Later, I became the prince of the group

At the end of February, good news came from the south, and the Northern Qi army broke through Huaibei City.

It was at the beginning of February that King Huaibei, who was trapped in Jinling City, was assassinated. Chaos broke out on the other side of Huaibei, and the old troops loyal to King Huaibei sent troops to attack Jinling regardless of the cost.

Taking advantage of the fact that countless troops were consumed in their battle, Liu Wen, who was still attacking Jinling, suddenly made a detour to Huaibei, and directly broke down the defenseless Huaibei City.

In fact, in terms of military strength, Huaibei is stronger than the capital. Unfortunately, after Huaibei King was trapped in the capital, Huaibei was without a leader.

Occupying Huaibei is equivalent to occupying the Huaibei granary, which is the grain accumulated by the King of Huaibei for many years. Let alone marching and fighting, it is not a problem to distribute relief food widely.

Emperor Chengxing immediately made a decree, ordering Liu Wen to distribute food to those starving people in the Southern Jin Dynasty, and asked the local officials in the Southern Jin Dynasty to encourage the local refugees to return to their hometowns to cultivate. Of course, some seeds were also distributed to them.

For Emperor Chengxing, it was impossible for him to kill all the officials in the Southern Jin Dynasty with a single stick. There are still some good seedlings who are honest and diligent in government, which can just make up for the local vacancies.

For these officials, they can seize the opportunity to make some achievements, and maybe they will be favored by the Northern Qi emperor and get a good place to hang out.

At the same time, those officials who were scheduled to go south also set off in a mighty way.

Before Chu Ze could get out of the previous blow, he was made King Shun by Emperor Chengxing again, and the fief was far in the northwest.

Even the ancestral system was changed. The way is that if the prince entrusts the king with a fief, he can only eat his salary, not engage in politics, not allow soldiers to hide, and not leave the fief for no reason.

Where is this conferred land?It is clear that they want to trap him in the northwest forever!

What is the king of Shun, if you think about it with your toes, you can know that it is the "docile" "Shun".

But why did the emperor suddenly want to cut off all his paths?Is it because of that time when I spoke carelessly in court?

No, no, it must be something the prince said!It must be Chu Yan who wants to get rid of this threat of himself!

No, I can't go to the fiefdom.Chu Ze even forgot about Xie En, that was all he could think about.

The northwest is now guarded by Liu Yuan, he is the eldest brother of the Crown Princess, and he also knows that once he gets there, it will be the same as losing his freedom.What's more, he managed to manage some forces in the court, how could he just stop it like this!

After coming down to court, Chu Ze immediately asked to see Emperor Chengxing.

I thought it would take some effort, but Emperor Chengxing summoned him directly.

His mind was in a mess at this time, and he opened his mouth: "Father, don't listen to His Highness the Crown Prince's nonsense."

Emperor Chengxing's originally indifferent eyes showed some disappointment: "There is no need to pour dirty water on the crown prince, he doesn't know about it. The reason I saw you today is because you are going away after marrying a concubine, and I will warn you a little bit more." Reasonable. Do you know why I sent you to the northwest?"

Tears welled up in Chu Ze's eyes: "You are afraid that I will become a threat to the crown prince, but I can learn from my loyal servants, and I have never intended to compete with the crown prince."

"Then why did you come up and feel that the crown prince said something to me? If you didn't mean that, how could you think that the crown prince wanted to deal with you?"

Chu Ze got stuck for a moment.

"Even if he wants to deal with you, so what? Chu Ze, you know best whether you intend to fight. Let me tell you, you shouldn't make that kind of thought. Not only you, but anyone who makes that kind of thought can't blame the prince." I can't complain that I want to deal with him!" Emperor Chengxing's majestic and powerful words should have scared people to bend over and kowtow.

Chu Ze just knelt on the spot for a while, suddenly wanted to understand something, and said faintly: "Father, it's not like you don't know."

Emperor Chengxing didn't mind at all whether Chu Yan would use any means to deal with his brothers who coveted the throne. In his eyes, as long as Chu Yan didn't covet his throne.

