The prison, the place where the court is imprisoned for serious offenders, is dark and damp, and the weight of the grievance is smacking, Li Zhen had seen the gloomy horror of the prison in film and television dramas in his previous life, and he had some vigilance in his heart, but when he really stepped into the prison, he was still disgusted by the oncoming filth - the miserable scene of the unkempt prisoners crying for their fathers and mothers, the extremely dark corridors, and the darkness of not seeing the light of day, all of which made Li Zhen extremely uncomfortable, If it weren't for Li Zhen, he would be a character who was fought on the battlefield with iron and blood, and his heart was very tenacious, but he was afraid that he might not be able to withstand such an impact, so Li Zhen's face was calm, but his heart was depressed enough.

"Your Highness, please come here, there is room A in front." Deng Sanbao, the cell leader who was in charge of guiding Li Zhen, bowed his waist very respectfully, lifted the lantern in his hand, half-turned around, and said with a smile on his face.

"Hard work Deng Prison Boss, eighteen, reward!" Li Zhen nodded her head flatly, not caring at all about Deng Sanbao's groveling and flattering smile, and strode towards the single cell at the end of the cold passage, guarded by seven or eight palace guards. What's more, this reward is still from His Royal Highness King Yue, which naturally makes Deng Cell's heart bloom, and his sycophants are sprayed out without money.

The palace guards guarding outside the cell seemed to have received the relevant orders a long time ago, and did not ask Li Zhen about his intentions, and did not even verify the gold medal in Li Zhen's hand, as soon as they saw Li Zhen coming over, they immediately opened the door of the cell silently, bowed down to Li Zhen, and quietly retreated, revealing the dark and damp cell.

The cell is not big, that is, two zhang square, there is some dry grass in the corner of the wall, which is considered a bed, a dim oil lamp is lit on a low and dilapidated wooden table, its light can only shine on the edge of the wooden table, in this darkness not only can not play the role of lighting, but it adds a bit of gloomy atmosphere, the waste prince Li Chengqian is dressed in white and sitting cross-legged at the table, his pale face and a pair of bloodshot eyes are staring at the front hollowly, even the movement of Li Zhen walking into the cell door has not made Li Chengqian wake up from the wood.

The winner wins, and the loser has nothing, this is the foundation of imperial politics, which Li Zhen has long known, but seeing Li Chengqian fall to this end, Li Zhen still can't help but feel a little sour in her heart, and stood silently at the door of the cell for a while, and then walked down a few steps in front of the prison door, and said gloomily: "Big brother ......", he was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

Hearing Li Zhen's greeting, Li Chengqian, who was sitting abruptly, finally reacted, his stiff neck twisted, his red eyes showed a thick sense of fear, his body trembled suddenly, his face was ** for a while, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Eighth brother, are you here to send your brother on the road by order?" Anyway, if this palace dares to do it, it dares to do it, come on, come on! As soon as Hongu died, you would be happy, wouldn't you? Hahaha......, woo woo...... "The more Li Chengqian spoke, the more excited he became, and at the end, he cried and laughed, as if he had fallen into a demon, and his face was extremely hideous.

Alas, I knew why you did it in the first place, you were all self-inflicted! Li Zhen silently looked at the crying Li Chengqian, with mixed feelings in her heart, until Li Chengqian had enough trouble, Li Zhen said calmly: "The eldest brother misunderstood, the younger brother just came to visit the eldest brother, and he didn't mean anything else." ”

"Visiting Hongu? Hehehe, Xiaoba, do you want to humiliate this palace? Hmph, what can this palace do even if it is defeated? It's a big deal, it's better than being humiliated by juniors like you, get out, get out! This palace does not need to wait for mercy! Li Chengqian jumped up like crazy, regardless of the handcuffs and shackles on his body, he was about to pounce on Li Zhen with a limp.

