Prince of Heaven

When Jing Huai asked Rong: "Where did Your Highness hear about these things?"

Rong Shi glanced at Jing Huai, and said: "If you want no one to know, you have to do nothing. Since Mr. Jing doesn't want Gu to know this, then just don't do it. Instead of doing it, ask Gu where he heard it from." ?”

He only put his surname in front of Jing Huai, and his dissatisfaction was reflected in this word. On the one hand, he changed to a calm and breezy look, as if he was discussing academic principles with others.

Jing Huai couldn't help but smile: "I never thought that His Highness, who is well educated, can also be accomplished in crooked reasoning."

Rong Shi said leisurely: "Then Ming Yuchang has to thank you sir."

Jing Huai asked curiously, "Thank you for what?"

Rong Shi said: "Thank you, sir, for giving me the word 'reasonable' in exchange for not classifying me as an unreasonable troublemaker just because of my rude words just now."

Jing Huai shook his head helplessly, and then explained to him: "It's true to give gifts to the second princess, but it's just entrusted by others. It's also true to collect medicine, but the second princess is a healthy girl, and she needs to wait for a big nourishment." What are the medicines for?"

"Oh?" Rong Shi dragged his tone and asked back, his expression seemed to be nonchalant, but his eyes frequently looked in Jing Huai's direction.

He asked casually: "Since it's not for the second sister, who is it for?"

Jing Huai stared straight at him, and asked with a smile, "Which person around me is not in good health?"

This line of sight was too direct, and his eyelashes trembled like an electric shock.For a moment, he looked away lightly, lowered his eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Sir, is it for me?"

"Naturally." Jing Huai said.

When Rong Shi heard this, he lowered his eyebrows in silence for a while, then stepped forward and sat down in front of the desk with a calm expression.With the palm of his hand brushing over the desk with his wide sleeves hanging down, he took out a book from the stack of books folded into a small triangle, raised his eyes and looked at the man in front of him: "Which one should I talk about today?"

Jing Huai pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Highness, I have taught everything I should teach, so..."

Rong Shi interrupted him: "Sir, what you said is wrong. Mr. is talented. Mingyu thinks that he is not enough to exchange for one or two, and also has endless learning. Mr.'s words are extremely inappropriate. Could it be that Mr. dislikes Mingyu and is unwilling to teach him?" gone."

"How could I dislike Your Highness?"

"Then invite sir to attend class." Rong Shi was respectful and polite, but his tone was initially stubborn.

Jing Huai had no choice but to follow him.

When it was coming to an end, Jing Huai suddenly pulled Rong Shi into a secret room next to him, separated by a large door, so it was extremely difficult for his voice to come out.Jing Huai confirmed it again.

There was no one on the beam, so Fang lowered his voice and said: "I see that His Majesty's madness is getting worse, His Highness has been more careful recently, so as to bear the grievances, so as not to suffer."

Rongshi's eyes fell on his wrist, and Jing Huai was holding his wrist firmly.

Jing Huai followed Rong Shi's line of sight, his eyes froze for a moment.He subconsciously wants to let go.But if you think about it and feel that letting go suddenly is even more abnormal, as if you have a guilty conscience.It's very normal for two men to be like this. Thinking of this, Jing Huai didn't let go.

Rong Shi's fingers held by Jing Huai moved imperceptibly.

"I see, thank you sir for your advice."

Jing Huai gave a little grace, and added: "Nowadays, there are rebels everywhere in Liguo, His Highness should have prepared for himself. His Highness is still young, and with such a character, he should not be buried with the royal family of Liguo."

Rong Shi frowned: "Sir, be careful with your words."

Jing Huai looked up at him.

He secretly felt strange.Rong Shi's attitude seemed displeased.Could it be that he is not willing to bear the power and wealth of being a member of the royal family, and is dissatisfied with his disrespectful "curse" remarks?

Won't.Jing Huai immediately denied his guess.According to his understanding of Rong Shi, Rong Shi will never be a person who values ​​pleasure.

There was a little doubt in Jing Huai's eyes: "Your Highness?"

Rong Shi's eyes were sharp and clear, with the power to penetrate people's hearts: "Sir, did you see the secret of the future?"

Jing Huai was noncommittal.

Rong Shi frowned and said: "The heavenly secrets must not be leaked. Those who leak will be punished by the heavens. Mister, it is better not to do such dangerous things in the future."

