An Ning said urgently:

"How's that good?"

The young slave gritted his teeth: "Only with the help of external forces." ”

"Brother means ......"

"Ask for help." The child's eyes were firm: "I'll go to see my father." ”

……

Inside the Great Treasure Hall, the Shang Study.

Taizong didn't raise his head to criticize the music, but he asked:

"That's what you want?"

The young slave stood at the foot of the stairs and said with his hands crossed: "Father, there must be something strange in this matter, and I ask my father to investigate it in detail." ”

Taizong closed the music, slowly raised his head, and looked at this little son who had grown up unconsciously:

"Child, you are very much like your mother."

The young slave was stunned, and he didn't know what Taizong meant, but he had to look at him.

"But you are not your mother. You are a man, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, you shouldn't be entangled with these deep palace affairs all day long. Your gaze should be more on the front plane. ”

When the young slave heard this, he was cold: "But...... But she ...... a martial artist."

"I know that she has a life-saving grace for you, a friendship with you. But you and her, after all, have different identities. As a prince, you are a noble family, but she is from a humble background and does not seek to be motivated.

Most importantly, she is still a woman. A woman who has already entered the **.

Then, for the rest of her life, unless she can be in the back position like your mother and have the support of ministers, the best result of her life is probably just to get a favorite concubine and add a brother and half sister to you.

In the future, you can ask her for advice and take her as a teacher, but you really should no longer consider her a friend. Because now she will only be a stumbling block on your way forward. ”

The child's heart slowly turned cold: "So...... The father knew that the martial artists were wronged...... Nor will it ...... Won't ......"

"No, it won't." Taizong said indifferently: "You should understand that each of these ** women has a background. Behind them stood a force. I have to weigh it.

I treat Mei Niang as if I were your sister Xinxing (the fifteenth princess of Tang Taizong).

As you know, I love Xinxing very much, and I am not inferior to a few of your half-sisters.

Someday, however, if necessary. For the sake of this Tang Dynasty, I will also let her suffer some grievances. Although she will not exchange her life for the stability of Datang...... But for the sake of Datang, everything is worth it. ”

The young slave stood at the foot of the stairs in a daze, looking up at his father, who had suddenly become a stranger.

This......

Is it still the father who held him in his arms and taught him to write?

This......

Or is it the father who will do whatever he asks?

This......

Is it still the same father?

The young slave looked at his father blankly.

For a long time, for a long time.

Only then did he slowly cross his hands and salute: "Erchen...... I see.

The retainers retired. ”

The sons and daughters one after another aroused a tingling pain in Taizong's heart.

However, he nodded after all: "Go down." ”

The slave was gone for a long time.

Long.

He didn't know where he was going, where he was going.

When he came back to his senses, he found that he had inadvertently stood on the roof of the building that he had loved since he was a child.

Silently, he stood, not sitting.

He didn't know how to sit anymore.

Not only here, but in the entire palace, there seems to be no place where he can sit peacefully.

He stood silently. Behind him, there was only a shadow-like De'an.

The wind was blowing.

……

I don't know when, behind the young slave and De'an, there are two more figures-

The crown prince is honest with his boys.

"Childish slave." Cheng Qian looked at his younger brother like this, he couldn't bear it, and called softly.

The young slave didn't look back, just stared blankly at the walking guards in the palace, and slowly spoke: "Big brother knows everything, right?" ”

He should have done something to cover up...... Continuing to do something as usual, and not making yourself look too smart, is his code of conduct.

At the moment, however, he didn't want to disguise himself anymore.

Cheng Qian slowly stepped forward, and the two brothers stood side by side.

He said slowly: "Martial arts are very important to you, big brother knows. So rest assured, Big Brother is ready for you. In that prison, he has already replaced the person with the eldest brother. Tomorrow above the court, the eldest brother's middle scholar under the middle school, Master Zhouma, will make a statement to his father. Don't worry, he has been very popular with his father recently, and he will definitely be able to help the martial arts people out of this siege. ”

When the young slave heard this, he looked back miserably: "Big brother, no matter how much Ma Zhou is reused by his father, he is always just a five-grade person. How can it be...... Big Brother ......"

"Childish slave, Brother Rong said something that is not very pleasant. In this matter, from the perspective of my father, Ma Zhou's words may be even more useful than you. Because ......"

"Because I am still just a child, a child who has nothing to achieve, and Ma Zhou is talented and useful to the country. Therefore, I am the prince of the first rank, that is, Lord Nama, and I am only a fifth-rank official...... I'm not as good as him, am I? The slave smiled miserably.

Cheng Qian's original intention was to appease him, but now that he saw this, he had to sigh: "It's okay, you have just served the Yuan, and in the future, there will be a time when you will be important to your father." ”

The slave did not speak again.

Cheng Qian is not good at talking anymore.

After a long time, the young slave said lightly: "Big brother, I want to make a bet with you." ”

"Bet? What bet? Cheng Qianqi said.