Li Zhen's martial arts are so high, it is difficult to have opponents in the world, not to mention one Li Chengqian, even ten, hundreds of Li Chengqian can not get close to Li Zhen's body, but Li Zhen did not dodge, nor moved, let Li Chengqian pounce in front of him, and Li Chengqian kicked and beat until Li Chengqian was tired, Li Zhen reached out to support Li Chengqian's crumbling body, helped him to the straw in front of the table and sat down, and said gently: "Big brother, please sit down, there is no hurdle in the world that cannot be passed, big brother knows that he is wrong, and if he is wrong, he will admit it. My father has always been tolerant and will not be too difficult for my eldest brother. ”

Li Chengqian hadn't eaten for a few days, and after making a fuss for a while, he was already weak, not to mention kicking and beating indiscriminately, he couldn't speak, so he could only let Li Zhen press it on the edge of the table, panting against the wall, a pair of bloody eyes flashed non-stop, after a long time, two lines of cloudy tears flowed out of his eyes, looking at Li Zhen, the corners of his mouth trembled: "Eighth brother, brother...... Alas, the elder brother is unkind to the eighth brother, but the eighth brother can visit the elder brother regardless of the previous feud, the elder brother is dead, and he also feels the affection of the eighth brother, go, the elder brother is an unknown person, the blame is taken by himself, and he dies, and there is nothing pitiful, the eighth brother does not have to bother more, if it is called ginseng, it is not worth it, let the elder brother fend for himself, go back. ”

Looking at Li Chengqian's down-and-out appearance, and then thinking of his domineering attitude when he was the prince in the past, this contrast really made Li Zhen sigh, but Li Zhencheng was deep and didn't show anything, but just smiled calmly and said: "Big brother is serious, you and I are brothers, there is no one who is sorry for whom, big brother sit down." As soon as the words fell, he turned around and beckoned to Yan Shibai and the others, who were already waiting outside the cell, and said, "Send things in!" ”

As soon as Li Zhen gave the order, they rushed in, swept away the straw and other debris, and then placed the bedding, change of clothes and other things one by one, and replaced the small oil lamp on the wooden table with a slightly larger lantern, and then put the wine, food, dishes and other things on the table one by one, and then silently withdrew from the cell, the whole action was clean and neat, there was no place for mud and water, and there was not even a word of conversation.

"The eighth brother has a heart, alas, sit down and drink with my brother." After the guards retreated, Li Chengqian, who was silent, no longer asked Li Zhen to go back, but sighed, patted the table, and motioned for Li Zhen to sit down.

Although the guards have cleaned the ground and put on a few brocade pads, which can be regarded as bringing a trace of warmth to the gloomy prison, the guards are not experts in this kind of work after all, and the whole cell is still very dirty, but Li Zhen didn't care very much, smiled, didn't say much, sat cross-legged opposite Li Chengqian, picked up the wine bottle on the table, filled the two wine bottles on the table, picked up the wine bottle in front of him, raised it in his hand, and made a gesture of please, Li Chengqian was not polite, picked up the wine bottle, After drinking it all, he smiled, put the wine bottle on the table, stared at Li Zhen and said, "Who is it?" ”

Well? Li Zhen really didn't expect Li Chengqian to ask such a question, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while, he was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but he saw Li Chengqian smile and waved his hand: "Eighth brother doesn't need to say, he knows what kind of person he is, hehe, everyone in the world is unscrupulous, who can know why so-and-so is unscrupulous?" I think I, Li Chengqian, am not a fool, how can I not know self-love, but I prefer to show people in a decadent manner, who can know the pain in this, just that, what's the use of saying this now? Maybe one day the eighth brother will feel this way, I hope the eighth brother will not be as useless as so, come, drink! Li Chengqian picked up the wine jug and filled the wine bottle in front of him, laughed, and then said: "When is right and wrong, when will the battle be rested, the moon night in Sanjiang is a window dream, and people are self-exalted without seeking quality, hahaha...... Nothing? Nothing! If a man is not a sage, how can he ask for nothing? Win or lose, happy, happy! Someone is defeated, and there are no regrets! ”

Li Chengqian is not as incompetent as it seems on the surface, Li Zhen knows this in his heart, why does he want to rebel, Li Zhen can guess some of the roots - in addition to a brother making trouble behind his back, the main thing is that he is inseparable from the personality of his old man, without him, Li Shimin is a person who pursues perfection, not to mention anything else, even if Li Chengqian's lame appearance cannot enter Li Shimin's eyes, even if Li Chengqian does not rebel, Li Shimin is only afraid that sooner or later Li Chengqian will be abolished, not to mention in terms of ability, Whether it is Li Ke, Li Tai or Li Zhen himself, Li Shimin has a lot of choice, this prince does not have to be Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian pretended to be crazy and stupid just to secretly cultivate power and make the most violent blow, but unfortunately he was not a capable person in the first place, how could he wrestle with a generation of emperor Li Shimin, failure is inevitable.

