Brother Donggong

Pei Tan suddenly whispered in my ear, "My lord, if you continue to be obedient and alienated from the crown prince, within a year, you can call him the crown prince!"

Master Pei's words were so righteous, I suddenly shrank my neck.

"I don't have that ability."

If I help him, his crown prince may not be as stable as Mount Tai; if I go against him, his crown prince may not be impossible.

He is Kunlun Mountain, my father is a grass on Kunlun, and I am a weed on the side of the road.

I'm a little smart, I can't look enough in front of them, and I can only let me eat a mouthful of safe food, but they have to fight with each other, and they can't take care of me, otherwise, I will be one of them on the panel Dough, long and short oblate, almost can not help myself.

But they are not much better!

Although the prince and my father will not allow someone to cut and chop, knead and flatten, but they are not so free to do whatever they want. There is a sky above each person's head, and a cloud above each person's head. As for whether it will rain or not, God knows , It also depends on one's own good fortune.

but……

If Wen Zhan is not the crown prince, what will he do?

Pei Tan looked at me, I sat next to the gold silk smoker, thinking hard.

In the end, I couldn't figure out why.

Wen Zhan still didn't wake up.

Its daybreak.

After the Winter Solstice Festival, the Dazheng court seemed to be celebrating the New Year's Day, full of turmoil and excitement.

First of all, on the first day after the winter solstice, Prince Wen Zhan was absent from the morning court!Therefore, even though we tried our best to conceal it, the news of the prince's assassination and serious injury still spread.

The outside of the small palace where the prince recuperated began to become lively.

Those who visited the sick, those who gave gifts, those who flattered people, those who spied on the truth, those who fell into trouble, and even those who had witchcraft intentions, those who should come and those who shouldn't, all came.

The prince hadn't woken up yet, so all these people were blocked from the end of the long street in front of the small palace.

Pei Tan's guards guarded a radius of one mile, and no one was allowed to enter.

However, no matter how tight the defense is, there are always exceptions.

No, it was just dawn, and a delicate guest went straight to the prince's bedroom.

"Brother Yi, Brother Yi!~~~~~"

Outside the corridor, there was a sound of kicking footsteps, and then a fragrant wind rushed towards my face, and a fragrant little fat duck flew into my arms!

"Brother Yi, I heard that Brother Six...I heard that Brother Six is ​​going to die, what should I do, what should I do?"

Ah Choo~~~~~~~~

I was sneezed again by the zither little fat duck!

I quickly said, "Don't listen to other people's nonsense, your sixth brother will not die for a while, and will live for a long time."

Pei Tan, who was always beside me, glanced at me.

Yuezheng let out a long breath, "Oh, that's good. I just woke up this morning and heard them secretly say that I was going to be scared to death."

The little Fat Duck of Yuezheng grabbed my collar and twisted his buttocks in my arms. He was about to roll down. I hugged him tightly, and repeated it like the old monk chanted, "Baby! How many times have I said that?" , don’t let those women in the harem smoke you like this anymore, it’s so fragrant every day, you can become a smoked duck without changing the fairy!”

Yuezheng pouted in front of me aggrievedly, her fingers were still paired, "Brother Yi wronged me again, I said it all, these clothes were ordered by my concubine, and prepared by my sister-in-law, I can't say anything. I I don’t know how to wash or put on clothes, so I can only pass on what they made, what can I do?”

As he said that, he suddenly raised his head in my arms, and looked at me with big black eyes, "How about, Brother Yi, you can move back to Yuxi Palace, I will go to play with you every day, and I can eat in your palace." Those rare things, I can still sleep with you, let Cucumber prepare clothes for me to wear, he is clumsy and stingy, he doesn’t need incense, and he doesn’t know how to incense, I have new clothes that don’t smell good.”

I stroke his hair.

I will never go back to this Yuxi Palace.

Yuxi Palace is much more noble than Qiwangfu, but my palace compound is more spacious and bright than Yuxi Palace.And in that small courtyard, the boss and my second child closed the door, and all the palaces were full of masters who knelt down and bowed to me to say hello to me. This was much better than in Yuxi Palace.In Yuxi Palace, at any time, the gods who asked me to kneel down and say hello came to visit Yuxi Palace.

