People who have been teased by me say they won't let me go [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 89 King's Landing (7)
Xia Chengqi's voice was trembling out of tune, he curled up in King Gu's arms and hugged his waist tightly, staring at the outside of the hall, trembling all over his body.
Gu Wang stroked his back with some amusement, "It's just nonsense, there is no such thing as ghosts and gods."
"It's true!" Could he not believe such a thing?He is a ghost himself!
Xia Chengqi swears, looked at Gu Wang word by word and said: "That ghost stood by the window outside the palace and looked at me in the middle of the night, I saw it right, absolutely right!"
King Gu didn't refute him, "Is it so late to read the memorial in the future?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, thought for a while and then nodded, "Uncle Huang will accompany me."
King Gu laughed, and pinched his cheek, "You will climb up the pole."
"Uncle Huang..." Xia Chengqi's face turned pale, and he looked at him pitifully, "Uncle Huang will accompany me."
Feeling the hand around his waist getting tighter, Gu Wang said helplessly, "Okay, I'll accompany you."
Xia Chengqi raised his head, rubbed his cheek with a smile, "It's best to know the emperor's uncle."
Gu Wang was very pleased with his flattering little gesture, he lowered his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word, but when his eyes touched the reflection of the mottled branches outside the window, the gloomy expression in his eyes flashed past.
The news that the palace was haunted spread like a plague in the palace in an instant, Xia Chengqi was in a state of panic, and the East Palace had already sent people to strictly guard it. After several days of searching, nothing inappropriate was found.
Gradually, rumors spread that the last wish of the prince who died in the East Palace was unfulfilled.
Afterwards, the past was uncovered. It turned out that the crown prince had his eldest son, Jinshen. He was taken to the clan mansion for interrogation. On the day the new emperor ascended the throne, he was exiled to the northwest and would never be allowed to return to Beijing.
What is embarrassing is that the same father has two sons with completely opposite fates.
One sits high on the throne and is worshiped by thousands of people.
One was exiled in the northwest and suffered countless hardships.
For some reason, this matter spread to the people. Many people were suspicious of Jin Shen's poisoning of his brother. Although they dared not speak out, they secretly sighed for Jin Shen. Crazy thoughts became the younger brother's conspiracy to get rid of his elder brother in order to consolidate the throne.
Hearing this, Xia Chengqi was furious, and now he has a clear understanding of the nonsense and confounding black and white rhetoric. Although he didn't want Jinshen to be exiled to the Northwest back then, when Jinshen poisoned him, it was a certainty. Now he, the victim, He turned out to be a despicable villain who would do anything for the throne?
"Investigate! Let me investigate, who is maliciously slandering me in this matter!"
Xia Chengqi is in power now, all government officials obey his orders, slandering the emperor is a serious crime, how dare the officials below not do their best, but it has been a few days, and nothing has been found out.
"Trash! It's all trash!" Xia Chengqi violently pushed all the memorials before the case to the ground, and Lu Fu quickly bowed to pick them up.
Xia Chengqi was sitting on a high seat with his brows furrowed tightly, his expression was unkind, Shen Jing walked in from the outside, just happened to meet Xia Chengqi's furious eyes, the burgeoning anger almost swallowed him up.
Shen Jing's heart trembled, but he still walked in with his head lowered and his brows lowered, "My Majesty, there is nothing found in the East Palace for the time being."
Xia Chengqi sneered in his heart, you are Jinshen, what else do you want to find in the East Palace?
"Nothing was found?"
"Yes, the East Palace has been deserted for a long time, and there is really nothing to search, it's clear at a glance."
Xia Chengqi closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing to search, or Shen Jing, you didn't search hard."
Shen Jing raised his eyebrows and knelt down, "Your Majesty, my subordinates..."
"Okay!" Xia Chengqi looked at the man in front of him, how much he protected him before, but now he hates him so much.
He never thought that the story of the farmer and the snake would happen to him one day.
"Get out!"
Or maybe Xia Chengqi's tone was not as usual, Shen Jing knelt there motionless, listening to Xia Chengqi's voice of anger and resentment, lowered his eyebrows and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, although my subordinates have never found anything in the East Palace. Inappropriate, but I have a suggestion, I don't know if it should be said or not."
Xia Chengqi looked at him with a sneer, "If you think it's right to say it, then say it, if you think it's inappropriate, then shut up and back down!"
Shen Jing involuntarily frowned, and pursed his lips tightly, feeling a little helpless towards Xia Chengqi, who had a sudden change in his style of painting, "In this case, then my subordinates will say that the emperor must have known about the haunting of the East Palace and the rumors outside the palace." Well, someone with a heart must take this opportunity to pour dirty water on the emperor. Although the emperor has a clear conscience, the people may not understand that the emperor should clean up the East Palace. The people see that the emperor is so magnanimous, so naturally they will not..."
Xia Chengqi continued, "Of course I won't think that I'm the kind of villain who murdered my elder brother for the sake of the throne, will I?"
