Lanting prelude
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
It has only been ten days since Xinxin entered the East Palace, but she is already inseparable from Prince Li Chengqian.
He put on a man's attire, but his words and deeds are still like a woman's, and his dancing and singing are still graceful and charming.Li Chengqian did almost nothing these days, and was immersed in his singing and dancing every day. He also studied Han Dynasty Yuefu and Six Dynasties poetry with him, and composed and arranged many new songs and dances.Xinxin repeatedly praised the prince for his artistic talent, and said that it was a pity that he was born in the emperor's family, otherwise he would definitely become an excellent musician, and he would be famous in history in the future.
Li Chengqian laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said symmetrically: "Everyone wishes to be born in the emperor's family, but you are the only one who says it's a pity. Besides, even if I was born in the emperor's family, is it different that I can compose music? I may not be able to become a good person in the future." Musician."
Cheng Xin said sadly: "Your Highness will be the emperor in the future, and if you become the emperor, how can you be a musician?"
Li Chengqian looked at him and said, "Speaking of my being the emperor, you seem very unhappy?"
Yi Xin hurriedly smiled: "No, no, Your Highness, don't misunderstand, I just lament the things in this world, you can't have it both ways."
Li Chengqian suddenly took his hand, and said: "As long as you become a happy person, then I can have both! In the future, when I become emperor, I will worship you as Tai Changqing, who specializes in making rituals and making music, and chooses and picks them all over the world." Le Tong, I will leave it to you to train, and let the songs and dances you compose spread all over the world and to future generations!"
Xinxin was moved and excited when he heard it, and a red cloud flew up his cheeks.
It was on this day that Li Chengqian hugged him into the dormitory.From then on, the two of them would lie down together and get up together, going out together, barely avoiding the eyes of the servants of the Eastern Palace, and not shying away from those too-changle people who had a good relationship with each other.Even Li Yuanchang felt that it was a bit too much, and laughed and scolded Li Chengqian for valuing sex and despising friends, but Li Chengqian didn't care, and remained the same.
The night in the East Palace was even more lively because of Xin Xin's arrival.
At this moment, even though it was already the third watch, the Donggong Chongjiao Hall was still full of singing and dancing.
Li Chengqian and Li Yuanchang sat on the couch to watch as usual, and Xinxin danced solo below, accompanied by more than a dozen musicians on both sides.When everyone was immersed in the dance and music, an eunuch rushed in and whispered something in Li Chengqian's ear.Li Chengqian was startled, and immediately waved his hand, and the whole hall fell silent for a while.
"What happened?" Li Yuanchang was puzzled.
"Wei Zheng is here." Li Chengqian said expressionlessly.
"Is this old guy crazy?" Li Yuanchang was very displeased, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night without sleeping?!"
Li Chengqian glanced at him coldly.Only then did Li Yuanchang shut up resentfully, and hurriedly told the musicians below to avoid him.Yixin couldn't help looking at Li Chengqian, but seeing his eyes downcast, he could only follow the musicians around the screen and into the apse.
"It's enough for them to avoid it for a while, should I avoid it?" Li Yuanchang asked.
Li Chengqian said nothing, but waved his hand.
Li Yuanchang stood up reluctantly with an angry expression on his face.Just at this time, Wei Zheng had strode into the hall, and at the same time said loudly: "His Royal Highness, there is no need to avoid it. It just so happens that the old man also wants to chat with you."
Li Chengqian quickly stood up and saluted: "Grand Master."
Wei Zheng returned a salute.
Li Yuanchang curled his lips: "Grand Master Wei, do you elderly people just get up and walk around because you can't sleep at night?"
"Seventh Uncle!" Li Chengqian said in a deep voice, "Don't be rude to Grand Master!"
Wei Zheng smiled, and said indifferently: "My lord is right, people are getting old, and it's true that they can't sleep well at night."
A group of eunuchs hastily removed the food, wine, fruit and vegetables from the food table.Wei Zheng watched them busy, smiled and said nothing.After finally clearing things up, Li Chengqian hurriedly invited Wei Zheng to take a seat.
As soon as the three of them sat down, Li Yuanchang immediately said: "The grand master said he wanted to talk to me, but what do you want to talk about?"
Li Chengqian secretly gave him a wink, but Li Yuanchang turned a blind eye.
Wei Zheng smiled: "Let's start talking about the topic just now. An elderly person like this old man can't sleep even if he wants to sleep. I don't know why a person like Wang Ye who is in his prime can sleep but can't sleep. ?”
Li Yuanchang was startled, and said: "We are in good health, it's fine if we don't sleep for a few days and nights."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng suddenly laughed a few times.
"Why is the Grand Master laughing?"
"I'm just laughing, I, Wei Zheng, was once young, but what about you, my lord? Have you ever been old? Do you know how you will be retaliated by your body if you abused your body when you were young?"
Li Chengqian frowned slightly, as if he could hear the taste of accusation and scolding.
Li Yuanchang was speechless, and after a while he said: "Everyone has his own ambition, you have your way of life, I have my way of life, why should everyone live as boring as you?"
"Zi Feiyu, how do you know the joy of fish? How does your lord know that my life, Wei Zheng, is boring? Does it mean that you have to indulge in sensuality day and night like a lord, in order to live an interesting life?"
Li Chengqian couldn't listen anymore, he stood up suddenly, and gave Wei Zheng a deep bow: "Grand Master, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly, let's stop pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey."
Wei Zheng motioned him to sit down, and said with a smile, "Actually, this old man didn't mean to criticize Sang Huai, but I just wanted to stop here."
"Teacher, don't hide it." Li Yuanchang sneered, "You don't sleep in the middle of the night, don't you just come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes?"
"Since I know that the old man came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, does the prince know what crime he has committed?"
Li Yuanchang couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped up against the case: "Wei Zheng, don't bully people too much! I, Li Yuanchang, a nobleman of the royal family, it's not your turn to ask if I'm guilty or not!"
Li Chengqian knew he couldn't persuade him, so he smiled wryly and remained silent.
"My lord is really full of blood!" Wei Zheng smiled lightly, "You just jumped up after saying a few words, how can we have a good chat?"
"I have nothing to talk to you!" Li Yuanchang was furious, turned his head to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, I think you are sleepy too, everyone should rest earlier, I'll take a step first!" After speaking, he gave Wei Zheng another look , flicked his sleeves and walked out.
Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian smiled wryly.
Outside the hall, the moonlight is like water, flowing all over the place.
Yixin sat side by side with a familiar young musician on the steps of the back door of the main hall, talking in a low voice.
The musician's name is Ah Fu, who grew up with Yixin since they were young, and the two love each other like brothers.
"Fei Luan," Ah Fu still couldn't change his words, "You've finally come out on top this time, it's really enviable and jealous to see how Your Highness favors you!"
Xinxin smiled: "You are outspoken, even talking about jealousy."
Ah Fu chuckled: "What is the friendship between us, why don't I dare to say it? I'm so jealous of you!"
"Play the instrument well, and you will be able to stand out in the future."
Ah Fu smiled wryly: "I'm not like your natural beauty, look at my crooked appearance, who is blind and pampers me?"
He covered his mouth and smiled.
"By the way, Feiluan, who came just now? Look at the prince, he seems quite nervous."
"Maybe it's Grand Master Wei." A trace of worry flashed across Cheng Xin's eyes.
"Your Highness is the crown prince, the future emperor, so why should you be afraid of Wei Zheng?"
"Grand Master Wei was sent by His Majesty to assist His Highness, so His Highness naturally respects him three points. Don't say such things in the future."
Ah Fu stuck out his tongue, and said again: "I heard that the prince will take you to Qujiang for a visit in two days, is it true?"
Qujiang is located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City. It was first excavated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Because of its vast water waves and winding pool banks, it resembles the river of Guangling, so it was named "Qujiang".During the Sui Dynasty, Qujiang was included in the capital city. Because the terrain of Chang'an was higher in the southeast than in the northwest, and the land of Qujiang was higher than the imperial city, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered people to dig deep into Qujiang and dug it into a deep pool, which was later called Qujiang Pond.It is the most famous scenic spot in Chang'an, where the smoke and water are bright, the willows are soft, the palaces and pavilions on both sides are stretched, and the scenery is beautiful. From the princes and nobles, literati and ladies, to the common people, traffickers and pawns, everyone regards it as a place for entertainment, feasting and leisure. The perfect place to entertain.
Since childhood, Yixin has never been in the palace, grew up in Jiaofang, and has almost never been out of the house. Li Chengqian loves him and proposes to take him to visit Qujiang.Li Chengqian said, let's travel lightly and pretend to be casual, don't be recognized by others.After all, Xinxin couldn't help being curious about the outside world, so she agreed.I didn't expect this partner to know about what was just settled this morning.
"Are you Shunfenger? Why do you know everything?" Xin Xin gave him a blank look.
Ah Fu laughed and said: "I'm happy for you, this is not a bad thing, why are you afraid that people will know?"
Of course, Xinxin is looking forward to this rare trip from the bottom of his heart, but for some reason, he always has a faint uneasiness in his heart, as if he feels that he is born with little blessings and should not enjoy this kind of benefits.
In the Chongjiao Hall, after an embarrassing silence, Li Chengqian said, "Grand Master, I know that you must have come here for something you want."
"Your Highness has been clever and enlightened since childhood, and it is still the case today. It's a pity that if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black. If you are with someone like the King of Han, your intelligence will inevitably be compromised."
Li Chengqian smiled faintly: "The Grand Master means that I made friends carelessly?"
Wei Zheng said bluntly: "You can also say the same."
"Since I am smart, I am not afraid of fools. Since I am originally vermilion red, why should I be afraid of ink staining black? The king of Han is the king of Han, and I am me. The grand master does not need to worry too much."
