true

He even scolded him for bringing the medicine late... Your Highness, what's wrong with you! Seeing Jingyan's face suddenly pale, Meng Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"How did Brother Qi answer?"

"His Royal Highness Qi Wang answered no."

"..." Jingyan felt as if his whole body was frozen, unable to move at all, and stood there in a daze for a long time before throwing off Meng Zhi's support, "Go back."

"...Your Highness, is there something wrong?"

Jingyan shook his head, "I can't think of anything, you should step back first."

Meng Zhi saw that he seemed to have something to do with his face, and then thought that maybe he had stayed for a long time and delayed His Highness's rest, so he hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

----

As soon as Meng Zhi left, Jingyan stood in the courtyard again and looked at the fallen plum trees. After watching for a long time, from the new moon rising to the pale sky, he slowly walked towards the house.

Step by step, it was so heavy that exhausted the strength of the whole body.

After returning to the room and closing the door, he gritted his teeth and punched the table hard, followed by another punch.

He didn't stop until the paper on the table was splashed with dark red.

He knew what was in the cyan cloud-pattern kit.

Princess Linglong's letter to King Yu not only described the life experience of King Yu, but also the secret of Emperor Liang's ascension to the throne.

Banruo took the sachet with her when she escaped from King Yu, and Lin Chen later caught her, and the sachet fell into Mei Changsu's hands.

Mei Changsu pondered for a while before using it, "This sachet is like gunpowder, it can catch fire at any time if it is placed there. The secrets in it are the most untouchable by the emperor. If he knows who else knows this secret, he will Let someone die."

After thinking about the maidservant of the Hua clan, Ting Sheng once said that someone seemed to have moved in King Qi's study, presumably someone sent by the emperor found the sachet.

Thinking about it, during the period when Emperor Liang was holding the sachet, he had murderous intentions towards Brother Qi.

Especially after knowing that he used the Jinling defenders.

However, maybe King Qi's self-incrimination eased his doubts, or maybe he was really reluctant to part with his son. This seemingly ordinary question in the Hall of Martial Arts meant that he had given up the idea of ​​killing King Qi.

But no matter what, as long as Emperor Liang is still alive, there is absolutely no possibility for King Qi to be crown prince.

Whether King Qi answered yes or no, it was no longer important.

Jingyan feels fear.

This time, it was for myself.

When he returned to the East China Sea from the dragon couch, he had already planned his future journey.

He wanted to stand against brother Qi Wang and suppress the other princes, and then when he finally made a mistake, he made some mistakes and took a step back, allowing Qi Wang to become the prince naturally.

This is a difficult draw, and Jingyan falters step by step.

After King Qi left Beijing, Jingyan's situation became even more difficult.

Because King Qi asked to be demoted, the reason for the demotion was written in the imperial decree very vaguely, and there was no serious crime such as unfilial piety.In addition, King Qi still has the support of Marquis Yan of the Lin family and a group of ministers, so long as the remaining princes are not useful, King Qi may still be recalled to the throne after many years.

It's just that, originally what he wanted to do was to suppress King Xian and King Yu, but now he had to make it impossible for them to become heirs.Brothers can't avoid each other, brother Qi will never forgive himself.

He thought this was the worst case scenario.

Before today, Jingyan always thought so.

He can die for Lin Shu and Brother Qi without hesitation, but he also wants to live.When the dust settles, he may not be able to get too close to the people he loves, but he's still in the world looking at them.

But now it can't.

-

King Qi's accession to the throne is the wish of Lin Xie and Yan Que, Lin Shu's wish, and the wish of all people in the world.

It was also Xiao Jingyan's wish.

Over the years, he has pushed himself to the point where he could not retreat step by step just for this wish.

He is very clear now that there is only one road left before him.

Xiao Jingyan must become the prince.

In the past, he took part in seizing the heir to prevent people who wield power like King Xian and King Yu from ascending to the throne. Now he must firmly occupy this seat, so that there is hope for Brother Qi in the future.

—He turned himself into a dead chess piece.

At the last moment, only when he disappeared on the chessboard, could the game be considered truly won.

----

Lin Shu came back from the night inspection very tired, and when he was about to sleep, he suddenly heard someone outside the window smashing the window with a stone.

He opened the window and saw Fei Liu looking at him anxiously, "Brother Su!"

He understood the reason for Fei Liu's anxiety almost immediately, and stood up abruptly, "What's wrong with Jingyan!?"

Jingyan is drunk.

He seldom drank alcohol, and even when he drank, he seldom got drunk. When he was drunk, he drank a few bowls of water and fell asleep without making any noise.

Fei Liu had never seen him drunk, he followed Lin Chen, and Lin Chen had never been so drunk before, so he didn't know what happened.