Shen Jing raised his eyebrows, "The subordinates dare not."
"Clean up the East Palace?" Xia Chengqi stood up, walked in front of Shen Jing, and looked down at him, "The East Palace has been abandoned for many years, and I didn't know that Shen's guards are so resourceful. My East Palace also wants to remind me."
Shen Jing's brows became more and more tightly frowned, and his head drooped, "This subordinate is just a little knowledgeable. Since the rumors are that the former prince's last wish has not been fulfilled, then your majesty, you can rebuild the East Palace with a heart of respect, benevolence and righteousness to block those long days. Everyone."
"Then do I still have to recall Jinshen from the northwest?"
"The subordinates just think that this is the best way to solve the rumors. Your majesty has not been in power for a long time. Such rumors are really harmful to the country's constitution for you and Jiangshan Sheji."
Xia Chengqi glanced at Lu Fu who was still waiting in the hall. Seeing Xia Chengqi was looking at him and serving him for many years, Lu Fu naturally figured out the emperor's intentions, so he waved his hand and took everyone out of the hall. Take the door of the palace with you.
When only he and Shen Jing were left in the hall, Xia Chengqi said: "Do you think I haven't looked for him?"
Xia Chengqi saw that Shen Jing hadn't moved, and said again: "The year I became the throne, I secretly sent people to the Northwest to look for someone, but the Northwest is so big that I never expected it, and finding a person who is guilty is like looking for a needle in a haystack. , eight years, no clue."
"My subordinates have also stayed in the Northwest for a few years. Although the Northwest is large, it is not a prosperous place. If the Emperor wants to find someone, how can he not find him?"
"Are you questioning me?"
"My subordinates dare not."
Before returning to the case, Xia Chengqi paced back, "At that time, I also thought that those people didn't take my orders seriously, and didn't look for them properly. Later, the guards brought back... brought back his tablet, and I realized that he had already been buried in the northwest. , the soul returns to another land, and I have never seen it for the last time."
Shen Jing lowered his brows and eyes, and his half-kneeling body was like a mountain, standing still.
"But I don't think he's dead. Maybe he's just blaming me. I never rescued him from the clan's mansion. So these years, I haven't given up looking for him in the northwest. But it's been eight years, and there is no clue. Maybe, I should give up too."
Shen Jing's arched hands suddenly clenched into fists, his shoulders seemed to be trembling, and he tried his best to restrain his gradually heavier breathing, "Your Majesty, maybe... maybe..."
creak-
Before Shen Jing finished speaking, the door of the main hall opened, King Gu walked in from the outside, his sideways eyes never stayed on Shen Jing for a second, he walked directly to Xia Chengqi's side, and said with a smile: "Listen to Lu Fu, you Haven't had lunch yet?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, "Has the emperor used it?"
"No, use it with you, okay?"
Xia Chengqi smiled and said, "Okay."
"But..." King Gu finally turned his attention to Shen Jing, as if he had just noticed him, "Does Guard Shen have something important to report to the emperor?"
Xia Chengqi knew well that King Gu was here, so it was not easy to mention the past, so he said to Shen Jing, "You go down first."
Shen Jing didn't raise his head either, just as calm as he should be, bowed his back and walked to a secluded place, then raised his head, his eyes were red, and a tooth mark was bitten on his lower lip.
In the Qianqing Palace, the palace servants laid out the meals one by one. King Gu served him a bowl of soup, and when he handed it to Xia Chengqi, he asked nonchalantly, "What are you talking about with Shen Jing today? out."
Xia Chengqi covered the spoon with one hand, and said in a nonchalant tone, "I didn't say anything, it's just that he was ordered to investigate the haunting of the East Palace for a while, and after searching for a long time, there was no clue at all. To save face, that's why the palace people were asked to withdraw."
Gu Wangdao: "You are thinking of him."
"I'm just cherishing talents. After all, he is good at martial arts." Speaking of this, Xia Chengqi suddenly said: "Uncle Huang, I don't know who is better in martial arts, you or him?"
King Gu looked at him and said with a smile, "Want to know?"
Xia Chengqi nodded, "Of course, Jinyu has never seen the martial arts of the emperor's uncle!"
King Gu lowered his eyebrows and put his hand on the shoulder blade of his right hand. When the former crown prince returned to Beijing and sent someone to assassinate Jinyu, the scar from the sword he blocked was still there and never faded.
"Since you want to see it, the emperor must satisfy you."
"Then it's settled!"
"eat first."
"it is good!"
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Because the issue of the haunting of the Eastern Palace has not been resolved for a long time, the rumors among the people are even more heated. What's more, the matter is compiled into a ditty and performed on the stage.
The government arrested people one wave after another, but the rumors not only did not dissipate, but intensified, and the government forced the people anyway.
And Xia Chengqi also accepted Shen Jing's attention that day, and began to clean up and rebuild the East Palace. For many years, the East Palace has been the most desolate and remote place in the entire imperial city. Now, it has been renovated in less than a month, so that it looks brand new.
