Speaking of the excitement of the capital, one is the second prince, although everyone knows that he exists, but he has not appeared in front of everyone for many years.

It is impossible for such a sudden and sudden arrival of no one to be curious about him.

In addition, he obviously said that he would choose a relative for him, but in the end, not only was the person who chose the family banquet missing, but even the will to give marriage did not have his share, which made everyone curious.

But the mansion of King An in the capital is not good, and the second prince only showed his face at the banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and at other times, the dragon saw the beginning and the end.

This makes it impossible for everyone to snoop.

Yes, curiosity is curiosity, and there is really nowhere to explore.

As for Xiao Wei's identity, there is actually a rumor in Xungui's house, after all, the current Yu Guifei is there, and not long after the death of the prince of Xianchengen, Yu Guifei entered the palace.

At that time, Xiao Weike, the son of Cheng'en Gong, was still in infancy.

Who's green on the head, everyone has an answer in private.

However, muttering in private, it was private, and no one dared to bring it to the table.

Talking about the rights and wrongs of the royal family, don't you think you don't die fast enough?

But this time, it was not a private discussion, it was clear and clear, and it was put on the table.

First, a drunken man listened to a book in a teahouse, pulled the storyteller off the stage, and went up to tell a story about the royal family.

The product of this romantic affair is the prince of Chengen.

Of course, the drunk man did not explicitly say that he was the prince of Chengen, but the direction of the matter and the key people in it were all insinuations to him.

What's more, in the end, the drunk man said when he was knocked down, "Although people don't have the status of a prince, they have infinite scenery, and now they are discussing marriage with a little prince who is indisputable." ”

Isn't this just plainly saying that it is Xiao Wei?

The royal is the place where the rules are the most important, and the place where the rules are the least important.

At the beginning, the Zhou family had two daughters, and the first daughter married the crown prince for the crown princess, and died in the coup d'état that year.

A daughter married into the Chengen Mansion for the concubine of the Chengen Prince.

At that time, everyone envied the good luck of the Zhou family, but they didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, the eldest daughter died, the second daughter was martyred, and after that, there was an extra concubine Yu in the palace.

At that time, how long was Xiao Wei born? As time went by, Xiao Wei grew up, and he didn't look like the Xiao family at all, but in addition to being similar to Concubine Yu, he was also somewhat similar to the saint......

This is interesting, which is also the reason why everyone has been muttering in private for so many years in Beijing.

Of course, it can also be said that the nephew is like an uncle, but such a statement just makes people smile secretly.

The royal affairs are extremely majestic, and the people are not allowed to speak, but people are like this, the more they are not allowed to say it, the more they have to say it, and they say it secretly.

As an uncle, he stole his nephew's wife, gave birth to a child to raise his sister, and he openly brought people into the palace to be a little wife, how can such a thing not be said?

It's also strange that the eldest princess of Shuyang has been in the eldest princess's nest all these years, and never goes to anyone's banquet, how can she have the face to go out to meet people?

However, everyone still admires the eldest princess Shuyang, who is so generous, and her daughter-in-law was brought into the palace by her younger brother and raised a wild seed at home.

Not only is he devoted to teaching, but he is also pampered, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is walking sideways in the capital.

Thinking of this, everyone smiled secretly, too, in the end, they are from their Chai family.

However, in just a few days, this rumor about Xiao Wei's identity not only did not subside, but also spread even more outrageous.

Even the news of the triumphant return of the Northern Expeditionary Army failed to suppress this rumor.

Ordinary people, familiar people meet, it is similar to smile, and then talk about the recent rumors,

"How can Xiao Shizi be a royal person? That's outrageous, isn't it? His father is the eldest son of the Xiao family, if he doesn't die, he will be the current Cheng'en Gong, but he has an identity and a background, not a cat or a dog......"

"What's outrageous? His grandmother is the eldest princess of Shuyang, who doesn't know that the eldest princess of Shuyang, as the eldest sister, has always loved her younger siblings very much. ”

"If there is such a thing, isn't it normal for her to be able to tolerate it, anyway, the boss of the Xiao family also wants the incense to pass on...... It's better than getting an heir......"

When others heard this, they sighed twice and nodded frequently, "Speaking of which, this is also the truth." ”

"Speaking of which, the first princess is also a girl from the Zhou family, and she is a sister to the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xiao family in the past......"

"Hey, isn't that girl in the palace also the girl of the Zhou family?"

Someone showed an ambiguous smile, "I heard that the one in the palace is the widow of the Xiao family, that is, the mother of Xiao Shizi." ”

"Is it ......?"

Although no one said that, everyone understood the meaning.

