The emperor quietly watched the prince walk out with firm steps, not knowing what he was thinking with his hands behind his back.
Hong Wen quietly looked around behind him, wondering if what the prince said just now made the emperor suspicious...
"Hongwen, get ready and leave the palace."
"Yes." Hong Wen responded reflexively, but was suddenly startled. The emperor is leaving the palace?
He lowered his body, arched his body and stepped back to prepare.
The emperor's quiet instructions meant that he wanted to pay a private visit incognito.
Eunuch Hongwen drove out of the palace in person, saying that he wanted to do something for the emperor, and no one dared to stop him, so the emperor left the palace smoothly.
He silently thought in the carriage that the palace is his home and he has lived here since he was a child. Now that he is the master of the palace, he has to be secretive if he wants to go out quietly.
When Hong Wen left the palace, there were already two groups of people following him, one behind the other, but they didn't get close.
The emperor went to the Ten Mile Pavilion outside the city.
Then after a while, Yan Xi also came over quietly.
"I send my regards to the Emperor." Yan Xi was about to kneel down, but the Emperor took two steps and came over to help him up.
"This is not in the palace, so there is no need to be polite." The emperor looked at Yan Xi's handsome face that had remained as handsome as ever for decades, and it was impossible not to envy him in his heart.
Yan Xi was surprised. He could feel the guards hidden around him, as well as the aura of two cultivators worshiping him.
"If the emperor has something to say, just summon the ministers into the palace. Why risk going out of the palace." Yan Xi said in confusion.
"I want to come out and get some air." The emperor stood in the pavilion and looked into the distance. He was in the same position as when Rong Che was waiting for Yan Qingzheng.
Yan Xi didn't know what to say. It was too rare for the emperor to be like this.
"Shengwen, look at these great rivers and mountains..." The emperor raised his finger and pointed at the lush peaks in the distance in front of him, and said, "I can't get enough of it!"
Yan Xi was shocked when he heard this. He quietly used his spiritual power to check the emperor's body. There was nothing wrong with him. What was this doing?
The emperor's jade pendant quietly lit up and then disappeared, but the temperature warmed up a bit. The emperor grinned and said: "Don't worry, I am in good health."
The jade pendant on his body was worshiped and refined by cultivators, and the spiritual power acting on him can be felt.
However, the defensive function was a bit poor, so he knew what Yan Xi was doing just now.
Yan Xi thought for a moment and asked, "In that case, why did the emperor say this?"
The emperor sighed and said, "Do you know what I think every time I hear my ministers shouting long live?"
Yan Xi frowned: "I don't know."
"You..." The emperor laughed at him for being too cautious, took a deep breath, and said: "In the past few years after taking the throne, I felt that if the words "Long Live" were read by cultivators, I'm afraid they would laugh at the arrogance of us mortals.
.When I reached middle age, I felt that this was actually true. This was the expectation for the Fengrong Empire. Long live it is not me or a certain emperor, but the whole world!"
Yan Xi bowed slightly, unable to reply.
Fortunately, the emperor wanted to find someone to talk to, so he suddenly laughed at himself and continued: "However, after all these years, not long ago, I suddenly thought about it."
He turned to look at Yan Xi, with confusion and confusion in his eyes, but more of a hope.
"I want to live for thousands of years! I can't get enough of this country!"
Yan Xi remained silent. To put it bluntly, this was a delusion, and no cultivator dared to think so.
The emperor smiled. If it had been other courtiers, they would have been frightened, shouted long live, knelt down and said something against their will.
But Yan Xi didn't know how to do it. This was the reason why the emperor found him when he felt this kind of emotion.
"Rong Che has gone to find you."
"Yes, the prince said that you want to marry him and his daughter."
"That's what I said..." The emperor explained his considerations and said to Yan Xi, "Just agree to this."
"The humble minister obeys the decree."
The emperor seemed unwilling to listen to his tone, and chuckled: "I know that you are still complaining about the Crown Princess in your heart. But you have to believe that I really don't know that her destiny is like this. I
I really want her to be my daughter-in-law." After a pause, he added: "The same goes for the prince."
Yan Xi was silent for a moment before saying, "Wei Chen understands."
The emperor looked at the scenery around him again, and then sighed: "I am young and strong, and I think I can rule the world for another twenty years! However, the prince is already quite old."
Yan Xi wondered for a while, but couldn't answer these words.
"Was it better when you were in Xuanmen? There weren't these crises of alternation between old and new?"
Yan Xi fell silent again. A timid person would probably have been scared out of his wits by what the emperor said today. These words really cannot be used to make trouble.
"Look at the majestic mountains and rivers, the beautiful scenery, and the customs and customs of each place. I really want to visit every inch of Fengrong!" The emperor felt a sense of pride.
It was quiet in the Ten Mile Pavilion, except for the slightly excited breathing of the emperor, and the red lines outside the pavilion that were shivering and wanting to faint.
