Huaibi

Seeing red day after day, first the crown prince was wounded and assassinated, and then King Chengyuan was killed and died. The whole imperial city was suffocated and depressed.

There was a massacre of scattered people in the city, and all those who were good at martial arts had already fled the capital, but those who were wronged and blamed were all killed on the spot day and night. He was even blindfolded and taken back to the house.

Gradually, rumors began to spread, saying that the dead man was left unjustly in the world, and he was still wandering around the world smelling the smell of blood, making the capital in this scorching summer look like a dead city.

At noon, the scorching sun was shining, and there were few pedestrians at the end of the street. The carriage drove out of the imperial city and headed for the Zhao Mansion without hindrance.Ping Huaizhen and Li Qingjue walked out of the palace, and stopped slowly in front of the mansion, and were about to help him get out of the car, but Li Qingjue raised his arm to block him, jumped out of the car half a step before him, turned around and reached out to help him.

Ping Huaizhen grasped his hand and heard a sentence on the ground: "The prince should not be considerate everywhere, I am afraid that he has eyes in the dark."

Ping Huaizhen didn't respond, only shook the hand again before letting go.

In the mansion, Zhao Keyang Fang returned from the Chen Mansion in the north of Beijing, only half an hour earlier than the two of them. At this time, he was sheltered in the living room, sweat still hung on his forehead, and he drank two cups of herbal tea to cool off the heat, and the tea in his mouth was not enough to swallow. Then I heard the report from the maidservant, saying that the prince had come.

Zhao Keyang put down the teacup, turned his head and saw the two of them, got up and bowed to the prince, and immediately retreated. Not in a hurry, he first said to Li Qingjue: "I have been to Chen's residence, and I would like to tell Mr. Chen that Ruining has been safe recently. Well, you don't have to worry about it all the time."

Li Qingjue felt a rare warmth in his heart, but he thought that he did not go to the Chen Mansion this time to inquire about this matter, so he simply thanked him and waited for the next word.

Zhao Keyang called the two of them to sit in front of them, there was no one waiting in the hall, and while pouring tea with each other, he inquired: "Rumors have started in Beijing, and if things go on like this, it will disturb people's livelihood. "

Hearing this, Ping Huaizhen frowned slightly, and the sword wound at the corner of his eye twitched violently, feeling half a pain.

Zhao Keyang watched his expression wandering, and couldn't help asking: "What worries does the prince have?"

"I didn't have any worries before, but now I have to think twice before acting," Ping Huaizhen stared at the one-zhang screen a few feet behind Zhao Keyang. After a long time of turmoil in the city, the turbulent momentum slowly calmed down, turning into blood-red and pale, just like the white mourning curtain that Chengyuan Palace hung overnight, "King Chengyuan passed away suddenly. Father is very distressed by it, afraid that he won't listen to even a word of remonstrance."

His words are reasonable, Zhao Keyang has never thought about it, but there are two sides to the matter, and there are advantages in the disadvantages, so he turned his head back and said: "The crown prince is hurt, so it's better to inflict some pain on him."

After a brief mention of this, Ping Huaizhen suddenly realized the deep meaning in his words - the more mournful Emperor Hongxuan is now, the more he should cherish the living.He has been favored by the emperor for more than ten years, but his body and position are almost in danger of his life. No matter how depressed Emperor Hongxuan is, he will not reject him.

This remonstrance cannot be delayed, take advantage of this moment when rumors are the most rife in Beijing and people are most panicked, and if you speak out in one go, you can fully grasp it.

Ping Huaizhen thought it through clearly, took two sips of herbal tea, and the suffocation of the summer time was a little bit, and decided to gamble on the sacred heart.

It was late at night, and the candles in Xu'an Hall were brightly lit.

The doors and windows in the main hall have all been repaired and restored, and the Shaofu arranged for many people to rush to work non-stop for two days, for fear of wronging the prince again and staying overnight in the side hall.But Ping Huaizhen still couldn't rest at this moment, the sword wound on his face suddenly hurt, like a poisonous insect biting him, tormenting him in every possible way.

