The minister raised His Majesty in a wrong way [Rebirth]

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What is dipped on the horsewhip is not a rare thing, but the most common chili water.

Before these royal horses are sent to the prince for selection, the royal brand must be stamped on the horse's buttocks, which is called "tail stamp" in jargon to show the difference.

When the soldering iron is heated up, it will naturally leave a scar. If it is better, it will form a scab in three or two days, and it will have no effect if it falls off.

Piansheng Gao Yu rode this horse, maybe because he was too naughty, the scab on his buttocks just fell off, so now there are bloody wounds on it, not deep and it will not affect the horse's running, but if it is soaked in pepper Shui's horsewhip was so whipped... It's no wonder that the horse suddenly went crazy.

"Sprinkling chili water on the wound" is something that no one can bear, let alone this little ignorant beast.

Seeing the sudden change in the groom's face, Gao Yu knew there must be something wrong, so he also went forward to smell it.But who knew he had only taken two steps before he was stopped.

The one who stopped him was none other than Gao Xian.

His Royal Highness Shizi secretly pulled Gao Yu's arm tightly, and Gao Yu was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, but he didn't break free, so he turned his head and stared at Gao Xian.But Gao Xian seemed to be okay, and even took the initiative to smile at him.

Gao Yu was angry, he didn't know why the good Gao Xian suddenly turned against him, so he wanted to reprimand him.But before he could say anything, Gao Xian let go of his hand as if nothing had happened.

Gao Yu's words were held back in his throat, and his choked face turned red.

But at this time, it would be useless to pursue the matter further. When the two were fighting, Lou Chen had already handed over the horsewhip to the stable boy.

Gao Yu looked at Lou Chen who was walking towards him, his anxious eyes were red, he stepped forward and grabbed him, and asked in a hurry: "Lou Zhijian, what is stained on the whip?"

Gao Yu was eager to know the answer, and his hands were lost.

Looking at the child who was tugging on him desperately, his fingers even trembling slightly, Lou Chen's heart softened, he couldn't help softening his expression, shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal."

Gao Yu didn't know why, and looked at Lou Chen blankly.

But Lou Chen didn't answer any more, just opened his sweaty hands, patted the back of his hand lightly, and then gave him a comforting look.

Seeing Lou Chen so calm and unhurried, Gao Yu finally let go of his hanging heart.Biting his lower lip, Gao Yu hesitated for a moment and finally chose to trust Lou Chen, standing aside and not arguing.

On the other hand, the horse boy holding the whip has already had a thousand turns in his heart.

The stable boy had a winking look, he could see his intentions when he stopped the horse from being tied up earlier.When I received the whip from Lou Chen, I already had some thoughts in my mind.

Lou Chen handed him the horsewhip just because he wanted to take advantage of his status to make this big and trivial matter smaller.After all, the royal horses that have been branded are all recorded, and if they really want to deal with them, they have to go through a set of procedures and pass them on.

Today's incident is not considered small, if the second prince really made a fuss in front of the Holy One, let alone a small stable boy, even the riding instructors in the Chongwen Museum may have to bear the responsibility.

But if he can keep the horse, he can win a favor in front of the second prince, and at the same time keep several teachers and his official position.

The horse boy knew that this was a rare opportunity, if he seized it, he would have great success, but if he didn't seize it, his life might not be guaranteed.But whoever enters the court to be an official, who doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune?

The stable boy's mind was active, and his heart turned violent, and he made a decision immediately.

After calming down the horse, the stable boy held the whip and fell to his knees within a few steps, and then walked in front of the princes: "Your Highnesses, I have something to announce."

The horse boy lowered his head, pinched his thigh hard, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of tears, and he said, "Your Highness, this group of horses has been under the care of the servants from birth to the selection of royal horses. For more than two years, I have taken good care of them every day, and I never dared to relax for a moment. I finally hoped that they would grow up and make your Highnesses catch the eyes and choose them as mounts, but I didn't expect... Your Highness, this bay red horse is the first time. Prince Zaituo was intimidated by the dragon's aura and made such a mistake. Your Highness, please be merciful and spare him..."

The horse boy wiped away his tears while speaking, the handsome seven-foot man was crying beyond human shape, and those who didn't know what was going on at the scene were quite moved.

The fourth prince, who was the youngest, looked at the pony he had just obtained, and then at the bay red horse that lowered its head as if admitting a mistake, and his heart softened at first.

