Ugly time, the secret room of the East Palace.

The prince drank the wine in the cup, slowly put down the wine glass on the table, his thoughts seemed to be a little uneasy, the king saw this, and hurriedly raised his glass and drank it all, and then looked at the prince, he really didn't know what the prince was going to discuss? But it is expected that this matter must be important, otherwise the prince would never be like this.

The corners of the prince's mouth moved slightly, and he wanted to speak, but he quickly kept his mouth shut again, and looked at the king meaningfully, which made the king feel uncomfortable, in order to make the prince let down his guard and open his heart, the king changed his title and asked: "Brother, you and I were brothers of the same father and mother, and now there are only two brothers, what makes it so difficult for my brother to speak?" ”

These words made the prince feel very cordial, so he sighed softly, and finally made up his mind, and asked: "According to the king's brother, I ascended the throne and became the emperor, is it suitable to govern the world?" ”

Although King Xiang has made full psychological preparations, as soon as the prince said this, King Xiang still let go of his hand, and the wine glass in his hand was so shocked that it fell to the ground. Could it be that the crown prince also wants to launch a mutiny immediately and directly seize the throne? King Xiang didn't know how to answer for a while, so his face was embarrassed.

The prince looked at King Xiang, and when he saw him, he didn't answer, so he muttered: "It seems that Brother Wang also thinks that I am not worthy of sitting in this world!" ”

Hearing this, King Xiang hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, arched his hand, and replied anxiously: "Brother misunderstood!" Brother Dazhi is virtuous, how can he not sit on the world, but his brother has been made the crown prince, he only needs to continue to consolidate his power, so why rush for a while? In my opinion, mother, she... Her days are numbered, so why should her brother have trouble with her old man? ”

When the prince heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing, which made the king feel puzzled, so he looked up at the prince. The prince helped King Xiang up, and continued to smile and said, "Brother Wang, I misunderstood! Maybe it's because the question I asked is wrong, which made Brother Wang panic! ”

The prince was still puzzled, and the prince continued: "Brother Wang thinks that I want to follow the Taiping and Keduo to launch a mutiny? ”

Xiangwang replied in a whisper: "Could it be that my brother didn't mean this?" ”

The prince smiled: "Of course not! In any case, His Majesty is the biological mother of the two of us, how could I be willing to meet her old man, as Brother Wang said, her old man has been... Time is running out. Speaking of this, the prince who had just been smiling suddenly had red eyes, and a few tears fell from the corners of his eyes unconsciously, in order to avoid embarrassment, the prince hurriedly wiped it off with his sleeves, and the prince saw the prince like this, and he couldn't help but be moved, and his eyes were moist; The prince stretched out his hand to hold King Xiang, and continued to cry sincerely: "Mother has everything in her life to be sorry for the Tang Dynasty, but in any case, in the end, the prince surnamed Li was still established. ”

After hearing this, King Xiang nodded again and again and said yes.

After a long time, the crown prince finally calmed down and said, "I want to ask my brother Wang, if he can ascend to the throne one day, do you think I have the ability to govern this world?" ”

King Xiang didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly replied: "Yes!" Brother must have the ability to reproduce the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty when Taizong was in the past! ”

After hearing this, the prince smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said: "Brother Wang, don't deceive me anymore, I know in my heart what my ability is!" Not to mention the reappearance of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, it may be difficult to keep this country from causing trouble! ”

King Xiang hurriedly replied: "Why is my brother arrogant? Brother, please be relieved, we will do our best to assist my brother in order to reproduce the prosperous world! ”

The prince waved his hand again and sighed: "Don't say it's me, even a few of my sons are powerless. The eldest son, Chongrun, died young; The other three sons are either young or have no achievements! I still have your assistance, if it is passed on to them, then the Tang Dynasty will be in danger in the future! How will I go to see my fathers and fathers? ”

The king replied, "Why is this so, brother? It's too early to tell! ”

The prince looked at King Xiang, clenched his hand tighter, and said in a firm tone: "I can't hide it, if I ascend to the throne, I want to make the royal brother the imperial brother, what does the royal brother think?" ”

When King Xiang heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and knelt on the ground again, shouting: "Brother, this matter is not appropriate, absolutely not!" "King Xiang didn't know why the prince suddenly made this statement, maybe it was a temptation to himself, but judging from the prince's previous reaction, it shouldn't be; Besides, with the prince's heart, he would not do such a temptation, but it happened suddenly, how dare King Xiang think more, and he only dared to refuse for a while.

