Chapter 10: The Remnants of King Zhao
After three rounds of drinking.

In the painting house, the dinner was coming to an end.

Throughout the dinner, Zhou Haochen was paying attention to who Xia Yuzhi was conveying the message to.

After observing for more than half an hour, the target was still not locked.

The message Xia Yuzhi conveyed was just that short sentence.

If Zhou Haochen had not studied Morse code for a while on Blue Star, he might have simply thought that Xia Yuzhi's shaking of the golden shoes was a sign of her natural charm.

What is Xia Yuzhi’s true identity?
What is her goal?
Who are her other accomplices?
Zhou Haochen was full of confusion.

The dinner ended and the guests gradually left.

The fourteenth prince invited, "Thirteenth brother, let's go together."

At this moment, the Bagua diagram in Zhou Haochen's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly burst into golden light. One by one, the hexagrams appeared, and they combined in pairs to form new hexagrams.

[Tianshui: middle-upper hexagram, reject the invitation of the fourteenth prince, choose to return alone, go boating at night, go downstream along the Yongding River, get a sixth-grade opportunity, slightly auspicious.]

[Di Shan: Middle hexagram. Traveling with the Fourteenth Prince and others, on the way back to Yujing City, they were attacked by the remnants of King Zhao. There were some twists and turns, but no danger or opportunity. It was flat.]

[Kan represents water: a lower hexagram, staying overnight on a pleasure boat, trapped in the enemy's lair, surrounded by dangers, a near-death experience, very bad luck.]

After reading the contents of the three hexagrams, Zhou Haochen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and his eyes became serious.

Remnants of King Zhao!

It's them!
Prince Zhao, according to seniority, is Zhou Haochen's uncle.

When Emperor Qianyuan was fighting for the throne, Prince Zhao was the main opponent, and the fight between him and Emperor Qianyuan was very fierce.

In the end, Emperor Qianyuan made a better move and succeeded in his bid for the throne. On the other hand, Emperor Qianyuan accused Prince Zhao of treason, confiscated his property and exterminated his clan.

But King Zhao had been prepared and sent away his pregnant concubine in advance.

This concubine who escaped the disaster and the child in her belly became a source of worry for Emperor Qianyuan.

The remnants of Prince Zhao dared to attack the prince outside the city of Yujing. It was obvious that they had cultivated a lot of followers over the years.

As for Xia Yuzhi's identity, it is self-evident after reading the hexagram.

"Are the remnants of King Zhao going to make a comeback?"

Zhou Haochen was silent in his heart, and then he sneered.

What do the remnants of King Zhao have to do with me?
He wanted to stay away from it as he didn't want to be involved with the remnants of King Zhao.

"Fourteenth brother, I am in high spirits tonight and plan to go boating at night, so I will not go with you."

Zhou Haochen’s words stunned the Fourteenth Prince for a moment, and then he laughed out loud.

"Brother Thirteen, you are really good-tempered."

"Do you want to go on a night boat trip with Mei?"

"I won't disturb you, brother Thirteen."

The Fourteenth Prince looked at Zhou Haochen and Xia Yuzhi with an ambiguous look.

Zhou Haochen was too lazy to explain and let the Fourteenth Prince misunderstand.

"Miss Yuzhi, please prepare a small boat for me."

Although Xia Yuzhi complained in her heart about Zhou Haochen's strange request, she could not refuse on the surface and prepared a small boat for Zhou Haochen.

"Auntie Lan, let's get on the boat."

"Your Highness, where are we going?"

Qin Qiulan was a little distressed about Zhou Haochen's constant thoughts.

"Go downstream. I have a feeling that there will be an opportunity waiting for me on the Yongding River tonight." Zhou Haochen said with a smile, his tone quite affirmative.

Qin Qiulan's gentle and generous face revealed a hint of helplessness under the quiet moonlight.

Opportunity?

Your Highness is really making a fuss.

The moonlight is like water, calm and peaceful.

In the calm river, a small boat floats downstream.

On the boat, a man and a woman were sitting opposite each other.

The man was handsome, with an upright figure and a sitting posture like a pine tree. He was a rare handsome man. The only thing was the black ribbon on his eyes, which hinted at his blindness, which was a pity.

The woman opposite was as gentle as water, tall, voluptuous, sitting on her knees, with her peach-like buttocks pressed on her legs, which invisibly squeezed out a full curve. This beautiful scene would make even a woman's heart beat fast.

Just now.

A startling loud noise came from the southeast.

The sound was as loud as thunder, and could be heard clearly even from a distance of more than ten miles.

Qin Qiulan, who was sitting in a kneeling position, immediately became alert. Her beautiful eyes fixed and a serious expression appeared on her pretty face.

"Your Highness, that direction is the only way for the Second Prince and the Fourteenth Prince to return to the capital."

"Auntie Lan, don't be too nervous!"

"Second brother is very powerful and has many capable people under him. What accidents can happen?" Zhou Haochen said in a relaxed tone, comforting him.

The hexagram shows that the journey back to Beijing by land will have some twists and turns, but will be safe.

It can be seen that the actions of the remnants of King Zhao tonight failed.

As for why they wanted to take action against the second prince?
Zhou Haochen couldn't figure it out for a moment.

The aftermath of the great battle in the southeast brought about a huge wave, causing ripples in the calm river water.

The boat swayed left and right with the ripples of the river.

"Your Highness, be careful. I'll support you."

"Aunt Lan, I am at least a second-level warrior, how can I be so fragile."

Seeing Aunt Lan so nervous, Zhou Haochen was quite speechless.

"Your Highness, it is best to be careful..."

Before Qin Qiulan finished speaking, suddenly, the water in the Yongding River began to flow like a tiny whirlpool.

There seemed to be something in the vortex, emitting a faint green halo.

coming!

Sixth-grade opportunity!

Zhou Haochen's mouth corners slightly raised.

I don’t know what this sixth-grade opportunity is.

Qin Qiulan's attention was also attracted by the opportunities in the river.

As she watched with vigilance, surprise and astonishment, a lotus slowly rose and blossomed in front of the two of them, with its eighteen petals swaying in the wind.

A lotus pod as big as a bowl poked its head out from among the petals.

The lotus pod is green all over and its texture is like jade, as if it was carved from the finest green jade.

However, unlike ordinary lotus, there is only one lotus seed in the jade-like lotus pod.

"Your Highness, it's Shuiyue Tanlian."

Qin Qiulan said happily.

Water Moon Lotus is a unique magical medicine, and its most valuable part is its lotus seeds.

It has the effect of calming the mind, warming the soul, and keeping away evil spirits.

When one is promoted from the seventh level of martial arts, Zhengang, to the eighth level, Shenbian, one needs to overcome the inner demon calamity.

The lotus seeds of the Water Moon Lotus are the top-quality treasures used to overcome the inner demon calamity.

In addition, the Water Moon Lotus has another unique characteristic.

The lotus is like a chrysanthemum.

Like Epiphyllum, it blooms at night and its blooming time is very short.

Once the petals close again, the lotus seeds will merge into the lotus pod and lose their effect.

Therefore, the lotus seeds of the Water Moon Lotus are extremely rare.

It can only be obtained by chance.

Qin Qiulan looked at Zhou Haochen's profile in surprise.

"Your Highness gave up the land route and chose to go boating at night. Not only did he escape the disaster, but he also saw the scene of the water moon lotus blooming."

"Could it be that Your Highness is the legendary son of destiny?"

(End of this chapter)