For several days, everyone in the Qi family became very dull, no longer talking and laughing on the road, just hurrying with their heads bored, even the coachman no longer sang a little song happily, and the food cooked by Liu's sister-in-law was either salty or light, but no one said anything.

After five or six days in a row, the convoy passed by a mountain road, saw the red leaves on the mountain, and listened to the woodcutters on the mountain singing heroic tunes, and everyone's mood was much better.

A Qi family who has never been to Chang'an, let alone seen anyone in the royal family, can be silent for many days just by relying on the few words that have been urgently revealed by the eight hundred miles, and the people in Chang'an City and the children of the royal family, plus the dignitaries in Beijing, are naturally even more shocked when they hear the news of the murder of Princess Pingyang.

The Twelve Princes' Palace

Liu Shun, the steward eunuch of the prince's mansion, bowed and stood outside the study, his head hung down, his face was anxious and worried, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

The Twelve Princes have been in the study for three days, without eating or drinking for three days, and no sound has come out at all, and the terrible silence in the study makes Liu Shun beat a drum in his heart.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Liu Shun decided that if the twelve princes did not come out again, he would rather risk being beaten than persuade a few words.

Just when Liu Shun couldn't help but want to knock on the door, the twelve princes opened the door of the study and walked out.

The autumn afternoon sun was very strong, and the twelve princes suddenly came out of a somewhat dark room, and his eyes were a little unbearable, so he built a pergola with his hands to cover the sun, and squinted for a while before daring to open his eyes.

The twelve princes are not white, and they are very tall. His face was not handsome at all, and when he came out of the house, he did not go out of the house for three days, his clothes were not changed, his beard was not shaved, and his whole body was not taken care of, so he looked even more embarrassed and dilapidated.

"Master." Liu Shun stepped forward a few steps forward to support the twelve princes: "Master, let's eat something, otherwise, how can this body hold on." ”

The Twelfth Prince's right hand tightened several times, and he gritted his teeth with all his might: "Let's set the meal." ”

Liu Shun agreed, and asked someone to set the meal. Soon. Four dishes and one soup are placed on the table, three of the four dishes are green vegetables, only one scrambled egg with some meat, and the soup is just shredded radish soup. There was no porridge made of rice or rouge on the table. There is only a bowl of vegetarian porridge with clear soup and little water boiled in bad rice.

The Twelve Princes glanced at it and didn't say anything. Pick up the bowl and eat silently.

I don't know why, Liu Shun couldn't help but shed tears when he looked at his master, he turned his back and secretly wiped his tears. Turning around, he endured the distress and whispered: "The master will be the first to do it, this month's expenses in our house are more, so we can only do this, next month the master's Luyin will come down, and the slave wants to get some delicious food for the master." ”

The twelfth prince waved his hand: "That's good, I'm already very content if I can eat, at least I'm still alive, unlike the imperial sister who didn't know if she could eat a full meal before she died." ”

Liu Shun finally couldn't help it, and he didn't care if he lost his posture or not, he squatted down and cried.

The bowl picked up by the Twelve Princes was put down again, patted Liu Shun's shoulder and sighed: "Don't be sad, the imperial sister probably doesn't want to make us uncomfortable, the imperial sister ......"

He couldn't say any more.

Emperor Chengping's more than 20 sons, eight or nine daughters, counted back and forth, the twelve princes and Princess Pingyang suffered the most, and they were the least to be treated by Emperor Chengping.

Speaking of which, there are some reasons for this.

Emperor Chengping is a king who pursues perfection everywhere, he dresses exquisitely, eats with color and flavor, the table is not used, the chair is not properly placed and does not sit, the handwriting is not good, it will be torn off and rewritten, and the eyes will hurt when you see any place where the painting is not exquisite, and the concubines in the harem are not full of beauty.

Even the ministers in the court must pay attention to good looks, and the eunuchs and palace maids who serve around him must also be beautiful, otherwise, he will feel uncomfortable.

It was such a gentleman who had lived for so many years, but there was a stain that made him feel extremely uncomfortable when he thought about it.

That stain is the Twelve Princes and Princess Pingyang.

When Emperor Chengping was young, he once played in the imperial garden, and it happened that there was a kind of flower planted in the imperial garden at that time, which would make people have the interest of seeking fun, and Emperor Chengping did not know, he might as well get some for a while, and these pollen aroused his interest.

At that time, there was no one in the imperial garden, Emperor Chengping endured the discomfort, and it happened that a rough palace maid hit that by, and he was lucky to Emperor Chengping to be pampered, if other palace maids might be able to fly on the branches and turn over as the master.

It's a pity that this rough palace maid is really not good, and Emperor Chengping didn't see it clearly when he was pampered, and when he finished pampering, he looked at the palace maid's black figure and dry flat, and the whole person was like a green bean, so he was disgusted.

He was in a bad mood, so he lifted his pants and left, and when he went back, he forgot about the palace maid.