Not to mention that Chu Yan actually did nothing at all, but transferred some of his subordinates to the south in the form of promotion, forcing him to show his feet in the court.

When Emperor Chengxing saw that he was his son, he softened his heart and said softly, "There is a ready-made mansion in the northwest, and I will send you more manpower. I will send some good things over there every year... As long as you stay in peace, after a hundred years from now, your elder brother won't be able to tolerate you, and then you can take Concubine De to take care of her."

He told the son's future like an ordinary father, but he heard Chu Ze suddenly chuckle: "Father, you are really too partial."

"I also have thoughts that I shouldn't have. I will be trapped in the northwest from now on. Chu Rui is the aloof King Yong, but if he stays in Beijing, he will be treated the same as before." Chu Ze's eyes showed a trace of hatred , "Why are you thinking or not? You are just partial. You will always only have your son in your eyes. The other sons are in your heart. They are not even as good as a dog!"

"Fart!" Emperor Cheng Xing was so angry that he punched the tea cup in his hand, "You rebellious son, what are you talking about, are you trying to rebel?!"

When Liang Ye saw it, he screamed in fright, and quickly came forward with a cloth, holding down the bleeding wound of Emperor Chengxing who was stabbed by broken porcelain pieces.

But Chu Ze kept on saying, "Isn't it? Then why didn't you deal with Chu Rui and only deal with me? He said that Chu Yan robbed his father and queen mother, said that he hated Chu Yan very much, and said that he would take his own Take everything back, what is this?"

Emperor Chengxing was supported by Liang Ye, pressed his chest, and shouted with difficulty: "Come on, immediately drag him outside for me, forty!"

Liang Ye also quickly shouted: "Quickly pass on to the imperial physician."

It took a full incense stick of time for Emperor Chengxing to calm down, and the torture bench in the courtyard had already been set up. Although Chu Ze had a hard mouth, he was really suffering from flesh and blood, and his wailing could not be suppressed at all.

The people serving in the room didn't even dare to vent their breath, so the shouting outside became more and more obvious.

Emperor Chengxing suddenly asked, "Where is Chu Rui?"

Liang Ye was startled, and hurriedly sent someone to invite him, and after a while, someone trotted back and said, "Prince Yong and His Royal Highness are in the central palace together, and they have come together at this moment."

The imperial physician arrived one step ahead of them, so when Chu Yan and Chu Rui arrived at the Daming Hall, Emperor Chengxing's hands had already been bandaged.

Chu Yan noticed the white gauze under the sleeve with sharp eyes, and was about to ask, when the emperor said: "The prince should step down."

Chu Yan paused, but did not move.

Emperor Chengxing raised his eyelids and glanced at him.

Chu Yan glanced out of the window, and then knelt down: "Father, my son is at fault."

Emperor Chengxing asked, "What's wrong with it?"

Chu Yan said: "My son once suspected that the fourth brother was in collusion with the officials, so he asked the third and fourth brothers to get closer and find out who is around the fourth brother for me."

"How do you know what I'm going to ask?"

Chu Yan: "The fourth brother was tortured, but you summoned the third brother. My son guessed...it should be the fourth brother who confessed to the third brother."

Emperor Chengxing was silent for a moment, and opened his lips: "Come here, King Yong will also be responsible for forty sticks."

Chu Yan was taken aback for a moment, thinking that he had heard wrongly, Chu Rui also raised his head blankly.

Both of them said at the same time, "Huh?"

When the guards outside the courtyard came in to drag people away, Chu Yan grabbed Chu Rui's arm and hurriedly said: "Father, you can't blame the third brother for this matter, if you want to punish you..."

"You shouldn't blame him." Emperor Chengxing interrupted him, "But I can't beat the prince so hard that he can't get out of bed. You have to go to court tomorrow, so he took this punishment for you."

