Chapter 12 The Sword of the Kingdom

The audience under the ring and the swordsmen watching the battle from a distance all expressed surprise and confusion when they heard the name of the princess, and then looked at Lu Qingshan in the center of the ring with envy or even jealousy.

"His life is so good." Someone muttered in his heart.

Lu Qingshan noticed the expressions on the faces of the people around him. After being slightly startled, he couldn't help but become strongly curious about the princess of Qin.

"Hurry up and get ready, and then come with me." The captain of the cavalry army glanced at Lu Qingshan and said again.

The voice was loud, but it didn't sound domineering.

Lu Qingshan glanced at what he was wearing, then at the BMW tied to the side, and said with a smile: "The whole outfit is here, how can I prepare flowers."

He spoke very casually, and the captain of the cavalry army didn't take it seriously. Instead, he smiled at Lu Qingshan and nodded at him, as if he was making good friends with him and was extremely friendly.

Lu Qingshan jumped off the ring, got on his horse, and followed the cavalry to the palace.

On the spacious street, the cavalry colonel said nothing.

But it was obviously not that he had any objections to Lu Qingshan, nor that he disdained to talk to him, but that he was habitually cautious and taciturn in his character.

On the contrary, Lu Qingshan felt that it was so leisurely, and he looked at the scenery on the street in a leisurely manner.

Half an hour later, a shadow enveloped the street.

The shadow does not come from the dark clouds in the sky, but from the palace in front.

The royal palace of Qin State has thick red walls and sword-like yellow eaves, and it looks majestic and solemn.

Perhaps due to the influence of the northern climate, the overall temperament is not that of a romantic and noble place, but more like a tough and majestic pass with a majestic magnanimity.

Lu Qingshan looked up at the majestic palace, followed the extremely high city wall to the soldiers at the top of the city, his expression was calm, but he nodded secretly in his heart.

The cavalry did not enter the palace through the main entrance, but walked along the city wall for a while, and then galloped in through a side door.

The driveway inside the palace was not as spacious as the streets outside the palace. After walking for a while, the cavalry commander took Lu Qingshan off his horse and started walking.

What puzzled Lu Qingshan was that after passing through many palaces, what he finally came to was not a princess's palace, or an elegant place like an imperial garden, but an extremely solemn hall.

Jinluan Palace.

The place where the Qin Dynasty met.

The cavalry captain turned his head, looked at Lu Qingshan and said expressionlessly: "The princess is meeting with the ministers and princes inside. I can only take you here. Please be patient. The princess will summon you later."

Lu Qingshan didn't pay much attention to the identity of the princess. He was looking at the decorations on the eaves of the Jinluan Palace with great interest. Suddenly he heard what the captain of the cavalry army said about meeting the ministers and princes. He couldn't help but be startled, and then asked in a low voice: "In Qin, is the princess in charge?"

The expressionless Cavalry Colonel heard Lu Qingshan ask this, his eyes flickered slightly, "You don't know?"

Lu Qingshan shook his head calmly, "I really don't know, please tell me."

After the cavalry captain's eyes wandered around Lu Qingshan, he finally introduced the situation of Princess Qin to Lu Qingshan in a low voice and briefly.

Through the introduction of the princess's personal soldier with extremely obscure pride, Lu Qingshan finally understood why the people of Qin paid special attention to the name of the princess at that time.

Thirty years ago, the White Walkers resurrected and the Northern Alliance was established.

The war between the Northern Alliance and the White Walkers broke out. There was no foreshadowing, testing or even negotiation, and there was no room for relaxation. The fighting began on the snowy fields outside the Snow Ridge.

In order to ensure the stability of the Xueling border and at the same time inspire the morale of the military, the kings of the nine great kingdoms must take turns driving to the front line.

Ten years ago, the White Walkers spent twenty years digging an underground passage on the snowy ridge, bypassing the front line to defend the city, and prepared to attack the northern coalition forces. However, they happened to encounter the King of Qin who was driving to the front line. and the Qin army.

