Alternative Rival

"What happened to your father?" Lin Jian asked following his words.

The little prince said: "Oh, the noble concubine Yue is sleeping at the father's place, and the smell is terrible."

Lin Jian: "..."

Do all the children in the palace know so many things?

The little prince didn't notice her strangeness, and told some of the truth that he knew: "Our Tianxiu people have always had few heirs and a small population. Most emperors will only have one son in their lifetime, even if there are exceptions. The other child couldn't survive either. From the past to now, there have been special cases with no more than one hand, and all the ones left are princesses. The emperor father had me, and there has been no movement since then, because of this matter He didn't have any hope, so he didn't mention it, he just focused on nurturing me. But recently, the Yue Guifei didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he had poured into him, saying it was the secret recipe for having children..."

"Who is the noble concubine Yue?"

"She has been in the palace for three years. In the past few years, she has favored the imperial harem and is deeply loved by her father. She has delayed the early court several times because of her, so she still doesn't take it seriously. If it weren't for Xie Hou's family not to have a great power in the court, I would I really suspect that she was sent in by the Xie Mansion to deliberately confuse father and intend to plot rebellion."

Lin Jian's eyes moved slightly, and he asked, "Xie's Mansion?"

"It's the Marquis of Xie Wen. He is the cousin of the emperor. For several generations, there was an eldest princess who married into the Xie Mansion, and she was a bit close. The Xie Mansion was established in the court with military merits, and he was the sixth member of the cabinet. As one of the councilors, it is true that people have to be afraid of him, but Xie Wen also seems to know that his father is afraid of him, so he gradually let go of military power, and the entire Xie family is calm."

It seems that this Xie Wen is indeed Xie Zan's father. I don't know how much the Yue Guifei's entry into the palace has anything to do with him.The royal family and the cabinet are afraid of each other, but it seems that there is an invisible hand in this deadlock, releasing the fog, trying to fish in troubled waters, and it seems that it is about to succeed?

Lincoln had a vague guess in his heart.

The little prince answered in an orderly manner, and Lin Jian thought about the messy thoughts in his mind, before he remembered to ask: "How do you know so much when you live deep in the palace? Although I don't understand, I still feel very powerful. "

The little prince was embarrassed by the praise, and his face flushed red: "This is the "Emperor's Policy". As the crown prince, you must find out the situation in the court, otherwise, how can you make your courtiers skillful."

"But you're only ten years old this year, so you're already amazing."

"That's what the master taught me."

Lin Jian smiled and wanted to praise him, but the little prince jumped up and covered his mouth, "Stop talking, don't talk. I want to dig out the bird's nest, take me up the tree , let's go, let's go."

Lin Jian found a thick rope, wrapped it around the waist of the little prince who had put on heavy clothes in advance, tied one end, and then tied it to his back. Using both hands and feet, he quickly climbed up from the bottom of the tree. In the middle of the tree branch, there was a nest of small sparrows quietly entrenched. The mother sparrow went out to look for food, and only a few children were left, and two of them were not hatched in the eggs. They were sleeping together listlessly, the yellow lanugo on their dingy heads was sparse, they all turned their heads when they heard the strange noise, and their small eyes like black beans stared at the two huge humans in front of them as if facing a big enemy.

"You or I?"

The little prince was eager to try: "I will do it myself."

Lin Jian loosened the rope twice, and let the little prince climb over the branch by himself. As expected, he did, with his small and frail body clinging tightly to the branch. , surrounded by people, ready to serve as human cushions at any time.

The little prince's eyes were almost in front of those sparrows, and the other sparrows trembled in fright, so he carefully and gently lifted the middle sparrow, and slowly crawled back.It was not easy to hold something with one hand. On the way back, my center of gravity was unstable, and suddenly my feet were empty.

There was an exclamation from below, and all the servants swarmed like ants on a hot pot, rushing towards the place where they were about to fall.

Lin Jian was ready when he stepped on the air, and tied the person back to his back firmly with one pull, one random hand supported on the branch, and his body slid down the trunk at a constant speed. After a few breaths, he landed on the ground. on the ground.

"temple--"

The little prince slowly spread his hands, and stared blankly at the sparrow cub whose palms were motionless. It was accidentally pinched to death when he fell down just now with his hands unconsciously exerting great force.

"It's dead." The little prince's expression suddenly became extremely sad, and his painful eyes stared straight at Lin Jian.

"You didn't do it on purpose, it won't blame you," Lin Jian took his other hand and led him step by step to the next garden, "Shall we bury it?"