The Tai Hospital ran all night for him, but no matter what, it would not be relieved in the slightest, until the sky was white and the morning light was dim, and Ping Huaizhen's involuntary symptoms finally weakened, and he fell asleep from fatigue.

At the same time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Hongxuan never slept well at night, and every time he closed his eyes, the death of King Chengyuan would hit his heart like a huge stone.

Emperor Hongxuan was half dreaming and half awake, and seemed to be dreaming back to more than [-] years ago. At that time, he was not proclaimed emperor, and he had a close relationship with Chengyuan Wang's brother.

If there is no spring rain from the sky, and the goddess's temples are wet, why is the heart twisted and messed up, and the consequences are self-inflicted.

Love is difficult, righteousness is difficult.

He actually understood that the fault was not that the princess was cold-blooded and cruel, but that when he handed over to others back then, in order to consolidate power and marry the daughter of an important minister according to the queen mother's wishes, he could only watch his first brother marry his sweetheart; In vain, they crossed the border many times, making the brotherhood weak and the hatred deep.

This feud has been settled for more than [-] years, and it has been resolved so far.

However, the saddest thing is that people can never see each other again overnight, but love can never be stopped with one heart and one thought.

Emperor Hongxuan had a splitting headache.

There was a sound of bead curtains slamming, and a line of maidservants on the long corridor outside the hall walked forward with golden plates, stopped in front of the door, and bowed to enter after the eunuch opened the door.

Emperor Hongxuan got up from the dragon couch without waiting for anyone to call him. He didn't rest well that night, so he didn't need to sleep again.

As soon as Wang Gongfang passed the curtain, he saw him glance sideways, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to his heels, while looking for shoes to put on for him, he quietly raised his eyes several times, seeing that Emperor Hongxuan was not angry Yicai carefully probed and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the prince did not sleep for a while last night, and all the adults in the imperial hospital watched the whole night..."

Emperor Hongxuan's expression was uneasy, the prince had been serving him for a long time, and he knew he cared at a glance, so he hurriedly raised his voice and said: "The prince's wound is attacking, and this is the pain that makes it difficult to sleep, the emperor wants to take a look?"

At the end of the sentence, Emperor Hongxuan nodded his head slightly, and he quickly moved his hands and feet, urging the palace servants to come in and wait for them to freshen up.

Here, Ping was pregnant and fell asleep, he was already extremely sleepy, but he forced himself to stay up all night just to play, at this moment he felt that it was hard to keep his eyes open.However, after resting for more than half an hour, someone woke him up by the bed again. He slowly opened his eyes halfway, and saw Li Qingjue sitting slightly bent over the bed, reaching out to avoid the wound and brushing away the strands of hair on his face. He whispered: "Jiang Chang said that the emperor's chariot is already on the road, and it will be here soon."

Ping Huaizhen tried his best to listen to the familiar voice, and when his vision was blurred, he saw Li Qingjue's eyebrows from before, with long eyes and bright eyes, smiling lips and high nose, as transparent and pleasing as Suyu coming out of the mountain.And just for a moment, that appearance turned into a cold human face, ordinary in appearance, without much emotion, and there was no trace of a smile.

In the blink of an eye, he lost all sleepiness, Ping Huaizhen covered his hands to warm him for a while, got up and changed his clothes, and waited for Emperor Hongxuan to arrive in the palace.

Not long after, the eunuch's shrill voice sang in the courtyard, Li Qingjue avoided it for now, Ping Huaizhen went out alone in the inner room, raised his robe and knelt down to greet him: "My son pays homage to the emperor."

"Excuse me." Emperor Hongxuan sat down on the jade-embedded couch by the window, and called him to stand up. Looking down, the sword wound on the corner of the eye has not yet healed. If it is hot today, if it is covered with gauze, it may cause festering and stasis. It's so cold and exposed.Forget about looking down, I saw layers of blue shadows under the eyelids again, which was the reason why I couldn't sleep last night.

Ping Huaizhen was standing beside him, and Emperor Hongxuan looked at the jade bone mountain and river fan hanging from his waist, and after giving him a seat, he asked with concern: "I heard that the crown prince is restless at night, what does the imperial doctor say after seeing it?"

