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Qiao Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Zanbi, I really want to strangle you to death."

Yuan Zanbi held his hand and put it on his neck, as if if Qiao Yu wanted to say it, he would really let him strangle him to death.

Qiao Yu wanted to strangle him even more.

His eyes fell on Yuan Zanbi's neck unkindly, and suddenly he had an idea in his mind. He raised a somewhat sinister smile and said: "Of course the third prince has a very close personal relationship with me. He is the emperor, and he is better than me." For me, the Fifth Prince being the emperor is much better."

Yuan Zanbi nodded, not very disappointed with this expected but not the answer he wanted.

"Which prince is enthroned, it is still uncertain at the moment," Yuan Zan wrote: "In the middle of the month, your status is too special. Even if the third prince is partial to you now, after he ascends the throne, he may not treat you like you do today." Your Majesty is average, what's more, if the family puts pressure on him, I don't know how you will deal with yourself."

Qiao Yu said lightly, "I'm going to be buried."

Yuan Zan pen looked at him.

Qiao Yu inexplicably saw some sad emotions in his eyes, and said half seriously and half helplessly: "Master Yuan, the matter has come to an end."

Yuan Zanbi murmured: "This is the end of the matter."

Qiao Yu patted Yuan Zanbi's face, and jokingly said: "The three great pleasures in life, you don't have to worry about getting promoted, getting rich and dying your wife. No matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, you will be safe for more than ten years, and maybe you can even be named a marquis." Xiang, to be the No.1 of your Yuan family other than Yuan Ya, what kind of stunning beauty will not be there by then," he blinked, "like me, it's just a willow posture."

Yuan Zanbi closed his eyes, pressed against him, and did not speak again.

Qiao Yu raised her voice and said, "You have worked hard all the way, go and rest."

Han Tan took orders and was about to retreat when Qiao Yu suddenly said, "Wait, you come here first."

Han Tan entered the door, but saw that the curtain had been lowered, and two figures seemed to be leaning indistinctly inside.

Yuan Zanbi heard the sound, and was about to get up, when Qiao Yu pressed his shoulder and pushed him back.

Qiao Yu said, "Bring a pen and paper here."

Han Tan got him a pen and paper as promised, and stood quietly outside the tent.

Qiao Yu hung up half of the tent with one hand, Han Tan bowed and unfolded the paper in front of Qiao Yu.

Yuan Zanbi leaned his face slightly inward.

Qiao Yu took the brush dipped in ink, and looked at the Yuanzan pen with his eyes closed from the corner of his eye. He felt the embarrassment of seeing the Yuanzan pen, and wanted to kiss him again, but he knew there was a limit to teasing cats, so he just wanted to kiss him again. Smile and write on paper.

Han Tan's expression kept changing with Qiao Yu's writing.

After Qiao Yu finished writing, she handed the pen to Han Tan, raised her chin slightly, and signaled Han Tan to put down the curtain.

Han Tan put away the paper with a strange expression, and put down the curtain.

Qiao Yu lowered his head and was about to kiss the eyes of Yuan Zanbi, when Han Tan said: "If my subordinates can't buy one or two of them, please sir..." He said it very difficult, "Let me deal with it lightly."

Qiao Yu wondered, "It's hard to buy?"

Han Tan nodded.

"Don't worry, take your time, if you can't buy it yourself, you can ask someone else to help you."

Let others help him?

It would be better if Qiao Yu drew his sword and killed him now.

"Your subordinate must," he paused, speaking with some difficulty, "to live up to the mission."

He went out and gently closed the door.

A white shadow like a swan flashed on the wall and landed lightly on the ground.

The blame is to blame this person for being too good at lightness kungfu, he jumped to the wall too fast, and landed too fast. He just saw Han Tan come out, but it was too late to jump back, and he landed precisely in front of Han Tan, and was caught by a sword around the neck .

Xiaoxue greeted bitterly: "Master Han, you're back."

Han Tan nodded.

Xiaoxue didn't dare to move, the wind blew through his uncombed hair, and a few strands fell close to the sword.

Xiaoxue broke out in a cold sweat, and said, "Master Han, I don't want to be disadvantageous to Xiang Xiang."

Han Tan motioned him to look at the wall.

He climbed over the wall and came in, which was really suspicious.

Xiaoxue immediately said: "I'm here to find my lord!"

Qiao Yu heard a voice inside, and said, "Is Xiaoxue here?"

Hantan received the sword.

Xiaoxue smiled sweetly, walked inside and said, "Your Majesty sent someone..."

Before finishing speaking, Qiao Yu said, "Hantan, send Xiaoxue back."

