Opposite the entrance hall

The voices of people were noisy, the fire that illuminated half the sky in the city gradually calmed down, and the surroundings fell into darkness again, and the sound of footsteps talking about raw dogs barking, the sound did not stop, making the night that should be quiet more unsettled, rumors spread among the crowd. Come curious.

"How did it get out of the water?"

"I don't know. It's normal for things to be dry this day. We are thankful that we didn't get burned."

"Oh, it's been a long day, let's go."

People's heads were shaking, and the surrounding people watched for a long time, and when the government came, they reluctantly dispersed, but it was nothing more than water, and no one really took it seriously, so they were not interested in joining the fun, and when this place subsided It's night.

The night was getting dark, and the sound of the long-eared owl came from time to time, which was even more intrusive in the bitingly cold night. The guard in charge of the night watch patrolled the palace with a lantern and went to a brightly lit palace wall. Suddenly, the sound of silk and bamboo zither came from inside, and the guard couldn't help but look at it twice, and asked curiously: "Which master lives in this palace, who still has such a sense of elegance."

The guard who was questioned looked in the direction he was looking, and replied: "Don't look, do things quickly. When you are on duty in the palace, remember to watch less, talk less and do more."

"Could it be that you are getting a new favorite?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" the guard slapped his companion on the head, lifted his chin and said, "The one living inside is King Liang."

"King Liang?" The man who asked the question was shocked, "Is this prince living in the deep palace?"

"Don't ask, do your own thing, and be careful with your head if you are so curious."

The two of them said a few words, then quickened their pace and hurried away. As soon as they walked away, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped abruptly, and then an impatient cold snort came from the room, "Okay, stop playing, noisy benefactor Brain hurts."

The maids were so frightened that they looked at each other in blank dismay and dared not speak out.

At this time, the confidant next to Li Hongye waved his hands at the few people, and waited for them to go down, then bowed and approached them, and poured wine for them with a smile, "If the prince doesn't want to listen to the music, it's not too early now, let's rest!" Bar."

Li Hongye propped his head on one hand, frowned, and looked irritable. After hearing these words, he became even more angry and couldn't restrain his anger. Being unable to get out, and being unable to get in when others come in, is no different from going to jail, if this continues, the king will become useless."

"My lord, please keep your voice down," the confidant interrupted in a hurry, "This palace is no better than ours. After a while, someone who is interested will listen to it and make a fuss, and it will be troublesome again." .”

"Isn't this king's business enough?" Li Hongye was imprisoned for a period of time, except for a few serving maids and eunuchs, it's not an exaggeration to say that he was isolated from the world. He had no way of knowing what was going on outside. Good or bad, I don’t know how to deal with it. It’s okay for a day or two. After a long time, I feel more and more irritable. In addition, I don’t know why I can’t sleep these days. It’s like a fire is lit in my heart, and my heart is burning and dry. Panicked, he rubbed his brows and said weakly: "Dong Xingliang and Guan Shishan are such a bunch of trash, they can't handle such a little thing well. If this matter is not resolved for a day, this king will not be able to get out for a day."

"Don't be impatient, my lord. This time it's clearly a trick against my lord. We should stay still. The more flustered we are, the more they will get what they want. The emperor locked his lord here. Isn't it a kind of shelter to think differently? My lord is now All you have to do is hold your breath and let the outside world make trouble."

Li Hongye thought about it with deep eyes, and felt that it was not unreasonable. He suppressed the anger in his heart, and sighed: "I just have to bear it any longer. I don't know why I can't sleep these days. If you go to those bottles of wine again, I will help you." It’s good to fall asleep after drinking.”

"Yes."

The mist outside the house was floating in the air, covering the night sky in strands. The candles under the eaves could not be clearly extinguished, and they entered the house through the doors and windows, only casting shadows on the wall. The overlapping figures of the two, the veil flying with the wind, covered all kinds of spring scenery in the tent, whispering and panting, the depth of the mountain, the red lips parted, the water and milk blending, at the moment of spring night, men and women love each other.

