A moment.

On the corridor of the Yunze Temple.

Mei Niang tearfully looked at Li Zhi who was slowly leaving.

Slowly, she spoke softly and said:

"Ryan, am I wrong?"

Ryan shook his head: "Sister Wu, you're right. This is the path that the prince is bound to take......

It's just that you are the only one who can push him forward. ”

Mei Niang choked:

"But he's going to be miserable...... It's bitter.

Even...... Even if he tried his best, maybe in the future, thousands of years later, people will only think of him as a cowardly and incompetent master...... After all, there is an eternal monarch like His Majesty......

No matter how well he does it, he will be obliterated by His Majesty's light......"

Ryan chuckled tearfully and looked at the figure that seemed to have grown up overnight:

"Sister Wu, let me tell you a little secret!

Since childhood, the prince has often been in front of us, saying that he pities His Royal Highness the Prince. Because no matter who you are, as long as you take the son of Your Majesty, you will inevitably be compared with Your Majesty by later generations, and finally come to the result that the son is inferior to the father......

It is the king of Wu praised by everyone, and the king of Wei who is brilliant and scheming...... The same result.

That's why Sister Wu......

The prince already knew, he already knew such a result. ”

Mei Niang suddenly, her heart was painful:

"So...... So he already knew His Majesty's thoughts and the thoughts of the courtiers...... He just doesn't want that? ”

"The prince doesn't want to. So...... He wants to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and there is still such a layer of thought. ”

Mei Niang's tears flowed:

"But...... But today, I forced him to ......

forced him to take this path that must have been painstakingly incomprehensible...... I forced him......

It's ...... me."

Ryan smiled lightly, shook his head and said:

"No, Sister Wu. Dean just told me......

Even if you don't ask for it today, the prince will do it.

Because he knew that if he wanted to keep you safe, he would have to go down this path.

It's just that he has always longed, has always longed, to be able to have a somewhat different ending from you......

It's a pity that after all, God doesn't follow people's wishes. ”

When Mei Niang heard this, she couldn't bear it anymore after all, and cried silently.

The first day of the fourth month of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.

The documentary evidence of the prince Chengji is that the prince is rebellious, and there is no suspicion about the prince's affairs. Taizong then abolished the crown prince.

For a time, inside and outside the court, there were many filthy things that arose. On the first day of April alone, more than a dozen officials from Liupin were demoted by Taizong for setting up friends with each other and attacking each other.

Taizong was upset, and because of the wedding accident of King Jin, he stopped the dynasty for five days.

……

It's night.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the mountain pond courtyard.

A small table, two circle chairs.

Taizong, who was dressed in a dragon robe, drank opposite to Cheng Qian, who was dressed in plain clothes.

After a long time, Taizong said:

"This wine was made by your own hands on the day of your eighth birthday. I didn't expect it to be so sweet after drinking it many years later...... Sure enough, the ancients did not deceive me. ”

Cheng Qian smiled lightly: "Father, you have always been able to hide your thoughts from outsiders, but you are not good at hiding them in front of your own family......

The queen mother made it back then, but it was chrysanthemum wine. Now this ...... It's osmanthus stuffed! ”

Taizong was punctured, but he was not angry, but smiled lightly:

"You clever wit...... I can't hide anything from you. ”

Cheng Qian smiled faintly, poured a cup for Taizong, and said with a smug smile:

"If it weren't for that, how could Cheng Qian have noticed early on that the young slave is the most suitable person among our three brothers?"

Taizong stopped smiling and stared at him:

"You knew early on that he was deliberately hiding his edge, but you have been carrying this burden for him for so many years......

You don't blame him? ”

Cheng Qian lowered his eyebrows and said:

"If one of my brothers will be bound by this bondage, it will be my ...... It's just that Cheng Qian is incompetent, and he still can't hold back after all.

If you hold back......

