Crown Prince's Counterattack

Li Chengqian (619-January 645, 1), courtesy name Gaoming, was the eldest son of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty, and the eldest grandson of his mother, Empress.Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne and was established as the prince. He was eight years old at the time, smart and cute.But when he was old, due to his leg disease, he was a little bad at walking, he was impatient with his father, he was impatient with his teacher's advice, and even sent a killer to assassinate his teacher.Li Tai, the younger brother of the same mother, has always wanted to take over the elders, and the brothers turned against each other.

In the 16th year of Zhenguan (642), because Li Chengqian was afraid of his younger brother Li Tai, who was also loved by his father and had the heart of seeking a successor, after an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate him, he married Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, and Du He, the son-in-law of Princess Chengyang. , Hou Junji and others colluded, intending to start first to force troops to force the palace, and the matter was revealed.

Under Tang Taizong's protection, he himself was sentenced to be exiled to Qianzhou, and Zhao Jie, Du He, and Hou Junji who participated in the coup were all executed.

贞观19年（645年）郁郁而终（墓志为贞观17年十月一日（643年11月17日薨），唐太宗为此罢朝，葬以国公礼。

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The deep palace at night was utterly cold and quiet, except for the slight footsteps of the guards on duty when they were changing the guard, the whole palace was especially silent.The evening wind blew into the window, and the curtains beside the bed floated gently, as if one could vaguely see the hand protruding quietly from the brocade quilt, shining under the moonlight, the skin was like jade, and the wrist was frosty and snowy.

Sima Yi opened his eyes, the confusion in his eyes disappeared instantly, and he regained his usual calmness. Looking at this strange place, Sima Yi began to sort out the memories left in his mind.After a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Did he return to Tang Palace again?Speaking of which, this is the third time he has become the Tang prince, but it is the first time he lives in the East Palace. It is really a strange fate. After throwing away the miscellaneous thoughts in his heart, Sima Yi, who has experienced many such scenes, quickly regained his composure. , but soon, this calmness was broken.

He almost forgot that there was another person sleeping in this bed besides him, and this person who should be sleeping soundly is now opening his eyes, Ru Mo's eyes are looking at him intently, as if it is the whole world, and Sima Yi only felt heavy in his heart, and his subconscious reaction caught the man's neck, with murderous intent in his eyes, how much he... saw.

Basically, when Sima Yi changed his identity every time, he was alone late at night, so after sorting out those memories, coupled with his special identity, no one would doubt his existence at all, so Sima Yi has always been very happy. rest assured.But this time, someone actually witnessed the whole process, and during this process, he may have shown the most flaws. What worries Sima Yi even more is that with his current spiritual sense, such a person lying on his back Surrounding him, he actually ignored him. It can be seen that this person is a good at restraining his breath. Even if this person would not suspect his abnormality, Sima Yi would rather kill ten thousand by mistake than let one go, not to mention that this is just one Male favorite... no matter how good-looking he is.

Sima Yi gradually closed his fingers, and his strength gradually increased. The fair face of the person under him gradually turned red, and his brows frowned. He looked a little sad because of the suffocation, but he didn't struggle, and his eyes still fell on Sima Yi, as if he wanted to kill him. His face was engraved in his heart, and there was no despair and hatred in his eyes. For some reason, looking at such clear eyes, Sima Yi let go of his hand, and his eyes were a little complicated.

Don't kill him for the time being, after all, he is just a male favourite, no one will believe what he says.

After figuring this out, Sima Yi's irritable mood finally improved a lot. After glancing at the man, he lay down and closed his eyes, and the room regained its calm.

Xinxin touched her still aching neck, turned her head to look at Sima Yi's side face, showing a satisfied smile, it's good that she is still alive, so that she can always be by his side...

Before dawn, the eunuchs who kept watch at night woke up. Without years of practice, Sima Yi really couldn't get used to the daily life of the royal family.The ladies in the palace waited for him to wash, and Sima Yi's eyes fell on Xin Xin who stood quietly waiting at the side from time to time. This man was a bit too good-looking, and the vague impression in his mind immediately overlapped with the person in front of him.

