The queen is a martial arts practitioner and got up early. When Lou Jing arrived at Fengyi Palace, the palace staff took him directly to the garden.

There are no precious flowers and trees planted in the garden of Fengyi Palace, only large tracts of short grass and a few flowering trees. At this time, it was just dawn, and a figure in dark blue was dancing a sword in the center of the garden.

The sword technique is extremely exquisite, and there is an irresistible momentum between the ups and downs. It breaks through the air like a young phoenix's first cry, light and graceful; the sword light falls like frost and snow, and the cold air is overwhelming. You are right, it comes and ends like thunder.

Angry, just like the clear light of the river and the sea!

This was the first time that Lou Jing saw the swordsmanship passed down from the Jingnan Hou Ji family. He couldn't help but be fascinated by the mystery of it, and for a while he was mesmerized by it.

Queen Ji Zuo drew back her sword and turned to look at the Crown Princess who was standing beside her. She saw that he was also holding a sword in his hand. Her eyes flashed and she asked, "Are you good with the sword too?"

Lou Jing first stepped forward to salute the queen, and then smiled and said: "My son is not good at using weapons, but I brought this sword to honor my father and empress." With that said, he held the Chixiao sword in his hands.

superior.

"Oh?" Ji Zhuo looked at him, thinking that the child had brought the sword to show off his strength in order to please him, but he openly admitted that he knew his preferences and gave the sword to him openly. The queen's eyes flashed.

After a moment of praise, it turns out that the heir to the Lou family is extremely considerate in everything he does and does, making it difficult for people to feel unhappy.

The Chixiao Sword is one of the more gorgeous among the famous weapons. The scabbard is inlaid with colorful beads and the handle is inlaid with nine-flower jade. People who are good at swords naturally love swords very much. Ji Zuo took the Chixiao from Lou Jing's hand and carefully touched it.

After looking at it from top to bottom, I grasped the hilt of the sword and slowly pulled it out.

The blade is like frost, and the murderous intent is restrained. Although the scabbard of the sword is gorgeous, the sword body is very clean and simple. Only the word "Red Sky" in large seal script is written in the center. Pull the sword out of the sheath suddenly, and the Red Sky sword buzzes.

A dragon roared, "What a sword!" Empress Ji couldn't help but admire it, and couldn't put it down.

Lou Jing showed a gentle smile like the clear breeze and bright moon, and said warmly: "The sword matches the hero, and Chi Xiao is in the right place in the hands of the empress."

"Hahaha," Ji Zuo smiled heartily and threw the sword he was using to Lou Jing, "Here, let me try this Chi Xiao."

"Yes!" Lou Jing specially wore a narrow-sleeved robe with wrist guards today. She took off her wide-sleeved gauze gown and threw it to Le Xian. Then she held up a sword flower, stood tall, and cupped her fists towards the queen.

The Queen was not polite to him either. She cupped her fists briefly and then attacked him.

In the main hall, you can hear the needle drop now. Prince Xiao Chengjun stood at the head of the civil servants, lowering his head and eyes, without saying a word.

Someone just impeached him, saying that the prince secretly misappropriated the money used to build the Qinghe dam, causing the Qinghe river to burst its banks, destroying countless fertile fields, and displacing the people of Qinghe.

"Prince, what do you have to say?" Emperor Chunde looked at Xiao Chengjun coldly.

Xiao Chengjun took a step forward, held the four fingers of his hands together in front of him, bowed and said: "I have never misappropriated the construction money of Qinghe."

"The accounts of the Ministry of Household Affairs have been verified. The two sums of money in Qinghe were approved by the prince," the Minister of the Ministry of Justice came out and said righteously, "The magistrate of Qinghe County confessed that the money used to build the embankment was used to build the ancestral hall. The Ministry of Justice said

Our people have gone to Qinghe to investigate, and the ancestral hall is actually a royal ancestral hall, enshrined in the Huguo Temple."

Xiao Chengjun glanced at the Minister of Punishment and frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand what was going on.

"I dare to ask His Highness the Crown Prince, is it His Highness who approved the request to repair Qingliang Temple?" Right Minister Chen Shichang came out, bowed and saluted, and then asked unhurriedly.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is not qualified to ask the prince directly, so this question needs to be asked by the Zhongshu Ling in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, that is, the right minister.

"It should be." Xiao Chengjun turned his head and met Chen Shichang's eyes. Those eyes were very similar to those of Concubine Chen. The tail of the eyes was raised up, with some hidden calculations.

"Did His Highness approve the money for building the Qinghe River dam?" Chen Shichang asked immediately.

"This is also true." Xiao Chengjun stopped looking at him, and just frowned at Emperor Chun De who was sitting on the dragon throne.

"Your Highness, can you tell the magistrate of Qinghe County to build the Imperial Temple?" Chen Shichang's voice was calm and calm, as if he was asking if His Highness had eaten meat pie today.

"I have never heard of any imperial temple!" Xiao Chengjun's voice suddenly became louder, and his steady voice echoed in the sorghum hall with red pillars and dragons. It was sonorous and powerful, shocking people's hearts. He immediately knelt down and said, "Father, my son, yesterday

I just returned to the palace from Jingyi Mountain, I really don’t know what’s going on!”

Emperor Chunde looked at the magnanimous prince with a bit of confusion in his eyes.

"Then it would be better to ask the Qinghe County Magistrate to come and confront him." Someone among the officials said this, but they did not dare to stand up. There was some commotion in the hall.

Left Prime Minister Zhao Duan glanced in the direction of the sound, then lowered his eyes again without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, the Qinghe County Magistrate died this morning." The Minister of Punishment knelt down with a thud.

