I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 183 The Emperor's Prey
Before it was dark, Tianzi Qi led his own guards, set off from Shanglin Garden, and embarked on the way back to Chang'an.

——An angry horse in fresh clothes, hugged and galloped towards Chang'an City!

At the same time, in an unknown animal pen in Shanglin Garden, there were dozens of bones that had been bitten to pieces.

——The wild beasts in the beast pen bit off the truth of what happened in Shanglin Garden today, and swallowed it into their stomachs.

The few remaining 'insiders' also have their own destinations.

Emperor Qi, returned to Chang'an;
Zhidu accompanies the Emperor Qi;

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong, and Liu Rong's mother, Li Ji, were imprisoned on the spot in the remote palace where a good show had just been staged, and were strictly guarded by a team of guards.

Even the few old imperial physicians who cooperated with Tianziqi's performance, all returned to the imperial physician's office in Chang'an under the escort of sergeants.

Oh, right;

Cheng Ji, Tang Ji, Mrs. Jia, who were forgotten by Emperor Qi, and the eight princes except Liu Rong also embarked on their way back to Chang'an.

But on the way, the second son of the emperor, Liu De, and the third son of the emperor, Liu Yu, were quietly taken away by a group of guards, and they didn't know where they were going.

That night, too many things happened in Chang'an City...

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"I heard that Your Majesty seems to be on horseback when hunting in Shanglinyuan..."

"—It's all gone!"

"—I, I'm still alive!"

Outside the Weiyang Palace, the Emperor Qi rode up to him, and with a loud cry, Chang'an City, which had already been under martial law, returned to its normal state...

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"Phoenix Palace!"

"——how was it blocked?!"

In Weiyang Palace, the three wives and six young masters who returned from the dusty world, had just entered the palace through Sima Gate, and saw the Phoenix Palace at a glance, surrounded by guards.

But even before that, Liu De and Liu Yu had been found to be 'disappeared'. After seeing the situation in the Phoenix Hall, none of the mother and child said anything about Liu De and Liu Yu... ··

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"The emperor is fine~"

"It's fine..."

"——My son is fine"

"——It's just a matter of appointing a crown prince..."

"Didn't you agree, give me some more time to think about it?!"

"—Mother Empress~"

"—Let's finish what Rong Erchen said..."

In Changle Palace, Emperor Qi and Empress Dowager Dou retreated to the left and right, and had a long talk all night...

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finally;

Its daybreak.

Chang'an City, holding its breath and watching the development of the situation, finally waited for the moment when the sun rose from Dongshan.

Cautiously walked onto the street, but did not find that there were soldiers of the Northern Army lined up for martial law on the street;
Gathering in twos and threes, they wanted to exchange the information they had with each other, but found that the more they talked, the more they felt that there was nothing to be surprised about what happened yesterday.

"I heard that His Majesty is hunting in Shanglinyuan, from the back of a horse..."

"—Impossible~"

"——I got up late yesterday, and through the window, I saw His Majesty return to the city with my own eyes!"

"—and riding a horse, leading the guards of the Northern Army into the city gate!"

"—Before entering the palace, it seemed that he let out a howl, and the soldiers under martial law outside the palace retreated..."

After a simple exchange, several people have reached an agreement: Yesterday, the sudden martial law in Chang'an City was not caused by any accident caused by the emperor.

"Since His Majesty is fine, why should Chang'an be under martial law?"

"At that time, there were still more than two hours before the curfew?"

"—I reckon that something happened to Chang'an."

"—Think about it, Your Majesty just went to Shanglinyuan in the morning and came back that night;"

"—Isn't it because you are in such a hurry to come back that you have something urgent and you want to go back to Chang'an to deal with it?"

There was another conversation, and the few people who didn't know why finally dispersed the doubtful ones.

As for the abnormal situation that occurred in Chang'an City yesterday, it was quickly forgotten by these farmers.

——July is high in autumn, and the autumn harvest is imminent.

Right now, for the farmers in Chang'an City, the most important thing is the autumn harvest, which is really related to the food and clothing of the family, wife and children, and even life and death.

As for the martial law in Chang'an?

hi~
It's just a piece of gossip, a conversation before and after tea and dinner, and an occasional adjustment in the boring life.