"It's not that I worry too much, it's just that His Highness sings and sings day and night, His Majesty must be displeased." Wei Zhengdao, "What's more, His Highness's favorite is not an ordinary Tai Changle person, but a child mole!"
"It's true that I favor child molestation, but will this harm my intelligence? I haven't heard of it!"
"As the crown prince, you need not only intelligence, but also virtue. If you favor a child molester, you will damage your virtue!"
"Virtue?" Li Chengqian sneered slightly, "Since ancient times, the winner is a prince and the loser is a thief. As long as you win, everyone in the world will sing praises to you; if you lose, what good is your virtue?"
"Your Highness, let's not say that your words are biased. Even if your words are right, you still have to think about how to win. From the old man's point of view, a heir who is more intelligent than virtuous is likely to lose!"
"It's hard to say. Whether King Wei can beat me is still uncertain."
"But as far as the matter of satisfaction is concerned, you are giving others a handle, and it is impossible for King Wei not to use it!"
"Then let him make good use of it." Li Chengqian smiled nonchalantly, "I'd like to see who wins the game in the end!"
"Your Highness, you are favored, have you ever investigated his identity and origin?"
"I know that his father was beheaded for committing a crime more than ten years ago, but what does this mean? Isn't everything over?"
Wei Zheng smiled wryly: "Some things are past in the past, but some things, no matter how long it takes, will never get over it!"
"Like what?"
Wei Zheng looked into Li Chengqian's eyes, and said word by word: "For example, rebellion."
Li Chengqian was startled: "You mean, Xinxin's father was punished for treason?"
Wei Zheng nodded.
"What is the specific reason?"
"If I tell the specific reasons, His Highness will probably be even more astonished."
Li Chengqian leaned forward subconsciously, staring at Wei Zheng: "Teacher, tell me quickly, what's the matter?"
"The father of Xinxin, named Lu Shenyan, served in the emperor's court during the reign of Wude. He was a close minister of Gaozu. Although his official position was not high, he was appreciated by Gaozu for his dedication to his duties." Wei Zheng recalled, his eyes became distant, " In the ninth year of Wude, when the Xuanwumen incident happened, Lu Shenyan stayed by Gaozu's side from beginning to end, and experienced the unbearable past. After Gaozu abdicated, it is said that Lu Shenyan had always been resentful. In the second year of Zhenguan, he Once he said something to a friend after drinking, he was reported and sent to prison immediately. After hearing that sentence, the Holy One was furious, and immediately beheaded Lu Shenyan on the charge of treason. Unfortunately, it is called "Shenyan", but it is actually Words are not judged, misfortune comes from mouth!"
Li Chengqian frowned: "Just because of a word after drinking, the father said he was treason?"
Wei Zheng smiled wryly.
"What the hell is that sentence?"
Wei Zheng looked at him: "Your Highness, if I say this, I will also be guilty of treason."
Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then I just want to ask the grand master a question, did Lu Shenyan's words reveal the hidden inside story of the Xuanwumen incident?"
Wei Zheng hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.
Li Chengqian gasped suddenly.
"Your Highness, this old man has said all he has to say. I believe His Highness will make his own decision on what to do."
After Wei Zheng said this, he took his leave and left.Li Chengqian sat there blankly, and even forgot to get up to see Wei Zheng off when he left.
Outside the hall, Yixin and Ah Fu were still talking, but Li Chengqian walked behind them silently at some point.
The two noticed and got up in a hurry.Ah Fu bowed, and quickly slipped away.Observing Li Chengqian's expression with satisfaction, he said softly: "Your Highness, did the Grand Master mention my matter?"
Li Chengqian was still in a daze, when he heard him speak, he asked, "What did you say?"
Xin said it again.
Li Chengqian smiled: "No, what did he mention you for? He was discussing other things with me."
Xin Xin looked at him: "Your Highness, how about going to Qujiang Pond, forget it."
"Why forget it? Isn't everything agreed?"
Yi Xin hesitated: "In my heart, I always feel a little uneasy."
Li Chengqian looked at him with pity in his heart, but he had to admire his keen intuition.In fact, after listening to Wei Zheng's words just now, Li Chengqian has already realized the seriousness of the problem.Because Xinxin is not an ordinary child molestation, but is involved in a treason case, and the case also involves the secret inside story of the Xuanwu Gate incident. If this matter is used by King Wei to make a fuss, the father will definitely not forgive him lightly, maybe It is possible to abolish one's own crown prince in a fit of anger.
Therefore, Li Chengqian had no choice but to make a secret decision: to send Xinxin away.
At least let him leave the East Palace temporarily, and bring him back when he inherits the throne in the future.
Although these words are difficult to say, and they will definitely hurt Xinxin's heart, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, so after some hesitation, Li Chengqian finally gritted his teeth and said his decision, and finally said: "Two days to travel After finishing Qujiang, I will order someone to send you away from Chang'an directly, and I will make proper arrangements for your whereabouts."
As soon as Xin Xin heard it, the whole person froze, and tears flowed down silently.
"Xingxin, I'm not trying to drive you away, nor is I trying to separate from you. I just want you to leave for a while to avoid the limelight."
"I know, I know..." Xin Xin nodded frequently, tears dripping down her cheeks, "A criminal like Xin Xin shouldn't have troubled His Highness in the first place, it's because Xin Xin didn't know himself, I'm sorry Your Highness..."
Li Chengqian couldn't bear it, and said softly: "Xingxin, this is what your father did. It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself. Besides, your father may not be at fault. In the future, if I inherit the throne, I will definitely make a decree." Retrial the case, rehabilitate your father, let you feel proud, and never live this dark life again."
Yi Xin raised her face, with joy in her eyes: "Your Highness, are you serious?"
"Of course, how could I lie to you?" Li Chengqian took Xin Xin's shoulders and gently wiped away the tears from his face.
After a while, the two hugged each other and walked towards the depths of the East Palace.
The thick night soon engulfed them.
Beside the steps of the main hall, Ah Fu hid in the dark, watching their backs disappear into the darkness, before turning and leaving.
"What did you say?!"
In the Hall of Liangyi, Li Shimin suddenly heard Liu Jie's report, saying that the crown prince favored the child prostitute, and that the child prostitute was the son of Lu Shenyan, who was punished for treason in the past, his eyes widened with anger and his face turned livid.
"Your Majesty, calm down." Liu Ji stood below and said, "At present, I am just a rumor and have not confirmed it. Maybe it is just a misinformation."
Zhao Dequan stood aside, feeling astonished.
"Where there is no wind, there are no waves." Li Shimin said coldly, "Since there are rumors, there must be a reason!"
"Your Majesty's words are true! However, seeing is believing and hearing is false. This matter not only concerns the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince, but also involves the treason case of the year. It is really a big deal. I still urge Your Majesty to check it out personally, so as not to wrong the Crown Prince. .”
"That's right!" Li Shimin immediately stood up and said to Zhao Dequan, "Go, follow me to the East Palace!"
Zhao Dequan was shocked, but he didn't dare to stop him.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Ji quickly took a step forward and bowed, "I think it's inappropriate to go to the East Palace now."
"Why?"
"Even if His Majesty finds the child molester Xin Xin in the East Palace, it will not prove anything. The Prince can say that he appreciates singing and dancing normally, and he doesn't know the details of Xin Xin at all. In this way, instead of being able to clarify the facts, His Majesty will be trapped embarrassing place."
Li Shimin thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he sat back and said, "Then what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I have a simple and effective method, but before I say this method, I have to ask Your Majesty to forgive me." As he spoke, Liu Jie lifted his official robe and knelt down.
Li Shimin was surprised: "What is your crime?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, in order to create conditions for His Majesty to investigate this matter, I secretly ordered someone to go to the East Palace to inquire about the news. Although I did this out of publicity, it was not on the table after all, so I felt ashamed and could only plead guilty to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin said indifferently: "You said it was out of public interest, so what's the crime? Get up and tell me what news you have found out."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Ji got up, "I learned that the prince will take Xin to Qujiang for a tour in two days' time, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"Then your so-called method is to let Zhen also take a tour of Qujiang and see this with his own eyes?"
"Your Majesty is wise! I think that in this way, the crown prince will not be able to say that he has nothing to do with Xinxin. Of course, if it turns out that the crown prince has not committed any wrongdoing and is just chasing after others, then the crown prince can be returned innocent, and even more so." It couldn't be better."
"Liu Ji, you are really impeccable in what you say and do!" Li Shimin smiled lightly, not knowing whether it was admiration or ridicule.
Liu Jie was slightly startled, and quickly knelt down again: "Your Majesty forgive me, I just do it out of my heart, I say what I have, and I do what I want, it's not intentional."
"Get up, don't make excuses at every turn. To do things under the door, you have to be thoughtful and rigorous, and this is not a shortcoming." Li Shimin said, "It is said that you are a servant. Today, it seems that this The words are to the point."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Jie got up, secretly happy.
Xiao Junmo called Mi Mancang home to discuss how to rescue Bian Cai's father and daughter.
Mi Mancang disagreed with life and death at first, but he was moved when he heard that Xiao Junmo offered an unexpectedly high price.Then, the two went through a difficult bargain, and finally settled the deal at the price of thirty ingots of gold.
Next, the two spent more than an hour before discussing a rescue plan.
Mi Mancang complained, stammering that he would have to run away after saving the father and daughter of Biancai, and I am afraid that there will be no place for him in the whole Tang Dynasty in the future.
Xiao Junmo said, don’t get cheap and act good. These thirty ingots of gold are all my belongings. The rewards my majesty has given me over the years are all here. Wherever you go with this money, are you not a rich man?This time your rice warehouse is full, but mine is empty.
Mi Mancang smiled, and said that this is your trouble as men.
Xiao Junmo was taken aback, saying what does this have to do with whether a man is a man or not?
Mi Mancang stammered again for a long time, to the effect that you should stop pretending, you like Miss Chu and want to marry her, so naturally you have to pay the price, clean people like us are great, and you don’t need to spend money Marry a daughter-in-law, one person will be full and the whole family will not be hungry.