This kind of gossip, such a secret and private thing, spreads especially fast, and there is no need to add fuel to the fire, and the people themselves hate to spread it to the sky.

Of course, the emperor heard about this rumor, so the government dispatched, and the people in the restaurant and teahouse arrested wave after wave, and the originally empty cell of the capital prison was overcrowded.

Finally, public opinion has been suppressed a little.

But I don't dare to say it on the bright side, but in private, the dark tide is surging.

If this thing is fake, why should the emperor be angry? Isn't he Renjun, isn't he Mingjun?

In the past, if it wasn't a heinous criminal, it would have been a light sentence, but this time everyone just talked about it, and it wasn't that they hadn't talked about it before, but they didn't get it on the table.

This time I put it on the table, and I was so angry, there was an ulterior reason in it!

The emperor listened to the report of the Jinyi Guard, and his face was gloomy and could drip water.

When the crown prince went to see the emperor in the imperial study, he saw the emperor's gloomy face.

Seeing the crown prince coming, Cui Hai hurriedly walked over, "Your Highness." Cui Hai smiled and saluted.

The crown prince bowed his head towards Cui Hai with a smile on his face, and entered the main hall, where the emperor was stroking his forehead.

"The son visits his father." The crown prince gave the emperor a salute.

The emperor put down the fold presented by the brocade guard in his hand and said, "Get up and sit." ”

The prince thanked him, sat down on the brocade stool brought by the little eunuch, and listened to the emperor ask,

"You came here so late, what do you have to say to me?"

Since the crown prince was not treated by the emperor, the crown princess went to Huangjue Temple to practice, and rarely took the initiative to see the emperor unless necessary.

The prince's eyes drooped slightly, and he said half-loudly,

"It's about the rumors outside, the son shouldn't have come to disturb his father so late, however, the rumors outside ...... The son didn't want his father to be so worried. ”

The crown prince was made the crown prince when he was very young, and all along, he thought that he was his father's favorite child.

Even though the relationship between the father and the queen mother is weak, they have never snubbed him.

No matter which brother or sister he has, he doesn't have the more pampering he gets.

I don't know when this situation has changed.

It may also be that after Concubine Yu entered the palace, at that time, the eldest princess and aunt often brought the beautiful grandson into the palace, because she was born well, so everyone loved it.

He actually likes it very much, after all, everyone has a love for beauty.

He was much older than the child, and he was an uncle, so he was naturally willing to pamper him.

But later, his mother was in poor health and bedridden, and he waited day and night in front of the sickbed, watching his mother decline with his own eyes, like a flower that had lost its nutrients and withered.

The queen mother has a gentle temperament, and she will not fight or grab it all her life, even if her father loves Concubine Yu, she is not impatient.

It's just that on that bleak night, his mother seemed to be crazy, and he later thought that it was probably a return to the light.

The queen mother cried and laughed, laughed and scolded, she scolded all the grievances of this life, she scolded the heavens and the earth, scolded the grandfather's family, scolded her father and the emperor for being cold-hearted and cold-hearted, and had no husband and wife feelings.

She scolded Concubine Yu, shameless, hooked up with her husband's uncle, and gave birth to wild seeds.

At that time, the prince forgot how old he was, and he was stunned.

He wasn't a stupid boy, he had heard of it, but no one dared to say it in front of him.

He looked at his gentle mother, and cursed with a distorted face at Concubine Yu and the little boy he once loved.

That day, he understood why his father liked the little boy, not because he was the grandson of the eldest princess's aunt, but because he was his younger brother.

He was about to vomit the overnight meal.

He didn't expect that the truth would be so disgusting, and he felt disgusted for his ignorance and the love he had paid.

He even knew that this secret, not a secret, had long been spread in the noble family.

It's just that this is the ugly thing of his biological father, what can he do as a son?

He can only ignore it, don't ask, he buries it all in his heart.

He was not resentful.

He felt disgusted, and felt even more pity for the little boy.

Because, that little boy doesn't know anything!

He enjoyed the favor from his 'aunt', and from the 'emperor' he looked at it as a pampered pamper, as if he were a kitten or a puppy.

Yes, he was not jealous of Xiao Wei, just pity.

That's why he accepted Xiao Wei so easily when he leaned over.

They are just like-minded people, all abandoned by their fathers.

So, what is there for him to be jealous of?

The prince's mood can be described as extremely complicated.

The emperor was at the top, and when he saw that the prince stopped halfway through speaking, he asked in a somewhat obscure tone, "What, who are you trying to speak for?" ”

"Say what you want."

