On how to make the big cat sleep obediently [Time Travel]

"Your Highness, who is the current owner of Xing'an Xueling?"

They had been on their way before, and the northern border was relatively stable, and there was no bad news, so as time went by, it was easy for people to forget that after the death of Prince Yu, the master of the northern border had not yet been determined.

Xiaonian thought, since Liu Yu, who was sent to stabilize the situation, was able to leave Xing'an Xueling, it meant that things were settled.

However, to his surprise, Liu Yu shook his head and replied, "No."

—— Liu Kui, the eldest grandson of Prince Yu, and Liu Xuan, the second son of Prince Yu, have yet to decide the winner? !

Considering that it has been more than a month since they left the capital, if they hadn't changed their itinerary and continued to head north, they would have reached the northernmost point of Jizhou, Xing'an Xueling, in just ten days.

From Xing'an to Ning'an and then to Yuan'an... Xiaonian originally thought that this was just the route of Prince Yu's inspection tour, but now thinking about it, Liu Yu's sudden departure from Xing'an seems to have some deep meaning.

He looked at Liu Yu: "Did something happen in Xing'an?" Otherwise, Prince Yu would have run away first because the title of the county king was pending.

When Prince Yu mentioned this matter, his face was indifferent: "It's not Xing'an, it's something in Beijing... His Majesty is sad and depressed, and he is in poor health, so it is difficult to proceed with the crowning of the king."

Different from the ordinary ceremony of sealing the king, the sealing of the Lord of the Frontier must be done by His Majesty himself, so even if it is just a county king, it is different from other princes.

When Xiaonian heard that the official's family was ill, he was even more surprised—there was no news about such a big event among the people, and the palace kept it a secret!

But Xiaonian thought it was normal for the palace to hide the news. After all, Prince Yu in the northern border had just passed away, and His Majesty fell ill again.

"What's wrong with His Majesty? Is it still an old problem?"

It is well known that the officials are not in good health. Many people even speculated that the reason why the late emperor wanted to make Prince Yu the regent was to prevent His Majesty from dying early and the young master being ignorant to be manipulated by the harem.

Although it could be seen that Liu Xin's health was not good, Xiaonian hadn't checked his pulse after all. The so-called observation, hearing and questioning, just by looking at it, he didn't know where or what went wrong.

However, since Prince Yu did not rush back to Beijing, it means that although His Majesty is ill, it is not too serious.

Your Majesty did lose Concubine Jiang's child because of the Xu family of Hanchi Palace. It's just that he doesn't get sick in the morning and doesn't get sick in the evening. He just chooses to be sick at this time and can't determine the candidate for the county king. It's too much to think .

Now that there is Prince Yu in the northern border, His Majesty seems to be very relieved, so he is no longer in a hurry to reward the new county king. He wants Liu Kui and Liu Xuan to fight again. At that time, the power of both sides will be further reduced. For Jing, it might not be a bad thing.

"What about Liu Xuan and Liu Kui?" Xiaonian lowered his voice and asked, "Are they just waiting quietly like this?" This seems a bit out of line with the style of the royal family.

Just like chasing the supreme throne, who has this opportunity to sit on the three counties, how can he be willing to be mediocre?

Liu Yu thought about what happened in Xing'an during this period, and he didn't know where to start.

In fact, he knew very well that Liu Xin preferred Prince Yu's grandson to inherit the throne, partly because he was young and easy to control, and partly because the officials were afraid of Prince Yu's second son because of the strong local power, and they were convinced Head-to-head confrontation won't work, so this method is used to delay.

Xiaonian was just wondering—what's the use of procrastination?Isn't it time to face it?

Combined with some things Liu Yu told him in the past, Xiaonian could also guess which side Liu Xin's heart was leaning towards.

The royal family of Jizhou was born with martial arts and possesses the power of soul, which is something that ordinary people cannot see and do not have, and it is owned by innate talent.

But not every descendant of the royal family has this mysterious power.

In fact, there may also be descendants without souls in the royal family, and once the royal family leaves the capital, they will lose this ability within three generations.

For Prince Yu, Liu Kui is the third generation. In other words, it will be difficult for the children of Prince Yu's family to possess "soul power" and become no different from ordinary people.

But Liu Xuan is different. Although he is only a bastard, he is Prince Yu's own son. If God favors, his children are still very likely to have "soul power".

Now the eldest son is not enough to compete with his uncle, but Liu Xuan will not attack his nephew because if he has no descendants with a soul, then decades later, this position will still be handed over to others.

A royal family without a "soul" would have no way to deter demons. At that time, the imperial court would still have to replace the royal family with the ability to guard the border, and entrust their lineage of Prince Yu's mansion to other places.

At that time, Liu Kui, who was defeated in the matter of conferring the king, could also be conferred the title of county king according to the usual practice. If the officials were sympathetic, he might get a small piece of land. It may be a way out to manage well for decades or hundreds of years.

At least it's better than guarding the border in the north, and in the end, you can only watch yourself lose everything and start over from scratch.

Liu Xuan has several children, but none of them showed "soul", which makes Liu Xuan dare not make this determination.

However, the attitude of Prince Yu sent by the imperial court was "ambiguous", and he never made a clear statement. The situation soon became a three-legged confrontation.

In this way, the Northern Territory maintained a balance in an extremely weird way. There was even a rare situation of "well water does not interfere with river water" between the eldest son and Prince Yu's concubine, which is amazing... Of course, referring to At any moment, the relationship may rekindle the "spark".

"Didn't you say that the eldest son Liu Kui was also sick, is he better now?" Xiaonian suddenly remembered this, so he asked Liu Yu again.

But at this time, Prince Yu thought for a while, and did not immediately answer Xiaonian's question.

After a while, Liu Yu explained: "I didn't see Liu Kui... I just talked to him through the bed curtain."

——Speaking through the bed curtain, could it be that this eldest son still has a serious disease?

When Xiaonian heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What happened to the eldest son at that time?" He wanted to use Liu Yu to understand the situation and roughly judge the other party's illness.

Liu Yu closed his eyes, recalling the scene at that time.

A dim room, with thick curtains and bed curtains, and a few people with expressions of nervousness accompanying them.

He also saw the widow's concubine Wang Shi, who kept holding the beads in her hand and chanting scriptures, as if this could restore Liu Kui's health.

"It's nothing special, just hiding in the room and being bored, unwilling to come out?" After listening to Liu Yu's description, Xiaonian thought of several possibilities, but it's really rare for such a delay to last for several months.

After Prince Yu arrived in the northern border, the monsters that were about to move around the border immediately seemed much more honest.

Not being able to see Liu Kui, impatient to see Liu Xuan again, and most importantly, his little doctor was not around, so Liu Yu decided to go to Ning'an to pick up Xiaonian first.

"Liu Xuan has a concubine who is about to give birth, and he should soon know how he will choose."

——At that time, I am afraid that Xing'an Xueling will not be so quiet and peaceful.

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On the tenth day after starting from Ning'an, Xiaonian and his party finally arrived at Chunhe, which was the only city in the three northern counties where the sea could be seen.

Naturally, this place is somewhat different from the Spring River in Xiaonian's imagination, and it's even more lively than he imagined!

Perhaps because of Liu Yu's influence, Xiaonian soon stopped thinking about Xing'an Xueling.

He took the little tiger cubs on the tall buildings near the pier and watched the traffic and people coming and going.

From their point of view, they could just see the estuary and the sea where the water and the sky were uniform, and the little tiger cubs were obviously stunned—they had never seen such a big swimming pool (fog) before!