In the camp, Zhao Runji looked at the eldest prince with some worry, bowed and said: "Father, although we have help from various families, we can't hide it from the emperor. Will he be unhappy?"
The eldest prince shook his head and sneered: "What do you think hunting compares to you? What do you want to show in front of Grandpa Qin? Martial arts? When it comes to martial arts qualifications, the children of the royal family are much higher than you.
, if the throne is judged by force, where is the chance for others? Just pass the throne to your aunt, who can beat her?"
The aunt he mentioned was none other than the eldest princess Zhao Waner.
The eldest prince continued: "In this hunt, for ordinary nobles, it may be a display of force and qualifications, but for you, you want to tell your grandpa that you are the one with more support."
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Having said this, he walked to the door of the camp, looked outside the tent, and said softly: "In the battle between the court and the court, people's support is still against each other. As an emperor, no matter how powerful he is in martial arts, how can he still rush into battle?
Killing the general and seizing the flag? It is enough if you can win the hearts of the courtiers and know how to use them well."
In Emperor Xia's tent, he leaned on the bed and looked at the ranking list in his hand.
He chuckled softly.
"This Chu Ze is beyond my expectations. I thought that he had already fallen behind in exposing Cai Wenguang and would not go hunting again. I didn't expect that he got so many ferocious beasts in one day! I don't know what to say.
He is very lucky, or he has deep blessings."
This was really beyond Emperor Xia's expectations.
His eyes immediately moved down, and Liu Changfeng, Liu Huier, and Zhao Jizhe were subconsciously ignored by him.
In his opinion, these people were just relying on their good relationship with Chu Ze.
The eldest prince's son, Zhao Runji, the third prince's son, Zhao Jiyuan, and the seventeenth prince, Zhao Yongyan.
The three of them are ranked the highest among the royal family's children.
Among them, Zhao Runji ranked second, Zhao Jiyuan ranked sixth, and Zhao Yongyan ranked 12th.
The rest are the noble sons of various families.
"This ranking is interesting! I remember that Zhao Runji's cultivation level is only average. He can take the second place. It shows that the boss is giving a lot of help behind this!"
"This is Zhao Jiyuan. My previous impression was average, but this time I saw him, his skills have improved quite a lot. To be able to win the sixth ranking by himself is a bit beyond my expectations!"
"Yong Yan, ranked twelfth, his foundation is still a bit shallow."
Although Emperor Xia is still healthy now, everyone knows that his destiny is near.
Therefore, even if Emperor Xia didn't want to see it, there were still people in the court who fell in love with the various princes.
For many people, Conglong Zhigong is a big gamble and an opportunity!
As an emperor and as a courtier, this is something that everyone must face.
If you don't take sides, will you be reused if the new king comes to the throne?
This is a very simple question!
In other words, even if it is really because of taking sides, as long as the opponent is in the right position, will the new king be promoted after he ascends the throne?
For some officials who were not very high in official position and not very powerful, it was inevitable for them to take sides. Emperor Xia could not stop them. Of course, he was too lazy to stop them.
At his age, it is enough for him to remain loyal to him in a few important positions in the court.
Although the eldest prince is older, he has been running the court for many years, and he is the eldest son after all. Although the position of prince is still undecided, theoretically speaking, he still has a good chance, so he actually has some connections.
Compared to him, the seventeenth prince Yong Yan was a little too young and had little foundation in the court.
The relationship with the heirs of each family is not very good, and at this time, it seems a little weak.
Looking at the list in his hand, Emperor Xia twirled his fingers and began to think about it.
"Hmph, go and ask Chu Ze, Zhao Runji, Zhao Jiyuan and Zhao Yongyan to come over!"
Emperor Xia gave the order!
Soon, the four of them were brought to Emperor Xia's camp!
Emperor Xia glanced at the four people and raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
Finally, his eyes rested on Chu Ze, and he chuckled: "You kid, how come you are so lucky to get so many ferocious beasts at once?"
Chu Ze had already responded to this and said with a smile: "I originally planned to participate in the hunting, so I went to Cai Wenguang's military camp to find out where there were more ferocious beasts. Later, after exposing Cai Wenguang, I thought that I was idle, so why not go to him?
wolf
I wanted to see if I could get two wolves at the place where the group was. Then it would be a good idea to give the brothers a teething ceremony. But I happened to encounter a fight between a group of wolves and a group of lions, and I took advantage of it! It was truly a God-given opportunity! Luck.
