March 25, 17th year of Zhenguan.

Night.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the Temple of Manna.

After listening to De'an's secret report on the recent movements in the DPRK, Li Zhi, the king of Jin who had just been served, put down a box of bird food, picked up the bird stand, and teased the peach blossom parrot, just chirped twice and taught it to learn to speak.

Seeing this, De'an said worriedly: "Lord Wang, King Wei and King Wu are now visiting the Lord every day, and all the ministers are the most favored by the two princes......

Lord, are we going to move? After all, if these two princes become the lord's favorite sons, then your plan is ...... prince."

Li Zhi said with a smile:

"The fourth brother is very knowledgeable, but in recent years, he has also been made stupid by Concubine Shu.

It's rare that the third brother actually made a stupid ......"

Putting down the bird, Li Zhi patted off the bird food residue on his hand, took the silk scarf offered by Qinghe, wiped his hands, and said with a warm smile:

"They are all the only sons of their fathers, and they are all loved by their fathers. Whoever sets up is the son of the father's favor......

So what's the point of arguing about whether it's the most favorite?

As a prince, the first priority is not to fight for this false name. Guan Yue, who can win the trust of his father and the emperor, is the most important thing.

The deaf king may be able to insist on being favored. However, his father is such a bright king, but he will only order all loyal ministers to obey, and he is a son with both virtue and name.

Therefore, whether it is the fourth brother or the third brother...... Even the lady concubine who stood behind the fourth brother and Wei Ting, who stood behind the third brother, made a big mistake from the beginning.

To fight for the position of the current prince of the Tang Dynasty, the first task is to win the support of the old ministers such as Uncle Fang and Fang Xiang.

But one of them is liked by the old ministers above the third grade because of the past, what about the other? Like his mother, and his uncle's old ministers, they are like fire and water......

Unless the father and emperor lose their minds and all the old ministers die, it is possible to set up such a prince who is not recommended by important ministers. ”

While speaking, Li Zhi sat down behind the case, picked up the scroll and said with a smile: "Of course, there are no absolutes in the world.

If among the third and fourth brothers, there can be a decisive and invincible one like his father, who first seeks military power to purge the old ministers of the previous dynasty, and then wins the hearts of the subjects with the rule of the prosperous era......

Then, he is the strongest.

Even a holy monarch like his father, he is afraid that he will have to abdicate willingly - after all, even his father can only do his best to repay the ministers with virtue when the dynasty changes, and appease the ministers who have two hearts for him!

In the eyes of this king, he can do such things under the noses of those old ministers without being discovered, and he can hide it from his father's eyes......

Such a genius who has not come out of a hundred generations is in this world, and it is by no means the third brother and the fourth brother. ”

When De'an heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "The prince has already made a decision?" ”

Li Zhi leaned into the circle chair, his face slightly sideways, and a handsome face that was gradually getting rid of childishness looked more and more luxurious like pearlescent jade under the light.

After a long time, he slowly smiled, his eyes were dark like a snowy night, and he said lightly:

"De'an, I still remember when the sixth brother bullied me for the first time, I was angry and told my mother. The queen mother could not punish me because I was only pushed by him, and I did not even fall.

I was very angry, and then the queen mother said something to me and comforted me......

I remember telling you about it......

Do you remember what I said about the Queen Mother? ”

Dean thought for a moment and said:

"Niang Niang said: Remember, you don't have to do anything stupid with your own hands, because it's not worth it.

As long as you do your best, someone will naturally solve this person's matter for you......

For the deeds of foolish men will lead to the deeds of countless fallen men......

Ah......h

De'an suddenly said with a smile: "The prince wants to see the two of them......"

"Whoever they are, to me, it makes no difference." Li Zhi said lightly:

"I treat them as brothers, and I will respect them, and I will help them well, but ......

There are some things that they must not fight with me, and they must not be able to fight with me. ”

Dean sighed:

"Lord Wang...... Why don't you want to save? Could it be that Sister Wu ......"

"As a superior person, you must be subject to all kinds of restrictions." Li Zhi smiled faintly:

"Remember, if there is a seat in this world that is more convenient for me to fulfill my wish than the throne of the emperor, it is to be a shadow behind the emperor."

Dean gradually realized:

"The prince wants the best of both worlds."

Li Zhi smiled but did not answer. After a long time, he groaned:

"Desire, and with.

If you want to lose, let it go.

Insult it, and shine it.

If you want to destroy it, you will establish it......

Do you know whose words it is? ”

De'an shook his head in a daze, tasted it carefully, and exclaimed, "Lord Wang, these words ...... It really means the deep meaning of the emperor's family! But I don't know who it is......

Could it be the Lord? ”

Li Zhi got up, walked to the bookshelf, touched left and right, then reached out and pulled out a yellowed and old handscroll, and handed it to De'an for a look.

After De'an saw it, he was shocked: "This ...... This is Taimu......

Empress Taimu's edict? ”

"When the queen mother got it, she got the edict of the emperor's grandmother, and after reading it, she handed it over to her father. Later, when his father ascended the throne, he destroyed the scroll with his mother...... It is said that if this volume is circulated in the world, I am afraid that it will attract people from all over the world to watch.

