Don't be a prince

Putting away Dengfeng's claws, Li Chengqian patted the armrest of the chair annoyed.

Su Yuan, who obviously felt that her husband was in a bad mood, laughed, jumped off his lap, and got behind the curtain.

Rubbing his face helplessly, Li Chengqian said: "Come in!!"

The door opened, and Zhang Yun walked in with Wu Jue who had been washed.

Wu Jue, who had finished dressing up, was still as skinny as before, but a huge change had taken place.How should I put it, it is like a muddy stone, but after washing it is like rough jade.

Thinking of the little girl when we met before, and looking at the half-grown girl in front of him, Li Chengqian felt that time passed so fast.

That's right, it's the 12th year of Zhenguan, and Wu Jue is already 15 years old!

Yingying knelt down, and Wu Jue said, "Wu Jue, daughter of the Wu family, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

He waved his hand to let Zhang Yun go out, and after the door was closed, Li Chengqian said, "Get up."

There was no response, Wu Jue still knelt down on the ground without raising his head.

"His Royal Highness, Wu Jue begs you to uphold justice for Wu Jue, for his mother Yang! for my father!!"

Hearing this sentence as expected, Li Chengqian sighed, already guessing a bit about the so-called "justice".

"Wu Jue, Gu can almost guess what you want to say, but you should think about the consequences of Gu helping you. Once such a thing is made public, not to mention your brothers will completely become the target of Datang. Even your father under the nine springs should be ashamed of this. Especially your mother and sister, don't you want them to face the sky with shame? You stabbed down the hornet's nest with one word, and it wasn't just your few who were stung You bastard brother, and your mother and sister!"

Wu Sui, who was bowed to the ground, was startled. What Wu Yuanqing and others did, even within the Wu family, was extremely secretive.Even if it was her, she found out by accident, prince, how did prince know?

From the prince's words, she knew very well that the prince already knew the truth, and she didn't even need to narrate it.

Chapter 4: Su Yuan's Stupid Idea

Raising his head, apart from shock, there was also strong anger in his eyes.

Of course, this anger was not directed at Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness, do you mean to keep the little girl silent? Why do you say that? If you do something wrong, you are doing something wrong. Why shouldn't Wu Yuanqing and the others be punished? Is it because he inherited his father's title and is a nobleman of the Tang Dynasty?"

After finishing speaking, Wu Jue's face was full of disappointment.If she wanted to bring down Wu Yuanqing and give their brothers the punishment they deserved, she had no other choice but to go to Chang'an to sue for impeachment.However, along the road from Jingzhou to Chang'an, the governor of Jingzhou's eyeliner is everywhere.Make it hard for her to move.After two years of tossing and turning, she originally hid until the third year. She thought she could make a detour from Yueyang, but who knew that before she left, she was blocked by her brother.

Obviously, the two seemingly loyal retainers who escorted her out also chose to abandon her.Otherwise, in the vast crowd, how could Wu Yuanqing find her so accurately?

When I met the prince's guard of honor today, it can be said that he was saved from a desperate situation.However, she didn't expect that even the crown prince would say the same thing, the governor of Jingzhou, the old retainers at home, and even his mother.If you do something wrong, you will be punished, but why some people don't need to be punished if you do something wrong, but many people want to cover him?

Tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes involuntarily, and Wu Jue wanted to wipe them off, but he couldn't wipe them off.She didn't know how many years she hadn't cried, but when she cried at this moment, she felt that she couldn't stop the tears she had been holding back for a long time.

Looking at the tearful Wu Jue and listening to her narration, Li Chengqian was also a little dazed.

Yes, if you do something wrong, you will be punished. This is the simplest truth. Since when did you neglect right and wrong, and only measure gains and losses?

Four fingers tapped on the table in turn, looking at the stubborn Wu Jue, Li Chengqian said: "It's not that you can't convict them, but you come and tell Gu, after Gu convicts them, how will your mother and sister deal with themselves? You don't know how important a woman's reputation is. It's more serious than killing them. Your father's title will also disappear. Even if your father is a hero in Taiyuan Yuanmou, he can't stand such a scandal. It can be foreseen , the Wu family that your father yearns for will never be established."

Looking at Wu Jue, Li Chengqian was looking forward to her answer.

After a long silence, Wu Jue finally spoke: "Does Your Highness think that life is better than death? Does Your Highness think that my father's title should be owned by Wu Yuanqing? As for the collapse of the Wu family... I am willing to bear the consequences." At worst, I will recruit a husband-in-law to continue the blood of the Wu family!"