He stood there quietly, his figure was a little thinner, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he had a kind of indistinguishable beauty, and the black and thin black hair made his complexion like jade, obviously he was such a weak child, but In the face of life and death, he is tough and a good seedling.

When Sima Yi stood up, his complexion suddenly became a little ugly. Seeing Sima Yi's changing expression, the maids and eunuchs who were serving at the side were frightened and knelt on the ground to plead guilty, their faces pale. Such things happen almost every day in the Eastern Palace, because As the prince's foot disease became more and more serious, the prince's mood became more fickle and irritable, which made the palace people serving in the East Palace live carefully every day.

But Sima Yi didn't have the mood to notice this, he ignored those palace people kneeling on the ground pleading guilty, Sima Yi took a few steps awkwardly, his face became more and more gloomy.Is he crippled now? !Even though Sima Yi is only slightly limping now, it seems to him that he is limping. The distance of fifty steps and a hundred steps makes him feel very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.From a certain point of view, Li Chengqian and Sima Yi's temperaments are both perfectionistic, and the fact that they are not good at acting is undoubtedly an unacceptable thing in their eyes. Sima Yi also understands that this is just a part of his journey. Standing, but for Li Chengqian, this is the real despair.

Li Chengqian has been the proud son of heaven since he was born. His status as the eldest son allowed him to become the prince of the dynasty without any pressure, and he was favored by his parents. It went smoothly, but with the onset of foot disease, he found that there seemed to be a gap in his originally perfect life. Sensitive Li Chengqian thought that everyone looked at him with pity and scrutiny, which made the proud He can't accept it.More importantly, he always thought that position was in his pocket, but later Li Chengqian was not confident. Even though Li Shimin comforted him, he still did not believe that Li Shimin would allow a bad-mannered prince to inherit this position. He even maliciously thought that Li Shimin had already planned to abolish his crown prince, how could Li Chengqian be willing to give up everything he has now...

Many complicated thoughts appeared in Sima Yi's mind, and then fell silent again. After all, Li Chengqian is still too young to have all kinds of things later, but Sima Yi is not, so his expression returned to normal after a little awkwardness .

Xin Xin's attention has always been on Sima Yi, with an unknown concentration. After Li Chengqian's temperament changed drastically, almost everyone felt a little afraid of him. So in Sima Yi's memory, this male favorite was somewhat extraordinary, no wonder the predecessor treated him a little more special.

"Let's serve dinner"

Sima Yi gave orders, and the court ladies and eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground scrambled out of the room, with a bit of joy for the rest of their life, no matter what, they always escaped the catastrophe.

As if he was afraid that Sima Yi would make trouble, the speed of setting out the meal was very fast, and it was carefully prepared by the royal chef in the palace. , said in a calm tone.

"sit down"

"Thank you Your Highness"

Xin Xin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, with a faint smile on his face, but the eyes of the maids standing aside serving the meal were a little more curious. Why did His Highness the Crown Prince seem indifferent to Mr. Xin Xin after one night? Quite a lot, but the king's heart has always been unpredictable, so they looked at Xin Xin with a little more pity.Faced with Sima Yi's sudden change of attitude, Xinxin behaved very calmly, with a kind of detachment that neither pleased with others nor saddened with himself, the two of them ate quietly, without the slightest sound from the table.

After breakfast, Sima Yi prepared to go to Chongwen Hall to study as usual. This was something that Li Chengqian in the past and Sima Yi can't avoid every day.As the prince grows older, the burden of schoolwork on him is getting heavier and heavier. He not only has to be familiar with the literature of classics and history, but also learn to deal with political affairs. This aroused Li Shimin's dissatisfaction, so Li Shimin recruited talents, searched for virtuous people, and selected more than ten veteran and famous officials to serve as assistant ministers of the East Palace. Thinking of this, Sima Yi felt a headache, but Sima Yi Yi didn't know, what made him even more headache was still behind.

