After wearing a book, I was forced to marry by the villain

Chen Yuan had a sore throat, a headache, a stuffy nose, and general fatigue. Naturally, he couldn't get on the road in such a situation. King Yu didn't want Chen Yuan to leave, and he always wanted to keep a hostage in his Prince Yu's mansion.

"Brother, I'll be back soon." Li Ji held Chen Yuan's hand tightly. He knew that there would be two outcomes for returning to Beijing this time, either everything would go according to his plan, or he would never return.

Chen Yuan also held Li Ji's hand tightly, how could he rest assured that Li Ji would follow King Yu alone, if something went wrong on the way back to Beijing, then he and Li Ji would be separated from each other.

As soon as he thought of this possibility, Chen Yuan became very anxious, he couldn't help hugging Li Ji, and whispered in his ear: "Let me go with you, the plan will continue as usual, let Ah Yan and the others stay. "

"If you leave, Ah Yan and the others have no reason to stay. Besides, Uncle Wang won't let you go. He always has to keep a hostage in Liangzhou to be at ease." Li Ji whispered: "You Just stay in your house and recuperate in peace."

"You brat, don't make random decisions on everything by yourself." Chen Yuan pushed him away, frowned, and pinched Li Ji's face with his hands, "If I didn't like you, I would have beaten you up long ago. Brother, you are a younger brother, how can a younger brother tell your elder brother to do this or that, I feel really upset."

"What do you say about brother and brother at this time, do what I tell you to do." Li Ji sounded a bit like an emperor, "I'm leaving."

"Hey..." Chen Yuan chased after him, "Let's go now?"

"Uncle Wang is preparing to return to Beijing. I'll go and have a look." Li Ji said calmly, "You don't feel well, so don't move around."

After finishing speaking, he walked out quickly. Chen Yuan stood there and stared blankly at Li Ji who had gone away. The next moment, he couldn't help but ask Shi Jian who was standing next to him: "Looking at it this way, he really looks like an emperor. Yes or no?"

Shi Jian was silent.

"Is this question difficult to answer?" Chen Yuan crossed his arms, "How can I say that Li Ji is also your little master, and your master is willing to pass on the throne to him."

Shi Jian said: "How can the subordinates judge the matter of the throne?"

The corner of Chen Yuan's mouth moved slightly, and he stretched out his hand to pat his chest: "There is no outsider." He said and stretched, "I'm going to sleep."

Li Ji pretended to go to King Yu's place and walked around. When he came back, he saw that Chen Yuan was asleep and didn't bother him. He went back to his bedroom and confessed to Ah Yan: "After I leave, when I do business, I can avoid my cousin. Avoid him, after all, he can't see killing."

Ah Yan responded: "Master, don't worry."

"Also, don't let the people outside the palace see anything." Li Ji ordered again: "If even a little bit of information leaks out, you..." He glanced at Yan, but didn't say the following words, "Yes, I'm talking nonsense, following me for so many years, you guys are more reassuring than I think."

Maybe it was because of the cold medicine, Chen Yuan fell into a deep sleep, Li Ji didn't bother to call him when he left, and didn't even go to see him.

When Chen Yuan woke up, the sun was already setting. He was sleepy and his head was groggy. When he learned that Li Ji had been gone for two hours, he felt a little sober.

"Did he ask you to pass me a message when he was leaving?" Chen Yuan asked while drinking hot tea.

Ah Yan said honestly: "No."

Chen Yuan paused while drinking tea, and then asked, "Did you leave a note or something?"

"No."

Chen Yuan: "..."

It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed, Chen Yuanlue drank a cup of tea bitterly, rubbed his eyes, yawned again, and muttered: "Stinky boy."

Because Emperor Hui was dying and there were not many days left, Li Ji, Yu Wang and a team of people rushed to the capital day and night non-stop, and it took only half a month to reach the capital.

"Uncle Wang, are we the only ones who know about the serious illness of the emperor, or are all the court officials aware of it?" Li Ji asked intentionally.

This question made Prince Yu's expression slightly hesitant, and then he said: "Your father is seriously ill, I only found out through your mouth, as for whether the court ministers know, we will wait until we enter the palace."

Li Ji nodded.

After walking a few steps, King Yu confessed again: "From now on, no matter who you meet, don't talk about your father's body, do you know?"

Li Ji glanced at him, said yes, and then asked: "Uncle Wang, I told you such important information, how do you plan to repay me?"

King Yu turned his head to look at him, and asked with a half-smile, "What do you want this king to do?"

Li Ji glanced at him and then looked forward, saying: "Let's talk about it after entering the palace."

