Lei Yue Longmen

King Dun walked among the palace passages, his expression was full of melancholy.Suddenly, a little girl in white clothes and filial piety appeared in front of me.King Dun took a closer look, it was his cousin Li Jingmei.

"Do you know how the imperial grandmother died?"

Li Jingmei's watery eyes showed a vigilant look, and he spoke bluntly as soon as he opened his mouth.Li Jingzhao was a little surprised, and responded subconsciously: "No? Did he die of illness?"

"No. Someone came to the bedroom before and told a terrible story, which made the emperor's grandmother's condition worse. This story is related to King Cheng, and it is very beneficial to the future of His Highness King Dun. It can be so Said, if His Highness King Dun can make good use of this story, 1 King Cheng will not be His Highness's opponent."

She said hurriedly and solemnly.Although it felt very strange, King Dun was still eager to hear, "What terrible story?"

"It's inconvenient to say now, I have a deal I want to make with His Highness. Tomorrow morning, I will know everything His Highness wants to know about the Shoushan Grottoes in the back garden of the Cixiang Palace. But I also have something I want to ask His Highness for." .”

"what?"

"It will be revealed at that time."

Li Jingzhao didn't expect this silent and harmless little girl to have such an astonishing bargaining chip when she opened her mouth in such a deep city. I really underestimated her before.

"That's good. See you in the back garden tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, when the sky was about to light up, King Dun slipped out of the Linggong Palace on the grounds of being a tribute.They made a big circle around the backyard, avoided all the palace people, and walked towards the Shoushan Grottoes in the southwest corner that Li Jingmei had mentioned.

Shoushan Mountain is a man-made rockery. It is very tall and has a "mountain" shape as a whole.At the beginning of the construction, two passages were opened at the bottom of the mountain, in the shape of a cross, running through the mountain and connecting with the road.Because there are many natural grottoes on the rockery, they are also called Shoushan Grottoes.

The Shoushan Grottoes were originally located outside the Cixiang Palace.It's just that after today's acknowledgment of his mother, the expansion of the Cixiang Palace included the Shoushan Mountain in the northwest.Nowadays, very few people pass through here, so it has become a paradise for the hidden ones.

Today's Shoushan Mountain is covered with a thick layer of snow, which looks like a snow mountain from a distance.The snow on the ground has been swept away overnight by the palace staff, and two vertical and horizontal roads have been cleared out.King Dun walked down the vertical walkway to the bottom of the grotto.

Li Jingmei had already been waiting inside, she was small, holding her hands together and breathing out non-stop.At this time, she heard "creaking" footsteps approaching, thinking that it was King Dun who had arrived, she thought about it a few times, and prepared to bargain later.However, the sound of stepping on the snow stopped very close to the rockery.There was a weak palace man's voice: "His Royal Highness, Madam Cui made grits soup for you. You should drink it as soon as possible. You have kept your spirit all night. It's time to replenish your body."

But it was not King Dun but King Cheng.Li Jingmei's heart trembled, at this moment, a slightly low voice said: "Understood."

Then the sound of footsteps went away again, Li Jingmei breathed a sigh of relief, and stood still for another half a quarter of an hour before King Dun arrived.He came from another direction, no? I don't know if he was trying to play a prank, but when he arrived, he deliberately kept quiet and only patted her from behind.Li Jingmei was startled, with a displeased look on his face.But he raised his eyebrows and smiled smugly, as if a prank had been accomplished.

"Waiting for a long time? I know it's cold outside, why don't you? More? Put on some clothes. Here, here are you?"

As he spoke, he stuffed her with a warm wooden barrel cup, which was filled with heavy liquid.Helping her to unscrew the lid, a strong milky scent rose and fell on Li Jingmei's frozen face, causing her numb expression to warm up for a moment.

Li Jingmei saw that it contained mare's milk, which should be freshly boiled, and the steam still had a faint smell of honey.No? Answer: "This is...?"

"I happened to pass by the small kitchen when I came here, so I picked it up. Don't you? It's good if you like to drink and warm your hands?"

Although Li Jingmei knew that he was flattering her, but her palms were still irresistibly warmed by the hot cup.This was the first time in her memory that she took such a hot thing from someone other than the imperial grandmother.

"Thank you!"

King Dun seemed to give a light "chick", took off his cloak, and put it on for that man.Who knew that she seemed to be taken aback? She moved back sensitively, and was forced to stop when her neck touched the back of Li Jingzhao's hand.

"What are you doing? I'm not going to eat you!" Li Jingzhao put on a bow tie for her in a funny way, stepped back two steps with her waist down, inspected her with satisfaction, and joked with her chin: "You should grow taller Ah! Look, the cloak is dragging the floor. If you grow as tall as the Queen, you can hold it up."

"The daughter of a sinner, how dare she stand shoulder to shoulder with the empress dowager?"

Although Li Jingmei was only 11 years old, she experienced family ruin and death since she was a child. The only relative she could rely on has passed away now. Her mind has long been mature and sensitive compared to ordinary girls.

Dun Wang seemed to comfort and said: "What sinner's daughter, father and emperor never said that the emperor's uncle was guilty, and it was all instigated by the people below. Brothers are brothers, we don't treat sister Mei as an outsider."

"A brother is a brother, but King Cheng is not His Highness's? Brother."

She went straight to the point, but surprised King Dun, "No? It's a brother, what is that?"

"It's nothing. King Cheng is not born to the emperor, nor is he a brother of His Highness? He is absolutely not qualified to inherit the throne!"

