Sansheng

Lin Yihuan stayed at his desk for several days, and finally he was exhausted. When he went down to court, he almost fainted, coughed continuously, and even coughed up blood in front of everyone.Middle-aged coughing up blood, I fear it won't last long, the ministers in the palace are talking about it for a while, people are panicking, and several undercurrents are also about to move.

The dowager came to visit him later, asked the doctor about his condition, and slowly opened his mouth: "Huan'er, after all, you have entered the age of forty, how can you work as hard as you used to when you were young? rest on bed."

"Mother, the Baxiong tribes of Beimo invaded Beili massively, and they are pressing down on the banks of the Jijiang River in my northern border. 20 troops are on the ground. How can you let me calm down and rest in bed?" Just after finishing speaking, Lin Yihuan was anxious Coughing, the maid immediately presented the veil, after a violent cough, she took off the veil covering her mouth, and the blood stained most of the silk again.

"Huaner, it's time for Beili to establish a new crown prince." The Empress Dowager wiped away the blood remaining at the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief. Although her movements were gentle, her words were as firm as ice, which made Lin Yihuan's heart tremble.

"Establish the crown prince earlier, and share some of the burden for you earlier." Seeing his eyes sinking, he added another sentence.

This is the queen mother of Beili, who always regards the country's fortune as the top priority in her life. She has witnessed the change of three generations of emperors. She has experienced all kinds of storms and waves. She always kept silent about the hard things that had been deposited in her bones with the years, but no one could change her words at critical moments, such as Lin Yihuan's accession to the throne, such as the naming of the third prince Lin Zhong.Since the time of the first emperor, he has been in charge of the government, dynasties have changed, and the people around him have changed one after another. The only thing that remains the same is his unshakable position in the Lin family's royal power.In order to stabilize the country established by her ancestors, she always chooses the safest method, setting up a prince as soon as possible, so that nothing will go wrong.

"Okay, queen mother." Lin Yihuan didn't fight back, because he knew that it was meaningless.

Just, who should stand?

According to the rule of setting up seniors but not young ones, it is naturally the eldest prince Lin Lin, but he has a reckless and impulsive personality. He has taken the credit for his military exploits by leading several soldiers, and he is arrogant. Many ministers in the court have criticized him for a long time. The second prince, Lin Cong, is extremely intelligent, eloquent, and always polite to others, with a smile in his eyes, but for some reason, Lin Yihuan looked at him and treated everyone the same Even the most considerate child, he can never get close to him; the third prince Lin Zhong is naturally talented in literature and martial arts, proficient in everything, although he is sometimes stubborn and willful, but That's only because of his young age, a little immature childishness is unavoidable, but what Lin Yihuan values ​​most about him is that he has a benevolent heart.Furthermore, he is the crystallization of love between himself and the person he loves the most. With emotion and reason, he is the best candidate for the crown prince.What is extremely helpless is that he came from a subjugated country. With such a background, if he is established as the crown prince, he will definitely be strongly opposed by the court ministers and the queen mother.

The images of the three princes are revolving around in Lin Yihuan's mind. The establishment of the crown prince is not a big thing in his mind. It has been on his mind many years ago, but the question of who to establish makes him I can't come to a conclusion for a long time, and the more I think about it, the more headache I get.

"Guo'er, what are you thinking about?" Chu Ao went into the palace to see Lin Zhong, who was watching a group of koi playing in the water by the pond.Leaning on the railing, listlessly lowering his head and hanging his arms, he was in a daze, not even hearing Chu Ao calling him.

"Guo'er!" A flick of a finger tapped on Lin Zhong's forehead, this is Chu Ao's usual way of greeting, of course only when there is no one around.

"Oh, you're here." Lin Zhong woke up, looked up at him, and then lazily lowered his eyes to stare at the pool.

