In the afternoon, a downpour dissipated some of the unbearable heat, and a frog with smooth skin jumped out from among the lotus leaves, shaking off the heart of the fallen leaves and a puddle of rain.

Everything is clear, the sky is clear, but Liang Ji has no intention of appreciating this refreshing beauty after the rain, he sits on the water pavilion on the lotus pond, his eyes fall in the air, and his eyebrows are full of depression and anger.

It has been two full days since she confessed everything to Empress Li that day, although Empress Li was very surprised, she didn't lose her temper, just pressed her forehead, lowered her eyelashes and thought about it, and then let Liang Ji rest in the palace, and she was not allowed to return to Beijing without her permission.

This obviously didn't let him interfere, and for some reason, Liang Ji always felt that things would develop beyond his expectations.

Just when he was anxious, he saw a touch of inky blue robe corner from a distance, Liang Ji fixed his eyes, it turned out to be Li Duqiu, the other party did not squint, there was no one behind him, and the direction he went was Empress Li's bedroom.

Liang Ji got up suddenly, and when he was about to speak, his eyes darkened, and he walked out of the water pavilion quickly, and drilled behind the rockery on the side, he had been to the Yanhe Palace many times since he was a child, and he already knew some trails and shortcuts, and soon came to Li Hou one step ahead of Li Duqiu.

Seeing Liang Ji, Empress Li pointed to the dwarf pestle under his left hand and said, "I was about to order someone to call you, but you came, you saw your uncle." ”

When Liang Ji heard this, he couldn't help but stiffen when he was about to sit down, and then the top of his head was gently stroked by Empress Li, who held up a blade of grass in front of him and said, "Pay attention next time." ”

A trace of chagrin appeared on Liang Ji's face, he was afraid that the queen mother would deliberately avoid discussing his brother with his uncle, so he planned to go to the queen mother before his uncle, so as not to enter the palace if the queen mother asked her to stop him outside.

"The child knows." Liang Ji pursed his lower lip.

Empress Li smiled softly and nodded Liang Ji's forehead, "I don't know you yet, if this matter is hidden from you, I'm afraid that if you turn around, you will go to check it yourself, and then there will be a deviation, and the whole situation will be bad." ”

Liang Ji raised his eyebrows and said cautiously: "The queen mother already has a resolution in her heart?" ”

"I'll talk about it when your uncle comes."

As soon as the words fell, the palace maid outside the door walked in with small steps, "Empress Dowager Qi, General Li, please see you." ”

"Pass him in."

"Yes." The palace maid bowed back, and after a while, a pair of black satin boots appeared in front of the two, Liang Ji raised his head, and met Li Duqiu's eyes, there seemed to be nothing in those eyes, but people didn't dare to look directly, this pair of eyes that soaked out of the sea of blood from the corpse mountain were not tyrannical and ruthless, but very quiet, like a pool of autumn pools in a deep valley, revealing silence and coolness, but very clear, it seemed to be able to illuminate all the thoughts of others at a glance.

Liang Ji couldn't help but look away, bowed his head and said, "Uncle, you're here." ”

Li Duqiu nodded, clasped his fists and saluted: "The minister has seen the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother Sheng'an." Then he also made a courtier salute to Liang Ji.

"It's all my own family, so I don't have to be polite." Empress Li had a dignified posture, his expression was intimate but not indecent, he pointed to the seat on the lower left, and said with a pleasant face: "Sit down, brother, our brother and sister haven't talked for a long time." ”

The curvature of Li Duqiu's face softened slightly, sat down according to his words, and asked, "Are you still used to living in the palace?" ”

Empress Li smiled, a trace of melancholy flashed across her face, "What is there that you can't get used to, if you have nothing to worry about, you can find a rural cottage, which is also comfortable." ”

Li Duqiu naturally heard what Empress Li said, and asked, "I don't know why the Queen Mother is worried?" ”

"I, as a mother, can worry about things now, that is, some children's affairs," Li Hou rubbed his eyes tiredly, and said: "Brother, I originally thought that Cheng'er could succeed to the throne because of your secret assistance, but a few days ago, I got a news that the person my brother really assists is actually someone else, and Cheng'er is just a pawn for you to stabilize the dynasty." ”

Li Duqiu sat down quietly, there was no trace of panic on his face, he seemed to be ready to confess everything, he glanced at Liang Ji, and Li Hou said: "It's okay, Ji'er is also sensible, there is nothing to avoid him." ”

"That's it," Li Duqiu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said: "There is something I only determined at the end of last year, do you know that the people have been secretly saying that Empress Dowager Zhao used a snake to fill a dragon?" ”

Empress Li's tail finger twitched violently, almost spilling the tea cup in her hand, she looked at Li Duqiu in disbelief, it was rare to lose her temper like this.

