The Demon Lords

A few small dishes,

A few cups of small wine,

The two brothers sit opposite each other,

Drinking and eating,

It becomes easy to dream about the future,

This has been a habit since ancient times.

The last time Lord Zheng and Ji Chengjue sat like this, it was in Beifeng Prefecture.

This time, the brothers are inside Yanjing City.

Compared to last time,

Zheng Fan, who once was only a commercial captain of Hutou City, is now the Lord Pingye with twenty thousand iron cavalry;

Ji Chengjue, who was once just a leisure waste prince, is now pressing the East Palace so hard that the Yan Emperor personally steps in to maintain balance.

Certainly,

The once bragged "self-castration" or "good treatment of your son" is still far from the present;

But compared to the past, both have made significant progress.

The distance from Yanjing to Snow Sea Pass is indeed very far, and the two do not know when they will meet next, but when they do meet again, there should be another major change.

Wine, a lot was drunk, cup after cup, neither persuaded the other to drink, but both felt that not getting drunk tonight seemed disrespectful to this first meeting in years.

And the result was,

Both got drunk.

He Sisi came in once, seeing the two men drunk there, she personally covered them with two blankets and did not wake them up.

By morning,

Ji Chengjue woke first,

His eyes were red, obviously not well-rested, but his routine made him wake up on time.

Looking at the sleeping Zheng Fan across from him,

Ji Chengjue’s mouth showed a hint of a smile,

Then suddenly felt awkward to smile at a man, and quickly gathered it back.

He got up,

Prepared to attend the court.

Even though they said last night that he wouldn’t attend court today, but who could blame him for waking up?

Passing by Lord Zheng, Ji Chengjue was surprised to find Lord Zheng had opened his eyes.

"Oh, awake?" Ji Chengjue said.

"I’ve fought too many battles to sleep like a dead pig anymore."

"Then sleep a little longer, I’m going to court, today is the Crown Prince’s first day governing, I have to show support, later let Sisi arrange breakfast for you, remember, go see my son, last night was all drinking and I forgot."

Lord Zheng waved at Ji Chengjue dismissively, as if shooing a fly.

Outside, the carriage was already prepared, Ji Chengjue hurriedly washed up and got on the carriage, breakfast was routinely prepared inside, he wasn’t hungry, but forced himself to eat some.

"Last night, His Highness and Lord Pingye drank very happily." Master Zhang laughed.

Ji Chengjue nodded and said, "These years, it feels like everything is changing, except him."

"Lord Pingye is indeed an exceptional person."

"Indeed, there aren’t many interesting people like him in this world."

...

Lord Zheng didn’t have the habit of going back to sleep, once awake, he stayed awake.

After washing up and having breakfast, He Sisi came personally to take Lord Zheng to see the child.

He Sisi, coming from a civilian background, and knowing the relationship between her husband and Lord Pingye, was not bound by any airs or rules, took her precious son from the nurse and directly handed him to Lord Zheng.

Lord Zheng took and held him,

The child, fair and tender, was quite adorable.

He Sisi smiled and said, "Chuan Ye, call godfather."

"Yiya yiya..."

The child couldn’t speak yet.

Lord Zheng awkwardly said, "My men are all arranged in the city’s encampment, their belongings are there too, the prepared gift for his first meeting can only be sent over in the afternoon."

"Lord, listen to yourself."

Lord Zheng tried to let the child’s swaddle touch the Mo Wan inside his clothes, but Mo Wan had no reaction.

It seems Mo Wan isn’t interested in all children, only doting on Tian Tian alone.

Though,

Lord Zheng believed that in the future, Mo Wan should protect his child.

Um,

Probably,

Maybe,

That’s how it is.

After teasing the child for a while, Lord Zheng handed the child to the nurse and walked into the courtyard.

In the courtyard stood a young eunuch, Master Zhang’s adopted son, young Eunuch Zhang.

Young Eunuch Zhang was probably especially left by Ji Chengjue for him.

Lord Zheng sat down on the steps and asked:

"Has the County Princess of the Earl of North returned?"

"Replying to Lord Zheng, the County Princess returned to the capital long ago, still residing in the rear garden, a few days ago, the County Princess went to Thunder Mountain Temple in West Mountain for incense."

Lord Zheng nodded.

It seems,

The County Princess should have awoken after returning to the capital.

The capital indeed has many experts.

But this makes things difficult,

Actually,

Lord Zheng has no official duties during his stay in the capital, only being prepared to be summoned to the palace by the emperor at any time, the rest of the time, he is free to move.

But since the County Princess is in the capital, Lord Zheng really dares not wander around.

"By the way, send someone to fetch some of my subordinates from the barracks outside the city into the capital."

"Lord, His Highness already ordered this morning."

The blind man and the wild people’s king, as Zheng Fan’s personal entourage, were settled in the barracks outside the city upon entry into the capital, as has always been the rule, whenever someone in military position enters the capital, their guards and retinue must stay in the barracks.

It’s not that some generals don’t arrange former soldiers in their residence, but those soldiers are detached from military registration.

The blind man and his team could have bypassed this process, but that would stand out too much, the capital is different from other places, it’s better to stay low-key, not knowing how many eyes are watching.