With a pain in his heart, Taizong said lightly:

"Do you know what crime you have committed?"

"I don't know." He replied calmly, his eyes still looking directly at Taizong.

Taizong narrowed his eyes slightly: "I don't know? ”

"I don't know. He considered himself faithful to serve the Lord and did his duty wholeheartedly, but he was rejected by the Lord for some reason. He replied calmly.

Taizong squinted again, and a cold anger faintly appeared in his heart:

"Because of you, my prince, has lost peace with me; Because of you, my prince is regarded by the world as immoral; Because of you...... My crown prince is suspected by his ministers......

Do you know why now? ”

Satisfied: "Be satisfied now, know what is in the heart of the Lord." But he thought that these were just excuses for those people to ruin His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. And he thinks with all his heart that the Lord understands. ”

In Taizong's eyes, a light suddenly shot out:

"You're smart."

Salute with your hands in your heart and say nothing.

Taizong narrowed his eyes: "But there are some people who pretend to be smart, such people often don't live long." ”

Xiangxin smiled indifferently: "This is the life that was picked up, if you can do your best for the prince, then what if you die?" ”

Taizong was stunned, and was about to open his mouth to ask him again what he meant, but suddenly saw Ming An rushing in, eagerly playing, and reporting the events of the East Palace a moment ago, one by one, and said:

"Lord, according to the secret report of the foreign agent, there is chaos in the middle house of the Wei Chenghui clan now! There are already more than a dozen officials above the fifth grade of Wei's who entered Lord Wei Ting's mansion overnight, and they want to play a joint performance, and they will ...... tomorrow Tomorrow...... Tomorrow morning, please abolish the prince! ”

Taizong was furious, got up and shouted: "Why did you suddenly kill people for no reason?!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... He ......"

Ming An couldn't help but glance and knelt on the ground, his complexion also changed to satisfaction, and he said after a while: "It seems to be...... Someone reported it secretly, and the Tao ......

The Tao is satisfying...... was arrested because Wei Chenghui was not fortunate for the prince and was resentful, so he reported it secretly. ”

Taizong gritted his teeth, his face was pale, and he looked at the pale face, and said after a long time:

"I really can't keep you."

Satisfaction smiled miserably: "Satisfaction doesn't intend to live." I only pray that the Lord can push this matter on the satisfaction of the heart - to the outside world, it is said that it is the satisfaction of the heart, because Wei Chenghui is symmetrical and harsh, and it is the heart to kill people with pampering and pampering...... This can also solve the danger of His Highness. ”

Taizong was stunned, but asked, "Why?" Are you doing this for the sake of undertaking work? ”

Chengxin's lips trembled, and he looked at Taizong with complicated eyes, and only smiled lightly after a long time:

"Satisfied with the desolation of his life, his father died when he was a child, and his mother was expelled from the clan. If it weren't for the mercy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back then...... I'm afraid that I can't escape death......

This life was originally given by His Royal Highness the Prince, and he died for His Royal Highness the Prince, and he died well. ”

Taizong was stunned again, as if he wanted to ask something more, but after thinking about it, his eyes finally turned cold, waved his hand, and Wang De, who had been standing for a long time, served a pot of wine and two glasses.

He looked at it and said with a smile: "The Lord has forgotten something." If you can't write with pen and paper, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believe that he is committing suicide? I'm afraid that I will resent the Lord even more. ”

Taizong looked at him, his eyes were complicated, as if he was grateful, as if he was unbearable, as if he was resentful, and even more embarrassed.

looked at him with a smile, but it was calm.

After a while, Taizong raised his hand again and motioned to Wang Defeng with pen and paper.

Satisfied looked at the pen and paper that Wang De slowly fell in front of him, let out a long breath, and thanked Taizong.

The night of the end of July in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan.

Sudden changes in the Taiji Palace:

The prince Chengqian doted on the child, because he was dissatisfied with the daily harsh criticism of the prince Chenghui Wei, and even made rumors privately, polluting the prince and the prince, and in a fit of anger, he fought the sword in the East Palace to kill people. Later, because Taizong captured him, he confessed, and Taizong gave him poisonous wine.

When the prince Chengqian heard the news, he was full of grief and anger, wept bitterly, and smashed the imperial gift and screen of the East Palace, and swore angrily in public: If you don't get rid of Wei, you swear not to be a person.