"That's not a rumor, Liang Zhaochang is indeed not the son of Emperor Xu, so Cheng'er and Ji'er are not royal blood, and they shouldn't enjoy this honor." Li Duqiu's gaze slid over Li Hou Liang Ji, and finally landed on the palm of his hand, and said, "I missed it once, and I will definitely not be wrong again this time." ”

What Li Duqiu said was really beyond the expectations of Empress Li and Liang Ji, especially Liang Ji, since he was sensible, he was told that he was a noble man of Tianhuang, a concubine of the middle palace, and his identity was unspeakably expensive.

It's a pity that his mother, who has always been graceful and dignified, is also out of grace at this moment, holding the handrail tightly with one hand, trembling slightly: "Such a big thing, why didn't you, why didn't you want me to reveal it?" ”

"If you knew about it, you would try to eradicate it." Li Duqiu said clearly: "This throne should have been his. ”

"Huh." Empress Li slapped the armrest and sneered: "Brother understands my temperament, how do you ensure that he will not see the Li family as a thorn in the flesh in the eye every day, and then quickly, now that you have military power, and it is my Li family who is sitting on the throne, how can you feel at ease, he is not afraid that one day Cheng'er will not be controlled by others, but will he be an army, if I am him, I will definitely find an opportunity to root the Li family." ”

"No, it won't." Li Duqiu refuted very firmly: "I am in one day, you will be fine, not to mention that this person is crazy, he will do what he says, and he will not break his word." ”

"Uncle, you're wrong!" Liang Ji was afraid that his brother did not tell him about his personal relationship with Yinian, but now he couldn't bear it anymore, but he was afraid that even his uncle would be deceived, so he said: "That demon monk in order to control his brother left and right, he actually bewitched his brother, and now his brother is completely fascinated by him, and this harem is abolished for him!" ”

"What did you say?" Empress Li was taken aback, and knocked over the teacup in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Your brother and Yi Nian, what's going on?" ”

"You don't have to ask him," Li Duqiu interrupted Liang Ji and said calmly, "I already know, it's just Ji'er," he looked at Liang Ji, exuding a hint of authority, "Where did you hear this?" ”

Liang Ji was seen by Li Duqiu's shoulders shrink, and after reacting, he straightened his back and said, "I happened to bump into Han Yiyi's conversation with a woman, who claimed to be Yinian's biological mother. ”

"That's it, after all, paper can't hold the fire," Li Duqiu sighed in a low voice, his thoughts were a little distant, in fact, he only learned about this matter yesterday.

Since he secretly contacted a thought, he resumed contact with Xiu Shuxin, originally he was just to pay off the guilt of the year, but the more he contacted, the more he couldn't extricate himself, how restrained the feelings were, how turbulent they are now, but the identities of the two are there, destined to have no chance in this life, and they can't ask for it.

Originally, it was rare for Xiu Shuxin to take the initiative to see him yesterday, but he was told that Yinian was infatuated with Liang Cheng, and he became suspicious for a moment, worried that Yinian was playing with Liang Cheng, after all, he knew that Liang Cheng was a person with the same body of yin and yang, for fear that Yinian would force Liang Cheng to be fresh, thinking that Liang Cheng was sensitive and didn't like to discuss his body the most, so he didn't dare to ask him directly, so he found an opportunity to meet Yinian alone that day.

"General Li, why do you think I want to cooperate with Xiu Shuxin to seize this throne?" In the face of his questioning, Yi Nian just seemed to say something ridiculous, with a sneer in his eyes, and said proudly: "For revenge? For the sake of cultivating the long-cherished wish of the heart? Or is it to take back what belongs to you? ”

"You let Your Majesty make this will, isn't it to find a queen who is easy to control, so that she can give birth to her own heir, this is understandable, but Your Majesty is very affectionate, you should not provoke him."

"There will be no queen, between me and him, there will be no one else." As he spoke, the momentum around Yi Nian burst out suddenly, as if the wild wind set off from the bottom of the cliff, destroying the withering and decaying, sweeping thousands of troops, the sharp eyebrows and eyes were hidden in the shade of the tree, like a dormant beast jumping out violently, showing his might to all outsiders, since the last time the two confronted, the internal force of Yi Nian was even closer, and Li Duqiu had to use his true qi to protect himself.

"If it weren't for the junior brother, who would sit on the throne and what would I do, to tell you the truth, as early as when I was in Qingyang County, Xiu Shuxin already knew the relationship between me and my junior brother, but it was inevitable that he would attack my junior brother, so I was false with her, so that she thought that my junior brother was still useful to me, you told Xiu Shuxin, I did have true feelings for Liang Cheng, not some plaything male pet, if he interfered in my affairs again, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between mother and son."