Xiao Junmo was angry and funny, and said, "Which eye did you see that I like Chu Lisang?"
Mi Mancang chuckled and said, do you need to see it with your eyes?You can smell it!
Xiao Junmo rolled his eyes, and quickly changed the topic, saying stop talking about these useless things, and quickly discuss the plan again to see if there are any mistakes.Afterwards, the two discussed for a while, before Xiao Junmo took out fifteen ingots of gold, gave it to Mi Mancang as a deposit, and then sent him out.
As soon as the two of them reached the door, Huan Dieyi walked in. When he saw Mi Mancang, who was dressed in casual clothes but had no beard, he immediately looked suspicious.It wasn't until Mi Mancang's back disappeared at the gate that Huan Dieyi looked away and asked, "Who is he?"
"a friend."
"You have so many tastes, you even have this number of friends?"
"What do you mean?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be confused.
"Stop pretending, isn't he just a eunuch?"
Xiao Junmo smiled: "What's wrong with the eunuch? Eunuchs are human too, why can't they make friends and talk to each other?"
"I'm afraid you didn't make friends with him to talk to him, did you?"
Xiao Junmo groaned secretly in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Don't wrong me, no matter how mixed my taste is, I won't be like him, right?"
Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him: "I'm not talking about how you treat him."
"Then what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that you don't make friends with him to talk to him, but to talk to someone through him." Huan Dieyi stared at him, "Am I right?"
God, women's intuition is really terrible!Xiao Junmo lamented repeatedly in his heart, so he had to force a smile: "By the way, didn't you say you were going shopping that day? I just happened to be fine today, so let's go shopping with you." He said and hurriedly walked towards the door.
Huan Dieyi stopped him, and then stared at his face: "Is it right?"
"What did you say?" Xiao Junmo smiled wryly, "I don't understand what you're talking about at all."
"You are looking for this eunuch because you want him to help you enter the palace to find Chu Lisang?"
"She wants to seek revenge on me, so I will take the initiative to find her?" Xiao Junmo said displeased, "Besides, trespassing on the palace is a capital offense. I'm full to seek death? Huan Dieyi, is that how senior brother is in your eyes? Stupid alone?"
Huan Dieyi still looked at him, and said coldly: "Yes."
Xiao Junmo cried with a sad face: "Dieyi, stop messing around..."
"I'm not messing around!" Huan Dieyi said, "I say you're stupid for a reason."
"what reason?"
"When a person likes another person, they are stupid! I think you are now!"
"You have no proof, why do you say that about me?" Xiao Junmo was anxious.
"Look, look, you've been hit by what I've said repeatedly, and you have nothing to say, but you've turned into anger from embarrassment?"
"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you." Xiao Junmo clasped his fists and begged for forgiveness, "You still don't want to go shopping, or if you don't, I can go shopping alone."
"I'm not in the mood."
"Why are you not in the mood?"
"I don't want a man to go shopping with me, but think of another woman in his heart." Huan Dieyi left these words and left without looking back.
Xiao Junmo stood there in a daze, until Huan Dieyi left for a long time, but still didn't recall it.
Li Tai himself didn't expect that, he obviously didn't want to come to Qihuang Pavilion again, but at the time Su Jinse agreed with him, he unexpectedly came to this place again by accident.
Qihuang Pavilion is still a school of drunken and gold fans, Yingying and Yanyan are still standing in the hall, scratching their heads and posing, the old bustard is still smiling and attentive when seeing him, but as soon as Li Tai walks in, something suddenly arises in his heart. Human non-sourness and strangeness.
When Su Jinse saw him appearing at the door of the private room, she didn't seem to be surprised at all, she still greeted him with a smile as usual, gently hugged his arm, and then put her fragrant lips next to his ear, talking about the two The private conversations that often occur between them, it seems that the scene three days ago never happened at all.
What kind of power is it that can make such an elegant and charming woman so mysterious and frightening?
Li Tai thought, it must be the answer behind this question, which attracted him to Qihuang Pavilion again.
"Your Highness is honored tonight, it means that you don't blame my family, right?" Su Jinse accompanied him to the couch and sat down, and poured him a glass of wine.
"Let your natal family come out quickly, don't delay my time." Li Tai said coldly.
There was a trace of sadness in Su Jinse's eyes, as if she was disappointed by Li Tai's indifference, but she immediately returned to her smile: "That's right, Your Highness is busy every day, I shouldn't talk to you too much." After finishing speaking, he went straight to the bead curtain , said softly: "Sir, His Royal Highness King Wei has arrived, you can come out now."
When the voice fell, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman in his 50s opened the beaded curtain and came out.This person is tall and tall, with a refined appearance, but his eyes have a kind of sharpness and majesty that neither Confucianists nor businessmen have.With a smile on his face, he walked directly in front of Li Tai, cupped his hands, and said loudly: "My lord Wang Hongyi, whose ancestral home is in Langya, Shandong, is the adoptive father of Su Jinse. He is a businessman and travels around the world. When he first entered the capital today, he will be able to see His Royal Highness the King of Wei." , is really lucky for three lives!"
Su Jinse glanced at Li Tai nonchalantly, walked out quietly, and closed the door behind her.
Li Tai looked at this man named Wang Hongyi up and down, and his tone was not very polite: "Since your Excellency is the Langya Wang family, it can be regarded as a wealthy family. How did you become a businessman?"
"Your Highness is right." Wang Hongyi ignored his teasing, and said with a faint smile, "Three hundred years ago, from the Central Plains to Jiangzuo, the Langya Wang family was indeed one of the most famous families, but after years of chaos, The glory of the past has long been lost. Now one has no power, the other has no power, and there is nothing but prestige in the county. If you don’t do business for your own survival, how can you live and live?”
"Yeah, I think back then, 'the king and the horse share the world', how glorious it was! The power of the Wang family, but even the emperor of the Jin Dynasty should be in awe!" Li Tai said with a smile, "It's a pity that today's Oblivion and oblivion, is this to blame you descendants for being unworthy?"
Li Tai said that "the king and the horse share the world" is a famous historical allusion, which refers to the situation in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty when the Langya Wang family and the Jin Dynasty Sima royal family ruled the world together.At that time, the Western Jin Dynasty perished due to the "five chaos in China" and "the disaster of Yongjia".At that time, Wang Dao had a high position and authority, united the northern and southern gentry, strategized, and made his own government orders; Wang Dun was in charge of military power, full-time expeditions, and later set up Jingzhou to control the capital Jiankang.It was against this background that on the day of Sima Rui's ascension to the throne, he held Dao Wang's hand in fear and sat on the imperial couch together, accepting congratulations from the officials, expressing his willingness to share the world with the Wang family.Since then, the power of the Wang family has reached its peak, and the situation of "the king and the horse share the world" has been maintained in Jiangzuo for more than [-] years.Even if the Yu family prospered later, the political power, social status and cultural influence of the Wang family remained enduring.Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, is Wang Dao's cousin.
"Your Highness's words are true." Wang Hongyi heard Li Tai's sarcasm, but he didn't take it seriously, "Our family has fallen, and our unworthy descendants are naturally ashamed of our ancestors! It's just that things are impermanent, fortunes rotate, and when the water is full, it overflows. There is a definite number between the rise and fall of the moon, and the change of ups and downs is also common sense. From this point of view, my Wang clan has been silent for more than 200 years, and it is not impossible for me to meet one day by chance, whether it is extremely prosperous or not!"
Hearing this, Li Tai finally put away his sarcasm, looked at Wang Hongyi and said, "Since you have this ambition, it can be seen that you are not an ordinary businessman, so can you tell me what you do for a living?"
Wang Hongyi smiled: "Since Your Highness asks questions, I will be blunt. What I manage is not things, but people."
"Oh?" Li Tai narrowed his eyes, "How do people operate? I would like to hear the details."
"Speaking of people's management, the most successful person throughout the ages is Lu Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin State. Back then, he was just a businessman, although he was rich but his status was low, and the son of the Qin State, Ying Yiren, was only from the State of Zhao. A hostage, but under Lu Buwei's painstaking management, Ying Yiren finally became the king of Qin, and Lu Buwei became the prime minister of the country. It can be seen that the biggest livelihood in the world has never been a thing, but a person."
Li Tai's face darkened: "Your Excellency, do you think that this king is Ying Yiren and you are Lu Buwei?"
Since Wang Hongyi was talking about the allusion of "odd goods can live in", he invisibly compared Li Tai to a "rare goods" like Ying Yiren, and Li Tai was naturally displeased.
Wang Hongyi hurriedly cupped his hands: "Your Highness has misunderstood. I am just using an analogy to answer His Highness's question of 'how people manage their business'. There is absolutely no intention to insult His Highness."
Li Tai looked at him for a while, then calmed down, motioned for Wang Hongyi to take a seat, and said, "Your Excellency must be sincere in coming here, but I don't know what ability you have to help this king?"
Wang Hongyi sat down on the other side of the couch and smiled faintly: "My ability is still one word: human."
"What do you mean?"
"I think back then, when the Holy Majesty was in the feudal domain, his subordinates were like clouds of counselors and fierce generals like rain, and there were [-] dead men in the Prince Qin's mansion, so there was the incident of Xuanwumen later. If Your Highness wants to follow the example of the Holy Majesty, how can there be no one under his command?" ?”
Li Tai was slightly shocked, and looked at the other party again: "Then who are you?"
"In the court, there are counselors who can be driven by His Highness; in the field, there are dead men who can serve His Highness to death!"
Li Tai was startled: "You also have people in the court?"
Wang Hongyi smiled and remained silent.
While staring at him, Li Tai's thoughts turned suddenly, and he suddenly remembered something: "Since you are a descendant of Wang Dao Langya, you must also be a descendant of Wang Xizhi?"
Wang Hongyi nodded slightly.