In the forbidden palace, I have my father on my head, the crown prince in the east palace, and the queen in the harem. These three mountains stand on top of each other and stand still. I am more aggrieved than the monkey grandson who was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain by the Tathagata.

I said, "Even if I move back to Yuxi Palace, baby, you can't live here. Your mother... uh... Concubine Zhen... women generally have long hair and short knowledge, even the daughter of Pei Dongyue and Pei Shoufu's family. , eating three obediences and four virtues as buns, I can’t get enough to eat, it grows like a bean sprouts, and it talks like a sick cat..."

Ouch~~~~~~

Yuezheng held my neck, moved her small mouth to my face and took a bite.

I quickly said to Yuezheng, "Baby, don't be afraid. Your mother is your mother, and you are you! You just need to fatten it up three times, brush it with sauce, and it will be burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. Zheng is also my darling!! Brother Yi will not despise you~~~~~~"

what! !

I hold my nose.

My nose was bitten by the little ancestor of the Yuezheng. This nose alone is already comparable to the 'pig's head'.

I just wanted to press Yuezheng on my leg and raise my hand to spank his little butt, but Yuezheng suddenly raised his head and looked at me. I suddenly found that his eyes looked like the old Wen Zhan.

This makes me a little uncomfortable.

"Brother Yi, Brother Six treats you very well, don't quarrel with him, okay?"

"Brother Liu has a big temper, even the queen is very polite to him, but he is really nice to you, very good, brother Yi, you and Brother Six can make up."

I stroked Yue Zheng's hair again.

Why... even you think so?

He is nice to me, but why do I have to be nice to him?

Why, everyone thinks that I should be on the prince's side by nature?

The crown prince thinks so, my father thinks so, Pei Tan thinks so, Du Huan thinks so, Chu Qiangsheng thinks so, His Royal Highness Yu Lan thinks so, Old Cui thinks so too...

I suddenly remembered that three days ago, Cui Bicheng invited Chu Qiangsheng to dinner, and Prime Minister Chu also gave me face for the first time, but he wanted to take me as a company.During the banquet, Old Cui was confused as if he had taken rat poison.Holding a silver wine boat (the size of a large bowl), he leaned in front of Chu Qiangsheng, his eyes were drunk and he was talking nonsense!

——"Ah! Ah! Prime Minister Chu, Master Chu, Chu Tanhua! What is the most important thing in your life as a Taoist? Those fame and fortune, power and wealth are all fleeting! Every year outside the Dazheng Palace, there are people who ride horses and walk the imperial way, and every year is different. !"

"Life is short, you should enjoy yourself in time!"

"Look at me. I was Bigan in my previous life. He was a famous and loyal minister. He became famous! What happened in the end? I have worked hard all my life, worked diligently, and worked hard. In the end, I was turned into water spinach ? Later, I became Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Minister of Power Cai Jing! If you want to say, why don’t I become a Tongguan? That’s boring! He’s an eunuch! People who are no longer here, what are they doing alive?”

"My life has been full of ups and downs. I have been in prison, I have been in the seal, and I am extravagant. Maybe Lord Yan saw that I was living too comfortably, so he turned me into Wang Baochuan! Who is Wang Baochuan? I have been guarding the cold kiln for [-] years, eating green vegetables and tofu, my face is pale and green, almost turning into shallots, no, I just brought Xue Pinggui back to Chang'an, and I ate it for eighteen days The little stewed meat is on the sidelines. I am wronged, I am so wronged that I almost put Meng Po’s soup in the pot, and I can’t relieve my depression! Lord Yan saw that I was too depressed, so he reincarnated me into what I am today, haha !"

"For the sake of my 18 years of waiting in the cold kiln, I can't let down the delicious food and wine tonight~~~~~~Master Chu, I would like to offer you a glass, let's do it first!"

As he said that, as soon as Old Cui raised his neck, he drank the champion red from a big silver wine boat to the sky.

Chu Qiangsheng sat the whole time, there seemed to be a smile on his lips, but there didn't seem to be any.If I add food to him, he will take a bite. If I don't add food, he won't even move his chopsticks.

He didn't talk much all the time, but when Old Cui toasted him, he also drank, and when he gave him things, he took them all. The Phoenix Dancong (given by Yongjia Zhouxi) that Old Cui handed over, he took it for Pei Tan a catty.

When it comes to the relationship between Chu Qiangsheng and Pei Tan, that is obvious.

