Qu Chang negative got up from his seat, went to Emperor Longyu and bowed, and then said: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what His Royal Highness Zhou said, and I just lost my mind because I thought of His Majesty's "Floating Dream Record" A story once written in

Generally speaking, when the emperor read books since childhood, he would have some more elegant hobbies, but Emperor Longyu didn't like calligraphy and painting, but liked to write some prose notes to reminisce about his youth.

Not only did he love to write, but he even took the pseudonym "Tui Si Ke" for himself, printed the book in a serious manner, and presented it to the princes and ministers who loved him around him.

Many people took it face-to-face with trepidation, and when they returned home, they put the imperial gift book on a high place, and would not let anyone touch it, for fear that a corner would be broken.

After all, the current Holy Majesty's temperament is quite eccentric and narrow-minded. If he thinks of such a trivial matter one day, he is really likely to care about it.

But Qu Changying had already read through the book word by word the first time he got it, and even recited the basic content.He knew that mastering the inner thoughts and preferences of an emperor was more important than anything else.

And when an emperor consciously or unconsciously reveals his character flaws to others, he actually loses the unfathomableness that a high-ranking person should have, and has the possibility of being controlled and used .

This is the so-called imperial mind technique.When you become an emperor, you should be lonely in the first place, and you must never let others find out about you.

Today, whether it is Qi Zhan, or Qi Hui, Jing Qianjiang, and Qu Changlu, all the rhetoric revolves around this point.

Hearing this, Emperor Longyu really said: "Have you read "Floating Dream Record"? What do you remember?"

Qu Chang said: "I remember, Your Majesty once wrote an old story about you traveling with Prince Dingxiang when you were young."

He pondered for a while, and tried to use the simplest but very moving language to tell the story.

In fact, the matter itself is very common, that is, when he was young, Prince Dingxiang took the still young Emperor Longyu to avoid the servant nurse and others, and secretly went to play in a forest near Yongxiang, which was rarely visited by people. Therefore, weeds are overgrown and no one takes care of them.

While playing, Emperor Longyu found that there were carps in the pond, so he wanted to catch them, but accidentally fell into the pond. At that time, Prince Dingxiang didn't even think about it, so he jumped down to save him.

In the end, the two almost drowned in it together, but they were fished out by the little eunuch who happened to pass by.

Prince Dingxiang was even better, but he was infected with the wind and cold, but because he was young, he had a high fever for two consecutive days, and he dared not open his eyes when he woke up, for fear of being blamed.

However, at that time Emperor Longyu heard the voice of his father talking to his elder brother, and Prince Dingxiang was pleading for him, saying that the accident this time was because he played with his younger brother privately, and he was negligent for a while, please don't blame his younger brother .

But the first emperor said with a smile, if the two hadn't fallen into the water, then he would definitely punish them severely, but now he is more worried, so the punishment will not be punished.

This is to face the flesh and blood, before becoming a king, one must be a father first.

After Qu Changcheng finished telling the story, he also bowed down and kowtowed, and didn't say anything else.

Emperor Longyu fell into deep thought.

Qu Chang negatively understood the emperor.

He lost his brother first, then his father, and was pushed to the throne at a young age. Later, he fought against the queen mother's party, officials, and relatives, and developed a suspicious character.

But in fact, deep in his heart is still the remembrance and longing for the old family relationship, otherwise he would not treat Jing Qianjiang kindly, and keep reminiscing about the past when he was young.

The story told by Qu Changcheng not only aroused Emperor Longyu's yearning for his eldest brother, but also alluded to the love between father and son.

Before becoming king, he was a father first, but now, his son is kneeling on the ground, begging for his trust!

Emperor Longyu's anger and doubts towards Qi Hui and Jing Qianjiang also subsided.

In addition to Emperor Longyu, there was another person who was staring at Qu Changcheng in a daze, fascinated by this story, and that was Qi Hui.

It's been a long, long time since the two of them stood on the same stand like this and worked hard.

