Your Majesty, he is as beautiful as a flower

In the 29th year of Chengze, the Jing army was defeated one after another, and proposed to negotiate peace with the Qi Dynasty, and was willing to pay tribute to the Qi Dynasty every year, and the war between the two countries subsided again.

In the spring of Chengze's 30th year, Cheng Wanqiao, the fifth prince, made great contributions in defeating the enemy, and was very popular in the court, so he was established as the crown prince.

Imperial Palace, Eastern Palace.

After Cheng Wanqiao was crowned prince, he moved into the East Palace. There was an endless stream of officials who came to congratulate him. Cheng Wanqiao responded one by one. Although he had followers in the court, his foundation was weak. If he wanted to stand firm in the future , It is essential to deal with civil and military officials.

The third prince, Cheng Jinliang, also brought a few treasures to the East Palace, with a smile on his face, but in his heart he wished to cut the person in front of him into pieces, "Fifth Prince, oh, no, His Royal Highness, congratulations."

Cheng Wanqiao naturally knew that Cheng Jinliang's congratulations were not sincere, so he followed suit, "Thank you, brother."

Cheng Jinliang seemed to sigh with emotion: "Unexpectedly, the fifth emperor brother disappeared for 11 years, and he attracted the attention of all people as soon as he appeared. Now he has won the position of crown prince with ease. I am beyond hope."

"It's all thanks to the emperor's brother."

Cheng Jinliang didn't expect that his former taciturn younger brother of the Fifth Emperor would transform into a man of eloquence. He followed his words and said, "How do you say that?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "In terms of foundation, in terms of contacts, I must not be able to compare with Brother Sanhuang. Now that I can get the position of crown prince, it must be that Brother Sanhuang has no intention of fighting for it, so I picked up a loophole."

Cheng Jinliang smiled uglyly, "Where is His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness can enter the East Palace entirely on his own ability, and I am far behind."

Cheng Jinliang then sighed again, "However, it is not easy to be the crown prince of Daqi. If the father gets the elixir of immortality, this prince will be useless."

At that time, in order to obtain the elixir of immortality, Cheng Yan set up a big plan to capture Yuchen, but later Yuchen escaped, and I don't know what happened afterwards.

Could it be that he is still obsessed with it?

Cheng Wanqiao said: "There is no elixir of immortality in the world."

Cheng Jinliang smiled disdainfully, "Your Highness, why are you pretending to be stupid? Back then you were the closest to the princes of the Yu clan. You shouldn't have known that the so-called elixir of life is the elixir in their bodies."

Cheng Wanqiao looked calm, "How could the emperor believe such rumors in the market? It's because I got closer to the Yu clan that I realized there was no such thing."

Cheng Jinliang smiled, raised his sleeves and cupped his hands, "If not, then congratulations to His Highness the Crown Prince."

It's still that face of yin and yang.

Then, he sighed, "It's just that those Yu people suffered a lot. They are still being imprisoned by the emperor. He heard that he killed some of them. He cut his heart openly, but he really didn't see the elixir."

Cheng Wanqiao was slightly moved in his heart, but his face remained calm, "Oh? Brother Huang seems to know a lot."

"I'm in the capital, and I'm always better informed than you about all kinds of news."

A smile appeared on Cheng Wanqiao's tense face, "In the future, I will have to take care of the emperor."

"Now you are His Royal Highness, and I am a subject, so naturally I will do my best to assist you."

After sending Cheng Jinliang away, Cheng Wanqiao went into the study room. He picked up a volume of documents and read it for a while, thinking about what Cheng Jinliang said just now. Nian, it is indeed possible that some Yu people are being imprisoned.

Most of the Yu people are mortals, even if their hearts were cut open, they would not be able to find any elixir.

He was vaguely uneasy, if there were people from the Yu clan who were really imprisoned, where would they be imprisoned?

If it is a prison, then there must be a justifiable crime, which can also be found in the file.

