In the early morning of the second day, the Jin Palace's mansion had returned to normal, and Liu Zhixing, who was groggy and dazed, finally escaped yesterday. was dragged by a group of old generals to drink, from leading the army to family affairs. For the two young generals to like it from the bottom of their hearts, there are very few wars in Daliang today, and these old generals are not allowed to go out of Beijing to take charge of the troops without the king's order, let alone fight. There are only a few battles, and you can't grab it. The two generals who came back from the border pass kept talking about Nanjing against the enemy Nanchu, although there were not a few battles on the table.

But in the first battle, the expulsion of the Chu army invasion can be described as a famous battle between the two minor generals. Several old generals kept praising them, and the two young men couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine. Until I woke up, my head hurt badly, and I vaguely remembered that I didn't know how many more glasses I drank for the same sentence. It's still old and spicy, and it's always been an elder to just talk about persuading drinking.

Lin Zhong is still angry why Yang Chen accompanied the girls to talk about poetry, and he had to accompany a group of old men to drink. It seems that Yang Chen is also not drunk, and then he disappeared. Early in the morning, Yang Chen had returned to normal, and he saw that the two of them were unstable.

Fan the breeze and said, "Yesterday was good. ”

Liu Zhixing said: "How can you be good, accompany the girls." ”

Lin Zhong, who didn't know how many times he vomited all night, stepped forward and grabbed Yang Chen's collar, Yang Chen looked incomprehensible and asked, "Brother, where did you provoke you, can you make it clear." ”

Yang Chen pressed Yang Chen on the pillar and said: "Yang Chen, you tell the uncle, I listen, as long as Lao Tzu is away from the girls in the future." Don't think I don't know, so many girls want to come, but you're embarrassed to come. ”

Liu Zhixing, who heard Lin Zhong say this, kept coughing, and the two looked at each other strangely. Liu Zhixing couldn't help but smile and said, "You continue." ”

Yang Chen pushed Lin Zhong away, thinking that it was a big deal. It's because the girls don't go to him, what's the matter? Rearranged his clothes and said: "Lin Zhong has the ability to ask himself, this son is suave and loved, who likes a big boss like you." ”

really felt that he couldn't compare to Yang Chen in appearance, so Lin Zhong kicked him hard in the ass. Yang Chen, who was in pain, screamed directly, and looked at the two of them and was about to make a move. Liu Zhixing didn't look like he was stopping, it was no wonder that the two had been able to fight for the first time. There is no doubt that Lin Zhong straightened up and said, "Tonight, in the Lu Clan's Wine Workshop, whoever doesn't come is the grandson." ”

As soon as he heard that Liu Zhixing of the Lu Brewery, he was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Why is it the Lu Brewery." ”

The two swept away the previous unpleasantness and said in unison: "It doesn't cost money." Liu Zhixing, who was very helpless, was stared at by the two and really had nothing to say.

I saw Yulian coming over with two maids from the Jin Palace, and the two maids and Yulian came with clear porridge. Yulian said: "You are all awake, drink some porridge to clear your stomach and feel comfortable." ”

Yang Chen Lin Zhong didn't understand why Yulian would deliver porridge early in the morning, Liu Zhixing stepped forward and took Yulian's plate and asked, "You didn't go back yesterday." ”

Seeing that Liu Zhixing was already eating a few plates of porridge, he said a few words to Yulian from time to time. Only then did I know that Yulian waited for Liu Zhixing all night, until late at night, Liu Zhixing and Lin Zhong left the wine table in a daze. Yulian took care of the two of them herself, and it was not until the two of them fell asleep that she asked Butler Ma to arrange a room to live in.

Yang Chen, who started to drink porridge, suddenly asked when he heard what Yulian said: "Yulian is not fair, I also drank a lot yesterday, and I didn't see you." ”

Liu Zhixing stared at Yang Chen with strange eyes and said ill-willedly: "It is natural for my daughter-in-law to take care of me, why take care of you, go back to Tianshui and bring your daughter-in-law over." ”

Hearing Liu Zhixing call herself daughter-in-law, Yulian blushed and immediately walked away, saying that she would let the kitchen get some side dishes and hurriedly walked away. Liu Zhixing said with a smile: "It's still my daughter-in-law who feels distressed. "I was discriminated against by the two.