King Dun's face showed shock, and his lips parted slightly, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Do you have any basis for saying this? King Cheng? He was born of the emperor himself, how is it possible?"

"I heard this from Concubine Wen Gui. At that time, I hid in the interlayer of the Buddha statue in the emperor's grandmother's bedroom and looked for her lost finger. Concubine Wen Gui didn't know that I was inside, so she asked the emperor's grandmother before the sick bed. Confessed about this matter, and used this matter to piss off the imperial grandmother."

"Ang... mad at the emperor's grandmother?" Li Jingzhao still had an unbelievable look, "Wait, let me take care of the relationship first."

"Isn't King Cheng the father's son? Then where did he come from? Also, why did Concubine Wen Gui piss off the Queen Mother? Doesn't the Queen Mother love King Cheng the most?"

Li Jingmei's eyes became dark, "The reason why the emperor's grandmother loved Cheng Wang was because she firmly believed that Cheng Wang was my father's son. I hope he can inherit the throne in the future."

King Dun's eyes widened, and he slowly figured out the meaning of her words. He couldn't help but spit in his heart, and secretly cursed the old man. It turned out that this was the idea of ​​going back to the palace.To actually let the second son's blood steal the throne and take away the eldest son's country, this old lady's intentions are quite insidious.It's a pity that it was empty after all!

"So, is King Cheng the son of King Xiao?"

"No? Yes. The real King Cheng was strangled to death by his biological mother three days after he was born! Now this King Cheng is a fake."

Thinking of Wen's neurotic description to the Empress Dowager Yan about how the sincere king was strangled to death, Li Jingmei still felt terrified.

"Tsk! Since you stole it, you stole it. Why do you pretend to kill your son with your own hands and set up an archway like a bitch? It's hard for her to be ruthless." Dun Wang thought of the one who always carried it? Concubine Wen Gui actually had an affair with King Xiao in private, her face was full of contempt.But my heart was ecstatic, this is really God helping me!Since King Cheng is not of royal blood, there is absolutely no chance of meddling in the high position? Possibly!Originally, he was anxious about whether to belong to the East Palace or King Cheng? The problem was easily solved.

Li Jingmei frowned and said nothing, "Before telling the following story, I hope His Highness can promise me a few things?"

Li Jingzhao knew that she had started negotiating terms, and he was already mentally prepared, "Mei Mei, but it's okay to say, no? No matter what the conditions are, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help Mei Mei."

"My request is not difficult for His Highness King Cheng."

"Oh?"

"In the future, when His Royal Highness becomes the Great Treasure, you can make me the eldest princess! I don't want to be able to sit back and relax like other imperial sisters, I just want a title. In this world, I have no one to rely on, I have to Survive on my own. A title can help me get rid of the status of a sinner. Of course, I will try to win His Highness's trust before that."

Li Jingzhao never imagined that an 11-year-old girl would have such ambition and courage.He felt the danger in it, but he couldn't refuse the benefit in it.So he said: "Okay, I promise you. Now can you tell me the true identity of King Cheng?"

Li Jingmei nodded, and said: "Now this King Cheng is just his aunt's son. After Concubine Wen Gui killed her son, Mother Wen was afraid that something would happen to Dong Chuang, so she brought Wen's grandson and the dead King Cheng in her arms. Transferred the bag, took it out of the palace, and claimed that the eldest grandson of the Wen family died. In fact, the grandson of the Wen family has already entered the palace and became the third prince."

"What a trick to steal the sky and change the sun! It's a pity that they are a little too courageous. How dare they secretly replace the prince, pass it off as a good one, and tarnish the blood of the royal family! It should be executed!" King Dun said excitedly, gnashing his teeth, and then realized that "the whole family The four words "copy and chop" may be contradicted by Li Jingmei.So he changed the subject again and said, "Is there any real evidence for what you said?"

"Actually, no? I need some real evidence. Whether it's His Highness, the Crown Princess, or Princess Kant, there is always something like the emperor, but King Cheng is only like Concubine Wen Gui. Isn't that too strange? King Cheng doesn't He is the real concubine Wen Gui, but he looks like Concubine Wen Gui. I guess, his appearance must be very similar to Uncle Wen's. Just go to Shunyang to find out!"

"Yes!" Dun Wang slapped his hands, "No wonder Wen Shangshu resigned before he reached the retirement age and took his family home for the elderly. He must be afraid of bumping into King Cheng." Then he laughed mockingly, "I Let’s just say it! Why does King Cheng use sour Confucian scholars to buy people’s hearts? It’s not like my ancestors’ domineering. It turns out that it’s not the royal family who came out of a strange family, but the humanist family? This little bastard! Haha , haha, hahahaha!"

The smug laughter spread to the man who stood coldly at the entrance of the grotto. He digested all this earth-shattering in disbelief, and there was a voice in his heart that kept shouting: "No, this is not possible! This is impossible! No? Possibly! How could he not be? Father's? Child? They must be lying! Although King Dun is older than him, he has always been jealous of his? Jealousy, that's why I tried my best to spread rumors to smear him! It must be like this!" Thinking of when he went to the small kitchen to drink soup just now, he heard from the people in the small cafeteria that King Dun didn't stay for dinner, he just took a cup of mare's milk and left. She kindly came to share the grits soup made by Madam Cui, but was insulted by people as "bitch" and "little bastard", and she didn't even feel her fingernails scratching the mountain.