A child slave can be light for a lifetime. Blue Sparrow...... Presumably he was also happy. ”

Taizong put down the wine glass with tears, got up, stepped forward and hugged Cheng Qian in his arms, and his face was full of tears:

"I'm sorry for you...... Child...... It's the father who is not good. It was my father who caused you to do this. ”

Cheng dry tears wet Taizong's placket:

"Cheng Qian has never regretted it, father. As the son of his father, Cheng Qian was very happy and happy...... What is even more worthy of Cheng Qian's happiness is that Cheng Qian has a mother who loves her son very much, and a younger brother who really regards Cheng Qian as an elder brother......

It is enough to inherit this life. ”

"What you want in your life is not in the storage position, but only in the free ...... Father knows...... It's just the father...... It's just ...... father."

Taizong choked his throat tightly and sighed softly: "After all, my father still did not escape such fate, and was firmly bound by this Tang Dynasty. ”

Cheng Qian shook his head with tears and said: "If there is no father and queen mother, how can Cheng Qian's sons come?" Moreover, since ancient times, the emperor's family has killed all kinds of sins for this emperor's throne......

Cheng Qian was very lucky, he had the most merciful father and the most benevolent younger brother - even like Qingque, who had never moved his heart to kill Cheng Qian......

Cheng Qian is very satisfied, father. ”

Taizong joined his eyes, father and son, and was silent for a long time.

……

After a while, Taizong finally left, reluctantly, like when he was a child, he stroked the top of his eldest son's head, who was already as tall as himself, and said with a tearful smile: "It's not too early, my father is leaving......

But don't worry, my father will come again...... Will definitely come back. ”

Cheng Qian nodded, just nodded. Then speak:

"Father, Cheng Qian is waiting here for ......"

Taizong looked at him again, turned away with a smile, but tears fell down his cheeks-

Just like the bearer behind him.

In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, in the early morning of the second day of the fourth month.

In the Splendid Palace.

Concubine Shu squinted slightly, clenched the jade pendant in her hand, and after hearing Qing Xuan's report, she said coldly:

"Are you sure?"

"Hui Niangniang, this is what the little attendant in the Yunze Hall saw with his own eyes, and he can't be wrong."

Concubine Shu's face was pale, and in the end, she threw it hard, and the jade pendant shattered.

Qing Xuan was stunned:

"Mother?"

"That Wu Meiniang...... After all, it still brushed the heart of the palace! ”

Shufei Senran said:

"In that case, there is no need to keep her!"

Qing Xuan exclaimed: "Niangniang? But that Wu Meiniang is ......"

"If it is not used by this palace, no matter how much luck she has, it is just a useless thing!"

Concubine Shu turned her head and looked at Qing Xuan, her eyes were cold: "Do you understand?" ”

Qing Xuan shook up:

"Understood. Qing Xuan, let's do it! ”

"Also, wait a minute."

Concubine Shu called Qing Xuan:

"Remember, let everyone think that it was Li Tai's hand."

"Don't worry, Qingxuan understands."

……

In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, at noon on the second day of the fourth month.

In the Yanjia Palace, there was a sudden rush to report to Taizong, and Wu Zhao, a talented person who was grounded, was suddenly poisoned and did not wake up.

Taizong was shocked, and because of the recent accident of the national reserve, he was busy with the transfer of the imperial doctor.

Fortunately, the treatment was timely, Wu Zhao was sober, and after he used the imperial meal, he felt unwell.

Xu Chongrong was angry and asked Taizong to investigate the matter thoroughly. Tai Jong Yun.

……

It's night.

Lizheng Palace.

Li Zhi, who was still dressed in snow-colored gold and wide sleeves, hung the remaining one of the peach blossom parrots that the queen mother loved most during her lifetime on the hanger on the side.

Then face the spiritual position of the queen mother, and make three great bows.

Behind him, Li Tai, who was dressed in purple and silver wide sleeves and had an increasingly wealthy physique, entered and bowed to the eldest grandson queen before getting up and asked Li Zhidao with a smile:

"In the middle of the night, you asked the fourth brother to come here, but why is the time?"

