The emperor raised his eyes to look at him and said, "Today I mentioned the matter of establishing a prince again, what do you think the courtiers will say?" ”

Li Muhan shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, no matter how long you are standing and standing virtuous, you should be the eldest emperor's brother." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Really?" The emperor smiled and said, "But the courtiers are not like you, but they have recommended you one after another, saying that you are the only concubine." said that you were young and promising, pacified the war in Dongyi, and saved the Tang Dynasty from the suffering of war in the next few decades. said that you were virtuous since childhood, respected your brother and father, said that you had a gully in your chest, and retreated from the north to disturb the Tang Dynasty in a few words. ”

Li Muhan's eyes were slightly certain, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "My father is the emperor of the prosperous world, and my son is just doing his duty as a courtier." ”

At this time, there was an exclamation from behind the painting screen, followed by the sound of the porcelain bowl falling to the ground and shattering. Li Muhan turned his eyes to look, and the inner eunuch ran out with a panicked hunched waist, knelt on his knees, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, ginseng soup... ginseng soup..."

"Say! Say it out loud to me! The emperor was so angry that he almost got up on the line.

The inner supervisor trembled and clubbed his head to the ground, and hissed and shouted: "Poisonous! Ginseng soup is poisonous! ”

"Bastard!" The Emperor slammed the table and stood up, drew his guard's sword, and ran down the steps in three steps and two steps.

The tip of the sword pointed directly at him, and shouted: "Rebel, you want to kill the king!" ”

"Father! That's impossible! The ginseng soup was boiled by the imperial sister-in-law, and the retainer was afraid that you would be angry with me when I went out of the palace to make amends, how could it be poisonous! ”

The emperor kicked Li Muhan's heart: "If it weren't for Muyang's early exposure, I would never have imagined that you, a wolf cub, would be so vicious!" Now that the matter has been revealed, you are still trying to sophistry and drag your imperial brother into the water, you tell me, tell me, how will your father treat you, so that you will not hurt your father's heart so much? In the end, the emperor was already heartbroken.

There was an exclamation of exclamation from outside the palace gate, followed by the sound of swords intersecting, and the dancing of torches reflected the confusion of human figures. The guards guarding the door ran into the hall in a panic and arched their hands: "Tell Your Majesty, the three thousand troops of the Seven Princes' Mansion have broken into the Suzaku Gate!" ”

The emperor trembled with anger, his eyes looked at Li Muhan like a cold sword, and asked sharply, "What other justification do you have!" ”

Li Muhan's shoulders trembled instantly, his face was pale and full of disbelief, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "Impossible, this is impossible, how can this be?" ”

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Kill!" Kill these traitors! ”

"Yes!" The guard turned to go out, a smile on his lips as he bowed his head.

On this night, Chang'an City did not see the hustle and bustle of the past at all, and every household closed its door. Outside the Suzaku Gate, the generals confronted each other, the sound of horses neighing, sonorous swords and halberds, and the torches lit everywhere were a piece of blood.

In front of Zhengyang Palace, Li Muhan knelt on the stone steps, the wind and snow beat his cheeks, and the occasional passionate drum sound sounded in his ears, and he finally understood.

"Squeak, squeak" A pair of blood-stained white boots slowly stepped on the snow and stood in front of him, a familiar voice coming from above his head.

The eldest prince smiled sympathetically, lowered his eyes and looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and said, "Seventh Emperor Brother, since you were a child, your father has favored you, just because you were born from the queen's womb, you are one level higher than me?" No matter how virtuous I am, no matter how hard I work, no matter how much I love you, I can't match a single word. Seventh brother, listen to the words of the imperial brother, you will accept your fate, the eldest imperial brother begs you, okay? ”

Cool snowflakes drifted from between the collars to my neck, so cold. Li Muhan slowly raised his eyes to look at him, without any expression on his face.

"I don't understand."

The eldest prince smiled and said, "You don't understand? This is the Imperial Technique. You don't have to understand. He slowly crouched down and stroked his blood-stained hand to his cheek.

He waved his hand slightly, and the guard not far away stepped forward with a wooden box. The eldest prince looked sideways, and with a fingertip, the wooden box opened. A human head stood out in front of his eyes.

Li Muhan's eyes were full of horror and anger, and he suddenly stood up and pounced in front of the head: "Queen Mother! ”

"Li Muyang! You brute! He roared and rushed towards the Grand Prince, and the guards on his side swarmed him, holding his arms around his neck as he held the halberd.

"Scold, what else can you do but sprinkle?" The eldest prince smiled contemptuously and leaned his face into his ear and whispered: "Don't worry, the imperial brother is reluctant to let you die, and the imperial brother will do everything possible to let you live until the day I ascend the throne." He laughed arrogantly and turned away.

"Father! The retainers are wronged! Wronged! ”

In the following three years of captivity, he dreamed back countless midnight times, and Li Muyang's laughter always lingered in his ears and became his eternal nightmare.

"The emperor said: Li Muhan, the seventh son of the emperor, has a loss of virtue, is arrogant and rude, neglects the courtiers, does not think about respecting the monarch, and deprives the emperor of the emperor's honor to send the emperor to think about it, and will never be recalled!"

"Brother Huang, think about it in front of the Li family's ancestors."

Li Muhan struggled to rush forward: "Father! The retainers are wronged! The ginseng soup was boiled by the emperor's sister-in-law, and the government army had already been manipulated by the emperor's brother in the dark, and the sons were really wronged! Father, mother, innocent! Father! ”

The eldest prince looked at the guard, who stepped forward and gagged his mouth with a rag. Li Muhan's cheeks were flushed, and he looked at Li Muyang with wide eyes.

The corners of Li Muyang's lips hooked slightly, and said: "The first queen mother is determined to die, and the royal brother has repeatedly begged, and the father has exempted you from the death penalty, in order to preserve your reputation, your crimes have not been made public to the world, if you die, won't the first queen die in vain?" If you talk nonsense again, your teacher, your fox friends and dog friends on the rivers and lakes, don't even want to live, understand? ”

Li Muhan looked past him at the closed palace door, which had not moved at all, as if no one was there.

He finally gave up, the emperor's mind, it turned out that ruthlessness was the emperor's mind, his face was pale, and he finally lowered his proud head.

Seeing him nodding, Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "If you and my brother are in the same place, the imperial brother can agree to your last request." With a wave of his hand, the guard pulled out the rags from Li Muhan's mouth.

Li Muhan's heart was like ashes, he smiled slightly, and said, "I once made an appointment with my friends to meet at Yelan Bridge, but now, I'm afraid I can't go to the appointment." Can you carve a plum blossom for me and stand on that bridge? ”

"Yes!" Li Muyang hooked her lips and said with a smile, she yelled: "Didn't you hear the words of the Seventh Prince!" Don't go to the Yelan Bridge to carve plum blossoms! Not only that, but no one will ever be allowed to set foot on this bridge from now on! ”

"Yes, yes!"

The high-spirited young man Li Muhan "died" on this cold winter day, and was replaced by a walking corpse that his mother died of because of him.

In the dark underground of the imperial mausoleum, there is a mausoleum keeper who no one knows all day long, wearing a soot robe in tatters, and an oil lamp with a wick like a bean.