What kind of attitude is this? I haven't seen you for a few days, but you actually ignore me when you see me. You know, I have missed you for a few days and nights. You would rather see fish than me!Chu Ao was angry in his heart, but he still looked at Lin Zhong's expression carefully, frowning intently, as if he had something to worry about.Needless to say, Chu Ao almost understood that the rumors in the palace these days were all about the emperor's illness, and Guo'er must be worried about his father's illness.

It's just this frown that really makes Chu Ao not want to look at it anymore.How could his most precious person have such an attitude when he was by his side.Quietly stretch out two fingers under the sleeves, pointing at the fish in the pond, the fish are naked with silver tails, as if they understand human words, they follow the direction of the fingers and swim to Lin Zhong's place in groups. In front of him, the tails of the fish brushed the ground, raising fine splashes of water, which made Lin Zhong stunned.

"This! It's really strange!" Lin Zhong exclaimed in a low voice. Just after he finished speaking, a big koi flicked its tail vigorously, and drips of water splashed on Lin Zhong's face, as if deliberately teasing him.

"Naughty!" Lin Zhong stepped back while wiping the water from his face with his sleeve, but accidentally stepped on something soft, which was Chu Ao's foot.

"I'm sorry..." He hurriedly apologized, and when he turned his head, he saw a person shielding his face with a folding fan of ink, wearing a light blue long gown, facing the wind like a jade tree, and looking imposing.

"You are..." Lin Zhong wondered, and lifted the fan with his hand, but the owner of the fan gently closed the fan, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes. It turned out to be Chu Ao. The green gown is looking at himself with a smile.

"When did you..." Lin Zhong was too shocked to speak.

"Like it?" Chu Ao deliberately walked in front of him, waving his fan in a pretentious manner.

"Like who?"

"Wei Young in your heart. Think about when you first met him, but you didn't even roll your eyes, did you forget it so quickly?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lin Zhong blushed immediately, "I only consider him a friend."

"Really? That's the only way to go, after all, the handsome Mr. Weiyang already has a child." Chu Ao gloated.

Lin Zhong turned his head stubbornly, while Ren Chuao was shaking his fan loudly, but he couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at him twice, not to mention, wearing this clothes, shaking a fan again , Isn't it just like the young master Weiyang back then, he turned his face away again, and thought for a while, after a few months, he didn't know how he is now.

"Guoer!" A piece of bamboo hit the back of Lin Zhong's head with a "snap". It was Chu Ao again, as if he was juggling. What to do with this bamboo.

In Lin Zhong's puzzled eyes, Chu Ao tied a corner of his long gown around his waist, his whole body was full of sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he was full of heroism. He used bamboo instead of a sword, and swished his sword. The dragon soars, comes like a thunderbolt and receives its wrath, but it is like the river and sea condensing into a clear light, this is the situation.

"Zhuqing..." Lin Zhong's eyes were a little bewildered, and his mouth opened and closed in a murmur, saying these two words.

"Hmph!" Chu Ao withdrew his sword in an instant, still panting a little, "I know you still miss him!" It turned out that his performance was guessed by the role, and he was also unhappy.

"You're talking stupid again, Zhuqing has deep affection for Manman."

"Then what if he's not full?" Chu Ao insisted, breaking the casserole and asking the end.

A smile sneaked out from the corner of Lin Zhong's mouth, looking at Chu Ao's persistent look with interest, he pursed his lips and refused to answer.

"Hmph, I know if you don't tell me, hey, but I don't know what's going on now. Thinking about how he coughed like that at the beginning, it's really pitiful..." Chu Ao's face was full of pity .

"You miss him?"

"Think about it."

"Then you go back to the bamboo forest, and you are still in the palace as the left servant." Unknowingly, Lin Zhong was turned away by Chu Ao again, tilted his head, puffed his cheeks and pouted.

"Guoer is jealous, haha, Guoer is jealous of me and Manman!" Chu Ao's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands happily.