"The son and minister are terrified, which makes the emperor worry. The imperial doctor said that the wound has not deteriorated, and the medicine is applied on time, and it is enough to cultivate quietly."

Emperor Hongxuan felt a little relieved when he heard that, and the maidservant outside the palace brought two cups of new tea, Ping Huaizhen personally took it and presented it to him, and said: "But this time the assassination was all due to the injustice in Beijing. In the past two days, the people's hearts have been restless, and the rumors are sensational, threatening to damage the people's livelihood and the community."

"I've heard it too."

"Father," Ping Huaizhen took two steps back and bowed, "I have been having trouble sleeping at night, thinking a lot, and I have a plan to advise you. There is an ancient saying, 'It is beneficial to raise soup to stop boiling. , Those who know the root, just get rid of the fire.' Now the rivers and lakes in the capital have been driven away, but the root cause is not cured. It is nothing but to stop the evil and solve the problem for a while. My son thinks that if you want to prevent it before it happens, it is better to do the opposite. Lead them to the right path and restrain them.”

Emperor Hongxuan listened to what he had to say, and did not speak for a long time. He took the tea cup in his hand and did not take a sip of it.After a long time, Emperor Hongxuan raised his eyes, waved his hand to make him sit back and talk, and asked: "The prince's intention is to recruit the people and bring those scattered people back to the court?"

"Yes and no," Ping Huaizhen shook his head and explained, "Recruitment is not urgent, and if it is restrained in the name of recruitment, it may be difficult to make the people in the wilderness submit. My son's intention is to report the so-called Jianghu sect on record. Give a correct name, such as all private merchants have a business name, and all doctors have a medical order. All sects on record can be given a name, and there is a trial every year, and there is no need to provide money to the court. In this way, if there is chaos, You can know it early and keep everything under control.”

What Ping Huaizhen said was unprecedented in history, but Emperor Hongxuan felt that it was very reasonable. In the past, the imperial court did not interfere with each other.This move, on the one hand, can teach the people to live in peace, and on the other hand, in time, it can also collect some scattered schools for use by the court.

Give it a try.

Although in the short term, the effect may be very small, but in the long run, it will definitely benefit.

Emperor Hongxuan took a sip of tea, responded to his remonstrance, and asked again casually: "Who is responsible for this matter, does the crown prince have a good choice?"

"There is no one to choose yet," Ping Huaizhen lowered his eyes to cover his emotions, calmly refilling his cup of tea, "Maybe you adults can recommend it."

Emperor Hongxuan didn't ask other questions.

Ping Huaizhen intentionally stopped talking, thinking about the matter of King Chengyuan, and said a few thoughtful words to the emperor, hoping that he would take care of the dragon body.

The sun was rising outside the hall, and the room was stuffy and hot. The wound around Ping Huaizhen's eyes really hurt this time, and the pain was faintly swollen, which made him frown frequently.The imperial doctor came to change the dressing according to the time, seeing Emperor Hongxuan here, he was more cautious at the moment, after a lot of tossing, the clothes and silk on his back were drenched in sweat.

He didn't eat breakfast, and he didn't sleep all night, Ping Huaizhen felt hungry and sleepy, but fortunately, Emperor Hongxuan also drove away after the imperial physician left, so he finally had time to rest.

Jiang Chang closed the door of the hall to block the fierce sun from outside, and opened several windows in the side hall to let the wind out, so that people would take the ice out of the cellar for the prince to cool down.Ping Huaizhen untied his red robe and ordered him to call someone to pass the food into the palace, but seeing that Li Qingjue hadn't appeared, he asked, "Where is Qingjue?"

Jiang Chang stopped the steps he was about to go out, turned around and replied in a low voice: "I have just gone to see, Mr. Li fell asleep on the couch in the side hall, I didn't dare to wake him up, so I let him rest."

Ping Huaizhen was taken aback when he heard that, remembering that the hall was brightly lit last night, he did not sleep with his eyes open, why didn't Li Qingjue stay up with him all night, so he nodded and turned to look at the side hall.