Prime Minister, he just refuses to usurp the throne

After a long silence, when Xing Xuyi wanted to stand up to speak for Xing Wenshu, Xing Wenshu finally answered: "Your Majesty's question is temporarily unanswerable, I ask your Majesty to give me some time, and I will give you an answer later. "

Xie An supported his chin with one hand, and finally stopped embarrassing him, and instead withheld a month's salary from the official with the lowest score as punishment.

The reward and punishment link is finally over, and the next step is to wait for the "celebration banquet" tonight.

The celebration banquet was more lavish than the first banquet, and the dishes were all made from hunting prey, so the preparation time was longer than the previous one.

After the rewards and punishments were over, Xie Anshuang still left some time for the ministers who wanted to stay here for a while, so that they could compete with each other, and he himself had a short rest in the tent.

Xing Wenshu took advantage of this time to bandage Xie Anshuang again, and then resigned temporarily, looking for Xing Xuyi outside the tent.

Xing Xuyi had already guessed that he would come to find him. At this time, he was sitting on a big rock and wiping his sword. When he saw him coming, he got up and said, "Xiao Shen."

"Brother." Xing Wenshu responded gently, and then went straight to the topic, "I wonder if it's convenient for brother to take a step to talk now?"

Xing Xuyi put his sword back into its sheath, and said with a smile, "Since Xiao Shen is looking for me, it's convenient for me at any time. I've already found the place, so we'll just go there."

Xing Wenshu's expression was also more relaxed than before, he bowed his eyes and said thanks with a smile, and went to another place side by side with Xing Xuyi.

The two brothers hadn't had a good chat for a while, and Xing Xuyi couldn't help asking first on the way: "How is Xiao Shen doing in the palace recently? I look at you and seem to have lost weight again, but that little emperor treats you not good?"

Xing Wenshu replied with a smile: "No. Brother just cares about me too much. Didn't you say that I was thin when you saw me?"

Xing Xuyi thought for a while, but he didn't seem to find anything to refute. He touched his nose and said, "After all, you are my only younger brother, and your body is worse than ordinary people. Since childhood, my parents and I, as well as Xiaoqiao, are not willing to let you go. You feel a little wronged."

When mentioning his parents and sister, Xing Wenshu's eyes became softer, and he said with a smile: "I know you all care about me. Thanks to you, I can be what I am today."

Facing his elder brother, Xing Wenshu's tone and posture were more lively than usual, and he was in a relaxed state of body and mind.

Xing Xuyi patted him on the shoulder with emotion, and said: "It's thanks to your own understanding and talent. You haven't worried us much since you were a child. We only hoped that you could do what you wanted Things, even if you don't have any ambitions, you don't have to worry about food and drink.

"Who would have thought that you would be proficient in whatever you learned, but now you have inherited your father's mantle at a young age and become prime minister for a while. It's a pity..."

Xing Xuyi let out a long sigh and stopped talking.

Just at this time, the two had already reached a sufficiently secluded place, and Xing Wenshu sat down in front of a big rock and asked, "Brother, you think it's Your Majesty today, so it's a pity, isn't it?"

Xing Xuyi sat down beside him, with more melancholy on his face: "According to what the little emperor said today, it is obvious that he already wants to target our Xing family. Our Xing family is the head of all officials, and my father is still the same as before. The prime minister, the court has a lot of connections, and our family's power will definitely be feared. Even if we don't have the heart to rebel, the little emperor might not believe us."

"Your Majesty believes in us." Xing Wenshu gave Xing Xuyi a gentle but firm answer at this time, "From the time I spent with Your Majesty, His Majesty has no doubts about our rebellion."

Xing Xuyi obviously didn't believe it: "But what he said in public today, isn't it a blow to us?"

Xing Wenshu shook his head with a smile: "Your Majesty said this to me on purpose. Your Majesty hopes that I hate him, and he knows that the Xing family is my bottom line and weakness, so he will bring this matter up in public. "

Xing Xuyi: "...?"