The DPRK was shocked.

The next morning, the Wei family, headed by Wei Ting, jointly played a joint performance, asking the prince for improper discipline and indulgence in the murder of the master. Taizong summoned Chengqian to the court to confront him, but Chengqian was not allowed to enter due to illness.

Taizong was furious, but he retreated from the early dynasty and drove the East Palace to hostage.

Drove to the East Palace but did not see the prince Chengqian, Taizong was surprised, asked, left and right said that the prince was dressed last night, wearing a silver crown, and wearing a thin filial piety from the Taiji Palace in the neutral political hall.

When Taizong heard this, he was furious and went to the Lizheng Hall in person.

……

The door of the Lizheng Hall slowly opened.

Taizong looked at the figure of Dao who was dressed in filial piety and knelt in front of his beloved wife's spirit, and the anger in his heart burned like a sky.

However, after all, he was accustomed to self-control, so he just quietly adjusted his breath, worked hard to adjust his breath, and after a long time, he slowly walked behind Cheng Qian, raised his hands, and motioned Wang De to close the door of the palace, and retreated from everyone, before he said coldly:

"You're here to dress for your mother?"

Cheng Qian shook his head indifferently, but refused to turn his face to look back at Taizong:

"It's for an old man."

"The deceased?" Taizong sneered, and his anger burned even more:

"What an old man! And tell me, what merit did this old man have, so that my son, the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty, was added to his filial piety?! ”

When the prince heard this, he turned around silently, knelt three times and bowed to Taizong, then got up and pulled out a small sword from his sleeve.

Wang De was shocked when he saw this, and stepped forward to escort him, but saw that the prince just held this sword in his hand and dedicated it to Taizong, and his expression was still indifferent:

"This sword was handed down to him by the father of the deceased. It was also when the queen mother called him into the palace, he was allowed to wear it at all times......

Father, do you recognize this sword? ”

How did Taizong not recognize it?

The moment the sword appeared, he recognized it.

Not only him, but even Wang De recognized it - in fact, if Yang Shufei was also there at this moment, she would definitely recognize that this sword was the heroic Li Yuanhe holding a small sword in the portrait of the Tang State Mansion in the past.

And this sword......

Taizong looked at this sword, as if he saw a poisonous snake, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his hands could not be controlled by shaking slightly, and after a long time, he said:

"You ......"

Cheng Qian's eyes were already full of tears: "Cheng Qian, the old man, once told Cheng Qian that this sword was originally a gift from his father to his father's most beloved uncle.

When he was a child, the uncle loved the sword so much that he could not leave it for a moment, just as he would not leave his father for a moment......

Later, however, his uncle grew up and became estranged from his father, and his uncle threw the sword in the house and did not like it anymore. When his father saw it, he was very sad, so he gave it to the old man who inherited it.

The old man Cheng Qian also said that on the morning of his father's death, he also said to the old man Cheng Qian that if he saw the original owner of this little sword in the future, he would tell him a word. ”

Taizong's eyes were already full of tears, and he asked in a trembling voice:

"What...... What words? ”

Cheng Qian's tears rained down, but his voice was calm:

"'In the next life, no matter how high or low, I still want to be a brother, and protect my brother for the rest of his life.'" ”

Taizong's tears fell.

After a long time, he asked in a strong voice:

"The kid...... What exactly is it called? ”

Cheng Qian smiled bitterly:

"What's his name?" Then he looked at the queen's spiritual position and smiled sadly:

When he entered the palace, the queen mother said that the name of all children contained great hope for their fathers. That's why he was taught that he could hide his real name in a pseudonym...... Actually, my father should have found out a long time ago, didn't he? ”

Taizong's hand trembled, and the small sword fell to the ground, and in the huge palace, it shook people's eardrums and stabbed people's hearts.

That night, Taizong summoned Wei Ting in.

snatched and took the crown princess Su's family, the prince Liangdi Wang's family, and Liangyuan Dou Lu's joint table, and played the Chenghui Wei's in the East Palace's various illegal and private affairs and threw them to the ground. angrily reprimanded Webster for causing trouble in the East Palace, although the pet child deserves to die, but Webster can also be punished.