Chu Qiang was born with a high position and authority, almost higher than Pei Tan's official position, but his foundation is too shallow, like rice growing on saline-alkali soil, it will always wilt when the wind blows.

And although Pei Tan said he was a military officer, behind him was the whole Qingliu, a few powerful people!The group of people and the royal family are married to each other, and the relationship is intertwined and intricate. It can be said that everyone is prosperous and everyone is hurt.

After Chu Qiangsheng received the money and the gift, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, his cheeks were all light red.Chu Qiangsheng leaned beside me and said, "Chengyi, I've done everything I could. I drank the wine and ate the food. I'm leaving first."

Then he got up and said goodbye.

Old Cui didn't really want to stop him either.

Old Cui sent Chu Qiangsheng out of the gate with a flattering face and came back. He saw me eating a bowl of wonton noodles with great relish. I just wanted to eat noodles after drinking. Old Cui came over and said, "Recently you The market is seeing a rise."

I was chewing water chestnut fresh meat wontons in my mouth, and asked vaguely, "Why, someone wants to buy my antique calligraphy and painting again? I can tell you, I don't sell it! Cui Bicheng, don't think I don't know, those who bought it at a big price My antique people are all instigated by you."

"No! No!" Cui Bicheng's head shook like a rattle, he said quickly, "No, this time it's definitely not someone who wants to buy your precious things, this time it's..."

He suddenly lowered his voice, put his mouth close to my ear, and said in a hoarse voice, "A silver mine was dug on a barren mountain in a small county along the coast of Minzhe, and someone wants to give it to you..., silver It’s not gold, so there’s no need to change hands to exchange it! As long as you dig out silver sand and smelt silver, that’s money! A whole silver mine, how about it, let’s be generous. But don’t worry, everyone knows that you are a prince’s party Yes, the gold is not exchanged, my brother stood in your way."

"I just said to that person, what, don't you want to bring him over by giving King Qi a small silver mine? Isn't this a poor person! Are you right?"

Of course I know that outsiders have racked their brains and tried to send me things and drag me into trouble.

Over the years, Cui Bicheng really blocked a lot of troubles for me, but he also took advantage of these things to stuff his pockets bulging.

He likes money very much, and is very afraid that he will become poor. He said that he was Wang Baochuan in his previous life, a widow with a husband, who stayed in a cold kiln for 18 years, had no wine, no meat, no money, no man, and died of starvation and poverty. , Kuang dead.

Old Cui said that he has come to make money all his life!

Besides making money, he still thinks about his family after all.

And I.

I know he treats me well and is absolutely sincere!He looked at me like he was looking at a silver mine!Even one of us is a pair of enemies, I tricked him with money, and his heart trembled so much that he wanted to bite me to death, but he didn't dare to bite me seriously.

Regarding the relationship between Lao Cui and me, Mr. Du once sent Lao Cui a word,

——If you start with this, you must end with this.

This is not what Du Yuchan himself said, it was excerpted when he read "Zuo Zhuan".

In his opinion, although Old Cui belonged to His Highness the Third Highness and I belonged to the Crown Prince, we two cousins ​​were grasshoppers on the same rope. In the end, neither I nor him could escape.

Yong Kyung is so amazing!

Like messy hemp, tolerant of everything, but without the compassion and compassion of the Buddha.

There is no never-ending feast.

The warm wine was already cold, even though it was warmed with a small red clay stove, it was still cold.

I held my chaotic noodles, sweating from eating, with a satisfied expression on my face.Lao Cui thought he could swallow half a silver mine this time (he knew how many catties and taels he was, the next silver mine I could eat, he couldn't, he wanted to eat it, he didn't have such a big mouth, and he didn't have such a big mouth tummy), I slapped the bowl onto the table.

I grabbed Old Cui's ear and shouted, "Go! Let them use that silver mine to humiliate me too!!!"

Old Cui's wine and meat was already three days ago.

But what he said kept turning around in my mind.

In their eyes, the prince and I are like Chu Qiangsheng and Pei Tan.

No one knows the exact news, and no one knows exactly what was posted, and for what reason, they only believe that they must spend their hearts and souls for His Royal Highness, and will go through fire and water.There is nothing to doubt about this, just like spring will inevitably grow grass and warblers will fly, and autumn will inevitably kill everything.

