Pregnant with His Highness' cub before becoming a monk

Li Yi fell ill this time very suddenly. Although the imperial physician said there was nothing serious after checking the pulse, Shifang was still not at ease.

Early this morning, he went to the Buddhist hall to copy scriptures and pray for Li Yi, and he stayed for half a day.

At noon, a person suddenly entered the Buddhist hall, it was the third prince Li You.

Li You came in a hurry, obviously trotting over, he was out of breath as soon as he came in, his little face was flushed with heat.

"Your Highness, aren't you in the suburbs of Beijing? Why are you back?" Shi Fang asked in surprise.

The third prince ran to the front of Shifang, gasped and said: "Brother...Brother..."

He rode all the way back to the palace, first went to Jiyueju but found no one, then trotted all the way to the Buddhist hall, now he finally saw Shifang, and he was more than half relieved.

"No hurry, you can talk slowly first." Shifang gave him a square handkerchief and asked him to wipe the sweat off his forehead, then reached out and stroked the young man's back to help him calm down.

The third prince paused for a moment, and said: "I'm in the suburbs of Beijing, I heard the rumor from them, and I rushed back all the way."

"What rumors?" Shifang asked puzzled.

"Don't you know, brother?" The third prince frowned and said, "It's spread all over the capital, I thought it was spread all over the palace too!"

When Shi Fang heard the words, a trace of unease suddenly surged in his heart, as if the unease that he had been feeling faintly before was suddenly confirmed now.

He looked at the third prince and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is... what kind of rumor?"

"They said... that elder brother is from Da Zhou." The third prince said, "I'm about to die of rage, and I rushed back as soon as I heard about it. These people are simply unreasonable! I'm going to vent my anger on you, and I can't let them arrange you like this!"

The third prince has been in the palace ten times since he was born, so it is impossible for him to believe such rumors even if he is killed.

The third prince said something indignantly, but Shi Fang was stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

There was nothing unusual about his expression, but his face, which was originally fair and cold, was a little paler now, and when he looked carefully, even his thin lips had lost all color.

"Brother?" The third prince's temperament is not delicate, he only cares about getting angry, and didn't notice anything strange about Shifang.

Seeing that Shifang didn't speak, he thought that Shifang was also angry, and quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, with Father and Second Brother here, you will never be wronged like this. If anyone dares to arrange you again, I will Just go and talk to them!"

Shifang smiled lightly after a brief absence.

"Go back and have a good rest first. If you run around in such a hot day, you will be in trouble if you catch the heat." Shi Fang said to the third prince.

The third prince was also obedient, and now that he saw Shifang, he felt more at ease, and he pulled Shifang to talk for a while before returning to his bedroom.He sweated a lot during this journey, so he had to go back to take a shower and change clothes.

After the third prince left, Shi Fang went to the residence of the empress.

At this time, the emperor was discussing state affairs in the imperial study, and only the empress was there.

"Shifang?" After seeing Shifang, the queen immediately smiled, and there was nothing unusual on her face.

Shi Fang cupped his hands at him and said, "Your Highness the Empress already knows about the rumors?"

The queen was startled when she heard the words, and immediately restrained her smile.

"This matter happened so suddenly, Your Majesty and I only found out about it early this morning." The Empress said to Shi Fang, "Don't worry, no matter how others arrange you, Your Majesty and I will make decisions for you."

Shifang smiled faintly, and said, "What is supposed to come will always come, and there is no way to avoid it."

The queen frowned upon hearing this, with restrained anger in her eyes.

"Your life experience is known to very few people in the entire capital. Except for me, Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother, only a few close friends know about it. It is absolutely impossible for them to spread this matter." The Queen said: "I The only possibility I can think of is…”

"It's from my father." Shi Fang said, "They've always known about my existence, but they didn't find the opportunity to make a fuss about it before. This time I stayed in the palace for too long, so I must have attracted their attention. If ...If I had left earlier, perhaps today's incident would not have happened."

Shi Fang sighed, looking a little frustrated.

But the queen said: "It's not because of you, but because of Yi'er..."

"Your Highness?" Shi Fang's complexion changed when he heard the words, and he became a little nervous.

