The Seventh Prince took a lot of effort to appease Youshu, and waited for him to calm down before entering the Jinluan Palace. After the government affairs were handled, several ministers stood up and said that all the princes had grown up, and in order to stabilize the country, it was time to appoint a prince, and asked the emperor to consider Yunyun more.

Emperor Jing is in his early fifties this year, which is considered a long life expectancy in ancient times when medical technology was very backward, but he felt that he could live for another ten or twenty years, so he was quite resistant to the matter of setting up a prince on the side. However, as the minister said, in the eyes of outsiders, he is already dying, and his time is short, and if he does not appoint a successor, I am afraid that many people will begin to sway from side to side, which will lead to chaos.

He squinted, his gaze slid over the princes who had already entered the court and participated in politics. The eldest prince is the eldest son, and his name is justified, so he shows an expression of imminent victory; The third child's mother is just a singer, and she has long since passed away, so she can only rely on the lineage, and she is looking at the eldest prince at this moment, obviously ready to support each other; The fourth child's biological mother is Concubine Jing, who is noble, her mother's family has to rely on, she has the power to compete, but she also knows how to restrain her edge, and now she looks at her nose and nose and heart, and she doesn't seem to covet the throne; The fifth, sixth, and ninth children almost all have their own plans and calculations.

Emperor Jing suddenly felt great panic and exhaustion in the face of this group of sons who were filial and gentle on the surface, but in fact they were eyeing them. When a person inevitably enters the aging period, especially if he has been high in the sky, calling for wind and rain, and then coming down from the clouds, even if it is just a momentum, it is enough to make him feel the sense of crisis like falling into the abyss.

Emperor Jing wanted to get angry, but he restrained himself, and saw An quietly sitting on the side, taking out a small comb from his arms, and taking care of the hair of the puppy on his lap. In recent years, his body has indeed been much worse than before, except for Lao Qi, Deng Chaoshan, and a few henchmen, no one else knows. If it weren't for Lao Qi to help deal with the government, the princes would have fought a long time ago, where would there be a peaceful and prosperous world now?

He is extremely relieved of Lao Qi: first, he has no mother's family to rely on; Second, he did not have a healthy body; Three, he has no ambitions, except for the puppy in his arms, he is dispensable for everything. Because of this, Emperor Jing was willing to indulge him and his puppy a little. Otherwise, if the ordinary puppy had worn the pro-dynasty clothes of the dignified Great Yan Kingdom, he would have been killed long ago.

"Old Seven, everyone is discussing business, why did you braid your puppy? How many times have I told you, there must be a limit to petting it, you look at you now, your mind is all on raising a dog, and there is not even a warm bed around you. Emperor Jing looked like a reprimand, but in fact, his face was full of helpless smiles.

The ministers and princes who were still staring at the emperor all turned their heads to look at Prince Duan, although they were used to seeing it, they still felt ridiculous. I saw that Prince Duan was holding the colored silk in his hand, and slowly braided the hair on both sides of the puppy's head into small braids, and hung down on both sides of the purple and gold crown.

Youshu was used to being stared at, so she covered her eyes with her paws, ready to sleep. The Seventh Emperor smiled at Emperor Jing, "Father, the sons and daughters are just this one heart, liver and blood, please bear with me." The matter of establishing a prince has nothing to do with the sons, and the sons just listen to it. ”

The princes successively released goodwill at him, and they all thought that on the road to winning the heir, they could win over this talented but indifferent to fame and fortune of the imperial brother (imperial brother), which was like a tiger with wings.

Emperor Jing saw that everyone had turned their attention back again, and muttered, "It's a matter of importance, and I still need to think about it for a few days." Lao Qi, your queen mother misses you very much, and she will go to Kunning Palace to talk to her later before leaving. "However, the queen hates Concubine Hui deeply, how can she have good thoughts about her son? Isn't it to pave the way for the future of the Great Prince? Prince Duan is very close to demons, strategizing, and has won the trust of the emperor and the support of the courtiers, so he is brought over, and the rest of the staff is not enough.

