The lonely voice of the little eunuch came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Thirty-one Prince" I frowned, hating this awkward name from the bottom of my heart.
When I walked out of the door, I saw Lonely standing in the courtyard with his head shrinking.
He was the most wretched-looking person in the entire palace, and he was born with the face of a chicken thief.
"His Royal Highness the Thirty-one Prince, Your Majesty has asked you to go to Guangde Hall to discuss matters."
My heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
Guangde Hall was the place where my father discussed state affairs.
In my memory, he had never let me go there.
Could it be that my killing of King Mu had been exposed?
I immediately rejected the idea.
If my murder of King Mu is revealed, it will definitely not be the little eunuch Luo Guo who comes to invite me.
Lonely said respectfully: "Prince Thirty-one, please follow me immediately."
I nodded, changed my clothes, and followed him towards Guangde Hall.
When I was passing by the Jiuqu Long Bridge in front of Shude Palace, I happened to see Concubine Zhen sitting on the bridge railing accompanied by Yu Suo, in a daze.
Yu Suo saw me, lowered his head and whispered something to Concubine Zhen, Concubine Zhen raised her head and looked at me.
My heart was shocked again.
It seemed that Concubine Zhen and Yusuo's master and servant had reached the point where they could talk about everything.
I wonder if Yusuo would know about what happened between us that night.
It was a difficult situation.
Yan's regret filled my heart, and the price of impulse was often unbearable.
I said to Luo Mo, "Wait a moment, I'll come over after I have a word with Concubine Zhen."
Luo Mo nodded and stood in place obediently.
I walked leisurely towards Concubine Zhen.
Concubine Zhen did not expect that I would take the initiative to meet her, and there was an imperceptible ray of tenderness in my eyes.
"Hello, Concubine Zhen," I said respectfully.
Concubine Zhen waved her hand to me: "Don't be so formal.
I haven't seen you these days.
What are you doing hiding in Qingyue Palace?"
She cleverly used the word "hiding" to indirectly point out that I have been hiding from her. .
Yu Suo has already walked towards Lonely.
This girl is extremely clever.
Not only does she know how to walk away at the right time, but she also knows how to draw other people's attention.
I showed a silent smile and whispered: "Empress Zhen Mingjian, Yinkong has been suffering from the cold these days and has been lying in bed."
Concubine Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly: "So I have wronged you."
"Concubine Zhen cares so much for me, I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude."
Concubine Zhen's pretty face blushed slightly, her beautiful eyes showed a trace of seductive charm, and she said softly: "If I had a son like you, I would be pissed to death by you sooner or later."
I was slightly angry, but my heart skipped a beat.
Thinking of my father's summons, I hurriedly said goodbye: "My father asked us to go to Guangde Hall to discuss matters.
I need to leave now."
Concubine Zhen called me and said, "Yinkong, I heard that King Mu died in Prince Qin's Mansion.
The Holy Master asked you to go to Ba Cheng for this matter."
I nodded.
Concubine Zhen said: "You must remember that there are intrigues everywhere in this palace.
The more times like this, the better time to kill each other.
No matter what others do, remember to be wise and protect yourself, and don't show too much in everything.
If you are too shrewd, the more you appear weak in front of others, the more people will relax their guard against you.
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"Her concern for me was palpable.
I am eager to learn.
When they arrived at the Guangde Hall, most of the royal brothers and nephews had arrived, and they were discussing the death of King Mu in groups.
Except for An Wang Yinxiang, who is about the same age as me, no one else noticed my existence at all.
Yinxiang came to me and said: "Yinkong, you are here.
I was just going to ask you about Brother Eight Emperors."
I pretended to be devastated: "Brother Huang was fine when he went out with me that night, how could it happen suddenly?"
My eyes turned red and I cried loudly.
When Yinxiang saw my appearance, he felt sad and shed tears.
Only then did King Qin notice my presence.
He frowned and said, "Why are you two crying?
Father will come over later.
If he sees your useless look, wouldn't he feel even more depressed?"
A rough voice said: "What does the fifth emperor brother mean by this?
The death of the eighth emperor brother, our brother is not extremely sad, how can we use the word coward to slander other people's state of mind?"
The speaker was the sixth prince Xing Wang Yintao, he There has always been a bad relationship with King Qin, so if he catches King Qin's blame, he will naturally not let it go easily.
King Qin said angrily: "I am only thinking about my father.
