Yun Xiao's eyes rolled, and in the blink of an eye, she had already thought of an idea, and she said:

"Isn't the eldest brother going to bring a servant when he enters the palace tomorrow? I can pretend to be a manservant and follow my eldest brother into the palace together. Anyway, the prince hasn't seen me, and he doesn't know what I look like, as long as I stand behind my eldest brother and don't speak, no one will notice me, eldest brother, you can take me there, I really want to go and see! ”

Yun Hong shook his head helplessly, and said, "Okay, tomorrow, you have to disguise carefully, don't let your father recognize you." ”

"Okay, thank you, big brother! Don't worry, big brother, I won't cause trouble to my big brother! ”

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The next day, the prince's celebration banquet was held as scheduled.

The palace of the Xia Kingdom was built in the center of the central axis of the Xia Imperial Capital, and in terms of layout, it was very particular about feng shui, and the palace was also built very magnificent and gorgeous, showing the humanistic style of the Xia Kingdom for hundreds of years.

The East Palace, where the crown prince lived, was located outside the inner courtyard of the palace, completely isolated from the residence of the Son of Heaven and the concubine, and was called the "outer palace".

At this time, in the corner of the back garden of the Prince's East Palace, King Xia Rui pulled over King Xuan Xia Ronghui, who was laughing, and whispered to him: "Ronghui, don't laugh yet, I have something serious to ask you!" ”

Dingwang Xia Rui is the second prince of the dynasty, born in the jade tree in the wind, full of heroism, at a glance, it gives people a feeling of extraordinary bearing.

King Xuan is the younger brother born to his mother, ranked seventh among the princes, he was born with a face like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, although not as heroic as King Ding, but exceptionally handsome, in fact, he is the most handsome of the princes of the dynasty.

Seeing that Xia Rui was serious, he couldn't help but put away his laughter and asked, "Second brother, what's the matter, you are making such a fuss?" ”

Xia Rui looked outside, and after making sure that no one was coming, Fang asked, "Ronghui, let me ask you, did you let out the gossip about the prince on the street outside?" ”

When King Xuan heard that this was the case, he was a little excited, and he said lazily:

"I just can't get used to it, after the prince came back from the victory, he looked so carried away, and he wanted to kill his sharpness! Second brother, haven't you seen that the prince walks in the palace every day, as if he is going to ascend the throne tomorrow! My father is still here, where is there still a place for him to make a mistake? And his mother, a few days ago, I went to my father to say goodbye, and it happened that the queen was also there, so she took the opportunity to pick thorns, looking for some things, in front of my father, I was a good meal, and I didn't sleep well that night! ”

When Xia Rui heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head: "You are going to be weak next year, why are you still so impetuous?" Just for such a thing, you went to the street to spread rumors, do you know that you did this, and also damaged the reputation of the daughter of the Yunfu Mansion, where did the daughter of the Yunfu provoke you? ”

When King Xuan heard this, his face turned red.

Xia Rui was right, he did this, it was indeed inappropriate.

However, when Xia Rui said this, he felt wronged again, and he whispered: "The prince is now fragrant, and no one wants to put it on, who knows why the Yun family rejected the prince's proposal?" Maybe...... Is it because the prince and the Yun family have some shady deals that have not been negotiated, so the Yun family wants to refuse the prince's proposal? ”

He described it vividly to Xia Rui, as if he had really seen the prince and Yun Hanshan negotiate a deal with him.

Seeing this, Xia Rui slapped his hand fiercely, and reprimanded with a straight face: "What nonsense are you talking about? What's the deal? I have already agreed to marry the Yun family and marry the daughter of the eldest daughter of the Yun Mansion as my princess, you don't want to have another incident! ”

When King Xuan heard this, he was taken aback, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and say, "What?!" Second brother, you want to marry the daughter of the Yun family to be your princess?! How can you do that? That...... So what should we do? Have you forgotten that when the mother passed away three years ago, she specially told us brothers that we must take good care of the girl? Tilt Ruo has always liked you, don't you want to marry Tilt Ruo as your princess? ”

"I haven't forgotten my mother's advice!" Xia Rui frowned tightly and said coldly, "However, I don't have the kind of affection you said for Tianruo, and besides, the departure of the concubine has always been a knot in my heart." I never felt that my mother died of natural illness, in short, I would take care of Tianruo and would not leave her alone! ”

"Second brother, I really don't understand why you did this, if she knew, she would be very sad......"

However, Xia Rui reached out and patted King Xuan's shoulder, took a deep breath, and instructed: "Okay, let's not talk about these things now, the prince's celebration banquet is about to start, tonight, my father will also come over, let's keep a low profile, don't steal the limelight from the prince!" If you have arranged anything in advance to make the prince embarrassed, tell your men to take it back! ”

"Got it......"