King Yu was still staring at Li Ji, his eyes were like a beast staring at its prey, full of danger, he looked away for a moment and looked ahead, not far away was the palace gate, where everything looked orderly and everything was as usual, until he entered From the palace gate all the way to Emperor Hui's bedroom, he didn't see anything unusual.

To say the least, it was a lie. Ever since he entered the palace gate, King Yu had become more vigilant. For a moment, he suspected that there was a fraud. He didn't have any strength at all, and he was as weak as if his strength had been taken away by someone, and this doubt was also taken away.

"Brother Wang, why are you here?" Seeing King Yu, Emperor Hui looked pleasantly surprised. His words made him look like he had put in a lot of effort, so much so that when he saw Li Ji behind King Yu, he was pleasantly surprised and puzzled by all kinds of emotions. After settling down, he didn't say a word.

Li Ji lied to King Yu that he came to Liangzhou privately. During this period, he did not believe that Emperor Hui didn't know. Now that Emperor Hui saw Li Ji's expression, he immediately dispelled his doubts, and threw himself on the bed like a good brother who was overly sad. On the side, holding Emperor Hui's hand with both hands, he choked up and asked the emperor what happened, while not forgetting to explain why Li Ji came with him.

"Brother Huang, you must not blame Ji'er. I met him on the way here and brought him back. He was worried when he heard that you were in poor health." Wipe away the tears.

Emperor Hui's acting skills are not inferior to his. Seeing the tearful eyes of his brothers, he held back Yu Wang's hand with both hands, also with tears in his eyes, and said weakly: "You and my brother really have a good understanding. I was about to send someone to bring you into the palace for discussion..." Before he finished speaking, he coughed.

King Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand to caress Emperor Hui's chest, and when Emperor Hui stopped coughing, he ordered the palace servants to prepare hot water.

Emperor Hui waved his hands, breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "My brother, help me to sit up."

King Yu still did as he did, Emperor Hui leaned on the head of the bed, shifted his gaze to Li Ji, and motioned for him to come over.

Li Ji's pretense was even more top-notch. Before reaching Emperor Hui, he knelt down and said with tears in his eyes, "Father, my son has gone to Liangzhou, and my son is missing Dad."

His words directly demolished King Yu's stage, and King Yu's eyes widened a little. At this moment, he completely believed that Emperor Hui didn't know about his going to Liangzhou, so he stood up quickly, knelt down and said, "Brother Emperor, The younger brother is guilty of lying, please punish the emperor."

Emperor Hui frowned, coughed twice, and said in a hoarse voice: "Kneel whatever you kneel, get up." He took a long breath, looked at one place blankly, "I don't have the time to pursue you!" These, I don't have much time..."

"Brother Huang!" Yu Wang cried out in grief, "Don't think about it too much, the country cannot be without a king for a day, you will get better soon."

Emperor Hui glanced at him, shook his head and smiled, coughed twice, and said, "Brother Wang, I know my body well."

"Brother Huang..." A tear fell from the corner of Wang Yu's eyes, he shook his head, looking really sad.

Li Ji also cried, kneeling there like a bewildered child, first he said "Father, you will be fine", and then asked Yu Wang: "Is that Uncle Wang?" Then he said: "Uncle Wang, You will send someone to protect the royal father, right?"

When asked this question, Yu Wang could only pretend to be the end, and said yes emphatically.

Emperor Hui smiled again, and then said: "Brother Wang, you came just in time, I didn't finish what I just said, I, I want to discuss with you, discuss about the emperor, the emperor..."

King Yu was engrossed in waiting for his next words, he guessed that it was a matter of succession, but unfortunately, Emperor Hui still didn't finish his sentence, this time he was interrupted by Chen Chengxiang and Chen Guogong.

Chen Weichang and Chen Zhangkuo stepped into the bedroom. The two were a little surprised to see Yu Wang and Li Ji, and then quickly scanned around, wanting to make sure that Chen Yuanlai was not here. Although they didn't find Chen Yuan, they had a tacit understanding. Neither father nor son mentioned it.

After saluting, Emperor Hui asked: "Grandpa and Prime Minister, you came just in time, and the younger brother is also here, just in time to discuss the matter of succession."

"Your Majesty." Chen Zhang stepped forward and said bluntly: "Now you have tried your best to hide the affairs of your body from the court ministers, even the concubines in the harem. The matter of succession is important, but only a few ministers are not enough." Convincing the public, it is necessary to call several important officials of the court together, what does your majesty think?"

Yu Wang was angry that Chen Weichang and his son had come at this juncture, he wished that Emperor Hui would be alone with him when he died, and hearing Chen Weichang say that was even more annoyed, he gritted his teeth secretly, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Master Hui! You can't say anything when you are old, Brother Huang is still young, he will definitely get better, is it too early for you to say these words?"