Yan Xi stared at the ground expressionlessly. The emperor was having a convulsion and he didn't want to accompany him.
The emperor did not let him go, and asked excitedly: "Shengwen, if one day I put down all these burdens and travel around the world, will you accompany me?"
Yan Xi immediately shook his head: "No."
The emperor was very disappointed. He put away his smile and said reluctantly: "Yes, you have Nalan."
Yan Xi said, "Wei Chen came out of Xuanmen and would rather be restrained than join the court as an official. This is not for traveling around the mountains and rivers."
Yan Xi's blunt words made the emperor very happy.
"Yes, Shengwen, you have always been determined and you have never been confused or doubtful." The emperor was very envious.
"Weichen...has already passed that age."
Who has not experienced youth, confusion and hesitation? How could he not have experienced it before he made such a major decision as leaving Xuanmen!
Leaving Xuanmen is just a matter of words. In addition to being condemned by Xuanmen, you also have to pay Xuanmen a large amount of materials to repay the kindness you have cultivated for many years, and you are also subject to a ban and restrictions on your cultivation.
That is to say, Yan Qingzheng's understanding of the formation far surpassed that of others over the years, and he gradually unlocked the restrictions imposed on the couple.
The emperor looked at Yan Xi who was as calm as before, but the emotions in his heart were really complicated.
"Your appearance has never changed much. Sometimes I can't believe that those memories of you are real or fake."
They were all of the same age at first, but now they look like two generations.
Moreover... Yan Xi can live for a long, long time, but... as he said before, twenty or thirty years are over.
"Otherwise, Wei Chen can help you find some elixirs that can improve your appearance and extend your life?"
This is due to my youthful sentiments.
But the emperor smiled, knowing that Yan Xi was a person who abided by the rules, so it was rare for him to say such a thing.
Thinking that Yan Xi still treated him differently, the emperor was in a good mood.
"No." He refused.
Yan Xi was surprised. Could it be that the emperor had laid so much groundwork for this and not just for this?
"I know that once this kind of demand starts, it will be out of control." The emperor was very clear-headed, "I must cut off this desire and keep the boundaries between mortals and cultivators, so that Feng Rong can be passed down for a long time.
"
Yan Xi suddenly stood in awe.
He could understand that his father and mother refused the elixir given by Yan Qingzheng, but as an emperor who wanted long live long live long live, he could resist this temptation. It was really admirable!
"No matter how long you live, if any member of the glorious royal family has such an idea, they must stop him for me. I really can't teach him a lesson!" The emperor's words were loud and clear.
"I obey the order!" Yan Xi's response was crisp and clear.
The emperor has said what he needs to say and has entrusted him with everything he needs to entrust. He feels relieved.
"Okay, it's time for me to return to the palace." He turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
Hong Wen hurriedly lowered his head to follow. There was always a question in his heart: why, exactly why does the emperor trust Lord Xiaoyan so much!
"Oh, by the way, I have one more thing to ask your opinion on. Come up and go back to the palace with me." The emperor suddenly turned around and said.
"I obey the order." Yan Xi followed him onto the carriage, and Hong Wen once again raised his whip and returned to the palace.
In the carriage, the emperor talked about the affairs of the crown princess and her natal family, and asked: "This cannot continue. I will not allow the future queen to have such a character. Do you have any good ideas?"
Yan Xi thought deeply, "There are only two kinds: one is to abolish the concubine and choose another crown prince. The other is to let the crown prince no longer be bewitched by her mother's family and find someone to train her. That's fine."
Yan Xi thought to herself, there's no need to ask, wasn't this how the late emperor treated your mother back then?
The emperor took a deep breath. It wasn't that he didn't know these two methods, but he just couldn't decide which method to use to deal with the Xie family.
"Wei Chen thinks that we should use the second method first, and then in a few years we will see the qualifications of the emperor's eldest grandson and the progress of the princess, and then decide whether we need to use the first method." Yan Xi narrowed his eyes and calculated.
To put it bluntly, if the emperor's eldest grandson is a talented person, then his feelings for his maternal grandfather's family must be taken into consideration. If not... then his thoughts will not matter.
The emperor nodded: "It makes sense."
Hong Wen always felt that he should not survive the day when he died.
Whether it was the secrets he knew or the emperor's attitude, it seemed that he would either be secretly executed as soon as possible or be buried with the emperor.
In the process of waving the riding crop, he suddenly thought about the matter: he can't decide anything!
Since it is Duckweed's fate, life and death are all in the hands of others, it is all in vain for me to worry about it.
For a moment, Hong Wen felt that he was also detached.
The emperor took Yan Xi back to the palace and summoned the prince to discuss it secretly.
Yan Xi packed up and took the prepared housekeeper Liu, Jin Mang, Tong Yao and others out of the capital to go to Miao'er Mountain to select a site to build a villa.
While everyone in the capital was making preparations, Yan Qingzheng, who was far away at Tianyimen, finally made the decision to start experimenting with the ascension channel array again three days later.