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"His Royal Highness King Xinyang, Liu's Mansion has been brought under control, please show Your Highness." The commanding officer reported to the person riding on Ziwu's horse.

"All the slaves and family members were dispersed, leaving only Liu's family members, and all of them were escorted to the front yard. The family property was sealed and turned over to the state treasury."

"Obey. You all follow me." The soldiers obeyed the order and entered the mansion in front of them, and there were crying and shouting in the mansion.The plaque of Liu's Mansion hung high on the gate was roughly pulled down and fell to the ground, causing dust to rise all around.

King Xinyang dismounted from his horse, followed by two attendants, stepped on the plaque in front of the door, and entered the Liu Mansion, which was destined to be filled with blood and rain.

"Let's go!" The soldiers with spears drove a dozen people to the front yard of the Liu Mansion, "Kneel down!".

"Your Highness, all the family members of the Liu family are here." The commanding officer replied.

King Xinyang was saluting the plaque bestowed by the late emperor in the front hall of the Liu Mansion, and said to himself, "The Liu family was an official for three dynasties, and the emperor's grandfather carried out taxation reform when he was alive. The family land, the emperor's grandfather was grateful for the loyalty of the Liu family, and bestowed this "loyalty is commendable" plaque, and the world is unpredictable." After feeling, he turned and looked at the men, women and children kneeling at the bottom of the steps.

"According to the decree of the Holy Majesty, Liu Sheng conspired against him, the family property was confiscated, the female relatives were enslaved, and the male was beheaded on the spot." After the imperial decree was read out, the audience wailed and cried.

At this time, Liu Sheng's eldest son rushed to the front and knelt down and prayed, "Your Highness, my father conspired against you, and we are willing to accept the crime, but according to the law of our court, if a man is underage, he can be exempted from death. My two younger brothers are young. He is still underage, and it is absolutely impossible to participate in my father's affairs, His Highness Wanwang, please be merciful!"

"What's your name?"

"Sinner Liu Jiang."

"How old is your brother?"

"The second brother is fifteen, and the third brother is only six years old! Please forgive me, Your Highness!" Only Liu Jiang's head could be heard.Behind him, the family members of the Liu family also kowtowed together and called for His Highness's mercy.

"Fifteen or six years old, it's really pitiful. But this king is ordered by the emperor, and you are not within the amnesty of the law for conspiring against sinners."

"Your Highness! You are not as weak as the crown, and you have young younger brothers. The sinner begs you to spare my two younger brothers for the sake of the Liu family ancestor's loyalty to the emperor." There was another burst of kowtows.

King Xinyang sighed, "Bring your two younger brothers here."

Liu Jiang hurriedly pulled two men, one big and one small, out of the crowd, and brought them to kneel before the Highness.

"Your Highness! Please be sympathetic, please be merciful!" Liu Jiang hurriedly taught his younger brothers to kowtow.But the second brother refused to kowtow. "Xi'er! You are obedient! Kowtow! Hurry up!" Liu Jiang reprimanded his younger brother who was upright with tears in his eyes.The youngest brother on the other side was so frightened that he burst into tears.

Looking at the stubborn young man in front of him, with a resolute look on his face, pretending to be calm despite being scared to death, His Royal Highness King Xinyang, who was on the war rank, remembered himself when he was punished by his father.So he walked to the bottom of the steps and squatted in front of Liu Xi, only to realize that the young man's eyes were so clear, and asked softly, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Don't be afraid! There's nothing scary about dying with big brother." Liu Xi replied loudly.

"Xi'er, shut up!" Liu Jiang hurriedly pleaded, "Your Highness, Xi'er is ignorant, don't blame me!"

"Brother, you plead with my third brother, what will you do? I don't want to separate from you, I am also a man, and I want to bear the fault of my father together with my brother." Liu Xi went to pull Liu Jiang's sleeve.

Looking at the picture of King Xinyang squatting in front of them with deep brotherly love, he remembered that his second brother took the punishment for his mistake back then, and he also grabbed his second brother's sleeve in the same way.But now, he has no way to save this child who looks like him.

"Liu Jiang, I am grateful for your Liu family's deep love for brothers, but if I promise you, will I let those children go?" He pointed to several other young children in the Liu family. "If this king spares your younger brother, what about your uncle's children? If they all come to me for mercy, will this king pardon them all? The emperor's order is the emperor's order, and this king cannot disobey it. I'm sorry. "I'm sorry for these words, King Xinyang said very helplessly.

After finishing speaking, Liu Jiang burst into tears and kowtowed to the sky, "Father! Jiang'er is incompetent and cannot protect his two younger brothers Zhouquan!"

