"If the third child really has the heart of repentance and can rein in the precipice, the father can be extrajudicial and bypass him this time, if he is already obsessed, according to the law of the Great Zhou, the sin is unforgivable!" Zhao Yan thought for a while and said.

"Hmm!" Emperor Zhou squinted his eyes slightly, "Tonight is the last chance I gave him, he can still live if he does evil in heaven, he can't live if he does evil in himself, and he can't complain about others!" ”

"Does Father have any other commands?" Zhao Yan hugged his fists and said, "If my father has no other orders, my son will continue to patrol the night!" ”

"Kneel down!"

"Son's resignation!"

After Zhao Yan left, Emperor Zhou looked back at Qi Guifei and said, "Look, our son is becoming more and more like me!" ”

Qi Guifei smiled faintly and did not speak, but there was a sense of sorrow and worry between her eyebrows, and Emperor Zhou's husband and wife for more than 20 years, she knew this man's ruthlessness and ruthlessness very well, Yan'er and the third child have been fighting for several years, maybe the two never thought that there would be a day when they would be opposed to the end, but behind this, His Majesty pushed them to that point! His Majesty wants to test the two sons who is more suitable to become the crown prince, let them slowly grind each other's claws, give birth to their ambitions and desires, and in the end choose a more generous person, it is so ironic!

Even though Yan'er won the third child this time, is this necessarily a good thing for Yan'er? Not necessarily.

Your Majesty's suspicion is too heavy, who knows if Yan'er will repeat the mistakes of the former prince?

Zhao Yan left Emperor Zhou's room, Zhao Ling and Zhao Qian were waiting for him at the end of the corridor, saw him coming, and asked, "Is the concubine okay?" ”

"The mother is very good!" Zhao Yan said, "You have all seen it, is there anything abnormal?" ”

"It's calm, what can be abnormal now!" Zhao Ling said, "Do you have something on your mind?" Look at you're not in the right weather! ”

"I want to talk to the third child!" Zhao Yan thought for a while and said.

"It's all now, everything is to blame, what else is there to say!" Zhao Qian said, "What's more, it's all come to this point, how can he listen to it?" ”

"Over the years, I've been fighting with him, and I've been thinking about crushing him, but I've never thought about his life, no matter what, I want to do what I should do in the end, as for what he will choose in the end, that's his own business!" Zhao Yan was silent for a moment and said, "You two continue to patrol the night, beware of the eldest grandson's family suddenly making trouble tonight, I'll go talk to him!" ”

Zhao Qian wanted to say something, but Zhao Ling pulled him and said, "Let him go, let's do our own thing!" ”

"Okay!"

Zhao Ling and Zhao Qian left, tomorrow will be the beginning of the end of everything, so there can be no chaos tonight, they patrol the night with a cautious and apprehensive mood, waiting, looking forward to.

Zhao Ling's footsteps suddenly stopped, looked in the direction of the capital, and said leisurely: "I don't know what the situation in the capital is?" I don't know if Xiaoyu will be able to cope with the situation in the capital! If there is a change in the capital, even if we win here, it won't make much sense! ”

"Don't worry!" Zhao Qian patted Zhao Ling on the shoulder, "Don't underestimate them, they will definitely be able to deal with it, don't forget, they are not ordinary women, they are also waiting for us to go back safely!" ”

"Well, they can do it!" Zhao Ling cheered himself up.

"Second brother?" Zhao Ye was slightly surprised when he saw Zhao Yan's figure, and asked with a smile, "Second brother doesn't patrol the night, why did he come to me?" ”

Since the ascending palace, Emperor Zhou handed over the responsibility of guarding the palace to Zhao Ling, and used the royal forest army brought out of the palace to be responsible for the security patrol, which is equivalent to that as soon as Emperor Zhou came here, Zhao Ye was completely elevated. His previous contribution to building the heavens was just a few words of verbal praise from Emperor Zhou.

"I want to talk to you!" Zhao Yan entered with a calm face, a serious face, and sat down in front of Zhao Ye, "Although we are brothers, we don't really spend much time alone together, and we don't understand each other's thoughts. ”

Zhao Ye smiled: "When I was a child, I was almost forgotten by the people in the palace, even the eunuchs and palace maids bullied me, at that time, you should be learning riding with the young general of the Bai family, learning archery from the first prince, and playing with Zhao Qian and Zhao Ling!" At that time, you didn't think that you had a younger brother! ”

He raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Yan, and said: "Later, my father brought me to the side of the queen mother, and at this time, the people in the palace noticed the existence of such a prince. I've never liked you since I was a kid, you've gotten so much more than me! ”

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said: "Later, I gained a firm foothold in the court step by step, and I was in the limelight for a while, but you came back with your military exploits and stood on the opposite side of me, I just want to let my father see, let these hundred officials see, I am no worse than you, fighting with you, watching you being overwhelmed by me, seeing that although you have Zhao Qian and Zhao Ling assisting you by your side, you are still at a loss, that is the most proud day of my life!" But I didn't expect that this time of triumph was so short, it was always just a tragedy, from the beginning, I was destined to lose, so how willing I was! ”

"So, you want to go wrong in one way?" Zhao Yan asked coldly.