That’s it!”
"Hahaha! How can it all be attributed to luck? Why are there so many people and you are the only one to ask?" Emperor Xia looked at Chu Ze and praised: "You kid, you are extremely smart and talented. You will definitely be my big brother in the future.
O minister of Xia Hugu."
Listening to Emperor Xia praising Chu Ze, the eyes of the three royal family members flickered.
At this time, Emperor Xia turned his eyes to the three of them and said with a smile: "You three are of the same age, and you are also the pillars of our Daxia royal family. Your performance this time is not bad, but compared to Chu
Ze, you are still far behind. You should follow Chu Ze more in the future, and don’t rely on your status and be arrogant."
"I sincerely follow the teachings of Grandpa Huang (Father Huang)!" The three of them responded at the same time.
Emperor Xia looked at Chu Ze again and said with a smile: "You performed outstandingly this time. I will also give you a reward. What do you want?"
"Let your Majesty reward you!" Chu Ze bowed and said.
Emperor Xia thought for a while and said: "You are now in the state of strong five internal organs and need a lot of energy and blood! I will reward you with the corpses of all the third-level ferocious beasts this time."
Chu Ze was immediately overjoyed. It was winter at this time, and the corpse was easy to preserve. The things were transported back to the house, and through the mouth of the white dragon, they would soon be transformed into the power of qi and blood in his body.
"I see that you don't have a weapon yet, right? I would like Master Jiuye to tailor-make a weapon for you. You can go to the fourth floor of the royal treasury and choose the same ingredient!"
"You can also go to the royal arsenal and choose a combat skill that suits you!"
Emperor Xia said to Chu Ze.
These rewards cannot be less than generous!
Then Emperor Xia looked at the three royal children below, and said softly: "I am old, and the future of Daxia will still depend on you. I hope you can get closer to Chu Ze, so that I can
Don’t worry. Okay, let’s get down!”
Emperor Xia didn't mention the rewards for them at all.
The three of them responded in unison, looking at Chu Ze with a slight change unconsciously.
None of the three of them are fools!
What is Emperor Xia doing?
He called the three of them over and praised Chu Ze continuously. After praising him, he told them to come closer.
The minds of the three people changed rapidly!
Emperor Xia waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, everyone, go down."
Chu Ze and the three royal children withdrew from Emperor Xia’s camp!
Huang Qi looked at Emperor Xia and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, is he going to consider his successor?"
"I'm old! I can't not think about it!" Emperor Xia looked far away and said softly: "Let's use this kid Chu Ze to see what their respective methods are. Let's also see what kind of reaction this kid Chu Ze has! Young people,
If you don’t fight, don’t fight, and don’t experience things, how can you know what they are like?”
Emperor Xia picked up the list on the table, threw it at Huang Qi, and said, "You can take care of the rest of the rewards yourself. I'm a little tired and need to take a rest."
Chu Ze and the three royal children came out of the camp!
Zhao Runji was the first to speak: "Brother Chu is the pillar of my great Xia Dynasty. It is really rare to be praised by the emperor like this! When I return to Beijing, I have made up my mind to invite Brother Chu to visit me!"
Chu Ze chuckled and agreed, and the seventeenth prince Zhao Yongyan also took the initiative to step forward and said with admiration: "Brother Chu, although he is only strong in the five internal organs, his strength is really a god. He is worthy of being the successor of Chen Guogong. I have long
After hearing the name of Duke Chen, I will definitely pay him a visit someday, and then I will ask Brother Chu to introduce him!"
"It's a small thing, it's a small thing. If the Seventeenth Prince came to the house, it would be a great success. I will definitely tell Grandpa and let him meet you!" Chu Ze was still smiling.
At this time, Zhao Jiyuan no longer looked as domineering as when he asked for someone, but he handed over his hand and said: "I had many misunderstandings with Brother Chu before. I heard that Brother Chu is a frequent visitor to Biliu Yuntian. When I returned to Kyoto, I stayed at Biliu Yuntian.
