The palace people of Yi'an Palace in the school yard were frightened and helpless when they saw the miserable face of the little master Cao Fan.

When Cao Fan saw this group of palace people, he was angry, and when he raised his foot, he kicked down two and scolded: "The cheap slave can't come over, your master is about to be beaten to death!" ”

Seeing this, Cao Hong was afraid that something would happen again. Hurriedly said to a few palace people: "What are you still doing in a daze, and you don't help your master to use medicine." ”

At this time, several palace people woke up like a dream and hugged Cao Fan.

After Cao Fan left, seeing that today's riding and archery training could not be completed, several young princes were taken away by their respective attendants.

Only Cao Hong and the crown prince Cao Yi were left in the field, and Cao Hong saw that Cao Yi was still standing dumbfounded. The placket of his clothes was stained red by the blood left on the corners of his eyebrows, and he hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you should also go back to the palace and bandage it." ”

At this time, the prince woke up like a dream, looked at Cao Hong, held Cao Hong's hand tightly, and roared: "Fourth brother, my brother has been bullied in the palace, and we are both the sons of my father, why can Cao Fan do whatever he wants?" I am the crown prince, the prince of Great Wei! And to suffer this insult. ”

Cao Hong was speechless, although today's events were very accidental, Cao Fan would not be as domineering as he was today on weekdays, but the two had a long-standing grudge, and in addition, the queen taught by word and deed on weekdays, it is not surprising to think about today's events. It's just that Cao Fan actually shot the prince with an arrow, although there was no arrow, but... What if there are arrows next time?

Cao Hong didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he could only hold the prince's hand and said: "You are the prince of my Great Wei, and the eldest brother of the princes, the younger brothers have always respected you, the third brother has been arrogant since childhood, and the eldest brother is..."

Cao Yi didn't listen to what Cao Hong said at all, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his facial features were already distorted, and the bright red at the corners of his eyebrows made him look extremely hideous: "I will kill him in the future!" ”

"Who are you going to kill?" I saw that Emperor Cao Jue, accompanied by Yue Le and his group, was walking towards Cao Hong and Cao Yi.

The two of them hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Father." ”

Cao Jue's face was pale, there were so many things happening in the foreign court today, and the palace was not at peace, and the scene just now was seen by him.

"Tell me, who are you going to kill? The prince of a country, he has to hold a grudge against him for some small things, and the exit is to kill his brother, will he kill the king in the future? Cao Jue's beard was all open, no matter how calm he was in front of his courtiers, but when he saw his two children, especially the prince, actually say the words of killing his brother, his heart was like being poured with hot oil, painful and tormented.

The prince hurriedly knelt down, tears raining down: "Erchen, Erchen is wronged!" Cao Fan scolded me for being a waste of a cheap life, son..."

Cao Qi grabbed the bow on the ground. slapped the prince on his head and face, and roared while beating him: "If he scolds you, you will kill him?" ”

Seeing that the two sons fought each other because of some trivial things, and the prince also said such things as killing his brother, Cao Jue also knew that freezing three feet was not a day's cold, and it must be a deep grudge on weekdays. Throughout the day, the queen and the palace people whitewashed this harem with flowers, peaceful and abnormal, but today's events are like opening a dirty and ugly corner. Cao Jue suddenly felt dizzy.

Yue Le hurriedly supported the emperor, Cao Hong also rushed forward to support Cao Jue when he saw this, Cao Hong saw that the prince was just crying on the ground, so he had to have the courage to say to the father who he was not familiar with: "Father, today's incident was caused by the third brother's late arrival in the morning class, and then the provocation was first. Please take care of the dragon body and stop blaming the prince. ”

After hearing this, Cao Qi couldn't help but look at Cao Hong carefully, he didn't have much time to educate the prince on weekdays, and the only care he had was given to Cao Fan, the son of the prince and Queen Yan, and he didn't know much more about the fourth son Cao Hong than outsiders. Although his son is only more than ten years old, he is already sword-eyed, tall, and heroic, very similar to what he looked like when he was young, and he spoke clearly, politely and politely.

Cao Jue patted Cao Hong's hand holding him, turned his head, and saw the prince wailing on the ground, only to feel a burst of anger, the prince he cultivated wholeheartedly, was wronged like a woman and only knew how to wipe tears, in such a world of great controversy, there was such a useless prince, Cao Jue suddenly felt bored, waved his hand and said: "That's it, Yue Le, you send someone to send the prince back to the palace." ”

The prince sobbed and stood up and bowed.

Cao Jue saw that the prince was walking away, so he turned around, looked at Cao Hong with gentle eyes, and said to Cao Hong: "Today's matter, your disposition, I am very pleased. ”

Cao Hong saw his father looking at him with eyes that he had never seen before, and touched his head embarrassedly: "Thank you father, my son is just doing what he wants, and he doesn't dare to be praised by his father." But the son still has something to do not vomit and be unhappy, so he asked his father to allow his son to play Chen. ”

"Oh?"