The queen said: "On the day Yi'er returned to the palace, he ordered people to seal up a secret/prostitution house operated by the people of Dazhou in the capital, and ordered all the minions inside to be beheaded in the downtown area. The people of Dazhou were enraged, that's why they did this." .”

Shi Fang was taken aback, remembering the place they had been to not long ago, and he was the one who reminded Li Yi that it was a bit unusual.Unexpectedly, Li Yi actually set out to investigate and found out the problem.

So... after Li Yi came back from the garden, did he do this?

Thinking about it carefully, Shifang's unease seems to have started from that day...

Li Yi has already "fighted" with the people of Dazhou?

So if nothing else happens, he should know about the rumor, right?

To be precise, that is not a rumor at all, but a fact.

Shifang's body does indeed have the blood of half of the people of Da Zhou.

For more than ten years, the Great Zhou and the Great Banquet had been in constant discord, and Li Yi, as the prince, hated the people of the Great Zhou to the core.

What would happen if Li Yi learned that his elder brother, whom he had always been close to and trusted, was from Da Zhou?

Will he be furious and complain that Shifang has been hiding it from him, or will he be annoyed that he has always been so close to Shifang?

Shi Fang only felt a little cold all over, and hardly dared to speculate on Li Yi's reaction.

"Shifang." The queen put her hand on Shifang's shoulder, her eyes full of distress.

Shifang asked in a trembling voice, "Did he... already know?"

The queen didn't know what was going on in the royal study at the moment, but the rumors spread to everyone after the early court, and it might be difficult for Li Yi not to know.

"Shifang, Yi'er won't look down on you because of this. In his heart, you are a close relative. No matter what your background is, this will not change." The queen said.

"Really?" Shifang murmured, as if he was asking or questioning.

Even he himself failed to fully accept this matter after spending many years, how could Li Yi face him without any grievances?

"The people of Dazhou probably have calculated this correctly, so they will use you to handle Yi'er. Shifang, if we mess up our own position, won't the people of Dazhou get what they want?" the queen said.

Shifang calmed down a little when he heard the words, and realized the meaning of the queen's words.

It has to be said that the people of Da Zhou suffered a lot from this move.

It would be okay if Li Yi "destroyed relatives with righteousness" had no scruples about Shifang at all.If he protects the ten directions, in the eyes of all the officials and the common people, he will inevitably fall into the trap of "protecting his shortcomings". At that time, it will not hurt Li Yi or the fundamentals of the court, but some discord between the monarch and his ministers will be inevitable.

The most important thing for a ruler is the hearts of the people. Although Li Yi had a domineering and ruthless "violent reputation" in the past, in the hearts of all the officials and the people, this prince always puts the overall situation first. The fierce is a bit fierce, but it does not fall into the name of a virtuous person.

But now that Da Zhou is involved, things are different.

The common people and officials don't care what kind of person Shifang is. To them, Dazhou is just a "symbol", and anyone who gets involved will become "the target of public criticism".In particular, Shifang's status is too noble, bearing the name of His Royal Highness the Great Banquet, he will only receive more malice.

"Now I understand why you insisted on going to Qingyin Temple five years ago. If I had known today, I might as well have fulfilled your wish and let go of this useless title." The queen walked a few steps in the hall, Looks a little annoyed.

Shifang calmed down now, and he said, "It's useless, even if I'm not His Highness, as long as I have a close relationship with His Highness, the courtiers will not let it go. Their worries are not unfounded. I always like to use these methods, in case I am their secret agent..."

"Shifang!" The queen interrupted him, frowning.

"Father's Empress." Shifang called out the title he used to call the Empress this time, "The people of the Great Zhou will use me to separate His Highness and courtiers, but they are counting on everyone's weakness. If His Highness treats me kindly, he will protect me Zhou Quan, but the courtiers blamed me precisely because they were concerned about the safety of the banquet."

What Shifang said was true, and because of this, if Li Yi insisted on protecting him, the courtiers would definitely be chilled.

As Shifang expected, in the imperial study room, after Li Yi made the decision, the courtiers did not let it go.

In fact, after Li Yi expressed his position, the emotions of the ministers became more "intense".

It's just because they misunderstood Li Yi's attitude.