Seeing the stubbornness in the eyes of the little girl in front of him, Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh.After all, you are a child, when you talk about the future, you are always full of expectations.However, it's hard to say, in history, didn't this girl also succeed in making the Wu family shine?Although it was only for a while, the Wu family was able to carve a deep knife in history, and it has never been dim after thousands of years, which can be regarded as surpassing many families.

Beckoning, under Wu Jue's doubts and motionlessness, Li Chengqian left his seat, walked to Wu Jue's side, patted her on the head and said: "It's so simple for a child to think about things. There are many ways to do things." Why don’t you think of a compromise? The bad guys should be punished, but it’s best to keep the good guys from being implicated as much as possible. Well, you can act together with Gu. Jingzhou is not far away, so Gu can do it himself Take a walk. You follow along and watch carefully to see how Gu handles things."

Wu Jue nodded in confusion, and seeing a big hand in front of him, he couldn't help but handed it out, and was pulled up under a strong force.

Squeezing the flesh on her face, Li Chengqian frowned and said, "How can you be so thin when you are growing up? Come on, let the cook make you some delicious food."

Seeing the prince walking towards the door, Wu Jue didn't know where the courage came from, and stretched out a hand to pinch the corner of his clothes.

Sensing her movements, Li Chengqian thought about it and let it go.

When he was on his way, he naturally had nothing to eat, but now that he was in Yueyang, and Yueyang was more or less a state capital, he naturally wanted to have a good meal.

Under the leadership of the maid, Li Chengqian took Wu Jue to a side hall.In the side hall, Li Tai and the others had already sat at the table, waiting for him to come.

The whitebait in Dongting Lake is a special product, and the most powerful one is the meat.The so-called crocodile is the crocodile of the later generations. Although it still has another name of "Jiaolong" at this time, the governor of Yuezhou obviously wouldn't call it that.

After finally waiting for Li Chengqian, Li Tai moved his chopsticks to pick up the meat for Yan Wan. He glanced at Wu Jue, who was holding back the drooling at the meat, and couldn't help but walked to Li Chengqian's side and sat down, touching his arm with the top of the chopsticks. .

"Brother Huang, where did you find the little girl? Although she is a little thinner, she is definitely a beauty. Are you going to enter the East Palace?"

Knocked on Li Tai's forehead with chopsticks, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Why is your mind full of these things? I haven't settled the matter with you yet about Yan Wan. Didn't you agree to wait until eighteen? You are only seventeen this year , why can't you bear it?"

Li Tai blushed and said, "My son said, food and sex, you can't scold my brother too much, besides, we've been playing wildly outside for so long, now we're back in Chang'an, how can we do without an amulet?"

After finishing speaking, he winked his eyes in Su Yuan's direction.

I have seen shameful ones, but I have never seen such shameful ones. This reason is too far-fetched, but Li Chengqian has to admit that what Li Tai said is correct.There is nothing wrong with the officials, the most difficult thing to deal with is the empress.And nothing can quench their anger more than a pregnant daughter-in-law.

Depressedly, he took a bite of the meat, and found that the taste was not bad. Seeing that Li Tai went back to serve Yan Wan with food, Li Chengqian had no choice but to serve Su Yuan and the others.When it was Wu Jue's turn, seeing the look of hope in her eyes, he had no choice but to grab a big piece for her too.

There is nothing to do, so I didn't stay too long in Yueyang.

Three days later, when Li Tai decided to set off, at the port of Yueyang, Li Chengqian met the confident Wang Zhigao.Thanks to this bastard, Li Chengqian didn't sleep well last night.Compared with the officials of the academic department, although his so-called "plan" looks weird, but at least it meets the qualified standard and can make people see clearly what he is going to do.

After a meal of modification, the sky is already bright. As for the rest, I can only rest on the road.

Taking the plan into Wang Zhigao's hands, Li Chengqian said: "If you think according to your idea, it will take decades for Yueyang to fully develop it. If it takes such a long time, your son may not even be able to wait. What meritorious service? You have to be bold when things come to an end, and you can only put shackles on yourself if you hold back your hands everywhere. You have to think carefully about this sentence."

Wang Zhigao nodded, holding the plan in his hand, and bowed respectfully to the ground.

In the respectful send-off by Yueyang officials, Li Chengqian stepped on the boat going north.