Old Cui hated the prince so much that his teeth itch, but he never really persuaded me to betray him.

My father told me to follow the prince's temper, he said it was difficult for him.

Liu Congrong thought I was sorry for the prince.

Pei Tan said that I was causing trouble for the prince.

The five-year-old Yuezheng said that the prince was very kind to me and asked me to treat him too.

……

Everyone does.

But why can't I be enemies with the prince?

On the surface, they are kind and friendly, but secretly pinch each other to death, and will not give up unless they pinch each other to the underworld to play mahjong!

Am I born unworthy?

……

Or, am I imprisoning myself?

-

The third son of the emperor, Yu Lan, was named Prince Jia.

Yulan's uncle, Du Shilang, joined the cabinet due to luck (not recommended by the cabinet officials, only those called into the cabinet by the emperor's decree are collectively referred to as lucky entry), and the Du family has two cabinet elders, one old and one young.

This matter is not over yet. Liang Zheng's favorite second aunt who was in charge of the cabinet and the mud died too. He was heartbroken and grief-stricken. My father approved his memorial.

So the current situation of the Dazheng court is:

My father recuperates from his illness - he is in the Forbidden Palace Xiyuan, which is a deep palace, clean and beautiful, accompanied by a silly wife, Cui Meiren.

The prince is recuperating - he is here in the small palace, because there are assassins who have already targeted the prince, and the shadow guards of the prince are really ineffective, and people deal with it like killing melons and vegetables, so naturally the surroundings of the prince should be strictly guarded. A battalion of Jingyuan Hou Pei Tan is stationed around the small palace!

Prince Jia——The freshly baked Jia Qin Yulan moved out of the Forbidden Palace, and my father rewarded him with an official residence of a former king with a different surname in Xicheng as the palace.This compound is large and beautiful, with carved beams and painted buildings, it is extremely gorgeous, but it is not solemn enough, because its boundary is not good, it is not in Beicheng, and it is not noble enough.

The people living in the west city of Yongjing are all Beijing officials below the third grade, the mansions of officials from other provinces with strong family backgrounds in Yongjing, and there are well-known official businessmen, such as Cui Bicheng.

King Jia is a dignified prince with a high status. When he pokes there, it seems that a golden phoenix (fried chicken) that has just been reborn from the oil pan has flown into the chicken coop, and it is still steaming fresh.

Above the imperial court—the cabinet Du Ju is in charge, but if there is anything, he has to discuss it with his second assistant, Chu Qiangsheng. Stay in the cabinet to fill the number.

In the words of old Cui, Du Shilang built temples, repaired palaces, repaired river embankments, and transported timber, and was very good at greedy for money. As for regulating yin and yang, once the prime minister and the cabinet were in power, he was too amateurish. Du Shilang was like a play The one on the stage turned into Zhong Kui's face, and ended up singing a copy of "The Romance of the West Chamber", and he went to the wrong place.

This is really chaotic, after you sing, I will appear on the stage, and in just one night, Yongjing is almost turned upside down.

Just after the hour of the hour, the sky was shining brightly from the night's heavy snow, just like white silver.

I hold the zither for breakfast.

Yuezheng is a picky eater and it is difficult to feed him. Only after I feed him a few bites can I have a bite.It's been a long time, and I haven't eaten half of my steamed stuffed bun yet. At this time, cucumbers came rushing in with grumbling noises.

"My lord! ~~~~~ It's not good, someone rebelled!!"

"what!!?"

The chopsticks in my hand trembled, and the bun rolled to my feet.

Yuezheng was playing vigorously with a bergamot in his hand, but he stopped playing at this time, and opened his eyes wide to look at the cucumber that was about to die.

Liu Congrong has been guarding outside the curtain of the prince's inner hall, the world is big, the prince's illness is the worst!He was indifferent to everything else, and when he heard Cucumber's shocking words, he just glanced sideways and turned his head away.

Pei Tan was outside the water pavilion, missing.

I punched Cucumber on the top of the head and said angrily, "Nonsense, go! Go face the wall!"

Cucumber quickly grabbed my sleeve and said anxiously, "My lord, it's true! I don't dare to talk nonsense about such a big thing! Dali Temple Secretary Luo Xianzhen led troops to surround our palace this morning, and no one can come in or out. The servant is still..."