The night is still long.

Li Hongye was awakened by the warm touch of his arm. Before he was conscious, a faint smell of heather blossoms entered his nasal cavity, as if it could not go away for a long time after a night of absurdity. He rubbed his head and slowly got up. After giving a warning, after seeing the source of the sound, Li Hongye's eyes suddenly widened, and the dizziness of the hangover dissipated immediately. He glanced at the two people's unclear situation, and immediately understood what happened.

The woman heard the movement and pulled the quilt to cover her body, sat up, and smiled shyly, "My lord..."

"Who are you?" Li Hongye raised his hand and slapped him, and shouted at people with a gloomy expression, "You bitch, who sent you to plot against me, bitch!"

While talking, he jumped out of bed in a panic, picked up the clothes scattered all over the floor and put them on indiscriminately. A cold air rose from the soles of his feet, and he didn't put on his clothes several times.

"My lord..." The woman was so frightened by his sudden change that her face turned pale, with blood stains on the corners of her mouth and her hair was messy, she didn't care to check and cried while covering her red and swollen face, "Didn't your lord invite me here? Your lord also said... ..."

"Shut up," Li Hongye roared back with fierce eyes, "Say one more word, and this king will kill you!"

The murderous intent and ruthlessness in the words did not conceal the slightest bit, and the woman on the bed couldn't help trembling.

Li Hongye tidied up a little bit, wishing he could get out of this room quickly. He drank too much yesterday, so he really didn't know what happened after he was drunk, but his body told him that there would be no mistakes. It is the picking of concubines, no matter which one I can touch, if this matter is to be heard by the emperor, it will be a big disaster.

Li Hongye's head twists and turns here, the more he thinks about it, the more frightened he becomes. He has to solve the matter first before it escalates. Then this woman can't live, and she can't be let out of this door.

With this thought in mind, Li Hongye's eyes darkened, he suddenly stopped his movements, pulled the belt in his hand and forced him towards the person on the bed, maybe because of his murderous look, the woman who was still crying on the bed felt a little uneasy, Subconsciously, he wanted to get back on his feet, until his body was pressed against the foot of the wall and there was no way to retreat, then he cautiously asked in a trembling voice: "Wang... lord..."

Before the words were finished, the ferocious and vicious man suddenly rushed over. The belt on his wrist was wrapped around the woman's slender neck and strangled.

Li Hongye's hands and feet were cold and he couldn't stop trembling, his heart beat in his throat in a panic. Looking at the woman in front of him who was staring at him with wide-eyed eyes, he suddenly felt very frightened. He rolled his eyes nervously, looked around, and after making sure no one was there, He casually wrapped the corpse in a quilt, and then jumped out of bed in a panic to get dressed. Just as he was fastening his belt, there was a knock on the door, which made his face turn pale with fright, and the belt he was holding fell down with a flick of his fingers. .

"My lord, the emperor is here." The little eunuch's high-pitched voice came from outside the room.

Li Hongyang's heart was beating faster, and there was a lot of sweat on his forehead. He froze in place, as if his heart was being pressed by an invisible boulder. The footsteps were getting closer and clearer.

With a "bang", the door was pushed open forcefully, the people in the room were jumped by the sudden sound, their hands trembled, ink dripped on the paper, and a good picture of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains would be enough With a cloud of ink, Ji Si frowned, raised his eyes and glanced at the person who ruined his efforts, a little unhappy, "Why do you come here if you have nothing to do?"

After all, I changed to a fine brush, smudged the ball of ink, and then used cinnabar to draw the sun rising after breaking through the clouds.

"You can still draw." Yang Qin came over and looked at the people. Even he, a layman, could see that the paintings were exquisite. He smacked his lips and couldn't help being a little surprised. If it doesn’t make me a waste?”

"Hmm." Ji Si nodded in agreement.

The first day of junior high school who was lying on the side practicing calligraphy couldn't help laughing.