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When Sima Yi arrived, Yu Zhining had already been waiting there, and after respectfully bowing to Sima Yi, Sima Yi sat in his original seat, and just as he was unfolding the book, Yu Zhining suddenly stood up and knelt down In front of him, Sima Yi was a little surprised.

"Your Highness, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Yu Zhining suddenly knelt in front of Sima Yi, straightened his back, his tone of pleading sounded like a kind of persecution, Sima Yi paused, and his gaze fell on Zhining, a little sharper.

"Since you know you shouldn't tell it, then don't tell it"

Sima Yi's tone was cold, Yu Zhining was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect the prince to reply like this at all, he frowned, feeling cramped as if he had eaten a fly, it took him a long time to react, but he did not forget his purpose.

"That's the case, but your Majesty ordered me to assist His Royal Highness in the matter of being loyal to the emperor, so even if we offend His Highness, we will never regret it, and I hope His Highness will forgive us!"

Yu Zhining's tone was heavy, Sima Yi was a little annoyed by his reticence, but he didn't show it at all.

"Master Yu is so loyal, how could Gu not give him a chance, what you want to say, Gu just listens..."

Sima Yi closed the book, his tone was so calm that no emotions could be heard, he really didn't expect that someone would come to find fault with him on the first day he came, it can be seen that the past life was not so easy.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. May I ask where your Highness stayed last night?"

Yu Zhining's face was sullen, and there was a questioning tone in his words, which made Sima Yi's face darken immediately. It seemed that these old guys were planning to take advantage of this matter to make trouble for him.

"This is a private matter, you don't need to say more."

Sima Yi waved his hand, expressing that he didn't want to talk more about this matter, but obviously Ning Zhiyu didn't think so, Sima Yi's avoidance became an escape in Ning's eyes, so of course he couldn't let it go this opportunity.

"Your Highness's words are wrong. In the royal family, family affairs are state affairs. Your Highness, as the prince of a country, should be an example for all people. How can he hang out with a man in the inner circle, turning Yin and Yang upside down?!"

With disdain in Yu Zhiyu's eyes, his tone became more and more excited as he spoke, and he almost pointed at Sima Yi's nose and scolded him for not knowing the severity.

"His Royal Highness, as far as I know, you have not set foot in the harem for many days. In addition to this, it will definitely be detrimental to your heirs. I hope your Highness will listen and change it."

"Hearing what you said, being lonely is really a heinous crime, but my lord doesn't think that my hand is stretched too far. Could it be possible that everyone should ask about the lonely favor! What should you do if you are lonely?!"

"Even if the humble minister is overbearing, he is still loyal. As the prince of a country, His Highness shoulders the heavy responsibility of the society, how can he act recklessly? If His Highness really wants to do this, then the humble minister can only kneel down, please Your Highness Wake up early, think twice before acting"

Seeing Yu Zhiyu kneeling in front of him with a stubborn face, Sima Yi's face was dark and unclear, but Yu Zhiyu was not moved at all, and looked at Sima Yi without fear, as if to say that if Sima Yi didn't change his mind, He will never stand up.

"If you want to kneel, get out and kneel!"

Sima Yi laughed back in anger, how could he succumb to the threats of his subjects, otherwise what would be the king's prestige?These courtiers all followed Li Shimin all the way in the early years, and they are quite influential in the court. It's a pity that they are a little bit stubborn and stubborn in certain things. They really attach importance to the prince, but unfortunately they don't People like to be controlled by others. In the past, Li Chengqian might have tolerated it, but in the end he became abnormal. When he came to Sima Yi, he would never allow these courtiers to try to influence his thoughts in this way. long.