Cao Hong saw his father looking at him with encouraging eyes, and he became bolder, cleared his throat and said, "It seems that there is something wrong with my father's handling of the crown prince today. ”

"Your Royal Highness..." Yue Le hurriedly stopped Cao Hong from talking.

"It's okay, let him say it!" Cao Jue waved his hand and asked Cao Hong to continue.

"Father, the Son of Heaven has no family affairs, and today's matter is very small, but if it spreads outside the palace and is known by someone with a heart, I am afraid that there will be more trouble." Cao Hong frowned and pondered.

Cao Jue thought about it, Cao Hong said it is right, if people know what Cao Fan said today, what do the Han ministers think, they balance the Han and Hungarian factions in the court, and they all believe in the Han important ministers such as Cui Huan and Li Tingji, in Cao Jue's heart, the Han and the Huns are no different, although they are Huns, but they have moved south for more than 200 years, except for some living habits, there is no difference between them and the Han people.

The steppe traditions followed by some Xiongnu nobles were, in Cao Jue's view, extremely ignorant. If you have a room to live in, you have to sleep in a tent; If you have food to eat, you have to eat half-cooked raw meat.

In addition, in recent years, because of his belief in Hanchen and his reputation, naturally the Han people have more attachments, and the Han people have naturally formed more and more armies, although the combat power cannot be compared with the combat power of the Hun army for the time being, but after all, the number of people is considerable, and naturally the Hanchen has a greater right to speak in the court. This is also one of the main reasons for the constant conflict between the Han and the Huns, after all, the imperial court is so big, and there are so many benefits.

But think about the Huns after all, they are their own people, and these Hun nobles in the court are also the most natural allies of their own rule in the world, although he attaches importance to Hanchen, but he can't chill the hearts of the Huns, this balance is what the emperor should master at all times.

Today, he scolded the prince, although from his father's point of view, it is indeed understandable, but will the Yan family feel that the prince has lost power, or simply create a kind of public opinion outside, and infinitely magnify this matter into the prince's loss of power. Thinking of this, Cao Jue secretly regretted that he beat the prince in front of the public today because of his anger.

Cao Jue looked at Yue Le, Yue Le followed Cao Jue for the longest time, Cao Jue looked at him, he immediately understood the emperor's thoughts, and immediately sent an order to go down and seal his mouth, and if anyone leaked today's affairs, kill.

"You're good." Cao Jue said with his hands behind his back and turning the wrench.

Cao Hong received his father's praise for the first time, as if he had drunk honey, and he was very happy, but he also knew that today's events were very sensitive. But there was one thing, Cao Hong didn't vomit or be unhappy, so he stared at his father's eyes and said, "The son asks his father to punish the third brother." ”

Cao Jue was originally very happy, but seeing that Cao Hong was unrelenting, he said unhappily: "I have a group of good sons, who fight like enemies over there, and here they persuade me to punish my brother, hum!" ”

Cao Hong saw that his father was really angry, his face turned red but he insisted: "Erchen is not for the prince this time, Erchen is for his mother." ”

"The third brother said that our mother is a slut, and the mother of the son is not a slut, she is a kind person who raised the son with hard work. Erchen has been weak since he was a child, and his mother took care of Erchen without undressing, and Erchen has grown up; Erchen is also a mother who teaches enlightenment word by word, knows how to respect heaven and earth, and knows how to honor his father. Therefore, the son asked his father to punish the third brother a little bit to set an example. ”

Cao Jue couldn't help but think of Han Concubine, this woman who hadn't noticed for a long time, Han Concubine had been married to the palace since she ascended the throne, and for so many years, except for the New Year's Festival, she had hardly seen her, if it weren't for the fact that she had a son with herself, maybe she would be like many palace people, and she wouldn't have remembered such a woman who had worked with her ears and temples. Seeing that the son born by this woman had grown up, standing beside him with heroic spirit and extraordinary conversation, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the mother and son, but since he ascended the throne, Cao Jue has rarely expressed his emotions on his face, stood silently for a while, turned around and left.

Yue Le looked at the prince Cao Hong, who was kneeling on the ground and at a loss, not to mention that the emperor was surprised, and he, a person who often walks in the harem, couldn't help but be impressed by Cao Hong, Cao Hong rarely spoke on weekdays, but he was the most diligent in reading and riding and shooting among the princes, but that's all, I didn't expect Cao Hong's performance today to be more unexpected than Yue Le. He stepped forward, picked up Cao Hong, who was kneeling to see His Majesty, helped him pat the dust on his body, and whispered to Cao Hong: "Get up, Your Highness." After speaking, he smiled meaningfully at Cao Hong and caught up with Cao Jue.

Cao Hong was the only one left on the school field, he only felt like he had drunk wine, his cheeks were red, and he rashly made a statement to his father today, although he was purely public. But after his father's reprimand, he was also terrified. Although that person is his father, he is the master of this world, the god of this palace, thinking that he has made his father unhappy, and a fear and grievance arise spontaneously in his heart. In the end, Yue Le's mysterious smile made Cao Hong feel even more confused, seeing that there was no one around, as if he was the only one left in this world, Cao Hong was stunned.