Chapter 151 [Duke's Invitation]

At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Xia Ya followed the palace servant all the way to the emperor's tent, and he clearly felt alert on the way. Although the number of patrols of the imperial guards coming and going did not increase significantly, the imperial guards were fully armed, and after changing camps, the emperor's tent each set up a new camp, allowing two teams of imperial guards to station nearby.

The big tent where the emperor is located is like a house, and the most important thing in a country is traveling. This is not so much a tent, but rather a detachable mobile palace.

The big tent actually went in and out, and the guards on both sides were obviously extremely elite warriors, full of evil spirits. When Xia Ya walked past them, she could clearly feel the toughness of each guard warrior. He had heard of some royal things in the imperial capital these days. It is said that the names of these guard warriors whom the emperor trusted the most seemed to be called "Dark Night Imperial Ground" and so on...

When Emperor Contos saw Xia Ya coming in, he did not get up, but leaned against a soft couch. The emperor's face was still tired. It was obvious that the drunkenness the day before was a huge burden for the old and sick emperor riding the gun. Even after a day and night of rest, the emperor's spirit still could not recover. When Xia Ya came in, he looked at the old man and obviously saw a little weak look from the other party's face.

Seeing Xia Ya walk in, the emperor sat up a little, then raised his hand and asked the waiters in the room to withdraw. Soon, there was only one person left beside the emperor. When Xia Ya first met the emperor, the middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance that he saw behind the emperor, this middle-aged man was still standing quietly in the corner like the emperor's shadow.

Xia Ya only glanced at the middle-aged man, then stood up straight: "Your Majesty, I'm here."

The emperor raised his eyelids and showed a smile on his face: "Xia, I heard you were a little injured today?"

"Yeah." Xia Ya was nervous, but she pretended to be calm and relaxed on her face. Then, without waiting for the emperor to ask, he would first take him to hunt in the forest during the day, chase a snow fox, and get lost and get lost to the lake with his companions. He happened to meet "a lady" and then stopped an assassination.

When talking about the assassination, Xia Ya's tone became more serious and carefully described the assassin's appearance and skills.

"That man's archery skills are extremely powerful! He uses a longbow and an iron-ridge heavy arrow. Such a archer must have amazing arm strength, and he seems to be very good at lurking in the jungle - Your Majesty, I am a hunter from the mountains. I can see that the other party is also a veteran!"

"Yes." The emperor listened quietly, without commenting. He seemed a little dazed and didn't say anything immediately.

What happened today is indeed strange.

Emperor Contos was not surprised at all about assassination. Even himself, he had never encountered many assassinations in his life. It was just... the target of the assassination was placed on his daughter-in-law, which was a bit complicated.

In any case, if the hostile forces take action, then you should be the first target, right?

Moreover, the strange thing about this is that Defini happened to come to the royal garden to relax! Just then, her horse was frightened and lost! Just as her servant ran out to look for the horse! She just left her alone by the lake!!

Where do so many coincidences come from?! Humph!

Frankly speaking, when I first received the news, Emperor Contos even had a little doubt about Xia Ya: It happened that Xia Ya happened to encounter this assassination?

This royal garden covers a huge area. Even if he got lost, he couldn't go anywhere. He just met Defini by chance?!

To stop an assassination? Is it intentional or unintentional?

Don’t blame Emperor Contos for being suspicious. He is really in such a position as his status and has experienced too much in his life. When encountering things, he has to think about it more!

He also asked Defini carefully, but Defini said it very clearly: "Baron Charia does not know my identity. I only told him that I am a noble daughter. The Baron seems to have no idea about the rules of hunting, so he is not clear about my identity."

If Xia Ya deliberately found someone to act in this scene to gain merit in saving the Crown Princess... Then he shouldn't pretend that he didn't know the Crown Princess' identity! Otherwise... where did his credit come from?

Moreover, Emperor Contos also, from the bottom of his heart, did not believe that this young man he valued was such a bad guy. This guy was born in the mountains and had no potential power. He wanted to invite a powerful assassin to sneak into the royal garden and cooperate with him in such a scene... Xia Yamo, he doesn't have such power yet.

Then, is it a coincidence?!

The imperial guards who rescued the two of them today were immediately transferred back to the city by the emperor and issued a strict order to ban them!

The servants and servants around the Crown Princess Defenni, who left in the woods to find horses and left the Crown Princess alone by the lake, have been arrested and interrogated by the emperor's secret order.

As a result of the interrogation, two servants had committed suicide because of fear of guilt, but they did not leave any valuable clues.

So... OK, at least it means that this matter has nothing to do with Xia Ya. The two servants around the princess have been following Defini for several years. A few years ago... Xia Ya is still hunting in the mountains.