"The humble minister listens to the decree"

Yu Zhiyu didn't really want to kneel for so long. His Royal Highness has always been gentle. Even though he was dissatisfied, he still respected their masters. Usually, His Royal Highness would change his mind when he said this in the past. But today... Could it be that His Highness was really angry, Yu Zhiyu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Kneeling is not a big deal, but it is a big deal to really dissatisfy the future emperor. He can't help but feel a little regretful. Be gentler, but unfortunately, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

Sima Yi watched Yu Zhiyu stand up calmly, walked out of the door, flipped his clothes up, and knelt down on the ground again, with an indescribable arrogance on his face, Sima Yi felt even more frustrated, and turned his head Out of sight Sima Yi knew that this matter would reach Li Shimin's ears. Sure enough, in the evening, a decree came from the palace that Li Shimin wanted to summon him.

"See..."

"evil creature!"

Walking into the study, before Sima Yi had time to salute, he immediately threw palm-sized jade carvings at him one by one, which happened to hit him on the forehead, and the bright red blood slid down his cheeks, looking a bit fear.Now Sima Yi didn't need to say anything, he knelt on the ground obediently, covered the wound on his forehead that was still bleeding, and acted very silent.

Li Shimin himself was even more stunned. He was just too angry, but he didn't expect to actually hit someone. Looking at the embarrassed Sima Yi, the anger in Li Shimin's heart immediately dropped by half, but his heart was still a little ups and downs.

"Tell me what you did today?! I'm so disappointed!"

Li Shimin looked at Sima Yi with a look of resentment, with a hint of sentimentality.When he knew that the prince asked Yu Zhiyu to kneel in front of the Chongwen Hall, he couldn't believe it. Is this still the good son who was filial and courteous?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little sad for no reason. Since Zitong left, this child has begun to change, plus... Thinking about it this way, Li Shimin felt better. It must be because of these reasons that this child was born His temperament has changed drastically, but Li Shimin believes that the child's essence is still good.After all, he was the child he watched grow up, and he was the eldest son he valued the most. Li Shimin had put too much effort into him. Now that Cheng Qian has become as temperamental as he is now, he must be sad too, but fortunately she can't see it.

"Father, this is something wrong with my son. I am willing to go to the lord's house to plead guilty. However, the reason why I did this is because he is too aggressive and doesn't take my son seriously. , in front of so many courtiers, severely reprimanding my son, intending to persecute my son, what face does my son have?"

Sima Yi's eyes were calm, and his tone was calm, he had anticipated these situations long ago.Ten years of feng shui turns, I didn't expect that the defeated general in the past has become the one who sits on the throne today, and he has to rely on him to survive. The cause and effect is really amazing.

Li Shimin frowned. He knew the usual methods of these veterans the most. He had experienced them many times every time there was a dispute. He himself was tired of these methods, but facing the prince, he Of course another attitude was chosen.

"Even so, can you be so disrespectful to those tutors who taught you? Don't forget that, as the crown prince of a country, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole country. You should accept advice with humility, but--this Yu Zhi Yu's temperament is indeed a bit impatient, as a disciple, you should be more tolerant."

Li Shimin spoke earnestly, seeing Sima Yi's expression of confusion, he paused, and changed his tone slightly.

"My son understands"

Sima Yi lowered his head, his tone was somewhat disappointed, but Li Shimin didn't know how to speak.

"I heard that you have been very fond of a musician recently, and even neglected the princess because of it?"

The reason for the dispute between the crown prince and Yu Zhiyuan was because of this happy man. Li Shimin didn't care if his son had a pamper or not. He didn't care much about masculinity, but it would be no small matter if he missed his heir. So it was inevitable that Li Shimin wanted to beat Sima Yi up.

"It's just a joke, not worth mentioning"

Sima Yi was taken aback, and his tone was a bit indifferent, but this attitude made Li Shimin feel relieved, as long as he didn't pay attention, it's not a big deal, and it must be someone else who is telling the story again.