He couldn't help but reached out and touched Xing Wenshu's forehead: "It seems that the temperature is a bit wrong, Xiaoshen, do you have a fever? You're starting to talk nonsense."

Xing Wenshu pushed Xing Xuyi's hand away helplessly, and said: "Brother, I am very sober now. I know that my brother may not be able to believe my words for a while because of the influence of His Majesty's performance before. So what I want to say next... The secret that His Majesty Guan is most unwilling to tell others, brother must remember not to tell anyone else to know, no matter how much you trust it."

Seeing that his expression was rarely serious, Xing Xuyi restrained his thoughts just now, nodded and said: "Xiao Shen, you can rest assured, I will never let a third person know."

Xing Wenshu still trusts his elder brother's ability to keep his mouth shut. He let go of his emotions a little bit and said: "Actually, I had the same opinion of your little majesty before as my elder brother. I thought he was incompetent and hopeless. But here During the period of getting along, I found that things were far from as simple as we saw.

"It's like I just found out a while ago that our little Majesty has a noble status, but in fact, he doesn't even know what sugar is."

"Candy?" Xing Xuyi frowned, "Isn't this something that even ordinary children know?"

Xing Wenshu nodded and continued: "Your Majesty, he hates sweets, because all the sweets he has ever eaten are poisonous. He also knows that those sweets are poisonous, but he has to eat them all - these should all happen at his age. When I was less than ten years old."

Xing Xuyi frowned even deeper: "He was the prince at that time, who dares to be so bold, isn't he afraid of being discovered?"

"If that person is his queen mother, does elder brother think she will still be afraid?" Xing Wenshu looked at him quietly.

Xing Xuyi paused for a while, and almost immediately understood what he meant, his eyes widened slightly.

Seeing this, Xing Wenshu continued unhurriedly: "In addition, just yesterday, I found that the back of Your Majesty is almost covered with scars. He has suffered many times more injuries than his brother who has been fighting in the battlefield all year round. According to I have paid special attention to these two days, and those scars are almost all old whips and burns, and the earliest injury time may be as early as ten years ago."

Xie Anshuang was only a child more than ten years ago. Even Xing Xuyi, who was forced to practice martial arts since he was a child, would not have suffered any injuries that would leave scars for so long.

Just these two things can fully prove that Xie Anshuang was brought up by Yuan Gui's abuse.

Xing Xuyi is not a hard-hearted person. Hearing this, he felt some pity, and couldn't help asking: "But it's possible that the late emperor didn't know that he was treated like this? Could it be that the late emperor acquiesced?"

Xing Wenshu shook his head: "No, brother, think about it carefully, what impression do you have of the fifth prince before the age of seven?"

Xing Xuyi frowned in thought, and shook his head after a while to answer, "I have no impression at all. Even before the little emperor ascended the throne, I didn't seem to have noticed that there is such a prince."

"This is the reason." Xing Wenshu continued, "The Empress Dowager Yuangui lowered everyone's attention to the young majesty on the grounds of sending the young majesty to Huguo Temple for seven years. The attention of the harem has also gradually diminished, so naturally they don't care about a little prince who almost doesn't exist."

"As far as my investigation is concerned, His Majesty was never in Huguo Temple before he was seven years old. He was probably imprisoned by Queen Yuangui at that time. The wounds on his body and the poisonous sweets he ate are probably also in the temple. During those seven years."

Even though Xing Xuyi, as the eldest son, was forced to practice martial arts since he was a child, his father and mother Xing never treated him harshly. At the age of seven, he ate and drank like ordinary children, and went to play with his three-year-old sister when he had nothing to do. very happy.

Xie Anshuang was abused at this age.

Xing Xuyi usually dotes on his younger siblings and is well-known in the army, so he instinctively feels pity and distress for poor children.