"Get rolling," Yang Qin said in a bad mood, then approached the person again, and said in a low voice, "Stop drawing, I'm here to find you for business."

"You said, I'm listening."

Yang Qin looked around for a while, a little cautious, closed the door and sat down opposite Ji Si, poured a cup of tea, and said mysteriously: "Something happened in the palace."

As soon as these words came out, Ji Si paused while holding the pen, and raised his eyes to look at the person, "What happened?"

"I don't know," Yang Qin shook his head, "The emperor called my old man into the palace early this morning, and it's almost noon and he hasn't come out yet."

"Master Yang is the emperor's confidant, it's perfectly normal." Ji Si's eyes darkened, and he said in a light tone.

"But I heard from my father that apart from his emperor, he also called San Gong together." Yang Qin put down his teacup with a puzzled expression on his face, "It's clear that San Gong and my old man can be summoned into the palace on this holiday. , before my old man entered the palace, he told me to calm down and not cause trouble, but I ran out to ventilate you as soon as I turned around, how about it, brother, I am very happy."

After he finished speaking, he laughed to himself.

Ji Si was full of thoughts in his heart, put down his pen and asked curiously: "Do you know what it is?"

"I don't know, I'll ask when my old man comes back from the palace," Yang Qin rubbed his chin and thought, "But I think it's either military affairs or..."

He paused for a moment when he said this, and said in a deep voice, "It's about King Liang."

Ji Si didn't make a sound, but his eyes moved, and he continued to paint.

His attitude made Yang Qin a little puzzled, so he asked a little more, "Why aren't you surprised? If something really happened to King Liang, then the current situation will have to change. Don't you worry?"

"Master Yang asked you to stop to let you not get involved in this matter. You should go back and memorize your Four Books and Five Classics." Ji Si ordered to evict guests.

Now Yang Qin was unhappy, "It's my fault that I sneaked out to ventilate you, you little heartless, don't blame me for not reminding you if you suffer later."

After saying that, he stood up angrily, waited until the door and turned back, drank the tea in the cup before turning around and going out.

When the people walked away, Chu Yi raised his head and said, "My lord, is it really as Mr. Xiao Yang said, did something happen to King Liang? Will it affect your lord?"

Ji Si didn't answer, and only waited for the last stroke of the painting to be finished before making a sound, "It's troublesome, I'm going to get someone to prepare the horse on the first day of the new year, and I'm going out for a while."

The painting fell on the table. The dark clouds in the painting made the sky impenetrable and connected with the endless mountains. The sky and the earth merged into one. In the clouds, a ray of light seemed to break through the clouds and break free from the shackles. , and seemed to be hiding in the clouds, blocking all the rays of afterglow.

Black clouds piled up, the sky and the earth became one, and the mountains and rain were about to come and the wind filled the building.

Qi Kuangshan stopped and looked up at the dark sky. The sky was very low, as if it was about to collapse, oppressive and dull. He looked at it very seriously, and the eunuch who led the way had to stop and reminded in a low voice: "Mr. , His Majesty is still waiting."

"There is Mr. Lao."

"This way please, Prime Minister Qi."

When entering the hall, Qi Kuangshan took a cursory glance around, Sangong and Yang Yongtai were all present, and what was even more strange was that Yan Yi was also there, kneeling below him was the disheveled and pale King Liang, with a sentence wrapped in a blanket beside him. In the female corpse, it is not difficult to see the naked body under the quilt, and Yan Yi is looking around the female corpse, Chengde Emperor's face is gloomy, needles can be heard everywhere, no one makes a sound, the quietness makes people flustered, and the situation is a bit complicated and tense.

Qi Kuangshan consciously stood aside after saluting, he exchanged a glance with Fang Qingrong, the latter's eyes moved, his heart sank, he understood that something serious had happened.

After a short while, Yan Yi slowly got up and turned towards Emperor Chengde, and bowed to report: "Your Majesty, I will check it out, the cause of this girl's death..."