"Go down, don't forget to let the imperial doctor quietly wound"

Looking at the bleeding wound on Sima Yi's forehead, he swallowed some words back, with more worry in his eyes, and ordered.The thing had already happened, and the reprimand had been given, so Li Shimin was not so angry anymore. Looking at the slightly pale Sima Yi, the guilt in Li Shimin's heart immediately prevailed, and he felt a little more dissatisfied with Zhiyu in his heart. Let him teach the prince well, but he doesn't want these courtiers to push their noses and face their faces, and these things happen for no reason.

"Check, give Gu a hard check!"

After leaving the study door and walking back to the East Palace, Sima Yi looked at the bright red blood on his hand, and his eyes became a little more cruel.

"Chang Fu, accompany me to the Imperial Garden for a walk..."

After Sima Yi left, Li Shimin reviewed the memorial, put down the brush in his hand again, and let out a long sigh, with an indescribably tired look in his eyes.

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Sima Yi walked into the East Palace clutching his wound, everyone turned pale with fright.Fortunately, the imperial doctor came in time, and when they heard that the wound on Sima Yi's forehead was only a flesh wound, everyone's complexion improved, only Xin Xin looked at Sima Yi nervously, his eyes full of concern.

Because of his special status, he can't live in the harem, but it's okay to arrange a small courtyard, but he still refuses to leave, preferring to follow the prince without a name, serve tea and water, and be a servant of some court ladies and eunuchs. However, because of the prince's extraordinary love, no one dared to underestimate his existence.

The maids and eunuchs all went down, and only Sima Yi and Xinxin were left in the room. Unlike the usual quietness, today's Xinxin seemed particularly active.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

With a worried face, Yixin wanted to touch the wound on Sima Yi's forehead, but was blocked by the indifference in Sima Yi's eyes, with some disappointment in his expression.

"Small things, no problem"

I don't know why, a little unbearable flashed in Sima Yi's heart, and he recovered lightly, but even so, Xinxin showed a satisfied smile.

Seeing such a situation, Sima Yi looked at Xinxin with a little more scrutiny and asked, with a little bit of puzzlement.Others may not be aware of the situation between them, but Sima Yi, who has Li Chengqian's memory, knows it all too well. What kind of petting is just a cover. Li Chengqian has never met Xinxin at all. It's just something he deliberately showed in front of others. In fact, they just chat under the quilt every night. As for why they do this, it is nothing more than expressing his dissatisfaction to Li Shimin. He can only show his resistance in this way. In Sima Yi's eyes, Li Chengqian's late rebellious period has arrived.

Although it is said that Xinxin was originally a musician of Taichang Temple, occasionally his profound knowledge and unusual temperament did not look like an ordinary person.And why such a person is willing to enter the palace, and why is he willing to bear such a reputation just to be by his side, and the emotion in his eyes is not fake, this is what Li Chengqian in the past and Sima Yi now doubts.

What is his purpose...

Sima Yi frowned slightly. In his memory, Yixin had never asked him for anything. Even if someone stumbling him behind his back, he would not be a bit annoyed. There are very few people in the entire East Palace who don't like him. Even Li Chengqian had no feelings for him in the past, but he admired him quite a lot, and he felt like a confidant. Don't worry about it.He is not afraid of other people's plans, but it is this kind of talent who seems to have no desires and desires that makes him feel more at ease, let alone the people around him.

"Who exactly are you?"

Sima Yi suddenly grabbed Xin Xin's hand and asked.

"If you go back to Your Highness, I'm just an ordinary musician brought back by Your Highness."

Xin Xin raised her head, facing Sima Yi's sharp gaze calmly, her eyes were clear and clear, making people unconsciously want to believe what he said, with a warm smile on her face, not surprised or frightened, with a certain air of her own.

"No matter who you are, Gu will know one day"

Sima Yi let go of his hand in displeasure, and the suspicion in his heart deepened a little. How could it be an ordinary person who could not change his face under his persecution? With the handle in his hands, Sima Yi can only take this matter to heart for the time being, and wait for the day when Xinxin shows his feet.

