The Prince and the Demon Monk [Rebirth]

A downpour in the afternoon dispelled some of the unbearable heat. A frog with smooth skin and water jumped out from among the lotus leaves, shaking off the rainwater that was full of puddles in the center of the leaves.

Everything is clear, the sky is clear and the air is clear, but Liang Ji has no intention of appreciating the refreshing beauty after the rain. He sits by the waterside pavilion on the lotus pond, his eyes fall in the air, and his brows are full of boredom and anger.

Two full days have passed since that day when I confessed everything to Empress Li. Although Empress Li was surprised, she didn't lose her composure. She just pressed her forehead, drooped her eyelashes and thought for a while, and asked Liang Ji to rest in the palace without her. Allowed, not allowed to return to Beijing.

This obviously meant that he was not allowed to intervene. For some reason, Liang Ji always felt that the development of the matter would exceed his expectations.

Just as he was still anxious, he saw a dark blue robe hem from a distance. Liang Ji took a closer look, and it turned out to be Li Duqiu. bedroom.

Liang Ji got up abruptly, and when he was about to speak, his eyes darkened, and he walked out of the water pavilion quickly, and went behind the rockery beside him. He had been to this Yanhe Palace many times since he was a child, and he already knew some shortcuts by heart. Soon, Li Duqiu came to Li Hou's place first.

Seeing Liang Ji, Empress Li pointed to the dwarf under his left hand, and said, "I was about to order someone to call you, and you came here. You must have seen your uncle."

Hearing this, Liang Ji couldn't help but froze when he was about to sit down, and then the top of his head was lightly stroked by Empress Li, who lifted a blade of grass in front of him and said, "Be careful next time."

A hint of annoyance appeared on Liang Ji's face. He was afraid that his mother would deliberately avoid discussing his brother's affairs with his uncle, so he planned to go to his mother's place before his uncle, so as not to be stopped by his mother and not allowed to enter the hall.

"My child understands." Liang Ji pursed his lower lip.

Li Hou smiled softly, and tapped Liang Ji's forehead, "I don't know about you yet, if you keep this matter from you, I'm afraid you will look it up by yourself when you turn around, and if there is a deviation, the whole situation will be in jeopardy." broken."

Liang Ji raised his eyebrows, and said cautiously: "The queen mother has already made a decision in her heart?"

"We'll talk about it when your uncle comes."

As soon as the words fell, the maid outside the door walked in with small steps, "Report to the Empress Dowager, General Li, please see me."

"Pass him in."

"Yes." The court lady bowed and stepped back. After a while, a pair of black satin boots appeared in front of the two of them. Liang Ji raised his head and met Li Duqiu's eyes. There seemed to be nothing in those eyes, but It's just that people dare not look directly at them. The eyes soaked from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood are not violent, but very quiet, like an autumn pool in a deep valley, full of desolation and coolness, but very clear. It seems to be able to see all the thoughts of others at a glance.

Liang Ji couldn't help looking away, bowed his head and said, "Uncle, you are here."

Li Duqiu nodded, clasped his fists in salute and said: "I have seen the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is Shengan." Then he saluted Liang Ji in the same way.

"They're all from my own family, so there's no need to be too polite." Empress Li gestured dignifiedly, with an intimate expression, pointing to the seat on the lower left, and said kindly, "Sit down, brother, we haven't spoken to each other for a long time."

The curvature of Li Duqiu's face softened slightly, he sat down as he said, and asked: "Are you still used to living in the palace?"

Li Hou smiled, and a trace of melancholy flashed across his face, "There is nothing you can't get used to. If you have nothing to worry about, you can just find a country house, and it will be comfortable and comfortable."

Li Duqiu naturally heard that there was something in Empress Li's words, and asked, "I don't know why the Empress Dowager is worried?"

"As a mother, what I can worry about now is the children's affairs." Li Hou rubbed the end of his eyes tiredly, and said, "Brother, I originally thought that Cheng'er was able to succeed to the throne because of you." Helping secretly, but I got the news a few days ago that my brother is actually assisting someone else, Chenger is just a pawn for you to stabilize the court."

Li Duqiu sat quietly at the bottom, without a trace of panic pierced by others on his face, as if he was ready to confess everything, he glanced at Liang Ji, and Empress Li said: "It's okay, Ji'er is sensible now, There is nothing to avoid him."

"Forget it," Li Duqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I only confirmed one thing at the end of last year. Do you know that the people have been secretly rumoring that the Queen Mother Zhao used a snake to fill a dragon?"

Empress Li's little finger twitched violently, almost spilling the teacup in her hand, she looked at Li Duqiu in surprise, it was rare for her to lose her composure.