If it is elsewhere, it will be more difficult to check.However, as an emperor, Cheng Cheng couldn't do some things himself, there must be an errand runner, the elixir matter is both secret and important to him, and he must leave it to his cronies.

Cheng Wanqiao had just returned to Beijing not long ago, so far he only knows that one of Cheng Yan's closest aides is Eunuch Chen, the eunuch who has been with him for more than 20 years.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is here to invite you."

The palace man's voice came from outside the door, Cheng Wanqiao pulled back his thoughts and replied, "Let's go."

He got up and opened the door, and followed the palace servants to Zhengqing Palace.

Cheng Yan, who was wearing a dragon robe, was sitting on the dragon chair. Beside him was Eunuch Chen, and a young man with a half mask. This man was Da Qi's national teacher, named Zhao Yuan.

Cheng Wanqiao only heard about such a person when he returned to Beijing. The national teachers back then were all eminent monks from Yanguo Temple, and the one in front of him, although he used a mask to cover half of his face above his lips, could still see It turned out to be a man younger than him. He was dressed in lingering green clothes, and his black hair was like a waterfall. He didn't look like a national teacher at all.

Cheng Wanqiao made a bow to Cheng Yan, "I see my father."

Cheng Yan raised his sleeves and said no courtesy, he is now over sixty years old, even if he takes all kinds of expensive tonics every day, it can't hide the old age brought by the years, he said in a deep voice: "In three months, the dragon sacrifice ceremony will be held. , this year I will personally go to Xianlong Mountain to pay homage, and as the crown prince, you will naturally go with me, and the preparations for the grand ceremony will be presided over by you and the national teacher, and the Ministry of Rites will also assist."

Cheng Wanqiao clasped his hands and said, "My son takes orders."

Standing beside Cheng Yan, Zhao Yuan raised his wide sleeves and cupped his hands, "This is my first time organizing the grand ceremony, so your Highness will take care of the shortcomings."

Cheng Wanqiao said: "The national teacher is humble."

Cheng Yan added, "13 years ago, the Dragon Sacrifice Ceremony was sabotaged by the Yu Clan, which disturbed the immortal dragons and made me, Daqi, unlucky for many years. This time, we must not make any mistakes again."

When mentioning the ceremony 13 years ago, anger flashed across Cheng Wanqiao's eyes, and soon he recovered his usual expression, he said: "Father, rest assured, my son will definitely arrange the ceremony of the dragon sacrifice properly, and will never let outsiders interfere. "

"That's good." Cheng Yan sighed, and said again: "I have lived to this age, and I should take care of everything in the world. I only hope that I, Da Qi, will be safe forever. During the 11 years when you were away, I often think about it." , Among my princes, you are the only one who can entrust this important task, looking at it now, I really saw it right."

Cheng Wanqiao cupped his hands, "My son will definitely live up to my father's expectations."

After a while, Cheng Wanqiao said again: "Father, my son has a merciless request."

"Say it."

Cheng Wanqiao said: "Even though the elder brother caused a catastrophe, his children are innocent. I just happen to have no children, and I want to adopt his pair of children. After the adoption, I will definitely teach you carefully. It will make them repeat the same mistakes."

Cheng Yan pondered for a moment, the crown prince caused a catastrophe, but after all, he was connected by flesh and blood, he glanced at Zhao Yuan beside him, and asked, "What do the national teachers think?"

Zhao Yuan bent slightly, "Returning to Your Majesty, although the former crown prince made a big mistake, his children are also His Majesty's grandsons. The child is innocent. It is a good thing that His Highness the Crown Prince is broad-minded and willing to adopt him."

Hearing this, Cheng Yan didn't think too much, "Then let's do it this way."

Cheng Wanqiao cupped his hands towards Cheng Yan and said, "Thank you, Father."

Then he glanced at Zhao Yuan, thinking that Cheng Yan seemed to trust the young national teacher very much, and when he said a word, Cheng Yan made a decision without even hesitating.

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Cheng Wanqiao ordered the Ministry of Penalties to send the files of prisoners in recent years to the East Palace under the pretext of checking an old case. Cheng Wanqiao checked overnight, but did not find anyone who had been imprisoned abnormally in recent years.