Previously, the courtiers thought that Li Yi would try their best to protect Shifang, but they did not expect His Royal Highness to be the one who proposed to "remove the jade document", so the courtiers "naively" thought that it was because His Royal Highness had seen Shifang's "true face" clearly will be so.

After Li Yi made his statement, they all spoke out, and they had no intention of letting it go.

"People of the Great Zhou are best at deceiving people's hearts, and they are used to using those low-handed methods to confuse people." Someone said: "Even if Shi Fang removes his name from the jade document, it will be a disaster after all."

"I think that weeding must be done by eradicating the root, otherwise I'm afraid there will be long nights and dreams in the future."

"The common people know about this now. If Shi Fang is kept in the palace, I'm afraid there will be criticism from the people."

"Besides, Da Zhou and our banquet have had deep disagreements..."

All the ministers, you talk to each other, and the more you talk, the more you talk.

The emperor sat indifferently behind the imperial case, while Li Yi stood expressionlessly in the hall.

Both father and son listened silently, and did not express their views, allowing the officials to express their opinions.

After a long time, the discussion in the hall gradually died down.

All the ministers finally realized that His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince seemed a little unusual, so they stopped talking.

"Killing an innocent person to calm the hearts of the people, do you mean this?" Li Yi asked coldly.

"This..." Those who were still arguing just now were dumbfounded, and no one dared to answer.

Seeing this, the emperor sneered, and said, "It's a good thing you didn't say that you tied up Shifang and sent him to Dazhou for some benefits, otherwise I would make you die of embarrassment!"

The comments made by the ministers just now were indeed a bit excessive.

At this moment, they all calmed down before realizing the problem.

In any case, Shifang was only born with a sensitive background, but he did not do anything that violated the laws of the banquet.It is really inappropriate to shout and kill him, a practitioner who has no power to restrain himself.

"Although Shifang is a native of the Great Zhou, death is not a crime..." A slightly older courtier said, "I feel that as long as he leaves the capital, the sky and sea will not cut off his path. "

Someone echoed the words: "Yes, God has the virtue of loving life. As long as he never enters the palace again, the rumors will naturally subside after a long time."

Li Yi stood in the hall, his face became more and more cold, and he seemed about to be unable to hold back.

At this time, the emperor got up from behind the case and walked over, and patted Li Yi on the shoulder with one hand.

Both Li Yi and the emperor knew in their hearts that this matter should not be decided rashly.

In case of impulsiveness, the final consequences will fall on Shifang.

The more scrupulous you are, the more you have to hold your breath!

The emperor's bedroom.

The queen said to Shifang: "You don't have to worry, Your Majesty and Yi'er know it well, I believe they can handle this matter well."

"Is Your Highness in the Imperial Study now?" Shi Fang asked.

"What do you want to do?" the queen asked, "You are innocent from beginning to end in this matter, so you don't have to have any burden or guilt, and don't do anything stupid."

Shi Fang smiled faintly, and his desolate look returned to his face.

He said, "Yi'er has grown up, she is no longer the kid who used to cry when things happen."

"Yes, you used to protect him, but now it's time for him to protect you." The Queen said, "You are his elder brother, a close relative, and he should protect you from all this, just like you used to It's like they're going to stand in front of him."

Shi Fang smiled when he heard the words, and the uneasiness and apprehension in his eyes were swept away.

That's right, they are close relatives and brothers. From before to now, they have always been...

In the imperial study room, the courtiers advanced and retreated, and finally the monarch and his ministers were deadlocked on one issue, that is, Shi Fang could not leave the capital, but he was not allowed to enter the palace again.

After all, the courtiers have noticed the changes in Li Yi these days. In the past, they all secretly felt that it was so good that Master Shifang was there, and he could help His Royal Highness restrain his hostility.

Their prince is good everywhere, but his temper is too bad.

Even a prestigious veteran in the court would never be able to get a good face in front of this person.

But once Master Shifang enters the palace, it will be different.

Not only the courtiers, but even the guards in the palace got a lot of good looks from His Royal Highness.

However, all this was before Shifang's life experience was revealed.

Once Shifang has the "label" of Dazhou people, his influence on Li Yi will be charged with "bewitching" the prince.