With complicated emotions in his eyes, King Xinyang walked straight to the gate of the Liu Mansion, went out, explained a few words to the entourage behind him, reined in his horse, and drove off in the dust.The cries of being executed one by one were left behind.

"Your Majesty, King Xinyang is asking to see you." The servant reported.

"Let him in." The emperor was reading the memorial.

"My sons and ministers see the father." King Xinyang knelt down and bowed.

"Excuse me." The emperor slowly put down the memorial in his hand.

"Thank you, Father." King Xinyang got up, "Father, I have finished the matter of the traitor Liu Sheng, and I am here to report to Father. This is the list of Liu Sheng's family property, the list of family members, please look at it."

"I won't read it, tell me what you tell me."

King Xinyang reported the handling of Liu Sheng's property and family members in detail, in a clear and proper manner.The emperor nodded while listening. "Things are done well, what reward does Yu'er want?" Although he praised him, the emperor's face did not show joy.

"To share the worries of the father and the emperor, I dare not take credit for the duties of the sons and ministers." King Xinyang bowed his head and declined.

"Think carefully about what you want. I have always been very clear about rewards and punishments. If you do a good job, you should be rewarded."

King Xinyang pretended to think seriously for a while, "Father, I will ask you for two lives."

"Human life? Whose life?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. If I think about it in the future, I will come to ask my father for it."

Hearing this, the emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at his ninth son, and suddenly agreed, "Okay."

After King Xinyang stepped down, the emperor immediately summoned the second prince, Prince Anyang, Li Cheng, and asked him to investigate the specific situation of Liu Sheng's family placement.

"Your Highness, you are back~" Wu Feng, the steward of the palace, greeted him from afar and led the horse.

King Xinyang got off his horse, "Have Wu Rui and Wu Ming returned?"

"I'm back, waiting at the door of your study."

King Xinyang went straight to the study.

"What about people?"

"Return to Your Highness, it has been arranged in the internal affairs room of the mansion."

"Have the arrangements been made at the Ministry of Punishment?"

"It's all arranged."

"Okay, bring them to the study in an hour. You two should go and rest too." Xinyang Wang just wanted to sit down.

"Your Highness, I have something to say." Wu Ming turned back.

"Say."

"Your Highness, this subordinate feels that it is always inappropriate for you to do this. The Emperor has always been afraid of you. This time, the Emperor asked you to host Liu Sheng's matter to frighten you. But you are harboring traitors by taking these two boys in. The emperor knows..."

King Xinyang waved his hand to interrupt Wu Ming's words, "I know what you mean, let's go out."

Wu Ming knew what was going on, stopped talking, and withdrew.

Li Yu looked tired, returned to the bedroom, turned away the maid, took off his normal clothes, and changed into plain casual clothes.What appeared in the bronze mirror was no longer a noble prince, but a handsome 17-year-old boy.

Although he was only 17 years old, Li Yu had already made military achievements. When he was 15 years old, when the king of Liang rebelled, the emperor personally conquered him. Except for the prince who was ordered to supervise the country, all the other princes went with the emperor.In a crucial battle, Li Yu struck right and saved the besieged emperor and King Anyang.Afterwards, the emperor gave Li Yu a little military power. Under the guidance of the Hussar General at that time, Li Yu later displayed his outstanding combat ability at the same age.After the rebellion of King Liang was put down, Li Yu was named King of Xinyang.

However, things are unpredictable. Not long after, the crown prince died of illness, and the emperor also became suspicious, and his attitude towards Li Yu became more and more elusive.Being crowned king, the yearning of all the princes, made Li Yu have to be more careful in the past two years, and he would be admonished if he was not careful. 17 years old, but thinks a lot like 70 years old.

An hour later, the Xinyang Palace study.

"Your Highness." Wu Rui's voice sounded outside the door.

"Come in."

Wu Rui led the boys, one big and one small, in. They were the second and third sons of Liu Sheng who were begged for mercy today. Liu Xi had been protecting Liu Ze. Liu Xi's eyes were red, but he still had a stubborn face. , Liu Ze has been holding Liu Xi's arm tightly, wiping his tears and snot with his sleeve from time to time.

"See Your Highness soon!" Wu Rui scolded.

"No need, Wu Rui, go and watch outside the door and tell you to come in again." Li Yu waved his hand.

"Yes." Wu Rui backed out.

Seeing the fierce people back out, Liu Ze asked in a low voice, "Second Brother, where are we?"

"Ze'er, don't be afraid, the second brother is here, and the second brother will protect you." Liu Xi patted Liu Ze on the shoulder lightly.