"You! See if I don't tear your mouth, you're talking nonsense every day!" Lin Zhong twisted up half of Chu Ao's face with one hand, regardless of the man's hasty pleading for forgiveness, he only hardened his heart and dragged him around in circles.

"It hurts, it hurts!" Chu Ao squeezed one eye, tears welled up, and waved his arms wildly in the air.

"Hehe! Let's see if you still dare to talk nonsense." Seeing the man yelling in pain triumphantly, he laughed aloud, and finally let go of his hand, which was actually a bit sore.

Chu Ao rubbed half of his reddened face, instead of being angry, he smiled, "Guoer just smiled."

When he said this, his face immediately sullen.

"Don't, Guo'er, you look the best when you smile. I like to see you when you are happy." Chu Ao looked disappointed. The smile of the person who is so easy to make a smile is like a flash in the pan. In fact, I want to say one more thing, for your smile , I would rather give everything, I endured it and didn't say it.

"I just came back from seeing my father's illness, and my father's illness is getting worse, but I can't do anything. How can you make me happy?" After speaking, he sat back on the railing again, and his melancholy surfaced again. .

"The third prince is indeed a filial son, he is always concerned about the emperor's illness!" Suddenly, an old woman came in from the bluestone path, Lin Lin and Lin Cong respectfully supported her.

"Guo'er pays respects to the Queen Mother!"

"My minister pays homage to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is a thousand years old! I pay my respects to Your Highness the Second Prince, Your Highness the Third Prince, and Your Highness!"

Lin Chu and Lin Chu hurriedly saluted, the queen was too late, and the palace people didn't communicate. Lin Zhong was secretly shocked, wondering how much they had seen of the play just now.Looking at Lin Lin and Lin Cong again, since their father was ill, the two of them not only did not guard against the illness, but instead performed filial piety in front of the queen mother every day, thinking about it made me feel bored.

Lin Lin looked at Chu Ao arrogantly, ignoring his prostration just now, while Lin Cong smiled and said, "Master Chu is here too, I heard you two laughing from a long distance away, what's so good about it?" What about it? Tell us to listen to it, let us have fun too. I often see Lord Chu and my third brother together recently, and the two really hit it off!"

The queen mother frowned slightly when she heard this, and was caught by Chu Ao keenly, and hurriedly said, "Just now, His Royal Highness the third prince was discussing with the humble officials how to make the emperor get better quickly, so I didn't hear that the palace people passed on the news that the queen mother and the two Your Highness is here, please forgive me, the Queen Mother."

"Oh? Can we discuss something?"

"I know a prescription that can cure coughs, but it's a pity that the prescription only blooms once a year due to the season, so there is no other way right now, unless I can get this prescription in the hot summer season next year."

"You mean, the emperor will cough on the sickbed for half a year?" The queen mother frowned, not satisfied with the answer.

"Grandmother, Chu Ao has excellent medical skills, and he is optimistic about the concubine's eye disease. Please give him some more time." Seeing that the queen mother's face was not good, Lin Zhong hurriedly knelt down to rescue him in a panic, and let Lin, who was watching the excitement, Lin Lincong could see clearly and hear clearly.

"Hmph, they are all useless talents!" The queen mother turned around and threw out such a sentence, but she didn't know whether she was talking about Chu Ao, Lin Zhong, or both.

"Zhengguo, the emperor has been lying on the bed for the past few days, feeling very bored. He said he wanted you guys to play chess with him. He looked interesting. I'm here to tell you about it. Tomorrow is Sishi, and Rin Er Cong'er wait there together."

Lin Zhong hurriedly knelt down to salute and send off, but before he could say "Go slow, imperial grandmother", the queen mother had already left.

"Tsk tsk, it looks like the queen mother doesn't like you." Chu Ao watched them walk away and whispered, "She calls the first prince Lin'er and the second prince Cong'er, but she calls you Lin Zhong alone. According to reason, she should call you Guo son."