Li Zhi looked at the fourth brother and said with a faint smile:

"Fourth brother, I haven't seen the fourth brother for a long time, but the young slave misses the fourth brother a little, these days, things are a lot of trouble, why don't the fourth brother be in this political palace tonight, and play a game of chess with the young slave. Luckily? ”

Li Tai was stunned, but finally agreed.

Li Zhi closed the door of the palace with De'an, and Li Tai sent away the attendants around him, and for a while, only Li Zhi and Li Tai were left in the palace.

The chess pieces are clanging.

But after a while, Li Tai exclaimed:

"Childish slave, I haven't seen you for a while, your chess skills, but you have seen great progress!"

When Li Zhi heard this, he smiled coldly:

"It's comparable to the fourth brother, and his wisdom is unparalleled? But the front and the back court are all played as a game of chess...... But I don't know, is the young slave an important chess piece in the fourth brother's game of chess? ”

Li Taizheng was frightened by Li Zhi's chess skills, and had some questions, but when he heard these words, he no longer looked like the ordinary Li Zhi, so he frowned slightly, and looked up at the ninth brother with an indifferent face:

"Child, when did you start talking, and you were so sour? What's wrong, what's wrong with the fourth brother, making you so unhappy? ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he smiled faintly, lowered his eyes and looked at the chess game, and slowly and resolutely landed a sunspot on the Tianyuan position.

Immediately, the situation changed dramatically. All of Li Tai's ways of life were cut off.

Li Tai was shocked, looked at the chessboard in disbelief, and then looked up at Li Zhi, and there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes. However, soon, he hesitated, then smiled, and when he wanted to speak again, he was interrupted by Li Zhi:

"Today's business is your hand? Fourth brother? ”

Li Tai is inexplicable:

"Today's events? What the...... Yes! Are you talking about the poisoning of martial artists? You...... How do you think that? ”

He looked at Li Zhi inexplicably.

Li Zhi smiled coldly and beckoned, and De'an stepped forward and presented an object in front of Li Zhi - but it was a lotus-shaped body, but there was a basin underneath, and a golden bowl filled with ice water.

When Li Tai saw it, he was even more stunned: "Isn't this the floating lotus cup made by those craftsmen in my house to be dedicated to the inner court?"

How did it come to you? ”

Li Zhi lowered his eyes, and then raised his eyes and looked at Li Tai:

"Mei Niang is poisoned today because of this lamp-

The doctor said that this calendula is coated with a layer of ** on the inside, and it usually does not melt because there is a layer of ice water underneath that is cold**.

However, once there is hot food flowing into it, it can be melted in a few moments......

Fourth brother, is that you?

You want to kill Mei Niang, right? ”

Li Tai was surprised:

"What are you talking about? Why should I kill her?

If...... If this lamp is really poisonous, am I going to be crucified on it? ”

Thinking of such consequences, I felt a chill in my heart, and secretly hated Yang Shufei and said:

"It's her...... It must be that slut! In that splendid hall! You want to take the opportunity to harm me! ”

Li Zhi lowered his eyes again, and only raised it for a long time and said:

"Not bad...... You won't kill Mei Niang. Because you still have to wait for her to become your queen of destiny and help you prosper the Tang Dynasty...... Right? ”

Li Tai squinted and looked at Li Zhi:

"Do you know what you're talking about? Are you drunk? ”

Li Zhimuran raised his head and looked at Li Tai:

"Fourth brother, what I just said, but Mei Niang, ......"

Li Tai only felt that the younger brother in front of him seemed to be so strange that he couldn't be stranger anymore, so he had to ask:

"So what?"

"You're not surprised at all, I call her Mei Niang? Aren't you going to correct one or two? Li Zhi sneered:

"Or did you know early on that the young slave already had that admiration for Mei Niang? Is it no longer strange? ”