Like a marionette, the little prince asked her to lead him, and dug a small hole beside the soft soil of the flower garden with his hands, put the little sparrow in, covered the soil, and found a board-shaped stone, Standing in front of the grave as a tombstone.

The little prince couldn't get any interest, and it was useless for Lin Jian to tease him. After a while, he got up from the ground and said, "I will wait for Mother Sparrow to come back and apologize to her."

Lin Jian found that she couldn't understand the child's thoughts, she was just a sparrow, but she didn't forcefully stop the other party, and she didn't even speak authoritatively. Anyway, there was a lot of time, and the ion time was still a long, long time.

An hour later, the mother finch who had gone out to look for food came back and saw that one of her babies was missing in her nest. She flew out of the nest and screamed anxiously. Little trace of the child.

The little prince shouted at the mother sparrow: "I killed your child, I'm sorry, come and peck me."

How can a sparrow understand human speech?Surprised by the little prince, the mother sparrow cried out twice in mourning, and returned to her nest in despair.The little prince stood there for a long time, went back to the bedroom without saying a word, closed the door, and drove everyone out, leaving only Lin Jian behind.

"I shouldn't have grabbed it back in the first place..." A tear fell from his long eyelashes.

So far, Lin Jian has discovered a fatal flaw of the little prince, that is, his emotions are too rich and sensitive. Generally, such a person is either like Bo Jue, who can find things out for fun even if he has nothing to do; Some things affect mood.If this is the case, but the little prince's behavior outside the East Palace is very appropriate, could it be that it varies from time to time?Or is it just that the city is quite deep, and it's just a play?

The little prince was in a bad mood today, and went to bed early after dinner. Lin Jian deliberately added a little more medicine to the spices lit in the room to ensure that he would not wake up again, and then quietly turned out from the courtyard wall , keep the appointment.

She came earlier than the other two, and arrived before midnight. She watched the weeds and the moon by herself. The moonlight and the place with overgrown grass are the most likely to make people feel lonely. Her thoughts quickly drifted to another time and space. He didn't even notice anyone approaching behind him.

A gust of wind blew in behind his ears, Lin Jian's nerves tensed suddenly, his thoughts were withdrawn from the erratic, and he stuffed it into a corner indiscriminately. A layer of dust splashed up, and the visitor jumped up neatly, bent his arms and braced his elbows, turned over and pressed down, Lin Jian changed his moves very quickly, adjusted the angle of his back, and narrowly avoided the elbow.The incoming person missed his first blow, and then missed again. He didn't mess up his tricks, but directly used both hands at the same time to attack quickly.

Lin Jian couldn't bear such a fast attack, the numb tendons in both hands were pressed, and he was hanging by his side in pain, and he didn't have the strength to make a fist to resist.She took two steps back, and waved her hands to stop the fight: "Okay, are you two interesting? One or two will know how to bully a weak woman like me who has no strength to restrain a chicken."

Bo Jue raised one eyebrow high: "You have no strength to restrain a chicken?"

Zhao Qingge: "Weak woman?"

Lin Jian rolled his eyes: "What?"

Bo Jue said: "To tell you the truth, your current level of combat power has at least reached the level of our usual training in Bikong Academy, and you can reach the minimum score line for admission to higher education institutions."

Lin Jian: "...I thank your whole family."

Her whole family - Zhao Qingge nodded reservedly, and said, "You're welcome, actually I think Bo Jue's evaluation is biased, you still need two years of training to meet the physical requirements for college admissions."

Lin Jian: "...I won't play with you anymore, let's talk business."

"I've been talking about business, so go ahead."

"The first thing I told you this morning is to reshape the little prince's three views. I made a new discovery today. His cognition does not need to be reshaped, as long as appropriate guidance is added, It can be easily used by us, I will be responsible for this matter first, and I will call you if you need your help. I have a preliminary plan and need your cooperation."

Lin Jian said the plan in a low voice.

Bo Jue said, "Will this be bad for the little prince?"

Lin Jian said: "This will work the fastest."

Bo Jue said: "Alright then, let's make arrangements, and you will bring him out when the time comes."

Lin Jian said again: "Secondly, the noble concubine Yue is Xie Wen—the one sent by Xie Zan and his family, who made the emperor so obsessed and ignored the government. I suspect that the mastermind behind it is ours. , if you can catch up with Concubine Yue and add fuel to the flames, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Do you have a contact point in the palace with Mingzhong General? Check it out."

"Yes, there is, but..."

Can Lieutenant General Ming's hand really reach this long?Just thinking about how much eyeliner there is in the palace makes one's spine chill.