When the Eighth Emperor's brother meets with misfortune, I am as sad as you are.
But what's the use of just crying?
Only by finding the real culprit as soon as possible can we comfort his spirit in heaven."
King Xing snorted coldly: "I think not all of these brothers are truly grieving."
King Qin said angrily: "Lao Liu, what do you mean by this?"
Prince Xing said: "Eighth brother died in the back garden of Prince Qin's Mansion.
Why was it taken so long to be discovered?
If Brother Five Emperors wants to find out the real culprit, he should first figure out what happened in his own mansion."
King Qin yelled: "How dare you falsely accuse me of my innocence?
My eighth brother and I are brothers, so how can you harm him?"
King Xing sneered and said: "What a saying that we are like brothers.
Brothers born from the same father are actually exchanged for your words.
My eighth brother and I were born from the same mother.
It seems that in King Qin's heart, only my eighth brother and I are the real ones."
Brothers and sisters."
The situation suddenly fell into chaos.
I laughed secretly in my heart.
I didn't expect that the normally dull King Xing would be so sharp-tongued, attacking King Qin's key points with every sentence.
His purpose of attacking King Qin was obvious.
If King Qin was removed, he would be the natural choice for the crown prince.
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt relieved.
Even if I didn't kill Zhongfu at that time, no one would suspect me.
As Concubine Zhen said, everyone will use the death of King Mu as an opportunity to eradicate dissidents.
I am not enough for them to see.
In the eyes.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
With a long shout from Chief Duolong, the whole chaotic scene suddenly became quiet.
King Qin and King Xing looked at each other hatefully and returned to the queue.
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Accompanied by several ministers, Emperor Xinde walked towards the dragon throne with great strides.
There was always an indescribable majesty about him.
It was difficult for us, the princes and grandsons, to express their oppression.
I stood at the end of the line of princes, and half of the emperor's nephews across from me had already been crowned kings.
In their eyes, I, the emperor's uncle, was still just a child.
The father let out a long sigh: "You all already know that King Mu Yinshang passed away at an early age."
He rubbed his hand hard on the armrest of the dragon chair: "I am a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, it is very sad."
But There was no sound in his voice.
There are too many sad elements.
I understand his strength.
After all, he is the king of a country.
As he said, every subject within the territory is his child.
If this is true, wouldn’t he want to spend every moment They are all in mourning.
The father said: "The cause of King Mu's death has been found out.
You don't need to make any more suspicions in private."
He paused and said loudly: "King Mu slipped and fell into the well after drinking and drowned.
When the manager of Prince Qin's palace was rescuing him, he was Mistakenly pulling like water.”
While I was relieved, I was also a little strange.
I had already taken off the steward's coat and shoes.
Could it be that they turned a blind eye?
Later I learned that King Mu not only liked women, but also male actors.
Only a few royal brothers knew about this. , the matter was settled hastily, probably because the family scandal did not want to be spread.
The same person who breathed a sigh of relief like me was King Qin.
After all, King Mu died in his palace.
Now that the emperor has made a final decision, all his suspicions have been cleared.
There is no need to worry about King Xing and his ilk.
Make a fuss.
Emperor Xinde said: "The reason why I called you here today is to discuss something important."
From his solemn expression, we have already guessed that this matter is not trivial.
Emperor Xinde said: "Since the founding of the Emperor Tuo, our country, Dakang, has worked hard and worked hard to develop itself from a small country with a land area of less than a thousand miles and a population of less than one million to a country with a land area of more than 5,000 miles and a population of more than 30 million.
"A great country" We have long been accustomed to hearing his opening remarks.
At the beginning of every lecture, my father would always count the achievements of the previous emperors.
Father said: "It is a pity that in the past three years, natural disasters have continued, first there were floods and then plagues.
The people's livelihood in our Dakang country has been hit hard like never before.
There are seven countries surrounding it in the east, west and south, and barbarians in the north are constantly moving south to disturb the people.
"He raised his eyes and looked at us, as if waiting for our words.
King Qin took the lead and said: "Father, our Dakang country has many soldiers and generals, so how can we be afraid of these young people?
All we need is an order from our father, and my sons and ministers are willing to lead the troops to conquer this country of tigers and wolves."
King Xing said: "Father has already said that the top priority of our Dakang country is to recuperate and recuperate.
Starting a war now will not do any good to our country."
He was good at grasping his father's thoughts, and had already gained the upper hand invisibly.