Qu Chang negative always has the power to dissolve everything while talking and laughing. He knows how to say what kind of words at the right time.

It was the same in front of him before, with just a few words, no matter how much anger I had, it could be wiped away.

It's just that later on, Qu Changlu became more and more unwilling to talk to him.

Jing Qianjiang knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and gave Qi Hui a quiet look.

At this moment, someone outside the hall came quickly and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

Jing Qianjiang and Qi Hui looked at the same time, and it turned out that the person who came was King Jia.

According to seniority, Emperor Longyu still called King Jia "Uncle Emperor", because he was old and in poor health, so all kinds of large-scale gatherings in the palace were not allowed to enter the palace, and he never took care of things.

Unexpectedly, he would appear suddenly in such a chaotic situation. Qi Zhan, who was watching a good show, frowned, feeling that things might change.

Emperor Longyu said: "Why did the emperor come into the palace? Since you are not feeling well, you don't have to run around like this."

Because the anger was still there, when he spoke, his face was still a little stiff.

King Jia saluted and said: "Such a big event has happened in the palace, even if I am just an idler, I have already heard about it. If the Crown Prince and King Jing are at fault, they should be severely punished and cannot be tolerated. But before that, I would like to first Your Majesty, please meet some people."

Emperor Longyu naturally wouldn't brush off his face: "Biography."

People were waiting outside the palace, and the servants on one side trotted to pick them up. King Jia said, "It was originally because Jing Zhaoyin received a report from someone, saying that he saw a group of carriages in the suburbs of Beijing being chased by criminals. Your Excellency At that time, I happened to be recuperating in a nearby courtyard, so I asked the servants of the Wangfu to go up to help, but I didn't expect this case to collide with what happened in the palace today."

While he was speaking, people had already been brought up, and they turned out to be two boys who were only six or seven years old.

Both of them had bloodstains on their faces and hands. Although their clothes had to be tidied up, stains and scratches could still be seen.

The others were puzzled, but one of the boys, who was about to cry, looked at Zhang Tai and yelled, "Dad! Someone is going to kill me!"

Qi Zhan's expression changed instantly, he suddenly realized something, and secretly said badly - he was caught!

Both Zhang Tai and Nian Yongling were stunned. These two boys were their sons respectively. They had originally moved out of the city with other family members in order to prevent people from embarrassing them after what happened today, but they turned out to be like this .

Hearing his son calling him, Zhang Tai wanted to go there immediately, but was stopped by the guards. He was so worried that he could only tremble and say: "Why did this happen? Where's grandma and mother? Where's younger sister?"

The boy cried and said, "I don't know either. We were chased and hacked by people with knives. Later, someone rescued me first and took me away on a horse. I didn't see my mother, grandma, or sister."

Although Nian Yongling next to him didn't speak, there was a clear look of worry and panic on his face.

Apart from Qi Zhan, there will be no one else who can do such a thing.

They were threatened by Qi Zhan and had no choice but to betray Qi Hui to work for him. A large part of the reason was to take into account the safety of their families.

But who would have thought that on the surface, Qi Zhan promised to send their family members safely out of the city, but secretly sent people to chase and kill them in order to prevent future troubles forever.

Really cruel!

King Jia said slowly: "When I heard that these are the family members of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Nian, I felt very strange. Why did their family members run away in a hurry, and why were they hunted down?"

He looked at Zhang Tai and Nian Yongling and said, "Who is chasing and killing you? If you don't tell the truth, you will really kill your family."

The faces of the two changed suddenly, Qi Zhan knew that he was not good when he saw this, and he couldn't care about anything else, and said loudly: "Wait a minute!"

But at the same time, Nian Yongling had already said, "Yes, King Wei asked us to do this!"

The voices of the two mixed together, adding subtlety.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Qi Zhan's back. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he had no choice but to continue the play.

He sneered and said, "Hmph, I knew it. Just now, the two of you sneakily looked at this king, and you are going to get involved with me again. Today is really a big show! Who are you guys?" , first slandered the crown prince, framed King Jing, now even I will not let it go!"

