III Jiangshan

"Brother Prince sent someone here, saying that he couldn't get away because he had something to do, so he couldn't come in person." During the banquet, Yuan Chengping explained to his brothers.

When Yuan Chengbai heard the words, he didn't say anything, but there was a strange look in his eyes for a moment, but he was suppressed in a blink of an eye.

Yuan Chengxuan said with a smile: "Brother Prince is presumably busy with important state affairs, so there may be times when he can't get away..."

As he spoke, he changed the subject and said, "Brother Prince's congratulatory gifts must be many and heavy, right?"

Yuan Chengping also laughed, nodded and said, "Brother Prince likes Chun'er very much."

The crown prince Yuan Chengyin married the crown prince concubine, and there were several side concubines and concubines, but there were only two daughters over the years.The fact that he likes Yuan Chun made it impossible not to think about it deeply.

Sure enough, when Yuan Chengbai heard the conversation between the two, a sternness flashed in his eyes again.

Yuan Youqi, as usual, exchanged cups with his three older brothers, chatting about innocuous topics, but his mind didn't stop spinning——

The prince and the fourth elder brother grew up together, and Concubine Li De was kind enough to bring them up, so it is unusual for the prince to treat the fourth elder brother and his family, and treat Chun'er as if he was his own.What kind of event is it that can drag him down, so urgent that he doesn't even attend Chun'er's first birthday party?

No matter how busy you are, there is always time to show up and show your face, right?

Yuan Youqi's keen sense of court affairs cultivated by Concubine Wei Xian since she was a child told her that the matter of blocking the prince must be a major matter involving the military and court.

Just as she guessed, Prince Yuan Chengyin had just been ordered to enter the palace by Emperor Wei urgently.When he arrived at the study room in the side hall of Qinzheng Hall, the urgent memorial from the border was on the desk in front of Emperor Wei.

"Father!" Yuan Chengyin saluted, then stood aside with his hands down.

Emperor Wei looked up at him——

This face, which is four or five points similar to Queen Ding, looks more and more calm and mature.The prince is tall and straight, although he still has a bit of bookishness, but he is also a man in his thirties. The chin with a mustache is light blue, and he is quite masculine.

Emperor Wei's mood calmed down a lot, and he looked at the prince with a softer gaze, and said, "Chengyin is here?"

"Yes!" Yuan Chengyin bowed and said, "Father's emperor's oral order was delivered to the East Palace, and my son came here in a hurry."

He was brought up by Concubine Li De to love reading, and he is very polite.

Emperor Wei knew that the crown prince valued etiquette.

It is of course a good thing for my own son to respect Lao Tzu.However, for a future emperor, it would be pedantic to care too much about these details.In particular, the prince is still a lover of reading. Since he was a teenager, he has been very angry with the book business, and he is not as daring and decisive as he was when he was young.

Thinking of this, Emperor Wei couldn't help thinking about the wrestling with Yuan Youqi in Fengyi Palace that day.Even if he borrowed a hundred courage from the prince, he would not dare to do that kind of thing.No, maybe it shouldn't be said that I dare not, but... the crown prince will decline on the grounds of "not conforming to the etiquette and law" and "offending the king's father".

Immediately, Emperor Wei felt some regrets about "the heir is unworthy of himself".Thinking of the prince leading a group of civil servants in the East Palace, what kind of books the scholars are studying, and what kind of history are the "foolish things", Emperor Wei felt angry——

Is that what a dignified prince should do!

Emperor Wei then took a deep breath, suppressing the surging anger.He told himself in his heart, thinking more about the lovely and pitiful appearance of Empress Ding when she passed away 28 years ago, the fire of karma gradually dissipated invisible.

He pushed the memorial on the desk towards the prince, and said, "Look at this."

The prince was stunned, knowing that it must be an urgent state matter, he hurriedly bowed to take it, and after reading it, he frowned and said nothing.

"What do you think?" Wei Di glanced at him and asked.

"The Ule Division was proclaimed a minister during the reign of Emperor Taizong, but now it suddenly harasses the border. This is really inconsistent with the etiquette and law," the prince said.

Etiquette?What kind of shit is etiquette!Who is the king and who is the minister, it is not the fist that has the final say!

Wei Di sneered secretly in his heart, his face turned cold, and said quietly: "What else?"

The crown prince is not a fool, he could already hear the displeasure in Emperor Wei's tone, he quickly said respectfully: "My son, Yu Lu, please make a decision."

Emperor Wei immediately lowered his face, and couldn't bear to talk nonsense with the crown prince any longer, and said sharply: "It's you who I'm asking! You'd rather hide away! Let me make the decision? After a hundred years, you will have to let me help you with everything. Pay attention!"

The crown prince was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees, pleading guilty: "Father, please calm down! Father, please calm down..."

Seeing that he couldn't say anything other than appease his anger, Emperor Wei suddenly turned his anger into seven points. He slapped the book table suddenly and shouted: "Calm down! Calm down! You have read books for so many years, you don't know what to do." Your master has taught you for more than twenty years, and Concubine De—that’s all for you!”

At the beginning, the crown prince still bowed his head to listen to the lesson, but when he heard the mention of Concubine Li De, he raised his head in panic, and argued, "Father and emperor have learned a lesson! Mother... Master and mother and concubine always teach children and ministers, and always keep father, son, monarch and ministers in mind." way..."

