Tang Ji, the daughter of Tang Mao. When she was nine years old, her father, in order to please the then general He Jin, sent her to the palace to serve Liu Wei, the eldest son of Emperor Ling, who was three years younger than him. At that time, she was still a child, and she did not fully understand that her life had been decided, but she was full of sadness and attachment to leaving her mother.

Life in the court is not all glory and wealth. The Emperor on High; the indifferent queen; Eunuchs and courtiers who deceived me. Maybe if you're not careful, you'll die. It's no longer a place to play on swings and laugh in the garden, as you would at home. Walking here, Tang Ji realized that maybe the end of her life was only the best loneliness and the worst death.

Until Liu Wei stood in front of her. She is dressed in a white shirt, with fair skin like a girl, and her eyes are big, but she always likes to squint her eyes and smile like a narrow. As he took her hand, Tang Ji felt the only warmth in this cold palace.

Just like now, in the pavilion, Liu Wei held Tang Ji's hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of warmth. The little finger stretched out and scratched at Tang Ji's palm.

Tang Ji itched, blushed and withdrew his hand, and said, "It's cold, Your Highness should hurry up and put on your robe." ”

"Got it, sister." Liu Wei took the robe and draped it over his body.

Hearing Liu Wei's title, Tang Ji's face turned even redder. When they first met, Liu Wei called her Sister Tang instead of calling her Concubine Tang or Tang Qing. Now even the surname is omitted, and she is directly called my sister. But sometimes, Liu Wei will also call her a beauty. It was when the two of them were alone, and he would always smile wickedly after calling her, and take advantage of her.

Sometimes she always wonders why Liu Wei is different from other people she has met. There is no sense of superiority, but there are endless jokes and amazing ideas. He defied all rules and constraints, and always spoke of freedom, happiness, and his own pursuits.

Tang Ji once asked Liu Wei why he was so different, but Liu Wei replied something she didn't understand: "Because I am the non-mainstream of this era." ”

"Sister, the rain outside is gradually stopping, why don't we go boating on the lake, how about you play the qin and I fish?" Liu Wei suddenly had such a proposal.

Just as Tang Ji was about to answer, a sharp voice next to him stopped: "Your Highness, the rain outside the pavilion is still not small, and it may be dangerous to boating on the lake, please think twice!" ”

The person who spoke next to him was called Chen Chao, with a yellow and thin face and a gloomy expression. About two years ago, He Jin sent him into the palace to be a small yellow gate, and he served Liu Wei full-time.

However, although it is said that he is a squire on the surface, in fact, Chen Chao is the eyes and ears used by He Jin to spy on Liu Wei, and the last time Liu Wei chanted Li Bai's poem, he told He Jin a secret.

Because of the support of He Jin and Empress He behind his back, Chen Chao was arrogant in the palace, and he didn't even pay attention to Liu Wei, and pointed fingers at Liu Wei's behavior at every turn and stopped him. may have been influenced by Zhang to let them, thinking that they could be powerful under the emperor like the Ten Standing Servants, and even had the dream of waiting for Liu Wei to succeed to the throne, and he was also powerful, and was called his father by Liu Bian. Maybe in his heart, there is still a great power in his hands, and he is careful to bring down He Jin.

Little did he know that his ambitions, along with his life, would be shattered in half an hour.

Liu Bianqiang suppressed his disgust for Chen Chao in his heart, ignored his words at all, and instructed Tang Ji: "Sister, go and bring my fishing gear and qin." Today we fish, play the qin, right! And drinking, if you don't get drunk today, you won't go home! ”

Tang Ji knew that the fishing gear and qin he was talking about were his special fishing hook with a kind of wheel and a piano that Liu Wei called a guitar, and Liu Wei taught her a lot of tunes and enjoyed her singing while playing the piano. She also knew that with Liu Wei's rebellious character, the more others stopped him from doing something, the more he had to do it, especially this thing that Chen Chao prevented.

Therefore, Tang Ji immediately gave a salute and left, and took the palace people to get fishing gear and piano. And Chen Chao wanted to stop him again, but Liu Wei snorted angrily, picked up the wine jug, didn't play the umbrella, and drank the wine and walked into the rain.