Li Tai searched for all the pieces of the mystery of "Lanting Preface" that he had learned recently in his mind, and suddenly he couldn't help saying: "The first teacher has a hidden treasure."
He remembered that Fang Yiai had said that this was the code name of the Jianghu power in Gantangyi, whose leader was code-named "Ming Zang", and someone under him was lurking in the court, code-named "Xuanquan".
Wang Hongyi still looked at Li Tai with a smile on his face, and said softly from his mouth: "Anyong Jishiluo."
Li Tai's shock was truly extraordinary, he jumped up from the couch, his eyes widened and he said, "You...you are Mr. Mingzang?!"
Li Tai didn't hear the answer, but still only saw a mysterious smile.
By the Qujiang Pool, the sun is shining brightly.
The river is sparkling, and there are many tourists on the shore.
It's early summer, and the warm wind blows people's minds. Although the men and women who have come here have changed into light shirts and gauze, they are still forced to sweat by the bright sunshine.Both Li Chengqian and Yixin were dressed in casual clothes, and strolled to a stone railing on the north bank.Xinxin was obviously very happy, with a pair of big black and white eyes looking around, seeing everything felt fresh, wishing to have a panoramic view of all the beautiful scenery in an instant.
Li Chengqian looked at him, feeling quite relieved.
There were fine beads of sweat on Xin Xin's forehead and the tip of his nose. Li Chengqian took out a sweat towel and reached out to help him wipe it off.Yixin hurriedly went to pick up the sweat towel, but Li Chengqian insisted on pushing away his hand and gently wiped it off for him.
Passers-by who passed by accidentally saw the ambiguous behavior of the two men, and they all pointed and whispered.
Feeling shy, she hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I should do it myself, and don't let others gossip."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Chengqian disapproved, "It's because they are rare and strange, a group of field shepherds!" After speaking, he cast a fierce glance at the passers-by.
After all, the prince is a prince. Although he is wearing casual clothes, he has an unspoken arrogance.The passers-by were swept away by his gaze, and as expected, their hearts shivered, and they walked away one after another.
"Your Highness is so majestic!" Cheng Xin said with a smile.
"Of course!" Li Chengqian said proudly, "If they take another look, I'll ask Feng Shijin to throw them into the river one by one to feed bastards!"
Feng Shijin was led by the prince's left guard, that is, the chief guard of the East Palace. He was the one who led people to Yizhou to arrest Chen Xiong's brother-in-law.At this moment, he was also wearing casual clothes, and he was scattered around with several of his subordinates to protect secretly.After the Qujiang tour later, Li Chengqian wanted him to escort Xinxin to Zhongnan Mountain, where there was a guest house that Li Chengqian carefully built a few years ago.
Hearing the words to his heart's content, he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.
Li Chengqian looked at his rosy face, couldn't help but reached out and wiped his cheek again.
At this moment, Li Chengqian never expected that there was a gazebo on the hillside only a few dozen steps away from them, and Li Shimin, who was dressed in micro clothes, was sitting in the pavilion, watching every move of the two of them.Beside Li Shimin were Li Shiji and his subordinates who were also dressed in casual clothes.
Li Shimin's chest heaved violently, his face was livid, and he closed his eyes suddenly.
Li Shiji and his subordinates looked at each other.They all knew that this was the most outrageous expression of the emperor's heart.
As the sun approached midday, a gust of hot wind blew from the river, and Li Chengqian suddenly felt that the heat was unbearable, so he said to his heart: "It's so hot, go hide in the carriage, and eat something by the way." Then he took Xinxin's hand, Get into the carriage parked aside.
Feng Shijin was about to get closer to the carriage when he suddenly felt something hard against his waist. When he looked down, it turned out to be a sharp dagger. When he looked up again, Li Shiji looked at him with a smile.
"General Feng, don't move around, knives don't have eyes."
At the same time, several of his subordinates were restrained by Li Shiji's subordinates in the same way.
Feng Shijin was shocked, but before he could recover, Li Shimin appeared in front of his eyes.Feng Shijin's face instantly turned pale, and a bean-sized bead of sweat fell from the corner of his forehead.
Li Shimin walked slowly towards the carriage.When I arrived in front of the carriage, I just wanted to reach out to lift the curtain, but suddenly thought of something, I retracted my hand, took a step closer, and began to listen.
At this moment, Li Chengqian and Xinxin in the carriage did not realize what was happening outside at all.The two were feeding each other pastries and laughing softly.
"Your Highness, you promised me that you would often visit me in Zhongnan Mountain, you must not break your promise," said Xinxin.
"of course not."
"You swear." Yi Xin acted coquettishly.
Without hesitation, Li Chengqian said, "I swear, if I break my promise, I will let the heavens strike me with thunder!"
Yi Xin hurriedly covered his mouth: "Don't send such heavy words."
Li Chengqian thought for a while: "Then I swear, if I break my promise, my father will abolish my crown prince!"
Outside the carriage, Li Shimin closed his eyes in pain.
Yi Xin tilted her head and pondered for a while, said: "I accept this oath, in fact, being a crown prince may not be so good, but it is more comfortable not to be a prince."
Li Chengqian smiled: "You are kind-hearted. Is there any man in this world who doesn't want to be the crown prince? Just say my fourth brother, King Wei, who desperately wants to seek my position as crown prince!"
"He wants to make money, so let him do it." Xin Xin said, "You come with me, we just want to be happy people."
Li Chengqian smiled wryly: "Since I was born in the emperor's family, I have a responsibility on my body, how can I be so carefree and happy like you?"
Outside the car, Li Shimin seemed a little relieved when he heard the words.
"There's one more thing you can't break your promise." said Xinxin.
"what's up?"
"If you become the emperor in the future, you must return my father's innocence."
"It's natural." Li Chengqian was thinking about something, and suddenly said, "Xingxin, how much do you know about your father's past?"
Outside the car, Li Shimin frowned and listened more attentively.
"I heard my mother talk about it, but not much."
"Then do you know, what did your father say that caused the accident?"
With a gloomy expression, Xin nodded.
Li Chengqian's eyes brightened: "Then tell me quickly, what is that sentence?"
There was panic in Yi Xin's eyes: "Your Highness, my father was beheaded because of these words, you..."
"It's okay, it's just the two of us here, and no one else." Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "You want me to retry your father's case in the future, so you have to tell me the truth, right?"
After hesitating for a while, Yixin said in a low voice: "Your Highness really believes that my father... is he innocent?"
"That depends on what your father said, so you have to tell me."
After struggling for a while, Yingxin finally summoned up his courage and said, "My father said that the King of Qin not only killed his brother at Xuanwu Gate, but also, on June [-]th, he also..."
"What else?" Li Chengqian opened his eyes wide.
"Also... still imprisoning Junfu in the harem."
Li Chengqian's whole body trembled, as if he had received an electric shock.
At this point, he finally understood why his father would involuntarily kill Lu Shenyan on the charge of treason. It turned out that only half of the truth about the Xuanwumen incident was known to outsiders, while the other half was deliberately covered up by his father. A drunken mantra of Yan Yan was punctured!
"Prisoning the emperor's father in the harem", although there are only six short words in this sentence, the things contained in it are shocking enough.
In Li Chengqian's memory, since he was a child, the truth of the Xuanwumen incident announced by his father has always been how the prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji tried to murder him time and again. In order to protect himself, he had no choice but to launch a coup and kill Prince and King Qi.However, regarding the situation of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan on the day of the incident, his father has always kept secret and vague. He only said that when the incident broke out, Gaozu was rafting on the sea pool with Pei Ji, Xiao Yu and other important ministers until Yuchi Jingde was ordered by his father. , "Jianjia holding a spear" entered the palace to escort him, and said that the prince and King Qi had been punished for treason, and Gaozu woke up like a dream and learned what had happened.
Li Chengqian has always felt strange about this, the four big pools in the harem are not far from the Xuanwu Gate, why the people from the Prince Qin's Mansion, the Donggong, and the Qi Mansion's soldiers fought wildly at the Xuanwu Gate, and Gao Zu didn't even notice it. And still enjoy rafting in the sea pool?There are so many imperial soldiers, eunuchs and court ladies in the palace, but none of them reported to Gaozu immediately when the incident broke out, but waited until the incident was nearing its end before Yuchi Jingde entered the palace to play the Ming Dynasty. Is this in line with common sense?
Of course, even though Li Chengqian had doubts, it was impossible for him to delve into all this.Because it was his father who won the victory in this incident and became the emperor, and Li Chengqian, who was established as the prince, was also one of the biggest vested interests in this matter. How could he replace the losing party—whether it was Crown Prince, King Qi or Gaozu—to find out the truth?
Li Chengqian was not so stupid, so the above questions were gradually forgotten by him as time went by.
However, at this moment, Li Chengqian was extremely shocked by the sudden arrival of the truth, and also stirred up huge waves in his heart again.Obviously, the so-called "Gaozu boating in the sea pool" scene must be a lie fabricated by the father afterwards. Just as Lu Shenyan's words revealed, the truth at that time must be that the father killed the prince and Qi at the Xuanwu Gate. The queen immediately led her troops into the palace to imprison Gaozu, and forced Gaozu to issue an edict, announcing that the prince and King Qi were rebels, while King Qin was the party of justice.After that, Gaozu issued an edict to appoint King Qin as the prince, and then voluntarily abdicated to let King Qin ascend the throne. Obviously, these were all helpless actions that King Qin had to do under the force of force.
At the moment when the truth came to light, Li Chengqian couldn't help sweating profusely, unable to recover for a long time.
Xin Xin looked at him in horror, her lips trembling: "Your Highness, you... what's the matter with you?"
Before Li Chengqian could reply, the curtain of the car door was suddenly lifted by a big hand, and then the furious face of Emperor Li Shimin was reflected in the horrified pupils of the two of them at the same time...