"That's not a rumor. Liang Zhaochang is indeed not the son of Emperor Xi, so Cheng'er and Ji'er are not of royal blood, so they shouldn't enjoy this honor." Li Duqiu's eyes slid past Li Hou Liang Ji, and finally landed on his palm, Said: "I missed it once, and I will definitely not make it again this time."

What Li Duqiu said really exceeded the expectations of Empress Li and Liang Ji, especially Liang Ji, since he was sensible, he was told that he was a nobleman, a son of the middle palace, and his status was unspeakable. How could he accept such a gap for a person who confuses the royal family's bloodlines and treason, his face blushed, and he could only look at Empress Li in panic, as if Empress Li could produce any evidence to prove that his uncle was nothing but nonsense.

It's a pity that his queen mother, who has always been dignified and dignified, also lost all her manners at this moment, holding on to the armrest tightly with one hand, trembling slightly: "You, why didn't you want me to reveal such an important matter?"

"If you find out, you will definitely try to get rid of Yi Nian." Li Duqiu said clearly: "This throne should belong to him."

"Heh." Empress Li slapped the armrest suddenly, and said with a sneer, "Brother understands my temper, how can you ensure that in the future, you won't see the Li family as a thorn in your flesh, get rid of it quickly, and now you have the military power, sitting on the throne It’s my Li family again, how can I feel at ease when I think about it, he is not afraid of the day Cheng’er doesn’t want to be controlled by others, and instead joins him in the army, if I am him, I will definitely look for opportunities to uproot the Li family.”

"No." Li Duqiu retorted very resolutely: "One day I am here, you will be fine, not to mention this man is crazy and unruly, he will follow what he says, and he doesn't bother to turn back what he says, since he promised me to protect you Mother and child are honored throughout their lives, so they will not break their promises."

"Uncle, you are wrong!" Liang Ji was worried that his brother would not reveal his personal relationship with Yi Nian, but now he couldn't bear it anymore, he was afraid that even his uncle would be deceived, so he said in a low voice: "Then In order to control elder brother, the demon monk unexpectedly, unexpectedly deceived elder brother, and now elder brother is completely fascinated by him, this harem was abolished for him!"

"What did you say?" Empress Li was startled, and accidentally knocked over the teacup in hand, and said in a trembling voice, "Your brother and Yi Nian, what's going on?"

"You don't need to ask him," Li Duqiu interrupted Liang Ji, and said calmly, "I already know, it's just Ji'er." He looked at Liang Ji with a trace of authority, "Where did you hear this?"

Liang Ji's shoulders shrank when Li Duqiu looked at him, but he straightened his back after realizing it, and said, "I happened to catch Han Chunyi talking with a woman who claimed to be Yi Nian's biological mother."

"Forget it, after all, paper can't hold fire," Li Duqiu sighed in a low voice, his thoughts were a little far away, in fact, he only learned about this matter yesterday.

Since he secretly contacted Yi Nian, he resumed contact with Xiu Shuxin. At first, he just wanted to pay off the guilt of the year, but the more he got in touch, the more he couldn't extricate himself. How restrained his feelings were before, how turbulent they are now. It's just that their identities are there, and they are doomed to have no fate in this life, and they can't get what they want.

Originally, it was rare for Xiu Shuxin to take the initiative to meet him yesterday, but he was told that Yi Nian was obsessed with Liang Cheng. He immediately became suspicious, worried that Yi Nian was playing with Liang Cheng. Xinxin forced Liang Cheng, thinking that Liang Cheng was naturally sensitive and didn't like to discuss his body, so he didn't dare to ask him directly, so he found an opportunity to meet Yi Nian alone that day.

"General Li, why do you think I cooperated with Xiu Shuxin to seize the throne?" Facing his question, Yi Nian just seemed to say something ridiculous, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and proudly said: "For revenge? For Is it the long-cherished wish of repairing the heart? Or is it to take back what belongs to me?"

"You asked His Majesty to issue this decree, isn't it because you want to find an easy-to-control queen so that she can give birth to her own heir? This is understandable, but His Majesty values ​​affection, and you shouldn't provoke him."

"There won't be any queen. Between me and him, there won't be anyone else." While speaking, Yi Nian's aura burst out suddenly, like a fierce wind blowing from the bottom of a cliff, sweeping away thousands of troops , the sharp eyebrows are hidden under the shade of the tree, jumping out like a dormant beast, showing his power to all outsiders. Since the last time the two confronted each other, the internal force of Yi Nian has become closer. Li Duqiu had no choice but to Use your true energy to protect yourself.