He leaned close to my ear and said very vaguely, "Crawled out from the tunnel."

"My lord, they are here to arrest people."

I was shocked, "I heard it wrong. I did not rebel, I was not accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason, I was not eliminated, and my mother did not fall out of favor! I eat and sleep well, and live well! Take a step back and say that even if I collaborate with the enemy Treason, rebellion against the superior, if you want to arrest me, you need the emperor's order! What kind of onion is he, Dali minister Luo Xianzhen? Why should he lead troops to surround my palace?!—"

"Wait, Cucumber, who are they going to catch?"

Cucumber has a weird expression.

It feels like the death of the mother-in-law, don't be sad, I am afraid that others will gossip, it is too sad, and I am afraid that others will laugh at me.

"My lord, they want to arrest Young Master Lian."

"Why?" My husband said, "Since Xiaolian came out of the Guanzhi Tower, he has been staying in the palace. Except for speaking inappropriately and offending the prince, he has no enmity with anyone. That Luo... Luo what, he arrested Xiaolian What is Lian's crime?"

Cucumber scratched his hair by himself, and made two gestures with his fingers, "Two reasons - one is a sex-eyed person, and the other is..."

My heart skipped a beat when I heard it.

——"Prince, you don't need to panic. Dali Qing Lord Luo didn't rebel, he just searched for assassins according to his order."

Cucumber and I were talking, when Pei Tan appeared out of nowhere.

Pei Tan was dressed in court clothes, as if he had just come to court.

Sometimes I wonder why gossip about government affairs (such as the assassination of the prince and serious injury, such as Yu Lan's crowning of the king, such as Chu Qiangsheng's second position in the cabinet) spread so quickly, making us idlers compare to going to the early court. What more does your minister know?

I looked at him, "Whose order is it? Yongjing is in such a state of chaos, it's not unusual for someone to pretend to kill someone."

Pei Tan took off his official uniform, and someone around him had already put on a soft fox fur robe for him. He sat by the air vent, holding a heater in his hand, "Eunuch Huang, please tell the prince the second reason. .”

I turned to look at the cucumber.

Cucumber said, "...Yes, there are stab wounds on my body."

I asked, "Where did the knife wound come from on Xiaolian's body?"

"On the left arm, the wound is one inch long."

This time it was Pei Tan who spoke.

I was taken aback, "How do you know?"

Xiao Lian had a knife wound on her left hand, but it was from cutting vegetables, and it was not one inch long, but two inches long.The cut was cut with a kitchen knife, and there were some unevenness. It was definitely not the trauma left by Pei Tan's long sword.

"My lord will never forget the assassination of the prince. Those assassins were very skillful. The situation was dangerous at that time. The ministers fought hard, but one assassin escaped. The assassin's eyes were light-colored, and he was a pervert. Pei A certain assassin has never seen such a frightening assassin in his life. He is ruthless, vicious, and deadly. He doesn't even care about his own life, but no one can hurt him. There's a wound on it."

Pei Tan compared his left hand, "On the left arm, there was a one-inch wound...but it was too messy at the time, so I can only make a rough estimate, it's not very accurate."

"My lord, you'd better not ask about this matter. Luo Xianzhen is ordered to search the entire Yongjing city for suspicious people. As long as they are color-eyed people with stab wounds on their bodies, he will definitely take them back to the Imperial Prison for careful interrogation. Wait until the question is clear. Now, if you are innocent, I will definitely return home to reunite with you. It's nothing."

"Humph!"

I look at him.

The Prison of the Ministry of Punishment is known as the "Reincarnation Institute", and the living people go in to pick up layers of skin, and the half-dead can go directly to reincarnation.In that place, even if they find it innocent in the end and release it, they won't survive three or five years.

So, I stood up and said, "Someone is going to stir up trouble following the assassination of the prince. Marquis Pei, didn't you persuade me to be of one mind with His Highness the prince? That's just right. I'll find someone to arrest Luo Xianzhen right now. He caused troubles in Yongjing City, tarnishing the prince's wisdom."

"My lord! Do you know whose order Luo Xianzhen is following?"

I ignored Pei Tan, picked up the zither, pulled the cucumber and was about to leave.

"Order out of the East Palace!

This is the prince's order!It was the order given by the prince before he fell into a coma! "