Chen Chao's face was flushed with anger, and he secretly hated in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, and followed behind Liu Wei with a yellow door. I was thinking about how to take revenge on Liu Wei in front of He Jin. One day recently, he broke into Liu Bian's bedroom without being informed, and saw Liu Bian looking at a dozen thick pieces of paper in a daze. What impressed him the most was that the dozen pieces of paper were much whiter than Cai Hou's paper, and they had been bound into a book, densely filled with words.

When Liu Wei saw him come in, he hurriedly covered the paper book and lost his temper at him. Intuitively, he felt that there must be some ulterior secret on that paper. In the past few days, he has been thinking about how to report to He Jin, and now he can add some fuel and vinegar.

A group of people came to the lake. Just about to cross the bridge, I met two people walking towards me, walking in front of a yellow door, seeing Liu Wei and his party, hurriedly dragged the person behind him to stand next to him with his head bowed, bowing and saluting.

Walking closer, Liu Wei recognized that the leader was the yellow gate next to Liu Xie, and the person behind him had a resolute expression and a strong body, and he knew at a glance that he was a warrior.

"What are you doing here?" Liu Wei suddenly asked sourly.

"His Royal Highness." Huang Men pointed to the warrior next to him and said, "This person is the swordsman of His Royal Highness Dong Hou, and His Royal Highness Dong Hou sent a villain to send him out of the palace." ”

Liu Wei was sent out of the palace since he was a child and raised by the side of the Taoist Shi Ziyi, so he was called Shi Hou. And Liu Xie was adopted by the Empress Dowager Dong after Wang Meiren's death, so he was also called Dong Hou.

Liu Wei nodded thoughtfully, glanced at the warrior again, looked at each other, praised in his heart that it was indeed a warrior, and walked away from the side.

The direction of fate is often unpredictable. Liu Wei never thought that the man who inadvertently passed by at this time almost took his own life one day more than 20 years later.

Now Liu Wei only has a strong sour feeling in his heart because of jealousy, they are also princes, and the gap is too big.

Liu Xie could befriend courtiers and accept scholars or warriors as he wished, with the acquiescence of Emperor Ling. And even if you go to the inner lake of the palace to play, you have to be controlled and monitored.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Chen Chao, who was following closely behind, and his dislike for him immediately rose to the top, and a strong killing intent welled up in his heart.

If you don't get rid of this henchman who is always watching left and right, the big plan you have made will not be able to be carried out, and there is a danger of being exposed. However, if he was eliminated in a clear manner, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion or suspicion of He Jin or other powerful ministers. The prerequisite for the implementation of the big plan is to keep a low profile in order to achieve the goal of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

This dilemma put Liu Wei in a contradiction. How can we not arouse He Jin's suspicions, but also smoothly and quietly solve the Chen Dynasty?

Liu Wei was thinking about how to get rid of the Chen Dynasty who was spying on him, and unconsciously walked to the Dragon Garden.

The Dragon Garden is located in the northwest corner of the North Palace, which is a very quiet place in the imperial palace of the Han Dynasty.

It was once a place for the leisure and entertainment of Queen Ma during the Ming Emperor's period, and there was a weaving room built in it for silkworm raising and weaving. During the time of Emperor Heng, a large-scale renovation project was done here, and after some painstaking management, the water here was rippling and the scenery was pleasant.

It's a pity that when he arrived at Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling of Han was not interested here, and opened a lot of buildings in Xiyuan for his own play.

If the emperor doesn't come, there will be a lot less attention here, and it will gradually become a little decadent. However, Liu Wei still likes the quietness here, and often boats on the lake to see the blue water.

Just as Liu Wei was looking at the lake in a daze, someone behind him shouted in a sharp voice: "Stop!" ”

Liu Wei was startled, and when he looked back, it was Chen Chao who made a piercing sound. It's just that at this time, Chen Chao's face did not have the humility deliberately disguised in front of him, and was replaced by a face full of anger and murderous aura.

Liu Wei was apprehensive for a while, and was stunned on the spot. Did he see my murderous intent towards him?

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The autumn wind is dignified, and the geese are singing in the south. A cold wind swept through after the rain, setting off a chill on the surface of the lake.

Liu Wei tightened the brocade robe on his body and looked at Chen Chao calmly. He had been planning to kill Chen Chao in his heart just now, and he was really scared enough by Chen Chao's voice.

Looking at him with a fierce look in his eyes, although he was also a little scared in his heart, he still understood that even if Chen Chao saw his thoughts, he didn't dare to do anything to himself. Moreover, his gaze looked past him and straight in the direction behind him.