It was an extremely cruel and bloody battle.

In short, the human race finally won the encounter and re-blocked the underground passage.

As a price, King Qin died in that battle.

Unfortunately, King Qin had only been on the throne for three years. He was a new king, in his prime, ambitious and not good at women, so except for a daughter who was only twelve years old, he had no other children!

It is very dangerous for a country to have no successors.

Everyone speculated that the Qin State might be in turmoil.

But no one expected that the twelve-year-old daughter of the King of Qin, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Zhenguo, would actually take charge of Qin as a daughter with the support of General Pingnan, the great general of Qin.

After Her Royal Highness the Princess came to power, she did not rely solely on the support of General Pingnan.

With her own talent in governing the country, she was able to stabilize Qin's national power during the era of the White Walkers, when the national power of all countries was declining.

Therefore, his position became more stable and unshakable, and he also gained the love and respect of the people.

Lu Qingshan listened with great interest until the cavalry captain stopped narrating. He paused and said softly: "May I know the maiden name of Your Highness the Princess?"

The expression of the cavalry captain changed slightly, and he looked at Lu Qingshan. He didn't know what he was thinking, but in the end he shook his head firmly, "Is it okay for us to call your highness by her given name?"

Seeing that the cavalry captain refused to say anything, Lu Qingshan didn't ask any more questions.

The two people outside the hall fell into silence again.

At this moment, there was a fierce noise in the hall not far away.

The cavalry captain frowned, looking worried, as if he knew what was going on inside.

"Did Her Royal Highness the Princess have a dispute with her ministers?" Lu Qingshan asked.

"Yes." The cavalry captain replied.

"It's not that Her Highness the Princess has already established a solid position in the Qin State with her own talents and the support of General Pingnan. How can anyone dare to have such a fierce dispute with Her Highness?" Lu Qingshan asked again.

"No one dares," the cavalry captain nodded and slowly squeezed out the numbers from his mouth, "but what if the person who had a dispute with His Highness was General Pingnan?"

.......

At this moment, above the main hall.

There are many talented people in the civil and military dynasty. Most of them wear purple robes and court uniforms that can only be worn by third-grade officials. Some old people are even officials with embroidered pythons.

But what really attracted the attention of the civil and military officials of the court was the lean man with the Qilin official patch embroidered on his chest.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, standing at the forefront of the military attaches.

This palace, and even the military officials of the entire Qin State, respected him.

He is General Pingnan of Qin State.

A coughing voice sounded in the main hall, and someone from the line of military ministers behind General Pingnan walked out of the train, slowly knelt down and said:

"Your Royal Highness, I believe that the current situation in Xueling is getting more and more serious. General Pingnan, as the general of the Qin State, should hold the sword of the country to strengthen the morale of the army."

"I sincerely ask Your Highness to give you the sword to the general!"

The next moment, the Minister of War walked out, also knelt down and said solemnly: "Wei Chen thought it was time to give the sword to General Pingnan. In the great Qin Kingdom, besides General Pingnan, who else is qualified to hold the sword of the country?"

Behind General Pingnan, military ministers walked out one after another, knelt down and said in a deep voice.

The whole court was in an uproar.

This is already equivalent to forcing a woman to have a baby.

No one expected that the situation would develop to this point.

After all, it was with the support of General Pingnan that Her Royal Highness was able to take charge of Qin.

In fact, they had already had a heated argument over whether General Pingnan was qualified to hold the sword.

It is the general trend that General Pingnan holds the sword, but Her Royal Highness the Princess insists that the sword of Zhenguo has a more suitable owner, and has always disagreed with giving the sword to General Pingnan.

Because of the gift of the sword, the conflict between Her Royal Highness the Princess and her most loyal supporter, General Pingnan, has become increasingly prominent recently, and the situation of "the monarch and his ministers being compatible" is no longer the same as before.

