King Xiao suddenly turned around and couldn't help but smile: "Sanhuai Hutong?"

I saw that his eyes were full of smiles, shining in the candlelight, and I felt that I had violated the discipline and was too jealous, and I couldn't help but feel hot on my face, so I turned away and ignored him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Who knew that he walked over, stretched out his arms to hug me from behind, and whispered in my ear: "The house in Sanhuai Hutong is the nephew of Concubine Ding, and the lonely king is not a good man!"

Is Concubine Ding's nephew one of the prisoners of war escorted into Beijing by the North?

I was speechless and blushed.

King Xiao turned me over and said with a smile: "Ashina-Qinggeltai is a prince of the Turkic tribe, and he was defeated in the decisive battle of the Northland. But Concubine Ding begged the queen mother after she found out, and I needed her help with Zhao Cairen, so I pushed the boat down the river. He asked for people from the generals who returned to Beijing and placed them in Sanhuai Hutong. As a result, he was stubborn, and he did not heal his wounds and did not eat. Doctor Sheng has no way, Gu Wang has been to see it a few times, and now he has a headache. ”

After a moment of silence, King Xiao said slowly: "Xiaoguan, it turns out that you care about it in your heart. ”

The room was very warm, the candlelight was swaying, and the red candle next to the dressing table suddenly burst out with a light show.

At this time, everything is like spring water, showing a warm and charming water.

On the third day of the new year, the weather outside was gloomy, damp and cold, so King Xiao pushed the banquets of several families, and only spent time with me in Duofuxuan.

I saw the charcoal burning, and I felt very warm when I looked at the red color, and I remembered the old things in the big kitchen of the princess's mansion, and I was very happy for a while. Turning his head to King Xiao and smiling: "Have you ever eaten roasted peanuts, roasted sweet potatoes, and roasted water chestnuts......?"

Xiao Wang walked over to me, stretched out his hand to the top of the charcoal basin, the fire reflected his slender fingers, glowing with a healthy pink, and his nails were polished round and clean.

I looked at his hands, but I thought of Meng Langlai with these hands last night for no reason, and my face suddenly burned like a fire, and I forgot what I was going to say later.

King Xiao glanced at me sideways and said with a smile, "The Lonely King has never eaten it." Xiaoguan got someone to try it for the lonely king, okay?"

I hung my head and said like a mosquito: "Okay." It's just that I'm afraid that the prince will dislike it too rudely. ”

King Xiao put his hand on my hand: "When I was in the Northland, it was common for the Lone King to travel day and night, and to sleep in the open. What is vulgar and not vulgar. ”

I raised my eyes to look at him: "Does the prince feel bitter?"

"The lonely king has been pampered since he was a child, and it is naturally very bitter to be so suddenly. When I think of the eldest brother, the queen mother, you, and the tenth brother, I feel that it is nothing. At least, the lone king is still alive, but the eldest brother is gone. Whether it is bitter or happy, it has nothing to do with him. ”

There were tears in his eyes.

And that obvious hatred.

I held his hand with my backhand and asked cautiously, "...... the eldest prince?"

He flipped the silver frost charcoal a few times with a fire spoon, brought up a few sparks, and said in a gloomy tone: "The Liu family of the Yuan Empress has been with his father for many years, probably because of the days in the hidden mansion, he has not been able to come out. When Concubine Qu gave birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor, the queen mother made the decision to hire the eldest daughter of the Langya Wang family, that is, the queen mother, to enter the palace and become a virtuous concubine. The queen mother soon became pregnant and gave birth to the emperor's eldest son. At that time, the whole country celebrated, and the father was also extremely happy and favored, and deliberately changed the name of the year to Zhaoming, and the queen mother was also promoted to the concubine. ”

The red charcoal fire was reflected in King Xiao's eyes, as if it was scorching his heart, and his voice became deeper and lower: "The eldest brother is very precocious, he can write at the age of three, and he can write at the age of five. When the imperial brother was six years old, Empress Yuan suddenly became pregnant and gave birth to the second prince, who is now the crown prince. But the father still loves the eldest brother. ”

"Once the royal brother and his father went out of the palace to worship the sky, and saw that there were many plum trees on the side of the road, so the father asked the attendants to pick them, and the imperial sister of Yongjia happily asked the attendants to wash them and send them, but the eldest brother did not look at them. His father asked him, and his brother Shi Shiran replied: 'Li Shu has many sons on the side of the road, and this will be bitter Li.' When my father tasted it, it was really bitter. But my father laughed very happily at the time and swallowed the bitter plum. ”

Suddenly there was a rustling sound at the window sash, which became denser and denser, but it was snow particles that were falling and rattling on the windows.