Jing Huai felt a little surprised.Ordinary people, such as the emperor, always try to get a few words of the secret from him, for the sake of fame and fortune.

But Rong Shi didn't care about these things.It seems that his safety is more important than the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Jing Huai's heart skipped a beat.He naturally let go of Rong Shi's hand, and raised his hand in a bow: "Your Highness cherishes it."

Rong Shi looked at Jing Huai's leaving back with deep eyes.

Not long after Jing Huai left, the emperor came in and greeted him as usual.

Rong Shi still looked at each other coldly.

If a person spends five years sticking to a person's cold face without warming up the slightest bit, his enthusiasm will gradually fade.The emperor said that this is typical.

The emperor has many sons. In the past five years, a seventh prince and an eighth prince were born in the palace.

To say that Rongshi is special in the emperor's heart is that the emperor

God's guilt and his own wisdom.

But if Rong Shi did not reconcile with him, according to the emperor's character, he would not really let Rong Shi take power.

After the emperor had a simple question and answer with Rongshi, he summoned Yunzhi, a servant girl from the East Palace who was in charge of boiling medicine for the prince.

Yun Zhi answered meticulously, and after getting the answer, the emperor dismissed the maid.

"Today, the court is only in the court, and I have given the boss the task of supervising the work. Speaking of which, although the boss is not as qualified as you, he is more diligent and meticulous. Many officials in the court have a good impression of him, and he himself knows how to take care of himself. Get supporters."

The emperor spoke lightly, his eyes fixed on Rong Shi.

There was no reaction as if he didn't care.

The emperor rubbed the center of his brows with a headache, and tried to soften his voice: "Ah Shi, as long as you and Zhen are soft-hearted, these things are all yours. How can someone else get their share?"

A contemptuous smile curled up on the corner of Rongshi's mouth.

The emperor is also really embarrassed, the so-called compensation after guilt, and finally resorted to threats.

"No need." Rong Shi refused coldly, "I don't care about giving your things to whoever you like."

The emperor's face turned blue and white when he was stunned by Rong Shi's words, and his headache became more and more serious.

"Ashi, do you think I dare not abolish you again?"

Rong Shi said indifferently: "As you wish."

"Whatever you want?" The emperor laughed angrily, "You think you can leave the palace if you are deposed? Do you practice penance in the temple like that bitch's son in Gouyue?"

Rong Shi didn't lift his eyelids.

"Don't dream." The emperor tried hard to control his temper, "If I abolish you, I will imprison you in the Suihan Palace, guarded by soldiers, and you can't go anywhere. I will not let you see Jinghuai. "

It can only be said that the emperor is worthy of being Rong Shi's father in some respects.

What Jing Huai himself did not understand, the emperor had already seen.See Rong Shi's inexplicable paranoia and possessiveness towards Jing Huai.

Back then when Jing Huai was coming to divorce, apart from the pressure of Jing Huai's illustrious military achievements, the emperor's most important change was Rong Shi's request.

That was the first time Rong Shi knelt down with the emperor since returning to the palace.He took off the crown prince's crown robe, put on a plain coat, and knelt down in front of the emperor.

"He is my benefactor and a hero who left the country. Rong Shi begged His Majesty to agree to Mr. Jing's request and retire the engagement." Rong Shi knelt straight, as if he was kneeling in the wind and snow when he was 12 years old, his eyes full of stubbornness and forbearance, "I also asked my second sister for her opinion, and she already has a sweetheart.

Must be this villain? "

The emperor's eyes fell on the person in front of him, and when he took off his brocade clothes, he looked even weaker and paler, kneeling on the ground as if he was about to fall, and like a green pines and cypresses, his whole body was proud and bony.

He immediately softened his heart, stepped forward to help Rong Shi: "Get up quickly, I promise you."

The past flashed through the emperor's mind one by one.

He thought that Rong Shi's kneeling at the beginning was the beginning of his softening attitude, but he didn't know that Rong Shi's attitude towards him did not change fundamentally.

The emperor felt that he could hardly suppress the violence in his heart.

Before the outbreak, he left with a flick of his sleeves, and ordered the palace servants in the East Palace to take good care of the prince, and not to let irrelevant people enter the east palace to disturb the prince's recuperation. Mr. Wei Yuwei, the prince's wife, came to teach the prince.