The emperor was trance, while Xia Ya stood there quietly, without opening her mouth, quietly waiting for the emperor's movement.

Finally, the Emperor was silent for a long time before sighing softly and sneered: "It is easy to hide from the open gun, but the cold arrows shot from the secret are hard to guard against! Humph, Xia Ya, you have worked hard today. I heard that you were hit by an assassin's arrow. Seeing that you looked like you were not seriously injured, I felt relieved."

After a pause, the emperor said lightly: "The girl you saved is a person who has a lot to do with my royal family and a royal family noble. However, don't mention this matter anymore. No matter what you see and hear today, it will be all rotten in your stomach. Do you understand?"

Xia Yazheng nodded heavily and then breathed a sigh of relief - OK, this matter seems to have nothing to do with him.

"Hmph, I don't know how many things I have encountered in my life assassination... Hey! Just come if you have anything. I want to see who these clowns are hiding in the dark!"

The emperor seemed to be even heroic, laughed and stood up.

Xia Ya hesitated for a moment, looked at the old emperor, and the forced spirit on the emperor's face - Xia Ya suddenly felt a hint of pity in her heart.

To be honest, Shaya has a good impression of Emperor Contos. After all, after coming out of the wildfire in his life, he came to this outside world and the best person to him, besides General Adrick, Fatty Ruhr and others, he must be considered the emperor of the gun.

No matter what motive this emperor was, he appreciated himself very much after seeing him. Although he had a bit of disguise when he met him for the first time in the palace, the emperor still encouraged him a lot, and then he was awarded a title and promoted him. On the day of the hunt, he also supported himself in public. He was injured in naked clothes and drank wine. His heroic spirit really made Xia Ya feel a little disgusted.

Thinking of this, Xia Ya lowered her head slightly and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. If these assassins dare to sneak into the royal garden, it may be detrimental to you..."

The turtle made a fuss in his heart, then untied his coat and took off an oval object from his close body, which was a dragon scale placed close to his close body.

Xia Ya held it in both hands, took two steps, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is my close self-defense. It is extremely strong and cannot be penetrated by swords! Please take it away and defend yourself!"

Emperor Contos was stunned for a moment, looking at the things in Xia's hand. He was the emperor's honor, and he had never seen any rare treasures before. At a glance, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and even the middle-aged man who was like a shadow standing in the corner could not help but a trace of surprise flashed in his mausoleum's eyes.

"Yi? This..." Emperor Contos was a little shocked in his voice: "Is this... Could it be..."

"It's the dragon scale." Xia Ya said: "This is the self-defense thing I got from chance. Please accept it with Your Majesty! If you have this thing intimately placed, even if some assassins attack you, you can keep Your Majesty safe."

Emperor Contos was really moved now.

He naturally knew the value of the dragon scale! Such a powerful armor can even be worth a second life for a warrior! Such a powerful protective equipment can save the warrior's life at a critical moment! What's more, Xia Ya is about to rush to the frontier to take office. There will inevitably be some wars on the frontier, which is the one that needs such strong armor to save his life the most. This kid actually took it out and presented it to himself without hesitation, which is enough to show his intentions...

The emperor was slightly moved and looked at Xia Ya carefully. The young boy's face was sincere - but he didn't know that Xia Ya still had at least a hundred pieces of this dragon scale! However, most of them were in his hometown in the mountains, and there were only three or five pieces of them with him.

The emperor was very happy, looked at Xia Ya, and laughed: "Put it away! My dignified imperial emperor, how could I accept your beloved things! Well, you are a general in the army and a war for the empire, and you need these things."

Then the emperor said proudly: "I have thousands of iron armor and loyal royal guards. I wish those rats hidden in the dark will not hurt me. I will take your heart!"

Xia Ya laughed, but did not take back the things and said frankly: "Your Majesty, I still have some of these dragon scales, and I have enough to use them myself, so don't be polite to me."

As he said that, he insisted on putting the dragon scales on the table in front of the soft couch, and then took a few steps back.

The emperor was moved and looked at this boy. Xia Ya was telling the truth, that was to say no to merit. Such a honest and loyal young man made the emperor very happy.

He looked at the dragon scales on the table and felt aroused... The dragon scales' defense is indeed well known. It is indeed very beneficial to have this thing stored in close-fitting, both light and secret.

After thinking about it, the emperor smiled and said, "Okay, I'll accept your stuff! But I can't take your stuff for nothing."

After looking at Xia Ya's heroic appearance, the emperor pondered for a moment, then raised his voice and shouted: "Come here!"

An answer came from outside immediately.