The crown prince sighed, "Father, he has never enjoyed the name of the king and grandson since he was born, why should he bear the malice of these people outside?" ”

"Even if it's not enough to kill people, but now, not only him, but also his aunt, is constantly chewed on by everyone."

"My aunt is old, she shouldn't be talked about like this......"

"If you can, why don't you restore his original surname and return to his ancestral ......"

The emperor narrowed his eyes, his eyelids jumped violently, and his voice was incomprehensible,

"Who asked you to be a lobbyist? Is it Xiao Wei? Or your aunt? ”

The prince smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "There is no one who is the son himself, because the son is subordinate to him, but he is just sympathetic." ”

The emperor laughed angrily, "Sympathy for the same disease, good for the same disease." ”

"What can you have to sympathize with, you are the prince, the future prince, he is only a child of unknown birth, and some are only meager favors.

How do you sympathize with him? ”

The emperor glanced at him meaninglessly, and asked indifferently, "If you persuade me to let him return to the sect, you are not afraid that with my favor for the concubine, you will have the heart of Yi Chu?" ”

The prince looked at the empty corner of the hall and suddenly let out a faint sigh.

The crown prince, he has been sitting for too long, so long that he is already a little tired, if Xiao Wei can really replace him.

That would be a great pleasure!

However, on the face, he didn't show it, but said calmly, "Yi Chu will shake the country's foundation, and his sons have not made any mistakes, not to mention, my father just wants Yi, and it will be a few years later." ”

"What is needed now is to get through the present, and then talk about it later."

Such words, the listeners are disheartened, and they really don't look like what a prince should say.

The emperor was not angry or angry, and looked straight ahead,

"I don't care what you want to do with Xiao after you ascend the throne, but as long as I am in one day, he won't think about returning to the sect."

The prince looked at him speechlessly, not knowing what he meant.

At this moment, the prince even had a ridiculous thought, is he and everyone wrong, Xiao Wei is actually not his younger brother.

Otherwise, as a father, why would he be so indifferent when it comes to returning to the sect.

Even if it is an illegitimate child, since he can make a decision to snatch someone's mother into the palace as a concubine, how can he not recognize this child?

After all, with the right excuses, it can be done perfectly.

However, the emperor said that he would not say anything about Xiao Wei's return to his ancestors when he died.

His attitude towards Xiao Wei can be said to be very clear.

The crown prince did not have to ask the emperor to return Xiao Wei to the sect, but from an ethical point of view, the emperor's move was a little unreasonable.

What made him love Xiao Wei over and over again, and at the same time rejected him so much!

He really said that Xiao Wei, the 'son', is not too much to prevent thieves.

Why is he so stubborn? Don't you care about Concubine Yu in the harem?

The prince sneered in his heart, the so-called favor is just like that, so, what is so good about this royal family?

The emperor's father and son were talking about Xiao Wei here, and over there, Xu Han was also seeing Xu Jun, who had just returned triumphantly.

Xu Jun's complexion is very bad, Xu Han also exchanged letters with the border after returning to Beijing, and he also knew that Xu Jun's illness had not improved and was about to be recuperated, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

When he entered the city, he did not ride a horse, but in a carriage, and finally he had to be supported to get out of the carriage.

In the Zhenbei Palace, Xu Jun was lying on the bed, his face was pale.

There were only Xu Han, Xu Jun, and Xu Zhao in the house, and there were no outsiders.

Xu Han took the medicine bowl and fed Xu Jun medicine with a spoon, drank two sips, Xu Jun took the bowl over, "This medicine is bitter to death, I'm still bored in one mouthful." ”

"Okay, why is my father so sick?" Xu Han asked Xu Zhao, although his tone was controlled, he could still hear the anxiety.

Xu Zhao said, "The frontier is cold, and my father has not been well since he got the wind cold, and he should be fine after returning to Beijing." ”

"Then let's ask Your Majesty to go to Jiangnan to recuperate." Xu Han said.

"No." After Xu Jun took a sip of the medicine, he said goodbye, and his face looked much more normal.

"At this time, my father won't go there, you are about to get married, and I'm fine."

Xu Han was silent, just looked at Xu Jun stubbornly.

She didn't completely forgive Xu Jun for treating Xu Danxiu like that, but this didn't prevent her from caring about Xu Jun.

When Xu Jun saw her like this, he seemed to think of when she was young, when Xu Cheng wanted to punish her, she refused to be punished, it was such a look.

He raised his hand and patted Xu Han's shoulder, saying, "Father is at this age, you have to be prepared." ”

"When you get older, sooner or later there will always be such a day, when the time comes, you brothers and sisters will support each other and continue the Xu family well."