After learning that Xiao Ming had brought his newlywed concubine into the palace for a routine tea ceremony, Yang Chen went home and Lin Zhong accompanied Yulian to Lu's winery. Liu Zhixing said that he had something to do and left Taiping City alone to rush to a Zhuangzi, and it was already autumn and the autumn test was about to be taken to prepare for the palace test next year.

In the palace, Xiao Ming took his three wives to talk to the queen mother in the Jiaofang Palace, and the queen liked Zheng Yarong, the princess of Jin, very much. She is a very sensible girl, and she should be a lady now. Although the other two are knowledgeable, they are not as generous as Zheng Yarong, unlike the two who have married into the royal family and are still so cautious.

After dealing with a day's political affairs, the prince hurriedly came to the Jiaofang Palace, and the princess and the queen Zheng Yarong had a happy conversation. In fact, the crown princess has been persuading Princess Jin to give birth to a prince as soon as possible, and other things are like a stream, except that Princess Jin can't answer the matter of giving birth to a child. The other two concubines were just side concubines, and they routinely greeted each other. After going to Jinyang, I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to enter this palace in this life, even if the King of Jin returns to Beijing after a few years, he will only bring the princess of Jin, not a side concubine.

So far, the two can't figure out where they lost to Zheng Yarong, and why the King of Jin, who has also never met, chose Zheng Yarong as the concubine. Especially the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, who is already a side concubine, is very suspicious that someone is making a hindrance from it, otherwise why would the King of Jin choose it this way, it is more to blame which brother committed the crime, otherwise the princess of Jin will have it at her fingertips.

Today's emperor did not go to court, which is the first time since he ascended the throne. His Majesty the Emperor, who has been working hard for twenty years, has talked to his youngest son about the way to be a king for a long time, and Xiao Ming listened very carefully on the side. Since I was a child, my father seems to have never said as much as he does today, and at this time, sitting opposite him is my father, not His Majesty, the emperor who is high up in the sky and the sky.

After the canonization of the crown prince, it was also the first time that he was in charge of the government, and many ministers were surprised to feel that His Royal Highness the crown prince was tough. Playing against the courtiers is not a fluent answer, at least you can put forward your own opinions, and finally choose the most suitable plan. As a result, the civil and military ministers once again got to know a different prince, and as long as His Royal Highness the prince who is in charge of the government does not give an inch to what he thinks is right, the courtiers will not refute it if the discussion is just right.

After coming to Jiaofangdian, the prince met his mother, and then came to the attic and saw the fifth brother playing against his father. did not bother and ordered the palace maid to sit outside and wait, knowing that this was the first and last time his father played against his fifth brother. At this time, do what a father should do, but now can he really share his father's worries? Not necessarily.

In the court, the party of King Qi has always competed with himself, and he knows in his heart that the real party struggle is about to begin. The only person who can decide the outcome is the father who is sitting inside, and maybe it's not right. Unless one person ascends the throne, the winner will be decided.

After a long time, the emperor shouted: "I've been out for a long time, come in." ”

The crown prince walked into the attic and was about to participate in the ceremony, when the emperor waved his hand and said forget it. Xiao Ming gave up his position to the prince's brother, and the prince sat in front of the emperor. The emperor said, "Accompany me for a plate." ”

Watching the two of them play chess very quietly, but on the chessboard, it was obvious that the father had a slight advantage. But the crown prince obviously has a back move, the emperor said: "The chessboard is both a battlefield and a court, you can do things before you move, the most taboo is hesitation." Since it was decided, even though there were countless people who opposed it, and there were all kinds of reasons why it should not be done, would it not be done? Why do you want to take a step to make a faint move, you let me take a step, I have to kill you inch by inch, and I don't leave a piece of armor. ”

Bai Zi was about to fall, looking at the prince's hesitation, as if he had regretted the move, the emperor snapped, and the chess game was all over the place. With an aggressive look in his eyes, he said: "You let me take a step, I will not leave any piece of armor to kill, and there will be no father and son in the chess game, only enemies." The chess game is just a game with me, the officialdom is playing a wrong step with everyone, there is no turning back from the wrong step, the emperor weighs a thousand pounds, and the fall is like a bow and arrow, and there is no turning back. ”

The chess watcher was full of big heads, and immediately said: "Father and emperor and son retreat first." ”

The prince's mind was turbulent and stared at the dead chess, and the emperor said: "Ming'er, just look at it, just play chess." ”

For the first time, the anxious prince felt that the chess pieces were so heavy, and he twisted a sunspot and never fell for a long time. The face was heavy, and the sound of falling children could be clearly heard in the silent attic. A smile appeared on the emperor's face and said, "This step is good, dare to fight in a desperate situation." It's just that there is no chance, indecisive. "A chess piece has been dropped, and the winner has been decided.