"Big brother, let it go if you can, my father has always been tolerant, and I won't embarrass my eldest brother." Li Zhen understood what was going on in her heart, but she understood it, but Li Zhen would not say it, silently took a sip of wine, and slowly persuaded her.

"Down? Ha, what can my brother do if he doesn't let it go now? Tolerance? Ha, what a tolerance! Perhaps because of the wine, Li Chengqian's face showed a flush, smiled presumptuously, gritted his teeth and said: "Father and emperor are tolerant of his subordinates, not to mention my brothers, but to the people in the clan, how could he have been tolerant, the Xuanwu Sect was ...... back then"

"Big brother, you're drunk!" As soon as Li Zhen heard this, she knew what Li Chengqian was going to say, and without hesitation, she interrupted Li Chengqian's words with the wine bottle in her hand.

Li Chengqian was stunned by Li Zhen's tone, but soon came to his senses, laughed presumptuously, and said while laughing: "Drunk, haha, so-and-so is not drunk, since a certain sensible has not been as sober as today, hehe, so-and-so may not die, it is just his father showing his kindness, benevolence, haha, mercy, so-and-so will be here in this life, the rest of the days are just walking dead for so-and-so, hehe, I hope that I will not wake up for a long time, I am afraid that so-and-so will not have much chance if I want to get drunk, hehe, The eighth brother is talented, and he will be able to enter the East Palace one day in the future, and he will experience a certain hardship when the time comes, or not, for the sake of the eighth brother giving his brother a big drunk today, my brother will tell you a good sentence - stay up, grit your teeth and stay up no matter what! That's it, that's all I say, it's up to the eighth brother to listen or not, and after that, my brother is drunk. As soon as Li Chengqian's voice fell, he closed his eyes, leaned against the wall, did not say a word, and ignored Li Zhen again.

Staying up? Hey, then you have to wait for Lao Tzu to have a chance to survive, right? Li Zhen was originally a sober person, and he could hear that Li Chengqian's words were sincere, and he also understood that Li Chengqian's political life was over - even if the old man spared his life, there was no possibility that he would make a comeback, and the best result was to give him a king's name, and then send him to a remote place to be placed under house arrest, not to mention Li Chengqian, even his sons would never have a future again.

"Big brother take care, little brother has taken his leave." Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't want to talk anymore, Li Zhen didn't want to stay any longer, drank all the residual wine in the wine bottle in one go, got up, bowed down, and strode out of the cell......

Although Li Zhen has always looked down on Li Chengqian, and has long known that Li Chengqian will not be able to escape the fate of being abolished, but when Li Chengqian is abolished, Li Zhen still can't help but feel a little sour, which may be the position of the same son of the heavenly family. Since leaving the prison, Li Zhen had no intention of going elsewhere, and went back to the mansion by himself, but he never thought that he had just dropped off the sedan chair in front of the mansion, and saw the housekeeper Liu Dequan hurriedly ran to the sedan chair and reported in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has been waiting in the mansion for a long time." ”

Old Nine? Damn, what is this bastard boy doing here? As soon as he heard that Lao Jiu was coming, Li Zhen chuckled in his heart, stopped his feet that were about to step out of the sedan door, and his face was full of doubts - since Li Zhen was ordered to go on the expedition a year ago, Li Zhi and Li Zhen have gradually become estranged, Li Zhi, who was originally going to come to the door to fight the autumn breeze every three or five days, let alone go to Li Zhen's door, even when he met in the court, he just hurriedly said hello, and the conversation was rare. I couldn't guess Li Zhi's intention for a while, so I thought for a moment at the door of the sedan chair, and then I got out of the sedan chair, waved his hand and said: "I know, let the people wait first, and the king will go after changing clothes." As soon as the words fell, no matter how Liu Dequan agreed, he walked into the gate of the palace by himself, and hurried to the backyard study.