Xu Han burst into tears and said stubbornly, "Where are you old, I haven't forgiven you yet, you haven't loved me yet." ”

Xu Jun looked at Xu Zhao helplessly and smiled, "Look, has she had this temper since she was a child." ”

Xu Zhao lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "My sister's temperament is the most rare, and it is true that you haven't loved your sister well yet, father, waiting for her to let you hold your grandson." ”

Xu Jun let out a long sigh, sat up with his body propped up, and said,

"These days are the happiest days for me in many years, you are all my heart and liver, why don't my father want to live a few more days and watch his children and grandchildren fill the house."

"I promised others something, but I haven't done it yet."

Xu Zhao and Xu Han both thought that Xu Jun was talking about Xu Danxiu, Xu Han pursed her lips, and now that An Xiangchu and her mother have not leaked out, she doesn't know whether she should tell Xu Jun.

After all, with Xu Danxiu's character, she will not eat back grass when she says death, and it is impossible for her to reunite with a person like Xu Jun who hurt her deeply.

And she is not a child, she has to be in harmony with her father and mother, she knows, that is just a performance.

If you can't go back, you just can't go back. So she couldn't force it.

But if Xu Jun still has the mind to reunite with Xu Danxiu, it can only be a mirror and a moon.

Xu Han really couldn't bear to break his beautiful thoughts.

Xu Zhao looked at Xu Han hesitantly, and there was a hint of helplessness between his eyebrows, but he still smiled,

"Father, Mother......"

Xu Jun frowned slightly and shook his head, "It's not your mother......"

Seeing this, Xu Han's heart moved slightly, Xu Jun came back these days, didn't he think about asking Xu Jun about what the old monk heard in Funing Temple.

But Xu Jun has been lying on the bed, and the decoction is continuous, but he has not asked.

Now that Xu Jun has taken the initiative to talk about regrets, will it be Xiao Wei's life experience?

Xu Jun glanced at Xu Zhao and said, "Zhao'er, you go down first, your father and your sister have something to say." ”

Xu Zhao nodded and withdrew.

"Hanhan, in the past, my father didn't want you to be with the prince of Chengen, but now I still don't want to, but I can't help it, that's what you want, and now the emperor has issued a holy decree."

Of course, Xu Han knew Xu Jun's complicated thoughts, and she said softly, "Father, why? ”

Xu Jun sighed and said with a wry smile, "Because, his situation has always been very sinister, he has been on the edge of the cliff for more than ten or twenty years, as long as someone gently pushes him, he will fall down and die without a place to be buried!" ”

Xu Jun sighed faintly, "Everyone says that the Xu family is beginning to decline in my hands, but this is not the case. Back then, I had ambitions. ”

"Since I was a teenager, I have been traveling all over the world and apprenticed everywhere, otherwise I would not have gone to Daoshu and met your mother."

"When I traveled, I met not only your mother, but also a man of my age, who had a bold temperament, a leisurely manner, and a full stomach."

"At that time, I was young and vigorous, and I was not convinced, and in a chance encounter, because his poetry was better than mine, I had to compete with him."

"At that time, that person was not unhappy, but competed with me one by one, and in the end, of course, I lost, even the martial arts I was proud of, also lost in his hands."

"He's really good, you should know who this guy is."

Xu Han pursed her lips, she was the same age as Xu Jun, very good, with a bold temperament, elegant manners, and a full stomach, she knew it.

Because she had heard such a person in the mouth of her father Huo Zheng, Huo Zheng had been a companion to that person.

That is the prince of the first emperor dynasty, and later his nickname is Fengxian, but Huo Zheng has always been the prince in his mouth.

Xu Jun paused, leaned back on the head of the bed, his posture was very relaxed, if he wasn't sick, probably he would have crossed his legs and made some movements that were not right.

"At that time, I wanted to be a leisurely son of the Zhenbei Palace, relying on my own skills to make a name for myself, not to mention what I took refuge in the name of the prince."

"I'm going to be the most famous ranger in the world, how can I get into the dirty imperial power. Wealth is like floating clouds, and money is like dung. ”

Xu Han, "......"

She really didn't expect her father to have such a side, she really didn't know that Xu Jun was such a person before.

Do you praise yourself so much?

Xu Jun looked at the top of the tent and continued to say quietly,

"Later, I met Huo Zheng again, the hussar general, you know."

"Those are all graceful characters, but unfortunately, they all died in those filthy imperial powers."

"I was pulled into the prince's camp by Huo Zheng, and the struggle for imperial power was very fierce at that time, because the princes were getting bigger one by one, and their hearts were gradually getting bigger."

"Later, I married your mother, and then I had an accident and became the prince who was hidden behind the scenes, and I still have contact with the prince."

