Suifang

The golden palace of the imperial capital is full of bustling places, singing and dancing halls, playing songs day and night, princes and generals indulge in wine and sex, and the extravagance is fully displayed.

Xia Suijin stood on the stone lion in front of King Ren's Mansion with his hips akimbo and laughed:

"Hahahaha my Lord Ren is back—"

In the evening, I visited Ninth Prince with a box of gadgets, but the housekeeper told me:

"The Ninth Prince went out to play with his friends, and we don't know when he will return."

"Friend?... Who is the friend's name and where is he from? Have you checked all of these?"

The housekeeper said: "No. The prince was very happy to see that young master, and left in a hurry. He only told the old slave to take care of the young prince, and didn't mention anything else."

Xia Suijin wanted to ask the Ninth Prince about the Bandit Island, but when the Ninth Prince left, he panicked and lost his hands and feet.

At this time, Yu Fang asked the housekeeper:

"Does that young master have a mole in the corner of his eye?"

"How do you know, son? Could it be that you know him?"

Yu Fang said: "It's Brother Qiu, Qiu Fengyue."

"Looks like it was preempted"

Xia Suijin shrugged his shoulders to express his helplessness, handed the small box to the butler, and said, "It's for my little nephew. That little thing loves this weird thing the most."

The Ninth Prince has a son named Xia Zirui, who is only six years old this year. He is so used to beating, making trouble, and getting into trouble. He likes playing with him the most, the second emperor's uncle.

It just so happened that the empress was pregnant with a dragon fetus, Xia Dilong was very happy, and the whole world celebrated together.

The Golden Palace is resplendent and resplendent, with palace lanterns flickering along the corridors, five steps on the first floor, and ten steps on the first floor. Under the sun, there are beautiful flowers and flowers. Looking at the majestic and majestic palace from a distance, it seems to emit bright golden light.

At the palace banquet, Immortal Pavilion and Jinlefang sang and danced.Xia Suijin hugged his nephew Xia Zirui and teased him:

"Xiaobao, do you miss the Second Emperor?"

Xia Zirui twitched his sparse and shallow eyebrows, and said in a childlike way: "If you call me 'Xiaobao' again, I won't think about it."

Xiaobao is Xia Zirui's baby name, Xiao Shizi hates this baby name, so when Xia Suijin called him like that, his petal-like lips pout.

"Xiaobao, do you think this brother looks good?"

Xia Suijin pointed at Yu Fang beside her

Xia Zirui pouted: "You're still screaming!"

"Xiaobao, are you fat again?"

As he spoke, he pinched his plump and soft face side to side.

Yu Fang said: "If you make trouble with him again, he will cry."

Xia Zirui's black grape-like eyeballs rolled around, looking at Emperor Xia for help: "Uncle..."

Emperor Xia smiled and said:

"Xiaobao, come here, uncle."

Xia Zirui pouted, completely unhappy.

Xia Suijin took a few chopsticks of snow jelly cake to coax him calmly, seeing that he was eating happily, poured him another cup of warm tea to prevent him from choking, smiled at Yu Fang, and whispered explain:

"Is my nephew very funny?"

Yu Fang: "..."

After the palace banquet, Xia Suijin sneaked to Emperor Xia's bedroom.

Emperor Xia is accompanying the Empress Empress.This Empress Min has an unusual background, she is the daughter of General Bai Ting of the Snow Country, she suffered a miserable childhood and wandered the streets to beg for a living, so she developed a wild nature that was difficult to tame.Later, she was picked up by the fifth prince Xia Jingwen, and she was pampered for a period of time. The two countries married and married Emperor Xia to be the queen.

Everyone in the court knew that Empress Min was not easy to mess with, and Xia Suijin had also experienced it, so she squatted obediently in the corner and waited until they had finished whispering and Empress Min left before they dared to knock on the door.

Emperor Xia said:

"Come in."

Xia Suijin walked into the bedroom with his head down, and said, "Brother Emperor, the Kowloon Order has been found."

Emperor Xia had an elegant face and a slender figure, and he walked up to him, not knowing whether he was happy or angry.He was trembling with fear when Emperor Xia sighed softly and said:

"It's not too late to make up for it."

Xia Suijin breathed a sigh of relief

"You, don't make any more mistakes. When the emperor chose you to succeed the leader of the Great Dark Palace, I thought it was safe to trust you. If you play foolishly again, I will punish you for the emperor."

Emperor Xia sat back on the dragon chair and opened the memorial for review.

Xia Suijin smiled, and seemed to ask casually: "How will the emperor punish me?"

Emperor Xia frowned in thought, then shook his head helplessly at the next moment, and said: "How can I be punished? At most, I can face the wall and think for a few days, can I still remove your head?... You are my own brother, no matter how big a mistake you make, As a brother, I can only bear it."

Xia Suijin laughed loudly: "If you say that, I think of something. I have always been frivolous and undisciplined, and I have no power or influence. What did my elder brother like about me back then, and why did you pester me to help you?"

Emperor Xia asked back, "Want to hear the truth?"

"Since my brother asked, it was to hear the truth."

"Okay, I... I will tell the truth."

Emperor Xia put down the vermilion pen for reviewing, looked at Xia Suijin leisurely, and said: "First of all, you are a cripple."

He understands that a lame man can't be the emperor, and can't threaten the crown prince.

"Secondly, I had the title of 'Prince' for nothing at the time, but I was just as unreliable as you, so I wanted to lure you into the group and keep warm."

"Also, any more?"

This was so true that Xia Suijin was speechless for a while.

"One more thing, I think speaking out will affect our relationship with you, do you want to listen?"

Xia Suijin firmly said:

"want"

Is it as he thought, he is not the parent and child?

