A Piece of Li Song Changting Twilight

Jin Bing was really confused, Zhao Pingzhen and others ran non-stop all the way until they arrived at Yingtian Mansion without encountering any more pursuers.

Qin Chengxue couldn't take it anymore when he was riding in a carriage, and being led on a horse later made his condition worse. When the horse stopped in Yingtian Mansion, he almost rolled off the horse.

Qin Chengxue was in a coma for several hours.

When he opened his eyes again, the first person who caught his eyes was the stern-faced Zhao Pingzhen.Seeing that he was awake, Zhao Pingzhen gave some orders to the servants, and after a while, the servants brought a bowl of decoction.

Zhao Pingzhen helped him sit up and fed him with a bowl and spoon himself.

Qin Chengxue refused to start, and asked, "Where's my brother?"

Zhao Pingzhen said coldly: "He's tired, I'll let him go to rest first."

Qin Chengxue ignored the fact that the fifth prince was still holding the medicine bowl, closed his eyes and lay down again, with his face slightly turned to the inside of the bed, with an attitude of repelling people thousands of miles away: "I'm sleepy, and I want to sleep again a little while."

Zhao Pingzhen was holding the bowl, his dark eyes were full of storms, but there was no change on his face.He took two deep breaths, and suddenly ordered: "You all back down."

After everyone left, Zhao Pingzhen suddenly shook his hand, the medicine bowl fell to the ground, and the medicine juice on the porcelain tablets splashed.The loud noise startled Qin Chengxue, she turned over and sat up suddenly, and hid in the bed with fear on her face.

Zhao Pingzhen pinched his jaw, imprisoning him so he couldn't move any more, raised his eyebrows and paused, "What kind of thing are you?"

Qin Chengxue stared at him angrily, bit her lower lip and said nothing.

Zhao Pingzhen suddenly pressed forward to kiss him, and reached in from the bottom of the robe to pinch his thigh.Qin Chengxue was startled and frightened, she pushed him hard, her tongue kept retracting to hide from him, how scrupulous she was, she hesitated to bite him.Zhao Pingzhen went too far, slipped his hands between his thighs, and spread his thighs to the sides. Seeing that his fingers were about to penetrate into his body, Qin Chengxue finally couldn't bear it anymore, and forced his teeth together, but Zhao Pingzhen retreated in time. out.

Qin Chengxue curled up in shock, his high fever and embarrassment burned his face into the sunset glow in the sky, his lips were gleaming with saliva, which was much smarter and more lively than the quiet and picturesque beauty before.

Zhao Pingzhen pinched Qin Chengxue's neck, with anger hidden in his eyes, he said each word with the corner of his mouth hooked: "I don't move, you are giving your brother face, what do you think you are? You were rescued by me , your life is mine, and your brother's life is also mine. I advise you to be smart, if I am not happy, you and Qin Xiaolou will not have a good life."

Qin Chengxue was extremely humiliated in her heart, and her eyes were already wet.He really hated this arrogant and domineering fifth prince in his heart, if he cried in front of him, it would be like showing weakness to him, so he bit his lower lip tightly to prevent tears from flowing out.

Zhao Pingzhen snorted and finally stood up from the bed.As soon as he backed away, the poor boy finally breathed a sigh of relief from the oppression.He said: "Qin Chengxue, I know that you hate me, and I also hate you. I don't need to come to trouble you intentionally, but you should also be smart. When you see me in the future, don't make me unhappy."

Qin Chengxue still hugged her knees and shrank herself into the corner of the wall, neither speaking nor looking up.Seeing him like this, Zhao Pingzhen walked out with a flick of his sleeves.

In fact, Qin Chengxue never took the initiative to provoke Zhao Pingzhen from the beginning to the end.The number of times the two met in the past few years was pitifully infrequent. Most of the time, Zhao Pingzhen occasionally bumped into Qin Chengxue when he went to the Qin Mansion to look for Qin Xiaolou.Qin Chengxue's apparent hostility is indeed one reason why Zhao Pingzhen hates him, and the other is his own unhappiness.