Standing at the gate of the East Palace, Xia Chengqi was filled with emotion.
At the emperor's birthday banquet, he met Jin Shen alone for the first time in this dilapidated East Palace. At that time, Jin Shen was a head taller than him, picking up branches in the yard to keep warm.
Today, many evergreen trees have been planted in the courtyard of the Eastern Palace Hall, verdant and verdant, shaded from the sun and extremely cool.
Xia Chengqi didn't let anyone follow, leaving a group of palace guards outside the palace, and walked into the palace alone.
Back then, Jinshen and him used tree branches to keep warm in this hall, but now it suddenly passed, it has been eight years.
The indifferent child in the past is now even more indifferent. His heart was so difficult to warm up before, but now that he is older, it must be even more elusive. It is even more difficult to capture Shen Jing's true value.
Xia Chengqi sat in the hall looking at nothingness, lost in thought, the hall was filled with his sighs from time to time.
Not long after, there were slight footsteps coming from the side hall of the main hall, Xia Chengqi looked there, and saw Shen Jing walking towards him step by step.
"Why are you here? Didn't I tell everyone not to enter the East Palace?"
Shen Jing ignored it, Xia Chengqi frowned, "I'm not backing down yet!"
"The emperor seems to be very attached to this East Palace?"
The disguised wolf cub was finally about to show his true colors, Xia Chengqi forcibly endured the excitement in his heart, and said impatiently, "It has nothing to do with you, I don't want to say it again, back down!"
"I just don't know, is the emperor nostalgic for this East Palace, or the person who is nostalgic for this East Palace?"
Xia Chengqi looked at him with heavy eyebrows, and said after a long time: "Who are you?"
Shen Jing has already walked in front of Xia Chengqi at this moment, "The emperor has not answered my words, and I really want to know how much weight this East Palace has in the emperor's heart."
Xia Chengqi turned his head away, "Whether the weight of this East Palace is light or heavy, it is meaningless now."
"Is it because things have changed?"
Xia Chengqi didn't speak, but the circles of his eyes were slightly red.
[The host has brought his acting skills to the fullest, I admire it. ]
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"When the emperor walked into the east palace, who did he think of? Was it the emperor's father, the former crown prince, or that poor wretch who was thrown to the northwest after being whipped thirty times on the day the emperor ascended the throne?"
"Shut up! Get out!" Xia Chengqi yelled angrily: "Who are you, you should talk nonsense in front of me! I only value your talents because of your high martial arts skills. Don't take this as your presumptuous capital!"
"The subordinates dare not, the subordinates just see the depression in the emperor's heart, and want to solve the problems for the emperor."
"Solve worries and problems? Who are you, can you solve problems for me?"
Shen Jing looked at Xia Chengqi's reddish eyes, and the scorching eyes softened unconsciously, "The poor thing the emperor said, I have seen it before."
Xia Chengqi was taken aback, looked at him in disbelief, and said in a slightly surprised and anxious tone, "Have you met? Have you met my brother? Where have you met? When did you meet him? Is he okay?"
A series of questions were asked, Shen Jing's face seemed to be moved, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he smiled with difficulty: "You... care about him so much?"
Only then did Xia Chengqi suppress the joy on his face, "You just need to tell me these things, if what you tell is the truth, I will definitely reward you a lot."
"why?"
"what why?"
"Why does the emperor have to get news about him? Eight years ago, a brother like you wanted your life. Why did you protect him again and again, and now you still want to know his news? Shouldn't the treacherous and evil person be dealt with quickly?" Shen Jing narrowed his eyes lightly, and suddenly realized: "Could it be that the emperor wants to get news about that person from his subordinates, and then kill the grass and root out the trouble forever?"
Xia Chengqi's face turned extremely ugly, on the verge of getting angry, "Shut up, I've never thought of this before!"
"Then why does the emperor want to know about him?"
Xia Chengqi's lips trembled slightly, and his eyes became redder. Looking at the empty hall, he smiled wryly, "He is my elder brother after all."
"I've only met my brother a few times."
"It's different," Xia Chengqi said, "Although I've only seen it a few times, it's different."
Xia Chengqi sighed, as if he wanted to pour out all the secrets in his belly, "I was left in the palace by my father as an abandoned son since I was a child. Although I am the grandson of the emperor, I can't live like a human in the cold palace. I eat every day. I don’t have enough clothes or warm clothes, and I have to be bullied to wash clothes for those palace people. If I can’t wash well, I will be scolded and beaten. At that time, I was thinking, if I have an elder brother, he will definitely protect me and won’t let me Those palace people moved my finger."
Xia Chengqi lowered his brows and smiled, and blinked his sore eyes, "Later, Uncle Huang saved me from such a hellish place like Lenggong, and gave me good food and drink. I am very grateful to him until later , the news of my father’s return to Beijing, that was the first time I saw my father and my elder brother in the Palace of Qianqing.”