Compared with these farmers who don't have any news channels and can only speculate and guess blindly, the princes in Shangguanli obviously know more.

——As soon as it was dawn, Shang Guanli sprang out hundreds of figures one after another, heading straight for Changle Palace!

Then, these hundreds of figures pretended to be passing people, and walked back and forth along Zhangtai Street, but their eyes never left the closed gate of Changle Palace beside Zhangtai Street.

It seems that before dawn, the whole Shangguanli already knew: last night, Tianzi Qi, who rode his horse back to Chang'an from Shanglinyuan, stayed in Changle Palace all the time;
It seems that it has been predicted for a long time: today, there will definitely be some important news in Changle Palace.

The eyeliners sent by the dukes outside the Changle Palace to investigate the news did not wander around Zhangtai Street for too long;
——Sishi (nine o'clock) is not here, and in the Changle Palace, there are indeed two canonization decrees in succession.

The emperor's second son, Liu De, was granted the title of King of Hejian!

Liu Yu, the third son of the emperor, was granted the title of Changshan King!

At first glance, the two ways seemed ordinary, and there was no special imperial edict, but they caused ripples in Shangguan on this day.

"Hejian King, Changshan King?"

"—The eldest son of the emperor's two brothers from the same mother have not been crowned king of Zhao?"

The same doubt flooded the minds of most princes;

Before the princes in Shangguanli figured it out, another important decree came out from Changle Palace.

Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Linjiang!

Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Linjiang! ! !

Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Linjiang! ! ! ! ! !
When the news spread, it could be said that one stone caused a thousand waves!

The sudden change caused the entire Shangguanli, and even most of the Chang'an court, to fall into a burst of horror!
"Your Majesty!"

"—Want to set up the King of Liang?!!"

The worries that subconsciously came to my heart were quickly denied by these human beings who had lived in the center of the court for a long time and had seen all kinds of things in the world.

"Your Majesty, I won't establish King Liang~"

"Your Majesty should~ I just don't want to establish the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince."

"But in the end, His Majesty will still establish a prince;"

"Instead of setting up 'Tai Di'..."

Realizing this, Chao YeNai finally came to his senses and shifted his attention from Changle Palace to the other young masters.

"Emperor's eldest son, emperor's second son, and emperor's third son are all crowned king~"

"Then it's not the Phoenix Palace..."

"-Could it be Xuanming Palace?"

As soon as this speculation came to some people's minds, four imperial decrees came out in succession in Changle Palace.

Liu Yu, the fourth son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Lu;
Liu Fei, the fifth son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Jiangdu;

Liu Fa, the sixth son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Changsha;

Liu Duan, the eighth son of the emperor, was granted the title of King of Jiaoxi...
"It's not Xuanming Hall~"

"Then, is it the Guangming Palace?"

"—not necessarily;"

"——Qilan Palace, there is also a young master..."

I don't know if there is some kind of monitoring facility placed in the sky above Shangguanli, monitoring the conversations of the princes all the time, and even listening to the heartfelt words of the princes;

Soon, the last imperial edict came out from Changle Palace, not too soon or too late, at the right time;
The content of the imperial edict finally made the eyes of the government and the public focus on Mrs. Jia, as well as the Guangming Hall where the seventh son of the emperor Liu Pengzu and the ninth son of the emperor Liu Sheng lived.

——Liu Yu, the tenth son of the emperor, is the king of Jiaodong...

At this point, Changle Palace, like a machine gun, issued successive edicts to the clan and princes, and finally came to an end.

Inside and outside the government and the public, in the hearts of officials and officials, the ultimate ownership of the crown prince seems to have surfaced.

"In this case, it should be the emperor's seventh son—the son Peng Zu as the heir;"

"Young Master Peng Zu's half-brother, the ninth son of the emperor——Young Master Sheng is the King of Zhao?"

With such guesses, the court and the public once again focused their attention on Changle Palace.

When they learned that Mrs. Jia from Guangming Palace, Liu Pengzu, the Seventh Son of the Emperor, and Empress Bo from Jiaofang Palace were summoned to Changle Palace at the same time, the princes and officials who were closely following the development of the situation became more certain of their guesses.