How could such a cold and stern Highness be so obedient when he saw Shifang?

The people of Dazhou are really good at deceiving people's hearts, so we have to guard against them!

The emperor did not respond to the proposal from his courtiers.

Li Yi only answered three words: "Impossible."

It is impossible for Shi Fang to never enter the palace.It is impossible for Shifang to never see him.

It is impossible for him to keep a distance from Shifang.

It is impossible for him to draw a clear line with Shifang.

His Highness the Crown Prince's attitude is very clear, it's fine to remove the jade document, but don't think about anything else.

The courtiers all knew Li Yi's temper, and seeing that there was no chance here, they all turned their "spearheads" on the emperor.

The emperor has never been a weak character, but at what age is he, he is not as sharp as the prince, and he has always been tolerant of the courtiers' advice, so the courtiers dare to say a few more words in front of him .

But today the emperor has kept silent, despite the earnestness of the courtiers, did not give a charter.

In the end, the courtiers and the prince stared wide-eyed, and the scene fell into a stalemate for a while.

"His Royal Highness..." an old minister who was nearly sixty years old said.

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yi interrupted him and said, "Even if you say you have broken the sky, Gu only has those three words to return to you. Removing him from the jade document is the only condition that Gu can agree to."

Li Yi came from Japan with illness, and after standing in the hall for a while, his complexion was a little worse than when he first came.

But his aura was not damaged in the slightest, and the sickness on his body added a bit of courage to him.

Seeing that there was no solution for the situation to go so stalemate, the old minister immediately planned to make a "dead remonstrance" with his head.

Of course, it is impossible to be killed by a real collision. He is old and moves slowly, and someone will definitely hold him before he knocks his head down.

At that time, he can express his feelings to the emperor with snot and tears, and the emperor will still sell him some thin noodles.

He has used this play many times, Li Yi alone has seen it more than once...

Just when he was about to bow his knees and kowtow to His Highness the Crown Prince, there was a message from an internal servant outside the door, saying that Master Shifang had arrived.

Everyone in the hall was stunned at once, apparently they didn't expect that the Lord would come uninvited at this time.

Li Yi frowned slightly, his eyes were full of worry, he turned to look at the emperor and shook his head slightly.

At this time, Shi Fang came in to face the courtiers directly, which was obviously not what he wanted to see.

This group of courtiers has always been eloquent and eloquent, especially when encountering such a thing, they are all unheard of.

Li Yi is used to these scenes, and he can keep some words from his heart, but he can't let Shifang hear them.

"Let him go back first, and say that I am busy." The emperor said.

"Return to Your Majesty, Master Shifang said that he is waiting outside." The servant who sent the message said.

Li Yi frowned even more when he heard this, knowing that Shi Fang had made up his mind to come in.

It's such a hot day, and it's noon now, so it's not easy for him to really wait outside.Besides, he was able to come here at this time, probably because he already knew what happened, and it is impossible to hide it, and it is unnecessary.

Thinking of this, the emperor said, "Let him in."

The servant responded hurriedly when he heard the words, and after a while, Shi Fang stepped into the imperial study.

Shifang went to the Buddhist hall to copy the scriptures to pray for Li Yi today. He was wearing the clothes he brought from the temple earlier. The clothes were gray and turned white after washing.However, Shi Fang had an outstanding appearance. Wearing such clothes on him not only did not damage his temperament in the slightest, but on the contrary gave him a somewhat clean feeling.

The courtiers who were still "crying and beating and killing" before, the hostility in their hearts subsided a little after seeing Shi Fang.

Someone secretly thought, no wonder His Highness the Crown Prince can restrain his temper a lot when he is with him, people who have practiced all the year round are really different from ordinary people.

Standing in the hall, Shi Fang bowed calmly to the emperor and Li Yi, and then to other people in the hall.

Li Yi stared at him in a daze, and wanted to say something, but he got stuck in the middle of saying "brother", but he couldn't say anything.

Not long ago, it was he who personally proposed to remove Shifang from the Jade Document.

This means that from today onwards, Shifang is no longer his elder brother...