He felt that Qin Xiaolou protected Qin Chengxue too well and cleanly. This young man almost had no desires. Almost every time he went to the Qin Mansion, he could find out that Qin Chengxue was painting in the study. I heard that he went out once.Out of curiosity, he also sent someone to inquire about Qin Chengxue, and found that this young man was indeed unbelievably withdrawn, as if a girl was waiting in a cabinet to be married, and he hardly knew anyone other than his brother. , he seems to live in this world just for his brother.Zhao Pingzhen once wondered whether Qin Xiaolou ordered someone to lock up his younger brother, but after some investigation, Qin Chengxue was indeed free and voluntary.

Zhao Pingzhen hated him, and felt that his cleanliness was paid for by the filthiness of others.In fact, he himself has been protected by his father, queen, mother, and elder brother since he was a child. He only heard and saw that kind of political struggle and court struggle, but never participated in it himself, so that he could wholeheartedly be his own playboy.But precisely because of the resemblance, he hated Qin Chengxue even more, as if he also hated himself secretly.

Zhao Pingzhen came out of Qin Chengxue's residence, and when he was at a loss as to where to go, a guard hurried over to report: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, please go to Chongde Palace."

As soon as Zhao Pingzhen entered Yingtian Mansion, he inquired about the news of the emperor and the crown prince. Hearing that the emperor had already entered Yingtian Mansion, he hurried to meet him. Unexpectedly, the emperor temporarily refused him from the palace because he had to deal with important matters. It took a few hours to call him.

Zhao Pingzhen hurried to the Chongde Hall, and before he stepped into the gate of the hall, he saw a man in a dragon robe with his back turned to him.The man had black hair, a tall and straight figure, and faintly had the air of a ninety-five figure—but he was definitely not his father!

The man in the dragon robe slowly turned around, Zhao Pingzhen took a step back in horror, almost tripping over the threshold: "Brother——!"

Zhao Nanke looked tired, with dark circles under his eyes and pale lips, it was obvious that he hadn't slept well for many days.He whispered: "Everyone go down." The palace people left the hall one after another and closed the door.

Zhao Pingzhen stared at him incredulously, his eyes almost burned a hole in him: "This...what the hell is going on?"

Zhao Nanke slowly took out a volume of imperial decree from his sleeve: "This is the secret decree given to me by the emperor you saw that day, you will know it after reading it."

Zhao Pingzhen already had a bad premonition in his heart, he ran to Zhao Nanke's side, grabbed the secret decree, and unfolded it in a hurry.

After a while, the secret decree fell from his hand and hit the ground with a dull sound.

Zhao Pingzhen tremblingly said: "Father, where is Father Emperor?"

Zhao Nanke closed his eyes, and a line of muddy tears rolled down his face that was covered with dust and hadn't had time to clean it: "The spies came to report half an hour ago, father... died for the country."

It turned out that when the old emperor heard that the Jin soldiers were about to attack Bianjing, he quickly wrote a secret decree to the assistant minister and the empress prince, saying that if the Jin soldiers attacked the capital, he would pass it on to Prince Zhao Nanke, and ordered Zhao Nanke to go to Yingtian Mansion immediately. enthroned.

It turns out that in the previous dynasty, Di Tamarin once broke through the capital and took the emperor away. Because of this, the court was in chaos. In order to redeem the emperor, the officials agreed to many humiliating conditions and gave them countless treasures. The emperor was still killed by them.The old emperor was afraid that he would repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty, so he wrote this secret decree in advance.When the Jin people really hit Bianjing, he hurriedly gave Zhao Nanke the dragon robe and jade seal to let him escape, but he didn't want to leave - this is the capital passed down by the Taizu in the past, if he can't even defend the capital Let's face it, it's a joke that he, the emperor, lives.So he stayed and personally commanded the army defending the city to fight. When the Jin people finally broke through the imperial city, he set a fire in the palace and jumped into the sea of ​​flames by himself-even at the last moment, he didn't even kill the whole body. Willing to leave it to the gold thief.

Zhao Pingzhen was stunned holding the imperial decree.

He had known for a long time that his prince brother would become emperor in the future, maybe one day his father would die of old age, maybe one day he would have a fierce battle with the Jinren, but he never thought that this day would come so soon.The father died, the prince became the emperor, and the capital where he stayed for more than 20 years was captured by gold thieves.