But what no one noticed was that early in the morning, before dawn and the curfew had not been lifted, Emperor Qi, who had been up all night, had already returned to Weiyang Palace.

While Mrs. Jia, Liu Peng's grandmother and son, and Empress Bo were called to Changle Palace by Empress Dowager Dou, another son of Guangming Palace, Liu Sheng, was summoned to the announcement room alone by the emperor. temple······

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"Sit down~"

"——I didn't sleep all night, I really don't want to lean my neck anymore..."

"Sit down quickly and finish what you want to say and ask what you want to ask."

"You talk and I listen, you ask and I answer;"

"After talking, listening, asking and answering, I'm going to go back to sleep..."

Outside the Xuanshi hall, in front of the far stage.

Tianzi Qi slumped lazily on the recliner, with dark circles under his eyes, he was so tired that he didn't even want to lift his head;
Putting the back of his head against the back of the chair, he turned his head slightly to say hello, and then closed his eyes again.

Seeing that Tianzi Qi was so tired, Liu Sheng just walked forward silently.

He stopped three steps beside Tianzi Qi, sat down on another recliner, hesitated for a moment, and then lay down.

After a while, Liu Sheng's extremely calm tone reached the ears of Emperor Qi.

"Yesterday, during autumn hunting, my son, I caught a pheasant;"

"Brother Six, I caught a rabbit;"

"Fourth brother, I brought back a little fox;"

"Brother, put a wounded young deer on your own horse, and walked out of the hunting ground with pride."

"——At that time, Erchen was still guessing with his brothers: What kind of prey will the father bring back after he has been away for so long;"

"Will it be a bird or a beast?"

"Would it be a jackal or a tiger or a leopard?"

"Is it also a mink, a bear, a wild boar?"

Talking to himself inexplicably, only caused Tianzi Qi to open his eyes irritably, and turned his head impatiently;

But at the side, Liu Sheng, who was also slumped on the recliner, turned his head sarcastically, and showed a playful but bitter smile to Tian Ziqi.

"But Erchen tried his best to figure it out, but he still couldn't figure it out..."

"—My son, I still couldn't guess that the prey my father 'captured' during the autumn hunt yesterday would be the elder brother..."

"Father's 'prey' is really as I expected, far beyond my and everyone's expectations..."

Hearing Liu Sheng's tone full of bitterness and helplessness, yet his words were clearly full of sarcasm, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but froze for a moment;
After a while, he turned his head back to himself, put the back of his head on the back of the chair again, and said indifferently: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly;"

"I don't have the strength to play charades with you bastard."

He didn't see the embarrassment turned into anger on Tian Ziqi's face as he wished, Liu Sheng just shook his head with a wry smile.

Sitting up for a while, leaning his elbows on the armrest of the reclining chair, he sat sideways towards Emperor Qi, and asked as if chatting: "Yesterday, didn't Zhi even say that the emperor fell off the horse?"

Seeing the emperor Qi heard the words, he raised his head nonchalantly: "Yes;"

"It fell off the horse."

"—My buttocks are still hurting!"

"It's hard to walk..."

As he said that, Tianzi Qi did not forget to raise one buttocks a little, adjusted his posture, and then lowered his buttocks back on the reclining chair again.

Seeing that Tian Ziqi was pretending to be stupid, Liu Sheng suppressed the smile on his face a little bit, and said with a little worry: "Father, are you just pretending?"

"Pretend that I am seriously injured, or even die soon, so as to test the reaction of big brother?"

"As a result, big brother's reaction..."

"Oh no;"

"—It should be said that it was Li Ji's reaction that did not satisfy the emperor father;"

"That's why the emperor rushed back to Chang'an overnight, and discussed with the emperor's grandmother all night."

"In the end, make the elder brother the king, and completely give up the plan to let the elder brother be the crown prince?"

In just a few words, Liu Sheng basically explained everything that happened in Shanglin Garden yesterday;
But regarding this matter, Tianzi Qi did not intend to give any explanation to Liu Sheng.

"What happened yesterday has nothing to do with you."

"—You just need to know that your father did not fall off the horse and die;"

"Your eldest brother, it is absolutely impossible to become the prince.