"Your Highness, ...... are you" Na Long, who was busy in the study, looked up and found Li Zhen walking in, and just wanted to say hello, but saw that Li Zhen's white robe was full of stains, and he was stunned for a moment, and pointed to a smudge on Li Zhen's chest that was obviously a slap print and asked suspiciously.

Oh, damn it! As soon as Li Zhen lowered his head, he found that he was dressed in a white robe that had already become a flower robe, and the black and black on it were full of paw prints left by Li Chengqian, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and said: "It's not in the way, it was made by the boss, and the king will go to change it after a while, well, Lao Jiu came to the door, so what's the matter?" ”

When Na Long heard Li Zhen's question, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, Brother Mo is chatting with him at this time, but His Royal Highness King Jin has a very tight mouth and has never revealed half a point." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen frowned, stopped continuing the topic, glanced at Na Long and said, "Has the news from Yan San's side come back?" ”

Although Li Zhen didn't specify what the news was, Na Long understood it very well, and nodded busily and said: "Your Highness, the criticism has been clarified, just two sentences - Mianyu is clear, Qianyi Kunning." ”

Well? What do you mean? Damn, what does this Yuan Laodao want to do? Holy shit, I'm not done with you! Li Zhen was a little stunned, and he had already guessed the metaphor behind this batch of words - the mother of the world! In addition to the queen, the queen mother, the queen mother, the rest of the people, even the imperial concubine can not be called the mother of the world, at this extraordinary time, if such a sentence of "mother is the world" spreads, not only will there be chaos in the harem, but Li Zhen herself will become a thorn in the side of the brothers, so that Li Zhen can't hide even if she wants to, and Li Zhen can't help but be angry.

"What else is there in the palace?" Li Zhen was annoyed in her heart, but she couldn't have a seizure, paced back and forth in the study for a few steps, forced herself to suppress the irritability in her heart, squinted her eyes at Nalong, and asked calmly.

Seeing that Li Zhen's face was not good-looking, Na Long did not dare to slack off, and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, this comment was made at noon yesterday, according to investigation, it was Yuan Zhenren who privately took the eight characters of Concubine Yan to ask, at this moment it has already spread in the palace, although there are many rumors in the palace at present, but there has not been much movement, in addition, according to investigation, Yang Shufei has also sent someone to find Yuan Zhenren's criticism, the specific criticism is unknown, and Yan San has been ordered to step up investigation. ”

"Well, that's it for now." Li Zhen shook her head in annoyance, went back to her own bedroom, was served by the maids and hurriedly freshened up, and changed her clothes, and then walked to the second hall in the front yard, just arrived at the door of the court, I heard Lao Jiu's laughing heartily, and my heart was even more irritable, standing in place, stabilizing my mind, and then slowly walked in, and said with a smile: "Pheasant slave, why are you so happy, how about listening to my brother?" ”

Li Zhi, who was smiling heartily, saw that Li Zhen had arrived, and immediately got up, walked closer with a smile on his face, and said very respectfully: "Starling, you can be regarded as back, hehe, I have heard that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Starling Mansion has long been heard in the Starling Mansion, and today the little brother is an eye-opener. ”

Talking about antiquity? Ha, damn, Lao Mo can really coax the child, damn, he can catch up with half of the nanny. Li Zhen smiled and didn't ask anything more, walked into the hall, sat on the main seat, looked at Li Zhi and said, "Pheasant slave, let's talk about it, what's the matter with looking for my brother today?" ”

It's good that Li Zhen doesn't ask, under such a question, Li Zhi, who was originally smiling happily, suddenly had a bitter face, his eyes were red, and he lowered his head and said: "Starling, although the eldest brother deserves such a thing, but ......, alas, the younger brother doesn't know what to say, but after all, he is the eldest brother, and the younger brother can't bear to let the eldest brother end up, so he thinks about pleading for the eldest brother in the last chapter, if it is ......, if the starling is willing to help the joint name, the eldest brother may still be saved, starling, you see ......"

