar words: "Changling is so big... the territory of my Great Qin Dynasty is so big, my Great Qin Dynasty is not afraid of someone robbing the meat, so much meat, even if there are a few more people robbing it, how can we get it?" It’s over, I’m only afraid of your own people killing your own people. Just because of your attitude in dealing with your subordinates this time, your ruthlessness will chill many people’s hearts, make many people fear and scruple. And you should understand that many people still have feelings for you. Deeper scruples."
"Maybe I'm really wrong, but most of the time I'm just doing things for you and your family." Liang Lian looked at her neither humble nor overbearing, and said softly, "Do I still have a chance in the future?"
The queen no longer looked at his face, she looked at the holy lotuses in the spiritual spring in front of her, and nodded slightly: "Of course there are opportunities, such as Gushan Jianzang, such as the nine-death silkworm."
Liang Lian said nothing more, bowed respectfully and then withdrew.
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"Queen."
After Liang Lian's figure completely disappeared on the stone path outside, a prince who was about the same age as Ding Ning suddenly appeared behind a curtain behind the queen.
His face is somewhat similar to the queen's, very beautiful, and even a bit masculine and feminine, which looks too delicate.
It's just that his eyes are extraordinarily agile, and he seems to be very curious about everything.
"The boy from the wine shop has never practiced before. He has been through the mystery for half a day, and he can cross the border and kill the practitioners in the army... Is there any problem with his origin?" After the prince appeared behind the queen, he became a little excited. said.
The queen seemed to be very fond of him, a rare smile appeared on her face, and her tone softened, "If there is a problem, Fang Xiumu and the people in the Shendu prison have already noticed it. And, whether there is or not The problem is, for a person like him, you don't need to pay any attention to him at all."
"Because you are different from others, Fusu, you are my son, the future prince of the Great Qin Dynasty." She smiled and said softly: "You don't need to look at these too small places, even if he really Being able to refine Qi for one month is still too small like an ant for Changling and for someone standing in your position. You only need to look at the big picture, and you only need to pay attention and observe those who are already standing high enough It’s just people, as long as you can truly understand how to get along with these people standing on the heights of Changling, you will be able to stand firm.”
"Like Mr. Li Ling." A slight mocking smile appeared on her perfect face, "He is also an outstanding man, and he also stands tall, but his weakness is that he must do everything by himself. Naturally, with his ability, what If you focus on small things, you can do small things better, but a person's energy must be limited, and if you are too tired to do everything, you will not be able to do it with ease."
"Thank you, mother, for waking up. My son will definitely think about it carefully after he returns."
The prince also laughed, and said coquettishly: "It's just that if this person really breaks through to the Qi refining state in a month, and it's in a place like Baiyang Cave, I have to be convinced."
"Sometimes, it's good to be convinced."
The queen restrained her smile, and said in a clear voice: "I'm afraid that like this Liang Lian, there is nothing to be done but unconvinced, and an obsession has arisen in my heart."
The prince said earnestly after hearing the words: "General Liang is a talent, the queen mother has to wake him up a few times, I hope he will not mistake himself."
The queen looked at his bright and innocent eyes, and smiled again.
Among so many princes, only Fusu with such a generous temperament would say such words.
Too generous temperament is naturally the biggest weakness for most people, but for the future Changling and the future rulers of the Great Qin Dynasty, generosity is the biggest advantage.
It's just that being too generous is the benevolence of a woman.
So she said sternly: "On weekdays, you should go to Yan Xiang's class more, he will teach you more principles of getting along with others."
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"Call..."
On the mountain road outside the mountain gate of Qingteng Sword Academy, there were several sounds of drinking horses at the same time.
Several horse-drawn carriages happened to come from different mountain roads. If they avoided each other in no particular order, some horse-drawn carriages would inevitably squeeze down the mountain road when they meet.
Following the arrival of these carriages, some carriages appeared one after another on the mountain road in the distance.
Probably because they felt that it was troublesome to avoid each other, many passengers in the carriage simply lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, and walked towards the mountain gate of the Ivy Sword Academy.
The passengers in these carriages were all students from some cultivation places in Changling that were closely related to the Ivy Sword Academy.
The reason why these students arrived at this time was to observe the ceremony, to watch the annual sword sacrifice trial of the Ivy Sword Academy starting tomorrow.
This kind of mutual observation between colleges with similar relationships is actually a good opportunity to observe and learn from each other, but the number of people will naturally be limited, and generally only some outstanding students who are most valued by the colleges are eligible to come.
Because there are several opportunities to meet each year, and some people have personal friendships on weekdays, as students from various places of practice arrive one after another, the usually quiet Ivy Sword Academy mountain gate suddenly becomes lively.
Among these students, Xu Heshan from Qingsong Sword Academy, Xie Changsheng from Baiyun Temple and others were also impressively listed.
It's just that among these young talents from various places of practice, the most famous one at the moment is Gu Xichun from the Shadow Mountain Sword Cave.
Shadow Mountain Sword Cave itself is stronger than the cultivation places like Ivy Sword Academy, and Gu Xichun is recognized as the student who has made the fastest progress in cultivation in Shadow Mountain Sword Cave in the past few decades. Then he broke through the first level and formally stepped into the second level of Qi Refining.
This kind of speed, looking at the entire Changling, except for a very small number of monsters, is already terrifying enough.
At this moment, the most outstanding student of Yingshan Sword Academy is wearing an emerald green satin robe. He has a handsome face, eyebrows like swords, thin lips and straight nose. It seemed a bit out of the crowd.
The more outstanding young people are, the more confident and proud they are.
I heard from friends around me that after the merging of Baiyang Cave and Ivy Sword Academy this time, Baiyang Cave will also participate in the sword sacrifice trial that will start tomorrow. However, he smiled disapprovingly, and said: "Half a day to understand the mystery, it may be just a coincidence, and I suddenly sensed the existence of the sea of qi, but from the first level to the second level, this comprehension of the mystery of refining qi, But there is no fancy trick. You can’t say that Tong Xuan is fast, it must mean that you can break through to the second level quickly. It is said that it is possible to break through in January. There are no rumors of breaking through, which means that it is impossible to be so fast. .Left and right are just the best thoughts in Aries Cave.”
Hearing what he said, someone said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Gu Xichun, it's not because you can't even do it yourself, that's why you think it's impossible for this boy from the wine shop to do it?"
"Do you think I'm jealous?" The smile on Gu Xichun's face disappeared instantly, he was not angry, but said sternly: "I don't care about these things at all, what I care about is the Minshan Sword Sect's big test."