This kind of intention is not only clear to Emperor Jing, but also to the rest of the princes. Although Emperor Jing is very suspicious, he also cherishes talents and loves talents, such a talent as Lao Qi, he will definitely protect and cultivate it, and then leave it to the next emperor. No matter how incompetent and mediocre the successor is, as long as the seventh is there, the Great Yan Kingdom will never be far behind.

The queen called Lao Qi to go, in addition to getting close, she also wanted to point out her niece and nephew to him as a concubine, so that he could be tied to the eldest prince's boat. Emperor Jing obviously knew her plans, but he didn't stop them, and tried his best to promote them, does it show that the prince he wants is the eldest prince?

Thinking of this, except for the faction of the eldest prince, the rest of the people were uncertain and their eyes were dark. Emperor Jing didn't seem to be aware of it, and after a few words, he personally pushed Lao Qi away, not forgetting to call the eldest prince.

The eldest prince is the eldest prince, and he is the most suitable candidate for the prince in terms of affection and reason, but he can't stand the fact that he and the queen have fallen out of favor for more than ten years, and the foundation is not stable enough. Not to mention that the princes were not angry, even the ministers who stood in line early also had quite objections, and after they went back, they began to think about countermeasures.

The sky of this Great Yan Kingdom is afraid that it is going to change-

Seeing that his father pushed himself to a fork in the road, and turned a corner and went on the flowery path of Kunning Palace, the seventh prince hurriedly gave up his hand, "Father, you and the imperial brother take the first step, and the sons want to go to see the mother and the imperial brother." ”

Lao Qi is too affectionate, even if Concubine Hui and Lao Ba treat him like that, he still visits him from time to time over the years, which makes Emperor Jing extremely touched. Of course, in order to prevent Concubine Hui and Lao Ba from publicizing the ugly things of the year, he had already ordered people to put dumb medicine in their food, although it was not completely speechless, but it could only utter a few short words. If they mention sensitive words, such as the Queen Mother, Yasukuni Gong, Incest, and so on, naturally some palace people will come forward to stop them.

Adultery-chaos in the palace is not enough, but it also has to add a crime against incest, and the spread of the matter will not only insult the image of the royal family, but also make the people question the royal bloodline. Emperor Jing, who has always been proud of his surname Ji, will definitely not let his ancestors and ancestors be ashamed, let alone let the emperor's reputation be damaged and he will not be blind to death, so he had to sacrifice Concubine Hui's mother and son.

He didn't kill people, but just imprisoned the two in the palace, if the ancestor appeared, I am afraid he would scold him for "the kindness of a woman". Therefore, Emperor Jing didn't think that he had done anything wrong, let alone feel ashamed of anyone, but when he saw Lao Qi so benevolent and righteous, he was still deeply touched. The more Lao Qi is like this, the more he hates iron and steel, and at the same time, he relies more and more on trust.

"Go, and take a look, lest you be hurt again." Emperor Jing's face was full of helplessness, and the eldest prince also showed sympathy.

The Seventh Prince agreed and asked Xiao Shunzi to push himself to Cold Spring Palace. Cold Spring Palace, as the name suggests, is a palace surrounded by cold lake water, and there is no other way out except for a verandah paved on the water. Entering here is equivalent to entering a cage, there is no way to survive and die, and you can only survive except to survive.

Concubine Hui is only thirty-five or sixteen this year, but her temples are white, her face is full of wrinkles, and she looks like an old woman in her twilight years. She was hunched over, scrubbing the eighth prince who was paralyzed in bed. The eighth prince had been lying down for too long, and there was a large bed sore on his back and buttocks, and the blood-red flesh was oozing pale yellow pus, which was very shocking to look at. He was visibly in great pain, pounding his pillow and letting out a hoarse growl, but not uttering a word. The only two eunuchs just stood at the door and watched coldly, refusing to come forward to serve. It wasn't until they saw Prince Duan who was coming slowly that they panicked, one went to fetch hot water, and the other went to get medicine.

Hearing the sound, Concubine Hui showed a happy look and threw down her veil to welcome her out.

"Old, you're here (Seventh, you're here)." She opened her mouth, but there was a series of strange sounds, so she had to lower her head in shame, and saw that Lao Qi's puppy was pulling on four paws, trying to climb over the threshold, and immediately bent down to hug it.