Returning to Chang'an from Yueyang, the best way to go by water is to go to Ezhou and enter the Han River. If you detour to Jingzhou, there will be an extra section of land.However, Li Tai did not refute Li Chengqian's decision.After listening to Wu Jue's story about her family, Li Tai, whose temper has improved a lot recently, also went crazy, clamoring to help Wu Jue break her brother's leg.

If it wasn't for Li Chengqian's obstruction, this guy probably would have used a knife directly.

There is no Three Gorges, no dam, and the river is turbulent, but the distance from Dongting Lake to Jingzhou, the speed of the boat upstream is still not slow.Naturally, the sails cannot provide enough power to the boat, so now there are many trackers on the shore shouting tunes to pull the boat.

Standing on the deck, looking at the sweaty back of the trackers and listening to their uniform tone, Li Chengqian sighed.

"Brother Huang, why are you sighing? Not to mention that they are doing hard labor, it's their duty, besides, didn't you give them money back? I don't know how many blood and sweat of trackers were left on both sides of the river in the past, all concentrated The bitterness of the tracker. Now the blood and sweat are still there, but it is full of excitement and happiness."

Shaking his head, Li Chengqian leaned on the deck and said: "In fact, whether it is the sail or the manpower, they are fighting against nature. If the ship wants to go upstream, it needs enough strength to counteract the force of the river. Fighting with manpower, But it’s a low-level vehicle, using sails to fight, although it is correct, but it has little effect. Qingque, do you think there is any way that can be more effective than sails?”

Li Tai scratched his head, thinking deeply.Ever since Yan Wan became pregnant with a child, he had completely thrown away his research.When I left Lingnan, I was still researching the bottom of a seamless cast alloy ship. Now, I almost forgot even the completed research.

Hearing Brother Huang's words, he couldn't help thinking about it.Yes, no matter what the method is, people are fighting against the power of nature.What power is there that can help ships fight against the river?

After thinking for a long time, Li Tai tentatively asked: "Brother Huang, what do you think of the water wheels on our three ships?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly: "The water wheel is also driven by manpower. After all, it can't even catch up with the sail. Although it is practical, it is not to catch the force of nature and fight against the force of nature."

Scratching his head irritablely, Li Tai only felt that the depression he had experienced countless times before had returned.If it is according to the way of the water turbine?No, the direction of the force is wrong, even if it is switched, the gain outweighs the loss.What about wind power?Probably not, since the space on the ship is limited, how can there be so many places for gear sets?And like sails, if there is no wind, isn't it just a decoration?

The more he thought about it, the more irritable he felt, Li Tai hopped his feet and got into the cabin as soon as he turned around.Now he desperately needs a piece of paper to sort out the chaotic thoughts in his mind. Simply thinking is too chaotic.

Watching Li Tai return to the cabin firmly, Yan Wan, who was supported by Su Yuan and the other three to bask in the sun, walked over slowly and bowed slightly to Li Chengqian.

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your help. Now the prince is finally willing to get back to business."

Looking at the smiling Yan Wan, Li Chengqian also smiled: "Isn't it good to let him take care of you all the time? I can probably guess how much he ignored you when he was obsessed with research. Now that you are pregnant, it's not him who takes care of you." Is it the responsibility of a husband?"

Glancing at the cabin, she stretched out her hand to stroke her slightly changed abdomen, Yan Wan smiled and said: "The prince is a person who does great things, how can he let it go just because of my concubine? I can see that the prince wants to re-examine it more than once. , but after seeing the concubine, I forcibly suppressed my thoughts. This is not good, I can feel the prince's heart for the concubine, and the concubine is already dead without any complaints. The trivial matter of the prince has delayed the great matter of the prince?"

"Actually, family research, both are indispensable, no matter which side you blindly indulge in, it's wrong. Don't push Qingque too far, you still have to get closer occasionally,"

Yan Wan nodded with a smile, thanked Ashina Xue and the others for their company, and beckoned to the two maids to help her back to the cabin.These two court ladies were originally selected by the eldest grandson for Li Tai, and now that Yan Wan is pregnant, they also have the chance to be in the top position.Well, it's not the high position of the pose.

"His Royal Highness, what do you mean by what you said to His Royal Highness King Wei, Wu Jue couldn't understand."

Just when Li Chengqian thought he had fooled Li Tai and his wife away and was about to pass through the world of four, Wu Jue's voice sounded from the corner.

A person's spirit has a great effect on the change of appearance.Since learning that the prince will help him, Wu Jue's spirit has improved a lot.The appearance is also becoming more and more beautiful, after all, he is the person who fascinated Li Zhi in history.Even Li Chengqian doubted whether he was a lolicon.