In other words, the imprisoned Yu people were not in the prison in the capital.

Cheng Wanqiao really couldn't think of where he would be detained.

If you ask Cheng Jinliang, he will definitely guess what he wants to do, and he may not know the truth.

There is one more person who can be asked.

In Daqi Inner Prison, all the relatives of the emperor who have committed crimes are detained here, and the conditions are better than those in the dungeon. The former prince Cheng Kunling was imprisoned here.

Cheng Wanqiao asked the eunuchs and guards to wait outside the inner prison, and he went in by himself.

Cheng Kunling was sitting on the couch, reading a book. He had been imprisoned for nearly two years, and he had already gotten used to the life here, and his mentality had eased a lot.

The inner prison is very accommodating to the prisoners in it, so they lose their freedom here, and the food and drink are better than those of ordinary people in the capital. Cheng Kunling loves to read, so the jailer sent him some new books every day.Although there are rumors that Huluopingyang was bullied by dogs, after all, he used to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he is the son of the Emperor Lao Tzu in this life. These humble jailers dare not bully others, so they have to confess in a good voice.

The jailer who led Cheng Wanqiao in opened the lock, then smiled at him, "Your Highness, please come inside."

Cheng Kunling, who was sitting on the couch reading a book, glanced at him, put down the book, and didn't mean to salute, just said: "Rare visitor."

Cheng Wanqiao said to the jailer, "Go down."

"Yes."

After the jailer went down, Cheng Wanqiao stepped into the cell, looked left and right, and found that it was fairly clean. He said, "I haven't seen you for 13 years."

Cheng Kunling glanced at him, "Could it be that you still came to catch up with me on purpose?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "You and I are brothers, it's reasonable to come here to catch up on the past, but there are some things I want to say to you."

"He is here to interrogate whether I have colluded with Jing Jun?"

Cheng Wanqiao shook his head, "No, I knew you didn't."

"how do I say this."

Cheng Wanqiao said: "Although I'm not close to you, I know you as a human being, and you wouldn't do such a thing."

Cheng Kunling laughed a few times in disbelief. He never thought that he would fall into this situation because of promoting someone. These years, he has been working every step of the way in the court, trying his best to stabilize his position as the heir apparent. His confidant turned out to be Jing Chao's spy.

Overnight, his years of painstaking efforts collapsed, and he was caught off guard.

"Then what do you want to say to me when you come today?" Cheng Kunling asked.

Cheng Wanqiao said: "I remember that 13 years ago, you told me that the assassination at the Dragon Sacrifice Ceremony was a trap."

"and then?"

Cheng Wanqiao continued: "I think the reason why you told me at the beginning was that you wanted me to save Yuchen, because once the father got the elixir, he would live forever, and the prince would be nothing more than a fake."

"Indeed, but you didn't go." Cheng Kunling took a breath, "Do you know what happened afterwards?"

Cheng Wanqiao followed Yuchen back then, but he didn't know what happened to the double in the dungeon, "What happened later?"

"Later you disappeared for no reason, causing an uproar in the capital. Everyone speculated on why you left. Even the people in the house were dismissed. They must have been prepared. Not long after you disappeared, the gods also took poison in the prison."

Hearing this, Cheng Wanqiao breathed a sigh of relief, so Cheng Yan probably believed that Yuchen was dead.

Cheng Kunling observed his expression, and seemed to know what he was thinking, "However, only I know that you and him both ran away, and the dead one was just a stand-in."

Cheng Wanqiao remained calm. Even if Cheng Kunling knew they had escaped, he would not have told the emperor, because Yuchen's escape happened to have achieved his goal, and he was also a beneficiary.

Cheng Kunling continued: "But I didn't expect you to come back again. Back then, you had no intention of taking the throne. Although I was wary of you, I also knew that you were not a big threat to me. Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Cheng Wanqiao looked at the cell wall and smiled to himself, "Some things can only be guarded by standing on the highest place."