Chen Weichang glanced at King Yu indifferently, and said: "His Royal Highness Yu Wang doesn't know, these few days old ministers often accompany His Majesty, this is His Majesty's intention."

King Yu frowned and looked at Emperor Hui, and changed his tone softly: "Brother Emperor, what are you doing? You are Long Live, you will definitely get better."

Emperor Hui looked at him, closed his eyes and said, "Brother Wang, what the Duke said is exactly what I want to say. It's getting late today, and I'm tired. I think you're also tired from traveling all the way. Let's take a day off first." , wait until tomorrow to discuss everything.” After coughing and coughing, he said, “Let’s all go down.”

"Brother..."

"Go down." Emperor Hui interrupted weakly, "Go down, I'm tired."

Some palace people came forward to wait for Emperor Hui to lie down, it seemed that Emperor Hui was really weak, even if King Yu had something to say, he could only let it go.

After leaving Emperor Hui's bedroom, on the way back, King Yu kept thinking about who the throne would be passed on to.No matter from the past or just now, Li Ji is the least likely to be passed on. Of course, it cannot be completely ruled out. It can only be speculated; Arrogant and stupid, he did a lot of stupid things, Emperor Hui had long since been disappointed; among the princes of the right age, the only one left was Li Geng. Thinking of Li Geng, King Yu couldn't help but feel disgusted, a mediocre person who only knows how to eat, drink and play, thinking with his toes His imperial brother would not pass the throne to such a son; but after thinking about it, Li Geng and Li Ji both have the support of the Chen family, this matter has not yet been settled, maybe both are possible.

Aside from these three princes of the right age, the remaining ones, the oldest of whom is now Thirteen, may also be candidates.No matter who the candidate is, it will be his son in the end.King Yu was thinking about it.

When he was thinking about how to let Emperor Hui die when he was alone, he heard Li Ji say: "Uncle Wang, the Duke and the Prime Minister have left."

King Yu returned to his senses with an "oh" sound, and said calmly, "This king is back too, so you should too."

"Uncle Wang, please stop." Li Ji called him to stop, "Uncle Wang, I have thought about how you will repay me."

King Yu stopped, turned to look at him, smiled lightly: "Repay?" Then he sneered, "Okay, tell me, my good nephew."

Li Ji looked at him: "Uncle Wang, you have seen the appearance of my father, I just hope you don't deal with me in the future."

King Yu slightly raised his eyebrows, pretending to be stupid, and said: "Look at what you said, this king won't care about you, a junior."

Li Ji still looked at him, with coldness in his eyes in the dark night, and said bluntly: "Will Uncle Wang give up the throne to me?" After finishing speaking, he corrected him without waiting for King Yu to speak: "This is wrong. My father's, that is to say, it is possible that my father will pass it on to me." He paused for a moment, looked at King Yu with a naive look and asked, "Will Uncle Wang help me sit on the throne?"

King Yu's expression was slightly stagnant, but he quickly returned to normal. With a chuckle and an oops, he said in a strange tone: "My good nephew, you also said that the throne belongs to your father, but what this king said doesn't count..."

"Since Uncle Wang agrees with my nephew, are you planning to rebel and seize the throne?"

Li Ji's words were too straightforward, King Yu's expression was immediately displeased, even a little angry, and he shouted: "You know that this is a serious crime of beheading! You slander me so much..."

"Slander?" Li Ji interrupted again, "So, Uncle Wang doesn't plan to rebel?"

"You..." Yu Wang gritted his teeth, was short-lived, and then snorted coldly, "You are so eloquent." Glaring at Li Ji, he continued: "You and my uncle and nephew, don't blame this king for not reminding you, you have to be respectful when you speak and do things. Leave a way out for yourself."

Li Ji looked calm, and said softly: "Uncle Wang, why should you become angry? I know what you want to do, and you know what I want. We can't be good uncles and nephews just because of this, but as you said, no matter what, uncles and nephews It’s not too late, I advise you to turn back when you go astray, so you won’t have time to regret it in the future.”

"You..." Yu Wangzhen was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him. Since this is in the palace, he could only pretend to be more or less, took a breath, and gritted his teeth: "It's up to you? I'm afraid you will be disappointed." Hehe Twice, "My good nephew, you probably forgot how you got by in this palace."

After finishing speaking, he turned around to leave, but was stopped by Li Ji.

Li Ji didn't care about the provocation of his words at all, but still put on an unconvinced anger, and said: "Uncle Wang just pretended to be a good uncle and minister, which is much more pleasing to the eye than now!" Said: "Uncle Wang, let's wait and see!" After that, he walked away quickly.