He is the eldest son of Emperor Wei, and he is about to stand now. Over the years, he has heard about many things in the harem, and he has even seen it with his own eyes. He is too aware of how self-willed his father is. In the eyes of his father, what is it.Since he was a child, he was grateful for Concubine Li De's kindness in nurturing, and he was terribly afraid that his adoptive mother and fourth brother Chengping would be harmed because of his momentary negligence.

So in a hurry, he said in a panic: "Actually, in fact, I still have some thoughts in my heart, but Father, Father is the Son of Heaven, and I dare not...to overstep..."

Emperor Wei still remembered how Li Zhihuan disregarded his emperor's feelings to refute and prevent him from accepting Gu Heng into the palace that day, but the prince's maternal ancestor's surname was Ding, but he defended the concubine De from the Li family, and he felt extremely unhappy .The prince swallowed again.The vomit made him even more annoyed, and he said sharply, "Say it!"

The prince rolled his throat, a thin layer of sweat was already on his forehead, and said in a harsh voice: "Yes... I, my son thought that if there is a brave general who leads [-] elite soldiers to break out of the border and defeat the Ule's vanguard, go straight to the west with all one's might. Tackling the location of Ule's royal city... will certainly deter the enemy's heart, and make Tie Zhahan dare not invade the Central Plains again!"

The more he spoke, the more passionate he became, as if the "brave warrior" was right in front of him at this moment, but Wei Di's face turned ashen——

"Brave warrior? Hmph! Marquis of bravery?"

The prince stopped talking abruptly, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Although the brave man... has passed away, the Wei family still has brave generals! Wei Zhouyang has been guarding the border for many years, and he must be sure to deal with the Ule people!"

Emperor Wei's expression was even worse, he stared at the crown prince gloomily, and said in a cold voice, "I killed Wei Yiyang 18 years ago, now, does the prince still want me to kill Wei Zhouyang?"

When the prince heard this, his whole body was icy cold, and he felt a chill coming up from his back.He didn't dare to look directly at Emperor Wei's face, and said with sincerity and fear: "Father, please calm down! How dare you, my son? The Wei family has been loyal for generations, and Wu Le is strong. If Wei Zhouyang is sent to the expedition, if something goes wrong, then... ...It's because I didn't think carefully! I, Da Zhou, is a brave warrior, and I will definitely be able to repel the Ule people!"

The more Emperor Wei listened, the more irritable he became. He felt that every word of the prince's sentence poked his own lungs, and it was really annoying to see it.

He waved his hand violently, stopping what the prince was about to say, "I know all about it! Let's discuss this matter again!"

He turned his face and said to the personal supervisor next to him: "Prime Minister Xuan and the six principals are entering the palace!"

Director You took the order and went.

Wei Di frowned, looked at the crown prince still kneeling in front of the desk, and said, "Get up now. I want to discuss this matter with all the ministers, and you are here to listen."

Let's talk about Yuan Youqi.

After eating, drinking, and making noise in Jinan County Prince's Mansion for a long time, when she was about to leave, it was past You Hour.The sun was setting to the west, and dusk had gradually invaded.

Yuan Youqi looked up at the sky and thought it was very good.The more quiet the night is, the more suitable it is for a private meeting with a beautiful woman, isn't it?

Thinking of Gu Heng's elegant and exquisite appearance, Yuan Youqi was in a good mood, and the slight intoxication caused by the wine down his stomach was nothing.

She said goodbye to several elder brothers and sisters-in-law, took Tang Xi and all the attendants, and planned to mount a horse and go back to the mansion, then changed her clothes, quietly went out from the back door of her mansion, and rushed to Gu's mansion.Unexpectedly, she was blocked by a concubine-colored figure.

Yuan Youqi frowned impatiently, looking at Qi Wan in front of him.She was eager to see Gu Heng, and anyone who prevented her from seeing Gu Heng would arouse her strong resentment.

Qi Wan was not without winks, but Yuan Youqi's drunken face was so attractive that she couldn't turn her eyes away, so she could only approach her unconsciously, completely forgetting the elder sister's warning not long ago. the back of the head.

"My lord..." Qi Wan's voice was like a gnat.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Youqi looked at her with raised eyebrows.In a hurry, he didn't care about etiquette.

Qi Wan was even more embarrassed, she lowered her head slightly, and almost crushed the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said softly: "I have a flower garden in the mansion, planted with flowers and plants of various colors from all over the place, if the prince is happy..."

"If you have a chance, bother you again!" Yuan Youqi interrupted Qi Wan, and said, "I still have something to do in the palace, so I will leave!"

After all, he boarded the horse with his entourage and left.

Tuliu Qi Wan looked at her back, unable to recover for a long time.

The twilight is all together, and a faint crescent moon climbs into the blue night sky.

In the back garden of Gu Mansion, a figure flashed up beside the high wall of an octagonal pavilion.The man was quite agile, and after climbing over the wall, he slid down the trunk of a thick tree next to the wall. Soon, he walked quickly to the octagonal pavilion, and looked at the leisurely and peaceful place in the pavilion with a smile. Sitting woman.

"Ah Heng!" Yuan Youqi's smile spread from his face, and there were fine waves, screaming with joy.

Gu Heng raised his head and fixedly looked at her thin pink cheeks that were still a little drunk.

Being watched so intently by her, Yuan Youqi was filled with joy in his heart, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at a cat." Gu Heng smiled sweetly.

cat?Yuan Youqi was stunned.

"A cat that just slipped down from a tree." Gu Heng said calmly.

Yuan Youqi suddenly realized and smiled silly.

As long as Ah Heng likes it, let alone let her be a cat, or a pig or a dog or a bench, she is willing to do it.

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