"Hey, it's hard to explain." Lin Zhong didn't want to explain. From now on, he and Concubine Ning An were discriminated against in the palace. I'm afraid Chu Ao would have to watch it many times. Thinking of this, Lin Zhong wanted to see Ning An. Concubine An was gone, so she went to Concubine Ning An's bedroom with Chu Ao.

Unexpectedly, they had just arrived with their back feet, and the Queen Mother had just left with their front feet. When Lin Zhong arrived, Concubine Ning An was still standing at the door and did not go in.

"Mother Concubine, why are your eyes red? Could it be that you have an eye disease again?" Lin Zhong asked worriedly without knowing the reason.

"It's okay, maybe the wind blew my eyes just now." Concubine Ning An just wanted to calm things down. At first, the emperor wanted to give her a resounding title, but she was not happy. She took the title of "Ning An", and would rather keep things in peace. This is her intention.

"Well, then mother should be more careful. Come into the house quickly and don't stand in the wind."

Coming out of his mother's bedroom, Lin Zhong quietly called the little maid in her room, pulled her to the corner and asked in a low voice: "Tell me, why did your empress cry just now?"

"Your Highness, please don't ask me any more. Your Majesty forbids your slaves to talk nonsense. If your Majesty finds out, she will blame your servants." The little maid was very timid.

"If we don't tell, how will she know?" Chu Ao disagreed.

The little maid looked at them, a little hesitant.

Seeing her hesitation, Lin Zhong darkened his face, "Aren't you afraid that if you don't tell me, I will punish you right away?"

"I dare not, my servant just said that it was the Dowager who came later and humiliated the empress again."

"What did you say?" Lin Zhong's face became more and more ugly.

"I said... I said that the emperor's cough was caused by the empress, and that it was because the emperor watched the moon with her a few days ago that he got the wind and cold. She also said..." The little maid looked at Lin Zhong's anger rising His eyes faltered and stopped again.

"What else did you say!" He roared in a low voice, grabbing the slender wrist and asking.

"Also saying that she is the demon concubine of subjugation will only bring bad luck to Bei Li, and saying that her son will only be a disaster star in the future. The fact that Bei Li and Nan Hua almost got into a fight a few days ago is a proof."

"Hmph!" Swinging her hand, Lin Zhong punched the wall with a fist, and blood flowed out from the broken skin.Chu Ao's heart trembled, and he hurriedly took the maid's handkerchief and wrapped it around him.

Putting the palace maid back, Lin Zhong sat in the corner slumped, feeling angry, afraid and sad. What made the queen mother hear slander from nowhere, or figured out so many untrue stories by herself, came here He made things difficult for his mother; he was afraid that if these things were passed on in the palace, the life of his mother would be even more difficult in the future; the sad thing was that his mother and concubine had been wronged again, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch helplessly.Thinking of this, tears welled up in my eyes.

The tears appeared, but it broke Chu Ao's heart into eight petals. Seeing him biting his lips and trying to force back the tears, Chu Ao felt a great disturbance in his heart.

"Chu Ao, I want to be the emperor."

Just as she was raising her hand to wipe away his tears, Chu Ao's hand stopped in mid-air when he heard his calm words.

"Really?" Chu Ao's eyelashes were thickly covered like clipped feathers, and Lin Zhong couldn't see the loss inside.

"Well, this has been my wish since I was a child. I must be the emperor. I want all those who look down on my concubine and me to kneel at our feet one day and bow their heads as ministers."

"But, Guo'er, as the emperor, you can't do whatever you want. Maybe, there will be more involuntary things."

Hearing what Chu Ao said, Lin Zhong was a little surprised. Chu Ao has always been obedient to himself. Why did he sing a different tune on this issue? However, this matter has long been deeply ingrained in his heart. As long as he lives One day in this world, we must do more for this dream.It makes no difference who agrees with who opposes.

Looking at Lin Zhong's determined face, Chu Ao sighed deeply. Every time Lin Zhong had this expression, he knew that this stupid guy would go to the end again.