My practice narration is weird.

Chapter 128 Don't mention this again
The Imperial Garden is full of greenery, with the verdant bamboo forest and the green lawn complementing each other, and the clear lake water sparkling in the spring breeze.

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

But after leaving the pavilion, there was a row of iron guards along the aisle, wearing iron armor and with expressionless faces. Several palace maids lowered their heads and walked quickly past them, not daring to look at them for too long.

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

He didn't know when it started, but he rarely saw his father smile like he did today.

He looked at the man opposite his father again. Although he had never met him many times, his father often mentioned that man's name when he was young.

The former imperial teacher of the Great Yan Dynasty, Lu Qingshan.

He has seldom come to the capital in recent years, so many people have never seen his true face.

"Qingshan, how about playing a game of chess with me?"

"No."

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

“No.”

"Qingshan, this wine..."

"Don't drink."

The concubines standing by looked calm, but a little panicked in their hearts. They had never seen this person who only appeared in rumors. They only knew that he had rejected the emperor's wishes again and again.

Is this okay?

Take another look at His Majesty... huh?

As the emperor of Dayan, Li Yuan looked a little depressed, but not angry at all.

"Qingshan, you don't do this or that, why are you here to look for me?"

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

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

Emperor Yuan really didn't care about the meaning of Lu Qingshan's words at all. Instead, he laughed and spoke.

"I am very curious about what kind of disciple you are. Please introduce him to me."

Lu Qingshan stared without saying a word, while Crown Prince Li Zhi lowered his head, seemingly thinking about something.

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

Several concubines understood and withdrew respectfully, while the prince stood behind and remained unmoved.

"You go down too."

Crown Prince Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he bowed respectfully to Lu Qingshan and turned to leave.

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

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

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

The emperor, who had been on the throne for more than twenty years and, because of his successful spiritual practice, was expected to live for another hundred years, spoke with a smile.

"Hello, senior brother!"

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

"Why, you're calling me Senior Brother now?"

"Oh, Brother, there were so many people around. I am the emperor after all, and there are women around me. I have to have some face."

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan finally smiled slightly.

The smile on Li Yuan's face became even more intense, and he asked.

"Brother, you went to the Northern Territory a few days ago. What is the situation over there? Is it really... the demon race?"

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

The emperor's expression was slightly startled.

The other party's answer was beyond his expectations.

Lu Qingshan was probably the only one in the entire Da Yan who knew the meaning of what he said, "the situation is not very good."

He once raised an army to "cleanse the court of corrupt officials", but his group was surrounded by the enemy and only 800 cavalry were left. When he was exhausted and thought that the situation was hopeless, Lu Qingshan remained calm and said that everything was as expected.

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

"With our current strength, we can..."

“Unmatched.”

Lu Qingshan responded directly, retracting his gaze from the pool of spring water and looking at the solemn-looking man opposite him, with a calm tone. "I once stepped out of the border and watched them from afar when I went to Qingqiu, but I was discovered in an instant. It was not until I killed the three demon kings that they retreated."

"The demon race is not like us humans. They are of different races and it is difficult for them 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 demon tribes on the northern plains have cast aside their hatred for each other and united together."

Outside of Dayan is Beiyuan.

It is a sparsely populated place. Although the area is vast, it is extremely cold and not suitable for human habitation at all.

After hearing these words, Li Yuan finally put away all the lucky thoughts in his mind, remained silent for a while, and then spoke.

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

The past twenty years or so in Dayan can be regarded as a small period of prosperity.

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

Suppress the sect and take back its wealth in exchange for a stable regime and relatively peaceful development.

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

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

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

“Not sure, but I can protect myself.”

Just self-protection?
Li Yuan remained silent, he knew what this meant.

If we unite the sects, it would be equivalent to taking back the power that was once taken back, and part of the things that were taken back would have to be distributed back again.

Don't talk about the nonsense that both sides must work together in the face of a powerful enemy. This matter involves too many things and people will only care about their own immediate interests.

"Are you scared?" Lu Qingshan suddenly laughed.

"Brother, I just don't want the Da Yan that we built with great difficulty to fall into its original state again." Li Yuan responded.

Yes, that war was really not easy...

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

"Brother, why don't you come back and take over as the national master? 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 exert ten times the effect."

Lu Qingshan looked calm and shook his head slightly.

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

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

"Why?" Lu Qingshan asked back.

Li Yuan frowned slightly, which eventually turned into a helpless bitter smile.

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

In the eyes of the emperor, no one can compare to his senior brother Lu.

Strength, cultivation, military tactics, strategy, calculation...

They are all rare in the world.

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

At first, Li Yuan didn’t think there was any difference between himself and the other party.

Until the war began.

At the beginning, it was going smoothly. He used his military strategy to defeat his nephew.

But after the alliance of sects intervened, he was beaten like a Muggle and had to hide from place to place. Everything changed after his senior brother arrived.

Senior Brother said that even if we unite with the sect, we can only protect ourselves...

Then.

Li Yuan asked tentatively.

"Brother, can we ask Xuan Nation for help? If they are willing to help..."

Xuan Kingdom is a country in the south of Dayan. Unlike the small border countries in Dayan, it is still controlled by sects and families and is extremely powerful.

Moreover, my senior brother is from that country, but he has just 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 again."

(End of this chapter)