"And ......"

Xia Rui wanted to say more, however, at this moment, the shouting of the inner servant suddenly came from outside: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

When the two heard the sound, they hurriedly went out to pick up the driver.

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Outside, Yun Xiao, dressed as a little scholar, followed behind Yun Hong, knelt on the ground, and took over with everyone.

When everyone was seated, Yun Xiao saw the appearance of the Son of Heaven clearly, and Yun Xiao felt that the appearance of the Son of Heaven was much more majestic than he imagined.

However, everyone was obviously accustomed to such a majestic Son of Heaven.

Yun Xiao's gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, swept over the person sitting opposite who belonged to the king of Ding, in Yun Xiao's opinion, among the princes of the Son of Heaven, the appearance of the king of Ding, is not the most outstanding, but he is better in his demeanor, his every move is very measured, and he is indeed a stable person as his father said.

Yun Xiao couldn't tell whether this feeling of first sight was good or bad, and just looked intently at the courtiers who were constantly walking towards the Son of Heaven and the Crown Prince in front of him.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to sort out the intricate interpersonal relationships between the court and the court by relying on this night's observation, but for Yun Xiao, who is about to marry into the royal family, this kind of observation is very beneficial!

Everything, on the surface, looks peaceful and festive.

When the wine was half-drunk, suddenly an official stepped forward, knelt in the center of the main hall, and said to the Son of Heaven sitting at the top with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the minister has something important to play!" ”

When everyone saw that the situation seemed to be a little bad, they stopped their movements and looked at the kneeling people in the hall.

Liu An, the chief eunuch standing next to the emperor, kindly reminded: "Li Shangshu, tonight is the prince's celebration banquet, if you have anything, you can start playing to the emperor tomorrow morning." ”

Li Shangshu, the secretary of the ministry, glanced at Liu An coldly, and said with a disdainful expression: "Ben Shangshu is talking to the emperor, what is the matter with you as an attendant?" I can't interfere in politics in the court, don't you know?! ”

"You ......"

Liu An wanted to say more, but at this moment, the emperor raised his hand and signaled that Liu An didn't have to say anything more, so Liu An had no choice but to shut up and stand aside in a proper manner.

The emperor looked at Li Shangshu in the palace and asked, "Li Aiqing, what do you want to do to me?" ”

Li Shangshu said: "Back to the emperor's words, the minister heard that although the prince won the battle in Cangzhou, but during the war, he has been conniving with his subordinates, harassing the people, and seizing the people's daughters as wives, causing the people to complain, but the relevant twists and turns have been detained in Shangshu Province and have not been presented to the emperor so far. ”

This is the impeachment of the prince in public, and everyone didn't expect that this Li Shangshu would be so bold as to do such a thing at the prince's celebration banquet.

The emperor's face was very ugly, he turned his head to look at the prince, and asked in a deep voice: "Prince, what Li Shangshu said is true?" ”

The crown prince glanced at Li Shangshu, got up and knelt down in the center of the main hall, and replied: "Back to my father, during the war in Cangzhou, my sons have always been strict in abiding by military regulations, and have not done anything to harass the people and seize the people's daughters. ”

"I don't know?! What did your men do that you don't know at all? How did you manage the army, and how did you not even know what your men had done? How many times have I told you that you must take care of your soldiers and not harass the people, have you ever listened to them?! ”

"Father's anger!" The Son of Heaven suddenly became angry, the prince suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly said, "This matter is only what Li Shangshu said, not necessarily the actual situation, the son does not dare to forget the teachings of his father, and has been strictly restraining his subordinates, and when the son came back from Cangzhou, he did not hear any complaints from the local people in Cangzhou, among them, there must be a misunderstanding, and please ask my father to investigate!" ”

However, the emperor did not seem to buy it, and he continued to ask: "That being the case, then I ask you, did you secretly instruct your subordinates to detain Shangshu Province to impeach you?" ”

"Never!" The prince said righteously, "Erchen didn't know that someone would impeach Erchen, so how could he deduct those twists and turns?" ”

"Whether you know it or not, only you know it in your own heart!"

At this moment, Li Shangshu said again: "Since the prince said that he did not detain those impeachment memorials, then, may I ask the emperor, have you received the impeachment of the prince from the ministers today?" ”

When the prince heard this, his face turned red, he turned his head to look at Li Shangshu very angrily, and scolded sharply: "Li Shangshu, this prince advises you to accept it when you see it, don't get an inch!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Seeing this, the emperor was furious, he slapped the table hard, stood up, stretched out his hand at the prince, and angrily reprimanded, "Prince, you have detained my me, not to mention, and threatened my courtiers, you have just won a battle, are you already arrogant to this extent?" Do you still have me in your eyes?! ”