Emperor Xinde nodded appreciatively: "Yin Tao's words really touched my heart."
King Qin stepped back with his face flushed.
Emperor Xinde turned to King Xing and said: "Yintao, since you have said this, you already have an idea in mind, so you might as well tell everyone."
King Xing said: "My son dares to suggest a solution, and I would like to ask my father to correct me."
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He strode to the center of the palace and said loudly: "Although the northern barbarians are brave, they are still a barbaric land.
We can adopt a gentle strategy and exchange gold and silver silk with them for temporary peace.
The national strength of the three countries of Yan, Han and Jin in the west They are so far away from our country that they absolutely dare not take the initiative to attack Dakang.
We only need to send envoys to clarify our interests, and the crisis can be easily resolved. " Emperor Xinde kept nodding.
King Xing was proud and proud in front of King Qin, and his heart was extremely happy.
He deliberately took two steps towards King Qin and said: "The Han Dynasty in the south and Da Qi are related to our country by marriage.
This matter needs to be started from family ties.
The princesses of the two countries can use it to It shouldn't be too difficult to resolve the crisis by showing goodwill to the monarchs of the two countries. " After he said this, the problem returned to the main aspect: "Our real enemies are actually Daqin and Zhongshan in the east.
Zhongshan has already become a vassal of Qin.
Everything is based on Qin's leadership.
As long as Daqin's crisis is resolved, Zhongshan will There is no need to consider the affairs of the country.”
Emperor Xinde said with great interest: "Do you have a good plan to temporarily make Da Qin and our country have good relations?"
King Xing said: "Father, have you ever heard that there was a theory of prostitution in the previous dynasty?"
Emperor Xinde nodded and said: "I have heard about this matter.
The party seeking peace used the prince of his country to send to the enemy country as a pledge to show his sincerity.
There was indeed a precedent for this in the previous dynasty."
All of us immediately understood the true intention of King Xing.
Among all the princes, the one most qualified to be the prince is King Qin Yinli.
If his plan of proposing a son is really achieved, then King Qin will be sent to Daqin as a hostage and stay.
King Xing in the country would naturally become the best candidate for the crown prince.
This strategy was indeed vicious and could kill two birds with one stone.
King Qin said: "Although King Xing's plan is clever, if any of our brothers are sent to Qin, if there is a war between the two countries, they will definitely die."
King Xing said impassionedly: "As a son, you should put filial piety first, and as a minister, you should put the country first.
In critical moments, we should relieve our father's worries and solve difficulties for the country.
How can we worry too much about personal gains and losses?"
King Qin sneered and said: "King Xing's words made Brother Yu suddenly realize.
If I am not wrong, King Xing will take the initiative to take the responsibility of going to Qin."
He finally grasped the opportunity to counterattack and attracted the enemy at the key point.
King Xing was at a loss for words.
He had done all his tricks just to send King Qin to Da Qin.
He didn't expect that he would seize the opportunity and turn it back on him.
The scene suddenly reached a deadlock, and Emperor Xinde smiled and said: "Actually, I had already discussed the decision with the ministers before coming here.
The reason why I didn't put it forward at the beginning was because I wanted to see what you think."
His eyes swept over our faces one by one: "We have a candidate for the Hulu affairs, Yinxiang."
His eyes finally rested on King An.
"My son is here."
Yinxiang stepped out from the crowd, his voice trembling.
"I order you to go to the Hu tribe and marry Princess Hu."
This was like a thunderbolt from the blue to Yinxiang.
His face turned colorless.
After a long time, he said: "Father, the emperor Mingjian, the child just married the imperial censor.
Liu Dongchen’s daughter made an engagement” "As long as state affairs are the most important thing, I have canceled that engagement for you."
My father's words completely eliminated Yinxiang's last extravagant hope.
He returned to me with difficulty and murmured: " I actually became a prisoner of a foreign country."
I suddenly remembered the word "prison" that Cao Rui gave me on the night of the 15th, and I couldn't help but feel shocked.
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When a person enters a foreign country, he becomes a prisoner, but for me, in Dakang, I am not a prisoner.
As long as I walk out of the tight wall of Dakang, there may be a glimmer of hope in my future.
Chance.
Emperor Xinde said: "Great Qin and I have reached an agreement on the proton matter.
Which one of you is willing to go?"
The chapter name was not a typo; the original one was too straightforward, so it was revised
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