He raised his head slightly, met Shang Chengde's cold gaze, and continued word by word, "It was indeed strangled to death."

Emperor Chengde frowned, slapped the table, and shouted sharply: "How dare you say that it has nothing to do with you! Do you really think that I will protect you!"

Li Hongye's face suddenly turned pale, his heart rose to his throat, as if he was about to jump out, his palms and forehead sweated a lot, and he didn't care about other things, he fell to his knees with a "boom", Weiyu knocked first Several heads were ringing, and weeping in a trembling voice: "Father, my son was wronged, my son was wronged, this is deliberately framed by someone, and my son is innocent..."

"Innocent!" Emperor Chengde was furious, and directly interrupted his defense, "You dare to say that you didn't kill this Cai girl! Dare to say that you and this Cai girl... the prince has not yet decided, but you are in this palace together. Picking up a girl to turn a phoenix into a phoenix, I ground you here, I thought you would concentrate on self-criticism and self-discipline, and go to get rid of your faults, but who would have thought that I would give you a happy nest, you do such a thing under my nose Dirty things, but you don't take me seriously! Are you thinking of the wrong way!"

The memorials on the table were scattered all over the floor, Li Hongye curled up in a ball, lying on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Father... Royal Father, someone is plotting against my son, this maid is a spy sent here... Royal Father, You must not fall into their tricks, my son is innocent..."

He spoke very fast, speaking in a hurry, while he was talking, he scrambled and rushed to Emperor Chengde, his clothes were opened wide revealing the traces of sexual desire after love, his expression was a little crazy, and the broken hair on his forehead was covered with sweat Wet and knotted into strands, his eyes were wide open, filled with bloodshot eyes, against his pale and sickly face, he looked like a ghost crawling out of hell.

He kowtowed and kept crying, "Father, please forgive me this time, I will never dare again."

"Forgive you?" Emperor Chengde lowered his eyes, scrutinized his face with gloomy eyes, and sneered, "In the case of the Xiangzhou epidemic, do you really think that I don't know what you have done in private, without you Mixing in it, where is the ability of Dou Yuanliang, I have already forgiven you once, who knows that you don't know how to repent, one or two, and the evidence of the prince's poisoning is complete. If it were anyone else, he would have been cut eight times You've lost your head a hundred times, and it's fine if you don't have any remorse, and you still acted absurdly to rape the palace, and you've completely lost the face of the royal family!"

Li Hongye's head was buzzing, his knees rubbed against the ground and he moved forward a few steps. He is now in a state of panic. It was a mess, I couldn't find any idea, and I didn't know where to start. My mind was hot and I opened my mouth and insisted: "It's Li Hongyang, it must be Li Hongyang, father, all this must be arranged by him, and this son is your son. Don't you want to kill my son for a woman you haven't touched before!"

As soon as these words came out, Fang Qingrong frowned first, and even Qi Kuangshan's expression changed, and the two of them thought to themselves: King Liang is so confused!

Sure enough, when Chengde heard his words, his anger grew higher, veins popped up on his face, he stared at the person angrily, clenched his fists, trembling with anger, raised his foot It was a kick to Li Hongyang's heart.

He used [-]% of his strength and almost fell down, but it was Sun Hai who quickly rushed up to support him, Li Hongye was kicked and fell to the ground, and there was a deep pain in his heart, and he didn't care about anything else. Enduring the pain, he got up and knelt down.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Emperor Chengde gritted his teeth, and his face became more and more ugly, "At this time, you still don't forget to eliminate dissidents and dissidents, so you can't tolerate the prince like this! Brothers and brothers fight against the wall, Is this what an elder brother should do! If you treat your siblings like this, will you use this scheme against me in the future, with vicious and scheming thoughts, and today I will personally get rid of you, a traitor!"

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Chengde suddenly pushed away Sun Hai's supporting hand, pulled out the long knife used for decoration on the wall, and rushed down a few steps, only to see the light of the knife flash, and the blade was already facing Li Hongyang's. neck.

"emperor!"