Wei Ting saw that everything was detailed and understood, and the evidence was conclusive, so he knew Taizong's insight and was busy taking off his crown and waiting for the crime.

Taizong finally took pity on Wei Ting's merits, and he was exempted. However, the Chenghui Wei family, from parents to brothers and sisters, were exempted from the clan name, and they were not allowed to move back forever. Moreover, the edict of the Wei clan was not to abide by women's morality, and the prince did not like it, so he returned to the outer mausoleum, and was not allowed to enter the Wei clan mausoleum, let alone the imperial mausoleum.

The next morning, Taizong ordered all the people in the East Palace again, although there was a warning, they should be based on human love.

……

The young slave walked to the gate of the East Palace, but was blocked by the prince's left and right guards, and asked again and again, only to know that Taizong ordered the prince to be grounded, and he was not allowed to enter the palace without Taizong's edict, so he came to the Taiji Palace.

Entering the Taiji Hall is to know that Taizong is discussing with the ministers. I had no choice but to retreat again.

Out of the jade steps of His Royal Highness Taiji, Wu Wangke, who was dressed in a blue and gold embroidered robe, was ordered to come, and was about to step forward to greet him, but he stopped walking and looked east.

The young slave looked at it casually, and saw a woman in red leading a small chamberlain with a white jade dust in her arms, Wan Tingting, who was the talented Wu Zhao and his servant Ruian.

Seeing this, the young slave hurriedly hid behind the jade pillar.

……

"Martial artists."

When Li Ke saw Mei Niang coming, he hurriedly stopped and performed a salute.

Mei Niang also saw the salute, and then said: "King Wu is here to receive the edict?" ”

Li Ke nodded with a smile: "My father summoned me to discuss matters." ”

Mei Niang nodded, and Li Ke invited Mei Niang to go forward together. The two of them laughed and walked in together.

The young slave stood behind the jade pillar, and saw that the two were of the same age, standing in one place like a golden boy and a jade girl, and his heart was sad, but he had no intention of entering to ask for a meeting, and returned to the Manna Palace.

……

"Lord ......"

Dean looked at the childish slave's sullen appearance and couldn't help but whisper.

"Sister Wu hasn't been here to see me for a long time. I asked him to come out to play chess, and she always asked for three pushes and four invitations...... Maybe ......"

The young slave didn't finish speaking, but his heart was in pain.

De'an knew what he was worried about, so he persuaded: "The prince is worried, but Sister Wu is worried about the rumors in the palace. And she and the other princes in the palace are just smiling and greeting. ”

When the slave heard this, he shook his head and said nothing.

It's night.

Temple of Manna.

The young slave finally waited for Taizong.

Looking at his father with a tired face, the young slave hesitated for a long time, and lingered in front of the door of Taizong's bedroom.

When Taizong saw it from afar, he called him in.

When the young slave heard this, he still sighed after all and slowly entered.

After saluting, Taizong put on his bedclothes, and the medical officer gently pressed his shoulders before asking:

"What's wrong with not sleeping so late?"

The young slave hesitated for a long time before he said slowly:

"Father, can you forgive the eldest brother?"

Taizong was stunned, and slowly turned his head to look at him:

"You're here to intercede for him? Nothing else? ”

The young slave nodded, seeing that Taizong seemed to be quite surprised, and was puzzled: "Father, ......?" ”

Taizong shook his head with a flat expression:

"If you're just here to intercede for him, then step aside."

The young slave hurriedly said: "But the father ...... the emperor"

"He killed people, but he still killed palace people with good quality and rank. I just punished him for grounding, which was already the greatest forgiveness for him. ”

"But...... But the people of that palace are at fault first......"

"Childish slave, remember, the country has laws, and the family has rules. If you don't do what you are told, won't the world be in chaos? You go back. ”

Taizong said calmly.

Seeing this, the young slave knew that Taizong could no longer be solved, so he had to roll up his sleeves and come out.

He didn't know that behind his back, Taizong looked at him with relief, emotion, and guilt.

……

A moment later, in the dormitory of the young slaves.

He still couldn't sleep after all, he slowly got up and changed his clothes, looked left and right, and didn't even take De'an with him, he quietly slipped out of the Ganlu Hall alone, and ran all the way to the Yanjia Palace.