"If it's not for the younger brother, who will sit on the throne has nothing to do with me. To tell you the truth, Xiu Shuxin already knew about the relationship between me and the younger brother when he was in Qingyang County. She pretended to be false and made her think that my junior brother was still useful to me. You tell Xiu Shuxin that I really fell in love with Liang Cheng, not just a plaything. If he meddles in my affairs again, don't blame me for not being a mother and a child. .”

If Liang Cheng hadn't ascended the throne before, he might have thought about Li Duqiu who was behind Xiu Shuxin, but now he and Liang Cheng are firmly in control of the court, and the thought is even more non-stop, leading the five armies and the imperial guards. In exchange for the people I had placed before, the five armies’ governor’s mansion would control the military power of all the provinces across the country, and the forbidden army in the palace and the Gyeonggi garrison would defend the eastern capital. Except for Li Duqiu’s [-] soldiers in the northwest, the military power of the entire Daqi would fall to one thought. hand, so he no longer has to be afraid of Xiu Shuxin.

After Li Duqiu understood this point, a big stone fell in his heart. Liang Cheng is destined to miss the happiness of human relations in this life.

He chose to believe it, so he didn't ask any more questions. As for the issue of the heir, they would try to solve it.

He saw the shock of Empress Li and Liang Ji in his eyes, and said: "With the power of one thought, he can completely eradicate us together, but the price is higher, not to mention that he has no intention of the throne, if it is not for your majesty, he will not secretly Instigate the chaos of the Four Kings, and plan to get rid of Liang Zhaochang."

He paused for a moment, waiting for the two to digest the words, then stared at Liang Ji, and said, "Uncle knows that you must find it difficult to accept it now, but now that the situation is settled, we can't move a single thought, your brother was born with a lot of troubles." , I have never slept peacefully for a day, and I can be cared and cherished by a single thought, we relatives should also feel relieved, and don't give birth to any thoughts that we shouldn't have."

Li Duqiu's gaze was like a sharp sword with a cold light, driving straight to split the unwillingness in his heart. Liang Ji lowered his eyes, and his five fingers hidden in his sleeve robe tightly grabbed the clothes under his palm, and said in a low voice: "Ji I understand."

Li Duqiu was busy with business, so he left the palace soon, and didn't even stay to share dinner with Queen Li, but at the moment the three of them didn't have the leisure time to talk about family affairs.

"Mother, do you believe that you will be sincere to your brother at a thought?" Liang Jiyou said uneasy.

Li Hou pressed Liang Cheng's shoulder, patted it lightly, and said: "In this world, sincerity is easy to come by. Which man doesn't reveal his true feelings when he makes a vow of eternal love. The difficulty is that it lasts for a long time."

"Is the queen mother afraid that she will change her mind after thinking about it?"

Empress Li smiled softly, "It's said that the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, and the sea has changed, but it's the people's hearts."

Liang Ji seldom saw such an Empress Li, with a look of desolation in his brows and eyes, he couldn't help worrying: "Mother Empress..."

Empress Li was taken aback for a moment, as if recovering from meditation, she shook her head, waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, the empress has already made up her mind, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be in one month, this year the empress will let your brother come to the palace Family banquet, don't make any mistakes when you go back tomorrow."

Liang Ji's heart tightened, and he asked in surprise, "What are you going to do, Queen Mother?"

Empress Li smiled lightly, and patted the back of Liang Ji's hand: "The empress mother will not do anything to your brother. I have never fulfilled my duties as a mother to him. Now that he is living a peaceful and happy life, I can only do my best." Heart, let him live comfortably and for a long time."

As she said that, she raised her hand to touch Liang Ji's forehead hair again, with a trace of love on her face, "Ji'er, the current situation is much better than when your father was alive. He never regarded our mother and son as his wife and children."

Liang Ji nodded. He knew that his mother was just trying to beat him. He had known his mother's expectations for him since he was a child. In fact, he had always been puzzled as to why his mother would abandon his brother. It was not until the day before yesterday that he understood the reason. It was because of his elder brother's body, but he never regarded Liang Cheng as a roadblock.

Now that his elder brother is on the throne, he feels light all over his body, as if an invisible giant mountain has been pressing on his shoulders before, and now this giant mountain suddenly disintegrates, and he feels a sense of loss that is light and has nowhere to go. In short, his thoughts are chaotic. ,Mixed feelings.

Liang Ji was only ten years old after all, if he was older, he might be unwilling, resentful, and hibernate to plan secretly, hoping to hit him in the future, but at the moment, he is just a precocious child.