Qi Zhan's reaction was not unpleasant, but unfortunately, he can only rely on one mouth to clarify for himself.

The two children were taken away by the servants again. Nian Yongling lost all scruples and said bluntly: "His Royal Highness Wei Wang has turned his face and denied people again at this time? But Zhang Tai and I have already secretly kept the evidence of life-saving in our hands! We were right The prince is loyal, and he was threatened and ordered by you to slander him!"

"The inner red stone of this stone was given by the king of Wei, and he asked us to find someone to embed it inside the round stone with a special process, so that it can be exposed in front of His Majesty!"

Qi Zhan said: "It's nonsense!"

Zhang Tai suddenly said: "That mason can still be found."

While the two were arguing, Jing Qianjiang suddenly said quietly: "It's no wonder that the stone with the words came from Wei Wangfu."

Qi Hui said: "Brother Jing means..."

Jing Qianjiang said: "Actually, I have always had a question since just now. The prophecy on this stone is obviously implying that His Majesty is not of the orthodox lineage, but if this is the case, then wouldn't all of His Majesty's sons and daughters also become famous?" Is it wrong? How can someone dig a hole for themselves like this? But—"

He changed the subject: "If the elder written in the poem does not designate Prince Xiang, but refers to His Majesty's eldest son, His Royal Highness King Wei, then everything makes sense."

Jing Qianjiang tilted his head slightly, and said with a light smile: "King Wei, you made such a stone at the beginning, didn't you mean to imply that His Majesty made you the crown prince?"

Jing Qianjiang hit the nail on the head, this accusation was too sharp, not only completely stripped the influence of the prophecy from himself, but also added another serious crime to Qi Zhan out of thin air.

Qi Zhan left his seat, knelt down in front of Emperor Longyu, kowtowed and said: "I am really wronged in this matter, and please investigate thoroughly. As for Zhang Tai and Nian Yongling, who have ulterior motives and framed the princes of the court one after another, there is nothing wrong with it." Forgiveness, after finding out the reason, he should be executed immediately!"

He would say this, first of all, because the previous actions were very rigorous and thorough, and even if the other party had some certified physical evidence in their hands, they could not prove that Qi Zhan did it.

In addition, Qi Zhan was sure that it was absolutely impossible for Emperor Longyu to investigate thoroughly. After all, this matter had become too ugly and involved too much.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Longyu said, "Prince, what do you think of this matter?"

The more Qi Zhan pushed forward, the more Qi Hui showed weakness. His forehead touched the ground and said, "The son will not object to what the father does. As long as the father is willing to trust my son, my son... my son will not ask for anything." gone."

What he said was sincere, and the last few words almost took a more pharynx tone, which moved Emperor Longyu greatly.

With this son, although he has been cultivated as a prince since childhood, he has never been close.

Qi Zhan is his first child, and he has a lively and lovable temperament. Emperor Longyu felt that he was wronged, but at the same time he really loved him. On the contrary, he was more biased in everything.

It wasn't until this time that the two brothers confronted each other completely, that Emperor Longyu suddenly realized that Qi Zhan was no longer as obedient and obedient as he was when he was a child, and even though Qi Hui was calm and solemn, there were times when he felt wronged.

Most of the parents treated their children with sympathy for the disadvantaged. Now that Qi Hui had regressed, Emperor Longyu felt that he was pitiful.

Looking at Jing Qianjiang next to him, he was even more soft-hearted, and said: "Both Zhang Tai and Nian Yongling were taken down to execute, this is the end of the matter. The crown prince and King Jing have been wronged, get up, pass on my order, and one person will reward the jade." A wishful handle. As for King Wei..."

Emperor Longyu paused, and said coldly: "Your daily behavior is too domineering. If it weren't for this, you wouldn't be accused of false accusations and misunderstandings. You will be fined for two years, and you will go back and reflect on yourself. What should you do? of!"

Hearing his words, both Qi Hui and Qi Zhan's hearts sank.