"His Majesty!"

The faces of the people around were pale with fright, all kinds of voices rang out, and the situation suddenly changed and became more and more tense.

The silver light was a bit dazzling, piercing the air and approaching with a trace of resistance, Ji Si's ears trembled slightly, he raised his hand to catch it and stopped his horse at the same time, he opened his hand and glanced at the "murder weapon" in his hand, it was an engraved with the sun and The eagle's silver coin, he frowned and looked up in the direction the thing flew from. What caught his eyes was a warm smiling face, like a spring breeze in March.

"Brother Ji, where are you going in such a hurry?" Li Hongyu asked while leaning against the bay window on the second floor of the restaurant, looking down at the people below.

Ji Si pursed his lips. Naturally, he couldn't say that he was looking for Qi Ran, so he just found an excuse and said: "I have nothing to do, just wander around."

"That's just right," Li Hongyu smiled, "Drinking wine alone is a bit boring, I wonder if Brother Ji can do me a favor and I'll treat you to a drink."

The surrounding streets were very lively, Ji Si squinted his eyes, and without speaking, he just tightened his reins and turned around.

Upstairs, Li Hongyu looked away, raised his hand to call for Xiao Er to remove the food from the table, and served a new one. When the drinks were just on the table, footsteps came from outside the box, and then the door was opened , Ji Si bowed and saluted, "I have seen the prince."

"Master Ji, please sit down." Li Hongyu raised his chin.

Ji Si sized it up and took a seat not too far away.

When they sat down, Li Hongyu handed over the filled wine glass and said with a smile, "The Shilixiang here is pretty good, try it."

"Good wine!" Ji Si drank it down and smiled, "The next official has a good fortune with the help of the prince."

While pouring wine for someone, Li Hongyu found a topic, "Speaking of which, I have always wanted to chat with Ji Shilang, but I have never found a suitable opportunity. Today I just happened to meet."

"Is there anything the lord wants to talk about?" Ji Si asked.

Hearing this, Li Hongyu was not in a hurry to answer, and waited for the spicy dishes to arrive on the table one after another, before he said in a warm voice: "I'm not afraid of Ji Shilang's jokes when I say it. I can't find anyone to talk to when I return to Beijing, maybe it's because I left Lin'an It’s been too long, and when I came back, I found that everything was very strange, the scenery was like this, and so were the people.”

When he said this, his eyes fell on Ji Si. The latter's heart sank, and then he thought about the dark and natural words, "If the prince doesn't dislike it, this job of drinking and amusing is still considered an official." good."

"Then I've made a note of it," Li Hongyu curled his lips slightly, "In the future, I'll find Minister Ji for a drink, so don't shirk it."

The smile on the face of the opposite person was sincere, Ji Si was a little unsure about what to do, so he took another sip from the wine glass, "This gives ten courage to the lower officials, even the lower officials dare not."

Li Hongyu didn't speak this time, and imitated others to drink with their heads up. Then he looked at Ji Si in front of him, and seemed to mention inadvertently, "Speaking of which, Ji Shilang is somewhat similar to someone I know. He is also from Zhangzhou. person."

"Oh," Ji Si raised his eyebrows, "Is he an old friend of the prince?"

This question caused Li Hongyu to fall into deep thought. He held the wine glass without moving, lowered his eyes and answered lightly, "It's sort of."

"Is that someone else?"

"Maybe he's dead."

Li Hongyu's answer made Ji Si frowned, and he couldn't understand what the game was like today. If Li Hongxuan was here, he would have to sneer at him, and then try to make a routine, but the few topics Li Hongyu found were all for him. The crowd was in a fog, as if he really wanted to find someone to chat with.

"Why doesn't Ji Shilang not move his chopsticks? But it doesn't suit your appetite?" Li Hongyu said, then suddenly realized with a slap on the forehead: "Look at me, I stayed in Quding for too long, and I forgot that Ji Shilang is from Zhangzhou , so of course I don’t like spicy food, let’s change another table.”