If Liang Cheng had not ascended the throne before, Yi Nian might have to worry about Li Duqiu behind Xiu Shuxin, but now he and Liang Cheng firmly control the court, Yi Nian is even more non-stop, and will be the left and right commanders of the Five Military Governor's Mansion and the Jingshi Forbidden Army, all of which will be replaced by the people he installed before, the Five Military Governor's Mansion will control the military power of all provinces across the country, and the forbidden army in the palace and the Gyeonggi garrison will guard the eastern capital, except for Li Duqiu's 100,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest, the military power of the entire Great Qi will fall into the hands of Yi Nian, so he no longer has to be afraid of Xiu Shuxin.

After Li Duqiu figured this out, he fell into a big stone in his heart, Liang Cheng is destined to have no happiness in this life, if he has to treat each other sincerely, he will always be around, and he will not have to be lonely for the rest of his life.

He chose to believe the thought, and asked no more questions, and as for the heirs, they would try to solve it.

He took in the shock of Empress Li and Liang Ji, and said: "With the power of one thought, he can completely eradicate us together, but the cost is greater, not to mention that he has no intention of taking the throne, if it weren't for His Majesty, he would not have secretly instigated the rebellion of the four kings and designed to get rid of Liang Zhaochang." ”

He paused for a moment, waiting for the two of them to digest these words, and then stared at Liang Ji, and said: "Uncle knows that you must be difficult to accept now, but now that the situation has been decided, a thought is not something we can move, your brother was born with a bad life, and he has never had a day of peace, and he can be cared for and cherished by a thought, and we, the relatives, should also rest assured, don't have any thoughts that we shouldn't have." ”

Li Duqiu's gaze was like a sharp sword glowing with cold light, and he drove straight into the unwillingness to split his heart, Liang Ji lowered his eyes, and the five fingers hidden in the sleeve robe tightly pulled the clothes under his palm, and said in a low voice: "Ji'er understands." ”

Li Duqiu was busy with business, so he soon left the palace, and he didn't even stay for dinner to share with Queen Li and them, but at this moment, the three of them did not talk about the leisure and leisure of home.

"Queen Mother, do you believe that you will have true affection for your brother?" Liang Ji was especially uneasy.

Empress Li pressed Liang Cheng's shoulder, patted him gently, and said: "In this world, true feelings and intentions come easily, which man doesn't reveal his true feelings when he makes an oath to the mountains and seas, the difficulty is for a long time." ”

"Is the queen mother afraid that she will change her mind after a thought?"

Empress Li smiled softly, "It is said that the sea is dry and rotten, and the vicissitudes of the sea are beautiful. ”

Liang Ji rarely saw such a queen Li, and his eyebrows and eyes showed a desolation that had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and he couldn't help but worry: "Queen Mother, ......"

Empress Li was stunned, as if she had come back to her senses from meditation, she shook her head, waved her hand and said: "Don't worry, the queen mother has already made a decision in her heart, and in a month it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, this year the queen mother will let your brother come to the palace for a family banquet, after you go back tomorrow, don't make a mistake." ”

Liang Ji's heart tightened, and he wondered: "What are you going to do, Queen Mother?" ”

Empress Li smiled faintly and patted the back of Liang Ji's hand: "The queen mother won't do anything to your brother, I have never fulfilled my duties as a mother to him, and now that he is living a peaceful and happy life, I can only do my best to let him live a comfortable life and live a long time." ”

As she spoke, she raised her hand again and touched Liang Ji's forehead, showing a hint of love on her face, "Ji'er, the current situation is much better than when your father was alive, you must know that your father never regarded our mother and son as his wife and child." ”

Liang Ji nodded, he knew that the queen mother was beating a little, since he was a child, he knew his mother's expectations for him, in fact, he had always been very confused, he didn't understand why the queen mother would give up his brother, until the day before yesterday he understood that the reason was because of his brother's body, but he never regarded Liang Cheng as a roadblock.

Now that his brother is on the throne, he has a feeling of lightness, as if he has been pressing an invisible giant mountain on his shoulders before, and now this giant mountain has suddenly collapsed, and for a while there is a sense of loss that is fluttering and nowhere to fall, in short, the thoughts in his heart are chaotic and mixed.

Liang Ji is only ten years old in the end, if he is older, he may be unwilling, resentful, and will lie dormant and plot secretly, hoping to strike a blow in the future, but at the moment, he is just a somewhat precocious child. 166 Reading Network