Let’s have a banquet with Brother Chu to make amends to you!”
Chu Ze also said with a smile on his face: "A few conflicts, no problem, you are Jizhe's brother. Looking at Jizhe's face, I won't take it to heart."
Chu Ze was all smiles from beginning to end!
It wasn't until they all left except Xia Emperor's camp that Chu Ze put away his smile and frowned.
"What do you mean, Emperor Xia? You deliberately put me on the fire to roast me!"
Chu Ze was not stupid. He also understood what Emperor Xia said. Naturally, he also knew that these three royal children were wooing him in order to show off in front of Emperor Xia!
But for Chu Ze, what should he do?
Choose one person to walk closer to?
Or what?
Chu Ze couldn't think clearly for a while, although Chen Jinsong had told him before that he could make a choice.
But Chu Ze knows very well that this choice cannot be wrong!
Rewards for each ranking were released quickly, most of which were exercises, pills and the like.
There are basically no real official rewards involved.
At the same time, Emperor Xia announced the end of the hunting trip ahead of schedule, and the inherent project that was originally supposed to be eight battalions and five guards hunting was ended.
The reason is also very simple. Those women who were kidnapped were all in the Xia Emperor's camp and were diagnosed and treated by imperial doctors. After diagnosis and treatment, they needed a combination of medicine and acupuncture.
In the camp, there was an extreme shortage of both manpower and medicine.
Emperor Xia decided to take these women back to Kyoto for medical treatment.
This news hit Ye Han the hardest.
Originally, he wanted to show off in the subsequent hunting process, but as a result, Emperor Xia finished the first half and went home directly!
This made him have no choice but to continue to hold in his breath!
Also escorted back with him were those soldiers who had committed crimes. Emperor Xia temporarily left the Dragon Blade Guards to patrol the mountains and forests and guard the people. As for the subsequent replacement of soldiers, they would need to return to the capital for deployment.
And Chu Ze, without a doubt, became the biggest winner of this hunting trip.
On the way back to Beijing, Chu Ze rode on a white horse and led the team forward with Yin Ziting!
The little girl seems a little unhappy!
He pouted his mouth and had a gloomy little face.
Although it was not obvious with her cute appearance, Chu Ze still noticed something was wrong with her mood and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Who messed with our General Yin?"
The little girl bit her lower lip lightly and said with great grievance: "After you return to Beijing, you will become a partial general! You can't be my subordinate! I don't have anyone to talk to."
During this time, she spent time with Chu Ze day and night. The little girl was used to chatting and bragging with Chu Ze all day long, so she was actually a little unhappy about Chu Ze's promotion.
But she also knew rationally that Chu Ze's promotion was a good thing.
The problem is that I can't control my emotions.
She is not a scheming person herself.
At this time, the more I talked, the more reluctant I felt, and tears were about to flow out of my eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't cry! Your mother noticed you crying like this and she thought I was bullying you!"
"But, I just want to cry!" The little girl said more and more, she couldn't hold back any longer, and tears came to her eyes.
Chu Ze hurried over and whispered: "Don't worry, I will become a general in the future, and I will also be your general Yin's war horse!"
"Why a war horse?" Yin Ziting looked confused!
"If you say east, I will never go west! And I will come find you when I have time." Chu Ze said casually!
As for the deep meaning, I'm afraid only he himself knows.
The little girl did not go into details, but looked at Chu Ze, wiped her tears, widened her eyes and asked: "Are you telling the truth? Don't lie to me!"
"Of course I won't lie to you. I will chat with you and play with you when I have time. When I get back to Kyoto, I will ask Master Deng to prepare delicious food for you with the ferocious beast meat that was rewarded by His Majesty!"
Chu Ze laughed and said.
Under his comfort, Yin Ziting began to calm down.
"You are a person who always speaks strangely. You haven't finished the monkey story you told me last time. I still want to hear it."
Yin Ziting said to Chu Ze.
"Where did we talk about last time? By the way, the monkey was trapped under Wuzhi Mountain. After that... many, many years passed."
While Chu Ze was speaking, suddenly a strong figure, riding a tiger, rushed up from behind!
Officially Xu Yue!