The sword had just left the sword on his neck, and immediately put it on it again.

Xiaoxue leaned against the door and said with a mournful face, "I don't remember offending my sister these days."

Yuan Zanbi was about to get up, Qiao Yu put his arms around his neck, and the two of them lay back on the bed again, he said angrily, "I don't know how much salary Your Majesty paid Lord Yuan."

Xiaoxue finished speaking in one breath: "Your Majesty sent someone to deliver some medicine to my lord, saying that he saw that his hand was injured when he went to have an audience. The person who came said: Your Majesty said that Lord Yuan is a minister of the country, and he should take good care of himself. It is beneficial to the country and the people.”

Qiao Yu held the hand of the Yuanzan pen, carefully looked at it several times, only to see the scab on his palm, which was very pale, thin and shallow. If the emperor hadn't said it, he might have thought it was It is a palm print.

He was speechless for a moment.

Yuan Zanbi's expression is also very helpless.

Qiao Yu said: "Your Majesty...the medicine has been poured a lot lately."

Yuan Zanbi agreed: "It is true."

……

There is a mixed smell of medicine and ambergris in the room, and some medicine is mixed with the warmth. It should be very heavy, but it can't cover up another smell in the room, a bitter and heavy smell - the patient Sickness on the body.

Liu Chang opened his eyes and saw the beast incense burner that was slowly exhaling fragrance.

He was a little dazed, his eyes rolled and fell on the man who was sitting on the bed and was concentrating on reading the memorial.

Liu Chang was sober as if being pricked by a needle, got up from the ground, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty."

After reading a book, the emperor took out a vermilion pen to annotate, and then put it down after the approval, and asked lightly, "Your Majesty?"

Liu Chang slammed his head deeply on the ground, and said: "I...have done the most rebellious thing in the world, betrayed your Majesty's teaching and trust, I can't be a minister, I can't be a son, if I didn't wait for your majesty to deal with it, I would have committed suicide in prison , I am ashamed of your Majesty, dare not, and have no face to call your Majesty Father Emperor."

The emperor sneered and said, "Facing me without face? On the day when the prince raised his troops, did you ever think about how you are a son of man and a minister, how to face me when soldiers come to the city!" After he finished speaking, he coughed so hard that Liu Chang wanted to He stopped talking, kowtowed and said nothing.

The emperor paused for a long time, and said: "Prince, I am extremely disappointed in you."

Liu Chang closed his eyes.

After all, he is a kind and good boy. At this time, he can't think of any bad words. Although his mind is full of the scene when he heard the news of Chen Qiutai's death, he replied: "I know, I know that your majesty is disappointed in me. "He raised his head and looked at the man who had lost a lot of weight due to illness, but still kept his sharp edge, "I have always known."

The emperor's eyes fell on him.

In all fairness, the prince is very similar to the emperor.

Most of the Liu family were born with good looks, and the emperor and the old prince were even more handsome, and they were heavenly beings among heavenly beings.

The prince's appearance is five points similar to the emperor's. If Erlang's appearance is too much like the emperor's, he will be too colorful and lose his majesty. Therefore, his other half is like Chen Hou, which is just right for neutralization.

"Your mother and Chen Qiutai are twin brothers and sisters of the same mother. They look very similar. When they were young, they wore the same clothes. Few people can tell them apart. You are like your mother, so you are naturally like your uncle." The emperor said: "It's a pity. , temperament without him."

"Uncle is smart, beyond the reach of my ministers." Liu Chang said.

He is not stupid, although he cannot be compared with these old foxes, but he is also very intelligent, but his character is too cowardly, and because of his high background, he is not liked by the emperor, and now he does not understand that the emperor is inviting the king into his urn.

"You are really not smart," the emperor said coldly, "Chen Qiutai was so shrewd and ingenious when he forced the palace back then. Why did he not even succeed in rebelling when he came to you? Prince, prince, your uncle has an accident, how can his relatives and friends stay behind?" But it’s true that Ji Weining is still the guard of Zhongzhou, why don’t you know what is my intention?”

"Chen..." The prince paused and said, "I know."

"Knowing that you dare to rebel." The emperor said coldly.

"The minister is gambling," the prince said calmly. The emperor always said that he was cowardly and not like a king. In front of the emperor, he was indeed not as close as his younger brothers. When facing the emperor, he was more than afraid and not close enough. He was very nervous, and his answers were seldom fluent, but today he was fluent, "I'm betting on whether Ji Weining is His Majesty's man, even if he is His Majesty's man, will it be because I have the upper hand and His Majesty has no soldiers?" But he turned against his ministers."