King Xiao retracted his gaze and continued: "That year, someone in Longdong captured a fierce tiger, and Longdong County Shoujin entered the palace, and my father summoned his relatives and ministers to the Xuanwu field to watch together. The tiger suddenly climbed the fence and roared, its sound shook the ground, and the onlookers did not change color, and the royal brother had just turned seven years old at the time, and he was not afraid. When his father asked him why he was not afraid, he pulled his father's sleeve and said, 'This tiger is already in the hands of men, and it is just a matter of struggling.' Since it has shocked everyone, it is better to cut off their minions!' My father was very pleased at that time. ”

I sighed in my heart: The eldest prince is so smart and brave, I am afraid that the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. I heard that most of the people who died of illness before have other inside stories.

Sure enough, King Xiao closed his eyes and stabilized his mind before saying: "When my father came back from Xuanwuchang, he announced Liu Xiang, Xu Xiang and the Ministry of Rites, and after discussion, they drafted a clear decree to make the eldest brother the crown prince. But before the written will could be issued, the eldest brother went. After just over a month, the second prince was made the crown prince just after he turned one year old. In the ninth year of Zhaoming, Empress Yuan died, and the queen mother was established as the successor, and she was in the middle palace, and gave birth to the lone king and ten brothers. Concubine Shu also gave birth to eleven brothers. But the favorite child in the hearts of the father and queen mother for so many years is still the eldest brother. For his father, the eldest brother and the crown prince are what he cares about. ”

I reached out to squeeze King Xiao's hand.

He smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "It's okay, the Lone King has long been used to not being the one who is most valued." ”

I asked softly, "Could the death of the eldest prince be a man-made disaster?"

"The uncles also felt that it was a man-made disaster. The royal brother is usually in good health, how can he ...... in just a few days? However, I couldn't find any clues. That year, if it weren't for the uncles who always entered the palace to relieve the queen mother, I was afraid that the queen mother would also follow. ”

No wonder the queen is sometimes stunned, and her eyebrows are often gloomy.

When the eldest prince died, the people who could get the most benefit were the second prince and the queen at that time.

I remembered that the Empress Yuan came from Liu Xiangfu, and I couldn't help but pick up a sentence indignantly: "It's really like that, I'm only afraid that the relatives will be bitter and the enemies will be happy." Liu Xiang's first-class is going to celebrate with the crown. ”

King Xiao said with some sadness: "The actions of Empress Liu Xiangyuan are naturally hated, but the person who acquiesced to this result, did not conduct a thorough investigation, and quickly established a new crown prince is the father! This is the most chilling place for the queen mother and uncles." ”

I thought of Emperor Wei's many tolerances for the crown prince, and I couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that King Xiao looked uncertain, he had the heart to explain him, so he smiled and said, "It's snowing late, can you drink a cup?"

King Xiao pressed down his sad color and smiled lightly: "Where is the green ant new brew wine and the red clay small stove?"

Outside, the snow particles are chilling, but inside it is warm as spring.

I have called Zhan Lu to arrange a table of side dishes according to King Xiao's preferences, and the new wine tandoor has been placed on the table. The tandoor is small and simple, and the fire is burning red.

In the gilded charcoal basin on the side, there are two sweet potatoes that are very inconsistent, and a bunch of peanuts, water chestnuts, mandarins and other things. In a short time, the room was filled with a sweet smell that made your fingers appetize.

After drinking a few cups of hot wine, the smile on King Xiao's face gradually thickened. I looked at him with my cheeks on the side, and felt that it was more fireworks and more intimate than the pride of the sky on weekdays.