When Emperor Longyu said this, he made it clear that he had acquiesced that everything was done by Qi Zhan, and he didn't believe a single word of Qi Zhan's justification.

Qi Zhan knew that in this way, on the surface, it seemed that the matter had passed, but there would be endless troubles.

I have been keeping a low profile for many years, and all the impressions I have accumulated in my father's heart have been wiped out. In the future, I have to be more cautious in my words and deeds, so I am extremely depressed.

Qi Hui felt that no matter what, Emperor Longyu always loved Qi Zhan, and even such things could be let go.

However, he doesn't allow it.

Several people had their own thoughts, and without saying anything, they kowtowed and thanked En and got up.

Just as he stood up, someone in the silent hall suddenly gasped.

Qi Zhan saw that Jing Qianjiang and Qi Hui's eyes were all focused on him, he couldn't help but looked down, but suddenly found that there were red marks on his silver-white prince's robe!

The dragon robe was embroidered with a nine-clawed golden dragon, while the silver dragon on an ordinary prince's robe had four claws. At this moment, two streams of blood flowed from the dragon's eyes on Qi Zhan's clothes.

In the entire hall, including King Jia, no one dared to speak out.

Today is the emperor's birthday, but the omens are one after another, one can imagine how bad his mood is.

Qi Zhan was busy calculating others, but he never thought that his royal clothes were tampered with at some point.

If this incident had happened before then, with the emperor's love for him, maybe he would not blame him, and he had to thoroughly investigate whether Qi Zhan was framed by others, but right now he is the first to harm others, seeing this scene, it is natural It made other people think of the word "retribution" first.

Qi Zhan was sweating profusely, quickly lifted his robe and knelt down suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, son..."

"You unfaithful and unfilial thing!"

Looking at the blood on his body, Emperor Longyu was annoyed and annoyed at the same time. He lost the last bit of patience, and finally squeezed out from between his teeth after holding back his words.

"Since you can't wear this clothes well, I think you should stop wearing them. Get rid of the royal clothes and crown, go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. You are not allowed to enter the palace without an edict."

Emperor Longyu shouted: "King Jing, you will temporarily take charge of all the cavalry guards under King Wei!"

Jing Qianjiang hurriedly said, "Yes!"

Qi Zhan's punishment of "removing the king's clothes and crown", on the surface, is nothing more than a change of clothes, but in fact, it is equivalent to abolishing all his official power and temporarily confinement to the palace. The punishment is not trivial.

On the contrary, Jing Qianjiang saved the day, and Emperor Longyu was probably touched by Qu Chang's story. In order to show his trust in him, he also gave him Qi Zhan's errand.

Qi Zhan closed his eyes, suppressed the unwillingness and anger in his heart, and said word by word: "My son, thank you for your kindness."

After a chaotic farce, almost many people were already hungry, but the palace banquet could not be like at home, and they could leave when they were in a bad mood.

So Qi Zhan was sent back to the mansion first in embarrassment, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras played again, everyone put on a smiling face, and feasted to their heart's content.

Princess Wei also left the banquet with him, she was very gloating in her heart, she couldn't show it, so she had to pretend to be extremely ashamed, covered her face with her sleeves, and followed Qi Zhan to leave under the sympathetic eyes of everyone.

No one at the table mentioned what happened just now, but the atmosphere was still much duller after all.

After the end of the banquet, Emperor Longyu stood up and took two steps, then turned around and said, "Prince Jing, you can walk with me."

He is still willing to find someone to accompany him when he is upset like this, so he must trust the person he loves very much. It can be seen that what happened just now did not affect Jing Qianjiang's status at all.

Jing Qianjiang got up and followed Emperor Longyu, Qu Changlu stopped, but glanced at Qi Hui, and left coldly.

Qi Hui knew that he must have something to say to him, so he quickly pushed away all the people around him who came to condolences, and quickly chased after him.

His attendant didn't understand what the prince was going to do at first, and he followed Qi Hui out of breath, almost running at a trot.

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