"Come out!" Chen Chao shouted in a sharp voice. The sound is like a chicken pinching its neck.

Liu Wei looked in the direction he shouted, and a yellow door came out tremblingly from behind the tree.

"Sneaky, what's hidden in your arms?" Chen Chao asked.

The yellow door trembled and took out the thing in his arms, which turned out to be a jade wall.

Liu Wei was stunned. This Chen Chao is really a good material for monitoring people, he didn't notice anyone nearby at all, Chen Chao saw it at a glance, and he could see that there was a jade wall hidden in that person's arms. What kind of eyes does he have?

"Where did it come from?" Chen Chao continued to ask.

"I, I," the yellow door was speechless, obviously the jade wall was not the right way.

Suddenly, that Huangmen knelt down, wept bitterly and begged Liu for mercy: "His Royal Highness Shihou spare his life!" The villain's mother is critically ill, and the family has no money to see a doctor, so this is the decision. ”

Sure enough, it was stolen. Liu Wei was just about to speak, Chen Chao rushed forward in a few steps, and slapped the yellow door with the palm of his hand!

"Thieves who can't be raised!"

The corner of the yellow door was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and he fell to the ground on his back. Chen Chao also shook his hand, obviously the slap just now hurt his hand.

He turned back to the Yellow Gate who had been following him and yelled, "Go get a horsewhip and kill this bastard!" ”

Ignoring the blood on the corner of his mouth, the yellow door on the ground got up and hugged Chen Chao's thigh, crying and begging for mercy: "Chen Huangmen, the villain will never dare again, spare the villain this time!" ”

Chen Chao had no mercy, kicked the yellow door down, scolded, stepped on the head of the yellow door, and crushed it hard.

The yellow door was in pain, holding his head and not daring to fight back, just begging for mercy with a wail. Liu Wei next to him was full of anger, gritting his teeth with hatred for Chen Chao!

Chen Chao's series of actions did not consulted him at all, and he did it self-righteously, and did not take him seriously at all. Every time it seems to be for Liu Wei.

It's so arrogant now, and what will happen later?

Liu Wei filled his chest with anger, ran forward in a few steps, and knocked Chen Chao into the lake with all his might!

The yellow door closed his eyes and thought that he would die today, but suddenly the pressure on his head disappeared. Hearing Chen Chao's scream, it was the sound of falling into the water.

The yellow door opened his eyes and looked up, and saw something that he would never forget, but he didn't dare to remember. It was only in the dead of night, in the middle of the night, when he dreamed back, that he remembered it by chance, and then he was terrified.

He saw Liu Wei, the prince of the Han Dynasty, looking straight at Chen Chao who was struggling in the water, and the immature expression on his face disappeared, replaced by an adult face that was a mixture of nervousness and pleasure, ruthlessness and determination!

It was definitely not the expression of a ten-year-old child, and he felt that the young prince in front of him had disappeared and become a different person, as if he had been possessed by a demon.

He almost touched the deepest secret in Liu Wei's heart.

Many years later, many people think that he followed Emperor Guangxi Liu Wei with all his heart because Liu Bian brought him to the end of Wei, and he was grateful to Liu Bian. In fact, only one corner of his heart understands that the reason why he holds great power but is still loyal to Liu Wei and does not dare to have two is not only because of Liu Wei's kindness to him. There is also what he saw by the lake today, which made him have a deep fear of Liu Wei in his heart!

In his previous life and in this life, Liu Wei killed for the first time. The nervous and frightened heartbeat, the twitching facial muscles, and the indescribable pleasure in my heart.

Without any preparation, just on the spur of the moment, Liu Wei soon saw the seriousness of the consequences: Chen Chao actually struggled to swim ashore.

I didn't know before, this Chen Dynasty would even be able to gouge with both hands!

Liu Wei was stunned, if Chen Chao was allowed to survive, the result would be unimaginable. He looked sideways at the yellow door that was staring at him in a daze, and yelled at him, "Hurry up and kill him!" ”

Seeing that the yellow gate was still stunned and at a loss, Liu Wei reminded him loudly: "If he swims up, we will all be finished!" ”

That yellow door is like waking up from a dream. If Chen Chaoyou comes up, he may not dare to do anything to Liu Wei, but he is definitely dead. If I die, what will happen to my seriously ill mother?