"Don't touch him, he can do it himself." The Seventh Prince's tone was light, but his eyes were a little cold. He didn't like others to touch Youshu very much.

Concubine Hui withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and rubbed her palm against the hem of her skirt vigorously. She remembered that these hands had helped Lao Ba clean his bedsores just now, and they were really dirty, where could she hold Lao Qi's baby bumps? After thinking about it, there was a sharp roar from the old eight in the hall as usual, and it turned out that the puppy had already crossed the threshold and ran straight to the inner hall.

It walked to the side of the eighth bed, shook the purple gold crown and colorful silk pigtails on its head, and raised its front paws in the prince's robe, as if to show off, and then quickly wagged its little tail, from the end of the bed to the head of the bed, and from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, making sure that the eighth prince could see his precious line.

God said that man has seven deadly sins, except for angels, every mortal is more or less tainted with it, but there are also some extremely paranoid people who will fall into it and there is no salvation. And the Seventh Prince has fallen into the abyss of jealousy, even if outsiders don't torture him, he himself can be jealous and hateful, and life is worse than death.

Seeing that the old man was crowned king at the age of seventy-three and entered the cabinet at the age of sixteen, even his puppy was wearing pro-dynasty clothes and a crown of the prince, and he was highly sought after in the palace. On the other hand, he could only lie in bed - and survive, which was completely different from the future he had envisioned. Has God turned their fates upside down?

He glared at the puppy, hating to hang it with his mind, but was stopped by Concubine Hui, who hurriedly walked in.

The Seventh Prince picked up the puppy, his face extremely gloomy. Lao Ba's gaze at Youshu had faintly touched his bottom line. He sat down on the edge of the bed, inquired about their condition as usual, and told the two eunuchs to go to the imperial pharmacy to get some fine herbs. It will be too late for Lao Ba's bedsores to be cured.

Don't fake your kindness! The eighth prince wanted to scold him, but what he made was a series of ah-ah sounds, but he seemed even more powerless, and could only stare with blood-red eyes.

The Seventh Prince looked at him fixedly, didn't speak for a long time, gently pinched the puppy's pink-tender meat pad with one hand, and knocked on the table with the other, his expression was extremely unpredictable. The Eighth Prince was covered in hair, and he was obviously terrified, but he still scolded hard, "Look, look (look at what)!" ”

Concubine Hui was also very uneasy, looking at the seventh child for a while, and begging at the eighth child for a while, her face gradually turned white.

The Seventh Prince leaned into the Eighth Prince's ear and was about to speak, but immediately closed his breath, then took out a handkerchief smoked with ambergris incense from his arms, covered Youshu's mouth and nose, and said lightly, "Old Eight, you are too stinky, look at my family." ”

Youshu held the master's handkerchief with two front paws, and buried her whole head in it, obviously disgusted by the taste of the eighth prince.

The eighth prince vomited blood angrily, and his eyes bulged out again and again, as if he was about to fall out of his orbit. Concubine Hui hurriedly patted his chest for him, but she didn't dare to squeak. She kind of understood, and now one of Lao Qi's dogs is more expensive than the two of them combined.

Untied the placket, stuffed Youshu into it, and covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, the Seventh Prince continued in a low voice, "Eighth child, now the court is talking about the establishment of the prince, this king is thinking, are you a little in the way of this king?" ”

The Eighth Prince's eyes were shattered, and he was also terrified, and then he remembered something and looked at his legs. The Seventh Prince smiled and said nothing, and turned his face to look at Concubine Hui, "Do you think this king should fight?" ”

Concubine Hui pondered for a moment, and a scorching light suddenly burst out in her eyes. Lao Qi has never been a person without a target, if he doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that he can't do it, if he says it, it means that he will definitely be able to do it. The son has the power to fight, why not? When his son becomes the emperor, he is the queen mother, and he no longer has to suffer in the Cold Spring Palace!

Remembering something again, she stiffened, and then looked at the eighth child. The emperor is the lord of the world, and the lord of the world must be unique, how can there be a person with the same face as him? Even if the eighth is paralyzed and can't do anything to confuse the imperial power and steal the sky, his survival is an insult to the seventh. If the seventh wants to compete for the position, he must first get rid of him.