Staring at Li Jiyuan's back, Yu Wang sneered, and then walked towards the palace gate.

……

As soon as Li Ji stepped into his palace, Zhang Rang told him everything that happened in the palace during the days he left.

After listening, Li Ji ordered: "You send someone to watch Yu Wang, I'm going out now."

He went to Emperor Hui's bedroom, and when he got there, Emperor Hui was drinking tea and waiting for him.

"Royal Father." For the first time ever, Li Ji called out these two words from the bottom of his heart.

Emperor Hui could hear and see that the child who hated him to the bone had disappeared, and this "Father Emperor" really regarded him as his father.

"To make a long story short, you will go out of the palace to the Duke's Mansion later." Emperor Hui cut to the chase and said, "The two prime ministers have military power, so they must win over one of them. If you are close to Chen Yuan, then choose the Chen family. However, the Zhao family cannot be wiped out. You just need to force him to hand over his military power first, and you must keep it to contain the Chen family. Also, don't be wary of the Chen family just because you are on good terms with Chen Yuan, you have to remember that even your dearest bedside person You can’t trust them completely, and you have to reserve everything you say and do.”

Li Ji listened quietly, keeping it firmly in his heart.

"The court ministers are divided into two factions. One faction is headed by the Chen family, and the other is the Zhao family. Weaken the Zhao family first to contain them. For the rest, you get the Chen family. It's a breeze." Hui said. The emperor continued: "As for the harem concubines and your brothers and sisters..." He stopped talking, fixed his eyes on Li Ji and asked, "Have you thought about how to deal with it?"

Li Ji lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

Emperor Hui couldn't wait for a reply, so he sighed and lowered his tone: "I only hope that you can put them in a position because they are of the same blood as you. As for my concubines, I have treated them badly, so I will leave." You can't take care of the future, just be a benevolent king and let them go home to spend the rest of their lives."

"Father..." Li Ji opened his mouth, walked closer to the bed, knelt down and said, "Father, in the past, my son would have liked to see you like this, but now, my son wishes you to get better soon, and now my son does not want to see you like this." If you can’t take on the job and need more training, how can you let it go?”

These were heartfelt words, Emperor Hui was a little happy after hearing this, Li Ji confessed to him, Li Ji wished him well, as a father, there is nothing happier than being cared for by his son, but both he and Li Ji knew clearly, He won't live long, so before he dies, he must teach Li Ji everything he can teach, and help everything he can help. This is what he can do as a father and a king of a country.

In the past, he was still somewhat ambiguous about Li Ji being the emperor, after all, Li Ji's temperament was too cold and ruthless, but now he believed that Li Ji would be a qualified king.

"Get up!" He deliberately darkened his face, "That night you told me that you wanted to be emperor, and you promised me that you would be a good emperor for the country and the people. I believed it, so I wrote it down in front of you." The edict to pass on the throne, but listen to what you said just now, don’t people who want to be emperors not even have the ability to bear this?”

Li Ji was speechless, yes, the night before he went to Liangzhou, he opened up his heart to his father for the first time calmly and talked a lot, even chatting about the throne, their father and son treated each other frankly, until the end , his father personally wrote the edict to pass on the throne to him in front of him, and the jade seal was still stamped by him. Thinking about it now, he was a bit too "naive", and his ability seemed to be unable to support his ambition.

Even though the father gave everything he could, as long as he thinks that he will be gone from this world, his throat will feel like a ball of cotton is blocked, making him a little breathless, and even his heart feels stuffy and painful.

"I can't waste any more time. I've said everything I need to say, and I've done everything I need to do. King Yu is already in the capital. Before he becomes suspicious, we must settle the matter quickly. You should go to the Duke's Mansion now." Huidi coughed as he spoke.

Li Ji stood up worriedly, stepped forward to caress his back, the expression on Emperor Hui's face was a little gentle, and the eyes were the same, he looked at Li Ji, and thought of that person in his mind, he opened his mouth, originally wanted to say or something, but afraid that mentioning that person would make Li Ji uncomfortable, so he swallowed the words in his mouth.

"Father, please rest at ease and recuperate first..."

"You don't do what I told you, how can I feel at ease?" Emperor Hui stabilized his breath, and then said in a serious tone, "Ji'er, sooner rather than later, while I still have breath, if I I really breathed a sigh of relief, when there is chaos in the palace, you will really be late, go quickly, the Duke is waiting for you."

Holding back tears, Li Ji nodded heavily at Emperor Shanghui's expectant eyes, then left the palace and went straight to the Duke's Mansion.