The prince hurriedly wanted to help King Xiang up, and said in a sincere tone: "Brother Wang! I am not a temptation, this is my true intention! I hope that the king brother will believe it! ”

King Xiang didn't wait to think about it, shook his head again and again, and replied: "Please brother quickly retract this word, otherwise I will not be able to kneel for a long time!" ”

The prince pulled King Xiang again, but King Xiang didn't get up, and the prince couldn't help but sigh lightly and said, "Brother Wang, why bother? When my mother was called the emperor, she wanted to make you the prince, but you said that she was sick and did not go to court, and finally had to call me back, and the position of the prince was yours! ”

After hearing this, King Xiang directly knocked his head to the ground and said loudly: "Brother, do you want me to die here?" I don't think anything wrong! I hope my brother will see clearly! ”

When the prince heard this, he could only sigh and said, "Okay, I will tell Brother Wang what I want today, and I hope Brother Wang will get up!" ”

The prime minister replied: "As long as the elder brother does not mention the matter of the emperor's brother again, I dare to get up!" ”

The prince nodded lightly and agreed, and the king slowly got up and sat down.

The prince looked at King Xiang tightly, and said earnestly: "I actually know the heart of the prince very well, and you have memorized one word in your life - let!" Back then, you gave way to your mother, and then you gave way to me, and it was indeed difficult for some strong people to make you the emperor's younger brother. For many days I have been thinking about it, in fact... Actually, I hope you will let it last time! ”

"Let it happen again?" King Xiang muttered and repeated in a low voice, he was really puzzled by the prince's words, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

The prince smiled slightly, and said firmly, word by word: "I hope that you will eventually give way... Your San Lang - Li Longji! ”

The prince's words shocked King Xiang, the ups and downs of King Xiang's life, ups and downs, in fact, he has already seen through the battles in the world, he has long been distracted by the big position, that day he had a secret conversation with Li Sanlang, not for himself, completely out of consideration for the country and the people, the prince's idea actually coincided with his own, it was really a little unexpected to him, he was worried about how to open to the prince, but this suddenly came the opportunity, but the king did not dare to show too eagerness, lest the prince feel disgusted, So he replied: "Brother is kind, I have received it for San Lang, but it should always be inherited by the prince's heirs, I will let San Lang do his best to assist him, and I hope that my brother will be relieved!" ”

The crown prince changed from the tone of discussion at the beginning to an extremely firm voice: "Brother Wang, my mind has been decided, and I should not shirk this matter again; Saburo has been intelligent, ambitious, and broad-minded since childhood, and I love him very much, and I have long regarded him as my own heir; Today's Taiping matter has won the hearts of the army, and this matter is by no means related to personal interests, but for the sake of the whole country and the people, I hope that Brother Wang can understand. ”

The prince said everything to this point, if King Xiang continued to shirk, I am afraid it would be out of place, so he asked rhetorically: "Brother insists on this, I want to ask, this battle for the throne has always been cruel, and it is common for blood relatives to kill each other, if San Lang wins the throne, how will the elder brother's heirs be arranged?" My brother and I have a deep brotherly relationship, and we can understand it for the sake of the world's major affairs, but this is not necessarily the case in the next generation. The world is in turmoil! ”

After hearing this, the prince stroked his beard and said slowly: "This is also what I have been thinking about for many days, so I want to make the royal brother the imperial brother, and then I can justifiably pass on the name of Saburo!" ”

King Xiang sighed and said, "Brother, the matter of the imperial brother must not be mentioned again, lest others take advantage of this matter and make me and my brother's heirs feel dissatisfied, wouldn't it be even more inappropriate!" ”

The prince pondered for a moment and asked, "Then according to the king's brother, how should I act?" ”

King Xiang was silent for a long time, and replied: "Brother Yu, this is a critical period, there must be no chaos in the court, and everything must be discussed after the mother returns the Li Tang artifact and the foundation is stable." At that time, we should still set up my brother's heir as the prince, we will do our best to assist him, if his son is successful, then the world is very lucky, if not, it is not too late to talk about Zen! These words are my true words, I hope my brother will accept them! ”

The prince fell into deep thought, and after a while, he finally spoke and replied slowly: "Since this is the case, then according to the words of the prince's brother!" But I have one thing that must be stated in advance, if my son really can't keep the world, then I want to establish Saburo, and the king brother can no longer shirk it, and he must do his best to recommend it! ”

After hearing this, King Xiang immediately bowed his hand and replied: "Oh! Obey my brother's orders! ”

The brothers looked at each other and smiled, and poured their wine again.

King Xiang continued: "I listened to San Lang's words, a few days ago, Zhang Ge Lao realized that his mother had the intention of abolishing his brother, forcing his brother to consider self-preservation. ”

The prince smiled knowingly and replied, "What Brother Wang said is very true! I don't want to be my mother's enemy, but now that Taiping and King Liang's deeds have been revealed, I expect my mother to be extremely disappointed in the two of them, and will never give them another chance, and our danger is over! After that, the prince poured another cup for both sides, and said with a smile: "Not only tonight, the Shendu case that has plagued me for many days has been solved, the main culprit Keduo has been arrested, and the two brothers have completely opened their hearts once, and my heart is happy!" Brother Wang, Shangyuan is healthy! ”

King Xiang immediately raised his glass and congratulated: "Brother, Shangyuan is healthy!" ”