The smile in Xin Xin's eyes deepened, and he looked at Sima Yi with some unknown nostalgia. This is his Highness...

Sima Yi got up to avoid Xin Xin's staring, slightly uncomfortable, and walked to the desk, now every day he has to deal with some of the notebooks sent by Li Shimin, which is not a small workload, even if he suffers When the injury does not rest, the prince is not something ordinary people can do.Yixin also followed him into the inner room, and seeing Sima Yi who had calmed down to deal with political affairs, he rolled up his sleeves and rubbed ink on the side. Sima Yi glanced at him briefly, and then let him do it. At that time, the relationship between the two was like this, and Sima Yi had no intention of changing this situation.

Although the scene at this time is not a red sleeve, there is an unspeakable tacit understanding between the two, and the satisfied eyes fall on Sima Yi from time to time, with a satisfied smile.

That would be great...

"Master, master, a letter has just been delivered to the mansion, specifying that it will be handed over to you personally"

The old butler found Yu Zhiyuan with a letter in his hands. He walked in a hurry, sweating on his forehead, and he took a breath when he saw it. The person who delivered the letter just now startled him. He looked fierce and looked like nothing. normal person.

"Oh? Do you know who sent it?"

Yu Zhiyuan took it with one hand, with a look of suspicion on his face, but since this is at the feet of the emperor, there should not be too many high-ranking and dignified people, since it can be delivered to him, it must be an extraordinary person.

"I don't know him, but I look like someone from the palace"

The old butler shook his head, but based on his years of experience in seeing people, he guessed it pretty well. Such a dress and demeanor are definitely not from an ordinary background.

After listening to the old housekeeper's words, Yu Zhiyuan's heart shuddered, and he quickly opened the letter. The more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.

"Go, call me the third young master!"

Seeing the furious Ning Zhiyu, the old butler was startled, and hurried to find someone, thinking that this was a terrible situation.

Ning Hao is the third son of the Ning family. Compared with his eldest brother who everyone praises, he is really incompetent as a younger brother. Let’s not say that he is not good at martial arts, but he still has a lot of tricks, but The youngest son is always the most doted on. Mrs. Ning has spoiled this child, often raising Ning Zhiyuan's seven orifices to the sky, but he is also busy with government affairs every day, and as time goes by, he doesn't like this little son who is worthless I was worried, but I didn't expect this kid to stab the sky behind his back.

Holding the crumpled letter paper, Ning Zhiyuan walked into the study with blundering steps, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and eased the uneasiness in his heart.

He is very familiar with the handwriting on this letter. It is the most honorable prince in the palace. Ordinary greetings, but thinking of his wicked temperament, Ning Zhiyuan immediately understood the deep meaning hidden in this letter, especially the last few words, self-cultivation, family governance, His Royal Highness, this is a warning to him... …

A few days ago, I heard that His Majesty had summoned the Crown Prince, and then heard that the Crown Prince was injured. Ning Zhiyu knew that this matter might not be resolved. However, His Highness's performance in the past few days has not been abnormal, so Sima Yi's beating today It was also beyond his expectations.Although he was ordered by His Majesty to teach the prince, he does not regret what he has done, even if the prince is dissatisfied with him, he can ignore it, but he is not alone after all, and he has a family behind him, so he cannot let the prince Take your anger out on others.

Ning Zhiyu heaved a long sigh. Although His Royal Highness was suffering from a foot disease, he was no longer qualified to compete for the throne, but His Majesty seemed to have no intention of appointing another Crown Prince. Not only that, but he also summoned important officials to teach the Prince, which shows how much His Majesty attaches importance to it, so even if it is a little The thoughtful also stopped.In fact, they were originally satisfied with the righteous eldest son, but His Royal Highness's temperament has changed in the past few years, so they have stricter requirements on the Prince, but they don't want things to go against each other. It seems that this way has made His Highness Some dissatisfied.Wanting to understand this, Ning Zhiyu looked a little more cautiously.

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