My practice narration is weird

In the imperial garden, the greenery is lush, the bamboo forest is green, and the green lawn is in harmony. The clear lake is shimmering in the spring breeze.

Near the corner of the lake, there is a small pavilion shaded by green bamboos, with vines hanging down, but one can vaguely hear the extremely happy laughter inside.

But outside the pavilion, along the aisle, there are iron guards wearing armor and expressionless faces. Several palace maids lowered their heads and walked quickly, not daring to look at them more.

Prince Li Zhi stood beside the pavilion, with a respectful look, and his eyes quietly looked at his father and the man opposite him.

I don’t know since when, he rarely saw his father showing such a smile today.

He looked at the man opposite his father again. Although he had never seen him a few times, his father often mentioned that man’s name when he was young.

The former national teacher of Da Yan, Lu Qingshan.

In recent years, he rarely came to the capital, so many people have never seen his true face.

"Qingshan, how about playing chess with me?"

"No."

"Qingshan, how about walking around the imperial garden with me?"

"No."

"Qingshan, this wine..."

"No."

The concubines on the side looked calm, but they were a little panicked. They had never seen this person who only appeared in rumors, and they only knew that the other party had repeatedly rejected the emperor's intentions.

Is this acceptable?

Take another look at the emperor... huh?

As the emperor of Da Yan, Li Yuan looked a little depressed, but there was no anger at all.

"Then Qingshan, you don't do this or that, why do you come to me?"

Lu Qingshan's eyes were calm and he shook his head gently.

"I just sent my apprentice to the capital. You invited me here."

Emperor Yuan did not care about the meaning of Lu Qingshan's words at all, but laughed and spoke.

"I am very curious about what kind of disciple can catch your eye. Please introduce him to me."

Lu Qingshan stared at him without saying anything. Prince Li Zhi lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something.

The emperor was still laughing, laughing, and then waved his hand.

The concubines understood and retreated respectfully. The prince stood behind and was unmoved.

"You go down too."

Prince Li Zhi was stunned, then bowed respectfully to Lu Qingshan, and then turned and left.

"Everyone go down, and don't stand outside."

Li Zhi paused and said hesitantly, "Father, guards..." Before he finished speaking, he saw the other party's cold eyes.

After a while, only Lu Qingshan and Emperor Li Yuan were left here.

The emperor, who has been in power for more than 20 years and is expected to live for another 100 years because of his successful practice, smiled and spoke at this moment.

"Hello, senior brother!"

Lu Qingshan then raised the wine glass on the table and took a sip, and responded casually.

"Why, you call me senior brother now?"

"Oh, senior brother, there were so many people just now. I am the emperor after all, and women are around, so I have to have some face."

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan finally smiled.

Li Yuan's smile became even stronger, and he asked.

"Senior brother, you went to the northern border a few days ago. What is the situation there? Is it really... the demon tribe?"

"It is the demon tribe, and the situation is not very good."

The emperor's expression was slightly stunned.

The other party's answer was beyond his expectations.

The meaning of "the situation is not very good" in Lu Qingshan's mouth is probably known only by him in the whole Great Yan.

Once he raised an army to "clear the emperor's side", and a group of people were surrounded by the enemy, with only 800 cavalry left. When he was exhausted and thought he was in a desperate situation, Lu Qingshan was still calm and said that everything was as expected.

The smile on the emperor's face finally subsided, and he asked in a deep voice.

"With our current strength in Da Yan, can we..."

"Unmatched."

Lu Qingshan responded directly, retracting his gaze from the full pool of spring water, looking at the man opposite with a solemn expression, his tone flat.

"I once stepped out of the border and watched them from afar when I went to Qingqiu, but I was noticed in an instant. They did not retreat until the three demon kings were killed."

"The demons are not like us humans. They are of different races and it is difficult to form an army. Even if they are a disaster, it will not affect the foundation of a country. But why was Qingqiu destroyed?"

"All the demons on Beiyuan threw away their hatred and united together."

Outside Da Yan is Beiyuan.

It is a place where few people have traveled. Although the area is vast, it is extremely cold and not suitable for human habitation.

After hearing these words, Li Yuan finally put away all the lucky thoughts in his heart. After a long silence, he spoke.

"If... we unite the sects together, can we resist?"

Da Yan has been a small prosperous scene for more than 20 years.

This situation is, of course, based on deprivation and suppression.

Suppressing the sects, taking back the sects' wealth, in exchange for a stable regime and relatively peaceful development.

This is why many sects hate Lu Qingshan, because this is the strategy he formulated.

Uniting the sects means that the previous series will inevitably be overthrown.

Lu Qingshan was silent for a moment, thinking about something, and slowly spoke.

"Uncertain, but it can protect itself."

Just self-protection?

Li Yuan was silent, he knew what this meant.

If the sects were united, it would be equivalent to taking back the power that had been taken back, and part of the things taken back would have to be distributed back.

Don't say that both sides must work together in the face of a powerful enemy. This kind of thing involves too much, and people will only value their own immediate interests.

"Are you scared?" Lu Qingshan suddenly laughed.

"Brother, I just don't want our Da Yan, which we have built with great difficulty, to fall into the same state again." Li Yuan responded.

Yes, the war at that time was really hard...

The two sat in silence, and finally Li Yuan spoke first.

"Brother, why don't you come back to succeed the national teacher? I will keep the jade talisman for you. If the incense and wish power on it is in your hands, it will be enough to play ten times the effect."

Lu Qingshan's eyes were flat and he shook his head slightly.

"Didn't I just say that I have a successor?"

"He can't do it." Li Yuan responded immediately.

"Why?" Lu Qingshan asked back.

Li Yuan frowned slightly, and finally turned into a helpless smile.

"Brother, it's not that I don't trust you, but who else in the world can compare with you?"

In the eyes of this emperor, no one can compare with his brother Lu.

Strength, cultivation, military tactics, strategies, calculations...

All are rare in the world.

At the beginning, there were three of them in the group. After they finished their studies, only Lu Qingshan was kept by the master to inherit his mantle.

At first, Li Yuan did not think that he was any different from the other party.

Until the war began.

At first, it was still smooth. He used military tactics and strategies to defeat his nephew.

But after the sect coalition intervened, he was beaten like a Muggle and had to hide from place to place. Until the arrival of his senior brother, everything changed.

The senior brother said that even if we unite with the sect, we can only protect ourselves...

Then.

Li Yuan asked tentatively.

"Senior brother, can we ask Xuanguo for help? If they are willing to help..."

Xuanguo is a country in the south of Dayan. Unlike the small border country of Dayan, it is still controlled by the sect and the family, and is extremely powerful.

Moreover, the senior brother is from that country, but now he has come to Dayan.

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan felt the other party's extremely cold gaze.

Lu Qingshan said softly.

"Don't mention this matter again."