(End of this chapter)
It has only been ten days since Xinxin entered the East Palace, but she is already inseparable from Prince Li Chengqian.
He put on a man's attire, but his words and deeds are still like a woman's, and his dancing and singing are still graceful and charming.Li Chengqian did almost nothing these days, and was immersed in his singing and dancing every day. He also studied Han Dynasty Yuefu and Six Dynasties poetry with him, and composed and arranged many new songs and dances.Xinxin repeatedly praised the prince for his artistic talent, and said that it was a pity that he was born in the emperor's family, otherwise he would definitely become an excellent musician, and he would be famous in history in the future.
Li Chengqian laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said symmetrically: "Everyone wishes to be born in the emperor's family, but you are the only one who says it's a pity. Besides, even if I was born in the emperor's family, is it different that I can compose music? I may not be able to become a good person in the future." Musician."
Cheng Xin said sadly: "Your Highness will be the emperor in the future, and if you become the emperor, how can you be a musician?"
Li Chengqian looked at him and said, "Speaking of my being the emperor, you seem very unhappy?"
Yi Xin hurriedly smiled: "No, no, Your Highness, don't misunderstand, I just lament the things in this world, you can't have it both ways."
Li Chengqian suddenly took his hand, and said: "As long as you become a happy person, then I can have both! In the future, when I become emperor, I will worship you as Tai Changqing, who specializes in making rituals and making music, and chooses and picks them all over the world." Le Tong, I will leave it to you to train, and let the songs and dances you compose spread all over the world and to future generations!"
Xinxin was moved and excited when he heard it, and a red cloud flew up his cheeks.
It was on this day that Li Chengqian hugged him into the dormitory.From then on, the two of them would lie down together and get up together, going out together, barely avoiding the eyes of the servants of the Eastern Palace, and not shying away from those too-changle people who had a good relationship with each other.Even Li Yuanchang felt that it was a bit too much, and laughed and scolded Li Chengqian for valuing sex and despising friends, but Li Chengqian didn't care, and remained the same.
The night in the East Palace was even more lively because of Xin Xin's arrival.
At this moment, even though it was already the third watch, the Donggong Chongjiao Hall was still full of singing and dancing.
Li Chengqian and Li Yuanchang sat on the couch to watch as usual, and Xinxin danced solo below, accompanied by more than a dozen musicians on both sides.When everyone was immersed in the dance and music, an eunuch rushed in and whispered something in Li Chengqian's ear.Li Chengqian was startled, and immediately waved his hand, and the whole hall fell silent for a while.
"What happened?" Li Yuanchang was puzzled.
"Wei Zheng is here." Li Chengqian said expressionlessly.
"Is this old guy crazy?" Li Yuanchang was very displeased, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night without sleeping?!"
Li Chengqian glanced at him coldly.Only then did Li Yuanchang shut up resentfully, and hurriedly told the musicians below to avoid him.Yixin couldn't help looking at Li Chengqian, but seeing his eyes downcast, he could only follow the musicians around the screen and into the apse.
"It's enough for them to avoid it for a while, should I avoid it?" Li Yuanchang asked.
Li Chengqian said nothing, but waved his hand.
Li Yuanchang stood up reluctantly with an angry expression on his face.Just at this time, Wei Zheng had strode into the hall, and at the same time said loudly: "His Royal Highness, there is no need to avoid it. It just so happens that the old man also wants to chat with you."
Li Chengqian quickly stood up and saluted: "Grand Master."
Wei Zheng returned a salute.
Li Yuanchang curled his lips: "Grand Master Wei, do you elderly people just get up and walk around because you can't sleep at night?"
"Seventh Uncle!" Li Chengqian said in a deep voice, "Don't be rude to Grand Master!"
Wei Zheng smiled, and said indifferently: "My lord is right, people are getting old, and it's true that they can't sleep well at night."
A group of eunuchs hastily removed the food, wine, fruit and vegetables from the food table.Wei Zheng watched them busy, smiled and said nothing.After finally clearing things up, Li Chengqian hurriedly invited Wei Zheng to take a seat.
As soon as the three of them sat down, Li Yuanchang immediately said: "The grand master said he wanted to talk to me, but what do you want to talk about?"
Li Chengqian secretly gave him a wink, but Li Yuanchang turned a blind eye.
Wei Zheng smiled: "Let's start talking about the topic just now. An elderly person like this old man can't sleep even if he wants to sleep. I don't know why a person like Wang Ye who is in his prime can sleep but can't sleep. ?”
Li Yuanchang was startled, and said: "We are in good health, it's fine if we don't sleep for a few days and nights."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng suddenly laughed a few times.
"Why is the Grand Master laughing?"
"I'm just laughing, I, Wei Zheng, was once young, but what about you, my lord? Have you ever been old? Do you know how you will be retaliated by your body if you abused your body when you were young?"
Li Chengqian frowned slightly, as if he could hear the taste of accusation and scolding.
Li Yuanchang was speechless, and after a while he said: "Everyone has his own ambition, you have your way of life, I have my way of life, why should everyone live as boring as you?"
"Zi Feiyu, how do you know the joy of fish? How does your lord know that my life, Wei Zheng, is boring? Does it mean that you have to indulge in sensuality day and night like a lord, in order to live an interesting life?"
Li Chengqian couldn't listen anymore, he stood up suddenly, and gave Wei Zheng a deep bow: "Grand Master, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly, let's stop pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey."
Wei Zheng motioned him to sit down, and said with a smile, "Actually, this old man didn't mean to criticize Sang Huai, but I just wanted to stop here."
"Teacher, don't hide it." Li Yuanchang sneered, "You don't sleep in the middle of the night, don't you just come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes?"
"Since I know that the old man came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, does the prince know what crime he has committed?"
Li Yuanchang couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped up against the case: "Wei Zheng, don't bully people too much! I, Li Yuanchang, a nobleman of the royal family, it's not your turn to ask if I'm guilty or not!"
Li Chengqian knew he couldn't persuade him, so he smiled wryly and remained silent.
"My lord is really full of blood!" Wei Zheng smiled lightly, "You just jumped up after saying a few words, how can we have a good chat?"
"I have nothing to talk to you!" Li Yuanchang was furious, turned his head to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, I think you are sleepy too, everyone should rest earlier, I'll take a step first!" After speaking, he gave Wei Zheng another look , flicked his sleeves and walked out.
Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian smiled wryly.
Outside the hall, the moonlight is like water, flowing all over the place.
Yixin sat side by side with a familiar young musician on the steps of the back door of the main hall, talking in a low voice.
The musician's name is Ah Fu, who grew up with Yixin since they were young, and the two love each other like brothers.
"Fei Luan," Ah Fu still couldn't change his words, "You've finally come out on top this time, it's really enviable and jealous to see how Your Highness favors you!"
Xinxin smiled: "You are outspoken, even talking about jealousy."
Ah Fu chuckled: "What is the friendship between us, why don't I dare to say it? I'm so jealous of you!"
"Play the instrument well, and you will be able to stand out in the future."
Ah Fu smiled wryly: "I'm not like your natural beauty, look at my crooked appearance, who is blind and pampers me?"
He covered his mouth and smiled.
"By the way, Feiluan, who came just now? Look at the prince, he seems quite nervous."
"Maybe it's Grand Master Wei." A trace of worry flashed across Cheng Xin's eyes.
"Your Highness is the crown prince, the future emperor, so why should you be afraid of Wei Zheng?"
"Grand Master Wei was sent by His Majesty to assist His Highness, so His Highness naturally respects him three points. Don't say such things in the future."
Ah Fu stuck out his tongue, and said again: "I heard that the prince will take you to Qujiang for a visit in two days, is it true?"
Qujiang is located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City. It was first excavated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Because of its vast water waves and winding pool banks, it resembles the river of Guangling, so it was named "Qujiang".During the Sui Dynasty, Qujiang was included in the capital city. Because the terrain of Chang'an was higher in the southeast than in the northwest, and the land of Qujiang was higher than the imperial city, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered people to dig deep into Qujiang and dug it into a deep pool, which was later called Qujiang Pond.It is the most famous scenic spot in Chang'an, where the smoke and water are bright, the willows are soft, the palaces and pavilions on both sides are stretched, and the scenery is beautiful. From the princes and nobles, literati and ladies, to the common people, traffickers and pawns, everyone regards it as a place for entertainment, feasting and leisure. The perfect place to entertain.
Since childhood, Yixin has never been in the palace, grew up in Jiaofang, and has almost never been out of the house. Li Chengqian loves him and proposes to take him to visit Qujiang.Li Chengqian said, let's travel lightly and pretend to be casual, don't be recognized by others.After all, Xinxin couldn't help being curious about the outside world, so she agreed.I didn't expect this partner to know about what was just settled this morning.
"Are you Shunfenger? Why do you know everything?" Xin Xin gave him a blank look.
Ah Fu laughed and said: "I'm happy for you, this is not a bad thing, why are you afraid that people will know?"
Of course, Xinxin is looking forward to this rare trip from the bottom of his heart, but for some reason, he always has a faint uneasiness in his heart, as if he feels that he is born with little blessings and should not enjoy this kind of benefits.
In the Chongjiao Hall, after an embarrassing silence, Li Chengqian said, "Grand Master, I know that you must have come here for something you want."
"Your Highness has been clever and enlightened since childhood, and it is still the case today. It's a pity that if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black. If you are with someone like the King of Han, your intelligence will inevitably be compromised."
Li Chengqian smiled faintly: "The Grand Master means that I made friends carelessly?"
Wei Zheng said bluntly: "You can also say the same."
"Since I am smart, I am not afraid of fools. Since I am originally vermilion red, why should I be afraid of ink staining black? The king of Han is the king of Han, and I am me. The grand master does not need to worry too much."
"It's not that I worry too much, it's just that His Highness sings and sings day and night, His Majesty must be displeased." Wei Zhengdao, "What's more, His Highness's favorite is not an ordinary Tai Changle person, but a child mole!"