He looked left and right, and after seeing his elder brothers all pursed their lips and said nothing, he boldly spoke up: "Brother Huang, why don't we just let this matter go."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Gao Xian retorted: "How can that be done? Brother Erhuang is fine because he is blessed. If someone else is replaced, the horse's vigorous running will not hurt his limbs. And since he is determined to Once the rules are established, they must be enforced, and if such an opening is made, everyone will not abide by it in the future, so what will the royal face be placed on?"

The Fourth Prince was not very courageous in the first place, and when Gao Xian used his "royal face" to block him, he was immediately terrified. He blinked his eyes as long as he was crying or not, and looked at Gao Yu for help.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yu, who was still in a hurry just now, is very calm and relaxed at the moment, just staring blankly at the wooden pile not far away, as if he wanted to see a flower in it.

Seeing this, the Fourth Prince pursed his lips and had no choice but to swallow the words behind him.

But he didn't know that under the cover of the sleeves that no one saw, Gao Yu's small hands were tightly clenched, and the palms were sweating, and the cuffs that were clenched were already soaked.At this moment, he forcibly endured it entirely out of his trust in Lou Chen.

Seeing that Crown Prince Jing refused to back down, the horse guard turned his head and took a deep look at the bay red horse who did not know what had happened, and felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

Just when he bowed a big gift as if resigned to his fate, and was about to take the horse down, the eldest prince who had always been at odds with Gao Yu, who had been standing aside as a spectator from the beginning, suddenly said: "You can't say that."

Hearing this, Gao Xian blinked his eyes: "What do you mean by Brother Da Huang?"

"Naturally, it means literally." The eldest prince Gao Ling's face was slightly dark, a little ugly.He took a few steps forward to Gao Xian and Gao Yu, and instead of his previous aggressive attitude, he interceded for the stable boy, "Your Majesty, you don't know that the stable boy has taken care of these horses since he was a child. Like children, they naturally have feelings. Now that they have made a mistake, they have to dispose of this little animal with their own hands... well, naturally, they feel reluctant to dispose of this pony, which is also human nature."

Gao Xian tilted his head to look at him: "Brother Emperor, how are you doing?"

"In my opinion, it's not as good as this. The second brother on the left is fine, and he likes this horse so much. Why don't you let the second brother take it back and teach him a lesson." He said, looking at Gao Yu, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Gao Yu didn't answer, and looked at him with three points of doubt and three points of inquiry, and the eldest prince who looked straight at him felt hairy.

Fortunately, just before the eldest prince reacted, Gao Yu finally spoke: "Didn't the elder brother just say that you have to follow the rules?"

His voice was muffled, with anger and grievance.

Gao Ling was suddenly embarrassed, so he had no choice but to say embarrassingly: "Isn't this Gong looking at the emperor's liking? Naturally, I want to fight for the emperor. Besides, if I really make trouble with my father, I'm afraid you will not end well. , you have to forgive others and forgive others, why cut off the way forward."

The third prince also came out at this time and said: "Since this is the case, second brother, let's take this horse. Simply accept this horse as its master, and accept the kindness of second brother, and it will be loyal to protect the master in the future. If he can really follow suit in the future It is also a good help to lead the second brother to fight on the battlefield."

Gao Yu's eyes were deep, and he looked around and finally fell on Lou Chen. After seeing him nodding slightly, he finally let go: "Then follow what Big Brother said."

Now that the highnesses have spoken, the others present can only obey the king's order, and the farce will end without any risk, leaving only a few little beasts who don't know why, happily eating their own grass .

As for whether they are deceiving the emperor by doing so... that is not something they consider, after all, even if the sky falls, there is still a tall man to stand up to.

And if the truth reaches the ears of the Holy One, there will be a few princes who will bear it first.

But no one in this palace knows that His Majesty loves the second prince extremely, even if he knew, he might not blame him.Besides, it's just a colt, His Majesty has always liked brotherhood, knowing that the princes are so united, he would be very happy, and reward him with one or two rewards.

It was tacitly shared among the people present, that they dared not miss a word that should be remembered, and of course dared not recall a single thing that should be forgotten.

The stable boy silently put away the horsewhip, thinking about going to a place where there is no one to deal with it quietly later, after all, keeping such things as criminal evidence is fatal.