Ji Si stopped him, "Don't bother, the wine is about the same, and I have something to do, so I will take my leave first, and wait for the next time to prepare some thin wine and get drunk with the prince."

"Since Ji Shilang still has something to do, it's not good for the king to stay and not give it away."

Ji Si got up, saluted, turned and left the room, stopped when he reached the stairs, frowned and looked back at the wing behind him, he couldn't see what he was thinking on his face, he just glanced twice and hurried downstairs .

The sound of going downstairs gradually faded away, the door of the box next door opened, and Alu came out from inside, stood at the fence on the second floor and looked down at someone other than the restaurant, his eyes darkened, and he turned and went into the box next door After closing the door, he came up to Li Hongyu with some concern and said, "Master, you might be a bit alarmed today, so aren't you afraid that Ji Si will see something?"

"I'm afraid he won't see it." Li Hongyu was not angry, his mouth was still smiling, and his eyes fell on the wine glass he was playing with, with a bit of nostalgia and affection. "It's cold, and animals want to hibernate. If the snake doesn't come out of the hole, how will the hunter catch it?"

"If you say something bad, I'm not afraid that the master will be unhappy. Ji Si is a very evil person. His existence is the biggest variable. He can't be kept. It's better to kill the wrong one than let it go. It's better to do it as soon as possible..."

After the "bang", he didn't finish his sentence, but was interrupted by Li Hongyu's heavy porcelain cup on the table. Alu raised his head cautiously, and met Li Hongyu with a smile that seemed like nothing, but he couldn't say the words behind him for some reason.

"Alu," Li Hongyu said lightly, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, as for Ji Si..."

He stopped here, and chuckled slightly, "I'd like to see what kind of charm is inside that skin."

The voice was very soft, covered by all kinds of yelling from the street outside, Ji Si sat on the horse and raised his eyes to look up at the sky. A few passers-by turned around to look at him, but Ji Si just remained motionless with a solemn expression.

The sky in Lin'an was a bit gloomy, thick clouds covered the sunlight, and the afterglow shining on the earth was a bit gloomy. He stood on the horse and looked back at the direction of the palace wall, his eyes darkened, filled with thousands of emotions.

The world is solemn, and the situation changes suddenly.

The blade in Emperor Chengde's hand pointed directly at the person in front of him, but stopped within half an inch. There was a cold light in the dim palace, like the light of dawn at the horizon of the sky. His face was fierce and angry, and he stared at the The person's eyes were cold and scary, Li Hongye was so frightened that his face turned pale, his lips were white, and he fell to the ground, his eyes slowly moved down to see the long hair that would be inserted into his neck just a little forward. With a knife, his body couldn't stop shaking, and his underwear was wet with cold sweat.

Concubine Duan arrived just in time, and subconsciously called out to make Emperor Chengde stop. She was so frightened by this scene that her eyes went dark, and she almost fainted and quickly pinched the tender flesh in her palm, ignoring other things. He rushed over in a scrambling manner, and hugged Li Hongye into his arms, tears shed before he spoke, "My son, you are injured, is there any pain, let mother and concubine take a look, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, The concubine is here."

Li Hongye was so frightened by this accident that he was a little dumbfounded, but he couldn't stop shaking, his dilated pupils gradually regained their brilliance, and he held Concubine Duan tightly and kept repeating this sentence, "Mother Concubine, please beg father, he If you want to kill your son, please hurry up and beg your father."

"Your Majesty," Concubine Duan looked up at the man in front of her, with tears rolling down her eyes, and said in a crying voice, "What did Yongqian do to make you so angry? If he annoys you, it will be a big deal for you." Scolding him a few words to calm down, why do you want to kill him, you want the life of your concubine!"

"You are such a good son, ask him, ask him what good things he has done, what stupid things he has said!" Emperor Chengde threw the long knife to the ground forcefully, threw the two of them away and sat back down again.