"Do you know? That was the first time I saw him. I still remember him wearing a blue brocade suit and a golden crown. He was as old as me but a head taller than me. That's when I knew , he is my elder brother, and then I kept thinking, if I had known him since childhood, would he protect me and take care of me."
"But then my father passed away, and I only had him as a family member. He was struggling in the East Palace, but I lived a splendid life in Gu Wangfu. I couldn't make it so difficult for him. I wanted to save him from the cold palace, just like the emperor's uncle back then. The same when saving me, because I know that if my brother was in the palace back then, he would definitely save me and protect me."
Shen Jing's throat tightened, "How do you know, he will save you and protect you."
"I knew it! I'm his younger brother. If he doesn't save me and protect me, who else will he save and protect?"
Shen Jing laughed in vain, "Yes, if he was in the palace back then, he would definitely protect you and save you."
Xia Chengqi saw that it should be enough for his emotions to brew, so he asked: "Can you tell me now, where is my brother?"
Shen Jing looked at him, sighed quietly, and said, "If I persuade you, it's better not to go to him?"
Xia Chengqi was puzzled, "Why?"
"If he comes back, he will be with you forever."
"Perpetually dying?"
Shen Jing smiled and said: "Yes, I will never stop dying. If you snatched his things, how could he not be with you forever."
"Stealed his things? The throne?"
"Could it be that you think your throne is justified?"
Xia Chengqi stared at him with fixed eyebrows, silent.
"Let me tell you a story." Shen Jing stood one meter away in front of him, and said eloquently, "Back then, the prince was displeased by the emperor, and the princess was sent by the emperor after she gave birth to the grandson. The nanny was poisoned to death, and the prince confronted the emperor with ironclad evidence, but he ended up being disobedient and unfilial, and sent him to the northwest. He even wanted the life of his newborn child!"
"The prince knew that his child was afraid of bad luck in the palace, so he ordered someone to bring a newborn baby from outside the palace overnight. Fortunately, the emperor didn't pay much attention to the East Palace, so Li Daitao's stiffness went smoothly. .”
Xia Chengqi opened his lips slightly, looked at him, seemed to have guessed something, shook his head in a daze, "What... do you mean?"
Shen Jing smiled slightly, "Could it be that the emperor can't guess what this subordinate means? At that time, the prince left the child brought from outside the palace, and the child born to the prince was successfully brought out of the palace. Demoted to the northwest, brought to the northwest."
"so……"
Shen Jing sighed quietly, "So, your majesty is the child of unknown origin. You don't have any royal blood in your body. Your title as emperor is not justified."
Xia Chengqi shook his head again and again, "Impossible, this is impossible!"
"The emperor just refuses to face the reality. Now that the emperor knows the truth, do you still want your elder brother to come back?"
Xia Chengqi felt stuck in his throat, unable to say anything.
"The emperor has occupied the magpie's nest, so don't you want to return this thing that doesn't belong to you to others?"
Xia Chengqi sat slumped on the chair, the truth came too suddenly, beyond his expectation.
"The throne is so attractive, everyone wants it. King Duan looks respectful in the northwest, but he is just about to move. Although King An is lame, who knows what he really wants in his heart? If the emperor is unwilling to return the throne to He is also expected, and his subordinates understand."
Shen Jing bowed and saluted, "I hope the emperor will stop asking about this matter, it will be useless if you ask, why bother to find an elder brother who is competing with you for the throne?"
Xia Chengqi didn't say a word, Shen Jing raised his hand, turned around and wanted to exit the hall, but before pushing open the door of the hall, Xia Chengqi's voice came over clearly.
"Tell me, where is Jinshen?"
Shen Jing paused slightly while holding the hand on the palace door, turned around, looked at him directly, and didn't know what emotion was in his eyes, "The emperor really wants to know? Could it be that he is not afraid..."
"I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I just want to know his whereabouts. Even if he returns to the palace to seize my throne, I still want to know his whereabouts, Shen Jing! Tell me about his whereabouts!"
Shen Jing's face was moved, and he looked at the panting emperor with red eyes for a long time without saying a word.
"Why bother?"
Xia Chengqi gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I want to know!"
To know?So what if you know?Can you still give up the throne?
Just as he was about to speak, the door of the hall burst open, and a force pushed him heavily onto a pillar in one side of the hall. Caressing Shen Jing's cheek, thrusting obliquely in front of his eyes, humming.
Shen Jing was startled suddenly, his bewildered eyes were reflected on the edge of the cold sword.
Really, embarrassed.
King Gu strode into the hall, and a few green leaves falling from the courtyard behind him fell into the hall with the strong wind, and landed in a spin. King Gu's clothes were fluttering, and was swept up by the strong wind. Pulling out the long sword, wiping the blade lightly, and pursing his lips tightly, Shen Jing could see the strong disdain and sarcasm in King Gu's eyes, and under Shen Jing's gaze, he handed the long sword to Shen Jing.