The emperor was silent for a while, and looked at his son in surprise, who usually saw him like a mouse seeing a cat.

His eloquent appearance made him look more pleasing than the previous low-browed and pleasing appearance.

"However, the Yuanzanbi borrowed the Huzhou Army. Ji Weining is not as good as the Yuanzanbi in using troops, and the minister is even worse," the prince said: "I lost, and I was convinced of the defeat. I know that the crime is serious, and I have no complaints." .”

The father and son were speechless for a while.

In the past twenty years, the emperor always talked with the prince, but at that time the prince tried his best to cater to the emperor, although he always stumbled, but there was never such a time.

But the prince felt very relaxed.

He has never been so relaxed in front of the emperor.

So he spoke without the emperor asking: "In fact, I don't have much ambition," the prince smiled, "Your Majesty knows it. Your Majesty often says that a minister can't expand his territory. That's true. I don't care much about the position of the Eastern Palace. Your Majesty probably won't believe me when I say this. No one will believe me when I say this to anyone. But I really don't care about the position of the Eastern Palace. It's just... Your Majesty Since he was born as a crown prince, I feel that if he can't even keep his position in the East Palace, he will be ashamed of his expectations for his mother and uncle."

I'm ashamed of...his father.

But now it seems that his good father doesn't expect much from him.

"After my uncle passed away, there were many rumors in the palace, and I was terrified. I really should have turned a blind eye to it, but when I thought of being abolished, I was very scared, and I was very unwilling. My uncle died because of me. I know that I don't even have anyone close to me, but I still can't keep the position of the East Palace who is the culprit, what face do I have to see my uncle?"

The emperor said: "You rebelled, so you have a face to see me?"

The prince smiled at the emperor, "I have repeatedly told myself that as long as I keep my face, your majesty will not abolish me, but I understand, understand your majesty's thoughts and considerations, your majesty cannot tolerate a prime minister from a family, even if this person It is His Majesty's companion, with the merits of a dragon. There is no place for a queen from a family, even if this person is His Majesty's first wife, let alone a prince from a family. Your Majesty, I understand. How can you allow others to snore on the couch? Your Majesty has been patient with the family for many years since Ning You's reforms fell short, and now I have the opportunity to eradicate dissidents, if I were Your Majesty, I would not let go of such a good opportunity."

"Presumptuous!" The emperor patted the small table beside him, and the things on the table shook violently.

The prince glanced at it, then looked away.

He used to be very afraid of the emperor's anger, but now he doesn't take it seriously.

"Uncle, uncle, you keep saying that uncle, Prince, I have said countless times that you are my son first, and then Chen Qiutai's nephew." He said coldly, "You are still only the prince, and you have been obedient to Chen Qiutai. , Chen Qiutai is not only born in a family, but also relatives. No matter what political policy I ask you, you have to ask Chen Qiutai before you come back and report to me. If you become the throne in the future, what do you want to do to Chen Qiutai? How can I tolerate foreign relatives meddling in politics to this point! "

"It's true that my uncle is a relative, but the status and power of my uncle is not all given by His Majesty? It is His Majesty who reuses Uncle, and it is because of His Majesty that he married his mother because of Uncle." He just didn't say it too harshly. Wen, in order to win over Chen Qiutai, and to please the family, he married a daughter of the Chen family as the queen, "Uncle and minister are close relatives, and it is natural for ministers to be close to uncle. If your majesty insists on saying that Chen Qiutai is involved in politics, didn't your majesty choose him in the first place?" ?!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard something coming through the wind, hitting his forehead with a whimper.

The prince grunted when he was hit, but remained motionless.

The emperor put down his hands, coughing pale and his face flushed like a fire.

Blood trickled down and into the eyes.

The prince shook his head, feeling a little cold and heavy.

Eunuch Xia was terrified when he heard it outside, but he didn't dare to come in.

The prince wiped his forehead, but when he saw his fingers were bright red, he smiled indifferently and said, "Your Majesty is disrespectful."

The emperor ignored it.

The prince smiled even more, and said: "I never thought that I would have such an opportunity to have such an open and honest talk with Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty."

"You are very unscrupulous today." The emperor said.

The emperor was never such a calm person, but he thought that everything was under control. Who would have thought that the third prince would come first, and the third prince had a close relationship with Qiao Yu, and Qiao Yu had an indescribable relationship with Yuan Zanbi, He couldn't do without the third prince, this matter had already made him extremely angry, but he had no choice but to suppress it and not mention it. In addition, his physical condition was deteriorating recently, and he lost his composure intertwined with each other, which made him lose his composure.