Chu Yan didn't expect this kind of operation for a while, and was at a loss for a while.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly kowtowed to Emperor Chengxing: "Your minister promises that you will receive half of the sentence and go to court tomorrow as usual."

So he chased him out.

When Chu Rui came in just now, he had already heard Chu Ze lying on the ground crying.

Forty shovels are not comfortable, and even older officials may die on the torture bench if they receive [-] shovels.Although these guards will not strike at death, forty sticks can kill half of their lives.

Chu Rui didn't want to yell so embarrassingly, so he bit his sleeve in his mouth, but he had never been tortured with a cane since he was a child, so he underestimated the viciousness of this thing, so he groaned in pain, and then dripped cold sweat.

In a daze, he seemed to see a piece of apricot-yellow clothes flickering in front of his eyes. He subconsciously wanted to ask for help, but as soon as he uttered a sound, he yelled extremely harshly, with snot and tears streaming down together: "Brother——"

The sound woke up Chu Ze, who was screaming in pain when he was half-conscious and half-awake. He tried his best to look up, and just saw Chu Yan shook off several guards, took Chu Rui off the torture bench and put it aside, and lay down on his own. up.

The guards looked at each other in blank dismay, until Liang Ye came out and announced "continue the execution".

The stick fell on Chu Yan.

Chu Ze should have had the pleasure of "you can't escape", but instead of something, he shed more tears.

This time it wasn't tears from pain, but something else.

I thought Chu Rui was really dissatisfied with Chu Yan, but now everyone can see that Chu Rui is on Chu Yan's side.

The two people staged a brotherly love at the other end, and they were just a joke from beginning to end.

After twenty sticks, even Chu Yan felt that it was impossible.

The guards thought that this was the crown prince, so they didn't dare to do anything cruel, but the pain was still not light. He managed to hold back and didn't shout, but when he couldn't bear it anymore, he suppressed the pain and grunted a few times. When he was helped down, Not to mention touching the ground with your feet, it is even difficult to see what is in front of you.

Emperor Chengxing didn't see them again, but just passed a word to ground Chu Ze, and asked their respective attendants to help them away.

At the gate, Chu Ze and Chu Rui met on a narrow road. At this time, the former was already a little sober, and his voice was gloomy: "Chu Rui, aren't you afraid that this prince will threaten everything about you, even this life, sooner or later?"

Chu Rui gritted his teeth and tried to keep his voice steady: "Stop playing tricks, my brother is the prince, no one dares to threaten me."

"Oh, that's all you think now." Chu Ze emphasized his tone harshly.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yan stood in front of him and glanced at him coldly: "As long as I am still the prince, no one can threaten him. You can do it yourself."

After finishing speaking, Yungui and Xinqing helped the two of them onto the palace chariot sent by the empress respectively.

East Palace.

Liu Qi put out all the good ointments, knowing that they can't be mixed, but he insisted on reassuring himself.

His Highness the Crown Prince, who made him extremely uneasy, was able to force himself to stand up just now just to reply to Chu Ze, but now he dared not say a word.

As soon as he turned his head, Chu Rui on the opposite side gave him wild winks: Please, stop Brother Qi from scolding.

Chu Yan gave him a look back: There is nothing to help.

Liu Qi scolded Chu Rui, but he didn't feel relieved after scolding. He could only sigh and pat his back kindly: "Actually, I can't blame you entirely."

Chu Rui nodded quickly.

"But I don't want to scold Chu Yan, I can only scold you."

Chu Rui: "..."

What human suffering is this!

After scolding Chu Rui, he looked at Chu Yan again.

Chu Yan involuntarily raised his arms, pricked up his ears, and waited for the training with a serious face.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qi, who was still fine when he gave Chu Yan the medicine just now, burst into tears suddenly.

Chu Yan was out of luck, and quickly said, "Don't cry, I'm fine."

Liu Qi pressed heavily on his waist.

Chu Yan almost jumped up.

Liu Qi: "Are you okay?"

"Uh...no, it's okay, as long as the injury is healed, I guarantee that it won't affect you."

