In the evening, the city gate.

King Zhao Xiao Jun has been waiting in a teahouse near the city gate for several hours.

After Zhang Yan returned to his home, he passed Xiao Lin's words into his ears without missing a word.

After hearing this, Xiao Jun felt like grass had grown in his heart.

In fact, these grasses have taken root long ago.

In order to please his father, he often went to the palace to meet the saint and performed hard.

In addition, in order to grasp the movements in the palace, he installed many insiders in the palace, such as eunuchs and palace maids, and he spent a lot of money to bribe them.

These people kept reporting what happened in the palace to his ears.

Of course, what he wanted to know the most was the movements between the Eastern Palace and Emperor Xiao.

The palace people focused on helping him inquire about these two trends.

But sometimes, some other news will come in.

For example, about Shufei.

Concubine Shu was not favored. Emperor Xiao only went to her place twice a month and gave very few rewards on weekdays.

Among the many palace concubines who are competing for beauty, Shufei is also the least conspicuous.

She is not the most beautiful person, and she doesn't show off her appearance on her daily life, and she looks very peaceful and steady.

Her son and daughter are like hers. She can't tell how smart she is, how stupid she is, and she looks ordinary and mediocre.

Xiao Jun never took such a person seriously.

But she was one of the four concubines and gave birth to the prince Xiao Jue, so the news about Concubine Shu and Xiao Jue would be summarized with Xiao Lin to him.

At first he really didn't pay attention, but later he accidentally discovered that the whereabouts of Emperor Xiao, Concubine Shu and his two children often overlapped.

For example, when Shufei believes in Buddhism, she would go to Daxiangguo Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha every other month.

And during the same period of time, Emperor Xiao would also appear there.

He always thought it was a coincidence.

But later, he went to Daxiangguo Temple for a trip and accidentally broke into the forbidden area of ​​the temple. He actually ran into Emperor Xiao and Concubine Shu, followed by their children, Xiao Jue and Xiao Xiyan.

The four of them were playing in the forbidden garden, laughing and cheering, and they didn't know how harmonious it was!

Concubine Shu is no longer the dull and boring Concubine Shu in his impression. She is dressed beautifully and charmingly and charmingly.

Xiao Jue was not as taciturn as he saw on weekdays. In front of Emperor Xiao, he quoted scriptures and talked endlessly.

The father and son didn't know what they were talking about, and they were very speculative.

What surprised Xiao Jun the most was the look of Emperor Xiao looking at Xiao Jue, full of praise and love!

The father and son were like friends, and they were smiling happily.

That was something he had never obtained from this father!

Emperor Xiao has always been extremely majestic in front of him and has very little words. He has extremely strict requirements on princes and daughters, and has to keep all kinds of rules upright. If he is not careful, he will be scolded by him.

Since childhood, Xiao Jun has been a little afraid of him.

He often came to his mother's palace. To outsiders, he favored his mother very much, but in fact, he did not like his mother. Although he gave him a lot of rewards, he smiled pitifully at his mother's mother.

But in front of Concubine Shu, Emperor Xiao smiled very comfortably and laughed loudly from time to time.

Xiao Xiyan, who has always been obedient and even a little dull in front of outsiders, changed her normal behavior at this time, pulling Emperor Xiao's cuffs and acting coquettish. When she is happy, she even beat Emperor Xiao with her head.

Xiao Jun dared not even imagine the spoiled posture of a young child!

He thought of his sister Xiao Zhi. Every time he saw his father, he was like a cat and a mouse, and he didn't dare to breathe.

Not to mention that she is like Xiao Xiyan, she is so cute that she is acting coquettish in his arms!

From then on, Xiao Jun felt something was wrong.

However, he could never forget what Emperor Xiao had said to him.

That happened four years ago.

Emperor Xiao got drunk and came to his hall, and for the first time, he had a long talk with him.

He talked a lot, and he said that he was the best among the princes. He said that Xiao Lin was too slaughtered and might not be able to become a wise lord. He also said that he was the most like him and that he was so strict with him in order to better train him.

He said it for a long time, and Xiao Jun was confused.

Later he told his mother about the matter, and the mother was overjoyed and told her grandfather and uncle about it.

What after that?

Xiao Jun pinched his eyebrows and his forehead thrust, and his head hurts until he jumped!

After that, he, his mother and grandfather's family had ambitions he had never had before.

After that, he fought with the Xie family of the East Palace for several years and has been fighting until now.

Now, what?

When Xiao Jun thought of the heart-killing words that Zhang Yan said, he felt that his headache was about to break out!

However, he knew that Zhang Yan was right, no, Xiao Lin was right, and they were both defeated until now.

Half a year ago, the Zhang family was defeated, and my grandfather and 20,000 Changfeng Army buried the corpse and returned to the mountain.

The defeat will naturally lead to punishment. The Zhang family's power in the court has been reduced by half. No one in the three provinces and six ministries was named Zhang.

Now, it is the 30,000 Changlin Army of the Xie family. The prince Xiao Lin is broken in his face and his legs are broken. None of the people in the court have a high power position. No one has the surname Xie!

They fought for several years, but in the end they did not rise and fall, but consumed each other.

Now when I look back, all the power is concentrated in the hands of Emperor Xiao.

Think about it carefully, his good father who once cared about him hasn't looked at him in a long time!

But his habit of going to Xiangguo Temple with Shufei has not changed.

That time, Xiao Jun made a sound because he was too surprised and almost got caught by the inner guard. Then he went to the forbidden area again, which was already deserted.

At that time, he didn't want to face such facts, so he deceived himself and did not continue to investigate.

But now, he knew that he could only face reality!

Xiao Jun took a deep breath, sipped the wine, and looked up at the city gate.

At this time, a carriage was slowly coming from outside the city, and several guards were riding horses on both sides of the carriage.

Xiao Jun saw the appearance of one of the guards and felt a "knock" in his heart!

That was the inner guard beside Xiao Jue.

So, Xiao Lin didn't lie, Xiao Jue did go out far away.

That is, I have not seen Emperor Xiao.

In theory, they should come back together!

"Your Highness, that person is Chi Xiao!" Duan Yu, the secret guard beside him, suddenly whispered.

"Which?" Xiao Jun asked hurriedly.

Duan Yu carefully pointed at the person who was accompanying behind the carriage: "It's him!"

"But, my face doesn't look like it!" Xiao Jun frowned.

"It must be disguised!" Duan Yu said confidently, "Don't look at his face, look at his figure, movements, and the long sword around his waist! That's the Qinghong Sword!"

When the Qinghong Sword encounters the sun, it will show a colorful shadow.

At this time, the setting sun happened to hit the scabbard.

A colorful ball of light and shadow flashed, making Xiao Jun's eyes hurt, and he almost shed tears.

Chixiao is Emperor Xiao’s shadow guard.
Chapter completed!