How do you choose? After many years, Concubine Hui was in a dilemma again, but under the painful torture, it seemed that she was not as hesitant as the first time.

The Eighth Prince, who had already figured out the trick, propped up his arms and retreated again and again, even if the bedsores were worn out and the pain was uncontrollable, he still retreated with difficulty. He was finally afraid, it turned out that his life was in the hands of others, and he could only be slaughtered by others, and he had no way to ask for help, he was so frightened and desperate.

He looked at his mother with tears in his eyes, but found that she had turned her head to hide; looked at the two eunuchs who took the medicine and turned around, but found that the two were indifferent and did not squint. It turns out that Cold Spring Palace has long been controlled by Lao Qi? That's not all, he actually restrained his mother with a word! Over the years, the reason why he has not been a killer is probably not because of kindness, but because he has been tortured by himself, right? When the time comes, he can decide his life and death with a single word.

It was only at this time that the Eighth Prince regretted it, if he had known that Lao Qi was such a poisonous snake, he would not provoke the other party no matter what! How good it would be to be an idle prince and live in peace and stability!

Seeing that the Eighth Prince was scared, the Seventh Prince laughed lowly, "Eighth Prince, this king is joking with you." This king is already like this, what are you fighting for? The words fell and beckoned to the two eunuchs, "You take care of him, you are not allowed to let him die without the order of this king." ”

The two of them whispered promises, their expressions frightened.

Concubine Hui chased her outside the door and looked at her son's distant back for a long time. How can it not be argued? How can you not argue? Instead of being relieved to learn that it was just a joke, she was disappointed. When she returned to the palace, the eighth prince had been taken care of, and was looking at the concubine with hatred and fear.

The air gradually solidified, the heart slowly stiffened, and the mother and son, who were once close, finally irretrievably moved towards suspicion and rupture. They are still alive, but they live like two walking corpses.

Xiao Shunzi pushed his master out of Cold Spring Palace, and stopped talking along the way. He wanted to ask his master what his plans were, and he didn't care about that position, but he was worried that he would commit a taboo. After hesitating, Kunning Palace arrived, and because the weather was fine and the meal had not yet arrived, the queen asked everyone to go to the imperial garden for a walk.

Seeing the beautiful girl standing behind the eldest prince, the hair on Youshu's body exploded instantly, and even the small braids on both sides of her cheeks were curled. The Seventh Prince almost burst into laughter, but fortunately he held it back in time. He pressed the hair ball back into his shirt and saluted everyone.

Since the queen and Emperor Jing intended to match them, they naturally would not stand aside and be an eyesore, and when they arrived at the imperial garden, they found an excuse at random and left together. The eldest prince happily handed over a few words to his sister and left. The girl smiled very delicately and cutely, but in the end, because of her young age, she was not affectionate, and the unwillingness in her eyes was more or less leaked.

"Lord Wang, that view is very good, why don't you go and sit down?" Seeing that Prince Duan didn't take the initiative to speak, she had no choice but to point to the gazebo in front of her and say.

The Seventh Emperor bowed his head, and when he got close, he asked Xiao Shunzi to put a soft futon on the cold stone table, and then took Youshu out of his shirt and placed it on it. Seeing that the girl's face was full of curiosity, she said gently, "The weather is a little cold, and I put it on the table directly for fear of freezing his little paws." ”

"The prince is really as rumored, and he is very fond of his dog." The girl smiled shyly, but she felt tired in her heart. What she hates most is kittens and puppies, dirty, messy, noisy, and she can't wait to strangle them to death when she sees them. Especially the one in front of him, he was wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, he was wearing a pro-dynasty uniform on his body, and there was only one piece of blood-colored warm jade hanging around his neck, which could be said to be priceless, but he was just a brute, how could he be?

It was enough to marry a paralyzed person, but she had to compete with a dog for favor, and the resentment in the girl's heart can be imagined. But for the sake of her cousin's future and the prosperity of her family, she had to endure humiliation. Taking a secret breath, she pretended to be eager and said, "Lord Wang, your puppy is so cute, can I touch it?" ”

The Seventh Prince smiled but did not speak.