In other words, Jing Huai will not be allowed to enter the East Palace in the future.

When Rong Shi heard the emperor's angry orders outside, his face was calm, and the coldness of prey spread quietly in his lowered eyes.

Yun Zhi secretly glanced at His Highness the Crown Prince, thinking that only His Highness the Crown Prince dared to be so indifferent when the emperor was furious.

"Your Majesty, why did you do this?" In the vanity palace, Wang Meiren rubbed the emperor's temples while persuading him tactfully, "His Royal Highness, the crown prince, suffered an indiscriminate disaster when he was young, and almost lost his life. It was Mr. Jing who saved the crown prince at this point of life and death." Your Highness lives, and His Highness the Crown Prince likes Mr. Jing is only human, how can His Majesty care about the child and break his heart again."

The emperor sighed: "I was impulsive."

Wang Meiren said again: "Actually, according to my concubine, it is not that His Royal Highness and His Majesty have no chance of reconciliation."

"How to say?"

"Your Majesty, if you let His Highness the Crown Prince participate in state affairs, and ask Mr. Jing to assist you one or two. In this way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also be grateful to His Majesty."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Is he grateful?"

Wang Meiren didn't reply to this sentence.When His Royal Highness was in the cold palace, the second princess secretly went to see him, but she was stopped by Wang Meiren.Wang Meiren is the best at protecting herself wisely, so she won't say another word after she has said this.

The emperor slowed down, and said tiredly: "As long as he doesn't remember hating Zhenzhen, he will be content."

After a while, the emperor opened his eyes, looked around, and asked, "Where is Ajun? Let her go and see the prince. Among the brothers and sisters, only Ajun can get closer to him."

Wang Meiren lowered her eyebrows, answered in a low voice, then tilted her head and told her close maid to let her go

East Palace.

After the emperor left, an old eunuch came in through the side door. This was Zhan Shi from the East Palace, who was in charge of all the people in the East Palace.

His age is very old, his wrinkles and gray hair make him look like an old man, although he is only in his 50s.

This is the old eunuch who was in charge of the cold palace back then.He jumped from a man on the edge of the palace to a retainer of the prince, and his identity changed drastically.

However, his personality has hardly changed, and he is still so eerie and frightening, with conspiracies and tricks hidden in his eyes all the time.

"Your Highness." The old eunuch bowed and saluted.

Rong Shi was in a bad mood because of the emperor's behavior, so he said in a cold voice, "What's the matter?"

The old eunuch raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at Rong Shi, and said: "This old slave thinks that His Highness should no longer stand in a stalemate with His Majesty."

Rong Shi's expression turned colder when he heard that, he interrupted what the old eunuch was about to say: "Needless to say. You can go out now."

"Your Highness." The old eunuch's voice became more serious, "You are trapped in the East Palace now, so what if you have the emperor's favor? When the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, you will be the first to be dealt with."

Rong Shi was silent, and the old eunuch said again: "I know the resentment in His Highness's heart, and I also know His Highness's suffering. After all, I was the one who looked after His Highness when I was in the cold palace."

"Since that's the case, you shouldn't say that." Rong Shi turned his head away and said, "If you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you miss it, you're missing it. There is no medicine for regret in the world, and even if there is, it's useless to me."

The old eunuch said: "Could it be that Your Highness is willing to be restrained like now?"

Rong Shi frowned: "I know what you want to say, unless I have to, I won't give in to him. In the past, I was alone and weak, and I knelt down to him and let him hug me, but now what do I have to do?" Want to subdue him?"

"Could it be that in the eyes of His Highness, there is no other choice but Mr. Jing?"

"Nothing else."

The old eunuch choked: "Your Highness!"

"Okay, you can go out." Rong Shi lowered his head again and ignored him.

The letter in Rongshi's hand is the most common one in the Li Guoxue Museum. He has already memorized the contents of the book backwards, but this letter is still the one that Rongshi reads most often. The edge has already been changed, so it is touched frequently And appear smooth.

This book is actually nothing special, just because it has Jing Huai's annotations on it, and there is a sentence in this book that Rong Shi likes most.

"The gentleman is solemn, Tibetan

Just ask for it. "

Hide and seek only...

prisoners.

Rong Shi took a deep breath, closed his eyes and silently recited the mantra of pure heart three times.