After he figured it out, he hurriedly picked up an arm-thick broken log. At this time, Chen Chao had already swam to the shore, holding the shore with both hands and wanting to come up. He picked up the broken wood and smashed it hard into Chen Chao's head.

With a scream, Chen Chao fell into the lake on his back and never climbed up again.

Liu Wei took a long breath, and was about to speak, when there was an exclamation behind him, and when he looked back, the yellow door where he went to get the horsewhip just now somehow came back, just saw the scene just now, and screamed in fright.

Thinking that he saw the killing intent in Liu Wei's eyes, the yellow gate turned around and was about to run. Liu Wei was in a hurry and ran towards the yellow gate. A rock slammed into Huangmen's head, knocking him to the ground.

Liu Wei stopped, and watched in a daze, as Tang Ji, who was trembling, threw the stone in his hand on the ground in disgust, looking at him with a face full of grievance and fear, with tears in his eyes.

The knocked down Huangmen was still moaning on the ground, Liu Wei rushed forward, picked up the stone, and smashed his head a few times until he stopped squeaking.

Liu Wei raised his head panting, and the hideous face covered with blood frightened Tang Ji.

Looking at Tang Ji's frightened eyes, Liu Wei apologically wiped the blood off his face, looked back at the yellow door that was also frightened, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Little, villain Wei Yi." The yellow door stammered in reply.

"Good!" Liu Wei nodded. As if facing them, he pointed to the dead Yellow Gate on the ground and said: "This person intended to steal the property in the palace, and was discovered by Chen Chao, and he was ferocious, and beat Chen Chao into the lake with a stick, and also intended to murder Benhou and Concubine Tang. Fortunately, Wei Yi of the Yellow Gate took action and killed the murderer, and Ben Hou was spared. ”

The Huang Men named Wei Yi opened his mouth wide, and suddenly felt that if it was not the first time that Liu Wei had done this kind of thing, he was born with a talent for killing people and planting false accusations.

The forbidden army in the palace arrived after the fact, just like the police in the movie in the previous life, and they were all stunned when they looked at the corpses on the ground with bursting brains.

Liu Wei has calmed down a lot now, trying not to look at the corpse, lest the violent churning in his stomach make him vomit.

He calmly repeated the words he had just made, polished a lot in the middle, and finally expressed his deep condolences and regrets for Chen Chao's "heroic dedication".

There was a murder in the palace, and it had to be investigated. The forbidden soldiers didn't dare to pull Liu Wei to record a confession, so they had to take Wei Yi away.

Originally, Liu Wei was not worried that Wei Yi wanted to follow, but when he looked at Tang Ji who was trembling and sobbing beside him, he felt sorry for himself. I had to take a meaningful look at Wei Yi and take Tang Ji back to the palace where he was.

Even when she returned to the bedroom, Tang Ji still didn't stop crying, sitting on the couch with her head down and not daring to look at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei didn't know how to persuade him, only full of guilt.

He knelt down in front of Tang Ji and cupped her face. Tang Ji's eyes were already crying pink, and there was no care, shyness and love in his eyes that he had shown when he looked at Liu Bi before, only incomprehension and fear of him.

Liu Bian's heart ached.

I originally wanted to tell her that the palace is sinister, either you die or I live. But when the words came to his lips, they turned into three words: "I'm sorry." ”

Tang Ji threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.

Liu Wei hugged Tang Ji tightly, and he couldn't help shedding tears. It didn't feel good to kill, but in order to live, he did it.

Looking at Tang Ji, who was in pain for killing for herself, a burst of grief and indignation blocked her chest. Secretly vowed to become stronger, and no longer let the people he cared about risk for himself.

"I would never want you to do something like this for me." Liu said.

Tang Ji whispered in his arms: "The concubine entered the palace to serve His Highness when she was nine years old, and for several years, Your Highness took pity on me and took care of me, and I only have such a relative here." No matter where or what the danger is, I will do everything I can to protect my family. ”

Liu Wei was moved in his heart, hugged Tang Ji tighter, and said affectionately and solemnly: "No matter what happens in the future, even if you kill countless people, I will no longer want you to suffer a little bit of harm." ”

Tang Ji's cry was even louder.

In the midst of crying, the two gradually hugged each other and fell asleep.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)