Brother Donggong

The prince ordered me to go home and enjoy the beauty, but to be honest, I can't even enjoy the beauty.

It has been raining heavily for three days.

I slept for three days.

When my concierge announced that Jia Wang Yulan was visiting, I had just crawled out of the quilt and hadn't had time to eat.

I hastened to say, "Hurry up, set up meals in the waterside pavilion to welcome guests."

So, when I was standing in the pavilion with bare feet, wearing a long gown like a sack, unkempt, and feeding the fish, the Third Prince walked over step by step, waving a bamboo fan.Behind him was a young eunuch from his house, holding a plate in his hand, and placed a bunch of crystal clear Gaochang grapes.

Yulan smiled, walked over and said, "I always thought that only Mr. Cao and Aman liked to act backwards, but I didn't expect my elder brother to do the same, haha."

After speaking, he smiled gracefully.

I think he has gained weight recently, his cheeks are slightly bulging, his cheeks are much rounder, he is not like the petty air of a down-and-out nobleman before.

I took a jar of green tea and salt to rinse my mouth, gurgling, gurgling, and after spitting out the water, I pointed to the armchair next to the tandoor small hot pot and said, "The third prince is here? Sit down, you come What a coincidence, today we eat chrysanthemum hot pot with autumn fat. Zeng Zi once said that it is better to come early than coincidence, and Han Feizi also said that one sheep is herding, and two sheep are also shedding. Since you are here, let's have dinner together. "

Speaking of chrysanthemum pot, it is an old custom in Yongjing.

I eat this every autumn, heat up the pot, put the beef first, then put the mushrooms, green onions, artemisia stalks, and Chinese cabbage in with the butter, and add some things such as rice wine, soy sauce, and rock sugar. A kind of sauce, poured with broth, boiled on the stove, and finally put the chrysanthemum petals.The hot pot is sweet and nourishing, and the people who eat it are really fat and delicious.

Yulan sat on the west side, and I sat on the east side.

There are pots, pans and spoons on the table.

I really never thought that one day, I would eat hot pot with Yulan calmly, and there would be the Gaochang grapes he brought beside me.

I picked up a bowl of meat and vegetables and ate them with rice. I said to him, "There are no clean chopsticks here, so you pick them up yourself. You're welcome. If you're too polite, I won't be able to eat enough."

Yu Lan was still eating a stalk of Artemisia stalks slowly.

He put down the bowls and chopsticks, rinsed his mouth with a teacup, and asked me casually, "Where is Mrs. Sister-in-law?"

I looked at him, "Did you say Qiluo?"

"Correct."

"Oh, her mother has to embroider some pieces of brocade recently, and there is not enough manpower, so I ask her to go home for a few days."

Yu Lan drank tea quietly, and was delighted to hear it, "Why, do you think Yin Butang's mansion is safer than yours now?"

I chewed the beef and rice, filled my mouth full, and said vaguely, "You think too much, it's just that her mother told her to go home for dinner, nothing else. , besides, you don’t think I’m safe here, don’t you rush over to drink tea and eat, and I didn’t see God drop sesame pies and smash you to death.”

The third prince began to eat grapes.

He ate with two fingers, like a calculating woman.

"Back then, Liu Xuande and Cao Cao talked about heroes by cooking wine with green plums. Today, we have all the tea and grapes. Let's talk about the current situation. I wonder if my elder brother would like to hear it?"

I continued to chew my food expressionlessly, "You say what you say, it's up to me to listen or not."

Yu Lan, "If I'm the only one chattering, but you concentrate on eating the chrysanthemum pot, wouldn't it mean that you want me to play the piano to the cow."

I nodded, "Yes, the cow plays the piano."

But he sat upright, "You are still the same, never forgiving. Such a person, with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, is destined to suffer a lot."

I look at him.

Yu Lan said, "Cheng Yi, there is something I want to tell you. Just before I came to you, I just entered the palace to greet my concubine mother. I saw that your wife has already entered the palace."

It may be that I ate too much. Hearing his words, I suddenly felt like vomiting, as if a handful of crushed ice stubble had been rubbed into my mouth and heart, it was very disgusting.

The third prince seemed to have admired my face enough, he relaxed his posture, leaned back on the rattan chair, looked at the fish pond in front of us, and there were a few lotus branches emerging.

He said, "Chengyi, I heard that you have read history books?"

Me, "Chu Qiangsheng talked about the Spring and Autumn Period. I saw that after the princes were defeated, their livers were gouged out, and they were roasted with salty sauce and eaten. I was afraid that I would have nightmares at night, so I stopped watching."

He shook his head, "No, you have read the Tongjian."

I also shook my head, "No, Wen Zhan has read it. I ate cookies next to him while he was reading, and he read it to me. I haven't read it."

The third prince smiled a little erratically, "Okay, even if you haven't read it and are not knowledgeable, let me ask you, what is the most chaotic crisis in the world today besides conquering the chaotic world?"