"This is enough."

"I didn't call you here to listen to my son Xingshi asking for his crimes this early in the morning, with the exhaustion of staying up all night."

Another indifferent reply made Liu Sheng frown quietly.

"Father, don't you know that people's hearts and human nature are the most untestable things?"

"Why did the father take his own life to test the elder brother and Li Ji?"

"—Even if the result of the test did not satisfy the father, the father shouldn't deny the elder brother because of this ridiculous test, right?"

"Anyway, elder brother, he was also raised by the emperor since he was a child, according to the standards of the crown prince. He has trained the eldest son for more than ten to nearly 20 years."

"Among our ten brothers, only the elder brother can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the crown prince?"

After this questioning, Liu Sheng's tone already carried a little resentment.

It seems that he is not angry about the eldest brother Liu Rong losing the position of crown prince;
It also seems that because of the emperor Qi, he actually used this method to test his son, and felt upset.

But Tianziqi's next reply and reaction were once again beyond Liu Sheng's expectations.

"Of course I know..."

Hearing Liu Sheng's faintly uncomfortable questioning, even questioning, Tian Ziqi's eyebrows finally showed a little solemnity.

Afterwards, Tianzi Qi also sat up from the reclining chair, looked at the eyes lazily, and let out a short sigh inexplicably.

"Of course I know that people's hearts and human nature are the most vulnerable things in this world."

"I also know that such a test should not be used to judge a person."

"—But I still did it;"

"—And it is indeed because of what happened in Shanglinyuan yesterday that I made up my mind to make Rong a feudal lord."

"——Zhen, it is indeed because of yesterday's absurd test that I concluded that Rong cannot be the heir apparent of my Han family."

When it came to the end, the emperor Qi's originally flat tone gradually became dignified.

The slack gaze cast in front of him quietly fell on Liu Sheng's face as Tian Ziqi turned his head slowly.

"Do you know why?"

"—because it is human nature that cannot stand the test;"

"As a human being, of course Rong can't stand this test of human nature, and it really shouldn't stand it;"

"But as the crown prince of my Han family, and as the crown prince I personally trained for my Han family, this ridiculous test, Rong, must stand it!"

At the end, Tianzi Qi's deep and dignified tone already carried an unexplained sternness!

With this fierce gaze, he stared at Liu Sheng for ten breaths, and the emperor Qi took a deep breath.

Withdrawing his eyes from Liu Sheng, he slumped back on the reclining chair with a lot of thoughts, but his head did not rest on the back of the chair;
He only scratched the tip of his nose lightly with the pulp of his index finger, and propped the same elbow on the armrest of the recliner.

"Because the crown prince will become the emperor and son of heaven in the future."

"Being the emperor, the son of heaven, Rong, is no longer a human being, and can no longer be a human being..."

"——At that time, Rong, will become a god;"

"Must become a god too."

"And gods cannot have humanity..."

"Human nature can't stand the test, God must stand..."

"Only by withstood such a test can a human being become a god..."

Tian Ziqi's increasingly erratic tone of voice and inexplicably nagging words only made Liu Sheng frown;
After roughly understanding the meaning of the emperor's words, he raised his head again.

"I don't believe that big brother will not be able to stand the test of the father."

"It won't be the eldest brother who has not withstood the test of the father;"

"——It will only be Li Ji."

"Father said that the eldest brother will become a 'god' in the future, so he must stand this test."

"But Li Ji doesn't need to become a god;"

"Li Ji, don't you need to go through this ridiculous test to prove that you are 'inhuman'?"

But seeing the emperor Qi heard the words, he only turned his head with a smile that was not a smile;

Seeing that Liu Sheng's face was still gloomy, not angry, and even a little bit of "invoking the teacher to ask the crime", the emperor Qi Moran finally shook his head and smiled.

"You silly boy..."

Muttering with a smile, Tian Ziqi shook his head and smiled wryly, and stood up from the reclining chair;

Walking forward, he came to the guardrail outside the far platform, raised his hand, and pointed towards the Changle Palace a few miles away.

"There is Changle Palace."

"In Changle Palace, my mother lives."

"—I also live in my Han family, the second emperor besides me..."

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