Chu Rui didn't understand, so: "What matter?"

I saw the brother and sister-in-law looking at him together: "Shut up."

Chu Rui:?

Liu Qi watched Chu Yan cry silently, and couldn't stop it. When Chu Yan was even more at a loss, he squatted down, held Chu Yan's hand and pressed his face against it: "I won't scold you, I painted you very Thick ointment, the pain will soon be gone."

Chu Yan smiled and said "hmm".

In fact, the residual pain after playing the board is the most tormenting, intermittent, intermittent, never subsiding.

After applying the medicine, it was only slightly relieved, which Liu Qi also knew.

It's just that they comfort each other and want to make each other feel better.

Not long after, nourishing medicinal soup was also delivered.

Chu Rui sneaked a glance while drinking, and found that on another couch, his elder brother, who had always been serious and indifferent before, was slumped on the couch limply, saying that he couldn't get up.

Liu Qi held up the spoon and carefully fed it to His Highness the Crown Prince's mouth. The soup overflowed from the corner of his mouth, so he carefully wiped it with a handkerchief, and took another spoonful: "Hey, drink it quickly, it's not medicine, it's not bitter at all. , if you finish drinking, I'll give you candied haws."

Chu Yan smiled and asked him, "What kind of candied haws?"

Liu Qi: "My kind."

Chu Rui suddenly felt that the soup in the bowl was not fragrant.

Yungui couldn't bear to look at his master, thought for a while and tried to persuade him: "His Royal Highness, you have to take good care of your body. For the flower viewing party in mid-March, many daughters of the minister's family will come. If you can't get out of bed ..."

Chu Rui snatched the bowl and drank it with a "gudong gudong": "One more bowl!"

Chu Rui, who was tortured by the dog couple in the East Palace, was finally carried back to his bedroom when the sky darkened.

Chu Yan instinctively felt that he would not be able to sleep at night, and originally wanted to be alone in the room, but Liu Qi insisted on sleeping with him.

When Liu Qi was sleeping, he clung to his arm tightly, and patted Chu Yan's back lightly with his other hand.

Chu Yan felt that the frequency of his back slaps was getting slower and slower, and finally the hand rested on his back and there was no movement. Then he opened his eyes, and a low pained grunt escaped his lips and teeth.

But it was this barely audible sound that woke up Liu Qi, who had always been able to sleep soundly.

He patted his hands lightly again, and said in a daze, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Let me tell you a story. Listen carefully for a while and it won't hurt anymore."

Chu Yan paused: "I'm fine, you go to sleep."

Liu Qi rubbed his arm carefully, and began to tell the story on his own.

Chu Yan didn't want to listen at first, but who knows that he really listened to it later.

Liu Qi talked about his childhood, fragmented, interesting things he had seen, embarrassing things, or things that made him unhappy.

Chu Yan listened intently to everything, and as soon as he really shifted his attention, the pain in his back seemed to be relieved.

It wasn't until Liu Qi's voice became hoarse that Chu Yan reluctantly said, "Okay, I don't feel any pain anymore, go to sleep."

Liu Qi was also really tired, so he said "um" and stopped talking.

But Chu Yan knew that he was not asleep, and remembered that Liu Qi had been serving him during the day, not to mention how little he had eaten, even forgetting to drink tea.

"Aki, can you get up and drink some water?"

Liu Qiying shook his head and shrank back under the quilt.

Chu Yan went to kiss him, trying to moisten his dry lips, but felt that it was not enough, so he said, "Aqi, I want to drink."

Liu Qi immediately turned over and got out of bed, handed the teacup to his mouth, and after feeding him, he poured a few sips into the teapot himself.

Through the moonlight, Chu Yan saw that his eyes seemed to be swollen again, and he touched the mattress next to him, and there were indeed some wet marks.

It turned out that if he was in pain, he would be in pain.

That night, Liu Qi didn't fall asleep until the fourth watch, while Chu Yan kept his eyes open until dawn.