Emperor Xia first sighed in disappointment, then slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Actually... It's a helpless choice to choose you. The third child, the fifth child, the seventh child and the ninth child are all brothers of the same mother. They are close and distant from us, so I have no choice."

After speaking, he blinked his eyes, looking rather helpless.

"..."

Xia Suijin felt her face burning hot, and said euphemistically: "Brother Emperor, you are so honest with my younger brother, my younger brother... really moved."

"I don't want to hide anything from you, and I don't want you to hide anything from me. To outsiders, I am the king and you are the minister, but in fact the imperial power is divided into two, and the Great Dark Palace occupies one part. I want the country to be stable. There must be no gap between you and me."

When Emperor Xia said this, his demeanor and demeanor seemed to be careless, but Xia Suijin's heart was heavy, which was quite unpleasant.

On the way back to King Ren's Mansion, the night was thick and the stars could not be seen.In such a late night, Xia Suijin was walking endlessly, and suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes and wheels rolling, looked up and saw a handsome and elegant face under a bright lamp, and hurriedly said:

"General Huangfu!"

The great general Huangfu Jingming of the General's Mansion, his military achievements can be recorded in the annals of history and his name will last forever, which is not comparable to him, a prince who was born in the royal family.

Huangfu Jingming said: "On the fifteenth night of the fifth lunar month, the General's Mansion will host a banquet in the Immortal Pavilion, would you be interested?"

Xia Suijin said:

"How dare I refuse the general's invitation? On May [-]th, I won't return if I'm not drunk."

On May [-]th, everything is inappropriate.

Xia Suijin got the news from the court that General Huangfu Jingming, the general of the [-]th May, was going to lead the army.

At noon, the breeze turned cooler, and the clouds gathered and swallows flew low.He led Yu Fang into the Buddhist hall and met his mother and concubine Yu Qianxue.

The Buddhist hall is solemn and solemn, a few blue lamps and candles are dimly lit, and a thin figure in black and gray robes is kneeling on the futon, knocking on the wooden fish, and is chanting sutras.Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man turned his head very slowly, his serene and peaceful face was like eternal ice and snow, without any fresh breath.When those deep and silent eyes saw Xia Suijin's face, they seemed to pause for a moment, then turned back and continued to chant.

Xia Suijin said: "Concubine Mu, I have someone I like, and I'll bring it here for you to have a look."

Yu Fang frowned, and said, "I've seen seniors in the portraits that my mother collected."

Yu Qianxue's voice was as cold as jade, and her voice was dull, she said: "You are Yu Huanong's child, you should call me 'aunt'."

Yu Fang looked at Xia Suijin suspiciously

Xia Suijin blinked and smiled, put his hand lightly on his shoulder, as if to comfort him, and said, "You should call me 'cousin', of course, if you don't like this name, you can call me something else, like Xiao Su, Jin'er, Ah Jin, etc. Please don't call 'Lord Ren', it sounds strange to me."

Yu Fang nodded with a half understanding

"Okay, Fang Lang, you go to the wooden house behind the Buddhist hall and wait for me. I will whisper a few words to my concubine."

After sending Yu Fang away, the smile on Xia Suijin's face disappeared instantly, and her cold appearance was exactly the same as that of Yu Qianxue.He walked to the futon, half-kneeled down, and said expressionlessly:

"The child encountered a strange thing during this trip, and thought it was very funny, so I specially told it to the mother and concubine."

Yu Qianxue lowered her eyes, and the wooden fish rattled, making Xia Suijin upset.

Xia Suijin managed to calm down, with a sneer on his face, and said: "A Mrs. Jiang had an affair with her brother-in-law and gave birth to a son, but that child is still the eldest son of Jiang, who will inherit the position of head of the family when he grows up. Mrs. Jiang is afraid that things will be revealed. , killing parents and children with poison several times, but every time the heart is soft, you don’t think it’s funny? It’s all the blood of the Jiang family, and it’s the same whoever inherits the head of the family, but Mrs. Jiang’s mind is not bright. "

Yu Qianxue knocked on the wooden fish, gradually losing frequency.

"Mother Concubine, you don't have to hide it from me anymore. You must have never imagined that the emperor passed the Nine Dragon Order to me. I am now the leader of the Great Dark Palace. I know everything I want to know. What else can I hide from me?" ?...Okay, stop knocking! What sin are you atoning for? Is it the sin of breaking my leg with your own hands, or is it unchaste, and betraying the emperor's affectionate debt?!"

Yu Qianxue's subordinates lost strength, the wooden fish broke, and his heart collapsed like a defeated heart.

"Murong Changying is dead! Murong Changying kept your portrait until his death. When I guessed that I was not the father and son, I subconsciously thought that my biological father was Murong Changying! ——but it was wrong! , how do you like it with the arrogance of a mother and concubine?!—Not them, who is my biological father?——Will you tell me yourself, or let me mobilize people to look for it and turn the world upside down? Find that man in the sky!"

Xia Suijin was completely angry, her complexion turned white and red, and her finger bones creaked, as if she would pinch Yu Qianxue's slender neck in the next moment.

"—Let the world know how shameless Yu Qianxue is, and how many men Yu Qianxue has been entangled with?!——Or, you hooked up with Murong Changying, married your father, and then gave birth to other men In my heart, I always yearn for my younger sister Yu Huanong, and want to be with Yu Huanong forever! Yu Qianxue, you are really—shameless—”

With a "snap", a loud ear hit Xia Suijin's face.

Xia Suijin grinned grimly, his facial features were sinister and distorted, and said:

"Mother and concubine, it seems that I have hit the mark. You love Yuhuanong, and if you can't ask for it, you will be willing to degenerate."