Xing Wenshu saw exactly this point of his elder brother, and continued: "As for why Yuangui treats His Majesty like this, I don't have much idea for the time being, and the preliminary inference is that Yuangui wants to use His Majesty's name to control the government affairs. "

Xing Xuyi was not too shocked by this inference.During the two years since Xie Anshuang's accession to the throne, he used various obviously unreasonable excuses to give officials who were related to the queen mother more official positions. ambition.

It's just that no one would have guessed that she had been planning such a thing since Xie Anshuang was young.

"That's why the prince and the first emperor were killed one after another..." Xing Xuyi frowned, and stopped here.

Xing Wenshu nodded: "As far as I can deduce, it may be what my brother thinks, but there is still insufficient evidence. At that time, almost everyone agreed that those things were done by His Majesty, and no one specifically investigated them. Time has passed, and the evidence of the crime has almost been destroyed."

Xing Xuyi felt even more sympathetic.Bearing such a crime must not be what he thought.

Seeing that Xing Xuyi was almost persuaded, Xing Wenshu added at this time: "Besides, when the masked thieves were making trouble most fiercely some time ago, His Majesty seemed indifferent, but actually went out to investigate secretly at night. He cared about the people's An Wei is definitely not willing to be manipulated by the Queen Mother Yuangui.

"I still don't know his true attitude towards the Queen Mother Yuangui's party, and I don't know why he wants me to hate him. But I can be sure that your majesty is by no means the fatuous person on the surface. Give him the shackles of His Majesty, and give him unfettered freedom, he will definitely become a wise king who can make a difference."

Speaking of this, Xing Wenshu stood up and looked at Xing Xuyi seriously: "Brother, no matter what, I want to gamble."

His eyes are firm and gentle, no matter what situation he will face in this gamble, he can be calm and calm.

If he loses the bet, what he will face is the tragedy of his Xing Wenshu and even their Xing family.But if the bet wins, what you get in return is not only Xie Anshuang's reputation, but also the stability of the Northern Dynasty and the stability of the people in the Northern Dynasty.

Xing Xuyi looked at him steadfastly, looking at his straight and straight figure, with determination without hesitation.

It was also at this time that he suddenly realized that the little Xing Shen who was carefree and happy under their pampering had grown up and grown into a prime minister of the Northern Dynasty who could shoulder heavy responsibilities.

He finally made up his mind, stood up and walked in front of Xing Wenshu, and solemnly responded: "Okay, then brother will gamble with you."

"Thank you, brother." Xing Wenshu smiled again, shining brightly in the light that shone between the trees.

Xing Xuyi couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder again, and said with a smile: "Don't be too happy too early, it's a big matter, I will try my best to hide the cause and talk to my parents and Xiaoqiao. When the time comes, they will I won’t want to, but I can’t guarantee it.”

"Father, mother and elder sister are the most considerate of the overall situation, and they are the most able to listen to what my brother said. I believe that my brother will not be willing to let my little brother down." Xing Wenshu smiled relaxedly, obviously not worried about this aspect.

Xing Xuyi raised his eyebrows lightly, and asked jokingly: "So in Xiao Shen's opinion, brother is such a person who doesn't understand the overall situation?"

Hearing the meaning of joke in his words, Xing Wenshu just smiled, the meaning was very obvious.

"You, just because I love you on weekdays." Xing Xuyi looked helpless, without any intention of blaming him, and continued, "But in my memory, you have always been cautious and calm, I never thought that one day you would still Make such a bold gamble. Aren't you afraid that the little emperor really hates you?"

"Not afraid."

Xing Wenshu shook his head, looked back at the direction they were coming from, and then looked at Xing Xuyi again after a while, and said with a shallow smile, "Because your Majesty and I are in love with each other."

Xing Xuyi: "...?"

Xing Xuyi: "Wait a minute..."

Xing Xuyi: "What are the two feelings? What kind of love???"

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General Xing, who shocked his siblings for a whole year

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