"In the year before you were born, the battle between the princes became more and more intense, and some people said that the prince complained that he had been the prince for so many years, and it was not yet over."

"The first emperor was furious, and he degraded his family as a concubine and moved to the desolate north."

"But it didn't take long for Emperor Taizu to wake up again, knowing that the crown prince had been wronged, so he sent someone to take him back to Beijing."

Speaking of this, Xu Jun's eyes stared at the top of the tent, as if he was thinking about something, and as if he was too sad, his body trembled slightly.

His voice was a little unsteady,

"I received a letter from Huo Zheng, who was far away on the border, asking me to pick up the prince's family, I went, and I received the prince, but it was ......"

His voice was bitter, "I also encountered that robbery." ”

Xu Han never spoke, just listened quietly, and she said softly, "Father, I have never heard you talk about these old things, and what ......about later?"

Xu Jun raised his hand and covered his face with his hand,

"Yes, this is an old thing, how many years have people been dead...... But ......"

Xu Jun seemed to think of that year again, in that sea of blood, that person was covered in blood, his blood-covered hands held a swaddling cloth, stuffed the swaddling clothes into another person's hands, and then trembled his hands, took out a blood-stained letterhead from his arms, and said to him,

"I've won so many games against you, no one can win you in the future, this, you take it, if in the future, he ...... Please bless him for once......"

Xu Jun raised his head and skimmed over, the corner of his eye shone brightly, he used to be a gorgeous person, and he should have the best life.

But it changed overnight, and it became a ghost, a ghost, and a nightmare.

But now, his bad life is even supporting another person's life, which is simply ridiculous.

It's just ridiculous, he let Xu Cheng mess around in front of him, and let everyone watch the palace decline, he hid himself.

He thought that he would never turn it over in his life, but he didn't expect it......

……

After Huo Qi entered Beijing, because Xu Jun was seriously ill, he could not enter the palace to report on his work, so he was replaced.

When he came out of the palace, it was already late, he led the horse, thinking about whether he should go back to see Mi'er first, or go to the palace to see Xu Han first, but he didn't think that a person rushed out of the oblique, it turned out to be the gray-clothed man he had seen at the border last time.

He gave the man a cold look, led the horse, and followed him not far away, to a house.

It's really a rat who hides in the shadows, and they always meet in such a roundabout place.

Entering the house, he saw Xu Ge Lao who was admiring the moon in the courtyard, with a coffee table in front of him, pastries on it, and a small red clay stove on the side, and the kettle on it was steaming slightly.

Huo Qi snorted coldly in his heart, he looked like a dog and knew how to be elegant, but in fact, it was just a belly full of intrigues.

"The Seventh Master is here." Elder Xu Ge got up and saluted and motioned for Huo Qi to sit down.

Seeing Huo Qi standing there with his hands behind his back, Xu Ge Lao touched his beard and smiled, "It's okay, there is another friend coming over in a while, let's be together again then." ”

Huo Qi frowned, since he was rescued at the border, he had only seen Xu Ge Lao, and he knew what his purpose was.

Also, after all, what Xu Ge Lao wants to do is to overthrow the current Chai Dynasty, how can he do it without helpers.

He only thought that his friend was a courtier like Xu Gelao, but when he saw the person who came in outside the door, he was still stunned, and couldn't help but blurt out,

"You're not ......"

"Why are you ...... here?"

The person Huo Qi saw turned out to be the eldest princess of Liyang.

I saw the eldest princess of Liyang take off the thin cloak outside under the service of the maid, and smiled at Huo Qi,

"Seventh Master."

Facing Huo Qi, who was stunned, Xu Ge Lao was very satisfied, "Your Highness is a friend of so-and-so." ”

Huo Qi's heart was surging, the eldest princess of Liyang was actually mixed with Xu Ge Lao, planning a big rebellion, this ......

Seeing that Huo Qi didn't speak, Elder Xu Ge and Princess Liyang glanced at each other and said with a smile,

"Seventh Master, please forgive me, this time in Xiao Wei's matter, His Royal Highness has made a great contribution, if it weren't for her, this city of rumors would not have been so noisy."

Huo Qi bowed slightly, sat down with a cold face, and sat opposite the two.

It turned out that Xiao Wei's life experience was stabbed by the eldest princess of Liyang.

Originally, if Xu Han was not involved, Huo Qi couldn't care about Xiao Wei's life experience, but now, Han Han has been given marriage to Xiao Wei.

Even if his own cabbage was about to be arched by the pig, the pig would soon become his own pig, but someone actually beat the pig's idea, which made Huo Qi very unhappy.

If he is not happy, then naturally he has to do something.