"Who are you, what did you bring my two brothers here for?" Liu Xi suddenly asked the people sitting in the distance.

"Why, don't you remember me?" Li Yu got up and walked towards the two of them.

Li Yu changed into casual clothes, and also lost a bit of the majesty of the prince. Liu Xi really didn't recognize it, let alone at the critical moment of life and death today, he didn't pay attention to Li Yu's face at that time.

"It's you! You pay back my elder brother!" Liu Xi glared at Li Yu, then pulled out the hand that was grabbed by his younger brother, and rushed towards Li Yu.Because Liu Xi's movement was too sudden, Li Yu was caught off guard and staggered back a few steps.Liu Xi seized the opportunity to grab Li Yu's neck and choked down, causing Li Yu to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Ze burst into tears in the distance. Wu Rui heard the movement in the room outside the door, but he didn't dare to go in rashly, and shouted, "Your Highness, do you want your subordinates to go in?", only hearing Li Yu's muffled voice Shouted "Don't come in!"

Liu Xi was a little surprised when he heard Li Yu's words, he didn't let his guards come in and killed himself.But then he thought, wouldn't it be better to have no guards, so he pinched Li Yu even harder.

Li Yu's face turned red from being pinched, feeling the strength of the other party, he raised his eyes to look at the angry person in front of him at a close distance, but the angry eyes were so clear, he had never seen such clear eyes, as clear as a clear spring , Li Yu felt as if he had fallen into the water, his whole body was cool and peaceful, so peaceful that he gave up struggling.

Liu Xi found that Li Yu no longer resisted, but looked at him tenderly, and he suddenly couldn't do anything.Thinking of the scene of his eldest brother and uncle being killed, Liu Xi hated himself for his incompetence and cowardice, and tears poured out uncontrollably, dripping on Li Yu's cheeks and neckline.Liu Xi cried and let go of his hands, and slumped on the ground.

Li Yu instantly felt that his breathing was smooth, he struggled to sit up, and coughed a few times.Looking at Liu Xi next to him, he touched the tears dripping on his face, and unconsciously reached out to help Liu Xi wipe away the tears, but when he was about to touch Liu Xi's face, Liu Xi slapped him hard. fall.

Li Yu, who had recovered his breath, saw that Liu Ze was still crying, so he stood up and walked to Liu Ze's side, hugged Liu Ze and softly coaxed him. "I was playing with your second brother. Don't cry, don't cry, you see, we are both fine."

But Liu Ze struggled in Li Yu's arms, "You are a bad person, you bully the second brother, I don't want you to hug me." The child struggled very vigorously, Li Yu had no choice but to let go of Liu Ze, and Liu Ze immediately ran to Liu Xi got up behind him.

Li Yu turned his back to Liu Xi on the spot, "You two brothers, why do you hate me that much?"

"You killed my elder brother and killed so many of my uncles and nephews, how can I not hate you?" Liu Xi asked sharply.

"That's because your father...did something wrong." Li Yu wanted to say treason, but changed his words, "If you want to blame, blame your father for doing something wrong that cost too much."

"Even if my father did something wrong, my father has already been punished, why should my elder brother and those uncles die? They didn't do anything wrong!" Liu Xi choked up.

"You're still young, you don't understand at all! There are many things that you can have no consequences if you don't do them!" Li Yu said eagerly.

"I'm young? You haven't been crowned, and you're not much older than me. What qualifications do you have to teach me?! I don't understand, I don't understand why the world is so unfair!" Liu Xi stood up slowly, holding Liu Ze, " So, what are you going to do with us brothers?"

Li Yu sighed, turned around and looked at Liu Xi, "You can stay in the mansion with peace of mind from now on, it's not safe outside."

"You, you won't kill us?" Liu Xi was a little surprised, but felt that it was impossible, so he became vigilant again, "Or are you going to keep us to suffer slowly?"

Li Yubai glanced at Liu Xi, "I am sharp!"

Wu Rui heard the sound and opened the door and came in.

"Take them down, let Wufeng find a suitable place for them, and choose a nanny to take care of them. Don't neglect them."

"Yes." Wu Rui obeyed, but he was surprised that His Highness never cared about anyone's food and lodging.

Li Yu walked up to Liu Xi again, stared at Liu Xi and said slowly, "You have to remember that you are not alone now. As an older brother, you must take good care of your third younger brother. Your younger brother only has you now. For his own good, anyone Don’t do stupid things, remember!”

Liu Xi looked at Li Yu's serious eyes, and was taken away by Wu Rui before he understood Li Yu's meaning.