The crown prince, who had closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, said with extremely hot eyes: "Can my father come to another plate?" ”

The rigorous expression softened a little and said, "Ming'er packed up the chessboard." ”

While cleaning up the chessboard, the emperor said a lot of words, Xiao Ming heard it very clearly, but he didn't dare to remember a word in his heart. Since I decided to make that incident, it has already shown that I, Xiao Ming, do not fight for that position. I feel that every chess piece seems to be a city, and one person can really hold it up. The whole chessboard is like a girder, and Xiao Ming and his serious separation of black and white are separated. But how can the girder only be distinguished by black and white, the chess pieces on the chessboard do not move, and the chess pieces outside the chessboard have their own thoughts. If one of white's pieces has a different mind, then the outcome of the game is still between the two.

With the end of the second set between the two, the prince's mentality was obviously much better. Winning or losing on the chessboard is no longer important, outside the chessboard is a game that is unparalleled in the world. The emperor looked at the chess game that was bound to lose and said to the prince: "Everything is too tough, and sometimes it is not necessarily wrong to breathe a sigh of relief." ”

The two of them nodded silently, and the emperor took back the twisted chess pieces. "From tomorrow onwards, I will listen to the side well, listen more and do less. After so many years, I still don't understand, no one can take it away from yours, it's not yours, and I won't give it to me. ”

Getting up and striding away, Xiao Ming generously wiped off his sweat. said: "Brother Huang, are you afraid just now?" ”

The crown prince said with a solemn face: "Don't be afraid, since it is the palace, no one can take it away." ”

Xiao Mingcai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I'm scared to death, where are you playing chess, you are clearly fighting." It's really not suitable for me to stay in Taiping, it's better to go to Jinyang obediently to be a prince of Taiping, and live a comfortable life. ”

got up and closed his eyes for a long time and said solemnly: "King Jin, will you help me?" ”

Hearing that he was called the King of Jin, Xiao Ming's expression suddenly froze, and he said with a smile: "The King of Jin will not help you, but the fifth brother will help the emperor to take care of our family." ”

The prince seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief that had been accumulated for many years, stood up and patted Xiao Ming's shoulder affectionately and said, "The fifth brother went to Jinyang to live a good life, and he told the third brother if he had something sad." Xiao Ming nodded heavily.

At this moment, the crown prince knew that between himself and King Qi, Xiao Ming would not help anyone, but Xiao Ming might really just want to be a prince of peace. That's good, and the last sentence seems to say that there is no one in that position but me.

Until the prince left Xiao Ming to pack up the heavy chess pieces, he felt that it was much lighter now.

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Liu Zhixing came to Kunling Villa alone, and the servants on the manor were happy to welcome the little boy. For many years, the old man will only show a smile when he is with the little boy, and Zhou Wenda Liang Wenzong is already an old man in his seventies.

Zhou Wen saw Liu Zhixing visiting, and walked out on crutches. Liu Zhixing stepped forward and said, "Mr. is good to wait for the students, don't walk around if you are not in good health." I don't read and write books at home, I really want to read and let my subordinates read it, reading is too sad. ”

The old man kept smiling, and I am afraid that Liu Zhixing was the only one who dared to say that he should not read books beside Zhou Wen. The old man's withered face became more and more old, and his body walked very slowly. helped Zhou Wen to sit down, but Liu Zhixing didn't sit down, and the old man felt strange. Liu Zhixing, who has never been seated in the villa without the consent of the owner, stood surprisingly. After learning that Liu Zhixing couldn't sit down because he was beaten up in the Gongguo Mansion, the old man kept smiling and said: "You kid did everything that the old man wanted to do when he was young, and the young man is okay with the board." ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhixing knelt down on his knees and kowtowed three times, and said, "Sir, I am afraid that the student has not had the opportunity to serve by your old man's side in recent years. ”

wanted to help Liu Zhixing's legs but trembled a little, Liu Zhixing decisively got up with an innocent smile.

After seeing the old gentleman, he promised not to leave at night, and when he saw the old man, he was sleepy and walked towards the backyard. walked all the way to the door of a side room and looked at Zhang Bai, who was reading seriously, through the window. In his heart, he said, "I am the one who I should most like to see where I sit, sir." ”

Zhang Bai put down the book and said, "You're still here." ”