"I want to bet that tomorrow's performance of Master Ma will not relieve such a siege for the martial arts. If he can't solve it, eldest brother, the young slave asks you to agree, go to the book in person, and ask his father to thoroughly investigate the matter of martial talents. If he can solve ...... The young slave was willing to agree to the eldest brother's three requests. No matter what the requirements. ”

"Requirements, what can the eldest brother ask of you? As long as you live well and live happily, the eldest brother will be happy. Cheng Qian smiled bitterly, but when he saw his solemn gaze, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, the eldest brother will bet with you." If this Ma Zhou can't invite his father to relieve the martial arts, then the eldest brother will personally intercede for her. Anyway, she saved you twice, and our Li family owes her a child's favor. ”

The young slave was silent, only crossed his hands, and bowed his head to thank him.

Where Ran Chengqian couldn't see, his gaze was cold.

The Great Treasure Hall, inside the Shang Study.

A little eunuch hurriedly entered, Wang De saw this, went down to listen to him say a few words, then nodded, and retreated, and then quickly reported to Taizong:

"Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to accompany the King of Jin as you expected. And it seems that he also persuaded the prince of Jin. ”

"Those clumsy mouths, but you didn't let Cheng Qian know, I sent them, right?"

"Rest assured, Lord."

Taizong nodded, then stopped writing, looked at His Highness with a loss, the place where the young slave had just left, and said, "Wang De, you said that I did this...... Isn't it too much? ”

Wang De hesitated for a moment before he said: "Lord, to be honest, the old slave of the Jin prince grew up with his own eyes, but he didn't feel that he was as the lord thought...... Such a brilliant ......."

"You're trying to say that the young slave doesn't seem to be as brilliant as I thought, is it?" Taizong smiled indifferently, clasped his hands together, and said: "Wang De, there are no outsiders now, I ask you, Cheng Qian is also something you have seen since childhood, what kind of person is that, you know." Kind-hearted, upright, not bent but smart. But do you think that with his temperament, he will care about some trivial details? ”

Wang De thought for a while: "The prince is proud, but he is also meticulous, but he will never be as meticulous as a woman." ”

"You don't have to say anything nice to him, I know that this kid is just like me, he is good at fighting on the battlefield, governing national politics, corporal Lixian, and knowing how to make good use of people.

However, because he is too much like me, he is destined to be a rough man who drinks a lot of wine and eats meat all his life. Plus some willfulness...... Therefore, all the designs at the court meeting were definitely not his doing. ”

Wang De understood what Taizong meant, and hesitated: "But...... Isn't there still King Wei? ”

"Blue Sparrow? Hmph, this behavior is like what he did. In addition, he is good at reading history books, and he is indeed a capable person. But Wang De, Qingque and Cheng Qian, that is just the opposite temperament. If Cheng Qian is yang, then the green finch is yin. Cheng Qian is frank in the world, but Qingque is hidden in everything, and he refuses to let others know his thoughts. In a word, if you are smart, it is not a good thing. In addition, in the past two years, he has looked fine with Chengqian. But you know what you think and what you do in your heart. Do you think he would do such a thing to add glory to the Cheng Qian, but not to himself? ”

Wang De thought about it, too, and asked: "But there is still King Wu!" King Wu, the child, the old slave has seen it in recent years, Wen has the talent of King Wei, Wu has the merit of the prince, and he is upright and upright, and he is righteous and bright. By the way, King Wu has followed Concubine Niangniang since he was a child, and he is also quite insightful about music and dance choreography......"

"Ke'er is even more unlikely." Taizong said categorically: "Although Ke'er does combine the advantages of Chengqian and Qingque, he is indeed a good child. But as you said, he has learned so much from that woman since he was a child. Among them, there are music and dance choreography, and of course, there are also forbearance, indignation and arrogance. Moreover, although that woman is an imperial noblewoman and has a wide range of knowledge, she is not an open-minded person. You just need to look at the daily situation between Ke'er and Chengqian Qingque...... Therefore, although Ke'er has a down-to-earth temperament, for the sake of Datang, it is possible to put aside prejudices and join forces with Cheng Qian. Judging from his daily character, it is not difficult to discharge the majestic momentum of the Qin King's breaking formation, but if it is skillfully arranged, it will imply the power of heaven and earth, the combination of rigidity and softness, and the majesty of majesty...... Don't say it's Ke'er, even Concubine Shu can't do it. ”

Wang De heard the heavens and the earth, the combination of rigidity and softness, towering and noble, and his eyes seemed to flash the day when Mei Niang and the young slave danced a song of flowing clouds and flying sleeves, and the sword was like thunder.

Slowly, he understood what Taizong meant: "So...... Only His Royal Highness King Jin. But ......" he still couldn't believe that the young slave who seemed to be gentle and always smiled innocently could be: "Lord, but the young slave is ......"