"Shifang, what do you want to say?" the emperor asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, when I was copying scriptures in the Buddhist hall today, I suddenly remembered that I have been in the palace for nearly a month, and I thought it was time to go back to Qingyin Temple, so I came to say goodbye to Your Majesty and Your Highness." Shi Fang said.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall had different expressions.

Many courtiers seemed to be relieved, but Li Yi frowned, and his eyes fell on Shi Fang for a moment.

"18 years ago, thanks to the care of His Majesty and His Royal Highness, Shi Fang was able to survive in the world." Shi Fang showed no emotion on the cold ground, as if talking about other people's affairs, "Five years ago, my biological father died of illness in the prison. I only learned about my life experience from Her Majesty the Queen."

He seemed to be speaking to the emperor, but actually he was speaking to the courtiers.

That means he didn't even know he was from Dazhou before he was 16 years old, and the queen can testify.

In this way, the courtiers will not suspect that he is the secret agent of Da Zhou, right?

"My father is ashamed of the big banquet. Although what he did has nothing to do with me, his blood is flowing in my body." Shifang said slowly: "Five years ago, that is, after I learned of my life experience, I Forgive me, my father invited me to Qingyin Temple to pray for the banquet, and prayed every day, praying for the feast to be in good weather, and also praying for your majesty and all your highnesses to be safe and sound."

Li Yi's hands hanging by his side slowly clenched into fists, his eyes were a little red, and he was still looking at Shifang from a distance of a few steps.

But Shifang didn't look at him from the beginning to the end, and there was no emotion on his cold face, which made Li Yi feel very strange.

It was as if the person in front of him had no sorrow or joy at all.

Li Yi almost couldn't help wondering whether the elder brother who spoiled and indulged him before existed?

He has a fever now, and he has been a little unconscious until now.At this moment, he looked at Shifang, who had no sadness or joy on his face, and felt that the scene of more than a month in the past suddenly became unreal, like a dream.

"I actually planned to say goodbye to Your Majesty and Your Highnesses when I returned to the palace this time," Shi Fang said.

Everyone was surprised when they heard the words, and the emperor asked, "Farewell, where are you going?"

Shifang smiled faintly, and said, "The master of Qingyin Temple promised to shave me a month ago. According to the rules, before taking the precepts, monks must first bid farewell to their old friends, and they can only enter the Tao after they have settled their karma."

Everyone heard that you look at me and I look at you, obviously they didn't expect things to turn out like this.

If Shifang wants to become a monk, doesn't that mean becoming a monk?

Now that I have become a monk, I will naturally never enter the palace again.

In this way, doesn't it just solve the current predicament?

"Shifang?" the emperor said, "You don't have to be like this..."

"Your Majesty, monks don't lie. Although Shi Fang has not become a monk, he is also a practitioner, so he dare not lie to His Majesty." Shi Fang said, "Qingyin Temple is in the suburbs of Beijing. I want to become a monk. The master and senior brothers in the temple We all know that if His Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask someone to find out."

When Shi Fang said this, his face was calm, but he could feel that Li Yi had been watching him.

The young man's gaze was fixed on him like a substance, and he had to suppress his emotions forcibly, so that he could barely resist the thought of turning his head to look at Li Yi.

He didn't dare to look at Li Yi, for fear of seeing the same eyes as the boy in his dream.

But what else could he do?Now that things have come to this, he can't hide in the palace and be a turtle with his head shrunk, letting Li Yi stand in front of him to face the courtiers, right?From Shifang's point of view, Li Yi's temperament is not strong at all, and he is already deflated enough in front of the courtiers on weekdays, how can he be wronged for him?

"You said you want to..." Li Yi looked at Shifang in a daze, and asked hoarsely, "Where are you going?"

Li Yi's voice sounded almost trembling, Shi Fang suppressed his heartache, turned to Li Yi and said, "Become a monk."

Shifang wants to become a monk.

And the decision had already been made before entering the palace.

In other words, Shifang has been coaxing him for the past month.

Let him do all kinds of scheming and hope, but it turned out that the chance had already been lost long before the reunion.

Li Yi only felt his head buzzing, and his chest felt as if someone had hit him with a hammer. The pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe.

Then he looked at Shifang with red eyes, and suddenly choked up a big mouthful of blood...