Concubine Duan looked back at Li Hongye who was behind her. The latter just lowered her eyes to avoid her sight. Concubine Duan's heart sank. She knew that Li Hongye must have caused a big problem. Chunliang must have been seduced and framed by others, a concubine who has no way to teach his son, if His Majesty wants to punish him, then punish me, Yongqian is innocent."

Her eyes were red and she was sobbing non-stop, big teardrops gushed out of her eyes, Emperor Chengde watched indifferently, Concubine Duan's heart sank to the bottom when she saw this, she looked left and right at Fang Qingrong and the others who had turned their attention to the side, she shook Standing up staggeringly, rushed over, weeping uncontrollably, "Qi Xiang, Taifu, you are good ministers of the Jin Dynasty, and Yongqian is also grown up by you guys. Although he is a bit arrogant, but He has no intention of harming others, so you can intercede for him."

How could Fang Qingrong and the others accept this gift? They quickly stepped back a few steps and knelt down, looking very embarrassed. There is no way to ask for this. Let's not say that during King Liang's confinement, instead of closing the door to repent and sincerely criticize, on the contrary, he indulged in pleasure and was unbearable. It is said that Cai Nu died on Liang Wang's bed for no reason. Although Cai Nu was nameless and had no role, she was still the emperor's person in name. There were too many people in the palace, and if she wanted to suppress it, she would not be able to stop the people talking.

What's more, the remarks against the prince just now can be said to be Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, let alone whether the prince did it, even if it was really the prince's hand, you have no evidence or witnesses, and you have nothing to do in front of the palace. Water, it can be said to add fuel to the fire. The previous things have not yet come to a conclusion, which adds another crime, which can be described as a chain.

"Enough!" Emperor Chengde was obviously furious when he patted the dragon case. , as my eldest son, King Liang is not only bad, kind and kind, but also careless about human life. I have always advocated benevolence and love to govern the country, but I don't know that my son is so cruel and ruthless. You can do it, but you can talk about how to love the people like a child, and the children of ordinary people will be punished and scolded if they make mistakes. As the emperor of a country, I should set an example, Prime Minister Qi."

He said the last sentence to Qi Kuangshan, who bowed and said, "The minister is here."

"I tell you that you are here, one is to treat this matter as a state matter, and the other is because this matter is too big to be dealt with casually. All of you dear ministers are veterans of the court. Family affairs and state affairs should be for the country and the people. Everyone in the palace has seen what happened today, if I don't give an explanation, then I will ignore the face of the royal family.

What he said made the complexions of the people present all complicated, and they all felt shocked, but it didn't show on their faces. Emperor Chengde seemed to have made up his mind this time, looked at the kneeling person below, and repeatedly Weighing it, after pondering for a while, he ordered in a sharp voice: "The order will be passed on. The king of Liang has lost his morals and conduct, so he ordered him to move out of Beijing and live in a fiefdom. Without an imperial order, he will not be allowed to enter Lin'an again for life!"

Everyone's expression changed, they knelt down in unison, and said in unison, "Think twice, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Li Hongye was even more stunned in place, his kneeling body staggered and he fell to the ground, his eyes glazed over, and he repeated silently, "It's over, this time it's really over..."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Duan cried in a thin, thin voice. She knelt down at the feet of Emperor Chengde, clutching the hem of the dragon robe tightly. Ghost, "You are taking the life of your concubine, you see Yongqian's filial piety in front of the palace all these years, please forgive him this time, he knows his mistake, he really knows his mistake. "

"If you hadn't spoiled him, how could he have developed such a temper," Emperor Chengde said in a heavy tone, with an ugly expression on his face, and raised his hand to push him away, "I have made up my mind, and I hope you can do it yourself."

As soon as the hammer was finalized, only the crying of Concubine Duan was left in the palace, one after another, shattering the tranquility of the palace walls.

But the news was suppressed when it spread to other palaces. Everyone only knew that the emperor was furious and King Liang lost his power, but they didn't know the cause and effect. When Qifeng Palace heard the news, the queen was pruning flowers and branches in the room. Just one sentence: "The flowers in the courtyard are blooming beautifully today."