Turning his head, he suddenly thought of the approving eyes of the second prince when he was about to leave, and the groom's brows were filled with joy, knowing that the good days had finally come.

Although this matter seems to be quite satisfactory on the surface, everyone is happy, but in reality...

That night, in the main hall of Hanliang Hall

"waste!"

After a roar of anger, the eldest prince Gao Lingzhuan swept all the sundries on the desk to the ground, the jade stone fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and the fine black jade brush was instantly turned into a few worthless fragments.

"The eldest prince calm down."

"Holding the sword" Xie Yu knelt down on the ground, and gave Ning Shuheng, the "Fengbi" at the side, a look of pleading for help, but Ning Shuheng kept silent and only looked at Xie Yu meaningfully.

If he dared to encourage the eldest prince to play those low-level tricks, he had to have the awareness to bear the eldest prince's anger after failure.

The ghost knows how terrified he was when he heard what happened at the racecourse just now. It is a big deal that the royal horse injured the prince. After a thorough investigation, let alone Xie Yu, even the eldest prince may be implicated by it.

Fortunately, the second prince was fine today, if he was injured, it would not be a plea to get rid of the relationship.

"How did you tell me to 'calm my anger'!? You said that soaking the horsewhip in chili water is safe, and that no one will find out. What happened?" The eldest prince kicked Xie Yu's chest, only to feel that the concubine was looking for him. This "holding the sword" has more success than failure.

"It's the dereliction of duty." Xie Yu took a hard kick, clutching his chest in pain, lowered his head and gritted his teeth fiercely.

He used this little trick to teach Prince Jing a little lesson, and he didn't mean to hurt anyone.

Normally, a whip soaked in chili water would at most make the horse impatient and run faster.Gao Xian was young, under the gallop of the horse he would turn pale with fright and even cry, in this way, Prince Jing's mansion would lose all face and make others laugh.

But he didn't expect that Prince Jing would take the initiative to select horses for the second prince, and even gave the second prince the whip specially prepared for him.And there happened to be a wound on the horse's buttocks, and the whip just hit the wound, directly stimulating the horse to go crazy.

"If you neglect your duty, you will let Bengong curry favor with that concubine to have a child, and I will lose all face of you!" Gao Ling was furious, thinking of Gao Yu's smug eyes when he looked at him in the end, he was so angry.

As soon as the words "a concubine gives birth to a son" came out, Ning Shuheng, who was silent at the side, also changed his face. He frowned and reminded: "Your Highness, be careful that walls have ears."

But Gao Ling was in a fit of anger, so he didn't listen to his advice, so he just vented his anger: "He was originally born by a concubine, so what's the matter with asking him to have a son? I don't know where my father found the bastard..."

"Your Highness!" Ning Shuheng interrupted Gao Ling loudly, his almond eyes were full of panic.

Seeing that his face changed drastically, Gao Ling had no choice but to shut up embarrassingly.

"Your Highness, no matter how displeased you are with the second prince, he is also His Majesty's prince, and his mother is not a concubine, but a noble concubine." Ning Shuheng advised in a warm voice, "There are rules in the palace, and the royal family has the dignity of the royal family." Rong. It doesn’t matter if you say these words in front of the lower officials, if others listen to them, I’m afraid it will only cause more troubles. Your Highness, it’s better to say less in the future.”

Ning Shuheng was born in a scholarly family, his grandfather was a veteran of the two dynasties, and he was full of peaches and plums, while he was selected as a "Fengbi" at the age of five, and served the prince by his side.

Born with a delicate heart, he was once praised by the Holy Spirit, and he is full of talent and intelligence.Although he was only in his early tenth year, he was already well-known outside the world. When mentioning him, all the aristocratic families in Nanliang praised him for his fame and boundless future.

But under his fame, Ning Shuheng has already seen that his future is not as bright as others think.

The eldest prince's aptitude is not bad, but his nature is not bad, but when he was young, he lived next to Concubine De, but he was not able to receive a good education.

Concubine Xie De had resentment in her heart, and she often spoke ill of Concubine Shu in private. The eldest prince had been "influenced by his ears and eyes" since he was a child, and he did not know how much he had heard about it.

However, the temper has already formed over the years, such jealousy and quick talk are not the choice of a wise king.

But even so, he couldn't choose another master, so he could only go on this path, because when his father chose to form an alliance with the Xie family, he already had no choice.