His world was turned upside down.

Zhao Nanke bent down and hugged his head into his arms, and said in a shy voice, "Fifth Brother, you can cry if you want."

But probably everything happened too suddenly. Compared with sadness, Zhao Pingzhen felt more disbelief—maybe all this was just a dream. When he woke up, there was still Bianjing’s peanut cake on the bedside. On the table are peonies from Luoyang.He didn't cry, not a single tear came out.

Zhao Nanke let go of him, looking into his absent-minded eyes, he knew that he was actually extremely sad.He turned his face away, not wanting people to see the emperor's tears again: "The queen mother is in Qiming Hall, you go and see her. I have almost dealt with the matter. Tomorrow is my enthronement ceremony, and I will make you King Rui at that time." .”

Zhao Pingzhen didn't know how he saw the queen who had become the queen mother, and he didn't know how he left the palace. When he came back to his senses, Qin Xiaolou was sitting beside him and looked at the queen with calm eyes. him.

Zhao Pingzhen touched his face in a daze, felt the warmth of his palm, and made sure that everything was not his dream: "I came to find you?"

Qin Xiaolou was startled for a moment, and nodded slightly in response.

Zhao Pingzhen lay down slowly, pillowing on his lap: "So that's it...except you, I don't know who else I can turn to at this moment."

Qin Xiaolou gently ran down his hair without saying a word.

Zhao Pingzhen looked at him blankly: "You know everything?"

Qin Xiaolou said: "Just now the emperor sent someone... and told me everything."

Zhao Pingzhen squeezed Qin Xiaolou's hand and covered his dry eyes: "Tomorrow I will be crowned king."

Qin Xiaolou hummed lightly.

Zhao Pingzhen said: "Have you ever studied the art of war? Can you fight?"

Qin Xiaolou was stunned, and said: "I have read some military books, but I can't read them well. It's not too late to learn now."

Zhao Pingzhen murmured: "That's right, it's not too late to learn now... When I was a child, my father asked me to read military books, and said that he would seal the border for me in the future and want me to guard the country for the prince... I said I didn't want to leave the capital, I didn't want to leave Father and queen. I said what is the meaning of fighting, as long as you give me enough soldiers, no one can beat me. I like to practice martial arts, but I am also lazy when practicing martial arts. Resting aside, I still laughed at them in my heart, I am the prince, even if they become peerless masters, they can only become the prince's dogs..."

Qin Xiaolou combed his long hair again and again: "Your Highness's martial arts are considered superb."

Zhao Pingzhen laughed self-deprecatingly: "That's because of Meng Shaowei. I only do things that I think are interesting. I think sword practice is interesting, so I learn swords. I couldn't achieve anything through practice. Later, I wanted to defeat Meng Shaowei, so I went to study hard and practice hard, but in the end... I was no match for him."

Ever since Meng Jinling died, Qin Xiaolou had never heard him mention this person again. When he brought it up again, he first carefully observed Zhao Pingzhen's emotions and made sure that Meng Jinling was no taboo to him, so he said: " Your Highness is very smart, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can learn everything well."

Zhao Pingzhen sat up suddenly, his eyes became focused again, and he stared at Qin Xiaolou almost hard: "Qin Xiaolou, since you followed me, I know you are not willing to be in the current situation. As long as you treat me Loyalty, from now on you will learn the art of war with me and be my staff member, I will allow you to rise to the top and become rich and powerful."

Qin Xiaolou was stunned, his eyes curled up, and he said with a smile, "Okay."

Zhao Pingzhen said: "I will take a new name for you, Ming Dong, the pillar of the Ming Dynasty." Since Zhao Pingzhen took the word "Choice Branch" for Qin Xiaolou, no one has ever used it to call Qin Xiaolou. .Others still called him "Master Qin" or "Qin Hanlin", while Zhao Pingzhen called him by his first and last names.Not many people even know about this name. Zhao Pingzhen once thought about spreading the word to humiliate Qin Xiaolou, but he didn't do it in the end.

Qin Xiaolou lowered his head, Jiyue's scenery faded away: "Ming Dong, thank you, Your Highness King Rui."