When Qi Ning entered the palace, it was already dark, and the eunuch took Qi Ning to the imperial study room. After Qi Ning entered, he felt that the atmosphere was different from the past.

He saw Longtai behind the imperial desk at first sight, and saw Ma Lan, a Zhenguo Company, from the corner of his eyes. In addition to Longtai and Sima Lan, Jindao Hou Dan Tai Huang was also present.

Qi Ning was a little surprised. He had used simple food at the Jindao Hou Mansion at noon, but he did not see Jindao Hou himself, but he did not expect him to appear in the palace.

Dan Tai Huang looked calm. When Qi Ning came in, his eyes were cast, calm and calm. However, Sima Lan looked solemn, as if he was full of thoughts.

Qi Ning went up to see him. After seeing Longtai at Fengyi Palace last time, it has been a few days since he saw Longtai for many days. Longtai's spirit doesn't look very good, he looks a little tired, and he looks a little thin. Qi Ning frowned slightly, knowing that Longtai has been singing in the harem every night for the past half month, and the newlyweds are even more restrained with the queen, so he seems so decadent.

Longtai winked and signaled that Qi Ning would sit down under the golden sword. Qi Ning stepped back respectfully and sat down on the chair. However, he was extremely curious and didn't know why Longtai summoned him into the palace.

It is not a big deal for Sima Lan to appear in the palace. As the minister of the government, it is reasonable for him to enter the palace from time to time. However, it is a big surprise for Dan Tai Huang to appear in the palace. Over the years, not to mention entering the palace, Dan Tai Huang almost never even went to court. He rested in the palace all year round. This matter is known to everyone in the court and everyone knows it.

No one spoke. Although Qi Ning was full of suspicion, the other three people did not speak, so he did not easily throw out the topic.

After a while, Tan Tai Huang suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister wants to go out for some breath, so he wanders around the yard and asks the emperor to be kind!"

"Come here, help the old marquis go out for some breath." Longtai summoned the person without hesitation.

But Dan Tai Huang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to do anything to them." He turned to Qi Ning and asked, "Waiting for Jinyi, I wonder if I can help me go out for a walk?"

Qi Ning was stunned, but without hesitation, he immediately stood up and bowed, "The honor is so great!" He went forward and carefully helped Dan Tai Huang up, Sima Lan also got up and said with concern: "Take care of yourselves!"

Dan Tai Huang smiled slightly, without saying much, raised his hand gently, Qi Ning understood what he meant and helped him slowly out of the imperial study room.

Outside the Imperial Study Room is a wide garden, with a limestone path winding forward, with flowers and plants dotted on both sides. The layout of the entire garden is unique and exquisite. This is the place where the emperor handles court affairs alone. It is exquisite, natural and beautiful, and very quiet.

Qi Ning held Dan Taihuang's arm and walked slowly along the rhythm of Dan Taihuang.

Dan Tai Huang suddenly wanted to come out to breathe, and let Qi Ning come out to accompany him. No matter how slow Qi Ning reacted, he knew that it was extraordinary, and there must be a reason for it.

He contacted that he had waited at Jindao Hou Mansion for a morning this morning and had another simple meal, but Dan Tai Huang avoided it from beginning to end, and Qi Ning knew that something must have happened.

After walking along the winding path for a while, Dan Tai Huang stopped and patted Qi Ning's back of his hand. Qi Ning looked over and saw a white marble table not far away, with four white marble round wools on the side. Qi Ning knew Dan Tai Huang's meaning, helped him walk over, and carefully helped him sit down. From beginning to end, he was extremely respectful to Dan Tai Huang.

Dan Tai Huang is the oldest among the four hereditary marquises, a few years older than Sima Lan. Now he looks no longer as majestic as he was back then, and his old look is still there, but the remaining power is still there between his eyebrows.

The old Marquis of Jindao signaled Qi Ning to sit down and raised his head. A crescent moon rose in the east. Qi Ning didn't speak easily. After a while, he heard the old Marquis ask, "Are you about to get married?"

Qi Ning was stunned. Unexpectedly, the old marquis asked this question, but he still said respectfully: "Yes, August 18th, there is still half a month left!"

"Marrying a wife and having children, making achievements, and glorifying the ancestors are what every man has to do." Dan Tai Huang's voice was peaceful: "When your father was much younger than you, I met you. You are different from your father. When your father was young, he was already strong and you were much weaker than him."

Qi Ning just smiled and secretly guessed the intention of Jin Daohou.

"There are three words under my knees: the eldest son Zhilin, the second son Zhiqi, and the youngest son Zhixiu." The old marquis said in a gentle voice as if he was chatting about family matters: "The eldest son and the second son have followed me to fight on the battlefield for a long time and have made many military achievements, which is not considered as insulting the name of the Dan Tai family."

Qi Ning was surprised in his heart and thought to himself that he had heard that the old Marquis of Jindao had only two sons before, but suddenly one son came out, and he was silent. He only heard the old Marquis continue: "It's a pity that the second son Zhiqi suddenly became infected with a serious illness in a war. The disease spreading in the army at that time saved hundreds of lives. Zhiqi was very blessed and did not die on the battlefield, but died under the serious illness."

Qi Ning was stunned. Only then did he realize that the old Marquis Jindao did have three sons, but one of them died of illness in his early years. He couldn't help but comfort him: "Don't be too sad."