These words seemed to be a threat.

"Your Majesty has already killed his uncle, and wants to abolish his ministers. Those close to the Chen family will be killed, and those far away will be exiled. The fifth generation will not be an official. Only the mother queen, who still guards the empty airs of the queen, will your majesty abolish the mother?" He said: "But whether your majesty is abolished or not, he will not treat the queen mother harshly."

He has nothing, so naturally he has no scruples.

The emperor was silent, and said after a while: "Is there anyone instigating what you did?"

The blood flowed into the eyes, which were red, and even the man in front of him seemed to be indistinct.

It hurt a little, the prince blinked his eyes and said, "No one."

He thought of Duke Huai.

He originally thought that Duke Huai was also a part of the emperor's plan, but the emperor didn't seem to know anything about this question.

The prince felt that as a son, he had only disobeyed his father this once, and he was already very filial and had a clear conscience, so there was no need to speak out about Duke Huai.

The emperor gasped and drank the medicine in the cup, only to feel that the burning pain in his chest eased a bit.

In such a huge palace, even close relatives have to be wary of each other, intrigues, who is sincere?

The emperor did lose a lot of weight.

The prince withdrew his gaze and said: "I understand that I have committed an unforgivable crime, and I will not ask for forgiveness. I will not make things difficult for Your Majesty."

The emperor was silent, only looking at the prince.

The prince who watched him grow from a child like a jade dumpling to an adult.

"Your Majesty, I want to kowtow in front of the ancestor's spirit to admit my mistake." The crown prince said, "I beg Your Majesty's permission."

The hall is quiet.

After a long time, the emperor said: "Go."

So the prince smiled easily. He was about to get up, but suddenly thought of something, knelt down, and said, "You have been in poor health for the past few days. Please take care of your body and rest a lot." He kowtowed, "Father, my son!" The minister is gone."

After speaking, he got up and strode outside.

Eunuch Xia suddenly opened the door and was taken aback, but when he saw the prince's face was covered with blood, he thought there was a turning point, so he quickly handed over the handkerchief.

The prince took it and thanked him with a smile.

The emperor looked at the back of his son Yuli, opened his mouth, but said: "Come here, prepare the horse, the prince is going to the Taimiao."

The prince wiped the blood from his face, and followed the palace guards who led the way.

Looking at Minghuang's tent, the emperor suddenly said, "Do you know what Chang means?"

Eunuch Xia cautiously said: "Your Majesty, the crown prince has already left." He thought for a while, and boldly said, "The road is slippery late at night, do you want someone to go with the crown prince?"

The emperor waved his hand, "Let him go by himself."

This place is remote, with mountains and forests everywhere, and few people patrolling. If the prince wants to go out on horseback, it is very easy to take the trail. If you don't send people to follow the prince, your majesty is...

Eunuch Xia understood and said, "Yes."

He bowed out and closed the door behind him.

The emperor picked up a memorial and read it carefully.

There is a cool breeze and bright moon outside, and there are birdsong from time to time.

The emperor drank two sips of ginseng soup and felt much more comfortable, but within an hour, he had finished reading all the books he wanted to read.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Xia's crying voice came from outside the door.

The emperor frowned and said, "Come in and talk." He put down the vermilion pen, "What's wrong?"

Eunuch Xia knelt down and cried loudly, crying and saying: "Your Majesty, the crown prince entered the ancestral temple by himself, and the people in charge of the ancestral temple waited for a long time but the prince did not come out. Suddenly he heard something colliding inside, and he found out after looking inside... ...Your Majesty, the crown prince committed suicide by hitting a post!"

The emperor put down his pen steadily.

He watched Eunuch Xia weeping quietly, as if it was his son who died.

"I see." He said.

The emperor's voice was so calm and cold, so cold that Eunuch Xia couldn't help shivering. He stopped crying, wiped his tears carelessly, and said carefully, "Your Majesty?"

"Father!"

Eunuch Xia turned his head and saw the third prince running in anxiously. Before he got close to the emperor's bed, he knelt down on the ground, but without saying anything else, he kowtowed: "Father."

The palace servants knelt down on the ground, and the emperor looked at the third prince who was kneeling on the ground, and then at the weeping Eunuch Xia, and said, "Third son, do you know what the word Chang means?"

The third prince was taken aback, but did not dare to answer.

The emperor frowned displeasedly, and said, "Chang means the sun."

This name was chosen by him himself.

Chang is the sun, extremely noble, very compatible with the status of a prince.

In fact, maybe he once, really, had expectations for the prince.

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Day [-].

A very well written chapter.