"You are good at martial arts. This is the sword that this king used before. From now on, it will be yours."
Gu Wang stroked his back with some amusement, "It's just nonsense, there is no such thing as ghosts and gods."
"It's true!" Could he not believe such a thing?He is a ghost himself!
Xia Chengqi swears, looked at Gu Wang word by word and said: "That ghost stood by the window outside the palace and looked at me in the middle of the night, I saw it right, absolutely right!"
King Gu didn't refute him, "Is it so late to read the memorial in the future?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, thought for a while and then nodded, "Uncle Huang will accompany me."
King Gu laughed, and pinched his cheek, "You will climb up the pole."
"Uncle Huang..." Xia Chengqi's face turned pale, and he looked at him pitifully, "Uncle Huang will accompany me."
Feeling the hand around his waist getting tighter, Gu Wang said helplessly, "Okay, I'll accompany you."
Xia Chengqi raised his head, rubbed his cheek with a smile, "It's best to know the emperor's uncle."
Gu Wang was very pleased with his flattering little gesture, he lowered his eyebrows and smiled without saying a word, but when his eyes touched the reflection of the mottled branches outside the window, the gloomy expression in his eyes flashed past.
The news that the palace was haunted spread like a plague in the palace in an instant, Xia Chengqi was in a state of panic, and the East Palace had already sent people to strictly guard it. After several days of searching, nothing inappropriate was found.
Gradually, rumors spread that the last wish of the prince who died in the East Palace was unfulfilled.
Afterwards, the past was uncovered. It turned out that the crown prince had his eldest son, Jinshen. He was taken to the clan mansion for interrogation. On the day the new emperor ascended the throne, he was exiled to the northwest and would never be allowed to return to Beijing.
What is embarrassing is that the same father has two sons with completely opposite fates.
One sits high on the throne and is worshiped by thousands of people.
One was exiled in the northwest and suffered countless hardships.
For some reason, this matter spread to the people. Many people were suspicious of Jin Shen's poisoning of his brother. Although they dared not speak out, they secretly sighed for Jin Shen. Crazy thoughts became the younger brother's conspiracy to get rid of his elder brother in order to consolidate the throne.
Hearing this, Xia Chengqi was furious, and now he has a clear understanding of the nonsense and confounding black and white rhetoric. Although he didn't want Jinshen to be exiled to the Northwest back then, when Jinshen poisoned him, it was a certainty. Now he, the victim, He turned out to be a despicable villain who would do anything for the throne?
"Investigate! Let me investigate, who is maliciously slandering me in this matter!"
Xia Chengqi is in power now, all government officials obey his orders, slandering the emperor is a serious crime, how dare the officials below not do their best, but it has been a few days, and nothing has been found out.
"Trash! It's all trash!" Xia Chengqi violently pushed all the memorials before the case to the ground, and Lu Fu quickly bowed to pick them up.
Xia Chengqi was sitting on a high seat with his brows furrowed tightly, his expression was unkind, Shen Jing walked in from the outside, just happened to meet Xia Chengqi's furious eyes, the burgeoning anger almost swallowed him up.
Shen Jing's heart trembled, but he still walked in with his head lowered and his brows lowered, "My Majesty, there is nothing found in the East Palace for the time being."
Xia Chengqi sneered in his heart, you are Jinshen, what else do you want to find in the East Palace?
"Nothing was found?"
"Yes, the East Palace has been deserted for a long time, and there is really nothing to search, it's clear at a glance."
Xia Chengqi closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing to search, or Shen Jing, you didn't search hard."
Shen Jing raised his eyebrows and knelt down, "Your Majesty, my subordinates..."
"Okay!" Xia Chengqi looked at the man in front of him, how much he protected him before, but now he hates him so much.
He never thought that the story of the farmer and the snake would happen to him one day.
"Get out!"
Or maybe Xia Chengqi's tone was not as usual, Shen Jing knelt there motionless, listening to Xia Chengqi's voice of anger and resentment, lowered his eyebrows and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, although my subordinates have never found anything in the East Palace. Inappropriate, but I have a suggestion, I don't know if it should be said or not."
Xia Chengqi looked at him with a sneer, "If you think it's right to say it, then say it, if you think it's inappropriate, then shut up and back down!"
Shen Jing involuntarily frowned, and pursed his lips tightly, feeling a little helpless towards Xia Chengqi, who had a sudden change in his style of painting, "In this case, then my subordinates will say that the emperor must have known about the haunting of the East Palace and the rumors outside the palace." Well, someone with a heart must take this opportunity to pour dirty water on the emperor. Although the emperor has a clear conscience, the people may not understand that the emperor should clean up the East Palace. The people see that the emperor is so magnanimous, so naturally they will not..."
Xia Chengqi continued, "Of course I won't think that I'm the kind of villain who murdered my elder brother for the sake of the throne, will I?"
Shen Jing raised his eyebrows, "The subordinates dare not."