Zhao Ye suddenly laughed and asked, "What's right?" What's wrong? Wrong vs. rightWhen is it your turn to evaluate? Everyone has their own experiences and situations, the second brother's remarks are to put himself in a high position, are you here to laugh at me and pity me? Do you feel like you're right? What do you know? ”

His smile with coldness and mockery suddenly softened: "However, what does the second brother think I did wrong?" If you are right, I may be able to correct it! ”

"You're right, I'm not qualified to judge whether you're doing right or wrong!" Zhao Yan smiled self-deprecatingly, "But I still want to remind the third brother, sometimes you have to learn to stop, sometimes the egg touches the stone of the stone, don't be wrong if you can, life is more important than everything!" That's all I have to say, if you can listen to it, if you can't, you can talk too much! ”

Zhao Yan said, got up and left, from beginning to end, the two brothers had never understood each other's bottom thoughts. From the moment of birth, one may have been destined to embark on two different paths. Life or death, maybe it's doomed, maybe it's an accident between walking, except for blood, they have never cared for each other in the past, under the imperial power, in the entanglement of interests, even blood has become indifferent.

Zhao Ye took a sip of the wine in the glass, and the small stove beside him was glowing orange, but he didn't feel the coldness at all.

He felt that he was about to die, but what the second brother would not understand was that even if he died, he would not die quietly! He will use his last strength to issue a hoarse interrogation to the man who is on top, he is the leader of the root of all tragedies, he is the one who should be hated the most!

The night is getting darker and darker, there are only a few stars in the sky, flickering lonely, I don't know how many people's sleepless nights this night, after this night, the pattern of the Great Zhou will be rewritten, and the fate of countless people will change!

Under such a tense and oppressive atmosphere, time slid forward slowly, and the horizon finally turned white, and the soft and cold light of the morning sun spread to the earth, and the top of Mount Tai was the first to come into contact with this bright but warm daylight.

The horn sounded on time, the ritual of the sacrifice had already been arranged by the Ministry of Etiquette, the palace was busy in an orderly manner, and at the foot of the mountain, the officials who got up before dawn were also trying to climb up.

Emperor Zhou was wearing a dragon-patterned black robe, with a gold belt covering his waist, and the whole person looked extremely majestic, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were full of precipitation.

Concubine Qi stood beside Emperor Zhou in a golden peony robe, soft and majestic, her face was cold, but there was a kind light in her eyes, this queen of the world, maybe this posture should be.

"See my father, see the concubine!"

Emperor Zhou and Concubine Qi went out of the palace gate, the second prince and the third prince were the first to kneel down in front of them, followed by the king of Chu, Qiyang Gong and the prince of Jin, and others knelt, followed by hundreds of officials and all the guards knelt in front of Emperor Zhou, the loud bell rang, holy and mysterious.

"Let's get flat!"

Everyone got up, Emperor Zhou and Concubine Qi in front, and everyone followed behind, walking towards the altar step by step.

This altar to the heavens is very majestic, symbolizing the stability of the imperial power of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and symbolizing that the emperor of the Great Zhou is the son of heaven!

The officials of the Ministry of Rites read the sacrificial text, counting the political achievements of Emperor Zhou since he ascended the throne, and sang praises for it.

Emperor Zhou took the sacrificial text, turned around and said to his two sons: "You are my sons, you should also pray to the heavens with me!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yan hugged his fists.

Zhao Ye's expression was a little hesitant, but it was not easy to excuse anything on this occasion, so he had to follow Emperor Zhou to the altar.

The father and son walked step by step to the highest place of worship, and everyone raised their eyes to look at the three men with the most noble status in the Great Zhou.

Emperor Zhou walked in front step by step, looking at the front with a firm gaze, and he suddenly said, "Third brother, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

Zhao Ye paused slightly, and then said with a smile: "Erchen wishes my father and the emperor a thousand generations, and I wish the Great Zhou is solid!" ”

Emperor Zhou's eyes narrowed slightly, and then burst out with chill and murderous aura, but the two sons behind him couldn't see any expression on his face at the moment.