Chapter 3: Clever Kids

On the third night of being trapped in the queen mother's bedroom, Han Ruzi curled up on the chair, silently recalling the experience of the past few days, the night was getting deeper and deeper, he was not sleepy at all, the king of the East China Sea was lying alone on the big bed, tossing and turning, and failed to ascend the throne as emperor on the day he entered the palace, which made him very angry.

"There must be traitors who are obstructing it, Yang Feng? He is a villain, but his position is too low, it must be the right patrol imperial Shi Shen Mingzhi, could it be that the prime minister Yin Wuwu and the military governor Han Xing also rebelled? The King of the East Sea muttered to himself for a while, but did not dare to raise his voice.

Finally, the King of the East China Sea was honest for a while, and then whispered: "I can't see that you are very bold, and you are not afraid." ”

"Huh?" Han Ruzi even thought about what he had eaten at noon and in the evening, and although he didn't come to any conclusions, his heart was a lot more steady, "Because-I don't want to be the emperor." ”

"Hey, idiot, you don't know the benefits of being an emperor. If you become an emperor, you can ...... You can do whatever you want, do whatever you want, and have whatever you want, 'the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers', only the emperor is the master of the world, and everyone else is a tenant, and they have to pay rent and taxes to the emperor. ”

"I just want to be with my mother."

"Fool, only the emperor can make his wishes come true, you can only hope for the emperor's gift, if you want to return to your mother, you must have the emperor's permission, that is, me." The East Sea King turned around and fell asleep, and after a while, a slight snoring sounded.

Han Ruzi was also sleepy, closed his eyes, and listened to the sound outside the door, not knowing whether it was a hallucination or a real sound, he felt that he heard sobbing.

The emperor is the master of the world, but except for his mother, no one feels real sadness for his death anymore, Han Ruzi thought of this, and began to sympathize with the imperial brother who died young, they had lived together in the same mansion for nearly ten years, but they had never met, at least not in Han Ruzi's memory.

He was woken up shortly after falling asleep, and thought that this was his home in a daze, and after a two-word sound, he suddenly felt that the smell was wrong, and immediately opened his eyes, and in the darkness, a figure was faintly recognized.

"You can really sleep." It's the voice of the King of the East Sea.

Han Ruzi got up and yawned while rubbing his eyes.

The king of the East China Sea sat up, pushed Han Ruzi away a little, and then whispered: "I have thought about it, after all, we are brothers, we are all descendants of the Han family, with the blood of Emperor Wu, when I become the emperor, I will not kill you, and I will crown you as the king, if you can always be honest, maybe I will let your mother and son leave the capital and go to a small county to be a small king." ”

"Thank you...... Thank. Han Ruzi really couldn't think of what to say.

"Brothers work together, their profits are broken, we have to work together, we have to deepen our understanding, let's talk casually first."

"Hmm."

The two brothers sat in the dark, and for a long time no one came up with a suitable topic, and the king of the East Sea was annoyed again, "You are such a lump of wood that you can't even speak, so let's take turns asking questions, you come first." ”

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Why do you always say 'our Cui family'?" You should also have the surname Han, right? ”

"Nonsense, of course my surname is Han, but-" The voice of the King of the East China Sea was already very low, and it was even lower at this time, "There are too many descendants of the Han family, they don't take the prince seriously at all, everyone only stares at the emperor alone, in the Cui family, everyone likes me, even if I am just the King of the East China Sea, they also like me, so I like the Cui family more." ”

Perhaps accidentally telling the truth, the King of the East China Sea suddenly changed his words, "But I do have the surname Han, my name is Han Shu, and there is no false prince, everyone says that I look the most like Emperor Wu." Your name is Ruzi, right? Why such a strange name? This is definitely not the real name, the names of our generation are all wooden edges. ”

"I ...... It's called a son. Han Ruzi said uncertainly," said the mother...... Emperor Wu saw me and praised me as 'teachable', so I ......"