"Or for the Yu Clan?"

Cheng Wanqiao said: "For the common people in the world."

The Yu clan is also one of the common people in the world.

Cheng Kunling laughed a few times, as if he felt that this kind of thinking was too absurd, "You, I'm not talking about you, you are not made to be an emperor, an emperor is too soft-hearted and has too many worries, even if he succeeds, it will be difficult to sustain."

Cheng Wanqiao was relieved, he knew that he was not expected to be an emperor, but so what, he had already come to this point, he could not retreat, he could only move forward, "Things have reached this point, and we can only go on."

Cheng Kunling said again: "Pay more attention to your third brother, he is not as approachable as he seems."

"Thank you, brother, for reminding me."

"Now I am a prisoner, but I still hope in my heart that you can climb to the top and sit on the top. If Cheng Jinliang takes advantage of you, I will be unwilling."

This sentence is sincere, Cheng Wanqiao can hear that a person who has been stripped of power will always be a little more sincere, because he has no scruples.

"He once told me one thing." Cheng Wanqiao mentioned deliberately.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"He once told me that my father imprisoned some members of the Yu clan in order to obtain the elixir."

Cheng Kunling said: "He is right, there is indeed such a thing."

Cheng Wanqiao was slightly moved, "So, do you know where they are being held?"

Cheng Kunling looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Don't tell me, you still want to save them?"

Cheng Wanqiao didn't say that he wanted to be rescued, nor did he say that he didn't want to be rescued, "I just want to know where they are being held."

"I don't know, but I advise you not to investigate. If you touch the emperor's scales, you will seek your own death."

Naturally, Cheng Wanqiao also knew that Cheng Yan had a deep obsession with the elixir of the Yu clan, and if someone sabotaged it secretly, he would definitely be furious.He even knew that the reason why Cheng Jinliang told him about the imprisonment of the Yu clan was to deliberately lure him to touch Cheng Yan's nilin.

But he couldn't ignore the lives of Guan Yu's people.

"I have my own sense of proportion in this matter, so you don't have to worry about it, Brother Huang."

Cheng Wanqiao originally came here to ask where the Yu people were imprisoned, but it seemed that Cheng Kunling didn't know either. It is estimated that Cheng Jinliang and him only vaguely knew what Cheng Yan was doing, but they didn't know exactly how to do it. .

He has to check it out himself.

Cheng Wanqiao took another look at Cheng Kunling, "Ping'er and Lin'er are now adopted under my name, I will definitely treat them well, you don't have to worry."

Cheng Kunling was slightly taken aback, he did not expect that his children would be adopted by Cheng Wanqiao, so that his children would not suffer because of him, and would not be bullied by other royal relatives.

Ever since Cheng Wanqiao entered this door, his expression has never been disturbed, and no matter how much truth he tells, he is just staying out of the matter and just watching a show.But when he heard these words, he finally got emotional. He got off the couch and saluted respectfully, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

"They are also my own nephews, besides, I can also benefit, you don't have to thank them."

"In any case, this thank you is indispensable."

Cheng Wanqiao smiled lightly, then accepted his thanks, and he also cupped his hands, "Farewell."

"Wait!" Cheng Kunling called to stop him.

Cheng Wanqiao paused, and he turned to look at him, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Cheng Kunling said: "I have a secret and I don't know whether I should tell it or not, but I think only you can change it in the world."

Cheng Wanqiao looked at him in confusion, "Brother Huang?"

Cheng Kunling said: "There is a peach blossom tree behind the study in the East Palace. Under the tree, I hid something, which is a little deep. It is best to dig when no one is around. However, it is best to wait for you to sit on the top and look at the things inside. "

Cheng Wanqiao understood, "Okay."

After Cheng Kunling finished telling all the secrets, he said, "It's all right, let's go."

"Farewell."

The author has something to say: there is still one and a half chapters in the previous life, and it will end soon

In fact, I also wrote an article about Gong with red wings, titled "The Love of Immortals and Demons", click on my column to read *^_^*