Uh-huh? Ha, damn, I said what is this kid doing, he is also planning to play the love card, hey, mother, this idea must not have come up with it by himself, ten ** is the way of the eldest grandson. Li Zhen's mind moved quickly, but her face was very calm, faintly, without a trace of expression.

Li Zhi saw that Li Zhen was silent, tears flowed down, and he sobbed: "Starling, you have gone to see the eldest brother today, the eldest brother is ......, alas, although the eldest brother has a lot of things that he can't live with the starling in the past, but after all, everyone is a brother, starling, can you, can you help the eldest brother this time?" Little brother, please. ”

Lao Jiu of the dog day, you kid is really good at singing and doing, these tears are like water and don't need money, hey, the joint name is on the book, damn, that Lao Tzu's previous efforts are not all in vain, you turtle grandson! Looking at the crying Li Zhi, Li Zhen's heart was very angry - Li Zhen played the card of love and righteousness, and he had long seen that Li Shimin was reluctant to kill Li Chengqian, and he had planned to intercede for Li Chengqian, but he didn't expect Li Zhi to come to such a hand, if Li Zhen didn't join forces at the moment, he would definitely release a lot of rumors that had been prepared when he turned back, and Li Zhen's feelings were played in vain, and in the end, he would definitely have a bad reputation of hypocrisy; If they are jointly named, the reputation of interceding for Li Chengqian regardless of the previous suspicions will fall on Li Zhi's head, left and right, Li Zhen has not been able to get too many benefits, how not to make Li Zhen hate the root of his teeth.

"Ahem, ahem." At this embarrassing moment, Mo Li, who had been silent since Li Zhen entered the hall, coughed a few times, paced to Li Zhi's side, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a heart of brotherly friendship that is really admirable, and the prince of my family will never disappoint His Royal Highness the King of Jin, please rest assured that His Royal Highness the King of Jin will rest assured." ”

Although Mo Li's words were said to Li Zhi, Li Zhen knew that Mo Li's words meant to imply that he was going to sign the joint fold, although he didn't understand why Mo Li did this, but Mo Li's judgment Li Zhen was trustworthy, so he smiled, got up and walked to Li Zhi, who was crying, patted Li Zhi's shoulder and said: "Pheasant slave, how old is the person who still cries, when does my brother say that he won't sign, just take it." ”

"Really? That's great! As soon as Li Zhi heard that Li Zhen agreed, he immediately burst into laughter, excitedly took out a copy of the fold from his big sleeve, and handed it to Li Zhen.

Damn, this piece is clearly the handiwork of the eldest grandson Wuji's old man, damn old thing, don't fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, otherwise you will be good-looking! Li Zhen only glanced at the excerpt and saw that this excellent excerpt was by no means something that Li Zhi could write with half a bucket of water, and his heart was crooked, but he was helpless, picked up the brush on the desk, dipped it in ink, signed his name behind Li Zhi, smiled to himself, and returned the excerpt to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi, who got his hand, didn't seem to want to stay for a minute, so he put away the fold with joy, and said with a smile: "Starling, you are busy, the younger brother will go to find his father." As soon as the words fell, he hurriedly went out, walked to the door of the hall, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned around and said: "Starling, thank you for your little brother, it will be my brother's birthday in a few days, and the starling must go to the little brother's house, and the little brother will have a good banquet for the starling." ”

Although Li Zhen said that she suffered a loss, she didn't bring it to her face, got up, walked to Li Zhi's side, and said with a smile: "Cheng, my brother must go, let's go, my brother will give you a ride." "Starling, you don't have to send it, the younger brother will do it himself." As soon as the words fell, he ran away in a puff of smoke, and he was also a frequent visitor to Li Zhen's house on the left and right, and he was very familiar with it, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Mr. Mo, why is that?" When Li Zhi was already far away, Li Zhen stood silently for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask.

Mo Li shook the feather fan in his hand and said calmly: "Does Your Highness have a choice?" ”

Choose? Hmm, it doesn't seem to be, damn, damn the eldest grandson, you dare to calculate Lao Tzu, hey, let's see! Li Zhen naturally understood the meaning of Mo Li's words, and said "um" noncommittally, turned around and walked back to the hall, sitting on the chair silently, looking at the sky that was gradually darkening, and did not say a word for a long time......

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