The commotion suddenly stopped, and the hall returned to deathly silence again. Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the right minister with a gloomy look.

"What's going on?" Emperor Chunde frowned. It was really strange that the Qinghe County Magistrate died at this time.

"Your Majesty, the Qinghe County Magistrate died of excessive torture." Shen Ying, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Shen Lian's godson, immediately stepped forward and replied.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has one internal servant supervisor, a second-rank official, and two junior supervisors, both of which are third-rank supervisors and qualified to go to court. Shen Company is responsible for supervising this matter. This morning, the junior supervisor Shen Ying went to pick up the prisoners.

There was an explosion in the court immediately. The left and right factions of prime ministers had their own countermeasures for the Qinghe incident. However, the Qinghe County Magistrate died so suddenly. Except for the right minister Chen Shichang and the instigator Shen Lian who had heard a hurried notification from the Minister of Punishment earlier before the court, the rest of the people

I don't know at all.

"The Qinghe case couldn't be simpler. Why should the Qinghe County magistrate be tortured repeatedly? Is this how the Ministry of Punishment handles matters?" Yang Youting, the Minister of Personnel, was speechless. After hearing this, he immediately stepped forward to question.

"I'm afraid he was beaten into submission."

"Maybe it's to kill people and silence them."

…

The ministers discussed the matter one after another, and each had his own reasons.

Empress Ji's swordsmanship was really superb, but Lou Jing, who knew a little about swordsmanship, had a hard time dealing with it. Fortunately, he had internal skills, his body was as flexible as a loach, and Ji Zuo couldn't get any advantage.

The Chixiao sword cuts iron like mud, and is naturally much sharper than the sword in Lou Jing's hand. However, every time it collides with it, it is not crushed at all. Ji Zhu can't help but be secretly surprised. Such a situation must have caused the sword to become stronger.

The strength of the people was superior to his. The queen, who had not encountered a strong opponent in the past twenty years, suddenly became interested. She no longer just made gestures and started to compete in real terms.

The concubine went to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects on time, and the eunuch in charge came to inform her. Seeing that the two of them were still fighting hard, she had no choice but to go back to the nobles and skipped paying her respects today.

"Bang!" The two blades collided. Lou Jing suddenly leaned back, and Chi Xiao drew sparks on the sword. He pushed Chi Xiao down with his backhand and tried to escape, but unexpectedly Chi Xiao came back at an extremely tricky angle.

Lou Jing raised his leg and kicked Ji Zhuo's sword-holding wrist. When the man stepped back to help and slashed his calf, he suddenly stopped, spun around, tapped the Chixiao sword with his toes, jumped into the air, and lifted

He struck the queen's head with his hand.

Ji Zuo was startled, and quickly turned sideways, using 100% of his strength to slash the sword from the side. But after hearing a "click", the Chixiao sword was sharper after all, and the sword in Lou Jing's hand hit Ji Zuo's shoulder.

It broke into two pieces instantly.

"I'm sorry, sir." Lou Jing put away her dagger and knelt down on one knee.

"Hahahaha, I haven't had such a hearty fight in many years!" Ji Zhui sheathed his sword and picked up the princess with one hand, his eagle eyes full of joy, "Although your swordsmanship is mediocre, but

Shenfa is indeed flexible, but have you learned the inner martial arts?"

"You can't hide it from your father." Lou Jing smiled obediently.

The eunuch in charge came to report that the concubines had been sent away, "The court has already dispersed, and the emperor summoned the prince alone to the imperial study."

Ji Zhu put down the cloth to wipe his sweat and glanced at Lou Jing beside him. Seeing that he showed some concern, he nodded secretly and said, "Zhuo Yu will go with me to the pavilion for a cup of tea."

"Yes." Lou Jing handed the broken sword to the eunuch and personally helped the queen walk to the only small pavilion in the garden.

"Do you really not know about this?" The court did not come up with a solution. Emperor Chunde was a little irritated and stared at Xiao Chengjun who was kneeling on the ground and said.

"My son was previously in charge of Qinghe disaster relief. I really don't know why the Qinghe River burst its banks and what the Qinghe County Magistrate did." Xiao Chengjun lowered his head, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and wiped the sweat from his face.

The chili pepper water on the handkerchief immediately made his eyes turn red.

"Do you have anything to say about what happened in the court today?" Emperor Chunde looked at the prince who was wiping sweat constantly, and the sharpness in his eyes gradually disappeared.

"Father," Xiao Chengjun raised his head, his voice no longer as clear as before, "I have been ordered to get married, and I haven't been in court for ten days. I didn't expect that such a big event would happen. My father has worked hard day and night, and I feel ashamed of my father.

." After saying that, he leaned over and kowtowed to Emperor Chunde.

Emperor Chunde looked at the prince with red eyes. He never expected that Xiao Chengjun, who was usually silent and self-controlled, would be forced to cry. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart. From this point of view, the prince really had no other tricks. Maybe.

, Xiao Chengjun is really not a scheming person...

"His Royal Highness is very kind to my son, and I want to repay you a little." Lou Jing poured tea for the queen with her own hands.

Ji Zuo smiled and took the tea from the Crown Princess, "You are trying to please me so much today, in the final analysis, is it to please the Crown Princess?"

"My son is not trying to please my father," Lou Jing continued without blinking. "My son has admired his father's bravery since he was a child. Now that he sees it, he naturally wants to get close to him. The day after the wedding, his father warned his son.

I want to treat the prince well, and I am also acting according to the will of my father and queen."

"Hahaha..." The queen couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!