"It's true that I favor child molestation, but will this harm my intelligence? I haven't heard of it!"
"As the crown prince, you need not only intelligence, but also virtue. If you favor a child molester, you will damage your virtue!"
"Virtue?" Li Chengqian sneered slightly, "Since ancient times, the winner is a prince and the loser is a thief. As long as you win, everyone in the world will sing praises to you; if you lose, what good is your virtue?"
"Your Highness, let's not say that your words are biased. Even if your words are right, you still have to think about how to win. From the old man's point of view, a heir who is more intelligent than virtuous is likely to lose!"
"It's hard to say. Whether King Wei can beat me is still uncertain."
"But as far as the matter of satisfaction is concerned, you are giving others a handle, and it is impossible for King Wei not to use it!"
"Then let him make good use of it." Li Chengqian smiled nonchalantly, "I'd like to see who wins the game in the end!"
"Your Highness, you are favored, have you ever investigated his identity and origin?"
"I know that his father was beheaded for committing a crime more than ten years ago, but what does this mean? Isn't everything over?"
Wei Zheng smiled wryly: "Some things are past in the past, but some things, no matter how long it takes, will never get over it!"
"Like what?"
Wei Zheng looked into Li Chengqian's eyes, and said word by word: "For example, rebellion."
Li Chengqian was startled: "You mean, Xinxin's father was punished for treason?"
Wei Zheng nodded.
"What is the specific reason?"
"If I tell the specific reasons, His Highness will probably be even more astonished."
Li Chengqian leaned forward subconsciously, staring at Wei Zheng: "Teacher, tell me quickly, what's the matter?"
"The father of Xinxin, named Lu Shenyan, served in the emperor's court during the reign of Wude. He was a close minister of Gaozu. Although his official position was not high, he was appreciated by Gaozu for his dedication to his duties." Wei Zheng recalled, his eyes became distant, " In the ninth year of Wude, when the Xuanwumen incident happened, Lu Shenyan stayed by Gaozu's side from beginning to end, and experienced the unbearable past. After Gaozu abdicated, it is said that Lu Shenyan had always been resentful. In the second year of Zhenguan, he Once he said something to a friend after drinking, he was reported and sent to prison immediately. After hearing that sentence, the Holy One was furious, and immediately beheaded Lu Shenyan on the charge of treason. Unfortunately, it is called "Shenyan", but it is actually Words are not judged, misfortune comes from mouth!"
Li Chengqian frowned: "Just because of a word after drinking, the father said he was treason?"
Wei Zheng smiled wryly.
"What the hell is that sentence?"
Wei Zheng looked at him: "Your Highness, if I say this, I will also be guilty of treason."
Li Chengqian pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then I just want to ask the grand master a question, did Lu Shenyan's words reveal the hidden inside story of the Xuanwumen incident?"
Wei Zheng hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.
Li Chengqian gasped suddenly.
"Your Highness, this old man has said all he has to say. I believe His Highness will make his own decision on what to do."
After Wei Zheng said this, he took his leave and left.Li Chengqian sat there blankly, and even forgot to get up to see Wei Zheng off when he left.
Outside the hall, Yixin and Ah Fu were still talking, but Li Chengqian walked behind them silently at some point.
The two noticed and got up in a hurry.Ah Fu bowed, and quickly slipped away.Observing Li Chengqian's expression with satisfaction, he said softly: "Your Highness, did the Grand Master mention my matter?"
Li Chengqian was still in a daze, when he heard him speak, he asked, "What did you say?"
Xin said it again.
Li Chengqian smiled: "No, what did he mention you for? He was discussing other things with me."
Xin Xin looked at him: "Your Highness, how about going to Qujiang Pond, forget it."
"Why forget it? Isn't everything agreed?"
Yi Xin hesitated: "In my heart, I always feel a little uneasy."
Li Chengqian looked at him with pity in his heart, but he had to admire his keen intuition.In fact, after listening to Wei Zheng's words just now, Li Chengqian has already realized the seriousness of the problem.Because Xinxin is not an ordinary child molestation, but is involved in a treason case, and the case also involves the secret inside story of the Xuanwu Gate incident. If this matter is used by King Wei to make a fuss, the father will definitely not forgive him lightly, maybe It is possible to abolish one's own crown prince in a fit of anger.
Therefore, Li Chengqian had no choice but to make a secret decision: to send Xinxin away.
At least let him leave the East Palace temporarily, and bring him back when he inherits the throne in the future.
Although these words are difficult to say, and they will definitely hurt Xinxin's heart, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, so after some hesitation, Li Chengqian finally gritted his teeth and said his decision, and finally said: "Two days to travel After finishing Qujiang, I will order someone to send you away from Chang'an directly, and I will make proper arrangements for your whereabouts."
As soon as Xin Xin heard it, the whole person froze, and tears flowed down silently.
"Xingxin, I'm not trying to drive you away, nor is I trying to separate from you. I just want you to leave for a while to avoid the limelight."
"I know, I know..." Xin Xin nodded frequently, tears dripping down her cheeks, "A criminal like Xin Xin shouldn't have troubled His Highness in the first place, it's because Xin Xin didn't know himself, I'm sorry Your Highness..."
Li Chengqian couldn't bear it, and said softly: "Xingxin, this is what your father did. It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself. Besides, your father may not be at fault. In the future, if I inherit the throne, I will definitely make a decree." Retrial the case, rehabilitate your father, let you feel proud, and never live this dark life again."
Yi Xin raised her face, with joy in her eyes: "Your Highness, are you serious?"
"Of course, how could I lie to you?" Li Chengqian took Xin Xin's shoulders and gently wiped away the tears from his face.
After a while, the two hugged each other and walked towards the depths of the East Palace.
The thick night soon engulfed them.
Beside the steps of the main hall, Ah Fu hid in the dark, watching their backs disappear into the darkness, before turning and leaving.
"What did you say?!"
In the Hall of Liangyi, Li Shimin suddenly heard Liu Jie's report, saying that the crown prince favored the child prostitute, and that the child prostitute was the son of Lu Shenyan, who was punished for treason in the past, his eyes widened with anger and his face turned livid.
"Your Majesty, calm down." Liu Ji stood below and said, "At present, I am just a rumor and have not confirmed it. Maybe it is just a misinformation."
Zhao Dequan stood aside, feeling astonished.
"Where there is no wind, there are no waves." Li Shimin said coldly, "Since there are rumors, there must be a reason!"
"Your Majesty's words are true! However, seeing is believing and hearing is false. This matter not only concerns the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince, but also involves the treason case of the year. It is really a big deal. I still urge Your Majesty to check it out personally, so as not to wrong the Crown Prince. .”
"That's right!" Li Shimin immediately stood up and said to Zhao Dequan, "Go, follow me to the East Palace!"
Zhao Dequan was shocked, but he didn't dare to stop him.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Ji quickly took a step forward and bowed, "I think it's inappropriate to go to the East Palace now."
"Why?"
"Even if His Majesty finds the child molester Xin Xin in the East Palace, it will not prove anything. The Prince can say that he appreciates singing and dancing normally, and he doesn't know the details of Xin Xin at all. In this way, instead of being able to clarify the facts, His Majesty will be trapped embarrassing place."
Li Shimin thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he sat back and said, "Then what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I have a simple and effective method, but before I say this method, I have to ask Your Majesty to forgive me." As he spoke, Liu Jie lifted his official robe and knelt down.
Li Shimin was surprised: "What is your crime?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, in order to create conditions for His Majesty to investigate this matter, I secretly ordered someone to go to the East Palace to inquire about the news. Although I did this out of publicity, it was not on the table after all, so I felt ashamed and could only plead guilty to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin said indifferently: "You said it was out of public interest, so what's the crime? Get up and tell me what news you have found out."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Ji got up, "I learned that the prince will take Xin to Qujiang for a tour in two days' time, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"Then your so-called method is to let Zhen also take a tour of Qujiang and see this with his own eyes?"
"Your Majesty is wise! I think that in this way, the crown prince will not be able to say that he has nothing to do with Xinxin. Of course, if it turns out that the crown prince has not committed any wrongdoing and is just chasing after others, then the crown prince can be returned innocent, and even more so." It couldn't be better."
"Liu Ji, you are really impeccable in what you say and do!" Li Shimin smiled lightly, not knowing whether it was admiration or ridicule.
Liu Jie was slightly startled, and quickly knelt down again: "Your Majesty forgive me, I just do it out of my heart, I say what I have, and I do what I want, it's not intentional."
"Get up, don't make excuses at every turn. To do things under the door, you have to be thoughtful and rigorous, and this is not a shortcoming." Li Shimin said, "It is said that you are a servant. Today, it seems that this The words are to the point."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Jie got up, secretly happy.
Xiao Junmo called Mi Mancang home to discuss how to rescue Bian Cai's father and daughter.
Mi Mancang disagreed with life and death at first, but he was moved when he heard that Xiao Junmo offered an unexpectedly high price.Then, the two went through a difficult bargain, and finally settled the deal at the price of thirty ingots of gold.
Next, the two spent more than an hour before discussing a rescue plan.
Mi Mancang complained, stammering that he would have to run away after saving the father and daughter of Biancai, and I am afraid that there will be no place for him in the whole Tang Dynasty in the future.
Xiao Junmo said, don’t get cheap and act good. These thirty ingots of gold are all my belongings. The rewards my majesty has given me over the years are all here. Wherever you go with this money, are you not a rich man?This time your rice warehouse is full, but mine is empty.
Mi Mancang smiled, and said that this is your trouble as men.
Xiao Junmo was taken aback, saying what does this have to do with whether a man is a man or not?
Mi Mancang stammered again for a long time, to the effect that you should stop pretending, you like Miss Chu and want to marry her, so naturally you have to pay the price, clean people like us are great, and you don’t need to spend money Marry a daughter-in-law, one person will be full and the whole family will not be hungry.