Beckoning, let Wu Jue approach, Li Chengqian explained: "This is Wei Wang's favorite research, if you are interested, you can learn from him when you arrive in Chang'an. Anyway, you can't stay in Jingzhou It's not easy to go back to my hometown, so let's follow Gu, Gu will let you and your mother and sister settle down in Chang'an."

Wu Jue didn't expect that the prince had even paved the way for her in the future. In excitement, he bent his legs and was about to kneel down, but was held back by Su Yuan.

After being "taught" by Li Chengqian for a while, she has stopped thinking about it, and only feels that her husband is pity for this child, so he is willing to stand up for her.

Li Tai was not the only one who heard the story. She, who has a similar family situation, was full of empathy for Wu Jue.

Hugging Wu Jue, Su Yuan smiled and said: "Don't just kneel down, you don't know, my husband hates people around me kneeling casually. If you have anything, you can say it. If you feel owed, you can find a way to make it up." , Kneeling, what’s the use? The river wind is still very cold here, you’re weak, you’d better go back to the cabin with us.”

Seeing Su Yuan smilingly pulling Wu Jue back to the cabin, Li Chengqian turned his head to look at the river and let out a slight sigh.

Su Yuan, a silly girl, even thought of pulling Wujue into the East Palace to be her sister.As everyone knows, this is leading a fox into the house. What should have happened has already happened. It cannot be denied that this little girl who looks normal on the outside already has the determination to climb to the top.Ordinary persuasion will not have much effect. For Wu Jue, the last thing he can do now is to bring her to the top class.

Once she enters the royal family, whether she is an ordinary Concubine Liang or a princess, she will only feel that there is someone above her head, and she can't help but want to kill him/her.

Pull her into the East Palace?What a joke!

Chapter 4 Disposal

The distance from Yueyang to Jingzhou is not very far, and with the presence of trackers, it only took ten days to arrive.

Although he never thought that the prince would pass by here, the governor of Jingzhou still made all the arrangements.The boat had just docked at the Jingzhou wharf, and the governor of Jingzhou, Wang Changhe, and the new governor of Jingzhou, Zhao Yu, were waiting by the gangplank, one on the left and the other on the right, and bowed their hands in salute.

Li Chengqian walked to the side of the boat, but did not get on the gangway, but looked around, looking very interested.

When he looked at it, Wang Changhe and Zhao Yu suffered a lot. In order to show their respectful attitude, they saluted very seriously.Zhao Yu is better as a general, but Wang Changhe is not good, his body is on the verge of falling, if there is a strong wind at this time, he will definitely fall to the ground.

Don't drive Wang Ming from Jingzhou to see that the governor is about to die from a distance, he hurried over, stood beside the boat and bowed his hands to salute, and said loudly: "Why didn't His Royal Highness get off the boat for so long? But I think Jingzhou's manners are not good enough?"

The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and Li Chengqian patted the side of the boat and said: "It's not that you are not polite, but that you have been fascinated by Jingzhou for a long time. Since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, since Jingzhou was designated as the capital by the Chu State, this place has always been a battleground for military strategists. .The north is based on Han and Mian, and the South China Sea is benefited. The east is connected to Wuhui, and the west is connected to Ba and Shu. How many famous stories have been born here. When I was studying alone, I often saw Jingzhou. Now that I have arrived, how can I not be filled with emotion?"

Emotion?You are full of emotions, and look at what the governor is like now.

Although he was full of slander, Wang Ming still didn't dare to say anything, and could only give Wang Changhe a sympathetic look.

Li Chengqian got out of the boat just when Wang Changhe was sweating through his clothes, his body was shaking, and he looked like he was about to fall to the ground.

After finally straightening up, Wang Changhe breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness is here, it is Jingzhou's blessing! Back then, Emperor Yangdi's great practice palace, Jingzhou also built a palace in the old Chu court. The maids needed for the palace, The minister has prepared everything for you, and His Highness can move in directly."

Looking at Wang Changhe with a flattering expression, Li Chengqian couldn't help frowning.This guy is not stupid, he knows that what he is giving him is a blow to him, so he hastened to show his courtesy.However, it is better not to offer this kindness.

Yueyang also has a palace, but the governor of Yueyang didn't arrange these things, just clean the palace and prepare all the utensils.How come Jingzhou, even the maids are ready?Since the beginning of Zhenguan, the emperor ordered that the palaces in various places should no longer have maids and eunuchs, and the palaces in various places basically left maintenance personnel.Wang Changhe was able to gather all the court ladies in a short period of time, presumably he used a lot of means.