He guessed that it was about the same time, and tentatively pushed Liu Qi, but the people around him didn't respond, they were really fast asleep.

Chu Yan felt relieved and began to get up carefully.

He slept on the inside yesterday, and he had to go around the end of the bed if he wanted to get out of bed.

He didn't tell Liu Qi that he had to go to court today, so he was careful not to wake him up.

After finally touching the ground with his feet, Chu Yan's legs went limp with pain, and he fell to the ground. He gritted his teeth tightly and did not make a sound. He looked up to see if Liu Qi had been awakened.

Fortunately not.

Xin Qing heard the voice and looked around. She was startled by the scene, and hurried to help her. Chu Yan said "shh" and asked him to help her out quietly.

When he arrived in the courtyard, Chu Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Bring me my court clothes."

"Your Highness..." Xinqing was a little anxious.

"I promised my father that I will not deceive you."

At this point, Xinqing had nothing to say, and went into the house lightly to get her clothes. When she came out again, Chousheng was outside applying medicine for Chu Yan.

The medicine was not ordered by the imperial physician yesterday, but a pain-relieving anesthetic, which can relieve the pain for a while, but only for a while.

The places where the stick torture is stressed are the buttocks and thighs. Walking on the ground at this time is tantamount to torture. When Chu Yan was helped to wear court clothes, he could not stand up, and had to be carried by the palace chariot when he went out.

When he was approaching the court hall, he asked people to stop, and got down from the chariot and walked on foot.

Xinqing and Chousheng were alone, and at first they almost failed to support Chu Yan, but then he felt that His Highness's pressure on him was getting weaker and weaker, and he actually got used to walking with pain.

Xin Qing was on the verge of tears: "Your Highness, why don't you just forget about it, I'll apologize to His Majesty later, you may have to stand for an hour or two at the court meeting."

Chu Yan said: "I don't know Father's attitude yet, it's better to be more cautious."

I really got used to the pain, and it wasn't that unbearable anymore.

Although he was still supported by Xinqing when he went up the steps, he was able to straighten up, step by step, and looked the same as when he was normal except for someone supporting him.

The surrounding ministers all looked sideways. Some of them heard about the successive tortures of the three princes yesterday, and now they felt afraid that it was a rumor.

How can anyone still walk on the ground the next day after receiving so many sticks?

Emperor Chengxing was also a little surprised when he saw Chu Yan, he didn't take Chu Yan's promise seriously, thinking that he would definitely not be able to get up today.

Unexpectedly, not only did he get up, but he also acted as if nothing had happened, except for the dark circles under his eyes and the paleness of his face.

When the ministers knelt down, he also knelt down, and when he got up, he was a step behind others, with a distorted expression.

Emperor Chengxing saw it, and couldn't bear to embarrass him anymore. The court was dismissed early in less than an hour, and he specially left a sentence: "The crown prince doesn't need to stay to govern later, and the papers that need the crown prince's approval are sent to the East Palace. , take care of your injury, you don’t have to go out in the near future.”

The ministers all looked sideways, and then they believed that Chu Yan was injured, and couldn't help admiring him.

When he returned to the East Palace, he saw Liu Qi sitting upright in the main hall, his face clouded over.

Xiao Ning and Xiang Ying stood beside him in an orderly manner, and a futon was placed in the middle of the main hall, and Chu Yan had reason to suspect that it was for himself.

The distance between him and the main hall gave him a cup of tea, and he was guilty of thinking about how to explain it, and seeing that Liu Qi had no intention of coming to help him after such a long time, he probably got very angry. To do the math.

He was staring at the futon and wondering if he should kneel on it, when Liu Qi sneered and said, "His Royal Highness is really busy with all kinds of affairs."

Chu Yan "coughed" twice, and resolutely pushed the blame: "Father asked me to go to court, I dare not not go."

Liu Qi: "Hehe, of course the minister understands. If you are entangled with each other, why don't you quickly help His Highness go down to rest."

As soon as Chu Yan heard the word "Chen", he felt that something was wrong. Where did Liu Qi talk to him like this before?

