After ten years of seclusion, he forced the demon queen to marry him

"An Ning, come and meet your Uncle Xia."

Zhou Taian took the boy's hand and asked him to face Xia Changming.

Zhou An Ning looked at Xia Changming and bowed respectfully.

"Hello, Uncle Xia."

Xia Changming looked at Zhou Anning with admiration.

He hadn't paid much attention to him in the hall just now, but now that he was closer, he realized that the young boy was quite handsome and had an extraordinary temperament.

His facial features were delicate and small, his face was like white jade, and he had a pair of lifelike phoenix eyes. There was a little curiosity in his round eyes, and he was fair and beautiful, just like a finely carved porcelain doll. What impressed

Xia Changming the most was not his appearance, but the fact that the boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but his temperament was quite mature and steady. He was neither humble nor arrogant in front of the four major families in the hall just now, and now he was respectful and respectful in front of him at a close distance. At such a young age, he faintly exuded the aura of Ziwei!

Not simple!

It's a pity that his aptitude and bones are ordinary, and his realm of cultivation is a little bit worse.

Xia Changming sighed in his heart.

It has been a long time since the Tianzhou royal family has had a gifted genius, otherwise it would not have fallen to this point.

"Nephew Changming, Anning is my only grandson"

"I don't have much time left, so I beg you for one thing."

Zhou Taian grabbed Xia Changming's hand and said with hope in his eyes.

"Mr. Zhou, it’s okay to say"

"I want to entrust An Ning to you for now! Entrust it to the Xia family!"

"Entrust it to me?"

Xia Changming was shocked.

After careful consideration, he soon understood Zhou Taian's intention.

As far as he knew, Zhou Taian had not yet appointed a crown prince.

There were only three princes in Tianzhou's generation. The eldest prince, Zhou Zhige, was extremely ambitious, but he was violent by nature and cruel by means. He always advocated killing and expansion, and repeatedly demanded to attack the demon tribe, which was very unpopular.

The second prince, Zhou Min'an, was the opposite. He had a weak character and was indulged in a life of luxury all day long. He was ignorant, dissolute, and intoxicated with women.

It was rumored that his bed could accommodate hundreds of women sleeping together, and sometimes he didn't even get out of bed for a whole day.

Only the third prince, Zhou Taiping, was both virtuous and talented, and had both literary and military strategies. He was highly praised and respected by the civil and military ministers of the court. He was even once considered the most likely person to become the crown prince!

So, Zhou Taiping died.

A few years ago An assassination attempt was made in the mansion, and everyone in the mansion was slaughtered, leaving only Zhou An Ning who had been hiding under the pool all night!

She is the only offspring of Zhou Taiping, and now the only grandson of Zhou Taian.

Tiandu mobilized all the city defense forces and the imperial guards to search, but they did not find any trace. It was only a few days later that the body of the attacker was found in the mountains outside the city.

The matter was left unresolved.

From then on, Zhou Taian always kept Zhou An Ning with him, for fear that she would encounter another accident.

Now Zhou Taian wants to entrust Zhou An Ning to him, the meaning is self-evident.

This is to keep Zhou An Ning away from the imperial family for a while...

Before Xia Changming could answer, Zhou An Ning beside him had already thrown herself into Zhou Taian's arms without caring about her image, tears streaming down her face, and she kept crying:

"Grandpa, what are you talking about? An Ning will never leave Grandpa!"

"An Ning won't go anywhere, An Ning wants to stay with Grandpa!"

Zhou Taian looked at Zhou An Ning who was crying in his arms with a loving face, and wanted to stretch out his thin palm to touch Zhou An Ning's head, but after hesitating for a moment, he resolutely withdrew his arm.

His expression became stern, and he shouted at Zhou An Ning:

"How did I teach you! As a descendant of an emperor, how can you shed tears so easily!"

"You look so crying, how can you be like a descendant of Zhou Taian!"

"Wouldn’t it be a joke if outsiders saw it!"

"No, no, An Ning can listen to Grandpa in everything. An Ning can stop crying, but An Ning begs Grandpa not to let An Ning go, okay?…"

"An Ning only has grandpa left, and An Ning can't bear to leave grandpa!"

Zhou An Ning grabbed Zhou Taian's clothes tightly with both hands.

At this time, he was already in tears, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and crying hoarsely.

Even Xia Changming and Su Yueli beside him were moved.

""Mr. Zhou, have you really reached this point?"

Xia Changming couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Taian looked gloomy, and slowly lifted his sleeves, revealing an almost pitch-black arm covered with black spots. The strange spots seemed to be eroding Zhou Taian's body all the time.

Seeing this, Xia Changming's expression condensed and his brows knitted.

He was very familiar with this black substance!

It was the evil spirit that eroded Xia Ruobing!

Zhou Taian was also eroded by the evil spirit!

And from the looks of it, the degree of erosion was far deeper than Xia Ruobing at that time!

""Mr. Zhou, can you let me take a look?"

Xia Changming asked solemnly.

Zhou Taian nodded and stretched out his arm.

Xia Changming pinched Zhou Taian's pulse at the wrist with two fingers, and his consciousness followed the spiritual power into Zhou Taian's body. As soon as the spiritual power entered the meridians in the body, the dirty spirits rushed in like hungry jackals that smelled flesh and blood!

Although Xia Changming's spiritual power control had reached perfection, he still couldn't do anything about the dirty spirits that surged like a tide and could not be slain.

Xia Changming withdrew his hand with regret.

There was no way, it was too late.

If he had discovered it earlier like Xia Ruobing, maybe he could have spent some time and energy to save it. At this moment , the evil spirits had already occupied Zhou Taian's entire body meridians, and even he was powerless to save him.

Xia Changming also thought about feeding Zhou Taian a magic pill.

But he quickly rejected the idea.

Not to mention whether the magic pill is effective, even if the pill is taken, the spiritual power will be consumed by the evil spirits in the body.

Even if the medicine works, Zhou Taian's body at this time is simply unable to withstand the huge spiritual power impact.

I'm afraid that before the evil spirits can corrode his body to death, the spiritual power will make him explode and die.

Dead end!

Zhou Taian can only let the evil spirits corrode him.��！

""Mr. Zhou, when did these black spots appear on your body?"

Xia Changming asked seriously.

The ruler of a dynasty was eroded by an evil spirit, just like a chronic poison that took his life bit by bit!

Who was it?

What was his intention?

Xia Changming felt that things were not simple.

It seemed that someone was secretly plotting something unspeakable!

Zhou Taian tried to recall it, but finally shook his head helplessly.

"I don't remember when I first discovered this strange disease."

"At first I didn't feel anything, and I didn't care."

"When he found out, it was all over his body…"

Zhou Taian could see the hopelessness in Xia Changming’s eyes. He knew this long ago, so he was not discouraged and still had a smile on his face.

He had already accepted his fate.

Besides, he was not going to die soon. The weak state he showed in the palace just now was just a false illusion to deceive some people and make them feel at ease.

He just had things he had to do, and the only thing he couldn’t let go of was Zhou Anning.

"Nephew Changming, I ask you for help again"

"Could you please take care of An Ning for me for the time being?"

Zhou Taian pleaded again.

Xia Changming pondered for a moment and asked the question in his mind:

"Mr. Zhou, I have something unclear."

"Why did you choose me and the Xia family?"