"Your Highness, the Second Princess is here." Li Chengshui's voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Rong Shi opened his eyes and looked at the person coming.

Rong Yun is one year older than Rong Shi, and has reached the age to get married.Although she was divorced, Rong Yun is a princess after all, and she will not worry about marrying.

In fact, Rong Yun has a lover in his heart, but she has not married yet.

The marriage of the royal family's children is beyond her control. The emperor intends to let her marry General Tang Yuan, but Rong Yun is unwilling in her heart, but there is nothing she can do about it.

Tang Yuan is currently at the border, and will return to Beijing in a month. By then, the marriage between Rong Yun and Tang Yuan will be on the agenda.

"Second sister might as well run away from marriage." Rong Shi suggested.

Rong Yun laughed and said: "Why do you think like a child? I used to think the same as you, but maybe as I grow older, I have seen a lot and understood a lot. My opinion has changed accordingly. .As a princess of the royal family, I have my own responsibilities and responsibilities. I have enjoyed the rights brought to me by the royal family, so I have to bear certain responsibilities in turn. Now is the time when the country is in danger. If my marriage can be a little bit better Useful, saving the country, I am willing to do it instead."

Rong Shi was puzzled: "Then what about the second sister's favorite?"

Rong Yun was silent for a while, then she raised her head and looked out of the window, her eyes far away: "It's just a quick meeting during the Shangyuan Festival, so I can't be regarded as the person I like."

"But the second sister misses him, doesn't she?"

Rong Yun was dazed for a moment, then looked away, and smiled helplessly at Rong Shi: "It's just a little regret, of course, responsibility is more important."

Rong Shi glanced down at the scroll of letters in his hand, and said: "If it were me, I would definitely choose the one I like."

Hide only prisoners.

"You are different." Rong Yun smiled softly, "You have been owed by the royal family, so your responsibility is to live your life well."

Rong Shi was silent.

"Ah Shi, I'm not here to persuade you to forgive Father, but you shouldn't be against Father. Recently, Father has become more and more cruel. I'm really afraid that he will hurt you again."

The emperor has become more and more brutal recently, and Jing Huai said similar things to him today.Because the emperor had always looked violent, Rong Shi didn't think about it, so he didn't ask.Now it seems that it may be more than that.

Rong Shi said, "What did he do again?"

Rong Yun hesitated for a while, then

Then he suddenly approached him, and said in a low voice: "Father wanted to increase the burden, and several officials were beheaded by Father in public because of admonishment, so the whole court did not dare to speak. Father doesn't allow anyone to send news to the East Palace, so you I don’t know, I told you to remind you of the danger, so you must never say anything about it.”

"Liguo is about to die, and the appearance of a tyrant is very reasonable." Rong Shi said lightly.

Rong Yun's indifference towards Rong Shi did not show anything, as she said, Rong Shi was the one who was owed, and she could understand any thoughts and practices that were different from the world.But Rong Yun is different. She has enjoyed the blessings of the royal family since she was a child, and these blessings are all obtained from the common people.The common people support the royal family, and the common people are the foundation of the royal family in Liguo.For Rong Yun, she was born as a person who left the country, and when she died, she was the soul of the country. Rong Yun felt uncomfortable with the fact that the country was about to end.

She let out a heavy breath, and said to her face again:

"Furthermore, Royal Father has recruited a new envoy. I have met him once. He is more beautiful and charming than Mrs. Gouyue, so he is favored by Royal Father. Recently, because of her pillow style, many important ministers and generals They all died by accident. Although this young envoy kept it a secret, a second-class maidservant who served her was once favored by me. She told me that the young envoy was pregnant. This woman's ambition is written all over her face, you It’s the prince again, so I’m afraid she’s going against you.”

Rong Shi lowered his eyes and let out a "hmm".Rong Yun observed for a moment, but did not see any thoughts in Rong Shi.

She grew up in the palace, and she is first-rate in observing words and demeanor, and it is rare for someone to change her mind after a conversation.

With Rong Shi's indifferent appearance, Rong Yun couldn't tell if he took his words to heart.

She had no choice but to emphasize: "Be careful, what's the matter, take care of yourself first."

After chatting a few more words normally, Rong Yun got up to leave.

"Sister."

Rong Yun walked two steps and then turned her head. When she didn't hear Rong, the person who called her was "Second Sister" instead of "Sister".

