Chapter Thirty-Nine: A Brotherhood
"It's good to have the fifth brother of Lao missing." The prince smiled unabated as he looked into his eyes.
Li Heng said: "Then the little brother is relieved." ”
"Third brother, in fact, I'm also worried about you! was about to go to plead with his father, but ......" The fast-talking Li Lu suddenly stopped abruptly halfway through his words.
The crown prince Li Che Shi Ran smiled and said: "It's also thanks to you that you didn't intercede with your father, otherwise there would be one more person in the Chang'an Hall last night to kneel to the ancestor." ”
Li Lu smiled calmly and said: "Kneel and kneel, my body is very strong, and I won't have anything wrong with kneeling all night!" ”
"The seventh brother is still young and free in the end." The fifth prince also shook his head helplessly.
Li Che walked forward with his hands in his hands, and said as he walked: "The disaster relief funds allocated to the south for the construction of the canal the day before yesterday were the responsibility of the fifth brother, right?" ”
As soon as the words fell, the seventh prince Li Lu glanced at his fifth brother with palpitations and opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.
The fifth prince walked out with the crown prince, with a smile on his face, humble and gentlemanly, as gentle as jade.
"I have put this matter on the patron and Gyeonggi Prefecture Yoon."
The prince said again: "Although this Gyeonggi Mansion Yin is the right-hand man of the fifth brother, but he has recently been at home because of his lax family style and indulgence, and he is not at home, the fifth brother should have made plans early." ”
"The prince reminded that this disaster relief money seems to have to be enlightened by others."
You say everything I say, and you cover up those invisible secret struggles between talking and laughing, and anyone who sees it will think that this is like a gesture of brotherhood, friendship and brotherhood.
In front of the royal road, the three brothers parted ways.
Li Heng watched the sedan chair that picked up the prince from the East Palace and left, and then said to his younger brother beside him, "Why are you dumb, don't you see you quite able to talk on weekdays?" ”
"I don't have the face to say it! Brothers, the third brother was punished to kneel in the Chang'an Palace, and the brothers didn't go to intercede with him, the third brother treated me the most dear on weekdays, I want to intercede, you and the queen mother are still stopping! ”
Li Heng turned to the inner palace and said with a slight smile: "Didn't your third brother just say, if you go to intercede, you will be imprisoned with you at that time." ”
"Even if it is locked up with the third brother, it is better than chilling the hearts between the brothers."
Li Heng shook his head helplessly, and said as he walked: "Are you a compatriot with my mother, why are you so close to him Li Che?" ”
"You're wrong, I'm close to all of you, it's just that the third brother treats me alone and is different from others, so I naturally have to reply to him well."
The sun has risen in the east, stopping at the high top of the Qingtai Palace, overlooking this majestic palace.
On the wide square in front of the palace, all the civil and military officials were almost scattered, only the two brothers sent the prince away, and now they turned around and returned.
"I still remember that Li Che was above the top when he was a child, and he never put anyone in his eyes, and several brothers were ridiculed by him, and you too, don't you remember?"
Li Lu looked at Li Heng with an indifferent face, waved his hand irritably, and said, "It was all when I was a child, besides, I was really too young at that time to remember." ”
"But later, after Empress Zhenyuan went, the prince Li Che gradually became perverse and irritable, and gradually distanced himself from my brothers, the eldest brother and the second brother had already gone to the fiefdom to build a mansion, and the fourth brother was obsessed with swords, and the only thing he could suppress was you and me, you still didn't have one heart with me, and you made me feel cold as a brother."
Li Lu hurriedly said: "Even though the third brother is like this, he has never bullied you, he has not bullied me!" I only saw you and the queen mother trying their best to plot against him! ”
"Do you know what you're talking about?" Li Heng turned his head to look at him, even though there was a little anger in his face, but he still had no majesty because of his good skin.
Li Lu knew that he was speechless, bowed his head and walked forward quickly.
Li Heng said: "Do you think that today in the court, the criminal department is directly accused of many crimes against Gyeonggi Prefecture, and who instigated it?" Just now he said to me personally, let me abandon Gyeonggi Prefecture Yin, you also heard this, right? How is it that in the end, it is me and the queen mother who have become wicked? ”
Li Lu muttered dissatisfiedly: "Gyeonggi Mansion Yin is also self-inflicted, you have joined forces to impeach the third brother all day long, and now that he has seized the handle of others, of course he will not be relentless." ”
"You!" Even if Li Heng was good-tempered, he was choked by this younger brother's anger, and looked at him with a distorted face and said, "If the queen mother listens to your words, she will be angry with you to death!" ”
"The queen mother has a bad heart, I still don't want to make her angry, you can say hello to the queen mother on my behalf."
After Li Lu finished speaking, he hurriedly gave his hand away, Li Heng wanted to speak and stopped, just looked at this immature younger brother, gritted his teeth with hatred, but after the worried gaze of the Shanggong people, he quickly returned to normal, as gentle and elegant as before.
When the prince returned to the East Palace, Mama Jiao was waiting at the gate of the East Palace with a group of good women, he staggered a few steps and got off the sedan chair, swept his eyes around, and took the lead to walk inside.
Xue Liangdi hurriedly came to support him, with tears in her eyes, and she was moving, "Your Highness has not returned overnight, and the concubine is so worried." ”
"Prince Ben can't die again, what is there to worry about."
Xue Liangdi answered the word yes softly, and helped Li Che to walk inside.