A middle-aged warrior wearing soft armor strode in and stood beside Xia Ya. When he walked in, the man had broken hair, soft armor, brown eyes, dark skin, and steady steps. Standing beside Xia Ya, Xia Ya immediately felt something, and felt like a beast was standing beside him!

The middle-aged man's eyes were full of divine light, and he looked at the emperor and said steadily: "Your Majesty!"

"Junke." The emperor was very easy-going to the middle-aged man who came in: "The one next to you is Baron Charles Schiathing, and the young hero I like."

The middle-aged warrior named Junker glanced at Xia Ya and nodded slightly: "His Excellency Baron!"

"Hey! Boy, you should have heard of the name of the Dark Night Imperial. Junke is the leader of the Dark Night Imperial and one of the people I trust most." The emperor smiled slightly, and then said seriously: "Junke, I have something to tell you to do! Baron Chara is about to go to the frontier to take office, and the frontier is almost in the forefront. After returning to the city this time, you will find a good set of equipment for Baron Chara from the palace arsenal. Well, Xiaya, I don't know what weapons you are best at using. Anyway, I will give it to Junke. Prepare a set of long and short weapons and human armor and vests for you!" The emperor said this and instructed Junke again: "Pick up the good ones!"

Hearing this, Junker deliberately looked at Xia Ya more, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He has been with the emperor for many years. Although the emperor has promoted young generals in the army in recent years, especially vigorously enriching the power of the eagle, it is rare to express his love for a general.

Emperor Contos spoke for a while and was a little tired, and then he signaled to ask Xia and others to say goodbye.

When Shaya got out of the tent, the Junker followed and called Shaya: "Master Baron."

Xia Ya stopped and turned to look at Junke. For some reason, when facing this Junke, Xia Ya always felt an unnatural feeling in her heart, as if she was standing in front of a beast at close range. Junke seemed to be ordinary, but it always made Xia Ya feel that "this person is extremely dangerous".

"Well, General Junker, what else is there?"

Junke said lightly: "I am a flag regiment, please don't say anything about the general's title." His voice was stern, neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Majesty has given me the order to choose weapons for the Baron, and please inform you of your address. After I go back, I will send someone to send you there immediately."

After Shaya left her address in the imperial capital, she quickly left.

I stayed in the royal garden for another night, and the next morning, the hunting ended.

The emperor held a symbolic commendation ceremony and encouraged some of the nobles who performed outstandingly in this hunting event in public. Of course, including Xia Ya, he did not catch a lot of prey in the past two days, but the emperor clearly wanted to promote the newly emerging young baron. Who would foolishly find fault at this time?

Several young people, including Xia Ya, were encouraged by the emperor in public, and each of them was given a bow and arrow and a brocade robe. These things may not be seen by everyone. Those who can stand here are the children of wealthy families, who can save the cost? However, if they can be favored by the emperor and attract the emperor's attention, then their future will be very good.

All the nobles saw the emperor's attitude towards Xia Ya in the past two days, and secretly told their young disciples to find an opportunity to get closer to this Baron Xia Ya.

So as soon as the commendation ended, the young nobles who were awarded with Xia Ya came to chat with Xia Ya and chatted with her. After being quite intimate, they made an appointment with several invitations to the cocktail party on the spot. Xia Ya was not afraid. Although he understood the emperor's meaning and did not like to act too hard, he did not need to act like he was not likable to keep people from thousands of miles away.

Then he set off the camp and returned to the city, and the Imperial Guards opened the way, and thousands of people returned to Osgilia.

When she returned to her residence, Chara had only been resting for half a day, and Soyte came in outside and announced that someone was visiting.

Visitor?

Xia Ya thought for a moment, she really had no friends in the imperial capital... Could it be that Kavishil came to trouble him again?

But then Saut's face was quite strange and added: "Sir... I said that it was from the Duke of Minas."

Xia Yateng jumped up!

Duke of Minas?!

He is not unfamiliar with this name!!

Duke Minas, the oldest and most prestigious military veteran in the empire now! Although he no longer has the power to lead troops, he has even retired from his official positions in recent years and is unemployed at home to support his old age, but who doesn’t know that he has outstanding prestige in the army? Almost half of the backbone of the Eagle System are from this old man’s disciple! Even the warlords have many subordinates from this old man!

Among the people I know, Adrick and Ruhr, these two empire generals can be said to be students of Duke Minas! Well... and that mad dog Green is the same!!

Now, such a veteran in the emperor, send someone to see him?

Xia Ya suddenly felt a sudden jump in her heart!!

After he came back, he asked at home and knew the origin of the princess he had met!

That Crown Princess seems to be the youngest daughter of Duke Minas...

Uh... Could it be that I have teased my daughter, and now I am here to take revenge?!
To be continued...