The First Prince had nowhere to vent his anger and could only ruthlessly say: "Hmph, it's all to blame for that Lou Chen!"

Xie Yu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was worried that there was no place to shirk responsibility, but he didn't think that the eldest prince had already found a target.

Xie Yu took advantage of the situation and pushed the blame on Lou Chen, saying, "Your Highness is wise, it's all the fault of that Lou Chen. If he hadn't picked up the whip, we wouldn't be under the control of the second prince, but we would have to speak well for him." .”

"You still say it!" The eldest prince scolded him, staring at him, "What did you do at that time, you didn't know how to take back such an important thing, and let that brat from the Lou family pick it up."

Xie Yu shrank his head, and confessed: "Your Highness, forgive me, I was also worried about your safety at the time, so I didn't care about those trivial matters."

Xie Yu's words were not false, he was indeed taken aback at the time, when the second prince's crotch | the mount went crazy, he and the first prince were the closest, and in an emergency, he naturally put his life first, so he didn't even think about it. Yuma left if he didn't want to.

When he came back to his senses and wanted to find the horsewhip, the criminal evidence was gone.

"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with such a result." Ning Shuheng comforted, "Since the second prince has won the horse, he will naturally not pursue it any further. That's all for the time being."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to tie the knot." Gao Ling said irritably, "Shu Heng, you don't know, that Lou Chen next to Gao Xian is very smart, they will find out who did it by taking the riding whip."

Recalling the scene at that time, the eldest prince still has lingering fears. When Lou Chen handed the horsewhip under the groom's nose, he once turned his head, and his gaze fell on himself without turning to one side.His scalp tingled from being watched, as if someone had seen through him, and he immediately felt guilty.

"So what if we know?" Ning Shuheng said fearlessly, "Since Lou Zhijian handed over the whip to the stable boy, it means that he doesn't want to make things big. Some conflicts between brothers are unavoidable, so we have resolved the general situation in private. It's better than making trouble in front of the Holy One."

"It turned out to be like this, which made me worry for nothing for a long time... Shuheng, you are so smart!" Gao Ling finally lost his heart when he heard the words, "But just let that concubine go like this...cough, let Gao Yu and the others go, I will My heart is always unhappy."

Ning Shuheng looked at Gao Ling helplessly, knowing that if he didn't let out such a bad breath, the eldest prince would probably be depressed all the time.

Instead of letting him bump his head against it, it's better to think of a way: "If your highness really wants to feel happy, the next official can find a way."

When Gao Ling heard it, he was very happy: "What's the way, tell me quickly!"

Among the three, Ning Shuheng was the oldest and knew the most. When Gao Ling had no idea, he always listened to him and never missed it.

"It's not a rare method. Didn't Your Highness say that Prince Jing's son always brings Lou Zhijian to Concubine Shu's palace for dinner these days?" Ning Shuheng asked.

"Yeah, I don't know when the two of them became so close. They ate lunch together and always brought snacks to me." Comparison heart.

"That's it." Ning Shuheng said, "If I remember correctly, Lou Zhijian should have two out of ten..."

Although he didn't finish his words, his meaning was clear.

The Nanliang royal family can go out of the palace to build government offices when they reach the age of thirteen, and they are separated from their mothers and concubines.Lou Chen was twelve years old, an age that was neither awkward nor embarrassing, and he had been in and out of concubines' residences for a long time...

"Hey, I understand!" Gao Ling clapped his hands.

"It's good that Your Highness understands this matter, but if the officials want to do this, the Eldest Prince should tell Concubine De and let her handle it." After all, it is a matter of the harem, and it is most appropriate to let Concubine De, who is in charge of the harem, handle it.

The eldest prince obviously knew the benefits and disadvantages: "I will tell my concubine about this later, and let her take care of those who don't understand the rules."

Gao Ling remembered that his mother and concubine had reminded him to try his best to befriend Prince Jing's son, but he didn't expect him to be delayed for a few days because of the grounding, and the two of them were already fighting fiercely.

This time, Gao Xian and Lou Chen were discouraged by borrowing the matter of the harem. Anyway, he has long been displeased with that kid from the Lou family. Don’t be surprised that he dared to refuse his gift of a sword at the Sword Selection Banquet. He took the Lou family's face into consideration.

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Thank you Yuer for mine, okay~