The king of the East China Sea laughed out loud, hurriedly shut up, listened for a while, and found that this laugh did not attract the attention of the outside, so he smiled: "Your mother really knows how to make up stories, do you believe it?" ”

Han Ruzi didn't squeak.

The King of the East China Sea gave Han Ruzi a heavy push on his shoulder, "It's boring, your mother is a palace maid, didn't she teach you how to please others?" ”

Han Ruzi still didn't squeak, and the king of the East China Sea was quite bored, jumped off the chair, returned to the big bed, and fell down to sleep.

Han Ruzi couldn't sleep, he missed his mother, he didn't like the palace at all, and he didn't like the half-brothers who lived in the same room, and slowly, his thoughts turned to Yang Feng, fantasizing that the eunuch was fighting a group of enemies somewhere, in order to ...... Han Ruzi hoped that Yang Feng would win, but he really didn't want to be the emperor.

The king of the East China Sea crept again, touched the chair, knelt down towards the window, and said worriedly: "Things are wrong, very wrong, the emperor is dead, only the two of us are qualified to succeed to the throne, the queen mother should have made me the emperor early in the morning, what is she waiting for?" ”

"The Queen Mother is mourning the emperor, who is her biological son."

"Phew, how can there be such a stupid guy as you? Even if she is heartbroken, the Queen Mother must first set up a new emperor, this is the custom, this is the ...... This is the duty of the Queen Mother, and the fact that she has both of us under house arrest shows that she is very sane. ”

The King of the East Sea gently pushed the window, "Come over and help." ”

"Huh?"

"I will flee, and the ministers will make me emperor. I really regret that I didn't go with that group of Taixue disciples in Dongqingmen, it's all because of them, I can only shout, and none of them really dare to come up and do it, Jingyao, that old eunuch, pressed me to death. ”

Han Ruzi knelt up, but didn't help push the window, "You can't escape, this is the Queen Mother's dormitory, there are two portals in front and back, if you want to go through Penglai Gate, you have to go through three portals and four long alleys, not to mention the forbidden army that can be seen everywhere." ”

"You...... Do you remember the path you came in? The King of the East Sea was surprised.

"I don't remember very well."

The King of the East China Sea muttered: "Hypocritical guy, you almost deceived me, how can this kind of person stay?" ”

The door of the warm pavilion was ringing, and the king of the East China Sea didn't have time to return to the bed, so he hurriedly turned around and sat down on the chair, and with an idea, he knelt up again, grabbed one of Han Ruzi's arms, and pressed him against the windowsill.

Han Ruzi was taken aback, but the King of the East China Sea did not use any special force, so he did not resist fiercely.

"You want to run through the window!" The king of the East Sea shouted loudly, the door opened, and the light from outside shone in, and he shouted even louder, "Come quickly, the children are going to escape!" ”

Han Ruzi, who was unjustly accused, began to resist, but his strength was on par with that of the King of the East China Sea, and he couldn't get it back after losing the opportunity, but was pressed more and more tightly.

A soft voice said, "They are all brothers, what kind of fight?" ”

The king of the East China Sea accepted it when he saw it, let go of Han Ruzi, and jumped to the ground, "The child sees the imperial concubine." The widow was about to run away, and I caught him. ”

"Do you recognize me?" The concubine of the Shangguan Emperor looked at the king of the East China Sea curiously, and beside her, the eunuch Zuo Ji carried a lantern, and there was a palace maid holding a long wooden box.

"On the tenth day of my father's ascension to the throne, a family banquet was held in the palace, and the children asked the queen mother and the queen concubine to say goodbye." The king of the East China Sea stood with his hands in his hands, how well-behaved and well-behaved he was.

Emperor Shangguan smiled and said, "That's right, I also remembered, you were only so tall at that time, and the child grew up so fast, and now you are almost as tall as me." ”

"My mother often complains about me because I am tall, saying that it is because of me that she can't greet the queen mother and the queen concubine every day."