"Clean up the East Palace?" Xia Chengqi stood up, walked in front of Shen Jing, and looked down at him, "The East Palace has been abandoned for many years, and I didn't know that Shen's guards are so resourceful. My East Palace also wants to remind me."
Shen Jing's brows became more and more tightly frowned, and his head drooped, "This subordinate is just a little knowledgeable. Since the rumors are that the former prince's last wish has not been fulfilled, then your majesty, you can rebuild the East Palace with a heart of respect, benevolence and righteousness to block those long days. Everyone."
"Then do I still have to recall Jinshen from the northwest?"
"The subordinates just think that this is the best way to solve the rumors. Your majesty has not been in power for a long time. Such rumors are really harmful to the country's constitution for you and Jiangshan Sheji."
Xia Chengqi glanced at Lu Fu who was still waiting in the hall. Seeing Xia Chengqi was looking at him and serving him for many years, Lu Fu naturally figured out the emperor's intentions, so he waved his hand and took everyone out of the hall. Take the door of the palace with you.
When only he and Shen Jing were left in the hall, Xia Chengqi said: "Do you think I haven't looked for him?"
Xia Chengqi saw that Shen Jing hadn't moved, and said again: "The year I became the throne, I secretly sent people to the Northwest to look for someone, but the Northwest is so big that I never expected it, and finding a person who is guilty is like looking for a needle in a haystack. , eight years, no clue."
"My subordinates have also stayed in the Northwest for a few years. Although the Northwest is large, it is not a prosperous place. If the Emperor wants to find someone, how can he not find him?"
"Are you questioning me?"
"My subordinates dare not."
Before returning to the case, Xia Chengqi paced back, "At that time, I also thought that those people didn't take my orders seriously, and didn't look for them properly. Later, the guards brought back... brought back his tablet, and I realized that he had already been buried in the northwest. , the soul returns to another land, and I have never seen it for the last time."
Shen Jing lowered his brows and eyes, and his half-kneeling body was like a mountain, standing still.
"But I don't think he's dead. Maybe he's just blaming me. I never rescued him from the clan's mansion. So these years, I haven't given up looking for him in the northwest. But it's been eight years, and there is no clue. Maybe, I should give up too."
Shen Jing's arched hands suddenly clenched into fists, his shoulders seemed to be trembling, and he tried his best to restrain his gradually heavier breathing, "Your Majesty, maybe... maybe..."
creak-
Before Shen Jing finished speaking, the door of the main hall opened, King Gu walked in from the outside, his sideways eyes never stayed on Shen Jing for a second, he walked directly to Xia Chengqi's side, and said with a smile: "Listen to Lu Fu, you Haven't had lunch yet?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, "Has the emperor used it?"
"No, use it with you, okay?"
Xia Chengqi smiled and said, "Okay."
"But..." King Gu finally turned his attention to Shen Jing, as if he had just noticed him, "Does Guard Shen have something important to report to the emperor?"
Xia Chengqi knew well that King Gu was here, so it was not easy to mention the past, so he said to Shen Jing, "You go down first."
Shen Jing didn't raise his head either, just as calm as he should be, bowed his back and walked to a secluded place, then raised his head, his eyes were red, and a tooth mark was bitten on his lower lip.
In the Qianqing Palace, the palace servants laid out the meals one by one. King Gu served him a bowl of soup, and when he handed it to Xia Chengqi, he asked nonchalantly, "What are you talking about with Shen Jing today? out."
Xia Chengqi covered the spoon with one hand, and said in a nonchalant tone, "I didn't say anything, it's just that he was ordered to investigate the haunting of the East Palace for a while, and after searching for a long time, there was no clue at all. To save face, that's why the palace people were asked to withdraw."
Gu Wangdao: "You are thinking of him."
"I'm just cherishing talents. After all, he is good at martial arts." Speaking of this, Xia Chengqi suddenly said: "Uncle Huang, I don't know who is better in martial arts, you or him?"
King Gu looked at him and said with a smile, "Want to know?"
Xia Chengqi nodded, "Of course, Jinyu has never seen the martial arts of the emperor's uncle!"
King Gu lowered his eyebrows and put his hand on the shoulder blade of his right hand. When the former crown prince returned to Beijing and sent someone to assassinate Jinyu, the scar from the sword he blocked was still there and never faded.
"Since you want to see it, the emperor must satisfy you."
"Then it's settled!"
"eat first."
"it is good!"
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Because the issue of the haunting of the Eastern Palace has not been resolved for a long time, the rumors among the people are even more heated. What's more, the matter is compiled into a ditty and performed on the stage.
The government arrested people one wave after another, but the rumors not only did not dissipate, but intensified, and the government forced the people anyway.
And Xia Chengqi also accepted Shen Jing's attention that day, and began to clean up and rebuild the East Palace. For many years, the East Palace has been the most desolate and remote place in the entire imperial city. Now, it has been renovated in less than a month, so that it looks brand new.