Concubine Shu still burned incense and chanted scriptures, letting the sky and earth fall outside has nothing to do with her, but there was a lot of discussion in other palaces.

When Concubine Chang heard this, she was having tea with Li Xi. She had a thorough discussion, and finally she just sighed with a wry smile, "The people in this palace are fighting each other every day. A few more people got a good end, fortunately I don't have to meddle with them, I only need to worry about how to find a good husband for you."

"Mother Concubine," Li Xi was a little irritated, and then said quietly, "It's all because Qi Ziheng, a fool who doesn't know what to do."

Concubine Chang looked at her daughter, and suddenly became worried. The children of the royal family are always involuntary. Shunping is not young now. If he can't find a good husband, he will have to choose a son-in-law in a few years. Or to make peace for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries?

Thinking of this, Concubine Chang was flustered and frightened, and then she thought about it and said in a deep voice: "If you really have to rely on Qi Ziheng, concubine mother will decide to go to your father to ask for an imperial decree of marriage for you, and he will not be unwilling at that time."

"Not good," Li Xi shook his head unexpectedly, "The Qi family has been loyal and good for generations, and they will definitely not resist the edict, but if they ask for this edict, then Qi Ran will not be able to be an official. But he doesn't want him to be a dummy who can only laugh with me and amuse me. What I love is him who is talented, chivalrous and has a family and country in his heart. What's so strange about it, is it possible that my majestic Princess Jin doesn't even have the ability to do this, and I still have to rely on imperial decrees to bind the person I like, so it would be a bit embarrassing to say it."

Concubine Chang was amused, covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled, "You, you, I don't know who I learned this temper from, so don't regret it in the future."

"Of course I don't regret it," Li Xi raised his eyes, and then lay down on the table as if discouraged, muttering weakly, "But why doesn't Qi Ziheng just like me?"

Li Xi complained, Qi Ran on the other side frowned as if feeling something, Qi Xu on the opposite side put down his black eyes and raised his eyes to ask, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just thought of something and got distracted," Qi Ran immediately put Bai Zi down and replied, "Father hasn't come back yet?"

"It is estimated that he will not be able to come back for a while. The three princes have all summoned him to enter the palace. I guessed that something serious happened in the palace."

Qi Ran paused as he twisted the chess pieces, and said in a flat tone with thin lips, "It should be something happened to King Liang."

"King Liang?" Qi Xu was a little surprised, "Could it be that the crown prince made a move?"

Although he is not in the court, he always pays attention to the affairs of the court, not to mention there are two important court officials in the mansion. He naturally knows that Wang Pingquan will write to the emperor every now and then to ask the emperor to severely punish Liang Wang. I don't have much friendship, but I have heard that this person has a temperament, the law is unforgiving, and the law is greater than the sky. Although his official position is small, he is the elder of the two dynasties, and he is even praised by the previous emperor. Will not really deal with him.

Therefore, people with such a temperament are also the easiest to become a knife in the hands of others without knowing it.

Qi Ran put down the chess piece, thinking of what he and Ji Si saw and heard that day, he pursed his lips and sighed, "It might be the queen."

Although it was just a sentence without beginning and end, Qi Xu could still understand the meaning behind the words, and his face became serious, "The empress has spent a lot of thought in order to let the crown prince succeed..."

Before Qi Xu could finish his words, he caught a glimpse of the small head poking out of the pavilion from the corner of the eye, and burst out laughing, but looked at Qi Ran in a daze, and looked up at him in bewilderment.

"Nian'er," Qi Xu said with a warm smile, "your ears are exposed."

The figure in the bushes was stunned for a while, and then shrank his head back.

This movement was naturally noticed by Qi Ran, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he said lightly: "Come out."

The figure cautiously came out from behind the bushes, bowed his head and whispered hello, "Father, uncle."

"Why are you hiding there?" Qi Ran pulled the man in front of him, and gently lifted the hair on his head.