This palace maid didn't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, and after two months, she found out that she was pregnant, and she had no choice but to report it to Emperor Chengping one by one, and Emperor Chengping thought that he had pampered an ugly girl, and he was disgusted.

However, no matter how uncomfortable I felt in my heart, I couldn't help it, Emperor Chengping could only endure the tiredness and ask someone to settle the palace maid, and he didn't give him a position or anything, just took care of food and accommodation a little more.

The palace maid conceived and gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses in October, and as a result, the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses did not grow well, and Emperor Chengping was even more unhappy.

The palace maid also couldn't think about it, seeing the emperor like this to her, and because she didn't want to see a pair of children, she tortured herself to death for the sake of her children.

Since then, the young Twelve Princes and Princess Pingyang have no one to take care of them, and they can be said to have been bullied.

When the two of them grow up to the age of thirteen or fourteen, other princes can study and practice martial arts, and some can marry wives and go out of the palace, but Emperor Chengping has long left the twelve princes behind, where can he care about asking him to study and give him a branch.

It just so happened that Emperor Beiliang wanted to ask for a princess who was friendly to him, which princess in the palace was willing to go there, Princess Pingyang personally asked to see Emperor Chengping in order to make the life of the twelve princes better, sacrificed herself, and asked Emperor Chengping to treat the twelve princes well, at least everything the prince should have to be equipped well, and asked to divide the twelve princes out of the palace as soon as possible.

Emperor Chengping thought that the twelve princes were ugly, and it was inevitable to encounter them in the palace, so it was better to ask him to go out early to give birth to him, and because Princess Pingyang and his relatives could be regarded as solving a matter on his mind, he simply agreed.

After that, Princess Pingyang and the twelve princes of Beiliang were also able to read and write, and at the same time, Emperor Chengping also treated him kindly, gave him a sum of money, and personally chose a house for him to move out of the palace.

If a few years later, the twelve princes also lived outside the palace, although the prince's mansion was not rich, and even the ordinary merchants in Chang'an City could not compare, but in the end, they could eat and dress warmly, and their lives were much better than those in the palace.

The most important thing is that the twelve princes can study and study more after leaving the palace.

The Twelfth Prince is a very intelligent person, he only began to read and write in his teens, but after only a few years of hard work, his talent has far surpassed that of other princes in the palace, but he also understands the truth of shooting the first bird with a gun, and usually does not enter the palace without anything, even if he enters the palace, he pretends to be stupid and dull, but it is not eye-catching.

The Twelve Princes thought that they would live like this for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect that Princess Pingyang would suddenly disappear, and she was tortured and humiliated to death.

Princess Pingyang is the sister of the Twelve Princes, and the relationship between the sisters and brothers is so good, it can be said that if Princess Pingyang loses his only relative, how can he stand it.

"Sooner or later, sooner or later, one day......"

The twelve princes gritted their teeth, the blue tendons on their foreheads burst out, and their eyes were red: "Sooner or later, one day I will avenge the imperial sister, and I must avenge this revenge." ”

"Master." Liu Shun stood up and wiped his tears to help the twelve princes sit down: "Revenge must be avenged, before revenge, the enemy son should first take care of his body." ”

The Twelve Princes looked at the white porridge in front of him, picked up the bowl and drank it in one go, ate some scrambled eggs and some green vegetables, and asked Liu Shun to remove the food when he was half full.

When Liu Shun came back, the Twelve Princes lowered their voices and said, "You go to the tent to pay some silver, and secretly find someone in the palace to ask what your father thinks, and whether you will bring back the bones of the imperial sister." ”

Liu Shun hurriedly agreed, and went to the account to pay the money to ask the acquaintances in the palace.

Another day passed, and Liu Shun came back from outside, his face sad.

When the twelve princes saw it, they knew it in their hearts.

"Master." Liu Shun didn't know how to speak: "Master, you, don't be angry, this ......"

"Say it." The Twelve Princes stabilized their minds after steady: "I can withstand it." ”

"Your Majesty said that the daughter who married out spilled the water, since Princess Pingyang married to Beiliang, she should be left to Beiliang to deal with, and said that it must be Princess Pingyang's unreasonable behavior that provoked the anger of Emperor Beiliang, and she deserved to die."

Speaking of this, Liu Shun couldn't cry anymore and couldn't say it anymore.

"That's what he said?" The Twelve Princes' bodies shook, and they could only stand still if they steady.

Liu Shun nodded vigorously, and said while crying: "I don't understand, no matter what the princess says, she is the daughter of His Majesty, who is so ruthless in the world, what a good person the princess is, just like that, just like that, she ended up with no bones, and the princess ......"

The Twelve Princes were so silent that they were silent, and for a long time, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and a trace of blood spread down the corners of his mouth.

Liu Shun wiped his tears and found that the twelve princes were abnormal, so he hurriedly helped him and said hurriedly: "Master, master, don't be angry, you take it easy, master." ”

With a whoop, the twelve princes spurted out a mouthful of blood: "It hurts me." (To be continued.) )