But the queen mother loved the emperor's grandmother and couldn't bear to abandon it, so she quietly hid it, and then ......"

Li Zhi smiled faintly and said nostalgically: "Since I was a child, my mother has taught me that I must memorize these things...... At the time, I only thought it was a nursery rhyme...... He also carried it in front of his father, which caused him to be shocked......"

Li Zhi's smile turned bitter.

Dean couldn't help but feel a little in awe of Queen Taimu:

"Sure enough, this Queen Taimu is not mortal."

Li Zhi smiled and nodded silently, and then said, "Put this thing away!" In the past few days, I'm afraid that the fourth brother will come here...... It would not be good if he saw it. ”

De'an responded, and then hesitated: "Lord, could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ...... with Prince Wei?"

"The queen mother forced them to carry it. But they didn't like to memorize them, and they all preferred to play with their cousins of the same year, or play with the palace ladies. It's just me......

I'm alone, and I have no one to accompany me except my father, my mother, my brother, and you.

Thankfully, she ......."

Li Zhi's eyes were indifferent and sad, and he paused to find the book in his hand: "But now, even she refuses to stay with me anymore." ”

Suddenly, Dean looked at Li Zhi, who was dressed in snow and vermilion weaving gold and silver wide sleeves, with black hair and jade crown and golden hairpins, standing in front of the pile of books and scrolls like a mountain, and went straight to the bookshelf on the vault of the temple roof, and felt a sense of horror:

It was as if in the next second, this huge bookshelf would fall overwhelmed, crushing him underneath.

Couldn't help but take a step forward.

Li Zhi turned around, holding a simple book in his hand, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw him like this:

"What's wrong with you?

Scared like this? ”

smiled indifferently like a spring breeze.

In an instant, the huge, antique red sandalwood bookshelf behind Li Zhi, the pale gold gauze curtain with shadows falling from the top of the hall, the bronze Boshan furnace with purple smoke, and the pile of tired black oil scrolls......

It all became the background, quietly setting off this smiling teenager.

There was no longer that heaviness that seemed to be about to be crushed and crushed him.

De'an's eyebrows were relieved, and his heart finally let go:

Oh, yes......

He finally carried it.

……

At the same time.

Inside the Yanjia Palace.

Mei Niang was dressed in a light lake-colored skirt, a snow-white half-arm, and a cloud silk with a snow-green weaving rhombic pattern, still kneeling on the futon, and Taizong sitting on the circle chair, playing chess opposite.

Taizong paused for a while before he looked at her and said:

"Zhong'e is red and pretty, and Duqing is cold and cold.

Snow-skinned and vermilion lips are the color of the country, but who is the lazy rouge powder? ”

Mei Niang didn't raise her head, and replied softly:

"The spring in March is beautiful, and I regret the peony.

Vested in the color of the heavenly fragrance country, why is the fat powder dirty? ”

When Taizong heard this, he squinted his eyes and nodded lightly:

"It's a good sentence 'Vested in the fragrance of the country, why is the fat powder dirty'......

Such words should be in line with your temperament. ”

Mei Niang lowered her eyes and was silent.

The chess pieces are ding, and the candle wick is peeled off.

It's the end of another game, and it's the beginning of another game.

Taizong said again:

"You've been cautious lately."

Mei Niang said lightly:

"Your Majesty has an order, Mei Niang doesn't dare to disobey."

Taizong raised his hand, punished her left, and then flipped the chess pieces back and forth in his hand, and said slowly:

"If there is anyone in this palace who does not know my intentions, that person must not be you."

Mei Niang is faint again:

"Your Majesty is merciful and always gives everyone a chance. Presumably, Mei Niang's opportunity will definitely be given. ”

"What if I don't give it?"

Taizong suddenly sent troops and went straight to Tianyuan.

Mei Niang was stunned, and looked at the white child that fell in Tianyuan in a trance: I have met like this before, and I like to drill into this place of death......

But every time, she always loses here.

With a faint smile, Mei Niang said:

"If Your Majesty doesn't give it, Mei Niang doesn't want it. There is always a way, and life always has to go on. After saying that, he escaped from the left side and lived all the way.

Taizong's eyebrows moved, and then broke off his left side:

"What if I don't even let you have a birthday?"

Mei Niang raised her eyes and looked at Taizong deeply:

"Your Majesty, do you really want to push Mei Niang into a corner?"

Taizong didn't answer, just looked at her, and then suddenly reached out, pulled her black chess urn, took out the chess pieces, and began to lay out the chessboard with black and white.

After a while, Mei Niang was not very surprised to see that on the chessboard, she had already walked through all the steps in her heart......

In the end, it was White who won.

Taizong looked at her, lost the last chess piece in his hand on the Qinglong Star Position, took a cloth towel to wipe his hands, and said slowly:

"I was forced by my brother, who I regarded as a god since I was a child, and my brother who loved and cherished me, and I thought that I had only one way to die.

Later, it was the queen who told me a sentence that made me the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty today. Do you know what that is? ”

Mei Niang looked at Taizong who was slowly getting up.

Taizong slowly got up again, looked down at her and said:

"The phoenix is the most precious and heavy, and the body is immortal. But all that he had was burned by fire and turned to ashes. ”

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