Standing at the gate of the East Palace, Xia Chengqi was filled with emotion.
At the emperor's birthday banquet, he met Jin Shen alone for the first time in this dilapidated East Palace. At that time, Jin Shen was a head taller than him, picking up branches in the yard to keep warm.
Today, many evergreen trees have been planted in the courtyard of the Eastern Palace Hall, verdant and verdant, shaded from the sun and extremely cool.
Xia Chengqi didn't let anyone follow, leaving a group of palace guards outside the palace, and walked into the palace alone.
Back then, Jinshen and him used tree branches to keep warm in this hall, but now it suddenly passed, it has been eight years.
The indifferent child in the past is now even more indifferent. His heart was so difficult to warm up before, but now that he is older, it must be even more elusive. It is even more difficult to capture Shen Jing's true value.
Xia Chengqi sat in the hall looking at nothingness, lost in thought, the hall was filled with his sighs from time to time.
Not long after, there were slight footsteps coming from the side hall of the main hall, Xia Chengqi looked there, and saw Shen Jing walking towards him step by step.
"Why are you here? Didn't I tell everyone not to enter the East Palace?"
Shen Jing ignored it, Xia Chengqi frowned, "I'm not backing down yet!"
"The emperor seems to be very attached to this East Palace?"
The disguised wolf cub was finally about to show his true colors, Xia Chengqi forcibly endured the excitement in his heart, and said impatiently, "It has nothing to do with you, I don't want to say it again, back down!"
"I just don't know, is the emperor nostalgic for this East Palace, or the person who is nostalgic for this East Palace?"
Xia Chengqi looked at him with heavy eyebrows, and said after a long time: "Who are you?"
Shen Jing has already walked in front of Xia Chengqi at this moment, "The emperor has not answered my words, and I really want to know how much weight this East Palace has in the emperor's heart."
Xia Chengqi turned his head away, "Whether the weight of this East Palace is light or heavy, it is meaningless now."
"Is it because things have changed?"
Xia Chengqi didn't speak, but the circles of his eyes were slightly red.
[The host has brought his acting skills to the fullest, I admire it. ]
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"When the emperor walked into the east palace, who did he think of? Was it the emperor's father, the former crown prince, or that poor wretch who was thrown to the northwest after being whipped thirty times on the day the emperor ascended the throne?"
"Shut up! Get out!" Xia Chengqi yelled angrily: "Who are you, you should talk nonsense in front of me! I only value your talents because of your high martial arts skills. Don't take this as your presumptuous capital!"
"The subordinates dare not, the subordinates just see the depression in the emperor's heart, and want to solve the problems for the emperor."
"Solve worries and problems? Who are you, can you solve problems for me?"
Shen Jing looked at Xia Chengqi's reddish eyes, and the scorching eyes softened unconsciously, "The poor thing the emperor said, I have seen it before."
Xia Chengqi was taken aback, looked at him in disbelief, and said in a slightly surprised and anxious tone, "Have you met? Have you met my brother? Where have you met? When did you meet him? Is he okay?"
A series of questions were asked, Shen Jing's face seemed to be moved, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he smiled with difficulty: "You... care about him so much?"
Only then did Xia Chengqi suppress the joy on his face, "You just need to tell me these things, if what you tell is the truth, I will definitely reward you a lot."
"why?"
"what why?"
"Why does the emperor have to get news about him? Eight years ago, a brother like you wanted your life. Why did you protect him again and again, and now you still want to know his news? Shouldn't the treacherous and evil person be dealt with quickly?" Shen Jing narrowed his eyes lightly, and suddenly realized: "Could it be that the emperor wants to get news about that person from his subordinates, and then kill the grass and root out the trouble forever?"
Xia Chengqi's face turned extremely ugly, on the verge of getting angry, "Shut up, I've never thought of this before!"
"Then why does the emperor want to know about him?"
Xia Chengqi's lips trembled slightly, and his eyes became redder. Looking at the empty hall, he smiled wryly, "He is my elder brother after all."
"I've only met my brother a few times."
"It's different," Xia Chengqi said, "Although I've only seen it a few times, it's different."
Xia Chengqi sighed, as if he wanted to pour out all the secrets in his belly, "I was left in the palace by my father as an abandoned son since I was a child. Although I am the grandson of the emperor, I can't live like a human in the cold palace. I eat every day. I don’t have enough clothes or warm clothes, and I have to be bullied to wash clothes for those palace people. If I can’t wash well, I will be scolded and beaten. At that time, I was thinking, if I have an elder brother, he will definitely protect me and won’t let me Those palace people moved my finger."
Xia Chengqi lowered his brows and smiled, and blinked his sore eyes, "Later, Uncle Huang saved me from such a hellish place like Lenggong, and gave me good food and drink. I am very grateful to him until later , the news of my father’s return to Beijing, that was the first time I saw my father and my elder brother in the Palace of Qianqing.”