Xiao Junmo was angry and funny, and said, "Which eye did you see that I like Chu Lisang?"
Mi Mancang chuckled and said, do you need to see it with your eyes?You can smell it!
Xiao Junmo rolled his eyes, and quickly changed the topic, saying stop talking about these useless things, and quickly discuss the plan again to see if there are any mistakes.Afterwards, the two discussed for a while, before Xiao Junmo took out fifteen ingots of gold, gave it to Mi Mancang as a deposit, and then sent him out.
As soon as the two of them reached the door, Huan Dieyi walked in. When he saw Mi Mancang, who was dressed in casual clothes but had no beard, he immediately looked suspicious.It wasn't until Mi Mancang's back disappeared at the gate that Huan Dieyi looked away and asked, "Who is he?"
"a friend."
"You have so many tastes, you even have this number of friends?"
"What do you mean?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be confused.
"Stop pretending, isn't he just a eunuch?"
Xiao Junmo smiled: "What's wrong with the eunuch? Eunuchs are human too, why can't they make friends and talk to each other?"
"I'm afraid you didn't make friends with him to talk to him, did you?"
Xiao Junmo groaned secretly in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Don't wrong me, no matter how mixed my taste is, I won't be like him, right?"
Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him: "I'm not talking about how you treat him."
"Then what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that you don't make friends with him to talk to him, but to talk to someone through him." Huan Dieyi stared at him, "Am I right?"
God, women's intuition is really terrible!Xiao Junmo lamented repeatedly in his heart, so he had to force a smile: "By the way, didn't you say you were going shopping that day? I just happened to be fine today, so let's go shopping with you." He said and hurriedly walked towards the door.
Huan Dieyi stopped him, and then stared at his face: "Is it right?"
"What did you say?" Xiao Junmo smiled wryly, "I don't understand what you're talking about at all."
"You are looking for this eunuch because you want him to help you enter the palace to find Chu Lisang?"
"She wants to seek revenge on me, so I will take the initiative to find her?" Xiao Junmo said displeased, "Besides, trespassing on the palace is a capital offense. I'm full to seek death? Huan Dieyi, is that how senior brother is in your eyes? Stupid alone?"
Huan Dieyi still looked at him, and said coldly: "Yes."
Xiao Junmo cried with a sad face: "Dieyi, stop messing around..."
"I'm not messing around!" Huan Dieyi said, "I say you're stupid for a reason."
"what reason?"
"When a person likes another person, they are stupid! I think you are now!"
"You have no proof, why do you say that about me?" Xiao Junmo was anxious.
"Look, look, you've been hit by what I've said repeatedly, and you have nothing to say, but you've turned into anger from embarrassment?"
"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you." Xiao Junmo clasped his fists and begged for forgiveness, "You still don't want to go shopping, or if you don't, I can go shopping alone."
"I'm not in the mood."
"Why are you not in the mood?"
"I don't want a man to go shopping with me, but think of another woman in his heart." Huan Dieyi left these words and left without looking back.
Xiao Junmo stood there in a daze, until Huan Dieyi left for a long time, but still didn't recall it.
Li Tai himself didn't expect that, he obviously didn't want to come to Qihuang Pavilion again, but at the time Su Jinse agreed with him, he unexpectedly came to this place again by accident.
Qihuang Pavilion is still a school of drunken and gold fans, Yingying and Yanyan are still standing in the hall, scratching their heads and posing, the old bustard is still smiling and attentive when seeing him, but as soon as Li Tai walks in, something suddenly arises in his heart. Human non-sourness and strangeness.
When Su Jinse saw him appearing at the door of the private room, she didn't seem to be surprised at all, she still greeted him with a smile as usual, gently hugged his arm, and then put her fragrant lips next to his ear, talking about the two The private conversations that often occur between them, it seems that the scene three days ago never happened at all.
What kind of power is it that can make such an elegant and charming woman so mysterious and frightening?
Li Tai thought, it must be the answer behind this question, which attracted him to Qihuang Pavilion again.
"Your Highness is honored tonight, it means that you don't blame my family, right?" Su Jinse accompanied him to the couch and sat down, and poured him a glass of wine.
"Let your natal family come out quickly, don't delay my time." Li Tai said coldly.
There was a trace of sadness in Su Jinse's eyes, as if she was disappointed by Li Tai's indifference, but she immediately returned to her smile: "That's right, Your Highness is busy every day, I shouldn't talk to you too much." After finishing speaking, he went straight to the bead curtain , said softly: "Sir, His Royal Highness King Wei has arrived, you can come out now."
When the voice fell, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman in his 50s opened the beaded curtain and came out.This person is tall and tall, with a refined appearance, but his eyes have a kind of sharpness and majesty that neither Confucianists nor businessmen have.With a smile on his face, he walked directly in front of Li Tai, cupped his hands, and said loudly: "My lord Wang Hongyi, whose ancestral home is in Langya, Shandong, is the adoptive father of Su Jinse. He is a businessman and travels around the world. When he first entered the capital today, he will be able to see His Royal Highness the King of Wei." , is really lucky for three lives!"
Su Jinse glanced at Li Tai nonchalantly, walked out quietly, and closed the door behind her.
Li Tai looked at this man named Wang Hongyi up and down, and his tone was not very polite: "Since your Excellency is the Langya Wang family, it can be regarded as a wealthy family. How did you become a businessman?"
"Your Highness is right." Wang Hongyi ignored his teasing, and said with a faint smile, "Three hundred years ago, from the Central Plains to Jiangzuo, the Langya Wang family was indeed one of the most famous families, but after years of chaos, The glory of the past has long been lost. Now one has no power, the other has no power, and there is nothing but prestige in the county. If you don’t do business for your own survival, how can you live and live?”
"Yeah, I think back then, 'the king and the horse share the world', how glorious it was! The power of the Wang family, but even the emperor of the Jin Dynasty should be in awe!" Li Tai said with a smile, "It's a pity that today's Oblivion and oblivion, is this to blame you descendants for being unworthy?"
Li Tai said that "the king and the horse share the world" is a famous historical allusion, which refers to the situation in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty when the Langya Wang family and the Jin Dynasty Sima royal family ruled the world together.At that time, the Western Jin Dynasty perished due to the "five chaos in China" and "the disaster of Yongjia".At that time, Wang Dao had a high position and authority, united the northern and southern gentry, strategized, and made his own government orders; Wang Dun was in charge of military power, full-time expeditions, and later set up Jingzhou to control the capital Jiankang.It was against this background that on the day of Sima Rui's ascension to the throne, he held Dao Wang's hand in fear and sat on the imperial couch together, accepting congratulations from the officials, expressing his willingness to share the world with the Wang family.Since then, the power of the Wang family has reached its peak, and the situation of "the king and the horse share the world" has been maintained in Jiangzuo for more than [-] years.Even if the Yu family prospered later, the political power, social status and cultural influence of the Wang family remained enduring.Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, is Wang Dao's cousin.
"Your Highness's words are true." Wang Hongyi heard Li Tai's sarcasm, but he didn't take it seriously, "Our family has fallen, and our unworthy descendants are naturally ashamed of our ancestors! It's just that things are impermanent, fortunes rotate, and when the water is full, it overflows. There is a definite number between the rise and fall of the moon, and the change of ups and downs is also common sense. From this point of view, my Wang clan has been silent for more than 200 years, and it is not impossible for me to meet one day by chance, whether it is extremely prosperous or not!"
Hearing this, Li Tai finally put away his sarcasm, looked at Wang Hongyi and said, "Since you have this ambition, it can be seen that you are not an ordinary businessman, so can you tell me what you do for a living?"
Wang Hongyi smiled: "Since Your Highness asks questions, I will be blunt. What I manage is not things, but people."
"Oh?" Li Tai narrowed his eyes, "How do people operate? I would like to hear the details."
"Speaking of people's management, the most successful person throughout the ages is Lu Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin State. Back then, he was just a businessman, although he was rich but his status was low, and the son of the Qin State, Ying Yiren, was only from the State of Zhao. A hostage, but under Lu Buwei's painstaking management, Ying Yiren finally became the king of Qin, and Lu Buwei became the prime minister of the country. It can be seen that the biggest livelihood in the world has never been a thing, but a person."
Li Tai's face darkened: "Your Excellency, do you think that this king is Ying Yiren and you are Lu Buwei?"
Since Wang Hongyi was talking about the allusion of "odd goods can live in", he invisibly compared Li Tai to a "rare goods" like Ying Yiren, and Li Tai was naturally displeased.
Wang Hongyi hurriedly cupped his hands: "Your Highness has misunderstood. I am just using an analogy to answer His Highness's question of 'how people manage their business'. There is absolutely no intention to insult His Highness."
Li Tai looked at him for a while, then calmed down, motioned for Wang Hongyi to take a seat, and said, "Your Excellency must be sincere in coming here, but I don't know what ability you have to help this king?"
Wang Hongyi sat down on the other side of the couch and smiled faintly: "My ability is still one word: human."
"What do you mean?"
"I think back then, when the Holy Majesty was in the feudal domain, his subordinates were like clouds of counselors and fierce generals like rain, and there were [-] dead men in the Prince Qin's mansion, so there was the incident of Xuanwumen later. If Your Highness wants to follow the example of the Holy Majesty, how can there be no one under his command?" ?”
Li Tai was slightly shocked, and looked at the other party again: "Then who are you?"
"In the court, there are counselors who can be driven by His Highness; in the field, there are dead men who can serve His Highness to death!"
Li Tai was startled: "You also have people in the court?"
Wang Hongyi smiled and remained silent.
While staring at him, Li Tai's thoughts turned suddenly, and he suddenly remembered something: "Since you are a descendant of Wang Dao Langya, you must also be a descendant of Wang Xizhi?"
Wang Hongyi nodded slightly.