"Boy Chu! What are you doing?" Lao Xu came up, reached out and patted Chu Ze on the shoulder, and walked side by side with Chu Ze from the other side!
Chu Ze looked confused: "What's the matter with General Xu?"
It’s definitely not a good experience to have a light bulb pop out suddenly!
Lao Xu didn't know it yet, so he grinned and said: "I think you are a good boy, no matter how you look at it, you are pleasing to the eye. Ye Zhihai has taken over the role of His Majesty's guard. I'll come over and have a chat with you!"
"Haha!" Chu Ze complained in his heart: "Two big men, what do you have to talk about? Can you please don't delay me in picking up girls?"
Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, he still maintained a fake smile on his face.
"General Xu, please tell me!"
"You boy, you are really as strong as me." Xu Yue started chatting with Chu Ze.
This guy actually wants to recruit Chu Ze, but he is a straightforward person and is not good at these things.
I also felt that it would be too hasty to say it directly, so I could only try to build a relationship first!
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Dou Hu in front had already approached Wen Qi.
"Commander, Xu Yue is here!"
"Um?"
Wen Qi turned around to look, only to find Xu Yue beside Chu Ze, foaming at the mouth and gesticulating, but the distance between them was far, and she didn't know what Xu Yue was talking about.
Her eyebrows stood up and she stopped immediately!
After a while, Chu Ze and others also arrived.
"Boy Chu, if you want to learn the hammering technique, come to me. If nothing else, I am the second most hammer-wielding general in the Great Xia Army, and no one dares to be the first!"
After hearing Xu Yue's words, Wen Qi still didn't know what was going on?
"Xu! If you don't lead your Tiger Cavalry Guards sergeants properly, why did you come to our Shanzi Camp?"
Faced with Wen Qi's question, Xu Yue rolled his eyes: "What's wrong with me coming over to chat with Mr. Chu? I just see that he has talent and want to give him some advice? Are you, Commander Wen, being too lenient?" ?”
Wen Qi was furious: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking! If you don't leave, I will go to His Majesty to file a complaint against you!"
"Then go ahead! I didn't know there was a rule in our army that generals are not allowed to chat with each other!"
Wen Qi was speechless. No matter what, she couldn't control Xu Yue, let alone attack Xu Yue.
"Hmph, whatever you want, Chu Ze, after returning to Beijing, come home for dinner and meet your uncle and brother Zi Ting." After Wen Qi finished speaking, she turned and left.
According to the two relatives, Chu Ze should indeed call her aunt.
Wen Qi was telling Chu Ze that they were relatives.
As for how to choose, that is Chu Ze’s own business.
Chu Ze smiled secretly, it was like this and that. When he first entered Shanzi Camp, this woman told him that he was not allowed to call her aunt in the military camp, but now, he took the initiative to clarify the relationship.
Value determines attitude!
After Wen Qi left, Xu Yue approached Chu Ze and whispered: "I'm telling you, you can't serve as a soldier under your own relatives. They will think that half of your success is due to them." What you owe them is that others will look at you differently!"
"Nonsense! My mother is not that kind of person!" Yin Ziting on the side couldn't listen anymore.
Just refute it directly!
Xu Yue glanced at her and said disdainfully: "What do you know, little girl? Mr. Chu is famous now, but I heard many people talking about him behind his back, saying that if Wen Qi hadn't taken care of him, he would never be like this. Performance!"
This is pure lies.
However, Yin Ziting suddenly became very angry: "That's not true!"
"I think so!" Chu Ze smiled freely and said, "There is nothing wrong with them saying that. I am indeed taken care of. There is nothing to deny it. Anyway, I feel very good now! If I want to live according to other people's wishes , wouldn’t that be too tiring?”
Having said this, Chu Ze took the initiative to move sideways, pulling Xu Yue away from Yin Ziting.
"I'm going to tell General Xu something, and you can leave first!" Chu Ze warned.
Yin Ziting was hesitant to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything to stop her.
Chu Ze and Xu Yue distanced themselves. Chu Ze looked at Xu Yue and asked with a smile: "General Xu, we Ming people don't talk secretly. The reason why you came here is because you want me to go to the Tiger Cavalry Guard?"
If Chu Ze can't see this, then he is really messing around in vain.