Youshu took the initiative to take a few steps forward, her little head was tilted left and right, her little tail was wagging around, and her dark eyes looked at the girl fixedly, as if she was very curious about her. No matter how hard-hearted a person is, he will inevitably be attracted by his lovely appearance, not to mention a girl who is not deeply involved in the world.

The disgust in the girl's eyes subsided slightly, and she slowly reached out to touch the pigtail next to his head, but he suddenly exploded, opened his mouth, and let out a sharp bark. This happened so quickly that the girl was startled and almost knocked over the teacup in her hand. Youshu twisted her fart and ran to her master's side, grinning, and actually laughing.

"Look at your bear-like look! Can you stop your master from raising another puppy, and can you stop him from getting married? He must have a woman and an heir, right? The old ghost floating in the air couldn't cry or laugh.

The Seventh Prince didn't feel anything wrong at all, he couldn't help but smile and hugged Youshu, kissed him on the head, and then looked at the girl, saying words of apology in his mouth, but there was only spoiling and protection in his tone. In order to maintain an elegant, dignified, graceful and generous image, the girl had to forcibly press it.

The two of them are clichés, extremely boring. Youshu lost all her patience after listening to it for a long time, slid down her master's big legs and plunged into the grass. The Seventh Prince looked at him every once in a while, and then again every other moment, completely absent-minded. When the girl racked her brains to come up with a more interesting topic, she saw an anxious look on his face, and then took out a jade whistle and blew it.

The whistle was very sharp, and the girl had a headache, and she turned her head to look only to find that the puppy was missing, and several eunuchs were looking for it among the flowers, and they were sweating profusely. The girl, who has always been the focus of the crowd, tasted neglected for the first time, and it was because of a dog. It's like this before marriage, what about after marriage? She lowered her head slightly, hiding her resentful gaze.

The Seventh Prince was anxious because he couldn't find Youshu, and he didn't pay attention to others, and blew the whistle several times before seeing Youshu jump out of the bushes. He ran straight to the girl, first raised his paw and scratched her calf, and then put the contents of his mouth on the hem of her skirt that she dragged to the ground.

The girl took a closer look, and it was a huge black-shelled unicorn fairy, dangling its horns and arthropods, climbing up the skirt. A delicate girl raised in the deep boudoir, where is there anyone who is not afraid of insects? She screamed and jumped up, wanting to shoot but didn't dare to shoot, so she could only ask the palace maids around her for help, "Come on, take down this worm!" Help, help, it's coming up! ”

A group of palace maids swarmed up, slapping their hands in a hurry.

Seeing Youshu turn around and run into the flowers, revealing a small head and grinning at himself, the Seven Princes had nothing to do except hold their foreheads and smile bitterly. However, when he found that Youshu had the same strong possessiveness towards himself, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sweetness in his heart.

That's it, he caused trouble, and I came to deal with the aftermath, which is the responsibility of the master. The Seventh Prince told himself, and then reversed black and white and said, "It seems that Youshu likes Miss Fang very much, otherwise she wouldn't have given you the most beloved bug." The king was also shocked when he received the beetle he had sent. ”

"yes, yes! Kittens and puppies are like this when they meet people they like. Xiao Shunzi also followed the round. But as soon as his words fell, he saw that the prince's face sank, and he didn't know which sentence was wrong.

Where would the maidens believe their nonsense? She saw the dog smile clearly, and she was schadenfreude! It was definitely intentional! No, we have to find a way to cure it!

On this side, chickens and dogs jumped, and on that side, Youshu had already walked out of the imperial garden along the grass and ran towards Guangling Palace. I think that he grabbed a little girl's hair, first hid it in the claw cracks, then collected it in the Shuangxue Palace, and then wrapped it in lotus and buried it in the flower garden of Guangling Palace. Now if he wants to restore his body, he has to rely on this hair to find someone.

The old ghost followed behind him, babbling down, "You, you have to find the person quickly, and then remove the demon law, otherwise it will be really hopeless in a few years!" Didn't you find out yourself? You're getting more and more like a dog! Anyone who casually puts a bug in their mouth is not disgusting! ”

Thinking back then, you Shu didn't know how many ** foods and mutant insects and beasts she had eaten, so how could she dislike a unicorn fairy, but these were secrets, and you couldn't tell others, so you had to pretend that you didn't hear it.