After walking for a while, Li Che suddenly raised his voice and asked, "When this prince is not there, what happened in the East Palace?" ”
Mama Jiao sighed, and said after careful consideration, "Su Liangdi in the apricot garden doesn't know where to go, and I didn't see her early in the morning?" ”
"Really?" The crown prince looked around, sneered and said, "It's not just Su Liangdi who doesn't see, right, what about the crown princess?" ”
Mama Jiao smiled happily and said: "The crown princess stayed in the Chang'an Palace without authorization and did not return overnight, and was punished by the queen mother in the dark room facing the wall!" ”
The corners of Li Che's eyes jumped, and he only felt that it was extremely funny.
His husband and wife were really unfavorable, and they just came out of the Chang'an Palace, and Liu Yuyao was locked up in a small black room again.
"When the queen mother sent someone, the concubine was frightened." Meng Xue said and snuggled even more against the man's chest.
"I'm not here to get you, what are you afraid of?" The prince said, patting her lightly on the shoulder.
"Isn't the concubine worried about His Royal Highness......" Meng Xue said, Cherry's mouth trembled slightly, and another tear fell.
Li Che obviously couldn't see the pear blossoms crying with rain in a woman's life, and she was relieved, and she smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.
Mama Jiao said again: "Your Highness, this Su Liangdi, I don't know where to go, and the slave maid ordered people to search the entire East Palace but didn't find it." ”
"Eighty percent took advantage of the absence of Prince Ben last night to escape from the palace."
He said this casually, but Mama Jiao was startled and said, "Good and decent, what are you going to do to escape from the palace?" ”
"What to do? I'm afraid that she wants to get rid of the master behind her, and no one has to look for it, so let her go. ”
Mama Jiao was startled and opened her mouth.
Meng Xue was smart about Bingxue, pretending to be unintentional but pretending to be intentional and said: "If the concubine is not mistaken, Su Liangdi was sent to the East Palace by the queen's mother, and now she may return to Fengzao Palace." ”
Mama Jiao echoed on the side: "What Xue Liangdi said is reasonable, Bao Buqi is going back to Fengzao Palace to find her old master and talking nonsense." ”
Li Che walked directly in the direction of the dormitory and said, "I'll go to the shower and change clothes first, and you can have breakfast first." ”
"Concubine serving His Highness?" Meng Xue took two quick steps with a smile on her face.
The man didn't reply, "No." ”
With that, he opened the door and walked in, closing the door firmly.
Meng Xue touched the ash of her nose, her face was sad, she sighed slightly, and had to hold the hand of the palace man to go back.
Mama Jiao glanced at Xue Liangdi who was far away, and carefully pondered the prince's words, and simply summoned all the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace.
Standing in the garden in rows, her fat body shook in front of them again and again, looked at them and looked at Fang Fang and said, "Your Highness has always been strict, I think you all know it." ”
Everyone lowered their heads and answered.
I only heard Mama Jiao say again: "But this East Palace has been a little unpeaceful recently, and it has not been peaceful since the crown princess entered the East Palace." ”
The corners of her sharp eyes swept to the shadow standing in front of the team, and continued: "You are all smart, if I find out that someone is eating inside and doing things that are not good for the prince, then ...... Not only can't this East Palace accommodate you, but it's also difficult for you to stay in this world! ”
There were a few timid people who were already trembling with fright, although Mama Jiao seemed to be kind on weekdays, but she had never been ambiguous in the means of disciplining the palace people.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has just come back from the Chang'an Palace, you have served His Royal Highness well, it is your duty to be a slave, go and prepare fragrant soup, breakfast, and be careful when sprinkling and sweeping, Your Highness is happy, only you have your way to live, all for me to remember!"
"Yes......"
"Mama......" a little palace maid said timidly: "Do you want to send breakfast to the princess and mother......"
Mama Jiao's eyes widened, and she said viciously: "The crown princess has been punished!" How dare you bring her breakfast?! I don't know how you'll die in the future! ”
"The slave doesn't dare, the slave knows it's wrong!"
Mama Jiao glanced at the shadow again, and saw that her face was cold, standing there without smiling, nor talking, nor pleading with the crown princess, but when her majesty shocked her, she snorted coldly and turned her head and said, "It's all gone!" ”
As soon as Mama Jiao left, someone discussed, "You said Mama was early in the morning, why are you so angry?" ”
"I heard that it seems that Su Liangdi is missing."
"How could such a big living person disappear? And what does it have to do with us if it's gone, why are you angry with us......"
"I heard that this Su Liangdi was originally given to Her Royal Highness by the Queen Mother, some people say that the Queen Mother sent her to monitor the eyeliner of Her Royal Highness the Prince, and some people say that she may have returned to Fengzao Palace...... Some people also say that they have escaped from the palace. ”
"Huh? Then, I really didn't see that Su Liangdi was soft and weak on weekdays, but she was still meticulous......"
The shadow flew over with a knife in the eye, and the palace maid who was whispering there trembled as if she was being Ling Chi.
"Have you forgotten what Mama Jiao said? Give yourself the trouble of tongue! ”
Langying threw down a sentence and turned to leave, and everyone patted their chests with palpitations and said, "What, what if it's the princess's slave, the princess is not favored, it's better to follow Xue Liangdi's side." ”
"You see that she is cold, like a cold-faced Hades, this pair of master and servant is really wonderful."
"That's it!"