I didn't say a word, this is the best time for him to talk to himself, what I can do, and what I have always done well, is to shut up.

Sure enough, he smiled sweetly, and the sound seemed to be rubbing his lips.

"The Lord is suspicious of the country."

He also said, "If there are fewer masters, the monarch will be weak. Look at the current full of powerful officials. How can the weak monarch be controlled? If he cannot control it, the country will be chaotic. At least, the government will be defeated, and the millennium prosperity will be destroyed once. The danger of national subjugation and extinction. Why, do you think I'm scaremongering?"

The third prince insisted on his words, thinking of ways to set up a trap to get me in.

Don't think that Tang Yao and Yu Shun have said so much, I don't understand what he wants to do, isn't it just that he heard that the emperor wanted to give the big position to Yue Zheng, so he became excited and impatient, and ran over to follow him in a hurry People all over the world say that Yuezheng's ascension to the throne is the suspicion of the Lord Shaoguo. This is a big crisis and it is absolutely unacceptable.

and then?

Since the crown prince is not favored by the emperor, and the zither is in danger of mastering the country, then among the remaining living sons of the emperor, except for the second highness who has long been far away from the world of mortals, you are the only one who can be the next great leader.

I shook my head, "Third Prince, you really eat the radish first and don't worry too much. The emperor is only in his 40s now, not yet fifty. From what I see, he can live on for a long time. Said If it's a disrespectful sentence, if the day comes when he returns to the sea, Yuezheng might be full of children and grandchildren, and there won't be any doubts about the master and the country."

He said with a mysterious smile, "This is exactly another crisis I want to talk about. For thousands of years, in troubled times and crises, the one that is no less harmful than the Lord and the country is the twilight government. The unborn hero conquers half his life, Let too much conspiracy, surrender, flattery, and victory go to their heads. Most of them don't trust anyone, but instead believe in ghosts and gods, obsessed with the art of immortality, and the way of cultivating immortality.

That's how the father is.

Do you know that in the past year, Emperor Father has never favored any woman. He practiced alchemy at night, read memorials, and slept from dawn to noon, but every time he fell asleep, he only slept for an hour. Rest, which he believed would prevent an Assassin's assassination. "

Yulan looked at me and said, "Chengyi, now that all your family members are in the palace, you have no choice but to obey the orders of your father. Otherwise, he will kill all your relatives. Father no longer believes Anyone, he only believes in himself, so anyone who speaks to him will be suspicious of the theory of chaos. Even though he often says that the speaker is innocent, he still kills everyone who speaks. At first, he only killed those who opposed him. Yes, later they didn’t approve of him that much, and later, even if they agreed with him, he would kill him when he was unhappy. What he wants is that no one will talk about him anymore, what he wants is all fear and surrender .”

"Believe me, the current emperor can do anything."

"When he still has sympathy for you, obey his will and send the decree of dismissing the prince to Yongjing. Believe me, the prince will not sit still. All you can do is save your life."

I crushed a melon seed with my fingers and said, "That's right, what I can do is to save my life, but what you want to do is to fight between rivers and mussels and make the fisherman profit. But third prince, are you sure you really Lingering in the battle between the emperor and the prince?"

He picked up another grape and said with a smile, "Chengyi, you don't believe me all the time. It's not good. You know, the father is between the prince and me, but he is partial to me. You know the reason." , I am merciful, and I will not kill my brother, nor will I kill you. I will not imprison you in the palace forever, nor will I abuse you like possessing a woman."

I didn't speak.

His fingers crushed the grapes.

Then he seemed to grit his teeth and said, "Don't look at me like this, as if you were looking at a bastard. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you. Hey, what should I say? In this chaotic, complicated, grievance When love and hatred are crushed and twisted together, and no one can escape, what should I say?"

"Do you know why the father wanted to kill Princess Ayla and the child in her belly?"

"Because he loves you."

"People in Gaochang are all pariahs, and women in Gaochang are only good as playthings on the bed. Let me just say, Princess Ayila is really a beauty. After that night, I can't forget her, but I still don't think she deserves to have Prince Dazheng." child."

"Father wanted to kill her because he didn't want the bastard in her belly to confuse your bloodline."

"The emperor really treats you like a son."

"But the prince is different. He wants to keep that child, your child. He wants you to take care of him and think of his kindness. He will never sleep with any woman in the future, and he will no longer think about having a child. But, what do you think Thinking, at that time we all thought you were also a prince, but how could a prince with a bastard son from Gaochang inherit the throne? With that child, you will be ridiculed for the rest of your life, and your child is also destined to be ridiculed. Because in Dazheng, Gaochang people are not considered human beings at all.

They're just, untouchables.

Even the father of a pariah cannot become the emperor of Dazheng, even if you were the eldest son of Dazheng. "

Yu Lan stood up, and the sun shone through from behind him.I saw his dilapidated but handsome face, hidden behind the light and shadow, his chin was strangely sharp, like a cold knife.

He said,--

"Then Chengyi, now, who do you think loves you more, the father or the crown prince?"