Rong Shi took out a round piece of jade from the side of the desk. Under the light, the jade was light red, like a flame, like a scorching sun, an extremely bright color, but with a coldness all over his body, which was very abnormal.

"This one, sister takes it."

Rong Yun asked, "This is?"

"Sister, don't ask too many questions."

Rong Yun nodded, and walked out with the jade in her pocket, when suddenly Rong Shi stopped her again.

"?"

Rong looked at her steadily: "Sister, you should wear it every day. Don't forget

. "

Rong Yun smiled: "What if you forget?"

"Forgot?" Rong Shi tilted his head slightly to one side, and said softly, "Then something serious will happen."

Rong Yun looked at the young man who was already much taller than her, seeing his unwavering eyes and serious expression, inexplicably felt that the atmosphere here was a bit creepy.

She shook her head, got rid of that strange feeling, and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely wear it every day."

Four days later, the Eastern Palace, which had been hidden like a god, reappeared in everyone's sight.

Ever since he was recanonized by the emperor as the crown prince, Rong Shi has always refused to be disturbed by outsiders on the grounds of recuperation. Except for attending various royal family activities in the first year, he rarely appeared in front of everyone in the next few years .

After four years, the East Palace made its debut in an absolutely shocking way.

The cause of this incident was that His Majesty the Emperor withdrew the position of Prince Jinghuai's Taifu, and appointed Lord Wei Yuwei to teach the Prince. Unexpectedly, on the first day, Wei Yu asked the Emperor to resign from this position on his own initiative.

Wei Yu knelt down, blushing, and said, "This humble official can't teach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The emperor asked him why.

Wei Yu bluntly explained the reason.

It turned out that as soon as Wei Yu entered the East Palace, His Royal Highness held a scimitar against his neck, not allowing him to enter, but raised his eyes and said arrogantly: "If you want to be my tutor, you have to do it in the debate. You just have to beat me."

Wei Yu is famous for his talent, how can he endure being questioned by a young man, it is like teaching him a lesson, after all, it is a debate that the prince himself asked for, if he is bullied by him and cries, no one can blame him.

The final result is of course that Wei Yu lost, otherwise why would he come to resign.

It's just that the process of losing was too collapsed for Wei Yu to accept.The prince was young, but he seemed to know everything, he was quick-witted, and had keen observation skills, which made Wei Yu completely helpless in fighting.

This matter spread quickly among the imperial court, and in just a few days, many scholars had already volunteered, but without exception, they all returned ashamed.

Originally, some people with arrogance and talent were eager to try, but when an old man with white hair returned home in the same way, everyone stopped thinking.

"Your Highness's future is limitless." After the old man came out, he said tearfully to the crowd outside the palace, "I'm saved from leaving the country!"

The sound is sad and the words are vicissitudes.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay: "Old man, governing the country is not an easy task, just studying well is useless."

"Yes yes

ah. "Some people echoed in a hurry.

Another scholar murmured in a low voice: "The crown prince has never studied politics. If he is said to have high literary attainments, I will accept him, but he can't bear the burden of the old man's saying 'leave the country and save him'?"

This old man is Xu Sanyou, a well-known scholar from the Li country. Although his reputation is not as famous as Mr. Wei, he is also a person who has become the object of reverence for the scholars of the Li country because of his knowledge.

The old man didn't argue with them, he hasn't been in such a good mood for a long time, he wants to go home and ask the old woman to serve him a jug of good wine, and he wants to get drunk to the fullest.

Everyone dispersed with their hearts full of thoughts, and the outside of the East Palace was once again in a state of silence.

At the beginning of the next day at Sishi, the door of the East Palace was knocked again. Li Chengshui muttered, "There is no end to the exchange", and then found a good place in the courtyard to take a good look at the pretentious scholars who came excitedly. Slip away.

The door of the East Palace was pushed open by two young eunuchs guarding the door.

At the same time, he pulled out a machete.

This scimitar is different from the one Rongshi used to use when he was young. For Rongshi today, that knife is too small.

The scimitar was unsheathed, and a cold light suddenly appeared, and it was placed on the neck of the visitor quickly and precisely.

Then, Rong Shi froze in place on the spot.

"Your Majesty asked me to be the crown prince's tutor again." Jing Huai looked sideways at the sharp knife and said with a slight smile, "Jing Huai's talent is poor, and I hope His Highness the crown prince will be merciful."