Tan Tai Huang sighed: "I am not sad about his death, but sad about his failure to die in the battlefield. When he left, he must be very unwilling to accept it!"

Qi Ning looked solemn, but she thought, could this old man run to the palace just to chat with him.

"It is a glory for men from the Dan Tai family to die on the battlefield." Dan Tai Huang also looked serious: "When the eldest son Zhilin was born, his grandfather invited a master to see his life. I remember that the master told me that I was too serious in fighting on the battlefield and killing me too much, which may damage the good deeds of future generations."

Qi Ning sighed in his heart and thought that if he really wanted to say this, it would be impossible to say that wrong. The old Marquis of Jinyi made great achievements and became the first military family of Great Chu. However, the third master of Qi's family died early and Qi Jing passed away in middle age. Even the real prince of Jinyi died of misfortune. The lineage of Jinyi's old Marquis of Jinyi can be said to have been cut off.

A general succeeds and his bones are bleak. The more powerful a famous general is, the more blood will be stained on his hands.

"After hearing the master's words, Zhilin's grandfather immediately begged the master to give him a way to break the enemy." Dan Tai Huang's voice was calm and without any emotion: "The method left by the master is to let the descendants of the Dan Tai family plant a tree of shade before the first expedition to protect their good deeds."

"Changyin Tree?" Qi Ning was a little strange, but after thinking about it, after all, in this era, people are still very concerned about fate, and killing too much will damage their good deeds. This is a legend that has existed since ancient times, and it is not groundless.

Dan Tai Huang still said: "Zhi Lin made his first appearance. According to what the master said back then, he planted a tree of ever-shady trees. He has experienced many battles. Although he was injured countless times, he could turn danger into safety every time."

Qi Ning knew that Dan Tai Huang suddenly said this to him today, not because he was old and talked a lot. There must be some reasons for it. He didn't interrupt and listen patiently.

"Zhi Lin is my eldest son. He acts steadily, but Zhi Qi is different from his brother." A smile appeared on the corner of Dan Tai Huang's lips: "Zhi Qi beat me naughty, afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Since he became sensible, there has been little trouble. The child is upright and chivalrous. Perhaps it is too similar to me when I was young, and I have indulged him a lot. When he first went to war with me, he was stubborn and disobedient, and did not plant the ever-shaded tree!"

Qi Ning was stunned for a moment and thought to himself whether Dan Tai Zhiqi died of illness later because he did not plant Changyin Tree?

"I have always been skeptical about Chang Yinshu. Since the child was stubborn, I would go with him." Dan Tai Huang said slowly: "Where is a man fighting on the battlefield and making achievements? Killing one person as a thief and slaughtering a million heroes is nothing to say. At that time, I never thought that a Chang Yinshu could really keep peace. It was not until Zhiqi passed away that I realized that maybe it was because the child did not plant Chang Yinshu that he died young!"

The old Marquis of Jindao is worthy of being a terrifying battlefield. When talking about this past, he is still calm and composed, just like gossip.

"Our Great Chu conquered all directions and established the capital. Later, Zhilin went to the East China Sea to command the Donghai Navy, and Zhixiu went to the Xichuan Legion." Dan Taihuang looked at Qi Ning: "Over the years, I have personally watered the two permanent trees in the Jindao Hou Mansion every day. Decades have passed, and now they are towering trees and are becoming more and more prosperous."

At this time, Qi Ning finally interrupted: "Those two permanent trees will surely bless the two generals with safety and success."

Dan Tai Huang smiled faintly and said, "Today, I ordered someone to cut down the Changyin tree planted by Zhilin more than 30 years ago, even the roots of the tree are uprooted."

Qi Ning was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Did you cut down Changyin Tree?"

"Changyin Tree is to keep them safe. Since everyone is dead, what's the use of Changyin Tree staying?" Dan Tai Huang said: "Since Zhilin is gone, of course there is no need for that Changyin Tree to exist."

This sentence was like thunder and thunder. Qi Ning opened his eyes wide and his pupils contracted.

Is Dan Tai Zhilin dead?

Is Dan Tai Zhilin, the governor of the East Sea Navy of the Great Chu, dead?

Qi Ning never expected that he would hear such shocking news from Dan Tai Huang, so he opened his mouth, but couldn't speak for a moment.

As one of the four hereditary marquises, the Dan Tai family has a very high status in the Chu State. Now the old Marquis of Dan Tai is old and rarely cares about the world. Therefore, the hope of the Dan Tai family is placed on the Jinsword Prince Dan Tai Zhilin.

Qi Ning knew that the two young men of the Dan Tai family, the eldest son of Dan Tai Zhilin, commanded the Donghai Navy, while Dan Tai Zhixiu was far away in the Xichuan Legion. As the eldest son of the Dan Tai family, Dan Tai Zhilin was already established and was destined to inherit the title of Jin Daohou.

If the Qinhuai Legion has always been the sphere of influence of Jinyi family, then the Donghai Navy is the sphere of influence of Jindao Dantai, the fierce tiger on land and the dragon on the sea of ​​rage, and the two families are the two pillars and beams of the Emperor** side.

Although Dan Tai Zhixiu commanded the Xichuan Legion, the Xichuan Legion had weak troop strength and was far from other legions. In addition, there were many internal factions, and even the Sima family had a force in the Xichuan Legion, so the real power controlled by the Dan Tai family was the Donghai Navy under the command of Dan Tai Zhilin.
Chapter completed!