"Do you know? That was the first time I saw him. I still remember him wearing a blue brocade suit and a golden crown. He was as old as me but a head taller than me. That's when I knew , he is my elder brother, and then I kept thinking, if I had known him since childhood, would he protect me and take care of me."
"But then my father passed away, and I only had him as a family member. He was struggling in the East Palace, but I lived a splendid life in Gu Wangfu. I couldn't make it so difficult for him. I wanted to save him from the cold palace, just like the emperor's uncle back then. The same when saving me, because I know that if my brother was in the palace back then, he would definitely save me and protect me."
Shen Jing's throat tightened, "How do you know, he will save you and protect you."
"I knew it! I'm his younger brother. If he doesn't save me and protect me, who else will he save and protect?"
Shen Jing laughed in vain, "Yes, if he was in the palace back then, he would definitely protect you and save you."
Xia Chengqi saw that it should be enough for his emotions to brew, so he asked: "Can you tell me now, where is my brother?"
Shen Jing looked at him, sighed quietly, and said, "If I persuade you, it's better not to go to him?"
Xia Chengqi was puzzled, "Why?"
"If he comes back, he will be with you forever."
"Perpetually dying?"
Shen Jing smiled and said: "Yes, I will never stop dying. If you snatched his things, how could he not be with you forever."
"Stealed his things? The throne?"
"Could it be that you think your throne is justified?"
Xia Chengqi stared at him with fixed eyebrows, silent.
"Let me tell you a story." Shen Jing stood one meter away in front of him, and said eloquently, "Back then, the prince was displeased by the emperor, and the princess was sent by the emperor after she gave birth to the grandson. The nanny was poisoned to death, and the prince confronted the emperor with ironclad evidence, but he ended up being disobedient and unfilial, and sent him to the northwest. He even wanted the life of his newborn child!"
"The prince knew that his child was afraid of bad luck in the palace, so he ordered someone to bring a newborn baby from outside the palace overnight. Fortunately, the emperor didn't pay much attention to the East Palace, so Li Daitao's stiffness went smoothly. .”
Xia Chengqi opened his lips slightly, looked at him, seemed to have guessed something, shook his head in a daze, "What... do you mean?"
Shen Jing smiled slightly, "Could it be that the emperor can't guess what this subordinate means? At that time, the prince left the child brought from outside the palace, and the child born to the prince was successfully brought out of the palace. Demoted to the northwest, brought to the northwest."
"so……"
Shen Jing sighed quietly, "So, your majesty is the child of unknown origin. You don't have any royal blood in your body. Your title as emperor is not justified."
Xia Chengqi shook his head again and again, "Impossible, this is impossible!"
"The emperor just refuses to face the reality. Now that the emperor knows the truth, do you still want your elder brother to come back?"
Xia Chengqi felt stuck in his throat, unable to say anything.
"The emperor has occupied the magpie's nest, so don't you want to return this thing that doesn't belong to you to others?"
Xia Chengqi sat slumped on the chair, the truth came too suddenly, beyond his expectation.
"The throne is so attractive, everyone wants it. King Duan looks respectful in the northwest, but he is just about to move. Although King An is lame, who knows what he really wants in his heart? If the emperor is unwilling to return the throne to He is also expected, and his subordinates understand."
Shen Jing bowed and saluted, "I hope the emperor will stop asking about this matter, it will be useless if you ask, why bother to find an elder brother who is competing with you for the throne?"
Xia Chengqi didn't say a word, Shen Jing raised his hand, turned around and wanted to exit the hall, but before pushing open the door of the hall, Xia Chengqi's voice came over clearly.
"Tell me, where is Jinshen?"
Shen Jing paused slightly while holding the hand on the palace door, turned around, looked at him directly, and didn't know what emotion was in his eyes, "The emperor really wants to know? Could it be that he is not afraid..."
"I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I just want to know his whereabouts. Even if he returns to the palace to seize my throne, I still want to know his whereabouts, Shen Jing! Tell me about his whereabouts!"
Shen Jing's face was moved, and he looked at the panting emperor with red eyes for a long time without saying a word.
"Why bother?"
Xia Chengqi gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I want to know!"
To know?So what if you know?Can you still give up the throne?
Just as he was about to speak, the door of the hall burst open, and a force pushed him heavily onto a pillar in one side of the hall. Caressing Shen Jing's cheek, thrusting obliquely in front of his eyes, humming.
Shen Jing was startled suddenly, his bewildered eyes were reflected on the edge of the cold sword.
Really, embarrassed.
King Gu strode into the hall, and a few green leaves falling from the courtyard behind him fell into the hall with the strong wind, and landed in a spin. King Gu's clothes were fluttering, and was swept up by the strong wind. Pulling out the long sword, wiping the blade lightly, and pursing his lips tightly, Shen Jing could see the strong disdain and sarcasm in King Gu's eyes, and under Shen Jing's gaze, he handed the long sword to Shen Jing.
"You are good at martial arts. This is the sword that this king used before. From now on, it will be yours."
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