Without making a sound, he glanced at Zhao Yu and then at the Jingzhou soldiers stationed by the river bank. Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Didn't my father order the whole country last year, and the governors from all over the country should submit applications to the imperial court, and they should be replaced according to the order of importance." Are you pretending? Why are the soldiers in Jingzhou still wearing old-fashioned armor and using old-fashioned weapons? The importance of Jingzhou is even higher than that of some frontiers. Don’t tell Gu. It's not your turn!"

Zhao Yu also noticed the meaning of the prince, this is nitpicking.Although confused, he still replied: "His Royal Highness, the imperial court's equipment has been delivered, but the brothers all felt that the equipment on their bodies was still usable, so they sealed the equipment in the treasury. This matter is still a matter of military affairs." If Sima agrees, you can ask the Military Affairs Sima if you don't believe me."

"Nonsense, the equipment is sent to you to change. The location of Jingzhou is important. In the event of a battle, do you still have to wear it now? Now, take your soldiers to change, and after the change is complete, come to the orphan to ask for forgiveness!"

Zhao Yu bowed to accept the order, and then went to deliver the order without hesitation.

Seeing Zhao Yu leave, Wang Changhe's face became even uglier.He couldn't figure out why the prince was so domineering when he first arrived in Jingzhou.He didn't offend the prince either!

Just when Li Chengqian was about to reprimand Wang Changhe about the "lady of the palace", a group of people came over and stopped at a distance, leaving only one person walking over.

The young man who came was very similar to Wu Yuanqing, and he bowed to salute when he got close: "Wu Yuanshuang from Duke Ying's mansion, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Wu Yuanshuang?"

Li Chengqian glanced at the boat behind him, saw the little girl with half of her head exposed and nodded her head, and waved: "Grab it!"

"what?"

Wu Yuanshuang, who was in the middle of standing up, turned pale with shock, and stepped back quickly while saying: "Your Highness, why is this? The one who bumped into you was my brother, so what does it have to do with me?"

He took only two steps back, and the Sky-Changing Monkey, who had been prepared for a long time, kicked him in the crook of the leg.

The knees were bent, and he fell to his knees, but the upper body also fell on his back.Wu Yuanshuang's flexibility is not very good, and he immediately screamed.

Several personal guards came forward with ropes, tied up Wu Yuanshuang in a few strokes, escorted him to the boat.

Seeing this scene, Wang Changhe was dumbfounded, and it took him a long while to cup his hands and ask, "What is His Royal Highness doing? We all know about Wu Yuanqing's assault on His Highness, but why do you want to arrest Wu Yuanshuang?"

Glancing at Wang Changhe, Li Chengqian said coldly: "Not only Wu Yuanshuang, but also Wu Weiliang, Wu Huaiyun and others, they must all be arrested and sent to Beijing together."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian waved his hand, and Liu Mang led a group of people to arrest him.

Seeing that the prince did not seem to be lying, Wang Ming immediately walked out, opened his arms to block Liu Mang and others, and said angrily: "His Royal Highness, did you explain clearly before arresting him? It is true that Wu Yuanqing offended you, but Wu Yuanqing What are Yuan Shuang and others doing wrong?"

"Why?"

Li Chengqian smiled coldly, and pointed at his cheeks: "If Wu Yuanqing just offended Gu, that's fine, he's an assassin! See clearly, Gu was hit by this stick, but passed out on the spot. From Yueyang all the way Going north, it took many days, and there are still bruises, what do you think Gu should do?"

"assassinate?"

Both Wang Changhe and Wang Ming were startled, the bruises on the crown prince's cheeks did not seem to be fake, if they were still like this after so many days, then the force might have been quite serious.In this way, Wu Yuanqing's assassination will definitely be confirmed.Assassination is often tied to "rebellion", and rebellion... It would be strange if the samurai family had a living person!

Touching the bruise on his cheek, Li Chengqian almost died laughing in his heart.What an assassination, this injury actually only appeared last night.Well, when I jumped on the bed, I jumped a little hard and hit the head of the bed.If it weren't for the angle, I'm afraid the teeth would all fall out.Although it's embarrassing, it's still very good to use it as an example at this time.

Wang Changhe originally planned to intercede for the Wu family brothers, after all, the Wu family brothers are still very good at trouble, but when he heard this, he immediately swallowed the words in his throat.Just a joke, it's too late to protect yourself at this time, intercede?Isn't this courting death!