But Jingyan sent Lie Zhanying and the others away in order to get drunk, and Feiliu couldn't find anyone to talk to him on a daily basis. He remembered that Lin Chen had told him before he left that if something happened to Jingyan, he would definitely Look for the man you met last time in the cabin in the Jiu'an Mountain paddock.

Lin Shu leaned closer and checked again and again, before he breathed a sigh of relief, leaned over and carefully picked Jingyan up from the table, and said to Fei Liu, "He's fine, he just fell asleep, you go, I'll take care of him."

"..." He could be woken up when he fell asleep, but Fei Liu felt that he could trust this person, so he tilted his head and thought for a while, then went out.

----

Jingyan seems to have seen Lin Shu in a dream.

Lin Shu's warm body temperature pressed against him, and he stroked his back with his hands, calling his name softly.

He had a lot to say to Lin Shu.

In fact, I was an emperor, and I was very good, but you didn't see it.

Everyone in the world can say that it is difficult for me to look up to brother Qi Wang, but you don't want to say it.

These words were things that he never even thought about when he was awake, and he thought about them in his dreams, but he dared not say them.

But now he must die.

For Mei Changsu and himself the obsession of exhausting his life.

Jingyan suddenly sits up and grabs Lin Shu by the collar.

Lin Shu looked into his red eyes, thinking he was going to punch her.

But while waiting with his eyes closed, he heard Jingyan say something softly.

As if saying goodbye.

He said, Xiaoshu, I like you.

[Langya Bang] The First True [31] (Shu Yan)

In Xuanjing Division, Xia Jiang stared at the list and map in his hand, lost in thought.

It has been a year since King Qi was demoted for the Qishui incident.

King Qi has always been the one closest to the crown prince.

And after he left, the next king of Daliang would have to choose between King Xian Yu and Prince Jing.

It was not only Emperor Liang who made this choice, but also the choice of all the courtiers, including Xia Jiang himself.

If Xuan Jingsi wanted to survive, he had to consider the future.

These three princes, neither eldest nor heir, have their own merits. The situation in Jinling has changed suddenly. In the past year, Prince Yu is dominant, Prince Jing is second, and Prince Xian is the weakest.

In terms of origin, King Yu was raised by the Queen.

In terms of political achievements, Prince Yu and Prince Jing are on par.

In terms of support from the courtiers, many people who supported King Qi were very disdainful of Prince Jing, who agreed with Emperor Liang and ignored the life and death of the people. On the other hand, King Yu donated a lot of money in private to help build the river even though his words were relatively neutral. Therefore, after King Qi left, some courtiers were disheartened, but they were drawn over by King Yu a lot.

There are also some people who were suppressed by King Jing but not used by King Qi, even Duke Qing, who led the army, openly supported Prince Yu.

Therefore, Yuwang's reputation is growing day by day, and Emperor Liang, who is proficient in balance, also acquiesced in all this. Perhaps he has some fatherly love in his heart, but more, he doesn't want to Seeing a situation where the prince dominates.

In the summer of this year, King Yu went out to inspect the fourteen prefectures on the left of the Jiangzuo to be effective. a prince.

At the end of the year, Emperor Liang named Xiao Jingyan, the seventh son of the emperor, as the Prince of Qizhu, and thus formed a situation where the two kings stood side by side.

At first glance, it seems that King Yu is more powerful, but most of it is the result of Emperor Liang's promotion. If you look at it calmly, King Yu and Prince Jing can only be regarded as evenly divided.

What's more, Yu Wang has a more fatal point - his life experience.

King Yu must have known this very well in his heart. His father could sit back and watch him divide power, but he could only tolerate it so far—unless he had no other choice, Emperor Liang would never allow a prince with a foreign bloodline. Ascend to the throne.

Then what he has to do is to eliminate other possibilities, so that after a hundred years of Emperor Liang, he can justifiably ascend the throne.

This is also the reason why Wang Yu frequently showed his favor to Xia Jiang.

If one day he really wants to take the risk, King Yu needs Xia Jiang's support.

But King Yu is not the best choice for Xia Jiang.

Compared with King Yu's splendor, Prince Jing seemed mediocre: he had only carried out one horse policy in the past year, and it was difficult to move because of the secret constraints of the Ministry of War. Although Emperor Liang didn't say anything, he didn't like it in his heart.

But in Xia Jiang's view, Prince Jing was just keeping a low profile. He gained the upper hand by showing his sharpness in the past two years, but he also made too many enemies. He hid his sharpness this year just for the sake of future plans.

Then there is Lin Shu, Lin Shu is now deeply trusted by Emperor Liang, and several memorials for training the army and suggestions for improving the armament of bows and crossbows have also been adopted by Emperor Liang. .

For Lin Shu, whether it is Xianwang