No one can figure out what Her Royal Highness is insisting on.

The civil servants all looked at the chief minister standing in front of them.

The vicissitudes of the old man, who was the head of the civil servants of the Qin State, slowly came out of the queue and coldly snorted: "The sword that governs the country is the royal sword. Who should be handed over to take charge is a royal matter, not a matter for the world. It should be decided by His Highness, when will it be your turn to be rude and rude?"

The old man's eyes swept across the faces of the military officials, and finally landed on the face of General Pingnan.

General Pingnan opened his eyes, looked at the old man expressionlessly, and responded loudly: "His Highness has always said that there is someone more suitable to hold the sword than me, so I will naturally disobey His Highness.

But since this person has not appeared yet, and the situation on the border is now serious, I would like to ask the princess to lend me the sword for the time being. Why not? "

The old man was speechless for a moment.

This was exactly what he couldn't understand about Her Royal Highness.

He couldn't understand it himself, so how could he speak for Her Royal Highness the Princess?

After General Pingnan finished speaking, all the civil and military officials began to have their own thoughts. They looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess on the royal chair, wanting to see how she would deal with the current situation.

Should he follow the general trend and "borrow the sword" from General Pingnan, or should he continue to insist on himself despite the fierce public sentiment?

In the end, the young princess, who was only twenty-two this year, faced these looks, and then to everyone's surprise, she looked down at the crowd and said: "The person holding the sword has not appeared yet. I am temporarily borrowing the sword from General Pingnan." It’s not impossible…”

Her Highness the Princess, who was once so insistent, has given in so much?

Although they knew that under the current situation, this was the most appropriate arrangement to avoid division, the civil and military officials still failed to accept His Highness's sudden change.

Then the whole hall became extremely quiet.

The next moment, Her Royal Highness the Princess's soft voice sounded again.

"But he's already here."

"Now, he is waiting outside the palace."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the ministers seemed to hear a touch of playfulness in these two sentences of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

However, when they looked up and saw the cold face of Her Royal Highness the Princess, they all gave up this idea.

——Her Royal Highness the Princess’s iron-bloodedness has been witnessed by all over the years.

No one would treat her as a woman again.

In this case, how could the emotion of playfulness appear in their princess?

Here, Her Royal Highness the Princess made a gesture before everyone came back to their senses.

"Announcement that the Dragon Crossing the River, Lu Qingshan, will enter the palace."

The eunuch's long voice sounded.

There was dead silence in the hall.

Calm and regular footsteps came from far and near.

All the princes, civil and military officials in the palace, almost subconsciously, looked at the palace door with complicated emotions, including General Pingnan, who all looked at the palace door with narrowed eyes.

They saw an extremely young and handsome man slowly walking in from outside the palace door.

The eyes of the six ministers, ministers, clan members, nobles... all fell on Lu Qingshan, scrutinizing him.

The dragon crossing the river and the green mountains?

who is he?

Lu Qingshan faced the gazes of the ministers, turning a blind eye, walking slowly, and looking forward boldly and directly.

In front of him is the royal chair.

On the royal chair is Her Royal Highness the Princess of Qin.

When Lu Qingshan saw the familiar and pretty face of Her Royal Highness the Princess on the royal chair, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a hint of smile and surprise finally appeared in his calm expression.

"Long time no see, Yitian." He whispered in his heart.

Naturally, I was happy because I met Qin Yitian.

The reason for surprise was that even though Lu Qingshan had guessed that the so-called Princess of Qin was the Sword Spirit girl he longed for when he came here.

However, speculation and confirmation are two different things after all. When he saw Qin Yitian sitting quietly on the imperial chair with his own eyes, Lu Qingshan was still a little shocked.

Is this princess of Qin, who has a cold demeanor and an unquestionable domineering and majestic temperament, really his sweet and sweet Qin Yitian?