The imperial concubine nodded with a smile, and her eyes turned to Han Ruzi, "I didn't seem to see you at that family banquet." ”

Han Ruzi didn't know what was going on with the family banquet at all, and the king of the East China Sea hurriedly replied: "Three years ago, my father ascended the throne, and it was supposed to be celebrated by the whole world, but Wang Meiren was secretly crying in the palace, and was found out, and impeachment was a great disrespect, so my father didn't invite their mother and son at all during the family banquet." ”

The imperial concubine nodded, put away some smiles, and asked, "Why did you run away?" ”

Han Ruzi raised his hand and pointed at the King of the East China Sea, just wanted to say that he was framed, but the King of the East China Sea once again rushed forward, "He wants to return to Wang Meiren, he cried and cried from the moment he entered the palace and said that he missed his mother, am I right, Ruzi, did you say that?" ”

Han Ruzi was thinking about how to answer this half-truthful question, and the imperial concubine smiled: "It's so old, it's still a child's temper." Come with me, I'll take you somewhere else. ”

"When will we meet the Queen Mother?" The King of the East Sea immediately became alert.

The imperial concubine smiled, did not answer, turned around and walked out of the warm pavilion, the king of the East China Sea had no choice but to follow, Han Ruzi followed, and then the palace maid holding the box, Zuo Ji carried the lantern and followed the imperial concubine.

There were two palace maids in the main house, guarding in front of the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion, the queen mother was inside, she summoned the two princes, but they never showed up, the king of the East China Sea and Han Ruzi couldn't help but glance over there, the king of the East China Sea slowed down, and suddenly rushed to the two palace maids guarding the door, shouting: "The queen mother!" I'm the King of the East China Sea, and I want to see you! ”

The palace maid who held the box took a step forward, stretched out her hand and flicked it gently, the king of the East China Sea involuntarily ran towards the door, his steps staggered, and he almost tripped over the threshold, the palace maid turned her head to stare at the other prince, Han Ruzi sped up her pace and walked out, secretly wondering in her heart, this palace maid looked very strange, and she didn't have half a point on her body, but it looked like a ...... A man.

Emperor Shangguan turned around and smiled: "The smarter the child, the more disobedient he is. ”

The king of the East China Sea didn't care about the palace maid, and sobbed: "The child also misses his mother, so he lost his temper for a while, and the queen mother is my real mother." ”

The concubine of Shangguan Huang smiled and said nothing.

There was a sedan chair and more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids parked outside the palace, and the imperial concubine motioned for the two princes to go in and stayed outside to walk.

The sedan chair jolted forward, and the king of the East China Sea pushed Han Ruzi and said in horror, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understand what?"

"The Queen Mother has not shown up for a long time, it is likely that she will ...... We've been killed, we're not under house arrest, we've been kidnapped, maybe ......" The King of the East Sea leaned close to Han Ruzi, as if to block the sudden stabbing sword.

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Both of us are dead, who will be the emperor?" ”

"Stupid, of course it's from the Shangguan family." The king of the East China Sea himself felt that this answer was too stupid, and hurriedly changed his words: "They will choose a puppet from the clan to be the emperor, we are too old, they want to choose a baby who can't speak at the age of two or three, yes, this kind of thing has happened in previous dynasties...... Oh my God, I'm going to be killed! ”

The King of the East China Sea grabbed Han Ruzi's wrist tightly, and his body trembled slightly.

Han Ruzi struggled a few times, but couldn't get rid of the shackles, so he had to persuade: "No, if the Cui family is really as powerful as you say, the Queen Mother will not kill you." ”

"Are you sure? Oh, that's right, killing me is tantamount to forcing the Cui family to make trouble, hehe......" The king of the East China Sea let go of Han Ruzi, but his heart was still not very steady, and he didn't speak again along the way.

The sedan chair landed, the eunuch Zuo Ji opened the sedan curtain, and the probe came in, "The Taimiao has arrived, please get off the sedan chair with the two princes." ”

The King of the East China Sea excitedly pushed Han Ruzi again, "Taimiao is a place to worship ancestors, I really want to be the emperor!" ”

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