Chu Yan couldn't run around, so he could only lie on the bed and read the brochure distractedly, while counting the time and wondering when his Young Master Liu would come back.

He once thought that Liu Qi was going to have a cold war with him, but Liu Qi appeared by the bedside again during dinner, and personally helped him with the medicine, and he didn't stop talking to him, nor did he speak in a tone of anger.

It's just that I don't let him kiss or hug him, it's not good for the recovery.

Chu Yan reasoned with him earnestly: "I will get better quickly if I get close to you."

Liu Qi pouted: "It's no wonder, I'm not a medicine, so just lie down and don't move."

Chu Yan secretly analyzed it, and felt that it is the best policy to listen to Liu Qi's words now, and he said one thing but not the other, so he regretfully gave up the little happiness that was close at hand.

After ten days in a row, although the wound on his body still hurts, it is not unbearable, at least he can lie down.

After Liu Qi wiped his body for him that night, he opened his arms to Liu Qi again: "A Qi, give me a hug."

Liu Qi gave him a hug perfunctorily, and quickly withdrew: "Your Highness, I think you are quite energetic, just right, let's settle the score."

Chu Yan was silent for a moment: "What, what account?"

Liu Qi smiled sweetly: "About how you don't take care of your body and keep it from me."

Chu Yan watched him take out a ribbon like a conjuring, tied his hands to the head of the bed, and swallowed involuntarily: "Isn't this matter... over?"

"Who wants to go with you?" Liu Qi chuckled.

Chu Yan watched Liu Qi insert the latch from the inside, put down the curtain, and took out another box.

The box looked very familiar, it seemed that they had prepared it in the wedding room on their wedding night, but Liu Qi brought it to the East Palace along with it.

He took off all his clothes, and only took a red robe to keep out the cold. It was half hidden, and the unextinguished candlelight reflected on his white skin as fine as snow, casting a golden glow.

He took out another small box of ointment, raised one leg and stepped on the couch, and prepared himself slowly in front of Chu Yan.

It wasn't too late at this time, but the courtyard was silent, as if there was no one there.

Chu Yan vaguely guessed what he wanted to do, but the scene in front of him alone made him unbearable.

"Aqi, you untie it for me, and I'll help you." Chu Yan felt like moving when he heard his own voice.

"No." Liu Qi patted the box containing Yushi, "I will use this, Your Highness, just bear it obediently."

Chu Yan was so angry that he really wanted to teach Mr. Liu a lesson and let him know which one to use.

Forbearance is impossible, so Chu Yan loosened the rope with some strength in his hands, and he pulled Liu Qi to his side, holding him tightly in his arms: "Do you dare to try that?"

Liu Qi was a little annoyed and wanted to get away, but just as he struggled, he heard Chu Yan humming in a calm manner.

He immediately stopped moving.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Liu Qi began to worry about Chu Yan's injury, and said in a blunt tone, "What's wrong with you?"

Chu Yan didn't make a sound.

Liu Qi couldn't care less about being angry, and hugged him back: "You're okay, don't force yourself, let go...I'm scaring you, I don't need that."

This time Chu Yan finally made a move, and said hoarsely, "Liu Qi, you have to be responsible for putting out the fire."

Liu Qi originally wanted to let Chu Yan see that he could not eat, and "enjoy" the suffering of not getting what he wanted, but he accidentally suffered it on his own.

Chu Yan's wound was pressed against the bed, Liu Qi didn't dare to add weight to him, and supported himself carefully.

It was the first time he prepared by himself, but he didn't do enough at all, and he bent over in pain as soon as he sat down.

Liu Qi retreated for a moment, staring at Chu Yan with aggrieved eyes, not knowing whether this was punishment for Chu Yan or himself.

But this grievance quickly melted into Chu Yan's uncontrollable "Aqi".

They were immersed in each other's pain, neither comfortable, but very emotional.

The author has something to say: two updates in one, there should be no update tomorrow_(:3)∠)_

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