Li Tai searched for all the pieces of the mystery of "Lanting Preface" that he had learned recently in his mind, and suddenly he couldn't help saying: "The first teacher has a hidden treasure."
He remembered that Fang Yiai had said that this was the code name of the Jianghu power in Gantangyi, whose leader was code-named "Ming Zang", and someone under him was lurking in the court, code-named "Xuanquan".
Wang Hongyi still looked at Li Tai with a smile on his face, and said softly from his mouth: "Anyong Jishiluo."
Li Tai's shock was truly extraordinary, he jumped up from the couch, his eyes widened and he said, "You...you are Mr. Mingzang?!"
Li Tai didn't hear the answer, but still only saw a mysterious smile.
By the Qujiang Pool, the sun is shining brightly.
The river is sparkling, and there are many tourists on the shore.
It's early summer, and the warm wind blows people's minds. Although the men and women who have come here have changed into light shirts and gauze, they are still forced to sweat by the bright sunshine.Both Li Chengqian and Yixin were dressed in casual clothes, and strolled to a stone railing on the north bank.Xinxin was obviously very happy, with a pair of big black and white eyes looking around, seeing everything felt fresh, wishing to have a panoramic view of all the beautiful scenery in an instant.
Li Chengqian looked at him, feeling quite relieved.
There were fine beads of sweat on Xin Xin's forehead and the tip of his nose. Li Chengqian took out a sweat towel and reached out to help him wipe it off.Yixin hurriedly went to pick up the sweat towel, but Li Chengqian insisted on pushing away his hand and gently wiped it off for him.
Passers-by who passed by accidentally saw the ambiguous behavior of the two men, and they all pointed and whispered.
Feeling shy, she hurriedly said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I should do it myself, and don't let others gossip."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Chengqian disapproved, "It's because they are rare and strange, a group of field shepherds!" After speaking, he cast a fierce glance at the passers-by.
After all, the prince is a prince. Although he is wearing casual clothes, he has an unspoken arrogance.The passers-by were swept away by his gaze, and as expected, their hearts shivered, and they walked away one after another.
"Your Highness is so majestic!" Cheng Xin said with a smile.
"Of course!" Li Chengqian said proudly, "If they take another look, I'll ask Feng Shijin to throw them into the river one by one to feed bastards!"
Feng Shijin was led by the prince's left guard, that is, the chief guard of the East Palace. He was the one who led people to Yizhou to arrest Chen Xiong's brother-in-law.At this moment, he was also wearing casual clothes, and he was scattered around with several of his subordinates to protect secretly.After the Qujiang tour later, Li Chengqian wanted him to escort Xinxin to Zhongnan Mountain, where there was a guest house that Li Chengqian carefully built a few years ago.
Hearing the words to his heart's content, he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.
Li Chengqian looked at his rosy face, couldn't help but reached out and wiped his cheek again.
At this moment, Li Chengqian never expected that there was a gazebo on the hillside only a few dozen steps away from them, and Li Shimin, who was dressed in micro clothes, was sitting in the pavilion, watching every move of the two of them.Beside Li Shimin were Li Shiji and his subordinates who were also dressed in casual clothes.
Li Shimin's chest heaved violently, his face was livid, and he closed his eyes suddenly.
Li Shiji and his subordinates looked at each other.They all knew that this was the most outrageous expression of the emperor's heart.
As the sun approached midday, a gust of hot wind blew from the river, and Li Chengqian suddenly felt that the heat was unbearable, so he said to his heart: "It's so hot, go hide in the carriage, and eat something by the way." Then he took Xinxin's hand, Get into the carriage parked aside.
Feng Shijin was about to get closer to the carriage when he suddenly felt something hard against his waist. When he looked down, it turned out to be a sharp dagger. When he looked up again, Li Shiji looked at him with a smile.
"General Feng, don't move around, knives don't have eyes."
At the same time, several of his subordinates were restrained by Li Shiji's subordinates in the same way.
Feng Shijin was shocked, but before he could recover, Li Shimin appeared in front of his eyes.Feng Shijin's face instantly turned pale, and a bean-sized bead of sweat fell from the corner of his forehead.
Li Shimin walked slowly towards the carriage.When I arrived in front of the carriage, I just wanted to reach out to lift the curtain, but suddenly thought of something, I retracted my hand, took a step closer, and began to listen.
At this moment, Li Chengqian and Xinxin in the carriage did not realize what was happening outside at all.The two were feeding each other pastries and laughing softly.
"Your Highness, you promised me that you would often visit me in Zhongnan Mountain, you must not break your promise," said Xinxin.
"of course not."
"You swear." Yi Xin acted coquettishly.
Without hesitation, Li Chengqian said, "I swear, if I break my promise, I will let the heavens strike me with thunder!"
Yi Xin hurriedly covered his mouth: "Don't send such heavy words."
Li Chengqian thought for a while: "Then I swear, if I break my promise, my father will abolish my crown prince!"
Outside the carriage, Li Shimin closed his eyes in pain.
Yi Xin tilted her head and pondered for a while, said: "I accept this oath, in fact, being a crown prince may not be so good, but it is more comfortable not to be a prince."
Li Chengqian smiled: "You are kind-hearted. Is there any man in this world who doesn't want to be the crown prince? Just say my fourth brother, King Wei, who desperately wants to seek my position as crown prince!"
"He wants to make money, so let him do it." Xin Xin said, "You come with me, we just want to be happy people."
Li Chengqian smiled wryly: "Since I was born in the emperor's family, I have a responsibility on my body, how can I be so carefree and happy like you?"
Outside the car, Li Shimin seemed a little relieved when he heard the words.
"There's one more thing you can't break your promise." said Xinxin.
"what's up?"
"If you become the emperor in the future, you must return my father's innocence."
"It's natural." Li Chengqian was thinking about something, and suddenly said, "Xingxin, how much do you know about your father's past?"
Outside the car, Li Shimin frowned and listened more attentively.
"I heard my mother talk about it, but not much."
"Then do you know, what did your father say that caused the accident?"
With a gloomy expression, Xin nodded.
Li Chengqian's eyes brightened: "Then tell me quickly, what is that sentence?"
There was panic in Yi Xin's eyes: "Your Highness, my father was beheaded because of these words, you..."
"It's okay, it's just the two of us here, and no one else." Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "You want me to retry your father's case in the future, so you have to tell me the truth, right?"
After hesitating for a while, Yixin said in a low voice: "Your Highness really believes that my father... is he innocent?"
"That depends on what your father said, so you have to tell me."
After struggling for a while, Yingxin finally summoned up his courage and said, "My father said that the King of Qin not only killed his brother at Xuanwu Gate, but also, on June [-]th, he also..."
"What else?" Li Chengqian opened his eyes wide.
"Also... still imprisoning Junfu in the harem."
Li Chengqian's whole body trembled, as if he had received an electric shock.
At this point, he finally understood why his father would involuntarily kill Lu Shenyan on the charge of treason. It turned out that only half of the truth about the Xuanwumen incident was known to outsiders, while the other half was deliberately covered up by his father. A drunken mantra of Yan Yan was punctured!
"Prisoning the emperor's father in the harem", although there are only six short words in this sentence, the things contained in it are shocking enough.
In Li Chengqian's memory, since he was a child, the truth of the Xuanwumen incident announced by his father has always been how the prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji tried to murder him time and again. In order to protect himself, he had no choice but to launch a coup and kill Prince and King Qi.However, regarding the situation of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan on the day of the incident, his father has always kept secret and vague. He only said that when the incident broke out, Gaozu was rafting on the sea pool with Pei Ji, Xiao Yu and other important ministers until Yuchi Jingde was ordered by his father. , "Jianjia holding a spear" entered the palace to escort him, and said that the prince and King Qi had been punished for treason, and Gaozu woke up like a dream and learned what had happened.
Li Chengqian has always felt strange about this, the four big pools in the harem are not far from the Xuanwu Gate, why the people from the Prince Qin's Mansion, the Donggong, and the Qi Mansion's soldiers fought wildly at the Xuanwu Gate, and Gao Zu didn't even notice it. And still enjoy rafting in the sea pool?There are so many imperial soldiers, eunuchs and court ladies in the palace, but none of them reported to Gaozu immediately when the incident broke out, but waited until the incident was nearing its end before Yuchi Jingde entered the palace to play the Ming Dynasty. Is this in line with common sense?
Of course, even though Li Chengqian had doubts, it was impossible for him to delve into all this.Because it was his father who won the victory in this incident and became the emperor, and Li Chengqian, who was established as the prince, was also one of the biggest vested interests in this matter. How could he replace the losing party—whether it was Crown Prince, King Qi or Gaozu—to find out the truth?
Li Chengqian was not so stupid, so the above questions were gradually forgotten by him as time went by.
However, at this moment, Li Chengqian was extremely shocked by the sudden arrival of the truth, and also stirred up huge waves in his heart again.Obviously, the so-called "Gaozu boating in the sea pool" scene must be a lie fabricated by the father afterwards. Just as Lu Shenyan's words revealed, the truth at that time must be that the father killed the prince and Qi at the Xuanwu Gate. The queen immediately led her troops into the palace to imprison Gaozu, and forced Gaozu to issue an edict, announcing that the prince and King Qi were rebels, while King Qin was the party of justice.After that, Gaozu issued an edict to appoint King Qin as the prince, and then voluntarily abdicated to let King Qin ascend the throne. Obviously, these were all helpless actions that King Qin had to do under the force of force.
At the moment when the truth came to light, Li Chengqian couldn't help sweating profusely, unable to recover for a long time.
Xin Xin looked at him in horror, her lips trembling: "Your Highness, you... what's the matter with you?"
Before Li Chengqian could reply, the curtain of the car door was suddenly lifted by a big hand, and then the furious face of Emperor Li Shimin was reflected in the horrified pupils of the two of them at the same time...
(End of this chapter)
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